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THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT Wagstaff In Wichita. M. B. TOM WAGSTAFF REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR. "Revision Of Taxes Downward" Primary August 2nd. 1910. TWELTH YEAR Wagstaff TOM WA REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE "Revision Of T Primary Aug WAGSTAFF SPENDS A DAY IN WICHITA. Hon. Thomas E. Wagstaff, leading Republican candidate for the nomination for governor of Kansas, spent Thursday and Friday in Wichita shaking hands with his friends and making a few calls. Hundreds of citizens of the city called on him at the Hotel Eaton where he and his party were stopping. Few men have ever come to Wichita and received as cordial and continuous a greeting as did Mr. Wagstaff during his stay in our city. He was accompanied by Hon. J. W. Creech, candidate for lieutenant governor, who also was warmly and cordially received. There was many things in connection with the visit of Mr. Wagstaff which, no doubt, was very gratifying to him, among the most important of them was the voluntary information and pledge of hundreds of men who, two years ago were staunch supporters of our present Governor Stubbs, and who having become utterly disgusted with the mismanagement of state affairs, such as has characterized the administration of Gov. Stubbs for the past two years, all these men voluntarily pledged to Mr. Wagstaff their full support. This of itself is a recommendation and compliment of which any man may well feel proud. Another feature of Mr. Wagstaff's visit of which he, no doubt, took note and appreciated, was the large number of farmers and business men who left their fields and their business long enough to make a call on Mr. Wagstaff and pledge to him their loyal support. The next feature, and one equally as note-worthy, was the number of colored men who went to the Hotel Eaton and met Mr. Wagstaff, and they too pledged to him their support. From the cordial welcome and the voluntary pledges in this city and county there is no question that Mr. Wagstaff will carry Sedgwick county by an overwhelming vote at the primary August 2nd. Peatily a very busy man shaking hands in buggies, in street cars, on bicycles and on foot. Mr. Wagstaff was cer- ```markdown ``` and acknoweldging the various people who had called to meet him. It was a continuous ovation and handshaking. Calls on The Searchlight. In the company of a party of friends, Mr. Wagstaff paid The Searchlight office, at 630 N. Main street, a pleasant, welcomed and much appreciated call. At The Searchlight office he met several colored men and sat there and talked with them. Each one of these colored men were sorry when he had to go and are out today working like beavers for Wagstaff's success. Mr. Wagstaff's visit was quite different from the many visits which his rich, aristocratic opponent has made to Wichita. Nobody had to have finely printed gilt-edged calling cards and silk plug hat on and be a "past master in red tape" to see Tom Wagstaff while he was here. He met all men, regardless, on the same plane and level. He shook hands with all and took as much pains explaining things to one man he did to the other and he made friends by it. If Tom Wagstaff makes friends every where as he made them while in Wichita, there is no power under the sun that can be brought to bear to prevent him from being the next governor of Kansas. By his visit to the office of The Searchlight, it was an acknowledgement on the part of Mr. Wagstaff that he recognized the enterprises run in this city by the colored people and was not a compliment to The Searchlighting alone, but was one paid to every member of the race in this city. And the same compliment which he extends to the colored people of this city he extends to the colored people over the state. Rides in a Colored Man's Automobile. Friday morning, during his visit Mr. Wagstaff with a party of friends engaged the fine five passenger automobile of Mr. Thomas Glover, one of Wichita's prominent colored citizens and took a "sight seeing" trip about the city. Mr. Wagstaff afterwards said that he much enjoyed and appreciated the ride in Mr. Glover's car and that he felt much honored to have had the pleasure while in Wichita to have ridden in an automobile belong ing to a colored man. Mr. Wagstaff now has the proud distinction of being the first candidate for office of governor of Kansas to have ever rode in an automobile owned by a colored man. Meets Many Old Friends. One thing in particular which your correspondent noted carefully during the visit of Mr. Wagstaff in the city was that every person, white or black, who formerly lived in Independence, Kansas, the home of Mr. Wagstaff, and who knew he was in the city, made it a point to call upon him and pledge to him their support in their new home, which was very complimentary, indeed. We noted this feature for the reason that it gave those who did not know Mr. Wagstaff so well, an indication of the high esteem in which he is held by the people among whom he has lived all his days. Wagstaff is, indeed, a great man. He is of that class of men from that sturdy stock who crossed the prairies in schooners and made Kansas, the home indeed, of the free. Wagstaff is a man of affairs, open, frank, intelligent, honest and sincere. He would at this time make for Kansas a record in the office of governor that the state is so much in need? After a close and critical observation of the man and making an impartial, conservative comparison between him and the man, "the grand-stand player" now filling the governor's office, it can be said with safety that the people of this state will make a sorrowful mistake not to nominate Tom Wagstaff for governor of Kansas this year. Want a Big Wagstaff Meeting Now. Mr. Wagstaff made such an impression while here that a sentiment is now at work and pressure is being brought to bear to hold a big Wagstaff meeting sometime during the presenst campaign. It no doubt will be held, although the date has not been fixed. QUARTERLY MEETING SUNDAY. Rev. C. A. Wood of Arkansas City, will assist. Rev. B. F. Watson, D. D., secretary of the Church Extension Society of the A. M. E. church of Washington, D. C., will preach Tuesday evening at the church. Rev. Watson pastored the church several years ago and desires to meet both young and old. Don't fall to hear him. Social music at morning and evening services. Communion at 3:00 p. m. J. T. SMITH. Joseph Ownes Dead. Joseph Ownes, one of the oldest colored barbers in the city died suddenly Monday night at the home of Walter Gibbs, 219 West 8th where he had stopped to rest for a while. Death was caused by heart failure. He has apparently in good health, although for the past three years he has suffered much sickness, but seemed to be mending fast. He was a member of Arkansas Valley lodge No. 21 and had been a resident of Wichita for a number of years. He has no relatives in the city. On June 25, at the residence of Mrs. C. S. Harper, 908 N. Water Street, Miss Edna May Barrett, formerly of Arkansas City, but now a resident of this city, and Mr. William Delbert Harrison, of Hutchinson, were united in marriage by Dr. M. L. Copeland, in the presence of the happy couple's parents and a few friends. They received several handsome presents among which is a house and lot in Hutchinson from the groom's father, G. M. Harrison of Hutchinson. He is a prominent citizen there; was policeman for a number of years, and owns valuable property there. Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Harper, mother and stepfather of the bride, have valuable property in Arkansas City, Kansas. Among the friends present were Mrs. Prudie Johnson, Mrs. W. H. Jones and Mrs. M. L. Copeland. JULY 2 1910. "New" Bridgman Has Filed His Nomination Papers And Will Be A Candidate For The Republican Nomination For Sheriff At Primary To Be Held August 2nd. 1910. Is A Leading Candidate On the primary ballot of Aug. 2nd, 1910 the name of S. N. Bridgeman., more widely known as "Newt" Bridgeman, will appear among the Republican candidate for the nomination of Sheriff of this county. No man in Sedgwick county is more widely or more favorably known all over this county than is "Newt" Bridge-. S. N. BRIDGMAN Candidate for Republican Nomination for Sheriff. man. For the past twenty-odd years he has been identified with the political history of this city ann county and during that time he has built up an acquaintance and friendship among the people of this city and county of which any man may well feel proud. During this time he has always taken an interesting part in the political affairs of his party and has always been one of the trusty advisers in its councils. He has helped to elect many a man to office from the ranks of the Republican party in this city, county and state but he has never held any elective office save a two year term as District Clerk office fifteen years ago. His duties as Deputy in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of this county and no man is better posted and has more friends among all classes than has "Newt" Brigdman. He is a candidate for this nomination and will appreciate the vote of the people at the polls on August 2nd. If nominated and elected to that office he will make an official of whom all the people will have reasons to feel proud. Owing to this being among the busy season with the Court affairs? Mr. Bridgman may not be able to meet each voter seperately and individually but he will much appreciate your vote. Do not talk so much about how you "love" The Searchlight—just bring us your patronage and that "shows your love." Quite a large number of the members of Arkansas Vally lodge No. 21 of Princess Chapter No. 12 and of Mt. Olive Court No. 9 went to Newton on last Sunday with the expectation of taking a part in the exercises of the Mosonic sermon in the city that day. In Newton they were joined by a good number from Hutchinson and Strong City. The Masons and their wives of Newton are to be highly complimented for the splendid dinner and the very cordial treatment extended to the visitors in their city. Every thing was alright and everybody was alright, except the conduct of the exercises of the sermon which proved to be a one man affair, a fizzle and a farce. We wish it to be understood, that the Masons of Newton are not to be blamed for this most unheard of, unusual, as well as numasonic affair. They could not have prevented it under the circumstances. The action of one brother Coles, who came forward to pceach the sermon, act as the master of ceremonies and generalissino, kept the floor, utilized all the time and was so very discourteous that he did not even ask the visiting Ministers in nor out of the city to take part in the program. Neither did he see fit to allot to any of the visiting lodges, courts or chapters any time or place on the program. It is unusual for us to criticise how such exercises are conducted, but this was such a shameful affair that we are forced to criticise and we do so with all our vigor, if with no other result than to call the attention of this brother Coles to his lack of Masonic.courtesy, if nothing more. The Masons in Newton are doing nicely. They have a good growing lodge which is made up of some of the best men to be found in Kansas. They have a creditable membership and are very bright in the work. We predict for the lodge in Newton a bright future. All they have to do is to yush forward, all togather, as one man and they will accomplish great things. Except the exercises, every one enjoyed themselves. BIG TIME at GARFIELD HALL MONDAY NIGHT JULY 4th Quarterly meeting on Sunday July 3rd. J. T. Smith pastor NO.12 remember the name of A. J. Adams. He is the leading and most available and proper candidate for that office. Thoroughly qualified, affable, a fine gentleman, perfectly unbiased and utterly impartial, he will make a most acceptable County Atorney. The Knights and Daughters of Tabor held a joint session Tuesday night and decided to celebrate the 38th Anniversary of the birthday the Order of Twelve on August 12th. Look for a big time. UR DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE INDEPENDENCE HALL T HE IMMORTAL instrument which was signed by John Hancock on July 4, 1776, has meant more than the growth and development of an independent nation on this side of the Atlantic. It was in itself the re-enactment of the greatest bill of human rights ever penned, which received the signet of an unwilling king at Runnymede, and the birth of constitutional liberty. In these days of peace and plenty the Fourth of July is given to "salutes of cannon and the ringing of bells and to the feu de jole," with variations, as John Adams predicted that it would be, yet the observance of the Fourth as an occasion for recalling memories past and giving thanks for the deeds of the patriot forefathers is sporadic rather than general in the United States. The Declaration of Independence is not read from the rostrum, as it once was in every community and the orators to the links have gone. So much has been taken here as a matter of course that it seems hard to realize that this anniversary is celebrated in the very England from which liberty was wrested and that observances of it are officially ordered in many lands beyond the seas. The Fourth of July has become international in scope, for it has changed the governments of nations whose capitals are far from Independence hall. So widespread have its effects become as studied in the light of the present day that in order to get the true value of all that the declaration signifies to the world in 1910 it is necessary to go back to the very beginning of American liberty. Had not the ideas of government held by the colonists been essentially British there would probably never have been any Declaration of Independence. It is as natural for the Briton to demand his rights as it is for him to live. The War of the Revolution was largely due to the fact that the two thousand miles of water between London and the colonies caused parliament to lose sight of the ties of consanguinity and of race. Although the original thirteen colonies were so essentially English in thought and feeling they had never actually been established by England as a national enterprise. The only one which had ever received any official aid whatever was Georgia, and that was not sufficient to carry any such feeling of dependence as is essential for the preservation of intimate colonial relations. The right to colonize the North American continent had been granted by charters from a British king. According to the feudal system, which was then rapidly becoming effaced, the king owned all the land and distributed it among various favored vassals. The sovereign in the same way regarded the new world as if it had been won by the sword. The most extravagant ideas prevailed with regard to the wealth of the American lands. It was at one time soberly believed in England that gold and silver and precious stones could be had for the taking and that the natives were the possessors of fabulous wealth. The king gave the charters in most cases with the idea that he would profit greatly from mines which would yield enormous returns to the royal exchequer. When the colonists came here they found it necessary to make good their titles either by peaceful bargains with the Indians or by force of arms. From the very first the spirit of independence was fostered, for fleets which had to be maintained by constant vigilance and negotiations and by show of force did not carry with them a deep sense of obligation. Indeed, even at that early day, although for the throne the colonists entertained feelings of loyalty and devotion, a shrewd idea was abroad that