Wichita Searchlight

THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY TRADING WITH THE MERCHANTS WHO ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER. WHAT KNOW WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT IT? STOP, COLORED PEOPLE. READ! Wednesday 22 SE At South Ri AT NIC GARFIELD There will be a celebration of spirit of emancipation of the er country's emancipation of en under the auspices of THE COLORED MEMBER BENEVOLE Everybody is invited to coy spring chickens, 100 pounds and brown; corn bread with butter on it. Cold soda, ice Now don't go off some wild horses, the bucking Indian, but come to our and every visitor in WI GOOD SPEAKING:— Some in the state are the Wichita there and talk. Among the J T Smith, Rev G T Wooten W H Tillman. Rev M L Cop Wednesday SEPT. 2 At South Riverside Park AT NIGHT AT GARFIELD HALL will be a celebration given true to the Am- munity of emancipation of the American Negro. N country's emancipation celebrated on this day for the auspices of COLORED MEMBERS OF THE NATION BENEVOLENT SOCIETY body is invited to come. We will slaughter chickens, 100 pounds of fresh fish, fried down; corn bread with hen eggs in it, an crea- on it. Cold soda, ice cream and watermel ow don't go off somewhere else watching the horses, the bucking broncos and the re- rian, but come to our picnic prepared for you and every visitor in Wichita Jubilee week. SPEAKING:—Some of the best pulpit or state are the Wichita pastors. They will and talk. Among them: Rev. E T Fishback, Smith, Rev G T Wooten, Rev Geo W Smith, Willman, Rev M L Copeland, and other spea At South Riverside Park AT NIGHT AT There will be a celebration given true to the American spirit of emancipation of the American Negro. No other country's emancipation celebrated on this day. Given under the auspices of THE COLORED MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY Everybody is invited to come. We will slaughter 100 spring chickens, 100 pounds of fresh fish, fried good and brown; corn bread with hen eggs in it, an creamery butter on it. Cold soda, ice cream and watermelons. Now don't go off somewhere else watching the wild horses, the bucking broncos and the red Indian, but come to our picnic prepared for you and every visitor in Wichita Jubilee week. GOOD SPEAKING:—Some of the best pulpit orators in the state are the Wichita pastors. They will all be there and talk. Among them: Rev. E T Fishback, Rev. J T Smith, Rev G T Wooten, Rev Geo W Smith, Rev W H Tillman, Rev M L Copeland, and other speakers. AMUSEMENTS Music by the famous Smith will be pulled off at the Par potato throwing, Waterme race, Boys' race on all fours race for six cold bottles—of him and you may keep him ble peg and everything inn Garfield Septemb ForSimply To Cau' joy the famous Smith's Military band. Col pulled off at the Park that will amuse:—Love throwing, Watermelon eating race, Fat boys' race on all fours for watermelons, Fat six cold bottles—of pop, Rooster race — and you may keep him. Base Ball, Croquet, and everything innocent and enjoyable. Garfield Hall September 22nd Simply Justice To Cau's of Neg Music by the famous Smith's Military band. Contests will be pulled off at the Park that will amuse:—Ladies' potato throwing, Watermelon eating race, Fat man's race, Boys' race on all fours for watermelons, Fatman's race for six cold bottles—of pop, Rooster race — catch him and you may keep him. Base Ball, Croquet, Mumble peg and everything innocent and enjoyable. Garfield Hall September 22nd. ForSimply Justice To Cau's of Negro In the presentation of the gross political injustice which has been heaped upon the Negroes of Kansas by those in charge of the Republican party in this state the Searchlight has no political axes to grind and simply speak in defense of political fairness to our race. The editor of the Searchlight is not an aspirant for any political office and seeks no special favors whatever; we speak be cause it is needful and present this injustice to a tair-minded --- ELEVENTH YEAR Tuesday APT. 22 Riverside Park RIGHT AT OLD HALL given true to the American American Negro. No oth- celebrated on this day. Giv- ERS OF THE NATIONAL NT SOCIETY age. We will slaughter 100 of fresh fish, fried good hen eggs in it, an creamery cream and watermelons. where else watching the broncos and the red picnic prepared for you chita Jubilee week. of the best pulpit orators pastors. They will all be : Rev. E T Fishback, Rev. , Rev Geo W Smith, Rev eland, and other speakers. s Military band. Contests k that will amuse:—Ladies' don eating race, Fat man's for watermelons, Fat man's pop, Rooster race — catch Base Ball, Croquet, Mum- cent and enjoyable. d Hall er 22nd. Justice s of Negro public that all may sre the hypacricy, and deceit with which the present Republican regime boasts of their political leadership. We deem it our duty as an organ of our race to present these issues. The Negro race of Kansas has a right to expect its press to take up and present such matters to the public. While the present political basses in control of the affairs of the Republcan party in Kansas sail under the Misnoma of "Square Dealers"—so far as SEPTEMBER 18 1909. the Negroes of this state are concerned they are not only "not square dealers" but they are very conspictiously "unfair dealers." It is a well known fact that they have not dealt fairly nor squarely with the Negro Republicans of this state. The question now is—"Will the Negroes of Kansas continue to vote blindly ty help keep men in control of the Republican party of Kansas who will not give the race a fair and square deal? "It's up to the race. These men are very plainly demonstrating the little regard which they have for the Negro—they are proving themselves to be a narrow, selfish ungrateful set of politicians who have no regard for the interest or welfare of any one except their own selfish selves. They have already set themselves up as the whole of the Republican party and are each day plunging that party in to the throes of future defeats and possibly future dismemberment. The Negroes of Kansas owe them nothing and are under no moral or political obligation to follow or vote with them further. It is the desire of the Negroes of Kansas to continue as a part of the Republican party—but will justify themselves in refusing to follow the lead of those at present in the lead of that party in this state. We trust that conditions may so shape themselves that the Negroes of Kansas may see it possible to remain a potent factor in the party of their former choice and that men may be chosen as party leaders who are willing to give all elements of the Repuplican party a voice in party affairs regardless to race or color. Pastors Tenbers Reception The grandest and most novel event ever witnessed at St. Paul A. M. E. church was the reception given Monday night Sept 13 by Rev. James T. Smith pastor to the officers and members of the fourth quarterly conference held at the church. It was a great surprise to the whole conference and its members and everyone had a most delightful time. This is the first time in history of St. Paul that a pastor has so honored his official advisors with a reception and it was a great treat The reception was announced immediately at close of the quarterly conference, Hon. Tros. Glov er was elected as Master of Cera emonies. Those present were;— Rev. M. Wooten, presiding elder, Rev. Jas. T. Smith, pastorRev. M. Wooten, pastor M. E. church, Mattie Beasley, Fannie Greggs, Mattie Smith, Emma Junes, Lulu Givington, J. W. Thompson, J. Fauver, A. Paul, F. S. Wilkins W. Barker, Lillie Jones, Verna Hall, Geo. W. Smith, Rev. S. S. Washington M. J. Dancy, F. W. Fine, J. C. Coffee, Mrs. F. S. Wilkins, Mrs. Sallie Hall. Henry Braden, Ed. Lardrum, J. T. Chinneth, W. C. Neeyle. Speaches were made as follows In behalf of Stewarts J. Thompson in behalf Trustees, J. T. Chin neth, in behalf choir, G. W. White in behalf or other churches Rev. G. T. Wooten, in behalf press W. N. Miller, in behalf Stewardess, Mrs. H. Jones, in behalf young folks, Mrs. Sallie Hall. Ice cream Cake and Soda Water was served to those present. All went for home feeling fine and giving Rev Smith high praire for his reception. Refreshments were served by Henry Braden and Ed Landrum. Mrs. F. P. Bateman, a former Wichitan, bud who now resides with her husband in Tryon Neb. is in the city visiting among relatives and friends. Mrs. Bateman and her husband took up a claim in Nebraska about four years ago and since that time they have made a wonderful progress. They have paid for their farm, stocked it and made lasting improvements. Mrs. Bateman is loud in her praise of her Nebraska home and says there are many home-steads yet left which should be taken up by some enterprising colored men. That section of the country is a great dairy section and every one realizes much from cows. She is now out on her ministerial work and will conclude aboot the later part of December. KANSAS CITY KANSAS Doretta Williams, the daughter of Mrs. Rosa Parks, died at her mother's home August 25th 1909. She was fifteen years of age kindand dutitul to her parents and loved by all who knew her. She was a student at Western Universiyt and made a good record there. Her funeral was held at the First A. M. E. church August 28th. 1909 and Rev. O. E. Jones made a few appropriate remarks over the remains. Interment at Woodland Cemetery. We thank you very much in advance for this publication. TREES WITH IRON HEARTS. Braked Beam in One and Chaia in Another At Darby Pa. With an old-fashioned iron brake beam imbeded in its huge trunk, which is over ten feet in circumference, a maple eree on the property of G. Roberts Powell, Eighth and Main street, is pointed out as one of the curiosities of the borough. The brake beam, which is about six feet wide, was placed in the crotch of the tree forty years ago by Joseph S. Powell, Powell's father, when he movec to Darby It was forgotten until the next year, when it was seen that the tree had grown around it. For forty years it has remained there until now it is grmly imbedded in the heart of the trunk, with almost a foot of it protruding on each side. There is another aroreal curiosity in Darby of a similar kind in front of the old Bonsall property on Main street, at the corner of tenth, a tree with a sextion of a iron chain firmly imbeded in the trunk at a distance of twenty ft. PARSONS NEWS Th whom this comes;-Greeting If at any time there is any community, town or city which desires a Ladies Tabrrnacle of the Order of Twelve or a Tent or a Paltium of the Royal House of Media organized please notify Dtr Ida B. Potter, D.G.P.2017 Morton Ave. Parsons, Kas. and their wants will be supplied. Dtr. Ida B. Porter made a trip to Oswego on Sept. 5th. and to Mineral on Sept. 7th. She went to both places to interest the ladies in a Trbernacle of the Order of Twelve. Dtr. Porter is doing a great work. Everyone in Parsous should subscribe for and read the Wichita Searchlight. Send in today. ARKANSAS CITY KANSAS Accidently Shot On the morning of the 4th. of Sept. Henry Monroe, while carrying a 22 caliber rifle, struck the side of door and the gun was dis charged and sent the ball into his right side just above the fifth rib followed the inside wall around to the breast and lodged The doctors have not yet probed for it on the account of its location, the wound is a severe one and it will be some time before he recovers it at all. Mr. Monroe came here recently with his moth er from Newton Kansas and had rooms at 200 N. 1st. St. Last Sunday Rev. Wooten held his last and 4th. quarterly meeting of the year at the St. James A. M. E. church, he preached 3 powerful sermons during the day to large congregation. The collection for the day from all sources was $22.45. Quarterly conference on Monday evening was one of the most pleasant affairs. Everybody was in the best of spirit; the manner in which the business was conducted was not only a credit eo the Elder, Pastor and members of conference but will live a lasting impression on the many friends present. At close of the season the ladies of the church served ice cream and cake. Altogather it was a pleasant affair. Mrs. P. B. Andrews has returned from an extensive visit in Oklahoma among relatives & friends Mrs. John Oldham is in the city on account of sickness of mother Mrs. N. Oldham, Mr. Price another old gentle man is suffering from the same condition. Dont Use Big Words In promulgating your cogitations, or articulating your superficial sentimentalities and amicable, philosophical or psychological observations beware of platitudinous ponderosity. Let your conversational communications possess a conceiness, a compacted comprehensibility, coalescent consistency, and a concatenated cogency. Eschew all conglomerarions of battlement and asinine affectations. Let your extemporaneous decantings and unpremeditated expatations has intelligibility and voracious vivacity, without rhodomontade or bombast. Sedulously avoid all pollysyllabic profuudity, pompous prolixity, ventriloqual verbosity and vaniloquent vapidity. Shun doubleentendres, prurient jocosity and pestiferous profanity, obscurant or apparent. In other words, talk plaiuly, briefly naturally, sensibly, truthfully, purely. Keep from "slang" don't put on airs; say what you mean mean what you say, and don't use large words. THE AMERICAN HOME W-A.RADFORD EDITOR Mr. William A. Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he is, without doubt, the highest address all inquiries to William A. Radford, 14th Fifth Ave., Chicago, IL., and only enclose two-cent stamp for reply. Generally speaking, I prefer a hall in the front part of the house. It seems to be the right place to go upstairs, and I like to put a little extra work and expense on an open stairway. Some builders like to close in the stairway as much as possible, but I think most of us like an open stair, nicely designed, made of good wood and showing good workmanship. There must be some woodwork inside of a house besides the doors and doors and window casings. We can buy loose furniture and place it to advantage, but nothing looks so well as cabinet work designed and built to fit the house. A well-designed stair, with treads and risers properly proportioned, and a railing to match, supported by a handsome newel post and neat spindles made from good wood that finishes up nicely, certainly is a work of art. Stair work is not so expensive since special machinery has been pressed into service for its manufacture. Hand work has been eliminated in stair building to such an extent, that an elaborate piece of work may be supplied at a very reasonable cost. The entrance to a house with a hallway like this is pleasant. It is a sort of key to the character of the household. A coat closet is built under the stair at the farther end of the hall. This is neater and much more convenient than to hang clothes in the open hall. Then the extra coats that hang there sometimes for a week without being worn, are kept free from dust. In new buildings in cities these hall closets are becoming very common. We often see large mirrors in the hall. THE HOME OF THE MAYOR OF MIDDLEBURG way but not a peg to hang a coat or hat on. The halls are too nice to be decorated in this manner, and the idea is right. Clothing looks well only when it is in its proper place. I don't expect every one who has an expensive hat-rack or hall-tree to send it at once to the junk dealer or wood pile, but I do hope to see less of this kind of furniture manufactured and displayed in the future. It is a wonder to me they were not discarded long ago. They are as unnecessary as they are unsightly. The size of this house is 29 feet PORCH CAMERON 9'0" x 10'6" PATIO PORCH SITTING ROOM 13'6" x 10'6" DINING ROOM 13'6" x 10'6" PATELY 13'6" x 10'6" CENTER HALL 8'13" x 10'6" PORCH First Floor Plan wide by 44 feet 6 inches long, without measuring the porch. The architect estimates that it may be built for from $2,000.00 to $2,300.00, according to the locality in which it is built. Forty-four feet sounds like a good long house, but a good share of the length is taken up in the one-story kitchen, although the roof of the kitchen is utilized for the bathroom and two good sized closets. There are six rooms in the main part of the house and two rooms in the extension. One of these rooms is a downstairs sleeping apartment that is found useful in numberless households. In this house, with a small family, it probably would be used as a sewing room, and this is something that every woman needs. Special Master E. V. McKeever filed Very few houses provide such conveniences on the ground floor, near to the sitting room and kitchen. The sitting room and dining room in this plan are two splendid rooms, with the archway between it is like one big room reaching from one side of the house to the other, with a bow window in each end of it. There is plenty of light and air in a room of this size and shape, and placed as it is in the center of the house. This house should have a good hot air furnace arranged to take the cold fresh air from outside, and distribute it after Closet Dirt Room 7' x 10' 0' Cupboard Chamfer 10' 6" x 13' 6" Fall Chamfer 10' 2" x 13' 6" Room Chamfer 11' 0" x 12' 0" Fall Dining Floor being warmed to every room in the house. There are two back porches in this plan, and they offer a splendid place for thick-leaved climbers. I prefer lighter vines for the front porch, because I like to see out to the street; then it is not good policy to cover up the front of the house closely. It is better to have good circulation of air and the house looks better when the view from outside is not entirely shut THE HOME OF THE MAYOR off. In the morning or during the day when the sun is hot the members of the family cannot find time to sit out in the front of the house, so instead of having a thick shade in front, why not have it on the side, where the good wife can take her work when she has a task that she can sit down to? If there is a good healthy trumpet vine, Virginia creeper or Dutchman's pipe climbing over a wire trellis suspended from the eaves of these back porches, she will take a great deal of comfort working there on hot summer days. I would rather see an ivy, or a climbing rose vine climbing up each column of the front porch with a few hanging baskets and a bird cage between. It is just as important to dress up the porch as any other part of the house, and it requires about as much study to do it right. A Lesson in Etiquette. This story would read better if the incident had happened when there was company at dinner. As a matter of fact, however, only the family was present. The new maid had recommended herself as having been employed in the households of various people of fashion. Things went smoothly enough at the first dinner, which she served until the meat and vegetable course was finished. Then, instead of taking away the dishes, she stood idly in a corner. Finally her mistress said: "You may remove the dishes now, Kate, and serve the dessert." "All, right, mum; I'm waiting." "Waiting for what?" "Waiting for you to stack." "Stack what?" "Why, to stack the dishes and shove them down to this end of the table." --Christian Endeavor World. Asked and Answered. "I wonder why it is," queried the old bachelor as he laid aside his paper, "that nearly all the unhappy wives go into the lecture field?" "Because," explained the scanty-haired man who had been up against the matrimonial game three times, "lecturing seems to be the only business they ever learned." Second Floor Plan Remove "Grouch" Reflects in Work Despite Yourself By JOHN A. HOWLAND OOKING yourself over this morning in introspective mood are you likely to be classed among that large and seemingly growing list of more or less unwilling workers? Don't try to dodge the issue. Hold the mirror up to yourself and don't try to soften the image in the glass. You can't afford to do so. Your employer can't afford it. Asking yourself this question, look at your image in all frankness and read the truth from that which the mirror shows you. If any trace of "grouch" appears in the face looking back into yours it is up to you to get busy in taking the kinks out of this counterfeit presentment of yourself. It is either your clinic or your funeral. This unwillingness in the worker who has accepted a position that calls for him to work has a single chief source of origin. The worker simply is dissatisfied with the conditions under which he is working. One thing, two things, a score of things may be lending to this dissatisfaction, but whatever the cause it requires only ordinary intelligence to disclose that the dissatisfied worker not only is not satisfying himself with his work but he is not satisfying his employer. It is doubtful if this unthinking young man has an appreciation of how unsatisfactory his dissatisfied efforts may be in a working organization. Accordingly as he is dissatisfied that dissatisfaction must find outward expression among his fellows. He could not conceal the fact if he tried. Facial expression, eye, ear, voice and movement every hour in the day are indicative of his dissatisfaction. His work reflects it in spite of himself. And when occasion arises when criticism of this work may be expected, how harsh and blunt and unsparing this criticism may be. All employers are not just men. Injustices are worked against men who under the square deal might be model employees. If something is constitutionally wrong with Jones' employers and Jones can see no way to remedy the condition Jones owes it to himself to get out of his place of employment in search of a better opportunity. For whatever the source of the dissatisfied condition under which he works Jones cannot accomplish anything while bearing the burden of the handi- But in my experience of men in the capacity of employers I can say that in a case of reasonable doubt of where blame rests in such cases an employer who is worth working for always is wise enough to lend an ear to a manly appeal from a man who is worth working for him. If you are "grouchy" get busy and find out the cause of it. Then you can't attack the cause too soon for either your own or your employer's best interests. hard. When there is even one small child the best-laid plans are apt to "gang aft agley." Let us say nothing of our broken nights' rest, nor of the upsets that childish illnesses occasion, when even the dishwashing gets left to the man of the family while we turn in to get a few hours' sleep. The housework doesn't get done then, and it takes time to catch up again. But even the ordinary, everyday work where there are two or three small children—cooking and washing, baking and mending, making perhaps all of the small garments and taking a delight in doing it—even this will hardly give us our afternoons free. Has the reader ever tried to buy a hat with a small baby in her arms? I have, for we have no convenient grandmother. Let her see what a pleasure it is to go shopping with a child of two or three and see how successful she will be. For my part, without children I would prefer the business world, but I have made my choice and I am not sorry for it. I work a good deal harder than when my hours were nine to five, with a short day Saturday and Sunday free, but there are compensations that the childless housewife lacks. I regret I have little time to improve my mind—what time I take for reading I often begrudge. Things will be better by and by, and meanwhile let me find pleasure in my babies. Here and now we have them and nothing else—not even the systematizing of our housework—is so important. And there is comfort for twenty apologies in being the superior person. Men are a good deal like children in the matter of misbehavior. They have to be coddled into admitting they were in the wrong. And the wrong or right of a quarrel doesn't matter when two people are willing to forget it. I don't mean that the woman should always make the first advances. But the less discussion of a quarrel there is after it is over the better. Talking over the cause of the fuss too often leads to its renewal. The best way is to let things simmer down. L yours it is up to this counterfeit presentment funeral. This unwillingness in calls for him to work has simply is dissatisfied with the One thing, two things, satisfaction, but whatever the to disclose that the dissatisfied with his work but he is not It is doubtful if this u how unsatisfactory his dissatisfaction. Accordingly as he is ward expression among his tried. Facial expression, eye day are indicative of his dis himself. And when occasion expected, how harsh and blue All employers are not y who under the square deal constitutionally wrong with to remedy the condition Job of employment in search of of the dissatisfied condition plish anything while bearing cap! It is impossible! But in my experience of employers I can say that in one of where blame rests in such is worth working for always ear to a manly appeal from aing for him. If you are "grouchy" g cause of it. Then you ca soon for either your own interests. Care of the Babies and Housework By AMY L. HEUPLE hard. When there is even o' "gang aft agley." Let us say nothing of a childish illnesses occasion, man of the family while we work doesn't get done them even the ordinary, everyday dren—cooking and washing of the small garments and hardly give us our afternoon. Has the reader ever tried I have, for we have no co-pleasure it is to go shopping successful she will be. For my part, without but I have made my choice deal harder than when my h urday and Sunday free, but housewife lacks. I regret I time I take for reading I o by, and meanwhile let me we have them and nothing o work—is so important. Sweet Effects of "Making- Up" a Quarrel By BETTY VINCENT And there is comfort for the Men are a good deal like one have to be coddled into adm And the wrong or right are willing to forget it. I don't mean that the w But the less discussion of Talking over the cause of the best way is to let things sim PETER H. BURTON It may be true that the "housewife who systematizes her work finds ample time to improve her mind," always providing that she has only herself and her husband for whom to keep house. But most of us do not remain long in this ideal state. Children come, and even one child is a sad blow to system. If one ever has a small baby to care for she is lucky if she gets all her afternoons free—to devote to the baby. I have been a business woman and can claim some success. I also believe in systematizing work, but I do not join in condemning the woman who finds housework the small child the best-laid plans are apt to or broken nights' rest, nor of the upsets that when even the dishwashing gets left to the arm in to get a few hours' sleep. The house- and it takes time to catch up again. But work where there are two or three small chil- baking and mending, making perhaps all making a delight in doing it—even this will be free. to buy a hat with a small baby in her arms? evenient grandmother. Let her see what a with a child of two or three and see how children I would prefer the business world, and I am not sorry for it. I work a good ours were nine to five, with a short day Sat- there are compensations that the childless have little time to improve my mind—what begrudge. Things will be better by and and pleasure in my babies. Here and now use—not even the systematizing of our house- and plans are apt to of the upsets that it gets left to the sleep. The house- ch up again. But or three small chil- laking perhaps all it—even this will baby in her arms? at her see what a three and see how the business world, it. I work a good m a short day Sat- that the childless me my mind—what I be better by and it. Here and now zing of our house- "I have had a quarrel with my fiance. I am sure he was in the wrong, but I think he wants to make up, but is too proud to say so. Do you advise me to say the first word?" So runs the wail of a very forlorn young woman. Certainly, I advise her to speak the first word, and I say the same thing to every young woman similarly situated. So long as two people love each other, it doesn't matter in the least which is the first to make up. Generally it is the superior person who makes the first advance. enty apologies in being the superior person. Children in the matter of misbehavior. Theyitting they were in the wrong. Of a quarrel doesn't matter when two people woman should always make the first advances. quarrel there is after it is over the better. The fuss too often leads to its renewal. Themer down. the superior person. misbehavior. They on. r when two people the first advances. is over the better. its renewal. T Ask Her This Question "Do you know of any woman who ever received any benefit from taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound?" If any woman who is suffering with any ailment peculiar to her sex will ask her neighbors this question, she will be surprised at the result. There is hardly a community in this country where women cannot be found who have been restored to health by this famous old remedy, made exclusively from a simple formula of roots and herbs. During the past 30 years we have published thousands of letters from these grateful women who have been cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and never in all that time have we published a testimonial without the writer's special permission. Never have we knowingly published a testimonial that was not truthful and genuine. Here is one just received a few days ago. If anyone doubts that this is a true and honest statement of a woman's experience with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound write and ask her. Houston, Texas.