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YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY TRADING WITH THE MERCHANTS WHO ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER TEDDY'S TRIP TO AFRICA Is he There to Settle the Fate of The American Negre? REAL PURPOSE OF THE EX-PRESIDET'S MYSTErIOUs Journey To The Dark Continent By Wm. Buckey. ELEVENTH YEAR TEDDY'S TO Is he There to The Americ REAL PURPOSE OF THE EX Journey To The Dark Con That Theodore Roosevelt while apparently in Africa on a hunting expedition, killing tigers and fleas, is in reality carefully investigating conditions to ascertain if it be not possible and practicable to establish in the Sudan country a second empire of Liberia, and thereby solve forever the Negro question of America, is the disclosure made by a United States federal attorney, in charge of a Southern district, who relates the supposed secret plans of Roosevelt in all their details. The plan, as revealed by the former president's confidant is "to stake out a good section of the county in the Sudan, north of Congo Free State and west of German and British East Africa; hoist up the Stars and Stripes at the four corners, have Uncle Sam derlare a protectorate, organize the native tribes into a surerainty of the United States of America and then will come the expatriation of the Negroes from this country to the new empire in the heart of Africa. In the rounding out of the plan, a wedge will be formed by a nation under the control of the United States that will prevent the expansion territorially or commercially of Germany and will make the United States a factor in the balance of power among the nations of Europe now struggling to retain and enlarge their footholds in Africa. The federal attorney who disclosed what he asserted was the intention of President Roosevelt to solve the Negro question while in Africa bore out his declaration with a buttress of facts that dovetail with the movement of Mr Roosevelt both previous to his departing for Africa and since he has penetrated beyond the reach of the newspaper arm. "His plan to cross a territory not at present under the flag of any European nation," continued the federal attorney, "his determination to take with him men known to be expert agriculturists, cspable of judging soil conditions; his skill in surrounding himself with representatives of the civil and military arms of the government and, above all, his persistent refusal to allow any newspaper men to accompany his expedition—all these acts and facts lead me to believe that Roosevelt went to Africa to carry out the plan he discussed with me when gathering data on the Negro question. Again he has taken with him a large quantity of trinkets with which to placate the natives with whom he first would be obliged to deal before mapping out the country to be populated by the Negroes. He has kept his plans absolutely secret, because every nation of Europe, at the first whisper of his intentions, would direct a dozen detatchments to dog his footsteps and prevent another Fashoda maneuver. "With Roosevelt, long before he devised his scheme to deport the blacks to Africa, the Negro question always has been a paramount issue. He told me that the criticism he received from all parts of the country when he entertained Booker T Washington caused him to come to the belief that it would be utterly impossible to educate the Negro to a standard of social equality with the white race, and that he saw clearly that na inferior race could exist for any length of time and prosper in a republican country. Roosevelt said the attitude the South assumed toward the Charleston postmastership confirmed his belief, and that it was this based on other facts he had gathered, some of which I gave him, that led him to form his plan to see it the only logical solution of the Negro question—deportation—could not be brought about successfully. Through federal officers scattered through out the South he ascertained JANUARY 29th 1910. that a condition existed that was leading to one certain end, and that would be the extinction of the Negro element by a method other than race decay. His data correctly informed him that the Negro as a laborer in the South was fast being replaced by the Negro as a thief, and that even such mental positions as waiters, street cleaners, and day laborere on public improvements all were being filled with whites, while the Negro, having no employments left open to him, was gratuately becoming more and more accustomed to support himself by unievery and to consider himself at war with the whites. All through his trips to the South Roysevelt sought information concerning the Negro question, and the information he received, I believe, is the basis for his expressing himself so freely and asserting it was his belief that the existence of the Negro in the North America had become a question of the ability of the South to continue to bear a burden that was becoming excessive. "Roosevelt will burst from the jungles of Africa next April and say, 'Here, I have done it; now help me. I have risked my life for a year to find solution to your Negro problem., I have organized a friendly federation of tribes in the most fertile country of Africa, I have prepaed a place for the Negro, where each can have a hundred and sixty acres, land This is not the pestilential coast of Liberia, but the very heart of Africa. The colonizing of this country will also prevent the expansion of our commercial enemy Germany. And then, exerting all his influence, he will ram through legislation and strike while the iron is hot. He plans, if neccessary or possible, to have the individual states issue bonds to finance his migration and expatriation proposition, in propotion to the Negro population in each supplemented by a bond guarantee by the federal government. As a last resort he relies on the attitude of the South to raise the money, if neccessary, by popular subscription, feeling sure every country and locality throughout the South will open subscription lists and that the money will pour toth in abundance. "There is no more problem and Roosevelt seems to think he can solve this also. And that is the necessity of being able to persuade the Negro to migrate. State legislation Roosevelt knows he can control, if its object is to settle the Negro question; but by offering the Negroes peace and safety, freedom from conditions that are now humiliating, by offering each a tarm with a bonus with which to make a new start and buy the tools of husbandry, by acclaiming that he is the friend of the Negro and always has been, and that his solution will improve them as a race. If he does not find conditions, over there as he expected, as he has not announced publicly his plans, he can withdraw gracefully and no harm has been done but I feel sure he will do his utmost to put the deal through. It is the kidd of an undertaking he likes." What is Roosevelt really doing in Africa? Strong evidence is now being brovght to light which affirms the rumor that he is there to solve the Negro question. Did Roosevelt, a man who has kept the world in a turmoil for seven years, go out to Africa with dreams equalling of those of Corsican, expecting to reverse the laws of ethnology and turn the tide of migration back from West to East? Did he expect to succeed where Monroe had failed, to combat the lust of European nations for the Dark Continent? Did he expect to be able to accomplish that which a sacrifice of a million lives in the Civil War did not? And if this has been his real game, instead of lions and tigers, will be burst from the jungles of Africa next April, expecting with one hand to push back the nations of Europe, and with the other to beckon to the sshmael tribe of North America and point it the way to a promised land? What is Roosevelt really doing in Africa? —Leslie's Weekly Advertiser. We wish to extend our heartfelt thanks to our friends and neighbors for the kindness shown us during the illness and death of our beloved daughter. We wish to especially thank the first grade class of Emerson School, the Maids and Pages of Pearl Tent No. 16 and Moses Dickerson Tent No 5 and friends for their beautiful floral offering For all of which we are deeply grateful. CARD OF THANKS Chas. G, Cole and family About some Wichitans A Valuable Citizen If we were asked to name one of our very valuable and thrifty colored citizens among the first names which we would mention would be Mr. Josiah Walker contracting plasterer. Though past middle life he is as active and hustling as a man many years hisjunior. He is a devoted church man and is one of the very substantial members of the 2nd Baptist Church, being one of their Deacons. He contributed largely from hir wide experience as a business man from his council and from individual financiers in helping secure the lots and erecting the magnificent church edifice which the 2nd Baptist Church is now occupies at Elm and Water He also purchased from them the old church property on Wichita street and has remodled it into a hotel. His work and assistance in the building of the new church will be a credit to him for years to come. He is one of the oldest Master Masons in point of imitation in the city and is a member of Arkansas Valley Lodge No. 21. He is a member of Palestine Commandery No 12 and also of the Scottish Rites. He is one of Wichitas substantial colored citizens. Sample Of Ambition J. W. Thompson, better known by his legion of friends in this city as plain "Walt" Thompson, is a good example of the possibilities of a young colored man with ambition, pluck and a determination to push forward to climb the ladder of success in spite of disadvantages and obstacles. Some years ago—to be more exact--ten years ago Walt went to work for the Wichita Street Railway Co. He remained with them six years. He soon proved his metal and in pickinfi some choice, trusty men to send to Danville Ill. on some particular work Walt was among the first chosen. He "made good" in Danville and when that work was completed the company was so well satisfied with Young Thompson that they offered him a good steady position there, but he preferred returning to his home and friends in Wichita. He returned. He worked for the company up to three years ago when he accepted the position as Cus- NO.43 todian of the Murdock building where he is now. He saved his money and wisely invested it in Wichita property and to day he owns a splendid place at 13th. and Mosley and also large house and property at 8th and Wichita Sts. besides other property. He is an enthusiastic and earnest church worker is a leading member of St. Paul A. M. E. Church and a member of the Steward board. He is a K. ot P. in which he has held many prominent offices. He is an active and energetic Master Mason being a membr of Arkansos Valley lodge No 21, A. F. A. M. He has served as both Junior and Senior Warden and is a most deserving timber for worshipful Master. He is also Past Imminent Commander of Palestine Commandery No. 12, and also the Chapter. As a member of Princess Chapter Na. 12, O. E. S. he was recently elected as their Patron. He is also Grand Sentinel of Prince Hall Grand Chapter of Kansas, O. E. S But it is as the organizer and successful promoter in establishing the Western Star Consistory No. 18 Jonathan Chapter No 18 Hirman Lodge of Perfection No. 18, and Emeth Temple No. 30 Mystic Shrines, all of the Scottish Rite Masons that he has won his greatest laurels and demonstrated his highest qualities. Though yet a young man he has made his mark and his name will go down to posterity as a fit example for future Negro boys to fellow. By the way we say quietly to the ladies that Walt is a widower and is in the "elegible list" and might be coaxed under the misiltoe. All Wichita is proud to own him as one of her distinguished sons. Deserves Encouragement The efforts of Mr. Chas. A. Morris, proprietor of the Makin Eye Drug and Grocery Store, at 517 N. Main St. to mainvin a first-class Drug and Grocery Store for the accommodation of the colored people of this city merits the encouragement and patronage of every colored person in Wichita. His store at 517 Main certainly ranks in the class of first-class stores and is a credit to the town. At a great sacrifice Mr. Morris moved his store here from Parsons in searc of a wider field and since coming to our city has identified himself and his interests with every movement which has had for its object the benefit of the race. The colored people should show their appreciation by giving him their patronage. IMMENSE ROYALTY FOR COAL FIELDS WOULD NET $2,000,000 PER HUNDRED ACRES. Seattle Man Would Pay Fifty Cents a Ton on all Coal Mined for a Five Thousand Acre Washington, D. C.—A new and somewhat sensational factor appeared suddenly to add intensity to the already sufficiently excited situation over the Alaska coal lands, on the eve of the beginning of the Ballinger-Pinchot investigation which largely concerns that question. John E. Ballaine of Sattle, said to be the largest individual property owner in Alaska, made a proposition in writing to the senate committee on territories, offering the movement a royalty of fifty cents a ton on coal mined, for the lease of five thousand acres of some of the choicest coal lands in Alaska in the Katalla and Manatanus districts. Such a tonnage royalty would net to the government, Mr. Ballaine declares, amounts as high as $2,000,000 per hundred acres. This proposal contemplates a radical departure from the past practices in the government's disposal of the Alaska coal lands, and it comes avowedly to do battle with another proposition embodied in a bill which has been prepared but not yet introduced, designed to permit the sale or lease of such lands at a rate of $10 per acre. It is said the general features of the plan have the approval of officials high in the administration and of influential members of both houses of congress, including some of the prominent insurgent Republicans, and Delegate Wickersham of Alaska. Better Than $10 an Acre. Mr. Ballaine refused to enter into a bond of $1,000,000 with the government for the performance of the agreement which he proposes and he makes the charge that other interests "have now at work in Washington a lobby," headed by a former United States senator, in support of the bill referred to above, under whose provisions, he declares, the government would extend an unconditional guarantee to a rail or railroads, which these interests purpose to build in Alaska, and would virtually donate to them at $10 per acre one or more tracks of 5,000 acres each to be selected by them. Mr. Ballaine asks congress to authorize the head of a department to be designated to enter into a lease with a coal company to be organized by him, for 5,000 acres of Matunska coal land. This coal company would pay the United States and Alaska a royalty of fifty cents per ton for the coal as mined. Veins Are Twenty Feet Thick. Mr. Hallaine says that veins averaging a total thickness of twenty feet would yield, according to standard measurements, a total in excess of 100,000,000 tons from the five thousand acres, making a royalty of $50,000,000 for this comparatively small area. He asks the government to provide as a condition on its part that no other coal land in Alaska shall be leased on payment of a less royalty, and also to agree that at least half of the government supply of coal shall be obtained from this company or from a naval coaling reserve which the government may establish and itself operate in the Matauska district, shipping the product to Seward, at rates to be fixed by the inter-state commerce commission, over a railroad, the plans for the construction of which he outlined Spells Misery and Destruction. Paris—The floods have brought disaster to a large part of France. The Seine is now a raging torrent and rising at the rate of more than half an inch an hour. As it furiously rushes seawards, it sounds the message of increasing misery and destruction. The victims of the flood number more than 100,000 and the monetary loss is incalculable. Thousands of poor are hopelessly ruined. The government has requisitioned army and navy material to house the sufferers, and boats for the rescue of the stricken, as well as those imprisoned in the houses in the flood centers on all sides of Paris. Two Trainment Die in Explosion. Pueblo, Colo.