the king did not really own the land which he had bestowed by his charter. The conquest of nature and of the savages begot a rugged independence which as the years went by became more and more distasteful to the authorities in England. Yet the idea of separation from the crown was of slow growth. The forefathers maintained that they were British subjects, although not living within the realm, as indeed was specified in some of the royal charters. The Massachusetts charter, for instance, sets forth that the colonists shall be considered "as if they aid every one of them were born within the realm of England." As British subjects, then they maintained that they should be entitled to representation, and therefore each colony had its assembly, which determined upon all matters of the common weal and established rates of taxation. It was one of the principles expressed in the Magna Charia that the common council of the kingdom "was to assess an aid or to assess a scutage." ONGNING THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE and again, in 1688, it was declared by the British people, then well on their way to constitutional liberty, that "no money was to be levied for the crown without grant of parliament." INDEPENDENCE HALL PHILADELPHIA grant or parlament." The Declaration of Rights was a forerunner of the Declaration of Independence. There is nothing more essentially British than the dictum that there shall be no taxation without representation. Of the early American statesmen only Franklin and Otis wished to have representation in the British parliament. The others considered that their own assemblies should be the legislative bodies entirely and that if any taxes were to be imposed they should be collected only with the consent of the colonial assemblies. The question of taxation, however, did not enter into any controversies, for it was not until the middle of the eighteenth century that Great Britain, exhausted by many wars and seeking to replenish the national treasury, sought extraordinary means for raising revenue and her ministers proposed that the colonies, which had been growing in wealth and importance, should be made to contribute to the impoverished exchequer. The French and Indian war had shown the power of the colonies and their force and had given a very definite idea of their growing wealth and importance. Having reached the decision to tax the colonies, the ministry did not spend any time in preliminaries. It was decided that parliament had the right to levy the taxes and the fact that the colonies had no representation in that body was not taken into account. Such a matter would ordinarily have been considered a subject for delicate negotiation, but, the decision to tax having once been made, no time was lost in levying it. England had in effect been a constitutional monarchy since the signing of the Magna Charta in 1215 and in taxing the colonies not represented in the common council of the kingdom she had violated one of the oldest of the rights which every Briton claims. Such was the situation in 1764, when the struggle began which 12 years later brought forth the Declaration of Independence, and the next year brought into being the first congress of the American colonies, which decided that the assembly had the power to fix taxes. The stamp act was the first heavy impost levied by the mother country, which provided for the stamping of various legal instruments and papers and contracts of all kinds, as well as dice and playmate cards. The news of the passage of this act roused the colonists to fury. A gallows was erected in what is now City Hall park, New York, and the British governor was hanged in effigy, and the house of Major Jones, in command of the British regiment, was sacked. Then came the rising of the "Sons of Liberty" and the raising of the liberty poles. Boston and Philadelphia were vortices of the storm. So emphatic was the protest that much of the act was repealed and duties were established on tea, which accounted for the sudden rain of tea in Boston harbor. Then came the burning words of Patrick Henry, "Give me liberty or give me death!" before the Virginia in 1773. The year later brought the promulgation of the "Declaration of Rights and Privileges," in which it was declared that every man had "the right to" life, liberty and property and that most ancient right granted at Runnymede, trial by his "peers of the vicious." Throughout all this time of storm and strain the protests were made as British subjects, and that congress which met in Carpenter's hall in 1774 was still loyal to the crown. It petitioned the king, remonstrated with parliament and appealed to their brethren in England. Then came Lexington and Concord. The congress of 1775 made provisions for an army, with Washington as commander, and still petitioned. Its petition was refused and mercenaries were hired from petty German princes to—quoting the words of Lossing—"butcher British subjects for asserting the rights of British subjects." Richard Henry Lee of Virginia offered the independence resolution in June, 1776, and a committee was appointed to draft the declaration, consisting of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert Livingston. Jefferson wrote the document and alterations were made principally at the suggestion of Franklin and Adams. The paper was submitted to congress on June 28. It was laid on the table until July 1, when nine colonies voted in favor of it. The independence resolution was actually adopted on July 2 and promulgated to the world on July 4, when John Hancock of Massachusetts mixed to it his bold signature. The other members of the congress did not sign it until August 2, and the impressive scene connected with the signing was not witnessed until nearly a month later, although it is popularly associated with the Fourth of July. Centuries of the progress of the rights of man bear witness in the Declaration. That "all men are created equal and are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," was not new, for it was recognized at Sinal. That governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed had been stated and restated in many ways since the beginning of the colonies Thomas Jefferson was criticized at the time for lack of originality in the declaration. The document gained all the greater force from its statement of self-evident truths. Never was there a more masterly presentation of a bill of grievances than is contained in the Declaration, which "submits the facts to a candid world." Arraigning the British king for acts of tyranny, it sets forth that he refused "his assent to laws the most wholesome and necessary for the public good," meaning that George III. had prevented the issue of colonial currency and had refused representation to his American subjects. It was desired on the part of the New York assembly to enter into a treaty with the Six Nations, but the governor prevented the negotiation of the treaty until he could obtain the consent of the king. He did not proceed further because he feared that such an act would lead to independence. Hence the expression, "He has forbidden his governors to pass laws of immediate and pressing importance." Grievances of the Massachusetts colony, which was deprived of representation and suffered interference in popular elections because of its wish to trade with Nova Scotia, suggested the paragraph: "He has refused to pass other laws for the accommodation of large districts of people unless those people should relinquish the right of representation in the legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only." To further humble the Massachusetts colony and to punish the participants in the tea party of 1773 the assembly was called in Salem, and not in Boston. Hence the words of the document, "He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable and distant from the depository of their public records." Massachusetts colony and others had adopted resolutions in their assemblies that there should be no taxation without the consent of the governed. The Massachusetts assembly was asked to rescind its resolution in 1768 and on its refusal to do so was dissolved. The assemblies of Virginia and North Carolina met the same fate. This state of affairs is summed up in the Declaration in the words, "He has dissolved representative houses repeatedly for opposing with much firmness his invasion on the rights of the people." The Declaration protests against the judges being dependent on the will of the king for their salaries, and, indeed, in some of the colonies many of the judges had been impeded for declaring that they would receive their salaries from the royal treasury. Graphically the authors of the document tell how the erection of a multitude of new offices had impoverished the country, referring to the collectors appointed to carry out the provisions of the stamp act. The quartering of troops in times of peace was a substantial grievance complained of, for the king insisted on retaining British regiments here after the French and Indian war at the expense of the colonists, ostensibly for defense but in reality to suppress a growing democracy. The words, "He has affected to render the military independent of and superior to the civil power," refer to the position taken by General Gage, who, with several regiments of British troops, was in Boston. By order of the king he had been made superior to the civil government. Here and there through the colonies Americans had been killed in altercations with British soldiers, who were subsequently put on trial and acquitted. The Declaration accuses the king of quartering large bodies of armed troops and of "protecting them by mock trial from punishment for any murders which they may commit." Such were the principles enunciated in the Declaration, and how well they were sustained by the arbitrament of war the world knows. The nation began celebrating the glorious Fourth from the very beginning. Salutes of 13 cannon were fired by the army in 1777, and the new republic was pledged in wine. West Point saw a significant celebration in 1779, when General Washington issued a pardon for all prisoners in the army under sentence of death. The last celebration of the army of the Revolution as such took place on both shores of the Hudson river and a grand salute was fired. More of the nature of a festival dominated the Fourth after 1783, for then came parades, free dinners, toasts, the reading of the Declaration in public by citizens and more and more the participation of the younger generation. Dignity and solemnity marked these early celebrations and eloquent speeches were made. 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Then the report is really true that your uncle left you his money?—Pick-Me-Up. **ALL UP-TO-DATE HOUSEKEEPERS** Use Red Cross Ball Blue. It makes clothes clean and sweet as when new. All grocers. To love and to serve is the motto which every true knight should bear on his shield.—Downs. DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISEASES FOR RHEUMATISM BRIGHTS DISEASE DIABETES. BACKCOURT NR 375 "Guaranteed WESTERN CANADA What Governor Doneen, of Illinois, Says About It: Governor Doneen, of Illinois, owns a section of land at 14 in Saskatchewan. As such, he said in an interview: "As an American I am the most marriable person in Western Canada. Our country is the most beautiful country in the world. The bon bon may in thou- sand one who admitted he had made a mistake. There is a society a community in the Middle or Western Canada." not a representative in Manitoba. Western Canada field crops for their use include $170,000,000 of cash, and pro-emptions of $100,000 of cash. The Land Company has land for at reasonable price. Many farm land companies have land for the proceeds of one crop, the proceeds of an estimate, good exemption, good credit, and excellent credit. The farmer and liger easily obtain J. S. CRAWFORD No. 125 W. North Street, Kansas City, Mo. (Use address nearest post.) (1) Underwood Standard Typewriter HILLIERWORKS Will purchase on your Track or handle on Commission. Write us what you have. NORTH BROTHERS 1315 W. 11th Street Kansas City, Mo Since the First Fourth E HAVE no written record to prove that the makers of the first Fourth of July were given to boasting about their possessions. If they were in the habit of writing letters to their English cousins, in which they casually referred record to prove that the makers of the first Fourth of July were given to boasting about their possessions. If they were in the habit of writing letters to their English cousins, in which they casually referred to the fact that they owned a territory of over 297,000 square miles, or some five times as large as all England and Wales, neither Poor Richard nor any of the other dear old chroniclers made note of the fact. But linnasuch as the colonists felt big enough and strong enough and rich enough to pitch into Great Britain, and not only did pitch into her, but beat her after a fair fight, it would look to an unblessed person today as it the forefathers of the firecrackers had a pretty good opinion of themselves and of what they had in hand. It is quite likely that after the unpleasantness known as the Revolution, when the country was stirring ahead with its commerce, was selling its cotton and its tobacco to every one that wore clothes or used the weed, they felt they had more reason to pat themselves on the back for the marvelous growth they showed before the eighteenth century was done. But just supposing one of the framers of the Declaration could read over a few statistics and observe a few events that that are at hand today! If you told him that since his day the country—his country—has increased more than ten times in area, more than 30 times in population, and more than a thousand times in wealth, how would he take the news? Would he still assert, as some of our friends among the oldest inhabitants are prone to do, that the "good old days were best", or would he not be more likely to sally forth in search of the beadle and make a peremptory demand for your incarceration as a dangerous lunatic? Surely if truth is stranger than fiction figures are stranger still when measuring the vast strides that our country has taken since the Fourth of July, 1776. What one of the signers dreamed that In 1803, or less than 30 years after his ink dried upon that historic document, the United States would acquire a territory of 875,000 square miles, or nearly three times the size of all the 13 original states put together. But that was what we got when we bought Louisiana for $15,000,000. In 1819, when we took in Florida, we added more than 70,000 square miles to our area; in 1845 we took in Texas with its vast domain of 389,000 square miles; and within three years thereafter had absorbed Oregon and the Mexican concession, adding in round numbers 800,000 square miles more. Every once in a little while Uncle Sam seemed to grow territorially hungry, and would lunch off a promising fragment of the continent. The Gadsden purchase of 36,000 square miles was made in 1853; Alaska was bought for $7,200,000 in 1867, adding nearly 600,000 square miles to our map, and in 1897 we took in the Hawaiian islands to prove that we were not discriminating against the Pacific ocean in the matter of our favor. Then all in a bunch, during the days of 1898 and 1899 we took in Porto Rico, Guam and the Philippines, and a few of the Samoan Islands. The Sandwich islands were scarcely worth mentioning for they added only a wee mite to our real estate holdings—6,740 square miles, to be exact—and Porto Rico with its 3,600, and little Guam with its 175 might be left out altogether and we'd hardly notice that we had lost them. The Philippines totaled