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YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY TRADING WITH THE MERCHANTS WHO ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER Not A Penny Paid Negroes In Salary In Sedgwick County Not A Colored Person Holds Any County Position Either Election Or Appointive County Pays Nearly $100,000 In Salaries Who To Blame For This? ELEVENTH YEAR Not A Per Negroes In Sedgw Not A Colored P County Position tion Or A County Pays Ne Salaries Who To Sedgwick County stands third in the list of counties in Kansas in point of population and also stands third among the counties in point of colored people who live in this county. The tax payers of Sedgwick county pay the enormous sum of nearly one hundred Thousand ($100.000) dollars per year to its officers in salaries and fees- yet out of this vast sum being paid each year by the farmers, the merchants, the laborers, the manufactures and all other class of citizen to the officers who transact the county business, not one penny is paid to any colored man or woman for salary. Not withstanding the fact that the present county officials have drawn tight the color line and there is not now a colored person on the county pay-roll-yet it is a fact that the colored people of this county pay quite a considerable sum each year into the county treasury as taxes. From this point of view, it is certainly unfair that county officers with fat salaries themselves should be permitted to draw the line against a class of the citizens of this county, simply because that class of citizens should be of the black race. While these county officers refuse to employ Negroes- even those who pay taxes to help support the county these same officials have more than one man or woman on the county pay roll who pay no taxes in this county whatever. In all candor we ask—is this fair? We do not believe these county officers who have drawn the color line so tight in this county, voice the sentiment of the majority of the rank and file of the fair minded citizens of Sedgwick county. We believe that the people of this county believe in fair-play— to all the citizens—regardless to color and we believe that should this matter ever be brought fairly and squarely before the people as a whole—they would not give their approval to the discriminatory practices of present county officers. We do not speak from a political point in this regard—but as a citizen. A little personal investigation into this color question convince us beyond a doubt that the main objection lies more with the county officers and his political henchmen than with his constituency. The average man has a broader view of fair-play in public affairs than that being now shown by Sedgwick County's present officials. For the satisfaction of all and to give an insight into the enormity of the money paid by this county in salaries we gleamed the following figures from the books in the County Clerk's office—Register of Deeds per year about $5400.00 Register Deeds per year 3000.00 Com. of Poor , , , 800.00 Coroner , , , 360.00 Supt. poor Farm , , , 600.00 Co. Supt School , , , 1800.00 Co. Engineer , , , new 1200.00 Co. Assrssor , , , 1200.00 4 Deputy Assessors , , , 2880.00 Night watch , , , 600.00 Custodian , , , 600.00 4 Janitors , , , 1920.00 Engineer Bldg , , , 900.00 Co. Physician , , , 1500.00 Co. Surveyor , , , 1500.00 Co Surveyor office man 600.00 Telephone girl , , , 360.00 Co. Auditor , , , 1200.00 Towel Supply woman 180.00 County Atty , , , 2500.00 Deputy Co. Atty , , , 1200.00 30300.00 Judge District Court $3000.00 Court Stenographer per year 1200.00 JANUARY 15th 1910. Court Bailiff per year 720.00 Jury Bailig , , , 720.00 Clerk Dist Court , , , 5000.00 Judge City Court , , , 1500.00 Clerk City Court , , , 960.00 Deputy Clerk City Court 420.00 Marshall City Court , , , 900.00 Deputy Marshall , , , 600.30 Sheriff about , , , 7200.00 UnderSheriff , , , 960.00 Jailer , , , 840.00 Two Guards , , , 1008.00 County Treasurer , , , 3000.00 Co Tres. Help hire , , , 3500.00 County Clerk , , , 2400.00 Co. Clerk Help hire , , , 2880.00 3 County Com. , , , abt. 3600.00 Probate Court , , , 6000.00 Juvenile Officer , , , 800.00 44200.00 Stenographer Co. Attorney per year 600.00 Jury Fees per year 9000.00 9600.00 30300.00 43200.00 8410000 We do not believe that the people of Sedgwick county are so biased and prejudiced that they require that the colored people of this county should be entirely shut off from any and all recognition in this county. There can be no excuse on the part of the officers that no colored man or woman can be found capable to fill the offices—for it is a well known fact that colored men or woman can be produced in this county capable and competent so fill most any office. The attitude of the present county officers is a shame and disgrace to the people of this county and forces their constituents to be held up for public ridicule. We make no effort to place the blame for this inexeusable condition on any political party—we here have given the figures and stated the facts and leave it to our readers to place the blame for it on whom it belongs. M. E. Price and wife gave an oppossum supper at their residence 1420 N. Mosley during the holidays in honor of their friends Geo, Shain and wife; A. M. Morris and wife; T. Tasco and wife; P. Lockridge and wife; F. Dixson and wife; J. C. Coffee and wife; Mesdames Mary Moore. Martha Helm, J. Baker, A. M. Morris jr Wm, Shain and M. Young. All had splendid fine time. An Oppossum Supper PUBLIC PARASITES Every once in a while some lit tle slip-shod, two by four, dandy, band-bcx Negro who, between naps, have rubbed his head against some college wall and calls himself"edicated" slips into Wichita between two suns. Upon his arrival, one to think that the advance agent of some "hum-bug" circus had arrived or the "clown man" of some "hippi-drone" show. But not so—this speckle hendude's mission is to use his "by-wits" experimenting on the people of this city in an exaction to extract from the people their coin. As soon as these "butter-fly willies" know Main Street from Douglas Ave. they proceed to the procedure to take the place of King Dido. While they 'drop' into Wichita to eke out a living at the painful expense of the colored people of this city—yet they soon get to that point of stability(?) that they have noting a Negro can do them—save of course—give them the coin. They desire to be like "de whi' folks". We have seen such before—the soon skidoo. In this age of the world--the demaad is race men and women. No matter in what avenue of labor. The Negro race has a just reason to demand Negro businesses and profesional men who by their practice and daily example prove that they believe there is some good to be found in some members of the race. Those Negroes in a business and ptfosessional fields who desire so much to be the white man's associate should be boycotted by the Negro and given an opportunity to depend on the white man for their patronage. The truth of the matter is that the white man does not need them in his business—and the Negro should not either. CHERRYVILE KANSAS Helping Hand Tabernacle is doing fairly well under the leadership of our worthy H. P. Dtr. Saddie Campbell. Rev. J. H. VanLeu of Wichita filled the pulpit at the Baptist Church Sunday. Mrs. Francis Wheatorn was called to Kansas City to attend at the bed side of her daughter, Mrs. Bertha Richardson. Mrs. Susie Morgan is reported much better. Some Inconsisteneies One oftimes hears some colored person make the assertion "Why don't some colored person open this or that kind of business to give employment to colored boys and girls? This is a good kought but listen. How can a colored man run a grocery store or drug store if the majority of the colored people walk right past his door and give their trade to his white competitor? How can a colored doctor maintain an office, support hlmself and family and keep abreast of the medicine science- if when the colored people have the colic they call in a white doctor and pay him? How can a colored man open and run a meat market, a dry good store or any other business when his own folks refuse to patronize him. How can a Negro run and pudlish a Negro Newspaper and buy job type and pay printers to print the church, social and general race news when our Negro preachers, N gro doctors and other "big" Negroes flood the white man's print shop with all their work? Yet the Negro preacher will get up before his audience on Sunday and tell of the love which he has for God and his race and tell all about how deeply he is a man-raise a collection from his Negro hearers and get up early Monday morning and go to the white man's print shop and pay for his week's printing such "inconsistencies." The Negro doctor, lawyer, preacher, & Negro business and professional men should set an example for the other members of the race to follow- if they expect- which each of them do- that the race should patronize them and attend their churches etc: etc they should see to it that some Negro should do their work. We are proud of the fact that there are not many of these inconsistent would be- race men in Wichita and we believe that the sooner these few are shown up to the public the better it would be for all others. Most of the colored preachers and business men of Wichita practice what they preach and patronize race enterprises. How much more pleasant it would be if they all would do the same? The white man, especially the printers- have all they can do for their own people and would not at all feel it if the Negroes would keep their printing in the race. We are investigating NO.42 those "inconsistencies" and expect to be able to say more and in a more exact tone in the near future. Let us all bend our best effort to build up good churches maintain good doctors, run dry good stores and maintain a good press. We are willing to reciproate—are you? Then, again, how can a Negro who is depending on a Negro public for his owu support and existence—whether he be a doctor, a lawyer, a preacher, a grocer man, a printer or newspaper man—how can he find any plansible excuse for not pationizing his race? His very example gives other members of the race good excuses for not patronizing them—thus they are the losers. There are few Negroes in a business or profession line who have the numerical or financial backing to enable him to have to have about him all the conveniences appliances and trade implements which the white man in a like business or profession can and does have—and if the race withholds their patronage from them on this account- how can they ever expect to be able to acquire them? The race—as well the preacher, business and professional Negro must learn to bear with each other, patronize and enconrage each other to the end that our men who venture in these pursuits for the benefit of the race may be enabled to equip themselves as others. By giving our support financially and otherwise to our preachers we make better equip themselves and make better pastors, by the patronizing and paying our doctors and lawyers we encourage them to become better qualified to meet our physical and legal demands, by trading with our druggist and grocer, we enable them to keep better and fresher stock of merchandise for our consuming, and in giving our printing to our Negro printer we enable him to buy new and np-to date types for our job work. By subscribing for our Negro newspapers we enable them to give us more and tresher news items—and so it goes—one helping the other on down the line. And as each of these prosper it will open employment to our boys and to girls will do far more in solving the race problem than all the empty theorizing ever produced. Let each member of the race—ask himself the question "Am I paeronizing my race enterprises A CEMENT MERGER PLANNED GEORGE E. NICHOLSON IS BACK OF THE NEGOTIATIONS The "Nicholson Plants" Will First be Absorbed Then Independent Mills in Several States Added. Kansas City, Missouri—Negotiations are in progress for the biggest cement merger in the history of the west. The present plans embrace, first, the merger of what are known as the "Nicholson plants." These plants are in Kansas, Texas, Tennessee and Iowa. There are two plants in Iola, known as the Kansas Portland and the Iola Portland; a plant at Dallas, Tex., a branch of the Iola Portland at Iola; one at South Pittsburg, Tenn., known as the Dixie Portland; one at Des Moines, Iowa, known as the Iowa Portland, and plants at Independence and Neodesha, Kan. The Nicholson interests effected a merger a few years ago of the Kansas Portland plant at Iola and plants at Neodesha and Independence, Kan., and at that time George E. Nicholson obtained a controlling interest in the Iola Portland at Iola and its allied plant at Dallas, Tex. After the merging of the strictly Nicholson plants the intention, it is learned, is to merge with this concern other important mills in Kansas and Oklahoma. Recently engineers have appraised plants at Iola, Mildred, Carlyle, Humboldt, Neodesha and Independence, Kan., and at Ada and Bartiesville, Ok. It is believed these plants at least, and perhaps others, will be included in the merger when it is concluded. Most of them are plants that have been built since the Nicholson plants were established, and the stock is held largely in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. SEGREGATE NEGRO CHILDREN Kansas Supreme Court Holds That They Must Attend School Provided for Them. Topeka, Kansas.