Wichita Searchlight

THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT SEN. CHAS. CURTIS MAKES BOLD STAND TWELTH YEAR No Senator who has spoken on the States Senators by popular vote has taken a stronger stand for the Negro voter than that taken by Senator Curtis, of Kansts, in a recent speech before the Senate. Leading colored men here and colored Newspapers generally, express gratitude for the stand taken by such men as Senator Curtis, Depew, Lodge, Carter and Root on the matter of Negro suffrage. Senator Curtis said that he could not support the "rider or joker" on Borak resolution because, "if agreed to, it might be ussd by the States that so desire as recognizing their right to disfranchise the colored votee." He took Senator Bristow, the junior Senator from Kansas, to task for saying that he did not regard the change as proposed by the "joker" as material. I regret very much, said Senator Curtis, "to see the Senator(Bristow)treat a oconstitutional amenednt so highly." In defense of the War amendmentt, Senator Curtis had the following to say: "The change proposed by the majority of the committee would tend to weaken the effective operation of the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments and might enable a State so disposed by indirection to distranchise the colored voters, which saould,not be permitted, and would take from the Congress the powee which Justice Miller said it should always have. The colored people are entitlep to protection in their rights, and Congress should not directly or indirectly say it was willing to let the State take a way the right which came to them as a result of the Civil War After that was was over, and it was the greatest war the world has ever known, in order to meet new conditions the Constitution was amended and the fifteenth amendment declared that— This amendment was made to protect the former slaves who had been freed, and yet we find State after State, by grandfather and other clauses, depriving them of their rights. Of course there is no word in the acts referring to race, color or previous condition of servitude, yet every one knows that when a State undertakes to keep a citizen thereof from voting unless his grandfather was a voter, the object is to deprive the colored man from his right of franchise. If the joint resolution as amendment is passed and the Constitution is amend as provided therein, then the Congress gives up all its rights to make or alter the regulations of the State for the election of United States Senators, and if electors are disfranchised, if outrages are perpetrated, it froup is committed, or if corrupt pratices are resorted to, the Congress remains helpless. Surely the juzior Sena tor from Kansas (Mr. Bristow) did not imagine that the joint resolution h3 introduced would be so change. Before closing his speech Senator Curtis expressed himself as being in favor oft he amendment proposed by Senator Sutherland of Utah, which continues nation al control over Congressional elections. "As one of the Senators from the State of Kansas, the child of freedom, the home of John Brom the advance agent of liberty, Who gave his life to hasten the conflict which resulted in freeing the slaves, I cannot support the 'joker' or "rider" placed in the joint resolutian by a majority of the committee." Robert B. Campbell. The people of this city are fortunate to have such good men as Robt. B. Campbell presented to them for City Commissioner. Mr. Compbell is a candidate for the office of City Commissioner and is well fitted in every way for this place. For two years he has been a member of the school board where he is considered one of its most valued members. As chairman of three of the most important committees, that of "finance", high school and teachers, he has done invaluable service. He is a town booster and as a director of the Commercial Club the Interuban and as Treasurer of the Associated Charities he is giving valuable efforts to build up a great city. He is a Wichita product, having been reared in this city and educated in its schools. He is a heavy property holder and if elected will use every honorable means to give Wichita a clean, up right, fair and honorable service in every respect. Road Must Pay Her $15000 SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1911, Morris was awarded $15,000 damages by a jury yesterday against the Alabama and Vicksburg Railroad, because she was compelled to ride from this city to New York last November in the same Pullman car with three colored bishops. under an obligation its own ordinance also to enforce which it is required officers are undo to do this. This law, and any att the provisions on in its enforcement views into the should be enforced plain letter of t This is the first case involving application of Mississippi's Jim Crow law to interstate passenger traffic. The defence pleaded that the Negro bishops had come here from Washington in Pullmans, and were entitled to the same sleeping car privileges on their return. Appeal was made to the States Supreme Court, and if the railroad loses the United States Supreme Court will asked to establish a precedent. Miss Morris alleges she was publicly humiliated and suffered from an attack of hysterics that left a nervous wreck. The plain tiff, who is prominent socially was 50 miles on her way before she discovered that the colored ministers were in adjoining berth She wired this facts to male relatives here, and an effort was made to get a special train and organize a lynching party. Judge Jewett States Platform Judge Jewett States Platform Gives His Views On Some of The Issues Before The People What He Would Do As Mayor His Platform. In order that the people may gain an idea of some of his views on a few of the more important matters now confronting this city, Judge Jewett has set forth his views in a platform. We quote from his platform the following. His statement follows: Political parties having been swept into the backgrond by public sentiment, at least so far as the administration of local affairs is concerned, and the candidate for office no longer having a platform containing the party's expression of its views and its pledges of faithful performance of them on the part of the candidate, it has grown to be a custom for the candidate in a way, to make his own platform. And really he should be required to do this. This is a condition which exists, created by the public, and not a theory. Meeting the demands of the public in this regard, I respectfully submit that if elected to the office of mayor it shall become my official duty, in so far as it lies in my power, to enforce all the laws of the state which that office is under obligation to see is enforced, as well as the ordinances of this city. Wichita is a creature of the state of Kansas, brought into being by the laws of the state, and it is un- --- der an obligation to see that not only its own ordinances are enforced, but also to enforce those laws of the state which it is required to enforce. Its officers are under a sworn obligation to do this. This is a government of law, and any attempt not to carry out the provisions of the law or be slack in its enforcement, or to inject individual views into the manner in which it should be enforced, different from the plain letter of the law, or to try and displace the written law with the views of the executive, or the law enforcing power is dangerous to the best interests of society and to individual liberty. Law enforcement is the best arm of protection for the citizen, the city and the state. I believe that there should be a reorganization of the police force of this city and all that part of it connected with or under the influence of old conditions should be correct. There should be no difficulty, in my judgment in organizing a police force in the city of Wichita which will execute the laws of the city and the state with energy and integrity. That taxes should be reduced as much as it is possible to do so. The expense account of running the city hall can be materially reduced. I do not believe that practically all of the city commissioners of this city are in need of stenographers and general managers on salaries nearly as high or as great as that which the commissioners receive. I belive that the system of purchasing the city supplies can be arranged on a line of competitive bidding for them that will materially reduce their cost. There is a public demand for the reduction of expense accounts which should be met at least in the first instance by the executive and the legislative officers of this city in their departments. The city of Wichita can do its own street paving with the labor of its own citizens and at an expense at from one-fourth to one-third of the present cost. This is a matter about which there can be but little question, that the present paving companies are controlled by the same interests, having their headquarters for the west in the city of Chicago; that they are in a combine and that they practically dominate this city. If the city commission can not take hold of a matter of this kind then the commission fails, in my judgment, in being the business proposition it was intended to be when it was created. The city of Wichita should own its own waterworks. It should not pay the waterworks company its present asking price for its system. The plant is not up to date. It is inadequate for the service intended and should only be paid for if purchased by the city on the basis of what it will cost to make it over into a system which will serve the city. I think that the gas company should be compelled, if it can be done, to at once engage in the manufacture of artificial gas, so it can have a supply of gas on hand at least in the winter months to serve its patrons, which it has not had during the past winter, and which it is not likely to have in the future, and it is also altogether probable that the gas company in the near future will be unable to furnish the city with gas for domestic purposes, at least during the winter season, and perhaps in the near future not be able to furnish it during any season of the year. As there are many people in this city who will desire to continue the use of gas for domestic purposes, even at an advanced price, should the present supply of natural gas fail, the company should be compelled, if that can be accomplished, to get ready for that condition. Out of the franchise granted to this company its original promotors have made approximately one-quarter million dollars, and it should be compelled to carry out each contract or else surrender its franchise. I think that it is good business for the city to so arrange its business affairs that it can occasionally pay off Lincoln Annual Conference Meets in Wichita Next Week FIRST DAY Thursday, March 9, 1911. The ninth session of the Lincoln Annual Methodist Episcopal Church will convene in E. Church, Fifteenth and Wabash, Wichita, 1911. 8:30 a. m.-Opening Devotion-By Rev. N. 9:00 a. m.-Conference Business. 11:00 a. m.-Address of Welcome "On Behalf Churches of the City"-By Rev. tor First M. E. Church. 12:00 Noon—Adjournment. 2:30 p. m.-Welcome Address, "On Behalf Chas. L. Davidson, Mayor of W 3:30 p. m.-Conference Business. 5:00 p. m.-Adjournment. 7:30 p. m.-Welcome Address "On Behalf -W. N. Miller, Editor of Searc 8:00 p. m.-Anniversary Board of Home M Extension in St. Paul M. E. Chu The ninth session of the Lincoln Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church will convene in Cabbell's Chapel M. E. Church, Fifteenth and Wabash, Wichita, Kapsas, March 9, 1911. Methubist Episcopal Church will convene in Cabbell's Chapel M. E. Church, Fifteenth and Wabash, Wichita, Kansas, March 9, 1911. 8:30 a. m.—Opening Devotion—By Rev. N. McDonald. 9:00 a. m.—Conference Business. 11:00 a. m.—Address of Welcome “On Behalf of the Pastors and Churches of the City”—By Rev. W. H. Heppe, Pastor First M. E. Church. 12:00 Noon—Adjournment. 2:30 p. m.—Welcome Address, “On Behalf of the City”—Hon. Chas, L. Davidson, Mayor of Wichita. 3:30 p. m.—Conference Business. 5:00 p. m.—Adjournment. 7:30 p. m.—Welcome Address “On Behalf of Colored Citizens”—W. N. Miller, Editor of Searchlight. 8:00 p. m.—Anniversary Board of Home Missions and Church Extension in St. Paul M. E. Church. SECOND DAY Friday, March 10, 1911. 8:30 a. m.—Devotional, Subject, I" (Ps. 61:2)—W. M. 9:00 a. m.—Conference Business 12:00 Noon—Adjournment. 2:00 p. m.—Anniversary Board 3:00 p. m.—Conference Business 5:00 p. m.—Adjournment. 7:30 p. m.—Devotional—S. E. S. 8:00 p. m.—Anniversary Foreign THIRD Saturday, Mar 8:30 a. m.—Devotional, Subject, 7:17-20)—D. Smith. 9:00 a. m.—Conference Business 12:00 Noon—Adjournment. 2:00 p. m.—Anniversary Epwort 3:00 p. m.—Conference Business 4:00 p. m.