—"When I first began taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound I was a total wreck. I had been sick for three years with female troubles, chronic dyspepsia, and a liver trouble. I had tried several doctor's medicines, but nothing did me any good. "For three years I lived on medicines and thought I could never get well, when I read an advertisement of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and was advised to try it. "My husband got me one bottle of the Compound, and it did me so much good I continued its use. I am now a well woman and enjoy the best of health. "I advise all women suffering from such troubles to give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a trial. They won't regret it, for it will surely cure you."—Mrs. Bessie L. Hicks, 819 Cleveland St., Houston. Any woman who is sick and suffering is foolish surely not to give such a medicine as this a trial. Why should it not do her as much good as it did Mrs. Hicks. HAMLINS WIZARD OIL GREAT FOR PAIN THE OIL THAT PENETRATES Why We Are Stronger. The old Greeks and Romans were great admirers of health and strength; their pictures and statuary made the muscles of the men stand out like cords. As a matter of fact we have athletes and strong men—men fed on fine strength making food such as Quaker Oats—that would win in any contest with the old Roman or Greek champions. It's a matter of food. The finest food for making strength of bone, muscle and nerve is fine oatmeal. Quaker Oats is the best because it is pure, no husks or stems or black specks. Farmers' wives are finding that by feeding the farm hands plenitively on Quaker Oats they get the best results in work and economy. If you are convenient to the store, buy the regular size packages; if not near the store, buy the large size family package; if in a hot climate, the hermetically sealed tins. True Thrift. "When visiting a certain town in the Midlands," says a medical man, "I was told of an extraordinary incident wherein the main figure, an economical housewife, exhibited, under trying circumstances, a trait quite characteristic of her. It seems that she had by mistake taken a quantity of poison—mercurial poison—the antidote for which, as all should know, comprises the whites of eggs. When this antidote was being administered, the order for which the unfortunate lady had overheard, she managed to murmur, although almost unconscious. "Mary, Mary! Save the yolks for the puddings!"—Tit-Bits. Sheer white goods, in ract, any fine wash goods when new, owe much of their attractiveness to the way they are laundered, this being done in a manner to enhance their textile beauty. Home laundering would be equally satisfactory if proper attention was given to starching, the first essential being good Starch, which has sufficient strength to stiffen, without thickening the goods. Try Defiance Starch and you will be pleasantly surprised at the improved appearance of your work. Industrial Education For training the workman the technical school can never supplant the workshop. The system that is likely to give the best results is a combination of part time apprenticeship and compulsory attendance at technical schools.—London Electrical Review. 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At the site of Jamestown the visitor is told that the baptismal font that held the water that washed Poca- hontas’ heathenism out of her had been taken to Wil- liamsburg. ‘There it is in the old Bruton church and it still holds its age and water well. Bruton church, by the way, is also on the Duke of Gloucester street, and it is an appealing structure. Who- ever the architect was, he has the spirit which makes for beauty. The building is clad with the ivy of Eng- land, which grows and thrives in this latitude. The ee TN SE _ Sd | ge * em EP Sean Se Wy LM Ly TT SRE SI Bia Mia iss iN Gi, WASSain: i> Y (4 SES SVG hy & Aa : VE Ge SHIN Ge SN 3): VAN ae ite Pass 277 Ufix SNju Ak me r a Ws tL \\N AN jg GF 4 ea Sa ah 5 D> iemc =~ 4 F en Wy ia a gy SH BX Re iy “a ¥ JB \. S37 cad . eS : s A Gy THES Z (Fades FEAST OE north door of the church are the graves of two children of Mrs, Martha Custis, who, when widowed, became the wife of George Washington. It 1s not the intention to make a necrology of this writing, but it is barely pos- sible that these two inscriptions, which appear on tab- lets inside the Bruton church, extolling the virtues of the dead, may have a living interest. Here is one of them: “Near this marble lyes ye Honble. Danel Paeke, of ye county of Essex, Esqr., who was one of his masters counsellors and sometime Secretary of the Collony of Virga. He dyed ye 6th of March, Anno 1679. His other felecityes were crowned by his happy marridg with Rebecka, the daughter of George Evelyn, of the County of Surry, Esqr. She dyed ye 2nd of January, Anno 1672, at Long Ditton, in ye County of Surry, and left behind her a most hopeful progeny.” ‘The other tablet bears this: “MDCCLI. Inscribed to the memory of Doctor Wil- lam Cocke, an English physician, born of reputable par- ents MDCLXXI, at Sudbury in Suffolk, and educated at Queen's College, Cambridge. He was learned and po- lite, of undisputed skill in his profession and unbounded generosity in his practice, which multitudes yet alive can testify. He was many years of the Council, and Secretary of State for this Colony in the reign of Queen ‘Anne and of King George. He died suddenly, sitting a judge upon the bench of the General Court, in the cap- jtol, MDCCXX. His Hon. friend Alexr. Spottswood, Esqr., then Govgr., with the principal gentlemen of the country, attended his funeral, and weeping, saw the corpse interred at the west end of the alter in this church.” ‘Almost in the shadow of Bruton church stands the Wythe house, for some time the headquarters of George Washington during the siege of Yorktown, which, with its historic memories, lies only .a few miles away. The seeds of history were sown thick hereabouts. Just back of the church and at a point easily reached from the Duke of Gloucester street, stands the old “Pow- der Horn,” built by Governor Spottswood in 1714. This magazine, put up by a British governor, was used after- ward by Washington to store powder, which subse- quently was rammed into cannon to burl shot at Corn- wallis behind the breastworks of Yorktown. The Vir- ginia Society for the Preservation of Antiquities has restored the Powder Horn, and it is now a museum for relics of the past. It is hard work to get away from Williamsburg, for there is something holding interest at-every turn of the streets and the lanes with the ancient and bigh-scund: ing names. A resident of the town said that five prest dents bad worshiped in the Bruton church and the vis itor didn’t want to get away until he had seen where rie fo J Ba Oe a Se ee De ps ot Pee wile i ee ig Oe ee 8 ts Fs = "in se! Kay ie Hoey a feted. iy y DO eee nea Ns 2 A : pe / 7 Yi) yy AW Wi MP: open ee WM peer? ASHINGTON.—In Wash- ington there is a little or- ganization of men who call themselves “The Sur- vivors of the Jamestown Famine.” This little soci- ety has no incorporation papers and it has no le- gal existence, its mem- bers being bound together simply by the ties of friendshin,) tenitted close: eRe ee eae ee Oe ington there is a little or- Ww ganization of men who call themselves “The Sur- vivors of the Jamestown £% f[ Famine.” This little soci- dbp | cty has no incorporation fpf pavers and it has no te- H gal existence, its mem- bers being bound together simply by the ties of ZouW friendship, knitted close result of @ pleasure excursion four years ago to the site of old city of Jamestown in the river, a few miles back from ve coast, The soctety was the out- govih of @ pleasure trip of which csentative William B, McKinley iilinois was the leader and host. The Survivors include an even doz- c: of congressmen and another even en of newspaper men, From the 1 that they took their trip south- «ward from the eapital they have together occasionally to eat and ic of the good things of earth and 1 live over in memory their terrible csperiences during the famine. Now ‘ose who have dug into history know at the old Jamestown colony. sut- ered terribly from hunger saa that wany of the colonists died of starvation, The members ‘ congress and the newspaper men who went to James- town were so well provided with the good things of lite that they feasted most of the time while on their jour- eying. So it was with a touch of irony and of humor tat the exeursionists on their return concluded to call themselves “The Survivors of the Jamestown Famine.” ‘The Survivors meet several times during the continu- nee of each congressional session and they invite high oflicials to their feasts, and the high officials, with plates ind gla’ es well filled before them hear the pathetic story of the terrible experience that their hosts under- vent while making the round trip to Jamestown in year gone by. It is just a bit of fun, but it serves its purpose of keeping companionable men together and of giving the excuse for two or three moderate feasting ceasions during the time that congress is wrestling with legislative problems, The Survivors have visited Jamestown and the places near it, which are laden with historical interest, a number of times since their first journeying forth. They know to-day more about the old Virginia coast ties than it falls to the lot of most men who live at a distance to knew. Some of the information stored away in the breasts of the Survivors is unburdened on the guests who as- semble at each successive feasting. It is real informa- tion, and perhaps it is not without its interest. ‘The old city of Jamestown was situated 40 miles up the broad James river. There is no village to-day at Jamestown, nor even a hamlet, but the visitor to the region who fails to make a pilgrimage to the site of the place “that once was” fails in a duty to himself and to the spirit of things ancient. . | ‘The old city of Jamestown has been turned over to the tender mercies of the government and to the tenderer mereies of the Association for the Preservation of Vir- kivia Antiquities, and the mercies in evidence are mani- fold. The government has built a breakwater to save the Island from the ravages of the river and the Antiqui- ties society is hard at work saving the rving that remain to mark the birthplace of English cly- There {s a church tower on the site ot the old settlement that is sturdy in its very decay and no poor monu- ment to the builders of the early sev- enteenth century. Sitting in the shadow of this tower you can call up enough shades of the past to make an interesting company. Some of the shades must come from a distance, but here in the body they lived and did those things that made their memories a people’s inheritance. Close to the place where the church ruin rises Capt, John Smith suthered the settlers about him and told them the story of the saving of his life by the Indian princess, Poca- hontas, Captain John had been in the kingdom of Powhatan to beg or borrow food for his hungry fellows. He bad more tales than one to tell, but the Pocahontas story was the day's prime recital, vohn was a touchy man on points of honor and no doubt his story was cceived straight-faced by his listen- 's, but one would like to have been present when the eaptain was safely rotired to the fireside. ‘The first ro- antic Pocahontas episode is put aside today by those who make a business of destroying things in his- ‘ory that the sentimental world holds dearest, but it is just as well to say here that no visitor valuing his com- cork oF ming and body should cast a stone of doubt at the literal truth of the John Smith tale. The Virginians { today are as sensitive about their early history as the doughty eaptain was about his honor, Powhatan's daughter was baptized according to the feith of the English church