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THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT The Grand Arabian Drill Contest and Musical Festival To Be Given By Emith Temple No.30 At GARFIELD HALL Wednesday Night, March 15. Will Be Fine. Don't Miss This Event TWELTH YEAR BIG COMIN The Grand Arabian Musical Festival Emith Temp GARFIELD Wednesday Nig Will Be Fine. Don Some Shriner Digr Ill. Dr. F. O'Hara Miller, 32° Illustrious Potentate Emith Temple No. 30 On Wednesday night. March 1st一一one of the most pleasing and entirely new creations of the season will de put on at Garfield hall by the "Camel-ite fellers" of Emith Temple No.30, Mystic Shriners and the daughters of Isis. This event will be the big Arabian Drill contest between the Arabs of the Temple and the daugdters. Ill. J. W. Thompson, 33° Commander - in - Chief Western Star Consistory No. 18 III. J. W. Thompson, 33° Commander - in - Chief Western Star Consistory No. 18 In costumes, drill tictacs, and in speech and in silence, in walk and in run, in habits of all kinds, good, no bad an indiferent— in all of these—and then some —this drill will cap "the lid" off the clima(x)te. The Arabs—who have been especially moulded for this occasion—will be under command of the big Arabian Chet, Jones Samuel—who comes to the front —not the rear—for this special purpose. The faite daughters of the Orient of Arabia will be directed by that match—less—and tooth—pick—less giant of "lady trainers"—the Chief of the Orient—Sayles John. Every ond who comes to Garfield hall on Wednesday night, March 1st—will feel more than satisfied with the progrom and Ill. Capt Sam W. Jomes, 32° Trainer of the Arabians. Ill. Capt Sam W. Jones, $ 32^{\circ} $ Trainer of the Arabians. events of theevening. This is all-there will be other features too numerous to mention and the only way way in which one can appreciate the many things of the that night will be to be present at this occasion. There is one thing that can be said to the credit of the Arabs of Emith Temple—and that is—the Ill. J. H. Scott, 32° Ponca City, Okla. A True-Blue Desert Traveler are sparing neither money or pains to make this event a grand success. The program will be short and sweet and to the point and will be enjoyed by all. You SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1911. THE NEW YORK TIMES THE WORLD'S FIRST BLACK WOMAN Ill. J. H. Sayles, 32° The Famous Lady Tamer and Trainer Who Will Drill The Daughters of Isis. have a cordial invitation to attend this event, bring your family and bring yourself. The admission fee is only 25c to the men and a quarter to the women. Be sure to be present Meh 1st. "Young people delight until 1 o'clock a. m." interest. The incident arose with extension made by Senator Ration to the Borah n The New York senate national government South Hard Hit Sanator Root of New York Serves Notice WASHINGTGN-Through the injection of the race question into the hitherto comparatively common place dismission in the senate of the resolution providing for the election of senators by direct vote, Senator Root of New York and Senator Bacon of Georgia fitted that controversy to a plane of almost sensational Ill. Dr. H. Truman Bolden, 32° A Shriner Who Extracts --- ```markdown ``` The incident arose in connection with extended remarks made by Senator Root in opposition to the Borah resolution. The New York senator said the national goverment could not af Ilt. Dr. A. K. Lawrence, $ 33^{\circ} $ One of the Shrine Bunch. ```markdown ``` and Festival Auspices of Emith Temple No. 30 Garfield Hall Wednesday Night, March 1st. 1911 The Daughters of Isis, to be, will put on an exhibition drill. Sometimes entirely new. The Nobles of the Mystic Shrine will drill against the Daughters of Isis. Do Not Miss This Contest Grand Musical Program Under Direction of Ill. Geo. W. White The young people will be allowed to remain until 1 a. m. and enjoy themselves to their heart's content. Everybody is welcome. The following are the two drill teams Daughters of Isis - J. H. Sayles, Captain Daughters of Isl. J. H. Sayles, Captain Mesdames - Sam Jones, N. D. Briley, J. T. Chinneth, H T Bolden, G Ewing, O T Taylor, G White, J H Sayles, Miss. - R Whitted, - Wade, L. Fauver, Covington and H Hurst. ord to barter away the privilege of supervising sedatorial election in the South, if need should arise for such supervision. Also in speaking of the observance of the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the constitution he said that from time to time "things happen" in the Southern states which should not be permitted by the states and which A. H. Shiner who holds the Spondulix should be corrected, if not by the states themselves, then by the national goverment. Later he took occasion to emphasize this statement INTEREST INTENSE. When first made the declaration caused a visible stir on the Democoatle side of the chamber and the feeling was intensified by the reparction. It at once be came manifest that if anything was lacking to insure opposition by the Southern senators to the resoulations, it had been supplied by Mr.Root. Senator Borah, who has char- ge of the measure, declared that the race question had been dragged into the case for the purpose of alienating the imority. When Mr. Root concluded his speech about 3 o'clock he left the chamber Mr. Bacon immediately expressed a desire for specifications regarding the things which the New York senator had said "happened in the South," which ought to call for federal intervention, but the demand did not 4 s Smet il] iy x hey wi aS a a Te a een sie cornea pc oe — ER ee a ee et ee . ee ke RO i eae asa = é oh <. a aes er ee Pe i Ok an epee er eeaaiaa d a oR TSE nn SORES hoa aos tee cei POS ee a ec ONY BS Seah aR SONS ee Sing eg Pao OF RT ot ieee erste ro oS ee ne at ae os = LJ] AeA WALLACE ON THE PANIZS OL THE CHACRLY BUDO rs VA v7 j Be ee ee a tS ee oe Pr en Se es ome Se a ie Be aes aa ee ee ||P, See ices SES aes ee = i] Soe Oe ys Ss Oe pee ee ee S Ve aoe eg | ia pas Rote enc its oe teat oe So eso cb eaten PE) TA SRS ee ae Sts eo Arie Lo a pears eek || fic” MNBL AN SEaeOe uh BOS PAS Rot Sage Mie ae ph pine Ce era es ae a Oe ge ee 8 = y ee eee eee re SS eae: = ep ee) | | OE 5 ee OR ee Oe Pierre SS ape ee ot ome nei fe. a HAULING OFF EXCAVATIONS FROM CLLEBRA CUT v heh na [7 7 HEN one looks upon the gigantic work that is in progress of the Isthmus of Panama and beholds CW .] the hills and the mountains giv- W ing way before the onward march of modern machinery— sees steam, electricity, alr and Wi \\ 2 water all harnessed and made to i <a do the bidding of man, he can Milf HN) ut stond in awe and ask the i (Hi question: What is the propel- VO a4} ling power back of this great = undertaking? And the question comes to him in re doubled force as he remembers that the spot on which all this great work is in progress was only recently regarded as the death-hole of the world—but now, when he beholds a Jand freed from the fearful ravages of the dis- eases that had for centuries taken thelr toll ef human life by the tens of thousands, he is constrained to ask again: What has wrought this wonderful change? And the answer comes back to him from far down the rugged road that is filled with the fumes of the mfdnight ofl that has been burned by students and men of science of past and present times: O, fellow-toller, over and above end around and directing this great enterprise, upon which the eyes of the world are centered today, is the irresistible pawer of well-trained, cultured intellect. It is remarkable the number of people one finds who are of the opinion that the idea of a canal across the Isthmus of Panama is some- thing of recent origin, when the fact is, it is » matter that has engaged the attention of the civilized world for nearly five hundred years. Many unsuccessful attempts have been made to accomplish the object in the past, and it 1s good to realize that the dreams and designs of the Spanish adventurers of the fifteenth century are about to be brought to pass by American engineers of the twentieth century. Spain, Portugal, England and France have each in turn made a failure in their attempts to pierce the Isthmus with a canal. Columbus was the first to propose a water highway from Europe to Asia, westward, by way of the Atlantic. It was such a highway he sought, and not the new world, which he really found. He landed on the Isthmus of Panama, near the present site of Colon, in the year 1502, but {t was a Spanish engineer mamed Saavedra, one of Balboa’s followers, who first advocated the construction of a canal across Panama. Thiggwas in 1517, and after studying the Giestint Yor a Goren Joare, he submitted his plans to Charles V., king of Spain, Surveys of the isthmus were made, Dut the work of cutting a canal was reported to be impracticable. After the death of Charles V. his successor, Philip Il, in 1657, ent an engineer to survey the Nicaraguan route, who likewise made an adverse report. The question was then abandoned for 200 years, after which time {t was again opened, and has been before the public ever since. In the year 1880 the French people, headed by Count Ferdinand de Lesseps, who had gained both fame and fortune by the succegs- ful completion of the Suez canal, téok up the moatter of constructing the Panama canal, and went vigorously to work to connect the two oceans. The great engineer thought he had really an easier undertaking before him than he had recently been successful in accom- plishing—that is, the cutting of the Suez ca- nal—but he was vastly mistaken. As work progressed on the canal with seeming suc- cess, glowing reports were wafted back to France of what was being done, and the fame of de Lesseps rose to the point of hero wor ship. In 1884 he was elected to the French academy, and was saluted by Gambetta as “the Grand Old Frenchman.” In 1885 he was seated among the Immortals—Victor Hugo, the great French novelist, being his sponsor, and Renan, that other brilliant French writer, delivered the valedictory. But the dark clouds were gathering behind all this fantastic show, and in a few more years the crisis came. The expenditure of money that had been contributed mostly by the poorer people of France was something awful—the amount being placed as high as '$§00,000,000 in eight years; and then the crash carne, burying beneath the wreck the hopes KA i A Seances, 4!) eo XS eee Up a Lee 8 oo ay noes 2 —_ en — hoe Yat Be Dee Gee a| [ponte a LO FSO SO ae Ne a ff Br aes Estes a ee ee er ee rice (Ea ey ee Be, ae ge ei ea et ge Ee ea Sree S08 ge \\ ee eee Pn ee Soe eae SS Fi emain Sea Re ee ars rT ea am Ses So ; Se =< SERPO SPAT eae gee — ee Ee Be SREY RACE GINS: Gy GRO RA SP Re Tn ira or ean ARR SM Soe oe eae Nae ahs | Paste crea Bo Gute te ee ere Ce re eee we pe Dae ee Sah tea et eR os ekg Faken ee a ee 5 ees te SO Ie ieee eS emo cae or ota ae os ee eae TA a tle tea ae ‘ uaa AB! a ? dl ARN ES pe es Vr eee ee een ee PE Sg is aden on pee ——. ee oe ee ee Sea See ee er a ee ee ae and expectations of the great engineer, and carrying sorrow and want to the homes of thousands upon thousands of French people who had contributed their little all toward forwarding the great enterprise. The nation was brought to the very verge of revolution. Judicial proceedings were instituted, and trials were had, extending over a period of five years. There was disclosed to the horrified world such an orgy of corruption as history had never before recorded. A hundred French senators and deputies were accused of having taken btibes, and the police department was under the same charge. Count de Lesseps never recovered from the shock—and went down to his grave in 1894— only 16 years ago—a