—"Home Mission"—D. 5:00 p. m.—Adjournment. 7:30 p. m.—Devotional—L. E. I. 8:00 p. m.—Freedmen's Aid—M. FOURTH Sunday, Mar 9:00 a. m.—Love Feast—Rev, J. Ordination of Deac 11:00 a. m.—Preaching by Bisho E. Church, N. Lawn. 2:30 p. m.—Ordination of Elder 3:00 p. m.—Preaching at St. Park 7:30 p. m.—Anniversary Board Delegates will be looked after 8:30 a. m.—Devotional, Subject, "The Rock That Is Higher Than I" (Ps. 61:2)—W. M. Dawson. 9:00 a. m.—Conference Business. 12:00 Noon—Adjournment. 2:00 p. m.—Anniversary Board of Education. 3:00 p. m.—Conference Business. 5:00 p. m.—Adjournment. 7:30 p. m.—Devotional—S. E. Saunders. 8:00 p. m.—Anniversary Foreign Mission. THIRD DAY Saturday, March 11, 1911. 8:30 a. m.—Devotional, Subject, "The Two Fruit Trees" (Matt. 7:17-20)—D. Smith. 9:00 a. m.—Conference Business. 12:00 Noon—Adjournment. 2:00 p. m.—Anniversary Epworth League. 3:00 p. m.—Conference Business. 4:00 p. m.—"Home Mission"—D. Smith. 5:00 p. m.—Adjournment. 7:30 p. m.—Devotional—L. E. Hayes. 8:00 p. m.—Preadmen's Aid—M. E. B. Mason. FOURTH DAY Sunday, March 12, 1911. 9:00 a. m.—Love Feast—Rev. J. A. Lee; J. S. Burton. Ordination of Deacons. 11:00 a. m.—Preaching by Bishop D. H. Moore, in the First M. E. Church, N. Lawrence. 2:30 p. m.—Ordination of Elders. 3:00 p. m.—Preaching at St. Paul's M. E. Church. 7:30 p. m.—Anniversary Board of Sunday School. Delegates will be looked after. some of its debts. The habit of refunding practically every obligation will finally hurt the splendid credit which we now have. That has been the result in other cities where the habit of constantly refunding the public debt and paying no portion of it was practiced. I believe in a greater and better Wichita. Wichita is a growing proposition and no policy should be adopted which will retard that fact. It is the capital of the empire of the southwest and there should be no discord over matters irrelevant to the great body of its citizenship. There are forty or more million dollars invested on that side of this proposition. I do not know that any newspaper in this city will support my candidacy for this office. I have made no arrangements with any one, either directly, for them to do so. In common with all the people of Wichita I appreciate the support which the newspapers can give towards any enterprise, especially towards creating a greater and a better Wichita; I also believe, in common with all the people of Wichita, that the newspapers of Wichita should appreciate the fact that Wichita is assisting them, at least in a degree, to be great, powerful and profitable. The scope of the newspaper in the field of human affairs, of human endeavor, is a broad one, but it does not necessarily include the right to select, nominate and control the official acts of the municipal officers of the city in which they are located. Wichita has had two campaigns in the past four years, one in the interest of reform and one in the interest of what was called "good business." It is estimated by those who are on the inside that these two campaigns cost somebody approximately $20,000. I have been acquainted with every campaign conducted in the city of Wichita for the purpose of electing city officials, and in these two campaigns there was more money expended than J. J. CABBELL, J. G. F. WOOTEN, J. E. HOGANS, Committee. in all the campaigns for the election of our city officials prior to that time. Public sentiment, in my judgment, does not approve of this. There are now bills pending in the legislature of Kansas which if passed, will prohibit this method of conducting elections. So far as I personally am concerned, I shall not spend any money in my campaign, and and I shall not directly or indirectly permit or request any one else to do so for me. To establish the fact which the last two campaigns of Wichita have tended to establish, that only through the expenditures of large sums of money can men hold the offices of this municipality is unquestionably wrong and should not be tolerated by an class of our citizens. I believe in Peace, Prosperity and Progress in all the lines of human affairs and equal opportunity for all Wichita is one of the human affairs with which I have been connected all my life, and for which I am willing to give, and always have, whether in office or out of it, the best service I have at my command. Cone For Re-Election. Rufus Cone commissioner of Finance, is a candidate for re-election. Mr. Cone is one of the present Commissioners and submits himself for re-election on his record. Mr. Cone is one of the proprietors of the Kansas Steam Laundry and has been a resident of Wichita for more than thirty years. He is a town booster and has spent his best dayr helping build Wichita. His name will appesr on the ballot primary. NO.47 E. B. JEWETT. A Modern Cain HE barren, rocky little farm in Northern Vermont, a mile or two out from the village of Newtown, near the Derby line, was suggestive mainly of hard work and small returns, to the ordinary observer. Its buildings were small and old and out of repair; its fences were sagging in places; the I orcnard, long past its prime, was dying out, and the lack of money to buy new trees had prevented the filling up of the vacant places. But in spite of all its drawbacks, the barren, rocky little farm was a glorified place to John Barrows that day in early spring in the fifties; for that day Jane Heath had promised to be his wife. Jane had lived alone in the little house in the village, left to her on the death of her father and mother several years before, and always the families had been friends. She was a beautiful girl, with the glossy black hair, the dark and sparkling blue eyes, the firm apple cheeks and the sunshine nature and undaunted courage of her Irish ancestors. She had never been afraid to live alone—neither fear of possible physical peril nor of the mental attitude that sometimes is more to be dreaded even than thieves or wandering beggars, by people who have too much of their own society, ever had disturbed her. She possessed a strength of character which she herself did not realize but which, in promising to marry John Barrows, meant that she gave him her undying devotion. She had known John Barrows long and intimately—since the days when they went to the little village school together. In later years, often she had been a guest at the Barrows farm-house, wherein the family was made up of John and his mother and his brother Andrew. Mrs. Barrows loved the sunny-faced girl as a daughter, and Andy—Andy was the one source of apprehension to the otherwise entirely happy young couple. An amicable agreement as to the division of the farm had been reached, but later Andy had seemed moody and despondent, and often he watched John and Jane with jealous eyes. A few days before John's proposal, Andy had asked Jane to marry him, but she had gently refused. "Yes, I know why you won't marry me. You're in love with John. He's younger than I, and better favored, and you've fallen in love with his handsome face. But you're mine by rights—as I'm the oldest I should have the first choice. Oh, do say you love me, Jane!" "Why, Andy, you know I couldn't say that, when you know I do not care for you in that way. I'm so sorry—" "I don't want your pity. Even if you don't love me, I love you enough for both—can't you marry me? I could fix it so we'd have all the farm, and you need never want for anything." "No, Andy, I don't love you, and I never shall, and I'm not going to marry you. I'm sorry you feel so bad; can't we be friends?" "Yes, we can be friends, but even if you won't marry me, neither shall you ever marry John. Mark my words." Andy Barrows had an intimate friend, Malcolm Thomson, a closemouthed, crafty Scot, and to him Andy confided his troubles. Thompson considered the matter, then advised Andy to be friendly to his brother and thus lead him to think that he—Andy—was reconciled, but to blide his time Plans for the marriage were discussed, and Thanksgiving day was decided on for the wedding. The sale of John's share of the season's crops and livestock, with the money—the bank account dear to the heart of every New Englander—which John had in the bank, would be enough to build the little house, on the opposite side of the field from the old one, on which the young couple had centered their dreams. John was working his hardest to coax the old farm to yield, and hauling logs and lumber in odd hours for the new house and outbuildings. One day, early in the fall, the brothers were working in the field near the house. The days were growing shorter, and Andy suggested that he remain in the field, working as long as there was light, and that John go to the house to do the chores. John agreed, and went to his chores with a happy heart, thinking that Andy hadn't really been so greatly disappointed, after all. "Mother," he said, as he brought in the pails of foaming milk, "I believe Andy's got all over being jealous of me. He's so pleasant and agreeable lately that I can't help thinking he has forgiven me." "He had nothing to forgive, my son," said Mrs. Barrows; "but I'm as glad as you are to see him in a more reasonable frame of mind. I only wish there were two James. She is a good, sweet girl, fit to be the wife of any man." "Bless you for saying that mother." You don't know how happy you make me. I'll go and whistle for Andy—I see supper's nearly ready." Andy, however, did not respond to repeated whistlings, and finally John went to the field to search for him, but could not find him and returned to the house. "I guess he's gone to the village, mother," he said, "and I suppose he will eat supper there. You know he often does that." His mother was satisfied, and Andy's absence caused no alarm. Later in the evening a haystack, that stood in the field near the place where the brothers had been at work, was discovered to be on fire. John went out to try to save it, but it seemed to be burning all over at the same time, and he could do nothing. The fire was attributed to some malicious or thoughtless boys, and no one thought of connecting it with Andy's disappearance. Several days elapsed, and Andy did not return. His mother and brother thought he might have gone to visit his friend, Malcolm Thomson, who lived a short distance over the line in Canada. Nearly a week later Thomson appeared at the Barrows farm to transact some business, he said, with Andy. He seemed greatly surprised and disappointed at Andy's absence, and expressed anxiety lest some accident had befallen him. The following day Thomson went to the village and in the stores and shops he discussed the disappearance of Andy, and stirred up considerable comment among the villagers who had thought, with his mother and brother, that Andy was visiting Thomson. The Scotchman appeared much concerned and, while expressing no opinion, kept up the gossip he had started until at last suspicion was aroused. That which had been a commonplace circumstance at first became a mystery that grew deeper and deeper each hour, until finally someone suggested foul play. This suggestion rapidly took root and gathered credence until the entire neighborhood was sure that Andy Barrows had been murdered. John Barrows and his mother, of course, were the last to hear these stories, and when they finally reached his ears, John started an immediate investigation, in which nearly all the men of the village willingly joined. They searched every out-of-the-way place, every abandoned well, every possible nook and cranny on the farm. At night the men looked puzzled and were ready to go home, and allow the search to go over until the next day, when Thomson casually mentioned the burning of the haystack. Here the searchers were horrified to find a partly burned body. Raking in the ashes, someone found a bunch of keys and a pocketknife, which were recognized at once as having belonged to Andy Barrows. A blood-stained ax, with some light red hairs, exactly the shade of Andy's hair, adhering to the blade, was found in the grass near by. These discoveries seemed to solve the mystery of Andy's disappearance. a cowardly murder had been committed, the body hidden in the stack, and the stack burned to conceal the crime. There seemed no doubt as to the identity of the body, and the next thing was to discover the criminal. Suspicion at once pointed to John Barrows. Who else could have committed the awful deed—who else could have had an object in doing it? Thomson, while expressing doubt as to John's guilt, said he knew there had been some misunderstanding between the brothers, but did not think it ever would reach such a stage. Several persons who had heard, or heard of, the quarrel between the brothers, came forward to tell what they knew or imagined, and things began to look pretty dark for John. He