—The Kansas supreme court has denied the petition of D. A. Williams, a negro, for a writ of mandamus to compel the Parsons board of education to allow his children to attend a school exclusively for white children. The Williams home is across the railroad tracks from the school set apart for negroes and Williams tried to send his children to the school for white pupils, as it would not be so dangerous. He contended that the board of education had no right to segregate white and negro children. The court held that crossing the tracks was not particularly dangerous and that the board of education had a right to segregate the children. To Arrest Kansas Druggists. Topeka, Kansas.—The state board of health has ordered 19 prosecutions of druggists and physicians who operate drug stores or dispensaries. The charge is adulteration of drugs. The board has sent out notices that druggists were not compounding drugs according to the standards prescribed by the regulations of the department. Secretary Knox's Plan is Rejected. Topio, Japan.—No doubt may be entertained concerning Japan's attitude toward the American plan to neutralize the Manchurian railways. Secretary Knox's proposition has not called forth a word of favor from any source in Japan. The diplomats here, while disinclined to express opinions, certainly do not support the project. Plot Against King Manuel. Lisbon.-E. Imparcial states that the police have discovered a republican plot against the life of King Manuel and that 40 suspected Republicans have been arrested, some of whom are believed to have been implicated in the assassination of King Carlos. The paper declares that more arrests are imminent. Missouri Democrats in Conference. Kansas City, Mo.-Missouri Democrats to the number of 1,000 held an all-day conference at Convention hall in this city. Mayor Crittenden welcomed the delegates and addresses were made by ex-Gov. Folk, Senator Stone, Champ Clark and other leaders. The keynote of all the speeches was harmony. May Distribute Coal Cars. Washington, D. C.-The Supreme Court of the United States decided the various cases before it involving the power of the Interstate Commerce commission to regulate the distribution of railroad cars among coal companies, upholding the commission's power, but deciding the various cases on their individual merits. A Kansan Killed in Texas. Garnett, Kansas.—Ralph Everline of this city was killed in a railroad accident in Texas. An older brother was killed in a similar way several years ago. Everline left a family and a mother and two sisters here. Great Year for Immigrants. New York, N. Y.—More immigrants arrived in America in 1909 than in any previous year, according to W. C. Moore, landing agent at Ellis Island. About 775,000 steerage passengers entered New York last year. Weeds Cost a Road $32,200 New York, N. Y.—For failing to cut the weeds, brush and grass along the company's right of way in Smithtown, L. I., a jury in Suffolk county has rendered a verdict of $32,200 against the Long Island railroad. NATIONAL PROSPERITY STRIKE LOCKOUT ROAD TO TROUBLE CHICAGO TRIDUNE FOR A MEXICAN PROTECTORATE PRESIDENT DIAZ IS CHARGED WITH THAT AMBITION. He is Planning Intervention in Nicaragua With That End in View—Zelaya is Urging it. City of Mexico.—That President Diaz meant to establish a Mexican protectorate over Central America and may yet attempt it, and that his action in the Nicaraguan affair was the first step toward this proposed end, is now believed. The reason Senior Creel's mission to Washington proved a failure was that knowledge of the plans of Mexico's chief was in the hands of the United States government at the time Creel was dispatched. According to high authorities here Mexico is planning intervention in the Nicaraguan crisis, and has in view a scheme for the eventual absorption of all Central America under an election calling for union with Mexico. Zelaya is asserted to be now urging this scheme upon President Diaz and is said to be backed by the most powerful secret cabal in the history of Central America politics. The enmity of Diaz for Cabrera of Guatemala, and the chance the union would afford for Cabrera's election is said to form the lever which Nicaragua's ex-leader is using. THE REV. STUCKEY IS GUILTY A Jury Decides That He Induced a 16-Year-Old Girl in His Congregation to Go Away With Him. Ottawa, Kansas.—W. M. Stuckey, the ex-Williamsburg minister and editor, was found guilty in the district court on both counts of the charge of abducting Lorena Sutherland, the 16-year-old girl member of his congregation. One count charges abduction for immoral purposes. The other count couples a charge of "white slavery" intentions. It was just 20 minutes from the time the jury left the courtroom until it was announced at the door of the jury room that its verdict had been reached. The progress of another trial in the courtroom delayed the rendering of the verdict ten minutes. Two ballots were taken, the first standing 11 to 1 for conviction on both counts. The penalty is one to five years on each count. Webb City, Mo. Marshal D Webb City, Missouri—Joseph H. McNeill, city marshal of this city, has been deposed from office by the city council because of misconduct in his official capacity. Fifty-seven charges were included in the impeachment proceedings. It is alleged that he has been misappropriating the city's funds he collected as fines, releasing prisoners without authority, neglecting to arrest persons known to be guilty of violating the law and to neglecting to serve warrants. Cuba Pleased Dickinson. Havana, Cuba.-The secretary of war, Joseph Dickinson, was entertained by President Gomez at a typical Cuban breakfast at his sugar estate near Havana. The secretary was escorted aboard the yacht Mayflower by the members of the cabinet and other government officials. He expressed himself as greatly pleased with his visit to Cuba. New Missouri and Kansas Postmasters Washington, D. C.-These post-office appointments were sent to the senate: Grenola, Kan., W. A. Mann; Louisburg, Kan., George V. McElseny; Nevada, Mo., Oliver W. Neff; Sheldon, Mo., A. Z. Peck. To Inspect the Federal Prison Impact the Federal Prison Washington, D. C.—Robert Ladow, government inspector of prisons, told Representative D. R. Anthony that he will start West this week to inspect the United States penitentiary at Leavenworth. WHOLESALE KANSAS HOLD-UPS At Breezy H ill Crawford County One Man Was Killed and Two Injured by Robbers. Pittsburg, Kansas.—One man is dead, one seriously injured, and a third badly beaten as the result of a visit to Breezy Hill, a small village eight miles south of here. George Smith is dead, and Frank Ansline was shot and Mat Zappi badly beaten. Two highwaymen entered the meeting hall of the town, and, drawing revolvers, ordered several men in the place to hold up their hands. They complied and the robbers were searching them when Smith entered. The thugs ordered him to put up his hands, but he thought a joke was being played and advanced toward them. He was shot dead. The two men then left the store and started down the road. Three men were approaching and the robbers turned on them, shooting Anline. They ran down the road, meeting Mat Zeppi who had been attracted by the shots. As he starred to draw a revolver the thugs beat him, leaving him in a semi-conscious condition. Under Sheriff L. A. Walsh arrested two suspects, and said a third arrest will be made before night. POSTAL REVENUE ENORMOUS Figures for the Last Fiscal Year Given in First Assistant Postmaster General's Report. Washington, D. C.—According to the annual report of C. P. Grandfield, first assistant postmaster general, just made public, the gross revenue of the postal service for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1909, reached the enormous total of $203,562,383, an increase of $12,083,720, or 6.31 per cent over the preceding year. The increase in the number of presidential postoffices was 356. In his recommendations Mr. Granfield urges better compensation for supervisory employees, a 30 day's leave of absence with pay each year for all employees in first and second class offices, and a retirement fund for superannuated employees. To Investigate Cost of Living Washington, D. C.—Representative Adair introduced a joint resolution authorizing the president of the senate and the speaker of the house to appoint a committee of three senators and five members of the house to investigate the alleged high cost of living in this country, which is declared to be "out of proportion to the increase in wages, causing great hardship to those who work for fixed salaries." Corporation Bill Disliked. Washington, D. C.—Progressives, particularly on the senate side, are very much concerned about the new federal incorporation bill. It was prepared by George W. Wickersham, attorney general. Their fear is that the bill will be more helpful to law breaking corporations than to the public. May Settle Harriman Merger Suits. The State Harriman Merger Suite- Washington, D. C.-Negotiations have been started looking to a settlement out of court of the government's suit for the dissolution of the merger of the Harriman lines, brought under the provisions of the Sherman anti- trust law. Arbitrate Switchmen's Strike Chicago, Illinois—Members of the Switchmen's union, representing the western railroads, agreed with the General Managers' association to submit their requests for advanced wages and change in hours to arbitration under the Erdman law. Holds Kansas Druggist Liable Topeka, Kansas.—The Kansas supreme court has held that a druggist is liable for damages in a case where a man died from drinking alcohol purchased at his store. KANSAS FARMERS' INSTITUTES Four Circuits for First Winter Series Announced by the State Agricultural College. Manhattan, Kansas.—Four circuits of farmers' institutes for the first winter series have been announced by the Kansas State Agricultural college to begin January 17. The dates fo low: Circuit No. 1—Meriden, January 17; Nortonville, 18; Valley Falls, 19; Winchester, 20; McLauth, 21; Piper or White Church, 22. Speakers, C. V. Holsinger, Kansas State Agricultural college, and R. V. Hicks, editor Poultry Culture. Circuit No. 2—Whiting, January 17; Horton, 18; Powhattan, 19; Hiawatha, 20-21; Morrill, 22. Speakers, P. E. Crabtree and W. S. Gearhart, Kansas State Agricultural college. Circuit No. 3—Lucas, January 18; Waido, 19; Natoma, 20; Plainville, 21; Morland, 22. Speakers, Miss Frances Brown, Kansas State Agricultural college, and H. T. Nielsen, United States department of agriculture. Circuit No. 4—Lacrosse, January 17-18; Ransom, 19; Utica, 20; Leol, 21-22. Speakers, G. C. Wheeler, Kansas State Agricultural college, and T. J. Davis of Gray county. THEY NEED NOT PAY THE TRUSTS Oklahoma Anti-Trust Laws are Such That Debts Due Combinations are Not Collectable. Guthrie, Oklahoma.—Under the antitrust laws enacted by the Oklahoma territorial legislature in 1903, a citizen who contracts either inside or outside the state with a person or firm engaged in business in violation of this law may refuse payment on the goods purchased under the contract and the selling company will have no redress. C. L. Wagner of Kngfisher bought a carload of harvesting machinery from the Minnie Harvester company of St. Paul and as part payment gave his note for $395, which he afterwards refused to pay, alleging that the company was in the harvester trust. He won his case in court. TO PROSECUTE ALLEGED TRUST Kansas City Fruit and Produce Exchange Men Must Stand Trial on Indictments. Kansas City, Mo.—"The prosecution of the alleged food trust is not to be dropped; more than that, it will be pushed with vigor." This statement was made by Virgil Conkling, prosecuting attorney, after a conference with Charles Marston, secretary of the Kansas City Fruit & Produce exchange. The officers and directors of this organization were indicted two weeks ago by the grand jury, on the charge that the exchange was a combine for the purpose of controlling prices of foodstuffs in Kansas City. To Test the Income Tax. Cleveland, Ohio—Suit to test the constitutionality of the federal income tax upon corporations was begun in the United States circuit court here by Lewis W. Jared of Chicago. Jared sues as a stockholder in the American Multigraph Company, a $5,000,000 concern, and directs his petition against the company itself. The Missing Heiress Found. Chicago, Illinois.—Roberta DeJanon the $10,000,000 Philadelphia heiress and Frederick Cohen, the race track tout-waiter with whom she eloped December 29, were captured at 608 Superior street where she had been living since last Thursday night in a third story back room equipped for light housekeeping. A Pension for Mrs. Cleveland. Washington, D. C.