Wichita Searchlight

THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY TRADING WITH THE MERCHANTS WHO ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER ABOUT SOME WICHITANS ELEVENTH YEAR The splendid success of Mr. Elmer Johnson of 1650 S. Topeka Avs is an example of what a young colored man with push and energy can accomplish. Mr. Johnson, with his wife, came to this city about four or five years ago an almost entire stranger. Being possessed of that great ambition to succeed, failure had no charms for him. He did not make the mistake which so many of our young men make — that is—to set his mind on doing 'one thing' — and if he cannot find that "one thing" to do — then do nothing. But all he wanted was work — honorable work he had no choice. He found work by doing whatever came his way Finally he secured a positiod as elevator man in the new Barnes building where he is now employed. Since coming to this city he has purchased a cozy, comfortable home at 1650 S. Topeka and is pushing his way right to front. He is a jolly good natured young man who makes friends fast and has the capability to hold them. He has a refined and very pleasant lady who presides over his household—both of whom have made many warm, and lasting friends in Wichita. The nameThos. H. Cox is familiar to the ear of hosts of Wichitans and to them, and to all, it is a representation of type of good citizenship. For many years Thos H. Cox was in the employ of the Pullman Sleeping Car company with head quarters in Wichita and at that time his family was better known here than he himself. But tiring of railroading which kept him away from home too much — he resigned his position with that company and settled down in Wichita. Shortly after leaving the Pullman service he bought lots and built a home at 908 N. Wichita where he lived with his family until recently. Finding his Wichita street residence too small he sold it last year and bought the large house at 814 N Water St where he and his family now reside. He is one of our wide-wake citizens and is identified with every movement which tends to the uplift of the people. He has an excellent family - wife - one daughter and two sons. He is a Master Mason being a member of Arkans. Valley No 21 A. F. A. M. For several years he has been employed Depot Master at the Rock Island Station. Among Wichita most enthuiastic race men is Jessie Crouch who lives at 707 N. Allen Ave. Mr. Crouch is a race man from top to bottom. He is one of those of the early ante-bullum days who came "up from slavery" and he knows how and does appreciate the strenuous work of such race leaders as Dr. Booker T. Washington, the wized of Tuskegee, and, of that matchless Kansan, Dr. William T. Vernon, who are so admirable standing on the firing line as defenders of their race Mr. Crouch is one of Wichita's pioneer colored citizens as well as one of her most valued. Every Negro enterprise and every movement for the betterment of the race and of the community in general finds a firm and tireless defender in Jessie Crouch. He owns a nice home at 707 N. Alen besides several vacant but valuable, lots. He is one of the prominent members of St. Paul A M. E. Church. He is public spirited and has those qualities as a man and has made that success of life which sets him up as a fiting criterion for younger men of our race to follow. He is in the employ of the city. That there is something which our young married men can do in this campaign of "race uplift" is most vividly shown in the example of young Porter Perry who resides at 1015 Cherry St. Coming to this city only a few years ago young perry went to worn like a Turk and saved his money. Eventually he bought lots on Cherry Street, paid for them, built a cozy house and then he acted wise in chosing of one of Wichitas most esteemable young ladies as his bride and he made her "Queen of his Castle." Young Perry is now in the employ of the Boston Store and has a bright and glorious future in store for himself and bride. FEBRUARY 12th 1910. Possibly no young colored man is more widely or more favorable known in the circles of the colored people than Thomas Anderson. He is one of the very few young colored men in Wichita for whom every one has a good word to say. His pleasant disposition, sunny mauner, politeness and every readiness to lend a helping hand to those less fortunate with both young and old He has recently purchased a fine home between 13th and 14th on Mead Ave. for the comfort of himself and his parents. Thomas is a single man and is good, enticing marriogeable timber. He is not a "ladies man" but he is mighty popular with the ladies. His winning and graceful manner has caused more than one young lady some thought. But Tommy is on to his job and has so far been able to evad being kidnhapped by the girls. If he continues he will yet be one of the great men of our race. He is a Knight of Pythian and Master Mason. For many years Thomas has been employed by the Chas. Lawrence Photo SupplA house on East Douglas Ave. Wichita can boast of having the shewedss colored business women in Kansas or the west. This lady with a strict eye to business and financial economizer is Mrs Ada B. Colter, proprietor of the Victoria Hotel, 343 N Main St. Only a very few shors years ago Mrs. Coulrer, then Mrs. Ada Barton, came to Wichita from her home in Topeka to take the management of the then Jackson house and being a pains taking housekeeper and a splendid id cook; her neat and tidy rooms well cooked meals and the perfect order and strict rules of morality which she insisted on soon brought to her hotel a splendid list of good rooms and boarders She saved her money and in a short time was able to advance from mauager to proprietor. After she became propie. she made up her mind to buy the property where the hotel is located. By shrewd business tact and strict economy, she was soon able to purchase the place, which she did, and now owns the splendid and well located property at 343 N. Main St. where the Victoria hotel is now standing. She has the distruction of being the only colored person who owns any property on Main St. south of Central Ave. To give an idea o the property, just recently she has been offered $18,500.00 for the Victory Hotel Site. About three years ago she married Mr. Wm Coulter, one of our hustling young colored men, and today the two are working hand in hand. Besides the Victory hotel they run a barber shop at 343 N. Main, have leased the large hree story building at 350-352 N. Main and conduct one of the sweetest Cafe's in the west a 352 N. Main; while the upper stories are fitted up in a queen's taste for roomers. They are coming to the front They are both deeply inteested in every interest of the race. Besides this Wichita property Mrs. Coulter owns one of the finest homes in Topeka which values at $11000.90. She is a business woman of the finest order-Kans and the west needs a few mare such wide awake and doing colored women to teach our mea the real principals of business. DO THEY SOON FORGET While seated in our sanctum, our mind takes a retrospective view of the many sleepless nights the many irksome days, the many trying ordeals, the many heartaches, the much worry and anxiety which has fallen to our lot in the past twelve years in our effort to keep before and for our people a creditable race paper. As we wondered, as we meditated and as our mind pondered over the remembrance of many long, silent nights and days of the past—as we thought—something—either evil or good—seemed to say to us "Thou Fool—why rememberest thou these things—Know Thee not thy people have long since forgst the Deligence of Thy Works?"—It seemed like a night mare—a dream—from Fairyland. Just then we caught ourselves asking this question? Our mind invaluntarily turned back the dark curtian of the past and took a note of almost every home among our people—and there—we find in some closet or secret place of the past—where the Searchlight has ever been open and waiting to pour on that trouble home some words of sympathy—some notes of cheer. Have the people forgot? Read back in the ledger of time—not how softly has the Searchlight told the incoming or that son or daughter to cheer the lines of homes—happy and content today—who upon their first entering the joys of matronial bliss received the first wish of future happiness though the columns of the Searchlight?. To the social side of life — the Searchlight has always stood with open arms. No enterprise amongst our people has been too large, none has been too small, to recieve recognition from our pen. The sorrows of its people has been the Searchlight's sorrow — the joy of its people has been its joy. In prosperity the Searchlight has always faithfulls been their advocate — and in adversity it has in no wise torsaken them. Have our long years of labor been in vain—Have the people forgot? Something whispers to us "A prophet is not without honor —save in his own country" To whither then shall he flee? We then face the issue svuarely — grit our teeth—shut our eyes and see man as he is—men and women are mere "over grown" boys and girls. Bringing to mind the present words of encouragement — the words of sympathy extendek to us — the openness of heart by all — and the seeming desire to drop some words of cheer to us — we are convinced that "The people have NOT forgot. We still hold an unsurmountable faith in our people—while their style of remembrance of us may not be so pronounced as is the style of some others — yet their sincerity — their good intents are as pure and wholesome On every hand—in the churches—on the streets—in the homes—in their place of business all seem to exced to us that friendly of greeting — that sympathetic action — which point us most vividly to their appreciation of our long years of labor and work The people have not forgot. It is far from our desire or wish to be crowned a Czar, a Prince a Doctor or a Ruler of or amongst our people — our sole and greatest aim in life is, to pursue an even, laudable, upright and commendable course — one that will enhance our race and add something to the moral, religious, financial, social, educational and honest uplift of our people and to join hand in hand with our tellowman in raising the standard of our race to the highest and assisting our race in attaining that high and lofty degree of citizenship that will make them powerful and influential men and women in any and ever community. Knowing that in this effort we have the full support and backing of the best that in our race is we very happily conclude that the people have not forgot-neither will they forget. CADETS DRILL Dtr Anna Jones Queen Mother of Pearl Tent No. 16 has organized the little Pages of her Tent into a Cadet Drill Company. Each little Page has a regulation Cadet Cap and is each meeting drilled in the Cadet movement. On Monday night Feb. 21st. at Youngs Hall the little Cadees of Tent No. 16 will give an exhibition drill assisted by the Moses Dickerson Pages Tent No 5 They propose to have a high time at Young's Hall at this time. They have invited Sir W. N. Miller, D. D. G. M. to speak to chem on "The Origin of the Tent." All are invited to be present on this occasion. Under Dtr Anna Jones as Q. M. Pearl Tent No. 16 is moving to the front they have a live ly membership of fifty members. PINGREE PATCHES For the past eight years we have called the attention of our people to renting vacant lots of wherever they can find them and planting them in light, useful garden truck fos the family use during the summer months. This year such lots will not be so easily tound and those who expect to use them will have to get busy soon and secure them on account of their scarity. Last year, and for each year in the past since we began this citation, the little garden spot has proved a great boon to more than one family. It really wonderful how much good, wholesome vegetable can be raised on a 25ft lot now—so when the time arrives you will be ready. HIS SISTER DEAD W. N. Miller, editor of Searchlight, recieved the sad news Sunday of the death of his sister, Mrs. Ophelia Moore of Kansas City, Mo. who died in that city Saturday night after a week of illness brought on by motherhood. The news was shocking beyond description. He left Monday night for Kansas City sad hearted. Have you secured your little ringree patch for the coming spring? If not you should begin to look for one now. HOW WARRINER SPENT CASH WITH $32,500 OF STOLEN MONEY HE SAVED TWO OTHER MEN. The Rest of it Went in Stock Gambling and Disastrous Speculation He Said. Cincinnati, Ohio.