Wichita Searchlight

THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY TRADING WITH THE MERCHANTS WHO ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER The Negro Makes Great Progress As Much In the South As In the North ELEVENTH YEAR The Negro Great As Much In t In the The largest compiled report of the census bureau shows that the wealth of the American Negroes in homes amounts to the enormous sum of $938,830,000, or nearly a billion dollars. It is divided as follows: Georgia $80,500,600 Mississippi 77,122,005 Alabama 71,146,000 Louisiana 56,105,000 Virginia 51,412,000 North Carolina 48,883,200 New York 48,392,800 Maryland 48,124,000 Texas 47,767,200 South Carolina 44,208,000 Pennsylvania 42,419,000 Tennessee 60,570,000 District of Columbia 35,507,000 Kentucky 34,124,000 Arkansas 30,721,000 Florida 30,286,000 Missouri 23,911,600 California 24,064,400 New Jersey 15,573,600 Indiana 15,102,400 Kansas 14,701,600 Oklahoma 12,942,000 Monument To John Brown Topeka, Dec. 15.-The negroes of Kansas, by Bishop Grant, Dr. W. T. Vernon, W, W. Fisher and other race leaders, have raised a $3,000 fund for the erection of a monument to John Brown. It will be placed on the campus of Quiudaro University, and will be unveiled in June. Bishop Grant has gone East to place the contract for the sculpture work. "Not a penny will be recieved from white people," said Mr. Fisher. "The negroes want to pay for the monument out of their own pockets. They want to show their lasting love for the man who started the movement that resulted in making them a free people, and decided that the best way to do it was to erect a monument on the campus of their own university." Right Man In Right Place Sir. G. W. Guy, of Topeka, Ks Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence for the Grand Temple and Tabernacle, Kansas-Nebraska Jurisdiction, writes us that he has already begun the duties of his office and is in receipt of Correspondence from several sister jurisdictions. He is much elated over the showing made. The Committee on Foreign Correspondence is a new committee and is a timely and thoughtful creation of Rev. Sir. Frank Wilson, our matchless a Chief Grand Mentor. In naming a Chairman for this important work our Chief Grand Mentor is to be congratulated on the wisdom and forethought which he used in naming so able and capable a scholar as Sir G. W. Guy and the promptness of his attention to this duty and the results so soon being obtained proves most conclusively Sir Guy's fitness and business qualities. All may look forward to hear something good from this Committee at the next Grand Session in Omaha in 1010. Splendid Report We are in receipt of the annual report of our friend Dr. W. T. Vernon, as Registrer of the United States Treasury. The report is a most complete one and is a neatly and artistically arranged and is a credit to the ability and competeney of Dr. Vernon as Registrar. Paul Degm Married The editor of the Searchlight joins the many friends of Mr. Paul Deam in congratulating Mr. Deam upon his marriage Tuesday. Mr. Paul Deam is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lew Deam, and is a most splendid and energetic young man. He is connected with the Deam Abstract Co. DECEMBER 25th 1909. A Passion Play The Passion Play or life of Christ at the A. M. E. church Sunday afternoon and night of Dec. 26th, 1909. The story is beautifully told in more than 3,000 feet of highly colored films, made by the celebrated Pathe Fres, of Paris, France. Each and every scene comprehensively lecturedor Illustrated by Capt. S, W.Jones, who has lectured thesame to more than one million people in various parts of the country. The popular songs, "Rock of Ages," and Nearer 'My God to Thee,' illustrated with beautiful colored slides. "The Holy City" illustrated with moving pictures. A highly interesting and instructive entertainment, lasting ONE HOUR AND A HALF. A silver offering of not less than ten cents [10] for the benefitof the Church, is expected of everybody at the door. Cordial Invitation extended to Everybody to Come Out. Golden Tabernacle No. 2 is progressing nicely, all the members are working in peace and harmony for the uplift of the order. The work in good shape here. There will be a crazy dinner given at the St. Paul A. M. E. church, Tues. Dec. 28 WiggleWoggle Boiled Squeal Silver Thread among the Gold Staff of Life Frenchman's Delight Adam's Temptation Parson's Food Roasted Deceiver Liquified Real Estate Adultered Essence of Citron EXTRA Spiked Essence Bachlors Delight Sliced Sweetness Lovers' Dream The one guessing all the articles named on the bill fare will get dinner or supper. tree. Diner from 11:30 a. m. to 5 p. m. from 6 p. m. to 3:00 till 5: p. m. A good Musical Literary program will be rendered. At night admission 10c. Come and enjoy a hearty laugh and a good dinner. Mrs. A. Hackley, President, Mrs A. L. Glover Vice President Miss Irma Clark, Assistant Chorister of the Junior Choir, Miss. Laura Rawles Secretary. Rev. J. T. Smith, pastor JOLA KANSAS BILL OF FARE: Mrs. Minerva Brown died very suddenly at her late home 2551 N. Shelton Ave. on Monday in the morning, Dec. 20th, 1909 of apopelexy of the heart. She was a devoted and consistent Christian and was loved by her neighbors and friends. She was born in New Orlean, La., and was 52 years of age at the time of her death. In 1872 she was married to Rev. Anderson Brown and four daughters blessed their union two of whom, Mrs. Loretta Devereraux and Mrs. Lillie Thos was survive her. In 1879 her husband and family she moved to Kansas City, Kans. where she resided until the family moved to Oklahoma in 1889. Five years ago she came to this city. She was a member of New Hope Baptist church, Mt. Olive Court No. 9 H. of J., and Wichita Tabernacle No. 34. A husband, two daughters, two grand-children and a sister are left to mourn her demise. Funeral services were held at New Hope Baptist church Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. E. T. Fishback, officiating. Elected Officers Princess Chapter No. 12, O. E. S. held the annual election of their officers Tuesday Dec. 14th. The following officers were elected: Mrs. Ida Clark Worthy Matron, Mrs. W. N. Miller Associ't Matron J. W. Thompson Patron Mrs. Grace Taylor Secretary Mrs. W. E. Whitted Treasurer Mrs. W. H. Jones Conductress Mrs. S. S. Washington Associate Conductress. The officers will be installed Tuesday, Dec. 28th. by Mrs Letitia Brown, Past Matron. The editor is loud in his praise of Dr. James E. Farmer, Wichitas splendid physician, who so skillfully and successfully prescribed for him during his illness. Dr. Earmer has few equals and no supiors in the amerals of the medical profession here or elsewhere. Wichita should feel honored to have so capable, competent and thorough a physician as Dr. James E. Farmer in their midst. Dont forget the "Passon Play" at the A. M. E. Church Dec. 26; 09. Both Atternoon & evening. Faith In Wichita C. H. Holden, a well-to-do colored farmer of Mena, Okla demonstrated his faith in Wichita as a good place to live in by purchasing a very desirable piece of residence property at 1028 N. Wichita St. Mr. Holden has two farms in Oklahoma both of fine soil and very valuable; both of which he has rented out and will move to Wichita in the spring with his family and possibly engage in some kind of business here. Wichita welcomes Mr. Holden and his family and are also proud to have such splendid peo ple added to her citizenship. To Late For Last Week Pearly Rose Tabernacle has once more been invited by the hand of death and taken from us two of our respected and esteemed daughters in the person of Dtr. Norris and Dtr. Mary Mason. Both were christian women being active members in two of the Baptist churches of this city Where as the Great Resolutions and Snpreme Ruler of the universe has in his infinite wisdom removed from our beloved daughters, and where as the long and intimate relation held with them in the faithful discharge of their duties in this society, makes it eminently befitting that we record our appreciation of them, therefore, Be it resolved, that the wisdom and ability which they have exercised in the aid of our organization by service, contributions and counsel, will be held in grateful remembrance. Resolved: that the sudden removal of such lives, from our midst leaves a vacancy and a shadow that will be deeply realized by all of the family, members and friends of the organization, and will prove a serious loss to the community. Resolved: that with deep spmpathy with the bereaved relatives of the deceased, we express our hope that even so great a loss to us may be over ruled for good by him who doeth all things well. Resolved that a copy of these resolutiods be spread upon the face of the minuts of the Tabor A copy sent to the Searchlight for publication and a copy for ward ed the bereaved families. Miss. Jennie Glenn of Memphis Tenn. sister of Jas. J. Olden arrived in the city Tuesday and will immediately assume management of the Olden Hotel 529 N. Wichita St. Miss Glenn has had wide experience in hotel management and will soon make, The Olden Hotel one of the most comfortnble and popular hotel in the city. Wanted:— 18 young ladies of good appearance to serve at Banquet on New Years night Jan. 1st, 1910, at the Wichita Country Club. Apply to J.H. Sayles, Ind. Phone 1150. Must be dressed in white. Will pay each $1,50. The people of Wichita who use natural gas exclusively suffer severely for the want of fuel during the present cold spell. The gas supply is practically nothing. TO HESITATE LONG IS TO FAIR Successful Business Man Must Have Attribute of Courage. Many a man fails because he does not dare to take risks, to take the initiative. When do you expect to do anything distinctive in life? When do you expect to get out of the ranks of mediocrity? The men who do original things are fearless. There is a lot of dare in their make-up, a great deal of boldness. They are not afraid to take chances, to shoulder responsibility, to endure inconvenience and privation. There never was a time when the quality of courage was so absolutely indispensable in the business world as it is to-day. It does not matter how many success qualities you possess, young man, if you lack courage you will never get anywhere. Not even honesty or perseverance will take its place. There is no substitute for courage. It does not matter how well educated you may be, or how good a training you may have had for your vocation, if you are a hesitator, if you lack that courage which dares to risk all on your judgment, you will never get above mediocrity. The men who stand at the top of their line of endeavor stand there because they have the courage of their convictions. They had the courage to climb, had the nerve to undertake even against the advice of others. Success Magazine. 8HOW HATRED OF FOREIGNERS. Chinese Historical Plays That Keep Allive Race Prejudice. Historical plays are acted everywhere in China. They are popular in the quiet villages, the homes of the rich, in the crowded cities, and in the busy market towns. These plays are written with the object of intensifying the bitterness and contempt of the people against the foreigner. The story of plunderings and massacres of their forefathers is vividly portrayed, with all the dramatic power that the actors possess. The foreigner is represented as a monster in appearance. His face is dragged out of shape and his mouth is made to appear near his ear. His beard on one side is red and on the other blue. His eyes are fierid and staring, and murder is stamps upon his hideous features. The people of the interior, who have never come into actual contact with the foreigner, have this conception of the hated barbarian. To their minds Americans, French, English, Germans are all alike, barbarians to be destroyed. COOK'S CLAIMS WORTHLESS UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN MAKES FINDINGS KNOWN. They Find That the Papers Submitted are Without Value as Scientific Data. Copenhagen, Denmark.—The University of Copenhagen, the first institution of learning to recognize Dr. Frederick A. Cook as the discoverer of the North Pole, has solemnly declared that the explorer had failed to establish the claim on which his high honors had been based. The committee appointed by the university to examine Cook's records recently presented its report to the consistory of the university, which reviewed the deductions of the experts with the greatest care and discussed the findings from every standpoint. That both the committee and the consistory were disappointed was soon known. The Proof Not There. The consistory met and adopted a written report to the effect that the alleged records submitted for examination by Doctor Cook failed to prove his claim. The report of the committee, of which Professor Stromgren was chairman, as presented to the consistory states that Cook's papers are without any value; that his report to the university is practically the same as that published in the New York Herald on his return from his Arctic expedition. The copies of his notebooks submitted, says the committee, contain no original calculations of observations but only results thereof. Accordingly the committee concludes that he affords no proof of having reached the pole. SHEEP AND CATTLE SUFFERING With the Mercury 35 Degrees Below in Wyoming Live Stock Losses Will be Heavy. Omaha, Nebraska.