within a few rods of the rumbling tower, She had been captured by one Capt. \rgall, who probably took little stock in the other cap- ‘ain’s story that the Indian maiden had “hazarded the beating out of her own brains to save his.” At any rate ‘se Jamestown people held Pocahontas as prisoner and ‘ostage and converted her to their faith. She was bap- ‘zed in a church of which to-day there is small vestige leit and afterward she was married to John Rolfe in the same sanctuary, 1f you desire to bring back the shade of Pocahontas #s she looked in life as a child, read Capt. Smith’s de- scription of her as he saw her the day he said she saved us life, Here it is: “A child of 10 years old, which for feature, countenance and proportion much exceedeth any of the rest of Powhatan’s people.” Excavations have been made recently at Jamestown and the visitor will find much that was hidden from the ‘isitor of the past. Some of the old gravestones have been resurrected and restored and one may read the imes of a few of those who died in the famine time, or who met death in the early and almost constant war- ‘ore with the Indians. The “God’s acre” that outlies the ‘id chureh tower is in a fair state of preservation and it holds an interest in no way second to the interest ‘taching to the old graveyard at Plymouth, Mass., even Gough, for reasons not thoroughly understood, the rock f Plymouth has evershadowed the island of the James through all the years of American history. Originally Jamestown island was a peninsula, but the river has carried many acres of the land down to the sea, eutting a channel through and isolating the site ot the settlement. Material for the repair of history as washed away to the sea, but much remains by means OME ita —\\A | = == SR) “A hes) he A gs NS yi nas Oy og i iS CN ane en rt AO paneer SEG are of which the past may be repatched. ‘The first rep- resentative as- sembly in America met at Jamestown before the pil- grim fathers landed at Ply- mouth. It is but a step from the old church tower to the site of the first church which the colonists built and in which the house of bur- gesses met. Later a “'s t atehouse” was construct- ed, and re- cently, during the work of e x cavation, ‘éhw' » Secale. e x cavation, WHE RESCVE OF SN the founda: CAPTAIN SOHN 311/71 tiontions of the building were turned up. Near the site of the assembly house the visitor to-day can trace the outlines of the governor's mansion by means of the basic wall which once upheld its superstructure. The settlers’ powder magazine, their mainstay of defense, has been preserved in part, though the restless river is trying daily to claim it as it has claimed much before. The chureh whose tower still stands was built in 1620. Through the doorway, which is open to visitors, the colonists led to the marriage altar the “respectable maidens sent over the seas to become the wives of the forlorn settlers who, up to this date, had struggled on without helpmates as best they could, and who now for the payment of 120 pounds of tobacco might pick and choose a wife.” On that day in Jamestown Rev. Rob- ert Hunt, or his successor, for history is not clear on the point, held a veritable marriage feast, and fat were the fees paid to him in the coin of the time—the long- leaved Virginia tobacco. A recent visitor thought of that marriage procession as he stood under the tower and he wondered how many of the descendants of the settlers and of the “respectable maidens” have jour- neyed here to look on the place of their ancestors’ mar- rying. Jamestown was deserted early as years go, but its memories never will desert it. The visitor asked if there were no tangible memorials of Pocahontas in ex- istence and was told that the baptismal font used at her baptism is preserved in Bruton church, Williams- burg, which became the Virginia capital when James- town was abandoned. The Pocahontas font has served to hold the baptismal waters of generations of Virgin- fans, and the Bruton church wardens lay great store by it, but when the old Jamestown church is restored there will be ample justification for stealing the sacred ves- sel to put it back where it belongs. ‘There are three stories of the Jamestown church tower. In the first story are doorways, arched windows are in one part of the second story and loopholes are in the third story, and to these last the greatest interest attaches. The loopholes appear on all sides of the tower and they were used as embrasures for protruding cannon in times of Indian attack. Figures are dry things ‘at best, but it is worth noting that this tower remnant of an carly wilderness edifice is 18 feet square and 36 feet high. The structure is crumbling at the top, but the work of the preservation society will make it all secure. It is only three miles across country—and a bit of CCRYR/GHT, 1909,8Y W.A.PATTERSON churehyard, as quiet as that of the “Elegy,” lies along its walls. It is supposed that the church was named by one of the earlier secretaries of the colony, who was born in Bruton, England. In the church- yard is a tomb with this inscrip- tion: “Under this marble lieth the body of Thomas Ludwell, Esqr., Secretary of Vir- ginia, who was born at Bruton, in the county of Somerset, in the Kingdom of Eng- land, and depart- ed this life in the year 1678.” Close to the they all sat, so fast had the spirit of the old place latd its hand on him. If a loyal Williamsburger lends his sight-seeing ald you will not be allowed to leave the “oldest incorporated city in America” until you have visited the College of William and Mary, which stands at the head of the Duke of Gloucester street—you can’t leave this thorough- fare in the lurch if you try—and which is the oldest col- lege in America, barring only Harvard. The little guide- book of the place tells that among the alumni of “this ancient and honorable college” may be numbered three presidents of the United States, 12 cabinet officers, 19 members of the continental congress, among them its first president, Peyton Randolph; four justices of the supreme court of the United States, including Chiet Jus- tice Marshall, together “with a long list of senators, United States envoys and ministers, governors, military and nayal officers and five signers of the declaration of independence.” The thought on reading the graduate list was that the last ought to have come first. ‘The half hasn't been told of this old Virginia town. The blunt truth is that when you get into one of these history-teeming places you are lost in wonder that so many things worth remembering by posterity could have happened and that so many men could have had a hand in their happening. They made history fast in Virginia and they made plenty of it. Not long ago an officer of one of the staff depart- ments of the United States army was made a brigadier general of the line, A younger officer sneered at the promotion and said that the president was recognizing hard duty done in the /eracker and cheese department, while the fellows who fought were overlooked. Some of the officers of the staff departments of the army have spen as much service on stricken fields as have many of their fellows of the line. Col. Thomas Cruse is doing duty in the quartermaster’s department, fand he takes more account of shovels than he does of swords, but it would be a bold man of the line who would sneer at the career of Col. Cruse. ‘The colonel saw all kinds of service before he made the transfer to the staff and one of his exploits is told to-day in Sibley tents and in barracks wherever United States troops are camped or quartered. Cruse was for years an officer in the Sixth cavalry. ‘they say today when he picks up a sample shovel in the quartermaster’s department he handles it as though it were a carbine. In the early summer of the year 1882 Second Lieut. Cruse was serving in “K” troop of the mee Ta el a i ae ena of hot Arizona. That was a time when the people in Arizona had no hankering after statehood. There were not as many of them as there are to-day and, as an Irishman might put it, they had their hands full dodging Apache arrows and bullets. ‘There is a place in Arizona called the Big Dry Wash—a curious name, but one fitting a creek bed in a rain- less region. Second Lieut. Cruse was sent out with a following of six men one day on the trail of a band of ‘Apaches. There were not enough troops in the country at that time and commands were divided and sub- divided in order to cover the great- est amount of territory possible and to the end of discovering where the reds had rendezvoused, so that the geattered soldiers, when the discovery was made, might be gathered together and a descent be made upon the en- emy in a body. Lieut. Cruse and his little following reached the Big Dry Wash without finding the sign of an Apache. Be- yond the basin of the Wash was a fatural fortification of rocks. Cruse sent a trooper by the right flank to make a reconnoisance before order. ing his men to cross the bare bed of the gulch. ‘The trooper made a detour ‘and took a peep behind the bowlders. He returned and reported that there wasn’t an Indian in sight. ‘Then the little command, Cruse leading. pushed down into the basin eR eee a ae V0 eee saddles were emptied at the first vole ley and under the sharp order of thelr leader the sol- dies gave way ane aoughd the ehelter of fe 700% the reat Cruse ald not obey bis own order. He waited and in the face of the showering bullets he lifted a And ded trooper to hie saddie and bore bim back to shelter. Tt was supposed that the second trooper who had fallen at the first fire of the Apaches was dead. Cruse looked out across the waste between him and the am- pushed savages, the strength of whose fire told him that they outnumbered his squad 10 to one. While look: ing in the direction of the enemy Cruse saw the first trooper who had fallen turn himself on the sand, Theo there happened one of those things which official army history disposes of in a line, but to which a chapter can scarce do justice. Cruse, carbine in hand, stood up a fair and easy mark for a bullet. In an instant a red face showed above a rock beyond the stream bed and arifie barrel appeared, fimed in the direction of the cavalryman. Before the weapon cracked Cruse, one of the best shots in the army, had sent a bullet through the Apache’s head. ‘Then this second lieutenant—he was little more than ‘a boy—rounded the rocks in front of him and walked straight across the open toward the wounded soldier. ‘At every third step he fired and the builets rattled om the rocks close to the heads of the lurking reds, who had seen their comrade’s head split clean at a hundred and fifty yeards, and with that savage discretion which at timés takes the place of savage courage, they did not dare show themselves sufficiently to take careful alm, Cruse reached the wounded trooper. Then he glanced behind him. Two of his men had tollowed him, all unbidden. “Carry him, boys,” said Crise, “and Til cover the retreat.” Back they went slowly. A savage braver than his fellows stood up, took careful aim at the group and fired. The bullet bit Cruse in the arm, but an ounce of lead from his carbine crashed into the Apache's chest. Cruse walked backward, while behind him his two troop ers bore their stricken fellow. Bullets marked all the pathway, but the magnificent nerve and courage of the soldier, who shot true with death staring him in the face, seemed to palsy the ‘Apache's aim. They reached the breastworks, the off cer, and the soldiers with their burden. Before taking to cover Cruse sent one last shot and it claimed a victim, In an hour reinforcements came and @ horde of sav- ages was put to flight. 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Veterinary Physician The Finest Equipped Hospital Both Phones 1730 Office at 236 N. Marke "Second to PLEASES ALL Good Brea It is White As Snow— The Otto Weiss 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, Lams and Sealship, Oysters, also Fre Cattish, 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 MINE WICHITA, KAN Peoples Cleaning and Dye Ware 131 North Lawrence Avenue 178 The Biggest and Best in the Southwest Mass Surgery Special Attention Specialty Canine Practice Calls Promptly Answered—Day or Night R. C. R. Wilder Veterinary Physician & Surgeon The Finest Equipped Hospital In the City Phone Office and Hospital 236 N. Market St., Wichita Second to Now SES ALL Good Bread Market It is White As Snow—TRY IT Weiss Alfalfa Stock and Poultry guaranteed under the United States No. 13415 and under the Kansas State Order No. 1. It is The Cheapest and BEST FOOD E STEWART MEAT MARKET F. T. CULP, PROPRIETOR Best Meats, Beef, Pork, Lamb, Veal, Sealship, Oysters, also Fresh Home and Halibut for your Lunch. Heinz Sour, Sweet Mixed or Dill, Baked Beef Meats. In Street. Wichita ALL - ENGSTR Number Deals Successors to B. F. McLean 18 west Douglas Ave GEN'S IMPERIAL F CHAM — CORN MEAL — BREAKFAS A thirty-five years milling experience in Wichita Products are the best that can be produced. Ma- selected grain only and put up in Special Pa- Ask Your Groce See that you get IMPERIAL IMBODEN MILLING WICHITA, KANSAS The Peoples Cleaning and Dye Works 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 Weiss Alfalfa Stock and Poultry Food are all guaranteed under the United States Law, Serial No. 13415 and under the Kansas State Law Register No. 1. It Is The Cheapest and BEST FOOD on the Market. JOE STEWART MEAT MARKET 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. NGSTROM Dealers B. F. McLean Douglas Ave MERIAL FLOUR DEAL — BREAKFAST FOOD ing experience in Wichita our can be produced. Made from and put up in Special Packages, our Groce at IMPERIAL N MILLING Co. A, KANSAS HILL - ENGSTROM Lumber Dealers Successors to B.F. McLean 318 west Douglas Ave GRAHAM — CORN MEAL — BREAKFAST FOOD With thirty-five years milling experience