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THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY TRADING WITH THE MERCHANTS WHO ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER. The Negro Must Educate Trained Men Make Best Laborers Says Dr. Booker T. Washington. ELEVENTH YEAR The Negr Must Trained Men M ers Says Dr Washin In beginning his address Dr. Washington said that he came to investigate the condition of the colored people and to say a word wherever he could to strengthen the pleasant relations between the black and white people. He said that the best protection a Negro can have in any part of the country is in making himself felt in the way of usefulness to the community. Replying to the statement so often published thus the Negro is a failure these writers did not mean exactly what they wrote, but that some Negroes are shiftles and lazy. Every one of these individual writers should haue called the names of scores of colored people in their community who in industry, promptness and reliability were equal to almost any members of any race in the same relative stage of civilization. He told the whites that they would greatly help and encourage the race if they would through their public utterances call attention to the helpful and successful Negro instead of damning them all together. Some would argue; he said it is a mistake to educate the Negro if he was wanted to be a reliable laborer. He cited instances to show that the best way to make a successful and ambitious Negro laborer was to increase his wants. That when the Negro got a little piece of land, as his education increased he would want good furniture, and after a while a bank account, and as his wants increased so would his ambition for work but that the illiterate Negro did not have to work more than enough to sustain his body. I believe that all of us had just as well make up our minds that the Negro race is going to be educated by somebody at sometime, at some place. Since this is true, I believe that it is vastly better for all concerned tor the Negro to be educated by the South, for the most part so that he will keep in touch with the conditions and opportunities that prevail in the South, so he shall feel a sense of gratitude for the education of his children to the Southern white man who is right at the door, I believe the South should in the main, win credit for the education of the Negro. Now in this remark bear in mind that I am not overlooking what has already been done but I believe that there is a greater work yet to be done. In my opinion the most difficult problem that you have got to face, that I have got to face, is in some manner to articulate the education of the colored youths into the life of the community in which the youth lives so that the Southern white people will feel and see day by day, the benefit of Negro education. Now, right there in my opinion, is the crucial point. In that respect, you must be patient with us. You must remember that it was very natural for race just coming out of slavery into freedom to yield to the temptation of jumping from one extreme to the other. For a number of years at Tuskegee, institution. I met that problem and had the difficulty of getting the Negro to feel and see that education was a rational, was a sensible thing; that it meant nothing to anybody except as that education could be usen right in the community where that individual lived in a way to make every one feel that because of that individual's having education, he was more useful to the community. I often say useful to the members of my race that the greatest protection of which the Negro can have in the South, or anywhere else is the usefulness of each individual member of our race. I urge upon them to make themselves so useful to NOVEMBER 13th 1909, the community where they lived that community will feel that it channot dispence of that race or with those individuals. If you go into a store to buy a pair of shoes. I doubt not that in nine cases out of ten the person who fits the shoes upon your feet will be a person of education will be a person of cleanliness will be a person of considerable refinement; that happanes in reference to the putting of a piece of leather on the outside of your feet. In most cases taking the average white families of the South, the women who prepares the food not on the outside of the foot but goes on the inside of the stomach to make blood and bone and heart beat that woman in most cases is ignorant in many cases is filty untrained. My friends I claim that it is just as important that the person who prepares the food to go on the inside of the stomach will have some training, as it is for the man who puts a piece of leather on the outside of the foot. Now these things some at least have in mind in the education of my people: I confess that when I began my work at Tuskegee I began it With a selfish ambition the desire to lift up the Negro alone, but my friends I thank God that I have long since forgotten that selfishness, I have outgrown that narrowness and am just as happy today when I can perform my service, however little, for the man or woman of your race as whet I am working for the elevation and happiness of my own race. We can neither of usi my friends, be utterly free from racial prejudice. Colored teacher protested in Connecticut. What threatens to become a bitter race war has sprung up in Canterbury over the engagement of a Negro girl is Felicia Terry, and her record in the Raymond district was so satisfactory that this year she re-engaged. Ill Commander-in-Chiet J. W. Thompson and the members of Western Star Consistory No. 18 are making great preparations for the forth coming Fall conclave which promises to eclipse any of its kind previously in Kansas. Ill. Thompson will make a trip to Hutchinson soon in the interest of the meeting. Prejudice Creeping North NEGRO EXPOSITION Tuskegee, Ala., Oct, 30- At a meeting held at Tuskegee Institute, Wednesday of this week preiiminary plans were formulated for a Semi-Contennial Exposition to celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of the treeing of the Negro slaves in the United States Ten thousand dollars have already been secured to meet the expenses of preliminary organization. Among the men behind the movement are Principal Booker T. Washington, of toe Tuskegee Normal and Industrial In institute Professor E. L. Blackshear, Principal State Normal School Prairie View Texas; Dr. J. W. Bowen President Gammon Theological Seminary, Atlanta, Georgia; Dr. C. T. Walker, President Walker Baptist College, Augusta, Georgia: Hon. Nathan Alexander, Received of public Monies, Montgomery, Alabama; Hon. Ernest Lyon, American Minister to the Republic of Liberia, and Major R. R. Moton, of the Hampton Institute. The Exposition which will be held in 1913 in some the Southern cities not yet decided upon, proposes to show the progress of the Negro not only since slavery, but since his first landing in America. A Storm Party A storm party was given Friday evening Nov. 5th at the pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Mayo on West 18th. St. in honor of Mrs. R. Rollins who in the city for a few days enroute from St. Louis Mo, to her home in Dover, Oklo. Those present were; Mesdames; R. Rollius, and Blanch Givens, K. Coleman, A. Mills, J. Banks, H. Gardner, S. Rome, M. Brinkley; Misses H. Givens, M. Givens and J. Clark. All present had a delightful time and all voted Mr. and Mrs. Morris Moyo as ideal hostessess. N. TOPEKA KANSAS Macedonia Tabernacle No. 93 is progressing nicely. They have had two on the sick list, Dtr Ellen Porter and Dtr. Bertie Withers. They are also glad to state that they now own their own hall having paid the last of the debt off on Oct. 16th, and received our deeds and have had them recorded. We are more than thankful to say that our hall is paid for in full. TO THE Colored People of Wichita DR. ALEXANDER Has Bought Out The New System Dental Co., Located At 134 North Main St. and desires to inform you that Your Patronage Will Be Appreciated I intend giving you HIGH - CLASS WORK AND A MODERATE PRICE and above all it will be absolutely painless ACHIEVEMENT OF NEGROS The fact that a colored man. Matt Henson, accompanied Commander Robert E. Perry practically to the north pole on his recent expedition, has caused a great deal of comment and discussion. This discussion leads me to remark that the people of America do not realize to what extent Negroes have taken part in nearly every event connected with the history and development of this country. Negroes accompanied the first Spanish explorers and discoveries of America accross the Isthmus of Panama with Balboa, and assisted in the constructing of the first ship that was launched on the Pacific. They were with Cortez in Mexico in 1622. A negro by the name of Little Stephen was the first discoverer of the country of the Zunis, what is now called New Mexico Negroes were with De Soto in 1540, and the first stranger who settled in the state of Alabama was one of the Negroes march through the state A Negro accompanied William Clark, of the Lewis and Clark expedition, which in 1840 explored the sources of the Missouri river and gained for the United States the vast and rich extent of land known as the Oregon country. Negroes were among the first adventures to look for gold in California and when John C. Fremon, in 1848 made his desperate and djsastrous at- tempt to find a pathway accross the Rocky mountaine, he was accompanied by a Negro named Saunders. Negroes have taken part, so far as I can learn, in all the great achievements of the country. CAN STILL VOTE The Democratic party of Maryland made disfranchisement of the Negroes of that state the parament issue in the recent election The last democratic legislature submitted an amendment to the constitution of Maryland to a vote of the people by the terms of which, if approved, the Negro vote would be eliminated from the ballot box. On this issue the democrats went before the people and asked that their Amendment be adopted. The Amendment to bar the Negro from voting in Maryland was defeated by more than 1400. The Hygeinic Restaurant Messers J. J. Cousar and T. J. Washington have opened a restaurant at 513 N. Main under the name of "The Hygeinic" restaurant where they are prepared to serve wholesome, well seasoned meals, lunch and short order at all times. They invite you to call at 513 Main and partake of the wholesomeness of their hygeinic prepared cooking and prompt service. HYPNOTIC TRANCE RESULTS FATALLY YOUNG MAN UNDER SPELL NEVER REVIVES. All Efforts to Bring Life Back to Robert Simpson, the Entranced Somerville, N. J.-While Arthur Everton, self-styled "professor" and traveling hypnotist, sobbed in his cell, three calm medical men witnessed a weird performance in the morgue of the Somerset hospital. There Wm. E. Davenport, secretary to the mayor of Newark, and a student of hypnotism, vainly tried to bring back signs of life in the rigid body of Robert Simpson, a former street car conductor of Newark, who apparently died after having been put into a hypnotic trance by Everton, before a large audience at the Somerville theater. Davenport failed, Simpson was declared officially dead and an autopsy was held. It was at the piteous instance of Everton, while in jail, after his ineffectual attempts to revive Simpson, that Davenport, a friend of Everton, came into the case. Simpson's body, covered with a black cloth, lay in the morgue at the hospital when Davenport arrived. He came in silently and in the presence of Dr. W. Long, county physician; Dr. Charles H. Halstead and Dr. Francis McConaughy, immediately began his attempt to revive the man. First he felt of the body to detect any possible heart action; failing in this he placed his ear on the victim's chest. Then, invoking the power of suggestion, he spoke slowly and dramatically in the dead man's ear. "Bob," he said, "Bob, your heart action—your heart action is beginning. It is beginning." Then, changing his tone of voice to an imperious command, he cried, sharply: "Bob, Bob, can't you hear me? Your heart is beginning to beat. Your heart is beginning to beat." Again and again he repeated this assurance to the inanimate form, while the medical men looked grimly on. Not a muscle of the body stirred and there was absolutely no sign of animation. Again Davenport changed his methods. Leaning over Simpson's right ear he spoke confidentially: "Oh, I say, Bob, look, your heart action is beginning to beat." He repeated this time after time without effect. While this was going on a brilliant incandescent lamp shed its blinding glow in the dead man's face, but the eyelids did not flutter, and as the physicians contended, he was beyond aid. Simpson was 35 years old and was accustomed, it is said, to drinking heavily. It is generally admitted that he was intoxicated during the test. Eight physicians who assisted in performing the autopsy issued a signed statement stating the death was due to rupture of the sorta, the trunk line of the arterial system. This indicated, according to the coroner, that death primarily was due to natural causes and that the man probably had been suffering for some time with aneurism. Death was practically instantaneous, and probably occurred just as Simpson was coming out of the trance. Whether the strain he was put under when Everton stood on his body during his rigidity, caused the rupture, cannot be ascertained. "OLD INCOMPATIBILITY" Guthrie, Okla.