broken-hearted old man— but his fame will remain immortal despite the sad ending of his career. In 1903 the United States purchased the interests and belongings of the French com- pany on the Isthmus of Panama, paying there- for the sum of $40,000,000—the assets consist- ing of valuable surveys, implements of all kinds, many thousand houses, railroads, land; and also paid the Republic of Panama $10,- 000,000 for the Canal Zone—a strip of land in said Republic of Panama ten miles wide and practically 60 miles long—extending from Co- Jon on the Atlantic side to Panama City on the Pacific. Through the center of this ten- mile strip the cansl is being constructed. At present there is an army of nearly 40,000 men engaged in the gigantic undertaking of build- ing this great water highway from ocean to ocean. ‘The first party of Americans went to Pana- ma in 1904 to begin work, but they found the country infested with diseases of the most fatal kinds, and the year 1904 was practically spent in improving health conditions. This work has been under the supervision of Col. W. C. Gorgas, and so effective have been the methods pursued by him and his able assist ants in the Canal Zone of the Isthmus of Panama that the health conditions of that tropical country are about as good today as those of the southern states of America. Contrary to the general belief, the United States is not digging a “big ditch” across the Isthmus of Panama. When the canal is fin- ished and ships are steaming across Panama from the Atlantic to the Pacific, or vice versa, the waters of the two oceans will still be at least forty miles apart. They will never meet at all. A sea-level canal, which would have allowed the waters of the Atlantic and the Pacific to come together, is not being dug; but an 86-foot lock canal is being constructed. As to the relative merits of the sea-level and the Jock canal it ts not within the province of this article to discuss. 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The dam rests on impermeable material of sufficient supporting power, and fills the openings between the hills at Gatun, through which the Chagres (pronounced “Shaggers”) river flows to the sea. This river crosses the channel of the canal no less than fifteen times in {ts serpentine course and is one of the most turbulent streams known during high water, though it looks peaceful enough during the dry season. It was one of the great ob- structions to the possibility of digging a sea- level canal, but this enemy has been converted into a friend, and will be made to supply the greater portion of the water for filling the great artificial lake. ‘The great Gatun dam—upon the successful completion of which depends the success of the canal—consists of a water-tight center or core composed of clay and sand mixed in proper proportions. These materials were adopted after consultation with the best ex- perts in the world, who came to the conclusion that clay and sand were the most tmpervious materials that could be used. This material, after being properly mixed, is deposited hy- draulically—that is, by being pumped in by dredges. This center core is confined by a rock wall on each side, the rock so used being taken from Culebra cut. At the bot- tom this impermeable core of clay and sand has a width of about 860 feet, and gradually tapers upward until a minimum thickness of 400 feet will be had at the water level of the lake. The dam will rise to a height of 115 feet, or a distance of 30 feet above the level of the lake. The artificial lake—waich will be known as Lake Gatun—will cover an area of 164 square miles, or over 100,000 acres. The entire navy of the United States can find safe anchorage therein. ‘The greatest obstacle that has stood in the way of the engineers for the past 600 years in constructing a canal across Panama has been the mountain range known as the Cor- dilleras—the backbone of the continent. It was here that the French people wasted and squandered such a great amount of money that the picture shown above is called “Gold hill”"—it being asserted that they spent enough in their endeavor to cut through the moun- tain at this point that the money used would UF — SHOWING GOLD HILL Rave covered the sides of the excavation with solid gold. The cut through these mountains {s known as Culebra cut, and is nine miles in Jength—through solid rock. The cut begins at Bas Obispo and ends at Pedro Miguel locks. ‘The question is often asked, What be- comes of the vast quantities of dirt, rock, etc, that are taken from the canal? It is loaded on trains by means of the steam shov- els and hauled off—a portion being placed on Gatun dam, a portion is taken to the Atlantic and a portion to the Pacific oceans and placed on the great breakwaters that are building there, and yet other trains are busily engaged in hauling the excavations to the railroad tracks that will skirt the northern edge of the canal, and which will have a solid rock bed the entire distance. They find use for every particle of It. Getting rid of these excavations has caused the Canal Zone to become the busiest railroad center in the world. It is said that 900 trains pass a given point near the town of Culebra in a day, hauling out the rock from the cut. ‘The United States is constructing a lock canal, as before stated. These locks are in pairs, each having a width of 110 feet and a length of 1,000 feet. Each lock consists of a chamber, with walls of concrete, and with water-tight gates at the ends. The level of water 1s to be regulated through openings in the bottom by the operation of valves in the side and center walls, which will permit the water to flow into and out of the locks by gravity. It is estimated that it will require eight minutes to fill one of them. The locks are the largest that have ever been designed in the history of the world. The gates con- sist of two leaves and are massive steel struc- tures 7 feet thick, 65 feet long and from 47 to 82 feet high. Highty-four leaves will be required for the entire canal, and their total weight will be 86,000,000 pounds, and will cost nearly $6,000,000. ‘When the canal is completed—which Colonel George W. Goethals, who is in charge of the great work, says will be some time during the year 1913—here is the manner in which a ves sel from the Atlantic side will get to the Pacific: It will enter the sea-level channel at Colon and go a distance of seven miles to the foot of Ga- tun locks; there it will be lifted by means of these locks a height of 85 feet above the sea level to the surface of Gatun lake; the gates of the lock will be opened and it will steam out on this lake and go a distance of 23 miles to the beginning of the great Culebra cut, and carefully proceeding through this cut a dis- tance of nine miles, it will check up at Pedro Miguel locks, where it will enter the lock and be lowered a distance of 28 1-8 feet to the level of Miraflores lake, and then it will steam a distance of three miles across this lake to Miraflores locks, where it will be lowered by two flights a distance of 66 2-3 feet to sea level; and then it will enter the Pacific chan- nel of the canal and go a distance of eight miles out to deep water of the ocean. It will require from ten to twelve hours for a vessel to make the passage from one ocean to the other—thus saving many thoueands of miles of travel, and many days of time in a journey to any of the ports on the Pacific side of the Americas and also to the Orient, Colonel Goethals states most positively that the cost of the canal will not be over $875,000,000; and in this amount {s included the purchase of the French company's be- longings—$40,000,000—and the $10,000,000 paid for the Canal Zone, and also the cost of the sanitary department, which of course has been @ considerable amount. In order to get some idea of what the cost of the canal means—$375,000,000—and put it so the mind can in some measure grasp the figures, we make the following statement: There are in the world nine principal canals, to wit: The Suez, the Kiel, the Manchester, the United States Ste. Marie, the Canadian Ste. Marle, the Amsterdam, Corinth, Cron- stadt and the Erie-Ontario canal. The total cost of all nine of these canals was $264,000,- 000, which is less by $111,000,000 than the Panama canal alone will cost at the lowest estimate, But even if this amount is doubled, the United States will complete it. The pride and reputation of the nation are at stake, and she cannot afford to make a failure as all the Base countrier bave done that have gone be fore. HAD A REASON FOR BEING Carnegie Elicted Information Askeg For, but It Is Doubtful if He Appreciated It. At the recent dinner given by An drew Carnegie, an eminent lawyer, seated half-way down the table, was deeply immersed in conversation with his neighbor when the host opened up the subject of the Pritish coinage system, and showed signs of wishing undivided attention. “Every other civilized nation,” he 4eclaimed, “has the de-imal system, while England adheres o the absurd and cumberous table of pounds, shiil- ings and pence.” Rap-rap-rap. ‘The raps were for the lawyer, who remained absorbed in his own conven sation. “And even farthings,” con- tinued the fron-master. “Is there any. thing else in finance so ridiculous as the farthing?” Rap-rap. The lawyer glanced around some what impatiently. “Judge G—,”: Mr. Carnegie calle out, “why do the British continue their coinage of farthings?" “To enable the Scotch to practice benevolence, Mr. Carnegie,” returned the Inwyer. OATS—259 Bu. Per Acre. 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The adoption of the rule by which appropriation bills can be passed after a brief debate was followed by a statement from Senator Bailey of Texas and other Democrats in the senate that they would content themselves by merely voting against reciprocity and not filibuster against the agreement. This, apparently, assures a vote on the Canadian pact at this session, the thing President Taft has insisted upon. Nearly everybody concerned now appears satisfied with the situation. The standpatters do not want an extra session, which would lead to certain success for reciprocity and possible revision of several tariff schedules. The insurgents also are averse to an extra session and the Democrats do not exactly desire to be pushed into a tariff session with the responsibility on their shoulders before they were ready for it. More than this, the old guard of the house was willing to have a rule for the last two weeks of the session that would allow some business to be done. The Democrats were willing to permit it so long as they would have a veto advantage under a two-third vote. The action of the house has greatly stimulated the expectation that the reciprocity bill will pass the senate before adjournment. JAPANESE TREATY TO SENATE Makes No Mention of Immigration Restriction Which is Left to Diplomatic Action. Washington, D. C.—President Taft has transmitted to the senate the proposed new treaty with Japan. The distinctive feature of the document is that it omits all reference to the restrictions now imposed by the United States on the admittance of Japanese immigrants to these shores. The understanding is that this all important question is left to the national honor of the Japanese government, which is expected to enforce at her home ports, the limitations which are now enforced under the Root-Aoki agreement in the matter of her subjects who seek entrance to the United States. FOR THE KILLING OF SAM WOODS Twenty Years After the Crime Was Committed Oklahoma Man Has Been Arrested. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.