—With the temperature ranging around 35 degrees below zero in the wyoming mountains, and a 12-inch blanket of snow covering the entire West, the Trans-Missouri country is experiencing one of the coldest spells since the government weather bureau system was extended westward. Live stock on the plains are suffering terribly, and sheep are perishing by the thousands in the foothills of the mountains. Green River, Wyo., with a temperature of 35 degrees below zero, is the coldest point between Chicago and San Francisco and other points in Wyoming are experiencing the same terrible degree of frost. Laramie Wyo., reports 25 degrees below, and Cheyenne, with a temperature of 12 degrees below, is the warmest point in the state. Out on the great central plateau the mercury has simply gone to the bottom of the tube. KANSAS MUST HAVE GAS FIRST Attorney General Preparing to Institute Suit to Stop Piping it Out of State. Topeka, Kan.—Prof. W. C. Hoad, state sanitary engineer, and M. F. Amrine, Gov. Stubbs's peronsal detective, were brought to Topeka and instructed to gather evidence regarding the natural gas situation. It is contended by the state officials that Kansas towns were the first to receive natural gas and that these towns have a prior claim to the gas, and that before Kansas City and St. Joseph, Mo., can be supplied with gas the Kansas towns must have all that the citizens want or need. Texas Storm Kills Cattle. Galveston, Texas. — Reports from the cattle ranges say the blizzard, which is the worst ever experienced so early in winter, killed cattle by the hundreds, and it is feared the losses will amount to 25,000 head. The cold wave caught the cattlemen unprepared. The cattle stamped and moved south against the hail and snowstorm, but found no relief. The blizzard extended into Mexico. More than 14,000 head have been accounted for as dead and many ranches have not yet reported. The losses will total over $800,000. It was the earliest blizzard in Southwest Texas. Two More Barkers in Prison. Leavenworth, Kansas.—Grayson H. Osborn, ex-teller of the National Bank of Columbus, Ohio, and Daniel C. Abbott, ex-bookkeeper of the First National Bank of Columbus, arrived at the federal prison to begin serving their sentences of six years for enbezzlement and false entries. To Texas for Evidence. Topeka, Kansas.—John Dawson, attorney for the railroad board, has gone to Galveston Tev, where he will investigate express rates in Texas. He is digging up some evidence to back him in his suit filed before the Kansas railroad board to reduce express rates in Kansas. To Continue in the Service Washington, D. C.—Among the United States marshals named by President Taft was Creighton M. Foraker of New Mexico, who has held the office there for 16 years. Foraker is a brother of former Senator Foraker of Ohio. No Opposition to Lurton. Washington, D. C.—Judge Horace H. Lurton was confirmed by the senate as associate justice of the United States supreme court. No opposition appeared. SPEAKING OF NATURAL RESOURCES— POLITICAL LEGISLATION MILL CONGRESSIONAL NO QUOTES LOQUENCE. LOCKS MICACO DAILY NEWS UNCLE SAM—IF I COULD ONLY APPLY ALL OF IT TO PRACTICAL SERVICE! COL. HARRIS DIED IN CHICAGO FORMER KANSAS SENATOR VICTIM OF HEART DISEASE. He Had Been Assisting in the Management of International Live Stock Ssow There. Chicago, Illinois.—William Alexander Harris former United States senator from Kansas, and regarded as the foremost authority on shorthorn cattle in the United States, died here. Mr. Harris's death occurred at the home of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Lydia McCord Mackey, 5465 East End avenue, heart disease was the cause. The former senator's death came as the climax of a brief illness following his activity in the promotion of the recent livestock show. Mr. Harris's home was in Lawrence, Kan., where the body will be taken. Burial will be at Lawrence. When he died, shortly before three o'clock, Mrs. Harris and Mrs. Mackey were at the bedside. He had been under the care of a physician. Since 1900, when his services in the United States senate came to an end Mr. Harris has been devoting himself almost entirely to the shorthorn cattle business and farming. Col. Harris came to Chicago a month ago, acting as a managing director of the International Live Stock exposition. Beside being active in this enterprise, Mr. Harris was a member of the American Shorthorn Breeders' association, and was vicepresident of the Denver, Laramie & Northwestern raidroad. Besides the widow, five children survive him. They are: Page Harris, general superintendent of the Texas Pacific railroad, New Orleans; Craig Harris, with the same road at Dallas, Tex.; Mrs. Harry Paterson of Independence, Mo.; Mrs. Isabel Byrne of St. Louis, and Mrs. Hugh F. Finley of Spokane, Wash. NOTHING APPROACHING PROOH Dr. Cook's Data Far From Complete Embarrasses the Copenhagen Scientists. Copenhagen, Denmark.—The committee investigating Dr. Frederick A. Cook's polar data, deeply embarrassed by the former championship of the explorer by nearly all of its members and the inability to find anything that approaches proof in the data, will get out of the muddle as gracefully as possible by making a report, neither adverse nor favorable to Dr. Cook. Trouble for Standard Oil Company. Trouble for Standard Oil Company. Springfield, Massachusetts. — "Five or six hundred suits against the Standard Oil company involving claims for damages of $250,000,000 or more will surely be filed if the circuit court decision ordering the dissolution of the big monopoly is upheld," was the statement made by Thomas L. Hisgen, president of the Independent Petroleum Makers' association of the United States, and also president of the Four Brothers Independent Oil company, the most aggressive competitor of the Standard Oil company in the East. Oldest Auctioneer is Dead. Salina, Kansas.—Col. Cicero Post Baring, who had the distinction of being the oldest auctioneer in Kansas, having cried sales for 40 years, and sold the Shipton townite October 20, died at a public sale on the farm of A. M. Steward, one mile east of Salina, from heart disease. As he raised his hand to knock down the sale of a caw he said, "Walt a minute, boys," and began to sink to the ground. He died almost instantly. A $75,000 Fire in Hill City. Hill City, Kansas. — Inability to secure water because of frozen pipes caused a loss of $75,000 from fire here. The Irick general merchandise store, the American State bank and Woodmen's hall were among the buildings destroyed. Van Valkenburgh Renamed. Washington, D. C.—Arba S. Van Valkenburgh of Kansas City was reappointed by the president to be United States district attorney for the Western District of Missouri. INFORMER TO GET $1,000,000 Richard Parr Who Discovered Source of Sugar Frauds to be Well Rewarded. New York, N. Y.—William Loeb, jr., collector of the port of New York has approved the claim of Richard Parr, the deputy collector and original informer in the sugar frauds, to half of the $2,135,486 paid into the United States treasury by the American Sugar Refining company as restitution for duties evaded by under weighing. According to the statutes regulating such awards, Parr will receive "not exceeding in amount one-half of the net proceeds." Mr. Loeb approved the claim only after a thorough investigation by Harrison Osborne, solicitor of the customs. He held that the claim was valid because Parr discovered a steel spring which was used by the company's checkers to influence the weight of draughts of sugar adversely. This laid bare the scheme to derraud, and it was due to the evidence obtained as the consequence of this discovery that the jury in the civil suit against the company last spring gave a verdict of guilty, which was followed by the paying of the penalty, $135,486.32 and the restitution of $2,000,000 following. AMERICANS GOING TO CANADA More Than 11,000 Representing all the States Except Three Take Homesteads There. Ottawa, Ontario.—In the ten months ending with October 9, 1909, Americans representing all except three of the states and territories of the United States made homestead entries in Canada. These figures, compiled by officials of the interior department at Ottawa, furnishes striking evidence of the claim being laid to Canadian soil by Americans. With the figures for November and December still to be received from the various registration offices, it is expected the entry list for the year will show more than 11,000 Americans as homestead applicants. The states of Delaware and Mississippi and the District of Columbia are the only sections of the United States not represented among the homesteaders. A State Funeral for Leonold. Brussels, Belgium.—King Leopold's request for a simple funeral attended only by members of his family, Prince Albert and an accredited representative of the government, will be disregarded by the authorities, who decided on a state funeral, conducted with all the pomp and cermony that usually mark the obsequies of kings. Wounded Officer Shot Negro. Kansas City, Missouri. It cost a negro thief his life to shoot Joel B. Mayes, county marshal. With a bullet wound in his head, the marshal steadied himself against a showcase in a North End pawnshop and slew the negro with a bullet from his revolver. Mr. Mayes will recover. Ignore it. Foraker Advises. Cincinnati, Ohio—Ex-Senator Joseph B. Foraker denounced the corporation tax before several hundred business men of Cincinnati. Mr. Foraker said the tax is absolutely unjust and advised his hearers to refuse to pay the assessment because the law is unconstitutional. Kansas Agriculture Meeting. Topeka, Kansas.—The thirty-ninth annual meeting of the Kansas state board of agriculture will be held in Topeka, January 12, 13 and 14. Motorman Dead. Car Ben Wild. East St. Louis, .nois.—An uncontrolled street car, bearing a dead motorman and a dying conductor, ran wild through four miles of city streets here. The men were shot by a negro highwayman, who escaped with a small sum taken from the conductor. Gen. Green R. Raum Dead. Chicago, Illinois.—Gen. Green Berry Raum, former Commissioner of pensions, died at his home here after an illness of several weeks. He was 80 years of age. THE COLUMBIA CASE TO COURT Suits Hove Been Filed Against Oklahoma Bank Commissioner by Two Surety Companies. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma—Suits were filed in the district court by the United States Fidelity and Guaranty company and the Southern Surety company against the state bank commissioner, Mr. Young, asking that the commissioner be restrained from making the state a preferred creditor in settling the affairs of the Columbia Bank and Trust company. They also ask that he be restrained from reimbursing the state guaranty fund or the state banks from which that fund was repleted after the failure of the Columbia, and demanding that he be retained within the jurisdiction of the court. The petition also demanded that the commissioner should file with the courts a full statement showing the liabilities and assets of the bank at this time. Judge Clark heard arguments and took the case under advisement. JACKSON TO PROSECUTE PACKERS The Kansas Attorney General Said to be Ready to Commence Action is the Rumor. Topeka, Kansas.—A well defined rumor is in circulation about the capitol building to the effect that Attorney General Jackson will immediately commence actions against the Kansas City packers for violating the antitrust laws of Kansas. The force about the attorney general's office is mum as far as real information is concerned. However, one of the administration crowd practically admitted that such an action is contemplated by the attorney general. Under a law passed last winter the state may become the custodian of the Kansas City, Kan., packing houses as a receiver in case it can make a case against them. ESTRADA WILL OPPOSE MADRIZ The Insurgent Army to March on Managua if He Takes the Presidency. Bluefields, Nica. — (Via Colon) — Gen. Estrada will march on Managua with the full force of his rebel army unless the United States intervenes to prevent the assumption of the presidency by Jose Madriz. Estrada declared that reports received at headquarters show Zelaya is hiding Madriz, and the election of the latter as his successor is but a part of the plot to hold onto the nation. "The fight for freedom in Nicaragua will continue if Madriz is made president," said Estrada. Explosion Victim a Convict. Tulsa, Oklahoma.