—That Frank D. Comstock general manager of the Kanawha Dispatch at Peoria, Ill., was short $10,500 in his accounts with the Big Four railroad here when he quit the treasurership and that he (Warriner) made up that shortage with stolen money, was the most sensational assertion of Charles L. Warriner, convicted ex-treasurer of the road here in the trial of Mrs. Jeanette Timmings Steward Ford. Warriner pleaded with common pleas Judge Swing to allow him to refuse to answer the questions as to what he did with the money he had taken. "I have stolen and I am paying the penalty—I think I ought to be allowed to let that count. It is very hard to talk about this," was Warriner's plea. But the judge said he would have to tell. Then he went on: "When Comstock left the road he was short $10,500. He told me this and I covered up his shortage by money I had taken from the Big Four treasury Cooke was short approximately $22,000 and that I covered up. Then I spent $200,000 in stock gambling through the firm of Henry Crews & Co., in New York. the rest of the money was used to finance several projects in which I was interested, but they, like all others I have dealt in, fell by the wayside. For instance, the Mutual Mining company of Kentucky, would have made us several, hundred thousand dollars but we could not push the deal through and I last more than $25,000 in that." He detailed from this on several ventures which had taken from one to $40,000 each. TYPHOID IN A FEDERAL PRISON Five Cases of the Disease in Leavenworth Penitentiary—Missouri River Water is Blamed. Leavenworth, Kansas. — One new case of typhoid fever, making five in all, has developed at the federal penitentiary. So far there has been one death of a prisoner, Richard Bruno, a negro, and there is one patient dangerously ill. The federal penitentiary is supplied with water for all purposes from the Missouri river thought the Leavenworth city water works. There is considerable typhoid in Leavenworth city and some believe it is due to the kind of water furnished. The officials of the federal penitentiary and Dr. A. L. Yohe, the physician, are taking steps to check the epidemic. SOLD A RANCH FOR $1,000,000 Dr. Woods of Kansas City Transferred to Edward Morris Big Mexico Property. Kansas City, Missouri—Dr. W. S. Woods, chairman of the board of directors of the Commerce Trust company of this city, has sold to Edward Morris, president of Morris & Co., packers of Chicago, for $1,000,000, the famous T. O. (Riverside) ranch, which contains 1,256,000 acres. The ranch lies in triangular shape 70 miles southeast of El Paso, Texas, in the state of Chihuahua, in Mexico. It is one of the noted cattle raising tract in Old Mexico and one of the largest in Chihuahua. The ranch is 60 miles lying North and south. It is watered by the Rio Grande river for 65 miles, 25 windmills and many springs. RAISED $300,000 IN ONE HOUR Oklahoma Business Men Subscribed That Amount to Secure a Packing Plant There. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.—In one hour and six minutes business men raised over $300,000 as the bonus asked by the Schwarzschild and Sulzberger, packers, for the location of their large packing plant here. Representatives of the big packers attended the meeting at which the money was raised. The local people were given 30 days to raise the money and it only required a little over an hour. The biggest single subscription offered was $20,000, of which three were made. A number for $10,000 were given. Negro Pupil Wins Prize New York, N. Y.-Estelle Gibbs, a negro girl, 14 years old, living with her parents at 512 First street, Hoboken, received the first prize, a gold medal, at the graduating exercises of the Hoboken public school pupils. She had the highest average of any public school scholar in the city--88 1-3 per cent in six subjects. There are 10,000 white pupils in the school and 15 negroes. An Attorney for Ballinger. Washington, D. C.-John J. Vernes trees of Nashville, a leader of the Tennessee bar, a Democrat, and a warm personal friend of President Taft, has been asked to take charge of the case for the defense in the Ballinger congressional investigation. Washington. D. C.—A plan for a 24-foot channel in Aransas Pass Harbor, Texas, to cost $277,500, has been recommended to congress by the war department NOW PERHAPS SOMETHING WILL BE DONE. GOLF NECESSITIES WE CONSUMERS CAN'T SING THERE GOLF BALLS THAT WILL UP FROM BASE TO 45 A DREAM ABOUT THE HIGH COST OF NECESSITIES ABOUT THE HIGH COST OF NECESSITIES. CORPORATION BILL GOES IN THE FINAL DRAFT SHOWS MANY CHANGES. The Measure as Introduced Represents Months of Study on the Part of the President and Cabinet. Washington, D. C.—The long anticipated federal incorporation bill to embody the recommendation made in his special message by President Taft has been introduced in congress, jointly by Senator Clark of Wyoming and Representative Parker of New Jersey, chairman respectively of the senate and house committees on judiciary. The final draft, an outline of which follows, differs materially from the early drafts and represents several months of study by the president and his cabinet. No corporation formed under the terms of the proposed act will be permitted to purchase, acquire or hold stock in any other corporation; nor could any corporation organized under the act, or under the laws of any states or foreign country for the purpose of, or engaged in, any like business acquire or hold the stock of a corporation formed under this act; and no such corporation would be permitted to have banking powers. Forfeiting of charter may result. Forfeiture of charter may result if any corporation organized under the act shall enter into any contract or combination or engage in any conspiracy against interstate or foreign trade or commerce or shall monopolize or attempt to monopolize any part thereof contrary to the provisions of the Sherman act or shall otherwise violate the laws of the United States. REFUSED TO BELIEVE WARRINER Jurors Thought Confessed Embezzler's Evidence Against a Woman of Little Value and Disagreed. Cincinnati, Ohio. After 24 hours' deliberation the jury in the case of Mrs. Jeannette Stewart-Ford, charged with blackmailing Charles L. Warriner, defaulting local treasurer of the Big Four railroad, was unable to reach an agreement and was discharged. The unexpected end to the sensational case was explained by two of the jurymen as due to the fact that a majority of their calleagues refused to give any credit to the testimony of Warriner. They asserted that a man who had confessed to embezzling for 25 years would not hesitate to perjure himself against a woman, who, he believed, had been the cause of his exposure. A LIQUOR WAR IN CHICAGO Petition Signed by 74,805 Persons Call for an Election—Will be a Bitter Contest. Chicago, Illinois.—Chicago is on the verge of one of the bitterest political campaign in the history of the country. The Anti-Saloon league has filed its petition containing 74,805 names, and the question whether Chicago is to go dry will be on the ballot in April. The task of securing all these signatures was a herculean one, and the success of the movement amazed the liquor interests as well as the thousands of liberals" throughout the city. The entire country will watch the struggle from now on. Two Heirs to Mills' Millions 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 $400,000 was bequeathed to charitable institutions. Telegrapher Dies by Gas. Wichita, Kansas.—Fumes from a gas water heater caused the death of James L. Stewart, a night telegraph operator for the Orient railway. Stewart went to the bath room and lighted the stove. An hour later he was found dead in the tub. Washington, D. C.-The Humphrey ship subsidy bill was ordered favorably reported by the house committee on merchant marine and fisheries by a vote of ten to seven. Boots Repeti of the Washington Navy Yard Would be an Expensive Boarder. Washington, D. C.—Boots Repeti, an employee of the Washington navy yard, in the presence of witnesses, ate the following on a wager: One roast turkey weighing nine pounds, one quart of cranberries three quarts of sauer kraut, one loaf of bread, one-half pint of sweet oil, one-half gallon of raw oysters, one pint of ketchup and 12 stalks of celery. After eating all this Repeti washed it down with two gallons of beer and four $ \frac{3}{4} $ of ice water. Repeti has made another weaker to give an exhibition on Wednesday next, when he will undertake to eat a barrel of spinach and eight pounds of ham in 40 minutes. ROOSEVELT COMES HOME IN JUNE Speaks in Paris in April and After Adresses in Europe Will Cross Atlantic. Nimule, Uganda.—Col. Roosevelt's mail has brought him a number of requests to speak in European cities, but he will be unable to arrange for addresses other than those already promised. He expects to speak in Paris April 15, at the University of Berlin May 1, and afterward before the national prize committee at Christiana. Col. Roosevelt was the recipient of the Nobel prize prize of 1906. Col. Roosevelt will arrive in England May, 15, and soon after will deliver an address at Oxford University, He plans to return to New York about the middle of June. MEAT PRICES STILL RISING A Falling Off of One-Half in the Demand Has No Effect in New York. New York, N. Y.—Meat was still on the rise in the local markets. Retailers in many sections of the city, especially the poorer quarters, reported a falling off of one-third to one-half in sales. Shipments, however, have been curtailed, tending to adjust the supply to the demand. Investigation aroused by the agitation against high prices and the meat abstention movement continues. The grand jury of Hudson county, New Jersey, took up the inspection of the big cold storage plants. A DEMOCRATIC CONFERENCE A Love Feast and Convention Will Take Place at Topeka February 21 and 22. Topeka, Kan.—The Kansas Democrats are planning a love feast and convention for February 21 and 22. The latter is the date for the annual club banquet. The state central committee will have a meeting the night of February 21 and the morning of February 22 there will be a convention, and it is expected that the leaders will arrange for a complete state ticket that day. W. L. H. Pepperill of Concordia, secretary of the state central committee, has sent out the call. Hopeful for the River. Washington, D. C.—The members of the Kansas City delegation who are here booming the Missouri river improvement project are confident that they have convinced a majority of the house rivers and harbors committee of the merits of the proposed improvement system, and that it will be adopted. Deepest Ocean Hole Found. New York, N. Y.—The deepest spot in the sea is 100 miles off the Island of Guam, where soundings made by Dr. Charles R. Eownsend of the Albatross expedition recorded a depth of 31,000 feet, nearly six miles. Sentence is Recommended. Mexico City, Mexico.—A telegram from Guadalajara said that the prosecuting attorney in the case of Conductor James A. Cook has recommended to the judge that the prisoner be sentenced to a term in penitentiary. THE WONDERBERRY OR SUNBERRY Has Proved a Great Success—Those sands Say It's the Best Thing They Ever Grew. The Wonderberry or Sunberry, the marvelous garden fruit originated by Luther Burbank, and introduced by John Lewis Childs, the well-known Seedsman of Floral Park, N. Y., has proved a great success all over the country. Thousands of people say it is the best tingy they ever grew. Mr. John Buiroughs, the well-known author, Naturalist and bosom-friend of Theodore Roosevelt, says it is the most delicious pie berry he ever tasted, and a marvelous cropper. A Director of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station says it fruits abundantly even in pure sand. In the short season of North-western Canada it is a godsend, and fruits long after frost has killed most garden truck. D. S. Hall, Wichita, Kan., says thirty people grew it there last season with perfect satisfaction. K. S. Enochs, Hammond, La., says it yields $250 worth of fruit per acre with him. Mrs. J. H. Powers, 4732 Kenwood avenue, Chicago, raised enough berries on a space 4x10 feet to supply herself and friends. J. P. Swallow, Kenton, Ohio, says its equal for all purposes does not exist. Rev. H. B. Sheldon, Pacific Greve, Cal., says he likes the berries served in any and every way. W. T. Davis, Enon, Va., says it is true to description in every way, and fruits in three months from seed. Judge Morrow, of U. S. Circuit Court, says the Wonderberry is simply delicious raw or cooked. Mr. Childs exhibited one plant five months old bearing 10,375 berries which measured about eight quarts. Mrs. Mattie Vincent, Hayden, New Mexico, says it stands the long, hard droughts of that climate and fruits abundantly all summer. It is certainly the most satisfactory garden fruit and the greatest Novelty ever introduced. IMPORTANT PART WAS TRUE She (to her fiance, with whom she has just broken off her engagement)—You deceived me; everything that you told me about your family, your position and your means was false. He—It was true about my debts, though. Asking Too Much. The mother of little six-year-old Mary had told her a number of times not to hitch her sled to passing sleighs, feeling that it was a dangerous practice. It was such a fascinating sport, however, that Mary could not resist it and one day her mother saw her go skimming past the house behind a farmer's "bobs." When she came in from play she was taken to task, her mother saying severely: "Mary, haven't I told you that you must not hitch onto bobs? Besides, you know, it is against the law." Mary tossed her head. "Oh," she said, "don't talk to me about the law. It's all I can do to keep the ten commandments!"