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THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY TRADING WITH THE MERCHANTS WHO ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER. The Great African Methodist Episcopal Church Rt. Rev. Bishop Abram Grant Bishop Presiding of the 5th Episcopal District ELEVENTH YEAR The Great Method Few people know, or have at least stopped to consider, that the African Methodist Episcopal church is the greatest and most systemized institution ever organized and controled exclusively by Negroes in the whole round world. The origin and birth of Rt. Rev. Bishop Bishop Presiding of the the African Methodist Episcopal church reads like a romance and sets forth in bold releif the hardships, privations discrimination and cruelty which the brave, christian Negro men and women under went in order to plant for their positerity pn orkanized religious institution in which the Negro every where might freely unmolested and fully serve God under their own vine and fig tree according to the dictates of their own conscious. It was early in November 1787, that the colored people who were members of the Methodist Society of Phila- Rev J R Ransom, P E Topeka District delphia, Penn. convened togather to consider the evils which they had been subject from the unkind treatment, insults and unchristian acts heaped upon them by the white brethren of that society. These white brethren had considered them a nusi- Abram Grant the 5th Episcopal District Rev, M. Wooten P. E. Wichita District ance in the house of worship, and had even pulled them from their knees while in the act of praying and had ordered them to stand in the rear of the house of worship For teese, and various other indignities and acts of unchristian conduct, the coloree members considered it their duty to devise a plan in order to build a house of worship of their own, to worship God under their own vine and fig tree. Like every other movement begun by the Negro to plan himself on a higher plane- this movement on the SEPTEMBER 25 1909. part of the colored members met with strong opposition aniong certain elements of the white brethren which looked for while that it would crush the life from Rev. H. W. King P. E. Kansas City District this undertaking. The treated and some killed and other wounded but the movement lived. In 1793 the number of serious people of color having increased they were of different opinions respecting the mode of religious worship and as many teet a strong partiality for that adopted by the Methodist, Richard Allen with the advice of some of his brethren, proposed toe erection of a house of worship on his own ground at his own expense, as an African Methodist meeting house. When the white preachers of Philadelphia learned this they might and threaned to publish Richard Allen and his co-worker [Name] [Picture of a man in a suit and tie]. Rev. Edward R. Vaughn Deam Theological Seminary Quindaro Ks. in the newspaper as imposters on the public. However, the building went on and was completed and open as a house of devine worship. The colored people members of the Methodist Society in Baltimore and other places were treated similar to those in Philadelphia, who rather than go to law were compelled to seek places of worship for themselves. A general conference of all the colored people of this Methodist society was called to convene in Philadelphia in April 1816, and after taking into consideration their many grievances and in order to secure their christian privileges and promote union among themselves, it was— "Resolved, that the people of Philadelphia, Baltimore add other places who should unite with them should become one body under the name and style of the African Methodist Episcopal church" Thus, in 1816, was begun what is to-day the great African Methodist churh which has grown until today its power and influence for good is felt in every land and country. It was a most gracious design of Providenc and has done and is still doing great work in uniting the African race and in marking out a way by which the African race might have an opportunity of receiving from their own brethren that religious instruction denied them by persons claiming to be their superiors; and though the African Methodist Episcopal church has been opposed on every hand by the gigantic race prejudices of the times, persecuted by the tongue of calumny and buffeted by 10 ```markdown ``` HON. WILLIAM T. VERNON Registrar U. S. Treasury Washington D. C. HON. WILLIAM T. VERNON Registrar U. S. Treasury Washington D. C. the great adversary of God and man; yet it stands forth today as one of the brighest stars in the constellation of religious institutions of the world. One of its main and inspiring features are that from its pews to and including its bench of Bishops are in the full management and control of Negroes. And the excellent manner which it has been managed from its birth to this hour is a living testimonal of the possibility and capability of the Negro to manage and great institutions themselves. Since its organization the church has established a publication house—colleges, schools, Academies, and has church houses darted over the entire world in charge of an educated and refined ministry who are presided over by Bishops of any other churches of the land. In property the African Methodist Episcopal church need not feel ashamed, while in membership it ranks among the best numerically, and spiritually and financially. The following are the names of the Bishops of African Methodist Episcopal church from its orga- THE CAFE ST. PAUL A. M. B. CHURCH Wichita Kansas. nization to the present in the order in which they were ordained Bishop Richard Allen (1816) Morris Brown (1828) Edward Waters(1636) Wm P. Quinn (1844) Wm Nazrey and Daniels A. Payne (1852) Alexander Wt Wayman and Jabez P. Campbell (1864) Jas. A. Shorter Thos M. D. Ward and Jno. M. Brown {1868} Henry M. Turner, Wm. F. Dickerson and Richard H. Cam (1880) R. R Disney (1884) Wesley J Gaines, Benj. W. Arnee Benj. T. Tanner and Abram Grant {1888} B. F. Lee, Moses B. Salter, and Jas. A. Handy in (1992). Rev J. T Smith Pastor St. Paul A M E Church Wichita Kansas THE CHURCH OF THE NATIONAL SCHOOL --- NO.26 GOV. JOHN A. JOHNSON IS DEAD CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF MINNESOTA PASSED AWAY. Was Three Times Elected Governor and Was the Probable Democratic Nominee for President. Rochester, Minnesota.—Gov. J. A. Johnson, three times elected governor of Minnesota, a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president of the United States in 1908, and looked up by many throughout the country as the probable Democratic national standard bearer in 1912, died PRESY GOV. JOHN A. JOHNSON. at St. Mary's hospital here at 3:25 o'clock a. m. following an operation last Wednesday. Gov. John Albert Johnson, three times elected governor of his native state and in recent years one of the foremost public men of the country, was a self-made man in the strictest sense of the term. Born of humble parentage in the village of St. Peter, Nicolot county, Minn., in the year 1862, his early life was one of poverty, hardships and many bitter adversities. With those who knew him at close range Gov. Johnson was personally popular. People who did not indorse his politics liked him as a man and public official, and had the utmost faith in his honesty and good intentions. A Republican newspaper in Minnesota once said he was the only asset the Minnesota Democrats had. The law of Minnesota does not limit the number of times a man may be governor and nobody seemed to think there was any chance to beat Johnson for governor as long as he desired the office. ONE ON THE ROOSEVELT KNEW William Pritchard Admits Dr. Cook Told Him of the Arctic Dash While North. Battle Harbor, Labrador, by Marconi Wireless via Cape Ray, N. F.,—One of the men on the steamer Roosevelt at least, knew long ago that Frederick A. Cook had claimed to have reached the pole. He is William Pitchard, cabin boy and assistant cook on the Roosevelt, who remained at Annatook with Boatswain Murphy to guard the stores. Pritchard had not spoken to any one on board of Dr. Cook's achievement but when confronted just prior to the sailing of the Roosevelt, from Battle Harbor with a wireless message from mid-ocean that Dr. Cook said Pritchard knew the whole story of his dash for the pole, the youth admitted that he had learned from Dr. Cook the details of the final march and that Dr. Cook had explained to him the route followed. Asked why he had not repeated this on board the Roosevelt Pritchard said that Dr. Cook had told him to say nothing about his having been at the pole until the Roosevelt reached civilization. Gen. Funston's Shoulder Broken Leavenworth, Kansas.—Brig. General Frederick Funston, commanding the army service school at Fort Leavenworth, has a broken shoulder. Gen. Funston was returning home Friday night, after making some calls in company with his personal alde. Lleut. Burton J. Mitchell. Gen. Funston was ascending a flight of stairs when he slipped and fell. An X-ray picture taken at the hospital at Fort Leavenworth showed a bad fracture of the right shoulder. A Detective Over Taft Route. Seattle, Washington.—A secret service operative who has been charged with the task of looking into every detail of President Taft's 13,000-mile trip, has gone over every foot of the ground that the chief executive will traverse in Seattle. Wants the Powers to intervene. Tangler.—The foreign board has drawn up a protest to the powers against the action of Spain in the Rift territory, claiming this to be a breach of the Algeciras agreement. Special Master E. V. McKeever filed in favor of the response PRESIDENT FAVORS NEW COURT PRESIDENT FAVORS NEW COURT HE WILL RECOMMEND CHANGES IN COMMERCIAL LAWS. Wants New Tribunal to Hear Rate Cases and Legislation to Prevent Over-issue of Stocks. Des Moines, Iowa.—In his address here, President Taft discussed in detail the changes he will recommend In the Interstate Commerce and Anti-Trust laws. The president announced that he would urge the establishment of an Interstate Commerce court of five members to consider appeals from rates fixed by the Interstate Commerce commission. He also will recommend legislation to prevent one interstate railroad company from owning stock in a competing line and compelling railroads thus owning stock to dispose of their holdings within a given time. Legislation to prevent the over-issue of stocks and bonds and the watering of stocks, will be strongly recommended, the president's proposition being that no stocks or bonds shall be issued except by permission of the Interstate Commerce commission after an inquiry has been made into their necessity. The giving to shippers of the choice of routes in the shipment of freight is another important provision which the president favors. PRESIDENT TAFT MET JAPANESE Meeting Took Place at a Luncheon at Lake Minnetoka 20 Miles From Minneapolis. Minneapolis, Minnesota.—President Taft met the 50 members of the Japanese commercial mission to the United States. He bade them a hearty welcome to the country assured them of the lasting friendship of the American people, paid a tribute to their qualities of industry and patriotism and in conclusion drank a toast to the Emperor of Japan as "the warm and sincere friend of America." The meeting with the Japanese was at a luncheon at the Lafayette club on the shores of Beautiful Lake Minnetoka, 20 miles out of the city, tendered by the Commercial club of Minneapolis. THEY CARRIED HIS BRIDE AWAY Three Men Slug Ed. May at Seneca, Kan., and Take His New Wife From Him. Seneca, Kansas. — Edward May, who came here recently from Ravenna, Nebraska, was walking on the street at night with his wife, whom he married recently, when he was slugged and dangerously injured by three men. He was left lying in the street while the three men dragged his wife to the Water Works block, four blocks away. When she had escaped Mrs. May told the officers and gave them the names of three men. One man was arrested and is in jail and the officers are now searching for the other two. Tobacco Man's Gift to Trinity Durham, North Carolina.—Trinity college, through the generosity of B. N. Duke of the American Tobacco company, it is announced is to have erected two buildings costing $200,000. To this gift he adds the support of five new professors. The 225 acres of land, valued at $50,000 to be added to its campus and a ball ground. Glavis Will Publish Evidence. Seattle, Wash.—L. n. Glavis, late chief of the Seattle field division of the United States land office, has written a letter to President Taft in which he says he will publish the evidence in the Cunningham coal land cases shortly. Cruisers Off for the Orient. Honolulu.—The armored cruiser squadron of the Pacific fleet which is making a three weeks' stop at the Hawaiian Islands on its cruise to the Orient, has left this port for Maui. BATTLE WITH PISTOL AND KNIFE Two Women in Fashionable Chicago Apartment Fight—One Dead the Other Wounded. Chicago, Ill.