—A man known as "Jimmie" Burns, who had served terms in the penitentiaries at Columbus, O., Lansing, Kan., and Atlanta, Ga., for robbing and cracking safes, was one of the two men who were killed by an explosion of nitroglycerin; according to testimony given before the coroner's jury by the chief of police, H. A. Thompson. They are believed to have been planning a bank robbery. Rich Leper Dead. Savannah, Georgia.—Death removed what was perhaps the only case of leprosy in the United States army when First Sergeant C. O. Mix of the Seventy-second company coast artillery died in his lonely cottage on the Fort Screven reservation. Mix served in the Cuban campaign, where he contracted the disease. His father died recently, leaving him $40,000, but the money was of no avail to him. Must Use Government Bonds Washington, D. C. — After January 1 only United States bonds will be accepted by the treasury department deposits in national banks. An order to this effect was issued by Franklin MacVeagh, secretary of the treasury. The purpose of the order is to stimulate the demand for Panama 2 per cent bonds, which have been selling around par, or slightly under for some time past. High Record Iron Output Cleveland, Ohio—Pig iron production in the United States continues at a record-making rate. The November output was 2,522,598 tons, averaging 84,086 tons daily, compared with 2,589,681 tons, averaging 83,537 tons daily in October, and 1,007,367 tons, averaging 52,744 tons daily in November, 1908. These are the figures compiled by the Iron Trade Review. Ora Turner Convicted. Lyons, Kansas.—Guilty of murder in the first degree was the verdict returned by the jury which tried Ora Turner for the killing of Roy Snider near Raymond on the night of July 14, last. Nebraska Colleges to Merge. Kearney, Nebraska—The Presbyterian Synod of Nebraska has voted to consolidate the college at Bellevue with that at Hastings. The combined institution is to be called Bellevue college and will have an endowment of $250,000. A Nobel Prize to the Poor. Paris, France—Baron D'Estournelles le Constant, who was awarded one of the Nobel prizes recently, has given the amount of the prize, $40,000, to the poor. COUNTRY WHOSE SOIL SPELLS WHEAT AND OUT OF WHOSE FARMS THOUSANDS ARE GROWING RICH. WHAT PRESIDENT TAFT AND OTHERS THINK OF CANADA. Another Fat Year for the Canadian West. Our Canadian neighbors to the north are again rejoicing over an abundant harvest, and reports from reliable sources go to show that the total yield of 1909 will be far above that of any other year. It is estimated that $100,000,000 will this year go into the pockets of the Western farmers from wheat alone, another $60,000,000 from oats and barley, while returns from other crops and from stock will add $40,000,000 more. Is it any wonder then that the farmers of the Canadian West are happy? Thousands of American farmers have settled in the above mentioned provinces during the past year; men who know the West and its possibilities, and who also know perhaps better than any other people, the best methods for profitable farming. President Taft said recently in speaking of Canada: "We have been going ahead so rapidly in our own country that our heads have been somewhat swelled with the idea that we are carrying on our shoulders all the progress there is in the world. We have not been conscious that there is on the north a young country and a young nation that is looking forward, as it well may, to a great national future. They have 7,000,000 people, but the country is still hardly scratched." Jas. J. Hill speaking before the Canadian Club of Winnipeg a few days ago said: "I go back for 53 years, when I came West from Canada. At that time Canada had no North-West. A young boy or man who desired to carve his own way had to cross the line, and to-day it may surprise you—one out of every five children born in Canada lives in the United States. Now you are playing the return match, and the North-West is getting people from the United States very rapidly. We brought 100 land-seekers, mainly from Iowa and Southern Minnesota, last night out of St. Paul, going to the North-West. Now, these people have all the way from five, ten to twenty thousand dollars each, and they will make as much progress on the land in one year as any one man coming from the Continent of Europe can make, doing the best he can, in ten, fifteen, or twenty years." It is evident from the welcome given American settlers in Canada that the Canadian people appreciate them. Writing from Southern Alberta recently an American farmer says: "We are giving them some new ideas about being good farmers, and they are giving us some new ideas about being good citizens. They have a law against taking liquor into the Indian Reservation. One of our fellows was caught on a reservation with a bottle on him, and it cost him $50. One of the Canadian Mounted Police found him, and let me tell you, they find everyone who tries to go up against the laws of the country. "On Saturday night, every bar-room is closed, at exactly 7 o'clock. Why? Because it is the law, and it's the same with every other law. There isn't a bad man in the whole district, and a woman can come home from town to the farm at midnight if she wants to, alone. That's Canada's idea how to run a frontier; they have certainly taught us a lot. "On the other hand, we are running their farms for them better than any other class of farmers. I guess I can say this without boasting, and the Caandiants appreciate us. We turn out to celebrate Dominion Day; they are glad to have us help to farm the country; they know how to govern; we know how to work." Another farmer, from Minnesota, who settled in Central Saskatchewan some years ago, has the following to say about the country:— "My wife and I have done well enough since we came from the States; we can live anyway. We came in the spring of 1901 with the first carload of settlers' effects unloaded in these parts and built the first shanty between Saskatoon and Lumsden. We brought with our car of settlers' effects the sum of $1800 in cash, to-day we are worth $40,000. We 'proved up' one of the finest farms in Western Canada and bought 320 acres at $3 per acre. We took good crops off the land for four years, at the end of which we had $5000 worth of improvements in the way of buildings, etc., and had planted three acres of trees. Two years ago we got such a good offer that we sold our land at $45 per acre. From the above you will see that we have not done badly since our arrival." Prof. Thomas Shaw of St. Paul, Minnesota, with a number of other well known editors of American farm journals, toured Western Canada recently, and in an interview at Winnipeg said in part:— "With regard to the settlement of the West I should say that it is only well begun. I have estimated that in Manitoba one-tenth of the land has been broken, in Saskatchewan one-thirtieth and in Alberta, one-hundred and seventy-fifth. I am satisfied that in all three provinces grain can be grown successfully up to the stilteth parallel and in the years to come your vacant land will be taken at a rate of which you have at present no conception. We have enough people in the United States alone, who want homes, to take up this land. "What you must do in Western Canada is to raise more live stock. When you are doing what you ought to do in this regard, the land which is now selling for $20 per acre will be worth from $50 to $100 pre acre. It is as good land as that which is selling for more than $100 per acre in the corn belt. "I would rather raise cattle in Western Canada than in the corn belt of the United States. You can get your food cheaper and the climate is better for the purpose. We have a better market, but your market will improve faster than your farmers will produce the supplies. Winter wheat can be grown in one-half of the country through which I have passed, and alfalfa and one of the varieties of clover in three-fourths of it. The farmers do not believe this, but it is true." Keeping pace with wheat production, the growth of railways has been quite as wonderful, and the whole country from Winnipep to the Rocky Mountains will soon be a net-work of trunk and branch lines. Three great transcontinental lines are pushing construction in every direction, and at each siding the grain elevator is to be found. Manitoba being the first settled province, has now an elevator capacity of upwards of 25,000,000 bushels, Saskatchewan 20,000,00, and Alberta about 7,000,000, while the capacity of elevators at Fort William and Port Arthur, on the Great Lakes, is upwards of 20,000,000 more. Within the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta there are flour and oatmeal mills with a combined capacity of 25,000 barrels per day, and situated along some famous water powers in New Ontario, there are larger mills than will be found anywhere in the Prairie Provinces. Last year the wheat crop totaled over 100,000,000 bushels. This year the crop will yield 30,000,000 more. A recent summary shows that on the 1st of January, 1909, the surveyed lands of the three western provinces, totaled 134,000,000 acres, of which about 32,000,000 have been given as subsidies to railways, 11,100,000 disposed of in other ways and 38,000,000 given by the Canadian Government as free homesteads, being 226,000 homesteads of 160 acres each. Of this enormous territory, there is probably under crop at the present time less than 11,100,000 acres; what the results will be when wide awake settlers have taken advantage of Canada's offer and are cultivating the fertile prairie lands, one can scarcely imagine. After all, the kind of world one carries about within one's self is the important thing, and the world outside takes all its grace, color, and value from that.—Lowell. A Rare Good Thing. "Am using Allen's Foot-Ease, and can truly say I would not have been without it so long, had I known the relief it would give my aching feet. I think it a rare good thing for anyone having soo or tired feet. Mrs. Mulda Holtwort, Providence, R. L." Sold by all Druggists, 25c. Ask to-day. You can't blame the man who has got his winter's coal in for feeling just a little better than the rest of the neighborhood. If you wish beautiful, clear, white clothes use Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 2 oz. package, 5 cents. 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Poetry, Music, Art, Art, Good Luck, Freedom and peace the interest went with the scene entitled "The frost King. Uncle Sam receiving the Heads" concluded the procession and provoked great applause. BURLEY SOCIETY IN CONTROL Claim 75 Per Cent of Kentucky's tobacco Acreage Has Been Pooled by Farmers. Winchester, Ky., Oct. 2.—The district board of the Burley Tobacco so closely registered its unanimous vote in favor of pooling in 1909 crop of burley tobacco. The result of the vote of members representing the growers of the various burley counties showed that of the acres in the 1909 pool 84,105 acres were voted in favor the pool 16,254 in opposition and 1,000 not voting. A motion to make the decision favoring the pool unanimous was carried with cheers. It was shown that of the 94,000 acres as yet unpledged, 36,000 are out of the burley belt, 6,000 being on border territory and 30,000 in the states of Missouri, West Virginia, Indiana and Ohio. This fact coupled with the report before the society that the yield in weight was far below what the acreage indicated, was construed by the board as evidence of its ability to dominate the market with 75 per cent of the crop. AN ARMED MAN NEAR PRESIDENT Police of Portland, Ore., Arrest a Stranger With a Revolver in His Pocket. Portland, Ore., Oct. 3.—Captain Bailey and two local detectives arrested an armed man in front of the Portland hotel just as the president was entering his motor car to participate in the military parade. Captain Bailey was attracted by the peculiar actions of the man. He had a camera in his hand and was trying hard to reach a point of vantage close to the president. Summoning two detectives, Captain Bailey placed the man under arrest. When he was searched a revolver was found, together with a quantity of extra ammunition. The man refused to give his name, but said that he was from Boston. Public Debt Increased $2,058,235. Washington, Oct. 3.—The public debt of the United States is $2,648,602,846, which includes $1,353,059,869 of certificates and treasury notes by an equal amount of cash in the treasury. The available cash balance in the treasury is $94,206,114. The aggregate debt is an increase of $2,058,235. Tried to Burn Oklahoma Town. Oklahoma City, Ok., Oct. 3.—Charles Booth and Fred Bryant were arrested at Henryetta, Ok., charged with being implicated in an attempt to burn the town. The men were caught following the fire which consumed the Carson Lumber company and residence of G. B. Reynolds. Washington, Oct. 3.—The total national bank notes outstanding secured by United States bonds and lawful money is $702,807,459 against $875,612,327 a year ago, as shown by the monthly statement of the comproller of the currency. A Fatal Fire in St. Louis. St. Louis, Oct. 3.