—A pension of $5,000 a year is due Mrs. Grover Cleveland, according to precedent, and Senator Root presented to the senate a bill making the grant. The amount is the same as was allowed to Mrs. McKinley, Mrs. Garfield, Mrs. Polk and Mrs. Tyler, widows of presidents. Changing Inauguration Day. Washington, D. C.—The first practical step toward changing inauguration day was taken in the house when the judiciary committee unanimously reported a resolution for a constitutional amendment postponing future inaugurations to the last Thursday in April. Sedalia Railroad Shops Open. Sedalia, Missouri. — The Missouri Pacific shops have resumed operations after having been closed since December 23. Nearly 1,000 employees had an enforced Christmas vacation. During a 45-minute spectacular flight at Mourmelon, France, Hubert Latham, the French aviator, attained an altitude unofficially estimated at about $3,280 feet. Indians Decline Citizenship Washington, D. C.—Fifteen thousand full blooded members of the Creek, Chickasaw, Chotaw and Cherokee Indian tribes have joined in a petition to congress and the president asking that Citizenship be withheld from them. Prof. J. B. Ames of Harvard Dead. Cambridge, Massachusetts. — Prof. James Barr Ames, dean of the Harvard Law school and formerly chairman of the athletic committee of the university, died recently. THE ONLOOKER WILBUR D. NESBIT. Toot! Toot! BEER P. Tootles, a tutor, Instructed a tooter To tootle two toots on a flute. The tooter, T. Teeter. Would titter and teeter And chew tutti-fruiti, to boot. "Two toots," said the tooter Po Tootles, the tutor, "Are all the toots I would toot." Tut, tut!" said the tutor Addressing the tooter; "$2.02, then, to tutor to toot." The tutor then tooted Po show how 'twas fluted; T. Teeter then tooted it, too. You tatter the meter." The tutor toted Teeter And toted: "Two toots, $2.02." $2.02 to the tutor Po Teeter, the tooter; Then tooted other out for a toot. This tutor who tooted He scooted and hooted While tootling his wild $2.02 toot. Came Teeter the tooter To his tooting tutor And went on the toot with him, too. Then tittered T. Teeter: "This toot's no repeater, A $2.03-less tutor are you." The two tooters tooting At 2 were computing The .02 the toot left of $2.02. "Come, home let us toot," They sighed, "for ice water— We two need to end our toot, too." Annoying Delay. "I've got the greatest hair tonic in the world," declares the enthusiastic man. "I've got a name for it that will make everybody remember it." "That's splendid," replies the bald-headed man. "And I've got a picture of a man before he used it—an actual photo, mind you!—showing him bald as an egg, and another showing him after using it, with the finest head of hair you ever saw in your life." "That ought to help. What—" "And I've planned a series of advertisements and posters that will make the public flock to the stores to buy it." "Great! And what—" "And I've got signed testimonials from men and women famous in literature, the drama and politics." "Great! When will it be on the market?" "That's just the trouble. I don't know what to make the stuff of." Gentle Timidity "Well, I suppose you enjoyed the Christmas cheer," smiles the young man who has just been introduced to the young woman with the eyes of a startled fawn and the disposition of the shrinking gazelle. "Oh, sir!" she falters. "You should not mention Christmas!" "Shouldn't! Why!" "Oh, sir! Does not the mention of that holiday always suggest the hanging up of—of—of—" Outraged modesty could sustain her no longer. With a low moan the beautiful creature fainted. Mr. Prude's Advice. Truth, they tell us, is a maid Absolutely nude! Consequently I'm afraid She is very rude. So, my son, the shutters pull While she saunters through. Seek the Good and Beautiful—Never mind the True! Quick Action Needed "Why does Pulsifer look so utterly distracted?" asks the man with the convoluted whiskers. "You'd look distracted, too, if you were in his shoes," explains the man with the wayward nose. "They've got a new baby up at his house, and Christmas is only a few days away, and they can't decide which rich uncle the child shall be named after." Another Trust. "Marie," says the first fair young thing, "we want you to help us in our church bazar this week. We think it will be decidedly novel if you will sell kisses for five dollars apiece." Mebus Stebbit DOCTORS FAILED. RESTORED BY PERUNA. Catarrh of the Lungs Threatened Her Life. Miss Ninette Porter, Braintree, Vermont, writes: "I have been cured by Peruna. "I had several hemorrhages of the lungs. The doctors did not help me much and would never have cured me. "I saw a testimonial in a Peruna almanac of a case similar to mine, and I commenced using it. "I was not able to wait on myself when I began using it. I gained very slowly at first, but I could see that it was helping me. "After I had taken it a while I commenced to raise up a stringy, sticky substance from my lungs. This grew less and less in quantity as I continued the treatment. "I grew more fleshy than I had been for a long time, and now I call myself well." They say, "love makes the world go round." And may it never cease; Quite true, but please then don't forget, Money's the axle grease. A BURNING ERUPTION FROM HEAD TO FEET "Four years ago I suffered severely with a terrible eczema, being a mass of sores from head to feet and for six weeks confined to my bed. During that time I suffered continual torture from itching and burning. After being given up by my doctor I was advised to try Cuticura Remedies. After the first bath with Cuticura Soap and application of Cuticura Ointment I enjoyed the first good sleep during my entire illness. I also used Cuticura Resolvent and the treatment was continued for about three weeks. At the end of that time I was able to be about the house, entirely cured, and have felt no ill effects since. I would advise any person suffering from any form of skin trouble to try the Cuticura Remedies as I know what they did for me. Mrs. Edward Nenning, 1112 Salina St., Watertown, N. Y., Apr. 11, 1909." The Kind Caddie. "Once in a game," said the golfer, "I had the good fortune to be six holes up on my opponent by the time the eight hole was reached. At the eighth green something went wrong with our reckoning of the strokes and I claimed that I had won that hole, too, while my opponent claimed that it was halved. After a mild dispute I yielded. "But as I moved on with my caddle I couldn't help grumbling: "Well, you know, Joseph, I gave in; but I still think I won that hole after all." "The boy, with a frown, turned shocked and reproving eyes on me. Disgusted with my greed for holes, he whispered hurriedly, so that my opponent should not overhear: "Shut up, can't you? Do ye want to break the man's heart?" Lightning Change. "Maria, who is the spider-legged gawk that comes to see Bessie two or three times a week?" "Why, don't you know, John? That's young Mr. Welloph, the junior partner in the firm of Spotcash & Co." "Well, confound her, why doesn't she give him a little more encouragement?" On the Best Authority Miss Rogers—How did you imagine anything so beautiful as the angel in your picture? Artist—Got an engaged man to describe his fancee to me. A WOMAN DOCTOR Was Quick to See that Coffee was Doing the Mischief. A lady tells of a bad case of coffee poisoning and tells it in a way so simple and straightforward that literary skill could not improve it. "I had neuralgic headaches for 12 years," she says, "and suffered untold agony. When I first began to have them I weighed 140 pounds, but they brought me down to 110. I went to many doctors and they gave me only temporary relief. So I suffered on, till one day a woman doctor told me to use Postum. She said I looked like I was coffee poisoned. "So I began to drink Postum and I gained 15 pounds in the first few weeks and continued to gain, but not so fast as at first. My headaches began to leave me after I had used Postum about two weeks — long enough to get the coffee poison out of my system. "Since I began to use Postum I can gladly say that I never know what a neuralgic headache is like any more, and it was nothing but Postum that made me well. Before I used Postum I never went out alone; I would get bewildered and would not know which way to turn. Now I go alone and my head is as clear as a bell. My brain and nerves are stronger than they have been for years." Read the little book, "The Road to Wellyville," in pkgs. "There's a Reason." Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human THE AMERICAN HOME Wm 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 will address the priority 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. Did you ever realize that the old-fashioned parlor is disappearing? We now live all over the house. The old parlor is going and the living room is taking its place. Within the memory of most men now living the old parlor was a room sacred against the encroachment of the boys of the house and it never was entered except when the minister called or sister got married. It was used for funerals, too, or when the president of the Ladies' Aid society called. But at all other times it was like a closed vault, and unhappy the youngster who ventured to break into its sacred precincts. It was cold. There was no fire in the room. Canvas covered the furniture and on the walls were a few pictures of dead relatives and a motto or two. Now this is all going and we live all over the house. We have a living room, and anybody who calls comes into that room, and if he does not like it he can leave. But he does like it, simply because it is cheerful and homelike. It has a fireplace, and chairs are scattered about in reckless abandon. The whole room is inviting, and best of all the children do not stand in dread of it. Modern life, while demanding more convenience, tends more to ease and comfort. We hold the old things in all due respect and reverence, but the THE HOME OF THE MOTHER OF THE FAMILY fact should be remembered that each age lives in accordance with the light it has, and the old parlor was deemed by our ancestors the best that could be attained in the home. The little house shown in this connection is of the bungalow type, but you will notice that the living room is the central part of the structure. The house is 24 feet wide and 27 feet long. You enter the inviting living PORCH KITCHEN 10'0X9'0" SINK DINING RM 12'0X13'6" PANTRY 10'0X4'0" ROW 7 LIVING ROOM 22'6X12'0" PORCH 14'6X6'0" First Floor Plan room from a porch that is 14 feet, 6 inches long and 6 feet wide. The living room is 22 feet, 6 inches long and 12 feet wide. At the left near the stairway is the fireplace. There is another fireplace in the dining-room back of the living room. The dining- room is 12 feet wide and 13 feet, 6 inches long. The kitchen and pantry are con- veniently arranged. On the second floor are two bedrooms and a bath- room. This house may be built either with the conventional siding or it may be furred, stripped and plastered with cement mortar. The window frames will look well stained with a very dark stain. The bungalow, of which the plan shown is a type, is a peculiarly modern creation. The style originated in India, where many types of them are seen. Frequently there the structure is built on stilts from eight to twelve feet high to protect the occupants against wild animals and serpents. In America, however, the bungalow cannot be built too close to the ground, and, indeed, the purpose always should be to make the bungalow a harmonious part of the grounds surrounding it. Wide cemented porches are frequently laid flat on the surface, so that the indoors and the outdoors seem to join hands. Rustic basket; frequently ornament porch walls built of rough cobblestones or clinker brick. There really is no limit to the orna-mentation of the bungalow that will be in keeping with its character. Fountains may be placed, or even miniature waterfalls that will add much to the effect. The beauty and restfulness of little sun parlors caress tired nerves and make new men out BED RM. 11'0X10'0' CL CL DOWN HALL BATH 5'6X8'0' CL BED RM. 11'0X12'0' CL of old. A riotous, untrimmed garden of ferns may be added to the lawn decorations, or clambering roses, vines and wide-spreading trees. The bungalow is a tangible protest of modern life against the limitations and severities of humdrum existence. It is homey, and comes near to that ideal you have seen in the dreamy hours of night, when lying restless on your couch you have yearned for a haven of rest. The best architectural skill of the THE HOME OF THE MAYOR times is being exerted along the line of home building, and the man who builds a house to-day has the advantage of all this expert knowledge. There is every indication that during 1910 more homes will be built in America than in any other year of its history, and the moderate cost house will predominate, the sort of house that is here shown. JUDGE SATISFIED THEM ALL Rendered His