-Taking strong exceptions to the granting of divorce on trivial grounds and declaring that the marriage ties "will not be dissolved except for grave and substantial cause," the supreme court in an opinion by Justice Dunn reverses the case of Edward Barker vs. Mary J. Barker, from Osage county, set aside the decree and makes it more difficult to get a divorce in Oklahoma hereafter. The opinion holds that when action is predicated on extreme cruelty there must be actual or immediate physical violence and that "old incompatibility" is not sufficient ground for divorce. It continues: "Husband and wife are bound to exercise greater efforts for removing misapprehension, allaying quarrels and smoothing the road to concord than are people in other relations of life. The marriage status in which each of the parties may be justified in demanding the strictest letter of the bond, and it will not be dissolved except for grave and substantial cause." Clerk's Mistake Causes 7 Deaths. War Road, Minn.—Nels Jensen was fatally injured and his wife and five children were burned to death in their home near here. Two children were rescued. Jensen died later. Jensen was using what he supposed was kerosene oil to start a fire, when a five gallon can of the fluid exploded. After the tragedy it was discovered that a clerk in a grocery store where Jensen had bought the oil, had emptied a barrel of gasoline oil into a kerosene oil tank SILENCE SPHINX MINISTER TO CHINA FORMULA MINISTER EXTERNAL DIMARY INSTRUCTOR MINISTER BROTHER MINISTER HEAD WARRANTED NOT TO GQUEAK. Minneapolis Journal Portrait of the Man to Be Appointed Minister to China—From Wireless Description. CUMMINS' REPLY TO CANNON IOWA SENATOR DEFENDS THE INSURGENTS IN A SPEECH. Is Willing to Accept the Republican Platform of 1908 as Arbiter to Republicanism of His Associates. Chicago, Illinois.—Albert B. Cummins, United States senator from Iowa at the banquet of Marquette club made his answer to Speaker Cannon's recent attack on him and the other "insurgents." Senator Cummins' address was lively from start to finish and a vigorous defense of those senators who refused to vote for the Aldrich tariff measure. In part the Iowa statesman said: A few months ago I said that I was willing to accept an arbiter as to the Republicanism of those who voted against the tariff bill, and I hasten to name the judge. I appeal to the national Republican platform of 1908; and tested by the criterion of that instrument the Republican voters of the United States will determine just as rapidly as they have the opportunity to do so, whether our votes were in accordance with its declarations and pledges. I undersand perfectly that it would have been helpful to party harmony if we could have voted together; but that is not the question. The platform was for protection. All the Republicans in congress were for protection; but the view of these high priests appears to be that if they thought that upon any given article protection required 50 per cent, and we thought the article would be amply protected with 25 per cent, unless we voted for 50 we were no longer Republicans. The whole proposition is so absurd that even the most rabid member of the triumvirate will not repeat it often. FOURTEEN PERISH IN A FIRE Twenty Other Employees in a Brooklyn Comb Plant Were Injured by Explosion. New York, N. Y.—Nine persons were killed, five others are missing and believed to be dead, and nearly a score of employees were injured in an explosion and fire in the comb factory of Robert Morrison & Son in Brooklyn. The flames spread rapidly, causing the 50 employees to stampede to the fire escapes and roof. Some leaped to the ground and were injured while others were carried down to safety. Robert Morrison, one of the proprietors, was badly burned and William F. Morrison, the manager, was killed. Match Found the Gasoline. Kansas City, Mo.—Mrs. George Hedges of 221 Lexington street, Independence, saw a child playing with a lighted match in her home. She took the match and threw it out of a back window. It fell on a can of gasoline on the back porch, causing an explosion. Mrs. Hedge was severely bruised about the arms, ears and face, and a part of her hair was burned. Her injuries are not dangerous. Will Examine Dr. Cook's Records. Washington, D. C.—The board of managers of the National Geographic society have appointed a committee to pass on the question, whether the North Pole was discovered before 1909 meaning by that. Dr. Cook. Kansas Teachers Want Pensions. Topeka, Kansas.—A pension system for worn out teachers is one of the demands of the Kansas State Teachers' association. By a unanimous vote the 4,500 teachers adopted a resolution in regard to the matter. Crosby May Go to China. Washington, D. C.—It is reported here that Secretary Knox has selected Oscar T. Crosby of Virginia to be minister to China, and President Taft, it is said, has the name under consideration. LESS WHEAT IS EXPORTED NOW Area Used for Growing Wheat Has Not Improved in Fight Years Washington, D. C.—Continued decrease in the exportation of wheat and flour for several years past is shown in a statement published by the bureau of statistics, department of commerce and labor. This decrease is attributed to the increase in the home consumption, rather than to any decline in production. It is quite evident, however, that the production of wheat has not kept pace with the expansion of most other industries in recent years. The aggregate area used for wheat growing in the United States is less now than it was eight years ago. The area harvested in 1901 was 49,895,000 acres, according to the reports of the agricultural department, and that area has not been equaled since. It was 47,500,000 acres in 1908 and 46,250,000 acres this year. JURIES DRAWN BY POLITICIANS Venire Lists in Chicago Were Furnished by City Committees Says a Clerk. Chicago, Illinois.—That hundreds of names have been placed on the Cool county jury lists by politicians, ward "heelers," balliffs and clerks of the courts was disclosed in the examinations of the jury commissioners before Judge Barnes, Judge Rinaker and Judge Honore. Pierce McGuire, the clerk, declared he had taken lists of names from many persons not connected with the office, and that at one time he had gone to Republican headquarters to get names of prospective jurors. O'Connor Expects Them to Have Balance of Power in Next Parliament. New York, N. Y.—"Within ten or 15 years the great landlords of Ireland will have been deposed, and 000,000 Irish will be lords of their own farms," said T. P. O'connor, at a meeting in aid of the Nationalist cause in Ireland, at the Lyric treater. An enthusiastic audience contributed liberally after hearing Mr. O'Connor. "After the next election," he said, "We expect to have 83 members of parliament. Whatever combination of parties wins in England our 83 votes will mean the balance of power." She Was Southern Army Nurse. Denver, Col.—Mrs. Ella Palmer, 80 years old, who organized the hospital corps of the Conferateer army of the Tennessee, died in a sanitarium at Boulder. Mrs. Palmer traveled with the Confederate divisions of General Johnson, General Hood, General Beauregard and General Wilson and was present at many of the big battles. Eldorado, Kansas. -- The funeral of Thomas Benton Murdock was held at his late home on Walnut Hill. It was conducted by Dean Kaye of Topeka, assisted by the Rev. I. N. Roberts of this city. The Episcopal service was used and the ceremonies were very short and plain, in accordance with the wishes of Mr. Murdock. He Died in the Saddle. Solomon, Kansas.—Jonn Lockhart, a farmer living north of here, went to the pasture recently after some cattle. He was missed and when found was dead beside his horse. He was stricken by heart disease while in the saddle. Contracted Disease in Philippines. Santa Fe New Mexico.—Mrs. Julia Catron, wife of ex-Representative Thomas B. Catron, died following an illness contracted on a trip to the Philippines and Japan. THE RAILROAD NEVER CAME BUT ST. CLAIR COUNTY, MO. MUST PAY BONDS. Federal Court Grants New Yorker Judgment for $552,321—Bonds Were Voted in 1870. Kansas City, Mo.—The history of a railway which was never built was told in the federal court. As a result Bernard J. Burke, a capitalist of New York city was awarded a judgment of $552,321.88 against St. Clair county, Missouri. In 1870 St. Clair county, voted bonds for the Tebo & Neosho Railway, which St. Clair county thought was about to be built. But the railway wasn't built. Time passed and the holders of the bonds decided they would just as soon have the money, especially Mr. Burke, who had collected about $200,000 worth of the county's issuance. For the last ten years the matter has been in state and other courts. Several judgments have been rendered, but none of them was ever satisfactory to both. Years of maturing and litigation has piled compound interest upon the ,250,000 principal, until the amount due to Mr. Burke alone is now more than $500,000. He received judgment for it all. All the power of the United States courts was used for years in an effort to collect from the county. Compromises were attempted, but the people of St. Clair county always elected county judges who were sure to refuse to obey all orders of the United States courts. Elections to vote bonds to pay the debt were ordered by the courts many times, but always the St. Clair county judges refused to call the elections. For contempt of court more than 15 judges served terms in jail, still drawing a salary of $3 a day for their time while imprisoned. KANSAS SEEKS FACTS ABOUT OIL The Attorney General Asking Merchants About Standard Prices. Topeka, Kan.—Half a dozen country merchants were brought to Topeka by Fred S. Jackson, attorney general, to testify in the ouster suit against the Standard Oil company. The attorney general hopes to secure evidence from these merchants that the Standard Oil company had a fixed price for its oil, or that it cut prices to drive other companies out of business so as to give it a monopoly of the oil and gasoline business in this state. The hearing is before L. W. Keplinger of Kansas City, special commissioner for the supreme court. HIGHEST PAID AUTHOR IS PEARY The Arctic Explorer Gets $60,000 for an Article of 50,000 Words. New York City, N. Y.—Ex-President Roosevelt has lost his record as being the highest paid author in the world. For the narrative of his big game hunt in Africa, it has been generally understood that he was to receive one dollar a word, but now a comparatively new magazine, Hampton's announces that it has contracted to pay Commander Robert E. Peary $1.20 a word for a story of about 50,000 words amounting to $60,000, concerning his adventures in seeking the North Pole. Judge Priest Fined $500. St. Louis, Mo.-H. S. Priest, ex-judge of the United States District court, was fined $500 for assaulting a fellow attorney at a session of Judge Muench's division of the St. Louis Circuit Court. The offending attorney was further disbarred from practice in the division in which the row took place until a formal public apology is consummated. Wrecked to Prevent a Wreck Mason City, Iowa—To prevent a collision between passenger trains on the Iowa Central and Chicago Great Western at Manley Junction the towerman derailed the Iowa Central train. The mail coach was burned with all the mail and a large amount of money. No one was hurt. The clerks had a narrow escape from cremation in their car. A disregard of signals by the Iowa Central engineer was the cause. The Roller Towl Must Go. Topeka, Kansas.—The roller towel will have to go in Kansas. As a collector of germs and promoter of infectious diseases this ancient public accommodation, the state board of health declares, spreads more contagion among the people than all the public drinking cups, long whiskers and other septic agencies. A New Navy For Turkey. Washington, D. C.—The Turkish minister will urge upon the Ottoman parliament soon after it reconvenes November 15, the adoption of a naval program, providing for the expenditure within the next seven years of $100,000,000. Brings Hog Cholera Serum. Topeka, Kan—Dr. Herman Creeder, of the bureau of animal industry at Washington, will soon come to Kansas with several thousand doses of hog cholera serum, which he will use to drive cholera out of Kansas hog hei s. Inter-State Bankers' Meeting. Kansas City, Missouri—Bankers in Group No. 4 of the Missouri district and Group No. 1 of the Kansas district will meet in the two Kansas Citys Tuesday, November 16. "One nice thing 'bout shootin' pheasants durin' th' open season is that you kin bring 'em home in broad daylight, and you don't have to divvy up with no game constable so's he'll keep his mouth shut." A paper out in northwestern Kansas tells of a pious old farmer who has the habit of gazing at the rafters in his dining-room when saying grace. One day while so engaged he forgot himself, and his grace sounded something like this: "We thank thee for this food and—by Joe! there's that darned gimlet I've been looking for for the last six months. I'll have Jim go up there and get it. Thou hast been gracious to us, O Lord, and again we thank thee. Amen!"