in Wichita our products are the best that can be produced. Made from best selected grain only and put up in Special Packages, Ask Your Groce See that you get IMPERIAL THE IMBODEN MILLING Co. WICHITA, KANSAS COULTER'S CAFE 354 North MainSt. THE FINEST AND BEST IN THE Short Orders — Meals — Fish and C A much needed business in Wichita. No that you have a place that is a credit us let all join in and help push to succ Soft Drinks— Ice Cream— Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Coulter, Propriete NINEST AND BEST IN THE — Meals — Fish and Grain much needed business in Wichita. Now that you have a place that is a credit, 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 ness in Wichita. Now face that is a credit to help push to success Cream— Melons or Coulter, Proprietor 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, Proprietor JOB PRINTING Is Our Special 634 NORTH WA Is Our Specialty - 634 NORTH WATER SPECIALTY - Try UTH WATER Is Our Specialty - Try Us 634 NORTH WATER There Is NO Need Wichita, Kansas The leading educational institute for Negroes in the west MCCOY A faculty of eighteen thoroughly equipped teachers from the leading Institutes in America. MAGNIFICENT BUILDINGS Steam Heated and Electric Lighted DEPARTMENTS Biological, Classical, Normal, Snb-Normal, M State Industrial, embracing courses in Aire, Carpentry, Mechanical Drawing, Print-binding, Tailorlng, Business Courses, Miltinery, Cooking, Laundering and Fa Thorough discipline, Christian influence careful supervision Theological, Classical, Normal, Snb-Normal, Musical, State Industrial, embracing courses in Architecture, Carpentry, Mechanical Drawing, Printing, Book-binding, Tailorlng, Business Courses, Dress making, Millinery, Cooking, Laundering and Farming. Fine Military Band and Orchestra For full particulars write Prof. Shelly Of Western QUINDEN Residence Phone No. 15 Excellence Court "U. KNEES FLOR It excels in every respect, brand per barrel. MAD Watson WICHITA MESSEN FAMOUS AND ICE C WHOLESALE For Parties, Picnics, Orders delivered to BON-TON & BAKERY & E. B. MESS 146 N. Main St. DEAM ABS NORTH-WEST COURT Bonded A Johnston CHITA 507 N. Everything first-class. E. Transient Trade — R. R. Johnston or full particulars write to Prof. Shelton French, ACTING PRESIDENT Of Western University QUINDARO, KS Evidence Phone No. 15 Office Phone Allence Counts.... THEN USE U·KNEAD·IT" FLOUR als in every respect,—color, flavor, and po- barrel. MADE BY Watson Mill Co. WICHITA, KANSAS MESSERVE'S FAMOUS AND CELEBRATED ICE CREAM WHOLESALE AND RETAIL For Parties, Picnics, Socials and Churches Orders delivered to any part of the city BON-TON & KANDY BAKERY E. B. MESSERVE, Prop. Main St. AM ABSTRACT NORTH-WEST CORNER OF THE COURT HOUSE Bonded Abstractors Johnston's Hotel A 507 N. Main St. KA thing first-class. Electric Lighti, Electric ransient Trade — Restaurant in Connection R. Johnston, Proprietor Prof. Shelton French, ACTING PRESIDENT Of Western University QUINDARO, KS Residence Phone No. 15 Office Phone 1423 Excellence Counts..... THEN USE "U - KNEAD - IT" FLOUR It excels in every respect,—color, flavor, and pounds of bread per barrel. MADE BY Watson Mill Co. WICHITA, KANSAS WHOLESALE AND RETAIL For Parties, Picnics, Socials and Churches Orders delivered to any part of the city BON-TON & KANDY BAKERY ITCHEN E. B. MESSERVE, Prop. 146 N. Main St. Phone 152 DEAM ABSTRACT NORTH-WEST CORNER OF THE COURT HOUSE Bonded Abstractors Johnston's Hotel L. S. Naftsger, President, W. R. Tucker, Vice-President, J. M. Moore, Vice President, O. W. Brown. Vice President, V. H. Branch, Cashier. Fourth National Bank WICHITA, KANSAS United States Depository Capital $200,000 Surplus $125,000 Directors: W. R. Tucker, W. E. Ett, R. L. Holmes, S. B. Amidon, J. M. Moore, L. S. Naftsger, H. W. Darling, A. G. Houston, E. C. Sheldon, C. W. Brown, J. W. Metz, E. T. Battin, Henry Lassen, V. H. Branch. te to Bon French, ACTING PRESIDENT in University ARO, KS Office Phone 1423 ents.... USE "READ-IT" OUR color, flavor, and pounds of BY Mill Co. KANSAS ERVE'S CELEBRATED REAM AND RETAIL Socials and Churches any part of the city KANDY ITCHEN ERVE, Prop. Phone 152 STRACT Co. CORNER OF THE HOUSE abstractors n's Hotel Main St. KANSAS Electric Lighti, Electric Fans restaurant in Connection Proprietor Its the man who "sticks-to-it' who wins. W. S. MENRION DRUGGIST 607 N. Main St. Wichita, Kansas. Sometime More. "I see that a New York professor re-forms bad boys with piano music." "I hope he begins in mind that some pianos need reforming quite as much as bad boys do." ```markdown ``` Straighten Your Hair Straighten Your Hair DEAR SIRI:—I have used only one bottle of your pomade and now I would not be without it for it materially. I will light and easy to comb and also start a new growth. Mrs. W. P. WALKER. S. I. Harriman. Teen. Formerly named as Ozonized Ox Marrow. Fifty years of success has proved its merit. It is a beautiful, soft, pliable, so you can comb it and arrange it in any style you wish consistent with its length. Removes and prevents dandruff, invigorates the skin and helps prevent or break off and gives it new life and vigor. Absolutely harmless—used with splendid results even on the youngest children. Has a pleasant pleasure, as ladies of refinement everywhere declare. Ford's Hair Pomade has imitators. Don't buy it until you have tried it and your results, buy the best Pomade—it will pay you. Look for this name on every package. If your druggist will not supply you with the genuine send us, express or postal money order to your druggist's address. We will forward mail prepaid to any point in U. S. A. by return mail on receipt of price. Address. The Ozonized Ox Marrow Co., 153 East Kenzie St. Chicago, Ill. FORD'S HAIR POMADE is made only in Chicago by the above firm. Agents Wanted Everywhere. For Everything in Building Material SEE SEE BOTH PHONES 496 J.H. TURNER WICHITA, KANS. 533 TO 547 WEST DOUGLAS COLLEGE OF ARTS Sir D. L. Taylor Designer and Builder of Tent houses, Tabernacle houses and Temple houses. Prices in reach of all. Send your order to-day 329 East Center SALINA, KANSAS Use Herman's Cement Stone Made from the best material. Lasts longer, wears better and more durable than any other Cement Stone on the market. Prices Reasonable. PRICES 11c each laid in wall 8c each delivered 7c each in the yard Rock Face 8c each Plain Face 7c each Manufactured By W. L. HERMAN, 527 Ohio Ave., New Phone 11:7 W L. Herman CONTRACTING : PLASTERER 856 Eagle St., Wichita, Kan. Job Printing We have installed a new line of JOB TYPE FACES and we would be pleased to use them on a job for you. Good Work- Low Prices to all North Water St. Use Murray's Reliable Nerve Balm Murray's Reliable Antiseptic Salv Murray's Reliable Extracts Murray's Reliable Perfumes Murray's Reliable Pure Spices These Goods Have No Epual They are pleasing hundreds of people and will please you. J. H. MURRAY, Sole Prop. 803 South Hydraulic Avenue New Phone 985 Wlehita - - - Kansas Real Estate 5 room house and 50 x 500 ft on Sher- wood $600.00 2 vacant lots on Sherwood $300.00 6 vacant lots on Ohio Ave $1500.00 8 lots on Burns Ave $680.00 8 room two story house 2 lots $1500.00 5 vacant lots ($100.00) each $500.00 9 lots on Wabash ($125.00) each $112500 The Wichita Land and Investment Co. James J. Olden Pres. 612½ N. Main St. Wichita Kans. Send your news in earlier Dan Peterson has a splendid good pasture, seven [7] miles due West on Thirteenth [13] St. for horses and cattle. Prices reasonable, 10 - HYMN POST CARDS- 10c Something new, A beautiful reminder for your friends. Set of ten different subjects: beautifully illustrated "Rock of Ages" "Lead Kindly Light," "Just as I am," "Nearer my God to Thee," etc. etc 3 sets for 25c Lawrence Co. Dept. 205, Chicago. Ill. P. S. If you order 3 sets for 25c at once we will send you absolutely FRFE a beautiful Post Card entitled "Auld Lang Syne." Satisfaction "Wichita's Best "Four 622 N. Main Street We also carry a complete stock of Hay, Grain, Feed and Coal. 530 - Both Phones - 530 TRY US For a Good Job of Lead and Oil. SUTTON PAINT CO. E. D. Squire 245-247 N Main Street Has Some Bargains In Has Some Bargains In New and 2nd Hand Furniture, Carpets, Mattings, Linoleums, Window Shades, Stoves, and Ranges. Repairing Done. Bell phone 1837 Ind 1837 green Fine China Urn One of the finest urns in the west is the China urn on display in the North Window of the E D Squire Furniture Co at 2-5 North Main It was at the St Louis Worlds Fair and has a value of more than $100 Stop and see it It is a beautip. Rev R B Tyler of Newton was in the city Thursday Mr, George Thompson, for 25 years a resident of this city is in a critical condition suffering from dropsy. He states that he is only waiting the time when the Lord shall coll him from labor to reward. Mrs. Ed. Miller of 1929 S. Mosley entertained at dinner on Monday. Mrs. Pete Clements Joe Phillips Grant Ewing, presiding Elder M. Wooten, Rev. J. T. Smith and Rev. G. Wooten. All departel declaring Mrs. Miller a splendid hostess and are looking forward, for another invitation in the near future. 19 lbs Granulated Sugar $1.00 4 lbs for 25c Flour, small sack, 75c: ers 15c Good Rio Coffee, per Dry Goods and Shoe Department: Ca Table Linen, worth 5c yd —we have the 24c yd lengths at 35c yd. Men's Fancy colored hose, worth 15c-all you want per pair Hardware Department: Sca for the use of shelf hardware. Fish goods, Builder's hardware, and equipment which could be found in a First Class Hardware store. First-Class Making of Men's Garments Cleaning, Pressing and Repairing A Specialty Prompt Service Courteous Attention Your Trade Solicited Guaranteed Deposits bank are fully guaranteed. An account may amount from one dollar up. Upon Savings Accounts, compounded every and July 1st. It is issued PAYABLE ON DEMAND, bear-ist per annum for each full month from date 0fercial checking accounts do not draw interest any nights from 7 to 9 to receive deposits State Savings Bank FIRST AND MARKET dent P. K. Lewis, Cashier Paid Up Capital $25.000.00 All deposits in this bank are fully guaranteed. An account may be opened in any amount from one dollar up. 4% Interest paid upon Savings Accounts, compounded every January 1st and July 1st. Certificates of Deposits issued PAYABLE ON DEMAND, bearing 4 per cent interest per annum for each full month from date of issue. Commercial checking accounts do not draw interest. Open Saturday nights from 7 to 9 to receive deposits. Gold State Savings Bank FIRST AND MARKET H. W. Lewis, President P. K. Lewis, Cashier Paid Up Capital $25,000.00 (First Publication in Searchlight September 4, 1909.) Administrator's Notice. Our Mentholated Lotion We are the exclusive manufacturous of this preparation. It is a cooling application after shaving. It absolutely reives all cases of sun burn, chapped hands and faces and leaves the cuticle smooth and soft. State of Kansas, Sedgwick County, ss. In the Probate Court, in and for Said County: In the matter of the estate Emanuel Harrison, Deceased. NOTICE is hereby given that Letters of Administration have been granted to the undersigned on the Estate of Emanuel Harrison, late of said County, deceased, by the Probate Court of the County and State aforesaid, dated the 26th day of August, A. D., 1909. Now, all persons having claims against the said Estate, are hereby notified that they must present the same to the undersigned for allowance within one year from the date of said letters, or they may be precluded from any benefit of such estate; and that if such claims be not exhibited within three years after date of such letters, they shall be forever barred. Works in time will find it a better application than vaseline or cold cream. We sell it for 10 cts an ounce or 3 ounces for 25c and warrant it to please. 811 N. Main St. "ichita, Kan W. N. MILLER, Administrator of the Estate of Σmanuel Harrison, Deceased. August 27th, 1909. Mrs, Thos W Fine entertained a feW friends at hef home 1204. N. 5th on Tuesday Sept 4th in honor of her husband birthday. Those present were Elmer Johnson anc wife Ora Taylor & wife and Dr. H. T Bolden and wife: About News We wish to impress the fact on all that we are not mind readers and it is utterly impossible for us to be in every nook and corner and nook of town at one time be at every in-coming and out-going trail to see who goes out or who comes in, or have the ability to keep tab on every one who gets ill etc. It the people do not tell us of these things we have no other means of finding out. If you get sick, leave town have a party, a wedding or any other social event and do not tell us about it you should not blame us if such things do not appear in the paper. We are willing and ready to print your items if you give them to us. It is veay little trouble to you, then why not send them in. Call Bell Phone 1641. The Twelve Star club met with Mrs S A Baker last Thursday eve at 905 N Taylor Visiters 9 members 10 A nice time was had They adjourned to meet with Rev C H Mendenhall and wife next week at 908 N Tylor Mrs Emma Hamilton of Junction City Kansas is visiting Mrs Ida M Jordan 903 Western Ave Miss Lena Williams and Mrs Emma Williams were the guests of Mrs Ida M Jordan last week 437 N. Main St. Watches, Clocks and Jewelry Repairing Work Guaranteed Accidenturance Company Bankers Accident Insurance Company Of Des Moines, Iowa We insure you against Accident and Sickness for 8 cents a day. Information gladly given by it. CIBERLING, District Manager — PHONES— Residence 1484 Blue vc., Wichita, Kansas Are you a men ber? We insure you against Accident and Sickness for $1.00 per month or 3-18 cents a day. Information gladly given by it. T. P. SEIBERLING, District Manager O. R. Bissa tz NORTH TOPEKA KANSAS H. O. Harrison JEWELER & OPTICIAN SCHOOL OF TRUTH TELLING DUTIABLE TO THE A OF $100 ADMITTED IF THE DECLA DUTIABLE GOODS TO THE AMOUNT OF $100 NILL BE ADMITTED FREE IF THEY ARE DECLARED RECORDS OF THE ANANIA'S CLUB. T.R. JWAUDEE SKMOTHER OSBORN LOVETT IN HARRIMAN'S PLACE LOVETT IN HARRIMAN'S PLACE BECAME HEAD OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE UNION PACIFIC Continuation of the Dead Financier's Policies Made Certain by This Action. New York, N. Y.