Decision on Hearsay Evidence Rather Than on the Facts in the Case, However. When Judge Robert W. Tayler was on his vacation up in Canada he found himself one day in a judicial quandary that made the Cleveland street railway questions and other problems that come before him in a federal court seem as simple as extracting the square root of four. They had some aquatic events one afternoon at the hotel where the judge was staying, and before he thought he agreed to act as judge of the diving contest. When the diving began the judge realized what he was up against. There were a score or more of divers, and each man in the contest had a full blown hunch that he was about the best little diver to be found in and around that part of Canada. The judge had visions of a rapid waning of his popularity about that hotel as soon as he had announced the name of the champion diver. And the worst of it was that he didn't, know much about diving. If it had been baseball he might have acted with a greater sense of confidence in his decision. But there occurred to him a plan fraught with much taetfulness and diplomacy. He circulated among the spectators and inquired of them, one by one, who in their opinion was the best diver. After he had made a pretty thorough canvass in a quiet, casual way, he learned that the consensus of opinion held a man by the name of Smith to be the best diver there. When the judge got ready to announce his decision he looked over the memoranda, and it seemed to him that the winner was a man named Smith. He made his decision on that basis. And while there may have been some present who didn't entirely agree with him, yet the judge knew that in case of argument he had the majority with him—Cleveland Plain Dealer. --- Between Dances By SARA CONE BRYANT (Copyright, by Short Stories Co., Ltd.) Anne Gregory sat in a corner of Frau Baumgarten's library listening to the snatches of talk and musie which penetrated the heavy draperies between her retreat and the salon, and enjoying the moment's stolen respite from social duties all the more for her uncertainty as to how long it would last. Through the small gap in the portieries she caught fugitive glimpses of passing guests. One tall, square-shouldered, in the Prussian uniform, paused briefly, just in view. Two charming English girls passed, and then a second tall man's figure, in evening clothes. And then the draperies were gently pushed aside, and Mr. John Durham came quietly in through the opening. "No!" desperately, all mixed up. Jack same—nothing is the know what I think." "When will you kn I—oh, some one me go, Jack!" As he released her by him, and at the chord from the piano the opening portierie merstein came into flushed and smiled satisfaction at sight white figure. "Four diges Fraulin," he rectly toward her, her other man in his sae been a truant. Anne steadied her "You'd much better go away, Jack," the girl murmured, lazily. "Thanks, awfully," was the cheerful response, "since you are so pressing, I will stay a bit." And he proceeded to settle himself on a chair arm opposite the window-seat where Anne had curled herself up. Anne tapped her foot on the wooden edge of the window-seat; finally she laughed. Mr. Durham looked gently surprised. Then his face grew quite serious. "Do you like these Germans, Anne?" he said. "Too abstract. Make it concrete, Jackie, and I'll tell you." "Well, von Hammerstein, for instance?" "Certainly I do," promptly; "don't you?" "I don't think I know him quite as well as you do." "If you did, you would," said Anne, enthusiastically. "He is—so interesting." Out of the corner of her eye she observed that her enthusiasm awakened no response. When Jack spoke it was on another subject, though not unconnected with the former: "Pretty swell violets you have on," he said. "Made in Germany?" "What do you mean?" "I mean, am I the only man who isn't allowed to send you violets? You are wearing some to-night." "Why, Jack!—Jack, don't you see, you are the only man I know well enough to—well—to advise for his own good?" Anne's face wavered between resentment and guilty amusement; finally a reluctant smile crept toward the dimple in her left cheek, and she lifted reproachful eyes to his. "Ah, Jackie, how mean you are!" she said, in a small voice she reserved for him. "Anne!" Her heart jumped with the startle of it. The voice was no more Jack's familiar voice than the stern white face was his face. "You have called me a boy a good many times in the past, Anne," he said. "I am not a boy. The time has come when you must understand that." Something in the low repressed tones hurried the girl's heart-beats and made it hard to hold her eyes level on his. She found her eyes dropping till she could see nothing but her own tightly clasped hands; at that she was both angry and ashamed; it had never happened to her before. "It means something to me," she heard him saying, "that you should not think of me as a boy. I find I can't stand it any longer. Anne, will you look at me, please?" Anne's ears were full of pounding noises, and her heart was doing uncomfortable things out of due locality; as for looking at him!—she realized suddenly that she was afraid to look. Then she considered; afraid of Jack—Jack? That was plainly ridiculous. She would not yield to such folly; she would look at him coolly and say: "Well?" But she did not. And then through the pounding the voice came again, still lower, but with a quiet incomprehensible authority in it: "Look at me, Anne!" He had not moved, but it seemed to her that he had taken her face in his two hands and was lifting it; and the rebellious eyes followed the same imperious power. A long minute she looked with eyes that could not escape the passionate holding of his, while he gave her his soul to read as a man holds out his palm to a friend. And when the minute was over, the knowledge had crept through every fiber of her that the face was indeed not the face of a boy, but of a man. "Queen Anne—my queen!" he breathed. The girl made a hasty, tremulous motion, slipping to her feet as if to escape some danger. The movement brought her gown against him, and both his hands closed round the one which hung at her side. The clasp was so unlike the friendly grasp of the hand she knew as Jack's that she thought she did not like it; a little gasp came from her lips with the incoherent words: "Oh, please—oh, don't, Jack; you make me very uncomfortable—I don't want—" "I must speak, Anne. How long do you suppose a man can bear this sort of thing? If you have any mercy in you, tell me now." "Tell—you—what?" "Whether there is any hope for me or not. I have waited till I can't wait any longer, little girl; I've got to have you—or—lose you, now. If—Von Hammerstein—if I'm out of the running, for God's sake tell me so!" "What do you mean?" "No!" desperately. "I can't. I am all mixed up. Jack, you aren't the same—nothing is the same—I don't know what I think." "When will you know?" huskily. "I—oh, some one is coming! Let me go, Jack!" As he released her hand she slipped by him, and at the moment a louder chord from the piano sounded through the opening portiee, and Von Hammster came into the room. He flushed and smiled with an air of satisfaction at sight of the slender, white figure. "Found at last, gnadiges Fraulein," he said, coming directly toward her, but including the other man in his salute. "You have been a truant." Anne steadied herself to the instinctively rally every woman, old or young, makes when hard pressed. She managed to smile back, as she said: "And are you the truant officer?" "Gott bewahr," laughed the lieutenant, "I am not in the civil service. But you—they are playing a waltz"—as he spoke his glance grew keen, passing from the girl to the man, then became carefully observing. He had paused, and Mr. Durham began to speak, quickly, but in an ordinary tone. So it happened that both men said, almost in unison: "This was my dance, I think?" and "May I have the honor?" Then both stopped, and straightened involuntarily. The German flushed; the American was very pale. In a moment the lieutenant turned with an elaborate formality to the other man. "We are rivals," he said, dramatically, and with a smile. "Will either of us withdraw?" "Not unless you wish to," said the other, with the same courteous inflection, but gravely. A gleam came into the lieutenant's blue eyes, and a direct look passed between the two. After that neither man looked at the other; each looked at the girl, and both spoke in the tone of accentuated lightness the lieutenant had used. The latter said: "We are in your hands, fair lady, which will you honor?" "But, meine Herren," said Anne with a touch of nervousness in her smile, "I cannot dance with you both at once; you surely will not put me to the discomfort of denying myself either pleasure?" But her questioning look met no sign of the expected withdrawal in either face. Instead, Jack spoke, his eyes meeting hers squarely. "It is too bad; but you see Von Hamstermandi and I are such bitter rivals that we insist on a decision from you." "Precisely," assented the German, bowing; "we await your choice, gnadiges Fraulein." A vivid flush sprang to the girl's cheeks. "I think I shall have to sit out this dance," she said, her head a little higher than it had been. "Pardon me," interrupted Mr. Durham, quickly; "don't say you won't play, please. The object of this game is to choose your partner—and Lieut. vc. Hammerstein and I are very anxious to play." "Very," said the gentleman referred to. Anne stood between them, every natural and tactful way of disposing of the trifling difficulty made impossible to her consciousness by the electric atmosphere of disguised earnestness and covered significance which emanated from the two. Everything seemed all at once to drop away from the world leaving her alone with those two men, waiting for more than her answer to the insignificant claim. "There are rules for every game," she said, slowly, her head bent, as she stood before them. "This one is usually decided according to priority, isn't it?" She heard Jack take a quick, hard, breath, the lieutenant had really begun his little speech first. At the same time the latter bent toward her eagerly. "Did I not have the good fortune to precede Mr. Durham, very slightly?" he said, touching his mustache nervously. Anne moved uncertainly, waveringly, toward him. A light sprang to his eyes as he saw the little motion. "Are we to keep strictly to the rules?" he said, with a suppressed triumph in his light tone. "If so, I think Fraulin Gregory to me!" As he said it, it seemed to the man who stood cold and tense with a dawning despair at her onter side that an electric shock ran along her girl's nerves. Her color came and went swiftly. Her eyes flashed open wide and startled. A moment she stood so, in silence, looking at the man who had spoken. Then a sudden sweet little laugh ran from her lips; her face re-axed its tense lines, and she took a quick breath on the end of a slight shiver. With a swift, sure movement she drew slightly back and aside, so that she stood at Mr. Durham's side. "Oh, no; I not," she said, with a happy security in her voice. "You are mistaken; I wasn't quite sure myself—before—but—I belong to Mr. Durham!" And as Jack's hand closed eagerly over the one she laid on his arm, and his held breath released itself in a great sigh of passionate relief and joy, she turned to the other candidate with a gentle regret in her tender eyes. "I am very sorry to seem unkind," she said; "but the fact is, Mr. Durham established his claim—long while ago." Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna acts gently yet promptly on the bowels; cleanses the system effectually; assists one in overcoming habitual constipation CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SOLD BY LEADING DRUGGISTS 50' A BOTTLE Don't Persecute your Bowels BREWFOOD WESTERN CANADA Readers of this paper desiring to buy anything advertised in its columns should insist upon having what they ask for, refusing all substitutes or imitations. Stomach Blood and Liver Trouble Much sickness starts with weak stomach, and conse- poor, impoverished blood. 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I am afraid you have not been properly instructed concerning the respect you should pay to your elders. That is one of the sad things about our scheme of civilization. We do not insist strongly enough on having the children accord to their parents that deference and respect which is so common and so beautiful in most of the European and oriental countries. In China and Japan, for instance, the children always look up to their parents as to superior beings. I am ashamed of you, Willie. You should have the deepest veneration for your father and mother." "Well," Willie sniffled, "how's a fellow goin' to have veneration when his ma puts on a bale of hair every mornin' that she bought at a store and his pa wears a yellow plush hat?" A TRAIN LOAD OF TOBACCO. Twenty-four Carloads Purchased for Lewis' Single Binder Cigar Factory. What is probably the biggest lot of all fancy grade tobacco held by any factory in the United States has just been purchased by Frank P. Lewis, of Peoria, for the manufacture of Lewis' Single Binder Cigars. The lot will make twenty-four carloads, and is selected from what is considered by experts to be the finest crop raised in many years. The purchase of tobacco is sufficient to last the factory more than two years. An extra price was paid for the selection. Smokers of Lewis' Single Binder Cigars will appreciate this tobacco. Peoria Star. January 16. 