was as much puzzled as anyone by the discovery made in the ashes of the haystack, and could offer no explanation of the mystery. John Barrows was formally charged with the murder of his brother, and a warrant was sworn out by Thomson for his arrest. Thomson took this step most unwillingly, he said, but felt he must see justice done his old friend. No denial on John's part made the slightest impression on the minds of the excited people. They wanted an immediate trial, but were compelled to wait. a few weeks for court to convene, and after a brief preliminary hearing, John was taken to the county jail. Jane Heath, when the first suspicion of her lover was made public, declared her faith in him, and told him she would stand by him and eventually would see the criminal punished. No one could shake her faith in John, and her friends regarded her as little short of demented when she declared she never would forsake John Barrows. No one else had the slightest faith in his innocence. Even his mother, although not expressing her opinion, was prostrated by the grief and the disgrace, and refused to see her son. She believed him guilty, and could not bear to see the son who had killed another son equally dear. When the case came to trial there was little evidence in behalf of the accused. Old neighbors, ready to believe in his guilt, testified unwillingly of his previous good character, but "WHY DID YOU STEAL MY GIRL YOU DAMNED SNORK." "A BULLET PIERCED HIS SIDE FROM THE FORWARD PART OF THE SCHOONER." "YOU SHALL NEVER MARRY JOHN. MARK MY WORDS." took every possible opportunity to impress on judge and jury that circumstances were mightly against John Barrows. These old neighbors always had been his friends and were not really malicious, their action being merely the result of the well-sown seeds of distrust scattered by Malcolm Thomson. John was adjudged guilty of murder in the first degree. Jane Heath vowed she would move Heaven and earth to free her lover, and through her efforts he was granted a short respite by the governor of the state, and he was to remain a few months in jail before the execution. With renewed hope, she determined to prove his innocence and save his life. She insisted that there was no proof whatever that Andy Barrows was not alive; that all the evidence was purely circumstantial; and she so earnestly persisted in her theory, and cast so much doubt on the guilt of John, that she finally prevailed upon the governor to commute his sentence to life imprisonment. Soon after the trial of John Barrows, Malcolm Thomson determined to leave that neighborhood. Before doing so, he called on Miss Heath and talked to her most consolingly. But Jane was suspicious, and his professed solicitude caused her to believe his declarations of sympathy and friendship were not genuine. His talk lacked sincerity. Jane made up her mind to watch him, if possible to do so, as she believed he held the key to the mystery of Andy Barrows's disappearance. Two years later—years in which Jane Heath, though not inactive, had accomplished practically nothing toward the release of her lover—a young soldier returned to northern Vermont from the south on a furlough. From him Jane learned that Thomson was in New Orleans. She decided to go to that city, making the long journey as did Evangeline—not to find her lover, but to accomplish his freedom. Travel YOU SHALL NEVER MARRY JOHN. MARK MY WORDS. by rail to New Orleans was suspended, and the city could be reached only by an ocean voyage. She secured a letter to General B Butler from the governor of the state, took passage on a steamer for New Orleans, and arrived there without mishap. She immediately went to General Butler's headquarters, but was refused admission by the sentinel on guard, who said his orders were to admit no civilian unless connected with headquarters affairs. I was at that time assigned to the secret service department of the United States government and was returning to headquarters, and seeing the young woman, I stopped to question her. I was interested at once in her appearance—her beautiful face and graceful figure, her air of breeding and refinement, but more than these, in her quiet dignity and evident sincerity of purpose. At my request she gave me the letter addressed to General Butler, and I took it straight to him. He glanced at it and handed it back to me, directing me to ascertain what the young woman wanted and report immediately to him. The letter introduced the bearer, approved her mission, and requested that all possible courtesies be shown her. She was seeking a permit to visit the various points of the department of the gulf where troops were stationed, and told me frankly the object of her visit. On listening to Miss Heath's story I was convinced of its truthfulness and made up my mind to aid her, so far as was in my power, in her mission of love and fidelity. I felt sure, also, that her services could be made valuable to the government; and in aiding her I might also be aiding the cause for which I was working. I offered to employ her to pick up information in regard to the doings of the enemies of the government. This would give her a good chance to travel about within the Union lines and thus serve her own ends, so she promptly accepted the proposition. For convenience, as well as better to conceal her identity, I suggested that she assume masculine apparel. She acted at once on this suggestion, and when she appeared before me, prepared to enter on her duties. I could --- scarcely realize that the handsome youth was in reality a refined young woman. Not long after this Miss Heath reported to me that she had discovered Malcolm Thomson, and was sure he was engaged in some kind of crooked business. I sent a skilled man to the neighborhood where Thomson was living, to cultivate that gentleman's acquaintance. Soon he discovered that Thomson was carrying on a thriving business smuggling goods across Lake Pontchartrain into the Confederacy. Also it was found out that Thomson was greatly afraid of detection by the federal authorities. Like all crooks he deemed everyone else crooked, and was seeking an alliance with someone who could "fix" the ruling powers. This timidity led him to take into his confidence the detective in my employ, Colonel Moncosus. Moncossus easily arranged a partnership with Thomson, after convincing him of his—Moncossus's—great influence with the federal authorities and his ability to obtain the necessary permits for taking out goods and bringing in cotton. Thomson was to furnish the money, while Moncossus was to take charge of the little schooner employed, and manage the authorities. There also was a third partner in the scheme, a man named Hopper, who was located at Mandeville, just across Lake Pontchartrain and inside the Confederate lines. Colonel Moncossus wished to meet this partner, to whom he was a stranger, and Thomson furnished him with a photograph of the man, that there might be no trouble in identifying him. Moncossus brought the photograph to me, and I left it on my desk without thinking much about it. Miss Heath, happening in soon after, saw the photograph and recognized it as a picture of Andy Barrows. The mythical scheme that had been planned by "WHY DID YOU STEAL MY GIRL YOU DAMNED SNORK?" A BULLET PIERCED HIS SIDE FROM THE FORWARD PART OF THE SCHOONER. Moncossus for the purpose of entraping the Scotchman, on suspicion that he was an enemy of the government, had unintentionally become of paramount importance. Steps were taken at once to bring Andy Barrows before Miss Heath, and compel him to confess his part in the miserable scheme to spoil the lives of his brother and his brother's sweetheart. A small schooner was procured and loaded. It was planned to capture Andy Barrows-Hopper, and bring him to New Orleans. General Butler, when consulted, said the plan was a crazy one, but Moncossus declared he could carry it out. It did seem a difficult undertaking, but Moncossus was willing and anxious to take the risk and abide by the consequences. When the little boat arrived at Mandeville it was unloaded and taken a few miles distant across a bayou for the purpose of taking on bales of cotton. "Hopper" was there to superintend the delivery of the cotton. When the schooner was ready to sail he came on board, with two other men, expecting to be landed at Mandeville as the schooner passed on its way to New Orleans. The wind was blowing heavily that day, dead ahead when the boat pointed toward Mandeville, but well in favor when she was headed across the bay toward New Orleans. Hopper's two assistants were perched upon a cotton bale with their legs hanging over the windward rail at the moment Colonel Moncossus put the helm down hard and let go the main sheet. The boom swung over with great force, the boat gave a sudden lurch, and the two men sitting on the cotton bale were knocked into the lake. "Heave her to," shouted Hopper, at the same time drawing his revolver. The next instant he was lying on the deck. A bullet had perched his side from the forward part of the schooner, which now was headed directly for New Orleans before a ten or twelve knot breeze. When the schooner arrived and was hauled up out of the lake into the new basin, I was awaiting its arrival and went aboard. A surgeon had been sent for to care for Hopper, but had not arrived. Hopper --- was badly wounded, and seemed to realize that the end was near. He appeared to be a man of some education and refinement. His high check bones, his coarse features and pale blue eyes, however, were indicative of his wicked nature. The tightly drawn lines about his mouth showed inflexibility of will and iron nerve to carry out whatever he undertook. When I went forward to speak to him I recognized Hopper as a man who had been tried and convicted for passing counterfeit money at New Orleans several months before. He had been sent to the penitentiary at Baton Rouge, but had escaped during a battle at that point in which the prison was partially destroyed. He made his way across the Amite river into the Confederacy where, by standing in with the commanding Confederate officer at Mandeville, he was enciled to handle and ship out cotton. I seated myself beside the wounded man and took his hand, and never will I forget the ghastly stare with which he regarded me as I endeavored to impress upon him the full realization of his condition and the duty incumbent upon him. My urgent appeal had its effect. Hopper admitted that his mind was burdened with a great crime, which he was willing to confess. I had set him down as a scoundrel, but was not quite prepared to be brought face to face with one whose heart was so inhuman as deliberately to plan to hang his own brother. "A few years ago," he said, "I, with my younger brother, lived with our widowed mother on a little farm in northern Vermont. There lived near us a most estimable young woman. I paid her some attention, and in time fell madly in love with her. When I supposed I had won her affections I asked her to marry me. She refused and did not deny that she loved my brother when I charged her with that as being the reason for her refusing me. She was not to blame. She had made no promises. I had merely mistaken her sisterly regard and kindness to me for affection. I alone was responsible for the error." Here he paused for a moment as if to gather courage for what was to follow. Up to this time he had met my eyes frankly, but now he shifted his gaze, and continued: "When she told me she could not marry me, and made no denial of her regard for my brother, I was filled with unutterable rage. Calling her a heartless flirt, I seized my hat and left her. I was furious, desperate, and determined to be revenged. While my heart was filled with rancor and my mind with spiteful thoughts, I confided my troubles to Malcolm Thomson. He always was an evil counselor, but a cunning one. He dissuaded me from my plan for immediate revenge, and advised me to appear friendly with my brother in order better to carry out a plot which he revealed to me. "Soon after this my brother announced his engagement to marry Miss Heath, and I wished him well with bitterness in my heart. Plans were made for the marriage, and I seemed to take an interest in them, and to have forgiven my brother and his fliancee my fancied wrongs. But I was only biding my time. "When the time was ripe for executing the plot we had arranged, I managed to be at work with my brother in a field on our farm. On the previous night Thomson and I had placed the body of a man about my size in a haystack, which stood near where we were at work repairing a fence. Thomson had obtained the body from a pauper's burying ground on the Canadian side. "My brother left the field that day just before dark. I remained for the purpose of completing the work. When the sun had set and it was dark, I punctured a small vein in my arm, and with the blood besmeared the bit of the ax we had been using. I cut off a lock of my hair and scattered it on the bloody blade, and then pitched the ax into the grass. Reaching beneath the body in the hay I deposited my pocketknife and bunch of keys. Then I set fire to the stack and hurried to join Thomson, who was waiting near by with a horse and buggy. We drove rapidly away, and I soon was on my way to New Orleans, where Thomson was to join me in a few weeks. "It was agreed that Thomson should first return to the village and stir up suspicion, which would result in a search for me and the discovery of the burned body. Everything turned out thus far as we had planned. My brother was accused and convicted. "It was my purpose, when my rival should be out of my way, to return home, and after a time renew my attentions to Miss Heath, but I put off going from time to time. I could not face my old friends and neighbors. Through Thomson I learned that my brother's sentence was commuted. I was thankful for that. No one ever will know the remorse I have suffered for my crime. My name is Andy Barrows." Death came soon to Andy Barrows, and he was beyond the jurisdiction of mortal tribunals. Thomson, who in some way got an inking of the turn of affairs, disappeared—he whose wicked brain had devised and managed the entire plot. Miss Heath, with documents fully verifying the experiences through which she had passed, hastened home to lay before the governor the proofs of the truth of her intution. A pardon was promptly issued, and she was given the well-earned privilege of carrying it to the lover whose innocence had been established by her faith and untiring devotion. NOT UNUSUAL "I saw a pianist last night who can play with his toes." "Umph!