—The continuance of the Harriman policies in the management of Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, and the chain of allied railroads was made certain, temporarily at least, when Robert S. Lovett, E. H. Harriman's personal counsel and close friend, was elected to succeed Mr. Harriman at the head of the executive committee of the Union Pacific railroad. To strengthen further the dominance of the "Harriman ideas," Jacob H. Schiff and William Rockefeller—both heavily interested in the Harriman enterprises—were elected directors in place of Mr. Harriman and the late H. H. Rogers, and also were chosen to places on the executive committee. The Union Pacific still remains without a president, as Mr. Harriman occupied this position also. It is understood, however, that an operating man—probably L. F. Loree, president of the Deleware & Hudson, will be elected for the place at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held on October 12. Proxies for this meeting already in the hands of Judge Lovett and Alexander Millar, secretary of the Union Pacific seem to guarantee that election will be dictated by the Harriman interests. The office which Judge Lovett assumed is the most important in the management and financial supervision of the Union Pacific. FOR MISSOURI VALLEY FAIR Entries Are Coming in Rapidly for the Agricultural Exhibit at Electric Kansas City, Mo.-Entries for the Missouri Valley fair, which is to be given at Electric Park are coming in rapidly. A. V. Wilson, secretary of the fair association has returned from Des Moines, where he visited the Iowa State Fair. His journey was made for the purpose of interesting exhibitors there in the local fair. Mr. Wilson was successful, as numerous prize winners will be represented here. He succeeded in obtaining entries for nearly every department. One of the most interesting will be an immense apple display, which won the first prize at Des Moines. It will be brought here in its entirety. A department of the fair that will amuse interest is that which will be devoted to tobacco. Already enough entries have been received to fill the allotted space. The exhibit will be confined to those of tobacco growers of the Southwest. In Memory of Harriman. Omaha, Neb.—Out of respect for their late chief E. H. Harriman, whose funeral services were held at Arden, N. Y., every employee of the Union Pacific system laid aside his work for one minute during the funeral services. At the appointed time, every train, of whatever class, regardless of where located, came to a dead stop. In the shops and various offices the same mark of respect was shown by a brief stoppage of all work. Rain in Oklahoma. Vinita, Oklahoma.—A drouth of six weeks duration was broken when rain began falling here. While too late to help the crops it brought relief to stockmen and helped the late pasturage. Registry Fee Increased. Washington, D. C.—The fee for the registration of mail will be increased from eight to ten cents after November 1, 1909, according to an order signed by Postmaster General Hitchcock. Special Master B. V. McKeever filed the affidavit to the supreme GOODS AMOUNT WILL BE FREE YEY ARE RED RECORDS OF THE ANANIAIS CLUB. T.R. ZWANKE SENTIMEL ORBORN FOREIGN TARIFF BOARD NAMED Their Appointment Authorized by Payne Bill to Assist in Execution of the Law. Beverly, Massachusetts.—President Taft has named the following board of tariff experts to assist him in the execution of the new tariff law: Prof. Henry C. Emery of Yale University, who will act as chairman of the board. James B. Reynolds of Boston, at present assistant secretary of the treasury, in charge of the customs division. Alvin H. Sanders of Chicago, at present editor and proprietor of the Breeders' Gazette. This is the board of tariff experts that was authorized by the Payne tariff bill. It will be known as the foreign tariff board. It is the outgrowth of the demand for a permanent tariff commission. With such a well balanced board the President believes that he will be able at all times to keep in touch with the tariff situation all over the world. The impression is growing that the tariff will never again be made a partisan issue and under the operation of this commission it is believed that a long step forward is taken toward finally lifting the subject out of politics. Secretary Reynolds and Mr. Sanders are Republicans. Professor Emery is an independent. KANSAS MERCHANT A SUICIDE Albert Sarbach of Holton Found Dead in Room in Hotel Baltimore, Kansas City Kansas City, Mo.—Why Albert Sarbach, a prosperous merchant and widely known politician and Mason of Holton, Kan., committed suicide in a room at the Hotel Baltimore is a mystery. Nothing was felt to indicate whoy he killed himself, yet the preparations were deliberate. He inhaled chloroform and arranged the bottle on a pillow above his head in such a way that the poison would slowly drip out and kill him. He had taken the precaution also to purchase a vial of carbolic acid. This poison was found in the room. Sarbach had a will which he had written April 20. With the exception of a coat, the man was fully dressed. Dr. Harry Czarlinks, deputy coroner, said Sarbach had been dead about two days. Cook Had a Good Outfit Gloucester Massachusetts. — The schooner John R. Bradley, on which Dr. Frederick A. Cook made his trip to the Arctic, carried more than $20,000 worth of supplies, including pemican, and wood brought from the west and especially suitable for sledges. This statement was made by Benjamin A. Smith, who outfitted the vessel. Harvester Case Postponed Jefferson City, Missouri—Because of the absence of Commissioner Brace, who is in California, the taking of testimony, in the ouster suit of the attorney general against the International Harvester company of America which was set for Tuesday September 14 has been postponed until September 29. Washington, D. C. — Double the amount of corn was exported from the United States in August over that month a year ago while less than one-half the amount of wheat and a little more than one-half the amount of wheat flour was exported last month over August,a year ago Drouth Injured the Gotton. Dallas, Texas.—In publishing cotton reports from 650 correspondents in Texas and Oklahoma, the Galveston-Dallas News says that reports show conditions in Texas September 8 were 40.1 per cent worse than on the corresponding day in 1908. Albert Sarbach a prosperous merchant of Holton, Kan., was found dead in a room at the Hotel Baltimore, Kansas City where he had killed himself by inhaling chloroform. No motive is known for the act. HARRIMAN STOCK WAS HIGHER Volume of Business Amounted to 1, 500,000 Shares Largely Stocks in Which He Was Interested. New York, N. Y.—Two beliefs concerning the death of Edward H. Harriman came to be accepted as facts —first, that his great railroad organization will not be disturbed; second, that he was a victim of cancer. That the financial world had thoroughly discounted the great man's death and dissipated all fear of a panic was attested by one of the most remarkable scenes in the history of the New York stock exchange. There, instead of a downward movement of stocks, a sensational and spectacular advance occurred, while in London and Berlin railroad and industrial securities showed unusual strength. In all quarters, paradoxical as it may seem, the so-called Harriman stocks were strong. The volume of business was anomalous—well over 1,500,000 shares and to this vast amount the better known Harriman stocks, namely Union Pacific common and Souther Pacific stone contributed over one-third, while other properties in which the late magnate was more remotely interested added probably as much more to the sum total. The day resulted in a complete rout of the short interests, which was probably more extensive than even the best informed had imagined. QUIET FUNERAL FOR HARRIMAN Arden, New York.—Through the quiet aisle of the Ramapo woods, the body of Edward H. Harriman was carried from the great house he never lived to see finished and laid in its last resting place on the Arden hillside. The rulers of Wall street came from New York to pay their last tribute but the most prominent part in the funeral ceremonies was taken by the men who know him best as a country squire, master of the great estate which covers 43,000 acres of hill and valley in this the most rugged part of Orange county. His general superintendent, his master carpenter, his master mason and the managers and assistant managers of his dairies, his farms and his trotting stables, were the men who bore his coff, and the services were led by his own chaplain, the little Episcopal church of St. Johns, half a mile up the hill from the Arden railway station, never before sheltered such a distinguished gathering as stood bareheaded under their shade by the grave. The funeral was private and only those who were personal friends of the family and had received invitations from Mrs. Harriman were admitted. THE RAILROADS EARNED MORE Their Net Earnings in 1209 Were $90, 718, 357 More Than the Previous Chicago, Illinois.—The gross earnings of the railroads of the United States for the year ending June 30, 1909 were $2,437,385,841 according to the figures compiled by the bureau of railway news and statistics from the monthly reports of the Interstate Commerce commission as given out here. The operating expenses were $1,611,927,766; taxes $88,961,475 and net operating income $736,496,600. The figures for the year ending June 30, 1908 were gross earnings $2,424,540,637; operating expenses $1,695,101,878; taxes $83,860,518 and net operating income $645,678,243. The average mileage cover by these returns in 1909 is 230,099 against 2261,121 in 1908—an increase of 3,978 miles. These figures show an increase of $12,745,204 in gross earnings and of $90,718,357 in net. New York's Enormous Expenditures. New York, N. Y.—The cost of maintaining the administration of New York during 1910, according to figures to be submitted to the board of estimate and apportionment next Friday, will be approximately $184,000,000, an increase of $28,000,000 over this year's budget. The magnitude of this sum will be apparent when it is remembered that less than 25 years ago the administration of the United States government exclusive of pension disbursements involved an expenditure of public funds of less than $178,000,000. Wreck Near Kansas City. Kansas City, Mo.-In the wreck of the "California Limited," westbound on the Missouri Pacific near Swope Park three cars filled with passengers left the track. Two of the cars were crushed and splintered. No one was killed. Seventeen persons were injured, but none dangerously. Plan Reception for Gompers. Washington, D. C.—Plans of the Central Labor Union for the homecoming reception it will tender Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor in this city October 1 include invitations to President Taft and Wm. J. Bryan. New Governor for Porto Rico. Beverly, Massachusetts.—It was announced that the president will appoint George R. Colton of the District of Columbia, as governor of Porto Rico. $1000.00 SOLID GOLD & SILVER AWARD 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, December 6 to 18, 1909. Over one hundred thousand million (100,000,000,000) ears of corn were grown in the United States last year. Over a billion dollars were spent them. More than a million and a quarter extra dollars went into the pockets of the farmers for corn this year than they received for the previous year's crop. The reason for this may be found in the fact that the people of the United States are beginning to learn how delicious corn is and to realize its full food value. Kellogg's Toasted Corn Flakes has placed corn among the indispensable items of daily fare. The makers, therefore, are interested in the development of the King of Cereals, and have decided to award a beautiful trophy for the man, woman or child who can produce the best ear of corn in two different seasons. Professor Holden, of the Iowa State College, the greatest authority on corn in the world, will award the prize at the National Corn Exposition, to be held at Omaha, Neb., December 14, 1909. Two simple rules will govern the plan and they are—that you send your best ear of corn to the National Corn Exposition, Omaha, Neb., before November 27, 1909; and that you are a member of the National Corn Association. Full particulars regarding which can be had by writing to National Corn Exposition, Omaha, Neb. Tie a tag securely to your specimen and word it. For the Kellogg Trophy Contest, and write your name and address plainly. If yours is judged the best you will get the trophy for 100. If you succeed again next year or the year following, the trophy will become your property for all time. In other words, you must produce the best ear of corn two different years. There will be no restrictions. Any man, woman or child belong to the Association can enter. It will be open to every state in the Union. Professor Holden will judge the corn particularly on the basis of quality. The growing of more corn per acre is one object of the award, but the main purpose of the founder of the trophy is for Increasing the Quality of Corn Used in Making Kellogg's TOASTED CORN FLAKES Many people think we have reached the point of perfection in Toasted Corn Flakes as it now is. Perhaps we have. If you haven't tried it, begin your education in "good things to eat" today. All grocers have it. KELLOGG TOASTED CORN FLAKE CO., Battle Creek, Mich. The Genuine Corn Flakes has this Signature Gimlet—Fibbs claims to have caught a catfish weighing 50 pounds down in the creek, does he? Well, it's safe to say he's lying to the extent of about 40 pounds. Hammer—Not if he hears you say it. WHAT IS PAINT? The paint on a house is the extreme outside of the house. The wood is simply a structural under layer. That is as it should be. Unprotected wood will not well withstand weather. But paint made of pure white lead and linseed oil is an invulnerable armor against sun and rain, heat and cold. Such paint protects and preserves, fortifying the perishable wood with a complete metallic casing. And the outside of the house is the looks of the house. A well-constructed building may be greatly depreciated by lack of painting or by poor painting. National Lead Company have made it possible for every building owner to be absolutely sure of pure white lead paint before applying. They do this by putting upon every package of their white lead their Dutch Boy Painter trademark. That trademark is a complete guarantee. A Useful Baby. Speaking of tricks to win the sympathy of juries in criminal cases, Judge Willard M. M. Ewen, in a recent address before the Illinois State's Attorneys' association, said: "I know of four cases where a baby played a prominent part in getting the acquittal of the defendant, and I later learned that the same baby had been used in each of the cases, although the supposed mothers in each case were different women."