1909. "Off His Feed." Diner (to his neighbor after having three helpings of fish and meat)—I've got no appetite to night. Neighbor—You hide it very well, then. Free to Our Readers. Write Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago, for 48-page illustrated Eye Book Free. Read the book online, and they will advise as to the Proper Application of the Murine Eye Remedies in Special Conditions. Ages will tell you that Murine Relieves Weak Eyes, Doesn't Smart, Soothes Eye Pain, and sells for $50. Try Eyes for Scaly Eyes and Granulation. Sarcastic. "I am afraid Dalyby is putting an enemy into his mouth to steal away his brains" "Yes," answered Miss Cayenne; "and it's a case of petty crenency, at that." A TRIFLING COUGH will become a permanent one unless suppressed. Aller's Long Burden will worry it. A 25c bottle is large for that stock by all drugstores, 25c, 50c and 1.00 bottles. Absence of occupation is not rest; a mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Tablet Laundry fund. Quinine. Tablets. Drugstaff refund money if it fails to cure. E.W. GROVE'S signature is on each box. 25c. Sometimes a man's wisdom is due to the possession of a clever wife. permanently. To get its beneficial effects.always buy the genuine. Cut out catathics and persuasive. They are brutal --hash...unnecessary. Try CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS Purely vegetable. Act gently on the liver, eliminate bile, and soothe the delicate membrane of the bowel. Cure Constipation, Bileous Juck Handache and Indigestion, as millions know. Small Pill. Small Dose. Small Price GENUINE must bear signature; What Governor Deneen, of Illinois, Says About It: Governor Deneen, of Illinois, owns a co- tation of land in naskatchewan. Canada. He said in an interview: "As an American I do believe that we markable progress of Western Canada. Our work has been the boarding in thou- sands, and I have not yet met he had made a mistake. There is scarcely a community in the Middle or Western or Western Canada. not a representative in Manitoba." Western Canada field crops for their use include $170,000,000 in cash. Free Homesteads of 160 acres, acceptations of 400 acres at $3,000. Land Companies have land for sale reasonable prices. Many farm- ers own the proceeds of one crop. Splendid climate, good schools, education, and freight rates, wood, water and lumber easily obtained. For pamphlet "Last Bost Week," visit www.immigration.gov and low settlers' rate, apply to Opp. of Immigration. Opp. of August. J. S. CRAWFORD No. 125 W. 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RULES OF THIS OFFICE: First. All subscriptions must be paid in advance. Agents take notice. Second. Communications received after Thursday noon will not be published in the current issue. Third. In asking to change your paper from one address or postoffice to another, give both the new and the old. Fourth No new name will be placed on our books unless the money accompanies the name. Write plain. Fifth. Address all matter for publication to The Wichita Searchlight, 634 N. Water street, Wichita, Kansas. Sixth. Any erroneous reflection on the character, standing or reputation of any person which may appear in this paper will be gladly corrected if brought to the attention of the editor. "To Live and Let Live Is Our Motto." SEND YOUR NEWS IN EARLIER. Golden Gate Temple No.17 is doing fine under the leadership of Sir Rev. Allen Garuer, C. M. and the prospects look bright. Charity Rose Taberuacle No. 24 is in a healthy condition. The daughters are all interested in the work. Mrs. Addie Vann came home from Colorado to attend the fueral of her neice Hazel Bell. Mrs. Ida Pruitt came up from Tulsa, Okla for a few days visit. L. E. Hood came up from Wagner Okla. Mrs. Allen Garner spent the holidays with relatives in Chery vale Kansas. A pretty holiday wedding was that of Miss. Cherry Francis Briley of this city to J. A. Robins of Pittsburg, Kansas, which was solemnized at the home of the brides parents W. M. Briley and wife, Dec. 25th. 1909. The happy couple recieved many valuable presents. Sedgwick county has an "educated jury-box" It produces the names of juriors in splendid fashion and is so well educated that it has not produced the name of a Negro to act as Juror for six or seven years. How strange? What funny things 'do happen'!! The meeting of the Sunday School of the A. M. E. church has changed from Sunday morning to Sunday afternoon at 2:30 All will take due notice of this change. Send your news notes and local happenings to ODI North Main Street. Mrs, Fannie Baker is on the the sick list. Misses Laura & Fannie Rawles visited in Wellington Sndday. Eugene Roland of Newton has been visiting in the city during the week. Miss. Fern Phelps after a visit with her reiatives has returned to Western University. Mrs. L. Carr and daughter, Miss Isis Brooks made atvisit to Augusta last week. Mr and Mrs Grant Ewnig enttained Mr & Mrs F Childs Mr and Mrs Pete Clements and Rev J. T. Smith, with a four course dinuer Sunday Jan. 2nd. All members of the Mt. Olive Court No 9 H. of P, are repuested to be present Tuesday Jan.18. herin tail not. Ella R Ewing Sec: The members of the G. L. A. Club met Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. J. Sanford, a delicious luncheon was served. They will meet next week with Mrs. Chas. Anderson. Mrs. A. Griggs entertained at New Year dinner assisted by Mrs B. McClellan. The guests were: Rev. J. T. Smith, Mrs. J. Rawles and Miss S. Rawles. A nice time reported. Tom Walls has opened a Hand Laundry at 441 N. Water St. Ali work guaranteed. F. O. Miller M.D. Physici'n & Surgeon Office Hours Bell Phone 9 to 11 99 2 to 5 Wichita 7 to 8 Kansas. 513 N. Main St. All calls answered promptly Day or Night. Obstetrics and Diseases of women A Specialty FT. SCOTT KANSAS St. Peter's Temple is glad its Chief Grand Mentor, Sir. Arthur J. Bean is able to meet with them again after two weeks illnes with a bad cold and a touch of pneumonia. On Tuesday night Jan 4 the Temple met at 8 o'clock sharp and eqchanging New Year greetings with each other. Our C. M. wae present. The collection for the evening was $20.35 After which our C. M. gave a splendid and much appreciated lecture. During 1909 we hod a prosperous year and was blessed that our ranks were not broken by death. Our only Knight to meet with misfortune during 09, was Sir H. 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The pastor made a few remarks of instruction, after which the following officers were elected: Mrs Luella White, president, Mrs, G. G. Brown 1st Vice pres, Miss Sallie Rawles, 2nd Vice pres. Miss Lois Wilson, recording Sec. Mrs Ella R. Ewing, corresponding secrt. Mrs Mattie E, Smith trersurer. The motto of the society is more Better work this year for Home and Foreign Mission. If the Negroes of Sedgwick county have any political party they should "hence forth and for ever" refuse to recognize it. What political party in this county is recognizing the Negro?---- None. TO HESITATE LONG IS TO FAIL Successful Business Man Must Have Attribute of Courage. Many a man falls 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. 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It is as necessary that the Fegro must patronize his own race churches,-his business and professional men-if they are to grow and prosper- as it is that a mother must nourish her infant chilp when it is boru. All the race needs is that its men of affairs and in the public circle should take the lead- Will they do so. Let us all hope they will. PARSONS TAAOR GROWING It has been close to eighteen years since the Knights of Tabor organized a Temple and Tabernacle in our city. Woile the path way of the Order since that time has not always been smooth yet we have made a most wonderful growth. We have not, of course, accomplished all which we would like to have accomplished-but we all cognizant that much good has been done bo the Order of Twelve in Parsons. Many of those who started with us are today sleeping in the silent city of the dead while other of them have become negligent and their name have been dropped from the rolls. Each Knight and each daughter who think, have ample reasons to feel proud that they are identified with such a noble race organization as the Order of Twelve. It is purely a race organization whose objects and aims are the uplift of our race. Every Negro everywhere should be a member, They tell us much of the boasted American Christian civilization- but what think ye of a christian civilization which tolerates burning human beings at the stake as so much waste paper and who gloat in their iron clad race hatred and race discriminations? Can there be found under such a form the words of the lowly Nazarene "Love thy neighbor as thyself?" It is to teach the Negro and humanity Christian fellowship which inspires and leads on the grand Order of Twelve. Such a lotty aim!!! No organization could have a more noble object than to teach the men and women of its race—race pride—manhood and womanhood. District No. 10 is ample doing its share in this direction and we shall hope and work for the day to come when the Negro—as a race—shall realize the loftiness of the Order of Twelve and help as a race to life it higher and higher. Rev. James T. Smith, pastor of the A. M. E. Church preached a practical, sensible and plain sermon to the young people... and the older ones too-Suuday morning. It was one of those every day self searching sermons that are much needed to be heard from our pulpits at highly edjoyed the feast. Sam Brazille and wife entertained J. W. Thompson to an elaborate dinner on New Year day. Rev. Calhoun of Kansas City filled the St. John Baptist stand Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Johnson entertained at luncheon Misses Elnora Dues, Ethel Sublett, Amanda Christian, Florence Hughes, Ollie Mciver and Miss Jones of Parsons and Mr. W. Harris of Topeka, in honor of their son, Carl. Mrs. Ida Holt of Columbus, was visiting friends in the city Jan. 1st and 2nd. Rev. Calhoun installed the officers of the Sunday school, Junior Union and B. Y. P. U. for the ensuing year. Mrs. Maggie Steward, who has been ill, is reported to be much better. Prof. W. F. King, principal of Washington Central school, attended the Teachers' Association which convened in Pittsburg, and reports a pleasant time. Mrs. Anna Dillard was visiting her daughter. Mrs. Eastman, of Yale, during the Xmas holidays. Miss Amanda Christian, Florence Hughes and Ollie McIyer were visiting friends in Cherokee, January 1. Mrs. Emina Guntep entertained Mr. and Mrs. A. Slascox and Rev. and Mrs. C. N. Moore, Wednesday evenings. American Davis Tabernacle meets second and fourth Mondays in each month. CHIEF GRAND MENTOR Weir, Kan., Jan. 3, 1810. On his visit to this city November 30, 1909, Rev. Frank Wilson, C. G. M., united in marriage Sir Fred M. Harris and Miss Mamie Dues at St. John's Baptist church. The spacious church was filled with friends eager to witness the ceremony. At 8:45 p. m. Mrs. Laura Lee began to play the wedding march and the bridal party entered the church and marched up the aisle. Rev. rFank Wilson then joined the party and proceeded to the altar. The bride was attended by her bride's maid, Miss Dora Warfield, and the groom by his best man, Sir G. W. Austin. Rev. Wilson in a plain voice and with his ministerial dignity pronounced the words which made the happy pair man and wife. At the conclusion Rev. Frank Wilson announced that all were invited to the Tabor hall where a wedding feast was spread for fifty guests. Mothers Club Organized Several ladies of the north part of the city met at residence of Mrs. Robt Davis on west 25rd. St. last Sunday afternoon and organized a Mothers Aid club for the purpose of rendering assistance to the needy of our city and to assist monhers in such a manner as may be needed from time to time. The meeting was a enthusiastic one and is destined to much good in our city. The name of the officers elected and members and more details will appear in our next issue. The Club will meet Sunday afternoon Jan. 16th at 2:30 at the residence of Mrs. Willis Bartlett, 21st and Armstrong. All ladies are invited to attend. West with the ladies Sunday afternoon Jan. 16th. What has become of the ladies clubs—namely the G L A. the B. T. W. and the W. T.V. Surely the extreme cold weather has not froze the ladies out? Wegues not FACING DEATH in the FROZEN NORTH Heroic Self-Sacrifice of Peary's Surgeon by EDWARD B. CLARK COPYRIGHT BY W.A. PATTERSON OME DAY it may be Commander Robert E. Peary will tell in