—Twenty years after crime was committed Governor Cruce has granted the requisition of James Bremen, a wealthy farmer of Kiowa county, Oklahoma, to be returned to Kansas to stand trial for the killing of Sam Woods, the founder of Woodsdale, Kan., and a pioneer of Stevens county, that state. The killing formed a sensational chapter in an early day county seat war. The fight was between Hugo and Woodsdale. Bremen was in bed ill when he was arrested. FOR THE MISSOURI $600,000 Conference Committee Adopts the Stone Amendment Making a Six-Foot Channel Possible. Washington, D. C.—Action by the conference committee in charge of the river and harbor bill assures the appropriation of $600,000 for the Missouri. The members of the committee unanimously adopted the amendment offered by Senator Stone and agreed to by the senate making that amount available for the improvement of the river "with a view to obtaining a permanent 6-foot channel between Kansas City and the mouth of the river." The Elimination of Coulds New York, N. Y.-The absolute elimination of George J. Gould and his family from American financial affairs was the keynote of a definite report in Wall street to the effect that a syndicate was being organized to take over practically all of the Gould holdings in railroad stocks. No Plague Victims Recover Washington, D. C.—That none of the plague stricken people of China recovers, the lungs being infected, followed by death in a few hours, was reported to the American National Red Cross society in a telegram received from American Consul General Wilder at Shanghai. Italian Workmen Starving Human Workmen Starving. Rome. Italy.-Government relief measures were put under way for thousands of idle workmen throughout Italy. The families of workmen are on the verge of starvation and many of them have been evicted from their homes. Seven Drowned in Oregon Portland. Ore. — The gasoline schooner Oshkosh turned turtle at the mouth of the Columbia river. The captain was saved, but seven of the crew were lost. A CURIOSITY "The only man what wasn't disfranchised after last election is about to cast his vote." As It May Be in Some of the Vote-Selling Districts by the Time Another Election Rolls Around. CLIP WINGS OF WHITE PLAGUE GOV. HADLEY SENDS SPECIAL MESSAGE TO LEGISLATURE. Transmits Report of Tuberculosis Commission Containing Recommendations for Cure. Jefferson City, Missouri.—Between 5,000 and 5,500 persons die of consumption in Missouri every year. The economic loss to the state by reason of the ravages of the disease is placed by the commission which investigated the subject at $31,000,000. The commission estimates that there are always between 25,000 and 35,000 persons in the state who are partly of wholly incapacitated because of the disease and, it says in its report, transmitted to the legislature by Gov. Hadley, that a large percentage of these people could be saved if the state would prescribe the necessary sanitary precautions and provide treatment for them. In his message, the governor says: "The report itself consists of a document of several hundred pages, which contains the most complete detailed information as to the existence of the cause of this disease and possible measures for its prevention and cure that has ever been prepared by any public or professional commission in this state, and will unquestionably be of great value in dealing with this important problem." The report shows that two out of every 1,000 persons die of consumption, that the disease causes one in every ten deaths, and that the death rate, strange to say, is higher in the small towns and in the country than in the large cities. And while the economic loss to the state is placed at $31,000,000 a year because of the expense attendant on the illness, the commission finds that less than 1 per cent of this amount is spent to check it. The state, the commission says, should spend at least 2 per cent of the loss, approximately $600,000 a year, for the prevention and cure of the disease. Intelligently expended, the report says it is probable that this amount of money would, within a few years, completely eradicate the disease. Limit the Birth Rate. He Says. Cambridge, Massachusetts—Prof. T. N. Carver, the Harvard economist and sociologist, is in favor of small families and advocates more restrictions on the birth rate. In a statement he said the family exists to control the number of children and insuring adequate support for those that are born, and that no one should have more children than he can support decently. Census Returns Inaccurate: Washington, D. C. After careful investigation of the returns and schedules by experts clerks in the census bureau, it was found necessary to correct the population figures for 23 cities of the United States. Cars Overturn. Then Burn. Adairville, Tenn.—Twenty-one persons were injured and the lives of three score imperiled when two coaches burned after being turned over in a railroad wreck here. Snow Follows Oklahoma Rain Guthrie, Oklahoma. — From April showers to a January Blizzard was the quick weather change here. A norther has been blowing all day accompanied by snow and sleet. For Agriculture $16,980,196. Washington, D. C.—The agriculture appropriation bill was reported to the senate. It carries $16,980,196, an increase of $256,685 over the amount of the bill as it was passed by the house. Oklahoma Bank Law Stands Washington, D. C.—A rehearing in the case involving the constitutionality of the Oklahoma bank guaranty law of 1907 was denied by the supreme court of the United States. The court recently held that the law was constitutional. An Earthquake in Turkey. Constantinople, Turkey.—A violent earthquake was experienced at Monastir and elsewhere throughout the vilayet of Monastir. There was some loss of life. SETTLE GRANDFATHER CLAUSE The Test Case Now Being Tried in Oklahoma Will Be Appealed to Supreme Court. Guthrie, Oklahoma.—Arguments in the test cases brought to prevent the disfranchisement of the negro voter in Oklahoma were begun here before Judge John H. Cotteral in the United States district court. The defendants are precinct election officers indicted for depriving negro voters of their suffrage at the last general election. The officers were proceeding under Oklahoma's grandfather election law. The punishment for violating the federal statute is a fine, or imprisonment, or both. The case will be appealed to the United States supreme court, whatever the outcome in the lower court. Oklahoma Republicans are seeking to get an opinion from the United States supreme court squarely on the issue. Lawyers have been employed at the expense of the state to represent the defendants. CHINA'S REPLY UNSATISFACTORY That is the Information Received by Cable at the State Department. Washington, D. C.-Cables from St. Petersburg and London to the state department bring the information that China's reply to Russia's demand for adjustments of claims in lil province and the treaty of 1881 is entirely unsatisfactory. Russia, it is declared, is getting ready to press at once her military demonstration. This means nothing less than initiation of a move to occupy the province and hold it. The Supreme Court Decides That Newspapers May Not Pay in Advertising. Washington, D. C.-Only money and not advertising can be accepted by interstate railroads in payment for transportation, according to an interpretation announced by the supreme court of the United States of the Hepburn rate law of 1906. The decision involves a large number of contracts between the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railroad company and various publishers. Life Imprisonment Georgetown, Kentucky.-Under the habitual criminal act, Caswell McCatten, a negro was sentenced to life imprisonment in the penitentiary here for stealing a turkey. The fowl was taken about Christmas and owing to the high price of fowls at that time the court held the theft a penitentiary offense. Will Quit When Pay Stops. Oklahoma City, Ok.—The present session of the legislature will close at the end of the 60 days, which is the constitutional limit of time during which members may draw $6 per day. Both houses passed concurrent resolution providing for sine die adjournment on March 4 at midnight. China Conciliates Russia. St. Petersburg, Russia.—The government considers the tone of the Chinese reply to the Russian note demanding a closer adherence to the provisions of the treaty of 1881 affecting Mongolia and Chinese Turkestan, most conciliatory and satisfactory. Drifts Tie Up Trains. Dalhart, Texas.-Five Rock Island passenger trains are reported tied up by a snow blockade at Santa Rosa, New Mexico. Relief trains have been sent out. The Opium Crusade Ended: Washington, D. C.—After more than 50 raids and the seizure of smuggled opium having a commercial value of $100,000, agents of the customs service have reported that their work is about finished. Russians Invade Turkestan. London, England.—A special dispatch from St. Petersburg says a rumor is current that a whole army corps of 36,000 men is preparing to reoccupy Kulja, a district of Chinese Turkestan. ARMOURS TO QUIT MISSOURI But Attorney General Major Says Packers Must Stay—Charged With Violating Anti-Trust Laws. Jefferson City, Mo.—Qharles W. Armour of Kansas City, president, and James W. Murray, secretary of the Armour Packing company, attempted to withdraw the business of that company from Missouri. To do that it is necessary to surrender the license to do business and that is what the company sought to do, but Elliott W. Major, attorney general, instructed the secretary of state not to accept the surrender. The company must stay in the state and face prosecution for violating the anti-trust laws, Mr. Major said. The Armours have no slaughter houses in Missouri, but have plants in East St. Louis, Ill., and Kansas City, Kan. At St. Joseph the Armour Packing company has a big distributing plant under the management of M. E. Linville and "coolers" for storage of dressed meats, etc., in nearly all of the larger cities. On that account when he brought the anti-trust proceeding the attorney general, made the Armour Packing company the only Armour concern that is a defendant. Now, when he thinks he has proved a clear violation of the anti-trust law he says he does not propose to let the principal offender slip through his fingers and avoid paying the penalty. It is the company that is in court and subject to whatever penalty may be imposed. No other Armour company can be reached. The record filed shows that the corporation had decided on January 16 to quit business in Missouri. The record is attested by Fred T. Grissom of Kansas City, February 10, 1911. It revokes Linville's authority as agent. TWO WEEKS FOR CHINA TO ACT The Russian Government Does Not Propose to Send Troops to Enforce Demands at Once. St. Petersburg, Russia.—The Novoe Vremya, in discussing the announced purpose of Russian to make a military demonstration in Lil Province, in Chinese Turkestan, describes the note presented at Pekin by Minister Korotoxitx as a semi-ultimatum, as it does not specify the time within which China must comply with the demands of St. Petersburg. The paper adds, however, that if the Chinese government falls to act in a fortnight the semi-ultimatum will be amplified. HEARING FROM THE FARMERS Head of National Grange Objects to Passage of Canadian Reciprocity —6,000,000 Behind Him. Washington, D. C.—Protests, said to come from farmers, against the Canadian reciprocity agreement were heard by the senate committee on finance. Ex-Governor N. J. Bachelder of New Hampshire, master of the National Grange, asserted that 6,000,000 farmers were united in opposition to the agreement and he said he voiced their protests against free trade in farm products while protection was continued on manufactured articles which the farmers are compelled to buy. FRIGHTENED THE FILIPINOS The First Aviation Flight in the Orient Made by Mars at Manila. Manila.—The first aviation flight in the Orient was made here at the opening of the annual carnival. J. C. (Bud) Mars, the American aeronaut, made a circling flight over the city, thrilling thousands of spectators and throwing many natives into a panic of fear at the strange sight. Aviator Baldwin, in a biplane, also made a flight. Thousands of visitors flocked in from the provincial districts for the carnival and some came from as far as China and Japan. Iowa Damage Law Upheld. Washington, D. C.—The constitutionality of the law of Iowa passed in 1898 enabling an employee of the operating department of a railroad to sue a railroad for injuries, notwithstanding the fact that he had received injury benefits from a relief department supported partly by the railroad, was upheld by the supreme court of the United States. Missouri "Navy" Forgotten. Jefferson City, Mo.—The Missouri "navy," one squadron of which has been located at Kansas City, has been left out of the contingent appropriation bill and probably will have to disband. The prospects of the bill being amended to include the $5,000 a year asked for the naval reserves are extremely slim. Dies While in Barber Chair. Kansas City, Mo.—While sitting in a barber chair waiting for a shave Patrick Dooley, a Kansas City pioneer, 3218 Lexington avenue, succumbed to the infirmities of his 83 years and died. Marriage of Minors Holds. Kansas City, Mo.-Parents cannot successfully try to annul, in Missouri courts, the marriage of boys over 14 and girls over 12. Judge James E. Goodrich so held in the circuit court, looking over supreme court decisions. WINNiPEG, MANITOBA THE GREATEST WHEAT MARKET ON THE CON TINENT WINNiPEG, MANITOBA THE GREATEST WHEAT MARKET ON THE CON TINENT REMARKABLE YIELDS OF WHEAT, OATS, BARLEY AND FLAX IN WESTERN CANADA LAST YEAR. Figures recently issued show that the wheat receipts at Winnipeg last year were 88,269,330 bushels, as compared with the Minneapolis receipts of 81,111,410 bushels, this placing Winnipeg at the head of the wheat receiving markets of the continent. Following up this information it is found that the yields throughout the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, as given the writer by agents of the Canadian Government stationed in different parts of the States, have been splendid. A few of the instances are given: On the Experimental Farm at Indian Head, wheat has gone below 40 bushels, while several, such as the Marquis and the Preston, have gone as high as 54 bushels to the acre. At Elstow, Sask., the quantity of wheat to the acre ran, on the average, from 26 right up to 40 bushels per acre, while oats in some cases yielded a return of 70 to 80 bushels per acre, with flax giving 13 to 14 bushels per acre. W. C. Carnell had a yield of 42 bushels per acre from six acres of breaking. Neil Callahan, two miles northwest of Strome, had a yield of 42 bushels of wheat per acre. Wm. Lindsay, two miles east of Strome, had 1,104 bushels of Regenerated Abundance oats from ten acres. Joseph Scheelar, 11 miles south of Strome, had 12,000 bushels of wheat and oats from 180 acres. Part of the oats yielded 85 bushels to the acre, and the wheat averaged about 40 bushels. Spohn Bros., four miles southwest of Strome, had a splendid grain yield of excellent quality wheat, grading No. 2. A. S. McCulloch, one mile northwest of Strome, had some wheat that went 40 bushels to the acre. J. Blaser, a few miles southwest of Strome, threshed 353 bushels of wheat from 7 acres. Among the good grain yields at Macklin, Alberta, reported are: D. N. Tweedle, 22 bushels to the acre; John Currin, 24 bushels wheat to the acre; Sam Fletcher, 20 bushels to the acre. At Craven, Sask, Albert Clark threshed from 60 acres of stubble 1,890 bushels; from 20 acres of fallow 900 bushels of red fife wheat that weighed 65 pounds to the bushel. Charles Keith threshed 40 bushels to the acre from 40 acres. Albert Young, of Stony Beach, southwest of Lumsden, threshed 52 bushels per acre from summer fallow, and George Young 5,000 bushels from 130 acres of stubble and fallow, or an average of 3812 bushels to the acre. Arch Morton got 5,600 bushels of red fife from 160 acres. James Russell got 8,700 bushels from stubble and late breaking, an average of $23\frac{1}{2}$ bushels. At Rosthern Jacob Friesen had 27 bushels per acre from 80 acres on new land and an average over his whole farm of $21\frac{1}{2}$ bushels of wheat. John Schultz threshed 4,400 bushels from 100 acres, or 44 bushels to the acre. John Lepp had 37 bushels per acre from 200 acres. A. B. Dirk had 42 bushels per acre from 25 acres. Robert Roe of Grand Coulee threshed 45 bushels to the acre from 420 acres. Sedley, Sask., is still another district that has cause to be proud of the yields of both wheat and flax. J. Cleveland got 30 bushels of wheat per acre on 100 acres and 18 bushels of flax on 140 acres. T. Dundas, southeast of Sedley, 40 bushels per acre on 30 acres; M. E. Miller, 34 bushels per acre on 170 acres of stubble, and 35 bushels per acre on 250 acres fallow; W. A. Day had 32 bushels per acre on 200 acres of stubble, and 35 bushels on 250 acres of fallow; J. O. Scott had 30 bushels of wheat per acre on 200 acres, and 18 bush- els of flax per acre on 300 acres; James Bullick averaged 29 bushels of wheat; A. Allen 30 bushels; Jos. Runions, 40; Alex Ferguson, 38; W. R. Thompson, 35, all on large acreages. The flax crop of J. Cleveland is rather a wonder, as his land has yielded him $60 per acre in two years with one ploughing. Russell, Man., farmers threshed 30 bushels of wheat and 60 to 80 bushels of oats. A. D. Stenhouse, near Melford, Sask., had an average yield on $13\frac{1}{2} acres of new land, $63\frac{1}{2} bushels of Preston wheat to the acre. Hector W. Swanston, a farmer near Welwyn, Sask., had 5,150 bushels of wheat from one quarter section of land. John McLean, who owns two sections, threshed 12,860 bushels of wheat. His Head Was Hard. It is a common belief that the negro's head is hard, capable of withstanding almost any blow. The following story told by a prominent young dentist of Danville, ill, would seem to indicate something of the kind anyhow. Two negro men were employed on tearing down a three-story brick building. One negro was on top of the building taking off the bricks and sliding them down a narrow wooden chute to the ground, some thirty feet below, where the other was picking them up and piling them. When this latter negro was stooping over to pick up a brick the former accidentally let one fall, striking him directly on the head. Instead of its killing him, he merely looked up, without rising, and said, "What you doin' thar, nigger, you make me bite my tongue."—The Circle. A Dry Wash. Representative Livingston of Georgia, who, disgusted at the bath-tub debate in the house recently, proposed that a little money might be made by renting the bath tubs out, said recently, apropos of this subject: "We are now a good deal like Bill Spriggins on a zero morning. "Bill's valet entered his bedroom one January morning and said with a shiver: "Will you take your bath hot or cold, sir?" "Thank you,' said Bill; 'I'll take it for granted.'" The extraordinary popularity of fine white goods this summer makes the choice of Starch a matter of great importance. Defiance Starch, being free from all injurious chemicals, is the only one which is safe to use on fine fabrics. Its great strength as a stiffener makes half the usual quantity of Starch necessary, with the result of perfect finish, equal to that when the goods were new. Ready With Proof An earnest preacher in Georgia, who has a custom of telling the Lord all the news in his prayers, recently began a petition for help against the progress of wickedness in his town with the statement: "O thou great Jehovah, crime is on the increase. It is becoming more prevalent daily. 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The Mother's Aid club will meet Friday afternoon March 3. with Mrs. Mollie Miller,1929 S. Mosley Ave. All members are urged to be present: Born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Foss a fine baby bay, Feb. 8th. Dr. F. O: Miller in attendance. Mother and son during nicely. Attentions Tabors. !!! Taborian Temple No. 11 will hold their regular monthly meeting on Thursday March 2nd. There is some very important business to be care for and it is hoped that every member will be present. Cone on time. Miss Millie G. Dennis of Austin Ark. is in the city visiting with her aunt, Mrs.H H. Neely, at the Neely home 1447 So. River St. Anthony Hookett it able to be out again after two weeks spell of illness which forced him from his work and take to his bed. Although at work, he is by no means well and is still under the care of his physician. His many friends hope for his early complete recovery. Rev. J. H. Van Leu, State Missionary, arrived in the city Wednesday for a few days rest from his work. John W. Davis of Kansrs City, arrived in the city Tuesday to spend several days visiting with his brother Robt. Davis. TRADE WITH OUR ADVERTISERS They'll Treat You Right LOCALS Send your gifts notes and leased houses to CGI Bank Main Street. TRADE WITH OUR ADVERTISERS They'll Treat You Right The Optinate club met at the residence of Mr. Samuel Gary 1520 E. Eleventh St. Mjss Wade of Omaha, was a visitor. All left agreeing that the Gary's are grand entertainers. Y. M. C. A. NOTES. The Guines and Ganders two basket ball teams of the the colored Y. M. C. A. played a fast game of basket ball Thursday eveing Feb. 16. The Guineas winning by the score of 14 to 13. Matthew Belle referred the game and gave_satisfaction. The Guineas made the Ganders look like Gooses. Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Frame and son, Lee Frame, entertained Sunday, Feb. 5th, at their pleasant home east of the city, Ex.- Congressman Geo. W. Murray and wife; Attorney R. B. McWilliams and wife; Dr. F. Miller aud wife; and Mrs. W. H. Jones. Everyone enjoyed the time in a pleasing manner. The following was the MENU Fried Chicken Mashed Potato Creamed Gravy Peas on Lettuce Fruit Salad Cheese Macoroni Escolled Sweet Potatoes Dark Cake Fruit Black Coffee Programme. AT GARFIELD HALL Wednesday night, March 1st. PROGRAM Part I 1 Overture Clark-Chinneth Orchestra 2 Address Illustrious Potentate, Dr. Fr O. Miller 3 Quartett Patton-Harper, Hicks-Perry 4 A a few "Sandy" caricatures, Ill. Dr G. G. Brown 5 Selections from Verdi's II Trovature [a] solo by Mrs. Potton [b] cornet duet Lawrence-Bell [c] chorus, Gypsies with anvils GRAND ARABIAN DRILL By the Daughters of Isis and the Emith Patrol. See them drill. Memorial Services. Thh pastor officers and members of St. Paul A. M. E. church will hold memorial services at the churah, Sunday night, Feb. 26th in honor of the memory of the late Bishop Abram Grant who died in Kansas City, Kan. Sunday, Jan. 22nd 1911. The following is the program arranged for the occasion. Everyone is cordially invited to come out and pay respect to the memory of this great church man and race leader. IN MEMORIAM BISHOP ABRAM GRANT, D. D. BORN 1848 — DIED 1911 1 Hymn "Servant of God, Welcome" Cong. 2 Invocation 3 Hymn "Asleep in Jesus" Choir 4 Scripture Lesson Pastor 5 Anthem Choir 6 Obituary W. N. Miller 7 Solo "Lead Kindly Light" Milton Perry 8 Bishop Grant—Leader of Men J. T. Chineth 9 Bishop Grant—The Church Man Mrs. L. Hill 10 Solo Mrs. T. W. Fi 11 Select Reading "The Burial of Moses" Mrs. C. C. Clayton 12 Bishop Grant—The Friend Mrs. F. O. Miller 13 Solo Mrs. Lela Davis 14 RESOLUTIONS Committee:— Thos. Glover, Ed Landrum, W C. Neeley, J. W. Thompson, J. H. Jones, F. S. Wilkins and Dr. H. T. Bolden. J. E. Edwards, pastor Prof. Geo. W. White, chorister Mrs. S. Collins spent several days in the city last week, returning Monday to her home in Hutchinson. WOODWARD & BUTLER, PROPS. — SEE THEM — TRADE WITH OUR ADVERTISERS They'll Treat You Right A Big Quarterly Meeting. The Stewards and Stewardess of the A. M. E. church are making great preparations to make Sunday, March 12th, the best and biggest quarterly meeting day in the his of their church. Presiding Elder M. Wooten, will be in the city and aside from special features during the day the services will close at night with an excellent seared program Every member and friend will be asked to assist this department in making the collection of the day a record breaker. Political Announcements The gentlemen whose name appear in this column between now and primary day are safe men to vote for. —Editor FOR MAYOR I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the office of Mayor of Wichita, subject to the primary March 27th. 1911. Your support solicited. FOR CITY COMMISSIONER I hereby announce myself a candidate for City Commissioner, subject to the primary, March 27th 1911. I will appreciate your support. I am a candidate for City Commissioner, subject to the primary, March 27th. 1911. I will appreciate your vote. GEO. E. HARRIS I hereby announce that I am a candidate for City Commissioner, subject to the primary, March 27th. 1911. Your vote will be applauded. Rev. W. R. Boone filled the pulpit on last Sunday eve. at the A. M. E. church. He has in tho city for several days represeoting the Noxubee Industrial Institute McLead, Miss. Notice to Friends. We wish to inform the friends in the city who promised to help us care for the delegates to the Ninth Session of the Lincoln Annual Conference, that the Conference will be held at Cabbell's Chapel, M. E. church, 15th and Wabash, March 9-10-11 and 12. Yours For Christ Geo, T. Wooten, pastor M. C. B. Mason, D. D. The members of the G, L. A. club will hold their next meeting Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. J. L. Harper. Mrs. Thos. Fines left Monday, for Cleyborn Texas in response to a telegram announcing the death of her father. Mrs. Mary Butler was in the city on business trip from Hutch inson, Saturday. Mrs. Katie Kiner is quite ill at her home on N. Water. Took Precautions. "You ran into this man at 30 miles an hour and knocked him 40 feet," said the court. "That, or a little better, I suppose," answered the chauffeur. "Why didn't you slow down?" "Mere precaution, your honor. Once I shut off speed and hit a man so gently that he was able to climb into the machine and give me a lossing." J. H. Depriest was in the city Wednesday enroute to Hutchinson. Mrs. L. H. White has been quite indisposed for several days 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. 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Root enmerated the pernage system,the lynching of negroes and disfranchisement provisions such as grandiathers clauses in the constitutions of many of the Southern states as some of the things calculated to deprive the black man of that equal protection which the constitution guarantees. ROOTS WARNING "The people of the United States are willing to fold her hands and wish the Southern penple Godspeed in working out their decliate problem so long as they do so in kindness; but if there should be such oppression as to call for the exercise of the power of the United States to enforce the amendments that power will be exercised ane it ought to be," he said. Mr. Bacon replied that such questions as lynching and peonage were in no wise cognate to the subject under consideration. He accounted for lynching on the grounds of severe provocation, which he said deprived men of their reason and made demons of them. He found one cause for them in the scarcity of population and to show that this crime is confined to no one part of the country, said there had been a lynching in New York in which the victim was burn to death. As for the charge of peonage, he declared there was no practice in the South worthy of that name. BACON AGAIN QUERIES. Indicating doubts as to Mr. Roots having had such offenses in mind, Mr. Bacon said he was sure the New York senator was really 'inveighing against supposed offenses against the franch ise. "Am I correct?" questioned Mr. Bacon, Perfectly responded Mr. Root, Then he added: "If the constitution should be so amended as to provide for the election of senators by direct vote, the national government must retain the power to make those elections free and unhampered. 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The Pacific ocean covers 68,800,000 miles, the Atlantic 30,000,000 and the Indian, Arctic and Antarctic 42,000,000. To stow away the contents of the Pacific it would be necessary to fill a tank one mile long, one mile wide at one mile deep every day for 440 years. Put in figures, the Pacific holds in weight 948,000,000,000,000,000 tons. The Atlantic averages a depth of not quite three miles. Its water weighs 325,000,000,000,000,000 tons, and a tank to contain it would have each of its sides 43 miles long. The figures of the other oceans are in the same startling proportions. It would take all the sea water in the world 2,000,000 years to flow over Niagara. Simple, Rather. He—You are the only woman I ever loved. She—Do you expect me to believe that? He—I do. I swear it is true. She—Then I believe you. Any man who would expect a woman to believe that cannot have been much in the company of women. The character of Rebecca, in Scott's "Ivanhoe" was taken from a beautiful Jewess, Miss Rebecca Gratz of Philadelphia. Her steadfastness to Judaism, when related by Washington Irving to Scott, won his admiration and caused the creation of one of his finest characters. IT'S FOOD That Restores and Makes Health Possible. There are stomach specialists as well as eye and ear and other specialists. One of these told a young lady, of New Brunswick, N. J., to quit medicines and eat Grape-Nuts. She says: "For about 12 months I suffered severely with gastritis. I was unable to retain much of anything on my stomach, and consequently was compelled to give up my occupation. "I took quantities of medicine, and had an idea I was dieting, but I continued to suffer, and soon lost 15 pounds in weight. I was depressed in spirits and lost interest in everything generally. My mind was so affected that it was impossible to become interested in even the lightest reading matter. "After suffering for months I decided to go to a stomach specialist. He put me on Grape-Nuts and my health began to improve immediately. It was the keynote of a new life. "I found that I had been eating too much starchy food which I did not digest, and that the cereals which I had tried had been too heavy. I soon proved that it is not the quantity of food that one eats, but the quality. "In a few weeks I was able to go back to my old business of doing culinary work. I have continued to eat Grape-Nuts for both the morning and evening meal. I wake in the morning with a clear mind and feel rested. I regained my lost weight in a short time. I am well and happy again and owe it to Grape-Nuts." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Wellville," in plgs. "There's a Reason." Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human interest. Jerry's Faithfulness By ELEANOR H. PORTER The letter was addressed to "Miss Marion Hartley" and not for five years had Mrs. William Saybrook been that. She was at the old Hartley homestead on a visit to her brother and his wife when the letter came and the postman smiled broadley as he placed the missive in her hand. "Yess'm that's all; but I guess that belongs to you all right, Mrs. Saybrook, even if you haven't been seeing much of that name lately, eh?" he bantered jovially. "It can't be—but it is—Jerry!" she breathed. "And he doesn't know—I'm married!" With a dismayed cry she tore open the envelope. The letter, in an entirely different handwriting from that on the envelope, began: "Jerry Hapgood, who asks me to write you this letter, feels too ill to do more than superscribe it, but he requests me to say—" Mrs. Saybrook continued to read, her eyes widening and her cheeks paling. At the end she crumpled the letter in her hand and hurried down stairs to the living room where her sister-in-law sat sewing. "Kate, what shall I do?" she burst out. "Jerry Hapgood is sick—I mean he's better and he's coming back—for me!" "And who may Jerry Hapgood be?" smiled Kate, tranquilly. "Surely, not a kidnaper?" "Worse than that. He's a lover—my lover. Kate, what shall I do?" Even the placid Kate was stirred now. "Your lover! Why, Marion, what are you talking about?" "About Jerry Hapgood," cried the younger woman, feverish, sinking into a low chair. "It's awful, Kate, perfectly awful, and you must help me out. You see it was ages ogo. I wasn't but 18; and he—well, there was—an understanding, I am afraid. Then he went away—way off, west or south, or somewhere, and we—wrote. Well, that went on for a year or two, then all of a sudden his letters stopped right off short. And how was I to know? I thought he'd died or forgotten me, or found somebody else, of course, and naturally I didn't want to be found wearing the weeping willow, so I—well, William came along about then, anyway, and I—I couldn't help myself." "But, Kate, listen; this is the awful part. Jerry didn't die, or forget, or anything. It's a dreadful story, all shipwrecks and wars and imprisonments and sickness. The doctor—my letter was from a doctor—just told me a little of that, but he said that Jerry was gaining fast and would soon come and tell me himself—himself. Kate! He's coming here and he expects to find me 'Marion Hartley,' waiting for him. Kate, what shall I do?" "Do? Why, go right along the even tenor of your way, of course. When he comes—if he does come—he'll find out very quickly that you aren't Miss Hartley and that you aren't waiting for him." "But think of him—how he'll feel!" "Nonsense, Marion! After all these years I fancy he'll survive." Marion uplifted her chin with an alr of wounded dignity. You don't know Jerry Hapgood, Kate. If you did you wouldn't say that in that tone of voice. Besides—why, Kate, they were simply awful—those letters," she wailed suddenly; "both his and mine. They were forever raving of truth and love and loyalty and high ideals. And he—he was the kind that—that never gets over things. And he thinks now that I—I have been true, too—as true as he's been! Mrs. William Saybrook did not mention Jerry Hapgood's name again for some days, but that did not mean that she had forgotten him. She trembled at every knock and held her breath every time the door bell rang. In spite of her angry remonstrance with herself she found, too, that she could not don a gown nor arrange her hair that she did not have a thought for the possible effect on eyes that had seen her last as an 18-year-old girl. She was shocked and shamed by all this. She told herself that she was actually becoming disloyal to William — William, at about this time, began to wonder mildly at the length and warmth and frequency of his wife's letters. But as the days passed and no Jerry appeared Mrs. Saybrook began to breathe with less apprehension. Then, one day, it happened. She met the man face to face in the woods near the town. She knew him at once. She noticed that he changed color as their eyes met. One hand sought his hat, the other extended itself hesitatingly. "You are—it is—Miss Hartley—Mar "You are—it is—Miss Hartley—Marion," he stammered. He was plainly embarrassed and his embarrassment was contagious. Before Mrs. William Saybrook knew just what she was doing she found herself blushing and stammering, too. "M-Marion, y-yes," she nodded. She realized then, suddenly, that he had said "Miss Hartley," and that her "yes" would be taken as an assent to that. With a frightened little gesture she tried to set matters right. She noted with relief that some children were gathering nuts near them—he would not, then, attempt to kiss her. But she had not begun to speak when the man blurted out jerkly: "Of course not." "I came right over across lots from the station, you know. I—wanted to see you first. Things have changed a lot around here. I didn't see a soul I knew at the station." Mrs. Saybrook wet her lips. Her knees were shaking, and her fingers had grown cold. Under her breath she was iterating: "It must be settled—it must be settled! Why can't I make him see?" "It's more than I deserve that you should even speak to me, after all those years of silence," the man hurried on. "But when I explain—" He hesitated, and she plunged at once into the pause. "But you don't need to explain. Don't you see? It is I, just as much—that is, more. Er—I didn't write, either." He shook his head and smiled sadly, as if brushing this aside. "And when I think of all those years," he resumed, "and see you now—and know that year after you you've been right here, and—and haven't forgotten, I—" "But I haven't been right here, I did forget," broke in Mrs. William Saybrook, frenziedly. "It's all a mistake! You don't understand. I'm not Miss Hartley, at all!" Jerry Hapgood stopped short. His face grew white, then red. "You mean that you're—married?" he burst out. "Yes, yes; don't look like that, please! It was so long, and I was so young, and you didn't write," she rushed on childishly, not realizing what she was saying. "And I don't think you ought to blame me. I saw William—that is, he saw me first, of course—not that I mean that I'm sorry he did see me; but—Jerry, why don't you say something? Can't you understand?" "But you—I called you Miss Hartley at the first, and you—you—" He stopped helplessly. "Yes, yes, I know I did," she moaned, keeping her eyes resolutely turned from his face. "I was taken by surprise, and didn't think. But since then, all the time I've been trying to tell you." "But, Marlon—" "No, no, not a word, please, if you ever cared for me, go now! I tell you she knows who you are—who you were. Please, go!" And Jerry Hangood went. For a week Mrs. William Saybrook wore the air of gentle gloom that belongs to those who, through no fault of her own, have sorely wounded a much-loved friend. Then, one day, in a letter from her husband in New York, she found these words: "I heard such a good story the other day that I'm going to pass it on to you. I ran across a fellow that I met down in Panama, and saw quite a little of that year before I came north and found you. It was he who told the story. He said 'twas such a good joke that he'd just got to tell some one—only he hadn't quite made up his mind yet whether the joke was on him or the girl." "It seems that years ago he'd had the most romantic sort of a love affair with an eighteen-year-old miss somewhere up here in New England. They had vowed undying love and loyalty after the fashion of impetuous youth, and had then parted, he to seek his fortune in the wide, wide world, she to watch and wait. "Well, it seems that he traversed the wide, wide world before he got through with it, and, youth-like, his vision of the eighteen-year-old male grew dim, aided by a particularly exciting series of adventures, including wars and shipwrecks, not to mention imprisonment and serious illness. It was the last that was his undoing; for it was while he lay tossing with fever that his new love—a beautiful girl whom he had been ardently courting for a year or so—found out about the old. She got enough from his ravings and from a letter she found (while hunting for some friend's name to write to of his illness) to make her suspicious; and when he got better she put him through a merciless catechism. It was all up with him then. The girl refused utterly to have another thing to do with him, and peremptiously ordered him to go back and marry his boyhood sweetheart, who—in the letter—had promised faithfully to wait for him—forever, if need be. "Well, he went. He got the doctor to write first, and sort of break the ice; then he followed the letter. He owned up to me that he was ashamed of himself and meant to make the best of things. Girl Number Two had opened his eyes to what a rascal he'd been to Number One, and he came back with a determined resolution that he'd make good. Indeed, he worked himself up into really a very virtuous state of martyrdom by the time he arrived here duly prepared to reward the long, dreary watch of the faithful maid of eighteen. "Then came the joke—the girl hadn't waited. She'd married. They had one romantic meeting 'neath the green spreading trees, then parted to meet no more. The fun of it is, they were interrupted, or something, and he didn't even have a chance to find out the name of the chap who had cut him out, or to explain to the girl that he wasn't quite so broken-hearted, after all. He left the town on the next train and there the matter ended except that he's gone back to bliss and Number Two. WORTH KEEPING IN MEMORY Cleaning Hints That, Some Time or Another, Are Sure to Be Found of Value. Cover marble with a paste made by mixing French chalk with alcohol, and allow the figure to become perfectly dry. Then brush the powder away. If the result is not satisfactory wipe over with a rag dipped in javelie water. This is a mild bleach. In cleaning oil cloth little water should be used, because if any gets underneath each time it is washed the oil cloth will rot. A little kerosene added to the water will brighten oil cloth unless it is much worn or has been washed with water so hot that the varnish has been removed during the process. In this case, only a thin transparent varnish will remedy matters. To remove the green from brass mix one teaspoonful of oxalic acid with one cupful of water, and with a clean rag rub the article to be cleaned thoroughly. Wash off with hot soap and water, removing all the oxalic acid, and then polish with any of the good preparations that are on the market for cleaning brass. STEAM AS AID IN COOKING Simple Improvement That Is Said to Produce the Best of Results. By a very simple improvement in the familiar cooker, it is claimed that the preparation of food is greatly facilitated. The cooker consists of two pans, one nested within the other, and the improvement referred to lies sim- 1. Place the pot on the stove. ply in the making of a number of perforations along the edge of the inner receptacle, which is the one designed to contain the food to be treated. The lid fits over both pans in such a way that the steam from the water in the lower receptacle passes up to the interior of the chamber containing the food. Because of the additional heat the cooking is accomplished in less time and the moisture supplied by the steam prevents the food from becoming too dry. Flemish Soup. Cut an equal quantity of carrots, onions and turnips into small pieces and put them into a saucepan with a head of lettuce, two leeks, a head of endive and a lump of butter. Add half a pint of broth and gently until tender, stirring occasionally. Then pour in two quarts of boiling broth, seasoned to taste with salt, pepper and half a teaspoonful of sugar. Let simmer for two hours, and just before serving beat the yolks of three eggs with half a pint of cream. Stir into the soup and serve with snippets of toast. New Dish For Luncheon. An attractive way of serving chicken salad is to place it in a ring of ham jelly. Two cupfuls of the salad should be poured in the hole of the ring after the jelly is turned out on the platter. To make the dish attractive the jelly should rest on lettuce or watercress. To make the ham jelly, while one-half pint of thick cream until stiff, stir in a cupful of aspic jelly, cool, not, set, and add a jar of potted ham. A few drops of fruit syrup will make the jelly pink. Six Don'ts. Don't try to broil over a slow fire. Don't try to broil over a smoky fire. Don't leave the kitchen door open when you are broiling meat. Don't put coal on the fire just before you wish to use the broiler. Don't leave the kitchen while you are broiling. Don't forget that it is better to broil on a hot, dry frying pan than over a poor fire. Home-Made Quilts One of the latest aids to the housewife comes in the form of large sheets of cotton wadding for use in making quilts and comfortables. Instead of the ordinary roll of cotton batting, three widths of which must be used in one wide quilt, the wadding comes in specially prepared widths to fit single or double beds; it can be found at all the larger stores Peach Surprise. Turn out a can of peaches and chop the fruit fine. Add to the peach liquor an equal quantity of cold water, the chopped peacher and sugar to taste. When the sugar is dissolved stir in the whites (unbeaten) of four eggs, and turn into the freezer. Grind until stiff. 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I can heart- ly recommend this medicine to any one who suffers with this annoying complaint and believe that they will obtain good results." WHERE IT WAS LACKING She—You puckered up your lips so then that I thought you were going to kiss me. He—No; I got some grit in my mouth. She—Well, for goodness' sake swale low it! You need it in your system! And It Was All Imagination. "I wonder how much imagination governs some persons' senses?" remarked a visitor at the St. Regis yesterday. "For a Christmas present I sent to a young woman of my acquaintance one of the most elaborate sachet cases I could find. It was such a beautiful thing that I didn't put perfume in it, for some women prefer to use a certain kind all the time, and I thought I would leave it to the recipient to put her own particular sachet powder in the case. You may imagine I was somewhat amazed to read this in her enthusiastic letter of thanks: 'It's perfume has pervaded the whole room.'"—New York Press. There's Many a Slip. 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PLACE—Ahab's house in Samaria, and Naboth's vineyard in Jezreel, 20 miles to the north. For four or five years Ellijah seems to have retired from public life. He was practicing the lesson he had learned on Horeb. He was at work, but in a different way. His stormy work was not in vain. That plowed the ground, and now was the time for sowing the seed. The seven thousand hidden believers were permitted to come into the open. Persecution had ceased. Others came out and joined them. The prophets had no longer to be hidden in a cave by Obadiah. Elijah encouraged and was at the head of the organized communities or schools of the prophets which existed as far back as Samuel. In his last journey he visited the "sons of the prophets" at Bethel and Jericho, and is spoken of as their head master. From these centers and from the schools at Gilgal, Ramah and Gibeah they exerted a strong influence and their appearance at any particular spot was often the signal for the outbreak of a contagious religious fervor. These settlements may be described as training schools for religious purposes. Elijah was thus educating the people in the true religious life. He was working in accordance with the still small voice of God. Elijah's success was in finding and training Ellisha to be prophet in his stead, training under these newer influences and methods. The great prophet, so lonely hitherto, had found a friend. If there was one thing Elliah needed to mellow him, it was that! Naboth, a native of Jezreel, had for his vineyard an ancestral possession. We learn that Naboth was a worshiper of Jehovah, and in spite of the persecution of the prophets did not shrink from making it known to the king by his language. Here was an example of one who had not bowed the knee nor given a kiss to Baal. Jezebel coveted this vineyard. Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard. And Ahab went. The Septuagint adds that he rent his clothes and put on sackcloth, as though shocked at his crime and anxious to prove his innocence to his own conscience and to the people. But the hypocrisy of the act was shown by his willingness to accept the fruits of the crime. This mourning for the means but acceptance of the fact would not be in disaccord with Ahab's moral weakness. Covetousness is "a root of all kinds of evil." It is the desire, the motive that lies in the heart, "the prolific mother of all sins, the cockatrice's egg from which breaks forth the viper and the fiery flying serpent." It is not an awful thought that the deadly sin of Judas and of Ananias sprang from greed? "Still as of old, man by himself is priced; for thirty pieces Judas sold himself—not Christ!" Much of the sin and danger to our land springs from covetousness. The graft, the dishonesty, the liquor selling, the bribery, the fraud of every kind. A clear vision of the evil covetousness works in the covetous man's own character and destiny. How it degrades him, shuts him up in a narrowing prison like one described among the tortures of the inquisition, where the walls drew nearer together by one notch each day. The doors of opportunity are gradually shut against him, and his part in the blessing of the great world. The one essential cure is a change of heart that leads to a change of character. It is to give your heart to God, to consecrate your whole being to him, to love and obey him, to strive with the whole soul to build up his kingdom. Love is the cure of covetousness; love to God and love to man. Use every opportunity of giving and serving others. Don't complain of so many calls, but rejoice in the opportunity; search for opportunities as for hid treasure. God loves the wholesouled hilarious giver. Even the poorest can give. They can say, as Peter said to the lame man at the Beautiful gate of the temple, "such as I have give I thee." There is much more to give than mere money; sympathy, work, time, aid in sickness, feeding the hungry, shelter, care and a multitude of other things. Elijah confronted the king in his ill-gotten property. The word of the Lord came to Elijah. In what form we do not know, any more than we know all the ways in which one spirit influences another. But that it was God's word is a fact. "It is implied that Elijah found Ahab—strode into his presence—in the vineyard. Ahab walks around his newly gotten vineyard. He admires trellis and cluster. Suddenly Elijah stands before him. He had not seen Elijah for five years. And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the Lord. His sin had found him out. Then Elijah spoke to him his doom. 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"Remember this, that our bodies will not stand the strain of over-work without good, pure blood any more than the engine can run smoothly without oil." After many years of study in the active practice of medicine, Dr. R. V. Pierce found that when the stomach was out of order, the blood impure and there were symptoms of general breakdown, a tonic made of the glyceric extract of certain roots was the best corrective. This he called Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Being made without alcohol, this "Medical Discovery" helps the stomach to assimilate the food, thereby curing dyspepsia. It is especially adapted to diseases attended with excessive tissue waste, notably in convalescence from various fevers, for thin-blooded people and those who are always "catching cold." Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser is sent on receipt of 31 one-cent stamps for the French cloth-bound book of 1008 pages. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, No. 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. 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Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser is sent on receipt of 31 one-cent stamps for the French cloth-bound book of 1008 pages. Address Dr. R.V. Pierce, No. 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. Go West This Spring Decide now, to go out in the Great Northwest where there is room to grow—where the climate is healthful and where the big crops of wheat, grain and fruit are making people prosperous and independent. The cheap logged-off lands in Minnesota, the fertile prairies of North Dakota, the millions of acres of Free Homestead Lands in Montana and Oregon and the rich productive fruit valleys of Washington need men of brain, brawn and energy to develop them. Go this Spring. Take advantage of the Great Northern's one-way Special Colonist Fares Daily March 10 to April 10, 1911 To points in Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon and British Columbia; good for stopover and good in Tourist Sleeping Cars on payment of berth fare. 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PENSACOLA REALITY COMPANY, Pensacola, Florida 5 Fine POST CARDS Send only 2c stamp and receive 5 very finest Gold Embossed Cards FREE, to introduce post card offer. Capital Card Co., Dept. 79, Topeka, Kan. W. N. W. WIGTIA, No. 8-1911. KANSAS—NEBRASKA JURISDICTION 1910—GRAND OFFICERS—1911 REV. FRANK WILSON, C. G. M. Taborian Home, Route 8, Topeka, Kan SIR D. L. TAYLOR, V. G. M. 329 E. Center, Salina, Kan. MRS. EMMA GAINES, C. G. P. 1170 Filmore, Topeka, Kansas. MRS. LAURA LEE, V. G. P. SIR A. W. HOPKIN, C. G. S. 321 Dakota, Leavenworth, Kan. MRS. SARAH W. FORBES, C. G. R. 717 "C" St., Lincoln, Neb. SIR WILLIAM CORE, C. G. T. 1120 Lane, Topeka, Kan. MRS. BESSIE HALL, G. Q. M. 460 Horton, Ft. Scott, Kan. SIR C. M. JOHNSON, G. P. P. 3330 Maple, Omaha, Neb. REV. M. WOOTEN, C. G. O. 210 E. West, Hutchinson, Kan. MRS. PAULINE WOODFORK, C.G.Pr. 823 Freeman, Kansas City, Kan. SIR W. N. MILLER, General Attorney 630 N. Main St., Wichita, Kansas. TEMPLES. Rev. Frank Wilson, C. G. M. 1—A. H. 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Warren, 218 E. 7th. 25—Washington, Kansas City, Kan. Sir J. H. Downs, 422 Haskell; every Friday. 59—Sunnyside, Topeka, Kan., Sir Peter Davis, 1008 Washburn; 1-3 Thurs. 60—Jeffersonlan, Topeka, Kan., Sir U. S. Grant, 120 Kansas; 1-3 Mon. 72—Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb., Sir E. D. Weaver, 1125 Saratoga. 4. Weir, Kansas. 5. HOPKINS, C. G. S. 6. a, Leavenworth, Kan. 7. W. FORBES, C. G. R. 8. St., Lincoln, Neb. 9. AM CORE, C. G. T. 10. Jane, Topeka, Kan. 11. SIE HALL, G. Q. M. 12. Ft. Scott, Kan. 13. JOHNSON, G. P. P. 14. Apple, Omaha, Neb. 15. Dorsey. 16. 29—Crystal, Leavenworth 17. H. La Tand, 407 18. Tue. 19. 30—Victoria, Leavenwort 20. R. Rivers, 607 Seco 21. 34—Wichita, Wichita, 22. Klie Hall, 1024 Oh 23. 35—Golden Rule, So. 24. Mrs. Sadie Jones, 25. 1-3 Thurs. in, Kansas City, Kan. ILLER, General Attorney, St., Wichita, Kansas. TEMPLES. K Wilson, C. G. M. Hardson, Weir, Kan., Sir Watkins; 1-3 Fri. Nee, Atchison, Kan., Sir Davis, 521 "L,"; 1-3 Star, Omaha, Neb., Sir Jackson, care Frye Shoe 1-3 Mon. N. Topeka, Kan., Sir Joe 1220 West (north); 1-3 O, Omaha, Neb., Sir W. 38—Covenant, Weir, Kan. Taylor, Box 394; 2-5 52—Mt. Maria, Lawrence Josie Wear, 807 N. 63—Fair West, Kansas Mrs. Rosa Saunde 1-3 Fri. 77—Pearly Rose, Topeka Susie O'Brien, 11 1-3 Wed. 85—Magdalene, Topeka, Hardiman, 1801 Wed. 91—Golden Sheaf, Omaha Lula Rountree; 1-3 92—St. Annis, Lincoln, D. Davis, 1029 Ro Bob, Leavenworth, Kan., Walker, 417 Kickapoo. Wichita, Kan., Sir W. Mer, 630 N. Main; 1-3 Kelson, Parsons, Kan., Sir Williams, 220 Corning; Saf, Salina, Kan., Sir J. n., 246 S. Phillips; 1-3 State, Coffeyville, Kan. W. Roberts. Lawrence, Kan., Sir Hughes, 1313 N. J. wego, Kan., Sir L. R. 2-4 Mon. Fordd, Cherryvale, Kan. J. W. Warren, 218 E. An, Kansas City, Kan. M. Downs, 422 Haskell. Friday. Toneka, Kan; 1-3 TENTS. Rev. Frank Wilson, Mrs. Bessie Hall, O. 1-Golden Leaf, Leaven Mrs. Jennie Nicho 4th Sat. 2-Frank Wilson, Fo. Miss Emma Maxie, 4 3-Moses Dickson, Wit Mrs. B. Davis, 113 ton, 1-3 Sat. 7-Lone Star, Yale, Ka Lewis. 11-Golden, Atchison, K rie Brown, 920 N. 10. 11-Alice Tucker, So. Mrs. I. M. Faul 31st; 1-3 Sat. 11-Viola, Lawrence, Ka Brown, 325 Miss; 14-Busy Bee, Atchison Aria Stone, 823 Ma. 15-Louisa Mae, Cherr Mrs. M. E. Holt Main. 120 Kansas, 1-3 Mon. Lincoln, Neb., Str E. er, 1125 Saratoga. 18—Star of West, Salina Murrell. 20—John Wilson, K. C., D. Dalton, 1228 Bar TABERNACLES TABERNACLES. Rev. Frank Wilson, C. G. M. Mrs. Emma Gaines, C. G. P. 1—Queen of the West, Kansas City, Kan., Mrs. Marit Wilson, 945 Everett, 1-2 Wed. 2—Golden, Iola, Kan., Mrs. Sarah Crisp, 615 S. Chestnut; 2-4 Sat. 3—Mt. Hope, Wichita, Kan., Mrs. Mary Goss, 2423 Jewett 1-3 Fri. 4—Helping Hand, Cherryvale, Kan. Mrs. Sadie Campbell, 616 W. 1st; 1-3 Thurs. 5—Crescent, Atchison, Kan., Mrs. Hattle Mqntgomery, 115 N. 5th; 2-4 Fri. 6—Rebecca Ann, Ottawa, Kan., Mrs. Catherine Glaspie, 128 N. Wabash; 1-3 Thurs. 7—Sunbeam, Saline, Kan., Mrs. Lillian Shobe, 437 S. 12th; 1-4 Fri. 8—Rebecca May, Coffeyville, Kan. Mrs. Laura Dennell, 410 E. 5th; 2-4 Fri. 9—Western Sun, Topeka, Kan., Mrs. Lulu Delley, 120 Kansas Ave; 1-3 Fri. 10—St. Maria, Lawrence, Kan., Mrs. P. Henderson, 820 N. Y.; 1-3 Wed. 11—Saba Meroe, Kansas City, Kan. Mrs. P. WoodJork, 823 Freeman; 1-3 Mon. 12—Golden Rule, Kansas City, Kansas, Mrs. B. Johnson, 211 Stewar; 1-3 Thurs. 15—America Davis, Welr, Kan., Mrs. Maggie Stewart, Box 14; 2-4 Mon 16—Silver Leaf, Parsons, Kan., Mrs. Lizzie Morton, 1308 Washington; 1-3 Wed 17—Western Queen, Ft. Scott, Kan. Mrs. A. Masler, 817 E. Wall; second Tuesday in July, 1911. ```markdown ``` --- 18-St. Marie, Omaha, Neb., Mrs. E. W. Graham, 2112 Nicholas; 2-4 Thurs. 19—Amelia Levels, Omaha, Neb., Mrs. Ella Golden, 2302 N. 25th. 20—Maria, Ft. Scott, Kan., Mrs. P. Johnson, 501 Hyannan; 1:? Fri 24—Charity Rose, Coffeyville, Kan.; Mrs. A. Garner, 704 E. 12th; 1:3 Wed. 28—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, F. 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. 15—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 McKennish, 217 Sherman, 2-4 Sat. 23—Clinging Rose, Lawrence, Kan., Mrs. Ada King, 722 N. Y., 3 sat. 26—Pride of Topeka, N. Topeka, Kan., Mrs. Nannia Shaw, 905 N. Taylor. 27—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. 46—Mayflower, Omaha, Neb., Mrs. L. Herrold, 2205 N. 25th ;1-3 Sat. 44—Rising Sun, Atchison, Kan., Mrs. Mary Delley, 120 Kansas. 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 TENTS. DIRECTORY OF COLORED WOMAN'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. 255-257 North Main Street. Phone Bell 53. 19 lbs. Granulated Sugar (cane or beet) ..... $1.00 All Best Grades Flour ..... 