—Two trainmen were killed and three others badly injured when extra freight train locomotive No. 921 on the Denver and Rio Grande railroad blew up near La Veta. The dead are: William Stiles, brakeman, Pueblo; C. E. Koehler, fireman, Pueblo. Seriously injured: J. C. Howard, engineer, Pueblo; C. W. Baker, brakeman, Pueblo; C. Faulks, conductor, Pueblo. The train was running fifteen miles an hour when the explosion occurred. FIRST AMERICAN AVIATION RACES HA-HA-HA!!! HO-HO!!! HOW DOES IT FEEL TO SEE THOSE FELLOWS FLY? RACE HORSE RACING MACHINE DETAIL PAPER PRESS WAR ON THE PACKERS BEGINS WAR ON THE PACKERS BEGINS ATTORNEY GENERAL MAJOR FILES SUIT IN MISSOURI. The Petition Alleges That an Unlawful Combination Exists to Control Prices of Meat. Jefferson City, Missouri.—Attorney General Major has commenced war upon the big packing houses by filing a formal application with the state supreme court for the appointment of an examiner for the purpose of taking testimony to determine whether or not the packing companies doing business in Missouri have violated the antitrust laws of the state. Nine corporations are named in the application. Only one of these, the St. Louis Dressed Beef company of St. Louis, is organized and operated under the laws of this state. The others are "foreign corporations." as follows: The Armour Packing company of New Jersey; Swift & Co., of Illinois and Swift & Co., of West Virginia; Hammond Packing company of Illinois; Cudahy Packing company of Illinois; Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Packing company of New York; Morris & Co., of Maine, and Morris & Co., of New Jersey. All of these companies are licensed to conduct business in Missouri and all have large plants in Kansas City, St. Joseph and St. Louis and several have smaller plants and distributing depots in St. Louis and other cities in the state. They supply the bulk of the meat consumed in the state. A CONFERENCE OF GOVERNORS The Meeting in Washington a Pronounced Success—It Has Come to Stay. Washington, D. C.-Nothing In the two houses of congress has been so interesting and significant as the adjournment of the third house—the house of governors—which with diplomatic modesty choses to denominate itself the Conference of Governors. This conference of governors has undoubtedly come to stay and to save the public and the states. In its first independent session it has outgrown the expectation of its original elements, and is now and henceforward a great and expanding force in the government. TO PENSION MORE VETERANS A House Bill Would Include Those Who Served 60 Days During the Civil War. Washington, D. C. — Representative Hamlin of Missouri has introduced a bill in the house to give all soldiers who served as much as sixty days in the Union army in the Civil war the benefit of the pension laws. The present law requires not less than ninety days' service. Mr. Hamlin says there are many old soldiers in Missouri who went into the army, often under age, so near the close of the war that they were not in actual service ninety days, but did serve sixty days. Negro May Enter West Point. West Point, New York.—For the first time in more than a quarter of a century West Point is confronted with the possibility of having soon to admit a negro as a cadet. The negro, Ollie R. Smith, of Cheyenne, Wyo., has been named as the alternate for the next Wyoming vacancy, which will occur in a few months. Senator Clark of Wyoming made the appointment. Rayner Back to the Senate. Annapolis, Maryland.—Isador Rayner was named to be United States senator to succeed himself, by both houses of the Maryland legislature The action was ratified in joint session. Says There is Gold in the Wichita's Guthrie, Oklahoma.—In his annual report Peter Hanraty, state mine inspector, speaks assuringly of gold prospecting in the Wichita mountains. He says he has had some flattering reports with assays to substantiate them. CRY OF WALL STREET WAS HEARD Rumor of Trust Presecutions Demoralized Stock Market—President Taft to Rescue With Denial. New York, N. Y.—Demoralized to the point of panic by the construction placed on the "hint" from the White house that the Taft administration was about to take a few shots at the "bad trusts," Wall street brokers started a selling movement under which prices crumbled like snow before a summer sun. So serious was the effect on the street of the hint that there might be a "Roosevelt" movement against the trusts that the big men of finance cried aloud for quarter. Their cry was heard and at noon, when values were dropping throughout the entire list, an official statement was wired from the president's office that no radical assault on the combinations was contemplated. Every Wall street agency hurried the news to its customers. While this was going on the big men were in conference planning to hold the market if possible, if the news should not be sufficient. SERVED SUBPOENAS ON PACKERS Thirty Employees are Wanted to Testify Before Federal Grand Jury at Chicago. Chicago, Illinois. — Deputy United States marshals raided the offices of various packing firms at the stock yards and served at least 30 subpoenas on employees to testify in the federal grand jury investigation of the beef trust. Forty-five men were called in the court of Judge K. M. Landis, the jurist who fined the Standard Oil company $29,000,000, and 23 will be selected on the grand jury. It is expected Judge Landis will "say things" to the jury about the meat trust in directing the investigation. JOPLIN JOINS MEAT BOYCOTT Labor Unions There Unanimously Vote to Abstain From Meat for Next 30 Days. Joplin, Missouri. — Fifteen labor unions, representing ten thousand persons, at a meeting of the Joplin Trades Assembly, unanimously adopted a resolution, to refrain from eating packing mouse meats for thirty days. The assembly sent an appeal to other organizations in Jasper county asking their co-operation in the effort to lower meat prices. The boycott does not include rabbits or home grown chickens. A House Hearing for Akins Washington, D. C.—The house committee on claims has arranged a hearing for February 2 on the bill to reimburse Postmaster Akins of St. Louis for $61,000 stolen from the subtreasury at St. Louis while he was in charge of that institution. Mr. Akins was formerly a Republican national committeeman. Will Open Cherry Mine La Sallie, Illinois.—After an inspection by state mine inspectors it was announced that the St. Paul mine at Cherry probably will be opened on Monday, to allow the recovery of the 210 bodies remaining in it, as a result of the disasterous fire of last fall. A French War Sloop Wrecked Minorca Balearic Island. — The French war sloop, Martial, was wrecked on Minorca Island. Three of the crew were drowned and four others were injured. State Forester for Kansas Manhattan, Kan—Charles A. Scott, professor of forestry in the horticultural department at the Iowa State Agricultural college, was recently appointed state forester for Kansas by the board of regents of the Kansas state Agricultural college. Harry Thaw Declared Bankrupt Harry B. Blair Pittsburg, Pa—That Harry Kendall Thaw is a bankrupt and that his estate is subject to the United States bankruptcy laws is held by Referee William B. Blair. CREATING A BUREAU OF MINES The Cherry Mine Disaster Caused the House to Pass a Measure Long Sought For. Washington, D. C.—Backed by public sentiment aroused by the Cherry mine disaster, the bill creating a special bureau of mine and mining, was passed by the house. The labor interests, and especially the mine workers, have been fighting for such a bureau for several years, but unsuccessfully until the Cherry tragedy occurred to stir up public feeling. The bill provides that there shall be a commissioner of mines and mining with a salary of $6,000 a year, and such subordinates as are required. NAVY DEPARTMENT IN A BOYCOTT Emphasized Position Assumed by Ordering 30,000 Pounds of Tobacco From an Independent Concern. Washington, D. C.—The navy department emphasized the fight of the government against the tobacco trust by making its purchase of plug tobacco from the Booker company of Lynchburg, Va., a concern not affiliated with the tobacco trust. The contract made by the navy department with the independent concern was for 30,000 pounds at 33½ cents per pound. All bids emanating from trust sources were ignored. TO CROSS OCEANS IN BALLOON New York and Berlin Capital Behind Scheme for Long Flight of Dirigible. New York, N. Y.—A balloon trip across the Atlantic will be undertaken in May. New York and Berlin capital is behind the scheme and the big dirigible for the purpose is now being constructed in Germany. The bag will carry 50,000 cubic feet of gas and will have two 50-horsepower motors. It is planned that the balloon shall leave Berlin May 15, with Vancouver, B. C., as its ultimate destination. WILL USE NEW EDISON CARS A New Jersey Line to be Equipped With Storage Cars—Is First in United States. Caldwell, New Jersey.—The first line of trolleyless electric cars in the United States will be started here this summer. Twenty cars supplied with current from storage batteries will be operated over about eight miles of track. If the new storage system is successful here it probably will be adopted by the corporation which controls most of the street cars in this section of New Jersey. English Companies Must Pay San Francisco, California—Judgment for the payment of insurance policies amounting to $168,299.50 has been given in the federal circuit court against three English insurance companies — the Alliance Commercial Union and Palatine. All of the claims arose out of the earthquake disaster of 1906. These companies have the earthquake clause in their policies. Supreme Court Appoints Prober Jefferson City, Missouri.—Chief Justice Valliant of the supreme court appointed Judge Daniel Dillon of St. Louis examiner to take the evidence in the proceedings of Attorney General Major against the beef packers to discover if possible a combination to control prices in this state. Two Heirs to Mills' Million New York, N. Y.—Ogden Mills and Elizabeth M. Reid, the son and daughter of Darius Ogden Mills, the Philanthropist who died last week at Millbrae, Cal., are left the $50,000,000 estate of their father. Only $100,000 was bequeathed to charitable institutions. Smugglers Over a Precipice. Berne, Ewitzerland.—Seven Italian smugglers engaged in carrying contraband through the wild Alpine pass above Chalalvenna, Italy, were overwhelmed by an avalanche. All but one of the number were swept over a precipice and killed. Plenty of Meat in Storage. New York, N. Y.—Here, according to the figures of the ice and refrigeration blue book, are the amounts of meat now in storage: Fourteen million head of cattle, 6,000,000 calves, 25,000,000 sheep and lambs and 50,000,000 hogs. First Conviction in 25 Years. Leavenworth, Kansas-The first conviction by jury in Leavenworth county in more than 25 years under the prohibitory law, was mode when a negro jointkeeper was found guilty in the district court. The Comet a New One. Flagstaff.-The luminous body now visible to orservers in various parts of the country is a new comet. It is known as "Comet A of 1910." It closely resembles the great comet of 1882. A Street Car Down a Bank. Pittsburg, Pa.-Ten persons were injured, three probably fatally, when a McKeesport-bound trolley car jumped a defective rail near Dravesburg and rolled down a ten foot embankment. The injured were taken to a McKeesport hospital. A. Kansas State Senator Dead. A Kansas State Senator Dead. Eureka, Kansas. — State Senator Edwin Tucker, one of the early settlers of Greenwood county, is dead at his home one-half mile south of Eureka. TRUSTS CAUSE OF HIGH PRICES SECRETARY TESTIFIES BEFORE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE. Says Statistics Show no Cattle Shortage-Farmer Does Not Get His Share of Increase. Washington, D. C.—Secretary of Agriculture Wilson in his testimony before the congressional committee which is investigating the raise in the prices of foodstuffs in the District of Columbia declared that American farm products are sold cheaper abroad than they are in this country. He intimated that the trusts were to blame but declined to go into any lengthy explanation because the investigation which he is conducting has not yet been completed. He blamed cost of living to this, together with the exorbitant profits demanded by the retail dealers. He prescribed as one remedy for the evil, a return to the farm. More farmers and more intelligent farming, he declared, would greatly remedy conditions. The figures that the secretary of agriculture has collected thus far showed on January, 1909, that the price of beef was 22.6 per cent higher than the average level of prices in the five years from 1896 to 1900 inclusive. The price that the farmer got for his cows before they were fattened was only a trifle higher than the average price he had received in the 1896-1900 period. The increase in prices that he got for his cattle fattened on corn was not equal to the rise in the price of corn. From this the secretary decided that the farmer was not getting all that was coming to him. PLAN TO SAVE THE SEAL HERDS Four Nations are Approaching a Joint Agreement Regarding the Pribiloff Herds it is Said. Washington, D. C.—It was learned authoritatively that diplomatic negotiations are under way for an agreement between four nations to save the Pribiloff islands seal heard. The United States, Great Britain, Japan and Russia are approaching a joint agreement under which pelagic sealing will be restricted. The measure taken will not only save those animals from extinction, but will greatly increase their number. Efforts to save the fast disappearing seals have been made by the United States government made by the United States government at different times for a period over 25 years. These negotiations always failed owing to insuperable objections raised by one or more nations. It is stated that at last it looks as though an arrangement will now be perfected by which all the four nations involved will lend themselves to a common purpose. MUST HAVE THE WRONG MEN Robberies Near Pittsburg, Kan., Continue Although Several Suspects Are in Jail. Pittsburg, Kansas.