—Fire which started at 3 o'clock in the basement of the Nat L. McGuire Oil and Supply company, cost the night watchman, McNeal, his life and entailed a loss of $10,000. A New York Stock Failure. New York, Oct. 3.—The failure of William H. Brouwer, a member of the Consolidated Stock Exchange, was announced to-day. His outstanding accounts are small. HOW THE VARIOUS TEAMS STAND Progress of the Battle Between the Baseball Clubs in the Different Leagues. W.L.Pct. W.L.Pct. Pittsburg 107 40 728 Phila. .....70 65 475 Chicago .....99 47 678 St. Louis. .....51 44 352 New York .89 57 610 Brooklyn .....51 44 352 Cincinnati .....76 73 513 Boston .....41 104 283 American League. W.L.F.A. W.L.Pct. Detroit .....97 54 442 New York.73 6'490 Phila. .....93 58 614 Cleveland .....70 61 464 Boston .....87 62 584 St. Louis. .....60 88 465 Chicago .....78 74 616 Washigh'n 42 108 296 K'S RECORDS WILL 10 COPENHAGEN FIRST And the Geographical Society WILL have to Wait a Few more Months. New York, Oct. 3.—Dr. Cook's refusal to admit his observations, notes and other data, at once to a competent official commission is all that stands in the way of compliance with the suggestion of the National Geographical society that such a step—on the part of both Cook and Peary—should precede any official recognition of the explorer's claims. Correspondence made public here shows that Commander Peary has already formally signified his willingness to comply with the condition, but Dr Cook, in a letter to Archer Huntington, president of the American Geographical society, has declared that he will continue in his determination to lay all his records and instruments first before the University of Copenhagen. Dr. Cook at first fell in with the suggestion which was put before him by Mr. Huntington. He agreed with Mr. Huntington that there would be no better person to call together a number of scientists than Prof. Remsen, but later re-considered the matter and sent the following to Mr. Huntington. "In pondering over the problems which you were kind enough to present to me at your visit, it appears to be an 'injustice to the Danes to consent to the appointment of another board of examiners after I had definitely agreed to submit my material first to the University of Copenhagen. I therefore ask your indulgence for a few months and following the Danish investigation, the record will be sent to all the geographical societies of the world, after which it becomes public property. I appreciate the good offices of the American Geographical society, the fair and friendly attitude of its president and its members and will promise that they have an early opportunity to go over the entire data of my polar conquest." MR. TAFT IN PORTLAND, OREGON The President Devotes Himself to Seeing the City and Talking to the People. Portland, Ore., Oct. 3.—Promptly at seven o'clock this morning President Taft's train rolled into Portland, and the chief executive alighted in fine spirits, ready for a visit of two days in this city. Reports that he would spend much of his time to-day playing golf with Senator Bourne created some dissatisfaction, but they were unfounded, for Mr. Taft devoted himself to seeing Portland and talking to its people. The great event of the day was a public meeting in the National Guard army attended by a tremendous throng, to which the president made a long and characteristically optimistic speech. In the evening there was a general reception, when everyone was given a chance to shake hands with Mr. Taft, and a banquet at the Hotel Portland attended by 350 persons. MEXICO MAY LiFT DUTY ON CORN On Account of a Series of Disasters the Crop is a Total Failure There. Mexico City, Oct. 3.—Mexico faces a corn famine, which will require the lifting of the import duty on that cereal, according to Luis Batestrier, secretary of the Sociedad Agricola Mexicana. The recent frost, which worked injury to the crop estimated at millions, is the culmination of a series of disasters to farmers of the republic or disasters to farmers of the republic included in the list being copious rains in some places and dry seasons in others and cyclones, which have swept awe a great portion of the crop in the central district. In former famines the government has been forced to lift the duty on imported corn. Ninety per cent of the vegetable crop has also been destroyed and prices, in some instances are doubled. Praise for Gen. Grant. Rockford, Ill., Oct. 3.—Resolutions commending Gen. Frederick Grant for leading the temperance parade in Chicago recently were adopted by the Ministerial and the Laymen's associations of the Rock River conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, the resolutions: "Congratulate the army upon having an officer, who by actions so well demonstrates the uprightness and love of order that is expected of every American soldier." Treasurer Cowgill Sued. Jefferson City, Oct. 3.—State treasurer James Cowgill is made defendant in a suit filed in the Federal court here which seeks to recover $10,000 for the killing of Frances M. Reeves in Lincoln county, Oklahoma, by a vicious steer belonging to a herd owned by Cowgill at that place. The suit is brought by John M. Reeves, husband of the deceased, and charges that the keeper of the steer knew it was a vicious animal. Officers or Mining Congress. Goldfield, Nev., Oct. 3—Dr. E. R. Buckley, of Flat River, Mo., was elected president of the American-Mining congress for the ensuing year at a meeting of the board of directors. The other officers chosen are John Dern, Utah, first vice-president; Geo E. W. Dorsey, Utah, second vice-president; Samuel A. Taylor, Pittsburg, third vice-president; J. F. Callbreath, Jr., secretary. The Cracker Barrel Poet Helps By D. M. HENDERSON JR. (Copyright, by Daily Story Pub. Co.) I'm great at poetry. Some of the boys, in fun, call me The Cracker-Barrel Poet, because they once saw me scribbling on top of one of our barrels; but the editors of the Blue Valley Beacon and the County Standard—men that know—call me the Poet Laureate of Blue Valley and the Bard of Bean County. I've written enough poetry to fill a book and I'm going to have one brought out. I had $100 saved towards it, and then Dave Watt, who I'm clerking for (provisions and general merchandise) said that if I helped him to win Cecily Moss from Caleb Cockey, he'd give me the rest of what I needed—I can get the book published by a New York firm for $300. Though, as I said, poetry's my specialty, I'm going to try prose now to tell how I earned that extra money. Billy Curtis, who drums for Aaron & Sanders, the wholesale grocers, put me in the notion to write the story. I didn't think at first that I could get it published, because the way we treated Caleb wasn't exactly over and above board, but Billy said folks wouldn't care a rap for that if the story proved a good one. So here goes: You see, Caleb had been getting ahead of Dave all his life. I don't think he ever had any other ambition. When Dave opened this store, Caleb opened a bigger one opposite. When Dave wanted the postmastership, Caleb went to work and got it before Dave knew he was trying for it. And to top it all, when he saw Dave paying attention to Cecily, he started in to take her away from him. (I had a suspicion that he was just staying away from the girls till he saw which one Dave wanted). To make matters worse for Dave, Cecily and he fell out over Caleb, and after that Caleb got all the smiles. I began to be afraid that Caleb would propose to her before Dave could make up, and you bet I was glad when I heard she had gone out to some fort to visit a sister who had married an army officer, for even if her going didn't help Dave it delayed Caleb's courting. The next thing I noticed was Dave answering a letter from her; so I knew it wasn't time to stop hoping. It was about this time Dave made me the offer; he always did think a lot of my brains. By good luck I happened to go to Summit soon after he made it. As I passed the Widow Blicker's store there—run by her since her husband's death, two years ago—I heard her scolding that poor clerk of hers. (You wouldn't think, to look at the widow, that she had such a tongue.) That very moment an idea popped into my head. I saw a way to get rid of Caleb, and at the same time punish him. My notion was to get Dave to rush the widow so hard that Caleb would think he was going to propose to her and would pop the question himself. When I told Dave he was tickled to death, and he acted on it that very night. He fixed himself in his Sunday best, stuck a big red peony in his butt-hole, hitched High Stepper to the new buggy, and drove out to Blue Valley as big as you please. Just as I expected, Caleb watched him from his window. And every night after that, as Dave went through the same performance, I saw Caleb watching, crazy to know what was up. At last, just as I thought he would, he tried to pump me. "Shucks," he said. "Doesn't Dave Watt think I ain't onto his game? It's plain as daylight to me. He wants to have it thought he's calling on some other girl, so folks'll think it doesn't matter to him if I get Cecily." "I don't think so," I said, as friendly as I could. "Looks to me like he's got an eye to business—you know Widow Blicker owns the best store in Summit. (I didn't mention that her husband had mortgaged it to Dave, and that the mortgage hadn't been paid off.)" "So that's what he's up to," Caleb growled. He turned away as mad as a wet hen. Results came the very next day. He drove to Summit and got a friend to introduce him to Mrs. Blicker. He must have made himself agreeable enough to get an invitation to come again, for Dave met him there that night. To pull more wool over his eygs, Dave sulked the whole time he was there. Now that things were started, I sent a poem to the Beacon, urging both on. I guess I can't give it all here but it ended like this: Summit's Queen awaits the brave! Go it, Caleb! Go it, Dave! Go it they did. Each evening there was a race between them to see who would reach the widow first. Everybody in Blue Valley and Summit talked about it. I got into Caleb's confidence now by pretending I was down on Dave, and then I began to stuff him with stories of how Dave's love for the widow was getting fiercer and fiercer, and how he had made up his mind to beat Caleb this time or burst. In two weeks Caleb had forgotten all about Cecily—in fact, he let a letter from her go unanswered—and was ready to jump down the widow's throat. Then Dava decided it was time to make him jump, for Cecily had written him that she was coming home. We put our heads together and then I hunted up Caleb. "Say," I said to him, "Dave means to make a ten-strike to-night." "He does, does he?" Caleb growled. How? "He's asked me to write a proposal in verse," I said, "and he's going to hand it to her before you get there if he has to break his neck to do it!" Caleb glared at me. "You're not going to do it?" he cried. "I've written it," I said, pulling out a poem, "I had to! He'd have bounced me if I'd refused!" I handed it to him. I could see him getting madder and madder as he read. This was it: LINES TO AGATHA BLICKER. Thou hast duly mourned Lemuel, now banish thy grief! Fly! Fly to my bosom, and find there relief! The love thou hast missed so, let my heart supply! O, may not my love-star arise in thine eye? Tho' another would win thee, who's false to the core. Choose! Choose thy true David! I plead, I implore! "If you'd asked me first," I said as he finished reading it, those lines would have done for you just as well as him." Then I added: "I don't know how Dave will like them. He hasn't seen them yet!" Caleb forgot that he was mad. "He hasn't?" he cried, "then I'll give you ten dollars if you let me use it, and I'll hire you if he turns you off!" He had swallowed my bait, hook and all. "That settles it," I said, "the poem's yours!" "I'll put it in my own handwriting," Caleb said. "It'll be a freezing day when Dave Watt gets the best of me!" He reached in his pocket for the ten dollars, but I told him to keep it for me. I didn't want to take money from him. Now, while I had gone a long ways towards what I was aiming at, I had some tall sprinting yet to do. As soon as Caleb disappeared in his store I jumped on Star, rode out of our back gate, and piked it to Summit. When I got there I dropped into the widow's, as if by accident. You see I had to let her know that Dave wasn't going to propose to her, so that she wouldn't refuse Caleb on his account. Just as I hoped, she was ready for a gossip, and it wasn't long before I was telling her how head-over-heels in love with Cecily Dave was, and hinting that his visits to her were just to pass the time till Cecily came back. I finished by telling her of the soft things Dave was writing to Cecily. I didn't have much time to stay, for it was getting near time for Caleb to come along, but I was pretty sure when I left that the widow was feeling the way I wanted her to. I loafed around now to see what was going to happen. Presently I saw from my hiding-place Caleb coming lickety-split down the road. Far back of him was another carriage, and I saw him looking back at it. I knew it was Dave, egging him on. Caleb entered the widow's with coat tails flying and gave her the poem the minute they met. (I was peeping through a blind I had raised when I was inside.) I trembled while she was reading it, for my book depended on what happened next. But shucks! There wasn't any need of worrying. She hadn't any more than read the last line when she was in his arms! I ran to meet Dave then, though I'd have liked to have seen what became of Caleb's triumphant look as the evening passed and Dave didn't arrive. When I met Dave and told him about it he roared. "If I don't win Cecily now," he chuckled, slapping me on the back. "I ought to be made to take the widow off his hands!" But he did win Cecily. I'm hurrying my book along, so that I can give her the first copy of it for a wedding present. Unusual Honor for a Girl. An 18-year-old Irish girl the Honorable Mary Westenra, has just been made master of the Monaghan Hunt at Rossmore, Ireland. The young lady seemed quite capable of filling the position As an example of the strenuous life she leads it is relaised in the Queen that she hunted all a hard day with the Pychley last winter, got back after it to her aunt's house in Market Harborough, changed, had a bit of dinner, traveled all that night to her home (Rossmore), had breakfast on arrival, then into a habit again and hunted all that day with the Monaghan Harriers, and the next day had a horse running in each of the three races of the Hunt Point and won all three!