—Kansas City Star. She Could Not. "With one wave of my wand," says the fairy, "I can make you grow young again." "Excuse me," replied the woman, "if I decline your kind offer. If you can bring youth to me at my present age, all right; but I positively refuse to travel back through pyrography, the first stages of bridge, the habit back, the straight front, balloon sleeves, and all the rest of the fads I can remember." For Consideration. All pertinent facts must be considered when you are dealing with the great problem of prosperity. Would you put the plus or minus sign before the item that the county jail has a great falling off in patronage?—Detroit Free Press. Brought Their Relations. Small Nettie, seeing some large insects on the back porch, asked what they were, and was told that they were ants. 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A perfect remedy for Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsiness, Bad Mouth in the Mouth, Coated Tongue in the Cheek, BICEP, SIDE, TORPION, LIPER HEROES OF THE AMERICAN NAVY BY EDWARD B. CLARK REAR ADMIRAL CHARLES DWIGHT SIGSBER REAR ADMIRAL CHARLES EDGAR CLARK Alexander H. McCormick, who was in command of the ship, and Capt. Clark succeeded him. It was an unexpected duty which devolved upon Clark, but EAR ADMIRAL CHARLES DWIGHT SIGSBEE is on the retired list, and a fine old seaman has a landsman's berth for the rest of his life. The name Sigsbee is inseparably connected with the loss of the battleship Maine in Havana harbor on the night of February 15, 1898. It is, perhaps, not generally appreciated that naval authorities consider that in the writing of his first report of the disaster to the Maine Capt. Sigsbee marked himself as a commander of remarkable coolness and ability. The sentence in the report which brought the Maine's captain the commendation of his superiors and of all think- ing men was: "Public opinion should be suspended until further report." The Maine was sent to Havana harbor on a peculiarly delicate mission. In reality the vessel was there to protect American residents against the Spaniards in the city, who were becoming ugly. It was necessary, however, that Capt. Sigsee should make it appear that the visit of the Maine was entirely friendly. After the Maine was destroyed the commander of the ship, instead of losing time in attempting to cast the blame for the disaster upon others than himself, and instead of following what would seem to be the natural course of making it appear that it was a Spanish act of treachery, wrote the words which made him famous, and gave "every chance for the cause of the explosion to be traced—to his own negligence, or to that of his officers, if such prove to be the case—in his efforts to avert war." It is always a tremendous misfortune for a naval officer to lose his ship, no matter what the cause. There is always a feeling existing, regardless of the odds against which a vessel has to contend, whether of the fury of the storm or of the overweight of the enemy's shot and shell, that if handled by somebody else the vessel might have survived the conflict. It undoubtedly was a sad blow to Capt. Sigsbee when war was declared against Spain that he was not given command of a battleship. The naval department, however, did the next best thing that it could do for him in ordering him to the deck of the St. Paul, which was a transatlantic liner, fast and mounting fairly heavy guns, and which had been pressed into the service as a scout cruiser. It fell to Capt. Sigsbee's lot, however, to command his ship in one of the most notable engagements of the Spanish war. It is very possible that as much glory came to Sigsbee from this encounter as came to the commander of any battleship which was engaged in the fight off Santiago harbor with Cervera's Spanish squadron. The St. Paul had an encounter with the Spanish torpedo boat Terror. The fight was of tremendous importance and of supreme interest to the naval authorities of the world, for it was the first time practically that a torpedo boat of this kind, and of which much was expected, went into battle against a practically unarmored vessel, but a vessel carrying serviceable guns and a crew of expert gunners. The St. Paul was in the vicinity of San Juan, Porto Rico, June 22, 1898. It was there in the hope of discovering certain Spanish men-of-war which were thought to be in the vicinity. A little past noon on the twenty-second, Lieut. Patterson of the St. Paul saw a cruiser leaving the harbor of San Juan. Instantly the men of the St. Paul were called to quarters, Capt. Sigsbee taking the bridge. The cruiser turned out to be the Infanta Isabel, a Spanish man-of-war. The St. Paul prepared to meet the Spaniard, but the enemy persisted in keeping under the protection of the shore batteries, though Sigsbee ran his vessel in so close that she was exposed for a long time to the missiles of the eight and 10 inch guns of the Spanish fort. If the Spaniards had been better marksmen it might have fared ill with the St. Paul, but Sigsbee knew with whom he had to deal and he took chances, as does every brave commander. While attempting to draw the Infanta Isabel into battle the captain of the American ship saw the torpedo-boat destroyer Terror come out of the harbor under full steam and head for his ship. The Terror was making a dash for the St. Paul with the intention of sending a R torpedo into her and sinking her, to keep company with Sigseeb's last vessel, the Maine. As a naval writer has put it, "at last the much boasted torpedo boat was upon trial under battle conditions." The captain of the St. Paul held his fire until the rushing enemy, presenting only a small target, had reached a distance of about 5,400 yards and then there followed one of the finest exhibitions of American marksmanship that naval history shows. The distance was great, but from the deck of the St. Paul it would seem that the projectiles were falling close to the supposedly deadly torpedo boat foe. Capt. Sigseeb in his official report told the subsequent story thus: "Suddenly the Terror headed up into the wind, broadside to the St. Paul, as if injured, but kept up a fire from her battery, her shot falling short. I was looking at her from the upper bridge with binocular glasses of great power, and at this time I saw a shell explode, apparently against her hull, abaft the after smokestack "She immediately turned with port helm and stood in for the harbor at considerable speed, her behavior giving evidence of damage. Instead of standing in through the channel close to the Morro, whence she had issued to begin her attack, she fell a long distance to leeward. When down toward Cabras island she rounded to and stood southeastward toward the harbor, apparently not under good management. The Spanish cruiser showed concern by standing in after her." The Spaniards were compelled to send the Terror aground to prevent her from sinking. It was found that three shells had struck her, killing and wounding many of her crew and effectually putting her out of action. The Infanta Isabel and another Spanish cruiser stayed under the protection of the batteries, refusing to answer Sigbee's challenge to battle. It is probable that every American naval officer will admit that Rear Admiral Charles Edgar Clark has had as varied a career of service as any man who ever trod the quarter deck. It seems likely—in fact, a search of the records shows nothing to the contrary—that Admiral Clark is the only sailor of the navy who ever fought North American Indians. The admiral's masterly sailing of the Oregon around the Horn, his magnificent handling of the same ship in the battle with the Spaniards off Santiago and divers other things which the old sailor has done well, have so made his latter service to shine that his early exploits, though bright enough in themselves, have been shadowed by contrast. Precious few people know that when Clark was a youngster in the service he was thrown by force of the waves and circumstances into contact with warlike Indians of the northwest coast. Old settlers who dwell at the end of the Lewis and Clark trail will tell you to-day that Lieut. Clark in the trying situation of being surrounded by 400 savage reds, each one bent on taking his sailor scalp, conducted himself in a manner worthy of Carson, Bridger or any other of the old plainsmen, pathfinders and Indian fighters. Early in July, 1868, Clark was the fifth officer in rank on board the old warship Suwanee, a battle-scarred veteran vessel of the civil war days. The Suwanee struck a storm off Vancouver island and it was one of the worst storms that the supposedly gentle Pacific ever allowed itself to be stirred to. Everything that seamanship knew how to do was done to save the ship, but there are storms that laugh at seamanship. At the end the Suwanee was on the rocks off the northern end of Vancouver island. Most of the members ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` The manager looked at the counter closely: "Bless my soul!" said the manager. "It resembles my former leading man. Simpson." The man kept counting his fingers. "Really," said the manager, "it is a most extraordinary resemblance." of the crew were saved. When the storm abated it was possible for a large part of the survivors to make their way to the mainland, but it was necessary to leave a contingent of the crew on Hope island, where they were to await the return of boats for their relief. Lieut. Clark was left in command of the camp on the island and of its 33 sailor occupants. The men left behind had precious little to eat. The sailor lives on the sea, but he does not take kindly to sea food. Clams, inferior oysters and fish of a kind less digestible than the scolpin formed the chief of their diet. While the shipwrecked ones were doing their best to fight off famine 400 Indians, fully armed and ready for a massacre, appeared in sight of the camp. Lieut. Clark took part in the great battle of Mobile Bay, where he had torpedoes under him. Confederate war vessels all about him and Confederate batteries landward. He had shown that he knew what to do under such circumstances, but here he was confronted with something entirely new in the line of war problems. He proved equal to the savage occasion, however, and as the Indians swung around his camp in a circle to hem it in, he deployed his men so that they were sheltered from arrows and bullets and were prepared to hold off a horde of reds. The Indians attacked the sailors and were met with the same kind of reception that they would have met if they were attacking time-tried plainsmen accustomed to every known method of the reds' warfare. The Suwanee's shipwrecked ones had little sleep for a day and two nights. They did not know at what hour during the darkness the Indians would close in on them, and so they lay awake with straining eyes, but with enough strength still in reserve, despite their shellfish diet, to fight gamely. About an hour after sunrise one morning there was a commotion among the Indians. They were looking off toward the mainland. The commotion increased as the minutes went by and soon the whole band scuffed toward the north, where supposedly they had boats, for certain it is that a few hours later there was not a trace of a red to be found on the island. There was relief in sight for the shipwrecked ones, and it was a glimpse of the oncoming boats that had sent the Indians on the back trail. The trlp of the Oregon from San Francisco to Key West under the command of Capt. Clark has an enduring place in American naval history. Illness overtook Capt. The Oregon arrived at Rio de Janeiro April 30, 1898, and it was there that the captain received a dispatch from Washington stating that war had existed between the United States and Spain since the twenty-first of the month. Capt. Clark mustered his crew and made the war announcement. The scene that followed was an inspiring one. Lieut. Eberle of the Oregon, in an article in the Century Magazine eight years ago, describes it thus: "All hands were very anxious for news, and memorable were the cheers that greeted the news that war had been declared. In a few moments our band was on deck and between the rounds of cheers the strains of 'The Star-Spangled Banner' and 'Hall, Columbia' floated over the Brazilian fleet and the crowds that lined the wharves. The crew uncovered and stood at attention during the playing of the national anthem, and then followed more cheers and the inspiring battle cry 'Remember the Maine!' a watchword often heard about the decks as the men turned to the coal barges and worked as they had never worked before. The intense heat and the long, trying working hours of those days and nights were borne without a murmur." It was one of the Oregon's men who wrote: "We loved our captain and had such faith in him as a gentleman and a 'scraper after our own hearts that we were ready for any kind of a fight with him as a leader." Rear Admiral Charles Edgar Clark went upon the retired list of the navy at an age two years younger than by the requirements of the law an army officer must leave the ranks. Why the naval law sends the sailors into retirement while the soldiers of the same age are still on the fighting line no one knows. His Star Role A theatrical manager had a stock company at Los Angeles. Business was bad and no money coming in. He didn't paid a salary for months and had managed to keep his company together by advertising in San Francisco and elsewhere, holding out all sorts of promises. The actors came, stayed until all their own money was gone, and then left. The manager made shift to keep his thespians contented by taking them on little excursions about the city when they were not working. One day he announced: "This afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, we shall visit the insane asylum, a most interesting place." They went out and were shown through. Seated under a tree in the garden was a man who, over and over again, was counting his fingers and muttering: "Eeny—meeny—miny—moe—eny—meeny—mily—moe." "Who is this?" asked the manager. "Strange case," said the attendant. "Found him in the street a few weeks ago. He sits there all day and does that. Harmless, but apparently quite insane. We are giving him the best of attention in the hope that his reason may be restored." Meantime, the other actors and actresses and the attendant had gone on. "Tell me, my good fellow," said the manager, "are you not Simpson, the actor?" "Cheese it!" said the man who was counting his fingers. "If they don't gut onto me I can stay here all summer." -Saturday Evening Post vemvm 8 8 8 8 “VaIHOMe LMOTIHOUVAS Bis W. N. MILLER, Editor. Residence 1401 West 23d Street. 