—Although six os seven men have been arrested and are now in the county jail at Girard charged with the holdup and robbery two weeks ago at Breezy Hill, in which two men were killed, two masked men of the same description as those who committed the Breezy Hill robbery, entered the store of John Doller at Yale, five miles north of here, recently and, at the point of a revolver, held up and robbed ten men and the money drawer, obtaining about $150. Union Workmen to Boycott Meat. Kansas City, Mo.-By the end of this week the Kansas City workingmen who are affiliated with labor organizations will have scratched meat from their bills of fare. Every one of the 200 delegates who left the meeting of the industrial council took whi- him a recommendation to urge the members of his local trade union to give up mea for 30 days or longer if necessary to compel the packers to reduce the retail prices. "This action will effect 15,000 men," W. H. Maxwell, treasurer of the industrial council, said following the meeting. Paris Floods Pass all Records Paris, France.—The floods have exceeded all records and are fast assuming the proportions of a national disaster. In the north, east and west, hundreds are homeless and ruined. Although it is impossible at the present time to estimate the damage, it will be very great. Nicaraguan Rebels Defeated. Managua, Nicaragua—The advance guard of the revolutionary army, 500 strong, engaged the government outpatast at La Libertad, 14 miles north of Acoyapa and were defeated. Chief Speaker a Nebraskan. Topeka, Kan.—Charles O. Whedon of Lincoln, Nebraska, has been selected as the chief speaker for the Kansas Day Club banquet. He has accepted. Fifty-Eight Died in Wreck. Sault Ste Marie, Ontario.—The count of tickets of Conductor Reynolds of the ill-fatted Canadian Pacific railway train shows there were 79 passengers. This does not include the crew. Fifty-eight besides have been recovered. Hetty Green Quits Eating Meat. New York, N. Y.—Mrs. Hetty Green, who has many millions of dollars declared that at the present prices meat is too dear for her and she cut it out of her luncheon order. HER WEIGHT INCREASED FROM 100 TO 140 POUNDS. Wonderful Praise Accorded Perunathe Household Remedy Mrs. Maria Goertz, Orienta, Oklahoma, writes: "My husband, children and myself have used your medicines, and we always keep them in th house in case of necessity. I was restored to health by this medicine, and Dr. Hartman's invaluable advice and books. People ask about me from different places, and are surprised that I can do all of my housework alone, and that I was cured by the doctor of chronic catarrh. My husband was cured of asthma, my daughter of earache and catarrh of the stomach, and my son of catarrh of the throat. When I was sick I weighed 100 pounds; now I weigh 140. "I have regained my health again, and I cannot thank you enough for your advice. May God give you a long life and bless your work." TOO LATE. Thief—What's the time, please? Victim—Much too late for you. Your pal just got my watch. WHY PEOPLE SUFFER. Too often the kidneys are the cause and the sufferer is not aware of it. Sick kidneys bring backache and side pains, lameness and stiffness, dizziness, headaches, tired feeling, urinary troubles. Doan's Kidney Pills cure the cause. Mrs. N. E Graves, Villisca, Iowa, says: "I suffered from kidney trouble for years The secretions were disordered. there troubles. Doan's Kidney Pills cure the cause. Mrs. N. E Graves, Villsca, Iowa, says: "I suffered from kidney trouble for years. The secretions were disordered, there were pains in my back and swellings of the ankles. Often I had smothering spells. I had to be helped about. Doan's Kidney Pills cure me five years ago and I have been well since They saved my life." Remember the name—Doan's. For sale by all dealers. 50 cents a box Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. His Terrible Threat. Aviation has improved considerably since the time when Col. Cleary, then county commissioner and for years a well-known Chicagooan, made a balloon ascension at a county fair over in Michigan, says the Chicago Journal. As the guest of honor the colonel was sent upward with the assurance that there was absolutely no danger. But as the distance from the earth grew greater the colonel leaned out anxiously. "Pull me in!" he shouted. The men who were bailing out the rope paid no heed to his demand. Higher and higher went the balloon. Wilder and wilder grew the colonel. Finally, almost standing on his head as he tried to keep a precarious balance, he gave a final cry of exasperated panic: "Pull me in, I tell you, or I'll cut the rope!" Professional Conduct One of the best stories told about Mr. Birrell concerns a poor client, whose case he took up for nothing. When the case had been won, the client gratefully sent him the sum of 15s, which he accepted in order not to give offense. A colleague reproached him, however, for this "unprofessional conduct" in taking less than gold. "But I too kall the poor beggar had," said Mr. Birrell, "and I consider that is not unprofessional."—M. A. P. In the Ark. Noah—I know what I'm going to do. Mrs. Noah—What is it? Noah—Hold the elephant's trunk for board. INSOMNIA Leads to Madness, if not Remedied in Time. "Experiments satisfied me, some 5 years ago," writes a Topea woman, "that coffee was the direct cause of the insomnia from which I suffered terribly, as well as the extreme nervousness and acute dyspepsia which made life a most painful thing for me. "I had been a coffee drinker since childhood, and did not like to think that the beverage was doing me all this harm. But it was, and the time came when I had to face the fact, and protect myself. I therefore gave up coffee abruptly and absolutely, and adopted Postum as my hot drink at meals. "I began to note improvement in my condition very soon after I took on Postum. The change proceeded gradually, but surely, and it was a matter of only a few weeks before I found myself entirely relieved—the nervousness passed away, my digestive apparatus was restored to normal efficiency, and I began to sleep, restfully and peacefully. "These happy conditions have continued during all of the 5 years, and I am safe in saying that I owe them entirely to Postum, for when I began to drink it I ceased to use medicine." Read the little book, "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. "There's a Reason." Ever read the above letter! A new owe comes from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of humra interest. W. N. MILLER, Editor. Residence 1401 West 23d Street. Residence Phone, Bell 1641. Phone your news items to us. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION: Strictly in Advance. One Year (by mail) ..... $1.00 Six Months (by mail)..... .75 Three Months (by mail)..... .50 Advertising Rates made known on application. Liberal commission paid to agents. Entered at the Postoffice at Wichita, Kansas, as Second-Class Mail Matter. published Every Saturday at 634 N. Water Street. All matters addressed to The Searchlight for publication must be signed by the party or parties writing All matters for publication must each this office not later than Thursday noon to reach publication in the current issue. 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, 644 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. Ground-hog Day Keep your eye on next Wednesday, Feb. 2nd. —its ground-hog day. On that day, sly old Mr. Ground-Hog will wake up from his winter's nap—rub his eyes and crawl out of his hole. If the sun is shining Mr. Ground-hog will get "sacred of his shadow" and run back in his hole again. Seeing his shadow will so frighten him that it will take the little scamp six long weeks to recover And during his six weeks fright humanity will be visited with six weeks of bad, cold wintry —weather, something like we have been having since Thanksgiving. If it is cloudy Mr. Ground--hog will stay out and we'll have the weather. So they say. Clarence Bateman, one of the Wichita's promising young colored men was adjudged insane last week and has been taken to an Asylum for treatment. He was a very industrious, honest, energetic, manly and polit young man of a good family and all who know him sincerely regret this misfortune and hope for his recovery. His insanity is the resulting effects of a severe case of fever which he had when quite young and which settled on his brain. A recent cold aggitated the old case and his insanity followed. The people of the United States will have four years of Taf(t)y at the White House. Let every body pull. F. O. Miller M.D. Physici'n & Surgeon Office Hours Bell Phone 9 to 11 299 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 Mrs Mary Parks who has been visiting in Ft. Scott has return- ed home. Mrs. T. G. Banks is slightly improved who has been quite ill for several weeks. Mrs L. Rolland of Newton was a visitor in the city during the week. A number of the friends of Mr. Mrs J. C. Cowan tendered them a delightful surprise party last Monday Evening. The many friends of Miss Greece Price very much regreat her long and continued serious illness at the home of her parents 1420 N. Mosley. T. T. Holden was quite unfortunate last week in meeting with an accident which necessitated the amputation of part ot' one of his fingers. The wound is healing nicely. Mrs. Thos G. Banks continues quite seriously ill at her home 1900 E. 10th. Hes many friends earnestly hope for her recovery. Mrs. W. N. Miller was confined to her bed for several days last week and this week suffering from attack of grip and a threatened attack of pheumonia. Under the skillful care of Dr. J. B. Farmer she is rapidly recovering Mrs. Celia Laptimore left Saturday for Kansas City to secure her household effects and will return to Wichita soon and will make this city her future home. Richard Love, the popular barber is having a modern latest of style six room cottage erected on his property at 13th. Mosley and when completed he will occupy it with his family. It is a credit to Mr. Love and a fine addition to the already large list of cosy homes ownek by our people in that part of the city. The members of the W. T. Vernon Club met Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs L. Las co a pleasant and profitable time was spent. Dr. M. L. Copeland has begun a series of sermons at the Tabernacle Baptist church, the basic principle of which will be "The Dreadful Consequences Arising From Erroneous Views of the 'Key of Knowledge.'" HOUCK Hardware store First Class Goods at Lowest Price 116 East Douglas Avenue Peerless Steam Laundry Wlehra's Oldest, Most & Mable and Best Laundry BEST LAUNDRY WORK IN THE CITY All Work Guaranteed SELOVER & JONS, Prop. Phone 282 245 N. Marke WHY NOT PAY what you owe to the Searchlight? It is only a small sum. Cull at our office 634 N Water and save us from bothering you with a collector. Sedgwick county has an "educated jury-box" It produces the names of jurors 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 Democrats won't appoint a Negro to any office and the Republicans are afraid to appoint and—so there you are. We have no foes ty puuish and no special friends to reward in publishing our paper- we are open to all. Miss. Pearl Hackley who spent the summer in Denver Colo. and other points in Cola. has returned back to her home here. Miss. Hackley reports having a very nice time while in Colo. She has gained eight pounds while there Her many friends are glad to welcome her home with the Society Circles of Wlchita. She was seen filling her vacant seat in the Junior Choir Sunday at the A. M. E. Church. There will be a Missionary program rendered at the Tabernacle Baptist Church Sunday, Jan. 30, at 3:00 p.m. under the auspices of the woman's Mission Circle. "Sojourner of Truth" Excellent talent has been engaged to participate. As the needs of Missions are great, the circle all hopes to accomplish good financial results and achieve a spiritual and literary uplift. EXPLAFATION Like other newspapers, our writings are all always 'general' We never "specialize" unless we name our subject. If, as in a sermon sometimes, some article or line should pinch your toe that's yours for which we make no charge. Our field of labor and list of readers are too large and extensive for us to stop and take time to pick words, phrases and subjects to fit the dwarfed mind of some little "pin-head" who has always got his "fellow's" out too far from him und whom we possibly barely know exists. We speak on a term of gener- typ suited to the time and ocu- tion of which we write. Dr.J.E.Farmer Physician and Surgeon -Diseases of- Women and Children A Specialty Office 703 N. Main St. Send your news in earlier Ketzler Hardwre DEALERS IN Hardware, Hot Air Furnaces, Tin Work, Roofing, Guttering, Copper and Galvanized Iron Work. Repairing and Painting Tin Roofs A Specialty. For Everything in Building Material SEE BOOK PHONE: 496 J.H. TURNER WICHITA, KANS. 333 70 347 WEST DOUGLAS --- METZ'S LUMBER IS IT? Largest yard under shed in the state. Best grade of lumber to select from. Choicest finishings, posts, shingles and everything in the lumber line. OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT Low and Easy to Meet. Let us figure next Lumber Bill. Yards and Office 3rd and Main Streets. Ford's Hair Pomade ```markdown ``` What is more attractive than a beautiful head of hair? It has been the ambition of many women. Pomade makes stubborn, harsh, kin-y or curly hair softer, more pliable and glossy. easy to comb and arrange in any style desired, consistent with its length, as one as the hair of a cat. It may be obtained by one thorough application according to directions. Two to four applications a month will keep the hair in satisfactory condition, may keep the four bottles, regular bottles with every suffuser for a year. Directions with every bottle. Ford's Hair Pomade removes and prevents dandruff, invigorates the scalp and keeps it from getting harsh and dry, stops itching and prevents the hair from getting dandruff. It also helps life and vigor. Absolutely harmless. Used with splendid results even on children and infants. Delicately perfumed, its use is a constant pleasure. A most satisfactory toilet preparation for ladies, gentlemen and men. Don't buy anything else alleged to be "just as good": if you want the best results buy the best available model for this pane. — "Charles Ford, Prest." — on every package. If your druggist or local dealer cannot supply you with the genuine, we will send you One bottle, regular size, for $ .50 Three " " " " $ .10 Six " " " " $ .25 One " " " " $ .25 We pay postage and express charges to all points in U.S.A. When ordering send Postal or Express Money Order. All orders shipped promptly on receipt of price. Address The Ozonized Ox Marrow Co. 115 West Kinsie St. Chicago, III. FORDP HAIR POMADE is made only in Chicago by the above firm. Agents Wanted Everywhere. IO J MENRION DRUGGIST Buchita, Kana --- IMBODEF'S IMPERIAL LOUR GRAHAM—CORN MEAL—BREAKFAST FOOD With thirty-five years milling experience in Wichita our products are the best that can be produced. Made from best selected grain only put up in Special Pa- kages. Ask Your Grocer. See that you get IMPERIAL THE IMBODEN MILLING CO. WICHITA KANSAS Four Per Cent Interest On all Savings Deposits we pay Four Per Cent interest compounded January 1st and July 1st Interest bearing Certificates issued payable on demand, bearing 3 per cent interest per annum for each full month from date. Open Saturday nights from 7 to 9 to receive deposits Gold State Savings Bank FIRST AND MARKET H. W. Lewis, President P. K. Lewis Cashier, Paid Up Capital $25,000.00 Second to None PLEASES ALL Good Bread Makers It Is White As Snow—TRY IT The Otto Weiss Alfalfa Stock and Poultry Fo are all guaranteed under the United States Law, Serial No. 13415 and under the Kansas State Law Register No. 1. It Is The Cheapest and BEST FOOD on the Mark CULP'S MEAT MARKET 241 N. MAIN ST. The best Beef, Pork, Lamb, Bones, Fresh Pigs Be Fresh Fish, Cat Fish, Ha Sealship Oysters. Heinz F. T. C. 241 N. Main St. HILL-ENG LUMBER For good grades of Lumbe ed stock of Bungalow Doo 318 West Douglas Ave., COULTER Beef, Pork, Lamb, Mutson, Veal Pig T ones, Fresh Pigs Feet and Chitterling Fish, Cat Fish, Halibut and Salmon. Grip Oysters. Heinz Pickles, Baked Bea F. T. CULP, Prop. Main St. Both ALL-ENGSTROM LUMBER COPANY Good grades of Lumber at Low Prices. A k of Bungalow Doors carried in stock. Douglas Ave., Both OLTER'S CA The best Beef, Pork, Lamb, Mutson, Veal Pig Tails, Chin Bones, Fresh Pigs Feet and Chitterlings. Fresh Fish, Cat Fish, Halibut and Salmon. Fresh Sealship Oysters. Heinz Pickles, Baked Beans and F. T. CULP, Prop. 241N. Main St. Both Phone HILL-ENGSTROM LUMBER COPANY For good grades of Lumber at Low Prices. An assort ed stock of Bungalow Doors carried in stock. 