—a fairly good performance for an 18-year-old girl. She loves dancing and music, rides well, hunts, plays tennis, golf and other games. The young M. H. seems to have earned her honors. The United States sells as large quantities of canned fruits to England and Germany as France does, the annual shipments from here amounting to 500,000 to 600,000. District after district in China is raising money toward the endowment fund of Hongkong university. Canton district has given $43,750. HE MORSE telegrapher who operates a key and picks dots and dashes from an ear-piercing little rattle and on whom inventors and electrical engineers have been training their guns in efforts of extermination for a quarter of a century or more, seems to have just won at least a partial victory over machine telegraphing and has declared himself—or herself—still on duty, if you please. On October 15 last one big company boxed up its printing machines, which it had installed on several of its heavy wires during the big strike of 1907, and returned the key and sounder workers to the wires. The reason for this action is not known, but the telegraphers declare that it was because the work of the machines was not up to the demand. Telegraphers say that machine telegraphing is unsatisfactory because the machine at the receiving end "has not the brains of even an operator," and cannot correct the mistakes by "breaking" and having doubtful words "confirmed" without a heavy delay to the message. The machines are also declared to be delicate and will not work during storms and electrical disturbances, which makes it necessary to keep a large force of Morse operators in reserve. A wire troubled with poor insulation and heavy "induction" from another telegraph wire or a trolley wire, it is said, may be worked to absolute satisfaction by the old key and sounder method. Probably the first machine to gain recognition of any account since the keys and sounders began to be used was when another company imported the Wheatstone from England some 20 years or so ago. This was worked extensively for a number of years and is worked yet between Chicago and San Francisco. It was a rapid system of telegraphy and was indispensable when or where there was a shortage of wires, but before telegrams could be transmitted by the Wheatstone they had to be prepared by punching holes in a tape and again transmitted from a tape at the Long distance Morse wires, due to improved "repeating" devices, displaced the Wheatstone to a large extent in the latter part of the nineties. Since then the companies have experimented with various automatic printing systems, nearly all of which were discarded, the old patents being taken up and applied to new machines, the printing telegraph machines resulting. mon welfare. Viewed even from this latter standpoint it cannot be considered an absolute right, but must be exercised, always and everywhere, with due reference and respect to the rights of the community as a whole. In other words, it must conform to some law or rule of conduct. If we could imagine a country in which each individual was a law unto himself, where there was no restriction upon what he might say or do, we should have anarchy—a land of chaos, where reputations would "fall like autumn leaves," and life itself be not worth the living. A country that is really free must be a "government of laws and not of men;" and if of laws, then its laws must be of equal application to everything that affects its people as a whole. If this be conceded, it must follow, "as the night the day," that speech, both spoken and written—that lever by which the minds of men are most powerfully moved—should be operated and controlled by law. persons in this country who are arrested and brought to jail on a charge of having committed some crime. What is it that is so often done to respectable citizens who, under the old English idea, must be supposed innocent until their guilt is established? How many infamous outrages have been perpetrated on men and women in the narrow confines of small rooms in police stations, through the racking torture of the "third degree." I had rather be browbeaten in open court by a prejudiced judge than be put through the horrors of a police sweating. The one is done openly before hundreds of spectators; the other iniquity is in secret and the actors can go to the limits of insult and vile persecution with no indignant bystanders to call a halt. The "third degree," as applied in this country, is a disgrace to our civilization, a reminder of the brutal days of the inquisition and should no longer be tolerated in a land of freedom and fair play. T sounder workers to the wire, but the telegraphers declare it was not up to the demand. Telegraphers say that the machine at the receiving end cannot correct the mistake "confirmed" without a heavy machine are also doing storms and electrical disruption a large force of Morse open insulation and heavy "inductive wire, it is said, may be woo and sounder method. Probably the first machine the keys and sounders began ported the Wheatstone from worked extensively for a new Chicago and San Francisco. It was a rapid system where there was a shortage of the Wheatstone in a tape and again transceiver end. Long distance Morse waving" devices, displaced a extent in the latter part of the companies have experimental printing systems, near carded, the old patents being new machines, the printing waving. How Far Free Speech Can Go with Safety By LAFAYETTE G. BLAIR mon welfare. Viewed even sidered an absolute right, but with due reference and respect In other words, it must If we could imagine a unto himself, where there w do, we should have anarchy "fall like autumn leaves," a A country that is real not of men;" and if of law to everything that affects its If this be conceded, it speech, both spoken and wri are most powerfully moved In a free republic such common sense of most," wh anchor and education is mo diffused, a very large measu erty might be permitted. Criticise French System of Criminal Law By CHARLES M. BARRONNE New Orleans Attorney persons in this country who of having committed some respectable citizens who, up innocent until their guilt is How many infamous women in the narrow confin the racking torture of the I had rather be browbe be put through the horrors The one is done openl iniquity is in secret and the persecution with no indigna By P. EVAN JONES telegrapher who operated an ear-piercing little mechanical engineers have determined for a quiet win at least a pity and has declared himself a success. Over 15 last one big coin which it had installed the big strike of 1907, tires. The reason for that it was because a machine telegraphing end "has not the best stakes by "breaking" heavy delay to the message declared to be delicately disturbances, which operators in reserve. Production" from another worked to absolute success. Machine to gain recognition to be used was wrought England some 200 number of years and so. A of telegraphy and use of wires, but before they had to be prescribed from a tape. wires, due to improvement and the Wheatstone to the nineties. Since instrumented with various nearly all of which was taking taken up and applying telegraph machines. grapher who operates a key and picks dots and piercing little rattle and on whom invented engineers have been training their guns nomination for a quarter of a century or more, won at least a partial victory over machine has declared himself—or herself—still on it. 5 last one big company boxed up its print-rich it had installed on several of its heavy big strike of 1907, and returned the key and The reason for this action is not known, that it was because the work of the machines machine telegraphing is unsatisfactory because and "has not the brains of even an operator," lies by "breaking" and having doubtful words delay to the message. declared to be delicate and will not work dururbances, which makes it necessary to keepitors in reserve. A wire troubled with poor ion" from another telegraph wire or a trolley linked to absolute satisfaction by the old key one to gain recognition of any account since to be used was when another company im-England some 20 years or so ago. This was number of years and is worked yet between telegraphy and was indispensable when or wires, but before telegrams could be transhey had to be prepared by punching holes bled from a tape at the How far can free speech safely go in a free country? It depends. If by free speech is meant the irresponsible and idle utterances of unbridled tongues; if its evident purpose is to harm the individual, or work mischief in the community; if in itself it can be seen to be venomous and hurtful; then, like all noxious things, it should be suppressed. If, however, it is merely the honest expression of individual opinion, however widely it may differ from established views or preconceived notions, it should be given the widest latitude consistent with the com- in from this latter state but must be exercised spect to the rights of just conform to some land a country in which it was no restriction uchy—a land of chaos and life itself be no nally free must be a laws, then its laws must its people as a whole. it must follow, "as as written—that lever be used—should be operated such as ours, whose land where enlightened put most widely assure of lib- from this latter standpoint it cannot be con- must be exercised, always and everywhere, it to the rights of the community as a whole. conform to some law or rule of conduct. country in which each individual was a law is no restriction upon what he might say or—a land of chaos, where reputations would life itself be not worth the living. free must be a "government of laws and then its laws must be of equal application people as a whole. must follow, "as the night the day," that ten—that lever by which the minds of men should be operated and controlled by law. as ours, whose laws are established "by the are enlightened public opinion is our sheet- James T Smith I notice that the press of this country is heaping violent condemnation on the French system of criminal law, apropos of the trial of Mme. Steinheil. It is true that the French plan of having the judge who is trying the case act as public prosecutor is open to grave objections. I greatly prefer our practice, which puts the judge in the dignified and impartial attitude of striving to ascertain only the truth and secure the ends of justice. Let us stop a moment, though, before we get through applauding our American superiority and reflect on the treatment of who are arrested and be the crime. What is it under the old English is established? are outrages have been defines of small rooms "third degree." beaten in open court ers of a police sweatin only before hundreds the actors can go to to tenant bystanders to ca as applied in this co are arrested and brought to jail on a charge of crime. What is it that is so often done to the old English idea, must be supposed established? Intrigues have been perpetrated on men and women of small rooms in police stations, through third degree." Even in open court by a prejudiced judge than of a police sweating. Before hundreds of spectators; the other factors can go to the limits of insult and vile bystanders to call a halt. Applied in this country, is a disgrace to our PETER H. BURKE The KITCHEN CABINET W HAT is the secret of your life?" F OR occasion hath all her h HAT is the secret of your life?" asked Mrs. Browning of Charles Kingsley; "tell me that I may make mine beautiful too." He replied: "I had a friend."—W. C. Gannet. "He who gives better homes, better books, better tools, a fairer outlook and a better hope, him will we crown with laurels."—Emerson. English Hot Breads. Crumpets and muffins are usually made together and served at the same meal. Dissolve one-half a yeast cake in three cupfuls of warm milk, add one teaspoonful of salt, two teaspoonfuls of sugar and one tablespoonful of butter. Stir in about six cupfuls of flour or enough to be too stiff to stid, and too soft to knead. Beat it long and hard. To make crumpets, put one-third of the batter into another bowl and add enough warm milk to make a batter that will pour slowly. Cover the two bowls and put them in a warm place to rise until light. The crumpets being softer, will soon be light. Heat the griddle slowly for half an hour. Grease some narrow, large rings and lay them on the griddle, when hot draw one side and pour into the rings a fourth of an inch of batter. Let them cook slowly until the top is full of holes, and the surface is dry, then turn ring and all over, and let them cook three minutes. When done they should be half of an inch thick and but slightly colored. When ready to serve them, toast on both sides until brown and crisp. When the muffins are light as honeycomb, turn the dough out on to a well-fibred board. Break off bits of dough the size of a duck's egg, roll them out in the flour without pressure (which will cause the gas to escape), and without working any flour into the dough. Let them stand on the board until all are shaped, then lift one at a time, shake off the flour and drop on a medium hot griddle, giving space to spread. Let them cook very slowly. When the top looks dry, draw over the hot part of the stove and slightly brown, then turn them to cook on the other side. It should take about 20 minutes to bake them, be light brown and one inch thick. When ready to toast, break them all around the edge as if you were going to split them, then toast on both sides until the crust will crack; pull apart, put a generous amount of butter inside, close it and keep hot in the oven until ready. HENE'ER a noble deed is wrought. Whene'er is spoken a noble thought, Our hearts in glad surprise To higher levels rise. The tidal wave of deeper souls Into our innost being rolls, And lifts us unawares, Out of all meaner cares." —Henry W. Longfellow. Popcorn, the Children's Favorite. What a sense of comfort a big dish of popped corn gives us. For the children, they hall it with delight, while the older members of the circle not only enjoy the delicious crispness of the daltony morsels but the memories of other days and pleasant fireside parties which it recalls. What child has not "floored" the parent some time by the question: "What makes popcorn pop?" Corn contains oil and moisture in varying proportions. When heated this expands, bursting the starch grains and popping open the kernels causing the explosion, which we call popping. In common corn this oil is not in such a large proportion so that when heated it only cracks, without exploding when heated. Sometimes corn that is too dry will not pop. To remedy this, pour water over the corn in the popper and shake well before heating. A nice way to pop corn and season it at the same time is to put it into a dripping pan with a small piece of butter and the needed salt, make a cover of brown paper, by folding the corners and fitting and plining them. Then put on a hot stove and shake constantly. An iron kettle with a tight cover is commonly used, but it is not as easy to keep the corn stirring in that as in the pan. If the corn is popped in a popper the butter is melted and poured over the corn in a thin stream, stirring all the time. Then add the required amount of salt and it is ready to serve. A few recipes for preparing popcorn dainties may be acceptable especially to the young people. Popcorn Ballis. Put three fourths of a cupful of light brown sugar, half a cupful of molasses and a tablespoonful of vinegar together in a buttered saucepan. Cook without stirring until it becomes brittle, when dropped in water, then add one fourth of a cupful of butter and when it spins a thread it is done. Add one fourth of a teaspoonful of soda and pour in a fine stream over four quarts of popcorn, stirring until evenly distributed. Dip the hands in cold water and quickly mold the balls into shape. OR occasion bath all her hair on her forehead; when she is past you may not recall her. She bath no tuft whereby you can lay hold on her, for she is bald on the hinder part of her head, and never returneth again." Some Unusual Ways of Serving Chicken. We tire of the roast chicken, fried or fricassee chicken, and long for new ways of serving the tender, delicate and appetizing fowl. Here are a few ways that may be new and one or two that are original. **Chicken with Bacon.** Split in and clean two young chickens. Place in a dripping pan and sprinkle with salt, one tablespoonful of red pepper, chopped, and two tablespoonfuls of green pepper, a tablespoonful of chopped onion and one tablespoonful of chopped parsley. Cover with thin strips of fat bacon and bake until the chicken is tender. Remove to the platter and make a gravity of three tablespoonfuls of fat from the pan, four tablespoonfuls of flour and one cupful of chicken stock, and a half cupful of cream, season well. Chicken Cooked in Milk. Clean and cut up chicken as for frito assee; dust well with salt and pepper and dredge with flour. Lay in a dripping pan and nearly cover with rich milk. Bake until the chicken is tender, in a moderate oven. Remove the chicken and pour around it the white sauce which will be thickened by the flour. Chili Con Carne. Cut up, season and fry in butter two young chickens. Rub through a sieve eight canned red peppers. If the fresh ones are used the veins and seeds are removed and the peppers cooked until soft. Add one teaspoonful of salt, one onion, finely chopped, two cloves of garlic chopped fine, the chicken and boiling water to cover Cook until the chicken is tender Thicken the sauce with three table spoonfuls each of flour and butter. Things Nice to Know Save all the little pieces of toilet soap, dry them and pound to a powder. Add one tablespoonful of olive oil to a cupful of powdered soap. Heat all together and pour into a wide-mouthed jar to cool. This is nice to use when a good lather is wanted for the hands or neck. Have a small cushion fastened to the arm of the sewing machine to hold needles and pins. It will be found to be very useful. Fruit or vegetables should be removed at once from the tin can, otherwise if opened the air acts upon the acid of the fruit and tin, forming a poisonous compound. The last perfection of the Maker's mind; Heaven drew out all the Gold for us and left your Dross behind." Macaroni the Popular Italian Dish. Macaroni used to be exclusively manufactured abroad; but now the American product is much used. There are many varieties and as many shapes of the foreign variety, both yellow and white. The wheat from which the macaroni was first made, was cultivated in southern Europe and Algeria. It is a hard semi-translucent variety, rich in gluten and other nitrogenous compounds. In Italy it is called semolina. There are any number of macaroni factories now, all over the country, as the American product is becoming recognized. Macaroni wheat is grown here extensively, so that the United States will some time be entirely independent of foreign macaroni. As a food, macaroni is a valuable one and as it is usually prepared in combination with other foods of nutritive value, like eggs and cream, thus making it doubly valuable. For a dish that is heavy enough for the main one at luncheon, or a supper dish, the following is good: Lucaniam Eggs. Cook five eggs hard, remove the shells when cold and slice in eights lengthwise. Make a cupful and a half of rich white sauce. Put a layer of cooked macaroni in a buttered baking dish, then a layer of white sauce and egg, bits of butter, pepper and salt, and a touch of anchovy essence, repeat, using one cupful of macaroni. Cover with buttered crumbs and bake until hot, and the crumbs well browned. There are any number of ways of combining macaroni with different foods, as escalloped dishes. With tomatoes they are especially good. One of the favorites of our Italian friends is called macaroni a la Levornese, which is made of a layer of cooked macaroni, then a few mushrooms cooked in milk and seasoned, a layer of tomato (strained), then sprinkled with Cheddar or Parmesan cheese (American will do as well), and baked half an hour. THE AMERICAN HOME W·A.RADFORD EDITOR THE HOME OF THE MAYFIELD MUSEUM Mr. William A. Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he is, without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Address all inquiries to William A. Radford, No. 134 Fifth Ave., Chicago, Ill., and only enclose two-cent stamp for reply. A decided revival of the colonial style of architecture has been in evidence throughout the country during the past few years. A great many new houses have been built along colonial lines and remodeling jobs have been carried out successfully in that style. There is something about the colonial style of architecture that seems to appeal especially to the American people. This style originated in early colonial times and was developed in the younger days of American life, both in New England and throughout the southern colonies. It was developed along simple, almost classic lines and has always been characterized by quiet dignity and roomy hospitality. The accompanying design is an example of one type of colonial house. Five graceful ionic columns support the porch roof, and square pilasters with ionic capitols are used at the corners and seem to support the main roof. The two gables with elliptical cash carry out the colonial idea. The material to use for the exterior of this house is narrow beveled si THE HOTEL KITCHEN 11A15-6 DINING ROOM 12A13-6 SITTING ROOM 14A19 MALL 12A13 MARLOR 12A16 STORAGE PORCH First Floor Plan ding with a brick foundation and a slate or shingled roof. The exterior is painted white or cream color with white trimmings. Interior Finish. The interior of a colonial house should be in strict harmony with the spirit of the exterior. Everything should be simple and graceful, yet rich. Flattened elliptical arches are very good wherever there is opportunity for them, either for the wide-cased door openings, or in the hall in connection with the stairway. As satisfactory a wood for the interior finish as there is, is selected birch, stalned mahogany, for the doors, baseboard and picture mould and the same wood with a white enameled finish for the door and window casings. Glass door knobs make a very rich effect with this style of interior finish. Arrangement of Rooms. The arrangement of this house will appeal to a good many who desire the privacy which is only possible when the floor space is divided up into a number of rooms. The tendency of late has been to do away with the parlor and to put all of the space into one large living-room. This has its advantages, especially in a small house, but if one's family is large so that a large house is needed the old arrangement proves more satisfactory in a good many ways. This house provides a reception hall, parlor, sitting-room, dining-room, kitchen and pantry on the first floor; five bedrooms and a bathroom on the second floor. Each bedroom has a good-sized closet. There are both front and back stairways and a third floor attic for storage purposes. --- This house, exclusive of porches, is 32 feet 6 inches wide by 40 feet long. It is estimated to cost $4,500. The question of heating a frame residence of this size is one that should be given a good deal of thought. While a hot air furnace properly installed furnishes very satisfactory heat for a cottage or a small house, it cannot ordinarily be recommended for large residences. During windy weather especially, it is impossible to force the BED ROOM 11/4/16 DATH ROOM 1/6/16 CLOSET HOSET BED ROOM 11/4/16 HALL CLOSET HOSET BED ROOM 11/4/16 BED ROOM 9/2/13 BALFONEY Second Floor Plan THE HOME OF THE MAYOR heat through the long pipes to the second and third floors. Hot water has come to be used to a large extent for the best houses. It is much more expensive to install, but seems to be economical in the long run and provides a very satisfactory heat under all conditions. DELIGHT OF PINE-KNOT FIRE Woman Learns Its Virtue while Camping and Will Continue to Use It at Home. She was kneeling before her trunk taking things out and her friend sat on the foot of the bed near by, gossiping about what had happened in their set while the other was up in the mountains for a fall vacation. "Did