about 143,000 square miles, and you'll hardly be able to suppress a smile when you are informed that the Samoan "islands" that we took over in 1899 had the enormous area of 73 square miles. But even at that there's plenty of room upon those little ocean dots for cable houses, dry docks and coaling stations. A few thousand tons of coal stored at any one of those places may at some time in the future save the American battleship fleet and give it the power to overcome a foe in the far east. Thus, all told, when you add up the various breakfasts, luncheons, and dinners of new land that our uncle has enjoyed since 1776 we get the tidy showing of 2,936,731 square miles. This new territory cost the United States treasury exactly $87,039,768, or about $30 a square mile. Add what we've bought to what we had during the Revolution, and you get a total of a little more than 3,000,000 square miles of territory. The government figure experts, who ought to be the best on earth, for they get more pay than any other statisticians on the globe, calculate that the total wealth of the United States today is over $110,000,000,000. They have come to the conclusion, after going over acres and acres of numerals that every man, woman and child in the United States has $34.72. If you have not as much as that you should go to Washington and demand the difference from Maj. O. P. Austin, chief of the bureau of statistics. If every one who has more than $34.72 should go to Major Austin and "whack up" with him to the extent of every penny they have above that sum, he could make an exact distribution of our national wealth and everybody might be satisfied—for a minute. The calculation of what every one in a country ought to STATISTICS FROM 1776 TO 1910 POPULATION INCREASE THIRTY TIMES AREA INCREASE TEN TIMES WEALTH INCREASE ONE THOUSA TIMES ETC. ETC. be worth is the estimation of what is known as the "per capita wealth." According to the bureau of statistics' reckoning, you and I are worth a good deal more than we were in the days whea the country was young. In 1800, or at the time when they have the first record of per capita wealth, the citizens of the United States were only worth $5 apiece. The gain in per capita wealth has not always been steady during the decades. Certain census years showed us poorer than during the previous ten years, but most of the time we have been getting along nicely, thank you. In 1810 we were worth $7.59 a head, 1820 had fallen to $6.94; in 1830 we were even a little poorer at $6.79, but in 1840 had jumped to $10.91. In the middle of the century we had advanced to $12.02 apiece, and from that time on there were no more bargain drops or reductions whatever. But while we are talking of what we are worth per capita, it might not be amiss to mention the fact that every one of us here in the United States has also a debt per capita. In 1800 the per capita debt was $15.63, or more than three times as much as the wealth per capita. Now, thank goodness and the statisticians, we seem to be well out of the financial woods, for each and all of us has a per capita debt of only $10.76, or considerably less than one-third of what we own. With a showing like that we may be pardoned if we take the day off and go celebrate. The biggest figures that the government has compiled this year are probably found in the freight records. They are so colossal that they really mean nothing to any one outside of the railroad business, and perhaps not so very much to the railway expert except by way of comparison. Last year the railroads hauled 236,601,390,103 tons of freight one mile. We cannot easily compare that showing with the amount of freight hauled during colonial days, for during colonial days railroad freight was not known. Possibly there were figures compiled showing how many pounds of freight were carried by the coastwise vessels or the ships that piled between American and English, Dutch, French, and Portuguese ports. If these figures were prepared, however, they have been lost in the dust of time and the world has been too busy to hunt for them. In the year 1800 the United States coined all of $317,600 worth of gold. That was going quite a bit, one must acknowledge. Last year we converted $131,638,632; the silver coinage record was $224,294; last year it was $12,391,777. More than $96,000,000 worth of gold was taken from our territory last year. In 1810 when the gold mining business was in its cradle, the production was $2,463, and even that amount is not vouched for as absolutely accurate. In 1820 the pig iron production of the entire country was estimated at 20,000 tons; last year it was about 16,000,000. In the year 1810 there were said to be 359 newspapers in the country, as compared with 21,320 at the present time. The records do not attempt to tell what kind of newspapers the editors printed 100 years ago, nor do they give any sworn statements of circulation. The war department spent $2,560,000 in 1800 as against more than $175,000,000 last year. The navy expended $3,448,000 in 1800, as compared with $118,000,000 last year, while the pension roll of the two years was $64,131 and $153,892,467. Cotton consumed in 1800 amounted to 18,829 bales; now we use 4,500,000 bales. We are consuming more than 6,000,000,000 pounds of sugar a year just now; in 1860, the first recorded year, the consumption for the 12 months was 631,000,000 pounds. Almost equally enormous and unfathomable figures are produced to show the annual value of the stock products of the country. Of farm animals there were produced for the market last year $4,525,259,000. Half a century ago, when the statisticians first began to busy themselves about such things, the record was $544,180,000, showing that the farmer has been doing his duty by his country and his family as well as by the manufacturer, the miner, and the railroad man. The postoffice has grown from an institution with 903 branches in 1800 to nearly 70,000 today. The salaries paid public school teachers have increased from $37,000,000 in 1870, to $197,000,000 this year, and the number of telegrams sent over the wires has jumped from 9,000,000 40 years ago to 90,000,000, or thereabouts, this year. These figures, while eloquent, give but a faint idea of what has happened in our material welfare department within the space of 134 Fourths of July. With airships floating, or about to float, above the cities; with messages to Mars almost released and answered, with radium ready to revolutionize the scientific world—why is it not fair to presume that before 134 more anniversaries occur the United States will show even more marvelous progress in the world of nations? Words That Are Out of Style Most old English words have fallen from their high estate and are now banned in the best society, at any rate in Mayfair and Belgravia. Of these is the Saxon word "lady," which we are told is derived from "loafgiver." In 1910 we speak of a "woman" and the word "lady" has become almost a term of reproach. A young single woman is a girl—pronounced "gyirl"—as the name "young lady" is reserved for barmalds, shop hands and telephone operators. Then the word "dress" used to describe the outer garment of our mothers and grandmothers, but "gowns" and "rocks" are worn by women of the twentieth century. Also we may talk of "relations," but not of "relatives;" and the most venerable of rooster must be called a "chicken," as the word "fowl" has sunk almost to the level of low language.—Queen. People of Other Planets. Calculations as to the size required for human beings on the other planets vary widely according to the basis of reckoning. According to those based upon the attraction of gravity, Jupiter should be peopled by pygmies of 28 inches. Wolfius, on the other hand, argued that Gollath himself would be accounted decidedly undersized upon that planet. He worked from the feenbless of the sun's light there, which would demand that the pupil of the eye should be much more dilatable. Since the pupil stands in constant proportion to the ball of the eye, and that to the entire body, said Wolfius, a little calculation shows that an average Jovian must be nearly thirteen feet seven inches tall—not quite four inches shorter than Og, king of Bashan, according to the measure of his bedstead given in Deuteronomy. Male Fashions in 1850 Male fashions of 60 years ago had other discomforts besides long hair. Trouseres were tight and buttoned under the foot with broad straps. Every man who aspired to be well dressed wore his coat so high in the collar that the back of the hat rested upon it. "His fashion was so prevalent that, according to Sir Algernon West, "every hat had a crescent of cloth on the back of the brim to prevent the rubbing of the beaver, or imitation beaver, of which the hat was made, for silk hats were not then invented." And from the same authority we learn that "opera hats were unknown, and in the evening a folding chapeau bras was always carried under the arm. Nobody but an apothecary or a solicitor would have dreamed of leaving his hat in the hall of the house where he was calling or dining." LIVING COST LOW Harvard's Strong Man's Food Costs 14 Cents a Day. Countess of Warwick Lives on 48 Cents a Day—Average Man Pays 85 Cents and Fares Worse. WHAT A DAY'S MEALS COST THE HARVARD STRONG MAN. HARVARD STRONG MAN. Breakfast: Oatmeal, sugar, corn bread ..... 4c Dinner: Rice in milk, corn bread and butter ..... 4c Supper: One egg, potato, bread and butter, peanuts..... 6c Total for the day.....14c Total of nutriment, per cent.....80 WHAT THEY COST THE COUNTESS OF WARWICK. Total for the day.....48c Total nutriment, per cent.....75 WHAT THEY COST THE AVERAGE EATER. Breakfast: Ham and eggs, fried potatoes, orange, coffee, bread and butter .....25c Dinner: One-half pound steak, potatoes, cabbage, apple pie, coffee, bread and butter .....30c Supper: Lamb chop, potatoes, tur- Total for the day ..... 85o Total nutriment, per cent ..... 83 Total nutrient, per cent. 63 Cambridge, Mass.—Another champion of the simple table has come forward in the person of Earl Van Meter Long, a Harvard football player, baseball player and all-round strong man, HEIGHT. 6 FEET WEIGHT. 195 LBS. MUCK 17A INCHES FOREARM 125 INCHES HOULDER TO SHOULDER 21 INCHES CHEST 45 INCHES BICEP MUSCLES 14 INCHES WAIST 38 INCHES THIGH 21 INCHES CALVES 15 INCHES Harvard's Strong Man. who comes out with the statement that notwithstanding his activity on the gridiron, the diamond and in the gymnasium, he lives on 14 cents a day! The young physical giant stand six feet in his socks and weighs 195 pounds. His program is even more simple than the regime pursued by the beautiful countess of Warwick and her children, although that is far less pretentious than the daily fare of the average laborer's family. Of the many unique exponents of simplicity in diet, these two examples stand out conspicuously—the case of the Harvard strong man because it shows that it is possible not only to exist on a frugal bill of fare, but to achieve various feats of physical prowess, and that of the wealthy countess because it shows that such a diet is sometimes followed not from necessity or economy, but from choice. Mr. Long, who comes from central Illinois, is twenty-three years old, and for the past 12 years has had to fight his own way in the world. Notwithstanding that he started without a penny to his name, he was able to work his way through the University of Illinois, where he achieved fame as fullback on the football team, and has spent three years at Harvard, where he played fullback and halfback on the team last fall and is a pitcher on this year's baseball squad. Throughout his whole college career, Mr. Long has subsisted on his simplified form of diet, and with the money he was thus able to put by, he has availed himself of his summer vacations to travel all over the world. The countess of Warwick, who is well and favorably known to Americans, made a thorough course of dietetics some years ago, when she was threatened with obesity. As the result of her investigations she became a "raw-foeder," and though she has long since accomplished her original object and regained her former graceful lines she has kept to the meatless regimen, and is raising her children on it. The man loudest in preaching back to the farm is seldom the first to go. HOW LANGE MAKES SILVER Scranton Alchemist Tells Secret of Turning Base Metals Into More Precious Stu² Scranton, Pa.—Dr. F. W. Lange, the Scranton physician and amateur alchemist in whose laboratory-Charles C. Dickinson, the banker, inhaled the fumes which were the remote cause of his death, has given out a signed statement discussing his supposed discovery of a means to transmute base metals into silver. Doctor Lange's first experience with metals was gained as an apprentice tinsmith in Scranton, where he was born in 1861. He began work in the tinshop when he was fifteen and by working days and studying nights, saved money and prepared himself to enter Wesleyan university, at Middletown, Conn. He was twenty-three when he entered college. He studied chemistry under Professor Atwater and biology under Professor Conn, and after taking his degree of bachelor of philosophy in 1888 M. Dr. F. W. Lange. entered Hahnemann college, in Philadelphia, where he was graduated in 1891. Since then Doctor Lange has practised medicine and has interested himself in several industrial enterprises. In his statement, which he calls "The true story of Dr. F. W. Lange's sensational discovery," he discusses in very general terms his reported discovery of at least a piece of the philosopher's stone and says: "What I have been evolving may be an apparent confirmation of the theory of alchemy, in which, however, I have no interest, as the things that interest me are only such things as can be done scientifically." At the same time he asks in large capitals; "Is my new metal silver? Does its manufacture mean that I have transmuted metals?" The doctor answers his own question by saying he thinks it is. "An investigation of the chemicals involved in the preparation of a new smokeless powder," Doctor Lange says, led him into investigation "along the lines of nitrates - and chlorides and the carbonates." "Incidentally," he says, "I met a party who threw out a statement that led me to investigate the combination of certain matrices by the use of which synthetically larger quantities of the elementary matter could be developed." This then is Doctor Lange's specific claim that he is able to combine silver with fluxes and obtain a greatly increased amount of silver. The old alchemists believed that silver would breed silver and gold. As to how far in his opinion the growing of silver can be carried, Doctor Lange says that the report that he can make a ton of silver from an original small quantity is quite ridiculous and that he has succeeded "in multiplying molecules in that proportion." Reviewing his discovery Doctor Lange says that while his discovery "may be an apparent confirmation of the theory of alchemy," that doesn't interest him, and that he does not care "to waste time about the philosopher's stone." Bunyan's Birthplace. Judith, countess of Huntingdon, the niece of William the Conqueror, who founded the abbey which gave its name to the hamlet of Elstow gathered about its gates; Sir Humphrey Radcliffe, into whose hands the property passed at the dissolution of the monasteries; and the Hillesdon family, who afterwards built their mansion there, would be but names on a rarely turned page of history; the church, with its separate tower and its peal of ancient bells, the old Guest house on the village green, the stump of a cross recalling the fairs that were held there, would be no goal of pilgrimage but for a later name whose rank upon the roll of fame sheds back a light of interest upon all the details of its place and circumstance. Elstow gained its patent of nobility in 1628 through the birth of John Bunyan, and the visitor comes to it in the memory of his early years. He stands in the door of the church tower to recall Bunyan as a ringer of the bells, and walks to the green to see an imaginary game of tip-cat, and enters the old Moot hall to revive the memory of Bunyan's "unregenerate" dancing.