—I've got a kid 18 months old can do that!" INDIGESTION CAN BE RELIEVED AND HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS is the medicine you can rely on to do the work It is a real digestive help Try it today Refuse all substitutes WANTED TO BE AGREEABLE Farmer's Rather Humorous Explanation for Telling Exceedingly "Tall" Stories. Irving Batcheller once told a story of a farmer on the Connecticut hills. "Pretty steep land for planting, isn't it?" a visitor asked the tiller of the soil. "Pretty steep," the farmer assented. "I suppose it's quite difficult to plant your corn?" "Quite difficult," came the echo. The visitor was interested, and would not be put off with short replies. "Eh—how do you manage to plant on this hill?" he persisted. The farmer gazed at him pityingly. "We have to shoot it all into the earth with shotguns, stranger," he assured his guest. The visitor gasped. "Really? he ejaculated. "Really, now? Is that actually true?" The farmer sighed and turned upon his guest a look of withering scorn. "No, that isn't true," he answered. "I'm trying to make conversation." Is Mennonite Minister Miss Anna J. Allebach is the first woman to be elected a minister of the Mennonite church in this country, although there are two women in Holland acting in that capacity. She is president of the New York University Philosophical society. Her ordination took place on January 15 in Philadelphia. Violation. "They have expelled my favorite waiter from his brotherhood," said one hotel patron. "Yes," replied the other, "he accidentally smiled and said 'Thank you,' a dollar's worth for a 50-cent tip." CHILDREN AFFECTED By Mother's Food and Drink Many babies have been launched into life with constitutions weakened by disease taken in with their mothers' milk. Mothers cannot be too careful as to the food they use while nursing their babies. The experience of a Kansas City mother is a case in point: "I was a great coffee drinker from a child, and thought I could not do without it. But I found at last it was doing me harm. For years I had been troubled with dizziness, spots before my eyes and pain in my heart, to which was added, two years later, a chronic sour stomach. "The baby was born 7 months ago, and almost from the beginning, it, too, suffered from sour stomach. She was taking it from me!" "In my distress I consulted a friend of more experience and she told me to quit coffee, that coffee did not make good milk. I have since asserted that it really dries up the milk. "So, I quit coffee and tried tea and at last cocoa. But they did not agree with me. Then I turned to Postum with the happiest results. It proved to be the very thing I needed. It not only agreed perfectly with baby and myself, but it increased the flow of my milk. "My husband then quit coffee and used Postum and quickly got well of the dyspepsia with which he had been troubled. I no longer suffer from the dizziness, blind spells, pain in my heart or sour stomach. "Now we all drink Postum from my husband to my seven months' old baby. It has proved to be the best hot drink we have ever used. We would not give up Postum for the best coffee we ever drank." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There a reason Ever read the name letter? A new name from time to time. That are genuine, true, and full of human interest. ISIS TS ASUS ASIST ASE SES GRE SA STS Such a Thing as Luck : By M. J. PHILLIPS orperwise known as “Wad.” “Aw, say, jeter Aldrich, give me another ovis lawyer shook his head, “No- thing Joing, William Adolphus. I cin’? bother with you any more. fos, you lost that draft going down Jidu't mean to do ft,” interrupt- ef ie weeping Wad, \nd then you struck my mother in she face with @ ball of paper—" ‘in't know she was coming; 1 yas showing Snags Raymond, the ele- ; |, the forward pass.” now you've banged into Mr. » and knocked him down. The leman recognized you as my vy, and Went away angry. His : was worth a thousand dollars > me.” Mister Aldrich,” pleaded Wad, on _make ‘lowances fer a guy havin’ hard luck?” wis the wrong thing to say. Sine Brinkley Aldrich had graduated with both scholarship and athletic houors from college, he had dominat- od circumstances. Everything came out as he planned, beeause he pos- sessed ability above the ordinary, left nothing to chance, and was a tireless worker “Luek” he regarded as the exouse of the weak and the indolent and the stuptd, Hard luck!” he snorted now, “Hard lick! There's no such thing as luck, William Adolphus. A chap either does things—or he doesn’t. He alone de- serves the credit, or he alone 1s to blame. There are laziness and in- competence and thickheadedness, but hard luck—bah! You know better than that!” William Adolphus did not pursue the subject further. “I dunno what Til do,” he sniffed. “I can tell the old lady you gave me two days’ vacation; bul tf { don’t start out to work Mon- day morning, she'll break my back!” Aldrtoh handed him four stlver dol- lars. “There’s your pay,” he observ- ed. “I'm sorry for your plight, but you need a lesson, Maybe a licking from your mother will drive this pernicious hard luck’ fdea out of your head. And you'll never be successful till that happens,” Wai took the money and forgot to weep. A full week's pay and two days’ eatfon were tangible. This being wanned” had some advantages, after all. “Say, Mister Aldrich,” he sald at parting, as he jingled the money in his pocket, “If you change your mind, send for me, will you?” Aldrich promised, with a smile. The earth might stop and begin spinning backward; the sky might fall. ‘They were possibilities, and tt was also pos- sible that he might change his mind Jn thts matter. But once the evidence had been gathered, weighed, and a de- cision reached, any of the three phenomena had an equal chance of coming to pass. The young attorney caught an after- noon train for his mother's place, Cornwail-onthe-Lake, The roar and clash of the efty’s manifold noises had seemed more sharp than ever when he lott his office and walked to the sta- tion, It was freezing hard; and there had been no snow for two weeks. That meant there would be famous skating onyhe lake, His pulses bounded with pletsurable dhtietpation, It was too early for the homeward Tush of commuters and the train was only comfortably filled. Aldrich se- lected a seat half way down the day- coach and stretched out his long legs. is bag went Into the rack overhead; Ms overenat was disposed over the back of the seat beside him. \ two hours’ run and Cornwall Junction came Into sight. There he Was fo change to a branch line; the lake was still twenty miles away. As tho train stopped he rose and stretch- et forth his hand for his bag. At that }reclse moment the brakeman opened the forward door. A cinder sailed own tho atsle, dodged divers and sun- ‘ry ocher passengers, and struck \idich in the right eye, i was a small cinder—not nearly f large as the head of a pin. But it *as lnten with weighty possibilities. It wos suarp, and it cut a bit, just enough to become painful. Aldrich ‘st down, hfs grip in his lap, and be- Si rubbing the teartaden and pro- ‘esting eye. No use; the cinder stuck 8 ‘ Other passengers were disembark ‘rc They streamed oyt the front ‘oor while the Incoming ones charged (nthe vacated seats from the rear. At ‘he conductor's warning ery Aldrich fo! up. still rubbing his eye, and hast- ened down the alate, al! [Be door tt occurred to him he. bo had forgotten his overcoat, . vuld never have happened “wl not been for the efnder. He tw ick to get ft. He did not Snow “hat his seat had already been Veeupted by a young man who had topped 2 -guttcana Geena ee: ociated Literary Press.) ing garment. “What are you doing with my brother's coat?” she asked, coldly. “But it isn’t,” replied the surprised lawyer. “It’s mine, please,” he added as the engine bell tolled. The girl simply tightened her grip. “I suppose those are yours?” indicat- ing the bags which had rested against the coat. “No; I have my bag. But I forgot the coat.” He jerked gently. The train had started to move. His antagonist, who was more than twenty, braced herself and jerked in turn. Aldrich, caught unawares, banged against the metal arm of the seat. Other passengers began to no- tiee the controversy. The lawyer was hotly aware that amused faces were turned in his direction. “Strange you should forget your coat and not your bag,” said the girl, with meaning scorn. Her cheeks were glowing and she was handsomer than ever. “And equally strange that it should be black, sflk-lined and silk- faced, just like my brother's.” Aldrich looked out of the window despairingly. The train was well un- der way; the snow-covered landscape was slipping by rapidly. He had missed his connection at the junction; but he wanted to get away. If he could but secure the coat and escape intc the smoker! “I rode from the city in this seat,” he explained pa- tiently. “I can prove it’s my coat; there's a pair of brown kid gloves in the pocket.” The girl looked down. A brown kid glove was protruding from the up- permost pocket. Another coincidence,” she commented. “My brother also wears brown gloves, as you see!” “Hello; what’s all this?” said a votce behind. The girl turned joyfully. “Oh, George,” she said, “this gentleman—” the accent on the word made Aldrich wince—“has mistaken your coat for his. And he’s trying to take it away from me!” “Well, well!” George’s voice shook strangely. “Funny I hadn't noticed it ~—seeing I'm wearing my own coat. And the robber fs Aldrich, naughty- three. Brink, you old pirate!” Aldrich sat at his desk Monday morning, engaged in a day dream, de- spite the fact that the outer office was full of clients. His feet rested among seattered papers on the surface of the mahogany; his hands were clasped behind his head. Thus ran his musings: “She’s a darling! And to think she’s old George Mellody’s sister. Dorothy Mellody— Dorothy Mellody—Dorothy! Mighty pretty name, that.” His eyes became more alert. “Princeville isn't any farther from the city than Cornwall. I can go up there for the week-end occasionally—it they'll ask me. I must make up to old George. And to think that if {t hadn't been for that blessed cinder I wouldn't have met her! If that tsn’t luck, the greatest of luck——" He stopped and glanced over his shoulder guiltily; but there were no grubby hands rustling his papers; no shrill whistle in the outer office. His feet came down off the desk. He reached for a sheet of paper and a pen, and wrote rapidly. With an honest, shame-faced grin he read what he had written: “Dear Wad—Come back to work. I have changed my mind; there fs such a thing as luck, after all.” He signed his name, sealed the note, and rang for a messenger, “There!” he sald, squaring his shoulders. And then: “Dorothy Mel- lody. By jove, that’s a pretty name!” Into a hospital came two men with battered faces. “Street fight?” said the surgeon in charee. It was. Under the