318 West Douglas Ave., Both Phones COULTER'S CAFE 354 North Main St. THE FINEST AND BEST IN THE Short Orders — Meals — Fish and G A much needed business in Wichita. No that you have a place that is a credit us let all join in and help push to succe Soft Drinks— Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Coulter, Proprietor MINEST AND BEST IN THE WICHITA Meals — Fish and Grapes — much needed business in Wichita. Now that you have a place that is a credit let all join in and help push to succeed. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Coulter, Proprietor Short Orders Meals Fish and Game in Season A much needed business in Wichita. Now that you have a place that is a credit to us let all join in and help push to success Does the colored men of Wichita need a Negro Business League Will some one please answer. FOR RENT: Nice room to rent to the right parties. Enquire W. M. Dent. 1053 N Main Getting Ahead of One's Self, "If I have anything to do that I particularly dislike, I start to work on is the first thing after breakfast, subordinating all routine work to that task," said a successful housekeeper recently. "One can expend enough nervous energy thinking about and worrying over an unpleasant duty to accomplish it. When it is finished and off one's mind early in the day, one gets ahead of one's self, so to speak." --- Mutson, Veal Pig Tails, Chin set and Chitterlings, albut and Salmon. Fresh rickles, Baked Beans and LLP, Prop. Both Phone STROM COPANY or at Low Prices. An assort ers carried in stock. Both Phones 'S CAFE BEST IN THE STATE Fish and Game in Season Press in Wichita, Now e that isa credit to help push to success Pecullar African Race. There is a peculiar sort of people living in northwest Rhodesia. These natives are small of stature, with large horns on their heads. The horn springs from the scalp, consists of the native's hair mixed with fat and filth, and is sometimes as much as 18 inches long. For the most part these Kaffers live on the great open flats to be found on both sides of the Kafue river. They build their huts on the great an heaps which appear like hills scattered over the flats. When the Kafue is in flood and the flats are changed into great lakes these people are safe in their huts on the ant heaps. Their cattle also take refuge on the ant heaps on which corn and mecales are likewise grown. --- -Ice Cream Westrn University The leading educational institute for Negroes in the west THE STATE MUSEUM OF ART AND SCIENCE A faculty of eighteen thoroughly equipped teachers from the leading Institutes in America. MAGNIFICENT BUILDINGS Steam Heated and Electric Lighted DEPARTMENTS Ecological, Classical, Normal, Snb-Normal, M State Industrial, embracing courses in A ure, Carpentry, Mechanical Drawing, Print k-binding, Tailorlng, Business Courses, I ng, Millinery, Cooking, Laundering and Fa Thorough discipline, Christian influence careful supervision Fine Military Band and Orchestra or full particulars write to Prof. Shelton French, ACTING PRESIDI Of Western University QUINDARO, KS Evidence Phone No. 15 Office Phone Elence Counts.... THEN USE U·KNEAD·IT" FLOUR Labels in every respect,—color. Flavor, and po- barrel. MADE BY Watson Mill Co. WICHITA, KANSAS OLDEN'S FLAT ST 99 N. Wichita St Wichita, First-Class in every respect. Newly Furnishe- and Lodging $3.75 and $4.00 per week Lodging 50c and $1.00 per night ent a Specialty. Special Rates to Opera Trest Only Regular Meals Served. Heated — Well Lighted — Well Ventilate Best Accommodations — Prompt Service James J. OLDEN, Prop. Class Surgery Special Attention Give Specialty Canine Practic Call Calls Promptly Answered—Day or Night r. C. R. Wilde Veterinary Physician & Surgeon The Finest Equipped Hospital In the City Phones Office and Hospital 236 N. Market St., Wichita Theological, Classical, Normal, Snb-Normal, Musical, State Industrial, embracing courses in Architecture, Carpentry, Mechanical Drawing, Printing, Book-binding, Tailorling, Business Courses, Dress making, Millinery, Cooking, Laundering and Farming. Thorough discipline, Christian influence careful supervision Fine Military Band and Orchestra For full particulars write to Prof. Shelton French, ACTING PRESIDENT Of Western University QUINDARO, KS Residence Phone No. 15 Office Phone 1423 Excellence Counts..... THEN USE "U·KNEAD·IT" FLOUR It excels in every respect,—color, flavor, and pounds of bread per barrel. MADE BY Watson Mill Co. WICHITA, KANSAS ```markdown ``` 527-9 N. Wichita St Wichita, Kan First-Class in every respect. Newly Furnished Board and Lodging $3.75 and $4.00 per week Lodging 50c and $1.00 per night Transient a Specialty. Special Rates to Opera Troupes Only Regular Meals Served. Well Heated — Well Lighted — Well Ventilated Best Accommodations — Prompt Service James J. OLDEN, Prop. High Class Surgery Special Attention Given to a Specialty Canine Practice All Calls Promptly Answered-Day or Night Dr. C. R. Wildes. The Finest Equipped Hospital In the City Both Phones Office and Hospital 1730 236 N. Market St., Wichita, Ks. Subscribe For Searchlig published Every Week for 11 Years The Searchlight Published Every Week for 11 Years Only $1.00 PER YEAR Only CHAS. B. PATTON Merchant Tailor 605 North Main street First-Class Making of Men's Garments Cleaning, Pressing and Repairing A Specialty Prompt Service Courteous Attention Your Trade Solicited Bell Phone, 3055 Wichita, Kansas. Grocery Department WE SELL FLOUR WE SELL MEAL WE SELL LARD WE SELL MEAT WE SELL POTATOES In fact, we sell everything kept in a First-Class Grocery. WHY CAN'T WE SELL TO YOU? Makin Eye Drug Co. 517 N. Main St. - Wichita, Kan - Bell Phone 239 L. N. Naftsger, President, W. R. Tucker, Vice-President, J. M. Moore, Vice President, O. W. Brown. Vice President, V. H. Branch, Gashier. NOTARY PUBLIC. Office 634 North Water Street Practices in all the Courts Of Kansas and Missouri Residence Phone: Bell 1641 Capital $200,000 Surplus $25,000 Directors; W. R. Tucker, W. E. Jett, R. L. Holmes, S. B. Amidon, E. J. M. Moore, L. S. Nattsger, H. W. Darling, A. G. Houston, E. C. Sheldon, C. V. Brown, J. W. Metz, E. T. Battin, Henry Lassen, V. H. Branach. A General Banking Business Transacted Send your news in earlier Groceries, Meats GENERAL MERCHANDISE We carry a full, fresh line of Staple and Fancy Groceries and Choicest Fresh and Salt Meats Our Stock of Dry Goods Men, Women and Children's Shoes cannot be excelled in quality or in price. Free Delivery. Use Murray's Reliable Nerve Balm Murray's Reliable Antiseptic Salv Murray's Reliable Extracts Murray's Reliable Perfumes Murray's Reliable Pure Spices Tapp & Hanshaw 255-257 N. Main St Phone 257 They are pleasing hundreds of people and will please you. Satisfaction IN EVERY POUND OF "wichita's Best"Four POENISCH BROS., Agents 622 N. Main Street We also carry a complete stock of Hay, Grain, Feed and Coal. 530 - Both Phones - 530 J. H. MURRAY, Sole Prop. 803 South Hydraulic Avenue New Phone 985 Wishita - - - Kansas BOM5 J. Ed Allen HARNESS MAKER 426 North Main St. New and 2nd Hand Harness Harness bought, sold, repaired and exchange Job Printing We have installed a new line of JOB TYPE FACES and we would be pleased to use them on a job for you. Sir D. L. Taylor Good Work- Low Prices to all 634 North Water St. Designer and Builder of Tent houses, Tabernacle houses and Temple houses. Prices in reach of all. Send your order to-day 829 East Center SALINA, HANNAH Subscribe and pay for the Wichita Searchlight. It is only $1, for a whole year. Try it. Took Precautions. Took Precautions. "You ran into this man at 30 miles an hour and knocked him 40 feet," said the court. "That, or a little better, I suppose," answered the chauffeur. "Why didn't you slow down?" "Mere precaution, your honor. Once I shut off speed and hit a man so gently that he was able to climb into the machine and give me a loosing." For a Good Job of Lead and Oil. SUTTON PAINT CO. Its the man who "sticks-to-it" who wins. NORTH-WEST CORNER OF THE COURT HOUSE Bonded Abstractors Mrs. Eva Downs, who is in Daytonia, Florida, where she was called the latter part of December on account of the death of her sister, expects to start homeward about February 1st. On her return she will make short visits at Jacksonville, Fla., her former home, St. Louis, Mo., and one or two other places. She is expected in Wichita about February 15th. Joseph Berry, 18 years old, who had been in Wichita but a few months, died at the home of his cousin, A. L. Case, 1530 Sherwood, on Monday night, January 24th, of typhoid fever. His body was shipped to his former home in Meridian, Okla. He was the son of L. G. Berry of that city. Phillip Hyde, aside from being the champion expert carpet cutter, matcher and fitter in the city, also owns some of the most valuable and choice real estate in Wichita. Coming to this city without a cent, he has by his industry, economy and pluck accumulated some valuable property by the wise investment of his savings. Besides his cosy and comfortable home, 632 Wabash, he also owns other property. Phillip is a member of Arkansas Valley lodge No. 21 and a member of New Hope Baptist church, being one of its deacons. He has proved that a cooled man can own good property. The ladies of the G. L. A. Club met Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Estella Patten, and was royally entertained by her. A sumptuous repast was served that would have done credit to a banquet feast. Red carnations tied with ribbons, club colors and dainty cards were the favors presented. Mrs. G. L. Scott and Mrs. J. C. Cowan were guests of the club. They will meet next week with Mrs. Thos. Fines. FIRST ANNIVERSARY COLORED Y. M. C. A. The officers and members of the Y. M. C. A. among the colored men will hold the first anniversary celebration of the organization at the A. M. E. church on Monday night, January 31st, at which time and place they invite everyone to come and take part with them in this very notable event. The officers and promoters of this most commendable organization deserve much credit and encouragement for the interest which they have kept alive in this work. Everyone should avail themselves of this opportunity and be present and help in the celebration of the first anniversary. The Y. M. C. A. will send delegates to meet the state assembly in Topeka in February. FAITH IN OUR PEOPLE The editor of the Searchlight has an unswerving faith in the rank and file of the members of the race to which he proudly belongs—the Negro race. His faith in his race is not one of a transitory nature or one based on any mercenary motive—but is pure and unadulterated. It is this unflinching faith in the great masses of the rank and file—of the true-hearted—men and women of his race that has been the propelling force that has fired his very soul for almost twelve years in the publication of a newspaper to sponsor their cause and to defend them and their interests. Twelve years of daily contact with his race in this field of labor convinces him that the Negro—as a race—are sincere and inearnest in their desire to help build up enterprises within the race. Our experience demonstrates to us that there are no race of people who are more interested in their racial development than is the Negro. Taken as a whole—unhampered, unintimidated and untampered with—the rank and file of the race are loyal one to the other in this regard. The trouble is not with the rank and file of the race—but it is with that class of Negroes who have, by chance, become elevated a notch or so above the masses and have assumed somewhat of a leadership. It is these Negro men and women who while they have their fingers—as it were—on the pulse of small numbers of members of the race seek by "divers ways and in sundry manners" to wean the race members from their innate respect and support of race enterprises. While each of these men and women have some subterfuge to offer—yet in every case—not one excepted—behind this plea—whatever it may be—can always be found some sinecure, mercenary, personal motive not conducive to the general welfare of the race. These men and women are no less than race traitors and form a special class of necessary race evils. Such men and women have been found in every race since the creation of man, and are in every known race upon the globe today. And in this regard—though they are a menace to the race—the Negro race cannot comfortably hope to be an exception. But go to the rank and file—the masses—and in them all Negro enterprises—all Negro professional and business men and women will find true defenders and staunch supporters. Co. Among the colored men of Wichita who have made noticeable progress in the acquisition of property in the past few years the name of John E. Lewis, deserves prominent mention. Mr. Lewis owns one of the most up-to-date well appointed and comfortable homes in the city at Wabash and Eagle streets where he resides. During the later part of 1909 he erected another modern cottage on his property, facing on Wabash. This property he rents out. For years he has been one of our formost citizens. As Grand Chancellor of Sunflower Grand lodge, Knights of Pythias and as one of the leading of Baptists in State he enjoys an acquaintance in the west which would do honor to any man. He is a Mason and a member of Arkansas Valley lodge No. 21, He is also a Scottish Rite aud a member of Kaw Valley Consistory. He is a member of the New Hope Baptist Church of this city and is one of the Deacons. John is a jolly good fellow and makes friends fast. NOTICE. To the Members of the "Kansas Lincoln Day Club:" This comes to remind you that the "Kansas Lincoln Day Club" will assemble in the city of Topeka, Kansas, Friday night, February 11, 1910, for the purpose of celebrating the one hundredth and first anniversary of that immortal saint, Abraham Lincoln. We cordially invite all Kansans and visitors to be present. Even though last year's assembly was the best, the committee is sparing no pains to make this the crowning event. C. PATTerson, President. C. C. LYTLE, Secretary. P. S.