—Mrs. Julius Tripp is dead and Mrs. Louis Silvers of New York is seriously and probably fatally wounded as the result of a pistol and knife battle between the two women in Mrs. Tripp's apartments in a fashionable residence district of this city. Mrs. Silvers is a sister-in-law of Mrs. Tripp. It is said her husband left her about three months ago because of her curious actions. Mrs. Tripp is the wite of a superintendent of a manufacturing firm of this city. There were 10 bullet wounds and 1 cut on the body of Mrs. Tripp, while Mrs. Silvers is suffering from a bullet wound in the chest and several knife slashed. Only one revolver was found in the apartment and eight empty shells and two cartridges were found showing that the revolver was emptied and reloaded during the fierce struggle. The furnishings of the apartments were in disorder and in every room were the evidences of the desperate struggle waged between the two women. NEW ALASKA DIGGINGS RICH Every Hole Put Down Strikes Pay Dirt—The Usual Stampede is on. Seattle, Wash.—Miners returning from Nome, Alaska, on the steamer victoria, bring confirmation of the reports received from the Innoko country concerning the stampede that is under way to the new gold fields on that stream and its tributary, the Idatarod. Fred Dubolse, who has returned after making a rich clean-up on Yankee Creek, says that the reports received from the Innoko country are not exaggerated. "Every hole that has been put down has struck pay dirt," he said. "A favorable feature of the new field is that there are no single big pans, but all the pans are running even and paying good. When we were coming down the Idatarod and the Innoko I saw hundreds of men stampeding for the new diggings. INFANTILE PARALYSIS THERE Forty Cases in Kansas is Causing State Board of Health to Investigate. Topeka, Kansas.—The outbreak of the disease known as infantile paralysis in Norton an Decatur counties is causing the state board of health considerable worry. Within the last two months there have been 40 cases of the disease and 13 deaths. The disease is confined to the western side of Decatur county. The board has instructed the most expert bacteriologist at the State University Medical school to go to that section at once and make an investigation, and Dr. S. J. Crumbine, secretary of the board, is planning another trip for further investigation. The disease is infectious, but no one knows what sort of germ causes the spread of the disease or how it is carried. Democratic Daily in Kansas Topeka, Kansas.—Henderson Martin, chairman of the Democratic state central committee, has been working since the election to establish a Democratic daily newspaper in Kansas. Two Wichita weekly papers, the Commoner and Democrat, both Democratic, have been purchased by M. B. Murphy of New York and will combine into a daily. Kansas Democrats have put up a considerable sum of money to finance the proposition. Heavy Nebraska Rain. Beaver City, Nebraska. There was a vaitable waterspout in the southern part of this county and at the town of Stamford. The rain fall was at least eight inches, coming in a limited time. More Aliens Arrived Washington, D. C.—A net increase of 573,551 in the population of the United States by the arrival and departure of aliens was scored during the last fiscal years, against an increase of 209,867 the previous year. The Hoodoo By E. S. Bladen (Copyright, by J. B. Lippincott Co.) In the year 1800 the United States sloop-of-war Ganges came into the port of Philadelphia with two slavers he had captured and 150 negro men and women, entirely naked, were accommodated in Independence hall, where an appeal was made to citizens to clothe them, to which there was a prompt response. These negroes were chiefly Mandingos, tall, well-formed, and with beautiful bronze skins, prisoners-of-war to the neighboring tribes, who sold them. Among the lot there were a few Congos. They and their descendants never left Philadelphia, and between the latter and southern negroes there is an antipathy as strong as death. Having been for the most part adopted by the members of the Society of Friends, they and their descendants became imbued with the domestic virtues and acquired quite elegant and aristocratic manners. Among them alone of all the colored population of the United States is to be found an occasional negro old maid. While they intermarried with one another, in the first generation there were seldom more than two or three children in a family, and in the third generation but one. Though not church people, as are the majority of the colored race, they have mild festivities in their own circle and a sort of community of feeling that induces them to take care of their old or sick, but the most remarkable characteristic is that some of them possess the art of hoodoo. Where an isolated descendant of these 150 negroes of the year 1800 has not attained a competence, she usually attaches herself to a white family of good birth, and hoodoos not only her employers, but the whole neighborhood. Guests, business people, and A woman in a long dress hands a clock to a man in a wooden window. Had Often Seen the Clock Going Over the Back Fence. strangers alike succumb to the military eye of the Hoodoo priestess. One of the most remarkable experiences of my life is how I came under this influence; but some 20 years since, finding it could be made beneficial by keeping the possessor of this gift always supplied with an abundance of fruit, especially bananas, I sank my personality and became an observer in this by-way of science. Dr. Wilson of the Pennsylvania museum, says that hypnotism is merely fear, adducing many interesting instances of the same, and it may be that the domestic hoodoo is founded upon such a basis. But what is there in a respectable-looking colored woman to bring various nationalities of men, women, and children under subjection? Even a horse malicently nibbling a tree on the front pavement, listening to the "mantrim" she pronounced against his race, trotted off instanter and apparently warned all other horses, since no second one has attempted a trespass. The most remarkable power possessed by this conjure queen is that of telepathically calling other colored women for work or for society. Often quite early in the morning she will announce: "I fell languid. Cannot work today, but will call Hannah." Then to the dog: "Go out and stay in the yard, so you can tell me when Hannah comes." The dog obeys, and in a few moments loud barking indicates that Hannah is at the gate. After another little nap the edict goes forth— "Henrietta had better bring home my dress," and before many minutes the neat little colored dressmaker trots in with profuse apologies and the new gown. Next it occurs to her that her clock is either too fast or too slow, so she goes to the fence and summons the householder on the other side to regulate it for her, which he agrees to do with the greatest politeness. I had so often seen the clock go over the back fence that once I ventured to ask if Mr. Moss were a clockmaker. "Oh, no," said the conjure queen, "the only fixes clocks for me." "Don't you ever pay him?" "Pay him!" she snorted, and gave a withering glance before which I fled. On a sharp winter morning she announced: "The pipes are frozen and I am having water carried in." From across the alley came a line of boys, girls and an Italian woman bringing up the rear, with pitchers, buckets and jugs. Mattie stood with her hands folded and her head thrown back marshaling them with her military eye. All bowed profoundly as she closed the gate on them after their services. She is a tall woman and, summer or winter, always dresses in white, which is to say, wears a voluminous white apron completely covering her skirt and white kerchief crossed over her breast, the whole surmounted by a white cap. Hardly had she solved the water problem when some carts arrived with coal from the mines, and these having no chutes, the question was how the coal was to be got into the cellar. Voicing this anxiety, Mattie waved me indoors. "Drive up, son," she commanded, and fearing he was an Irishman and night brain her"with his shovel, I retreated to a parlor window, whence I saw the cart drivers shoveling all the loads across the wide pavement and doing various other services which were certainly not in the contract. I had long observed that market people, grocers, etc., would never differ with her even when they were tight and she had been mistaken, and asking one with whom I was friendly why this was, he said: "Oh, there is no use in making her mad, she is queer." Believing that a happy life consists in a prudent compromise, I ignored many of the mysteries, but one day I saw Mattie walking in the front door with a nicely browned chicken on a plate in her hand. "I never cooked on a gas-stove before," she remarked, smiling, "so I went into Bedelia's an' made her he't hers up for me." Bedelia was a first-class cook from Ireland, and this was wash-day, yet the conjure queen still lived. It was said that Bedelia was quite weak and nervous, however. It would seem as though this hoodoost can call telepathically nearly every one she has seen or talked to. One Saturday afternoon she felt the need of a plumber. Very shortly a plumber's boy came walking in. He said he would turn the water off and make repairs on Monday. "You will fix it now," decided Mattie, and he did, though he lost his half holiday. One day, feeling the need of fashionable society, the conjure queen asked my opinion as to whether a certain Miss Loui or a Mrs. Turner would most enliven her. I thought Mrs. Turner would be the most elegantly attired, but she was at Atlantic City. "She'll have more news, so she'll have to come up," decided Mattie, and sure enough, about 7 p. m. Mrs. Turner arrived in black silk and rhinestones. I heard her say quite excitedly: "What is the matter? You kept calling and calling all afternoon, until I just had to drop everything and jump on the five o'clock train." Except long silences with folded hands and bowed head there are no external indications of this occult power, though as a weather prophet she is infallible in prediction and has a knowledge of sun, moon and stars, and their movements which would put a high school graduate to the blush. There has been issued from the Paris press a brochure which created a large amount of interest in French medical circles, both on account of its originality and the experimental results which it embodies. It is from the pen of Dr. Edgar Berillon, so well known in the surgical world by reason of his connection with Charcot in the latter's hypnotic experiments, and as secretaire general de la Societe d'Hypnologie de de Psychologie of Paris, and medical inspector of the state lunatic asylums. The work is a scientific treatise on onycophagie, or finger biting, and contains the results of a series of observations in the public and private schools of France, and extending through a period of more than seven years. In his thorough scientific treatment of what the world has never before considered worthy of prolonged or special study Berillon arrived at results really remarkable. His experiments led him to pronounce the habit far more widespread and pernicious than others promptly treated, and forced him to conclude that, if not a disease itself, it is an unfalling mark of incipient degeneration of the nervous system, which, unrecognized, may be productive of the most evil results.—Dundee Adevertiser. Refuge for Men Over Fifty. However, the proper place for every man of 50 who has not acquired a competence is the country—the land. On the land, he can, if he wishes, be independent of everybody. And he can get to the land, and make a living off it, if he has enterprise enough to entitle him to any sort of consideration. Biting the Nails. AFTER SUFFERING TEN YEARS Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound MARLTON, N.J.—I feel that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has given me new life. I suffered for ten years with serious female troubles, inflammation, ulceration, indigestion, nervousness, and could not sleep. Doctors gave me up, as they said my troubles were chronic. I was in despair, and did not care whether Uly given me new life. I suffered for ten years with serious female troubles, inflammation, ulceration, indigestion, nervousness, and could not sleep. Doctors gave me up, as they said my troubles were chronic. I was in despair, and did not care whether I lived or died, when I read about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound; so I began to take it, and am well again and relieved of all my suffering." —Mrs. George Jordy. Box 40. Marlinton, N.J. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made from native roots and herbs, contains no narcotics or harmful drugs, and to-day holds the record for the largest number of actual cures of female diseases we know of, and thousands of voluntary testimonials on file in the Pinkham laboratory at Lynn, Mass., from women who have been cured from almost every form of female complaints, inflammation, ulceration, displacements, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodicpains, backache, indigestion and nervous prostration. Every suffering woman owes it to herself to give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a trial. If you would like special advice about your case write a confidential letter to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free, and always helpful. FREAK IN SEQUOIA FOREST Tree Trunk That Has Stood for Sixteen Years Severed From Its Base. Out in California there is a tree trunk which has stood for the last 16 years entirely severed from its base, says the Wide World Magazine. The stump is 15 feet in diameter, and the trunk towers 75 feet in the air. This remarkable freak is located near the Sequoia forest reserve in Tulare county, California, and was sawn off by lumbermen for timber. Through some miscalculation, when the cut was finished the tree still held its position, and dynamite was resorted to to bring it to the ground, which accounts for the deep gash on one side. After the first charge of the explosive had been ignited the tree still remained standing, and it was discovered that the entire trunk had been shattered by the discharge and was therefore useless for lumber. Accordingly, the work was stopped and the giant has remained upright, withstanding some of the severest wind storms that the state has known, held in its natural position by its great weight. With a smooth iron and Dofiance Starch, you can launder your shirt-waist just as well at home as the steam laundry can; it will have the proper stiffness and finish, there will be less wear and tear of the goods, and it will be a positive pleasure to use a Starch that does not stick to the iron. "Does an automobile help you to forget your troubles?" Yes," an swered Mr. Chuggins, thoughtfully; "my other troubles." — Washington Star. with a large, loosely packed 4 lb. package of hot water kalsomine, thinking you are getting 5 lbs. Buy only genuine Alabastine properly labeled. Genuine Alabastine is packed in packages as shown by cut, the cross on package always being printed in red. Remember the red cross and that others are substitutes. Genuine Alabastine is packed in packages as shown by cut, the cross on package always being printed in red. Remember the red cross and that others are substitutes. Four hundred thousand people take a CASCARET every night—and rise up in the morning and call them blessed. If you don't belong to this great crowd of CASCARET takers you are missing the greatest asset of your life. CASCARETS tooc a box for a week's treatment, all druggists. Biggest seller in the world. Million boxes a month. Broom Corn Shippers or Broom Corn Associations Correspond with us. We want Broom Corn. COYNE BROTHERS 160 South Water Street. CHICAGO How's the crop in your district? WEALTH OF LATIN AMERICA T THE SPIRIT of internationalism in its broadest application was the pervading characteristic of relations between the various countries of America during 1908. The year was marked by numerous gatherings of the representative elements of national life both in Latin America and the United States and on all occasions indications of a unanimity of sentiment and community of interest were markedly displayed. Of paramount importance was the carrying into effect of the various conversion of the Washington Peace POPULATION OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS UNITED STATES 95,216,000 DRACTL 18,910,634 MEXICO 13,607,259 AMERICANREPUBLIC 6,100,361 PERU 4,900,000 COLOMBIA 4,000,000 CHILE 3,269,082 VENEZUELA 2,351,000 BOLIVIA 2,267,923 CUBA 2,048,980 CUATEMALA 1,804,000 SALVADOR 1,707,000 MAITI 1,400,200 ECUADOR 1,400,000 URUGUAY 1,111,758 MONDURAS 745,000 PARAGUAY 696,000 DOMINICANREPUBLIC 610,000 NICARAGUA 600,000 PANAMA 360,542 COSTA RICA 351,176 POPULATION FOR SQUARE MILES SALVADOR HAITI CUBA COLOMBIA DOMINICANREPUBLIC MEXICO MONDURAS URUGUAY COTA RICA NICARAGUA CHILE PANAMA COLOMBIA PERU BRAZIL AMERICANREPUBLIC Conference of 1907 entered into by the republics of Central America. In accordance with these conventions the Central American court of justice held its first session in May, 1908, at Cartago, Costa Rica, the first judicial decision being rendered in December. On September 15 the Central American bureau was inaugurated in the capital of Guatemala for the furtherance of reciprocal interests among the nations of Central America and with the assembling of the first Central American conference at Tegucigalpa, Honduras, in the first month of 1909, additional emphasis is given to the intention of the nations interested to embrace all feasible means for the development of their material possibilities. The participation of Pan-America was a feature of the Lake Mohonk conferences of 1908 and 1909 and active interest was indicated in such industrial assemblies as the International Fisheries congress, the Irrigation congress, the Trans-Mississippi Commercial congress, the Rivers and Harbors congress and the Conservation congress, all of which were held in the United States and attended by delegates from the republics to the south. In the field of science the Fifth Pan-American Medical congress, meeting in Guatemala City during August, was MEXICO 46.465.044 CUBA 42.451.224 ARGENTINA 33.519.955 BRAZIL 16.975.977 PANAMA 16.798.630 PERU 5.613.495 CHILE 5.372.911 COLONIA 3.690.014 HATTI 3.500.775 URUGUAY 3.154.694 DOMINICAN REP. 2.763.408 VENEZUELA 2.566.042 COLOMBIA 2.196.409 LUQUADR 1.814.454 GUATEMALA 1.745.859 HONDURAS 1.540.880 CALVADOR 1.404.575 NICARAGUA 1.287.165 BOLIVIA 687.307 PARAGUAY 35.229 EXPORTS [FROM THE U.S.] an event of note, and the gathering of savants of the western hemisphere in Santiago de Chile in December, for the purpose of holding the first Pan-American Sci- TRADE OF AMERICA IN 1908. Imports. Exports. Total. Argentine Rep. $272,972,736 $366,005,341 $638,978,077 Bolivia 16,323,000 17,514,000 33,837,000 Brazil 177,450,000 220,475,000 397,925,000 Chile 97,551,421 116,489,411 214,040,832 Colombia 13,513,892 14,998,744 28,512,636 Costa Rica 5,629,405 7,757,525 13,386,930 Cuba 85,218,391 94,603,324 179,821,715 Dominican Rep. 5,127,463 9,486,344 14,613,807 Ecuador 6,950,256 8,346,371 15,296,627 Guatemala 5,811,586 6,756,143 12,567,729 Haiti 4,701,160 3,478,848 8,180,008 Honduras 2,829,979 1,834,060 4,664,039 Mexico 110,800,000 121,370,000 232,170,000 Nicaragua 3,000,000 4,500,000 7,500,000 Panama 7,806,811 1,757,135 9,563,946 Paraguay 3,929,724 3,731,745 7,661,724 Peru (estimated) 25,000,000 27,750,000 52,750,000 Salvador 4,240,560 5,787,677 10,028,237 United States 1,116,449,681 1,752,833,247 2,869,282,928 Uruguay 34,618,804 37,280,523 71,899,927 Venezuela 9,778,810 14,560,830 24,339,640 Totals $2,009,703,679 $2,837,316,268 $4,847,019,947 --- BY HERBERT F. JACKSON GENERAL JUAN VICENTE GOMEZ LATIN AMERICA COMMERCE EXPORTS IMPORTS ARGENTINA 366,005,541. BRAZIL 220,475,000 MEXICO 121,570,000 CHILE 116,489,411 CUBA 94,603,324 URUGUAY 37,280,563 PERU 27,750,000 BOLIVIA 17,514,000 COLOMBIA 14,998,744 VENEZUELA 14,560,830 DOMINICAN REP 9,486,344 Costa Rica 7,757,526 GUATEMALA 6,756,143 ECUADOR 6,346,571 SALVADOR 5,787,677 NICARAGUA 4,500,000 PARAGUAY 3,791,745 HAITI 3,478,848 HONDURAS 1,834,060 PANAMA 1,787,135 HONDURAS 2,829,879 NICARAGUA 3,000,020 PARAGUAY 3,929,724 SALVADOR 4,240,560 HAITI 4,701,160 DOMINICAN REP 5,127,463 Costa Rica 5,629,405 GUATEMALA 5,811,586 ECUADOR 6,950,256 PANAMA 7,806,811 VENEZUELA 9,778,810 COLOMBIA 13,513,892 BOLIVIA 16,323,000 PERU 25,000,000 URUGUAY 34,619,804 CUBA 85,218,391 CHILE 97,551,421 MEXICO 110,800,000 BRAZIL 177,450,000 ARGENTINA 272,972,736 ARGENTINA 366,005,341. BRAZIL 220,475,000 MEXICO 121,370,000 CHILE 116,489,411 CUBA 94,603,324 URUGUAY 37,280,523 PERU 27,750,000 BOLIVIA 17,514,000 COLOMBIA 14,998,744 VENEZUELA 14,560,830 DOMINICAN REP 9,486,344 COSTA RICA 7,757,526 GUATEMALA 6,756,143 ECUADOR 6,346,371 SALVADOR 5,787,677 NICARAGUA 4,500,000 PARAGUAY 3,731,745 HAITI 3,476,048 HONDURAS 1,834,060 PANAMA 1,757,135 • LATIN AMERICA • COMMERCE @ EXPORTS ~ IMPORTS DOMINICAN REP 3.456.544 Costa RICA 7.757.526 GUATEMALA 6.756.143 ECUADOR 6.346.871 SALVADOR 5.787.677 NICARAGUA 4.500.000 PARAGUAY 3.731.745 HAITI 3.476.048 HONDURAS 1.834.060 PANAMA 1.757.135 HONDURAS 2.829.879 NICARAGUA 3.000.000 PARAGUAY 3.929.724 SALVADOR 4.240.560 HAITI 4.701.160 DOMINICAN REP 5.127.463 Costa RICA 5.629.405 GUATEMALA 5.811.586 ECUADOR 6.950.256 ment to this co-operative action, Washington was selected for the next meeting place of the congress, in 1912. Intellectual stimulus has been aroused through the holding of students' congresses and the year 1908 was marked by an increased number of Latin-American students in United States universities as well as by a vastly augmented interest on the part of the United States in the applied educational methods of Latin-American countries. Not the least contributing factor in this interest is the better knowledge being daily acquired through the tide of travel which is setting toward Latin America and for which improved communication facilities are largely responsible. With the assembling of the fourth International Conference of American States in Buenos Aires in 1910 the common interests of the American nations will be still further accentuated and the results of the previous meetings at Washington, Mexico and Rio de Janeiro reported on in the light of recent events demonstrating the status of America as a whole in world affairs. The aggregate of trade for the various countries composing the International Union of American Republics during 1908 was $4,847,019,947, against $5,415,798,197 in the preceding year. This loss of over $550,000,000 is attributable to well-known economic causes which affected commercial centers throughout the world. In the total for the year the share of the United States is represented by $2,869,282,928, composed of im- --- entific congress, marked the entry of the United States into the realm of intellectual activity covered by the four Latin-American scientific congresses previously held. As a compli- RAILWAY MILAGE OR LATIN AMERICA MILES 15.746. 14.857. 11.940. 2.329. 2.236. 1.471. 1.447. 540. 480. 450. 400. 400. 316. 200. 155. 150. 180. 100. 50. 47. PROPORTION OF MILES OF RAILWAY TO EACH SQUARE MILE OF TERRITORY IN THE LATIN AMERICAN REPUBLICS demand for articles of Latin-American origin created a trade balance in favor of the producing countries to the extent of $191,229,023, in which sum the exports for the year exceeded the imports. In the year's trade total for Latin America the United States' share was $468,216,455, as compared with $558,279,202 and in 1907, receipts of Latin-American merchandise figuring on the trade lists of the country for $271,498,425 and shipments of United States goods to those countries being represented by $196,718,030, as compared with imports worth $317,726,133 and exports $240,553,068 in 1907. In considering the figures given above, adverse conclusions must not be drawn as to the value of the Latin-American field of trade. The falling off in the exchange of commodities for the year 1908 with the United States, as already suggested, was due almost entirely to unfavorable and unusual economic conditions. The reliable measure of such value is determined by comparing the statistics of the present with those of 10 years ago, and here a great increase is shown. The outlook for the coming year is good, and there is an awakening among business men in both North and South America to the possibilities of trade exchange heretofore undeveloped which must have a beneficial effect on Pan-American commerce. BRAZIL 881,608,224 CUBA 79,114,972 MEXICO 42,854,972 ARGENTINA 13,155,468 CHILE 12,494,122 VENEZUELA 7,028,180 COLOMBIA 6,897,493 PERU 5,857,221 DOMINICAN REP. 5,279,472 COSTARICA 4,004,628 ECUADOR 2,196,131 URUGUAY 2,106,945 MONDEUAS 1,946,838 GUATEMALA 1,903,911 PANAMA 1,447,525 NICARAGUA 1,084,131 SALVADOR 1,032,350 HAITI 447,186 PARAGUAY 16,347 BOLIVIA 385 IMPORTS [TO THE U.S.] MEASURES. measures in commercial use in Mexico and the republics the United States: WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Denomination. Kilometer ...... League (land) ...... Libra ...... Do ...... Do ...... Do ...... Do ...... Do ...... Do ...... Liter ...... Manzana ...... Marc ...... Meter ...... Pie ...... Quintal ...... Do ...... Do ...... Do ...... Suerte ..... Vara ..... Argentine Republic ..... 34.1208 in. Do..... Central America ..... 33.874 in. Do..... Chile and Peru ..... 33.367 in. Do..... Cuba ..... 33.384 in. Do..... Mexico ..... 33 in. Do..... Paraguay ..... 34 in. Do..... Venezuela ..... 33.384 an ports, $1,116,449,681, and exports $1,752,833,247, as compared with $3,346,596- 025, composed of $1,423,169, 820 and $1,923,426,205 for imports and exports, respectively, in 1907, a de- U.S. equiv'Int 0.2471 acre 25 lbs. 25.1371 lbs. 32.38 lbs. 25.3664 lbs. 25.4042 lbs. 4.263 gals. 20.0787 lbs. 300 lbs. 4.2 acres. 78.9 yds. 8.077 sq. ft. 2 ac. (nearly) 353 cu. ft. 1.5745 bu. 2.575 bu. 1.599 bu. 1.54728 bu. 7.776 bu. 3.888 bu. 1.599 bu. 2.5096 qts. 2.5 qts. 15.432 gr. 2.471 acres. 