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Main St, lett Wednesday for Parsons, Kansas whcre he will be for a few days on business, Consult Dr. Alexander at the new system Dentist, 134 N. Main Bt. for good dettal work at re- -asiiitible price absolntely pain- Phe pastor ot St.Paul A.M. B, ghureli Wil preach a special germon to gz people Sun- day 41 a. m. Let they: appreciate the interest. on part of the pas- tor‘and ture out and hear him. . . \ Mygienic i, Restaurant 513 N. tain Street Meals-Short--Orders—Junctt, Everytaing Strictly First Class Cousar & Washington, Piop. pprecial Master 8. y. McReever BEM. ee ac, thie effect in the BUDrema. LOCALS —THE RESUME OF THIS WEEK— (™ Sond your sews notes and lecal happenings to O01 Herth Mal Street. Robt, Davis was some what indisposed Thursday. Al Covingtonaftera short trip to the West is in the eity again. Rev. J. H. Van Leu was absen from the city Thursday on busi- ness mattes J.C. Cowan of Chicago is in the city and may permanently locate here. | Mrs. Sallie Hall has been quite indisposed for several days, but is ableta been asain, | ee Mrs. N, Howard who has been ‘visiting im the city the past two weeks returned to Hutchinson Thursday. he members of the W. T. Ver- tion Club met on Thursday after noon at the home ot Mrs, Hes- ‘ter Brown, Miss, Ethel Patton entertained Miss. Pansy Jackson and N. B. Copeland at a sumptious dinner Sunday Nov., 7th. Mr. and Mrs: Clarence Page of Newton visiting with Mr. and Mrs. S, Frame at their country home during the week. Mrs, Josie Buford of Kansas City, who has been visiting her sister Mrs. M, E. Price, returned to-her home Tuesday. Lizzie Underwood has been on the sick list tor about a month, We hope she will recover rappid- a We wonder if the ladies respec- tively-who lost their nose « heel Saturday evening has paid the Peete offered for the same? James C, Cowan of Chicago, who received the appointment of meat inspector has been as- signed to this city, and arrived here Monday. Mrs, Bertha Lucas of Hutch- inson Kans. was in the city this week the guest of W. R. McCurdy & sister Miss. Normie McCurdy at 220 West Elm St. Special Furniture Bargains 5 - ——_ a We have an unngua‘ly 1 ort- =| scigat of thi bes New ead Besond Hand Fur: 4 Lele niture in Wichita which we are able to sell at uP + |i Money Saving prices for gither CASH. or on «EASY PAYMENTS. $ ro rea We made some Ingky, low, good pur- festa [Se] | chases for our this seasog stock in both New i eo and Second Hand Goods and we are-giving aaa ourcustomers the advantage of our low prices: . 7 je quote below a few samples of otirlow prices: : os ° Heaters — — from @2up | Chifiencers \trom'$7 to'$20 Dressers from $6.50 to $27 fables irom — $4.50 up F me é > ; | 236 N. MAIN STREET Thr ladies of Princess Chapter No} 12 O. E, S. madea donation of $25.00 to the building fund of Arkansas Valley Lodge building fund as a Thanksgiving offering. _ Mesdames J. E. Lewis and H, F, Frazier were pleasant callers of Mrs, H. C, Underwood last Thursday afternoon on Colledge Hill, Come again. Mrs. Dora Harris who has been living in Colo, the past two yers formerly of this city, but now of Emporia is visiting here this week, Hertany triends are pleas ed to see her again. ee WHY NOT PAY what you owe to the Searchlight? It is only a small sum, Cull at our office 634. N Water and save us framjbothering vou with a col- ector MONEY TO LOAN. I have ready money for small short time loans, Edward J. Conklin, 107 South Main street. WANTED—Call. ana see: E. D. Squire's new natural gas stoves and ranges. Complete new stock—prices low; also all kinds of household goods; new and second hand at E. D. Squires’, 245 North Main street. DATE NOW SET. J. W. Thompson, Thirty-third Ilus- trious Commander-in-Chief of Western Star Consistory No. 18, Scottish Rite Masans, has prepared his proclamation setting the dates as December 9 and 10, 1909, for the fall reunion,-of that branch of Masonry. Great prepara- tions will be made for the reception of those who will attend this grand function. Programmes, etc., ete., will be given later, Robert Davis has had his house raised and is adding a room to his cozy suburban home, ‘Twenty-third and Lucy avenue, The members and friends of St. Paul’s A. M. B. Church are asked to contribute to the Thanksgiving Din- ner, A GRAND BAZAAR. The Sewing Circle will give a three nights’ bazaar, beginning Tuesday, November 23, at St. Paul's A. M. E£. Church, Rey. J. F. Smith, pastor. The members of the “Auxiliary Clubs” are asked to contribute to the following booths: Handkerchief—Misses Lois Wilson, Laura Rawles and Mrs. R. E. Letcher. Candy—Mesdames George Glover, J. L. Hicks and Grant Ewing. Apron—Miss L. 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Two to four applications a month will keep the hair in satisfactory condition, and two to four bottles, regular size, not unbilling, advantage for a year. Directions with every bottle. Ford's Hair Pomade removes and prevents dandruff, invigorates the scalp and keeps it from getting harsh and dry, stops itching and prevents the hair from becoming matted. It is also life and vigor. Absolutely harmless. Used with splendid results even on children and infants. Delicately perfumed. its use is a comfort pleasure. A most satisfactory talkative presentation for ladies, gentlemen and children. The Ozonized Ox Marrow Co. 118 West Kintzle St. Chicago, ILL. FORD'S HAIR POMADE is made only in Chicago by the above firm. Acents Wanted Everywhere. HUTCHINSON KAS. Obituary Lucy Ann Minnis was born on Oct. 4, 1825 at Lexington, Ky. she was married to Mr. Manual in May 1855. She departed this life November 3, 1909 at 10:25 a.m. She was eighty-four years and twenty-nine (29) days old In the union eight children was born to them two have died in infancy and six are living, several grand children and a loving husband and a host of friends to mourn her lost. The funeral services was conducted at her home in Nickerson Kansas by Ree. B. R. Ross. The body was laid to rest in Sterling Kansas. Mrs. McKnight entertained at Sunday dinner at six o'clock, Mr and Mrs. Milton Tyler, Mrs Bowen and Miss. Bowen. A three course dinner wrs served. Zack Bowen of St. John spent Sunday in Hutchinson Mrs. Minnie Simms and Mrs. J.W., Paye Mr. Salters and Miss Anna Salters, Mrs. Walden of Hutchinson went to Nickerson to the funeral of Mrs. Manual. Mr. and Mrs. Tyler, Mrs. Bowen and Miss Bowen spent Sunday in this city enroute to St. John Kansas. The Tabernacle Baptist church had a baptizing Sunday at 3:00 o'clock. Six were baptized. A Merry Time Mrs. Chas. Anderson entertained a number of her friends with a jolly Hallowe'en party on Monday evening at her home. The guests who were masked offered considerable merriment in connection with the other amusements. A delicious luncheon was served suggestive of the occasion and was highly enjoyed by the guests who were: Mesdames O. T. Taylor, I. Sayles, M. Fines, M. Clayton, S. Flemings, A. Water, R. Letchee, L. Humphrey, A. C. Glover S. W. Jones. Misses. Ima Clark Bessie Whitted L. Covington. Messers. Thos. Fines R. Letcher, W. Mitchell, Sayles, Thos. Anderson Andrew Waters O. T. Taylor. Wanted: A city solicitor Searchlight, 634 N Water THE AMERICAN HOME W·A.RADFORD EDITOR Mr. Winnam A. Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he is, without doubt, the highest of all these subjects. Address all inquiries Winnam A. Radford, No. 194 Fifth Ave, Chicago, IL, and only enclose two-cent stamp for reply. Although the house here shown is not large, being 28 feet wide and 48 feet, 6 inches long, it gives the observer the impression that it is large. It is an excellent type of residence for a city in which the lots average 50 feet, a size that will admit of room for a lawn and plenty of space for light and air. A house thus set out amid pleasant surroundings will have all the good points of its design fully appreciated and displayed to the best advantage. The tendency in the city is toward crowding, on account of the increasing value of land, of course. This is to be regretted, because when lots are too narrow houses cannot be shown to good advantage no matter what the excellence and artistic quali- THE HOME OF THE HERITAGE CENTER THE HOME OF THE MAYFIELD MUSEUM PORCH CL BED RM. 12'0"X10'0" KITCHEN 14'6"X11'0" SINK PANTRY 7'0"X0'0" CASE BED RM. 12'0"X10'0" DINING RM. 14'6"X12'0" HALL BATH 7'6"X5'6" BED RM. 12'0"X12'0" LIVING RM. 14'6"X14'0" VEST CL PORCH 25'0"X6'6" Floor Plan. ties of their design may be. Fifty-foot lots are large enough to meet most builders' requirements, but in many cities, as in Chicago, for instance, the rule is 25 feet. This disadvantage is often made greater by the owner's insistence on a very large house, or by an arrangement of the rooms that requires that the building be wide. Too often the residence is LAST CHANCE FOR EXPLORERS While the Outside of the World Is Cleaned Up There Is Still the Inside. "I have had the idea for some time past," writes Camille Flammarion in the Strand, "of sinking a shaft into the earth for the express purpose of scientific exploration, descending as far below the surface as the utmost resources of modern science would permit. The first result would be to obtain an inexhaustible source of heat, which might be distributed and applied to industrial purposes. According to the most authentic estimates the boiling point will be found at a depth of about two miles. "Without doubt we should also discover springs of hot water, like those which were found during the construction of the Simplon tunnel in 1903, with a temperature of 48 to 53 degrees centigrade. We should also come upon subterranean rivers and cascades which might be employed as a motive power. "The second result would be the exploration of this unknown world itself. Who knows what curiosities of geology and palacontology might be revealed by this investigation into these dark abysses of the earth? What mines of iron, of copper, of precious metals such as gold, platinum, silver, radium and of elements hitherto unknown and unsuspected? "This idea has been forcibly recalled to my attention in consequence of the recent earthquakes and the extremely contradictory opinions of geologists upon the interior state of the actually sait of touches of touches. "Once in absent-minded came up to sprung the work in six days. And lessly pulled of his pool them, tossily catching theing of the markable a ful story h suited to the builder's demands rather than to the lot and its surroundings. Houses of this sort usually have several dark rooms and often are not well-ventilated. In a great many cases they are not much better than apartments. Of course this difficulty might be avoided by making one fairly large lot of two small ones, but frequently the builder does not feel that he can afford a second lot, and he often further objects to the keeping of a large lawn. But to the normal man the lawn is the chief joy of the home. The alternative usually is to adapt the house to the lot, to sacrifice some desired feature of the interior arrangement, or even a room or two, in order to attain the really essential light and air. Now, the house here shown is adapted to a lot of small size, and yet there will be plenty of room for light and air. It is especially suited for a west frontage, giving the sunshine to all the bedrooms and shade to the living room, the dining room, and the kitchen. And every housewife will agree that