—Watch for the programs. ASPIRIES FOR DISTRICT CLERK. Prof. Chas. D. Fazell, formerly stenographer of the District Court, is an active candidate for the office of clerk of the District Court. Prof. Fazell is an exceptionally fine gentleman. He is by no means a politician, in the common acceptance of that word, and his candidacy he bases upon his qualification to give thorough satisfaction. We know of no fairer minded, squarer or more upright gentleman than Prof. Fazell. He is a man who believes in fair play and a square deal to every man, regardless of race. The taxpayers of this county need have no fear if Prof. Fazell should receive the nomination and be elected as clerk of the District Court. He is one of the Abraham Lincoln style of Republicans. WE HOPE IT IS TRUE. Frm an unauthentic source we are informed that great pressure is being brought to bear on Mr. George H. Bradford of this city to induce him to permit the use of his name as a candidate for the nomination of representative from the 71st legislative district comprising the First, Second and Third wards of Wichita. We hope that this information is true, and hope that Mr. Bradford will yield to the wishes of the people of this district and enter he race. We are aware of the fact that to go through the campaign and serve as a representative would be a great sacrifice on the part of any man with the great volume of business which Mr. Bradford is at the head of, but Mr. Bradford owes some consideration to the wishes of his fellow townsmen. His wide experience and acute knowledge of the needs of Kansas and Sedgwick county make him at once the logical and proper man for that place. There is no man better fitted or who would give better and more general satisfaction and who would indeed be a representative "of all the people" more acceptable than Gee O. H. Bradford. Clean, honest, fair and square, the people of this county would be made feel proud with him representing them in the state legislative hall. Every interest would receive careful and painstaking consideration and every citizen—white and black—would be patiently heard. We hope that Mr. Bradford will consent and enter the race he would win easily. POLITICAL CARD. I desire to announce that I am a candidate for the office of clerk of the District Court of Sedgwick county, Kansas, subject to the decision of the Republican voters at the primary in August. CHAS. D. FAZEL. ```markdown ``` The Girl Who Came Back By TEMPLE BAILEY (Copyright, 1909 by Associated Literary Press.) The little mother sat and sewed. There was the party dress for Emily. She knew she wasn't making it well. It needed the more artistic finish of one who kept in touch with styles. The little mother was too busy to go out into the world and see things. Since Jean had left there had been so many things to do. She slipped off a thread and surveyed the garment. Jean could have tied the bows differently. But she must not wish her back when she was so happy in her life in the city. In the store where Jean worked people came to be fitted and tried on, and there was always life and excitement and plenty of money. "I had to come." Je stopped and laughed in hungry and I know you cookies in the little ja have them, you know. Jean sat and at talked in her gay, light thing except the re came back. She examined Emily feved to fix it. "T'll room and take off this confy." When she came back pale gray kimono. "Now you look like Jean," her mother said suddenly Jean clung "She is very happy," the little mother told Andy Wentworth when he had come in the night before. Andy had said, thoughtfully, "I hope so," and had stared into the fire. The little mother wished that Jean might have cared for Andy. The big, double house on the hill would have held them all—Jean and Andy living on one side, and Emily and her mother on the other. And in the spring they would have looked out on the blossoming dogwood and would have heard the birds sing and in the fall there would have been the flame of the trees and the sunsets over the lake. There was no view of sunset from the little mother's window. Only the squalid streets of the mining town and a bit of bleak north sky. When the lamps were lighted it was better and the little mother sewed in a circle of light until Emily came. Emily's hair was like spun gold and when she tried on the new pink dress she looked like a rose. But the little mother didn't think of that. She was worried about the fit. Em- THEN YOU ARE NOT GOING BACK TO THE CITY? HER MOTHER ASKED ily's figure seemed to bulge out in the wrong places or else the dress did. Emily's face showed her dissatisfaction. "It's wrong," she said, downheartedly, "and I'm not blaming you, mother, only you and I haven't the knack of getting things right, as Jean had—" "If Jean were only here," sighed the little mother, and then, taking it back quickly, "Of course I ought not to wish it if she is happy." "Well, I wish she would ask me to come and see her," Emily sighed. "I don't think it is fair that she should have all the fun, do you, mother?" "She works for it," the mother excused, "and of course she's away all day." "Yes," Emily agreed, "but we could go places in the evenings and she knows so many men." "Yes," the little mother agreed, abstractedly. She was ripping at the sleeves in Emily's dress with a view to making them shorter. "I think that's why Andy Wentworth didn't want her to go to the city," Emily said. "He was jealous." "Well, Jean never would have been contented to settle down on a farm," the mother said. "You can try this on again, Emily." When Emily had eaten her supper and had gone to bed so that she might be wide awake on the night of the dance, the little mother worked late. And all the time her thoughts were with Jean—Jean, who was working in the city. Suddenly she stopped and raised her head—in the midst of the wind and storm she heard a call. She went to the door and looked out. The lamplight shining on the path showed a dark figure. "Mother," said a voice, tremulously, "Jean!" In another moment the little mother had her in and before the fire. She took off the velvet wrap and handled the plumed hat with reverence, revealing thereby Jean's slender figure clothed in modish black, her hair a golden crown of puffs and curls. "How pretty you are," said the little mother, rapturously. "It's such a joy to have you, Jean." "I had to come," Jean began, then stopped and laughed a little. "I am hungry and I know you have some cookies in the little jar. You always have them, you know." So Jean sat and ate cookies and talked in her gay, light way of everything except the reason why she came back. She examined Emily's dress and offered to fix it. "I'll run in the bedroom and take off this gown and be cozy." When she came back she wore a pale gray kimono. "Now you look like my own little Jean," her mother said, brightly, and suddenly Jean clung to her, sobbing. "Oh, mother, mother," she said, "I have come back to be your own little Jean—always." "Then you are not going back to the city?" her mother asked. It was a simple little tale of the effort to preserve high ideals amid sordid surroundings. "All of the girls wanted pretty clothes, and we would do almost anything to get them. We lived in poor, little rooms and cooked our sausages and ham and eggs over the gas jet—and we bought silk stockings and puffs with the money we saved. We didn't have enough to eat sometimes, but we could sweep the length of our silk petticoats across the floor and we consoled ourselves that way." "But you wrote that you were happy—" "At first I was," Jean said. "I was just silly enough to think that looking well would make up for it all. But after a while it seemed to me that I should die if I didn't see the fields and hear the birds—oh, you don't know how I wanted to run right out to Andy's farm, mother." "I thought you hated the farm." "I did—because I didn't know." She came over and knelt by her mother's side. "There was a man in the city—he was rich and generous, and he took me out to suppers when I was hungry—and to ride in his motor car when I was tired. At last he asked me to marry him and I said, 'Yes.' But I didn't tell you, because somehow I couldn't see you welcoming him to this shabby little home. Not because he was too fine for it, but because you were too fine for him, mother—with all of his money I was ashamed of him. And that wasn't all. It seemed to me that instead of wanting me to live up to the best that was in me he wanted to drag me down to his level. He liked to have me amuse him with my brightness. But the real me, the real woman of me, that you know, mother, he didn't care to understand. She stopped and went on, slowly. "And last night—last night I had a letter from Andy Wentworth. For all that he really knew, I was happy and prosperous, but his heart had told him that I needed him. He begged me to let him know if anything troubled me, that he might help. Even though I would not have him in my life, he wanted to care for me—to protect me from evil." She stood up with shining eyes. "And that's why I came back, mother. To be your own little Jean again. To marry Andy. To live in God's country and forget the things I have learned in the city. I wish I could tell all girls to stay near their mothers and the good men who love them—for there's nothing that makes up for it in the whole wide world." She was sobbing again in her mother's arms. But presently she sat up. "Let's finish Emily's dress," she said. And when she had put a stitch here and there and had tied the bows she held it up. "She shall wear my pink corals and my gold comb," she said, "and she will be the belle of the ball, but I will stay home with you, and Andy shall come, and you shall give us your blessing, and please God we will all live happy ever after, mother, dear." Clever Police Dogs. One of the smartest police constables in Wales has four feet. He answers to the name of Wallace, and people who did not know better would mistake him for an ordinary dog. Wallace belongs to Albert Savage of the Glamorganshire constabulary, who has trained him for police duty. "He works the backs of house while his master works the fronts, and vice versa," says the Police Review and Parade Gossip. "He never misses a man if there is one about, and his warning bark soon makes known to his master the presence of tramps loitering or sleeping in the farmyards." Bob, the dog of a Newport, Isle of Wight postman, who accompanies his master to the Newport railway station for the malls, has developed a fondness for traveling by train, alone and without a ticket, to Mill Hill, a suburb of Cowes. There he always detrains and waits for the next train back to Newport. Spot, the collecting dog at Bexley Station, on the Southeastern & Chatam railway, was presented recently with a silver-mounted collar and enrolled a member of the Brotherhood of Hero Dogs.—London Express. Covering an area of 2,450 acres, the largest hydraulic gold mine in the world is in Trinity county, California. THE AMERICAN HOME W·M.A.RADFORD EDITOR THE HOME OF THE MAYFIELD MUSEUM Mr. William A. Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he is, without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Address all inquiries to William A. Radford, No. 194 Fifth Ave., Chicago, Ill., and only enclose two-cent stamp for reply. Twenty years ago cement and concrete had hardly been heard of as a structural material for houses. Ten years ago re-enforced concrete was almost unknown. The San Francisco earthquake and the Baltimore fire tested these materials and found them good. Since these catastrophes the increase in the use of cement, and consequently of concrete, has been phenomenal. For a long time in the hands exclusively of masons and engineers, cement is not found there in lesser quantities to-day, but it has passed on into the hands of the builder, decorator and maker of utilities of a hundred sorts in the manufacture of which stone and wood have for 'centuries been the common material. Cement not only adapts itself to the various and practical uses, but it readily lends itself to molds of the most intricate and artistic shapes. The twentieth century has with good reason been called the cement age. No building material ever gained in popularity as has cement in the past decade. And the prophecies of what we shall see in the next ten years in the use of this material rival the vision of Apocalypse. We shall see a new city and a new country, for the filmsy wooden structures will have passed 1 away, and, behold, new cities of beautiful concrete, and countrysides where barns, dwellings, posts and even pigsties shall be of this material, and beautiful. Wherever the most up-to-date and extensive building is going on this latest structural material is being used. It is attracting the attention of anyone who is interested in any way in building, whether he be an engineer, architect or insurance company. The most progressive insurance companies enthusiastically PORCH PANTRY 5'6"X3'6" BED RM. 11'0"X14'6" KITCHEN 9'6"X10'6" SINK DOWN LIVING RM. 12'0"X14'0" HALL 5'6"X10'6" PORCH 16'0"X9'0" First Floor Plan advocate re-enforced concrete and will write lower rates on them than on buildings of any other form of construction. In all the leading universities of the country cement is receiving much consideration both from a chemical and engineering standpoint. No other material has like prestige in this respect. The pioneer concrete residence in the United States is in Port Chester, N. Y. It was built by William L. Ward 34 years ago. It is a villa, and every terrace, porch, bay window, corbeled balcony, cornice, mansard roof, chimney, dormer and tower is of concrete to the last detail. If this house had been erected in the last few years it would have been called a poured house. It has floors resembling sheets of rubbed sand stone, hard finished white walls, paneled ceilings molded and enriched. Yet above the basement story there is hardly anything to remind one of concrete except the stairwalls and the kitchen --- fireplace. There is not a wooden furring strip in the whole house, for every foot of the plastering is laid on the solid concrete of the walls. The economics of the re-enforced concrete house constitute a problem that is yet to be solved. The most popular use of this material in home building is in the form of plaster on a wooden frame. Beautiful examples of BED RM. 14'0"X8'0" BED RM. 11'0"X9'6" BATH 6'0X6'0" HALL DOWN BED RM. 14'0"X10'6" Second Floor Plan this style of house are to be seen in the environs of the larger cities and in many country towns. A cement plaster house costs a little more than a frame house, but is cheaper in the THE HOME OF THE MAYFIELD MUSEUM long run, for the reason that it does not require paint or repairs. The house here shown is an example of the cement plaster house. The plan calls for a structure 22 feet 6 inches wide, and 30 feet long. The general effect of the exterior is pleasing to the eye, and the architectural beauty of the design is heightened by the chimney, which forms a part of the wall and gives a hint of the cheerful fireplace within. The porch is 16 feet long and 9 feet wide. The hall is 5 feet 6 inches by 10 feet 6 inches. The living room, 12 by 14 feet, has a bedroom 11 feet by 14 feet 6 inches, back of it, but this room can be made to serve as a dining-room, if wanted. The kitchen, 9 feet 6 inches by 10 feet 6 inches, has a pantry conveniently located. On the second floor are three bedrooms and a bathroom, with ample closet room. Anyone who builds a house after this design will never regret the use of cement plaster on the exterior, for the material becomes harder with age, and the exterior paint that will be required will be that on the steps of the porch and the wood of the eaves and cornices. Raising Ostriches The first attempt to raise ostriches in Australia was made by a Mr. Malcom, who, in 1880, brought 100 young birds from South Africa to South Australia. In the following year the parliament of South Australia enacted a law which granted to the first person who should exhibit 250 ostriches more than one year old about 2,400 acres of land suited for ostrich farming. The conditions were satisfied by the South Australian Ostrich company, which was founded in 1886 with a capital of $75,000. The company received land near Port Augusta on Spencer Bay, but in spite of this assistance, the company has never paid a dividend, although it now possesses 1,100 ostriches, all of which were imported from South Africa.