—Law Notes. A. Bare Good Thing. "Am using ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE, and can truly say I would not have been with you. I would give my aching feet. I think it a rare good thing for anyone having sore or tired feet—Mrs. Matilda Holtwert, or trodden feet. Sold by all Druggists, Sc. Ask to-day. Not Qualified for the Job. Father (impressively)—"My son, I want you to be very attentive to your new teacher, who is a man of wide and general information. He can teach you everything you need to know." Small Boy (derisively)—"He? He don't know nothin'! 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"Between eight and nine o'clock in the evening," volunteered the operator, sweetly, "there are more overtime telephone conversations registered than in any other in the 24." "What is the cause of it?" snapped the crusty man. "Sweethearts," said the girl. "For various reasons He and She cannot meet every evening, so on the off nights they satisfy their longing by talking over the telephone. It takes a long time to say all the things they want to say. Under the circumstances other people ought to be patient." "Sweethearts! Humph!" scoffed the crusty man, and he didn't look patient, not one bit. Troubles of People on Venus. Inhabitants of Venus, if there are any, must feel it extremely difficult to establish units of time. Venus always turns the same face toward the sun; so the planet has no day, and the lack of a moon deprives it of a month. Finally, it has no year, for its axis of rotation is perpendicular to the plane of its orbit, and the latter is almost circular. 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U., WICHITA, NO. 38-1909. Speaks Out for the Benefit of Suffer ing Thousands. Rev. G. M. Gray, Baptist clergy- Rev. G. M. Gray, Baptist clergy- of, Whitesboro, Tex., says: Four years ago I suffered misery with lumbago. Every movement was one of pain. Doan's Kidney Pills removed the whole difficulty after only a short time. Although I do not like to have my name used publicly, I make an exception Four years ago I suffered misery with lumbago. Every movement was one of pain. Doan's Kidney Pills removed the whole difficulty after only a short time. Although I do not like to have my name used publicly, I make an exception In this case, so that other sufferers from kidney trouble may profit by my experience." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. DEEP SEA TALK. The Porpoise—I hear that the porty old lobster went all to pieces in his last days. The Tortoise—Well, I should say he did go to pieces, and small pieces. He ended up in a lobster salad. Mottoes of a Queen. Her majesty, the queen of Portugal, pins her faith, it is said, to the following mottoes: Keep out of doors all you can. Breathe outdoor air, live in it, revel in it. Don't shut yourself up. Build your houses so that the air supply is good. Throw away your portieres and bric-a-brac. Don't have useless trifles about you. Have a favorite form of exercise and make the most of it. Ride on horseback if you can; cycle if you cannot get a horse; do anything to get out in the open air. Don't overeat. Drink little and let that little be pure. Don't try to dress too much, yet dress as well as you are able. Wear everything you can to make yourself lovely. The Doctors' Orders. A lady whose husband seemed to be doing little but lie in the hammock and eat apples, was asked by a sympathetic neighbor what the trouble with him was. "Doctors," she replied, sadly. "No, he hasn't come into a fortune." A writer in To-Day's Magazine tells the story. "You see," explained the wife, "he's been having some sort of matter with his stomach, and he consulted two different doctors about it. One told him to eat a ripe apple every hour, and the other said to rest an hour after eating. So he's trying to do both." An Arbitrary Classification "So you think every patriot has a more or less clearly defined ambition to hold public office?" "Yes," answered Senator Sorghum. "As a rule, patriots may be divided into two classes—the appointed and the disappointed." Many a man is the moving picture of an unpaid tailor bill. PRESSED HARD Coffee's Weight on Old Age. When prominent men realize the injurious effects of coffee and the change in health that Postum can bring, they are glad to lend their testimony for the benefit of others. A superintendent of public schools in North Carolina says: "My mother since her early childhood, was an inveterate coffee drinker and had been troubled with her heart for a number of years, and complained of that 'weak all over' feeling and sick stomach. "Some time ago I was making an official visit to a distant part of the country and took dinner with one of the merchants of the place. I noticed a somewhat peculiar flavor of the coffee, and asked him concerning it. He replied that it was Postum. "I was so pleased with it, that after the meal was over, I bought a package to carry home with me, and had wife prepare some for the next meal. The whole family liked it so well, that we discontinued coffee and used Postum entirely." "I had really been at times very anxious concerning my mother's condition, but we noticed that after using Postum for a short time, she felt so much better than she did prior to its use, and had little trouble with her heart and no sick stomach; that the headaches were not so frequent, and her general condition much improved. This continued until she was as well and hearty as the rest of us. "I know Postum has benefited my self and the other members of the family, but not in so marked a degree as in the case of my mother, as she was a victim of long standing." Read "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. "There's a Reason." Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human interest. DR. COOK IS COMING HOME WILL SAIL FOR NEW YORK SAT- URDAY ON THE OSCAR II. He Finds it Too Late in the Season to Send Boat to Greenland for Eskimos. Copenhagen. — Dr. Frederick A. Cook will sali from Christiansand Saturday morning on board the Scandinavian American liner Oscar II or New York where she is due about September 20 or 21. Probably Capt. Roald Amundsen will accompany him. Dr. Cook will leave here to-night for Christiansand. He has abandoned his proposed visit to Brussels on the advice of friends. The explorer is spending the night at Count Holstein's castle. With him are Dr. Egan, the American minister and Miss Egan. Dr. Cook asked the officials of the Danish Greenland administration to arrange for the despatch of one of their boats to Greenland at his expense to get the two Eskimos who accompanied him to the pole. The officials stated that it is now too late in the season for such an attempt and advised him that he must wait for spring which he will do. He proposed to Gould Brokaw who is here with his yacht Federa that they make a start for Greenland immediately, but Brokaw would not agree to this. The Copenhagen papers are full of the controversy. Almost all of them support Dr. Cook's claims, but throw no new light on the subject. Capt. Amundsen is one of the strongest supporters of the explorer who is now backed up by Dr. Edward Bay, the zoologist of the expedition under Capt. Sverdrup in the Fram in 1898-1902. On that expedition Capt, Sverdrup made highly important scientific investigations and it was over the route mapped by Sverdrup that Cook made his journey northward. LOSS AND DAMAGE BILL LARGE Railroad Paid Out in One Year on That Account $56,700,000—Increased Rapidly. Chicago, Illinois.—Railroads of the United States paid approximately $56,700,000 for "loss and damage" and "injuries to persons" during the year ending June 30, 1908 according to a report made public by the bureau of railway news and statistics. This is an increase of $8,441,000 compared with the preceding year. Statistics are given showing that payments on account of "injuries to persons" increased 254 per cent between 1897 and 1907 and for "loss and damage" 437 per cent while during the same period gross earnings of the railroads increased only 130 per cent. A MOUNTED BAND WITH THEM Three Batteries Leave Fort Riley on Their Annual Practice March. Junction City, Kansas. — Three batteries of the Sixth Field Artillery under command of Maj. Hoyle, left have left Fort Riley on the annual 21-day march. The batteries will go to Wichita, where they will spend three days. Accompanying the batteries is the Sixth Field Artillery band, mounted, the only organization of its kind in the army. The route to Wichita is through Chapman, Solomon, Salina, McPherson, Hutchinson, Foras Ranch and Inman. Mexicans Need Help. Washington, D. C.-Tales of great suffering and of the serious situation in the flooded district of Mexico, as told in telegrams received at the state department from American Consul General Philip C. Hanna brought forth another appeal from the American National Red Cross society for funds with which "to supply our unfortunate neighbors of Mexico with the necessities of life." Takahira Will Not Come Back. Tokio, Japan. It is stated in circles well informed in government matters that Baron Kagora Takahira, Japanese ambassador to the United States, who was called home to confer with the foreign office on various matters of importance will not return to Washington. Farmers Hold Their Wheat. Salina, Kansas.—The farmers are holding this year's wheat crop for higher prices. Many say they will not take less than $1 a bushel. The price here is $8 cents. The threshing is about all done, but in the last month very little grain has been marketed. The farmers are more independent this year than ever before. One Successful Exposition. Seattle, Wash.-The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition entered upon its last quarter with every.cent of its floating indebtedness paid, nearly all of its bonds retired and the attendance increasing. High Record Flour Output: Kansas City, Mo.—Kansas City flour mills made a record output last week. The eight mills here produced 77,200 barrels of flour, using about 425,000 bushels, or 400 carloads of wheat. You Look Prematurely Old Because of those ugly, grizzly, gray haires. Use "LA CREOLE" HMR RESTORER. PRICE, $1.00, retail. 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. Women in Postal Service. The distinction of first appointing a woman postmaster does not belong to America, nor is the employment of women in the postal service a new idea. As early as 1548 a woman postmaster was appointed to look after the mails of Braine le Comte, an important town of France. In the trying times of the Thirty Years' war, the principal office in the postal service of Europe was held by a woman, Alexandrine de Rue. From 1628 to 1646 she was in charge of the mails of the German empire, the Netherlands, Burgundy and Lorraine. She was known as a master general of the mails. In America, Elizabeth Harvey was the first to hold a place in the postal department. She had charge of the letters in Portsmouth, N. H., in the beginning of the seventeenth century. A half century afterward Lydia Hill was placed in charge of the post-office in Salem, Mass. Rough on Rats, unbeatable exterminator Rough on Hen Lice, Nest Powder, 25c. Rough on Bedbugs, Powder or Liq'd, 25c. Rough on Fleas, Powder or Liquid, 25. Rough on Roaches, Pow'd, 15c, Liq'd, 25c. Rough on Moth and Ants, Powder, 25c. Rough on Skeeters, agreeable house, 25c. E. S. Wells, Chemist, Jersey City, N. J. By Automobile Up Mount Rainier. United States Engineer Eugene Ricksecker celebrated Independence day by throwing open the government road in the Mount Rainer National park. Vehicles and horsemen now have an excellent thoroughfare from tidewater to Narada falls, near snow line in Paradise valley. Mr. Ricksecker says that autos and wagons can now make the trip with comfort. The maximum grade on the road is four per cent. Nearly a score of automobiles, all loaded, went to the mountain. A Queer Malady. Sprigg went to a noted physician to ask advice as to his health. In pom-pous tones he addressed the doctor: "I—ah— have come to—ah—ask you—ah—what—what is—ah—the doosid mattaw with me—ah!" "I find that your heart is affected," said the physician, gravely. "Oh—ah—anything else—ah?" "Yes; your lungs are affected, too." "Anything—ah—else—ah?" "Yes; your manners are also affected." What's the Matter with Baby? "I wonder what makes baby cry so?" said the first friendly person. "Perhaps a pin is annoying it," ventured another. "Or else it's hungry," said a third. "Or teething," said another. "You can't do anything for that." "Aw, look at the way he's kicking, and see how his little fists are doubled up." put in Bobby. "He wants somebody of his own size to fight with, that's what he wants." The extraordinary popularity of fine white goods this summer makes the choice of Staroch a matter of great importance. Defiance Starch, being free from all injurious chemicals, is the only one which is safe to use on fine fabrics. It great strength as a stiffener makes half the usual quantity of Starch necessary, with the result of perfect finish, equal to that when the goods were new. Singular and Plural. "Whenever she gets to thinking how much they're in debt it affects her nerves." "Huh! the way it affects her husband is singular." "How singular?" "Just singular, it affects his nerve." He tried to borrow a hundred from me to-day."