—T. P.'s Weekly. A Complete Equipment. "Suppose there shouldn't be a flood after all," said Japhet after he had fed the animals. "Our fortune is made anyhow," replied Noah. "We have the material for the greatest 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' production on earth." FOR GOOD PASTRY SOME GENERAL DIRECTIONS OF IMPORTANCE. The pastes of a good pastry maker fade and melt away like ice under the sun, while those of a poor manipulator stick by. Some pastes are tough and some are crispy, some are light, and some are leathery, everything depending upon the skill of the maker. Classifications of Paste. — Pastes are classified according to the way in which the shortening is worked into the flour: (1) Plain or chopped paste, (2) puff paste, and (3) flaky paste. In the first kind the shortening is worked into the flour with the knife or with the tips of the fingers and the water then added. In the second the shortening used is butter and rolled out before this is added by an elaborate method of folding and rolling. The flaky paste is made by combining the two methods. Some cooks use ice water to mix all pastes, others use this only for puff pastes. Some use water at about the temperature of the room in which the work is done—a room with a cool and dry atmosphere—but some old-fashioned cooks who make the most delicious pies have always used tepid water for the mixing. A good deal depends upon the kind of flour used. An article on "Pastry Flour" in Good Housekeeping says, among other things: "It may be stated as a general rule that the best bread flour is that which takes a large amount of liquid; a good pastry flour is one that takes a small amount of liquid. Bread flour is granular to the touch; pastry flour is smooth and velvety. Bread flour readily sifts through the fingers; pastry flour retains the impression of the hand. Good bread flour is apt to be more yellow than pastry flour because of the large amount of gluten it contains. When it is claimed that one general flour will make both good bread and pastry, be it pies or cake, then it is not a sufficiently good bread flour. A really good bread flour makes tough pies and cake, while pastry flour makes dry, hard, stiff bread. It is economy to use the two kinds." The right proportion of water to flour is half the weight of the liquid to that of the flour. A little baking powder is added often to make the paste light. When the flour and shortening are mingled so that the mixture looks like meat, each little particle of fat being coated with flour, the water is added in the making of plain pastry. Pastry should always be rolled in the same direction—from you. Beef Hearts Make Economical Meal. Buy a large beef heart and boil it slowly for an hour; the "ears," as the waste inside part is called, may then be removed with very little of the good meat clinging to them. Make a turkey dressing and fill the cavity, drawing a few threads across to prevent the dressing from falling out. Place in a pan with the water in which it was boiled, and bake another hour. Baste frequently as it begins to brown, serving hot with vegetables and gravy. This is an economical dish when meat is so high. A family of four or five will have as wholesome a dinner for about 20 cents as roast beef at 25 cents a pound. Apple sauce and mashed potatoes are an addition to this meat. Another way of using heart is to cut slices crosswise about an inch thick and cook them as you would beefsteak. The small end, the first fatty slice, and the bits trimmed from the "ears" can be used in making hash, croquettes or soup meat. Dellcate Pudding. Three heaping tablespoonfuls of corn starch moistened with cold water stirred into a pint of boiling water, in which three-fourths of a cupful of sugar has been dissolved. When thoroughly cooked, add the stiffly beaten whites of three eggs and juice of large lemon. Pour into a mold and set on ice. Make a custard of yolks of the eggs, half a cupful of sugar, little more than a pint of milk, and flavor with the grated rind of the lemon. Serve cold, pouring the custard over the molded pudding. A spoonful of gelatin jelly laid on top of the individual portion adds to the appearance and taste. Breadcrumb Pancakes. Ingredients: Two cupfuls bread crumbs, two cupfuls sweet milk, two eggs, one tablespoonful butter, one cupful of flour, two teaspoonfuls baking powder, one-half teaspoonful salt. Mode: Soak the crumbs, which must be fine, in the milk until soft, and beat to a paste. Add butter, melted, the whites and yolks of eggs, beaten separately, the salt, and flour into which the baking powder has been sifted. Cook on a hot greased griddle and serve with maple syrup. Fine. Rug Help. When rugs curl on the edges, they can be made to lay flat by making a thin glue of three tablespoonsful pulverized glue and one pint of water; boll until thoroughly dissolved; then take an old paint brush and paint the rug on the wrong side around the edges, and do not disturb until dry. W. N. MILLER, Editor. Residence 1401 West 23d Street. Residence Phone, Bell 1641. Office Phone Bell, 2458. Phone your news items to us. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Year (by mail) ..... $1.00 Strictly in Advance. 53 Months (by mail)..... .76 Three Months (by mail)..... .50 Advertising Rates made known on application. Liberal commission paid to agents. Entered at the Postoffice at Wichita, Kansas, as Second-Class Mail Matter. Published Every Saturday at 630 N. 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Whitlow who has been ill for several daos is convalescing Mrs. P J. Coleman has been quite indisposed for several days J. Choteaux of Kansas City was a visitor in the city during the week. Ben Butler of Hutchinson is visiting in the city. Irwin Lyde, and wife of Los Angeles, Calif. is visiting in the city. W. A. Bettis returned to his home in Phoenix Arazona he was accompanied by his daughter. Mrs. Corrine Smith. Luella Hoed daughter of Sam and Bliza Hood, died Sunday, June 26th. at 3 p. m. Funeral was held Monday at 2:30 p. m. Dr. J. E. Farmer has rented the building at 644 N. Water and is now fitting up one of the finest and most up-to date offices in the west, Dr. A K. Lawrence is enjoying a very lucrative practice. He is still located at 517 N. Main St. His telephone is Bell 4634. The Officers of the Helen Gould Orphan Home will hold a meeting at the A. M. E. Church on Thursday afternoon July 7th. at 2:30 oclock. --- Dr. J. B. Clark, physician and Surgeon, who has been in the city for several days "looking around" has decided to locate in Wichita and enter the practice of medicine and has rented office rooms over 533 N. Main St. John Morrow, one of the prom iment colored men of our city has been confined to his room at 630 N. Main St, for several days, a very slck man. We are pleased to say at this writing he is on the mend. Mrs. Ella R. Ewing, Matron of Mt. Olive Court No. 9 H. of J. re- turned Sunday night from Leavenworth where she attended the session or the Grand Court. Mrs. Susie Washington of Top eka who has been visiting with her parents in Okla. will visit in the city with her brother Mr. A. Washington and other friends. The Teachers Training and Bible class meets every Wednesday evening at the A. M. E. Parsonage. Those desiring to take the course are invited to come out and join them. Misses. Flora and Etta Mason, of Lyons, Kanas are in the city the guests of Misses Loota and Chaney Goss at the Goss home 23rd and Jewett. They will spend several days in the city. Rev. E. T. Fishback, pastor of New Hope Baptist Church, Rev. M. L. Copeland, pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist Church Mrs. H. F. Frazier Jno. E. Lewis has returned from Coffeyville where they attended the meeting of the Baptist State Convention. Robt. Davis met with the misfortune of wrenching his side, while at his duties Tuesday when the big Jacob Dold team which he drives became frightened and tried to run away. He was thron against the seat of the wagon and sustained a painful bruise of his side. Peerless Steam Laundry Wichita's Oldest, Most Reliable and Best Laundry BEST LAUNDRY IN THE CITY and Delivered Phones 232 SELOVER & SONS, Props. 245 N. Market St Wichita, Kan Subscribe and pay for the Wichita Searchlight. It is only $1. for a whole year Try it. STIRLING CLOTHES MADE IN WICHITA Material Fit Style Workmanship GUARANTEED :-: YOUR TRADE SOLICITED :-: we only tailored for a few dozen men, we would have to charge each an exorbitant price. We would have to take large profits from the few, instead of a very small one from each of our mang customers. This is why we can put into a suit for you at $15,00 to $35, what the other fellows charges you from $25,00 to $60,00 for. Stirling Woolen Mills Co. TAILORS 215 N. Main St. Wichita, Kas. Murray's Reliable Nerv Balm Murray's Reliable Antiseptic Salve Murray,s Reliable Perfumes These Goods Have No Equal They are pleasing hundreds of people ann will please you. The Invitations are out for a Big Time to be given by the colored people at Garfield Hall Monday night, 4th July 4th Mr. Leroy R. Huff, is General Manager. Mr. Geo. Starnes, Assistant Manager, Mr. Watt Morris, Floor Manager and Mr. Prince Edwards Music will be furnished by Mrs. W. B. Vernon, Silver Offering at the Door only Twenty-five cents. This promises to be one of the Swellest, if not the Swellest Event ever witnessed at Garfield Hall for many a day. Every one should turn out on the night of July 4th. and give these young men their presence and encourage them in their effort to give the pleasure seeking people something up-to-date and something fine in every way. Doors will open at 8 p. m. Music begins at 8:15 to 9:25. GRAND MARCH AT 9:30 SHARP. If you have not received an invitation there is one printed and waiting for you. Just ask some one and you can receive one. This will be, indeed, a swell affair. Refreshments served cold drinks. Plenty fresh air and good order guaranteed by these young men. Give them your presence on the night of July 4th. Deserves And Needs The Place. If there is any such thing in politics as a man being "moraly" as well as "politically" entitled to a public office, then Capt. J. B. Fishback is both morally and politically entitled to the office of Clerk of the City Court for which he is a candidate to come before the primary August 2nd. Capt Fishback was a candidate for that office two years ago, but was defeated for the nomination. His defeat for the nomination at that time is alleged by some to have been brought about by "political combinations" such combinations as have made the word "politics" so odious in this day and time. Since that time Capt. Fishback has beed a victim of many circumstances, reverses and ill fatedness. Almost during the whole of this time he has had sickness in his home and also a death. It is admitted by all that he is well qualified for the place and that he is amply capable to perform its duties. He is an Old Soldier and has a war record of which any man may well feel proud. He is one of the few old soldiers living today who had the distinction of being detailed to guard the colored people of the South and protect them from the furry of their former masters immediately after freedom was Dr.J.E.Farmer, Physician and Surgeon Diseases of Women and Children A Specialty Bell Phone 2186 Office over 517 N. Main St. Room 4 Dr. A. K. Lawrence PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Office Phones 517 Bell1537 N. Main St. Ind. 1557 DISEASES OF MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN A SPECIALTY Dr. F. O. Miller Physici'n & Surgeon Office Hours Bell Phone 9 to 11 2999 2 to 5 Wichita 7 to 8 Kansas. 513 N. Main St. All calls answered promptly Day or Night. Obstetrics and Diseases of women A Specialty Dr. H. T. Bolden Dentist CROWN AND DRIDGE WORK A SPECIALTY. Bridge Teeth $4.00 All Work Guaranteed Bell Phone 517 N. Main St. over 4634 Mahin Eye Drug Store. Ketzler Hardwre 354 North Main Street —DEALERS IN— Hardware, Hot Air Furnaces, Tin Work, Roofing, Guttering, Copper and Galvanized Iron Work. Repairing and Painting Tin Roofs A Specialty. Send your news in earlier A. G. MUELLER UNDERTAKER BOTH PHONES 325 WICHITA KANS 142 N. MARKET For Everything In Building Material SEE ROTAL PHONE: 496 J.H. TURNER LONDON, WICHITA, KANS. 533 to 547 WEST DOUGLAS METZ'S LUMBER IS IT? Largest yard under shed in the state. Best grade of lumber to select from. Choicest finishings, posts, shingles and everything in the lumber line. OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT Low and Easy to Meet. Let us figure next Lumber Bill. Yards and Office 3rd and Main Streets. W. S. Henrion Druggist 501 North Main Street Wichita - - - - Kansas READ ALL THE "ADDS" WE PUBLISH EACH WEEK. CULP'S MEAT MARKET 241 N.MAIN ST. Thebest Beef, Pork, Lamb, Mutson, Veal I Bones, Fresh Pigs Feet and Chitter Fresh Fish, Cat Fish, Halibut and Salm Sealship Oysters, Heinz Pickles, and Ba F. T. CULP, Prop. 241 N. Main St. Beef, Pork, Lamb, Mutson, Veal Pig Tails, Chin ones, Fresh Pigs Feet and Chitterlings, Fish, Cat Fish, Halibut and Salmon. Fresh pip Oysters. Heinz Pickles, and Baked Beans F. T. CULP, Prop. Main St. Both Phone Thebest Beef, Pork, Lamb, Mutson, Veal Pig Talls, Chin Bones, Fresh Pigs Feet and Chitterlings, Fresh Fish, Cat Fish, Halibut and Salmon. Fresh Sealship Oysters, Heinz Pickles, and Baked Beans F. T. CULP, Prop. 241 N. Main St. Both Phone Grocery Department WE SELL FLOUR WE SELL MEAT WE SELL LINEN WE SELL WHEAT In fact, we sell every type of Grocery. WHY CAN WE SELL? Makin Eye 517 N. Main St. — Wichita "SECOND PLEASE GOOD BREAK — AND WILL IT IS AS WHITE AND THE OTTO WEISS ALFALFA are all guaranteed under Law, Serial No. 13418, as State Law, Registered It Is The Cheapest and Best Groceries Fresh Fish Every Fred C. I GROCERIES and General We carry a full, fresh LINEN Groceries and the choice Our stock of Dry Good Children's Shoes cannot or in price. Tapp & I 255 - 257 North Main IMBODEN'S IMPLEMENTATION GRAHAM — CORN MEAT : With thirty-five yrs of RIENCE in Wichita, the best that can be Made from the only, put up in Spare ASK YOUR GROCER: THE IMBODEN Wichita WE SELL FLOUR WE SELL MEAL WE SELL LARD WE SELL MEAT fact, we sell everything kept in a First-Class grocery. WHY CAN'T WE SELL TO YOU? Makin Eye Drug Co. N. Main St. — Wichita, Kan — Bell Phone 239 "SECOND TO NONE" PLEASES ALL FOOD BREAD MAKERS — AND WILL PLEASE YOU — IT IS AS WHITE AS SNOW — TRY IT MOTTO WEISS ALFALFA STOCK and POULTRY FOOD we all guaranteed under the United States Law, Serial No. 13415 and under the Kan- sas State Law, Register No. 1. The Cheapest and Best Food on the Market CENTRAL CASH MARKET 8 N. Main St. Phone 4163 Full line of Groceries and Meats Fish Fish Every Friday and Saturday In fact, we sell everything kept in a First-Class Grocery. WHY CAN'T WE SELL TO YOU? Makin Eye Drug Co. 517 N. Main St. - Wichita, Kan - Bell Phone 239 GOOD BREAD MAKERS — AND WILL PLEASE YOU — IT IS AS WHITE AS SNOW — TRY IT THE OTTO WEISS ALFALFA STOCK and POULTRY FOOD are all guaranteed under the United States Law, Serial No. 13415 and under the Kansas State Law, Register No. 1. It Is The Cheapest and Best Food on the Market 458 N. Main St. Phone 4163 Full line of Groceries and Meats Fresh Fish Every Friday and Saturday Fred C. Love, Prop. PROCERIES, MEATS and General Merchandise carry a