his own words the story of the self-sacrifice of Dr. Edward E. Vincent, the youthful surgeon who accompanied the Peary arctic expedition of 1893. All the stories of herolism in the arctic regions have not yet been told. The leaders of the polar expeditions have not been the only men to show high cour age and devotion to duty in the face of danger. Dr. Edward E. Vincent was killed accidentally not long ago in the city of Detroit. He was the brother of Judge William A. Vincent of Chicago. The story of the young physician's devotion and self-sacrifice has been told by one man, James Davidson, who until recently was in the United States consular service. Davidson was a member of the arctic expedition of 1833 and it was on his behalf that Vincent looked death in the face. It is a simple tale, this, yet it is one that strengthens faith in human nature and makes the most unemotional of us give thanks that such men as this young Illinois physician sometimes live. Peary and his party of 10 men started from Etah in early April of the second year of the expedition to make the dash for the pole. April—the spring month—the thermometer registered 60 degrees below zero when the little band of hardy spirits reached a place about 140 miles from their starting point. One night they pitched their two tents and turned in. registered 60 de- sign of hardy spirits in their starting two tents and azzard without the meter 92 degrees which one-half of last into threads. Just they could to was not great, but a. Davidson, were at once to ampu- ne operation was Davidson to proceed e. To leave him but one thing to or the wastes and orness of the cold Seven miles back adequate shelter. back with David- surgeon to go on journey that every- other is that which comes at the hands of the enemy of his country. While the oc- currence was fresher in the memory of all than it is perhaps to-day, the West Point chaplains, in the pressing of their point, loved to speak of the death of Lieut. James E. Bell, who died because of his devotion to duty. "Jimmie" Bell, lovingly called "Jingle" A storm arose. It was a howling blizzard without the snowfall—a blizzard with the thermometer 92 degrees below the freezing point. The tent in which one-half of the explorers slept was ripped by the blast into threads. The occupants made their way as best they could to their comrades' shelter. The distance was not great, but in covering it the feet of one of the men, Davidson, were frozen. It became necessary almost at once to amputate portions of both extremities. The operation was performed by Surgeon Vincent. It was, of course, impossible for Davidson to proceed with the party on the dash to the pole. To leave him where he was meant death. There was but one thing to do, and that was to send him back over the wastes and the ice floes and through the awful bitterness of the cold to the place whence they had come. Seven miles back were some natives and something like adequate shelter. Peary could spare but one man to go back with Davidson. It was obviously the place of the surgeon to go on the return journey with his patient, a journey that every- ```markdown ``` faces in the direction of Etah and set out through that region of frozen silence. Davidson was unable to walk. He was a big man and his weight proved a burden to the dogs. For two days they went on slowly. On the evening of the second day they made their small fire and started to brew some tea. The bottom fell out of the pot and it could not be fixed. It was the only vessel of any kind that they had with them. In it they had heated their pemmican and steeped their tea. That accident, apparently trifling in itself, those two men felt might mean their death. From that time on they ate frozen food and had no warming beverage. On, on they went and at last there came a realizing sense that they were lost. There was no food left which could be spared to keep up the strength of the dogs. Vincent led two of the creatures away and killed them that they might serve as food for the two remaining animals. Both men were weak to the point of exhaustion. Vincent kept up his good cheer and rallied his patient by his hopefulness. Then he went into the harness, taking the place of the animals that he had slain, and used his remaining strength to help drag the sledge onward. The two remaining dogs gave out. There would have been the blackness of despair had it not been for something in the spirit of those two men that made them see light. "Doctor," said Davidson, "you can't drag me further. There is no reason why both of us should die. Unenumbered, perhaps you can make your way to the old camp. Try it." Vincent's answer was the fitting of the harness over his shoulders once more and the trudging onward, dragging the sledge with its weakened burden behind him. "Doctor," said Davidson once more, "you'd better go." Vincent turned with a sort of half smile. "Davidson," he said, "it's barely possible, as a mere matter between men, I might find it in my heart to desert you and leave you here to die. You must remember, however, that I am a doctor and you're my patient, and it would be unethical to the last degree for me to go away and leave you, so I'm afraid you'll have to put up with me." The physician dragged his patient on through the horror of the awful stillness. Finally the end was at hand. Vincent was toottering and Davidson, weakened as the result of the operation he had undergone, coupled with the exposure and lack of food, was practically in a fainting condition. The sledge had been brought to a point from which swept away for over a mile a gentle declivity, smooth with snow and ice. Vincent sat down on the edge of the sledge. "Old fellow," he said, "I'm sorry, but I'm afraid it's almost up with me." Then he turned away his head, but in a moment was on his feet. Far down to the right of the sloping plain he saw a grim-looking rock which held his gaze. Then he turned to Davidson again. "I don't want to raise any false hopes," he said, "but that rock looks like one that stood not far from the place where the natives are. It is like a thousand others and probably I am wrong, but God knows its our last hope. I can't drag you further, but I'll not leave you. We'll go together. We can slide down this declivity with our sledge. We may go into a crevasse, as you know, and that means death, but it's death anyway unless when we pass that rock we see some huts beyond and to the right." Then those two men kissed each other, but spoke not a word. Vincent used his last remaining strength to start the sledge. It went slowly with its own momentum down the barely perceptible incline. Occasionally the accelerated speed would be checked by a smooth billow of ice over which they rode smoothly. They were approaching the rock which to Vincent had looked familiar. They were almost up to it. On what the first look around the rock should reveal the physician knew meant life or death. He turned and looked at his comrade. Davidson's eyes were closed tight in the agony between the --- S one in the band believed meant death for the two men who would undertake it. Edward E. Vincent gave up without a murmur that for which he had so longed—the chance to be one of the men to reach that goal of the explorers' ambition, the north pole. His duty was to Davidson and with Davidson he stayed. Peary gave the two men a sledge, four dogs and some supplies. They turned their hopes and fear of the moment. They had reached the rock. Vincent looked to the right and beyond. "Doctor, is it death?" came a voice from behind. "No; life." Occasionally at the United States military academy, in seeking to teach the lesson of the beauty of self-sacrifice, the chaplain will tell the cadets that all heroes who give up their lives for principle do not die by rifle shot or saber stroke. The martial spirit that is engendered by military instruction and by the glorious heritage of the memory of the sons of the academy who gave up their lives for the flag often leads the cadet minds into a train of thought which holds that the death which is more fitting to the soldier than any other is that which comes at the hands of the enemy of his country. While the occurrence was fresher in the memory of all than it is perhaps to day, the West Point chaplains, in the pressing of their point, loved to speak of the death of Lieut. James Bell, who died because of his devotion to duty. "Jimmie" Bell, lovingly called "Jingle" by his fellow cadets, was a brother of Maj. W. W. Bell of Chicago and an uncle of Lilian Bell, the writer. When Lilian Bell wrote her story, "The Under Side of Things," with its pathetic ending, she wove the tale about the career of her uncle, Lieut. Bell, and gave to the story the depth of pathos that truth compelled. One of James E. Bell's classmates at West Point once said that when a man was fighting with another man he had something to grapple with, but that when a man was fighting disease the disease did all the grappling. You can't wound a disease adversary. Against him parry and thrust are nothing. Adjutant-Gen. E. D. Townsend once said that in all his army career he had never known such honors to be paid to a subaltern as were offered to the memory of First Lieut. James E. Bell. Two general orders were issued from headquarters of the army, each paying tribute to the devotion of the young officer of artillery who had died on the Dry Tortugas of yellow fever. Fort Jefferson on the Tortugas in August of the year 1873 was garrisoned by Battery M, First United States artillery. Outside of the surgeons there was only one officer, Lieut. Bell, at the post. Capt. L. L. Langdon had been granted a leave of absence to go north to the bedside of his dying father. On August 28 yellow fever appeared at the post. Within two days four of the garrison had died. Upon the first announcement of the appearance of the scourge Lieut. Bell sent all the women and children and some of the married men to an island three miles away. Within a day or two he sent to the same place nearly all the well men of the garrison, retaining only enough to nurse the sick. There could have been no criticism of Bell's course had he gone with the garrison, leaving the sick to the care of the surgeons and nurses. He stayed and devoted himself to the care of the sick in the hospital, assisted by the men who had volunteered. The heat was fearful. There was not a pound of ice on the island and many of the deaths that followed one after another were due to the lack of this necessity. There were 20 cases of the fever and for whole days and nights continuously the devoted lieutenant, the surgeons and the nurses knew no rest. With their own hands they dug the graves for the dead and with their own lips repeated over them the burial service. Capt. Langdon in the far north heard of the yellow fever at Fort Jefferson. He instantly relinquished his leave of absence and hastened to return to his station. Some months before the outbreak of the fever Lieut. Bell had put in an application to be detailed as instructor of military science at the University of Vermont. The application had been granted and Capt. Langdon, hurrying south to join his command, carried in his pocket the order relieving Lieut. Bell from duty at Fort Jefferson and detailing him for work in Vermont. Langdon reached his post. He called in his first lieutenant and said: "I have here orders transferring you immediately to Vermont. You have done a noble work here. There is no reason why you should stay longer. You have been through enough of the awful thing. Go." Bell said: "Captain, I don't want the order. If I read it I suppose I shall have to obey simply because it is an order. You keep it in your pocket until the fever is over and then I'll read it and go." Bell went on with his work. In a few days he felt the hot hand of the scourge on his brow. He went to his tent, pulled up his little camp table and wrote an official letter to the assistant adjutant-general at headquarters of the Department of the Gulf, Holly Springs, Miss. It was a long letter, covering many pages. There was in Bell's heart that day the fear that he might die and leave undone an act of duty to others. He cherished the thought of the loyalty of the surgeons and the enlisted men who had so nobly performed their duties to the slick "DOCTOR," SAID DAVIDSON, "YOU CAN'T DRAG ME FURTHER." THERE IS NO REASON WHY BOTH OF US SHOULD DIE." "HE DIED IN THE FAITHFUL DIS- CHARGE OF A SOLDIER'S DUTY." and dying, facing the fever and death itself without flinching. He mentioned in the official communication each doctor and man by name, recommending them for recognition at the hands of the department. Of himself he said nothing, his whole thought was that recognition should be given others. Lieut. James E. Bell put down his pen, went to the hospital and in three days was dead. The closing paragraphs of one of the general orders touching this man and his love of duty are these: "The only officer in an isolated post when it was visited by a dangerous epidemic, he seemed to multiply himself in his ever-present care and