doctor's direc- tions orderlies moved beds and pa- tients around until the newcomers were separated the length of the ward. “In this case that precaution may not be necessary,” he said, “but after a street brawl it very often is. Be fore we learned the peculiarities of those people it happened more than once that twe men who were mortal enemies were brought in and laid out side by side. Each saw his advantage and was foxy enough to keep still un- til they were left alone in adjoining cots, then they sailed into each other tooth and nail, trying to finish the job that had been interrupted in the street. Once or twice they nearly suc- ceeded. Now chance patients with pu- gilistic tendencies are placed so far apart that a neighborly interchange of uppercuts is out of the question.” Bix. Horee-Power Horse. _ A correspondent of a French News paper, desiring to ascertain the actual strength of a powerful horse, visited several of the stables that use the finest horses in Paris, and in those of a good trucking company he se lected an eight-yearold Percheron which for three years had been en- gaged continually in hauling cut stone for building purposes. This horse seemed to him the most powerful in Paris. He tested the animal and it was able to haul a block of stone about 20 feet cube, weighing 13% tons, placed upon a car that weighed 4% tons, making a total weight of 17% tons. This ts a task to which six horses would ordinarily be put ‘Maanienl Elaktare: WESTERN CANADA COUNTING ITS GOLD standing there were excellent crops. Reports come from different parts to the agents of the Canadian govern- ment, Whose literature tells a good part of the story, that the crops in most places were splendid. At Castor, Alta. F. Galloway’s oat | crop threshed 35 bushels to the acre, machine measure, and 44 bushels by | weight. Alex Robertson of Delisle, | Alta, had 20 bushels to the acre on | 875 acres. W. & H. Clark, 17 bush- | els to the acre on 77 acres. Sheldon Ramsey, 20 bushels on 160 acres. J. Lane threshed 3,500 bushels off 200 acres; J. Hamilton, 5,200 bushels off | 264 acres, Mrs. Headley had an av- | erage of 25 bushels per acre on 160 |acres. Chambers Bros. got 13,270 | bushels off 650 acres. | Fertile Valley district, G. Rollo, had an average of 25 bushels to the acre on a total crop of 10,000 bushels. B. Brown of Pincher Creek had a yield of 33 bushels on his winter wheat; W. Walker, Miss Walker and Jobn Goberts all had an average yield of 25 bushels; Mr. Fitzpatrick, 23, and Mr. Freebairn, 20. Charles Nelson of Bon Accord, Alberta, had threshed his crop of 6,000 bushels of grain, wheat, oats and barley, from 210 acres of old ground. Wm. Logan of Bon Accord is re | ported to have threshed 400 bushels , of wheat from 9 acres of new break- |ing. His oats it 1s said ylelding over 100 bushels to the acre. Robert Mar- tin of Belbeck, Sask., from 100 acres | Got 3,740 bushels of wheat. Geo. A. Campbell of Caron, Sask., from 130 | acres summer fallow got 40 bushels ‘per acre, and from 50 acres stubble | got 24 bushels per acre. One of the farmers of Colonsay threshed out 36 bushels of wheat per acre from 150 acres summer fallow, and another 33 | bushels per acre. James Glen of | Drinkwater, Sask. had 36% bushels per acre; 40 acres summer fallow, | 81 bushele per acre; 40 acres stubble, | 27 ‘bushels per acre; total, 6,680 | bushels off 209 acres. Abe Winters | of Fleming has 39 bushels of wheat per acre, At Govan, Benjamin Arm- |strong had 33 bushels to the acre. ‘John Glumlin, 84 bushels. Charles | Latta, 85 bushels. J. K. Taylor, 35 | bushels. W. Small, 2,060 bushels on | 90 acres. J. F. Moore, 6,500 bushels on 215 acres. J. MacLean, 1,500 bush+ jels on 63 acres. W. Hopwood, 1,76 | bushels on 60 acres. W. Gray, 950 | bushels on 30 acres. W. Curtin, 850 | bushels on 30 acres. John Meyers, | Jr, of Grand Coulee, reports 84% | bushels to the acre. P. P. Bpp of | Langham, Sask., has 35 1-3 bushels per Jacre. J. J. Thiessen, 31 bushels per acre.’ Chris Dear, 25 bushels per jacro from 90 acres, Wm. Thiessen, | 38% bushels from 100 acres. P, P. | Schultz, 18 bushels per acre from 100 | acres. Robt. H. Wiggins of Manor, | Sask, hdd 39 bushels wheat and 75 | bushels of oats per acre. Fred Cobb, | 80 bushels of wheat and 75 bushels of \oats per acre. Jack Robinson, 39 | bushels of wueat per acre. Wm. Kin- | del of Milestone, Sask. had 38 bush- \els of wheat per acre. R. J. Moore, 40 bushels of wheat per acre. Martin Roddy, 38 bushels of wheat per acre. J. D. Sifton of Moose Jaw had 37 | bushels wheat per acre; oats, 50 bush- {els per acre; flax, 11 bushels to the jacre. John L. Smith of New Warren | had 35 bushels of wheat per acre. At | Regina H. W. Laird had 35 bushels to the acre; W. H. Duncan, wheat, 22 | bushels to tlie acre, flax, 16 bushels; (Qe M. Bell, wheat, 35 bushels to the | acre, oats, 70 bushels; O. B. Rothwell, | 25 bushels to the acre; J. McKinnis, | wheat, 35 bushels summer fallow; 20 | bushels stubble; oats, 80 bushels; J. |S. Mooney, 31 bushels of wheat; 80 | bushels oats on stubble. At Tessies, | Wm. Nesbitt had 44 bushels wheat to | the ‘acre. Sep. Latrace, 34 bushels, | ‘Thos. Miller, 21 bushels. ‘These were al! on summer fallow. Major Bros.’ | stubble went 14. At Tuxford, Sask., | C. B. Dunning had 37 bushels. James | Bain, 41 bushels summer fallow. At | Yellow Grass, Wm. Robson, off one | half section, had 45 bushels wheat to | the acre, and 40 bushels off another | averaged 37 bushels to the acre. Geo. | Steer, off a twenty-acre flelé, threshied half. M. A. Wilkinson, off 160 acres, | 62 bushels wheat to the acre, His | whole crop averaged over 40. Jas. | A. R Cameron's half section averaged | over 36 bushels to the acre. D. Mc- | Nevan, who has two farms, averaged about 40 bushels. W. A. Cooper got 47 bushels to the acre off 71 acres; his whole crop went about 40. John Murray, 35 per acre off 160 acres. Fiockley Bros., 85 per acre off a half section. W. Ransom, 35 per acre of the Cathcert farm. N. Dunne, 39 to the acre. S. C. Hart, 38 per acre. | 'T. Murray, Jr., 36 to the acre. A. B. | McEwan, 98 to the acre. Mayor Tay- | ‘or, 32 to the acre. Critics. “Only competent crities can give competent criticisms,” said Admiral Mahan, at the Immortals’ recent recep. tion in New York. “The ignobler the eritic the ignobler the criticism—even of the very finest things—that he will pronounce. “A man in a bar was praising a fa mous American Journalist, a justly famous journalist, a journalist whe gets out a really fine paper. “*Yes,’ the bartender agreed, ‘hit paper 1s & good one. It picked two win nerst last week.’” Intervention in love is equivalent to a declaration of war. 3 O S Ip@ Ke R@hilb [] oS AS. | > | er .—— Se Se 70 ead Sass D SSE B\ We cannot do much to chang 3 —— Ow housekeeping methods of years, bu SSF | the young may be trained so easily | (az FFE eA | youth, before habits are formed. 5 : ne ot| 2% Many of the small towns an ANY a time the appearance of rurai ‘schools there are those, wh woe bus w lack of vitality. would be glad to have the trainin ai for their children in domestic econom Choice Dainties. and manual training but they hav These dishes are too expensive, some of them, to prepare for every day, but when entertaining our friends we like to have something a little out of the ordinary and at the same time "well-liked. Deviled Bones.—Melt_ two table spoonfuls of butter and add a table | spoonful of chili sauce, one of walnut “catsup and one of Worcestershire sauce, a teaspoon of made mustard and a few grains of cayenne. Cut four small gashes In the legs, wings and second joints af a cooked chicken. Sprinkle with salt, pepper and dredge ‘with flour. Cook in the butter and ‘sauces until well browned. Pour on a half cup of hot stock, simmer five ‘minutes, sprinkle with chopped pars- ley and serve. | Deviled Almonds.—Blanch two ounces of almonds, fry in butter, using enough to Keep the almonds from burning. Mix a tablespoon each of ehutney, Worcestershire and two ta- Dblespoonfuls of chopped pickles, sea- gon with salt and pepper and pour over nuts. Serve with oysters. Fig Cups—Stuff half a pound of the pulled figs with chopped salted al- -monds. Put two tablespoonfuls of “sugar, a teaspoonful of lemon fuice ‘and half a cup of ofange juice in a chafing dish. When the mixture ts hot, add the figs, turning and basting ‘often. Oook until tender and serve with lady fingers. "Peach Canapes.—Fry circular pleces of sponge cake in butter until delt- -eately browned. Drain canned ‘peaches, sprinkle with powdered sugar, a few drops of lemon juice and a grating of nutmeg. Melt a table- spoonful of butter, add the peaches and when heated serve on the cake. Cheese Sandwiches—Grate cheese and mix with cream, a dash of red pepper and salt. Spread on circular pieces of bread that have been but- tered; place in pairs and saute in a Mttle butter until brown, Turn on both sides until well browned and serve hot. |" Almonds if cooked, after blanching, in a little butter until brown, then sprinkled with salt and red pepper, make a pleasing way of serving them. cane | k (sess | fi ach i HE man who fs thoroughly hu- moan wh to fall of heaite ond hysicar sitalty and. whe can euceesete iy add high tdeata, orty aspirations and Deofectaeif-control to his real manhood “that ls'a man worthy of the natwe A Few Choice Cakes. | Angel Cake.—Here is an angel cake shat never fails, providing it is made aaa baked right, two very important details: Take a cupful, half a pint, of egg whites, a cup of sifted flour and | 4 cup of sifted sugar, a halt teaspoor of cream of tartar and a pinch of salt. Beat the eggs until stiff but not dry, add the sugar lightly and a little al a time to not lose the air beaten into ‘the eggs, the salt and half of the cream of tartar is added to the eggs while beating. Sift the flour and the ‘other quarter “of a teaspoon of cream of tartar in the flour and sift several ‘times to make it as light as possible. Cut and fold in the flour, add a tea ‘spoonful of vanilla and pour into an “ungreased pan. Bake 50 minutes in a slow oven. Almond Cake—This is the kind of cake that is classed under butter jeakes. Cream a half a cup of butter, add a cup and a half of sugar gradu ally, the yolks of four eggs well beat en and half a cup of cold water. Mix and sift together a cup and a quarter of Gour and half a cup of cornstarch with four teaspoonfuls of baking pow: Aer and add to the first mixture; then add the whites of four eggs beaten stiff, folding them in very carefully. Bake in a sheet, cover with blanched and shredded almonds, sprinkle with powdered sugar and bake 40 minutes English Fruit Cake—Use the fol lowing ingredients as directed for a butter cake mixture. One pound of butter, one pound of light brown sugar, nine eggs, one pound of flour, two teaspoonfuls of mace, two tea spoonfuls of cinnamon, one teaspoon of soda, two tablespoons of milk, three pounds of currants, two. pounds of raisins, finely chopped, half a pound ot blanched almonds, shredded, and a pound of citron thinly sliced and cut ‘in strips. Bake in deep pans after steaming ‘three hours, bake one and a half, bia without steaming bake four hours. abe eee mS oe te RES Pel ee “oes, Ca = BSS, J EMEMBER it {s possible even In thle age far & est ar worn pe es a oak fee Ge gat ees tes con ba see Home Making. Great things are promised in the future in the training of our boys and girls in the simpie art of home-ma- king and home-keeping. To many it 1s far from a simple art and to many ‘more it is one entirely lost. | We cannot do much to change _ housekeeping: methods of years, but the young may be trained so easily in | youth, before habits are formed, In many of the small towns and tural schools there are those who would be glad to have the training for their children in domestic economy and manual training but they have the idea that it cannot be taught without an expensive equipment and a trained teacher. This is all wrong, for there is splendid work going on all over the country in schools taught by men and women who are doing wonderful work with no equipment except the important one of enthust- asm and an idea of the value of the work. Is it not possible even in a little country school to teach the boys and girls something about ventilation and the need of. pure air at night in the sleeping room? Would it not be possible to talk to them on the danger in dust, and the value of perfect cleanliness of the home and surroundings as well as the body? Could not the subject of food be dis- cussed and the proper foods for dif- ferent ages, climate and occupations be made plain? There is much that might be brought out in this work that would be especially adaptable to certain communities, such as in corn raising districts, the boys could be taught to grow and test