2.838 bu. 26.417 gals. 2.2046 lbs. Metric ..... Paraguay ..... Argentine Republic ..... Brazil ..... Cuba ..... Venezuela ..... Cuba and Venezuela ..... Arg. Rep. and Mexico ..... Mexico and Salvador ..... Central America ..... Argentine Republic ..... Paraguay ..... Paraguay (square) ..... Uruguay ..... Metric ..... Central America ..... Chile ..... Cuba ..... Mexico ..... Uruguay (double) ..... Uruguay (single) ..... Venezuela ..... Argentine Republic ..... Mexico ..... Metric ..... .do ..... .do ..... .do ..... .do ..... crease of $477,813,997 being indicated. Latin America figured in the grand total for $1,977,737,019, showing a decline of $89,647,589 in the trade volume as compared with the previous year. Imports into all of Latin America during 1908 amounted in value to $893,253,998, against $1,000,297,852 in 1907, the indicated decline for this branch of trade being $107,043,854. On the other hand exports with a total valuation of $1,084,483,021 show a gain of $15,578,701 over the figures for 1907, when Latin-American merchandise was shipped abroad to the value of $1,068,904,320. From the foregoing statement it is seen that in spite of certain adverse conditions in the financial world the U. S. equiv'Int 0.621376 mile. 4.633 acres 1.0127 lbs. 1.043 lbs. 1.014 lbs. 1.0161 acres. 1.01465 lbs. 1.0143 lbs. 1.0143 lbs. 1.0161 lbs. 1.0567 qts. 1 5-6 acres. 0.507 lb. 39.37 in. 0.9478 ft. 101.42 lbs. 130.06 lbs. 101.61 lbs. 100 lbs. 220.46 lbs. 2,700 cuadras. (See Cuadra). 34.1208 in. 33.874 in. 33.367 in. 33.384 in. 33 in. 34 in. 33.284 an ..do Paraguay Argentine Republic Central America Chile Cuba Mexico Peru Uruguay Venezuela Metric Costa Rica Bolivia Metric Argentine Republic ..do Brazil Chile, Mexico, Peru Paraguay Metric Uruguay Argentine Republic..... Central America..... Chile and Peru..... Cuba..... Mexico..... Paraguay..... Venezuela. Bred at the Post Office at Wichita, Kansas, as Second Class Mail Matter. Published Every Saturday at 601 North Main Street. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION Strictly in Advance. 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During this year the church has been thoughly or ganized and every department put in motion; the membership has been increased and the mortgage debt reduced more than a half. He goes to Conference with a good report and a petition to the Bishop from the Quarterly Conference asking his return for another year. IOLA KANSAS Golden Tabernacle No. 2 are getting along nicely. The daughters served luncheon at the home of Dtr. Banks Thursday night Golden Tabernacle will move into another hall this week. Peerless Steam Laundry IF IT EVER HAPPENED YOU'LL FIND IT IN THE SEARCHLIGHT. WHY NOT SUBSCRIBE? Send your news in earlier. The searchlight $1. per year Jas. Johnson has returned from Excelstor Springs, Mo. Dr. Grant G. Brown is still confined to his bed with pluresy. Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Scott have arrived in the city from Kansas City Kansas. Eph. William of Mead Ks, is in the city this week shaking hands with friends. Pete Coleman has opened his pilliard hall in the Centropolis hotel 605 N. 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While in the city they met the Knights and Daughters in joint session Sunday afternoon Robt. Davis and wife served 8 o'clock breakfast Sunday morning at their suburban home on 23rd street in honor of Rev. and Mrs. Frank Wilson of Topeka who were in the city. Those present were: Rev. and Mrs. Frank Wilson, Rev. Jas. T. Smith, Mrs. G. H. Young, Mrs. Joe Fine, of Denver, Colo. and W. N. Miller and wifs. Everything was in fine shape. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. A. Wallace royally entertained Rev. Frank Wilson and wife, Walter Gibbs & wife, and W. N. Miller and wife, to a six course supper at 6:30 p. m. Sunday. The supper was a whole: one one and everything in first class style. Every one present were jubilant in their praise of the splendid least prepared for them. Let every body read the wide awake Searchlight. Ketzler Hardware Co., Hardware, Hot Air Furnaces, Tin Work, Roofing, Guttering, Copper and Galvanized Iron, Work. Repairing and Painting Tin Roofs A Specialty. Send your news in earlier W. 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Bell phone 1837 Ind 1837 green Fine China Urn One of the finest urns in the west-1s the China urn on display in the North Window of the ED Squire Furniture Co at 2°5 North Main It was at the St Louis Worlds Fair and hasa value of more than $100 Stop and see it Tt is a beauty. A Surprise To All The surprise of the month was when it was learned Sunday that Miss Myrtle Fleming and Mr. Roy Letcher had been married since last June. They had suc- ceeded in keeping their marriage a secret from June until now. All join in wishing them future pros- perity and happiness. Sia . The Emancipation Celebration at Garfield hall was fairly well attended considering the many other attractions that day. The man who has a talkative wife may have a whole lot to say, but he seldom gets a chance to say it. Dua ihe Shere Co NORTH MAIN TKADE CENTER (4 20 5 North “ain St. 19 Ibs Granulated Sugar $1 0 Con Meal se .20+21hs Whole Riee Ke 4Jbs for 25¢ Wlour. small sve. T5e: Late sack *150 2 los goud suda crack ere 1c Good Rin Cofler. prt pourd le Dry Goods and Shue Pepa ime ni: Cai ce Mu Kermnants 3cyd. White Ta- ble Linen, worth 5:¢ yd.— Wwe have them in 24d lengths at 35e. yd. Men's Fancy eolored hose, worth de— ai) Jet Wont at We per pair Hardware Department: seu. fu a conimiere tine of shelf bardware. Fish ing goods, Builder's lurewar .and everything wiichcould be feund in a First Class Hardware <1. ievacaines ae eee CHAS. B PaTTON Merchant tailor Peas a Saiee 456 North: \lain Street First-Class Making of Men’s Garments Cleaning, Pressing and Repairing A Specialty Prompt Service Courteous Attention Your Trade Solicted Guaranteed Deposits All deposits in this bank ar: fully guaranteed. Anaccount may be opened in any amount from one doliar un. 4% Interest paid upon savings Accounts, compounded every January Ist and July 1st. Certificates of Deposits issued PAYABLE ON DEMAND, bear- ing 4 percent interest per annuiw for each full month from date of issue. Commercial checking acc unis do not draw interest. | Open Saturday nights trom 7109 te receive deposits Gold State Savings Bank FIRST AND MARKET H. W. Lewis, Presid: nt P.K. Lewis, Cashier Paid Up Capital $25.000.00 Our Mentholated Lotion We are the exclusive manufac- turous of this preparation, It isa cooling application atter shaving. It absolutely reiives all cases of sun burn, chapped hands and faces and leaves the cuticle smooth and soft. Works in time will find it a ‘better application than vas- line or cold cream. We sell it tor 10 cts an ounce or 3 ounces for 25cand warrant it to please, O. R. Bissautz PRESCRIPTION DRUGGIST. INDEPENDENT PHONE 620 811 N. Main St. Wichita, Kan ‘The new cash grocery located at Pine and Water sts. We kind- ly invite you to call and see us. Everything is new and whole- some Prices right. A. L. Case Proprietor The Kansas conference of the on Episcopal District of this great church will be held in Lr av enworth Kansas, Sept, 29th to Oct. Bishop A. Grant presiding. This conterence promises to be one of the most interesting ever held in this state. The A M. E- church has made a wonderful progress during the past year. Every department will make a showing. Hl. 0. Harrison JEWBLER & OPTICIAN 437 N. Main Sc. Watehes, Glocks and Jewelery Repairing Work Guaranteed EE Bankers Acc! Insural Of Des Mc Are you a men ber? We insure you $1 00 per month or 3 1-8 cents a day T. P. SEIBERLING Office 423 Red —PILONE 227E. Douglas Ave, ~ Bankers Accident : Insurance Company Of Des Moines, lowa Are you a men ber? We insure you against Accident and Sickness fo $1 00 per month or 3 1-8 eent~aday. Informative gladly given | vy iv. T. P. SEIBERLING, District Manager Office 423 Red —PILINES— Residence 1484 Biue 227 E. Douglas Ave, ~~ Wichita, Kansas (First Publication m Searchlight September 4, 1909.) Administrator’s Notice. State of Kansas, Sedgwick County, 88. In the Probate Court, in and for Said County: In the matter of the estate Rman- uel Harrison, Deceased. NOTICE is hereby given that Let- ters of Administration have been granted to the undersigned on the Bs- tate of Emanuel Harrison, late of said County, deceased, by the Probate Court of the County and State afore- seia, dated the 26th day of August, A. D., 1909. Now, alhpersons having claims against the said Estate, are hereby notified that they must pre- sent the same to the undersigned for allowance within one year from the date of said letters, or they mzy be precluded from any benefit of such es- tate; and that if such claims be not exhibited within three years after date of such letters, they shall be for- ever barred. W. N. MILLER, Administrator of the Estate of Dman- uel Harrison, Deceased. August 27th, 1909. NORTH LOPEBA LIEMS Mrs. Ida M. Jordan intertain- ed last Thursday evening from six until seven o'clock in honor of Mrs Gilmore of Colo, Springs Mrs. Morgan of Arkansas and Mrs Miller of Iowa. The Twelveth Star club met at. Rev. Mrs. P. Mendehall on fast Thursday evening and were de- lighttul entertained, visitors pre- sent were Mrs Gilmore of Pueblo: Colorado Mrs Ellis Mrs. Wheet of St. Joe Mu. Will meet with Mrs, Woods next Thursday eve- ning Sept. 23 Mrs Ida M. Jordon presid, Mrs. R Williams sect. Rev. J. T. Smith, pastor A. M°A church and Rev. M. Wooten pre- siding elder went to Newton on Wednesday night to attend a ‘Banquet tendered Rev. S. 5. Washington by the people ot Newton on the close of Rev. S. 5 Washington's fitth year of suc- cessful pastoraie of the church at that place; OPENS BIG TUNNEL PRESIDENT TAFT SWINGS GATES OF GUNNISON RIVER BORE. MIGHTY WORK IS FINISHED Waters of Mountain Torrent Are Brought Six Miles Under a Granite Ridge to Revive Beautiful But Semi-Arid Uncompahgre Valley. Montrose, Col., Sept. 23.—As many thousand people cheered themselves hoarse and cannon boomed this afternoon, President William H. Taft opened the gates of the Gunnison river tunnel and admitted to the Uncompahgre valley the waters of a mountain torrent brought from its rocky bed THE BRIDGE Concrete Drop on the South Canal. Mighty Project Completed Thus was fittingly signalized the completion of the Gunnison river tunnel, the first project undertaken by the United States government reclamation service. Work on the project was begun four and a half years ago and had progressed steadily ever since. Together with its main and distributing canals, the tunnel will irrigate 150,000 acres of land in a valley naturally one of the most fertile in Colorado, but which has been semiarid because of the annual summer droughts and the inadequacy of the Uncompahgre river. This day of the opening of the tun- 9 Along the South Canal. nel was made the chief day of the Western Slope fair, now being held here. All the morning special trains kept coming in, from various parts of the state, and at 10:30 there was a parade of the visitors. Early in the afternoon the explosion of a bomb told the people that the special train bearing President Taft and other government officials had entered the city limits. A second bomb announced his debarkation at the station, and a third was sent up as the distinguished guest, escorted by a great procession, started for Elks' park. President Taft Welcomed. At the park, after introductory remarks by F. D. Catlin, chairman of the Gunnison tunnel opening committee, Mayor J. Q. Allen turned the key of the city over to the guests. Then John C. Bell delivered the formal address of welcome, to which President Taft responded briefly and happily. The exercises here concluded with remarks by Senator Charles J. Hughes and Gov. John Shafroth. At four o'clock trains started for the west portal of the tunnel, where President Taft opened the gates, and speeches were made by I. W. McConnell, consulting engineer of the reclamation service, and Senator Horace T. DeLong of Grand Junction. After the return to Montrose there was a reception to President Taft and others, and this evening speeches were delivered by a number of well-known Coloradoans, the celebration winding The cost of using canals is perpetual water actual settlers. Boer War Tremendous horseflesh of the Boer war. In 339,329 horses, South Africa, mals as the C in August, 1877 horses over the conquest of D. up with an illuminated parade and pyrotechnic display. Story of the Great Tunnel. First of the big government reclamation projects to be undertaken, the Gunnison river tunnel has been one of the most difficult to carry through. The ample waters of the Gunnison flow through narrow valleys unsulted to agriculture or through deep, rocky canyons, while only a few miles to the west the lovely Uncompahgre valley has been suffering for water. The Gunnison, descending in ever deepening gorges, finally plunges into the Black canyon, one of the most magnificent mountain gorges in the world. This unpromising spot was selected as the starting point of the tunnel. Brave engineers lowered themselves into the Black canyon at points where the granite walls rise almost perpendicularly hundreds of feet, and after their surveys were completed active work was started on the immense propect. At great expense and under enor- 11 mous difficulties, a wagon road was built to the east portal of the tunnel. It is 15 miles long, and, climbing the granite ridge between the canyon and the Uncompahgre valley, descends the rocky wall on shelfwork. Bore Built for All Time. Simultaneously work was begun at each end of the tunnel and at a point several thousand feet from the west end, where a shaft was sunk. As fast as the tunnel was driven through the shale and solid rock, it was timbered, and then the heavy timbers were covered with impervious cement. This gives a tunnel of solid concrete built to withstand the wear of ages. All the flumes, culverts, division gates, drops and other work along the lines of the main canals are built of steel and concrete. There is no dam across the Black canyon at the point where the river is turned into the tunnel. Instead of this the tunnel itself taps the river from beenath its granite bed. By this plan neither floods nor shack wa- South Canal. ter can prevent the tunnel taking from the river all the water needed. Has Immense Capacity. A few statistics of this tremendous project are worth setting forth. The tunnel is 30,600 feet long, and 11 by 13 feet inside measurement. The main canal is 30 feet wide at the bottom and 83 feet wide at the top, and the average depth of the water is ten feet. The capacity is 1,300 cubic feet of water a second. After the water leaves the west portal of the tunnel it is conducted through 12 miles of canal to the Uncompahgre. There is a drop of 214 feet in this distance, and this great fall will be utilized for creating power. A series of concrete drops has been constructed and the immense body of water rushing over them is capable of generating at least 10,000 horse power, which will be utilized in lighting the entire Uncompahgre valley by electricity. The cost of the tunnel and distributing canals is over $5,000,000, and perpetual water rights will be sold to actual settlers at about $25 an acre. Boer War Cost Many Horses. Tremendous was the drain on the horseflesh of the world caused by the Boer war. In that war England sent 339,329 horses and 103,000 mules to South Africa, four times as many animals as the Germans took to France in August, 1870. Tamerlane led 93,000 horses over the Hindoo Koosh in the conquest of Delhi. WESTERN CANADA A Central Canada Farmer Finishing Cutting His 70-Acre Field of Wheat A Specimen Group of Elevators That May Be Seen in Many Towns in Central Canada During the early days in the period of the growth of the grain crop in Western Canada, as well as throughout the ripening and garnering period, there is yearly growing an increasing interest throughout the United States, as to the results when harvest is completed. These mean much to the thousands of Americans who have made their homes in some of the three Provinces that form that vast agricultural domain, and are of considerable interest to the friends they have left behind. The year 1909 is no disappointment The crops of wheat, oats and barley have been harvested and it is now safe to speak of results. Careful estimates place the yield of spring wheat parts of wheat diminish thereafter few years world wide ada for cially w parts of to have wheat, "We w Moose ripe w worked fields a acre, a would acre. age 30 A Central Canada Farmer Finishing at 30 bushels per acre, winter wheat at over 40 bushels, and oats exceed 50 bushels per acre. Barley also has proved an abundant yield. What will attract the reading public more than volumes of figures will be the fact that those who have been induced through the influence of the Government to accept of 160 acres of free grant land; or, by the persuasion of friends to leave their home State of Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Nebraska or the other States from which people have gone, have done well. Financially, they are in a better position than many of them ever expected to be, and in the matter of health, in social conditions, they have lost nothing. One person who has just returned from a trip through the Lethbridge District, where winter wheat has a strong hold with farmers, says: "We saw some magnificent sights. The crops were, in fact, all that could be desired." In a few years from now these great plains over whose breadth for years roved hundreds of Town thousands of School herds of cat- House tle, following the millions of buffalo that once grazed their grasses, will be a solid grain field covering a territory of over 30,000 square miles, and very little of it but what will yet be worth from $40 to $60 per acre. Already the homestead and pre-emption lands are being well filled. of the best the best I have ering er con have b might A sam In the district of Calgary, south, east and north, which comprises Nanton, High River and other equally important districts, a correspondent of the Winnipeg (Manitoba) Free Press says: (Aug. 21) "The grain in this District is going to make some money for the farmers this year. All the crop is now crowding along and is good on both irrigated and unirrigated lands." There are to be found those who speak of a "pioneering" life in western Canada, but as one man said, "if A Specimen Group of Elevators T Many Towns in Cent this is pioneering I don't for the life of me see what our forefathers had to complain of." He didn't know, though, for the pioneering of his forefathers was discomfort and hardship. The opening up and development of western Canada, with its railroad lines to carry one to almost the uttermost part of it, the telegraph line to flash the news to the outside world, the telephone to talk to one's neighbor, the daily and weekly mail service which brings and carries letters to the friends in distant parts; the schools headed by college-bred and highly certificated teachers; the churches manned by brilliant divines; the clubs; the social and festive life; what is there about any of this to give to the man who goes there to make his home the credit of being a pioneer? Nothing! He might as well be in any of the old middle-west States. In other parts of the world the production of wheat is diminishing today; but as it diminishes Canada's will increase; therefore, it is safe to predict that in a few years from now a large part of the world will be looking to western Canada for its wheat supply, and especially will the United States. In many parts of western Canada it is possible to have a hundred-mile square of wheat, without a break. A writer says. "We were driven west and north of Moose Jaw through 20 miles of dead ripe wheat, acres of stocks and well worked summer-fallows. One of these fields would yield 40 bushels to the acre, and another man had oats that would yield 90 or 100 bushels to the acre. In this district wheat will aver age 30 to 35 bushels. The conditions Cutting His 70-Acre Field of Wheat were never better and throughout the district the people are assured of a most prosperous year." It would be unfair to close this article without quoting from an expert crop-correspondent regarding the two Battlefords in Central Saskatchewan, on the line of the Canadian Northern Railway. Writing on August 18th of this year, he says: "It is necessary to drive about six or seven miles out of the town of North Battleford in order to see the best crops of the district. This morning I was driven about 20 miles to the north and west of the town and in all the drive did not see a poor crop. I saw one wheat crop which the owner estimates will yield 40 bushels per acre, and I believe it." City Church in Central Canada He then crossed the Saskatchewan river to the South town, or Battleford proper and continues his report: "Conditions around the old town are as good if not better than those to the north of the river. This district has much the best wheat crop prospect of any I have inspected this year, considering sample and yield. The weather conditions for the whole season have been ideal and the result is what might easily be termed a bumper crop. A sample sheaf brought in from the farm of George Truscott was shown to me which spoke for itself. This farmer is said to have sixty acres which will yield 45 bushels per acre. In stating an average for the district of South Battleford I would say that the wheat will yield 36 bushels per acre. The oats will yield about 45 and barley 45 bushels per acre." A correspondent summing up a trip over the Canadian Northern Railway from Dauphin to Battleford, says: "As I unexpected the crops in the As I Inspected the Crops in the Mators That May Be Seen in in Central Canada rious districts I found the farmers and other citizens without exception filled with expectant enthusiasm over this year's prospects. No district was found which could not boast of fields of 35 bushels per acre wheat, or 50 to 60 bushels per acre oats, and of 40 bushels per acre of barley." It is not an unusual thing in many parts of western Canada for a farmer to have 10,000 to 30,000 bushels of wheat. In the Rouleau district it is said that there are several farmers who will have 20,000 bushels of oats any many fields will return one hun- dred bushels to the acre. It takes an army of men to handle the Western Canada crop, and it is estimated that 30,000 people have been brought in this year to assist in the great undertaking; there being excursions from the outside world nearly every day for the past six weeks. HOW TO SAVE LAUNDRY WORK Hints on Clothing for the Woman of Limited Means with Family. For the woman of limited means who desires many changes of attire for herself and family, the laundry in summer and autumn will be a source of expense or a heavy tax on her physical strength if she does the work nerself. One woman's personal experience has found the seersuckers and cotton crepes so much in vogue this season to be great savers of money and labor. A cotton crepe waist may be a very elaborate affair, made of imported goods, ornamented with hand-embroidery and Irish lace. As so many women embroider well and are adept at making Irish lace, the cost of a waist in their case would be only the material, while for its future well-being washing only is necessary. Cheaper crepons make serviceable every-day waists, while seersucker of pure white or white with a colored stripe will make work dresses, underskirts and aprons. Rompers for children may be made of this same serviceable material. Crepons also makes excellent negligee shirts. There is a strong prejudice against unironed clothes, which, if overcome, would lighten the housekeeper's burden. Stockings and knit underwear do not need ironing. Taken from the line they have a fresh, wholesome country scent, which is wholly lost after the clothes are ironed. With the larger pieces of a washing sent to a laundry as "flat work," stockings and underwear worn unironed and seer-sucker and crepon used for dresses and shirt-waists a housekeeper would see a visible reduction of expense and a saving of health and strength. USE FOR THE OLD SHEETS Thrifty Housewise Tacks Them Up in Closet to Protect Her Best Gowns. When I find that an old sheet has become too worn to turn or use in any way, explains a thrifty housewife. I take it to tack up in a closet behind my best gowns. Another may have brass rings sewn on the side at intervals and the rings slipped over small drivers in above the hooks on which the gowns are hung. Many people use calico or chintz curtains for this purpose; but to me a sheet always has the appearance of being much cleaner, while the gowns are protected from dust. I have several old linen sheets, which have been cut in half, and when packing a trunk I find these convenient in which to do up one or two light gowns. Pickled Green Peppers Extract the seeds from two dozen large green peppers by cutting a slit in one side. Pour a strong brine over them and let stand for 24 hours. Strain off the brine and soak them in water for another 24 hours. Strain them again and let them stand in scalded vinegar, with a small piece of alum, for three days. Make a stuffing of two heads of white cabbage chopped fine and seasoned slightly with salt and a cup of white mustard seed. After mixing well, stuff the peppers as full as they will hold and stitch up the sides. Place them in a stone jar and cover with spiced vinegar, scalding hot. Cover the jar tightly. Delicious Salad. This is a little salad of many good things: Boll a young chicken, remove skin and cut meat from the bones. Cut meat into small pieces. Line a deep salad bowl with tender young lettuce leaves and strips of bacon fried golden brown. Turn in the chicken, well seasoned, and green peppers cut into shreds, chopped stuffed olives, chopped meat meats, cucumbers sliced, and hard-bolled eggs cut in quarters. Cover with mayonnaise flavored with lemon juice and dropped from a spoon. Garnish with slices of lemon and sprigs of young mint leaves. Serve with slices of buttered toast and cream cheese. Baking Powder Biscuit. Stir together one pint of flour that has already been once or twice sifted, two slightly rounded teaspoonful baking powder and one-half teaspoonful salt. Add one rounded tablespoonful butter and rub into the flour until it feels like fine meal. Stir in carefully one-half cupful milk, turn out on a lightly floured board and knead lightly, just enough to form a soft dough. Roll out about three-quarters of an inch thick, cut out with a small cutter, brush over with milk, place in a baking pan and bake about fifteen minutes in a quick oven. Canned Food Dangers Dr. Kate Lindsay, in a magazine article, warns housekeepers about leaving canned vegetables and fruits in the cans after they are opened, and also about leaving metal spoons in the fruit or vegetables. It is well to insist upon pure food, she says, but there are certain household regulations that must be observed or the purest food will become impure. Pineapple Pie. Peel and grate one large or two small pineapples, add two cupfuls of sugar, yolks of three eggs, two tablespoonfuls of flour, one and one-half cupfuls of cold water. Bake with one crust; use white of eggs with two tablespoonfuls of sugar for top; brown in oven. If canned pineapple is used one can of pineapple chunks and us; the juice instead of water. Aunt—Well, Johnny, I suppose you had a nice sojourn in the country?" COVERED WITH HIVES. Child A Mass of Dreadful Sore, itching, Irritating Humor for 2 Months —Little Sufferer in Terrible Plight Disease Cured by Cuticura. "My six year old daughter had the dreadful disease called hives for two months. She became affected by playing with children who had it. By scratching she caused large sores which were irritating. Her body was a complete sore but it was worse on her arms and back. We employed a physician who left medicine but it did not help her and I tried several remedies but without avail. Seeing the Cuticura Remedies advertised, I thought I would try them. I gave her a hot bath daily with Cuticura Soap and anointed her body with Cuticura Ointment. The first treatment relieved the itching and in a short time the disease disappeared. Mrs. George L. Fridhoff, Warren, Mich., June 30 and July 13, 1908." Potter Drug & Chem. Corp., Sole Props., Boston. Where Sitting Bull Was. Doane Robinson, head of the department of history of the state of South Dakota, says of Sitting Bull and the Custer massacre: "The Indians tell me that Sitting Bull was a medicine chief; that he was the greatest influence among the Sioux at that time by reason of his constant agitation against the whites, and that he did not personally engage in the fight against Custer, but that he was back on an elevation between the Little Big Horn and the Big Horn making medicine."—Indian School Journal. 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. Hypocrite in the Hereafter. Dr. Madison C. Peters was discussing the question. "Will the coming man marry?" He instanced a certain type of bachelor. "This man," he said, "is a hypocrite. He uses his religion as a cloak." "And what will he do in the next world, eh?" said the reporter. "Oh," said Dr. Peters, "he won't need any cloak there." The Difference "Marriage is a good thing for single men," said the bridegroom-elect. "Hun, yes," remarked Mr. Henpeck, "for single men only." Plump. Maud—I saw Jack kiss Belle last night on the corner. Ethel—But Belle hasn't any corners. RED CROSS BALL BLUE Should be in every home. Ask your grocer for it. Large 2 oz. package only 5 cents. Many a man has sustained a compound fracture of the reputation by falling off the water wagon. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets first put up 40 years ago. They regulate and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels. Sugar-coated tiny granules. 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SOLD BY ALL LEADING DRUGGISTS one size only, regular price 50¢ per bottle. CAN I HAVE TEN CENTS EXTRA THIS MORNING? One of the Chautauqua talkers says: "Husbands, let your wives have an extra dollar now and then." He might have rendered a greater service to mankind by saying: "Wives, let your husbands have an extra dime occasionally without asking them to explain why they want the money." A New One About Napoleon. A "new" story about Napoleon is necessarily doubtful; the probability is that it is simply so old that it has been forgotten. However, here is one that Arthur M. Chuquet prints in L'Opinion as never before published. It relatesto Napoleon and Blucher. The emperor received the general at the castle of Finkenstein, while he was preparing for the siege of Danzig. He drew him to a window in an upper story and paid him compliments on his military gifts, and Blucher, going away deligated, described the interview to his aide-de-camp. "What a chance you missed!" exclaimed the latter. "You might have changed the whole course of history." "How?" "Why, you might have thrown him out of the window." "Confound it!" replied Blucher. "So I might! If only I had thought of it."—New York Evening Post. Fooled Them Thirteen Years. Frank Nelson, former state superintendent of public instruction of Kansas, and "Cap." Gibson, the veteran record clerk in Auditor Nation's office, are great friends. Nelson is now president of a Minnesota college. When Nelson was still in the state house he and Gibson had a talk one day about teaching school. "I was once a school teacher," volunteered Gibson. "Is that so?" asked Nelson. "How long?" "Yes, I fooled 'em 13 years," replied "Cap." "How is that?" asked Nelson. "Oh," said "Cap.." "I quit when teachers had to qualify."—Kansas City Journal. In India there are nearly 26,000,000 widows. THE DOCTOR'S WIFE Agrees with Him About Food. A trained nurse says: "In the practice of my profession I have found so many points in favor of Grape-Nuts food that I unhesitatingly recommend it to all my patients. "It is delicate and pleasing to the palate (an essential in food for the sick), and can be adapted to all ages, being softened with milk or cream for babies or the aged when deficiency of teeth renders mastication impossible. For fever patients or those on liquid diet I find 'Grape-Nuts and albumen water very nourishing and refreshing." "This recipe is my own idea and is made as follows: Soak a teaspoonfu' of Grape-Nuts in a glass of water fo. an hour, strain and serve with the beaten white of an egg and a spoonfu' of fruit juice for flavouring. This af fords a great deal of nourishment that even the weakest stomach can assimilate without any distress. "My husband is a physician and he uses Grape-Nuts himself and orders it many times for his patients. "Personally I regard a dish of Grape-Nuts with fresh or stewed fruit as the ideal breakfast for anyone—well or sick." In any case of stomach trouble, nervous prostration or brain fag, a 10 day trial of Grape-Nuts will work wonders toward nourishing and rebuilding and in this way ending the trouble. "There's a Reason," and trial proves. Look in pkgs. for the famous little book, "The Road to Wellville." Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are enquiries, true, and full of human interest. --- A What was the deed Of which they chatter As gossip feed "She did!" says one; "Did not!" another. And thus begun They try to smother Each other's cries By louder calling Until the skies Repeat their bawling. Was it a slain, Or error weighty, That came within The life of Katy? One lifts his voice Just to attack her And ten rejoice Right then to back her. And all their tones Get in a tangle; One side condone, The others wrangle. We know her name, And thus her gender— But what's the claim Of her defender? what she was? Know what she wasn't? One shrieker does, The other doesn't. Poor Katy! It Still seems a totsup, But you're a bit Of yearly gossip. Balloon Racing. The racing of balloons is becoming one of the most popular outdoor sports, and we have hopes that it will be many years before any one invents an indoor variety of the game. Exhilarating and exciting to the extreme, the balloon race has caught the fancy of the public. The anchors have also caught several yearling shoats, barn roofs, stake-and-rider fences—and one of them caught a hired man asleep in a hay field in southern Indiana and yanked him aloft so suddenly that he thought it was judgment day and confessed to a great many things that had been blamed on other people, before he realized his error. The modus operandi of a balloon race is to assemble the contesting balloons in a flock and fill them with gas. At a given signal the ropes are cut and the great bags rise and dash madly hither and yon in their efforts to win. Each balloon is manned by a captain and a pilot. All the captain and pilot have to do is to furnish their pictures to the newspapers and walk home after the balloon comes down, unless they carry railroad fare with them. A captain trying to command a balloon or a pilot trying to pilot it has about as much chance of success as you or I, gentle reader, when we endeavor to convince a hen that she does not want to set. After the balloons start in the race they go in all directions. That is the great charm of the sport. Nobody knows where a balloon will go. It is as irresponsible as a thistledown Two or three hours after the start one of the balloons comes down on the Baptist church in the next county seat, and after the captain has detached himself from the spire he explains that he could have stayed up for a week but that the gas leaked or he couldn't find the right current of air. That is one annoyance in the sport. A captain will go up and hunt everywhere for the right current and not be able to lay his hand on it, although he could have sworn it was right where he thought it should be. The other balloons drop from time to time in widely separated sections of the country, speeding in their mad flight with all the abandon of a bunch of empty barrels rolling downhill. The last balloon to come down wins the race; the captain and pilot walk to the nearest town and wire home for money. Already the sporting blood of the country is being warmed. Soon the thoroughbred balloon will appear, and gentlemen farmers will have their balloon stables. Old balloons that have taken purses in many a contest will be rewarded by being turned out to air for the rest of their lives. The gas companies are very enthusiastic over the sport. OLD MAN GIDDLES OBSERVES. A Love is blind, but jealousy uses a reflecting telescope. A good many of us have ambition and don't know what to do with it. A man can be a weather prophet, but no man cares to guess on women to guess on women's fashions. No matter how many mistakes some men make, they always have a good excuse ready beforehand. Business Opportunity. The light of the eight moons of Jupiter is so strong that at night it would be possible to read print anywhere on that planet. So far as known, there are no printing offices on Jupiter. It thus offers a fine op- ing for an ambitious young man. You Look Prematurely Old Because of those ugly, grizzly, gray haire. Use "LA CREOLE" HAIR RESTORER. PRICE, $1.00, retail. NEW STRENGTH FOR WOMEN'S BACKS. How to Make a Bad Back Better. Women who suffer with backache, bearing down pains, dizzy spells and that constant feeling of dullness and tiredness, will find hope in the advice of Mrs. Mary Hinson of 21 Strother St., Mt. Sterling, Ky. "Had I not used Doan's Kidney Pills, I be- that constant feeling of dulness and tiredness, will find hope in the advice of Mrs. Mary Hinson of 21 Strother St., Mt. Sterling, Ky. "Had I not used Doan's Kidney Pills, I believe I would not be living today," says Mrs. Hinson. "My eyesight was poor, I suffered with nervous, splitting headaches, spots would dance before my eyes and at times I would be so dizzy I would have to grasp something for support. My back was so weak and painful I could hardly bend over to button my shoes and could not get around without suffering severely. Doan's Kidney Pills helped me from the first, and I continued until practically well again." Remember the name—Doan's. Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. From Overhead. A canary hung directly over the big square table in the Hungarian restaurant. "Once," said a woman who was dining there, "the bottom dropped out of the cage, the bird flew at the orchestra yonder, and we had bird seed in our soup. It was awful." "That reminds me," said the crosseyed man, "of one time when we were having a little game of poker on the B. & O. You know how those trains roll. Well, just about the middle of the game down came all the grips and dress suit cases straight into the kitty and broke up the game. Money flew everywhere. We got so mixed we couldn't tell which had won or where the money was that whoever had won it won. Talk about bird seed!" The Root of Altruism. The three eternal roots of altruistic energy are these: First, the principle of justice; that there is a moral law before which all men are equal, so that I ought to help my neighbor to his rights. Second, the principle of charity; that I owe infinite tenderness to any shape or kind of man, however unworthy or useless to the state. Third, the principle of free will; that can really decide to help my neighbor, and am truly disgraced if I do not so. To this may be added the idea of a definite judgment; that is, that the action will at some time terribly matter to the helper and the helped.—G. K. Chesterton. Laundry work at home would be much more satisfactory if the right Starch were used. In order to get the desired stiffness, it is usually necessary to use so much starch that the beauty and fineness of the fabric is hidden behind a paste of varying thickness, which not only destroys the appearance, but also affects the wearing quality of the goods. This trouble can be entirely overcome by using Defiance Starch, as it can be applied much more thinly because of its greater strength than other makes. His Size Was Known "I want some collars and neckties for my husband!" she snapped. "Yes, madam." The clerk offered her the latest thing. "What size are these?" asked the lady. "Why, twelve and a half, madam!" "How on earth did you guess that?" "Why, twelve and a nail, madam! " "How on earth did you guess that?" "Ah," replied the clerk, smiling, "gentlemen who let their wives select their collars and ties always take that size!" $100 Reward. $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is the cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarin's treatment, Halls's Catarin Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous membranes of the eye, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting much faith in the prophets have much faith in curing a curative power. One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Seed for list of testimonials. O. Toledo, O. Sold by all Druskes, 75c. Big Berlin Philanthropy. More than 50,000 children were enabled by the authorities of Berlin to spend this summer on land within easy reach of the city limits. They were assigned plots where they could play and cultivate gardens profitably with the help of their families and the advice of public instructors. Important to Mothers Important to mothers: Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it The Kind You Have Always Bought Cobblestones for Baltimore. The Brooklyn Standard Union says that "those people from the rural regions who jeer at Manhattan's horse cars may take note that the Baltimore city council is preparing to pave a street with cobblestones." Yes, He Made a Splurge. "I suppose Newrich is making quite a splurge with his money." "He did the day he backed his auto off the ferry boat."—Puck. Kellogg's TOASTED CORN FLAKES NONE GENUINE WITHOUT THIS SIGNATURE W. K. Kellogg TOASTED CORN FLAKE CO. BATTLE CREEK, MICH. OPEN AT SIX A.M. the sweet part of the corn But is it any wonder? There never was a food that so pleased the tastes of the little ones—or so well agreed with them. And the same is true with grown-ups. All are ready and anxious for more before the next meal comes around. It's all in the flavor—the delightful, different flavor that has made a nation of Corn Flake eaters. But this flavor is found only in Kellogg's, the kind that you should ask for and insist on having. Your grocer has it or can get it for you. KELLOGG TOASTED CORN FLAKE CO., Battle Creek, Mich. $1000.00 Gold and Silver Trophy For the Best Ear of Corn To be known as the W. K. KELLOGG National Corn Trophy—To be Given at the National Corn Exposition, OMAHA, Neb. December 6 to 18, 1909. —But that so p agreed with ups. All are comes around. flavor that has ma- found only in Kello- having. Your grocer b KELLOGG TOAS JUST AS BAD. Dobson—Can your daughter play the piano? Sububs (wearlly)—I don't know whether she can or not, but she does. FALL PAINTING. The majority of property owners are under the impression that spring time is the only painting time. But the fall of the year offers several advantages to the painter. One of the most important is that surfaces are almost sure to be dry, and there is no frost or inner moisture to work out after the paint is applied. Pure white lead—the Dutch Boy Painter kind—mixed with pure linseed oil (tinted as desired) gives a winter coat to a building that is an armor against the severest attacks of the winter rain, sleet, winds and snow. National Lead Company, 1902 Trinity Bldg., New York city, makers of pure white lead, Dutch Boy Painter trademark, are offering to those interested a complete painter's outfit, consisting of a blow pipe and lead tester, book of color schemes, etc. State whether you want exterior or interior decorating. Carnations Go to Sleep. Florists often suffer losses through a habit carnations have of sometimes "going to sleep" and never opening again. A series of experiments made in the Hull botanical laboratory and described in the Botanical Gazette makes it seems probable that this "sleep" is caused by the effect of illuminating gas, to which, even in very small quantities, these flowers are surprisingly sensitive. Standard Oil Wails. The Standard Oil Company's real estate holdings in Bayonne, N. J., where its largest oil refining plant in the east is situated, have been increased from $7,360,000, the value fixed upon them in 1908 for taxation, to $13,000,000. The company is appealing against the increases fixed upon the realty by the Hudson county board of equalization. ALL UP-TO-DATE HOUSEKEEPERS Use Red Cross Ball Blue. It makes clothes clean and sweet as when new. All grocers. Occasionally you come across a man in public life whose silence is so intense you can almost hear it. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 20c a bottle. When a man is his own worst enemy he really doesn't need any others. Look Pre use ugly, grizzly, gray hairs. Use "L For the purpose of encouraging the better breeding in corn for improving the quality, W. K. Kellogg, the President of the Toasted Corn Flake Co., offers a $1000.00 beautiful solid gold and silver trophy to the person growing the best ear of corn in two different seasons, the first season's specimen to be sent to the National Corn Exposition, Omaha, Neb., before November, 27th, 1909. This offer is open to every man, woman and child in the United States. It will be it is it any wonder? There never was a food pleased the tastes of the little ones—or so well with them. And the same is true with grown- ready and anxious for more before the next meal. It's all in the flavor—the delightful, different made a nation of Corn Flake eaters. But this flavor, logg's, the kind that you should ask for and insist has it or can get it for you. CASTED CORN FLAKE CO., Battle Creek, M ter was a food ones—or so well true with grown before the next meal the delightful, differentaters. But this flavor is judged by the leading corn authority of the world, Prof. P.G. Holden. Watch this paper for further particulars. YOU'LL feel better for work, play or rest if you eat Quaker Oats at least once a day. This Trade-mark Eliminates All Uncertainty in the purchase of paint materials. It is an absolute guarantee of purity and quality. For your own protection, see that it is on the side of every keg of white lead you buy. NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY 1902 Triity Building, New York "Let's go and spend a few days with the Browns at their summer cottage. They'll be tickled to death to have us." "I am convinced," said the proprietor of the jeweler's shop, as the plate glass window shivered into a million fragments and the chauffeur and his machine began to nestle behind the counter, "that the taxicab has come to stay."—London Globe. GRAZING LANDS NEAR CHICAGO--Six dollars an acre this year only; an acre and a clover cure crops, and a flower and forage crop. Fruit, Splendid climate; pure water. One night from Chicago by rail or boat. Easy terms. Write for map and illustrated booklet J. T. MERRITT, Montsee, Mich. Some presents are quite superfluous. There is the gift of gab, for instance. LIVE STOCK AND ELECTROTYPES MISCELLANEOUS In great variety for sale at the lowest prices by WESTERN W. WEPAPER UNIOS, Kansas City, Missouri OF ALL HOT WEATHER ENEMIES cholera is the worst. Treatment must be prompt. Use Paintkiller (Perry Davis) which overcomes all ailow troubles, like diarrhea, which morbus and dysentery. W. N. U., WICHITA, NO. 39-1909. STOMACH LIVER LUNGS weakest organ. If there is weakness of stomach, weak link in the chain of life which may snap at any t "weakness" is caused by lack of nutrition, the rest of the stomach and other organs of digestion and weaknesses of the stomach and its allied organs are Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. When the wee cured, diseases of other organs which seem remote fro have their origin in a diseased condition of the stomach other organs of digestion and nutrition, are cured STOMACH LIVER LUNGS weakest organ. If there is weakness of stomach, liver or lungs, there is a weak link in the chain of life which may snap at any time. Often this so-called "weakness" is caused by lack of nutrition, the result of weakness or disease of the stomach and other organs of digestion and nutrition. Diseases and weaknesses of the stomach and its allied organs are cured by the use of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. When the weak or diseased stomach is cured, diseases of other organs which seem remote from the stomach but which have their origin in a diseased condition of the stomach and other organs of digestion and nutrition, are cured also. weakest organ. If there is weakness of stomach, liver or lungs, there is a weak link in the chain of life which may snap at any time. Often this so-called "weakness" is caused by lack of nutrition, the result of weakness or disease of the stomach and other organs of digestion and nutrition. Diseases and weaknesses of the stomach and its allied organs are cured by the use of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. When the weak or diseased stomach is cured, diseases of other organs which seem remote from the stomach but which have their origin in a diseased condition of the stomach and other organs of digestion and nutrition, are cured also. The strong man has a strong stomach. Take the above recommended "Discovery" and you may have a strong stomach and a strong body. GIVEN AWAY.—Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser, new revised Edition, is sent free on receipt of stamps to pay expense of ruiling only. Send 21 one-cent stamps for the book in paper covers, or 31 stamps for the cloth-bound volume. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. GIVEN AWAY.—Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser, new revised Edition, is sent free on receipt of stamps to pay expense of railing only. Send 21 one-cent stamps for the book in paper covers, or 31 stamps for the cloth-bound volume. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. and positive preventive, no matter how horses at any age are infected or liquid, given on the tongue; acts on the Blood and Glands; exsists the man from the body. Cures Illness by Swab and Blast. Cures sweet selling live stock remedy. Cures La Grapppe among human beings. Dainey remedy. For and $1 a bottle. $5 and $10 a dozen. Cut this out. Keep our drugrent, who will get it for you. Free Booklet. "Distemper, Causes Special agents wanted. MEDICAL CO., Chemists and Bacteriologists GOSHEN, IND., U. S. A. rely Old ER. PRICE, $1.00, retail. Sure cure and regular preventive, no matter how horrible at age you are infected or poisonous germs from the body. Curese Dismember in Dogs and Sheep and Cholera in humans and is a fine kidney remedy. Bundle 8 & 10 bottles, 8 & 12 doses. Cut this out, keep it on your drunger when you get it for you. Free Booklet "Dismember, Cause and Cure," and Curese Dismember. ematurely Old "LA CREOLE" HAIR RESTORER. $ PRICE, $1.00, retail. You'll Have to Tie it Down Wild Horses in Southwest. Wild horses are found roaming in bands on the plains of New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and California. Of 50 horses captured by rangers in the Modoc national forest, about half proved to be branded stock which had grown wild, the others being horses that had never known the ownership of man. The Old Man's Joke. "Mary," called her father, "has that young man gone yet?" "No, pa," replied the maid. "But he's going right now." "Then ask him to empty the pall underneath the ice box before he goes, will you? I forgot it." 