a shady kitchen is one of THE HOME OF THE MAYOR the greatest comforts imaginable. This is a frame cottage, or bungalow, although the exterior might be treated with rough boards and stained, or cement plaster might be used. It all depends where the house is to be built as to the exterior finish. The front porch is 25 by 6 feet, 6 inches. Entering the house you pass into a vestibule which opens into the living room and also into the front bedroom. The bedrooms, of which there are three, are 12 by 10 in size. The living room is 14 feet, 6 inches by 14 feet, and the dining room is two feet narrower. The kitchen has a length of 14 feet, 6 inches and a breadth of 11 feet. Woman Eminent as Biologist. Mabel Bishop, who has been appointed instructor in biological science in the Women's college of Baltimore, affords a striking example of the fitness of women for higher education. She received the degree of bachelor of arts in Wellesley and the master of arts degree in Smith. She was assistant for two years in the department of pathology in Cornell university medical school; she taught zoology for two years in Smith college, and she will go to the Women's college after spending a year as instructor in cytology and embryology in the biological laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor. Asked if she advocated equal suffrage, Miss Bishop replied: "I might advocate it if I had time to investigate it." globe. Is this globe liquid or solid? From the most ancient times scientific men have considered the problem under all its bearings without having succeeded in lighting upon any satisfactory solution. "The railway tunnels which pierce the mountains have done no more than traverse the inequalities of the crust of the earth. The deepest shaft which penetrates the earth was constructed between 1893 and 1902 at Paruschowitz, near Rybnik, and is about a mile and a quarter in depth scarcely more than an insignificant scratch upon the surface of our globe." The Thoughtless Panhandler. "There goes Frank Soso," remarked one actor to another as a tall man with a new fall coat strode past, nodding condescendingly as he went. "Fine looking fellow," answered the other legit. "Seems to be quite prosperous, too." "Is, now," assented the first one glumly, "but a few years ago he was not only down on his luck, but continually on the touch. He maced everybody he encountered, and, 1 think, actually saved up enough money out of touches for a new start. "Once in a while he got fearfully absent-minded. One afternoon he came up to a little group of us and sprung the old song—flat broke, no work in sight, hadn't eaten for two days. And as he talked he thoughtlessly pulled three silver dollars out of his pocket and began jingling them, tossing them up and down and catching them as they fell, the clanking of the silver making a really remarkable accompaniment to the woeful story he was springing." --- I I IS not hard to toll when friends are ready To smile upon the humble work you do; For sympathy will make a weak hand steady, A wavering purpose true. "But it is hard to toll with none to love you." With none whose help you wish or care to ask- No faces bent with kindly looks above you. To glorify your task. "Ah, then, when work has lost its robe of beauty, And some about you care for what you do, It is most noble then to do the duty That God has given you." —Jessie H. Brown. System in Housekeeping. We all know that "order is heaven's first law," and it is vitally important that the said law should be carefully kept; but do not let us be like the woman who would wash on Monday "whether or no." A funeral of a relative must needs be arranged in due regard for washday in her family. We admire the philosophy of the other old lady who had several things to do, but a nap was on the list and she would take that first "to get it off her mind." It is a wise woman who knows when she has worked enough and when it is time to play. A housekeeper and mother of a family needs recreation as much or more than any other worker, and the reason of so many breakdowns is the lack of change and rest which the nerve-worn body should have. Would there were more people in the world who relax and rest both body and mind as the old gentleman did who said: "Sometimes I set and think, and sometimes I just set." Barbecued Lamb. Cut cold roast lamb in thin slices and reheat in a sauce made by melting two tablespoonfuls of butter, adding three-fourths of a tablespoon of vinegar, one-fourth of a cup of currant jelly, one-fourth of a teaspoon of made mustard, and salt and cayenne to taste. Veal, lamb or mutton is nice served on toast. Season the chopped meat with butter, celery salt, salt and pepper, moisten with stock, dredge with flour and cook until thick. Pour over small slices of buttered toast. It is easy enough to be prudent. When nothing tempts you to stray. When without, or within no voice of sir is huring your soul away. But it's only a negative virtue It is not it is tried by fire. And the life that is worth the honor of earth SEASONABLE DISHES. Roast Wild Duck Dress, clean and truss a wild duck Place on a rack in a dripping pan, sprinkle with salt and pepper and cover the breast with two very thin slices of salt pork. Bake 20 to 30 minutes in a hot oven, or broil 25 minutes. Serve with orange sauce. If the ducks, are stuffed, let them be seasoned with apples or celery, or onions, and remove the stuffing before serving. Cleaning Hints. Use clear water, without soap, to wash windows, and when rubbed with paper they will be perfectly clear. To clean graniteware when mixtures have burned on. Half fill the pan with cold water, add washing soda and heat gradually to the boiling point, when the dish may be easily washed. Water bottles or carafes, are hard to keep looking bright, especially if the water used leaves a deposit of lime. One method is to fill the bottle half full with soapsuds, add bits of newspaper, and let stand, shaking occasionally. Another method: Save the peeling from potatoes, add to soapsuds and shake occasionally until clean. Cranberry Conserve Pick over, wash and chop coarsely, five pounds of cranberries. Put two pounds of seeded raisins through a meat grinder. Boil the thin, yellow rind of four oranges, in water until tender, then chop fine. Add all the ingredients, and ten cupfuls of sugar, the pulp and juice of five oranges. Cook slowly until it is reduced to a jam, then seal for winter use. This conserve is excellent with meat. Cranberries may be made into sherbet, frappe, or served in combination with custard and creams. One need not tire of the sameness of serving the berry as there are many ways of serving it attractively. Health Hints. Damp shoes, ankles or skirts will cause colds unless the extremities are rubbed until all aglow. Dry stockings and shoes should replace the damp ones. The evil of adult life is overeating. In declining years food should be diminished to correspond to the declining energies. Nellie Marwell. Kellogg's TOASTED CORN FLAKES W. K. Kellogg $1,000 Gold and Silver Award For the best Ear of Corn To be known as the W. K. Kellogg National Corn Trophy NATIONAL CORN EXPOSITION, OMAHA, Dec. 6 to 18, 1909. We offer a $1,000.00 beautiful solid gold and silver trophy for 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 Nov. 27th 1909. This offer is open to every man, woman or child in the United States. It will be judged by the leading corn authority of the world, Prof. P. G. Holden. Watch this paper for further particulars. KELLOGG TOASTED CORN FLAKE CO., Battle Creek, Mich. REPENTANCE CAME TOO LATE Small Boy Had Taken Drastic Action to Avoid Being Invited to Party. A small boy had something to say to his father at the dinner table the other night, says the Philadelphia Record. "Papa," he said, "Johnnie Burton is going to have a party nex' week, an' he said he'd invite me. An' I got to take a present." "A present? What's that for?" "It's for Johnny's birthday. All the kids take presents." Things hadn't gone just right during the day with the boy's father. He was not in an agreeable humor. "That's all nonsense," he declared. "Every day or two it's a present here or a present there. If you can't go to a party without taking a present you might as well stay at home." The boy's lip trembled, but he made no reply. The next day the father regretted his hasty words and that night turned to the boy. "George," he said, "there are a couple of new books in my overcoat pocket. You can take them to your friend Johnny's party." "It's too late," said George, gloomily. "I licked him to-day so that he wouldn't invite me." Lost in Antiquity. A little fellow who had just felt the hard side of the slipper turned to his mother for consolation. "Mother," he asked, "did grandma thrash father when he was a little boy?" "Yes," answered his mother, impressively. "And did his father thrash him when he was little?" "Yes." "And did his father thrash him?" "Yes." A pause. "Well, who started this thing, anyway?"—Cassell's Saturday Journal. When a man tells a young widow that she is the only woman he ever loved she is sure he is eligible for membership in an Ananias club. SOME HARD KNOCKS Woman Gets Rid of "Coffee Heart." The injurious action of Coffee on the heart of many persons is well known by physicians to be caused by caffeine. This is the drug found by chemists in coffee and tea. A woman suffered a long time with severe heart trouble and finally her doctor told her she must give up coffee, as that was the principal cause of the trouble. She writes: "My heart was so weak it could not do its work properly. My husband would sometimes have to carry me from the table, and it would seem that I would never breathe again. "The doctor told me that coffee was causing the weakness of my heart. He said I must stop it, but it seemed I could not give it up until I was down in bed with nervous prostration. "For eleven weeks I lay there and suffered. Finally Husband brought home some Postum and I quit coffee and started new and right. Slowly I got well. Now I do not have any headaches, nor those spells with weak heart. We know it is Postum that helped me. The Dr. said the other day, 'I never thought you would be what you are.' I used to weigh 92 pounds and now I weigh 158. "Postum has done much for me and I would not go back to coffee again for any money, for I believe it would kill me if I kept at it. Postum must be well boiled according to directions on pkg, then it has a rich 'favour and with cream is fine." Read "The Road to Wellville," found in pkgs. "There's a Reason." Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human interest. The Remarkable Trimming. "Jimmy," said the pretty actress to her actor husband, "won't you run down to the milliner's and get me the hat I ordered?" "Sure I won't make a mistake?" queried Jimmy, somewhat dubiously, with a caution born of an utter ignorance of millinery. "Oh, you won't," laughed the spouse. "My hat is the white beaver trimmed with orchids. You can remember that." Gamely he went to his doom. Entering the millinery shop, he asked, valiantly: Is my wife's hat ready? I mean the white biffer, trimmed with oh-you-kids?" And the French girls in the shop made funny Parisian giggles at him. He that does a base thing in zeal for his friend burns the golden thread, that ties their hearts together. The surest proof of being endowed with noble qualities is to be free from envy.—La Rochefoucault. Difference Minutes Make Difference That Ten From 35 degrees to 70 degrees from an unbearable cold to a glowing heat that contributes the cheery comfort you want in your home is the difference that can be made in 10 minutes when you have the PERFECTION Oil Heater to do your heating. It is unrivaled for quick work—and effective, cleanly work. Impossible to turn the wick too to make it smoke or emit disagreea Automatic Smok absolutely prevents smoke. Lighted in—burns Nine Hours with one filling. 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Delicious is but one of the hundreds of good things in Stark Trees—the good things you should know about before you plant this fall or next spring. The Wizard of Horticulture Hon. Luther Burbank says: "Delicious is a gem—the finest apple in all the world. It is the best in quality of any apple I have so far tested," and Mr. Burbank knows. Delicious is but one of the hundreds of good things in Stark Trees—the good things you should know about before you plant this fall or next spring. Let us tell you about them by writing today for our complete, illustrated prices, catalogue which describes our complete line of fruit trees, ornamentals, etc. Wanted-A Bright, Capable Man in each county of this state to sell Stark Trees on commission. No previous experience necessary. The work is pleasant, clean work, highly profitable, and the positions are permanent to the right men, who apply immediately. Many of our salesmen are earning $50 to $80 per month and expenses; some are making more. 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Yours, Write for Descriptive Circular Agency of the of Horticulture er Burbank apple in all the world. It is the best in and Mr. Burbank knows. of good things in Stark Trees—the good DOCTOR'S PRESCRIPTION. Quickly Cures Rheumatic Pains, Also Splendid System Builder. Go to any good prescription drug and get the following and mix them: If he does not have these ingredients he will get them from his wholesale house. One ounce compound syrup of Barsaparilla, and one ounce Toris compound. Add these to a half pint of first-class whiskey, and use a table-spoonful before each meal and at bed time. The bottle must be well shaken each time. This simple remedy is one of the most effective known. The restorative action will be felt after the first few doses. A CLOSE BOND. Farmer's Wife—They were born the same day. Neighbor—Twins, in fact. As to the Hessian Fly. The Hessian fly is a German product which was conceived in iniquity and born in sauerkraut. It is a long, rangy fly with a bite like a steel trap, and it lays a pale blue, oblong egg at the rate of 30,000 an hour. The Hessian fly will eat anything from decayed custard pie to a glass inkwell, but its favorite dish is the double neck of a fat gent. This bird can perform a two-step on sticky fly paper without crooking its toes, and is proof against rough on rats, the daisy fly killer, and a strychnine hypodermic. No Hessian fly was ever known to die of anything but old age, which accounts for the color of its whiskers. If it ever fastens upon your jowl, it will stay until removed by the undertaker—Manchester (ja. Ia) Press. Short and Ugly "Professor, what is the latest word of science as to there being inhabitants on Mars?" asked the reporter. "Roll!" answered the eminent astronomer on the other side of the controversy. In Cannibal Land. First Cannibal—That last missionary was a polite fellow. Second Cannibal—How so? First Cannibal—Before I ate him he offered me an after-dinner cigar. A man never realizes what a small potato he really is until he hears in a roundabout way what the girl whom he could have married but didn't thinks of him. The man and the mollycodile are like unto the live tree and the telegraph pole, respectively. The first sends out its messages and the second only carries those of others. If a giddy woman could hear what is said about her giddiness behind her back it would knock some of the giddiness out of her. We speak good of the dead because as a rule we have exhausted our supply of invectives on them when they were ally. DON'T NEGLECT THAT COUGH It is crucially necessary and may be into something serious. Allen's Long Balm will check it quickly and permanently. For sale at all druggists. Many a man suspects his neighbor as he suspects himself. DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISEASES FOR RHEUMATISM BRIGHT'S DISEASE DIABETES. BACKAINE 1875 "Guarantee" WESTERN NEWSPAPER UNION KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 105 PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM Cleanes and beautifies the hair. Never Falls to Restore Grey G hair to its Youthful Color. Cut Curly Hair. Sci and 10 at Durgle's Gov. Hadley Wants Meeting at St. Charles, Mo., to Take up Flood Prevention. Jefferson City, Mo.—Gov. Hadley has called a county flood preventive and river improvement convention for St. Charles Saturday of the present week, when a local organization will be made. This will be the first of a series of meetings soon to be held in every river county in the state. These gatherers will be attended by members of the state waterways commission and flood and river improvement experts. The governor said that he does not intend that the movement for river improvement and flood protection, launched at a state gathering at Sedalia this month, shall end with the resolutions that body adopted, but he will do everything in his power to see that every river county in Missouri has an active local organization. TALKED DAIRYING TO FARMERS Experts From the Agricultural College Gave Lectures in Dickinson County, Kansas. Abilene, Kansas.—A series of farmers' institutes in Dickinson county concluded at Aeme. This series included meetings at Chapman, Woodbine, Hope, Carlton, Gypsum, Holland and Aeme. At these places L. D. Bushnell of the bacteriology department of the Kansas State Agricultural college, discussed the production of sanitary milk and the channels of infection and the treatment and prevention of hog cholera. C. H. Hinman, dairy expert of the extension department of the college, discussed farm dairying and also construction. At Woodbine and Carlton farmers' institute associations were formed. WITH THE SANTA FE 30 YEARS John B. Secoy Commenced at Dodge City in 1879—Now Retired on Pension. Newton, Kansas. — An unbroken record of a little over 30 years' service with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, and absent from duty only 4* days, is the record made by John. Secoy, a brakeman, who has just been placed on the pension list of the company. Mr. Secoy began work for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe October 8, 1879, as yardmaster at Dodge City. Ever since then he has worked as yardmaster, conductor and brakeman. In all of these years he has never been away from the territory between Dodge City and Topeka. He is now 60 years old and has retired on a monthly pension of $28.30. To Defend Books With Shotguns. Kansas City, Kansas. — The officials of Swift & Co., packers, have been advised by W. J. Buchan, their attorney, to guard their records with shotguns against seizure by the commissioners of Wyandotte county. The advice was given to I. H. Rich, general manager of the company, in the presence of A. L. Becker, sheriff. The commissioners had issued a compulsory order directing the sheriff to seize the books. He had doubts as to his authority to take the records and he has not acted. Wants to Know About Hog Cholera. Topeka, Kansas.—State Live Stock Commissioner Mercer has issued a bulletin calling upon all farmers who have hogs with cholera to let him know immediately. Dr. Greeder of the United States agriculture department is here with hogs serum to cure them. He and Mr. Mercer have returned from Cowley county, where they treated 150 afflicted hogs. They expected to save the entire bunch. They will go to Riley county to treat some sick hogs out there. Dr. Eliot Sees Danger New York, N. Y.—Dr. Charles W. Elliot, as president of the National Conservation association, authorized a statement on the danger of the monopolistic control of the sources of power in this country, which is declared to be urgent. The statement is made in the form of an appeal to the American people and deas particularly with the much discussed question of the coal fields of Alaska and sheds new light on that situation. Whip Convicts to Death. Galveston, Texas.-The legislative committee's investigation of the state penal institutions and treatment of convicts on the farms, as well as in prisons, reveals the fact that more than50 convicts have been killed by cruelties and whippings in the last three years. A Special Session in Texas. Austin. Texas. — Because it is alleged prisoners in the Texas prisons and on the state convict farms were whipped to death or shot by their guards a special session of the legislature will be called to enact measures reforming the whole convict system. Robinson to be Governor Roswell, New Mexico. — William Robinson of Roswell, editor and author has been offered the position of governor of New Mexico to succeed Gov. Curry, according to a report current here. Federation of Labor to Canada. Toronto, Ont.—For the first time in the 29 years of its existence, the American Federation of Labor has crossed the border line of the United States, and win its annual convention in Canada. You Look Prematurely Old 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 be lieve 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. JUST SO. "Your majesty, there's a creditor without." ECZEMA COVERED HIM. Itching Torture Was Beyond Words— Slept Only from Sheer Exhaustion —Relieved in 24 Hours and Cured by Cuticura in a Month. "I am seventy-seven years old, and some years ago I was taken with eczema from head to foot. I was sick for six months and what I suffered tongue could not tell. I could not sleep day or night because of that dreadful itching; when I did sleep it was from sheer exhaustion. I was one mass of irritation; it was even in my scalp. The doctor's medicine seemed to make me worse and I was almost out of my mind. I got a set of the Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Resolvent. I used them persistently for twenty-four hours. That night I slept like an infant, the first solid night's sleep I had had for six months. In a month I was cured. W. Harrison Smith, Mt. Kisco, N. Y., Feb. 3, 1908." Potter Drug & Chem, Corp., Sole Propa, Boston. Looking Brighter. "Things are looking brighter now," says a Billville citizen. "The sheriff is now my brother-in-law, and he won't levy on my crop; the town doctor boards with me, and doesn't charge a cent for tellin' me that if I don't quit eatin' six meals a day I'll not live to be a hundred, and last of all, the head undertaker is my best friend, and has promised to fix me finally. "I feel that I don't half deserve so many blessings, but I've got 'em and I'm going to hold on to them."—Atlanta Constitution. A Motor Hint: Miss Lillian Russell, who looks younger than her daughter, was talking about age at a dinner in New York. Miss Russell, who is always witty, ended with this mot: "It is a sure sign of age in a woman when she begins to get out of her motor car backwards." Take a hint, do your own mixing. Rough on Rats, all be all poison, one lbc box will spread or make 50 to 100 little cakes that will kill 500 or more rats and mice. It's the unbaitable exterminator. Don't die in the house. Beware of imitations, substitutes and catch-penny ready-for-use devices. Finis. Wigg—Scribbler's stories all have such sad endings. Wagg—Yes, they generally find their way into the wastebasket.—Philadelphia Record. Many Children Are Sickly. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children.—Boy, they give a nurse in Children's Home, New York, cure Summer Complaint, Feverishness, Headache, Stomach Troubles, Teething Disorders andestroy Worms.—All druggists'.Zc. Sample mailed FREE Address Allen'S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Easy She (at the art exhibition)—How can you tell the masterpieces? He—By the price tags on them. Strong Winds and Sand Storms cause granulation of the eyelids. PETITT'S EYE SALVE soothes and quickly relieves. All druggists or Howard Bros., Buffalo, N.Y. We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. GOOD HOUSEKEEPERS GOOD HOUSEKEEPERS. Use the best. That's why you buy Red Cross Ball Blue. At leading grocers 5 cents. The right kind of experience is worth all it costs. Smokers also like Lewis' Single Binder cigar for its purity. It is never doped—only tobacco in its natural state. A cynic is a person who makes a specialty of telling the truth. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It gives vigor and vitality to the organs of womanhood. It clears the complexion, brightens the eyes and reddens the checks. No alcohol, or habit-forming drugs is contained in "Favorite Prescription." Any sick woman may consult Dr. Pierce by letter, free. Every letter is held as sacredly confidential, and answer'd in a plain envelope. Address: World's Dispensary Medical Association, Dr. R.V. Pierce, Pres., Buffalo, N.Y. ANOTHER IMPORTANT VICTORY FOR THE CARTER MEDICINE COMPANY IN THE UNITED STATES COURT. The United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York—sitting in New York City—has just awarded to the Carter Medicine Company a decree which again sustains the company's exclusive right to use the red package for liver pills. By the terms of the decree, it is, among other things: Adjudged that the Carter Medicine Company is the owner of the sole and exclusive right to the use of red colored wrappers and labels upon said small, round packages of liver pills of the style described in the bill of complaint; said right having been acquired by the prior adoption of said style and color of package for liver pills by the complainant predecessors more than thirty years ago, and established by the continuous and exclusive use of the same in constantly increasing quantities by said predecessors and by the complainant, the Carter Medicine Company, itself, from the time of their said adoption until the present day. The decision just announced is perhaps the most important and far-reaching of all, by reason of the character of the tribunal which rendered it. No Court in the country stands higher. National Drugsist, St. Louis, Mo. One Was Enough for Johnny. The Sunday school lesson was from that scripture which teaches that, if your brother strike you on one cheek, you should turn the other also and endure even for seventy times seven. Johnny had listened to his teacher very attentively, while she emphasized this fact, and after the lesson the superintendent rose to make a few remarks. "Now, boys," he said, "how many times ought another boy to strike you before you hit him back?" "Just about once!" promptly answered Johnny—Delinator. Sing Sing to Be Removed. Sing Sing prison is to be removed across the Hudson river 15 or 20 miles northward, just eight miles south of West Point, where a large tract of land has been purchased and a gang of several hundred convicts has been working for two years. The present prison was also built by convicts in 1826, with material found on the grounds, but, although it has been enlarged every few years, and is now one of the largest penitentiaries in the world, it is not large enough. How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Teledo, W. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney and Hall's Catarrh Cure to be highly reliable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. WALDING Wholesale Drugs, Teledo, Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the customer and system. Testimonial sent free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by an authorized dealer for constrain Relics of the Stone Age During excavations conducted near Willendorf, on the Danube, by the prehistoric section of the Austrian Natural History museum, a chalk figurine, 11 centimeters high, has been discovered in a stratum containing instruments and weapons characteristic of the stone age. The figurine shows traces of having been painted and represents a female figure with remarkable precision of artistic execution. A Name That Names. 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You are astonished to learn that they are mother and daughter, and you realize that a woman at forty or forty-five ought to be at her finest and fairest. Why isn't it so? The general health of woman is so intimately associated with the local health of the essentially feminine organs that there can be no red cheeks and round form where there is female weakness. Women who have suffered from this trouble have found prompt relief and cure in the use of Dr. When you hear a woman say she would like to be a man, it's a pretty good sign she is full of bottled cuss words. Women Who Suffer from woman's ailments are invited to write to the names and addresses here given, for positive proof that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound does cure female ills. These women are only a few of thousands of living witnesses of the power of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to cure female diseases. Not one of these women ever received compensation in any form for the use of their names in this advertisement—but are willing that we should refer to them because of the good they may do other suffering women to prove that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is a reliable and honest medicine, and that the statements made in our advertisements regarding its merit are the truth and nothing but the truth. HAMLINS WIZARD OIL GREAT FOR PAIN THE OIL THAT PENETRATES Chicago, Ill.=Mrs. Alvena Sperling, 11 Lang- don Street. Lindley, Ind.=Mrs. May Fry. Kinsley, Kans.=Mrs. Siaella Gifford Beaman. Scott, N.Y.=Mrs. S. J. Barber. N.Y.=Mrs. S. J. Barber. Cinchmati, O.=Mrs. W.K. Houth, T.eview.V. Milwaukee, Wis.=Mrs. Emma Inse, 883 1st St. German. Noah, Keutucky, =Mrs. Lizzie Holland. Brookfield, Mo. =Mrs. Sarah Lousignont, 207 S. Market St. Pastor, Mrs. =Mrs. Wm. Somerville, 187 Hamburg Avenue. Philadelphia, Pa. =Mrs. K. E. Garrett, 2407 North Garnet Street. Kewaskum, Wis. =Mrs. Carl Dahlke. Maternity Troubles. Worcester, Mass. =Mrs. Dosyla Coté, 117 Southern Street. Indiana Street. A. P. Anderson, 1207 E. Pratt Street. Big Run, Pa. =Mrs. W. E. Pooler. Atwater Station, O. =Mrs. Anton Muelhaupt. Cincinnati, Ohio. E. H. Maddock, 2135 Mogalore, Ohio=Mr. Les Manges, Box 131. Johnstown, N.Y.=Mrs. Merson, N. Seaman, 108 Johnstown, N.Y.=Mrs. Merson, N. Seaman, 108 Avoid Operations. Adrian, Ga.-Lena V. Henry, Route No. 3. Indianapolis, Ind.-Bessey V. Piper, 2 South Louisville, Ky.=Mrs. Harper, 323 Fourth St. South West West, Harlan, Maine, 323 Lillian St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri Detroit, Mich. = Mrs. Friessen, 544 Meldrum Avenue, German. Organic Displacements. Mozier, Ilis. = Mrs. Mary Ball. Liggett, Iowa. = Mrs. Wood, R.F.D. No.4. Melbourne, Iowa. = Mrs. Watermann, R. F.D. No.1. Bardstown, Ky. = Mrs. Joseph Hall. Lewiston, Iowa. = Mrs. Cloutius, 56 Mithseapolis, Minn.=Mrs. John G. Moldan, 21lb Second Street, N. Shamrock, Mo.=Joise Ham, R.F.D. No. 1; Box 22. Maryland, N.J.=Mrs. Geo. Jordy, Route No. 3, Box 40. Chester, Ark.=Mrs. Ella Wood. Oeilia, Ga.=Mrs. T. A. Cribb. Pandleton, Ind.=Mrs. Mey Marshall, R.R.44. Cambridge, Neb.=Mrs. Nellie Moslander. These women are only a few of the power of Lydia E. Pinkham's b diseases. Not one of these women form for the use of their names in that we should refer to the do other suffering women to Vegetable Compound is a reliable statements made in our advertis truth and nothing but the truth. Ruled by Kindness. Lucy Burd's success with boys at the reform school in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, she thinks, is due simply to kindness. She has reformed more than 100 boys in her term of five years as superintendent. Some of her boys are in the navy some on farms. Few have gone back to their old ways after coming under her influence. The Last Resort. "They're going to increase the tax on beer!" "Then we won't drink any." "And they're going to increase the tax on spirits." "Then we won't drink any." "And they're going to tax wine." "Then we won't drink any." "And they're going to tax inheritances!" "Then let's drink up our money!" 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. How Kind. Edyth—Jack says I was made to kiss. Mayme—A diplomatic way of referring to your turned-up nose, wasn't it? Gratitude is the sweetest music that flows from the human heart.—Henry Lee. DONT SPOIL YOUR CLOTHES. Use Red Cross Ball Blue and keep them white as snow. All grocers, 5s a package. If a man is a liar it is useless to tell him so. He knew it all the time. ```markdown ``` it gives vigor and vitality to the the complexion, brightens the contained in "Favorite Prescription." pierce by letter, free. Every letter is pierce in a plain envelope. Address: Dr. R.V. Pierce. Pres., Buffalo, N.Y. HAMLINS WIZAR THE OIL TH Goshen, Al.,=Mrs. W. T. Dalton, Route No. 2. Chicago, IL.;=Mrs. Mrs. Tully, 465 Ogden Aves. Paw Paw, Mich.;=Mrs. Emma Draper. R. F. D. N., 3;=Oscar A. D. A. Sainbon. 3;=Oscar 4;=Oscar A. D. A. Sainbon. Coffeville, Miss.;=Mrs. S. J. Jones. Cincinnati, Ohio.;=Mrs. FlorAir, 1362 Ernest Cleveland, Ohio = Miss. Lizzie Steiger, 8510 Fleet, Avenue, S.E. F. Fleet Avenue, S.E. Wesleyville, Pa. = M. Maggie Ester, R.F.D.1. Dyessburg, Penn. = Mrs. Lue Hillard, R.R.1. Hayfield, Va. = Wendle. Irregularity. Herrin, I. = Mrs. Chas. Folkel. Winchester, Ind. = Mrs. May Deal. Dyer, I. = Mrs.Wm. Oberlon, R.F.D. No.1. Baltimore, Ind. = W. S. Ford, 1938 Land- own street. Rowan Street Roxbury, Mass. = Mrs. Francis Merkle, 13 Field Street. Clarksdale, Mo. = Miss Anna Wallace. Gwyshue, Ohio. = Mrs. Ellia Michael, R.F.D.3. Dayton, Ohio. = Mrs. Ida Hale, Box 25, National Home. Lebanon, Pa. = Mrs. Harry L. Rittle, 233 Lehman Street. Sykes, Tenn. = Harry Hall. Detroit, Mich. = Mrs. Louise Jung, 332 Chestnut St. Ovarian Trouble. Vincentes, Ind. Mrs. Syl. B. jerusalem, 505 N. Tenth Street. Gardiner, Maine=Mrs. S. A. Williams, R. F. D. No. 14; Box 30. Philadelphia, Fa.-Mrs. Chas. Boell, 2407 N. Garnet Street. Plattsburg,Miss.:Mrs.MervaWilkes,R.F.D.L. Female Weakness. Willimantic,Conn.:Mrs.Etta Donovan,Box 299. Woodside,Idaho.:Mrs.Rachel Johnson. Rockland,Maine.:Mrs.Will Young,6 Columba Avenue. Dayton,Ohio.:Mrs.F.R.Smith,431 Elm E8. Erie,Pa.:Mrs.J.P.Ellish,R.F.D.No.7. Beaver Falls,Pa.:Mrs.W.P.Boyd,2109 Fairhance, Pa.-Mrs. I. A. Dunham, Box E2. Fort Hunter, Pa.-Mrs. Mary Jane Shatto. East Earl, Pa.-Mrs. Augustus Lyon, R.F.D.2. Vienna, W. Va.-Mrs. Emma Wheaton. Orongo, Mo.-Mrs. Ma McKnight. Camden, N.J.-Mrs. Tillie Waters, 415 Liber- Joseph, Oregon.-Mrs. Alice Huffman. Philadelphia, Pa.-Mrs. John Johnston, 216 Siegel Street. Christiana, Tean.-Mrs. Mary Wood, R.F.2. Boston. No. 3. Pecos, Texas. = Mrs. Ada Young Eggleston, Graniteville, Vt. = Mrs. Chas, Barclay, R.F.D. of thousands of living witnesses of Vegetable Compound to cure female ever received compensation in any this advertisement — but are willm because of the good they may prove that Lydia E. Pinkham's e and honest medicine, and that the ements regarding its merit are the The Price of Courtesy. "Politeness costs nothing," said the man who quotes proverbs. "You are wrong again," answered Mr. Sirius Barker. "You have evid- ently not figured how much it costs to persuade a New York waiter to look pleasant and say 'thank you.'"— Washington Star. Often the milk of human kindness tastes of the can. 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U., WICHITA, NO. 46-1909. RD OIL GREAT FOR PAIN AT PENETRATES THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT PER $1.00 YEAR One of the Oldest and Best Negro Newspapers In the west ESTABLSHED IN 1898 Published Every week Fresh, Reliable Race News Conservative in policy Firm in defense of our race Our policy of "The Higher Grade of News" has built or the Searchlight the reputation of being distinctly a "Family Newspaper". No slang, trashy or questionable items are found in the columns of the Search light We make no "grand-stand plays" but maintains one even, sane, reliable and solid course in our work of "race up-lift" in dealing with those vital race issues. IF YOU are in any-wise interested in the Negro race and in aiding in help solving the great questions which to-day confront the American Negro—we solicit your subscription, your patronage, to the Searchlight in our effort for the highest intellectual, christian, moral, financial and physical standard for our race. Your patronage solicited. TO-DAY is the day TO SUBSCRIBE. Our next issue may contain some information or news item of Vital Interest to you. Our subscription rate-one dollar per year-is within the reach of all. You will never have 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. MONEY can be realized by the right person and Correspondents of the Searchlight. JOB PRINTING This Department we m specialty of High - Gr commercial Job Printing all Orders We give prompt atten all Orders sent us by r printing. No Job Too Small—No Job Too Good Work Guaranteed—First-Class Work all communications to THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT. W.N. MILLEER, Editor N. Water St., Wichita, GOOD MONEY can be realized by the right persons as Agents and Correspondents of the Searchlight. JOB PRINTING In this Department we make a specialty of High - Grade Commercial Job Printing... Mail Orders We give prompt attention all Orders sent us by mail Job Printing. No Job Too Small—No Job Too La Good Work Guaranteed—First-Class Workmen Address all communications to SEARCHLIGHT W. N. MILLEER, Editor 634 N. Water St., Wichita, Special Master E. V. McKeever niced proport to this effect in the suprema ATTACKS BALLINGER BIG PARADES ENDED SENATOR LA FOLLETTE'S MAGAZINE DEMANDS REMOVAL OF SECRETARY OF INTERIOR. Charge Made That Department Head Makes War on Reclamation Projects While President is Making Promises to Support Them. Madison, Wis., Oct. 3.—"Secretary Ballinger must go." That is the burden of Senator La Follett's leading article in this week's issue of La Follette's Magazine. He says: The reclamation of the arid lands of the west was surely one of the greatest of the Roosevelt policies. Not reclamation by "big business," but reclamation by the people and for the people. In seven years the reclamation service of the national government has reclaimed and opened up to homestead settlement more than 1,000,000 acres of heretofore arid lands. These lands have been sold to settlers in small tracts, together with water rights, at practically the cost to the government of their reclamation. There was no graft, no "rakeoff" for "big business." Just the people redeeming the deserts for themselves, with their own capital. In August came the Irrigation Congress at Spokane. The secretary of the interior was there. The burden of his message was that the Roosevelt policy of government irrigation was practically at an end. Meanwhile the president proclaims loyalty to the Roosevelt policies. To the Irrigation Congress he sent a telegram pledging loyalty to irrigation. We do not question the sincerity of the president's repeated pledges. But we condemn most heartily those whose official conduct places the president under the constant necessity of reassuring the people of his loyalty to these policies. Chief of these official malefactors is Secretary Ballinger. While the president is pledging loyalty to the Roosevelt policies Ballinger is overturning those policies wherever he has power. While the president is making promises Ballinger is making war. Let the conflict cease. Let us have a secretary of the interior whose administration will comport with the public declarations of the president. If Ballinger will serve the "interests" let him do it in private employment. SHOT AND THEN TIED TO A TREE Storkeeper at Bean Lake, Mo., Has Rough Experience With Three Robbers. St. Joseph, Mo., Oct. 3.—Michael Baker, a storekeeper at Bean Lake, about 20 miles south of here on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad, was held up in his store by three men, two white and one negro, who robbed him for $40. Baker was then forced to walk with the men to a point near Armour Station, at Sugar Lake, where the robbers began to strip the clothes from him. He believed they intended to murder him and throw his body into the lake and in resisting he was shot in the forehead by the negro. The robbers then tore his shirt into strips and tied him to a tree near the railroad track, warning him that he would be killed if he attempted to free himself. The robbers walked up the track toward Armour and half an hour later Baker managed to free himself. He walked back to Bean Lake, arriving about 3 o'clock this morning. His wound 'said to be dangerous. Travelers Paid More Duties Travelers Paid More Duties. New York, Oct. 3.—Duties paid by trans-Atlantic travelers at the port of New York, reached a new high water mark during the month of September according to a statement issued by Collector Loeb. The total for the month is almost double the monthly average and is $100,000 greater than ever before collected in a single month. The duties collected in September last amounted to $265,106, while the previous high record for September 1901 was $163,547. Immigration Commissioner Out Washington, Oct. 3.—As a result of charges filed against him, Daniel Davies, commissioner of immigration at Chicago has been suspended from duty. The immigration authorities here refuse to disclose the nature of the charges. Mr. Davies has been furnished with a copy of them and it is expected he will make a reply. Teachers at Topeka in November. Topeka, Oct. 3.—The annual meeting of the Kansas Teachers' association will be held November 4 and 5 this year, instead of during the Christmas holidays. A larger crowd than usual is expected and the committee in charge has prepared an elaborate program. The Week's Business Failures. New York, Oct. 3.—Business failures in the United States for the week ended September 30 were 195 as against 171 last week and 225 in the like week of 1908. A Nebraskan Killed in Emporia. Emporia, Kan., Oct. 3.—Arthur Barrons, a stockman of Jensen, Neb., was hit by a freight engine and killed in the Santa Fe yards here. HUDSON-FULTON CELEBRATION AT NEW YORK CLOSES WITH SECOND NAVAL PARADE. Peary's Arctic Vessel, the Roosevelt, Was a Feature of the Display—Clermont and Half Moon Led the Ships Up the Hudson. Newburgh, N. Y., Oct. 3.—With the Half Moon and Clermont swinging at anchor off shore against a back ground of illuminated warships and fire works, Newburgh rounded out one of the greatest days in her history. The vessels which have played so prominent a part in Hudson-Fulton week were formally turned over to the keeping of the celebration's "Upper Hudson Commission," by General Stewart L. Woodford, president of the Lower Hudson Commission. Mayor Benjamin McClung welcomed the distinguished guests to Newburgh, and Gov. Hughes paid his tribute in a brief address. Lieut. Lam, impersonator of Henry Hudson; Charles S. Bullock, the Robert Fulton of the present Clermont; and Representatives from The Netherlands were also introduced during the brief ceremony at the pier. Beside the Clermont, when she came to anchor, in Newburgh Bay, lay the Norwich of Rondout, N. Y., the "oldest steamer in the world," which for 76 years has been in active service. With her low hull no higher above the water than a shingle and her "sawpit" engine, she presented a figure but little less curious than her prototype. It was not until after the second division of the parade had passed the reviewing stand that the Roosevelt, Commander Peary's Arctic exploration ship, put in an appearance far down the river with a tug alongside. She had been delayed by a mishap but finally reached an anchorage unostentatiously not far from where the Clement and Half Moon were lying. Commander Peary came ashore and returned quietly to New York by train. Thousands later thronged the shore to look at h., famous ship. New York, Oct. 3.—Henry Hudson has sailed north again, and the waters of Manhattan Harbor, crowded with the navies of eight nations, to do him honor, will mirror no more the crescent stern, the spreading spars and broad orange ensign of his caravel, the Half Moon. With her and her companion, the Clermont, have departed the symbolism and the life of the Hudson-Fulton celebration. They left New York as types and impersonations; they will return after a space, as museum curiosities. Promptly at 9 o'clock the vessels of the escort squadron carrying 500,000 passengers, fell into line in the North river, noses up-stream. The Dutch cruiser Utrecht, the United States scout cruisers Salem and Birmingham, the submarines and their parent ship, the Castine together with the gunboats and naval auxiliaries, had preceded them, and the only ships of war in the line were the destroyer Worden and the six torpedo boats which followed her at 100 yards intervals. Behind them came a 15 mile string of Hudson river and Long Sound liners, among the largest inland water passenger ships in the world, converted for the day into excursion steamers. They were as crowded as on the day of the first naval parade and all the way up the river they passed between long files of sight seers ashore. LIPTON WOULD RACE AGAIN Willing to Make Another Attempt For America's Cup Under Universal Rules. London, Oct. 3.—Sir Thomas Lipton, who will sail this month for New York said in an interview that his position in regard to a further attempt to lift the American cup had not changed. The exact date of his departure for New York has not been fixed. "I am always ready," said Sir Thomas, "to challenge with any size boat they like and under the so-called universal rules now existing in the New York Yacht club and all the other clubs in America; but I am unwilling to challenge under the rule of 56 years ago which now is not used in any races in America. "I am most anxious to arrange a contest and hope that the New York Yacht club will realize that the Universal rules if good enough for all other races, ought to be good enough for this." German Americans in Convention. Cincinnati, Oct. 3.—The biennial convention of the National German-American alliance opened here to-day, with Dr. C. J. Hexamer of Philadelphia, the president, in the chair. The alliance has a membership of 2,500,000 in 34 states, and the delegates to the convention number more than $00. To-morrow the National German day will be celebrated in Music hall and Gov. Harmon will formally welcome the delegates to the city. Grand Jury Investigates Graft Oklahoma City, Ok., Oct. 3.—The grand jury has convened for the purpose of investigating alleged graft cases in which mayor Scales has charged Chief of Police Hubaka and others with incompetency and graft in bootlegging liquor. OF TABOR KANSAS—NEBRASKA JURISDICTION KNIGHTS AND DAUGHTERS OF TABOR. REV. FRANK WILSON, C. G. M. Taborlan Home, R. F. D. No. 8, Topeka, Kansas. MRS. EMMA GAINES, C. G. P. 1170 Filmore avenue, Topeka, Kaa A. W. HOPKINS, C. G. S. 321 Dakota, Leavenworth, Kans. MRS SARAH FORBES, C. G. R. 717 "C" St., Lincoln, Neb. WM. CORE, C. G. T. 1210 Lane, Topeka, Kans. MRS. BESSIE HALL, G. Q. M., 460 Horton, Ft. Scott, Kans C. M. JONHSON, G. P. P., 1832 N 23rd, Omaha, Neb. MRS. PAULINE WOODFORD, C. G. PR. 823 Freeman, K. C., Kan. REV. M. WOOTEN, C. G. O. 416 E. 3rd, Ft. Scott, Kans. OFFICIAL ORGAN—The Wichita Searchlight, W. N. Miller, Editor, 634 N. Water St., Wichita, Kan. NOTICE TABORS. If your Tabernacle, Temple or Tent is not in this Directory, or if there is my error, please notify me at once. W. N. MILLER. Editor. TABERNACLES. # Number. 1 Queen of the West, K. C., Kan., Mrs. M. Wilson, 945 Everett. 2 Golden, Iola, Kan, Mrs. S. Crisp, 615 So. Walnut. 3 Mt. Hope, Wichita, Kan., Mrs. C. Tillman, 802 E. 18th. 4 Helping Hand, Cherryvale, Kan., Mrs. S. Campbell, 616 W. 1st. 5 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. America Davis, Weir, Kan., Mrs. E. Lee, Box 25. 16 Silver Leaf, Parsons, Kan., Mrs. L. Morton, 1208 Washington. 17 Western Queen, Ft. Scott, Kan., Mrs. A. Masir, 1817 Wall. St. Maria, Omaha, Neb., Mrs. C. Wade, 22 N. 16th. 20 Maria, Ft. Scott, Kan., Mrs. P. Johnson, 501 Hyman. 24 Charity Rose, Coffeyville, Kan., Mrs. A. Garner, 704 E. 12th. 2Modern, Parsons, Kan., Mrs. A. A- ray, 1412 E. Clark. 29 Crystal, Leavenworth, Kan., Mrs. L. Woods, 935 Cherokee. 30 Victoria, Leavenworth, Kan., Mrs. L. 4 Fifth. 32 Emma Gaines, B. te, Mont., Mrs. Saline Easter, 334 Dakota St. (rear). 34 Wichita, Wichita, Kan., Mrs. Sally Hall, 1024 Ohio. 35 Golden Rule, S. Omaha, Neb., Mrs. S. Jones, 819 N. 27th. 37 Eutevator, Atchison, Kan., Mrs. M. Gosby, 108 N. 3rd. 38 Covenant, Weir, Kan., Mrs. L. F. Taylor, Box 1174. 39 Deborah, Abeline, Kan., Mrs. A. Gibson, 411 S. 1st. 52 Mt. Maria, Lawrence, Kan., Mrs. J. Ware, 807 N. Y. 63 Fair West, K. C., Kan., Mrs. R. Saunders, 734 N. J. 77 Pearly Rose, Topeka, Kan., Mrs. S. O'Brien, 1180 Buchanan. 85 Magadalene, Topeka, Kan., Mrs. F. 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. Sylvia Brown, 803 E. 11th St. 1 A. H. Richardson, Weir, Kan M. Burns, Box 31. 2 R. H. Cane, Atchison, Kan., Wm. Cook, 215 E. Kearney. 3 Evening Star, Omaha, Neb., S. R. Jackson, care Frye Shoe Store. 4 St. Luke, N. Topeka, Kan., J. Walker, 1220 W. Norris. 5 M. Nebo, Wichita, Kan., Rev. S. I. Washington, 1524 N. Wash. 6 St. Peters, Ft. Scott, Kan., A. J. 00101 "neumon 602 "neumon H. McKinnis, 217 Sherman. 7 M. Horeb, Leavenworth, Kan. 11 Taborian, Wichita, Kan., Wm Frazier, 708 N. Water. 12 Moses Dickson, Parsons, Kan Wm. Shakespear, 1112 Main. 13 Silver Leaf, Salina, Kan., J. C. Brown, 246 S. Phillips. 17 Golden Gate, Coffeyville, Kan., Rev. A. Garner, 704 E 12th. 19 Mt. Tabor, Lawrence, Kan., J. E. Hughes, 1220 N. J. 22 Barak, Oswego, Kan., L. R. Wilson. 24 Jas. Bedford, Cherryvale, Kan., Rev. J. W. Warren, 218 E. 7th. 25 Washington, K. C. Kan., J. H. Downs, 422 Haskell. 59 Sunny Side, Topeka, Kan., U. A. Graham, 1160 West. 60 Jeffersonian, Topeka, Kan., U. S. Grant, 1813 W. 6th. TENTS. Queen Mothers. 1 Golden Leaf, Leavenworth, Kan., Mrs. L. Hardin, 900 Fifth 2 Frank Wilson, Ft. Scott, Kan., Mrs. F. Goodall, 610 Barbee 3 Mary E. Dickson, Lincoln, Neb., Mrs. L. Weaver, 1125 Saratoga 5 Moses Dickson, Wichita, Kan., Mrs. B. Davis, 1135 Washington. 7 Lone Star, Yale, Kan., Mrs. C. Lewis. 9 J. Bruce, Omaha, Neb., Mrs. M. Scott, 1516 Jones. 11 Golden, Atchison, Kan., Mrs. E. Penn, 718 Q. 11 Viola, Lawrence, Kan., Mrs. M. E. Brown, 325 Miss. 14 Busy Bee, Atchison, Kan., Mrs. A. Stone, 823 Main. 15 Louisa May, Cherryvale, Kan., Mrs. M. E. Holt, 517 W. Maln. 16 Pearl, Wichita, Kan., Mrs. A. Jones, 631 N. Wichita. 17 Castle Rock, Weir, Kan., Mrs. H. H. Adkins. 17 Star of West, Salina, Kan., Mrs. A. G. Murrell, 451 So. 4th. 20 John Wilson, K. C., Kan., Mrs. C. D. Dalton, 1228 Barnett. 21 Crystal, Leavenworth, Kan., Mrs. E. McKinnis, 217 Sherman. 23 Clinging Rose, Lawrence, Kan., Mrs. A. King, 722 N. Y. 25 Silver Star, Parsons, Kan., Mrs. I. Porter, 2017 Morton. 28 20th Century, Parsons, Kan., Mrs. E. A. Tiggs, 2314 Morgan. 36—Pride of Topeka, Nantle Marshall, 900 N. Topeka avenue. 45 Orange Rose, K. C., Kan., Mrs. S. Henderson, 312 Washington. 46 Mayflower, Omaha, Neb., Mrs. L. Herrold, Sherman Flats. NEXT PLACE OF METTING—The Grand Temple and Tabernacle Kansas-Nebraska Jurisdiction, will hold its next Session (the 19th annual in Omaha, Neb., on the 2nd Tuesday in July, 1910. LIKE NOTHING ELSE ON EARTH. Night Lights of New York Are a Vision of Magnificence. The sky line of New York is always changing. So, too, the night lights shift and grow in wonderful magnificence, creeping continually further upward toward the stars, until the lower city, grouped around the Singer tower, has become a veritable Chimborazo of glitter and glow. The little lamps the mark the dark wharves barely show. Above them the scant candles of the older city twinkle here and there, but not enough to mar the dark foreground beyond which come the palaces more goregous than any ever coaxed from genii land by slaves of Aladdin's lamp. From the platform towers of the great bridge the picture sets to the best advantage. It begins with the sinking sun. The murky view beyond the bay betcomes dull and dark. The torch in Liberty's hand suddenly gleams starlike in the night and then, like the twinkling in a kaleidoscope, the palaces begin to glitter in the gloom. There is no vision like it elsewhere in the world, yet only now and then does a bridge pedestrian pause in his hurried walk to spectacle a moment usual New Yorker splendor of his length of Money. consider the amount of ear to which a bank note is used, we ought to be able to realize its physical strength. In a recent experiment sheets were drawn at random from piles of paper weighing 14 pounds to the ream. Each sheet was halved and weighed, and each half was folded double when tested. One, offering 61 square inches, stood a strain of 100 pounds. The same-sized sheet, 16 pounds to the ream, stood a strain of over 300 pounds. The average results of Crane paper, 14 pounds to the ream, with sizing, were a perpendicular strain of 3 1-3 pounds to the square inch, and a transverse strain of 4% pounds. Pretty nearly as tough as shoe leather. ```markdown ```