watchfulness for the men of his command, and it is doubtless due to the exhaustion and fatigue resulting from his anxious discharge of duty that he finally fell a victim to the disease. "He died in the faithful discharge of a soldier's duty." Way up north were wife and child. The little one crept up to the black-robed mother and said: "Is my darlin' foddy tumnin' home to-day?" "Not to-day, dear. Perhaps to-morrow." BALLOON ARTILLERY PROBLEM While One Inventor Constructs Air Craft, Another Builds Guns to Destroy Them. A writer in the Star has the following to say on the subject of aerial war craft: Germany's government has been induced by the wonderful flights accomplished by the Zeppelin, Parseval and Gross airships to form an air fleet which already numbers six cruisers, but this very success has also awakened the German military authorities to the necessity of improving German's artillery with a view to combating hostile air fleets, and, therefore, just as Germany was first in the field with an aerial navy, so she leads the way with balloon artillery. This year both the Krupp and Ehrhardt works have placed balloon guns on the market. The inventors of balloon artillery had several things to bear in mind. The objective is very mobile, can develop great speed and change its direction, up or down and to all points of the compass very rapidly and with comparative ease. Therefore the guns had to be capable of the most rapid laying while their projectiles had to be made to travel at a very high velocity. Again, since a scouting airship, when nearing the hostile zone, will ascend to the greatest height attainable, the guns had to be made so as to fire practically perpendicularly to an immense height. It is obvious that the field artillery method of tr guns, either by moving the gun round on a fixed pivot on the gun carriage or by altering the direction of the carriages, would be of place here as being too slow. So Krupps, in the case of balloon artillery mounted on wheels, have designed the wheels so as to be pushed forward out of the way, with handles attached to either axle, which in a couple of simple revolutions can alter the entire direction of the gun. For fortresses the balloon guns can be mounted with other ordinance on a pivot, and the same mounting is used for balloon-artillery fixed on the platform of armored motor cars, which would pursue the air cruiser until a suitable range was obtained. Opinions are still divided as to the nature of projectile to be discharged. For spherical balloons shrapnel is doubtedly the best, but as a cruiser of the Zeppelin type might sustain but little damage from a few shrapnel pellets Krupp, in contrast to Ehrhardts, who pin their faith on shrapnel for all types of balloon artillery, have invented special shell fitted with a slow match which ignites a gas with the object of causing an explosion in the hostile airship. The shell on striking the airship's envelope immediately sets fire to the filling gas and the resultant explosion would totally annihilate the aerial vessel. These deadly shells are moreover designed to give off a very dense smoke so as to leave a wake which, with the aid of a glass, is distinctly visible and of immeasurable importance in sighting for a second shot, supposing the first to have missed. The distance is taken by a special apparatus set up by the side of the balloon gun, while the actual sighting is done by means of an apparatus something similar to the periscope of the submarine. Krupps have constructed hitherto three makes of balloon guns—a 6.5 centimeter field gun, which fires a 4-kilogram projectile with an initial velocity of 620 meters, or about 2,100 feet a second, attaining at a maximum angle of discharge of 60 degrees and a height of 17,000 feet; a fortress 7.5 gun, firing a $6\frac{1}{2}$-kilogram shell and a heavy gun of 10.5 caliber, primarily intended for use on board warships. The fortress gun can hit and destroy an airship at a height of 24,000 feet from a discharging angle of 75 degrees, so that as, on the evidence of Count Zeppelin himself, an airship only in case of emergency rises to a height of 5,000 feet, the range the new balloon artillery covers all cases. The naval gun can reach a height of 35,000 feet. SOLVES MYSTERY OF HAUNTED CHAMBER. Sir William Henry Perkins, the inventor of many coal tar dyes, was talking in New York before he sailed for England about the Psychical Research society. "Crookes and some other scientists go in for psychical research," he said, "though I confess that to me the subject makes no great appeal. "Personally I have come in contact, during a fairly long career, with but one ghost story. Its hero was a man whom I'll call Snooks. "Snooks, visiting at a country house, was put in the haunted chamber for the night. He said he felt no uneasiness; nevertheless he took to bed with him a revolver of the latest American-pattern. "He fell asleep without difficulty, but as the clock was striking two he awoke with a strange feeling of oppression. "Lifting his head, he peered about him. The room was wanly illuminated by the full moon, and in that wreld, bluish light he saw a small hand clasping the rail at the foot of the bed. "Who's there?" he demanded, tremulously. "There was no reply. The hand did not move." "Who's there?" said Snooks again. 'Answer or I'll shoot.' "Again there was no reply, and Snooks sat up cautiously, took careful aim and fired. "He limped from that night on, for he shot off two of his own toes."—New York World. A Man of Vim. "Wegsby never stays longer than he finds necessary to borrow some money." "I suppose a man of what you might call 'touch' and 'too.'"—Baltimore American. DO NOT USE THE BIG STICK WHEN YOU NEED TO STOP THE BIG STICK SALT LAKE CITY THE BIG STICK MILWAUKEE SENTINELY PINCHOT'S WARNING BAYS MONOPOLY IS TRYING TO GET CONTROL OF COUNTRY'S WATER POWER. Government's Chief Forester Declares That People's Rights Can Only Be Saved by Prompt Action at Coming Congressional Session. Washington, Oct. 3.—Unequivosally asserting that a monopoly now is in process of formation whose object is to obtain possession of the water power sites of the country, Gifford Pinchot, chief of the bureau of forestry, who returned from an 'extended inspection in the west declared that remedial legislation must be enacted at the coming session of congress if this great natural resource is to be preserved to the people. The problem of how best to prevent the nation's water power sites from being gobbled up by such combinations, Mr. Pinchot predicted, will be one of the biggest issues before the next session of congress. The alleged trust is now in the formative stage, Mr. Pinchot declared, and prompt action on the part of congress is necessary to throttle it. Another big problem which will confront congress will be disposition of vast areas of coal lands in the west, principally in Alaska. It is important that congress should take prompt action on this important matter, Mr. Pinchot said, for the protection of the country's fuels supply and also to prevent a monopoly in that product. Any doubt that may have existed as to whether Mr. Pinchot would continue to advocate the policies for which he has fought so hard was set at rest by him. As a result of his western tour he is as fully determined as ever to continue his policies regarding the conservation of the country's natural resources and the great national forest reserves. He asserted that President Taft is thoroughly imbued with the conservation movement, and declared that the people are now more completely aroused over the matter than ever. President Taft, Mr. Pinchot said, has expressed himself in favor of a conservation commission and added that he (Pinchot) was also in accord with that suggestion. After declaring that "there is a water power trust certainly in the process of formation" Mr. Pinchot added: "In my judgment, the tendency to consolidation which is now running through all industrial enterprises, will necessarily in the end, lead to the consolidation of the water power interests exactly as it has to consolidation of steel and oil interests. There has got to be legislation on this water power business. President Taft has indicated his intention of asking congress for legislation governing, as I understand it, the disposal of water power sites on the public domain; so that the whole water power question will naturally be taken up before congress. ...e question is, are we going to give these power sites in perpetuity? That is a question with which congress will have to deal." "is it possible to head off this so-called trust?" Mr. Pinchot was asked, "The government cannot probably prevent formation of such a monopoly," he replied, "but it can control it. I regard this matter as one of the most important questions with which congress will have to deal." Killed by Fall Down Stairs. Riley by the B.C. Sufferers Garden City, Kan., Oct. 3.—W. D. Emery of Chicago, an expert billiard player who has been giving exhibitions here, was killed in a local hotel when he fell headlong down a private stairway. His neck was broken and he died instantly. Help for Monterey Sufferers. Washington, Oct. 3.—The American Red Cross through the state department, sent an additional $2,000 to the flood sufferers in the vicinity of Monterey, Mexico, making a total of contributed to date of $7,000 and 1,000 blankets. CENSUS AGENTS TO BE EXAMINED NOVEMBER 3 Bureau Will Employ From 1,600 to 1,800 Special Men Beginning January 1. Washington, Oct. 3.—Census Director E. Dana Durand announces November 3 next as the date for making a practical test of the qualifications of applicants for appointment as special agents for the collection of the thirteenth census statistics of manufactures, mines and quarries. Blank applications may be obtained now by writing the bureau of the census. No applications which are received after the close of business October 25 will be considered. In a circular of instructions relative to the subject, approved by Secretary Nagel of the department of commerce and labor, the director states that about January 1, 1910, the bureau will employ from 1,600 to 1,800 special agents. As far as possible it is desired to obtain for this work persons who have had college or university courses in statistics or economics, and persons who have had service in the accounting department of some manufacturing or other business establishments. If the applicant's statements as to business training and experience and education are satisfactory, and the application is complete in every respect, a card will be mailed to the applicant advising him when and where to appear to complete the prescribed practical test in filling out a schedule such as is required in the actual work of a special agent. HALLEY'S COMET TO COME CLOSE Astronomer Seagrave Says Earth Will be Swept by Star Dust Next May. Province, R. I., Oct. 3.—Frank A. Seagrave, the Province astronomer, whose calculations relative to Halley's comet have attracted world-wide attention, announces, that the correction of a slight error in his calculations has developed the discovery that May 19, 1910, the comet will reach the same plane as the earth in his orbit. It is thereby determined that the tail of the comet will sweep across this plane instead of clearing it. The earth and comet will meet on the same plane, but not on the same path. There will be a distance at the nearest point of 13,000,000 miles between the two. Mr. Seagrave said the earth would not be endangered, but that it will be swept by "star dust," similar to the display of June 30, 1861, when the tail of the comet of 1861 caused apprehension among the superstitious shortly after the beginning of the Civil war. Treasury Conditions Better Treasury Commission Letter Washington, Oct. 3.—A cut of practically $8,500,000 in excess of ordinary disbursements over ordinary receipts so far this fiscal year as compared with the corresponding period of last year, $1,000,000 a month gain in internal revenue, and an increase of almost $19,000,000 in customs for July, August and September as compared with the same period a year ago, are shown in the monthly treasury reports. Treasury officials expressed gratification at the figures. Kansas Depots Must be Clean Kansas Depots Must be Clean. Topeka, Oct. 3—The Women's Christian Temperance union has lodged a complaint with the state board of health and the board of railroad commissioners about unsanitary waiting rooms in depots. The board of railroad commissioners sent notices to all of the railroad companies to clean up the waiting rooms and to keep them in a sanitary condition. In a letter to the W. C. T. U. the board asks that specific complaints of unsanitary waiting rooms be made at once. Help for the Riff Tribesmen. Tangler, Oct. 3.—News has come in here from the interior to the effect that the mountain tribes of the Maza region are hurrying to the support of the Riffs, who are fighting Spain around Melilla. It is said that the tribesmen are acting upon orders from Mulal Hafid, the sultan of Morocco, but this is not credited. BABY KIDNAPED BY A HURRICANE CARRIED FROM HOME WHEN SIX YEARS OLD TO FARM OF CHILDLESS COUPLE. LATTER CONCEAL HIS IDENTITY Quarrel with Supposed Parents Brings to Light Story of His Adoption — "Cyclone Kid" Now Seeking Relatives. Des Moines fa.—"The Cyclone Kid" they are now styling Charles H. Bennett of Melbourne, La. It isn't because "he is there with the wallop," as the spiritual souls of the prize ring put in, but because he was kidnapped by a cyclone when he was too young to have developed the western instinct for the cyclone cellar. Bennett has just finished a search for his relatives, and in his success has come the unfolding of the story. The hero of the unique event was born on a farm at Leon, la., a few miles north of the state line. The region was, as now, in the vicinity of the cyclone belt, and strong winds frequently threatened to lift the roof of the Bennett homestead. One August afternoon 18 years ago, when Bennett was only 6 years old, there developed suddenly a wind storm of eros proportions. The little boy, who had been playing in a field near the house, sought to run under cover, but a deluge of wind caught him in its grip and made him leave his feet in a jiffy. And then away he went clear over the fences that had been, sometimes being rolling along the ground, at other times lifted up into the heart of the maelstrom. His mother, who had seen him knocked off his feet, tried to pursue him, but the tall of the cyclone struck her down, so dazing her that she knew little or nothing for several hours. Meanwhile the youngster was easier prey for the winds. Once he was dropped in the middle of the road. With what little strength he had left, he strove to regain his feet and mats for shelter. In his bewildered and breathless state, he had no chance at all against the rapidly moving cyclone. He was picked up again and carried into the distance. Late that evening. Mr. and Mrs. James Hudson of Harrison county, Mo., decided that the cyclone had left their neighborhood and that it would be safe to venture out of doors for an inspection of their property. Only a few yards from their threshold they came across a bundle of rags. It was such a soiled-looking mass that they thought it must have been unearthed from the bed of a stream or from a mud hole. FIGHTS BIG SNAKE IN MIDAIR WITH DYNAMITE FIGHTS BIG SNAKE IN MIDAIR WITH DYNAMITE WORKMAN HAS THRILLING EXPERIENCE WHILE SUSPENDED OVER DEEP CHASM. Trenton, N. J.—John Hutchinson, a blaster at the workhouse quarries along the Delaware river, had a mid-encounter with a big pilot snake that resulted in the suspension of all R Larry work for the remainder of the day. A hundred quarryman watched the fight, unable to give assistance. Hutchinson had been lowered over the side of the quarry and was suspended about a hundred feet from the top and 75 feet from the bottom of the hole when his attention was attracted by a peculiar gliding movement on the rope above him. First he thought the rope was giving way, but a moment later, he saw that the movement was that of a large pilot snake, which had slid on to the rope from a projecting cras and was leisurely making its way in his direction. Escape was impossible and Hutchinson's danger was increased by the fact that he was carrying in his hand a stick of dynamite and a small drill. He not drop the dynamite for fear of the consequences and it was impossible for him to put up a fight with in his hand. He managed to shove a dynamite in a pocket and then They were much astonished when they discovered that the object was a small boy, and still more astonished when they felt his heart beat. So they carried him into their kitchen, washed the soil of the road and fields off him, gave him a little stimulant and put him to bed. He awoke the next morning and cried for his mother. He made the mistake of thinking that Mrs. Hudson was she, a fact which pleased the woman so mightily that then and there she decided to make no effort to learn the identity of the newcomer, but to adopt him. Eventually the Hudson family moved to Louisiana, and there the foster child grew up. He never knew up 4 Away He Went Into the Heart of the Maelstrom. til last winter that he was no kin or Mr. and Mrs. Hudson. The story came out when he had a tilt with the father and declared that he was going out into the world to seek his fortune. Then, as a result of an interview, IA departed to look up his family. In Leon he met many persons who remembered that a terrific cyclone had carried away the Bennett child. From them he also learned that his father was dead, and his mother was living at Long Beach, Cal.; a brother, James, in Fairfield, Neb, and a sister, Mrs. Benjamin Richardson, at Villisca, Ia. Bennett recalls his experience with the cyclone only dimly. Now and then he says, he has a feeling that he was once carried through the air like a bird. But he is willing to accept the evidence of his mother, his foster parents and Leon persons that he was kidnapped by a terrific hurricane prepared to give battle with the small drill as a weapon. As the snake came within reach Hutchinson aimed a blow at its head but the swigging of the rope made the blow a glancing one and the snake continued its downward course, while its fangs carted out menacingly. The second blow was more successful and seemed to stun the reptile, which maintained its hold on the rope, but swung its head from side to side, as though dazed. Another blow ended the fight, the snake molloning from the rope and dropping into the pit below Hutchinson was nearly exhausted when he arrived at the top, and the other quarrymen who witnessed the struggle were so unstruggle that they refused to go back to work. Bolt Robs Girl of Garter. Columbus, Ga.—Miss Hilda Clark is mourning a costly jeweled garter, one silk stitching and one slipper because of a prank played by a bolt of lightning. Miss Clark was swinging in a hammock on the veranda of her home when the bolt came. Her left leg was hanging from the hammock and her dress was a bit elevated. The flash of lightning came, and with it a scream from Miss Clark. She was found sitting in the hammock dazed. The bolt had struck the garter clasp, torn off the garter, ripped off the stocking and shattered her slipper. The bolt then passed into the floor, making a hole. Miss Clark soon recovered from the shock. The only mark on her it a blue streak on her left leg, where the garter was worn. Coffin Shoal Stirs Hamlet Peoria, Ill.-The sight of $r$ number of coffins floating in the Illinois river above Ottawa recently caused a profound sensation among the residents and stories of grave robbers and ghouls were soon in circulation. The talk resolved itself into the possibility of employing an armed guard for the local cemeteries. An investigation, however, revealed that a number of coffins were stored in an old mill and were pushed into the river by boys when used by them as floats while swimming. Cat Catches Black Bass Towanda, Pa.—A large cat owes by Dr D. Leucard Pratt of this city has developed into an ardent fisher, and now several times a week takes home to Dr. Pratt a good sized fish caught in the Susquchann river. The cat has caught no less than 15 bla- bass and has taken them all to the doctor. OF TABOR KANSAS—NEBRASKA JURISDICTION KNIGHTS AND DAUGHTERS OF TABOR. REV. FRANK WILSON, C. G. M. Taborian Home, R. F. D. No. 8, Topeka, Kansas. MRS. EMMA GAINES, C. G. P. 1170 Filmore avenue, Topeka, Kas. A. W. HOPKINS, C. G. S. 321 Dakota, Leavenworth, Kans. MRS SARAH FORBES, C. G. R. 717 "C" St., Lincoln, Neb. WM. CORE, C. G. T. 1210 Lane, Topeka, Kans. MRS. BESSIE HALL, G. Q. M., 460 Horton, Ft. Scott, Kans. C. M. JONHSON, G. P. P., 1832 N 23rd, Omaha, Neb. MRS. PAULINE WOODFORD, C. G. PR. 823 Freeman, K. C., Kan. REV. M. WOOTEN, C. G. O. 416 F. 3rd, Ft. Scott, Kans. OFFICIAL ORGAN—The Wichita Searchlight, W. N. Miller, Editor, 634 N. Water St., Wichita, Kan. NOTICE TABORS If your Tabernacle, Temple or Tent is not in this Directory, or if there is any error, please notify me at once. W. N. MILLER, Editor TABERNACLES. Chief Preceptresses. Number. 1 Queen of the West, K. C., Kan., Mrs. M. Wilson, 945 Everett. 2 Golden, Iola, Kan., Mrs. S. Crisp, 615 So. Walnut. 3 Mt. Hope, Wichita, Kan., Mrs. C. Tillman, 802 E. 18th. 4 Helping Hand, Cherryvale, Kan., Mrs. S. Campbell, 616 W. 1st. 5 Crescent, Atchison, Kan., Mrs. C. Brown, 920 N. 10th. 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. 2 Golden Rule, K. C., Kan., Mrs. B. Johnson, 211 Stewart. 4 Candace, Pittsburg, Kan., Mrs. M. Beasley, 109 W. Washington. 5 America Davis, Weir, Kan., Mrs. E. Lee, Box 25. 17 Western Queen, Ft. Scott, Kan., Mrs. A Masir, 1817 Wall. 18 St. Maria, Omaha, Neb., Mrs. C. Wade, 22 N. 16th. 20 Maria, Ft. Scott, Kan., Mrs. P. Johnson, 501 Hyman. 24 Charity Rose, Coffeyville, Kan., Mrs. A. Garner, 704 E. 12th. 28 Modern, Parsons, Kan., Mrs. A. Ray, 1412 E. Clark. 30 Victoria, Leavenworth, Kan., Mrs. L. L. 14 Fifth. 32 Emma Gaines, B. te, Mont., Mrs. Saline Easter, 334 Dakota St. (rear). 34 Wichita, Wichita, Kan., Mrs. Sally Hall, 1024 Ohio. 35 Golden Rule, S. Omaha, Neb., Mrs. S. Jones, 819 N. 27th. 37 Eutevator, Atchison, Kan., Mrs. M. Gosby, 108 N. 3rd. 38 Covenant, Weir, Kan., Mrs. L. F. Taylor, Box 1174. 39 Deborah, Abeline, Kan., Mrs. A. Gibson, 411 S. 1st. 52 Mt. Maria, Lawrence, Kan., Mrs. J. Ware, 807 N. Y. 85 Magadalene, Topeka, Kan., Mrs. F. Hardiman, 1801 Kansas. Commissioner of Corporations Smith has made a report to President Roosevelt on the methods of the Standard Oil company in which the claim of the concern that it has been a benefit to consumers is disproved. The third congress of the Esperantists will assemble at Cambridge, England, for a ten days' session. Delegate: from all over the world will attend. Advices from Casa Blanca, Morocco say that most of the hostile Moorist tribesmen surrounding the town have retired after a fight with natives inside. The coinage executed at the mints of the United States during July aggregated $7,457,000. A monument in Memory of the victory of Commodore Perry on Lake Erie has been unveiled at Put-in-Bay. --- 89 Queen Lizzie, Omaha, Neb., B. E. Alton, 2215 Pacific. 91 Golden Sheaf, Omaha, Neb., Mrs. L. Rountree, 1125 N. 19th. 92 St. Annis, Lincoln, Neb., Mrs. 93 Macedonia, N. Topeka, Kan., Mrs. Sylvia Brown, 803 E. 11th St. TEMPLES. Chief Mentors 1. A. H. Richardson, Weir, Kari M. Burns, Box 31. 2. R. H. Cane, Atchison, Kan., Wm. Cook, 215 E. Kearney. 3. Evening Star, Omaha, Neb., S. R. Jackson, care Frye Shoe Store. 4. St. Luke, N. Topeka, Kan., J. Walker, 1220 W. Norris. 5. Mt. Nebo, Wichita, Kan., Rev. S. 6. St. Peters, Ft. Scott, Kan., A. A. S. Washington, 1524 N. Washington. 7. Mt. Horeb, Leavenworth, Kan., J. H. McKinnis, 21 Sherman. 8. Taborian, Wichita, Kan., Wm. Frazier, 708 N. Water. 9. Moses Dickson, Parsons, Kan Wm. Shakespear, 1112 Main. 10. Silver Leaf, Salina, Kan., J. C. Brown, 246 S. Phillips. 11. Golden Gate, Coffeyville, Kan., Rev. A. Garner, 704 E 12th. 12. Mt. Tabor, Lawrence, Kan., J. E. Hughes, 1220 N. J. 13. Barak, Oswego, Kan., L. R. Wilson. 14. Jas, Bedford, Cherryvale, Kan., Rev. J. W. Warren, 218 E. 7th. 15. Washington, K. C. Kan., J. H. Downs, 422 Haskell. 16. Sunny Side, Topeka, Kan., U. A. Graham, 1160 West. 17. Jeffersonian, Topeka, Kan., U. S. Grant, 1813 W. 6th. TENTS. Queen Mothers. Number. 1 Golden Leaf, Leavenworth, Kan., Mrs. L. Hardin, 900 Fifth 2 Frank Wilson, Ft. Scott, Kan., Mrs. F. Goodall, 610 Barbee. 3 Mary E. Dickson, Lincoln, Neb., Mrs. L. Weaver, 1125 Saratoga. 5 Moses Dickson, Wichita, Kan., Mrs. B. Davis, 1135 Washington. 7 Lone Star, Yale, Kan., Mrs. C. Lewis. 9 J. Bruce, Omaha, Neb., Mrs. M. Scott, 1516 Jones. 11 Golden, Atchison, Kan., Mrs. E. Penn, 718 Q. 11 Viola, Lawrence, Kan., Mrs. M. E. Brown, 325 Miss. 14 Busy Bee, Atchison, Kan., Mrs. A. Stone, 823 Main. 15 Louisa May, Cherryvale, Kan., Mrs. M. E. Holt, 517 W. 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. 23 Clinging Rose, Lawrence, Kan., Mrs. A. King, 722 N. Y. 25 Silver Star, Parsons, Kan., Mrs. I. Porter, 2017 Morton. 28 20th Century, Parsons, Kan., Mrs. E. A. Tiggs, 2314 Morgan. 36—Pride of Topeka, Nanle Marshall, 900 N. Topeka avenue. 45 Orange Rose, K. C., Kan., Mrs. O. Henderson, 312 Washington. 46 Mayflower, Omaha, Neb., Mrs. L. Herrerd, Marsh 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. Dr. Simon F. Exaer, head of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, claims to have discovered a serum for the cure of spinal meningitis. About 600 bricklayers and stonecutters are on a strike at Kansas City. By the capsizing of a boat on Bear Lake, near Chillicothe, Mo., Miss Lucetia Evans and Emery McDougal were drowned. The sub-committee of the Missouri state board of agriculture has decided to recommend that two state roads be built between Kansas City and St. Louis. The southern route, south of the river, will cost $360,000 and the central route is to cost $1,193,000. French and Spanish warships bombarded the Moorish villages surrounding Casa Bianca, Morocco, killing 150 of the native tribesmen. The battery of Casa Bianca fired on the warships