—Scientific American. Soapstone Fibers. The discovery of a few years ago by Prof. Boys that fused quartz can drawn into exceedingly fine fibers, which are superior to all others for many laboratory purposes, has been followed by Prof. Shenstone with similar experiments with soapstone. When highly heated, soapstone melts into a clear glass, which can be drawn out into fine fibers, possessing all the qualities of elasticity and resistance to chemical reagents that characterize quartz fibers.—The Laundry Magazine. WINTER BLOOM The orchard is in winter bloom, The boughs are garbed in white-- It seems that hints of vague perfume Should drift in through the night, For as they were in early spring The trees have bloomed again, As wondrous in their blossoming As ever they were then. When laughing spring was truly here With all the breath of May. There is a spring-hush in the air, The world is very still— The bees on honey-trails should fare Along the dreaming rill And drone along the orchard ways The number hoards to bring As in the other blossom days That only come with spring. White magic, this, that loads the trees With drooping strands of white And paints the springtime ecstasies Against the winter night. But vainly do we wonder why The bees bring in petrine And vainly does it seek and sigh Amid the winter bloom. Answers for the Anxious. No, Corinne, you cannot expect much success with your thermometer bulbs if you set them out now. Thermometer bulbs should be planted in the late fall so that they may get a good start during the winter months. Atomizer bulbs, however, may be planted now to good effect. Give them the same care and plant them in the same soil as your rubber plant. We believe you were jesting when you asked if you should set out your electric light bulbs beside the currant bushes. If not, we should advise you to put them in the pole bean patch. Last Hope. The eminent physicians are in solemn consultation, while the patient lies in an utterly weak, almost lifeless condition. "His nervous system seems completely collapsed," decides the most eminent consultant. "An operation will be of no avail," observes the next most eminent. "No," says the third. "The only hope for him now is a sudden and terrific shock. That's the only thing that will restore him." "Then let us present our bills to him right away," suggests the youngest of the physicians. Different Locally. "Well, how true it is," sighs the visitor, "that one half the world doesn't know how the other half lives." "That may be true of the world in general," replies the native. "But it doesn't apply to this town." Much Higher. "Do you believe in higher education for girls?" asks the patient investigator of the man who recently struck the market right. "Do I?" asks the other, clinking the gold coins in his pocket. "Well, last year we sent our Lizzie to a school that charged only $200 tuition, and this year we're paying $2,000." Method In It. "But," we say to the man who has amassed a billion in the sale of pepsin tablets, "does it not seem strange that you should give a million dollars to endow a cooking school?" "The papers didn't get it straight," he explains. "It is to endow a school of fancy cooking." TO CURE RHEUMATISM Prescription that Cured Hundreds Since Published Here. "One ounce syrup of Sarsaparilla compound; one ounce Toris compound; Add these to a half pint of good whiskey: Take a tablespoonful before each meal and at bed time; Shake the bottle well each time." Any druggist has these ingredients in stock or will quickly get them from his wholesale house. Good results are felt from this treatment after the first few doses but it should be continued until cured. 'This also acts as a system builder, eventually restoring strength and vitality. The Usual Way. Smith—Did the lawyer get anything out of your uncle's estate? Jones—Get anything? He got it all. DAVIS PAINKILLER should be taken without delay when sore chest and tickling throat warm you time an annoying冷 threatens. At all draughts in $8.88 and $6 bottles. Many a man's morality doesn't begin to work until he discovers that he is being shadowed by a detective. ARE YOUR CLOTHES FADED? Use Red Cross, Ball Blue and make them white again. Large 2 oz. package, 5 cents Extremes meet when the hairdresser is introduced to the chiropodist. MORE PINKHAM CURES Added to the Long List due to This Famous Remedy. Oronogo, Mo.—"I was simply a neryous wreck. I could not walk across could not walk across the floor without my heart fluttering and I could not even receive a letter. Every month I had such a bearing down sensation, as if the lower parts would fall out. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable compound has on my nerves a great sense and has been applied the floor with out my heart fluttering and I could not even receive a letter. Every month I had such a bearing down sensation, as if the lower parts would fall out. Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has done my nerves a great deal of good and has also relieved the bearing down. I recommended it to some friends and two of them have been greatly benefited by it." — Mrs. MAE McKNIGHT, Oronogo, Mo. Another Grateful Woman. St. Louis, Mo. — "I was bothered terribly with a female weakness and had backache, bearing down pains and pains in lower parts. I began taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound regularly and used the Sanative Wash and now I have no more troubles that way." — Mrs. AL HERZOG, 5722 Prescott Ave., St. Louis, Mo. Because your case is a difficult one, doctors having done you no good, do not continue to suffer without giving Lyda E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a trial. It surely has cured many cases of female ills, such as inflammation, ulceration, displacements, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, that bearing-down feeling, indigestion, dizziness, and nervous prostration. It costs but a trifle to try it, and the result is worth millions to many suffering women. WESTERN CANADA WESTERN CANADA can farmers who made Canada their home during 1909, 1910, and 1911, during year added to the wealth of the country upwards of $170,000,000.00 Grain growing, mixed farming, and all profitable. Free Homesteads of 160 acres are to be held at 160 acres pre-emptions at $3.00 160 acres pre-emptions at $3.00 Schools and churches in every settlement, climate unexcelled, building material plentiful. For particials as to location, low-lying areas illustrated pamphlet, "Lost Places," write to Supt. of Immigration, Ottawa, Can., or to Canadian Government Agent. J. S. CRAWFORD No. 125 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Mo. (Use address nearby you.) "For months I had great trouble with my stomach and used all kinds of medicines. My tongue has been actually as green as grass, my breath having a bad odor. Two weeks ago a friend recommended Cascarets and after using them I can willingly and cheerfully say that they have entirely cured me. I therefore let you know that I shall recommend them to any one suffering from such troubles."—Chas. H. Halpern, 114 E. 7th St., New York, N. Y. CUT THIS OUT, mall it with your address to Sterling Remedy Company, Chicago, Illinois, and receive a handsome souvenir gold Bon Bon FREE. 923 Will instantly relive your aching throat. There is nothing like it for Asthma, Bronchitis and lung troubles. Contains no opiates. Very pleasant to take. All Druggits, 25 cents. OMAHA PEOPLE GREATLY EXCITED THE GREAT COOPER AS HE I8 CALLED HAS STIRRED UP THAT CITY TO A REMARKABLE DEGREE. Omaha, Nebraska, January 26.—Thi city) is at present in the midst of an Grotement beyond anything that tt has experienced in recent years, Old and young, rich and poor, all recom to have become beside them- fulves over an individual who was a firanger to Omaha up to two weeks “rhe man who has created all this tormoil is L. T, Cooper, President of the Cooper Medicine Co. of Dayton, Onio, who is at present introducing his preparations in this city for the first time. Cooper 1s @ man about thirty years of age and has acquired a fortune within the past two years by the sale of some preparations of which he is the owner, Reports from eastern cities that pre- ceeded the young man here were of the most startling nature, many of the leading dailies going so far as to sate that he had nightly cured in public places rheumatism of years’ standing with one of his preparations, ‘The physicians of the East contradict. cd this statement, claiming the thing to be impossible, but the facts seemed to bear out the statement that Cooper actually did 80. Iu consequence people flocked to him by thousands and *is prepara. tions sold like wildfire. Many of these stories were regard. ed as uctitious in Omaha and until Cooper actually reached this city little attention was paid to them. Hardly had the young man arrived, however, when he began giving demonstrations, as he calls them, in public, and daily met people afflicted with rheumatism, and with a single application of one of his preparativns actually made them walk without the ald of either canes or crutches. In addition to this work Cooper ad- vanced the theory that stomach trou- ble is the feundation of nine out of ten diseases and claimed to have a preparation that would restore the stomach *9 working order and thus get rid of such troubles as catarrh and affections of the kidneys and liver, in about #0 weeks’ time, ‘Thie statement seems to have been borna out by the remarkable results obtained through the use of his prep- aration, and now all Omaha is ap- parently mad over the young man. How long the tremendous interest in Cooper will last is hard to estimate. At present there seems to be no sign of a let-up. Reputable physicians claim it to be a fad that wiil die out as soon as Cooper leaves. In justice to him, however, it must be said that he seems to have accom- plished a great deal for the sick of this city with his preparations. A Real Catastrophe, Philip, aged four, fs in the habit of going across the street to a neighbor's house for milk. One day in Decem: ber he returned home with an empty bucket and a grave face. “We can't get any more milk,” he announced in & tone’ weighty with the importance of his message. “The cow's . dried up.” And, as we stared in surprise at him, he suddenly élinched the mat ter with an observation, evidently of his own: “They don’t think that she'll thaw out till spring.”—The De lineator. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle ot CASTORIA, asafe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of, SIL iAN. In Use For Over 30 Years. ‘The Kind You Have Always Bought Awful Thought. "When I leave here I shall have te depend on my brains for a living.” “Don't take such a pessimistic view of things.”—Cornell Widow. We are not to blame because you suffer from Rheumatism or Neuralgia, but, you are if yon donot try Hamline Wizard Oil. Tt Quickly soothes and allays all ‘Dain, eoheneas ann tates Nobody will use other people's ex- perience, nor has any of his own till it is too late to use it—Nathaniel Hawthorne, oo RIN fag PSUS Z DODD'S." AT a WW PILLS 4 » TE iy PGS SATS Latter eae a ae Ri ae x Ry itl XQ 75 “Guaran They de Ae entdoors? ita Oe ; 3 fl} No PN eg sine BN Reick re. ee ey fee Why Farmers Are Prosperous. Girard—A. H. Snyder, living ten miles west of here, claims to have tak- en all honors in the pork selling line. Mr, Snyder and his brother sold eight hoge at Brazelton at $40 a head. The eight hogs netted them the sum of $320. Mr. Snyder sold a span of 4-year-old mules to a party in Frontenac which brought him $440. He says that he has 50 head of mules, just as good as the one he sold, which will be ready for the market soon. Wheat and Alfalfa. Manhattan.—There is great interest all over the state concerning the ef- fect of the heavy coating of ice, long continued, on wheat and alfalfa. A.D Blanchard of the firm of Jolly & Blanchard, grain merchants, Topeka, and Prof. Ten Byck, professor of Agronomy of the Kansas experimental station here, have just made a careful examination of wheat and alfalfa on the Agricultural college farm here. ‘Mr. Blanchard reports: “As far as we are able to tell from our investigation the wheat seems to be alive and all ‘0. K’ We examined the different fields and various conditions of snow and ice and in fact failed to find any dead plants. Prof. Ten Eyck, however, seems to think it fs difficult to tell yet what the real condition is as the fields are all covered with snow and ice. The alfalfa plant, being stronger, will stand more severe conditions than wheat. Made $75,000 In 24 Years. Amy.—A real estate deal of more than usual consequence came to & close last week, when Henry See, the owner of a large ranch in the eastern part of Scott coanty, sold it to an easterner for $38,000. The ranch con- sists of 2,080 acres. Mr, Sea came to this section in 1886, one of the earliest of the pioneers. ‘He was a poor man with a family and worked by the day to support them during the first few years, With good management and hard work he stead- fly gained ground until he became the owner of this large tract of land. Be- sides running his ranch has dealt ex- tensively in horses and mules in late years and done general farming. This man, who twenty-four years ago had practically nothing, is said by good authority to be able to cash in now for $75,000. His story is not altogether unusual In western Kansas, Fish Pond on Every Farm. Topeka.