and judge corn, the girls could be given recipes for ma- king different dishes from corn. In one contest recently a young girl had ou exhibition thirty or more different foods and dishes from corn. The great drawback to any further crowding of the school curriculum can be overcome somewhat by sup- plimenting this work in place of open- ing exercises, language and nature work, When a teacher having 30 pu- pils has 20 classes in a day it needs hard planning to do all in the limited ‘tiie. lo y Us wire A pe Ee [MA ut siches are destrable and ee Civ savien in evoeion ‘Gena ones of ans aco secretes the prontest napoinose ‘ead aad the now Pe ees sabe RAN is ‘The making and baking of a good cake takes real skill, and we stil have much to learn about cake ma king. As there are two kinds of cake mixtures, both difficult of prepara tion, cakes with butter and those without, it Is hard to decide which 1: the easiest to make. Under butter cakes are cup and pound cakes. Those without butter are the sponge cakes. Many people think a butter cake is the most dif ficult to make, but a delicately tex tured and tender sponge cake is nc mean task to perform. A few things to remember In cake making: One should have the best of ingre dients. ‘Take great care in measuring and combining ingredients. An oven well regulated and cake carefully watched while baking. One of the most important essen tlals in a successful cake fs that the flour and baking powder is well mixed by several siftings. Once sifting the flour and baking powder does not suf ficiently mix them, An easy way tc sift any dry mixtures ts to use two sheets of paper large enough to hold the flour, and they may be quickly handled and emptied into the sieve. Creaming the butter is another im portant process in cake making. But: ter should be creamed until it snaps and cracks under the spoon. In making a delicate white cake only the whites are used, and they are beaten stiff and added the very last. Cut and fold the white of the egg in so that its lightness is not lost in the mixing. Add flour and milk or other liquids alternately, a little‘at a time, beating well, as this is the stage when the fine grain s made before the whites are added. Avoid overheating butter, when creaming it, or the texture of the cake is not as good. Sponge cakes are combin.d ina dif ferent way. The flour is added and folded in after the eggs have been beaten and the sugar 1s added te them A sponge cake needs a slow oven, a butter cake a moderate one. : Too Wise. Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, the govern ment’s food expert, said at a recent dinner in Washington: “But in our search for pure foods we may go too far. Thus a lady en- tered a grocer's the other day and said: ““Haye you got any currants?” “The clerk, a college graduate, re plied: “Yes, madam, we have very fine Corinths, or small dried grapes from the Greek town of that name—cur-. rants, you know, is the corrupted form. How many will you have?” “None at all it they're corrupted, muttered thé lady. ‘I belong to a vure-food league.’”” A TRIAL WILL CONVINCE ANY- ONE---THE GREAT KIDNEY REM- | ‘A few years ago I was troubled with complication of kidney and stomach aik ments, and although I tried two or three different doctors, I was unable to obtaim a cure. Having heard great deal about Swamp-Root, I decided to give it a trial and purchased a one dollar bottle of Mn Alexander, the druggist. From the begine ning I could notice a change for the better and after taking eight bottles of your medicine, I felt ‘entirely cured and have not had any trouble since. ‘Had I begun using Dr. Kilmer’s Swampe Root sooner I would have been a few hune dred dollars to the good and saved mye self a lot of suffering. ‘You may use my testimonial any time you wish. Yours very truly, CHARLES E. HARRIS, 400 Sixth St., Marion, Ia, T certify that Charles E, Harris signed the above testimonial in my presence, be- ing first duly sworn to the truth thereof this’ the 12th day of July, 1909. (zs | D, R. KINLEY, J. B De. Kilmer 4 Om, Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For You |, Send to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Bingham- ton, N. Y., for a sample bottle. Ie will convince anyone. You will also receive # booklet of valuable information, telling -alz about the kidneys and bladder. When writing, be sure and mention this paper, For sale at all drug stores, Price sifty> cents and one-dollar. The Final Settlement. “A verdict for $10,000 isn’t so bad’? “said the junior partner. “How much shall we give our client?” | “Oh, give him $50,” answered the senior partner. “But hold!” | Well?” || “Don't be hasty. Promise to give “him $50.” | Not Boasting of It. Theatrical Manager—I understand that you played with Booth, Miss Sereleat? ‘The Actress (with much spirit)— Well, I don’t think it’s anybody's business how old I am! Have to Pull Them In. * Ella—There are just as good fish ‘in the sea— - Stella—But you have to have a pull | to land them. Dr, Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate “and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels, ‘Bugarcoated, tiny, granules, easy to take, Do not gripe. It 1s possible to have too much of » good thing. The dog with the shortest tail runs the least danger of having tin cans tied to it. | rt TAKA ROMS QUININE Loge ty wr uiguature of Ws GHOvE, Seba Gator ae Oe od It a man’s wife can read about pol tics without wishing she were a man, ho will never experience the pleasure : of being henpecked. RED CROSS BALL BLU ‘Should be in every home. Ask your groces ‘for it. Large 2 oz. package only 6 conte, Not a Lucrative Job. Friend—So your friend has left coh lege. What is he in? Pater—Debt. Garfield Tea is the best remedy for com stipation, ‘Take’ a cup before retiring. The strongest symptom of wisdom tn man is his being sensible of his ‘own: follies.—Rochefoucauié.. Cused by Lydia E. Pinkaam’s Vegetable Compound Morton’s Gap, Kentucky.—'T suf~ fered two years happen disorders, Teg my health was ve fa a bad and Thad & [§ 47m |continual backache fg jenich was simply oe lawful. I could no fed F Astand on my feet jettles vietuals eM) [without ‘my back | Al ZB Ppresry ‘xilling me, La land I would have (|such dragging ‘sen f sations I could isadie Seas: eee TY Neath was vel hy bad and I had & [§ W/m \continual backache ie iwhich was simply oe lawful. I could not feed Astand on my feet A ye |stand feet A [fons enough to cook een A ja meal’s victuals fe ANAK iwithout ‘my back 3 Ze) Ppresry killing me, UT |] Nand 1 would have (|such dragging sens / ations I could hardly bear {t. ad soreness in each side, could not stand tight clothing, and was irregular. 1 was completely fun down. On af yleo I took Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vege. table Compound and Liver Pills and om enjoying good health, Tt is now more than two years and I have not had an ache or pain since Ido all my own work, washing and everything, and never have the backache any more. T think your medicine f grand and T praise it to all my neighbors. If you hink my testimony will help others ou may publish {t.”—Mrs. OLLTs Woooatt, Morton’s Gap, Kentucky. Backache is a symptom of or; realness, or derangement. yon have backache don’t neglect it “To ge permanent relielf ee must reach fe Toot of the trouble. Nothing we know of will dothis 60 surely as Lydia E, Pinkham’s Compound. Write to Mrs. Pinkham, at ‘ass., for ice. Yio Mie fe Coonan confidential, and the advice free. Ut srucravcss} Thompson’s Eye Water W. N. MILLER, Editor. Residence 1401 West 23d Street. Office: 630 N. Main Street. Residence Phone, Market 1641. Office Phone, Market 2433 Phone your news items to us. "To Live and Let Live" is Our Motto. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION: Strictly in Advance. One Year (by mail) ..... $1.00 Six Months (by mail) ..... .75 Three Months (by mail) ..... .50 Advertising Rates made known on application. Liberal commission paid to agents. Entered at the Postoffice at Wichita, Kansas, as Second-Class Mail Matter. Published Every Saturday at 630 N. Main Street. All matters addressed to The Searchlight for publication must be signed b ythe party or parties writing. All matters for publication must reach this office not later than Thurs day noon to reach publication in the current issue. RULES OF THIS OFFICE: First. All subscriptions must be paid in advance. Agents take notice. Second. Communications received after Thursday noon will not be published in the current issue. Third. In asking to change your paper from one address or postoffice to another, give both the new and the old. Fourth. No new name will be placed on our books unless the money accompanies the name. Write plain. Fifth. Address all matter for publication into The Wichita Searchlight, 630 N. Main street, Wichita, Kansas. Sixth. Any erroneous reflection on the character, standing or reputation of any person which may appear in this paper will be gladly corrected if brought to the attention of the editor. SEND YOUR NEWS IN EARLIER Bradford For Mayor. At the primary election to be held March 27th, the name of Geo. H. Bradford will be presented for the office of mayor. Mr Bradford served with much cred it as a cruncilman from the First ward and for years has been identified with building up Wichita and making it a good place to live in. Few men employ more laboring men than does Geo. H. Bradford, and no man is more consisteret friend to the laboring men than is he. Mr. Bradfard possessess every qualification to make an ideal Mayor and if nominated and elected the people may rest assured that every interest of our city will receive strict attention at his hands. O. D. Draper. In the candidacy of O. D. Draper for City Commissioner, the people of this city have before them the name of one of its oldest and most honorable citizens. Mr. Draper has spent more than a third of a century in Wichita, at all times identifying himself with every element pointing to the fast development of this city. His wide experience and long residence aquanit him with all the needs of this city and as a City Commissioner, he --- would prove valuable. He has never held any public elective office, but has always been busily interested in the growth and development of our city. Commissioner H. J. Roetzell is candidate for re-election. Mr. Roetzell has made an enviable record as Commissioner and has put system and business in the administration of the affairs of his office. Under his administration there has been more substantial public improvements then for any two years in more than twenty years. Judge Edward B. Jewett has announced himself as an active candidate for the office of mayor of Wichita. No man in Wichita is more widely or favorably known than is Judge Jewett. For more than thirty years Judge Jewett has been and active ano promineit figure in every movewent to build up and make Wichita the thriviag and prosperous city which it is today. In every movement to build up Wichita, to secure some new enterprise or land so valuable propect--among the first men consulted is Junge E. B. Jewett. Jubge Jewett's unaltable stand for fair play and a square deal and his impartial dealing with his fellow men has won for him the lasting friendship of men of race and in all walks of life. He is pre-eminently fair and impartial and should he become Mayor of this city all citizens would receive a fair and honest consideration at his hands. LOCAI.S THE RESUME OF THIS WEEK Send your news notes and local happenings to CS1 North Main Street. TRADE WITH OUR ADVERTISERS They'll Treat You Right The Shriners will give a big entertainment at the Masonic hall, Tuesday night, March 7th. All are cordially invited to come out and have a nice time. Maggie Payne, 14 yrs. old daughter of Rueben Payne died at the residence of her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Payne 18th and Burns, last Friday. The remains were shipped to Perry, Kans. for burial. Mrs. Prudy Johnson has been quite ill, but is fast improving. Attend the Big Quarterly meet ing at the A. M. E. church, Sunday (all day) March 12th. John Wesley Morris, died Feb. 3, 1911. Jordan Morris brought his body to Wichita for burial, from Indianapolis, Indina. He leaves two brothers, three sisters and a wife. The John Brown Literary society will meet next Wednesday ve. at the A. M. E. church. Mrs. John Rawles continues quite ill at her home. S. Bell of Hutchinson was in the city Friday. TRADE WITH OUR ADVERTISERS They'll Treat You Right 509 N. Main St. 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 scared 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 27.1911. Your support solicited. WORD 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. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for City Commissioner, subject to the primary, March 27th 1911 O. D. RRAPER I am a candidate for the office of City Commissioner, subject to the primary, March 27th. 1911. I will appreciate your support. I am a candidate for re-election to the office of City Commissioner, subject to the primary March 27th 1911. RUFUS CONE I hereby announce my candidacy for the office of City Commissioner, subject to the primary March 27th, 1911. Your vote desired Mrs. Eva Downs is confined to her bed. A number of visitors from Winfield was in the city Wednesday day to attend the Shriners entertainment. The Mother's Aid club will meet next Friday with Mrs. M. E. McKelley at Glenuray. T. W. Ganaway of Pratt was in the city Tuesday enroute to Wellington. J. R. Nichols of Winfield was in the city during the week. Mrs. Mary Clark is visiting in Garden Plain. Rev. J. E. Edwards left Wednesday for Wellington to attend the Institute for for the teachers Training Class. Mrs. Kate Kiner is reported quite seriouslo ill at her home of her daughter Mrs. Delila McAdm 336 N. Water Maj. Geo. W. Bristow one of the typical and splendid citizens of Wichita is a candidate for City Commissiuer this spring. Do you trade with one of our advertisers? Dr. A. K. Lawrence PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Office Phones 517 N. Main St. Bell4¢34 DISEASES OF MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN A SPECIALTY Dr. F. O. Muller Physici'n & Surgeon Office Hours Bell Phone 9 to 11 2999 2 to 5 Wichita 7 to 8 Kansas. 513 N. Main St. All calls answered promptly Day or Night. Obstetrics and Diseases of women A Specialty Dr. H. T. Bolden DENTIST IS E-Z ON YOUR TEETH AND E-Z-ON YOUR POCKET BOOK Bridge Teeth $4.00 All Work Guaranteed Bell Phone 517 N. Main St. over 4634 Mahin Eye Drug Store. Send your news in earlier A. G. MUELLER UNDERTAKER BOTH PHONES 325 WICHITA KANS 142 N. MARKET For Everything In Building Material SEE NOTATION: 406 PRONOUNCE: J.H. TURNER WICHTA, KANS. J33 TO 647 WEST DOUGLAS W. S. Henrion Druggist 501 North Main Street Wichita - - - - Kansas Subscribe and pay for the Wichita Searchlight. It is only $1, for a whole year. Try it. METZ'S LUMBER IS IT? Largest yard under shed in the state. 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Main St. Both Phone Trade with our Advertisers Grocery Department WE SELL FLOUR WE SELL MEAL WE SELL LARD WE SELL MEAT WE SELL POTATOES in fact, we sell everything kept in a First-Class grocery. WHY CAN'T WE SELL TO YOU? Makin Eye Drug Co. N. Main St. — Wichita, Kan — Bell Phone MODEN'S IMPERIAL FLO MIAM — CORN MEAL — BREAKFAST MEAL With thirty-five years MILLING EXPERIENCE in Wichita, our products are the best that can be produced. Made from the best selected grain only, put up in Special Packages. YOUR GROCER: See that you get IMPERIAL MILLING CO. Wichita, Kansas GROCERIES, MEATS In fact, we sell everything kept in a First-Class Grocery. WHY CAN'T WE SELL TO YOU? Makin Eye Drug Co. 517 N. Main St. - Wichita, Kan - Bell Phone 239 IMBODEN'S IMPERIAL FLOUR GRAHAM - CORN MEAL - BREAKFAST FOOD With thirty-five years MILLING EXPERIENCE in Wichita, our products are the best that can be produced. Made from the best selected grain only, put up in Special Packages. ASK YOUR GROCER : See that you get IMPERIAL THE IMBODEN MILLING CO. Wichita, Kansas --- GROCERIES, MEATS and General Merchandise We carry a full, fresh line of Staple and Fancy proceries and the choicest Fresh and Salt Meat. Our stock of Dry Goods, Men, Women and children's Shoes cannot be excelled in quality in price. Free Deliver Tapp & Hanshaw 55 - 257 North Main Phones 25 A. E. Albrigh We carry a full, fresh line of Staple and Fancy Groceries and the choicest Fresh and Salt Meat Our stock of Dry Goods, Men, Women and Children's Shoes cannot be excelled in quality or in price. Free Delivery Tapp & Hanshaw 255 - 257 North Main Phones 257 --- A. E. Albright 741 North Main St. Dealer In and Second-Hand Furniture, All k as and Coal stoves both for cooking ting. Also Tables, Cabinets and a of Furniture. New and Second-Hand Furniture, All kinds of Gas and Coal stoves both for cooking and Heating. Also Tables, Cabinets and a full line of Furniture. Groceries and Meats Fresh Fish Every Friday and Saturday THE FRENCH CABINET HAS BEEN DISSOLVED. Intrigues in the Factions Nominally Supporting Him Disgusted Him—Resignation Was Accepted. Paris.—Premier Aristide, Briand, who succeeded Clemenceau as head of the French cabinet on July 23, 1969, has tendered his resignation of his ministry to President Falleres, and it was accepted. Briand formally retired November 2, but a few hours later he was restored to power, and formed a new cabinet from which all elements not thoroughly in sympathy with his attitude toward labor nau been eliminated. This situation is wholly different and the premier had declared himself weary of the bickerings of parliament and the intrigues of the groups nominally supporting him. He expressed the wish that he might be relieved of the responsibility of government. For a year and a half Briand had successfully combatted the socialistic parties with which he was originally affiliated but Friday night, when he was attacked on the ground that he had not enforced the laws against the Congregations as set forth in the Separation act, the government escaped censure by the slim majority of 16 votes. REPORT CLEARS McMURRAY Jake Hamon Who Made the Proposal to Senator Gore Was Not Authorized to Act. Washington, D. C.—The special committee of the house appointed last summer to investigate Senator Gore's charge of attempted bribery in connection with J. W. McMurray's Indian attorney contracts in Oklahoma made its final report to the house. The majority of the committee finds that Jake L. Hamon actually did, about May 6, 1910, make an improper proposal to Senator Gore, respecting the McMurray contract and that about June 16, 1910, he approached Representative Charles F. Creager with an improper proposal on the same subject. The committee finds no evidence, however, to show that Hamon was acting "by authority of, or with the consent or knowledge of McMurray." On this ground the committee exonerates McMurray of any connection with an attempt improperly to influence members of the house or senate. FINDING NORTH POLE IS EASY At Least Capt. Baldwin Expects It to Be Only an Incident of His Expedition. Denver.—An arctic expedition in which reaching the north pole will be a secondary matter, was announced here by Capt. E. B. Baldwin, the explorer. Capt. Baldwin, who commanded the Baldwin-Ziegler expedition to Franz Josef Land in 1901-02, expects to launch his expedition about September, 1912. The equipment, he says, will include aeroplanes and balloons. The expedition will start from Bering Strait and will follow the polar ice drift. The object, Capt. Baldwin says, will be to collect data and complete the magnetic survey now being made by the Carnegie institute PORK SHOULD BE WELL COOKED An Agricultural Department Bulletin Tells of the Danger if Raw or Poorly Cooked. Washington.—There may be lurking in any pork a parasite, known scientifically as the trichina but commonly spoken of as the fleshworm. In a special bulletin issued by the United States Department of Agriculture, entitled "Cook Pork Well," attention is called to the fact that the parasite often eludes the best inspectors. To guard against disease which might result from eating infected pork, the bulletin advises that all pork should be cooked well. Where Mr. Taft's Word is Law. Chicago, Illinois.—Lorin C. Collins, until two months ago, associate justice of the supreme court of Panama, said the president of the United States has usurped the functions of the legislative branch of the government at Panama and now rules there under a despotism as absolute as that of Russia. Washington.—The sixty-first congress rounded out a total of approximately 33,000 public and private bills, with four days remaining, against a total of 28,400 for the sixtieth congress. More Charges of Land Fraud. Denver, Col—Fraud, deceit and conspiracy are charged in a suit filed by the federal government against the Colorado Fuel and Irr company to recover title to 5,800 acres of coal lands in Las Animas county, Colorado, valued at more than $3,000,000. Taft to Waggener's Picnic. Atchison, Kansas.—President Taft will visit Atchison next September as a guest of B. P. Waggener's annual children's picnic. The exact date has not been decided RODE THE STORM IN BALLUON Traveled From San Antonio, Tex., to Gower, Mo., in 22 Hours and 30 Minutes. St. Joseph, Missouri.—Not knowing where they were, but believing they were over Oklahoma, and heading south toward the Gulf of Mexico, W. F. Ashmann and J. M. O'Reilly of St. Louis in the balloon Miss Sofia, which left San Antonio, Tex., landed one mile and a half north of Gower, Mo., during a blinding snow storm. The balloon had traveled about 750 miles in 22 hours and 30 minutes. "We struck the snow storm early in the afternoon," Mr. Assmann said. "In an attempt to get out of it we arose more than 16,000 feet, but found the snow there. Then we came down and all afternoon tried various heights in an effort to get out of the storm, which we believed was carrying us south. "As night approached and we were unable to get satisfaction out of our compass, and the storm was getting worse, we decided to alight. We brought the Miss Sofa down in a field a quarter of a mile from the home of Roy Grey, a farmer, where we obtained a warm supper and transportation to Gower. For hours the balloonists said they were as completely isolated as if some cataclysm had destroyed earth and sky and sun and stars and they were left alone floating in space. Their last glimpse of the earth for ten hours was obtained when they were crossing the Choctaw country in Oklahoma. Then a storm engulfed them and blotted out the earth. The balloon and its occupants became a part of the storm. They rode upon it and viewed it workings from the inside. All about them were myriads on myriads of whirling flakes. To the right and left the cloud which encompassed them permitted only a limited range of vision. Looking down was like gazing into a mist. From above the flakes chased each other in endless competition. OUR "MEAT TRUST" NOT WANTED Australia Has Served Notice That Drastic Action Will Follow Attempt to Locate There. Melbourne, Australia.—The Commonwealth of Australia served notice on the business world that it would not harbor foreign "trusts." The following memorandum on the subject was given to the press by Sir R. W. Best, minister of trade and customs: "For several months it has been an open secret that representatives of the American meat trust have been visiting Australia, ostensibly with the object of extending its operations here. The government is determined to take immediate and drastic action to discourage and, if necessary, to prohibit its operations in Australia. It is not proposed to wait until the combine secures vested Interests in this country. "The action of the government will extend to trust operations in Australia, whether conducted directly or indirectly, and will not permit the repetition in Australia of the scandals and merciless methods characterizing monopolies in other parts of the world." Warming up in Portugal. Lisbon.-The provisional government has promised faithfully that the elections shall take place the latter part of April. With their approach, the gap between the Socialistic factions, headed by Alfonso Costa, minister of justice, and Brito Camacho, who succeeded Senhor Gomez as minister of public works, widens. Both ministres are publishers of newspapers. Suspends Advance on Grain. Washington.—Advances in freight rates on grain, grain products and seeds made by the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad in common with other interstate carriers in tae west and northwest, were suspended by the interstate commerce commission from March 1 to July 1, 1911. Will Share in Profits Pittsburg, Pa.—According to reports the Westinghouse interests, employing about thirty thousand men, are preparing to take their workmen in as stockholders, similar to a plan put into operation by the United States Steel Corporation. To Open Indian Lands Muskogee, Ok.-Sixty thousand acres of unallotted Indian lands in the Cherokee, Creek and Seminole Indian nations will be thrown on the market about May 15. Result of Chicago Primary. Chicago, Illinois—Carter H. Harrison, Democrat and Charles E. Merriam, Republican, will be the candidates for Mayor of Chicago at the election to be held April 4. Woman's Bite is Fatal. Lebanon, Pennsylvania—Miss Lillie Light, 31 years old, a nurse, died in agony from blood poisoning, the result of being bitten in the wrist and neck by an insane woman she was nursing. Poured Gasoline in the Stove Mason City, Iowa.—Attempting to start a fire in his stove by use of gasoline, Neal C. Casy, blacksmith, was terribly burned by the explosion which followed. Doctors say he cannot live. BEFORE THE DAY OF THE SCIENTISTS GROSS IGNORANCE MA WHERE'S NOT GONE? SENATE KILLED DIRECT VOTE THE BALLOTS SHOWED FOUR VOTES SHORT. The Resolution Would Have Required a Two-Thirds Majority and Only Got 54 for and 33 Against. Washington, D. C. — The senate killed the Borah resolution for the popular election of United States senators. The vote was 54 for the adoption of the resolution and 33 against A two-thirds majority of the senators present and voting is required to adopt a resolution of that kind, and the supporters of the resolution lacked four votes of enough to carry it. Four senators were absent, there being one vacancy in Colorado, but had the absentees been present they would have been equally divided. To have carried the resolution with all senators present would have required 61 votes. Only 56 votes would have been cast for it. The absentees were Aldrich, Crawford, Frazier and Terrell of Georgia. It was announced that had they been present Frazier would have voted aye, Terrell, nay. There was no announcement about Senator Aldrich. Senator Crawford, entering after the roll call was complete, said he had been delayed by a stalled street car and would have voted yes. When the resolution was declared lost there was no demonstration of any sort. From the Democratic side on the floor there were several modulated calls of "good, good!" The Sutherland amendment had made the measure unpopular with some of the far southern senators. Jews of Tripoli Suffering Washington.—The poor Jews of Tripoli are in a desperate plight, according to American Consul Wood, who reports to the state department that there is urgent need for food and clothing for no less than 13,000 comprising about one-third the entire population of the city, crowded together in a quarter now infected with cholera. The Milwaukee Cuts Down Chicago, Ill.—The retrenchment order of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad issued following the recent rate decision has resulted in the discharge of 25 per cent of the force of the main line engaged in construction, car repairs, roundhouse work and maintenance of ways. Insurrectos Capture Town. Douglas, Ariz.—Two.hundred insur rectos captured the town of Fronteras, the capital of the district immediately south of here. Fifteen civilian soldiers attempted to resist, and fired upon the rebels, five of whom were killed. Indians Eight to Death. Reno, Nev.—In a battle sixty miles west of Tuscarora, eight Indians were killed and the rest of the party dispersed. One white man was killed. The battle took place at Kelly Creek. Humboldt county, about twenty-five miles north of Golconda. Increase in Secretary's Salary. Washington.—The house by a vote of 151 to 146 adopted the conference report of the legislative and executive appropriation bill, which carries an increase from $6,000 to $7,500 in the salary of the secretary to the president. Will Open 1912 Campaign Washington, D. C. — It became known at the White house after the visit of Representative Anthony of Kansas that when the president makes his Western tour in September he will extend it to include a number of Western cities and make it an opportunity to open the 1912 campaign. New Constitution Approved Washington, D. C.—The constitution of the new state of New Mexico was unanimously approved by the house committee on territories. Department of Agriculture Says One Pound is Worth Two of Meat or Eggs. Washington, D. C.—Nevermore can the festive nightmare be blamed on the long suffering Welsh rarebit and palsied be the hand that is lifted hereafter against the humble creese sandwich. The department of agriculture says that cheese is digestible, nutritious, fragrant and appetizing and well qualified to be a cheap and staple food. One learns from the decision of the department that pork, fish, beef and eggs are mere ornaments in strength building circles when compared with almost any kind of cheese. One pound of American or common garden cheese is worth two pounds of fresh pork or fresh beef, three pounds of fish, or two pounds of eggs, when it comes to food values. TRAIN ROBBED IN ST. LOUIS Within the City Limits a Messenger Was Overpowered and Money Box and Package Taken. 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Once only did his fierce "woe unto you" blaze forth, when King Ahaziah, Ahab's son, sought aid from Baal instead of the God of Israel. He had been training his successor Elisha who was full of Elijah's spirit of religion, but manifested it in gentler ways. Moreover, Elijah was the head of the several schools of the prophets, where he could train and confirm the members in their work of living and teaching the true religion, thus quietly undermining idolatry. Elijah went with Elisha, as Paul took Mark with him on his first missionary journey. Elisha was Elijah's attendant and companion, student and friend. Of these years it is recorded only that the young man "ministered" to Elijah, "and poured water on his hands." And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee. Elijah, Elisha, and even the sons of the prophets, evidently knew that Elijah's departure was at hand. Elijah's last journey was clearly laid out for him. Its object was two-fold; a natural desire on the part of the great leader to revisit the scenes so dear to him, and his purpose to fix upon his disciples' minds the principles and precepts he held most important. Last words are best remembered, and the sight of the sturdy old man still able to make on foot a journey of more than 30 miles, his kindling glances, his ringing voice, must have remained with them a precious memory, nervying them to greater boldness in the cause of Jehovah. And 50 sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off. The abrupt heights behind the town commanded an extensive view of the river, the nearest bend of which was five miles away. With a delicate sense of propriety, the young men kept at a distance, but it was fitting they should be witnesses of the scene, to testify afterwards throughout the land to Elijah's favor with God and to the reality of immortality. For similar reasons the 11 witnessed the ascension of our Lord. Elijah said: "Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee." So God asked Solomon at the beginning of his reign. This was Elijah's last opportunity to do anything for his friend and successor, and he wanted to make an expression to him of his fatherly love. Elisha's answer was: "Let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me." The "double portion" was the portion of the eldest son according to Jewish law—he received a double share of the inheritance. Elisha did not ask to become an Elijah, but to succeed him. He wanted the same spirit of God which had made Elijah so powerful, so useful. What he wished was the virtues of his friend. He was seized with an irresistible desire to possess those glorious characteristics of devotion to duty, courage in danger, loyalty to God. This is the longing of all noble souls, to catch and retain something of the spirit of heroes and saints. It was not a request of pride, or it would not have been granted. There appeared a charlot of fire and horses of fire. It was a glorious body guard; but Elijah did not go up in a charlot, he went up by a whirlwind into heaven. The marvelous effects of electric light through prisms and fountains, might give us some idea of the scene. It was in this ascent, as in the ascension of Christ, that his physical body was changed into a glorious spiritual body. And Elisha saw it. The ascension of Elijah, which was the sign given him by which he might know that he was to succeed to his master's office. And he cried, "My father, my father." Elijah had been a father to him, in his care and training, in love, and in legacy. It was the cry of orphanhood. These words, toc, may fairly be construed as suggesting an aspect of Elijah's character which is generally overlooked. Those who are most terrible in their denunciations of sin are often the fullest of tenderness and love. Elijah was not dead. He lived in the record of his life. 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PRIMARY, PREPARATORY AND ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS; also a university, preparatory and graduate social students desiring to spend the winter in New York in a congenial social atmosphere, under the most favorable conditions for culture of social graces and for intelligent advancement. THE UPPER HOUSE is in a large degree free from the ordinary restrictions of a school. BEST ADVANTAGES of New York available for the study of Music, Art, Electronica, PHYSICAL EXERCISES. Special attention given with the object of promoting health, grace and ease of motion and repose of manner. The gymnastic ex- amberate of Dr. Sargent, of Cambridge, Mass. SUMER CAMP, in New Hampshire. THE SUCCESS OF THE SCHOOL has been so pronounced that it has relied well as of the highest officials of the U. S. Government: Miss Banga and Miss Whiton refer by permission to the presidents of ten colleges and universities, President and Mrs. Rooveett, and the Mrs. Fairbanks, Ex-President and Mrs. Rooveett, and the Chief Justice. maturel CREOLE" HAIR DRESSING. PRIO rely Old NG. PRICE, $1.00, retail. JUST LIKE EM. Vokes EASTER POST CARDS FREE Between Octogenarians Stella-That's gas. CLEANING A. WANTED Men to learn the few week completes, or trade; instructions, unlimited prac- tices, training, guaranteed, fixtures furnished. forship; reduced tuition price; granted materials; granted. Sb wormze system of barber Willems, 718. Dung- berg, 719. Ill. 46th St. Torka, Kan. Roots, Barks and Herbs—Hood's Sarsaparilla so combines the great curative principles of roots, barks and herbs as to raise them to their highest efficiency for the cure of all spring humors, all blood diseases, and run-down conditions. There is no substitute for Hood's. Wifely Solicitude. Appealing to the police to find her husband, who went to work and had not returned home at eight o'clock, but requesting that the officers neither arrest nor "talk cross" to him, a woman left a note in the hands of Patrolman Hickerson at Sixth and Edmond streets containing information concerning the missing husband. The note in addition to giving a description of the missing man read that the wife "was worried nearly sick because it was the first time that he had done this." "I don't want you to arrest him," continued the note. "Tell the police to please not talk cross to him."—St Joseph Gazette. USE ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE the antiseptic powder to be shaken into the shoes. It makes your feet feel easy and comfortable everywhere. 25c. Rene substitute. For free trial everywhere, address Allen S. Olmstead, RoeN, Y. N. Climatic Conversation. "The weather is always a convenient topic of conversation." "I don't think so. You are often compelled to think twice in order to select polite phraseology." Dwellers in glass houses should keep out of politics. Nothing Too Good Nothing Too Good for you. That's why we want you to take CASCARETS for liver and bowels. It's not advertising talk—but merit—the great, wonderful, lasting merit of CASCARETS that we want you to know by trial. Then you'll have faith—and join the millions who keep well by CASCARETS alone. CASCARETS toc a box for a week's treatment, all druggins. Biggest seller in the industry. W. N. U., WICHITA, NO. 9-1911. Direct all shipments to us. All will receive per- mission to ship. All shipments will return. Shipping tags free to shippers. 833 SS Ta Official Directory Knights & Daughtere OF TABOR ZANSAS—NEBRASKA JURISDICTION “NIGHTS AND DAUGHTERS OF TABOR. 1910—GRAND OFFICERS—1911 REY. FRANK WILSON, C. G. M. Taborian Home, Route 8, Topeka, Kan, SIR,D. L. TAYLOR, V. &. 2 329 B. Center, Saiina, Kan. . MRS. UMMA GAINES, ©. G. P. 1170 Filmore, Topeka, Kansas. MRS. LAURA LEE, V. G. P. Box 394, Weir, Kansas. SIR A. W. HOPKINS, ©. G. S. 321 Dakota, Leavenworth, Kan. MRS. SARAH W. FORBES, ©. 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. 0. 210 H. West, Hutchinson, Kan. MRS. PAULINE WOODFORK, C.G.Pr 823 ey 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. Richardson, Weir, Kan., Sir W. M. Watkins; 13 Fri, 3—R. H. Cane, Atchison, Kan., Sir Jno. N. Davis, 521 “L,”; 1-38 Fri. 4—Evening Star, Omaha, Neb., Sir S, R. Jackson, care Frye Shoe Store; 1-3 Mon. 6—St. Luke, N. Topeka, Kan., Sir Joe Walker, 1220 West (north); 1-3 Thurs, 6—Humphrey, Omaha, Neb. Sir W. H, Jackson, 2515 N. 17th, ’ %--Mt. Nebo, Wichita, Kan., Sir. Rev. S. S. Washington, 1524 N. Washington; 13 Fri. &—St. