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THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY TRADING WITH THE MERCHANTS WHO ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER. This will be an opportunity for everyone to pay their respect to their last summer clothes—such as Straw hats, White dresses, Spring Suits and Linen Dusters. There will be lemonade, pop, punch and other refreshments. The floor will be decorated with artificial grass. In fact the Hall will look exactly like 'the good old summer time' General Admission Gents 35c Ladies without Box-Lunch 35c Next - "GHOST BALL" Jan. 23rd. See it NEGRO'S HOPE IS THE FARM TWELTH YEAR PIC - Mid - Win MASON Monday Night, All Ladies with Boxe- This will be an opportunity pay their respect to the such as Straw hats, Y Suits and Linen Duster There will be lemonade er refreshments. The tea with artificial grass. It look exactly like 'the g General Admission Ladies witho Next - " GHOST BAL NEGRO'S IS T City Life Is Swiftly Blood and Energy gro. Let The A few days ago we called attention to the urban movement in progress'on the part of the Negroes in this vicinity and its relation to the agricultural interests. The matter is one which merits attention also in its prodable effect upon the cities and its influence upon the Negro of tommow. If the city be a bad place for the white man of limited means to undertake the rearing of a family, it is doubly so for the colored man. Conditions of living as they affect the Negro on the farm have been wonderfully improved during the last quarter of a century. The log cabin with its grasping chinks partially closed with mud and old news papers, and its smoky chimney so poorly constructed of rude stones and home-made mortar that was ready to tumble down upon the slightest provocation, is a thing of the past. The Negro farmhouse of today is, as a rule, well made and comfortable and opportunity is afforded the occupant to make it home-like and to surround himself and his family with those things which help to make life pleasant. ```markdown ``` In such a home a Negro and his wife may exercise, if so mined, a very wholesome influence upon the upbringing of their children. In most of our Southern towns there has been little, if any, improvement made in the character of the quarters assigned to the colored population. Certainly this statement will apply to the older communities in this part of the county. Where homes have been built especially for Negroes the houses are crowded together and are built as cheaply as possible with an eye single to their revenue-earing possibilities. In this town we suspect that the majority of the Negroes are living in tumbledown tenements abandoned by the whites. In such circumstances any approaching family life is not to be had. The women and the men, too waste much of their time lounging around in idle gossip. The children grow up wild. Granted ihat better school faciliuies are afforded the Negroes who dwell in the cities than thoes who dwell in the country and in this town they are especially good—and it still remains true that the Negro child hag received an ample training in the ways of vice before he reaches school age. If the child's mother is a thrifty and industrious woman, she is out at work leaving him at home for the greater part of the day to shift for himself, or to be looked after in incompetent fashion by some older child or the women of the neighborhood. If the mother be herself an idler, the child fares scarcely better. In most of these quarters gambling and carousing go on steadily. Is there any cause for wonder if amidst such surroundings more criminals than honest wage earners are bred. at a loss to accrinly the reporters of this segious present there is a of the colored farms. The whi contractors and almost all lines of employing more of this help is d colored popular plenty here for th but the quality rendered has steered, both among and laborers in o employers of co will tell you that to exercise const No people can rise above the level of the life in the home. To expect to obtain efficient and trustworthy servents from home such as those in which the major part of our colored population live is to expect the impossible. Habits of neatness and cleanliness are not easily engendered in those who have spent the formative years of their lives amid squalor and filth. That dishonestly should frequently be encountered among servents who have been brought up in surrounding where eternal watchfulness was essential to possession is not a matter for surprise. A sense of responsibility is nor reasonably to be looked for in one who regards not the past and where future is bounded by weeks at most. For the overwhelming mass of Negroes, life in the citp is a hand to mouth existences. Except for the purchase of cheap industrial insurance and membership in burial societies few of the colored population make any provision against old age, sickness or the "rainy days." The purchase of homes, even on the enstalment plan, is rare. Instances, dozens of them, of members of the colored race who have prospered and amassed property, may be cited; of the masses, not of the exceptions Is it any wonder that the servant problem in the South has be come more and more vexatious? Is there any basis for anticipating that it will relieve even measurably until the present conditions shall be remedied? It is stated that the census figures will show that the Negro population of the town has shown a decrease during the last decade. If this be true, we confess that we are at a loss to account for it. Certrinly the reports from the farmers of this segion indicate that at present there is a marked exodus of the colored people from the farms. The wharves and the contractors and the painters and almost all lines of industry are employing more help and much of this help is drawn from the colored population. There is plenty here for the Negro to do, but the quality of the service rendered has steadily deteriorated, both among house servents and laborers in other lines. Any employers of colored workmen will tell you that he is compelled to exercise constant over sight of them in order to get anything accomplished. No matterwhether the population has increased or decreased, there has been no resultant benefit. To bring abuot an improvement in these conditions is an herculean task. The thing to do we are told, is to increase to increase the Negro's needs, the argument being that he will thereby be forced in order to meet them to make himself a more efficient workman and to devote himself more assiduously to the task assigned him. Against this proposal stands the fact that as the Negro's wages have been advanced he has not employed the increased 'remuneration for the purpose of endeavoring to improve the general standard of his living, but has wasted most of it on non-essentials, feasting today, and sufferng the pangs of cold and of hunger tomorrow. The truth is that the average city Negro is today without an objective. Until he can be brought to desire and to work for a healthy home life, progress can't be had, and it is an exceedingly difficult task to bring him to feel the need of something which he has never known since he was thrown upon his own responsibility. In the country, where labor has been scarce competition among land owners has led to an improvement, as we have already indicated an improvement for which there was no demand from those for whose benifit it was designed, but which was begun by individual land land owners. with a view of etticing their neighbors' best hands away from them and which once started, went on automatically. There has been nothing to prompt such a development in the cities. The Negro has not taken the proper advantage of his opportunities in the country but in the city he can scarcely be said to have had an opportunity. The result has been that things have been going steadily from bad to worse. The temptations open to the Negroes have been multiplied the incentives tomake of themselves useful citizens have remained undiscovered. We cannot afford to let matters go in this way forever. The situation is bad enough now. It will become more and more deplorable if we contiune to neglect it. It is not enough to offer better school facilities. They must be an essential part of any scheme of improvement but they are not enough in themselves. The task ie ons worth of the best thought of our wisest leaders. It is a task for the entire community. Washington American. The Interstate Literary which convened in the New Coliseum building at Des Moines Iowa. Dec. 27 to 29 inclusive was considered the best meeting since its organization. The delegates from Wichita returned home expressing themselves that the inspiration received from the meeting was highly beneficial to all those who attended. Wichita may consider it fortunate in having such an arry of culture and talent to meet there. As it was selected as the next meeting place of the organization, we were received with a hearty welcome from the Govonor of the state and Mayor. Among the visitors of note who attended the Interstate was ex-Congressman Murray of S.J.C. who spoke on "Race Ideals." The Wichita delegates part on the program was: An Address by R. B. McWilliams, Clarionet Solo Dr. A. K. Lawrence, Paper "Individul power" John D. Jones Instrumental Miss Irma Clark Reading Mrs. C. Clayton. The general sentimeht and the favorable comment of the Des Moines that they were all highly credible and well received Wichita was chosen as the next place of meeting by acclamation the first city to behooned thusly and we hope that Wichita fully sustain her reputation in entertaining and make it the grandest in the history of the Interstate Literary. -A delegate Mrs. Ipa Kimberling suffered with a severe cold this week. TRADE WITH OUR ADVERTISERS They'll Treat You Right NO.40 CABBELL'S CHAEL. Rev. J. J. Cabbell, district supernendent held the fourth quarterley conference Jan.7-8 at the church. Every department made a splendid showing, the ladies Aid Society of which Mrs. M. Nulans is president made their annual report which was as tolows: Received from membership $1.g.20 received from supplies etc $86.55 balance on hand beginning of the year $1.25 total raised-$106.55 the Aid is making great preparation to rnd a Fair this spring. The district supernendent preached two able sermon Sunday morning and afternoon At night the pastor Rev. G. T. Wooten filled the puldit, collection $12.50 Paid the district superhitendent in full and raised tor all purposes $84.00. the pastor of St. Paul A. M. E. Church Rev. J. E Edwards and the pastor of the C. M. E. Church, Rev. R. P. Tyler and their congregation were out with us in the afternoon to our great pleasure. We invite them again. Mrs. Emma Jones has been sick at her home, 522 N. Water ever since her return from her trip to Kansas City and Topeka Her illness is due to cold and change of the climate during the very severe cold snap about the first. Miss Laura Rickerson return back from Oklahoma visiting her parents. James G. Wiley secretary of the colored branch of the Y. M. C. A. has been very ill with a severe cold for the past few days. At this writing he is very much mettea. Rev. Henry Underwood and wife and Walter Gibbs and wife were pleasants callers at the home of M. E. McKelly and wife on North Arkansas Ave. this week. Mrs. Salley Hall returned Monday from Kansas City and Quindaro where she went to pay a visit with her son Maylon who is a student at Western University. She is very much pleased with her trip. G. L. A. Club will meet with Mrs. Tilmán Mrs. Tilmán. Program as follows:- Solo by Mrs J. E. Lewis, Currents event Mrs. White, Intt. Solo Miss L. Covington, Paper, by Mrs H. T. Cox. Mrs. Parker and Grand-son lett for Gurthrie and Perkin Olka where she will remain for few weeks. Visiting her sons and daughter and friends. Mrs, J·W. Bennett is quite seriously ill at her home. The Naughty Little Milliner By Col. H. C. Whitley, Former Chief United States Secret Service T HE sympathy of the public is usually bestowed upon the weaker sex, although Heaven knows it is a mistake to suppose that the weakness of humanity is confined to woman alone. Certainly in matters of love and sacrifice she often times proves herself the stronger, and in criminal ways her powers of invention have many times reached the acme of perfection. The subtle devices resorted to by women for pulling the wool over the eyes of the officers of the law are frequently more misleading and difficult to penetrate than the most scientific rogery planned by men. The several novel expedients resorted to by the Widow Wood, better known in police circles as "The Naughty Little Milliner," for throwing dust into the eyes of the detectives, is indeed a marvelous exemplification of female ingenuity. It was along in the early seventies when it became known that there was circulating about New Orleans a dangerous counterfeit five dollar treasury note, likewise a pretty good imitation of silver half dollars. A number of these bad five dollar bills were received at the banks and might have passed along undetected had not one of the bankers, more discerning than the others, made the discovery that these notes were counterfeit, though they were well calculated to deceive the average tradesman. The bogus half dollars had been coined with steel dies and were exact facsimiles of the genuine in all except the metal they contained. They passed readily among the foreigners, especially about the French market. Operator James Fitzpatrick, who was at that time in charge of government secret service affairs in New Orleans, began an investigation for the purpose of ferreting out the source of this bad money. After weeks of anxious watching it was learned that a young girl who daily visited the French market for the purpose of buying family provisions had, as regularly as she came, left a bogus half dollar. She wore a tattered dress and there was a sorrowful expression settled about her pallid yet interesting features. It was the gentle and dejected expression of her countenance that first attracted the attention of Officer Fitzpatrick. The Gascons and Italian dealers about the market had never made a complaint in regard to the bad money, as they could readily pass it off on one another or at the coffee houses along the river front. Following the girl one day the officer traced her to a little variety store on St. Joseph street, near the corner of Tchoupitoulas street. After a short time had elapsed the girl came out of the shop. She was now attired in somewhat above the common garb. Unobserved by her, the officer watched her movements until she finally went into a small grocery store. When she came out she carried a package. It was plain that she had made a purchase. When the girl was well out of sight the detective stepped into the little store and requested the Creole boy in attendance to let him see the money that he had received from the girl that had just left the place. It was a new five-dollar note that the boy handed out. Looking it over carefully it was found to be one of the bogus kind. The officer made a plausible explanation that he thought sufficient to satisfy the curiosity of the boy, and was now quite certain that he was on the track of the source of the counterfeits and that the occupants of the little variety store were the distributors of the bogus stuff. Opposite the variety store across the street was the sign "Furnished Rooms to Rent," and Fitzpatrick was fortunate enough to be able to hire a front room where he could sit at the window and watch the suspected place. In the course of time he learned that the occupants were mother and daughter. The mother was a widow, quite pretty, about thirty years of age. Her daughter was not more than twelve or fourteen. As the wheels of time rolled on it was learned further that the husband had died but a short time before and that the family had entombed in New Orleans. It was likewise discovered that the little store was a resort for persons who would bear watching. The officer noticed that the woman who was the occupant occasionally left this place of business carrying a basket on her arm and that she was always looking over her shoulder and peering about as if she suspected she was being watched. Tracking her one day, she led the way to the St. Louis cemetery on Basin street. Approaching a tomb, she knelt down before it and bowed her head as if engaged in prayer. Leaning against a tomb nearby was a well-dressed man apparently waiting for some one. As the detective carelessly sauntered along he drew near the stranger, and as he did so he saw a signal of recognition between the man and the woman. The latter, having completed her seeming errand of love, peered cautiously around for a moment and retired from the cemetery. The detective thought she might have come there to meet this man, but had been folled in her intentions by the appearance of a third person. It was Sunday that the occurrence described took place. On the same day of the week following the detective, disguised as a deceptive old man apparently almost blind, went into the cemetery early and took a seat beside a tomb not far from the one upon which the woman had placed the flowers the Sunday before. It was nearly noon-day when the suspected woman with her basket upon her arm came in. The basket was filled with flowers as before. She was dressed in deep mourning and seemingly bent on a sorrowful errand. This time she did not kneel, but sat down beside the tomb and bowed her head as if in contemplation. After a short time the stranger of the week previous entered the cemetery and approached the sorrowing woman by a circuitous route. Neither of these persons seemed to take any notice of the old man leaning upon the nearby tomb. The stranger and woman met and engaged in conversation. They were partially concealed from the view of the old man, who now straightened up and bobbled towards them, upon which the stranger suddenly bolted over an adjoining tomb and took to his heels. The disguised officer rushed up to the widow and demanded to see what she carried in her basket. Upon an examination it was found to contain a set of dies for coining imitation silver half dollars. The woman was arrested. Her little store was searched, but nothing of an incriminating nature was found there. The woman said her name was Wood, and that her husband had died but a short time before. She had since his death regularly visited the cemetery every Sunday for the purpose of decorating his tomb. She had a young daughter to support and had been sorely pressed for money. The dies which she carried in her basket had been left with her by a man who asked her to sell them for him. On second thought she had resolved not to comply with his request as she feared such an act might be wrong. She had gone to the cemetery that day for the purpose of returning them. Her explanation was not altogether satisfactorily to the mind of Fitzpatrick. The Widow Wood, notwithstanding her protestations of innocence, was placed upon trial charged with having counterfeit dies in her possession. There was no question in regard to the possession of these dies—but did she have knowledge of their nature, or was she a victim of a cunningly devised scheme of a person who was seeking to dispose of them. There were at that time existing in New Orleans as in other cities at least two classes of persons subject to sit on juries. On the one hand there was the fellow with the dark brow, who thought there was no great harm in passing counterfeit money. On the other, there was the man who would scorn to commit a crime himself or have a neighborly feeling for any person engaged in swindling the public, yet whose sympathy might get the best of him when called upon to sit upon a jury and try a woman for an offense. The Widow Wood told a lame story in regard to the counterfeit dies, but the tale of her struggles to maintain herself and keep her head above water was touching in the extreme. It brought sympathetic tears to the eyes of the warm-hearted and chivalrous southerners. They could not think of convicting her. One evening a few months subsequent to the widow's honorable exoneration, a good-natured gentleman, a member of the jury that had acquitted her, on his way to his "Yes, Madam, at your service" re "Yes, Madam, at your service," responded the gentleman gallantly. home from his office on Carrondololette street. He suddenly felt his coat skirt pulled. Turning around he was not a little astonished to find himself confronted by a prepossessing woman whom he could not remember ever having seen before. "Are you Mr. Chappela?" she asked in a sweet voice. Without further ceremony she introduced herself as Mrs. Wood, the lady who had been falsely accused by a United States detective. She said she had approached him because she had learned that he was a benefactor to the worthy poor and that she now stood sadly in need of assistance. Her story was that she and her daughter of tender age had been keeping a small variety store and had become heavily involved in debt. Through humiliation and want she had managed to struggle along and eke out an existence. An attachment had now been issued and a keeper put in her little store. Tears glistened in her beautiful brown eyes as she narrated her pitiful tale. She had $10,000,000 that would soon come to her from her father's estate and if she could ARE YOU NOT MR. CHAPPELAS? THE STRANGER AND WOMAN MET AND ENGAGED IN CONVERSATION THE JERSEY FARMER REACHED OUT AND GRABBED THE WIDOW'S BUSTLE SHE SCATTERED FLOWERS UPON THE TOMB. only stave off the trouble for a short time— The good hearted southerner's sympathy was not confined to words alone. He went at once to her little store and paid the $300 demanded by the keeper and left her $100 besides to relieve her immediate wants. It was only a few days following this when Detective Fitzpatrick concluded to enter the Widow Woods' place of business and make a thorough search. He had obtained some new evidence in regard to her dealing with "queer" money. When he entered the suspected place he discovered that it was nearly empty. Everything of value had been removed. A number of cheap artificial flowers, bits of worn ribbon and lace and empty bandboxes constituted the stock. It was all appearance and no value. The little room in the rear of the place had been the Madam's living quarters; it also was empty except a few tattered garments strewn about. What puzzled the detective most was to account for the removal of the goods without attracting his attention. The movements of the woman had been carefully watched and the detective had recognized the Carrondolette street broker as he visited the widow's store, and the exit shortly after of a man very much resembling the stranger who had met the Widow Wood in the cemetery on the occasion of her arrest. It finally came to light THE STRANGER AND WOMAN MET AND ENGAGED IN CONVERSATION THE JERSEY FARMER RELENTS OUT AND GRIES THE WIDOW BUSTLE. that the broker had been done out of four hundred dollars by the widow who had planned the "keeper" scheme with a confederate. After diligent search about the city the detectives were unable to learn the whereabouts of the widow, who had skipped out for parts unknown. Detective Fitzpatrick was fortunate enough to secure a photograph of her, and a number of copies of it were made and forwarded to the branches of the secret service in the various cities of the country. She was first recognized in Cinchnati where she had offered a five-dollar counterfeit bill. When arrested and searched, no other bad money was found upon her person, and she was released for the want of sufficient evidence. A secret service officer carrying the widow's photograph was sure he had met her while on his way from Washington to New York. He was not quite certain, but was sure enough to attempt to follow her for the purpose of learning her location. She probably "tumbled" to the detective while he was eying her intently. She did not affect to notice him, but managed, however, to give him the slip. Just before the train arrived at Jersey City, the suspected woman got up from her seat and stepped into the ladies retiring room at the front end. The detective was keeping his eagle eye on this place when the passengers in front of him arose to leave the car. He worked his way as rapidly as possible towards the front exit, and rushing to the ferry landing, he took a position where he could carefully view the face of every woman entering the ferry boat. Not seeing the suspected woman he was the first to spring ashore on the New York side where he again scanned the faces of the women as they passed. He was disappointed and ready to kick himself when he realized how neatly he had been done for. 'New York city affords one of the best covers for all classes of criminals. Here the thief mixes with the throng and passes along unnoticed. It was a --- year or more after the occurrence of the incident just related, when the same detective while rambling about the city chanced to meet a well dressed woman who bore a marked resemblance to the little milliner. She turned her head and gave him a side glance as he passed. He kept along at a considerable distance and turned just in time to catch sight of her as she stepped into Johnson's millinery establishment. Taking up a position at a point diagonally across the street, and sheltering himself a little in a doorway, he was enabled to distinguish persons as they passed in and out of the shop. While he stood watching, a bright looking boy came along with a bundle of newspapers under his arm. The detective called him up and bargained with him to do a little "piping" for him. When the suspected woman came out of the millinery store she was pointed out to the boy who was told to follow her and, if possible, trace her to her home. The boy was promised $5 for the job if his information proved to be correct, and he was to meet the officer later and report. When the boy came back to the officer he had followed the woman to a little shop on Ninth avenue. He said she went in and took off her bonnet as though she belonged there. The detective reported meeting the woman who had so nicely escaped him and had located her in a small store on Ninth avenue where there hung over the door a sign that read "Fine Millinery Work Done Here." It was quite reasonable to believe that the woman was none other than the naughty little milliner from New Orleans and that she was then doing business in New York. Officer Flitzpatrick of New Orleans was the only detective on the force that could positively identify her, but it wouldn't do to bring him for that purpose as she would be sure to see him first, and having been put upon her guard she might fly away. The idea was to plan a ruse for the purpose of capturing her with evidence to convict. For this purpose ARE YOU NOT MIRROR? ACHED ABBED SHE SCATTERED FLOWERS UPON THE TOMB it was necessary to bring a new man into the field, and I chose an elderly gentleman who was then employed. He was a countryman born, and did not have to act the part, as it was perfectly natural to him. He appeared simple in his ways, but was in reality remarkably shrewd. The little milliner might have been surprised one morning to receive a visit from a country dressed old gentleman, and she blinked her large brown eyes as he entered her little shop. But her lips assumed a business smile as she said, "Be seated, sir." The room was neatly furnished, and there was a display of ready-made bonnets, flowers, etc. The door of her little trimming room in the rear stood open, and it was plainly seen that the floor was littered with bits of ribbon, clippings of velvet and small remnants of silk and lace. The old gentleman smiled pleasantly; the woman gracefully sank into her chair. She folded her hands in her lap and inclined her head coquettish to one side and looked like a polite interrogation point. The old gentleman explained that his daughter who lived over in Jersey had asked him to purchase a nice bonnet for her, and as he passed along the sidewalk he had read her sign and just stepped in. He told her that the novelty of a bonnet making concern had always attracted his attention and that he would like to talk with her about her kind of business. "Of course I will tell you all about it," she said good humoredly. "I guess you will get tired of listening before I get through." She was a good talker and appeared to be a woman of refinement and education as she prattled along. She said she had once been rich but had been unfortunate; her husband had died from disease and a young and only daughter had been killed in a railroad accident. As she talked glibly she was all the while exhibiting her stock in trade. "Here," she said, "is a lovely bonnet that I trimmed for a rich lady, but it has not been called for. A fine look- --- ing lady came in here one day and tried on my bonnets; she wanted a nice one but I could not fit her. She said she lived somewhere in the suburbs and she was in a great hurry. She finally picked out one and said it would do well enough for size, but she wanted it trimmed differently. I have made the alterations as she described but have not seen her since. I have made bonnets for a number of wealthy people. Some of my customers ride in their carriages within a block of my store and walk the rest of the way, as it would not do for them to be seen in a little store like this. They have recognized the fact that I make the swellest bonnets and sell them at about half the price asked in the large millinery parlors." "Well, I declare," said the old gentleman; "that is about the kind of a bonnet I want." "I thought you would fall in love with it," said the little milliner, "as it is beautiful. The woman hasn't called for it, yet even if I thought she would, I will sell it inasmuch as it is going out of town and I can make her another just like it." After haggling about the price for a time the old gentleman concluded to buy it. "I will take it along with me," said he, as he laid down a twenty dollar bill of the National Shoe & Leather bank to pay for it. The milliner picked up the note and looking it over for a moment, her face lit up with a smile of pleasant sarcasm, as she said, "Look here, old fellow, this bill won't do." The curious expression upon her face was certainly amusing, and the countryman thought he noticed a lurking smile upon her countenance that betokened sympathy and indicated that she was posted on that kind of money. "Look here, I know that stuff as well as you do, so you just keep it and give me something else." They stood and looked each other in the face. There was a mutual sympathy—two souls with but a single thought. "My name is David Kirkbride," naming a well-known counterfeiter. "Good gracious," exclaimed the woman, "why didn't you say so? I have never met you before, but I have often heard my friend Eva Cole talk about you. What were you thinking about when you came in here?" "Oh, just about what I told you; besides I thought it was a good chance to shove a twenty." "Why," said she, "I buy these bonets at Johnson's and keep them for a stall. If you really want this one, you are welcome to it." As she became more confidential, she said, putting on a peculiar smile, "Suppose I had given you your change in a bill like this one," as she produced a five dollar bill. "Well, well," said the old fellow, "it would have been all right with me. But I am keeping pretty shady at this time; I carry my stuff concealed in my tobacco pouch and only keep a little on hand at a time." "Oh," said she, "you men think you are smart at doing things, but you're slow. I was arrested in Cincinnati by the city detective because I offered a counterfeit bill in payment for a pair of gloves, but they searched me at the police station and couldn't find any of the 'queer' about me. I put up a nice spiel and was very indignant, and Jim Ruffin, the chief of police, got scared and turned me loose." "What do you think! I had more than a thousand dollars of those five dollar bills with me at the time, but they couldn't begin to find them. Just look here," she said; and reaching her hand into an opening in her dress she pulled a string and drew her bustle to the front. This on being opened at the end contained a pocket. The widow, by pulling the string, could move the bustle around her waist at will. "What is this contrivance for?" Kirkbride Inquired. "You can put your hand into it and, see—" He pulled out a handful of clean five dollar counterfeit notes. As he did so he expressed great amazement at the ingenuity of her plan. "I have carried 'phoney' with me for years," she said, "but no one has ever discovered or even suspected it." At this moment the Jersey farmer reached out and grabbed the widow's bustle. Unbuckling the belt that held it, he pulled it from her person. She was greatly surprised when she realized that she was at last fairly caught red-handed. This charming little widow was now escorted to my branch office on Bleecker street. After a long and tedious questioning and convincing argument on my part, she so far yielded as to turn "squealer" and assist the government. This little woman with the sparkling brown eyes was a fair sample of exquisite female shrewdness. The lit tle dodge she played upon the detective who in parlance was "gunning" her in the car, was this. She stepped into the 'retiring' room, let down her hair and braided it. Throwing her bonnet out of the window, she put a small worsted cap on her head. Turning her dress (that had been specially made for the purpose and artistically arranged so as to make it long or short) inside out, she bore the appearance of a school girl. Assuming a look of innocent childhood, she could meet the gaze of the officer and pass along without discovery. She was now the entering wedge to the arrest of a number of persons connected with the Miner gang of counterfelters, and the government was amply compensated for the money expended in running her down through the information she gave. (c) 1900 br. W. G. Chappar.) Munyon's Paw Paw Pills are unlike all other laxatives or cathartics. They coax the liver into activity by gentle methods. They do not scour; they do not gripe; they do not weaken; but they do start all the secretions of the liver and stomach in a way that soon puts these organs in a healthy condition and corrects constipation. MUNYON'S PAW-PAW PILLS Munyon's Paw-Paw Pills are, a tonic to the stomach, liver and nerves. They invigorate instead of weaken; they enrich the blood instead of impoverish it; they enable the stomach to get all the nourishment from food that is put into it. These pills contain no calomel, no dope, they are soothing, healing and stimulating. They school the bowels to act without physic. Price 25 cents. 44 Bu. to the Acre is a heavy yield, but that's what John Kennedy of Edmonton won. From got from 40 acres of Sutton Wheat. ern Canada, got from 40 Wheat in 1910. Reports her districts in that province showed other excellent results—such as 4,000 bushels of wheat from 120 acres, or 531-3 bu. per acre, 25,50 and 40 bushely fields were numerous. As high as 152 bushels of oats to the acre were thereshed from Alberta fields in 1910. The Silver Cup at the recent Spokane Fair was awarded to the FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE its exhibit of grains, grasses and vegetables. Reports of excellent landscapes in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Western Canada, and the United States, and adjoining preemptions of 160 acres, and adjoining preemptions of 160 acres (at the rate of 10 acres) in the closest districts. Schools convenient, close, very best, railways close at hand, building lumber reasonable in price, water easily procured, mixed Write as best place for settlement, settlers' low railways, descriptive illustrated application) and other information. Ottawa, Canada, or Canada, Government Agent. CANADIAN GOVERNMENT AGENT No. 125 W. Nuth Street Kansas City, Mo. (Use address nearest you) THE FLOWER How long would they have to wait for a kiss if you were there, dear boy? Father of the Man. Miss Amelia Austin listened with breathless attention to Mrs. Amasa Hunting's radiant account of the doings of James Hunting, her husband's younger brother, who had left Wrook-in-the-Hills in his youth and had become a millionaire. "Where is Jim this summer?" Miss Amelia inquired, at the end of the recital. "He has gone abroad for baths," replied Mrs. Hunting. "I ain't one mite surprised to hear that," Miss Amelia said. "His mother never could make him wash his neck."—Youth's Companion. Hardened. Scott—Is it true that Cooleigh is financially embarrassed? Mott—He's fearfully in debt, but it doesn't seem to embarrass him much. For Breakfast ?? ? ? ? ? ?? The Happy Reply— Post Toasties A crisp, dainty food that pleases young and old. Wholesome Economical Convenient Serve with cream or milk (hot or cold). "The Memory Lingers" POSTUM CEREAL CO., L14., Battle Creek, Mich. Bad Case of Catarrh and Other Complications. Fully Restored by Peruna. Mr. Chas. L. Sauer, Grand Scribe, Grand Encampment I. O. O. F., of Texas, writes from San An- tonio, Texas: PETER H. BURGESS "Nearly two years ago I accepted a position as secretary and treasurer of one of the leading dry goods establishments of Galveston, Texas. The sudden change from a high and dry attitude to sea level proved too much for me and I became afflicted with catarrh and cold in the head, and general debility to such an extent as to almost incapacitate me for attending to my duties. "I was induced to try Peruna, and after taking several bottles in small doses I am pleased to say I was entirely restored to my former normal condition and have ever since recommended the use of Peruna to my friends." Ask Your Druggist for a Free Peruna Almanac for 1911. Biliousness "I have used your valuable Cascarets and I find them perfect. Couldn't do without them. I have used them for some time for indigestion and biliousness and am now completely cured. Recommend them to everyone. Once tried, you will never be without them in the family."—Edward A. Marx, Albany, N.Y. Pleasant, Palatable, Potent, Taste Good. Do Good. Never Sicken, Weaken or Gripe. 10c. 25c. 50c. Never sold in bulk. The gen- uine tablet stamped C.C.C. Guaranteed to cure or your money back. 929 CHILD'S GIFT REAL CHARM Rescued Father From Despondency and Proved the Foundation of Fortune. A certain business man has a curlous little charm for his watch chain. He wouldn't sell it for $1,000; no, nor two, nor three. His little child gave it to him one day when, he says, he was "down." "I had lost every cent I had in the world, and there at my desk, my head on my arms, I was thinking of a possible way to end it, when my little child came up to me and asked: 'What does "ruined" mean, papa?' And then I knew I had been groaning loud enough to be heard and understood. 'You said "ruined" paper. What does it mean?' "It means I haven't any money, baby. Papa's a poor man.' The little feet pattered away, then back again, and here on my watch chain is what she gave me. Not a great fortune—no, but the foundation of one. Whatever I've got since came from it, for it gave me courage."—The Christian Herald. A Christmas Criticism Orville Wright, discussing flying in New York, said to a reporter: "The French claim to make the best machines, but our foreign order books tell a different story. "Our foreign order books give the game away like the little Dayton boy at the Christmas treat. He got from the tree at this treat a pair of trousers, and, waving them around his head, he electrified the entire Sunday school by shouting in a loud and joyous voice: "Oh, ma, these pants must be new Pa never had a suit like that." The Pronouns. "We must economize," said the man of high financial authority. "Your grammar is at fault," replied the ordinary citizen. "Why do you insist on using the first instead of the second person plural?" "I hear you were very much disap pointed in your mother-in-law." "Completely so." "In what way?" "Why, she's simply perfect!" "A great deal depends upon yourself and the kind of food you eat," the wise old doctor said to a man who came to him sick with stomach trouble and sick headache once or twice a week, and who had been taking pills and different medicines for three or four years. He was induced to stop eating any sort of fried food or meat for breakfast, and was put on Grape-Nuts and cream, leaving off all medicines. In a few days he began to get better, and now he has entirely recovered and writes that he is in better health than he has been before in twenty years. This man is 58 years old and says he feels "like a new man all the time." Read "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. "There's a Reason." Ever read the above letter? A new app appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human inte FOR THE DEFENSE OF ALL LIMITLESS PLAGUE EVERY SEAL YOU SAVE PUSS MORE STRENGTH IN HIS ARM ATTISBURG GATHTE-TIMES TUBERCULUS LEAGUE EVERY SEAL YOU BUY PUTS MORE STRENGTH IN HIS ACM GAVE UP PART OF THE GRAFT CAPITAL GRAFTERS SURRENDER $1,500,000 IN PENNSYLVANIA. The State Was Defrauded Out of $5, 000,000 in the Eduction and Furnishing of New Capitol. Harrisburg, Pa.—Restitution of $1,300,000 and the surrender of warrants aggregating $200,000 upon which payment had been stopped, were made in the Dauplin county court by the men found guilty or otherwise implicated by Pennsylvania in the capitol frauds. In consideration the commonwealth decided to drop all further criminal action against the defendants indicted; and with the exception of the case of Joseph M. Huston of Philadelphia, who is under an indeterminate sentence of from six months to two years and who has an appeal in the superior court, the capitol fraud cases are declared to be ended and the state satisfied. The new state capitol, a makkifentic structure, with its rich furnishings cost approximately $13,000,000. On this the state alleged it had been de- frauded out of about $5,000,000. Up to date the state has expended $107, 961 in prosecuting the case. Resituation of $1,595,740 is said to have been made by certain defendants. NO ROAD TO THE NORTH POLE Peary Says His Dash to the Frozen North Would Not Help Others. Washington, D. C.—There is no royal road to the North pole and no sign posts mark the way, according to Capt. Robert T. Peary, the Arctic explorer, who appeared before the house committee on naval affairs in connection with the movement to retire him as a rear admiral. He declared that the data collected on the dash of the Peary expedition to the top of the world would be of practically no value to other aspiring polar explorers. "Then the North pole is as much lost as ever?" Representative Gregg of Texas asked. "The discovery of the North pole is a misonner," Capt. Peary retorted. "It is an attainment." A. Parcels Post Experiment. Washington, D. C.—The postmaster general is given authority in a bill introduced by Représentative Clark of Florida to experiment with parcels post on a rural mail route to be selected and $50,000 is appropriated for the necessary organization. Y. M. C. A. at Kalamazoo Burns. Kalamazoo, Michigan.—The Young Men's Christian association building in this city has been destroyed by fire, with a loss estimated at $600,000, partly covered by insurance. Ex-King Manuel to Get Annuity. Lisbon—Ex-King Manuel, Portugal's deposed boy ruler, is likely to receive an annuity of $50,000 from his former kingdom. The government began the final disposition of ...manuel's effects, the proceeds, of which will be turned over to him immediately. Many Trespassers Killed. New York, N. Y.—Trespassing on the Pennsylvania railroad system's property has caused the deaths of 7,996 persons, approximately two a day since January 1, 1900. In the same time 7,838 persons have been injured. No Address By Gov. Harmon. Columbus, Ohio—Judson Harmon was inaugurated governor of Ohio for the second time with the severest of Jeffersonian simplicity. Mrs. Harmon, members of the family and friends, officials and such of the public as could find place in the room witnessed the oath-taking. Fell Dead at Wife's Coffin. Williamburg, Pa.—While viewing the body of his wife in St. Cecelia's church, Michael Ormond, a retired contractor, fell dead across the coffin. --- PITTSBURG CAPITOL-TIMES TUSCROLL LEAGUE THE HOUSE SUSTAINED CANNON Democrats Refused to vote with the Insurgents to Back up Action Taken Last Spring. Washington, D. C.—Another fight over the rules of the house between Speaker Cannon and his opponents on the floor has come to a head. In ruling on a rules resolution by Representative Fuller of Illinois the speaker held that the action taken by the house last spring when his power was broken after the famous battle over the Norris resolution "was not a precedent, but a revolution." This defiance was answered by an appeal from the decision of the chair. This called for a protracted roll call. The house sustained the speaker by a vote of 233 to 53. The insurgent Republicans voted to overrule the speaker, but got little Democratic support. LEE CRUCE IS NOW GOVERNOR His Inaugural at Oklahoma City Was an Elaborate Affair With Parades and Speeches. Oklahoma City, Ok.—Lee Cruce was inaugurated governor of Oklahoma at noon. The inaugural was an elaborate affair. Special trains brought many out of town visitors and the governor arrived on a special at 11 o'clock. He drove at the head of a parade to the Auditorium here, where the ceremony was held. One hundred and fifty former Kentuckians, a group of Spanish war veterans, Confederate veterans, companies of state militia and school children took part in the parade. MORGAN MILLIONS BLOCK PANIC The Financier and His Associates Place $50,000,000 at the Disposal of Distressed Banks. New York, N. Y.—Fifty million dollars is available to prevent any further failures in New York city, thus averting a financial crisis which has threatened since the sky rocket methods of Joseph G. Robin resulted in the closing of the Northern Bank of New York, the Washington Savings bank and the Carnegie Trust company. This vast amount of money is the sum which J. P. Morgan and his associates are understood to have pledged to prevent financial distress such as affected this city during the panic of 1907. Moral Protectorate for Nicaragua. Washington, D. C.-By the appointment of a minister to Nicaragua thus formally recognizing the new government there, President Taft and Secretary of State Knox have taken one step further toward the realization of a policy of establishing a moral protectorate over all Central America. Japan Again Buys Rice. Manila, Cuba.—It was learned here that the Japanese government has ordered 100,000 tons of rice from Saigon, indo-China, growers, for immediate delivery. The only other similar order ever given by Japan was just before her war with Russia. Veteran Baseball Man Dead Des Moines, Iowa.—John Peckham, father of organized baseball in Iowa is dead at Marshalltown, aged 82 years. He played baseball 40 years ago when the father of Capt. Adrian C. Anson of Chicago was manager of the Marshalltown team. Honduras Treaty Signed. Washington, D. C.—The state department has announced the signing of a convention or treaty between the United States and Honduras which protects the loan of American bankers to the Central American republic. Urges Norris for Judgeship. Washington, D. C.—Representative Madison of Kansas had a conference with the president at which he urged the appointment of Representative eGorge W. Norris of Nebraska to the Eight circuit judgeship. LONG TELLS OF CONTRACTS If the McMurray Indian Coal Land Deal Was Approved He Was to Get $500,000. Washington, D. C.—If the contracts of J. F. McMurray with the Chootaw and Chickasaw Indians had been approved by the president, ex-Senator Chester I. Long of Kansas would have received probably $500,000 from the sale of the coal lands. This was disclosed at a hearing before the house committee investigating the Gore bribery charge. Gore had charged that he was offered $25,000 to withdraw his opposition to the McMurray contract and a congressional committee is investigating these charges. Mr. Long made a statement to the committee of his connection with the McMurray contracts. His contract as attorney with McMurray, he said, represented a one-tenth interest in the amount to be received by McMurray as his commission. In his testimony before the committee at Muskogee McMurray stated that he believed he could sell the coal lands for approximately $50,000,000 and that, according to his contracts, he was to receive 10 per cent of the money accruing from the sale, or $5,000,000. Senator Long said that he had done absolutely nothing for McMurray since the investigation started and would do nothing in the future unless the contracts were approved. MAY TAKE PEARY'S WORD FOR IT After a Congressional Committee Examined His Proofs They Were No Wiser Than Before. Washington, D. C.—A few wrinkled scraps of paper, covered with scrawling figures and dates, and a common pocket size notebook, filled with crabbed, close handwriting in smeary pencil, probably will gain a special medal, promotion and thanks of congress for Capt. Robert E. Peary as a mark of recognition for his North polar achievement. The navy affairs committee of the house saw these documents and heard Peary's story of his discovery of the pole. They frankly admitted that the "proofs" were incomprehensible to them, but were so impressed by the captain's narrative that probably it will be only a question of what form the recognition shall take. "We aren't mathematicians and don't know anything about polar work," explained Representative Butler of Pennsylvania for the committee, when the hearing began, "but I for one can take your word for the achievement." In His First Message to Oklahoma Legislature He Makes Pertinent Suggestions. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.—In the first message of the new governor, Lee Cruce, of Ardmore, to the Oklahoma legislature he demands that the legislature investigate the quarrel in the code commission and fix the blame on whoever has cost the state so much time and money without any returns to date. He says the state liquor dispensary should be abolished; the governor should be given full power to suspend officers delinquent in enforcing the prohibitory law. Gambling, he says, is responsible for 50 per cent of the crime in the state and asks the legislature to "make it a felony for any man to run a gambling house." KEEP OIL LANDS FOR THE NAVY Congress Will Be Asked to Withdraw Those in California from Entry. Washington, D. C.—The government is not to be put at the mercy of the Standard Oil company or any other fuel trust when oil becomes the prevailing motive power of the fleets of the Pacific. Under the terms of the oil land bill now pending in the senate, the president is given authority to withdraw any oil lands from entry. The bill further gives the president ample authority to provide for the development of such oil lands and their operation after development. May require Test for Cows. Madison, Wisconsin.—The city of Milwaukee in the supreme court won its test case which is being watched by dozens of large American cities. Under the decision any city can bar from sale milk from cows not tested for tuberculosis and found sound. Jury Finds Miller Guilty. Abilene, Kansas.—Todd Miller farmer boy, on trial the second time for killing his father, was found guilty of manslaughter in the third degree. On first trial the jury disagreed. One of the Cramp Family Dead. Philadelphia, Pa.—Ben Cramp, a member of the famous family of Philadelphia builders, was found unconscious in the bath room at his residence and died two hours later at the Pennsylvania hospital of gas poisoning. Ex-Gov. McLean Elected Senator. Hartford, Connecticut—Ex-Gov. G. P. McLean was chosen by the Republican caucus to succeed Morgan G. Bulkley as United States senator from Connecticut. DO YOU GET UP WITH A LAME BACK? EDITORIAL NOTICE—To prove the wonderful merits of Swamp-Root you may have a sample bottle and a book of valuable information, both sent absolutely free by mail. The book contains many of the thousands of letters received from men and women who found Swamp-Root to be just the remedy they needed. The value and success of Swamp-Root is so well known that our readers are advised to send for a sample bottle. Address Dr. Klimer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., he sure to say you read this generous offer in this paper. The genuineness of this offer is guaranteed. Pain or dull ache in the back is evidence of kidney trouble. It is Nature's timely warning to show you that the track of health is not clear. Danger Signals. If these danger signals are unheeded more serious results follow; Bright's disease, which is the worst form of kidney trouble, may steal upon you. The mild and immediate effect of Swamp-Root the great kidney, liver and bladder remedy is soon realized. It stands the highest for its remarkable curative effect in the most distressing cases. If you need a medicine, you should have the best. Lame Back. Lame back is only one of many symptoms of kidney trouble. Other symptoms showing that you need Swamp-Root are, being obliged to pass water often during the day and to get up many times during the night. Inability to hold urine, smarting in passing, uric acid, headache, dizziness, indigestion, sleeplessness, nervousness, sometimes the heart acts badly, rheumatism, bloating, lack of ambition, may be loss of flesh, sallow complexion. Prevalency of Kidney Disease. Most people do not realize the alarming increase and remarkable prevalence of kidney disease. While kidney disorders are the most common diseases that prevail, they are almost the last recognized by patient and physicians, who usually content themselves with doctoring the effects, while the original disease constantly undermines the system. In taking Swamp-Root you afford natural help to Nature, for Swamp-Root is a gentle healing herbal com- Their Last Hope Gone. When the minister praised the raspberry jam at Mrs. Green's bountiful Saturday night supper, he could not imagine why Angle and Horatio, the twins, gazed at him so reproachfully. "Don't you like raspberry jam, my little man?" he asked Horatio. "Yes, sir, I do, and Angle does," said Horatio in distinctly resentful tones, "and mother told us that she was afraid the last she made wasn't quite up to the mark, and if you didn't praise it, Angle and I could have it for luncheon on our bread, for Mrs. Willis and Mrs. Shedd never said a word when they ate it, and you've made the when they ate it, and you've made the third; but now she'll use it for the church sociables," and Horatio looked gloomily at his twin, who returned the look in kind—Youth's Companion. STUBBORN ECZEMA ON HANDS "Some nine years ago I noticed small pimples breaking out on the back of my hands. They became very irritating, and gradually became worse, so that I could not sleep at night. I consulted a physician who treated me a long time, but it got worse, and I could not put my hands in water. I was treated at the hospital, and it was just the same. I was told that it was a very bad case of eczema. Well, I just kept on using everything that I could for nearly eight years until I was advised to try Cuticura Ointment. I did so, and I found after a few applications and by bandaging my hands well up that the burning sensations were disappearing, I could sleep well, and did not have any itching during the night. I began after a while to use Cuticura Soap for a wash for them, and I think by using the Soap and Ointment I was much benefited. I stuck to the Cuticura treatment, and thought if I could use other remedies for over seven years with no result, and after only having a few applications and finding ease from Cuticura Ointment, I thought it deserved a fair trial with a severe and stubborn case. I used the Ointment and Soap for nearly six months, and I am glad to say that I have hands as clear as anyone. "It is my wish that you publish this letter to all the world, and if anyone doubts it, let them write me and I will give them the name of my physician, also the hospital I was treated at." (Signed) Miss Mary A. Bentley, 93 University St., Montreal, Que., Sept 14, 1910. The Difficulty. "Life ain't nothin' but disappointment," groaned the Chronic Grumbler. "Cheer up," urged the Cheerful Idiot. "Didn't yer git $50 for puttin' yer picture in the paper as havin' bin cured o' all yer ills by Bunk's pills?" "Yes, I did. An' now all my relatifs are askin' me why I don't go to work, now th' I'm cured." TO DRIVE OUT MALARIA AND BUILD UP THE SYSTEM Take the Old Standard GROVE'S MESSENGER OF OLD WORK, and what you are all asking. The formula is plainly printed on every bottle, and it is a less form. The Quinine drives out the malaria and the Iron builds up the system. Sold by all dealers for 30 years. Price 50 cents. Life is full of ups and downs—but unfortunately most of us are down more of the time than up. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, the groove is disinfection, all pain, cures wring wounds. Soe bottle. Don't make the mistake of claiming you never make one. If you wish beautiful, clear, white clothes use Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 2 on package, 5 cents. Avoid pushing to the front by going back on your friends. A Swamp-Root is always kept up to its high standard of purity and excellence. A sworn certificate of purity with every bottle. pound—a physician's prescription for special diseases. Regular fifty-cent and one-dollar size bottles at all drug stores. Don't make any mistake, but remember the name, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the address, Binghamton, N. Y., which you will find on every bottle. A Poultry Problem. "Which is correct," ask the summer boarder who wished to air his knowledge, "to speak of a sitting hen or a setting hen?" "I don't know," replied the farmer's wife, "and what's more, I don't care. But there's one thing I would like to know: when a hen cackles, has she been laying, or is she lying?" For Sprains "Gave Me Instant Relief" "I fell and sprained my arm and was in terrible pain. I could not use my hand or arm without intense suffering until a neighbor told me to use Sloan's Liniment. The first application gave me instant relief and I can now use my arm as well as ever."—Mrs. H. B. SPRINGER, 921 Flora St., Elizabeth, N. J. SLOAN'S LINIMENT is an excellent antiseptic and germ killer — heals cuts, burns, wounds, and contusions, and will draw the poison from sting of poisonous insects. 250., 500. and $1.00 Sloan's book on horses, cattle, sheep and poultry sent free. Address Dr. Earl S. 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The first prize was won by Mrs. Walter Glase, Mrs. Brooks won the second prize some very beautiful selections of music were played on the Pirno by syme of the ladies present. A delicious three course lunch was served when the hour arrived they bid the Hostess goodbye an expressed themselves as having spent a very pleasant evening. CARDS OF THANKS We wish to thank our friends and neighbors for the many kind nesses and symphthies shown us during the illness and at the recent death of our hutbond and father, Jas. M Perry. Mrs. Jas. M. Perry and family The Ladie's Aid Society of Cabbell Chapel will serve refreshments at the church next Webnesday Jan 18th. Mrs. M. Nulan, Pres. O. Briley, Sec. TRADE WITH OUR ADVERTISERS They'll Treat You Right LOCALS Send your news notes and local happenings to 661 South Main Street. TRADE WITH OUR ADVERTISERS They'll Treat You Right R.A.B.CRUMP Everything in the line of Tailoring. Work Guaranteed. Masonic Building 615 N. Main Wichita, Kan Rev. John Metchem is still very ill at his home 1617 Sherwood. Rev W H Tillman has returned from an extensive trip west. Phillip Payne was on the sick list this week. At their meeting Thursdvy after the W. T. Vernon club elected the following officers: President Mrs Sam Brazill; Vice President Miss Ellen Roach; Secretary Miss N McAdams; Asst. Secy Mrs E F Thomas; Treasurer Mrs L H White; Chaplin Mrs L Jones Services at the Tabernacle Baptist church, Sunday, Jan. 15th., Preaching 11 a m by the pastor "Who Should Serve" The Christmas services at the Tabernacle Baptist church were very pleasing. The children's exercise and Christmas tree was well ladened. The decorations of the church was the aett in its histbry. Mr Murrant and Ethel Topp presented the pastor and wife with valuable presents. The Old Folk's concert arranged by Mrs. M L Copeland was well attended and enjoyed by all. TRADE WITH OUR ADVERTISERS They'll Treat You Right Mrs. T. J. Hackley and Mr. Edward Landrum entertained at dinner Xmas at 119 w Pine in honor of Mrs. Hackley's daughter, Mfss Pearl, J. Butler, of K. C., Miss Lois Wilson, of Lawrence; Miss Laura Rawles, who was home from Kansas University on her vacation; Miss Alice Wilson, of Hutchinson, Miss F. Rawles and Wesley Rawles. The menue consisted of following: Grape Fruit, with Marischens Celery, in branches New Radishes Roast Turkey, with oyster dressing Cranberry Timbles Flaked Potatoes Peas in cases Candied Yams English Plum Pudding, Brandy Sauce Christmas Ice Cream, in form Assorted Cake Fruit in Season Mixed Nuts After Dinner Mints Edam Chees, salted Wafers Cafe Noir The Mother' Aid club will meet at the home of Mrs Lizzie Madison. 1623 Sherwood, Friday afternoon, Jan. 20th for the purpose of electing officers. The following fprogram will be rendered: Select Reading Mrs Mollie Miller; Vocal Solo Mrs M Whitta ker; Paper Boys' Best Friend Is His Mother" Mrs M E McKeley; Vocal Solo Mrs Celia Lattimore. Members bring lunch. Mrs. W. N. Miller, Pres. Mrs. P. Johnson, Secty. Princess Chapter No.12 had a requear meeting Tuesday afternoon. Sunflower Stand SANDWICHES and COLD DRINKS 509 N. Main St. WOODWARD & BUTLER, PROPS. — SEE THEM — The Searchlight is still doing business at the same old stand, 630 N. Main St. Come up. TRADE WITH OUR ADVERTISERS They'll Treat You Right NOTICE. NOTICE. Arkansas Valley Lodge No 21, A.F.A. M. will meet on Tuesday night, Jan. 10th 1911. Regular monthly meeting. All members requested to be present. Western Star Consistory No. 18. will meet Wed. Night, Jan. 11th 1911 at Masonic hall. All members are requested to be present. J. W. Thompson, C. C. NOTICE: NOTICE: The members of Mt. Olive Court No. 9. H. of J. are requested to meet at the hall Wednesday after noon. Jan. 11 1911 by requested of M. M. A. Here in fail not. Ella R. Ewnig, M.A.M. Winnie Ray, Sec. There will be a call meeting of the Afro-American Commercial Club at Covington's Hall. 517 N. Main St. on Monday night 9th. at 7:30 srarp, to transact some very important business. All members are urged to be present. Remember the time 7:30 P. M. prompt. W. N. Miller, President R. B. McWilliams, Sec. James M. Peery 'Dead. Ater a lingeringillness of several months James M. Perry died at his late residence 1623 N. Topeka Ave. Wednesday morning of that deaded Brights disease and propsy. The decease was bore in Winonia, Miss. Feb.14th 1858 where he resded until 1879 when he came to Kansas locating at Eureka where he lived until he came to Wichita in 1904. He was a stanch christian and a member of Cabbells Chapel M. E. Church, 15th and Wabash. He was also a chapter member of Mt. Nebo Temple No. 7. Knight of Tabor. He is'survived by his widow and five children. Furnal services were held at Cabbells Chapel's M. E. Church Rev. G. T. Wooten pastor officting and the services were under the auspices of Mt. Nebo Temple No. 7. Mrs. A. S. Newkirk returned to Topeka Sunday after a short visit with her mother Mrs. Muller she reports a fine time in Wichita Mrs Gaines and daughter entertained her with an exelant luncheon also Mrs. John Davis she received many present rom her many friends. All members of the Household of Ruth are urged to be present at their next meeting Jan. 18th. Jack Robinson has returned from El Reno where he spent several weeks. Mrs. M. Carr is convalessing forth her recent illness. Mrs. Addie Bennet who has been quite ill is reported as improving. Rev. G. G. Brown who has been visiting his daughter Mrs. R. Whitlow has returned to his home in Okla. Do you trade with one of our advertisers? Dr. A. K. Lawrence PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Office Phones 517 N. Main St. Bell4634 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 IS E-Z ON YOUR TEETH AND E-Z-ON YOUR POCKET BOOK Bridge Teeth $4,00 All Work Guaranteed Bell Phone 517 N. Main St. over 4634 Mahin Eye Drug Store. Send your news in earlier A. G. MUELLER UNDERTAKER BOTH PHONES 325 WICHITA KANS 142 N. MARKET For Everything In Building Material SEE BOTH PHONE: 496-- J.H. TURNER - WICHITA, KANS. 533 TO 547 WEST DOUGLAS W. S. Henrion Druggist 501 North Main Street Wichita - - - - - Kansas Subseribe and pay for the Wichita Searchlight. It is only $1. for a whole year. Try it. 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 Srd and Main Stroots. Attend the Monday night dancing academy. owing to the weather. R. L. Sims of Topeka was in the city Wednesday. CULP'S MEAT MARKET 241 N.MAIN ST. At Beef, Pork, Lamb, Mutson, Veal Pig Tail, Bones, Fresh Pigs Feet and ChitterHugs. Fish, Cat Fish, Halibut and Salmon. Fr ship Oysters, Heinz Pickles, and Baked Beef F. T. CULP, Prop. Main St. Both P trade with our Advertis Thebest Beef, Pork, Lamb, Mutson, Veal Pig Tails, Chin Bones, Fresh Pigs Feet and Chitterlings. Fresh Fish, Cat Fish, Halibut and Salmon. Fresh Sealship Oysters, Heinz Pickles, and Baked Beans F. T. CULP, Prop. 241 N. Main St. Both Phone Trade with our Advertisers Grocery Department WE SELL FLOUR WE SELL MEAL WE SELL LARD WE SELL MEAT WE SELL POTATOES a fact, we sell everything kept in a First-Class grocery. WHY CAN'T WE SELL TO YOU In 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 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 --- 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 Tapp & Hanshaw 255 - 257 North Main Phones 257 Best for Bread and Biscuits Wichita's Best Flour Kansas Milling Company Wichita, Kansas CENTRAL CASH MARKET 458 N. Main St. Phone 4163 Full line of Groceries and Meats Fresh Fish Every Friday and Saturday Excellence Counts THEN USB "U-KNEAD-IT" FLOUR It exctls in every respect, — color, flavor and pounds of bread per barrel. MADE BY WATSON MILL CO. WICHITA KANSAS 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. Merchant Tailor 605 North Main Street First-Class Making of Men's Garments, Cleaning, Pressing, and Reparing A Specialty Courteous Attention Bell Phone 3055 NORTH-WEST CORNER OF THE COURT HOUSE Bonded Abstractors "MODERN" CLEANING and DYE WORKS and Steam Cleaning Dyeing, Pressing, Repair Alterations, Hats Cleaned and Blocked. Ladies k a Specialty. Suits Pressed 50 Cen C. G. Hanson, Proprietor Independent Phone 1286 Red St. Francis Ave., Bell Phone 279 Wichita, K Ygienic Restaurant 513 North Main Street C. C. Hickerson, Proprietor Open from 6 a. m. to 12 p. m. Short Orders At All Hours. Dinner HOTEL ORIENTA 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 C. G. Hanson, Prop. Independent Phone 1286 Red Bell Phone 2735 110 St. Francis Ave., Wichita, Kansas Hygienic Restaurant Hygienic Restaurant 513 North Main Street C. C. Hickerson, Proprietor Open from 6 a. m. to 12 p. m. Short Orders At All Hours. Dinner 25c HOTEL ORIENTA 529 North Wichita Street Used Rooms and Board. Every Room Furnished, Well Lighted and Heated ent A Specialty. Phone, Douglas MRS. L. OLDEN Prov Furnished Rooms and Board. Every Room Newly Furnished, Well Lighted and Heated Transient A Specialty. Phone, Douglas 1689 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 PUT UP IN ANY STYLE THE LENGTH WILL PERMIT. WRITE FOR TESTIMONIES, TELLING HOW THIS REMARKABLE REMEDY MAKES SHORT, KINNY 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 CO. 216 LAKE ST. DEPT. 132 CHICAGO, ILL. • AGENTS WANTED. USE Murray's Reliable Nerve Balm Murray's Reliable Antiseptic Salve Murray,s Reliable Perfumes These Goods Have No Equal They are pleasing hundreds of people and will please you. J. H. MURRAY & CO. Sold by Dealers Wichita — — Kansas STIRLING CLOTHES MADE IN WICHITA Material Fit Style Workmanship GUARANTEED :-- YOUR TRADE SOLICITED :- If 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 or 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. Peerless Steam Laundry Wichita's Oldest, Most Reliable and Best Laundry BEST LAUNDRY IN THE CITY Satisfaction Guaranteed Laundry Work Called and Delivered Phones 232 SELOVER & SONS, Props. 245 N. Market St Wichita, Kan ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` FOR RENT—Nice three room cottage on West 23rd St. Only $6.00 per month. Apply to W. N. Miller, 630 N. Main St. Phone Market 1641. TRADE WITH OUR ADVERTISERS They'll Treat You Right A joint sesson of Pearl Tent No. 16 and Moses Dickson Tent No. 5 was held Saturday afternoon Jan. 7th. It was a splendid meeting and presented a grand sight to see the fifty or sixty children of the two Tents all together. A most remarkable feature of the success of these two Tents is the harmony and unity with which the queen mother of these two Tents work Dtr. Anna Jones is queen mother of Pearl Tents No. 16 and Dtr. Beatty Davis is queen mother of Moses Dickson Tent No. 5. Both Tents are doing fine. Several daughters weae visitors at this joint meeting among whom were Dtr. Lizzie Madison and Dtr. Mattie Miller, D. G. P., The chicdren were pleased to have their presence and invite them to come again. Home of West Lodge No. 2906 G. U. O. O. F. held their annual election of officers Wednesday Eve, Jan. 4, 1911. for the sensue- ing year. James T. Tipps, W. Chapter Thos. Glover, Adv. J. H. Branson, W. Treas. Geo. R. Wallace, P. S. Quartley Officers: G. C. Smith E. S., A. H. Earley V. G., G. P. Brown N. G., F. J Bell P. N. G. Walt. Collins N. F., Alex Hutchin- pion N. F, Rufus Brown R S toN. G., Chas Rosebro L. S. Mrs L. Olden has return from her trip to Topeka where she paid a visit to her daughters who are attending the Industrial school there. Mrs. Olden is very much pleased with her trip and highly praises the school where her daughters attend. She says that the two young ladies are happy and are progressing nicely LIKE NOTHING ELSE ON EARTH. Night Lights of New York Are a Vision of Magnificence. The sky line of New York is always changing. So, too, the night lights shift and grow in wonderful magnificence, creeping continually further upward toward the stars, until the lower city, grouped around the Singer tower, has become a veritable Chimborazo of glitter and glow. The little lamps the mark the dark wharves barely show. Above them the scant candles of the older city twinkle here and there, but not enough to make dark foreground beyond which palaces more goregous than coaxed from genil land by daddin's lamp. From the platter of the great bridge the platter to the best advantage. It begins with the sinking sun. The murky view beyond the bay betcomes dull and dark. The torch in Liberty's hand suddenly gleams star like in the night and then, like the twinkling in a kaleidoscope, the palaces begin to glitter in the gloom. There is no vision like it elsewhere in the world, yet only now and then does a bridge pedestrian pause in his hurried walk to spectacle a moment usual New Yorker splendor of his Now that a grocer In Belfast who has been doing business for more than 50 years has decided to close out his stock and retire, it will be interesting to know whether he still has in his store any goods that he bought when he first went into business. The Argentine ant, newly arrived at Oakland, Cal., and well settled in Louisiana, near New Orleans, is said to be the least in size but the most pugnacious and destructive of the family. It is small business for a future great country like Argentina to send out such emigrants. It is no organ of monopolists but an agricultural paper which declares that the high price of meat is due, not to any trust, but to the demands of young married women, who, dreading the hackneyed jokes about the culinary attempts of novices, have taken to serving their husbands with steaks 'which anybody can cook." From the Orosi (Calr.) Offer we learn the interesting fact that "Ed Morell, who broke into the county jail in 1894, has gone to Millwood to recuperate, having been pardoned after serving 14 years in prison. Morell received a patent on a lil' saving suit, invented while in prison, on which he hopes to make a sum of money." Mr Morell appears to be a peculiar and original sort of person. His future career will be watched with interest. DRAWING ELLIPSE OR OVAL Very Simple Method Is Shown in Illustration—Piece of String and Two Pegs Needed. To draw an ellipse or oval with a string and two pegs is very easy, and the rule for finding the length of the strings and the distance the pegs should be apart is also simple. Draw two straight lines, a b and c d, equal to the two axes and bisecting each other at right angles. Set off from c half the length of the great axis at e and f, which are the two focuses of the ellipse. Take an endless string as Drawing an Ellipse. long as the three sides of the triangle, c e f, fix two pins or nails in the focuses, one at e and one at f, lay the string around e and f, stretch it with a pencil g, which then will describe the desired ellipse. TELESCOPE IS USED IN LUNG New Invention With Searchlight Employed to Locate Pin in Bronchial Tubes of Patient. By the use of a newly invented miniature searchlight-telescope passed down the windpipe and into the bronchial tubes of a patient who had swallowed a shawl-pin, one of the surgeons of King's hospital of London, Eng., was recently able to see the pin, to remove it with forceps and to save the life of the patient, who was apparently beyond human aid. The instrument, called a broncho-scope, resembles a small bent telescope fitted with lenses at different angles, and has a tiny electric light which can be passed deep into the lung. The day after the pin was swallowed an X-ray examination showed its position beneath the sixth rib, about an inch to the right of the breastbone. The patient was chloro-formed and then a 20 per cent solution of cocaine was sprayed over the larynx and windpipe. The telescope tube was then passed through the mouth and larynx down the windpipe. Peering down, fixed head downward, in one of the branches of the windpipe at a distance of 13 inches from the mouth. A pair of very fine forceps on the end of a long, flexible wire passed down the hollow telescope tube was then made to grasp the pin, and the pin, forceps and telescope were then withdrawn together. Within a few hours the patient was able to return to her home none the worse for an accident which before the invention of the lung telescope would almost inevitably have proved fatal. SCIENTIFIC NOTES. Old-age insurance is compulsory in Germany. Germany and Austria together have 150 cooking schools. A 400-pound halibut was recently displayed in London. Among the 4,002 public schools for girls in Prussia there are 854 in which no instruction in gymnastics is given. In order to give the London policeman a day of rest each week it has been necessary to add 1,500 men to the force. Fujiyama, the volcano that appears in all Japanese pictures, is 12,365 feet high and 10,000 pilgrims ascend it every year. Jewelled sunbursts in which one set of rays is made to revolve over another by clockwork have been invented by an Englishwoman. A wire contrivance, patented by an Illinois man, to lift a ple from an oven, is designed to operate in such a way that the edge of the crust will not be broken. A Scotch inventor has perfected a sledlike machine which, when drawn over a road, accurately records on a paper covered cylinder all irregularities in the road's surface. According to a French authority the custom of trailing ivy on the sides of buildings is injurious to either new or old cut stone wall, does not harm brick walls, and is a positive benefit to old walls built of rubble. In a new German invention of value to balloonists illuminating gas is forced through tubes maintained at a high pressure. This separates out most of the carbons and about doubles the buoyancy of the gas. Try It. Scientists of Europe have lately been conducting experiments in the art of breathing and as a result have discovered some interesting conclusions. The theory is advanced that by abnormal control of the breathing powers, the breath being held for an unusually long time, a person may "ascend into the astral realm" and commune with things higher up. Turkey's Change of Time. Turkey's gradual change from a national system of time to the European has caused a demand for watches showing both, to meet which three watches have been devised, one with dials on each side, another with two dials side by side, and a third with a fixed dial for European time, surrounded by a movable ring showing the national. SCIENCE AND INVENTION STEAM TURBINES ARE SIMPLE Well-Known Objections to Their Employment for Direct Driving of Low Propellers. Steam turbines are simple and can make effective use of heat energy in steam down to very low pressure. Moreover, they have a very fair efficiency over the whole range of pressure—say from 200 pounds per square inch, absolute, to one pound per square inch, absolute, says Cassier's Magazine. There are, however, well-known objections to the employment of steam turbines acting alone for the direct driving of the propellers of low-speed vessels, especially vessels of small or moderate size where the power required is not great. For cargo boats, where the power of the engines is not more than 2,000 indicated horsepower and the speed less than 11 knots, the direct-drive turbine is particularly unsuitable. The unsuitability of the turbine lies in the fact that its desirable speed of rotation is far removed from the desirable speed of rotation of the propeller. To overcome this difficulty three schemes have been proposed and to a certain extent tried, whereby the propeller can rotate at a lower speed than the turbine. These schemes respectively involve: 1. Mechanical gearing. 2. Electric transmission of power. 3. Hydraulic transmission of power. The mechanical gearing scheme, which at present looks the most promising of the three for cargo boat use, will be first considered. CLIP FOR THE LEMON SLICE Neat and Effective Table Fixture of New Design—Prevents Soiling Finger Tips. Lemon has almost entirely taken the place of vinegar as a condiment, and the little slices appear on the table almost universally for use on the oysters, fish and salad. For convenience in handling the slices and obtaining the juice without the necessity of soiling the fingers the club shown Clip for the Lemon Slice. herewith has been devised as one on the adjuncts of a carefully laid table. The lemon slice is secured between its spreading ends and is retained there by a point on each side. A slight pressure acts on the slice of lemon and releases the juice. CRIB AND TABLE COMBINED Useful and Simple Device for Sick Child—Attachment Is Adjustable —No Tool Needed. The table and crib attachment shown in these illustrations was recently patented by a Lakewood, Fla., inventor, who believes his device will fill a much required need, says Popular Mechanics. The drawings showing both the crib and table explain themselves. The attachment is ad- Crib and Table Combined. justable and can be raised to any height. No tool of any kind is needed to fasten it into position and it can be slid back and forth as desired. Curious Seismic Phenomenon. According to a Seville report, a curious seismic phenomenon was recently observed near Cantillana at a place called Mesa Redonda. From 10 o'clock in the morning until noon stones lying on the ground at certain spots within a circumference of over 500 yards were torn from the ground and hurled into the air, and at the same time subterranean noises were heard. Traces of an extinct volcano are visible at the spot, and it is believed that a new crater is being formed. W. R. STUBBS TO PEOPLE OF KANSAS The Governor Presents His Views Through the Legislature. MAKES MANY RECOMMENDATIONS Discusses at Length the Many Subjects of Interest to the State —Favors Advanced Legislation. To the Legislature: 1. Our state constitution provides that the governor shall make recommendations and communicate such information to the legislature, as, in his opinion, is necessary and proper. 2. Under continued favor of Divine Providence the commonwealth, taken as a whole, has made satisfactory progress during the biennium just closed. Our educational institutions, including the country districts, city schools, state university, agricultural college and normal schools, have been moving steadily in the direction of more practical and common sense system of education. 3. The prohibitory law is better enforced than ever before in the history of the state. There is no way my knowledge an open saloon or joint in Kansas. The sale of liquor for all purposes has been outlawed and placed on the same basis as other crime. 4. The federal government has entirely revolutionized its policy toward law enforcement in Kansas and all dry territory in the United States. Federal officers are now instructed to prosecute and send to jail boot-legers and whiskey venders who sell liquor without an internal revenue stamp. 5. The taxable property placed on the tax rolls of the state in 1910 amounted to $2,752,098,125, which is an increase of more than three hundred million dollars in two years. 6. The value of farm products and live stock has increased and bank deposits, railroad earnings, manufactured products, the volume of general business and financial transactions in the state have also made satisfactory gains. 1. I would be unfearful to my trust as one who believes in the superior importance of sound education as one of the greatest factors in the social, political and business uplift of any state or nation if I did not give a forward position and call to some of our country to the condition of some of our country to through false economy in the matter of employment and salaries, or through the desire of young people of higher learning to flock to the cities where opportunities seem to them to be better, it is a fact that some four thousand district schools in Kansas are taught by teachers who did not themselves advance beyond the eighty. I am informed upon a most thorough investigation that approximately one hundred thousand are by these insufficiently equipped and inexperienced teachers. It seems to me that there is a great waste here not only of public funds, but of the public opportunities to which the children of Kansas are entitled. The food, clothing, books and waste, time of one hundred thousand children, are almost a million dollars a month to the parents of these children, exclusive of the teachers' salaries and the cost of maintaining the school. 2. I now renew this recommendation to this legislature and recommend that you enact a law that will place all state wide public utilities, railroads, telegraph, telephone, street railway, pipe line, express and Pullman companies and common carriers of all kinds under the control of a state commission having full authority over the issue of stocks and bonds, giving them means and power to acquire physical valuation of the property and plants of these corporations, to fix and adjust rates upon their own motion and to regulate rates and services in the interest of the people of Kansas and the investors and employees of these corporations. 1. The law's delay and mis-trial of cases has been the subject of much bitter criticism throughout the nation for many years. Perhaps the most fruitful source of delay in trial of cases has been the requirement of a unanimous verdict by our judicial panel. We have recently provided for a three-fourth-jury verdict with very satisfactory results. The law requiring a unanimous verdict of a jury in civil cases is greatly to the advantage of big corporations and powerful or influential litigants, who are able to hang juries and delay the final decisions of cases by securing one or more friendly jurors. This is especially true for cases where death loss is a grave problem against employers. 1. In some counties in Kansas officers charged with the enforcement of the prohibitory law have utterly failed to do their duty. The consequent burden and expense of law enforcement in these counties has fallen upon the state and caused heavy expense in the employment of special deputy sheriffs and assistant attorney generals to do the work that aides on the law department local officers. Under our present law the governor is charged with the duty and obligation of enforcing the laws of the state but he has not corresponding power to require effective enforcement of law by local authorities. If the governor is to be held responsible for the enforcement of law in all the counties of the state he should be given full authority to compel, if necessary, local executive officers to do their duty. In several states of the Union the governor is authorized by law to remove from office sheriffs, county attorneys and other public officials who fail to do their duty, setting forth in writing his reasons for such removal after giving them a fair public hearing. 1. I recommend that a proposition be submitted to the electors at the next general election providing for an amendment to the constitution which will permit the state to derive its entire revenue from state wide public service corporations, and thereby relieve all counties, municipalities and any other entity from paying any state tax. I am advised that fifteen of the most progressive states in the Union have already Bad Price. Bad Work. Craftsmanship used to be the keynote of labor. The aim was to produce an excellent thing, to sell at a good price. The modern business man tries to produce quickly a rotten and fantastic article, so as to be able to sell at a bad price in enormous quantities. So far is this paradox true that a real economist nearly always buys the most expensive things, and the cheapjack is as often as not a millionaire. R. R. Buckley, in London T. P.'s Weekly. adopted this method of taxation with entirely satisfactory results. 1. There has been a remarkable and beneficial change in the method of dealing with prisoners at the state penitentiary by Warden Codding and the board of directors. The physical property of the institution has been greatly improved in many ways. The number of hogs raised has been increased from about 200 per annum to 600; the herd of cattle has been increased from 100 to 150 head, including cows and calves. The output of the twine plant has been greatly increased, and the management vastly improved. While the cost of living has largely increased during the past two years, the expense for food and clothing at the state prison has been kept down to practically the same amount per capita as it was during the previous year. There has been, however, a considerable sum expended out of the maintenance fund to increase the dairy herd and make general improvements of the farm. This increases the general maintenance cost and increases the number of employees at the penitentiary has been reduced from 103, the number allowed by the last lelstrilature, to 92. 1. Our new inheritance tax law was enacted at the very last night of the legislature two years ago. The bill was passed without having the consideration and attention that such an important measure deserves. It came to the governor's office for approval with some bad features that should have been changed by the legislature, but I regarded the law as too important a piece of legislation to veer. As a result of the laws enacted by the legislature two years ago there has been more or less improvement in many localities in the condition of the public highways. The economic value of good roads cannot be over-estimated. 1. Labor is the greatest wealth producing power and force in the world today. It tills the soil; builds cities, constructs and operates railroads and ships, provides fuel and manufactured products for man's use from mines and forests, and is the foundation and support of civil life. That the labor is worthy of his hire no man can尊重 dispute. Every civilized nation on earth leads America in protecting the rights, lives and limbs of persons employed in hazardous work for public benefit and comfort. 1. I recommend that this legislature do full justice to the cause of labor in Kansas and recognize, through just and equitable laws, the principles advocated by Lincoln that the rights of men are superior to the rights of property. 1. I recommend that this legislature enact a law which will provide a penitentiary sentence as a penalty upon the second and subsequent convictions or for the statutory law. The Federal government provides a penitentiary sentence already for the violation of the internal revenue laws. 1. I recommend that this legislature submit to the voters of Kansas at the next general election an amendment to our state constitution which will permit the recall of derelict, incompetent and unfaithful officers, similar to that now granted to cities of the first class which adopted commission forms of government. I also recommend that this legislature immediately give the people the right to promptly recall every public officer whose election is based on statutory rather than upon constitutional authority. 1. I also recommend that you submit to the people of Kansas a constitutional amendment in 1912 giving them the right to initiate legislation and to vote upon certain legislative enactments, similar to documents that have been adopted in Maine, Oregon, South Dakota and other states. 1. I recommend that you amend the primary election law so that delegates to the National convention may be elected at the primary election, and that the names of the candidates for President and Vice President shall be placed on the ballot that the people of Kansas may instruct their delegates on nominations for President and Vice President. 1. By unanimous decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, the bank guaranty law has been upheld. This decision affects the underlying, fundamental principles of the entire bank, and the United States eventually cause all depositors of money in banks to have some form of surety or security for their deposits. 2. The state bank commissioner's office has been thoroughly reorganized and is doing excellent and effective work. The examination of state banks under this administration has been the most searching and business-like of any bank examination that I have ever known of either state or national banks. About 10 percent of the age of the bank guaranty law, and, in so far as I am advised, are well pleased with its operation. 1. I recommend that you adopt immediately the Oregon plan which gives the people a right to vote at the general election for the partisan nominees for United States Senator. Wonderful progress has been made during the past year in stamping out tuberculosis. Its progress has been checked with great vigor and intelligence. I hope that you will be waged against it your best encouragement to the end that every vestige of this awful plague and source of human grief may be stamped out in our state. 1. I recommend that in counties having 35,000 or more inhabitants all fees shall be turned into the county treasury and officials placed on a salary basis. I am advised that in the larger counties some officials have received as high as from five to ten thousand dollars in fees per year and is entirely out of proportion to the earning capacity of the average taxayer. 1. At the last session of the legislature I recommended the enactment of a law providing for a flat two-cent passenger rate in Kansas; also that the anti-pass law should be entirely re-written, limit-trail employees to bona fide fairs railroad employees and their families and excluding all others. 2. I now renew this recommendation to this legislature. 3. I Kansas is not receiving her proper share of the movement westward of farmers who are migrating from the high plains to the eastern states. Other states and nations are making a systematic effort to secure these farmers. 4. I recommend that the secretary of the state board of agriculture, which office is now held by Mr. Coburn, be made the official commissioner of immigration for the purpose of sending out literature to prospective land buyers and settlers, and that he be instructed to enter into communication Rank Cowardice. It is cowardice to wish to get rid of everything which we do not like. Sickness and sorrow only exist to further man's education in this world; they will not be needed in the future. — Novolais. Unique Flying Machine Four groups of wings, two of two wings each and the others of three wings, flapped by cranks attached to a motor, are the features of a flying machine recently invented by a German with land agents in all cities throughout the central and eastern part of the United States, with a view of securing for Kansas her full share of these immigrants. I hereby recommend that this legislature enact a law that will compel railroads and all corporations doing business in Kansas to begin all litigation in Kansas courts and take no refuge in the federal courts until the litigation in question is resolved. In the Kansas supreme court, and providing severe penalties for violation thereof. 1. The sixty-first congress of the United States submitted the following joint resolution, proposing an amendment to the constitution of the United States: "Resolved, by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled, two-thirds of each member of the that following article is proposed as an amendment to the constitution of the United States, which when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several states shall be valid to all intents and purposes as a part of the constitution, shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several states, and without regard to any census enumeration." 1. The management of the soldiers' home at Dodge City has been business like and economical. The increased price of food and other supplies and the greater number of veteran soldiers at this home has increased the cost of maintenance and physical property of the installation has been much improved during the last two years. 1. The board of control law enacted in 1905 has proved a great success. The management of the charitable institutions has been practical and business like under this law. There is, however, much room for improvement in the methods which prevail in all the states in the care of the insane. To my mind it is little more important to lock barred doors and windows the man or woman who from some nervous or physical aliment has a deranged mind, but is comparatively harmless. Of all the persons on earth who require the blessings of open air and God's sunshine with abundant physical exercise, these unfortunate people need them most. 2. I am fully convinced that one-half of the population of our insane asylums could be made self-supporting under management if they were colonized on good forms in central or western Kansas, and that their physical and mental condition could be materially improved. 3. I recommend that this legislature make a careful investigation of this subject. 1. The legislature two years ago failed to make any appropriation for the state fish hatchery at Pratt, Kas. This institution has been maintained since June 30, 1999, out of the governor's contingent fund, otherwise it would go to ruin. 1. The live stock sanitary department has been managed in an economical and business like way to the credit of the commissioner and state alike. Sixteen commissioners and state officials of guarantee during the last eighteen months. Through the tireless efforts of the live stock commissioner, in co-operation with the agricultural college, a very substantial saving has been made to the state in the prevention of cholera among hogs. This office has never been so well or economically administered in the history of the state. 1. The state grain inspection department has been thoroughly renovated. All unnecessary employees have been eliminated. This department had been systematically robbed for several years. The department has been feeling 8400 people vigorously prosecuted. No one denies that this amount was stolen, the only question is who took the money. 2. The department has made a substantial saving as compared with former administrations. 1. It can be easily demonstrated to any practical business man that the state agricultural college is worth millions of dollars annually to the state in increased value of farm products and live stock, to say nothing of the greater benefit of training from the development of stronger and better men and women of character, culture and responsibility. 2. The state university and the state normal school in different fields are equally as important, valuable and useful to our great commonwealth. 3. Every semblance of extravagance and every dollar of funds not absolutely necessary should be eliminated from appropriations for these institutions. But to withhold money that is actually necessary to their proper and economic success, we will injure more than it will benefit the state. 1. The Western university at Quindaro and the Industrial Institute at Topeka, schools for colored children, are worthy of your careful consideration. They are doing excellent work in practical instruction, which is calculated to prepare the students to take their place as useful citizens in our commonwealth. 2. Agriculture and live stock are the solid rock foundation of Kansas. Merchants, banks, railroads, commercial and manufacturing business are alike dependent on small industries for support and prosperity. 3. A wide range of practical experiments has proven beyond any question of doubt that the application of scientific methods to the cultivation of the soil, and the selection and breeding of seeds in grains and grasses and varieties of horticulture would increase the yield of these products in this state more than 100 per cent as compared with the average production under present methods and conditions. 4. The culture is the sole and only power and authority that can make possible the full development of the vast natural resources that so vitally affect the comfort and welfare of our people. Not in the history of Kansas has any legislature been confronted with problems of such vital interest, not only to the commonwealth which you have the honor to represent, but to the nation at large, as the present legislature. A casual look backwards through the records of our national congress during the past two years and the election returns in 1861 will tell you how oppressive person that the voters are very much in earnest and know exactly what they want. The members of this legislature have an opportunity at this time to enact laws that will reflect honor and credit upon themselves, their families and the state. There are other subjects of vital importance to the state which I shall bring to your attention later. Respectfully submitted, W. R. STUBBS, Plow Ahead. Pay as little attention to discouragements as possible. Plow ahead as a steamer does, rough or smooth, rain or shine. To carry your cargo and make your port is the point—Maltble D. Bibbok Swallowed Toothbrush Fatal. Howard Bolton, on whom an inquest was held at the London, England, hospital, died from the effects of swallowing a toothbrush while endeavoring to dislodge a piece of meat that had stuck in his throat. The American Home WILLIAM A. RADFORD Editor THE HOME OF THE MAYFIELD MUSEUM Mr. William A. Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he is, without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Address all inquiries to William A. Radford, No. 194 Fifth Ave., Chicago, IL, and only can close two-cent stamp for reply. The little house illustrated in the accompanying perspective sketch and floor plans is of a very attractive design that is very popular. A residence should not be too plain and unornamented in its appearance; yet at the same time there is no need of going to extravagant lengths in the pursuit of architectural beauty. Many try so hard in their desire for an artistic home and in their abhorrence of the plain, box-like houses that the designs they finally work out and follow in building reminds one of a Chinese pagoda, or of a pavilion at the county fair. It is a good thing to look after the artistic in house designs, but always with moderation. In the house illustrated there are a number of very pleasing features which give the building a distinctive appearance; yet, these are in good taste and the dwelling has a sensible, home-like appearance. With a good brick or solid concrete foundation, the first story of this house is covered with clapboards, while the second story is finished with cement plaster stucco, divided into panels in the English half timber style. The second story also projects slightly beyond the line of the first, in that way keeping true to the English Elizabethan models. With the wood painting with a soft THE HOME OF THE MAYFIELD MUSEUM brown and with the stucco panels a yellowish tint, an exceptionally attractive appearance is secured. There are a number of other artistic color combinations that suggest themselves for this house. All of them are on the dark order, in shades of green, brown and red. The white, pale yellow and French gray paints that have been so popular for the finishing of colonial houses are not best to use with a design such as this. A glance at the floor plans will show the interior of this house arranged conveniently with good light and air in every room. The first floor has a large living room 13x16 feet in size, a dining room 13x13 feet 6 inches and a kitchen 13x12 feet. There is also a pantry of generous dimensions, conveniently located with respect to both kitchen and dining room. Two closets are also provided on the first floor. Upstairs there are three comfortable bedrooms. Two of these seem to be somewhat cut up owing to KITCHEN 18'0"X 18'0" PANTRY 4'0"X 8'0" CLOS CLOS DINING ROOM 18'0"X 18'0" LIVING ROOM. 18'0"X 16'0" PORCH 14'0"X 8'0" First Floor Plan. the way the roof is formed; yet, these extra spaces are by no means disadvantages. The small balcony over the front porch and opening from the large dormer window is a feature that is both ornamental and useful. The cost of this comfortable dwelling is estimated at $2,200. This would provide for oak floors for the living room and dining room, maple floors for the kitchen and pantry and first quality yellow pine edge grain flooring on the second floor. The living room and dining room should be finished in red oak, stained, the interior trim to be of a square cut fashion to harmon- size with the general character of the design of the house. For the second floor no material is superior to birch, either red or the white. This can be finished in any color and produces a beautifully appearing hardwood trim. For the bedrooms a combination of mahogany and white enamel is the most popular and it is, without doubt, as attractive a style of finishing for such rooms as can be devised. A warm air furnace of proper size DED ROOM 13'-0"X12'-0" CLOSET 15'-0"X6'-0" DED ROOM 13'-0"X15'-6" CLOSE DED ROOM 18'-0"X19'-6" Second Floor Plan. placed very nearly in the center of the basement will heat this house both up stairs and down very satisfactorily. No one who has any appreciation of convenience or economy would think of building a new house of this kind and not provide a central heating plant. Stoves have shown themselves to be not only costly and inefficient, but dangerous as well. With a good waterproof cemented basement, as THE HOME OF THE MAYOR called for in the plans of this house, a very satisfactory heating plant can be easily installed. Deceit in Women. Many girls of great beauty wonder why it is that they are not so popular as their less attractive friends. Perhaps it is because they are deceitful. I do not mean to infer that beauty and deceit travel together, for this is not necessarily the case. If there is any vice that is loathsome and revolting to man, it is deceit. Man is a broad, honest creature, wholly free from those smaller motives and fallings which, unfortunately, so often characterize the gentler sex. "Know thyself." If you have been false in the past to yourself and friends, try being true blue for a few days; you will have more friends, and life will hold a deeper, more wholesome meaning for you. Remember, girls, a so-called "good fellow" will win out over a mistress of charm and beauty marred and polluted with deceit. Statesmen In Their Cups. The deep drinking which was a social custom in the time of the younger Pitt had its influence occasionally on the minister, whose habit it was to indulge liberally with his friends, when free from the occupations of state. An epigram of the time gave the following dialogue between Pitt and his colleague and boon companion, Henry Dundas, afterwards Viscount Melville: Pitt—I cannot see the speaker, Hal; can you? Dundas—Not see the speaker, Billy? I see two!—From an Anecdotal History of Parliament. Diplomatic Major Higginson Diplomatic Major Higginson. In a signed and published letter, Major Henry L. Higginson thanks the Boston women for taking off their hats so quietly and courteously at the Symphony Orchestra's last concert. "It may not be amiss," he adds, "to remind the ladies that many men are bald and suffer from unavoidable draughts, but do not wear their hats. Perhaps the ladies will draw comfort from the fact that their hair, hereafter to be in view, is at the worst more attractive than their hats, and is often beautiful." That was gallant, diplomatic and truthful. DUE TO THE FREIGHT RATES THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HIGH COST OF LIVING. Millionaire Says That People Are Bled to Pay Dividends on Nine Billions of Watered Stock. Akron, O.—Declaring that excessive freight rates are responsible for the high cost of living, Ohio C. Barber, the millionaire match magnate, has sent a letter to every member of congress demanding reforms. In addition to the regulation of freight rates, he demands that laws be passed that will effectually limit railroad and industrial capitalization. He declares the freight business of the railroads cost each family $87 a year. This latter, coupled with the other earnings of the railroads, he asserts, has boosted the average railroad cost per family to $127 annually. Barber starts his letter to the congressmen with these three demands: "What is the matter with America? "What is the matter with congress? "Why has the seat of government been transferred to Wall street?" Continuing, he says: "Personally, I appreciate fully the importance of stability of vested rights in property, corporate or personal. "But I vigorously contend that the commission of excesses in the capitalization of corporate companies forfeits instantly the right to claim face value for such capitalization in the levying of a tax upon the American public for the payment of dividends upon this watered stock. And in this offense the railroad always have set the pace. "Conceived in the master minds of 'Huntington, Morgan, Hill and Marriman, this policy has been worked out to a nicety. These clothed the scheme in the pretty catch phrase of a 'community of interests' and cleverly set about to grab all the through trunk lines of railroad from coast to coast. "They argued plausibly and with truth, that these trunk lines were the great arteries which maintained the life of commerce; that they were a necessity for quick transportation. "Approximately nine billions of this 18 billions of railroad capitalization is fictitious; purely and simply watered stock, upon which the people of the United States are taxed in railroad rates to maintain the annual dividends. "Despite this tremendous stock watering, the railway net earings have advanced steadily and the average dividend rate has more than doubled in the last 15 years. "In 1894 the dividend rate was 1.66 per cent. Last year it averaged 3.68 per cent and the railroads earned a net income of $850,153,280. "And the people paid the freight! "Railroad presidents indignantly deny that freight rates affect the cost of existence. James J. Hill and W. C. Browne declare low acreage production by the farmer is responsible for high prices. "Trust magnates disagree. All seek to shift the responsibility. S. R. Guggenheim says it is extravagance on the part of the laborer. Ogden Armour says it is the law of nature. "This one problem of railroad freight rates is the great economic question of the age. Were it fairly solved all other lines of commerce and trade would soon adjust themselves and a more equitable distribution of the products of business would result. "What are you going to do about it? "Yours in militant sincerity, (Signed) "O. C. Barber." THE PACKERS FIGHTING HARD They May Appeal to Judge Grosscup For an Injunction to Stop Criminal Prosecution. Chicago, Ill.—Beaten for a third time in their fight to escape criminal prosecution, the ten millionaire packers indicted individually on charges growing out of the formation of the alleged beef trust are planning an appeal still more extraordinary than any yet attempted. The new move likely will be an application to Judge Grosscup for an injunction stopping criminal prosecution. The injunction, according to attorneys for the packers, could not run directly against the court, but would have the effect of "tying the court's hands." All Soldiers May Get Pensions. Washington, D. C. — The house passed the Sulloway general pension bill which grants pensions ranging from $12 to $36 a month to all soldiers who served 90 days or more in the United States army in the Civil war, or 60 days in the Mexican war, and are 62 years old. The bill adds about $45,000,000 a year to the pension roll. Forty Killed in Spanish Mine, Santa Ander, Spain—One hundred and ninety workmen in the Anita mine at Castro, Urdials, were entombed and 40 were killed when the root of the mine caved in. Rescue parties were able to rescue the remaining 150 men. New Senator From California. Sacramento, California.—The legislature in joint session elected John D. Works, Republican, United States senator from California to succeed Frank P. Flint. KEEP YOUR KIDNEYS WELL. The kidneys filter the blood. 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"Bob,' said a friend, 'don't you find it dangerous work, this knocking about in a submarine deep beneath the sea?" "Yes, very dangerous,' Backstay admitted, 'but a man's got to do something, you know, to keep his head above water.'" LEWIS' "SINGLE BINDER." A hand-made cigar fresh from the table, wrapped in foll, thus keeping fresh until smoked. A fresh cigar made of good tobacco is the ideal smoke. The old, well cured tobacco used are so rich in quality that many who formerly smoked 10c cigars now smoke Lewis' Single Binder Straight 5c. Lewis' Single Binder costs the dealer some more than other 5c cigars, but the higher price enables this factory to use extra quality tobacco. There are many imitations; don't be fooled. There is no substitute! Tell the dealer you want a Lewis."Single Binder." Long Time Coming Real College Boy (waiting for his change in department store)—This suspense is simply maddening, Esmeraldo! Hadn't you better start a tracer after my change? 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When a woman has an eye for the beautiful she hunts up a mirror. with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for genuine goodness when the system has been weakened by some severe illness or when you suffer from Poor Appetite, Sour Risings, Headache, Bloating, Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Colds, Grippe and Malaria. Thousands have found this true during the past 57 years. Why not you today, but be sure to get the genuine. HOSTETTER' CELEBRATED STOMACH BITTER HOME TOWN HELPS Aside From Aesthetic, Commercial Benefits Are of the Greatest importance. In the recent city planting congress in London reasons enough were given for the beautifying of towns. One, however, and an important one, was not, we believe, mentioned. This is the commercial benefit which accrues to a city which has become famous for the beauty of its buildings, the vistas unfolded by its streets, its public parks and gardens. For ages Paris has been known as the playground of the civilized world. Not only have countless thousands visited it for its ancient palaces, its storehouses of art treasures, and its historic associations, but because of the more modern beauties of its architecture, its boulevards and its parks and pleasure grounds. But many of the ancient buildings which delighted the eye of the artist have had to give way to the march of progress and the needs of today. So Paris is trying to beautify its modern features that some of its landmarks of the past will not be missed. So strongly do the Parisians believe in city beautification as an investment that the municipality has been authorized to borrow $175,000,000 for this purpose. A part of this, $47,000,000, has just been raised by an issue of bonds, which, in spite of labor difficulties and other obstacles, was oversubscribed twenty times. At least two leading thoroughfares are to be greatly extended, new parks established and new government buildings erected. In America the chief opposition to improvements of this sort are likely to come from the classes which would most be benefited by them. Chicago's chief claim on visitors is its system of parks and boulevards. There is no telling how many of our guests are attracted by these splendid driveways and pleasure grounds. The Chicago plan, which commercially may be looked upon as an expensive dream of visionaries, would, if carried out, be the city's chief asset. Not only would it conduce to immeasurable benefit and delight to those who live here, but it would attract millions of people from elsewhere, and these indirectly would help pay for its cost and maintenance. -Chicago Tribune. TRUTH ABOUT THE SUBURB In Theory They Should Be Well Governed, But Frequently They Have Their Troubles. In theory, small cities and big villages which are composed largely of the residences of men who do business and earn their living in a great urban center which carries along and sustains these suburbs, ought to be models of good government. They should be very efficiently guarded, supplied with whatever necessaries local officials are expected to provide, and kept clean, well paved, well regulated and contented. Such communities are not too big for wide-awake citizens to watch their public business closely. They are free from many difficulties which great cities must face, in the nature of their industries and commercial interests and the mixed character of their population. In theory, the suburbs have all the better of such comparisons with their big neighbors. The practical tests of experience do not work out that way. Suburbs are often full of troubles. They have more than their share of wrangling and bitterness and discontent, in politics and government. Often the local administration in such municipalities is costly, extravagant and inefficient. Many great cities have seen their growth promoted and their legal limits enlarged, time and again, by the desire of suburbs to have better local government than they seem able to get for themselves. They join great cities to improve extremely unsatisfactory conditions. Necessity for City Parks. "It is a sin boarding on a crime, says a writer in Cassier's, "to continue to construct cities extending over miles of territory in dense formation, without incorporating effective means for cutting off the course of a conflagration after it has escaped ordinary bounds and restraint. "Cities should be divided into sections not exceeding one mile square by parks and wide parkways. These will not only serve as fire barriers but will add greatly to the health, comfort and happiness of the people and the beauty of the city. This system provides a break in the continuity of the building mass, thus making it practically impossible for a conflagration to spread over miles of territory before checked. "It would be much easier to stop a fire at the parks and parkways than in a solid mass of buildings. The cutting down of trees and shrubbery would be much easier, safer and more effective than the destroying a line of buildings, and the loss of a mile or two of the parkway's adornment would be a trifling matter in comparison with the loss which would be caused by the destruction of an equal area of buildings. You Look Prematurely Old FREE ADVICE TO WOMEN Women suffering from any form of illness are invited to promptly communicate with Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass. All letters are received, opened, read and answered by women. 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The statement declares that the most significant fact in the survey of the year's work is the increase in the percentage of public money spent. While in 1909 53.5 per cent. of the total expenditure was from federal, state, municipal or county funds, 62.6 per cent. came from public appropriations in 1910. The actual amount of public money spent in tuberculosis work this past year was $9,267,900, or more than double the amount from this same source in 1909. This fact indicates, the national association declares, that anti-tuberculosis associations are gaining ground, by securing increased appropriations from public money. Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of Charles H. Plattner. In Use For Over 30 Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought. In Different Parts of the House. Caller (to little daughter, of the house)—Hullo, dear? Where are you off to? 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The man who is anxious to let you know that God is on his tongue usually has the devil in his heart. Many people suffer from weak hearts. They may experience shortness of breath on exertion, pain over the heart, or dizzy feelings, oppressed breathing after meals or their eyes become blurred, their heart is not sufficiently strong to pump blood to the extremities, and they have cold hands and feet, or poor appetite because of weakened blood supply to the stomach. A heart tonic and alterative should be taken which has no bad after-effect. Such is Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, which contains no dangerous narcotics nor alcohol. The ingredients, as attested under oath, are Stone root (Collinsonia Canadensis), Bloodroot (Sanguinaria Canadensis), Golden Seal root (Hydrastis Canadensis), Quaker's Mallow (Melilotus), Balsamroot (Virginiana), Mandrake root (Podophyllum Peltatum), with triple refined glycerine, prepared in a scientific laboratory in a way that no druggist could imitate. 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So much is heard of the wheat, oats and barley grown in the prairie lands of western Canada, and so much has been told of the wealth to be made out of the raising of cattle on the succulent and rich grasses of those fertile plants, that a most important product has been almost lost sight of, Flax. Recent press reports advise us that on one of the last boats to clear from Fort William (at the head of Lake Superior) for Buffalo, there were 241,000 bushels of flax valued at $583,220, and on another boat leaving the same day there were 288,000 bushels valued at $720,000. There has been a big demand for Canadian flax this season, and the lake movement has been very heavy. Flax is always a sure crop, and gives to the farmer who is anxious for quick return after getting on his land, the chance he is looking for. There is opportunity for thousands yet, on the free homesteads of 160 acres, and many of these are available within short distance of the lines of railway that are already built or under construction, either on the main line or branches. Besides these free grant lands there is an opportunity to purchase from railway and land companies at reasonable prices. The display of western Canada's grains in the straw as well as threshed grains and grasses recently made at St. Louis was an excellent demonstration of what the country can do. It proved splendid as an illustration of the resources of that vast prairie country, which during the past year has again proven its ability to produce excellent yields of wheat, oats and barley—and flax. Not only this, but the splendid herds of cattle are a source of large revenue. There is a fund of information to be had by reading the Canadian government literature, copies of which may be had free by applying to your nearest Canadian government agent. 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It contains reproductions of four beautiful paintings—"John Alden and Priscilla," "Hiawata and Minnehaha," "Maude Muller and the Judge," "Evangeline and Gabriel." We want an idea for our 1912 Premium Calendar. Send 10 cents in coin, or stamps, or one cap from a book of Swift's Beef Extract, or 10 Wool Soap wrappers for the 1911 calendar so you may see what is wanted, then send in your idea for the 1912 calendar. For the best idea submitted and adopted we will pay March 1st, 1911, $25.00 cash. 2nd, $20.00, 3rd, $15.00, 4th, $10.00, 5th and 6th, $5.00, 7th to 11th, $2.00, 12th to 21st, $1.00. Ideas must be in by February 18th to be considered. Due Precautions: In a town in Georgia there was an old preacher whose knowledge of the world was not wide nor deep, but who conceived it to be a place where, if one should trust his fellow men, he should at the same time keep an eye on his own interests. One hot day he pulled off his coat and preached a vigorous sermon, under the pines, in his shirt sleeves. At the close of the open-air service one of his admirers approached him and said, regrettfully: "I don't suppose that you knew that the editor of one of the big New York Sunday papers was here when you pulled off your coat." "I reckon I knew it well, for I'd been told of it," said the preacher, calmly. "I don't believe he's as bad as he might be, and anyway, I put my coat on the chair close by and had it right under my eye all the time."—Youth's Companion. Suggested Too Much. Old Rocksey—Why did you quarrel with your count, my dear? Miss Rocksey—He called me his treasure and it sounded altogether too suggestive.—Smart Set. NOTE THE NAME "What do you do for a living, Mose?" "Ise de manager ob a laundry." "What's the name of this laundry?" "Eliza Ann." Weak Heart M. B. ECLIPSE CEMENT BLOCK MACHINE The Western Iron & Fdry. Co. Manufacturers, Wichita, Kansas Steel and Iron Material for Buildings KNIGHTS AND DAUGHTERS TABOR. 1910—GRAND OFFICERS—19 REY. FRANK WILSON, C. G. Taborian Home, Route 8, Topeka, SIR D. L. TAYLOR, V. G. M. 329 E. Center, Salina, Kan. MRS. EMMA GAINES, C. G. J. 1170 Filmore, Topeka, Kansas. MRS. LAURA LEE, V. G. P. Box 394, Weir, Kansas. SIR A. W. HOPKINS, C. G. S. 321 Dakota, Leavenworth, Kan. MRS. SARAH W. FORBES, C. G. 747 "C" St., Lincoln, Neb. SIR WILLIAM CORE, C. G. T. 1120 Lane, Topeka, Kan. MRS. BESSIE HALL, G. Q. 460 Horton, Ft. Scott, Kan. SIR C. M. JOHNSON, G. P. J. 3330 Maple, Omaha, Neb. REV. M. WOOTEN, C. G. O. 210 E. West, Hutchinson, Kan. MRS. PAULINE WOODFORK, C. 823 Freeman, Kansas City, Kan. SIR W. N. MILLER, General Atto 630 N. Main St., Wichita, Kan. TEMPLES. Rev. Frank Wilson, C. G. M. 1—A. H. Richardson, Weir, Kan. W. M. Watkins; 1-3 Fri. 2—R. H. Cane, Atchison, Kan. Jno. N. Davis, 521 "L,"; Fri. 4—Evening Star, Omaha, Neb. S. R. Jackson, care Frye Store; 1-3 Mon. 6—St. Luke, N. Tropeka, Kan., S. Walker, 1220 West (north) Thurs. 6—Humphrey, Omaha, Neb., Sir H. Jackson, 2515 N. 17th. 7—Mt. Nebo, Wichita, Kan., Sir. S. S. Washington, 152 Washington; 1-3 Fri. 8—St. Peters, Ft. Scott, Kan. A. J. Bean, 309 Lowman; Tues. 10—Mt. Horeb, Leavenworth, Sir Geo. Walker, 417 Kick 11—Taborian, Wichita, Kan., Sir. N. Miller, 630 N. Main; Thurs. 12—Moses Dickson, Parsons, Kan. W. N. Williams, 220 Corr 1-3 Thurs. 15—Silver Leaf, Salina, Kan., S. C. Brown, 246 S. Phillips Thurs. 17—Golden Gate, Coffeyville, Sir G. W. Roberts. 19—Mt. Tabor, Lawrence, Kan. J. E. Hughes, 1313 N. J. 22—Barak, Oswego, Kan., Sir L. Wilson; 2-4 Mon. 24—Jas. H. Bedford, Cherryvale, Sir Rev. J. W. Warren, 21 7th. 25—Washington, Kansas City, N Sir J. H. Downs, 422 Has every Friday. 59—Sunnyside, Topeka, Kan. Peter Dayis, 1008 Washb 1-3 Thurs. 60—Jeffersonian, Topeka, Kan., S. S. Grant, 120 Kansas; 1-3 72—Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb., St. D. Weaver, 1125 Saratoga. TABERNACLES. Rev. Frank Wilson, C. G. M. Mrs. Emma Galen, C. G. P. 1—Queen of the West, Kansas Kan., Mrs. Marit Wilson, Everett, 1-2 Wed. 2—Golden, Iola, Kan., Mrs. S. Crisp, 615 S. Chestnut; 2-4 3—Mt. Hope, Wichita, Kan., Wm. Horton, 1825 N. Mead Fri. 4—Helping Hand, Cherryvale, Mrs. Sadie Campbell, 616 —St. Marle, Omaha, Neb., Mrs. E W. Graham, 2112 Nicholas; 2-4 Thurs. —Amelia Levels, Omaha, Neb., Mrs. Ella Golden, 2302 N. 25th. 1—Maria, Ft. Scott, Mrs., Mrs. P. Johnson, 501 Hyman; 1-3 Fri. 4—Charity Rose, Coffeyville, Kan.; Mrs. A. Garner, 704 E. 12th; 1-3 Wed. 8—Modern, Parsons, Kan., Mrs. D. Dorsey. 29—Crystal, Leavenworth, Kan., Mrs. H. La Tand, 407 Kickapoo; 1-3 Tue. 30—Victoria, Leavenworth, Kan., Mrs. R. Rivers, 607 Second; 1-3 Fri. 34—Wichita, Wichita, Kan., Mrs. Sallie Hall, 1024 Ohio; 1-3 Thurs 35—Golden Rule, So. Omaha, Neb. Mrs. Sadie Jones, 819 N. 27th; 1-3 Thurs. 37—Eutevator, Atchison, Kan., Mrs. Mary Grosby, 119 Commercial; 1-3 Fri. 38—Covenant, Weir, Kan., Mrs. L. F. Taylor, Box 394; 2-4 Wed. 52—Mt. Maria, Lawrence, Kan., Mrs. Josie Wear, 807 N. Y., 2-4 Thurs. 63—Fair West, Kansas City, Kan., Mrs. Rosa Saunders, 610 N. J.; 1-3 Fri. 77—Pearly Rose, Topeka, Kan., Mrs. Susie O'Brien, 1180 Buchanan; 1-3 Wed. 85—Magdalene, Topeka, Kan., Mrs. F. Hardiman, 1801 Kansas; 2-4 Wed. 91—Golden Sheaf, Omaha, Neb., Mrs. Lula Rountree; 112 N. 19th. 92—St. Annis, Lincoln, Neb., Mrs. L. D. Davis, 1029 Rose. 93—Macedonia, N. Topeka, Kan., Mrs. S. A. Brown, 715 E. 11th; 1-3 Thurs. TENTS. Rev. Frank Wilson, C. G. M. Mrs. Bessie Hall, G. Q. M. 1—Golden Leaf, Leavenworth, Kan, Mrs. Jennie Nichols, 418 Third; 4th Sat. 2—Frank Wilson, Fo. Scott, Kan, Miss Emma Maxie, 411 Ransom. 3—Moses Dickson, Wichita, Kan, Mrs. B. Davis, 1135 N. Washington, 1-3 Sat. 7—Lone Star, Yale, Kan., Mrs. Calie Lewis. 11—Golden, Atchison, Kan., Mrs. Carrie Brown, 920 N. 10th; 2-4 Sat. 11—Alice Tucker, So. Omaha, Neb, Mrs. I. M. Faulkner, 169 N. 31st; 1-3 Sat. 11—Viola, Lawrence, Kan., Mrs. Mary Brown, 325 Miss; 2-4 Sat. 14—Busy Bee, Atchison, Kan., Mrs. Aria Stone, 823 Main; 1-3 Sat. 17—Louisa Mae, Cherryvale, Kan, Mrs. M. E. Holt, 517 West Main. 16—Pearl, Wichita, Kan., Mrs. Anna Jones, 625 N. Wichita; 2-4 Sat. 17—Castle Rock, Weir, Kan., Mrs. H. H. Askins, Box 25. 18—Star of West, Salina, Kan., O. A. Murrell. 20—John Wilson, K. C., Kan., Mr. C. D. Dalton, 1228 Barnett; 2-4 Sat. 21—Crystal, Leavenworth, Kan.; Mrs. Ella McKennis, 217 Sherman, 2-4 Sat. 23—Clinging Rose, Lawrence, Kan, Mrs. Ada King, 722 N. Y., 3 sat. 36—Pride of Topeka, N. Topeka, Kan, Mrs. Nannla Shaw, 905 N. Taylor. TENTS. 37—Pansy Blossom, Topeka, aKn, Mrs. Jennie McAdoo, 1501 N. Logan; 1-3 Sat 45—Orange Rose, Kansas City, Kan, Mrs. P. Henderson, 312 Washington; 1-3 Sat 8—Golden Eagle, Iola, Kan., Mrs. Sarah Mayes, 20 Campbell. 5—New Hope, Coffeyville, Mrs. Ada Gilbert, 405 Santa Fe., 2-4 Wed. PALATIUMS. Rev. Frank Wilson, C. G. M. Sir C. M. Johnson, G. P. P. 1—Light of the West, Omaha, Neb. Fred D. Early; 2-4 Fri. 2—Evening Star, Topeka, Kan., Ransom Taylor, 4th Thrus. 3—Moses Dickson, Atchison, Kan. W. H. Barnes, 4th Mon. 4—Queen City, Parsons, Kan., Le Haliday. 5—Jewell Wilson, Lawrence, aK. Chas. K. Kuntz. 6—Queen of Kansas, K. C., Kan. Milton Washington: 1-4 Thurs. OFFICIAL ORGAN. The Searchlight, 630 N. Main St., Wichita, Kan. Only $1.00 per year. NEXT PLACE MEETING. The Grand Temple and Tabernacle, ansas-Nebraska jurisdiction, will meet next in Coffeyville, Kansas on the second Tuesday in July, 1911. DIRECTORY OF COLORED WOM AN'S CLUBS OF WICHITA, KAS. The Mother's Aid Club. Meets every Friday at 1 p. m. Ladies invited to meet with us. Mrs. W. N. Miller, Pres. Mrs. P. Johnson, Sec. CHITTERLINGS, Catfish, Hamburger and am Sandwiches for sale at Harry Walker's Cafe, 957 N. Mead every Saturday. Anyone desiring these atables are requested to call. Tapp & Hanshaw CASH STORE. 19 lbs. Granulated Sugar (cane or beet) ..... $1.00 All Best Grades Flour ..... 1.20 Northern Potatoes, peck ..... 2.5 Northern Potatoes, bu ..... 90 2 lbs. 3-Crown Raisins ..... 1.15 3 Cans Good Corn ..... 2.5 3 Cans Scotch Pumpkin ..... 2.5 Spanish Onions lb ..... 0.05 Sweet Potatoes peck ..... 2.5 Cabbage, a head ..... $2/2 3 3lb. Cns Tomatoes ..... 2.5 7 bars White Russian Soap ..... 2.5 7 Bars Lenox Soap ..... 2.5 Large pkg. Gold Dust ..... 2.0 Fresh Fruits and Vegetables. Fresh and Cured Meats. All kinds of Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes. --- A Knowing Dog. "Now," said the narrator, "I've got a dog here I would not take $100 for. You can believe me or not, but what I am going to tell you is the gospel truth. In the early part of last spring I lost about a score of very valuable sheep, until one day as I was looking across from my house to the edge of the range opposite, about two miles away, I noticed some sheep. I got my telescope, and assured myself that they were mine. I placed the telescope in a suitable position, and made Bob, our best collie, look through it. After about a minute the dog wagged his tail and made off. In less than two hours he brought the sheep home safe and sound." C. M. E. CHURCH. Holds Their Services at Masonic Hall Every Sunday. Rev. R. P. Tyler has organized a branch of the C. M. E. Church i. Wichita and the church is holding services on the 2nd flour of the Masonic Building, 615 N. Main street. The order of their services is as follows: Sunday School at 9.30 A. M., Preaching at 11 a. m. and 7.30 p. m. Every one is cordially invited. Rev. R. P. Tyler, pastor. Sensation in "Mystery Ship." Sydney, Australia, has had a newvely in the shape of a "mystery ship." An American steamer, the Coronet, arrived by night in the harbor unsuined and unannounced. It was peopleled by a strange-looking crowd of men, women and children. The officers were dressed in clerical attire—long coats and white ties. Nobody was allowed on board save the government medical officer and the harbor master. The Sydney reporters ascertained that the ship is connected with the newest American seet, the "Holy Ghost and Us," whose head, a man named Stanford, claiming to be the reincarnated Elijah, is on board. The Coronet has been cruising for some months among the Pacific islands. LEAD THE IDEAL SIMPLE LIFE. Finne Devote Summer Months to Enjoyment and Pursuit of Health. In Finland everybody lives the simple life in summer time. They camp out on islands, in the forests and always somewhere near the water, for everybody swims and bathes. Almost all classes sleep and eat al fresco at this time of year, and the town councils of the towns in this progressives and altogether delightful little country provide public fireplaces and public bathing sheds in all places where the working classes go in search of fresh air. But the simple life is by no means dull with the frisky Finns. They combine it with a surprising amount of gayety. They eat, drink and are merry in their picturesque little log cabins outside the cities. When they are tired of bathing and splashing they dance, they sing, they catch fireworks and practice gymnas- Acs, they all become like children and are the happiest, merriest, most good natured, most easily pleased and most healthy holiday makers in the world. We might take many leaves from the Finns' book.—Ladies' Pictorial. REMARKABLE IN THE DOG LINE. Proud Owners of Pets, Listen to This from Flatbush, N. Y. Zip, a son of Bluff, the big bull terrier, is the most respected dog in Flatbush. N. Y., says a correspondent. He requires every other dog within 40 blocks to walk a chalk line and bow to him as he passes by. He can lick everything on four feet up to twice his size, yet is as mild as Devery-at-the Pump. His master attributes Zip's prowess to his fondness for the pipe. Like Old King Cole: He calls for his nudders three. "That is the most remarkable dog in the world," says his master. "He takes my pipe out of my mouth and smokes it, standing on his hind feet. See! The stem is all chewed up! If the tobacco doesn't burn well, Zip will get down on his fours and chase all over the house to create a draught. When the fire is well started again he finishes his smoke and returns me the pipe. Strong? He ought to be named Samson. Why, we have a piano that weighs 600 pounds. The Zip to it with a rope and he will pull it all over the room." The Quaint Belfuga. Caviare can be made of the roe of any fish; but the principal supply comes from the sturgeon and the belluga. The latter is about the most curious fish in the world. It weighs up to 1,000 pounds and innabits the waters of the swift-flowing Volga. It is so abundant that the natives of Astracan throw away the flesh—which is whiter than veal and veraity—and preserve only the spawns, of which they sometimes take as much as 200 pounds out of one fish. This belluga lies on the bottom of the river at certain seasons and swallows many large pebbles of great weight to ballast itself against the force of the stream; that is, the pebbles act as an anchor. When the flood subsides and the waters are less violent the belluga disgorges itself; that is, it unballasts, hauls in its anchor and swims about for provender. Pecullar African Rac There is a peculiar sort of people living in northwest Rhodesia. These natives are small of stature, with large horns on their heads. The hora springs from the scalp, consists of the native's hair mixed with fat and flith, and is sometimes much as 18 inches long. For the horse, it these Kaffirs five on the gre eats to be found on both sides of the river. They build their huts on a great ant heaps which appear like little scattered over the flats. When the Kifue is in flood and the flats are changed into great lakes these people are safe in their huts on the ant heaps. Their cattle also take refuge on the ant heaps on which corn and meaflies are likewise grown Send for the S. P. C. C. A "Young Mother" asks our opinion of "the alleged injurious effects of rocking on babies." We must frankly say that we consider it a brutal practice. As the father of a great many babies, of all ages, we never rocked on any of them intentionally, and we would probably be arrested if we expressed our full opinion of any woman who would presume to do so.—Lippincott's Magazine. A Monster Loaf. Bakers in Germany are fond of making odd experiments, the following being reported from Dullsburg, 'n Westphalia. At a children's party recently held in that town there was exhibited, and afterwards and afterwards and distributed among the young, present, a bread twist which for size at least has surely rarely been equaled. Weighing no less than 180 pounds, it had a breadth of six feet and a length of ten feet, and was thus found sufficient to supply a satisfactory afternoon collation to many as 500 boys and girls. BOY ROSE TO THE SITUATION. Quick Wit and Intelligence Displayed by Youngster. His parents are convinced that Clarence will be a great man; the only doubt is whether it will be as a statesman or scientist. He is only four years old, and their confidence is based largely on one incident. The boy never told of it, and it would have been lost to history if a neighbor had not been a chance. Clarence lives in suburbs, and has a cat and kittens. One day he went into the yard next door with one of the little ones to play. There was a big pile of brushwood here, and he shoved his pet into a hole in this. She crawled so far back that all his efforts to get her out were vain. Had he been a man he would have pulled the pile of brush apart, but lacking strength for this he resorted to cunning. Running home, he soon returned with the mother cat. He shoved her into the hole after her offspring, and she soon came out with the little one between her teeth. Clarence bore them both home in triumph. MOUTHPIECE IS DIRT PROOF Flush Device Arranged by New York Inventor Makes Transmitter More Sanitary Than Cup. A flush mouthpiece for telephones has been designed by a New York inventor for the purpose of making the transmitter more sanitary. It consists of an aluminum cup attached to the diaphragm of the transmitter by means of the bolt and nut used in fastening the front electrode to the diaphragm, says Popular Mechanics. The cup extends through the transmitter case and its outer edge is turned Dirt-Proof Telephone Mouthpiece. over so as to come nearly flush with the face of the case. The cup fits close enough to the case to seal its interior from dust and dirt, but does not come in actual contact with it. There are no grooves for the lodgment of dust or dirt. Tests of the new transmitter are claimed to prove that it gives just as good service over distances of from 1 to 500 miles as the cup type now in general use. USING ELECTRICITY AT SEA Important Part It Plays in Developing Great Speed Attained by Imense Ocean Liner. A writer in the Electrical Review, of London, gives an interesting account of the important parts played by electricity in developing the great speed attained by the Mauretania. He says: "Without in any way reflecting upon the abilities of the engineers, it must be admitted that they did not seem to have grasped the great possibilities of the various auxiliaries on the ship, and it is attention to these auxiliaries which determines the ultimate fulfillment of the designers' ideas. "As is now well known, practically all the auxiliary machinery on the Mauretania is electrically driven, . . . and it is equally well known, especially among electrical engineers connected with shipwork, that marine engineers have a stubborn and conservative objection to anything other than the steam-driven plant with which they have been brought up. When, therefore, an electrical installation of more than 2,000 horse power was thrust upon them with practically no qualified electricians on board to enlighten them as to its proper usage, they naturally felt some trepidation, and had little desire to attempt any record speeds. "Perhaps it is not quite evident why the speed of the ship should entirely depend on the auxiliary plant, and in explanation it must be said that practically all fast boats require a relatively enormous quantity of steam at high pressure, which can only be obtained from the boilers when high-power forced-draft fans are employed to supply air to the furnaces, and a slight dimination in their output has an immediate effect on the steam pressure of the boilers, and consequently on the speed of the engines and propellers. In the case of the Mauretania the forced-draft fans are electrically driven." According to the writer, the entire dependence of the boat's speed on the electric generating plant is now thoroughly understood, and one of the first considerations is to keep up the voltage. Before this, it might drop 10 or 15 per cent, and the only result was a dim light and the slowing down of a few unimportant motors—but on the Mauretania it is vital. In conclusion, we read: "It is strange, on the face of it, that such apparently small details should be the means of converting a 23-knot boat into one of 26 knots; but it is no exaggeration to say that the records of the Mauretania are entirely due to a better understanding of the electrical conditions." ELECTRICAL NOTES. The cost of the transatlantic cable averages nearly $1,200 a mile. Modern electric hoists are so designed that the speed varies with the load. The new metal filament lamps are not nearly so fragile as the earlier types. A portable electrolytic bleaching apparatus has been devised for household use to remove stains from textiles. A new sanitary mouthpiece for telephones is made flush with the transmitter case to avoid germ-catching corners. A 20-watt tungsten lamp gives one fourth more light than the carbon filament lamp of 16 candlepower, on one half the current. A coin-in-the-slot electric curling iron heater for the use of feminine patrons of the hotels and other public places has been patented. An electric alarm for incubators, making use of a thermostat, rings a bell when the temperature rises above or falls below the egg hatching point. Probably the best timekeeper in the world is the electric clock in the Berlin observatory. It is inclosed in an airtight cylinder and its deviation is practically nil. THE ELECTRICAL WORLD Safeguard Against Sudden and Sometimes Fatal Shock When Oiling Electrical Machinery. When oiling electrical machinery it is always advisable to safeguard yourself against accidental shock, especially when currents of high tension are being generated, writes A. J. Jarman in Scientific American. It frequently happens when an ordinary long-spout can is employed for oiling dynamos that a severe shock is received by the oiler, resulting sometimes in death. Several years ago the writer invented an oil can that was perfectly safe under all ordinary conditions of use. Owing to the extreme simplicity of the design any one possessing ordinary mechanical ability can convert an ordinary oiler, either of the vertical or horizontal kind, into a safety oiler. Cut the spout in the middle and solder upon each a piece of brass tubing having either an external or internal thread cut. Fit thereon a coupling sleeve made of insulating material as shown in the sectional view. The insulator can be Oil Can With Insulated Tip. made out of either hard rubber or vulcanized fiber turned in the lathe, with a milled center to admit of a firm grip when screwing or unscrewing the parts. Since oil is an insulator, no current can get past the coupling sleeve to the oiler's hand. ELECTRIC HEATER IS HANDY Heat Derived From Incandescent Lamp Is Reflected Out in All Directions From Base. An electric heater of ornamental design is shown in the accompanying cut and is the invention of Frank Kuhn, Detroit, Mich. The heat is derived from incandescent electric lamps mounted in the base as shown, says Popular Electricity. These lamps are Electric Heater. of a low efficiency as far as light is concerned, but they give off a great deal of heat. This heat is reflected out in all directions by the polished metal standard and from the base. ELECTRIC ARC LIGHT AIDS Through Its Application Art of Photomicrography Received Great Impulse—Intensity Uniform. The art of photomicrography received a great impulse through the application of the electric arc light. Before then it was most difficult to secure good photographs of minute objects magnified more than one thousand diameters, because the oxyhydrogen light employed to illuminate the objects was not sufficiently uniform in intensity. With the electric arc light this difficulty was largely overcome, so that fine photographs have been made of objects magnified five thousand diameters. Microscopy is far ahead of astronomy in the magnifying powers that it can employ. It is seldom that a power of so much as one thousand diameters can be usefully applied with a telescope, and in photographing the heavenly bodies comparatively slight magnification can be used. A photograph of the moon with a magnifying power of 5,000 diameters would be a wonder indeed. Wireless Outfit for Police. A part of the equipment of the new $3,000,000 police headquarters in New York is to be a wireless telegraphy outfit operated from the dome. It is expected that branch stations will be established in outlying districts of the city and in other counties, so that if wires fall, communication may be maintained. Immense Aqueduct The aqueduct which Los Angeles is building from the San Fernando valley, 240 miles distant, not only will be the greatest in the world, but will supply more persons with water and at the same time irrigate 75,000 acres of land and develop 60,000 electrical horsepower.