full, fresh line of Staple and Fancy Proceries and the choicest Fresh and Salt Meat our stock of Dry Goods, Men, Women and children's Shoes cannot be excelled in quality a price. Free Delivery Tapp & Hanshaw - 257 North Main Phones 257 EN'S IMPERIAL FLOUR MILK — CORN MEAL — BREAKFAST FOOD With thirty-five years MILLING EXPERIENCE in Wichita, our products are the best that can be produced. Made from the best selected grain only, put up in Special Packages. OUR GROCER: See that you get IMPERIAL IMBODEN MILLING CO. Wichita, Kansas GROCERIES, MEATS We carry a full, fresh line of Staple and Fancy Groceries and the choicest Fresh and Salt Meat Our stock of Dry Goods, Men, Women and Children's Shoes cannot be excelled in quality or in price. Free Delivery IMBODEN'S IMPERIAL FLOUR IMBODEN'S IMPERIAL FLOOR GRAHAM — CORN MEAL — BREAKFAST FOOD With thirty-five years MILLING EXPERIENCE in Wichita, our products are the best that can be produced. Made from the best selected grain only, put up in Special Packages. ASK YOUR GROCER: See that you get IMPERIAL THE IMBODEN MILLING CO. Wichita, Kansas WHY NOT PAY what you owe to the Searchlight? It is only a small sum. Call at our office 630 N Main and save up from bothering you with a coector. ```markdown ``` WE SELL POTATOES Rev. J. T. Smith, Mrs. J. G. Gaines and Miss. Winni- Ray returned Friday from the session of the Grand Court. It exctls in every respect, - color, flavor and pounds of bread per barrel. MADE BY WATSON MILL CO. ```markdown ``` High Class Surgery Special Attention Given to a Specialty Canine Practice All Calls Promptly Answered-Day or Night The Finest Equipped Hospital In the City Both Phones Office and Hospital 1730 236 K. Market St., Wichita, Ks. L. S. Naftsger. President W. R. Tucker, Vice Pres. J. M. Moore, Vice Pree. C. W. Brown, Vice Pres. V. H. Branch, Cashier Capital $200,000.00 Surplus $125,000.00 Directors: W R Tucker, W E Jett, R L Holmes, S B Amidon, J M Moore, L S Naftsger, H W Darling, A C Houston, EC Sheidon, C W Brown J W Motz, E T Battin, Henry Lassen, V H Branch A General Banking Business Transacted 527 - 9 N. Wichita St Wichita, Kan First-Class in every respect. Newly Furnished Board and Lodging $3.75 and $4.00 per week Lodging 50c and $1.00 per night Transient a Specialty. Special Rates to Opera Troupes Only Regular Meals Served. Well Heated — Well Lighted — Well Ventilated Best Accommodations — Prompt Service James J. OLDEN, Prop. nutrition. It not merely sustains life, it strengthens it. PEERLESS PRINCESS FLOUR is guaranteed contains nothing but the kernels of selected wheat under conditions of perfect cleanliness. Try a sack. Howard Mills kind of nutrition. It not merely sustains life, it strengthens and energizes it. PEERLESS PRINCESS FLOUR is guaranteed pure. It contains nothing but the kernels of selected wheat ground under conditions of perfect cleanliness. Try a sack. Howard Mills Vertical Mills M. O. RUTHRAUFF, Proprietor Brinding and Corn Shelling cur Specialty -- Prompt Delivery Main Wichita, Kansas M. O. RUTHRAUFF, Proprietor Stom Grinding and Corn Shelling cur Specialty -- Prompt Delivery 814 North Main Wichita, Kansas NOUTH-WEST CORNER OF THE COURT HOUSE Bonded Abstractors The Searchlight Office is now At 630 N. Main. Give us a call Office Phone, Bell 2458 GOOD FLOUR PURE kind of nutrition. and energizes it. H pure. It contains n ground under con How Dealers in All FAY, GRAIN, FEED POULTRY SUPPLIES V6 M. C. custom Grinding an 814 North Main DEAM The Search At 630 Mother and child will both be the stronger and healthier for the use of PEERLESS PRINCESS FLOUR. Bread baked from it supplies the best. It not merely sustains life, it strengthens PEERLESS PRINCESS FLOUR is guaranteed nothing but the kernels of selected wheat litions of perfect cleanliness. Try a sack. ward Mills ..... Phones ..... INDEPENDENT 690 BELL ..... 2135 ls ietor - Prompt Deliver Wichita, Kan now Publication Notice First publication in The Wlechita Searchlight June 18th, 1910. State of Kansas, Sedgwick County, ss. Phillip Payne, Plaintiff. You and each of you, are hereby notified that you have have been sued in the District Court in and for the County of Sedgwick and State of Kansas, by Phillip Payne, plaintiff, and that unless you and each of you answer the petition of the plaintiff (filed in the office of the Clerk of said Court against you) by the 29th day of July, 1910, the said petition will be taken as true and confessed as against each of you, and judgment will be rendered in said action against each of you, separately and respectively, quieting the plaintiff's title, possession and occupancy and right of possession and occupancy in the following described real estate situated in the county of Sedgwick and State of Kansas, to-wit: Lots number Seventy-three (73), Seventy-five (75), Seventy-seven (77), Seventy-nine (79) on Washington Avenue in Viola Addition to the City of Wichita according to the recorded plat thereof. Judgment will also be rendered in said action decreeing that plaintiff's title in said lands is good, valid and a perfect title and estate in and to said lands, and also decreeing that the said defendants have no estate in, title to or valid claim to said lands, or any part thereof, or right of possession or occupancy thereof; and also excluding the said defendants in this action, and each and every one of them, from any estate in, title to, or interest in said lands, and barring and enjoining each of said defendants, and all persons claiming under, by or through them or any of them, from ever asserting any claim, title or interest in and to said lands or right of possession or occupancy thereof, and for any other and further relief to which the plaintiff may be entitled and for costs of this action. Judgment will also be rendered in said action in favor of said plaintiff as though each and every one of the defendants named in this action were alive at the time of the commencement of this action and the date and rendition of the judgment, and judgment will also be rendered in the alternative against the unknown heirs, executives, administrators, devisees, trustees or assigns of the defendants: Robert Hutchinson and Catherine B. or "Catharan B." Hutchinson, his wife; Arthur E. Shober and Maria C. Shober, his wife; Noah B. Moore and Sarah C. Moore, his wife; W. K. Clifford and Cornelia T. Clifford, his wife; John A. Doran and Priscilla M. Doran, his wife; J. A. Doran and Priscilla M. Doran, his wife; D. N. Baxter and Jennie L. Baxter, his wife; Mrs. M. M. A. Marriage Allen and — Allen, her husband whose christian name is to this plaintiff unknown; — Smithson, whose christian name is to the plaintiff unknown, doing business under the firm name of Smithson & Co., his unknown partner or partners, co-partner or co-partners, whose principal office and principal place of business or under what laws said firm Smithson & Co. are incorporated, if they are incorporated, is to this plaintiff unknown; as though each and every one of said defendants were dead at the date of the commencement of this action and at the date of the rendition of judgment, and judgment will further be rendered in favor of the plaintiff and as against the defendants for costs and general relief. PHILLIP PAYNE, Plaintiff. (Seal) W. N. MILLER, Attorney for Plaintiff. Attest: RAY L. TAYLOR, Clerk Dist. Court. For Sale—Five room cottage, 75 fee nice fruit trees, close in. Price right See S. W. FLEMING, 427 N. Water Bell Phone 3901. TRY US For a Good Job of Lead and Oil. SUTTON PAINT CO. POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. FOR COUNTY ATTORNEY. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for County Attorney, subject to the Republican primary, August 2nd 1910. I will appreciate your aid. AUSTIN J. ADAMS. I desire to announce that I am a candidate for the office of clerk of the District Court of Sedgwick county, Kansas, subject to the decision of the Republican voters at the primary in August. CHAS. D. FAZEL. FOR PROBATE JUDGE. I hereby announce myself a candidate for Probate Judge of Sedgwick county subject to the decision of the Republican primary, Aug. 2nd, 1910. W. T. BUCKNER. FOR REGISTER OF DEADS. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for re-election to the office of Register of Deeds of Sedgwick County subject to the approval of the Republican primaries. JOSEPH BOWMAN. I wish to announce to the public that I will be a candidate for county commissioner in the First district, subject to the decision of the Republican primary election. E. M. BEAR FOR SHERIFF. I announce myself as a candidate for sheriff of Sedgwick county subject to the decision of the Republican primary Aug. 2nd, 1910. ED. E. FITZPATRICK. FOR PROBATE JUDGE. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for Probate Judge of Sedgwick county, subject to the decision of the Republican primary, Aug. 2nd, 1910. WALTER T. MATSON. FOR PROBATE JUDGE * hereby announce myself as a candidate for Probate Judge of Sedgwik county, subject to the decision of the Republican primary, Aug. 2nd 1910 JE JSEE D. WALLS FOR SHERIFF I hereby announce myself as a republican candidate for Sheriff at the primary to be held August 2nd. 1910 CASLER L. WOOD. FOR SHERIFF I hereby announce myself as a candidate for Sheriff of Sedgwick county, subject to the decision of the republican primary. August 2nd. 1910 S. N. BRIDGMAN. MARSHAL CITY COURT. I hereby announce myself a candidate for Marshal of the City Court, subject to the decision of the Republican primary Aug. 2nd, 1910. L.D. SIMPSON SHOULD BE NOMINATED One of the most deserving candidates whose name will come before the primary August 2nd, 1910, is J. D. Simpson, who is a candidate for the office of Marshall of the City Court, Mr. Simpson has been a resident of this city and county for a number of years and has at all times been active in pushing those things which go to make this a good community to live in. He is in every way capable and well qualified to fill the office to which he aspires and if nominated and elected will make a very efficient officer. He is a man who believes in a square deal, an equal opportunity ann justice toward all men. In his dealing with men he is governed solely and purely by a sence of merit and justice and every man, regardless to race color or condition will receive at his hands a fair and equal chance Every voter should cast a vote for him for the community will be benefited by the services of such a man. And no man will have reasons to regret having cast his vote for him. Vote for J. D. Simpson for Marshall of the City Court at the primary August 2nd. IN OUR NEW LOCATION PEOPLE'S CLEANING and DYE WORKS 211 South Lawrence Avenue Clothes, Hats. Plumes and Gloves DYR CLEANED, PRESSED and REPAIRED Largest and best equipped plant in Kansas. A $50,000.00 investment devoted to this one specialty. Ind, Phone 178 Hygienic 513 New A. J. Open from Short Orders A MEAT 337 Fresh Boiled Meat our Specialty. S Try ORR'S when Only THE At His Mr. E. E. Ba stock of GROCER Hygienic Restaurant 513 North Main Street A. J. Cousar, Proprietor Open from 6 a. m. to 12 p. m. Short Orders At All Hours. Dinner 25c MEAT MARKET 337 N. Main Street Fresh Boiled Meat at ll a. m. each day our our Specialty. Short profits, Good weights. Try ORR'S when you come in. At His Old Stand Mr. E. E. Bates has again bought the stock of GROCERIES and MEATS at 452 North Main Street where he will be customers and a Prof. N. (BANDMASTER) he will be pleased to meet all his famers and as many new ones as pos rof. N. CLARK = SMITH (BANDMASTER, TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE) where he will be pleased to meet all his old customers and as many new ones as possible --- Prof. N. CLARK = SMITH ( BANDMASTER, TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE ) Lessons in VoiceCulture CHICAGO MUSICAL COLLEGE METHOD Will take a limited number of pils during June, July and Augu Voice tested free. 112 W. I Chas. Merch 605 Nor First Class M --- Merchant Tailor 605 North Mai Street First-Class Making of Men's Garments. Cleaning, Pressing, and Reparing A Specialty Courteous Attention Bell Phone 3055 Bell Phone 175 c Restaurant North Main Street Cousar, Proprietor m 6 a. m. to 12 p. m. At All Hours. Dinner 25c ORR'S FET MARKET N. Main Street at at 11 a. m. each day our short profits, Good weights. you come in. BEST GRADE of Meat Sold Old Stand tes has again bought the RIES and MEATS at pleased to meet all his old as many new ones as possible CLARK = SMITH R, TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE ) Lessons in VoiceCulture CHICAGO MUSICAL COLLEGE METHOD Will take a limited number of pu pils during June, July and August Voice tested free. 112 W. Elm B. PATTON IF THEY WANT HIM “UNCLE JOE” WILL BE READY. The Veteran Presiding Officer Says if Alive He will Be On Hand to > Serve Republicans. Washington, D. C.—“God willing TM be here next session, and it will be for the Republican majority to de termine who shall be speaker.” Speaker Cannon paid a farewell call at the White house, and the above is what he had to say regaading his future plans. “To make a hare ple," continued the speaker, “you have got first to catch your hare. I may not be living when the next session of congress comes around, but if | am I will be in the hands of the grand old Republican ‘arty to do with 2s it will. There are a lot of folks who believe chaos would reign it I came back as speaker. They prate about czarism and all that sort of things, but let that go. “fn all my life I have never seen @ situation” so full of promise for a Republican vietory in the fall. It al- ‘ways happens that the Democrats win ‘hands down at this time of year, but when the ballots are counted they ‘come out behind.” McMURRY TO MAKE STATEMENT The Oklahoma Attorney Expected to Deny Any Intention of Wrongdo- ing—Committees to meet. Washington, D. C—J. F. MeMur- ray of McAlester, Ok., the attorney whose contracts with Choctaws and Chickasaws are to be made the basis of an investigation to be conducted by *select committees of the house and the senate, will prepare a statement for submission to the two committees set- ting forth a complete desclaimer of anything except what is proper and Jegal and reviewing the entire case. ‘The statement will be filed after Senator Gore has presented his charges to the committees. ‘There was no meeting of the senate ‘committee as anticipated, owing to the absence from the city of two members. Chairman Jones belives the commit- tee will be able to obtain all the in- formation required here, so all its hearings are likely to be held in Wash- ington. ‘The house committee will meet in Oklahoma City the first week in August. NO FEDERAL INTERVENTION Oklahoma Must Fight Out its Capital Location Battie in State Courts First. Guthrie, Oklahoma—With the as- ‘Burance that the federal government will not interfere in the capital re- moval case until the power of the state courts has been exhausted, At- torney General West began argument on a second demurrer to Judge Huston’s injunction restraining the re- moval of the books and records of the state to Oklahoma City. In case the demurrer is not snstain- ed Attorney West intends to apply to the state supreme court for a writ of probibition to prevent further interfer- ence of the district court, The announcement that there will be no federal intervention followed the return of Judge John H. Buford from ©hicago, where he conferred with At- toruey General Wickersham Saturday. GOOD WHEAT IN FORD COUNTY Secretery Weil Pleased With What He Saw of the Prospects There: Dease City, Kansas. — Secretary Cobiit of she state board of agricul- tira, viéited the wheat fields of Ford county. After a deive of many miles through almost unbroken lines of ‘whesi {elds the secretary said that he wold not have betieved the possi- Hities had che story he witnessed heer: reisted (0 aim, He pronoumees the Hot prospects as almost perfect. orto naty bas 14.000 acres in wheat 1) Sseur cad Ir 4s expected to average Su busteie to the acre. Fo't £03, Feet and Lives. a obk, S. ¥.