—Woman's Home Companion. "John, I have decided to have Mrs Sewswell cut out by dresses after this." "I have decided to cut out about half of them myself, dear." GET POWER. The Supply Comes From Food. If we get power from food, why not strive to get all the power we can. That is only possible by use of skillfully selected food that exactly fits the requirements of the body. Poor fuel makes a poor fire, and a poor fire is not a good steam producer. "From not knowing how to select the right food to fit my needs, I suffered grievously for a long time from stomach troubles," writes a lady from a little town in Missouri. "It seemed as if I would never be able to find out the sort of food that was best for me. Hardly anything that I could eat would stay on my stomach. Every attempt gave me heartburn and filled my stomach with gas. I got thinner and thinner until I literally became a living skeleton and in time was compelled to keep to my bed. "A few months ago I was persuaded to try Grape-Nuts food, and it had such good effect from the very beginning that I have kept up its use ever since. I was surprised at the ease with which I digested it. It proved to be just what I needed. "All my unpleasant symptoms, the heart-burn, the inflated feeling which gave me such pain disappeared. My weight gradually increased from 98 to 116 lbs., my figure rounded out, my strength came back, and I am now able to do my housework and enjoy it. Grape-Nuts did it." A ten days' trial will show anyone some facts about food. Look in pks. for the little book, "The Road to Wellville." "There's a Reason." Ever read the above letter? A new course from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human interest. Carthage, Carterville, Webb City all Banish Saloons the County Also Voted Dry. Joplin, Missouri.—Joplin's "wet" majority of 814 in the local option election last week was overbalanced by the "drys" in the local option elections held in Carthage, Carterville and throughout Jasper county the "drys" winning in Carterville by a majority of 123, in Carthage by 172 majority, and in the county by a majority of 1,188, according to returns thus far received. Indications point to an even heavier "dry" majority throughout the county, as many outlying precincts claimed by the "drys" are yet to be heard from. Aside from Joplin the entire of Jasper county has voted out its saloons, Webb City having gone dry by a narrow margin Tuesday. BANKING BOARD UNDER FIRE Oklahoma Legislature Wants a Statement of Its Expenditures for the Past Year. Guthrie, Oklahoma.—A resolution was introduced in the house by Representative George W. Patridge demanding that the state banking board give a statement of the expenditures of the state banking fund for attorneys' fees for legal service not rendered by the attorney general. The resolution recites that it has been a custom of the state banking board to ignore the attorney general. Each member of the board is asked by the resolution to give the amount paid out for attorneys' fees, stating the names of attorneys employed and the services rendered and stating why the attorney general was not called upon to give legal advice for the board. SHORT WEIGHT FLOUR WARNING Oklahoma Health Commissioner Says Sacks There Are From One to Two Pounds Light. Guthrie, Oklahoma.—The state commissioner of health, J. C. Mahr, has issued a statement warning the public against short weights in flour by Oklahoma and Kansas millers. Inspection of 25 brands of flour manufactured by as many millers in Kansas and Oklahoma, showed that more than one-half were under weight, usually from 1 to $1\frac{1}{2}$ pounds. The shortage was mostly in the 48-pound sacks. Based upon the amount of flour consumed in Oklahoma, the loss of one-half pound to each sack would cost consumers in a year the estimated sum of $199,500. OKLAHOMA VITAL STATISTICS More Boys Than Girls Were Born in the New State in September, Says the Report. Guthrie, Oklahoma.—For the month of December, 1909, the state commissioner of health, J. C. Mahr, reports the number of births in Oklahoma to be 2,207, of which 1,160 were boys. The number of deaths was 791. The record of infectious diseases was: Diphtheria, 194 cases and 31 deaths; scarlet fever, 156 cases and 7 deaths; smallpox 137 cases and no deaths; typhoid fever, 382 cases and 76 deaths; tuberculosis, 124 cases and 65 deaths; pneumonia, 250 cases and 125 deaths. Missouri Pacific Officials at Topeka. Topeka, Kansas.—C. S. Clarke, vice-president; Elijah Robinson, general attorney, and S. F. Pryor, general purchasing agent of the Missouri Pacific Railway company, came to Topeka to give Gov. Stubbs an outline of the proposed improvement work of the company in Kansas. The conference was in nature of a confirmation of the governor's talk with George Gould in New York last month. Labor Troubles Involve 1,000,000. New York, N. Y.—Labor controversies, coming to a head throughout the United States, involve more than 1,000,000 active workers. Several hundred thousand are employed in this city. It is said that all these disputes as to wages will have to be settled by May 1 in order to avoid disaster. Strikes in the various trades are involved. Mine Explosion Kills Eleven. Indiana, Pennsylvania—Ten Hungarians and one American met death in a gas explosion in the Ernest mine of the Jefferson & Clearfield Coal company. The explosion occurred in a heading where 12 men were working and one of them, Andrew Krazcer, escaped by crawling a quarter of a mile to evade the noxious gases. Kansas City, Missouri.—Kansas has been selected a field for suffragist propaganda. The announcement has been received by Dr. Martha M. Baker in Kansas City, Kan. Too Poor to Reach the Senate Washington, D. C.—Lacking the means to maintain the personal political organization essential to success, Senator Frank P. Flint of Los Angeles, Cal., announced in a formal statement to the press that he would not be a candidate for re-election to the senate. Gen. Draper is Dead. Washington, D. C.—Gen. Wm. F. Draper, ambassador to Italy from 1897 to 1901, died at his home here after a prolonged illness aged 67. COOPER'S SALES ARE ENORMOUS HIS PREPARATIONS LEADING TOPIC IN OMAHA—CALLERS AT YOUNG MAN'S HEADQUARTERS INTERVIEWED. Omaha, Neb., Feb. 9.—The most interesting feature of the enormous sale of the Cooper preparations, now going on in this city, is what the medicines are actually accomplishing among the people of Omaha. At the commencement of his visit here Mr. Cooper prophesied that during the later part of his stay he would receive hundreds of callers daily who came simply to thank him for what the preparations had done. He also stated that stomach trouble is the foundation for a great many diseases and that his New Discovery, as it is called, would prove very effective in all cases of rheumatism simply by getting the stomach in working order. That this prophecy has been fulfilled cannot be doubted after a half-hour spent at the young man's headquarters listening to what his callers have to say. A reporter, who watched to ascertain, if possible, some light on the reasons for the immensity of Cooper's success, interviewed about twenty of his callers yesterday afternoon. The statements made by those seen indicate that physicians who claim that Cooper is merely a passing fad, have not looked into the facts. Some of these statements were as follows: W. J. Grant, a popular cigar dealer at 508 South Sixteenth street, upon being questioned, said: "After a most remarkable experience with the Cooper remedies, I cannot refrain from saying that anyone who is suffering in any way from stomach trouble, and who does not give this Cooper medicine a trial, is passing up a golden opportunity for restoration to good health. "For three years I was troubled with my stomach, and what little I did eat gave me distress. Nothing tasted right. I felt weak and bad nearly all the time. I was nervous and allowed matters of small importance to worry me. I treated with two different physicians, but received no benefit. I had about reached the conclusion that medical science had not yet produced anything that would help me. "However, a number of friends urged me to try Cooper's New Discovery, and they were so persistent that I finally took new hope and got a battle of the Cooper medicine. After I had begun to take it I wondered why I had not taken it long ago. Its effect was marvelous—brought me right out. I regained my appetite, took on new strength—in fact, began to feel like a different man altogether. I would not have believed there was a medicine on earth that could do so much in so short a time. I have good reason to be grateful for what Cooper's New Discovery has done for me, and cannot praise it too highly." The statement of Mr. William Kennedy, advertising manager of the Bennett Company, at Sixteenth and Harney streets, was as follows: "Long and tedious hours of hard work, and continuous confinement in a stuffy office tended to put my stomach in a condition that has for many months made my life miserable. There is no need of my going into detail, for anyone who has ever had stomach trouble knows the suffering to be endured. I became weakened and run down, and life began to be a drag. "A personal friend persuaded me to give the Cooper medicine a trial. I procured a bottle of the New Discovery preparation and began taking it. Relief came quickly, and in a short time I was feeling like a new man. I developed a splendid appetite, could eat anything I wanted with no ill effects, and it all tasted good. My strength returned and once more work became a pleasure. "I have taken four bottles, and shall continue its use until I am fully recovered, which I am confident will not take long. This is a remarkable preparation for any one who is 'all in' as a result of close confinement and overwork. I earnestly recommend it to anyone in this condition." Other statements taken from those who had previously used the medicines seem to prove that Cooper's success throughout the country is genuine. 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DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISEASES FOR RHEUMATISM BRIGHT'S DISEASE DIABETES, BACKACH EX 375 "Guarantee" BO Bed. faa The SoS YS) ka (ew Se NS 9 iat Sy Oldett LCNUNCT ra felenl As eo ; NS s is Bs ¢ SMe wees \O Of. mm O° oe cw 2 —p @ Ho Par mee |") i le ~ CSLCTICC an | as SS i = “BR i® | oa) Ly — E—Fn ok Om id, Ga /* os CLE AW WALDO: Ce] PAS A f { y uj EA i HAH Heys ean a »); SAM og HAR \ H yay Sas if a7 A WEEN ul Ges f Ae [1 RS BR irk emia SS Ce gee oe CASAS DES Mee May | me I Se COH RODS my ON [RS | Sz , rN ese 2 oy fe UE OF SHE BARLY VALENTINES @Gx ae os e) SS Be x = % a : & RSS iw » BZ oe CZ Fo aN — = SSS tee © CLASS of antiques is of S& / aa oy o> Exe ate oe ie greater rarity today than the AZZ coy EF Ge ZZ a IN valentines of ye olden time Zs ae ¢ Eo he oe — aes Abie irene) for nly aa ae, \ Mes Se SS ations of lace paper al OF, D\ LR oe “es 79s a FER Sones ces cose MM 2 = a | Eee ae i eS eT ra ay Poaduig because old valentines = as or Pp ie Se A % 4 : BSD fare so comparatively few ,in COA ee tis ee A SRE H QARS ff number and so hard to And, AZ “oy = & GE | Sl seamen z Bion cet ene «= «—LZ mem | es pei ee to gather collections of an- GA are ok ree: | aS ah & cient valentines a8 a fad or a pastime, A AA. ee reer ante cor. iipeations 44 6 Cea States. disclosed the 7 Ee aan \ \\ oe co ~ - single specimen of the valentine of our 4 oes se . great-grandmothers’ period, although the S foe, British museum in London boasts the own- l vee rina racennenee | ees ed waeht aoe aD: CE ene eee te ae tet rege tines in America, and indeed the most notable private or public collection of the kind in the world, is the prop- erty of Mr. Frank House Baer, a well-known resident of the state of Ohio and a prominent railroad official. Mr. Baer, who has had the means to indulge his unique fad, inaugurated his hunt for valentines some years ago and has covered all quarters of the globe in his search. This premier valentine collector now has more than 2,000 specimens in his old art gallery and many of his prizes have cost him a pretty penny. ‘Antedating all forms of manufactured valentines were the “valentine writers”—books of specially prepared verses and sentiments designed for the use of swains and maidens of a century and a half ago, who must needs prepare their own valentines. These first aids to the sentimentally inclined that have been preserved in the Baer collection have stch suggestive titles as: “The Bower of Cupid,” “The Schoo! of Love,” “The Ledjes’ Polite Valentine Writer,” “The Satirical Valentine Writ- er,” and “Rhapsodies for Gentlemen Who Wish to Ad- dress Ladies in Sonnets.” ‘The oldest and most valuable valentines in existence —those in the Baer collection are believed to be the only ones of the kind extant—are the cut paper valen- tines. These are carefully folded and delicately cut with saw-tooth edges, the average love token of this kind being so arranged that {ts unfolding discloses a con- tinuous succession of penned sentiments. One of these cut paper valentines, bearing the date 1790, ts formed from a sheet of paper about the size of a lady’s hand- kerchfef, folded into squares of about four inches. It was originally sealed with the representation of a heart. Particularly quaint conceits in the line of old-time valentines found Jn this collection are those which rep- resent in each instance either a single flower or a clus- ter of gay posies, fashioned from tissue paper somewhat on the order of modern artificial flowers. However, these ancient counterfeit blooms were so slit into lattice- like meshes that the pulling of an attached thread will ‘cause each flower to unfold, disclosing sentimental mes- * ALL the different and distinct classes of mail that pass through Uncle Sam's postal channels in the course of the year, it is probable that none show so large a propor- tion of loss en route as do the valentines. That 50 many valentines go astray is, however, due almost en- tirely to the negligence of oe the senders rather than to any fneffi- ciency on the part of the postal au- thorities. Nevertheless, when one pauses to consider the characteristics of the extra mail that floods the postal routes in mid-February it does not seem so strange that a larger share of it misses its destination than would be the case with an equal volume of holiday mail at other seasons of the year. The most common cause of failure on the part of the postoffice officials ‘o deliver mail is found in the pres- enee on the puzzling pieces of mail matter of illegible, incorrect or insufl- cent addresses. Such faulty mail matter 1s numerous enough at all seasons of the year and it is easy to understand that {t reaches flood tide slong about Valentine day. In the first place many of the persons who send valentines wish to use every pre- ‘sutton to conceal from the recipient the origin of the remembrance. To ‘hat end they attempt to disguise ‘heir handwriting and resort to other expedients, all of which make for illegible addresses. At valentine time, too, many little folks patronize the tails on their own initiative and some of these youngsters are far from skilled in penmanship. To this same Influence—the contri- Dutions of the juvenile portion of the community—is to be attributed the un- usual proportion of incorrectly and tuadequately addressed pieces of mail sages hidden in its depths. ‘Transformation pictures consisting of crude draw- ings in ink or at best a more or less artistic render- ing in water color, preceded by many years the trans- formation valentines that were introduced by the Germans, once the manufactured valentine became an established institution. In these old valentines of the “before and after” order a favorite subject was that of a bachelor sitting disconsolate and alone in his cheerless home. Upon lifting a flap of cardboard there was disclosed by way of contrast the happiness and contentment that might be his in a home pre- sided over by a devoted wife. One of the valentines of this class in the Baer collection seems at first glance nothing more than a commonplace representation of the exterlor of a church, but a shifting of the scene displays the inte- rior of the church with the bride and grooms, best man, maid of honor and other attendants. The best part of the scheme is that the young lady—her name was Flora —who sent this keepsake a century ago went to the trouble to duly label each person represented in the entrancing scene, so that the reciplent presumably had advance information as to all the details of his own wed- ding. Some {dea of the extent to which the custom of ex- changing valentines was carried is indicated by the great number of different designs shown in the Baer col- lection above mentioned. After about 1830 the practice of preparing valentines at first hand seems to have gone rapidly into decay and the last of the “valentine writers” bears date of the year mentioned. Following this the manufactured valentines increased rapidly in cost and pretensions. From the lace paper confections, which were a gradual evolution—and which, by the way, have remained perennially popular until the present time— the development turned to the production of silk and satin valentines beautifully ornamented in water color. A glance through the art gallery of old valentines gives a clear and accurate idea of the various changes Gn Oi rr at op aka: VAL Eo, lt MO ee A la aie ae aye 2 Ay | as ene sean, ma! a eo wpe Po Me ee es ay & WL Tis Nate Ae a a Sg | evevvu vee 5| By Uy ‘ie Lee oe ee ggg Gee | \eaweerr BX | Pe ae ee Race - ee see va a 7. A eee Ng @ on ae ee oa Fa A ag ON aoe, Sant, Ca Ot aera eek a Do, sae BN eR re cee AN ak eles ae eee ne sey NC ieee eee sae . : Se b int Cae sae te ae Cae 3 Pe, UC - Bo, \nigeeeeeceree a 7 alla mM Seep, | Se eee eee oe Zs ee Se 4 i || OO QO” es : . Grates ee Ld PG Bek ed, however, in the Valentine day mai ae Ripe) ieee Kither the identity of the sender | $+ — .ae orm AG i ‘ key | kept a profound secret or is indicate q | itis eee eee SD Me, ey a) | Uae ne that accumulate in all of our post: offices at the valentine festival. In innumerable instances _ youngsters send valentines—particularly the com- ie variety—to persons whose initials they do not know and regarding even the spelling of whose names they are in ignorance. Similarly there is often a woeful lack of detail in the ad- dresses embodied in these hazy in- scriptions. All these irregularities make for difficulty in delivering the mail on St. Valentine's day. Some of the baffling products of the instinct of mischief the letter carriers or local postoffice officials are able to decipher and deliver to their proper destina- tions, but many of these mysterious souvenirs must needs be sent to the ug! \ ee a ae | Ae , ees ‘Septem Meet A Boor 27 NeW Sales /\ 2022, Oye ene Noe ne FREE ” Xe POS ty DELIVER err ek es ROUTE, evew fi vs vewe dead letter office at Washington—the ultimate destination of all the waifs of the mails. Even in this final clearing house for lost letters, the unique characteristics of the Valentine day mail prove a handicap in {ts disposition. Articles sent through the mail at other sea- sons of the year usually contain some indication as to the identity af the OE OF THE ORIGINAL Coz FARE VALBVTINES which have taken place In fashions during the past c¢ tury and a half as pertaining to the costumes of bo men and women. The distinctive styles of the perio of 1880 and the civil war are shown, as well as the et ler epochs. Especially significant in this regard ts | old valentine bearing date of 1805, in which a sailor | is shown bidding a sad farewell to his sweetheart. costume of the tar {s interesting as exemplifying ¢ togs worn by naval seamen early in the history of t republic. which have taken place In fashions during the past cen- tury and a half as pertaining to the costumes of both men and women. The distinctive styles of the periods of 1830 and the civil war are shown, as well as the ear- Mer epochs. Especially significant in this regard is an old valentine bearing date of 1805, in which a sailor lad is shown bidding a sad farewell to his sweetheart. The costume of the tar {s interesting as exemplifying the togs worn by naval seamen early in the history of the republic, Which Valentines Are Comic? ‘We read a lot of vigorous censure of “comic” valen- tines. But why, in the name of pigment, doesn't some one arise in meeting and tell which is the “comic” kind? It 1s generally understood that the hideous distortions of form and feature, accompanied by insulting and semt- obscene doggerel, are called comic. But that sort of thing isn’t comic at all. Those are the saddest creations possible—rankly and flagrantly and intentionally dis- ed, however, in the Valentine day mail. Either the identity of the sender is kept @ profound secret or is indicated only by tiny Initials, which are of no possible benefit in tracing the origin of the missive. Consequently there is nothing for the dead letter officials to do but to either destroy these dere- liects of the Valentine day mails, or, if they be deemed of sufficient value, to set them aside to be disposed of at the annual auction sale at which Uncle Sam sells to the highest bid- ders all the unclaimed articles found in the mails. ‘ Incidentally it may be noted that it is very seldom that any person ever writes to the postoffice department to inquire regarding valentines that have gone astray. Many people make in- quires from time to time with refer- ence to packages which have failed to sender if such information has not been given on the outside wrapper. Thus when the wandering parcel final- ly reaches the dead letter office and is opened there, there is every chance ff Its proper destination cannot be de- termined, at least the identity of the sender can be learned and the postal orphan sent back for better address- ing. No such clews are to be expect- sky-blue rose with pink leaves-~isn't Ut artiste? ‘and you've seen those that are just a row of pen- dants, all busily pending from a twisted and tasseled silk cord, haven't you? Great! On the top card, which fs shaped like a scalloped pancake, is painted a beau- tiful little girl with the scarlet dab that had been meant for her lips striking her on the end of the nose or on the chin and with golden hair that has blue high lights. ‘On the next pendant (which 1s square and hangs about two inches below the other) {s a picture of an Oklahoma landscape with the pyramfds of Egypt and a Dutch windmill in the distance. The one just below is a cut-out figure of Queen Marla Teresa or the Venus de Medici or Katherine de Milo or Mrs. Maybrick or some early Christian martyr. Still below hangs a two-inch heart of red, with cupids on it, and below that continues a string of lesser ones. So, when {t gets right down to cases, and to the kind of evidence that would be accepted in a competent court of law where nobody was corrupted, which are the comic valentines? 2 Don't all speak at once.—Strickland W. Gillilan. CE SPRL BVI NE OFF PELE FERIQD OF 1859 gusting. Surely the truly comic val- entine is the kind which exhibits a lot of absolutely meaningless combt- nations of color and shape and fill- gree and gingerbread and which car- ries it all off with a conscious air of being just too beautiful for anything. Who except a maker of valentines for the trade ever sat down and imag- ined a four-arched heart with silk and celluloid blisters on it, arranged tastefully about a figieafless card- board Cupid sitting on the back of an accordion-plaited tissue-paper swan, which he was guiding across a tinsel desert by means of a ribbon snaffle bit? Eh? I wonder what they trri- gate their designers with before they hand ‘em the scissors and paint pot and glue bottle and turn ‘em loose for that sort of thing? ‘Then these blood-red pansies a foot across, with more celluloid revers on ‘em, turned back from a nice empty spot over which 1s pasted, with a hinge, a lot of paper insertion of the kind they have in the edges of clgar boxes! And when you lift up the cigar-box paper (cut in designs like those mother used to cut in the shelf paper) you read underneath, in old English type: I think it would be mighty fine It you would be my valentine. Isn't that deep and original and thrilling? ‘The the lapels of celluloid—what would the valentine perpetrators do without celluloid?—are fastened back at the points, each with a little string of tinsel arranged in a loop, while on the bend of the lapel is painted a Teach the proper destination, but ap- parently the senders of valentines either do not know that their tokens have failed to fulfill their mission or else accept the loss philosophically. For the imaginative person there is opportunity for speculation as to how many romances have been nipped in the early stages because of the valen- tines that never came. Finally, one more cause of the straying of valen- tines in the mail is found in the nu- merous attempts to send such souve- nirs through the mails with insuffi- elent postage. Many little folks, for instance, seem to be under the im- pression that a valentine in a sealed envelope will be carried for one cent instead of two cents. If the envelope bears the address of the sender it can be returned for more postage, but, as above explained, such clew is seldom given In the case of valentines and when the valentine {s forwarded to its destination “postage due” the per- son to whom it 1s addressed—perhaps suspecting its contents—often refuses to receive ft and then, of necessity, it is turned over to the dead letter office. The dead letter office, the final rest- ing place of the unidentified valen- tines, Is a very busy institution. Some- thing like seven million pieces of lost. mail are every year sent to this insti- tution to be examined and {ts experts or “blind readers" are wonderfully skillful in deciphering the true mean- ing of incorrect and misspelled in- scriptions that would prove absolutely baffling to any ordinary individual. At, the dead Sitter office Uncle Sam main- tains perhaps the oddest museum in the world—a collection of the queer things that have been found in the mails. Much money is found*in the letters that go astray. It totals as much as $50,000 a year in coin and currency, to say nothing of an aggre- ‘gate of about a million dollars a year in checks, drafts and currency. j Grocery Department WE SELL FLOUR WE SELL MEAL : WE SELL LARD WE SELL MEAT WE SELL POTATOES In fact, we sell everything kept ina First-Class Grocery. B@™ WHY CAN’T WESELL TO YOU? Makin Eye Drug Co. 517 N. 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SUTTON PAINT CO. CENTRAL SEED CO. WRITE, PHONE OR CALL for our new 1910 Garden, Flower, Field and Seed Catalogue. We handle seeds GROWN ONLY BY RELIABLE GROWERS. We are manufacturers’ agents for Mandy Lee, Petaluma, Old Trusty and Clyde Hatch Incu- bators. We pay freight to your sta- tion and sell at factory prices. Sed us for Poultry Remedies. Both Phones. 243 North Main St., Wich- ita, Kansas. (First Publication in Wichita Search- light, Feb. 11, 1910.) ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. State of Kansas 88. Sedgwick County. In the Probate Court, in and for sald County: In the matter of the estate A. Coving- ton, Deceased. NOTICE is hereby given that Let- ters of Administration have been granted to the undersigned on the es- tate of A. Covington, late of said County, deceased, by the Probate Court of the County and State afore- said, dated the 8th day of February, A. D. 1910. Now, all persons having claims against the said estate, are hereby notified that hey must present the same to the undersigned for al- lowance within one year from the date of said lettors, or they may be pre- cluded from any benefit of such es- tate; and that if such claims be not exhibited within three years after date of such letters, they shall be forever barred. THOMAS GLOVER, Administor of the Estate of A. Coving- ton, deceased. Would Make Strong Race We are informed that much of pressure is being brought to bear on Mr. Marsh W. Paugh of the Fourth ward to induce him to enter the race for County Com- missioner from that District. Mr Paugh would make astrong can didute and would win. While Mr Paugh has anemmeince business at the stock exchange — yet he should be willing to sacrifice something in the interest of good government. At those who are urging him to enter the race — much encourgement — yet it is to be hoped that Mr. Paugh will soon decide to permit the use of his name and enter the race in earnest. RESOLUTIONS. ‘Whereas, it had pleased the al- mighty God to call away from earth the spirit of Mrs. Ella Landrum to be with Him in heaven, and Whereas, she was a charter member of The Golden Link Art Club, dutiful, well loved, faithful and true, also its ‘chaplain for years, and Whereas, we keenly realize that our Link has been broken, the link re- moved and carefully stored wita the precious jewels of our dear Saviour, and that no more we will hear her prayers ascend His throne, no more will she share our cares or mingle with us in our trivial enjoyments of earth, but to this we bow ourselves in humble submission to Him and say, “Thy will be done,” and Whereas we feel that she is “Asleep in Jesus.. far from taee ‘Thy Rindred and their graves may be: But thine is still a blessed sleep From which none ever wake to weep.” Therefore, be it resolved, That we, the G. L. A. Club, extend our deep sympathy to the husband, Mr. E. Lan. drum, and the mother, Mrs. Laura Dawles, in their hour of bereavement. Mesdames H. HARPER, I. B. FRAZIER, MOLLIE COX, Committee. Be it further resolved, That a type- written copy of these resolutions of sympathy be given o Mr. E. Landrum and Mrs. Laura Rowles, and a copy sent to the Wichita Searchlight. ‘Mesdames HENRIETTA HARPER, IDA B. FRAZIER, MOLLIE COX. The Home Cooking Club met with Mrs Nellie Clark. Roll was called and quatations on bread Was respondea to a short lecture on bread was given by Mrs W. H- Jones. Select reading by Mrs. W. M. Bowers was well recieved sub ject ‘The Dinner Table’ one new member was added Mrs J. C. Cowan. After business the guest was invited by the hostess to the dining room where a three ceurse luncheon was served. MENUE Breaded pork tenderloins Hot biscnits Grape Jelly Mashed potatoes Cream gravy Ham Salad Long branch-crackers Blane-Mange pudding & cream Mrs, Grant Ewing will be the next hostess at 534.N. Water St. Menue committees Mrs. W. M. Whitted, Mrs. Georgia Glovor Mrs. Grant Ewing. Peculiar African Race. There 1s a pecullar sort of people ‘iving in zerthwest Rhodesia. These natives are small of stature, with large horns on their heads. The hora 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 Kaffirs live on the great spen flats to be found on both sides of the Katue river. They build their huts on the great ant heaps which appear Ifke hills scattered ovar the flats. When the Kafue fs in flood and the flats are changed {nto great Jakes these people are safe in their huts on the ant heaps. Their cattle also take refuge on the ant heaps on which corn ‘and mealies are likewise grown. ATCHISON KANSAS | The Temple Tabernncles and Tents of Atchison are in a pros- perous condition. Notwithstand- ing with three or four Knights Daughters sick and one death in the Entervitor Tabernacle, Dtr. Jennie Perry who died in Kansas City Mo. her remains were brough to Atchison and laidte restin Mt Vernon Comertery, The T-mple and Tabernacles are recieving applications for membership and will have a jolly time, The District Deputy Grand Master Sir James 4 Bown called the present and past officers of the Temples, Tabernacles and Tents togather at Taborian Hall Jauuary 28, and organized tne past Arcanum. The following are the officers Sir James A. Brown C. A. Dtr. Hattie Jackson V. A, Dtr. Wm H, Barnes R. S. Dtr. Ella Nelson Gasaway C. R, S. Sir William Cook A. T. Dt Mary Gosby A. P. Sir Jonn N. Davis D. M. Dtr. Marie Davis A. B. B. Dt. Dora Bysent C. A. G. Dtr. Sadie Tyler C. A. G. Dtr, Hattie Montgomery C. A. St. Dtr Arie Stone O. A. Ist. Dt, Carrie Brown A. C. Reports, Few men, white or colored have a more responsible position than has Grant Ewing, who is purchasing Agent for the Com- mercial Club, To buy everything needed in su2h an institution as the Commercial Club is no small concern, but takes aman of busi- ucss —— and this 1s what Grant has proven to be. For many of years he has filled this import-- aut post to the satistaction of all. He has some very valuable property and has a cozy home on, Washinfiton. His family consists of a wife — aud one son — George. TO HESITATE LONG (8 TO FAIy Successful Business Man Must Have Attribute of Courage. Many a man fails because he does not dare to take risks, to take the inftlative, ‘When do you expect to do anything distinctive in life? When do you em pect to get out of the ranks of mediocrity? The men who do original things are fearless. There ts a lot of dare in their make-up, a great deal o¢ boldness. They are not afraid to take chances, to shoulder responsibility, te endure inconvenience and privation. ‘There never was a time when the quality of courage Sree Seine: tdispensable in thé business world as it Is today. It does not matter how many success qualities you pom sess, young man, if you lack courage you will never get anywhere, Not even honesty or perseverance will take its place. There is no substh tute for courage. : It does rot matter how well edw cated you may be, or how good a traim ing you may have had for your voce tion, ff you are a hesitator, if you lack that courage which dares to risk all on your judgment, you will never get akove mediocrity. The men who stand at the top of their line of endeavor stand there bee cause they have the courage of their convictions. They had the courage to climb, had the nerve to undertake even against the advice of others— Success Magazine, Send for the 8. P. C. C. A “Young Mother” asks our opinion of “the alleged injurious effects of rocking on babies.” We must frankly say that we con- sider {t a brutal practice, As the father of a great many bables, of all ages, We never rocked on any of ‘hem intentlonafy, and we would probably be arrested if wa expressed our full opinion of any woman who would presume to do s0—Lippincott’s Magazi: e. A. B. dads that hovered over thee, keep the encircling gloom, of blood-bought Liberty, If the nation's waiting tomb; either thy fortune ran, oblains God raised a man. ing, unerring flight. dance none shall say; urses ride the Night, curtained Day; the distant shore, or blow evermore. No inspiration, faith or prophecy The ways of Providence reveals; No miracle from Life's deep mystery Its dearly treasured secret steals: Who holds it in the hollow of His hand, He, only He, can see and understand. while to men, thy mission o'er, called thee once again, the open door ous, led on— heads when thou wert gone. T. P. H., in the Ohio Magazine. coln al Leader Lincoln The Ideal Leader life: at least we may believe that the trying period of reconstruction with the criminal precipitation of a vast horde of ignorant suffragists upon the franchise would never have been permitted had Lincoln lived. So it is, whether we look back upon what Lincoln did or anticipate what his wisdom would have done for the country had he lived, we find in him that which is typical and prophetic of a greatness only possible in such a "government of the people, for the people and by the people" as it is our unspeakable privilege to enjoy. And it is safe to say that as the years and the centuries go by, that soul-journey from log cabin to white house, that innate greatness of sincerity for humanity, of reverence for the sacred, of love to man and God will ever serve to rebuke vanity and sham and points the way and inspire to that only true greatness that puts a patent of nobility upon people and nations. The following unpublished story of Lincoln's relating is told by Adlai E. Stevenson, former vice-president of the United States. "I knew Lincoln well," said Mr. Stevenson, "and he once told me this story. When he was a boy at school there was in the class another boy, who somehow could not learn to read. It was the custom to open school with a selection from the Bible, each pupil reading a verse in turn. "One morning the story was of the children of Israel and the fiery furnace, and the verse, with the names of the three men who were cast into the furnace—Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego—fell to the lot of the little boy who couldn't read. He made a stagger at it, but didn't do very well, and was rewarded by a hearty slap from the teacher. He cried a little, then the reading went on. "All of a sudden, for no cause that anyone could see, he began to cry afresh. A halt was called on the reading, and the teacher demanded to know the cause of the uproar. "If you don't stop that crying I'll give you another slap," said the dominie severely. "An' I don't care if you do," sobbed the boy. "That's just what I'm crying about, anyhow. I've counted up the verses, and when it's my turn again I'll just have to read them same d—names all over!" ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` Lincoln N the recurrence of another anniversary of the birth of Lincoln the commanding figure of the great man is again brought before us. And I it was commanding—not in the mere outline of his tall frame or in facial expression, but it was commanding regarded as the home of his great soul. That is what makes all great men impressive. What matters it to the reader of history that Socrates was homely and ungainly; that Plato "talked but never looked" the philosopher he was; that of the great philosopher without whom Christianity could scarcely have won its way it was said that his bodily presence was weak and his speech contemptible, or that the conqueror of Marengo and Austerlitz was small in stature? Here, as in the case of Lincoln, the greatness of soul it was that gave dignity to the body and glorified it; the fact is, great natures are always impressive. In his lifetime Solomon was honored above all others. He was declared to be the widest of men. But he had not the wisdom that achieves just and lasting results: Had Washington, Madison and Monroe been no wiser, the country could not be what it is to-day, declares a writer in the Christian Work. In the measurements of world-history the years are few between Columbus and Washington, and fewer still between Washington and Lincoln. Grand, noble, imposing, the types of greatness represented by the two lives, dearest of all in this land; yet how widely different the genesis of each! The one sprang from the highest rank in social life, as at the time it was necessary he should. On the other hand, it is the glory alike of the country and the man that Lincoln sprang from the people. For such a conflict as our civil war Lincoln was the best possible, the ideal leader. The cabin, the bare-footed boy studying by candle-light at night after the hard work of the day, "the rail-splitter." "Honest Abe"—these became watchwords of inspiration, for they meant just what the war for the union meant; they stood for just that which the future of the country most needed and must have, if the ideals of a noble humanity were to be realized. And we may fittingly add, and most truly so, that the country will never know what it lost when the assassin's pistol ended the great man's New Lincoln Story. Did silence truly fall upon his life When his last quivering word, his latest sigh, Fluttered across his lips and left them still? Oh, no, his hands still guide us in the dark, Still work their noble work unseen of men; His voice swells every strain of victory Over a wrong renounced—a right maintained, news. M. Mr. Lincoln face, receive them on t ing he on which ington to On the sage came president ters, som On the morning of April 2 a message came from Gen. Grant asking the president to come to his headquarters, some miles distant from City Point and near Petersburg. It was on Sunday. We rode out to the intrenchments, close to the battle ground. Mr. Lincoln watched the life and death struggle for some time, and then returned to City Point. In the evening he received a dispatch from Gen. Grant telling him that he had pushed Lee to his last lines about Petersburg. The news made the president happy. He said to Capt. Penrose that the end of the war was now in sight. He could go to bed and sleep now. On Monday, the 3d, a message came to the president that Petersburg was in possession of the federal army, and that Gen. Grant was waiting there to see him. We mounted and rode over the battlefield to Petersburg. As we rode through Fort Hell and Fort Damnation—as the men had named the outposts of the two armies which faced each other, not far apart—many of the dead and dying were still on --- How shall we know him in that other life? The life we cannot measure with our thoughts, But toward which we send our longings out, Like white doves searching depths of dreary sea, Or Olive branch of promise for the soul? How shall we know, if, for him, this new life When the tired hands were folded on his breast? Did closing lids shut out the light that led His soul unnering toward the Nation's weal? Still, from his lips, the words of wisdom drop. Still from his great heart's wealth of tenderness, Are enriched who call him all our own. And still, from out his patient, wondrous life, A glory lights the mystery of its close, Unfolding God's great purpose for the Land. M. L. D. Washington Home Magazine Lincoln The Father Memories of the President's Affection for His Youngest Son ANY stories are to told of Tad's mischievous pranks, and of his father's close companionship with his favorite boy. Tinker records that on one occasion Lincoln came into the M telegraph office chuckling to himself over a fairy story book that some one had given to Tad, who was holding his father's hand as he entered the room. He thereupon repeated the story to the cipher operators. It told how a mother hen tried to raise a brood of chicks, but was much disturbed over the conduct of a sly old fox who ate several of the youngsters while still professing to be an honest fox; so the anxious mother had a serious talk with the old reynard about his wickedness. "Well, what was the result?" asked one of us when it appeared that Lincoln did not intend to continue his narrative. "The fox reformed," said Lincoln, his eyes twinkling, "and became a highly respected paymaster in the army, and now I am wondering which one he is." The significance of this reference is in the fact that about that time there were rumors of fraud in the paymaster's department. Here are two telegrams out of a large number in which Lincoln referred to his children in an affectionate manner: August, 31, 1864 Mrs. A. Lincoln, Manchester, Vt.: All reasonably well. Bob not here yet. How is dear Tad?—A. Lincoln. September 8, 1864. Mrs. A. Lincoln, Manchester, Vt.: All well, including Tad's pony and the goats.—A. Lincoln. On another occasion Lincoln wrote to his wife as follows: Tell dear Tad poor Nanny goat is lost. The day you left Nanny was found resting herself and chewing her little cud on the middle of Tad's bed, but now she's gone. The president's affection for his youngest boy was such that they were together much of the time, even while the father was receiving callers or attending to official business in the White House, and nearly always when visiting the army at the front or in the defenses around Washington. Lincoln went to City Point in March 865. As usual Tad went with him, and remained with his father after Mrs. Lincoln returned to Washington a week later. Tad became a great pet among the officers and men. Each afternoon, during their two weeks' stay, the headquarters' band marched up to the open space near the president's tent and played popular airs for an hour or so. Tad enjoyed the music of the brass band very greatly, and was on the lookout each afternoon when the appointed hour approached. As soon as he heard the strains of music in the distance he would jump up and down and shout: "There comes our band! There comes our band!" — From David Homer Bates "Lincoln's Last Days," in the Century. Meeting of Grant and Lincoln at Petersburg S March 4, 1865, drew near, the president (then at City Point, Va.) knew that Grant was to make a general attack upon Petersburg, and grew depressed, writes W. H. Crook in Harper's The S March 18, 1865, drew near, the president (then at City Point, Va.) knew that Grant was to make a general attack upon Petersburg, and grew depressed, writes W. H. Crook in Harper's The fact that his own son was with Grant was one source of anxiety. But the knowledge of the loss of life that must follow hung about him until he could think of nothing else. On the 31st there was, of course, no news. Most of the first day of April Mr. Lincoln spent in the telegraph office, receiving telegrams and sending them on to Washington. Toward evening he came back to the River Queen, on which we had sailed from Washington to City Point. 15 Lincoln In Camp at Petersburg. the ground. I can still see one man with a bullet hole through his forehead and another with both arms shot away. At the end of 15 miles we reached Petersburg and were met by Capt. Robert Lincoln of Gen. Grant's staff, who, with some other officers, escorted us to Gen. Grant. We found him and the rest of his staff sitting on the plaza of a white frame house. Grant did not look like one's idea of a conquered hero. He didn't appear exultant, and he was as quiet as he had ever been. The meeting between Grant and Lincoln was cordial; the president was almost affectionate. While they were talking I took the opportunity to stroll through Petersburg. It seemed deserted, but I met a few of the inhabitants. They said they were glad that the union army had taken possession; they were half starved. They certainly looked so. The tobacco warehouses were on fire and boys were carrying away tobacco to sell to the soldiers. I bought a five-pound bale of smoking tobacco for 25 cents. Just before we started back a little girl came up with a bunch of wild flowers for the president. He thanked the child kindly, and we rode away. Soon after we got back to City Points news came of the evacuation of Richmond. In the midst of the rejoicing some confederate prisoners were brought aboard transports at the dock near us. The president hung over the rail and watched them. They were in a pitable condition, ragged and thin; they looked half-starved. When they were on board they took out of their knapsacks the last rations that had been issue to them before capture. There was nothing but bread, which looked as if it had been mixed with tar. When they cut it we could see how hard it was and heavy; it was more like cheese than bread. "Poor fellows!" Mr. Lincoln said "it's hard lot. Poor fellows." Farmer Huskworthy—See here! I want ter know what yer mean by sleepin' around here? Ye've been snorin' so loud they kin hear ye a mile away! 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Duncan says that the work has been going on steadily, but that it will be a couple of months yet before anything definite can be determined. So far everything has proven satisfactory, and has substantiated his belief that the industry could be successfully operated. Tree Spraying too Costly. The state law which provides for the spraying of trees and plants infected with San Jose scale and other funga and which also provides that unless the trees are sprayed by the owner they will be sprayed by the state and the expense charged to the property, or will be destroyed, is to be tested in the Sedgwik county district court. An application for an injunction restraining Prof. Glenn of the state entomology department and his assistants from spraying the trees in the orchard of S. M. Balch, was filed in the court recently. Library Money Raised. Andrew Carnegie has made a donation of $15,000 for the erection of a library building at Midland college at Atchison, with the usual provision that the college raise a similar sum. President Troxell of the college announced that the entire amount requested of the college, all of which has been subscribed, will be in cash by the last of this month. Scarlet Fever Closes Schools. Four schools have been closed in country districts on account of scarlet fever. They are the Sunnyside, Burnett, White, and Valley Grove districts, all north of Lawrence. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Davis in the Sunnyside district have lost one child and have five others sick with the disease. Several cases are reported in the other districts. Newton to Have $60,000 Hotel. Newton is at last to have a much needed modern hotel with popular rates. Joe Murphy, at present conducting the largest restaurant and hotel business in the city, has contracted for a five-story building to be erected directly across the street from the Santa Fe depot here and a little north of his present place. Improvements at State Reformatory. Probably never before in the history of the reformatory has there been such improvement work as is now going on and will be going on for the next month. According to the out look at present it probably will take a year and a half to complete the work that is now in construction and in contemplation. ill Orate for Midland. Alfred Krueger will represent Midland college at the state oratorical contest at Wichita the first part of March, having won the Midland oratorical contest. His subject was "Blinded Justice." Colby recently voted $55,000 in bonds for water works and electric lights. There was almost no opposition. Stock Poisoned by Salt. Almost all of the stock on the farm of Voltaire Adamson, residing in Ninnescah township, Reno county, was poisoned from eating salt. Ten horses and 11 cattle, representing a cash value of more than $2,000, died Dr. Winchester, a local veterinarian, who was called says the wholesale death was caused by gastro-intestinal irritation, due to eating a quantity of salt. The salt had been used to pack pork and was thrown out. A number of the chickens on the place were killed also. K. U. Librarian to Visit Belgium. K. G. Eubler to Visit Belgium. Miss Carrie Watson, librarian of the University of Kansas, has been granted a leave of absence during September and October, and will attend the international conference of librarians in Brussels, Belgium, the latter part of the summer, in the interest of the university. The conference will convene August 6 and last for several days. Miss Watson will leave during July to be present throughout the session, and will visit in Europe before returning. For Telephones in Barnett The board of directors of the Anderson County Home Telephone company met recently and awarded contracts totalling $17,000 for equipment for the new local exchange now being built in Garnett. The capital stock of the telephone company is $30,000. A 30 Per Cent Wheat Damage. Farmers from northeastern Dickinson county report 30 per cent damage to wheat in that section from the freezing and ice coating. You Look Prematurely Old THE KENTUCKIAN WAS PLEASED THE KENTUCKIAN WAS PLEASED HE SECURED A GOOD HALF-SEC TION IN CENTRAL CANADA. It is not only from Kentucky, but from thirty-five to forty different States that there comes the expression of satisfaction from those who have taken up lands in Central Canada as a free homestead or have purchased lands. Mr. E. K. Bell, of Frankfort, Kentucky, writes to a Canadian Government Official, and says: "I have just returned from Alberta, overjoyed with my trip. Your literature was very flattering, but not half what I found it. I bought a half section between Calgary and Edmonton, one mile from railroad, near a good town. This is the best country I ever saw or ever expect to see. I will go in the spring and get to work on my place. I think it is the coming Country of the World." Some of the papers describe the setting of the Canadian West as "becoming a fever with a great many people. The lure of its golden promises is creeping into their hearts and many are they who are answering the call of that unsettled territory." This paper editorially cautions its readers to exercise care and thought before moving to a distant country. This would be a wise precaution, and is exactly what the Canadian officials ask. The success of the settler who has made Canada his home for years is the best evidence that can be offered. And of the large number of Americans who have made their homes in Canada, very few have returned. All are satisfied. NOT WHAT HE HAD PICTURED Athletic Girl Hardly the Domestic Jewel That Fond Fancy Had Pictured. Not long ago a man married an athletic girl, thinking how fine it would be to have a wife who would be able to wait on herself and build the fires, if necessary, and keep the dust demon on the jump without bringing on an acute attack of nervous prostration. Said he to himself: "A girl who swims and rows and plays a rattling good game of tennis, not to speak of her fondness for walking and driving, is sure to be a domestic jewel. If we happen to be without a servant, she can keep the household machinery humming." Somebody must have told that girl she was marrying a man with money. Anyhow, she hasn't been able to dress herself without the assistance of a mald, and the only time she has ever had the broom in her hands was one day when she picked it up to hit the cat with. If she'd clean house for as much as half an hour she'd have to go away to some fashionable springs to recuperate. And yet, to look at her, you wouldn't think she was so delicate.—Exchange. RAW ECZEMA ON HANDS "I had eczema on my hands for ten years. I had three good doctors but none of them did any good. I then used one box of Cuticura Ointment and three bottles of Cuticura Resolvent and was completely cured. My hands were raw all over, inside and out, and the eczema was spreading all over my body and limbs. Before I had used one bottle, together with the Cuticura Ointment, my sores were nearly healed over, and by the time I had used the third bottle, I was entirely well. To any one who has any skin or blood disease I would honestly advise them to fool with nothing else, but to get Cuticura and get well. My hands have never given me the least bit of trouble up to now. "My daughter's hands this summer became perfectly raw with eczema. She could get nothing that would do them any good until she tried Cuticura. She used Cuticura Resolvent and Cuticura Ointment and in two weeks they were entirely cured. I have used Cuticura for other members of my family and it always proved successful. Mrs. M. E. Falin, Speers Ferry, Va., Oct. 19, 1909." For Shame. Mr. Staggers. "Our splendid cook left to-day and I had to take her place," said Mrs. Staggers. "I hope I shall be successful in imitating her." "I certainly hope you will be successful in following in her footsteps," suggestively remarked old man Staggers as he chewed on a crisp-boiled potato. Deafness Cannot Be Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies, such as the mucous lining of the Fustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or impaired hearing, and an inflamed ear can be caused by the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition. If the ear is inflamed, one or more of ear are caused by Catarra, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of ear inflammation. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of (re)used byge, catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hail's Catarrh Cure, send for circulation free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Drugsman, F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Take Hall's Family Plus for constipation. The average man is always paid average wages. ALL UP-TO-DATE HOUSEKEEPERS Use Red Cross Ball Blue. It makes clothes clean and sweet as when new. All grocers. Pompadours are responsible for many a high-brow. Do you feel all tired out? Do you sometimes think you just can't work away at your profession or trade any longer? Do you have a poor appetite, and lay awake at nights unable to sleep? Are your nerves all gone, and your stomach too? Has ambition to forge ahead in the world left you? 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"I won't stand it, mummer," he loudly protested on the second night, "I won't wear anything so girly! I'll run away, you see if I don't, and perrush in a snow drift before I'll put that thing on again. Why, rather than wear that—that valentine night-gown—I'll sleep raw!" LEWIS' "SINGLE BINDER." A hand-made cigar fresh from the table, wrapped in foil, thus keeping fresh until smoked. A fresh cigar made of good tobacco is the ideal smoke. The old, well cured tobaccos used are so rich in quality that many who formerly smoked 10c cigars now smoke Lewis' Single Binder Straight 5c. Lewis' Single Binder costs the dealer some more than other 5c cigars, but the higher price enables this factory to use extra quality tobacco. There are many imitations; don't be fooled. There is no substitute! Tell the dealer you want a Lewis "Single Binder." Quite a Provider. "Does your son help keep the house in food?" "Yes; he continually has mother cooking for him."—Detroit Times. 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There is a municipality in the Middle or West of Washington not a representative in Manitoba, Saskatchewan or Alberta." 125 Million Bushels of Wheat in 1909 Western Canada sold over for 189 will easily yield to the farmer $170,000,000.00 in cash. He received and pre-emptions of 100 acres at $3.00 an acre. Railway and road at reasonable prices. Many farmers have paid for their land out of the wheat. Splendid climate, good schools, freight rates, wood, winter and lumber easily obtained. Western Canada "particulars as to suitable location for the crop," apply to Supt. of Immigration Can., or to Canadian Govt Agent. J. S. CRAWFORD No. 125 W. Nith Street, Kansas City, Mo. (Use address nearest you.) DEFIANCE STARCH 16 ounces to the package other starches only 12 ounces~same price and "DEFIANCE" 18 SUPERIOR QUALITY. W. N. U., WICHITA, NO. 7-1910. THE BIG STICK PINCHOT'S WARNING 8AY8 MONOPOLY IS TRYING TO GET CONTROL OF COUNT Y1 WATER POWER. REMEDIAL LEGISLATION URGED Government's Chief Forester Declares That People's Rights Can Only Be Saved by Prompt Action at no ing Congressional Session. Washington, Oct. 3.—Uneq Ivocally asserting that a monopoly now is in process of formation whose object is to obtain possession of the water power sites of the country, Glord Fanchot, chief of the bureau of trestry, who returned from an extended inspection in the west declared that remedial legislation must be enacted at the coming session of congress (this great natural resource is to be preserved to the people. The problem of how best to prevent the nation's water power sites from being gobbled up by such combinations, Mr. Pinchot predicted, will be one of the biggest issues before the next session of congress. The allego trust is now in the formative stage Mr. Pinchot declared, and prompt action on the part of congress is necessary to throttle it. Another big problem which will confront congress will be disposition of vast areas of coal lands in the west, principally in Alaska. It is important that congress should take prompt action on this important matter, Mr. Pinchot said, for the protection of the country's fuels supply and also to prevent a monopoly in that product. Any doubt that may have existed as to whether Mr. Pinchot would continue to advocate the policies for which he has fought so hard was set at rest by him. As a result of his western tour he is as fully determined as ever to continue his policies regarding the conservation of the country's natural resources and the great national forest reserves. He asserted that President Taft is thoroughly imbued with the conservation movement, and declared that the people are now more completely aroused over the matter than ever. President Taft, Mr. Pinchot said, has expressed himself in favor of a conservation commission and added that he (Pinchot) was also in accord with that suggestion. After declaring that "there is a water power trust certainly in the process of formation" Mr. Pinchot added: "In my judgment, the tendency to consolidation which is now running through all industrial enterprises, will necessarily in the end, lead to the consolidation of the water power interests exactly as it has to consolidation of steel and oil interests. There has got to be legislation on this water power business. President Taft has indicated his intention of asking congress for legislation governing, as I understand it, the disposal of water power sites on the public domain; so that the whole water power question will naturally be taken up before congress. _e question is, are we going to give these power sites in perpetuity? That is a question with which congress will have to deal." "Is it possible to head off this so-called trust?" Mr. Pinchot was asked, "The government cannot probably prevent formation of such a monopoly," he replied, "but it can control it. I regard this matter as one of the most important questions with which congress will have to deal." Killed by Fall Down Stairs. Garden City, Kan., Oct. 3.—W. D. Emery of Chicago, an expert billiard player who has been giving exhibitions here, was killed in a local hotel when he fell headlong down a private stairway. His neck was broken and he died instantly. Help for Monterey Sufferers. Washington, Oct. 3.—The American Red Cross through the state department, sent an additional $2,000 to the flood sufferers in the vicinity of Monterey, Mexico, making a total of contributed to date of $7,000 and 1,000 blankets. CENSUS AGENTS TO BE EXAMINED NOVEMBER 3 Bureau Will Employ From 1,600 to 1,800 Special Men Beginning January 1. Washington, Oct. 3.—Census Director E. Dana Durand announces November 3 next as the date for making a practical test of the qualifications of applicants for appointment as special agents for the collection of the thirteenth census statistics of manufactures, mines and quarries. Blank applications may be obtained now by writing the bureau of the census. No applications which are received after the close of business October 25 will be considered. In a circular of instructions relative to the subject, approved by Secretary Nagel of the department of commerce and labor, the director states that about January 1, 1910, the bureau will employ from \,600 to 1,800 special agents. As far as possible it is desired to obtain for this work persons who have his college or university courses in sta.istics or economics, and persons who have had service in the accounting department of some manufacturing or o r business establishments. If the applicant's statements as to business training and experience and education are satisfactory, and the application is complete in every respect, a card will be mailed to the applicant advising him when and where to appear to complete the prescribed practical test in filling out a schedule such as is required in the actual work of a special agent. HALLEY'S COMET TO COME CLOSE stronomer Seagrave Says Earth Will be Swept by Star Dust Next May. Province, R. I., Oct. 3.—Frank A. Seagrave, the Province astronomer, whose calculations relative to Halley's comet have attracted world-wide attention, announces that the correction of a slight error in his calculations has developed the discovery that May 1, 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 the plane instead of clearing it. The eath and comet will meet on the same plane, but not on the same path. There will be a distance at the nearest point of 13,000,000 miles between the o. Mr. Seagrave said the earth would not be endangered, but that it will be swept by "star dust," similar to the display of June 30, 1861, when the tail of the comet of 1861 caused apprehension among the superstitious shortly after the beginning of the Civil war. Treasury Conditions Better. Treasury Conducts Butter. Washington, Oct. 3.—A cut of practically $5,500,000 in excess of ordinary disbursements over ordinary receipts so far this fiscal year as compared with the corresponding period of last year, $1,000,000 a month gain in internal revenue, and an increase of almost $19,000,000 in customs for July, August and September as compared with the same period a year ago, are shown in the monthly treasury reports. Treasury officials expressed gratification at the figures. Kansas Depots Must be Clean. Topeka, Oct. 3—The Women's Christian Temperance union has lodged a complaint with the state board of health and the board of railroad commissioners about unsanitary waiting rooms in depots. The board of railroad commissioners sent notices to all of the railroad companies to clean up the waiting rooms and to keep them in a sanitary condition. In a letter to the W. C. T. U. the board asks that specific complaints of unsanitary waiting rooms be made at once. Help for the Riff Tribesmen. 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 is said that the tribesmen are acting upon orders from Mulal Hafid, the sultan, of Morocco, but this is not credited. BABY KIDNAPED BY A HURRICANE CARRIED FROM HOME WHEN SIX YEARS OLD TO FARM OF CHILDLESS COUPLE. LATTER CONCEAL HIS IDENTITY Quarrel with Supposed Parents Brings to Light Story of His Adoption — "Cyclone Kid" Now Seeking Relatives. Des Moines fa.—"The Cyclone Kid" they are now styling Charles H. Bennett of Melbourne, La. It isn't because "he is there with the wallop," as the spiritual souls of the prize ring out in, but because he was kidnapped by a cyclone when he was too young to have developed the western instinct for the cyclone cellar. Bennett has just finished a search for his relatives, and in his success has come the unfolding of the story. The hero of the unique event was born on a farm at Leon, la., a few miles north of the state line. The region was, as now, in the vicinity of the cyclone belt, and strong winds frequently threatened to lift the roof of the Bennett homestead. One August afternoon 18 years ago, when Bennett was only 6 years old, there developed suddenly a wind storm of eros proportions. The little boy, who had been playing in a field near the house, sought to run under cover, but a deluge of wind caught him in its grip and made him leave his feet in a jiffy. And then away he went clear over the fences that had been, sometimes being rolling along the ground, at other times lifted up into the heart of the maelstrom. His mother, who had seen him knocked off his feet, tried to pursue him, but the tail of the cyclone struck her down, so dazing her that she knew little or nothing for several hours. Meanwhile the youngster was easier prey for the winds. Once he was dropped in the middle of the road. With what little strength he had left, he strove to regain his feet and maka for shelter. In his bewildered and 'breathless state, he had no chance at all against the rapidly moving cyclone. tree was picked up again and carried into the distance. Late that evening Mr. and Mrs. James Hudson of Harrison county, Mo., decided that the cyclone had left their neighborhood and that it would be safe to venture out of doors for an inspection of their property. Only a few yards from their threshold they came across a bundle of rags. It was such a soiled-looking mass that they thought it must have been unearthed from the bed of a stream or from a mud hole. FIGHTS BIG SNAKE IN MIDAIR WITH DYNAMITE WORKMAN HAS THRILLING EXPERIENCE WHILE SUSPENDED OVER DEEP CHASM. Trenton, N. J.—John Hutchinson, a blaster at the workhouse quarries along the Delaware river, had a mid-ger encounter with a big pilot snake that resulted in the suspension of all D Lorry work for the remainder of the day. A hundred quarryman watched the fight, unable to give assistance. Hutchinson had been lowered over the side of the quarry and was suspended about a hundred feet from the top and 15 feet from the bottom of the hole when his attention was attracted by a peculiar gliding movement on the rope above him. First he thought the rope was giving way, but a moment later, he saw that the movement was that of a large pilot snake, which had slid on to the rope from a projecting erase and was leisurely making its way in its direction. Escape was impossible and Hutchinson's danger was increased by the fact that he was carrying in his hand a stick of dynamite and a small drill. He not drop the dynamite for fear of the consequences and it was impossible for him to put up a fight with it in his hand. He managed to shove the dynamite in a pocket and then They were much astonished when they discovered that the object was a small boy, and still more astonished when they felt his heart beat. So they carried him into their kitchen washed the soil of the road and fields off him, gave him a little stimulant and put him to bed. He awoke the next morning and cried for his mother. He made the mistake of thinking that Mrs. Hudson was she, a fact which pleased the woman so mightily that then and there she decided to make no effort to learn the identity of the newcomer, but to adopt him. Eventually the Hudson family moved to Louisiana, and there the foster child grew up. He never knew up 5 Away He Went Into the Heart of the Maelstrom. til last winter that he was no kin of Mr. and Mrs. Hudson. The story came out when he had a tilt with the father and declared that he was going out into the world to seek his fortune. Then, as a result of an interview, he departed to look up his family. In Leon he met many persons who remembera that a terrific cyclone had carried away the Bennett child. From them he also learned that his father was dead, and his mother was living at Long Beach, Cal.; a brother, James, in Fairfield, Neb, and a sister, Mrs. Benjamin Richardson, at Villisca. Ia Bennett recalls his experience with the cyclone only dimly. Now and then he says, he has a feeling that he was once carried through the air like a bird. But he is willing to accept the evidence of his mother, his foster parents and Leon persons that he was kidnapped by a terrific hurricane prepared to give battle with the small drill as a weapon. As the snake came within reach Hutchinson aimed a blow at its head but the swaging of the 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 successful and seemed to stun the reptile, which maintained its hold on the rope, but swung its head from side to side, as though dazed. Another blow ended the fight, the snake uncoiling from the rope and dropping into the pit below. Hutchinson was nearly exhausted when he arrived at the top, and the other quarrymen who witnessed the struggle were so unstrung that they refused to go back to work. Bolt Robs Girl of Garter. Columbus, Ga.—Miss Hilda Clark is mourning a costly jeweled garter, one silk strewing and one slipper because of a prank played by a bolt of lightning. Miss Clark was swinging in a hammock on the veranda of her home when the bolt came. Her left leg was hanging from the hammock and her dress was a bit elevated. The flash or lightning came, and with it a screen from Miss Clark. She was found sitting in the hammock dazed. The bolt had struck the garter clasp, torn off the garter, ripped off the stocking and shattered her slipper. The bolt then passed into the floor, making a hole. Miss Clark soon recovered from the shock. The only mark on her is a blue streak on her left leg, where the garter was worn. Coffin Shoal Stirs Hamlet. Peoria, Ill.-The sight of $r$ number of coffins floating in the Illinois river above Ottawa recently caused a profound sensation among the residents and stories of grave robbers and ghouls were soon in circulation. The talk resolved itself into the possibility of employing an armed guard for the local cemeteries. An investigation however, revealed that a number of coffins were stored in an old mill and were pushed into the river by boys when used by them as floats while swimming. Cat Catches Black Bass Cat Charles Black Bass. Towanda, Pa.—A large cat owned by Dr. D. Leonard Pratt of this city has developed into an ardent fisher and now several times a week takes home to Dr. Pratt a good sized fish caught in the Susquchanna river. The cat has caught no less than 15 black bass and has taken them all to the doctor. KNIGHTS AND DAUGHTERS OF TABOR. REV. FRANK WILSON, C. G. M. Taborian Home, R. F. D. No. 8, Topeka, Kansas. MRS. EMMA GAINES, C. G. P. 1170 Filmore avenue, Topeka, Kas. A. W. HOPKINS, C. G. S. 321 Dakota, Leavenworth, Kans. MRS SARAH FORBES, C. G. R. 717 "C" St., Lincoln, Neb. WM. CORE, C. G. T. 1210 Lane, Topeka, Kans. MRS. BESSIE HALL, G. Q. M. 460 Horton, Ft. Scott, Kans C. M. JONHSON, G. P. P. 1832 N 23rd, Omaha, Neb. MRS. PAULINE WOODFORD, C. G. PR. 823 Freeman, K. C., Kan. REV. M. WOOTEN, C. G. O. 416 F. 3rd, Ft. Scott, Kans. OFFICIAL ORGAN—The Wichita Searchlight, W. N. Miller, Editor, 634 N. Water St., Wichita, Kan. NOTICE TABORS. If your Tarnacle, Temple or Tent s not in this Directory, or if there is ny error, please notify me at once. W. N. MILLER. Editor. TABERNACLES. Chief Preceptresses Number. 1 Queen of the West, K. C., Kan., Mrs. M. Wilson, 945 Everett. 2 Golden, Iola, Kan., Mrs. S. Crisp, 615 So. Walnut. 3 Mt. Hope, Wichita, Kan., Mrs. C. Tillman, 802 E. 18th. 4 Helping Hand, Cherryvale, Kan., Mrs. S. Campbell, 616 W. 1st. 5 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. Woodford, 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. E. Lee, Box 25. 16 Silver Leaf, Parsons, Kan., Mrs. L. Morton, 1208 Washington. 17 Western Queen, Ft. Scott, Kan., Mrs. A. Masir, 1817 Wall. 18 St. Maria, Omaha, Neb., Mrs. C. Wade, 22 N. 16th. 28 Modern, Parsons, Kan., Mrs. A. Ray, 1412 E. Clark. 29 Crystal, Leavenworth, Kan., Mrs. L. Woods, 935 Cherokee. 30 Victoria, Leavenworth, Kan., Mrs. L. D. 74 Fifth. 32 Emma Galnes, B. Ie, Mont, Mrs. Saline Easter, 334 Dakota St. (rear). 34 Wichita, Wichita, Kan., Mrs. Sally Hall, 1024 Ohio. 35 Golden Rule, S. Omaha, Neb., Mrs. S. Jones, 819 N. 27th. 37 Eutevator, Atchison, Kan., Mrs. M. Gosby, 108 N. 3rd. 38 Covenant, We'r, Kan., Mrs. L. F. Taylor, Box 1174. 52 Mt. Maria, Lawrence, Kan., Mrs. J. Ware, 807 N. Y. 63 Fair West, K. C., Kan., Mrs. R. Saunders, 734 N. J. 77 Pearly Rose, Topeka, Kan., Mrs. S. O'Brien, 1180 Buchanan. 85 Magadalene, Topeka, Kan., Mrs. F. Hardiman, 1801 Kansas. Commissoner of Corporations Smith has made a report to President Roosevelt on the methods of the Standard Oil company in which the claim of the concern that it has been a benefit to consumers is disproved. The third congress of the Esperantists will assemble at Cambridge, England, for a ten days' session. Delegates from all over the world will attend. Advices from Casa Blanca, Morocco say that most of the hostile Moorist tribesmen surrounding the town have retired after a fight with natives inside. The coinage executed at the mints of the United States during July aggregated $7,457,000. A monument in Memory of the victory of Commodore Perry on Lake Erie has been unveiled at Put-in-Bay, 89 Queen Lizzie, Omaha, Neb., Moe B. E. Alton, 2215 Pacific. 91 Golden Sheaf, Omaha, Neb., Mrs. L. Rountree, 1125 N. 19th. 92 St. Annis, Lincoln, Neb., Mrs. 93 Macedonia, N. Topeka, Kan., Mrs. Sylvia Brown, 803 E. 11th St. TEMPLES. Chief Mentors # Number 1 A. H. Richardson, Weir, Kar M. Burns, Box 31. 3 R. H. Cane, Atchison, Kan., Wm. Cook, 215 E. Kearney. 4 Evening Star, Omaha, Neb., S. R. Jackson, care Frye Shoe Store. 5 St. Luke, N. Topeka, Kan., J. Walker, 1220 W. Norris. 7 Mt. Nebo, Wichita, Kan., Rev. S. 3 St. Peters, Ft. Scott, Kan., A. A. S. Washington, 1524 N. Washington. 0 Mt. Horeb, Leavenworth, Kan., J. H. McKinnis, 21 Sherman. 11 Taborian, Wichita, Kan., Wm. Frazier, 708 N. Water. 12 Moses Dickson, Parsons, Kan Wm. Shakespear, 1112 Main. 15 Silver Leaf, Salina, Kan., J. C. Brown, 246 S. Phillips. 17 Golden Gate, Coffeyville, Kan. Rev. A. Garner, 704 E 12th. 19 Mt. Tabor, Lawrence, Kan., J. E. Hughes, 1220 N. J. 22 Barak, Oswego, Kan., L. R. Wilson. 24 Jas. Bedford, Cherryvale, Kan. Rev. J. W. Warren, 218 E. 7th. 25 Washington, K. C. Kan., J. H. Downs, 422 Haskell. 59 Sunny Side, Topeka, Kan., U. A. Graham, 1160 West. 60 Jeffersonian, Topeka, Kan., U. S. Grant, 1813 W. 6th. TENTS. Queen Mothers. 1 Golden Leaf, Leavenworth, Kan., Mrs. L. Hardin, 900 Fifth 2 Frank Wilson, Ft. Scott, Kan., Mrs. F. Goodall, 610 Barbee. 3 Mary E. Dickson, Lincoln, Neb., Mrs. L. Weaver, 1125 Saratoga. 5 Moses Dickson, Wichita, Kan., Mrs. B. Davis, 1135 Washington. 7 Lone Star, Yale, Kan., Mrs. C. Lewis. 9 J. Bruce, Omaha, Neb., Mrs. M. Scott, 1516 Jones. 11 Golden, Atchison, Kan., Mrs. E. Penn, 718 Q. 11 Viola, Lawrence, Kan., Mrs. M. E. Brown, 325 Miss. 14 Busy Bee, Atchison, Kan., Mrs. A. Stone, 823 Main. 15 Louisa May, Cherryvale, Kan., Mrs. M. E. Holt, 517 W. Main. 16 Pearl, Wichita, Kan., Mrs. A. Jones, 631 N. Wichita. 17 Castle Rock, Weir, Kan., Mrs. H. Adkins. 17 Star of West, Salina, Kan., Mrs. A. G Murrell, 451 So. 4th. 20 John Wilson, K. C., Kan., Mrs. C. D. Dalton, 1228 Barnett. 21 Crystal, Leavenworth, Kan., Mrs. E. McKinnis, 217 Sherman. 23 Clinging Rose, Lawrence, Kan., Mrs. A. King, 722 N. Y. 25 Silver Star, Parsons, Kan., Mrs. L. Porter, 2017 Morton. 20th Century, Parsons, Kan., Mrs. E. A. Tiggs, 2314 Morgan. 36—Pride of Topeka, Nanie Marshall, 900 N. Topeka avenue. 45 Orange Kear, K. C., Kan., Mrs. G. Henderson, 312 Washington. 46 Mayflower, Omaha, Neb., Mrs. L. Herrold, Sherman Flats. NEXT PLACE OF METTING—The Grand Temple and Tabernacle Kansas-Nebraska Jurisdiction, will hold its next Session (the 19th annual in Omaha, Neb., on the 2nd Tuesday in July, 1910. Dr. Simon Reaxer, head of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, claims to have discovered a serum for the cure of spinal meningitis. About 600 bricklayers and stonecutters are on a strike at Kansas City. By the capsizing of a boat on Bear Lake, near Chillicothe, Mo, Miss Lucretia Evans and Emery McDougal were drowned. The sub-committee of the Missouri state board of agriculture has decided to recommend that two states, 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 $1,193,000. French and Spanish warships bombarded the Moorish villages surrounding Casa Blanca, Morocco, killing 150 of the native tribesmen. The battles of Casa Blanca fired on the warships