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, 24c. Rough on Roaches, Powder, 15c, Liq'd, 25c. Rough on Moth and Ants, Powder, 25c. Rough on Skeeters, agreeable to use, 25c. E. S. Wells, Chemist, Jersey City, N. J. Dodging Work. "It's too hot to do housework," sighed the wife. A little bottle of Hamilns Wizard Oil is a medicine chest in itself. It can be applied in a larger number of painful aliments than any other remedy known. Brazil grows more coffee than any other country in the world. SPOHN'S DISTEMPER CURE V Each of the chief orgasms of the body is a link in the Chain of Life. A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, the body no stronger than its Pink Eye, Epicootic Shipping Fever & Catarbal Fever ee ee ee ee 5 ees - THE WICHITA - One of the Oldest and Best Negro Newspapers In the west ESTABLSHED 1N 1898 Published Every week Fresh, Reliable Race News eS EE nickle cee Se Conservative in policy Firm in defense of our race Our policy of “ The Higher Grade of News ” has built or the Searchlight the reputation of being distinctly a “ Family Newspaper ”. No slang, trashy or questiona- ble items are found in the columns of the Searchlight © A eS ihe ee We make no “ grand-stand plays” but maintain one even, sane, reliable and solid course in our work of “ race up-lift ” in dealing with those vital race issues. Si Eo ee rec we ] F YO U are in any-wise interested in the Ne- gro race and in aiding in help solving the great questions which to-day confront the Ameri- can Negro—we solicit your subscription, your patron- age, to the Searchlight in our effort for the highest intellectual, christian, moral, financial and physical standard for our race. Your patronage solicited. 1 TO-DAY is the day TO SUBSCRIBE. Our next issue may contain some infor- mation or news item of Vital Interest to you. Our sub- scription rate-one dolldr per year-is within the reach of all. You will never have - ‘sons to regret it. AGENTS WANTED We want active, wide-awake hustling men, women, boys and girls as Agents for the Searchlight in every city, town village and community. 3 GOOD MONEY can be realized by the right persons as Agents and Correspondents of the Searchlight. Se net ee pe GN ESN EO ae i eo OCs eames 20! ere oe re te Re Address all communications to u 2 ake 0S 1 rT er Ry P SEARCALIGHT: a <i>, W.N, MILLEER,Editor 634 N. Water St., Wichita, Kanaae ~ tos Mnater A. V. McKeever tiled | pecial Master B. V, ‘McKeever fled | RESOLUTIONS By The Fourth Quarterly Con- ference St Paul A M E Church jeny conference to be held in St. eae A. M. E. church Wichita Ks Prior to the convening of the An ‘nual Conference in the City of Leavenworth for the year 1909, and whereas, during the confer- ence year now aboutat a close St Paul A M. E. church has enjoy- jed a most remarkable erea of re- ligious interest, spiritial reviving and financial prosperity, n-w, therefore, Be It Resolved, by the members of the official Board of said St. Paul A. M. E. church in regular meeting assembled this 13th day of September A. D. 09. that eve. collectively and indivu- ally avail ourselves of unqualified and unanimous ap,roval of the work of our pastor Rey. James T. Smith, we attest that he has done a most extraordiary good work in our city as pastor of St. Paul 4, M, E. church and by his in, Christian and gentle- manly conduct has endeared him- self to each member of the churh and to the people of our commun ity, Be it futher resolved that we ase the Rt. Rev. Bishop Abram Grant of this, the 5th. Episcopal District. to so grant to us the re- turn of our pastor Rev. James T. [epee to St. PaulA. 4. E. cuurch for another year to the enc that i work already begun by Kev. |James T.Smith for our church ie the.4. M. E, cause in our city and for the general up-lift of the people of this community may be continued. Whereas Rev, M, | Wooten, has most satisfactorily been the Presiding Elder of this ithe Wichita District, during the [past two years, now, therefore, Be it Resolved by the < fficicial Board and pastor of St. Paul A- M.E. church that with pleasure | weagain send forth our approval laa hea. tily join in with the oth- er churches of the Wichita Dist- rict in commending Rev. Wooten for the splendid work which he has accomplished and place our- ie on record and ask the Rt. {Rev. Abram Graet that he may return Rev. M, \ooten to the | Wichita District for another year | Respectfully Submitted Geo. W. White W. Neely, Ed Lan drum, H. Braden, Lillie Joncs, Verna V. Hall, 4. Paul, J. Fauv er, J. W Thompson, Miss K. H. Covington, W. N. Miller, Thomas Glover, S. T Hall, J. T. Chineth Maggie Wilkins, J. C. Coffee; T W. Fines, M.J. Dancy, Mrs. Wil H. Jones, Mrs. R. A. Swith, Far |nie Gragg, Frank Wilkins, Mrs jboss Glover, Mrs. Mattie Miller | cli ee ae el ae Bobby's Unfortunate Delay. He was five years old. On this particular day mother had dressed him with unusual care and was very much displeased to have him come in with clothing dirty and torn, She hud so often told him he must take his own part in the boys’ scraps—fight, should the occasion demand it. This he would not do. And now she intend. ed to punish him. Bob became very indignant and said: “Well, mamma, I just told the [boy 1 wasn’t ready to fight, and whe: 'I got ready he was settin’ on me."— Delineator, . ste OB JO SuyysTya OF Te poues og 0) Dey Koy, “<moue Buys YR eu uO pol pus ‘sesioy Jjoq3 peymnom ‘ply Wom SqLIY eYL “IO Hoo! oF eu am MO FIOM 7B S9ABU OY TBM 0} 3003 ¥ eAeS eujSua UoHoNsysu09 Oy} UOT ‘ayeyeyo «8 pres sn 38 Sujqsney e18 BiNOw!S oeYL, “BoULQuseD seu payons3su0d Suyjoq semper w uo ean -oulodo] B JO Buy siya ey 4q poze jdyoeid Ajjue001 sem sdoon youerg JO WoyeyBq B PUB UOUIsegI W9eMK} -9q JoIy0D y ‘Baysya Aq SuimcuE Jo ydureyu09 sy Smoys UesDOI0W V ‘yduaqueg 4o ubis BUIRSIUM Getting Ahead of One's Self, “If Lhave anything to do that I par ticularly dislike, I start to work on if the first thi.g after breakfast, sub- ordinating 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, 6ne gets ahead of one’s self, so to speak.” - Scott Ricbardson MParraige One of the beautiful honie wed dings ever witnessed in Kansas City, Kansas, was the wedding ofMr. Glover L. Scott of Wichita Kansas to Miss. Mamie Richard- son of Kansas City, Kas. which took place at the home of the bride’s parents Rev. and Mis. J. R. Richardson, 2400 Alice Ave. on Wednesday evening, Sept. 15, 1909 at 8:30 prompt. The bride’s sister Miss. Nellie Richardson was bride’s maid, while the groom’s brother Mr. Eugene Scott was the groom’s best man. The wed- ding ceremony was officiated by Rev, D, B. Jackson. of Kansas City, Kansas. The bride is the youngest daughterfof Rev. & Mrs J. R. Richardson and is one of the most accomplished musicians and refined young ladies in her section. The groom is one of Wichita’s most proggressive of young men industrous& straight forward. He has a neat cozy home at 712 Waco which he and his bride will occupy later, After the marriage the happy couple were the recepients of the con- gratulations of the large host of iriends who witnessed the cere— ‘mony. They left Kansas City on Thursday evening for Wichita ‘where they will make their fut- Tage home, Tie many friends ot ie wish for them a happy and ‘prosperous married life. B5OOO0.0O0 To the Baptist of Kansas— You are hereby notified that the State Missionary Baptist Convention of Kansas will com- mence with the New Hope Bap- tist church at Wichita Kansas, Rey. E. T, Fishback, pastor Oct. 5th to 11th, 09, $5009.00 (five thousand dollars) must be raised at this meeting tocarry on the missionary work of this couven- tion. Let us not forget the Old Folks Hoine bnt let every chnrch send up a liberal donation for it. A beautiful gold medal wili be given to the pastor ot the churh that send up the largest amount of money for state work and one also to the moderator of the As- sociation that does likewrse. Rey. E. A. Wilson Pres, | J. E. Lewis Rec. Sec't. | Mesdames G. H. Young and Joseph Fine of Denver Colo. were the gueets of Mrs. W, N, Miller Saturday. 333 L127 Official Ss Directory Knights & Daugnhtere OF TAROR KANSAS—NEBRASKA JURISDICTION KNIGHTS AND DAUGHTERS OF TABOR. REV. FRANK WILSON, C. @. M. Taborian Home, R. F. D. No. 8, Topeka, Kansas, MRS. EMMA GAINES, C. @. P. 117¢ Filmore avenue, Topeka, Kas A. W. HOPKINS. C.G.S. 321 Dakota, Leavenworth, Kans. MRS SARAH FORBES, C. G. R. 717 “C” St, Lincoln, Neb. WM. CORE, C. G. T. 1210 Lane, Topeka, Kans. MRS. BESSIE HALL, G. @ M., 460 Horton, Ft. Scott, Kans C. M. JONHSON, G. P. P., 1832 N 23rd, Omaha, Neb. MRS. PAULINE WOODFORD, C. G. PR. 823 Freeman, K. C., Kan. REV. M. WOOTEN, C. G. 0. 416 B. 3rd, Ft. Scott, Kans. OFFICIAL ORGAN—The Wichita Searchlight, W. N. Miller, Editor, 684 N. Water St, Wichita, Kan. NOTICE TABORS. If your Tabernacle, Temple or Tent 8 not in this Directory, or if there is -ny error, please notify me at once. W. N. MILLER, Editor. TABERNACLES. Chief Preceptreseas: 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 B. 18th. 4 Helping Hand, Cherryvale, Kan. Mrs. S. Campbell, 616 W. Ist. 5 Cresent, Atchison, Kan., Mrs. C. Brown, 920 N. 10th. 7 Sunbeam, Salina, Kan., Mrs. R. 6 Rebecca Ann, Ottawa, Kan., Mrs. Eva Clayborne, 716 Cypress. Parker, 502 N. 6th. 8 Rebecca May, Coffeyville, Kan, Mrs. L. Smith, 308 E. 11th. 10 St. Maria, Lawrence, Kan., Mrs, I Wallace, R. R. No. 5. 11 Saba Meroe, K. C., Kan., P, Wood- ford, 823 Freeman. 2 Golden Rule, K. C., Kan., Mrs. B. Johnson, 211 Stewart. 4 Candace, Pittsburg, Kan., Mrs. M. Beasley, 109 W. Washington. 5 America Davis, Weir, Kan., Mrs. B. Lee, Box 25. 16 Silver Leaf, Parsons, Kan., Mrs. L. Mortan, 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 B, 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 Emme Gaines, Butte, Mont., Mrs. Saline Easter, 334 Dakota St. (rear). 34 Wichite, Wichita, Kan., Mrs, Sally Hall, 1024 Ohio. 35 Golden Rule, S. Omaha, Neb., Mrs. S, Jones, 819 N, 27th. 37 Butevator, Atchison, Kan., Mrs. M Gosby, 108 N. 3rd. 38 Covenant, Weir, Kan., Mrs. L. F. Taylor, Box 1174. 39 Deborah, Abeline, Kan., Mrs, A Gibson, 411 S. 1st, 52 Mt. Maria, Lawrence, Kan., Mrs. J Ware, 807 N. Y. 63 Fair West, K. C., Kan., Mrs. R Saunders, 734 N. J. 77 Pearly Rose, Topeka, Kan., Mrs. 8 O'Brien, 1180 Buchanan. 85 Magadalene, Topeka, Kan., Mrs. F 92 St. Annis, Lincoln, Neb., Mrs, Hardiman, 1801 Kansas, 89 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 Svivie Brown, 803 B. 11th St. TEMPLES. Chief Mentors Number 1 A H, Richardson, Weir, Kan., J M. Burns, Box 31. 3 RH, 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. $ 3. Washington, 1524 N. Wash ington. 8 St. Peters, Ft. Scott, Kan. A. J Beam, 309 Lowman, 9 Mt. Horeb, Leavenworth, Kan., J H. MeKine’s, 217 Sherman. 11 Taborian, Wichita, Kan, Wm. Fra. zier, 708 N. Water. 12 Moses Dickson, Parsons, Kan. Win, Shakespear, 1112 Main, 15 Silver Leaf, Salina, Kan, J. q, Brown, 246 8. Phillip’, 17 Golden Gate, Coffeyville, Kan, Rev. A. Garner, 704 . 12tn, 19 Mt. Tabor, Lawrence, Kan, J. p, Hughes, 1220 N. J. 22 ‘Barak, Oswego, Kan., L. R. Wilson, 24 Jas. Bedford, Cherryvaie, Kan, Rey. J. W. Warren, 218 ¥, 7th 25 Washington, K. C. Kan, J. 1 Downs, 422 Haskell, 59 Sunny Side, Topeka, Kam, U. 4 Graham, 1160 West. 60 Jeffersonian, Topeka, Kam, U. 5, Grant, 1813 W. 6th, TENTS. Queen Mothers. Number. 1 Golden Leaf, Leavenworth, Kau, Mrs. L. Hardin, 900 Fifth. 2 Frank Wilson, Ft. Scott, Kan., Mrs F. Goodall, 610 Barbee. 3 Mary E. Dickson, Lincoln, Neb, Mrs. L. Weaver, 1125 Saratoga, 5 Moses Dickson, Wichita, Kan,, Mrs. B. Davis, 1135 Washington. 7 Lone Star, Yale, Kaa, Mrs. c. Lewis. 9 J. Bruce, Omaha, Neb. Mrs. Scott, 1516 Jones. 11 Golden, Atchison, Kan, Mrs. E. Penn, 718 Q. 11 Viola, Lawrence, Kan. Mrs. M. E, Brown, 325 Miss, 14 Busy Bee, Atchison, Kan, Mrs. A. Stone, 823 Main. 16 Louisa May, Cherryvale, Kau. Mrs. M. E. Holt, 517 W. Main. 16 Pearl, Wichita, Kan, Mra, A. Jones, 631 N. Wichita. 17 Castle Rock, Weir, Kan. Mrs, H. 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. ¥. 25 Silver Star, Parsons, Kan., Mrs. 1. Porter, 2017 Morton, 28 20th Century, Parsons, Kan., Mrs. E. A. Tiggs, 2314 Morgan. 45. Orange Rose, K. C., Kan., Mrs. C. Henderson, 312 Washington. 46 Mayflower, Omaha, Neb., Mrs. |. Herrold, Sherman Flats. NEXT PLACE OF METTING—The Grand Temple and Tabernacle Kansas Nebraska Jurisdiction, will hold its next Session (the 19th annual in Omaha, Neb., on the 2nd Tuesday in July, 1910. BAD NOTES EASILY DETECTED ‘Almost Impossible to Impose Upon Handlers of Money. | Incidentally it is interesting to note that the skill which enubles one to de tect a counterfeit comes not from # study of counterfeits, but from a thor ough and unconscious familiarity with the genuine. If a man were pointel ‘out to you and you were told that somt day another who much resembled bin would try to impose upon you, you would be pretty apt to fix his feature: fn your mind; you would not spend any time looking at other people who looked something Itke him, would you? And the moment the impostor ap peared 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 rap fdly, will involuntarily throw out note which in the slightest degree de parts from the well-known pattern which is so strongly impressed on bis | mental vision, That involuntary ect will nearly always prove to have been Justified, for the bill in 19 cases out of 20 will prove to be a counterfeit. It ts because of this fact that when & Te quest fs 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 | motes.—National Magazine. A Monster Loaf. Bakers in Germany are fond of mak {ng odd experiments, the following be ing reported from Duisburg, in West phalla, 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 :wist which for size at least has surel¥ rarcly been equaled. Weighing no less ‘han 180 pounds, it had a breadth of six feet and a length of ten feet, and was thns found sufficient to supply * satisfactory afternoon eoflation to os nany as 500 boys and girls.