1.20 Northern Potatoes, peck ..... .25 Northern Potatoes, bu ..... .90 2 lbs. 3-Crown Raisins ..... .15 3 Cans Good Corn ..... .25 3 Cans Scotch Pumpkin ..... .25 Spanish Onions lb ..... .05 Sweet Potatoes peck ..... .25 Cabbage, a head ..... .02/2 3-lb. Cns Tomatoes ..... .25 7 bars White Russian Soap ..... .25 7 Bars Lenox Soap ..... .25 Large pkg. Gold Dust ..... .20 Fresh Fruits and Vegetables. Fresh and Cured Meats. All kinds of Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes. --- 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 fiddlers 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. Tie Zip to it with a rope and he will pull it all over the room." BAD NOTES EASILY DETECTED Almost Impossible to Impose Open Handlers of Money. Incidentally it is interesting to note that the skill which enables one to detect a counterfeit comes not from a study of counterfeits, but from a thorough and unconscious familiarity with the genuine. If a man were pointed out to you and you were told that some day another who much resembled him would try to impose upon you, you would be pretty apt to fix his features in your mind; you would not spend any time looking at other people who looked something like him, would you? And the moment the impostor appeared you would note that in this, that or the other particular he failed to meet the details of the other man's face and figure. Just so it is in the detection of counterfeits. A skillful teller in a bank, counting money rapidly, will involuntarily throw out a note which in the slightest degree departs from the well-known pattern which is so strongly impressed on his mental vision. That involuntary act will nearly always prove to have been justified, for the bill in 19 cases out of 20 will prove to be a counterfeit. It is because of this fact that when a request is received from some one to loan him a collection of counterfeits for the instruction of his cashiers, he is advised to have the young men study the genuine carefully, and there will be no trouble in detecting the bad notes.-National Magazine. A Monster Loaf Bakers in Germany are fond of making odd experiments, the following being reported from Duisburg, 'n West phalia. At a children's party recently held in that town there was exhibited, and afterwards and afterwards and distributed among the young, and present, a bread twist which for she at least has surely rarely been equal. 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 as many as 500 boys and girls. When Tower Loomed. It was while Charlemagne Tower was ambassador to Russia that a New York city newspaper "spread itself upon a fete held at St. Petersburg. A green copy-reader produced this result: "As pleasing to the eye as was all this decoration there was additional pleasure in the sight, as one stood at the head of the Prospekt Nevska, of Charlemagne Tower, brilliantly illuminated, looming grand and imposing against the winter sky."—Success Magazine. HUTCHINSON KANSAS. The Concert given by the Blind Boone Jubilee Co. at the opera house was well attended. Mrs. C. O. Smith royally a number of guests Friday eve in honor of Miss Murray of Denver Colo. All declared they had a fine time. Miss Furley of Chicago has been in the city for the past few days in the interest of the hospital there. Tom Banks of Wichita is a visitor in our city. Charles Banks of this city and Miss Charity Frazier of Garden City are the newly wed this week. Has Entered Race G. T. Whitlock, former council man from the First ward has anounced himself as a candidate for City Commissioner. Mr. Whitlock made a splendid record for business and fair play as a member of the Council and who will do his who duty as a Commissioner. His name will appear on the primary bellot ticket. 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. 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 very甘ynty—and preserve only the spawn, 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. TOOK UMBRAGE AT ASPERSION. Citizens Resented Being Voted for as Town's "Meanest Man." Old Scrooge might be a philanthropic Carnegie alongside certain tightwads in Mount Vernon, but William Friedberg has no license to determine publicly who are the men who would squeeze a dollar until the eagle yelled: "Help! I'm melting!" For conducting a voting contest to determine the meanest man in Mount Vernon Friedberg, who keeps a cigar store there, was fined five dollars by Judge Platt here. A warning went with the fine. Friedberg lives in Astoria, but does business in Mount Vernon. He placed in his window a placard: "Come in and vote for the meanest man in Mount Vernon!" This was followed by a list of names. Consplucous in the lot were the mayor and chief of police. Then came many solid and stald citizens. After every name was a number signifying the votes the owner of the name had received so far. Great was the wrath of the so-called "meanest men." Friedberg was ordered to take the sign out of the window, but he refused to do so. His indictment for libel followed. In court he pleaded guilty, but asserted he did not know he was violating any law. White Plains Cor. New York Sun. --- States surreuder the power of it own preservation." Does the senator contend for the power of congress to annul laws now on the statute books of the states such as the grand father's clauses?" asked Mr. Bacon. "Without the slighest doubt" said the New Yorker. PUT ON MOTICE. "Well," returned the Georgian "the senator has certainly put us on notice." "I meant to put you and also the country on notice" replied Mr. Root speaking with force. Simmons For Commissioner. Chas. W. Simmous former sheriff of Sedgwich county and one of the most prominent men in our city has at the earnest solicitation of his many friends entered the race for City Commissioner. Mr.Simmons is well for the place he seeks and believe in a square deal for every man. John Mitchell, Jr. President of the Mechanics Savings Bank of Riehmond, Virginia enjoys this distinction. He regvlarly attends the annual meetings of the Association and is always courteously treated by the white bankers. At the last session of the Association which met recently in Los Angeles, California, Mr.-Mitchell distributed booklehs describing the Mechanics Savings Bank. This was the first time that many of the bankers had heard that there was a Negro Bank. Harris A Candidate. Geo. E. Harrss, first mayor of Wichita, is a candidate for City Commissioner. No man in Wichita better or more favorably known than is Geo. E. Harris; and no man has done more to build up Wichita and make it a good place to live in, more than he. His wide expence and knowledge of the needs of this city at once make him acceptable to all. Dr. A. W. Smith, Jacksonville, Florida, is one of the South's leading colored physicans. He is a graduate of the Long Island Medical College and has in addition studied in the great hospitals of London and Paris. He keeps his library filled with the best and latest medical literature. He possesses an X-ray machine ann a full equipment of the best surgical instruments. He is also one of Jacksonville's wealthest citizene. He is a partner in the Imperial Pharmacy which is so situated that it receives a large patronage from all over the city. He is the sole owner of the Sub-way Drug Store which is located in one of the thickly populated suburks. He owns a beautiful residence and hus mach other real estate. 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 MAN HAS NO RIGHT TO SCOFF Not so Many, Years Ago He Was Crazy Over Dress Himself. No, brother, men have not always been so indifferent to dress as they are today. Their raiment, as compared with the darnfoolishness of woman, hasn't always been above reproach. Consider, if you will, the days when our respected forefathers would draw on their lavender-colored pants with a shoe horn, using a little slippery powder, maybe, to help things along, until people looked at their feet and wondered if the pants hadn't been sewed up after the feet got through Consider their tight boots—made so tight that they caused the most excruciating agony. And remember that the dandles of that day would carefully polish these burning, blasting, pinching, agonizing boots and then step carefully with the toes in a mud puddle so that the mud drying on the lower part would make the feet seem small. O, yes, they did it. And of course you know that a bootjack wasn't used merely because the boots might soil the hands, but because nobody had invented a stump-puller in those days and applied it to the removal of tight boots. And remember the bell-crowned hats, and the dingbats and jimcracks they hung on their watch fobs. And the fancy waistcoats and the frilled shirts. And going even further back, consider what historical drawings give us of information as to ancient dress—the knee breeches with gorgeous rosettes—the brilliant buckles on the shoes—the cream-colored cloaks with mauve satin linings. And the white silk stockings that the exclusion would show through. Think of the bepowdered and becurled wigs when you rave at rats on women's heads and repent of your scoffing words. Face powder? Perfumes and scents? Sure they had 'em. Patches on their complexion—yes, and rouge. They sure were pretty men those days. And going back to the Indian—think of his war paint, of his gaudy blanket, his stained arrows, his painted pony, his bear-oiled hair and his colored feathers. But what's the use? He's not so pretty now. Only he really hadn't ougheter scoff so much at hobble skirts and peach-basket hats and Chinese hair switches and things. He really hadn't ougheter. As a Buncher. We is one of the most bothersome words in the language. It is responsible for more misunderstandings than any other ten words put together. An editor will start out conscientiously to give his opinions. He will begin by saying "We think," meaning himself. A latter later he will say "we," meaning his advertisers. A few lines farther down he will use the word again, meaning the class of people who read his paper. Then his heart will soften and expand. He will become eloquent with the use of "we," meaning the whole community or the entire human race. Then suddenly he will bethink himself and reflect that his is a party organ and "we," the party, is paramount after all. Whereupon he will divest himself of opinions in which the people at large have no interest, or at least no profit. All this is very confusing. The unsuspecting reader struggles along trying in vain to separate the we-goats from the we-sheep. Sometimes that's exactly what the editor is striving for and sometimes he is the most confused of all. We was invented to conceal thought. Life. Kaiser's Insult to a Courtier An incident very reminiscent of such pettiness was told to Tip the other day by an American just returned from Berlin. It seems one of the Kaiser's suite, a noble of high rank, had incurred the imperial displeasure. The Kaiser did not wish to lose this gentleman's services, but apparently desired to humiliate him for the real or fancied offense. All of the state dinners shortly afterward, the noble was seated half a dozen places from his ruler. Beside him sat a woman of title, whom he had known from the time both could walk. The two conversed animatedly. Suddenly his imperial majesty leaned forward and exclaimed in a harsh voice: "Prince, it is not etiquette toirt at my table." The man thus addressed rose to his feet and bowed low. The next day he resigned and retired to his country estate, although it is well known he received a personal letter of apology from Wilhelm II. Not to Be Fooled. Proudly young Tomkins displayed the sights of London to his uncle, fresh from the verdant country. They visited St. Paul and the Embankment and the National Gallery and all the places they could get in free, and, as an especial treat, they visited a music hall, where a trombone solo was in progress when they entered. With rapt attention the old man watched the instrumentalist's facial contortions. At the close the audience applauded thunderously, but the old man sat mute. "Well," said young Tomkina, "didn't you like it?" "Verra good, verra good, no doubt," nodded the old man, "but we country folk canna be taken in so easy as all that; I knew all the time he wasn't a-swallowin' of it!"—Answers