—Catholic Standard and Times. With a smooth iron and Defiance Starch, you can launder your shirt-walst just as well at home as the steam laundry can; it will have the proper stiffness and finish, there will be less wear and tear of the goods, and it will be a positive pleasure to use a Starch that does not stick to the iron. His Helping Hand First Him—When that man fell overboard, why did you throw the cigar I gave you after him? Second Him—I thought I heard the poor devil call for a rope! If a girl admires a young man and keeps him at a distance, it's either because she is bashful or because she has been eating onions. Great Britain has 500,000 horses available for the purpose of warfare. Because of the Physicians Recommend Castoria CASTORIA has met with pronounced favor on the part of physicians, pharmaceutical societies and medical authorities. It is used by physicians with results most gratifying. The extended use of Castoria is unquestionably the result of three facts: First—The indisputable evidence that it is harmless Second—That it not only allays stomach pains and quiets the nerves, but assimilates the food: Third—It is an agreeable and perfect substitute for Castor Oil. It is absolutely safe. It does not contain any Opium, Morphine, or other narcotic and does not stupefy. It is unlike Soothing Syrups, Bateman's Drops, Godfrey's Cordial, etc. This is a good deal for a Medical Journal to say. Our duty, however, is to expose danger and record the means of advancing health. The day for poisoning innocent children through greed or ignorance ought to end. To our knowledge, Castoria is a remedy which produces composure and health, by regulating the system—not by stupefying it—and our readers are entitled to the information.—Hall's Journal of Health. PUTNAM FADELESS DYES Color more goods brighter and faster colors than any other dye. One 10c package colors all fibers. They dye in cold water better than any other dye. You can use any garment without ripping apart. Write for free booklet-How to Dye, Bleach and Mix Colors. MONROE DRUG CO., Quincy, Illinois. 900 DROPS CASTORIA ALCOHOL 3 PER CENT. AVegetable Preparation for Assimilating the Food and Regulating the Stomachs and Bowels of INFANTS * CHILDREN Promotes Digestion. Cheerfulness and Rest Contains neither Opium. Morphine nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. Recipe of Old Des MoUVELPTUCHER Pumpkin Seed - Alc. 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I did not attend to it until it came to be too itchy and sore and began getting two running sores. My ankles were all sore and scabby and I could not wear shoes. I had to use carpet and felt slippers for weeks. I got a cake of the Cuticura Soap and some Cuticura Ointment. In less than ten days I could put on my boots and in less than three weeks I was free from the confounded itching. Capt. George P. Bliss, Chief of Police, Morris, Manitoba, Mar. 20, 1907, and Sept. 24, 1908." Potter Drug & Chem, Corp., Sole Props., Boston. So. What's the Use? "Yes, I went fishing yesterday," began the man who tries to be original. "Luck? Well, some. I caught two fish. One was three and a half inches long and the other two inches." But was he believed? Not much. After he passed on some one commented: "Bet he didn't get a bite." Letters from Prominent Physicians addressed to Chas. H. Fletcher. Dr. B. Halstead Scott, of Chicago, Ill., says: "I have prescribed your Castoria often for infants during my practice, and find it very satisfactory." Dr. William Belmont, of Cleveland, Ohio, says: "Your Castoria stands first in its class. In my thirty years of practice I can say I never have found anything that so filled the place." Dr. J. H. Taft, of Brooklyn, N. Y., says: "I have used your Castoria and found it an excellent remedy in my household and private practice for many years. The formula is excellent." Dr. R. J. Hamlen, of Detroit, Mich., says: "I prescribe your Castoria extensively, as I have never found anything to equal it for children's troubles. I am aware that there are imitations in the field, but I always see that my patients get Fletcher's." Dr. Wm. J. McCrann, of Omaha, Neb., says: "As the father of thirteen children I certainly know something about your great medicine, and made from my own family experience I have in my years of practice found Castoria a popular and efficient remedy in almost every home." Dr. J. R. Clausen, of Philadelphia, Pa., says: "The name that your Castoria has made for itself in the tens of thousands of homes blessed by the presence of children, scarcely needs to be supplemented by the endurance of the medical profession, but I, for one, most heartily endorse it and believe it an excellent remedy." Dr. R. M. Ward, of Kansas City, Mo., says: "Physicians generally do not prescribe proprietary preparations, but in the case of Castoria my experience, like that of many other physicians, has taught me to make an exception. I prescribe your Castoria in my practice because I have found it to be a thoroughly reliable remedy for children's complaints. 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Neely, Ed Land drum, H. Braden, Lillie Jones, Verna V. Hall, A. Paul, J. Fauver, J. W. Thompson, Miss K. H. Govington, W. N. Miller, Thomas Glover, S. T. Hall, J. T. Chineth Maggie Wilkins, J. C. Coffee; T W. Fines, M. J. Dancy, Mrs. Will H. Jones, Mrs. R. A. Smith, Fannie Gragg, Frank Wilkins, Mrs-Thos. Glover, Mrs. Mattie Miller. The man who has a talkative wife may have a whole lot to say, but he seldom gets a chance to say it. Mrs. W.J. Woodyard of Weath erford, Oklahoma and Mrs. N.C Bell, of Hydro Okla. who have been visiting their sister Mrs. M. L. Copeland, departed for their homes Wednesday morning. Mrs Woodyard is a wealthy farmer and Mrs. Bell owns considerable town property. Tuesday night several members of Tabernacle church and other friends pleasautly surprised Dr. Copeland, his wife, and sisters. The friends showered the pastor with silver and choice edibles with which to stock his pantry. The Oklahoma ladies were royally entertained while in Wichita and left the Peerless Princess with good will toward all. The Home Cooking Club held its first meeting of the year at the residence of Mrs. W. H. Jones 902 N. Water St. Election or officers were held, the officers elect for the ensuring year were Mrs. Thos. Glover President Mrs. Will Jones Vice President Mrs. Grant Ewing Sec. Mrs. W. H. Jones Treasure, Mrs. W E. Whitted Chaplin, Mrs. Eddie Bowers Critic. After election of officers all repaired for the dining room where a three course lunch was served which consisted. Creamed Chicken on toast Maccaroni Croquetts. Those present were Mrs. John Chinneth, Mrs. Frank Wilkins, Mrs. Jeff Tnompson, Mrs. W E. Whitted, Mrs. W. H. Jones, Mrs. Thos. Glover, Miss. Jennie Wheeler, Mrs. Will Jones, Mrs. C. A. Glaver, Mrs. Grant Ewing. IGH IN CIVILIZATION'S SCALE. Jnknown Peoples of America Who Have Perished Utterly. Between the region occupied of old by the Aztecs and the realm far to the south over which the incas ruled lies an immense stretch of territory, a thousand miles long and 800 wide, where the remains of unknown and wonderful civilizations are being discovered, says a writer in Van Norfen's Magazine. This region extends from the northern boundaries of Peru to the southern limits of Costa Rica. In one section alone along the coast of Ecuador six entirely unknown civilizations were recently brought to light by Prof. Marshall H. Saville, and a vast collection of relics has been brought to New York. This collection is to be the nucleus of a great American museum, which will represent the history of ancient peoples who attained an extraordinarily high degree of civilization, yet whose very existence has been hitherto lost in 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. Whistling Sign of Contempt. 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 giaours 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." --- ```markdown ``` OFFICIAL ORGAN—The Wichita Searchlight, W. N. Miller, Editor, 634 N. Water St., Wichita, Kan. NOTICE TABORS. If your Tabernacle, Temple or Tent is not in this Directory, or if there is any error, please notify me at once. W. N. MILLER, Editor. TABERNACLES. 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 Mt. Hope, Wichita, Kan., Mrs. C. Tillman, 802 E. 18th. 4 Helping Hand, Cherryvale, Kan. Mrs. S. Campbell, 616 W. 1st. 5 Crescent, Atchison, Kan., Mrs. C. Brown, 920 N. 10th. 6 Sunbeam, Salina, Kan., Mrs. R. 7 Rebecca Ann, Ottawa, Kan., Mrs. Eva Clayborne, 716 Cypress. Parker, 502 N. 6th. 8 Rebecca May, Coffeyville, Kan. Mrs. L. Smith, 308 E. 11th. 10 St. Maria, Lawrence, Kan, Mrs. L. 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. 3 Candace, Pittsburg, Kan, Mrs. M. Beasley, 109 W. Washington. 5 America Davis, Weir, Kan., Mrs. E. Lee, Box 25. 16 Silver Leaf, Parsons, Kan., Mrs. L. Morton, 1208 Washington. 17 Western Queen, Ft. Scott, Kan, Mrs. A. Masir, 1817 Wall. 18 St. Maria, Omaha, Neb., Mrs. C. Wade, 22 N. 16th. 20 Maria, Ft. Scott, Kan., Mrs. P. Johnson, 501 Hyman. 24 Charity Rose, Coffeyville, Kan, Mrs. A. Garner, 704 E. 12th. 28 Modern, Parsons, Kan, Mrs. A. Ray, 1412 E. Clark. 29 Crystal, Leavenworth, Kan., Mrs. L. Woods, 935 Cherokee. 30 Victoria, Leavenworth, Kan., Mrs. L. Bright, 714 Fifth. 32 Emma Gaines, Butte, Mont., Mrs. Saline Easter, 334 Dakota St. (rear). 34 Wichita, Wichita, Kan., Mrs. Sally Hall, 1024 Ohio. 35 Golden Rule, S. Omaha, Neb., Mrs. S. Jones, 819 N. 27th. 37 Eutevator, Atchison, Kan., Mrs. M. Gosby, 108 N. 3rd. 38 Covenant, Weir, Kan., Mrs. L. F. Taylor, Box 1174. 39 Deborah, Abeline, Kan., Mrs. A. Gibson, 411 S. 1st. 52 Mt. Maria, Lawrence, Kan., Mrs. J. Ware, 807 N. Y. 53 Fair West, K. C., Kan., Mrs. R. Saunders, 734 N. J. 54 Pearly Rose, Topeka, Kan., Mrs. S. O'Brien, 1180 Buchanan. 55 Magadalene, Topeka, Kan., Mrs. F. 92 St. Annis, Lincoln, Neb., Mrs. Hardiman, 1801 Kansas. 93 Queen Lizzie, Omaha, Neb., Mrs. B. E. Alton, 2215 Pacific. 91 Golden Sheaf, Omaha, Neb., Mrs. L. Rountree, 1125 N. 19th. 93 Macedonia, N. Topeka, Kan., Mrs. Sylvia Brown, 802 N. 11th TEMPLES. # Number 1 A. H. Richardson, Weir, Kan., J. M. Burns, Box 31. 2 R. H. Cane, Atchison, Kan., Win. Cook, 215 E. Kearney. 4 Evening Star, Omaha, Neb., S. R. Jackson, care Frye Shoe Store. 5 St. Luke, N. Topeka, Kan., J. Walker, 1220 W. Norris. 7 Mt. Nebo, Wichita, Kan., Rev. S. 8. Washington, 1524 N. Washington. 8 St. Peters, Ft. Scott, Kan., A. J. Beam, 309 Lowman. 0 Mt. Horeb, Leavenworth, Kan., J. H. McKinnis, 217 Sherman. 777 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. Queen Mothers. Number. 1 Golden Leaf, Leavenworth, Kan., Mrs. L. Hardin, 900 Fifth. 2 Frank Wilson, Ft. Scott, Kan., Mrs. F. Goodall, 610 Barbee. 3 Mary E. Dickson, Lincoln, Neb., Mrs. L. Weaver, 1125 Saratoga. 5 Moses Dickson, Wichita, Kan., Mrs. B. Davis, 1135 Washington. 7 Lone Star, Yaie, Kan., Mrs. C. Lewis. 9 J. Bruce, Omaha, Neb., Mrs. M. Scott, 1516 Jones. 11 Golden, Atchison, Kan., Mrs. E. Penn, 718 Q. 11 Viola, Lawrence, Kan., Mrs. M. E. Brown, 325 Miss. 14 Busy Bee, Atchison, Kan., Mrs. A. Stone, 823 Main. 15 Louisa May, Cherryvale, Kan., Mrs. M. E. Holt, 517 W. Main. 16 Pearl, Wichita, Kan., Mrs. A. Jones, 631 N. Wichita. 17 Castle Rock, Weir, Kan., Mrs. H. Adkins. 17 Star of West, Salina, Kan., Mrs. A. O. Murrell, 451 So. 4th. 20 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. L. Porter, 2017 Morton. 28 20th Century, Parsons, Kan., Mrs. E. A. Tiggs, 2314 Morgan. 45 Orange Rose, K. C., Kan., Mrs. C. Henderson, 312 Washington. 45 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. 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 feature in your mind; you would not spend any time looking at other people who looked something like him, would you? And the moment the impostor appeared you would note that in this, that or the other particular he failed to meet the details of the other man's face and figure. Just so it is in the detection of counterfeits. A skillful teller in a bank, counting money rapidly, will involuntarily throw out a note which in the slightest degree departs from the well-known pattern which is so strongly impressed on his mental vision. That involuntary act will nearly always prove to have been justified, for the bill in 19 cases out of 20 will prove to be a counterfeit. It is because of this fact that when a request is received from some one to loan him a collection of counterfeits for the instruction of his cashiers, he is advised to have the young men study the genuine carefully, and there will be no trouble in detecting the bad notes.—National Magazine. A Monster Loaf. Bakers in Germany are fond of making odd experiments, the following being reported from Duisburg, in Westphalia. At a children's party recently held in that town there was exhibited, and afterwards cut up and distributed among the youngsters present, a bread twist which for size at least has surely 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.