—Falling line a : ya height of Se) feet when }) yovsshure tailed to open George cy, a professions] halionists, lives to oli ie 10.7 although ne fs in St, 203 ys bogpital at Passate, N. J., Phy- tiolins expect iim to recover. Foiled to Seite Strike. Karas Clty, Mo—Atvet a day ot deaonk was reacted between the thiners and the eperators tte pros- peois of an early settlement of the ssisike in the southwestera felds has pecone remore, "arte incan- Beeatind:-Liaters Washington, D..€.—The Sallinger- Pickot Investigation . committee - met and Adjourked to meet in Minneapolis on September 5, when an effort. wilt be made to agree on a report. The Heat in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa—Eighteen dead, hundreds prostrated and three _prob- ably successful attempts at suicide as @ result of the intense heat is Phila- delphia’s record for the present heated ‘spell. Prospects Good for Fruit. ‘Topeka, Kansas.—Kansas has a bet- ter prospect for fruits of all kinds this year than it has for the past three years according to the crop teport is- ‘sued by Walter Wellhouse of the state -asticultural society. ~ : ‘ * Sey Ns = : y Ele $ \ = ee fy ’ eye I : ge Se Lower, CN gg a VS, ed aaptggs fe eer eles Yue? S EX. a eh ae ea ACS yer. Oa A 3 ne ee po IN 7 we Ay)” We peeee WICKERSHAM TO STUDENTS WANTS DECISION ON THE BIG TRUST CASES SOON. Hopes Principles May Be So Clearly Stated as to Protect Against Evils of Monopoly. Boston, Massachusetts.—Describing the growth of federal power over In- terstate commerce through the action of congress and of the supreme court, and telling his hearers how to ac- quire the best equipment for the prac- tical work of a lawyer's life. Attorney General Wickersham spoke before the Harvard Law School association. He took as his subject, “The Relation of Legal Education to Governmental Problems.” “The full significance’ of the attempt to check the growth of great com- Dinations and monopolies,” he said, “Was scarcely perceivéd at the time of the enactment of the Sherman antt- trust law until successive interpreta- tions of it had been given by the su- preme court.” He expressed his re- gret that the crippled condition of that court had prevented a decision in the Standart Oil and Tobacco trust cases at the last term, saying: “It is greatly to be desired that they may be decided at an early date and that the principles of the decision may be so clearly laid down as to afford a practicable standard of conduct which, while securely protecting against the inevitable evils of great monopoly, and deliberate attempts to arbitrarily fix prices and stifle competition, will yet leave untrammpled avenues for the legitimate development and our do- mestic and foreign commerce.” A MORNING TRAIN ROBBERY Three Masked Men Held up Passen- gers Within the City Limits of Ogden. : Ogden, Utah.—The second sec: tion of an Oregon Short Line north- bound train left Ogden at 1:30 o'clock im the morning was held up at Second street in the northern part of the city by three masked men. + f All the passengers in the train were relieved of their valuables and the ex- press messenger was compelled to de- liver the contents of his safe. The ex- act amount the robbers obtained is not known. The robbers escaped in a buggy. They stopped the train by placing railroad torpedoes on the track. The head brakeman went forward and was struck over the head with a revolver by one of the robbers. He was com- pelled to call to the messenger to open the: door of the express car. After rifling the safe the robbers went through each coach with deliberation and calmness. PINCHOT . TALKED POLITICS After Conference With Col. Roosevelt and Garfield He Had Words of Praise for Insurgents. New York, N. ¥.—uifford - Pinchot returned here after a visit to Theo- dore Rooseveit with James R. Garfield. In an interview he discussed politics praised the insurgents and made veil- ed references to Secretary Ballinger and Attorney General . Wickersham, that there is any connection between his visit to Oyster Bay and the politi- cal talk, Mr. Finchot denied, but it is considered significant that the politi- cal interview was the first the deposed forester, has given since his return from Europe. A: River Steamer Burned. LaCrosse, Wisconsin—Three _pef- sons lost their lives and almost. 60 were injured-in the destruction by fire oi the Acme Packet company’s exeur- sion steamer J. S., between Victoria and Genoa, 24 miles south of LaCrosse on the Mississippi river. Southern Newspaper, Publishers. | Mobiie, Alabams.— he Southern | Newspaper Publishers’ association met ‘jn annual convention here with head- quarters at the Battle house. The ses- sion continued through tyo days. THE TENANTS GET THE HOMES By the Terms of His Will Charies Ohems of Topeka Made 20 Families Happy. | Topeka, Kansas—By the suicide of ase Ohems, a wealthy property owner of this city, 20 tenants are made the owners of homes on the pay- ment of two dollars, Elizabeth C. Ohems, of Eskridge, Kan., an only daughter, is cut off with $5 and Wil- liam C. Ohems, an only son, whose res- idence in Oklahoma is not definitely known, is made an executor of the estate. Ohems, who lived at 715 Chest- nut street, committed suicide by drink- ing carbolic acid. He was 70 years old. : a A will neatly written out in detail was found. The terms of the docu- ment is one of the strangest ever on record. The only comditions which a tenant had ta fulfill to become the possessor of a beautiful home was that he should have lived continuously for a period of three years in one of the rented houses and at tle death of Ohels should not be in arrears with his rent. PASSED THE STATEHOOD BILL Senate Voted Unanimously to Admit New Mexico and Arizona—To Conference Soon. Washington, D. C.—The Bever- fdge bill granting statehood to New Mexico and Arizona passed the senate by unanimous vote of all tho senators present. There were 65 ayes and n0' negative votes. The house passed a satehood bill early in the session and this bill is a substitute, the chiet difference being a matter relating to the exercise of the right of franchise. ‘4ue bill prohibits the state’s provid- ing an educational qualification for voting. The statehood bills will soon be in conference and the Republicans as- sured the Democrats on the floor. of the senate that they will be given a fair chance in conference. OKLAHOMA FILES PULLMAN SUIT Attorney General West Asks Lower Rates for the Upper Berths in Sleeping Cars. Washington, D. €.—An attack was made on the charges for upper berths by the Pullman company by the state of Oklahoma. In a petition filed with the Interstate Commerce commission by Charles West, attorney general of Oklahoma, it is alleged that making the same charge for an upper berth as for a lower is unjust and discrimina- tory. Dry Dock Dewey ReFloated. Manila—The dry dock Dewey was refloated, apparently undamaged by- its tong submersion. A board is now en- gaged in a careful inspection of the dock to determine the cause of its sinking. The Dewey, which was towed here from the United States, sank May 24. Mlegally Used Union Label. . Kansas City, Mo.—S. Herman, a tailor, pleaded guilty in the criminal court to using the union label on gar- ments not made by organized labor. He was fined $500 by Judge Latshaw and given a stay of execution on bis promise not to repeat the offense. Here is a Prize of $50,000. London, England.—The Doily Mat! offers 2 prize of ten thousand pounds ($50,000) for a circular flight of a thousand miles over England and Scot. land. ~ Old Plainsman Is Dead. St. Joseph, Missourl—Walter P. Sanders, 79 years old, died at his home here. He was an old plainsman and was engaged in many battles with In- dians while freighting between St. Joseph and Denver before the days of railroads. Packers Get More’ Time. Chicago, [linois—Judge Grosscup extended thé time for the packers to enter pleas in the dissolution suit against the National Packing company ‘end tte aubstiilacy edlicerie Ght!l July, TRIUMPH FOR THE AMERICANS German Campaign of Slander Against the Deutsche Vacuum Oil ‘Company Fails. Berlin—The long and venomous campaign Waged by German newspa pers and “rival industrial interests against one of the German- branches of the Standard Of company—the Deutsche Vacuum Oil company—has Just been brought to a victorious end for the Americans involved. A well-known Hamburg newspaper for months printed such a. series of attacks on the “American graft meth- ods” alleged to have been practiced by the vacuum company in the con- duet of its German business that the public prosecutor of Hamburg felt constrained to make an official Inves- tigation with a view to eventual in- dictments. The prosecutor has now concluded his investigation, especially of the work of E. L. Quarles, Ameri: can, manager of the German com- pany’s salés department, and an. nounces that no necessity exists for pursuing the inquiry further. No evidence of anything warranting prosecution was found against Mr. Quarles, and the costs of the entire in auiry will be borne by the state. ‘The result of the investigation con stitutes a notable triumph for Amer. ican interests in Germany. It is not the first time that Germans, finding themselves unable to compete with Americans on ordinary terms have resorted to slander. A BILLION DOLLAR SESSION It is Probable That Congress Has Ap- propriated $1,054,000,000 During Session Just Closed. Washington, D. C.—More than $1, 000,000,000 was appropriated at the present session of congress, if con- tinuing appropriations are incorporated in the totals of the general appropria- tion measure. Insofar as the figures could be ob- tained, from measures which under- went changes in the last hour of the session the total of the appropriation exclusive of continuing appropriations was $894,086, 943, ‘The amount of continuing appropriae tions for the last fiscal year about $160,000,000. It is safe to say that it will not. be less fot the next fiscal year, and the grand total therefore will aggregate at least $1,054,000,000. ‘The appropriation measures for the fiscal years 1909-10, exclusive of con- tinuing appropriations, carried $883,- 918,215, while those of the fiscal year of 1908-09 carried’ $854,203,248. DIAZ IS STILL PRESIDENT With His Opponent in Jail the Presi- dent of Mexico Had Little Difficulty. Mexico City, Mexico.—Gen. Porfirio Diaz was re-elected president of Mex ico and Ramon Corral vice-president by an overwhelming majority, accord ing to returns received here from all over the country. ‘The anti-re-electionists ticket headed by Francisco I. Madero, now under ar rest in San Luis Potosi, received about 2 per cent of the vote cast in Mexico City, according to an unofficial state: ment. This May Be a Real Gusher. Okmutgee, Oklahoma. — Alexander Preston, who found the Preston oil pool, six miles north of Okmulgee, an. nounced that he struck oll two miles west of town. The well flowed for a time shooting over the top of a 72-foot derrick. It has not been drilied in and it {s not known what its daily produe- tion will be. Majority Want Roosevelt. New York, N. Y.—The World's work has been making a poll of its subscribers on the question as to whether they wanted Theodore Roose- yelt to become president again. Out of 375 answers received, 292, coming from every state in the Union, express- ed the wish thatt Mr. Roosevelt should run again for the, presidency. Misnsssta Hambibans emia. St. Paul, Minnesota.—The following nomination were made by the Republi- can convention here. For governor A. B. Eberhart; attorney general, George T. Simpson; secretary of state, Julius Schmahl; member of the board of railroad and warehouse commission ers, Charles F. Staples. Teddy May Head Commission. Washington, D. C—It is expected that former President Roosevelt will be named by President Taft as chair- man of the commission authorized by the joint resolution of congress to re- port to congress the plans for perma- nent and world-wide peace. To Meet Live Stock Men. New York, N. Y.—Col. Theodore Roosevelt will attend the annual meet ing of the Colorado Live Stock associa- tion, to be held at Denver on Septem- ber 1. Engineers to a Tournament. Leavenworth, Kansas—Company L. ‘Phird Battalion ef Engineers, left Fort Leavenworth on a special train of 25 ears for Chicago to take part in mili- tary tournament beginning there July 4. ‘Ghiv One Speech in Two Weeks. Washington, D. C.—The presi- dent has determined to have two weeks solid rest at Beverly immediate- ly following his arrival there. He will make no appointments with one ex ‘seption, shat for the Fourth of July. Not Sisters Now and again you see two women pase io down the street who look like sisters. ‘Ou are astonished to learn that they are . mother and daughter, and you realize that //f g ‘a woman at forty or forty-five ought to be \ at her finest and fairest. Why isn’t it soP Yo ‘The general health of woman is s0 in- 2 timately ‘associated with the local health |} ” of the ‘essentially feminine organs that \\\ ‘ there can be n0 red cheeks and round form where there is female weakness. Gyr Women who have suffered from “y this trouble have found prompt relict and oure in the use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, It gives vigor and vitality to the organs of womanhood. It clears the complexion, brightens tho eyes and reddens the cheeks. No eloobol, or habit-forming drugs is contained in ‘Favorite Prescription.” ‘am icisk Siesoen aay, onaceit: Iie, Piaeee elation, fees: Every iecic @ held as sacredly confidential, and answered in a plain envelope. Addrestt __World’s Dispensary Medical ‘Association, Dr. R.V. Pierce, Pres., Buffalo, N.Y. Think of Last Summer- > * You can remember days when the heat inside your Kitchen was so great you could hardly bear it. With the right stove you woul have made a better hostess. Save your health. Don’t put up with-the drudgery of a coal fange. You can have a clean, cool, pleasant kitchen. The ew. Lon. aD does away with all drudgery of _ = <—aiap cooking. Why should you bes = slave to a coal range when you 3 an have an Oil Cook-Stove thst 8 2 HEM Sheaper than coal, cleaner tcl { yi \ Fazer Ver doczn't “mel,” doecn’ © se DNR (Ago sateh ocd docs bet \ SMe 7k ‘With one of these stoves ¢ th NB Dake or ronst the most cat . Ae M i You can change from a slow t9 3 95% ee fire, or the other way abou! ny | 4 turning a wick. Apply as and i : Stantly the heat from an insco=- 0 ‘ Ve | eS flame shoots upward throuri hs ‘s > - ie , quoise-blue enamel chimncy® ‘ At ee Bottom of pot, kettle or ov buor eS estove has evens 27" a lence that can be thought of: C2? =| "Top with shelf for keeping foot 6m \ dishes hot, drop shelves t0 be!) 00 Cantonary Rote: Be rare OF teapots, towel rack; in fat 0 eee akte Seeks cise etc oe wich Feads “New Perfection.” ‘the chimneys, makes the stove 070472 and attractive! a ‘Made with 3, 3 an4'2 burners; the 8:and Starner stoves can ‘be had with or withowt Mivcy deter everrwhere. Itnot at yours, wrto for Descriptive Crear tothe pears: sco? 4M Standard Oil Company \dncorporated) = Appropriate Hymn. "The worshipers in a certam church iad some trouble fo keep tlteir faces straight a short time ago. During the seryico some commotion was caused by a gentleman who accidentally ig nited a box of wax matches in_ his pocket, and was trying to put them out, while his alarmed neighbors struggled equally hard to help him The minister, being short-sighted, could not make out the reason of the disturbance, and thinking to diplomat feallr cover the incident, he innocently sald: 2 “Brethren, there 1s a little noise going on. Until it is over let us sfng ‘Sometimes a Light Surprises.’” A TRAIN LOAD OF TOBACCO. Twenty-four Carloads Purchased for Lewis’ Single Binder Cigar, ea ae What is probably the biggest lot of all fancy grade tobacco held by any factory in the United States has just been purchased by Frank P. Lewis, of Peorla, for the manufacture of Lewis’ Single’ Binder Cigars. The lot will make twenty-four carloads, and is se lected from what is considered by ex. perts to be the finest crop raised in many years. The purchase of tobacco is sufficient to last the factory more than twoNvears. An extra prico ‘was paid for the selection. Smokers of Lewis’ Single Binder Cigars will appre clate this tobacco. —Peoria Star, January 16, 1909. ‘Surprise for the Deity. “Papa,” said a little girl, rushing into the room with the air of one bring: ing valuable information, “did you know that the Browns’ little baby was dead?” “Yes, dear, I heard of {t Aren't you sorry?” “Yes, but, papa, {t was only three days old.” “I know, love.” “And don’t you think God will be surprised to see it come back so soon?” Ganie ae thn tak ‘This famous poem is contained in the Coca-Cola Baseball Record Book for 1910, together with records, schedules for both leagues and other valuable ‘baseball information compiled by au- ‘thorities. This interesting book sent by the Coca-Cola Co., of Atlanta, Ga, on receipt of 2c stamp for postage. 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"O, come, mother," Billy coaxed, "you know I never mean to make light of you!" "Well, then, take my advice and bring me a helpful daughter instead of that flighty—" "Lora isn't flighty, mother," Billy interrupted earnestly. "Her name shows the kind of a girl she is," Mrs. Holton asserted. "She isn't responsible for her name, you know," Billy returned good-humoredly. "I wish you'd let me bring her to see you, mother, I'm sure you'd like her when—" "I sure I wouldn't! And you'll never marry that finicky city girl with my consent!" She jerked her apron from her head angrily. "All right, then. I'll die an old bachelor," Billy assented. "But Leora is neither finicky nor a city girl. She was raised—" "I don't care where she was raised!" Mrs. Holton bounced up. "She's a college miss that knows nothing of saving for a man—doing her own work and making soft soap and such things." "That reminds me—but first—" Billy laid his hands on his mother's shoulders, looking at her affectionately. "Let us not quarrel or have hard feelings over this, mother. I can't help it that I care for Leora and that I never cared for any other girl. I can't say that I'll never marry her, but I'll wait till you feel differently about it." "I never will, Billy boy." Mrs. Holton dropped her head on his breast. "I can't consent to it, but we needn't have hard feelings." They kissed and made up. Then, with a grin of mischief, Billy imparted his news. "Your speaking of soap made me think of it. I met Mrs. Jenkins this morning and she hinted that she had the clinch on the blue ribbon for soft soap this year." "The idea," Mrs. Holton's head went up like a war horse. "Much obliged to her for nothing." "I suppose she thought she'd save you the disappointment of trying for it," said Billy. "She said there'd never been such superfine soft soap at our county fair as that she had just finished." "Superfine fiddlesticks!" Mrs. Holton fared. "Martha Jenkins was always a boaster. She's never beat me in her life, and won't this year. Sarah Jane Pratt came near it last fall. I don't know but she could if she'd keep at it instead of teaching. There's a smart girl for some young man!" she sighed, and Billy squirmed. His mother's desires concerning the thrifty Sarah Jane had not been kept hidden. "But I'll show Martha Jenkins and the whole county!" Mrs. Holton said. "I never have come out second best on soft soap yet and I never will!" Billy doubted if the county was much interested in the matter of soft soap, but he sympathized with his mother's ambition to win in the annual competition. Mrs. Holton was extremely saving in all her ways and had never "wasted" money on store soap. She considered it the limit of shiftlessness in a woman to buy instead of making the family soap, though she profited by it and turned many a penny from the sale of her own superior article. In her opinion to be a good soapmaker was the end of a girl's education. Secure in her own supremacy, Mrs. Holton laughed heartily as she told her friend, Mary Beach, of Martha Jenkins' presumption. "Her soap is extra fine," Mary replied reluctantly. "She showed it to me. She came across some new wrinkle in soapmaking at her sister's this summer. It looks so much like your best that I couldn't see any difference; but looks isn't all with the judges of course." "Not if they know their business. Well, well see who comes out best." Mrs Helton's eyes snapped. She felt entirely satisfied with her production when it was finally ready. She knew it was the best she had ever made, and that was saying much. She had two entries and was certain that Martha Jenkins would not only miss the blue ribbon, but as had happened before, would not even get second. Mrs. Holton had always gone early on the day of awarding the premiums that she might the sooner enjoy her triumph, and Billy had always gone with her. Last year Sarah Jane had been with them, and they all laughed when Sarah came so near taking the blue ribbon. The red had been awarded her, and Martha Jenkins had received no prize whatever, for her soo. "I do wish Sarah Jane was here to go with us," Mrs. Holton remarked to Billy a few days before the fair. "I guess we'll get along without her. Billy hesitated a moment, then braving up added quickly, "Leora will be with us." "What-at!" shrieked Mrs. Holton "That girl!" Seeing a battle ahead Billy adm ished himself to firmness. "Yes, I asked her to go with us, mother." "Then you won't have me with you!" "Oh, come mother, go—" "I won't! I won't!" she interrupted. "I won't stick myself beside that college lady, and have her turning up her dainty nose at the old soap maker. You can take her and go—but you can't take both of us!" "In vain Billy coaxed and urged. She was obstinate, and somewhat sadly he had taken "that girl" and gone. Mrs. Holton stayed at home and cried a little, feeling herself a martyr, as she pictured the blue ribbon, perhaps the red also, fluttering gayly over her jars of soap. At last, unable to bear it, she got out her own driving rig and hurried to the fairgrounds, arriving about noon. "Did I get both ribbons?" she demanded of Mary Beach, chancing upon her almost immediately. Mary hesitated, and Mrs. Holton went on. "I suppose Martha Jenkins got the red, the way you look." "The one that got first took the red, too," Mary stammered. "And I didn't get anything!" Mrs. Holton shrieked, then, struck with a harrowing thought, added, "Don't tell me that Martha Jenkins got both ribbons! If she did I'll leave the country!" "No, she didn't get anything, either." Mrs. Holton winced at being classed with Martha in the either; but demanded, "Who got them?" "Some girl, I heard—a new exhibitor." Mrs. Holton snorted defiantly and tore through the crowd, stopping not for friend or foe, until her unadorned jars of soap stared forlornly at her. "Who got them?" she flung the ambiguous question at one of the judges, who was inside. "It seems odd your missing it. Mrs. Holton. You take sweepstakes usually. But I think if you will compare the exhibits you will agree with our decision," the woman said pacifically. "I didn't ask you for an excuse. I want to know who's the fancy softsoap maker." She had a faint hope it might be Sarah after all. "The winner is a young lady, Miss Leora Willis. Such skill in this line is remarkable in one so young," the judge theorized deprecatingly. Before Mrs. Holton could more than gasp, a soft voice at her elbow murmured regretfully: "I am sorry it happened so. Mrs. Holton; I didn't expect anything beside yours; I—I just wanted you to know I could make it." Mrs. Holton glared at the pretty girl in fluffy white, with a bitter retort on her tongue, when Martha Jenkins cackled shrilly: "We're both in the same boat, Maria Holton, and it's once you didn't beat me, to have it to brag about!" "Never mind her, mother." Billy comforted in her ear. Mrs. Holton looked up at him, the sudden light of victory kindling in her eyes and putting her arm around the girl, laughed back triumphantly: "Leora is going to marry my Billy, so you're beaten by a Holton yet, Martha Jenkins!" A Confession. Lord Kitchener had determined to avoid all public functions during his trip across the country. He yielded, however, to the insistent demand that he attend a banquet in honor of Rear Admiral Sebree in San Francisco. In a modest after-dinner speech he praised the career of the admiral. Because it was a naval banquet the talk naturally turned to the sea and sailors. "Sailors, as a class," said Lord Kitchener, "have a very keen sense of humor. I remember a story of a sailor, just back from a six months' cruise. The young man had been celebrating his return to land all evening in various public houses. Emerging from the last bar, a little unsteady but very jovial, he danced along the street waving a bottle of stout. "For a sailor," he said to his companions, "it is disgraceful what I am going to say, but it is the truth—I have a horror of water." A Safe Place for the Author. "In a small town when the audience calls for the author of the place to come before the curtain, he always feels better if the curtain has a lot of local advertisements on it," said the manager. "Why so?" asks his friend. "Because the people in the audience are not going to throw eggs and take a chance of spotting their own advertisements, are they?" On the Wrong Tack "I'll tell the public that everybody ought to see this play," said the press agent. "Don't do that," replied the manager. "The plays people flock to see are those they oughtn't to." Just a Habit. "Witherby is always croaking." "Perhaps that comes from association." "Why so?" "He used to run a frog farm." One View of Them. "What a large family our neighbor has." "Why, there are only two children." "I know, but each one weighs over 110 pounds." What He Wanted. Guest (in restaurant)—You may bring me a spiritualist steak. Walter—Beg pardon, sir? Guest—A spiritualist steak—medium. See? DANGER SIGNALS. Sick kidneys give unmistakable signa- nals of distress. Too frequent or scanty urinary passages, backache, headache and dizzy spells tell of disordered kidneys. Neglect of these warnings may prove fatal. Begin using Doan's Kidney Pils. They cure sick kidneys. Mrs. M. A. Gamblin, Russellville, Ark., says: "I was in such bad shape from kidney disease that I gave up hope of my recovery. I could rest neither night or day, the pains in my back nearly drifting me frantic. There were MRS. M. A. GALBILIN, Russellville, Ark., says: "I was in such bad shape from kidney disease that I gave up hope of my recovery. I could rest neither night or day, the pains in my back nearly drifting me frantic. There were decided dropical symptoms such as swelling of my feet and ankles and my heart palpitated violently. After doctoring without benefit, I began with Doan's Kidney Pills and when I had used two boxes I was as well as ever." Remember the name—Doan's. For sale by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. SIX LIVES WOULD BE MISSING. Mr. Shooter—Where's my six-shooter? Mrs. Shooter—What are you going to do? Mr. Shooter—Kill two-thirds of a cat. SKIN HUMOR 25 YEARS "Cuticura did wonders for me. For twenty-five years I suffered agony from a terrible humor, completely covering my head, neck and shoulders, so even to my wife, I became an object of dread. At large expense I consulted the most able doctors far and near. Their treatment was of no avail, nor was that of the —— Hospital, during six months' efforts. I suffered on and concluded there was no help for me this side of the grave. Then I heard of some one who had been cured by Cuticura Remedies and thought that a trial could do no harm. In a surprisingly short time I was completely cured. S. P. Keyes, 147 Congress St., Boston, Mass., Oct. 12, "09." Face Covered with Pimples "I congratulate Cuticura upon my speedy recovery from pimples which covered my face. I used Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Resolvent for ten days and my face cleared and I am perfectly well. I had tried doctors for several months but got no results. Wm.J. Sadlier, 1614 Susquehanna Ave., Philadelphia, May 1, 1909." Awful Prospect. One day recently a clergyman was performing a marriage ceremony at the parsonage in the presence of his little son. The boy listened very attentively while his father pronounced the couple husband and wife, then going to his mother he said: "Mamma, 'when a man marries a woman, must he live with her?" "Yes, dear," his mother replied. The boy was thoughtful for a moment and then said: "Mamma, must papa live with all the women he has married?" TAKE A FOOT-BATH TO-NIGHT After dissolving one or two Allen's Foot-Tabs (Antiseptic tablets for the foot-bath) in the water it will take out all soreness, it will clean the skin and odors and freshen the feet. Allen's Foot-Tabs instantly relieve weariness and sweating or inflamed feet and hot nerves. It can be used to comfort the foot throughout the day shake Allen's Foot-Ease the antiseptic powder into your shoes. Sold everywhere 25c. Avoid substitutes. Samples of Allen's Foot-Tabs for foot-bath 25c. Address Alien S. Olimated, LeRoy, N. Y. Conquests. "I have been engaged several times," boasted the first summer girl, "to men whose names I did not know." "That's nothing," retorted the second summer girl. "I engaged myself last season to a stranger who wig-wagged his proposal from a passing yacht." RED CROSS BALL BLUE Should be in every home. Ask your grocer for it. Large 2 oz. package only 5 cents. Give a man health and a course to steer, and he'll never stop to trouble about whether he's happy or not.—G. Bernard Shaw. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels. Sugar-coated, tiny granules, easy to take as candy. The prune and the strawberry are nearing the neck-and-neck stage. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the grims, reduces inflammation, helps pain, cools wind chills. As a bottle. A genius is a man who tries to borrow money—and gets it. CORN PLANTING IS OVER THAT CANADIAN TRIP SHOULD NOW BE TAKEN. If you had intended going to Canada for the purpose of purchasing land on which to establish a home and accompanying some land company, whose holdings you proposed to look over or to go up on your own account to select one hundred and sixty acres of land free, you should delay no longer. Corn-planting is over, your wheat crop is well ahead, and you have a few weeks' time before you are required in the fields again. Now make your intended trip. Reports at hand show that the crop prospects in Canada were never better than they are today. The cool weather has not affected the crop, but if anything, it has been a benefit. There has been plenty of moisture and those who have had their land properly prepared look upon this year as likely to be one of the best they have had. A great many are going up this season who expect to pay two or three dollars an acre more than they were asked to pay last year. Others wish to homestead are prepared to go farther from the line of railway than would have been necessary last year. Still it is worth it. So it will be with you. Next year lands will be higher-priced and homestends less accessible. There is a wonderful tide of immigration to Central Canada now. It is expected that one hundred and fifty thousand new settlers from the United States will be numbered by the end of the present year, an increase of fifty per cent over last year. In addition to this there will be upwards of one hundred thousand from the old country, which does not include those who may come from the northern countries of the Continent. These all intend to settle upon the land. The reader does not require an answer to the questions, "Why do they do it?" "Why are they going there in such large numbers?" Western Canada is no longer an experiment. The fact that one hundred and fifty million bushels of wheat were raised there last year as against ninety-five millions the year previous, shows that the tiller of the soil in Central Canada is making money and it is safe to say that he is making more money than can be made anywhere else on the Continent in the growing of grains. He gets good prices, he has a sure and a heavy crop, he enjoys splendid railway privileges, and he has also the advantages of schools and churches and such other social life as may be found anywhere. It is difficult to say what district is the best. Some are preferred to others because there are friends already established. The Grand Trunk Pacific, on its way across the Continent, is opening up a splendid tract of land, which is being taken up rapidly. The other railways—the Canadian Pacific and Canadian Northern are extending branch lines into parts inaccessible a couple of years ago. With a perfect network of railways covering a large area of the agricultural lands it is not difficult to secure a location. Any agent of the Canadian Government will be pleased to render you assistance by advice and suggestion, and a good plan is to write or call upon him. The Government has located these agents at convenient points throughout the States, and their offices are well equipped with a full supply of maps and literature. How we dislike the dentist who spares no pains! DON'T WAIT TOO LONG Don't wait until the digestive organs are almost beyond help—don't wait until the bowels have become constipated and don't wait until the liver and kidneys have become weak and inactive; just take Hostetter's Stomach Bitters—at the very first sign of trouble. It will save you lots of suffering because its results are certain. Try it today for Indigestion, Cramps, Diarrhoea, Malaria, Fever and Ague. Be sure to get Hostetter's. 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Wor New York, Boston New England, entire Atlantic Coast and other Eastern Summer Resorts Tickets will be on sale daily during June, July, August and September. Many free stop-over privileges, and optional boat trips on Great Lakes, St. Lawrence and Hudson Rivers. New Carbide Warehouse AMERICAN CARBOLITE SALES COMPANY General Office, Duluth, Minnesota We are pleased to announce to users of Acetylene that we have established a Warehouse for the distribution of Calcium Carbide at Wichita, Kansas, 101 North Main St. We carry a complete stock of all standard sizes, and until further notice Calcium Carbide will be for sale at our Wichita address at the following prices: $375 per drum of 100-lbs., $7000 per ton, in ton in less than ton lots. lots or more. The above prices are for cash with order, F.O.B. Wichita, Kan. Send your order direct to Warehouse. Specify size.wanted. Why net, you have a place for everything else. Because you have a place for everything where. 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THE BUSY BARGAIN BASEMENT COUNTERS AND MAIN AISLE TABLES WILL BE PILED HIGH WITH THESE MILL LENGTH COTTONS == Not all are Mill Lengths, there are just as many surplus Stock Purchases of full bolt Cotton Goods, Hoisery, Summer Underwear, Towels, Lin ens, etc., that will delight the thrifty housewife with the saving of from twenty=five to fifty per cent of their usual prices. Plenty of extra sales people will be here to serve you in the early days of this Great Sale. BLEACHED SHEETINGS: One lot of full length bleached Pepperel Sheetings in 2 to 5 yard lengths, 8-4 width. Worth 25c a yard. In this Sale at.....15c UNBLEACHED SHEETING The well-known Pepperel quality, 2½ yards wide. Worth 35c a yard. In this Mill and Factory Sale, yard.....22½c CROCHET SPREADS. Let of fifty white crochet Bed Spreads; good size for single beds. Worth 89c. In the Basement Store at.....59c FULL SIZE SPREAD White crochet. Good weight and quality. A Spread worth $1.25 anywhere. In this Mill and Factory Sale at.....79c TOWELS, ETC. Six Hundred Smayy Twilled and Checked Cotton Towels. In this Mill and Factory Sale each ..... 3c CRASH TOWELING Twenty-five bolts brown linen Crash Toweling; 16 inches wide worth 10c a yard. For this Mill and Factory sale, yard ..... 7c Palme 507 North REGULAR MEALS :: Rooms by the night Openat all hours Your Patron Palmer's Café 507 North Maln Str et REGULAR MEALS :—: SHORT OR ::: :—: :—: bans by the night or week Openat all hours of the Day and Your Patronage Solicited 507 North Maln Str et REGULAR MEALS :-: SHORT ORDERS ::: :-: :-: Rooms by the night or week Openat all hours of the Day and Night Your Patronage Solicited MRS, ANNA PALMER, PROP. BICYCLE Base Ball, Fishing Sporting Goods JON Bicycle and Sport 209 No. Bell Phone 3641 "MOD CLEANING and Dry and Steam Cleaning. Dry and Alterations. Hats Clean work a Specialty. Suits C. G. Hans Independent Phone 1286 Re 110 St. Francis Ave., IF YOU ARE G Decorating your house nish you to best quality We handle Wall Paper, For the next 30 days w discount on all orders the latest patterns and Call Bell Phone 2246 BICYCLES Ball, Fishing Tackle, Fishing Goods of all Kind JONE'S Bicycle and Sporting Goods House 209 North Main phone 3641 Ind. Pho MODERN CLEANING and DYE WORK Steam Cleaning. Dyeing, Pressing, Res- terations. Hats Cleaned and Blocked. La- specialty. Suits Pressed 50 G. Hanson, Pro- dependent Phone 1286 Red Bell Phone Francis Ave., Wichita, Bicycle and Sporting Goods House 209 North Main Bell Phone 3641 Ind. Phone 801 "MODERN" CLEANING and DYE WORKS Dry and Steam Cleaning. Dyeing, Pressing, Repairing, and Alterations. Hats Cleaned and Blocked. Ladies' fine work a Specialty. Suits Pressed 50 Cents Independent Phone 1286 Red Bell Phone 2735 110 St. Francis Ave., Wichita, Kansas IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING Decorating your house, we are prepared to furnish you to best quality of goods at right prices We handle Wall Paper, Burlap, and Lenoleum. For the next 30 days we will give a 10 per ct. discount on all orders taken by us. We furnish the latest patterns and best quality. Call Bell Phone 2246 or at 1537 Wabash W. H. PARKS, 1537 Wabash House Decorator Wabash Bell Phon ANOTHER TOWEL LOT Honey comb and white fringed Towels. Regular 5c size. In this great July Sale each .....3c BIRDS EYE COTTON One lot of 20-inch Birds Eye Cotton. Worth 10c a yard. In this Mill and Factory sale 5c at .....5c HUCK TOWELS One hundred dozen odd and end Huck Towels, assorted sizes. Worth 6c, 7c and 8c. In this Mill and Factory Sale each .....4c ANOTHER GROUP. of Bleached Huck Towels with red striped borders. Worth 10c. In this Mill and Factory Sale each .....6c Sale, each ..... 6c LARGE HUCK TOWELS One case of good Huck Towels, red bordered. Regular 12½c size. In this Mill and Factory Sale ..... 8c JUMBO TOWELS Fine bleached Huck Towels. Size 20x60 inches. All white. worth 20c. Mill and Factory Sale Price.....13c LAWNS AND BATISTES 1500 yards cool Lawns and r's Cafe n Maln Str et -:- SHORT ORDERS -:- :- for week days of the Day and Night image Solicited CLESS ing Tackles and s of all Kinds at KE'S Bringing Goods House North Main Ind. Phone 801 ERN" DYE WORKS Weing, Pressing, Repairing, Sed and Blocked. Ladies' fine Pressed 50 Cents son, Prop. Ball Phone 2735 Wichita, Kansas CONSIDERING we are prepared to fur- of goods at right prices Burlap, and Lenoleum. we will give a 10 per ct. taken by us. We furnish the best quality. — or at 1537 Wabash Decorator Bell Phone 2246 Boston Store WALLENSTEIN & COMN Batistes. A jobbers' sample stock of 12½c and 15c wash goods. In this sale yard.....9c STRIPED MADRAS One lot of diagonal colored striped Madras; all colors. Worth 15c. Mill and Factory Sale Price.....7½c WHITE MADRAS Lot of 18c and 25c white mercerized Madras. Fine for waists. In this sale per yard.....12½c WHITE PONGEES Mill length purchase of plain white Pongees, 36 inches wide. Worth 20c. In this Sale at.....14c WASH SUITINGS Larve lot of dark colored linen finish suitings. Worth 25c a yard. In this Mill and Factory Sale, yard.....12½c Twenty-five tailored wash Suits that have been slightly soiled by water. A trip to the wash tub and they will be fresh and attractive. Blues, white and tans. Regular $3.50 values. All sizes at.....9c FORD'S HAIR POMADE THE OLD RELIABLE DRESSING FOR KINKY OR CURLY HAIR. IT'S USE MAKES STUBBORN, HARSH HAIR SOFTER, MORE PLIABLE AND GLOSSY, EASY TO COMB AND UP IN ANY STYLE THE LENGTH WILL PERMIT. WRITE FOR TESTIMONIES, TELLING HOW THIS REMARKABLE REMEDY MAKES SHORT, KINKY HAIR GROW LONG AND WAYY. BEST POMADE ON THE MARKET FOR DANDRUFF, ITCHING OF THE SCALP AND FALLING OUT OF THE HAIR. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS, GET THE GENUINE, PUT UP IN 25* AND 50* BOTTLES WITH CHARLES FORD'S NAME ON EVERY PACKAGE. SOLD BY DRUGGISTS. IF YOUR DRUGGIST CANNOT SUPPLY YOU, WE WILL SEND IT TO YOU DIRECT AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES, SMALL SIZED BOTTLE, 25+ LARGE SIZED BOTTLE, 50+ THE OZONIZED OX MARROW Q, 216 LAKE ST. DEPT. AGENTS WANTED. Sir D. L. Taylor Designer and Builder of Tent houses, Tabernacle houses and Temple houses Prices in reach of all. Send y ur order to-day 899 East Center The Searchlight wishes to thank all those who gave us their "Job Work" for their kind remembrance of our office. Come again each one. These are coats from women's tailored wash suits. Slightly soiled by water. Choice of white or blue to close at .....79c WHITE DIMITIES One lot of white checked Dimities. Mill lengths of 5 to 15 yards. Worth 12...c a yard. In the Mill and Factory Sale yard .....8½c SUMMER PETTICOATS of Striped Lawnes and Batistes, scalloped flounce; pink and white, blue and white, tan and white. Worth 59c. Two bundles cotton Suitings in attractive plaids for children's dresses. Worth 12½c a yard. In this Sale at .....4c COTTON CHALLIES One thousand yards Persian and floral pattern Challies. In this Mill and Factory Sale at .....6c APRON GINGHAMS DARK PERCALES One lot of 27-inch dark Percales, worth 10c a yard. In this Sale, a Basement bar- ALTER REFRIGEPATORS A The above is the cut out of tv enty-five different patterns of refrigerators carried in my stock. I bought a car load of them at right prices and will sell them cheap. Before you buy a Refrigerator come and see my stock and get my low prices. Alo have a complete line of New and Second Hand Furniture, Rugs, Carpets Mattings, Stoves, etc, and carry a general line Household Goods. E. D. SQUIRE Bell Phone 1837 Ind.1837 Green 245 247 N. Main Wichita, Ks PURE DRUGS Carefully Compounded My reputation for using only the purest, freshest and most wholesome of Drugs and the personal attention which I give in carefully and accurately compounding each prescription, is a guarantee of your safety in sending your prescriptions to me Also carry a full line of Druggist's Sundries Cigars, Tobacco, Stationary, etc Courteous, Prompt Attention FREE DELIVERY Oscar R. Bissantz Prescription Druggist 811 N. Main Wichita, Ks Has Wichita an ice trust, a coal trvst, or a gas trust? Some one should see. Good Sewing Machines Sewing Machines From $2. Up All Repair Work Guaranteed Cheapest Place in Wichita to Buy Second-Hand Sewing Machines gain, yard .....5c PLAIN COLOR PERCALES Yard wire Percales in plain white and cream. A regular 12½c quality. A quick seller at, yard .....5c FINE WASH GOODS One lot of fine sheer Lawns and Organdies; light grounds, large figure effects. Regular 20c and 25c qualities. In this Mill and Factory Sale, yard.....11c PONGEES AND SOISETTES Soft silk finish Pongees and Soisettes, dotted and solid colors. Mill lengths of 25c fabrics. In this Basement store, per yard.....12½c FANCY, SILKOLINES One lot of twenty-five pieces fancy Silkolines; 30 inches wide In this Mill and Factory Sale, yard ..... 7½c GOOD BED TICKING 500 yards blue and white striped Amoskeag Bed Ticking; 21 inches wide. Worth 25c. July Sale. Price. yard. 19c JAY SHE'S FREE YARD... HOME-MADE PILLOW SLIPS We've had several hundred Pillow Slips made up from short end bleached sheetings. A better Slip would be hard to find. All sizes. Worth 25c. In this Good Sewin CHI Sewing Machin All Repair Wor Cheapest Place in Wichita Sewing Wichita Sewing M 326 North Main St. (BELL For the office of County Commissionsr, Mr. E. M. Bear, is making an aggressive, conservative, straight forward campaign and is making many friends also wherever he goes. The fact of the matter is, Mr. Bear has all the qualifications needed to make an ideal, painstaking economical and business-like County Commissioner. A man, who if nominated, which he doubt will be, will enter upon the duties of his office fully equipped to give the tax-paoers a business administration. His name will appear on the Republican ballot at the primary and the voters of his district will be given a chance for that place who will give entire satisfaction in every way. Dr. F. O'Hara Miller, one of our popular physicians, reports the addition of two to the colored population last week. He reports a fine baby girl at the home of Clayton Robinson and wife at 524 N. Wichita and a fine baby boy at the home of Ed. Underwood and wife 935 E.18th. In both cases mother and child is doing nicely. Patronize the Merchants and Business Houses that solicit your trade through "ads" in the columns of your race paper. Why trade with any other? Mill and Factory Sale, each .....15c FINE DRESS GINGHAMS Pretty plaids, checks and stripes in Amoskeags and Toil of Nords. Worth 15c a yard on the bolt. In this Sale.....11c SUMMER WASH GOODS One hundred pieces cool Summer Wash Goods, Black and white and colored effects, worth 8 1-3c. In this Mill and factory sale, yard .....5c TABLE DAMASKS One lot of bleached cotton Table Damask, floral and dial checked; 56 inches wide. Worth 35c a yard. In the Busy Basement Store, yard ..... 22c MERCERIZED DAMASKS A shipment of those all cotton, snow white mercerized damasks 58 inches wide. Worth 40c a yard. Mill and Factory Sale Price, yard.....26c MERCERIZED DAMASKS Mill lengths of Mercerized Table Damasks, 60 inches wide. Worth 60c a yard. Easily laundered. Mill and Factory Sale Price, yard.....38c Machines E A P Times From $2. Up Mark Guaranteed A to Buy Second-Hand Machines Machine Repair Co. PHONE 719) Wichita, Ks --- Fitzpatrick For Sheriff For the office of Sheriff of this county Edward E. Fitzpatrick will be a candidate at the primary August 2nd. No man in this community has proven his worth for that office personally or politically more so than has Mr. Fitzpatrick. Having been a resident of this county for more than twenty years and always taking an interesting and prominent of part in every movement for the up-building of this city and county he comes at this time before his fellow citizens among whom he has mingled for several years and asks them for their suffrage on primary day. From a party point of view, one thing which is conceded to Mr. Fitzpatrick is, that in times of party victories as well as in principales of the Republican party. For personal nor any other reasons he has ever yet found it necessary to desert or turn his back on his party. That he would make a capable and qualified Sheriff of this county is conceded by those who oppose him for political reasons as well as his friends. Bring your news and job work to 630 N. Main—The Searchlight office. A "little man" with a "big head" cannot lead and will not be led.