you hear that Edith—my gracious! What did you bring those dirty sticks back with you for?" "Dirty sticks! Well, I like that! Those are pine knots and they make the dandiest fire you ever saw." "How's that?" her friend interrogated. "Well, you can start them burning without the least trouble in the world and from the very minute they begin to burn they send out great leaping flames; they crackle and glow brilliantly all the time until there isn't anything left of them. Other wood takes longer to catch fire and burns dully or slowly, but pine knots roar beautifully. You see, they are the very heart of the pine. When a branch dies all the resin in it is driven slowly toward the center, the decayed parts fall off and there remains the core saturated with resin. And that is what makes the knots burn so splendidly. "You know I never had seen any of them here, so I brought these along with me, so that I can treat my particular friends this winter. Last night when I got home there were a few letters waiting for me and the very first one I opened was the notice of a large wood dealer saying that he would be able to supply me with knots this winter, so I really didn't have to bring them with me at all. But I'm sure the ones I collected and brought back myself will be better, anyway." The Amethyst. A good example of one of the ways in which magical properties became attributed to natural objects is the stone known as the amethyst. The ancient Indian name of this stone had the sound represented by its present name. In Greek the sound happens to mean "anti-wine;" hence, without more ado, the ancients declared that the amethyst was a preventive and a cure for drunkenness. You Look Prematurely Old Because of those ugly, griz-'y, gray haire. Use "LA CREOLE" HAIR RESTORER. PRICE, $1.00, retail. CLIP THIS OUT. Valuable Recipe When Afflicted with Rheumatism or Backache. This is a renowned doctor's very best prescription for rheumatism. "One ounce compound syrup Sarsaparilla; one ounce Toris compound; half pint high grade whiskey. Mix them and take a tablespoonful before each meal and at bed time. The bottle must be well shaken each time." Any druggist has these ingredients or he will get them from his wholesale house. "So your fiancee is smaller than you." "Yes, she comes up just to there." Following a whirlwind campaign against consumption in Charleston, the American tuberculosis exhibition of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis recently opened another exhibition movement in Greenville, S. C. After January 1 the work will be continued in Columbia, S. C., in connection with the session of the state legislature. Efforts will be made to secure an appropriation to fight tuberculosis. Another exhibition of the National association has just closed a campaign in Colorado, and is now touring Oklahoma. A state-wide fight will be aged in this state. Later, this exhibition will go to Arkansas. Diet of the Old. A sane diet for a person of 70 or 75 should be made up largely of vegetables and fruit, some fish, some eggs, a little meat and simple cereals, if there is no inclination toward obesity. Drinking with one's meals is not considered advisable, especially as liquids are apt to wash down the food before it is properly masticated. Two quarts of water, or more, should be taken between meals, however, during the day. Hot water is especially good for one who does not exercise much, as it flushes out the entire system. Stimulants, such as tea and coffee, should not be very strong—Harper's Bazar. STATE OF OHIO CITY OF TOLEDO L. LINCOLN LINCOLN COUNTY, IA. FRANK J. MENCHY makes catechin that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. CHENYER & Co., doing business in New York. For more information, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of CATARRI that cannot be cured by the use of AUTHORIZED Swn to before me and am indebted in my presence this 6th day of December, A. D., 1888. CLEASON The Country's Spread. While the area conceded to the 13 original states by the peace treaty of 1783 was 828,000 square miles, their present area is but 326,000 square miles, the other 502,000 square miles forming in whole or in part 13 other states. Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of H. H. H. H. In Use For Over 30 Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought. Perhaps So "Your wife does not appear to be satisfied." "She ought to be, she always has her own way. Oughtn't she be satisfied when I always let her have her own way without opposition?" "She'd be better satisfied with it if she had to fight for it." A Test. "Well," said Mr. Cumrox, "your party was a great success." "How can you tell?" asked his wife. "Whenever a crowd comes along that makes me feel like a stranger in my own house I know it's a brilliant occasion." Desperate But Effective. Knicker—So Jones has a good scheme? Bocker—Yes; he carries a little dynamite to blow up any auto that runs over him. I have lived to know that the great secret of human happiness is this—never suffer your energies to stagnate. The man who can maintain a reputation for wisdom in the presence of a youth just out of college is a wonder. Mrs. Winston's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colds. 25c a bottle. A woman isn't necessarily level-headed because her hat is on straight. Lewis' Single Binder straight 5c cigar is made to satisfy the smoker. Don't worry, and you'll have nothing to worry you. NOTHING REMARKABLE. The Mayor—Just think, admiral, I've married 20 people in two hours. The Admiral—Well, that's only ten knots an hour. SORE EYES CURED. Eye-Balls and Lids Become Terribly Inflamed—Was Unable to Go About—All Other Treatments Failed, But Cuticura Proved Successful. "About two years ago my eyes got in such a condition that I was unable to go about. They were terribly inflamed, both the balls and lids. I tried home remedies without relief. Then I decided to go to our family physician, but he didn't help them. Then I tried to more of our most prominent physicians, but my eyes grew continually worse. At this time a friend of mine advised me to try Cuticura Ointment, and after using it about one week my eyes were considerably improved, and in two weeks they were almost well. They have never given me any trouble since and I am now sixty-five years old. I shall always praise Cuticura. G. B. Halsey, Mouth of Wilson, Va., Apr. 4, 1908." Potter Drug & Chem, Corp., Sole Props, Boston. Stamps of German Domestics. Each week there is pasted in the little blank book that every servant girl in Germany must possess a postage stamp to the value of about five cents. This stamp is a donation, compulsory under the German law, which the mistress must afford the servant. Should the girl fall ill, the stamps are redeemed by the government, or the servant may retain the stamps indefinitely until, when she has attained a ripe old age, the government pays her a premium for them.—The Sunday Magazine. A Pair of Them. No. 1—"Now mind, Johnny," said the mother of a five-year-old, "there's a ghost in that dark closet guarding the jam." No. 2 (two hours later)—"Oh, mamma!" cried Johnny, "That ghost in the dark closet has eaten nearly half the jam!" Worth Its Weight in Gold. PETITIT'S EYE SALVE strengthens old eyes, tonic for eye strain, weak, watery eyes, Druggists or Howard Bros., Buffalo, N. Y. The Way It Happened. Maude—Bigsby literally fell at my feet. Belle—Aeroplane or intoxication? DO NOT ACCEPT A SUBSTITUTE when your Perry family fails to fulfill, as nothing is as good for rheumatism, neurologia and similar troubles. 70 years in constant use. 25c, 50c and 60c. It worries a modest girl if a man tries to kiss her—and it worries a young widow if he doesn't. ARE YOUR CLOTHES FADED! Use RED Cross Ball Blue and make them white again. Large 2 oz. package, 5 cents There is a place for everything, and the place for slippers is very often on the seat of a small boy's trousers. ALLEN'S LUNG RALSAM has been used successfully for years for deep-seated coughs, colds and bronchitis. Everybody should know about it. It is simple, safe and sure. Money may not make the man, but take some men's money away from them and there would be nothing left. The Wretchedness of Constipation Can quickly be overcome by CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS. CARTERS' LITTLE LIVER PILLS. Purely vegetable —act surely and genly on the liver. Cure Biliousness, Head- ache, Dizziness, and Indigestion. They do their duty. Small Pill, Small Dose, Small Price. GENUINE must bear signature: BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES A preparation of superior merit for relieving Coughs, Hemorrhage and Friction of throat of great benefit In Lung Troubles, Boneheads and Asthma. Free from opiates or any harmful ingredient. Price, 25 cents, 50 cents and $1.00 per box. Sample mailed on request. JOHN I. BROWN & SON, Boston, Mass. A married man can always get a little off his sentence for bad behavior. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels. Sugar-coated, tiny granules, easy to take as candy. A good guesser always boasts of his intuition. Look Pre use ugty, grir-ty, gray hairs. Use "L" WESTERN CANADA What Prof. Shaw, the Well-Known Agriculturist, Says About It: A Light or a Close Shave NO STROPPING NO HONING TRASE Gillette MARH KNOWN THE WORLD OVER If afflicted with} sore eyes, use! Thompson's Eye Water DEFIANCE STARCH never attach to the from W. N. 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The many and varied symptoms of woman's peculiar ailments are fully set forth in Plain English in the People's Medical Advisor (1008 pages), a newly revised and up-to-date Edition of which, cloth-bound, will be mailed free on receipt of 31 one-cent stamps to pay cost of mailing only. Address as above. Sure cure and positive preventive, no matter how horses at any age are infected or poliomonas germs from the body. Sure Diatomens in Dogs and Sheep and Cholera in Poultry. Largest selling live stock remedy. Cures La Gripe from human beings. Show to your druggist, who will get it for you. Free Booklet, "Diatomem, Cause and Cures." Special agents wanted. SPOHN MEDICAL CO., Chemists and GOSHEN, IND., U. S. A. W·L·DOUGLAS $3.00 $3.50 & $4.00 SHOES THE LARGEST MANUFACTURER OF MEN'S FINE Shoes IN THE WORLD Wear W. L. Douglas comfortable, easy-walking shoes. They are made upon honor, of the best leather, by the most skilled workmen, in all the latest fashions. Shoes in every style and shape to suit men in all walks of life. If you could take out into my large factories at Brockton, Mass., and show you how carefully W. L. Douglas shoes are made, you would then understand why they hold their shape, fit better, wear longer and are of greater value than any other make. CAUTION.—See that W. L. Douglas name and the retail price is samped on the bottom. Take No Substitute. BOY'S SHOE $2.00 & $2.50 Wherever you live, W. L. Douglas shoes are within your reach. If your dealer cannot fit you, write for Mail Order Catalog, W. L. Douglas, Brockton, Mass. Have Heat Brought To You When your bed-room, bath-room or dining room is chilly, you may have heat brought to you in just the degree you desire. It is easy when you have a PERFECTION Oil Heater (Equipped with Smokeless Devices) available. Place the heater where the cold is most annoying, strike a match. and, above all, no smoke. The Smokeless Device only prevents smoke. 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In selecting a baking powder, therefore, care should be exercised to purchase one that retains its original strength and always remains the same, thus making the food sweet and wholesome and producing sufficient leavening gas to make the baking light. One of this leavening gas is produced by the cheap baking powders, making it necessary to use double the quantity ordinarily required to secure good results. In using Calumet Baking Powder you are bound to have uniform bread, cake or biscuits, as Calumet does not contain any cheap, useless or adulterating ingredients so commonly used to increase the weight. Further, it produces pure, wholesome food and is a baking powder of rare merit; therefore, is recommended leading phytochemical compounds, common pure food laws, both STATE and NATIONAL. The goods are moderate in price, and any lady purchasing Calumet from her grocer, if not satisfied with it can return it and have her money refunded. Disapproval. "What makes those two women turn up their noses at each other so superciliously?" "Possibly," replied Miss Cayenne, "each got a glimpse of the current novel the other was reading." Some people suffer continually with tired, aching and swollen feet. Little do they know how soothing is Hammins Wizard Oil. Rub it in at night and have thankful, happy feet in the morning. Of course it was an old bachelor who said that love was hatched in an incubator and raised in an insane asylum. Lewis' Single Binder cigar. Original in Tin Foil Smoker Package. Take no substitute. It's easy for a woman to paint a pretty face—if she has one. SPOHN'S DISTEMPER CURE BOWLING D J. CHAWFORD No. 125 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Mo. (Use address nearest you.) (2) A BOY'S SHOES $2.00 & $2.50 ATTACKS BALLINGER B16 PARADES ENDED| ; | - THE WICHITA + | ee Oe aisha iicia cleat ainnienimoeuiniesaiinece One of the Oldest and Best Negro Newspapers In the west Selec ESTABLSHED 1N 1898 Published Every week Fresh, Reliable Race News se es Conservative in policy Firm in defens >f our race ns SY ES LP ea 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 questions- ble items are found in the columns of the Searchlight . ‘ a We make no “ grand-stand plays” but maintaia one even, sane, reliable and solid course in our work of © vace up-lift ” in dealing with those vital race iesues- “ 4 eee ee ae 1 J F YO U are in any-wise interested in the Ne- gro raceandin aiding in help solving the great questions which to-day confront the Ameri- can Negro—we solicit your subscription, your patron. age, to the Searchlight in our effort for the highest intellectual, christian, moral, financial and physical standard for our race. Your patronage solicited. RE aS lene rae ahaa ora TO-DAY is the day TO SUBSCRIBE. Our next issue may contain some infor- mation or news item of Vital Interest to you. Our sub- scription rate-one 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. GOOD MONEY can be realized by the right persons as Agents and Correspondents of the Searchlight. i aera SENATOR LA FOLLETTE’S MAGA: ZINE DEMANDS REMOVAL OF SECRETARY OF INTERIOR. AGAINST ROOSEVELT POLICIES Charge Made That Department Head Makes War on Reclamation Projects While President is Making Promises to Support Tham. Madison, Wis. Oct. 8.—‘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 great- est of the Roosevelt policies. Not re clamation by “big business,” but re- clamation by the people and for the people. In seven years the reclamation ser- vice of the national government has ‘Teclaimed 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 ef their reclamation. There was no graft, no “rakeoft” for “big business.” Just the people redeeming the deserts for themselves, with their own capital. In August came the Irrigation Con- gress at Spokane. The secretary of the interior was there. The burden of his message was that the Roosevelt policy of government irrigation wae practically at an end. Meanwhile the president proclaims loyalty te the Roosevelt policies. To the Irrigation Congress he sent a telegram pledging loyalty to trrigation. ‘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 re- assuring the people of his loyalty to these policies, Chief of these official malefactors is Secretary Ballinger. While the presi- dent is pledging loyalty to the Roose velt policies Ballinger 1s overturning those policies wherever he has power. While the president {s making promis- es Ballinger is making war. Let the conflict cease. Let us have a seere- tary of the interlor whose administra tion will comport with the public declarations of the president. If Bal- linger 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 rail- road, was held up in his store by three men, two white and one negro, who robbed him of $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 be- lieved they intended to murder him and throw his body into the lake and in resisting he was shot in the fore- head 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 it he attempted to free himself, ‘The robbers walked up the track to- ward 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 wourd *% said to be dangerous, ‘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 wer before collected in a singlo month. The duties collected in Sep- tember last amounted to $265,106, while the previous high record for September 1901 was $163,547. Immigration Commissioner Out. Washington, Oct. 3.—As 4 result of charges filed against him, Daniel ... Davies, commissioner of immigration at Chicago has been suspended from duty. The {mmigration authorities here refuse to disclose the nature of the charges. Mr, Davies has been furnished with a copy of them and it 4s expected he will make a reply. ect cee eee Teachers at Topeka in November. Topeka, Oct. 3.—The annual meet- ing of the Kansas Teachers’ assocla- tion will be held November 4 and § this year, instead of during the Christ- mas holidays. A larger crowd than usual is expected and the committee in charge has prepared an elaborate program. Address all communications t- ie ae 1 7 “E>, W.N, MILLEER,Editor 634 N. Water St., Wichita, The Week's Business Failures. New York, Oct. 3—Business fafl- ures in the United States for the week ended September 30 were 195 as against 171 last week and 225 in the Mke week of 1908, A Nebraskan Killed in Emporia. Emporia, Kan., Oct. 3.—Arthur Bar- Tous, a stockman of Jensen, Neb., was hit by a freight engine and killed in te Besta Fe yards here HUDSON-FULTON CELEBRATION AT NEW YORK GLOSES WITH ~ SECOND NAVAL PARADE. A PILGRIMAGE TO NEWBURGH Peary's Arctic Vessel, the Roosevelt, Was a Feature of the Display— Clermont and Half Moon Led the Ships Up the Hudson. Newburgh, N. ¥., 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 8. Bullock, the Rob- ert Fulton of the present Clermont; and Representatives from The Nether- lands 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. ¥., 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 “saw- pit” engine, she presented a figure but little less curfous 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 unosten- tatiously not far from where the Cler mont and Half Moon were lying. Com: mander Peary came ashore and re turned 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 cres- cent stern, the spreading spars and broad orange ensign of his catayel, the Half Moon. With her and her companion, the Clermont, have de- parted the symbolism and the life of the Hudson-Fulton celebration. They left New York as types and impersona- tions; 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 gun- boats and naval auxiliaries, had pre- ceded them, and the only ships of war in the line were the destroyer Worden and the six torpedo boats which fol lowed her at 100 yards intervals. Behind them came a 15 mile string of Hudson river and Long Sound lin- ers, among the largest iuland water passenger ships in the world, con- yerted for the day into excursion steamers. They were as crowded as on the day of the first xaval parade and all the way up tke river they passed between long files of sight seers ashore. LIPTON WOULD RACE AGAIN Willing to Make Another Attempt For America’s Cup Under Uni- versal Rules. London, Oct. 3—Sir Thomas Lip- ton, who will sail this month for New York said in an interview that his position fn regard to a further attempt to lift the American cup had not changed. The exact date of his de- parture for New York has not been fixed. “I am always ready,” sata Sir Thom- as, “to challenge wiu any size boat they like and under the so-called uni- versal 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 Unt- versal rules if good enough for all other races, ought to be good enough for this.” German Arm.tricans In Convention. Cincinnati, Oct. 3.—The biennial convention of the National German- American alliance opened here to-day, with Dr. C. J, Hexamer of Philadel- phia, 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 300. To-morrow the National German day will be celebrated in Music ba! and Gov. ‘Harmon will formualiy welcome the delegates to the city. Grand Jury Investigates Graft, Oklahoma City, Ok. Oct. 3—The svand jury has convened for the pur Pose of investigating alleged graft cases in which mayor Scales has charged Chief of Pcie) Hubatka and others with inccmpetency and graft in Dootlegging !.quors, : 833 CLT Official SE Directory Knights & Daughtere OF TA\RBOR KANSAS—NEBRAS4. JURISDICTION KNIGHTS AND DAUGHTERS @F : TABOR. REV. FRANK WILGON, C. @. M. ‘Taborian Home, R. F. D. No. 8, Topeka, Kansas. MRS. EMMA GAINES, C. @. P. ‘1170 Filmore avenue, Topeka, Kas. A. W. HOPKINS. C.G.S.’ 321 Dakota, Leavenworth, Kans. MRS SARAH FORBES, C. G. R. 717 “C" St, Lincoln, Neb. WM. CORE, C. G. T. 1210 Lane, Topeka, Kans. MRS. BESSIE HALL, G. Q. My 460 Horton. Ft. Scott, Kans. ©. M. JONHSON, G. P. P, 1832 N 23rd, Omaha, Neb. MRS. PAULINE WOODFORD, C. G. PR. 823 Freeman, K. C., Kan. REV. M. WOOTEN, C. G. 0. 416 B. 8rd, Ft. Scott, Kans. —_—— OFFICIAL ORGAN—The Wichita Searchlight, W. N. Miller, Editor, 684 N. Water St, Wichita, Kan, NOTICE TABORS. If your Tabernacle, Temple or Tent 8 not in this Directory, or if there is -ny error,. please notify me at once. W. N. MILLER, Editor. TABERNACLES. Chief Preseptresses. 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. 18 St. Maria, Omaha, Neb., Mrs, C. Wade, 22 N. 16th. 20 Maria, Ft. Scott, Kan. Mrs. P. Johnson, 501 Hyman. 24 Charity Rose, Coffeyville, Kan. Mrs. A. Garner, 704 E. 12th, 28 Modern, Parsons, Kan., Mrs. A Ray, 1412 BE. Clark. 29 Crystal, Leavenworth, Kan., Mrs L, Woods, 935 Cherokee. 30 Vietcria, Leavenworth, Kan., Mrs La 14 Fifth, 32 Emma Gaines, B. “te, Mont., Mrs. Saline Easter, 334 Dakota St. (rear), 84 Wichita, Wichita, Kan., Mrs. Sally Fall, 1024 Ohio. 35 Golden Rule, S. Omaha, Neb., Mrs S. Jones, 819 N. 27th, 87 Eutevator, Atchison, Kan., Mrs. M Gosby, 108 N. 3rd. 38 Covenant, We'r, Kan., Mrs. L. F ‘Taylor, Box 1174. 39 Deborah, Abeline, Kan., Mrs, A Gibson, 411 S. 1st. 52 Mt. Maria, Lawrence, Kan., Mrs. J Ware, 807 N. Y. 63 Fair West, K. C., Kan. Mrs. R Saunders, 734 N. J. 77 Pearly Rose, Topeka, Kan., Mrs. 8 O'Brien, 1180 Buchanan. 85 Magadalene, Topeka, Kan., Mrs. F 92 St. Annis, Lincoln, Neb., Mrg. 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, Kau., Mrs ——Sylvia Brown, 803 E, 11th St. TEMPLES. Chief Mentors Number 1 A. H. Richaifson, Weir, Kar M, Burns, Box 31. 3 RH. Cane, Atchison, Kan., Wm. Cook, 215 . Kearney. 4 Evening Sta& Omaha, Neb., S. R. Jackson, caf Frye Shoe Store. 5 St. Luke, N. Topeka, Kan, J. Walker, 1220)W. Norris. 7 Mt. Nebo, Wicilita, Kan., Rev. S. 3. Washi 1524 N. Wash- . MeKinnls, 7 sherman. @ Mt Horeb, Leavénworth, Kan., J. & St. Peters, Ft Weott, Kan, A. J. = Taborian, Wichita, Kan, Wm. Fra zier, 708 N. Water. 12 Moses Dickson, Parsons, Kan Wm. Shakespear, 1112 Main. 15 Silver Leaf, Salina, Kan., J. C. Brown, 246 S, Phillips. 17 Golden Gate, Coffeyvilte, Kan, Rev. A. Garner, 704 B 12th, 19 Mt. Tabor, Lawrence, Kan., J. B. Hughes, 1220 N. J. 22 Barak, Oswego, Kan., L. R. Wilson, 24 Jas. Bedford, Cherryvale, Kan., Rev. J. W. Warren, 218 . 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. 8, Grant, 1813 W. 6th. TENTS. Queen Mothers. Number. 1 Golden Leaf, Leavenworth, Kan, Mrs. L. Hardin, 900 Fifth 2 Frank Wilson, Ft. Scott, Kan., Mrs. F. Goodall, 610 Barbee. 3 Mary B. Dickson, Lincoln, Neb., Mrs. L. Weaver, 1125 Saratoga. 5 Moses Dickson, Wichita, Kan., Mrs. B. Davis, 1185 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, Kau, Mrs. M. B. Holt, 517 W. Main. 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, 28 Clinging Rose, Lawrence, Kan., Mrs. A. King, 722 N. Y. 25 Silver Star, Parsons, Kan., Mrs. 1. Porter, 2017 Morton. 28 20th Century, Parsons, Kan., Mrs. E. A. Tigges, 2314 Morgan. 36—Pride of Topeka, Nanle Marshall, 900 N. Topeka avenue. 45 Orange Rose, K. C., Kan., Mrs. © 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 @ Vision of Magnificence, The sky line of New York is are changing. So, too, the night “uehts shift and grow in wonderful magnif- cence, creeping continually further up- ward toward tho stars, until the lower city, grouped around the Singer tower, has become a veritable Chimborazo of glitter and glow, The little lamps thet mark tie dark wharves barely show. Above tiem the scant candles of the older clty twinkle here and there, but not enough to mar the dark foreground beyond which come the palaces more goregous than any ever coaxed from Geni! land by slaves of Aladdin's lamp. From the platform towers of the great bridge the picture sets to the best ad- vantage. It begins with the sinking sun. The murky view beyond the bay betcomes dull and dark. The torch in Liberty's hand suddenly gleams star Mike in the night and then, Ike the twinkling in a kalefdoscope, the pal aces begin to glitter in the gloom. ‘There is no vision like it elsewhere tm the world, yet only now and then does & bridge pedestrian pause in his hur rled walk to > spectacle a mo- mente usual New York. er splendor of his ‘ength of Money. consider the ameunt of ear to which a bank note 1s - 2d, we ought to be able to realize its physical strength. Ih a re- cent experiment sheets were drawn at random from piles of paper weigh- Ing 14 pounds to the ream. Each sheet was halved and weighed, and each half was folded double when tested. One, offering 61 square inch en, stood a strain of 100 pounds. The same-sized sheet, 16 pounds to the team, 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 13 pounds to the square inch, and a transverse strain of 4% pounds, Pretty nearly as toughas shoe leather,