—A fish pond on every Kan: sas farm. That is the work to which Professor L, L. Dyche of the university Proposes to dedicate the rest of his Ife. “Do you know,” said he, “that a farmer can clean up more ready cash ‘on one acre of water, properly stocked with fish, than he can on ten acres of land planted to wheat, corn or alfal fa? That is the history of the fish in- dustry in Germany and other Buro- pean countries, “The trouble {s that American far mers dox't grasp the situation in re: gard to the fish industry. It is easy to raise fish. They grow rapidly. In fact, they never quit growing. They are not like a huma> being or an ani: mal. They keep on growing until they die. Fresh fish bring about the same price at the market as a good beef: steak. In fact, beef sets the price of fresh fish. “Now we brag a good deal about the farmers’ wife who markets her butter and eggs and secures enough revenue to feed and clothe the whole family,” sald Dyche. “Why not let her also add fish and take that to market, too?” Osborne Votes $25,000 for Schools. Osborne—On Dec. 23, 1909, the board of education of the city of Os. borne submitted a proposition to the legal voters of the city and attached territory providing for issuing $25,000 in bonds to be used for the purpose of building and equipping an addition. al school building, the present build. Ing being inadequate for the accom. modation of the increased attendance in all of the departments. The elec- tion was held and the proposition was carried by a majority of one hundred and sixty. Has Milkink Machine and an Auto. Relleville—The only milking ma- machine yet introduced in this sec- tion of the state is owned by Chas. Carey, a well known farmer residing north of this city. Mr. Carey milks from sixteen to twenty cows each sea- son and has perhaps the only ma- chine of this kind this side of Man- hattan. He also has an automobile and has one of the most up-to-date farm premises in Republic county. Bound Over Till April. Burlington—S. J. Edsall, an en- gineer, and Fred Pyner, a brakeman on the Missouri Pacific, were bound over to the April term of the district court for trial under $2,000 bond each on charge of criminal carelessness, resulting in the death of Grace E. Nelson of Americus. . Miss Nelson was killed at Moody Junction October 13, when a Missouri Pacific train wrecked the rear coach of a Missourl, Kansas and Texas train. A NEW TOWN EVERY WEEK AND A NEW SCHOOL EVERY The above caption about represents the growth of Central Canada. The statement was made not long since by a railroad man who claimed to have made the remarkable discovery that such was the case. There is not a district of a fair amount of settle- ment in any of the three Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, but has its school, and the railways have stations every seven or eight miles apart, around which group the towns, some large and some small, but each important to its own district. Schools are largely maintained by pub- lic funds and the expense of tuition is but a nominal sum. ‘The final returns of the grain pro- duction for Central Canada for 1909 is now in, and the figures show that the value of the crops to the farmers of that country is about 195 milliom dol- lars, as compared with 120 million last year. American farmers or those who have gone from the United States, will participate largely in these splendid returns, and these comprise those who have gone from nearly every State in the Union. One of the many proofs that might be put forward showing the immense wealth that comes to the farmers of Central Canada is seen in the sum that has been spent during the past two or three months by the farmers who have for the time being ceased worrying over the reaper and the thresher, and are taking to enjoying themselves for two or three months. It is said that fifty thousand people of these Western Provinces spent the holiday season visiting their old homes. Most of these passengers paid forty and some forty-five dollars for the round trip. Some went to Great Britain, some to the Continent, others to their old homes in Hastern Canada, and many thousands went to visit their friends in the States. ‘The amount paid alone in transportation would be upward of two million dollars. Some make the trip every years. It need not be asked, “Can they afford it?” With crops yielding them a profit of $20 to $25 per acre, and some having as much as twelve hundred or more acres, the question is answered. Tae Canadian Government Agents at dif- ferent points in the States report that they have interviewed a great many of those who are now visiting friends in the different states, and they all ex- press themselves as well satisfied, and promise to take some of their friends back with them. There is still a lot of free homestead land in splen- did districts, and other lands can be purchased at a reasonable price from railway and land companies. WHERE IT WORKED. Roe ) -f ‘in ae iS “While we were on our honeymoon, I always spoke French to my husband, so that no one should understand us.” “So eu WERE tor Hrance, | did you?” EPIDEMIC OF ITCH IN WELSH VILLAGE “In Dowlais, South Wales, about fit- teen years ago, families were strick- en wholesale by a disease known as the itch. Believe me, it is the most terrible disease of its kind that I know of, as it itches all through your body and makes your life an inferno. Sleep is out of the question and you feel as if a million mosquitoes were attacking you at the same time. I knew a dozen families that were so affected. “The doctors did their best, but their remedies were of no avail what- ever. Then the families tried a drug- gist who was noted far ene his remarkable cures. People came to him from all parts of the country for treatment, but his medicine made matters still worse, as a last resort they were advised by a friend to use the Cuticura Remedies. I am glad to tell you that after a few days’ treat: ment with Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Resolvent, the effect was wonder- ful and the result was a perfect cure in all cases, “I may add that my three brothers, three sisters, myself and all our fam- flies have been users of the Cuticura Remedies for fifteen years. Thomas Hugh, 1650 West Huron St, Chicago, IIL, June 29, 1909.” Fie (Neleasanin. “Why did you tell your friend that the dressmaker had totally ruined your dress?” “Oh, I simply thought it would make her happy.”—Fliegende Blaetter. ‘The world delights in sunny people. The old are hungering for love more than for bread—Drummond, Dr, Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate and i Momach, iver and Bowie page oes, Sy eranules, easy wo take, ‘Do not gripe A poor excuse is better than none— 4f it works. BRIGHT OUTLOOK FOR HARRY Lucky Bridegroom Had So Many of His Wife's Relatives to “Run in” at Any Time. “It isn't as if the dear child was go- ing away off in some remote place far from all her relatives and friends,” said the bride's mother to the caller who had run in the day after the wed- ding to have a second look at the presents, “You see, she ts going to live right here, so near us that I can run in every day, and her sister, May, will live just across the street, and will be running in every day, and her grandmother lives just around the cor- ner, so she can run in every day, and her Aunt Maria lives only four blocks up the street, so she can run in every day, and her Aunt Harriet lives 80 near that she will probably be running in every day, and she has half a dozen other aunts and cousins right here in town who will be running in at any time; but of course it will be a little hard on poor Harry, for all of his people live miles and miles from here, and the dear boy hasn’t a relative to run in, yet with so many of May’s relatives to run in the boy can't get very lonesome—dear, good boy!” ‘Gavan Vin. The family was to leave on the two o'clock train for Broad street station, so the mother was all in a flurry as she hurried the children in a certain West Philadelphia home. “Now, children, get everything ready before luncheon,” she said. “Don't leave everything until the last minute.” And the children said they wouldn't. Luncheon ended, they hurried into their wraps, and started. In the hall the mother said: “Edward, you didn’t brush your teeth.” “Yes, ma’am, I did.” “But you couldn't,” she said, “you didn’t have time. Why you just got up from the table.” “I know that,” said Edward; “but we were in such a hurry I brushed them before I ate.”—Philadelphia Times. Real Early Rising. Farmer Brown and Farmer Jones were near neighbors, and many a dis- pute took place as to who was the ear- lier riser. Both maintained that each excelled the other. One day Farmer Brown determined to put the subject to test. Rising very early one morning, about two o'clock, he proceeded to visit his friend. 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Bocker—Will new vacuums, also? 0 eta 8 COL en ORE ie Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets iWtasintaase a= Enough Said. “Do you ever dress in a cold room?” “Well, I married a Boston girl.” Strong Healthy Women If a woman is strong and healthy in a womanly way, moth- erhood means to her but little suffering. The trouble lies in the fact that the many women suffer from weakness and disease of the distinctly feminine organism and are unfitted for motherhood. This can be remedied. eu pec, ree lo Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription om Cares the weaknesses and disorders of women. a It acts directly on the delicate and important organs concerned in motherhood, making them — healthy, strong, vigorous, virile and elastic. ry “Favorite Prescription’’ banishes the indispositions of the 2 Period of expectancy and makes baby’s advent easy and almost painless. It quickens and vitalizes the feminine = organs, and insures a healthy and robust baby. 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C., writes: — “ Tadvised a lady who was a great sufferer from neuralgia to try Sloan's Linl- ment. After one application the pain left her and she has not been troubled with it since.” Sloan's < } | ge e e Ee INIMeENvT fs is the best remedy for Rheumatism, Stiff & Joints and Sprains and all Pains. At All Druggists. Price 25c., 50c. and $1.00. ra Sloan's Treatise on the Horse sent Free. Address a DR. EARL S. SLOAN, BOSTON, MASS. i “California <2. OPDUA never!” Ucmedlonsing and fiomemaking encrprive ayer undertaken, tn adaitow'to tet grt Hetoes ir triste 40000 acres fa the Erie Falls Country: Miao, the Kubwe sre iregetin ese Sees eee ee dagebook in colors HL. Hollister, Dept. K, 205 LaSalle St., Chicago, HL CURES sone rarion. BiiousNess, RHEUM. ATISM, STOMACH ano LIVER COMPLAINT pone Ry M Pomoy easv— A 26¢ BO! aes emer + eR ALL LET SURE TOACT CGFA onesies ea eC aaa (i) BETTER THAN PILLS FOR LIVER ILLS bh, MST ‘A. M. LEWIS MEDICINE CO., BT. LOUIB, MO. Whiskers. A Roman poet told of the pride one of the late Caesars took in his great ‘whiskers. On some of the wildwood Hill Billies I have seen beards some feet long, a switch of the loose ends hanging out from under the waistcoat. Others braided the growth and tied it around the neck, while still others braided it around the waist, tying it behind like apron strings. One told me he combed and plaited his every night, and put it away into a long linen bag or nightgown, so as to keep it from getting all tangled up with his wife and his feet—New York Press. The only reason we care to be a millionaire is for the purpose of induc- ing bill collectors te cut our acquaint- ance, If you wish beautiful, clear, white clothes use Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 2 os, package, 5 cents. The average man spends more money on a foolish habit than he does on his wife's hats, Sees ra cane THe SE yea Pe Occasionally a girl discovers that the young man after her own heart isn’t after it at all. Tare eeting rftens the pirnl, relies to Yor children, teething, softens the gums, reducen tw Low shoes and high heels may be fashionable extremes, Your Liver * is Clogged up ‘That's Sabet rl Tired—Out @ EVER PILLS aS seo STE a } Cure on ON tien, Bil. == fousness, Indigestion, and Sick Headache. ‘SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE IEWIS | SINGLE BINDER SURAGHT HSCIGAR You Pay 10a for Cigars Not ec Good. FP. LEWIS Peorta. 11! “WN. U, WICHITA, No. B-1910, bl & 7 zee re | L= : ZB ee i 2 J S oa Sy \S\ia Aor i : yy) ss | yee ue EG ME, SE ao ” SPLIT GAYS MONOPOLY 18 TRYING TO GET CONTROL OF COUNTRY’S WATER POWER. REMEDIAL LEGISLATION URGED Government's Chief Forester Declares That People’s Rights Can Only Be Saved by Prompt Action at Coming Congressional Session. Washington, Oct. 3.—Unequivocally asserting that a monopoly now is in process of formation whose object is to obtain possession of the water pow- er sites of the country, Gfford Pin- chot, chief of the bureau of forestry, who returned from an extended in- pection in the west declared that remedial legislation must be enacted @t 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 combina- tions, 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 ac- tion on the part of congress is neces- sary to throttle it. Another big problem which will con- front congress will be disposition of vast areas of coal lands in the west, principally in Alaska, It is important that congress should take prompt ac- tfon on this important matter, Mr. Pinchot said, for the protection of the country’s fuels supply and also to pre- vent a monopoly in that product. Any doubt that may have existed as to whether Mr. Pinchot would con- tinue to advocate the polices fer 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 sesources and the great national forest serves. He asserted that President Watt is thoroughly imbued with the conservation movement, and declared that the people are now more com- pletely aroused over the matter than ever. President ‘Taft, Mr. Pinchot safd, has expressed himself in favor of @ 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 consalidation which is now running throngh all industrial enterprises, will necessarily in the end, lead to the consolidation of the water power in- terests exactly as it has to consolida- tion of steel and oil interests. There has got to be legislation on this water power business. President Taft has {indicated his intention of asking con- gress 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 con- ress. -.e question {s, are we going to, give these power sites in per petuity? That fs a question with which congress will have to deal.” wis it possible to head off this so- called trust?” Mr. Pinchot was asked, “The government cannot probably prevent formation of such a monopo ly,” he replied, “but It can control ft. I regard this matter as one of the most important questions with which congress will have to deal.” Killed by Fall Down Stairs. Garden City, Kan., Oct. 3—W. D. Emery of Chicago, an expert billiard player who has been giving exhibi- ffans here, was killed in a local hotel when he fell headlong down a private sfairway. His neck was broken and he died instantly. , Help for Monterey Sufferers. ‘Was ungton, Oct. 3—The American Red Gross through the state depart- ment, sent an additional $2,000 to the ffood sufferers in the vicinity of Mon- ferey, Mexico, making a total of con- tributed te date of $7,000 and 1,000 Dlankets. CENSUS AGENTS TO BE EXAMINED NOVEMBER 3 Bureau Will Employ From 1,600 to 1,800 Special Men Beginning danuary 1. Washington, Oct. 3.—Census Direct- or E, Dana Durand announces Noveme ber 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 thir- teenth census statistics of manufac- tures, mines and quarries. Blank ap- plications 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 de- sired 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 manu- facturing or other business establish- ments. If the applicant's statements as to business training and experience and education are satisfactory, and the application is complete in every re- spect, a card will be mailed to the ap- plicant 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 at- tention, 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 near- est 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, wher tue tail of the comet of 1861 caused apprehension among the superstitious shortly after the beginning of the Civil war. Se iia i Washington, Oct. 3.—A cut of practl- cally $8,500,000 in excess of ordinary disbursements over ordinary receipts so far this fiscal year as compared with the corresponding veriod of last year, $1,000,000 a month gain in in- ternal revenue, and an increase of al- most $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 re- ports. Treasury officials expressed gratification at the figures, Kansas Depots Must be Clean. Topeka, Oct. 3—The Women’s Chris- tian Temperance unlon has lodged a complaint with the state board of health and the board of railroad com- missioners about unsanitary waiting rooms in depots. The board of rail road 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 ts the W. C. T, U. the board asks that specific complaints of unsanitary walt- ing rooms be made at once. aa in oka Gate Nai ‘Tangier, 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 ts suid that the tribesmen are acting upca orders from Mulai Hafid, the sultay; of Morocco. but this is not credited ARRIED FROM HOME WHEN SIX; Tuey were much astontshed wher YEARS OLD TO FARM OF _ | they discovered that the object was ¢ small boy, and still more astonished CoeoE eee e when they felt his heart beat. Se —- they carried him into their kitchen, t washed <he soil of the road and flelde CATTER CONCEAL HIS IDENTITY | or him, gave him a little stimulant wknd and put him to bed. He awoke the 2 next morning and cried for his mother. Sheers Soper Parents Brings| iio made the mistake of thinking that to Light Story of His Adoption | wir. Hudson was she, a fact which srresreene sie Now 89pie) pleased the woman so mightily that ing Re:at!~es, then and there sha decided to make Des Moines fa.—“Tne Cyclone Kid” hey are now riyling Charles H. Bes- sett of Melbourne, La. It isn't be- cause “he is Shere ‘vith the wallop,” «s the spiritual souls of the prize ring jut in, but because he was kidnaped by a cyclone when he was too young 20 have developed the western instinct tor 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 vent was som on a farm at Icon, la, a few “sles north of the state line. The re- zion was, as now, in the vicinity of sae cycione belt, and strong winds frequently threatened to liit the roof ot the Bennett homestead. One Aug: ust afternoon 18 years ago. when wennett was only 6 years old, there <sveloped suddenly a wind storm of erois proportions. The little boy, who had been playing sn a field near the house, sought to run under cover, but a deluge of wind caught him in its grip and made bim leave his feet in a jiffy. And then away he went clear over the fences that had been, sometimes being rcll- ing along the ground, at other times lifted up into the heart of the mael- strom. His mother, who had seen him knocked off his feet, tried to pursue him, but the tail of the cyclone struck her down, so dazing her that she knew iittle or nothing for several inours. Meanwhile the youngster was essier erey for the winds. Once he vas dropped in the middle of the road. With what little strength he had left, he strove to regain nis feet and make for shelter. In his bewiidered and “reathless state, he had no chance at all against the rapidly moving cyclone. (ve was picked up again and carried into the distance. Late that evening Mr. and Mrs. James Hudson of Harrison ovunty, 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 @ mud hole. FIGHTS BIG SNAKE IN MIDAIR WITH DYNAMITE WORKMAN HAS THRILLING EX. PERIENCE WHILE SUSPENDED OVER DEEP CHASM. ‘Trenton, N. J—John vtchinson, a blaster at the workhouse quarries «long the Delaware river, had a mid- @r encounter with a big pilot snake the resulted in the susjension of all DP te WC TURAN | “eu La Se i -<={ \ Ny a | ‘Ss ad. ‘ Bees AG ALO 2, ee -cery work for the remainder of the day, A hunired quarryman watched the fight, unable to give assistance. Hutchinson had been lowered over the side of the quarry and was sus- pended abou! a hundred feet from the top ané 75 fer trom the bottom of the hole when his attention was attracted by a vecullar gliding movement on the sope above him. First he thought the rope was giving way, but a moment late. he saw that the movement was tha, of a large pilot snake, which had alid on to the rope from a projecting era and was leisurely making its way fn Fin direction. Escape was impossible aud Hutehin- son s danger was increased by the fact that he was carrying 11 his hand a stirk of dynamite and a small drill. He imed not drop the dynamite for fear af the consequences and it was impos- ‘tie for him to put up a fight with tim his hand He managed to shove <» dynamite In 8 pucmet «ud chen Tuey were much astontshed wher they discovered that the object was # small boy, and still more astonished when they felt his heart beat. Se they carried him into their kitchen washed <he soil of the road and flelde off him, gave him a little stimniant 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 Loutsiana, and there the fos ter child grew us. He never knew um ASS = AN WSS See SS eS . KOSS Away He Meee eee ee Heart of the til last Wanse= thst he was no kin ot Mr. and Mrs, Hudson, The story came out when he had a tilt with the father and declared that he was going ast mito the world to seek his fortune ‘Ther, as a result of an interview, 14 departed to look up his family. In Leon be met many persons whe rememberea 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 Villisce, Ta Bennett recalls his experiences with the cyclone only dimly. Now and then he says, he has @ feeling that he was once carried through the air like a bird. But ne fs willing to accept the evidence of his mother, his foster parents and Leon persons that he was kidnaped by a terrific hurricane prepared to give battle with the amsB drill ag a weapon. As the snake came within react Hutchinson aimed a biow at its head but the swinging of tiie rope made the blow a glancing one and the snake continued its downward course, while its fangs darted out menacingly. The second blow was more success: ful and seemed to stun the reptile, which maiutains¢ its hold on the repe, but swung fts head from side to side, as thougn dazed. Another bow end2d the fight, the saake ancoiling =m the rope and dropping into the pit below. Hutchinssn was nearly exhausted when he eirived at the top, and the other qua:rymen who witnessed the struggle were so tnstring that thoy refused to go bech @ work. Bolt Habe Git of Gan: Columbus, Ga.—Mise Hilda Clark fe mourning 4 costly Jeweled garter, oue silk et:v#ing and one efipper cy cause of a prauk played by a bolt of lightning. Misa Ciark was swinging in a ham mock on the veranda of her home when the volt came. Her left leg wns banglug froin the hammock and ior dreen was a bit elevated. The flash of lightning camo, and with it a screay from Miss Clark. She was found st ting I» the hammock dazed. The hol had struck the garter clasp, torn of the gacter. ripped off the stocking and abattered her slipper. The bo! then paused into the floor, making & hols. Migs Cluck soon recovered from the shock. Tke only mark on her is 6 blue streuc on her left leg, where the garter was worn. peciiee gi a e ea Peoria, Ill.—The sight of ¢ nun be of coffins floating in the Illvans r-ve; above Ottawa recently caused a oro found sensation among the resident and stories of grave robbers ane ghouls were soon in cireulation. The talk resolved itself inte the posstbil’ty of employing an armed guard for <he 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 owaec by Dr 0. Lecuard Pratt of this city has developed ‘nto an erdent fisher and nog se-sra) times a week takes home to Dr. Pratt a god sized fis} caught ‘a the Susquehanaa river. Th cat has caugnt uo less than 15 bln bass and has taken them all to th dooter 833 S Tia Official Directory Knights & Daugnhtere ' OF TABOR KANSAS—NEBRASKA JURISDICTION KNIGHTS AND DAUGHTERS oF TABOR. REV. FRANK WILSON, C. @ M. Taborian Home, R. F. D. No. 8, Topeka, Kansas. MRS. EMMA GAINES, C. @. P. ‘1170 Filmore avenue, Topeka, Kas. A. W. HOPKINS, C. G. 8. : $21 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., 1882 N 23rd, Omaha, Neb. MRS. PAULINE WOODFORD, C. G. PR. 823 Freeman, K. C., Kan. REV. M. WOOTEN, C. G. 0. 416 FH. Sra, 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 8 not in this Directory, or if there Is zny error, please notify me at once. W. N. MILLER, Editor. TABERNACLES, ‘Citel. Presentromce, Number. 1 Queen of the West, K. C., Kan. Mrs. M. Wilson, 945 Everett. 2 Golden, Iola, Kan., Mrs. 8. Crisp, 615 So. Walnut, 3 Mt. Hope, Wichita, Kan., Mrs. ©. ‘Tillman, 802 E. 18th. 4 Helping Hand, Cherryvale, Kan., Mrs. S. Campbell, 616 W. Ist. 5 Cresent, Atchison, Kan., Mrs. C. Brown, 920 N. 10th. 7 Sunbeam, Salina, Kan, Mrs. R. 6 Rebecca Ann, Ottawa, Kan., Mrs. Eva Clayborne, 716 Cypress. Parker, 502 N. 6th. 8 Rebecca May, Coffeyville, Kan. Mrs. L, Smith, 308 E. 11th. 10 St. Maria, Lawrence, Kan.. Mrs. I. Wallace, R. R. No. 5. 11 Saba Meroe, K. C., Kan., P. Wood: ford, 823 Freeman. 2 Golden Rule, K. C., Kan. Mrs. B. Johnson, 211 Stewart. 4 Candace, Pittsburg, Kan., Mrs. M. Beasley, 109 W. Washington. 5 America Davis, Weir, Kan., Mrs. B. Lee, Box 25. 16 Silver Leaf, Parsons, Kan., Mrs. L. Morton, 1208 Washington. 17 Western Queen, Ft. Scott, Kan., Mrs. A. Masir, 1817 Wall. 18 St. Maria, Omaha, Neb. Mrs. C Wade, 22 N. 16th. 20 Maria, Ft. Scott, Kan. Mrs. P. Johnson, 501 Hyman. 24 Charity Rose, Coffeyville, Kan. Mrs. A. Garner, 704 E. 12th. 28 Modern, Parsons, Kan., Mrs. A. Ray, 1412 E. Clark. 29 Crystal, Leavenworth, Kan., Mrs. L. Woods, 935 Cherokee. 80 Vir'cria, Leavenworth, Kan,, Mrs, dics 74 Fifth, 32 Emma Gaines, B. ‘te, Mont, Mrs Saline Easter, 384 Dakota St. (rear). 34 Wichita, Wichita, Kan., Mrs, Sally Hall, 1024 Ohio. 85 Golden Rule, S. Omaha, Neb., Mrs, S. Jones, 819 N. 27th. 37 Eutevator, Atchison, Kan., Mrs. M, .__ Gosby, 108 N, 3rd. 38 Covenant, We'r, Kan., Mrs. L. F. ‘Taylor, Box 1174. 89 Deborah, Abeline, Kan., Mrs. A. Gibson, 411 S, Ist. 52 Mt. Maria, Lawrence, Kan., Mrs. J. Ware, 807 N. Y. 63 Fair West, K. C., Kan, Mrs. R. Saunders, 734 N. J. 77 Pearly Rose, Topeka, Kan., Mrs. 8. O’Brien, 1180 Buchanan. 85 Magadalene, Topeka, Kan., Mrs. F. Hardiman, 1801 Kansas. Commmrsstoner ot ‘Uvrporations Smith has made a report to President Roosevelt on the methods of the Standard Oil company in which the elaim of the concern that it has been f& benefit to consumers is disproved. The third congress of the Esperan- ists will assemble at Cambridge, Eng- land, for a ten days’ session. Dele- gater: from ail over the world will at- tend. Advices from Casa Blanea, Morocco gay that most of the hostile Moorist tribesmen surrounding the town have retired after a fight with natives in- side. The coinage executed at the mints ef the United States during July ag- Bregated "$7,457,000. ‘A monument in Memory of the vic- ry of Commodore Perry on Lake ‘rie has been unveiled at Putin-Bay, ‘aie 89 Queen Lizzie, Omaha, Neb. Mre B. E, Alton, 2215 Pacific, 91 Golden Sheaf, Omaha, Neb., Mrs, L, Rountree, 1125 N. 19th, $2 St. Annis, Lincoln, Neb. Mrs, 93 Macedonia, N. Topeka, Kan., Mrs, Sylvia Brown, 803 E. 1ith St. TEMPLES. Chief Mentors Number 1 A. H. Richardson, Weir, Ka M. Burns, Box 3). 3 RH. Cane, Atchison, Kan., Wm. Cook, 215 E. Kearney. 4 Evening Star, Omabe, Neb., $._R Jackson, care Frye Shoo Store, 5 St. Luke, N. Topeka, Kan, J. Walker, 1220 W. Norris. 7 Mt. Nebo, Wichita, Kan, Rev. s. @ St. Peters, Ft. Scott, Kan, A. 4. 3. Washington, 1524 N. Wash- ington. ® Mt. Horeb, Leavenworth, Kan., J. H. Mefimnis, 21 Sherinau, | 11 Taborian, Wichita, Kan., Wm Fra zier, 708 N. Water, 12 Moses Dickson, Parsons, Kan Wm. Shakespear, 1112 Main. 15 Silver Leaf, Salina, Kan., J.C. Brown, 246 8. Phillips. 17 Golden Gate, Coffeyvil'e, Kan, Rev. A. Garner, 704 E 12th. 19 Mt. Tabor, Lawrence, Kan., J. BE. Hughes, 1220 N. J. 22 Barak, Oswego, Kan., L. R. Wilson, 24 Jas. Bedford, Cherryvale, Kan, Rey. J. W. Warren, 218 B. 7th. 25 Washington, K. C. Kan, J. H. Downs, 422 Haskell. 59 Sunny Side, Topeka, Kan., U. A Graham, 1160 West. 60 Jeffersonian, Topeka, Kan, U. 8. Grant, 1813 W. 6th. TENTS. Queen Mothers. Number. 1 Golden Leaf, Leavenworth, Kau, Mrs. L. Hardin, 900 Fifth 2 Frank Wilson, Ft. Scott, Kan., Mrs. F. Goodall, 610 Barbee. 8 Mary E. Dickson, Lincoln, Neb., Mrs. L. Weaver, 1125 Saratoga. 5 Moses Dickson, Wichita, Kan., Mrag 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. B. Penn, 718 Q. 11 Viola, Lawrence, Kan. Mrs. M. E. Brown, 325 Miss. 14 Busy Bee, Atchison, Kan., Mrs. A. Stone, 823 Main. 15 Louisa May, Cherryvale, Kau. Mrs, M. EB. 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. _ AG Murrell, 451 So. 4th. 20 John Wilson, K. C., Kan., Mrs. C. D, Dalton, 1228 Barnett. 21 Crystal, Leavenworth, Kan., Mrs. BE, McKinnis, 217 Sherman. 23 Clinging Rose, Lawrence, Kan. Mrs. A. King, 722 N. Y. 25 Silver Star, Parsons, Kan., Mrs. | 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. Henderson, 312 Washington. 46 Mayflower, Omaha, Neb., Mrs. L. Herrold, Sherman Flats. NEXT PLACE OF METTING—The Grand Temple and Tabernacle Kansas Nebraska Jurisdiction, will hold its next Session (the 19th annual 10 Omaha, Neb., on the 2nd Tuesday 'n July, 1910. Or. Simon Mexaer, head of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Re search, claims te have discovered # serum for the cure of spinal menin gitls. About 600 br’cklayers and stone cutters are on a strike vt Kansas City. By the capsizing of a boat on Beat Lake, near Chillicothe, Wo., Miss Lu cretia Evans and Emery McDougal were drowned. The sub-committee »f the Missouri state board of agriculiure has ieci¢ ed to recommend that two stats roads be built between Kansas City and St. Louis. The southern route, south of the river, will cost $960,000 and the central route is to cost $1,193,100, French and Spanish warships bow barded the Moorish villages surround- ing Casa Bianca, Morocco, killing 150 of the native tribesmen. The battary of Casa Blanca fired on the warsbius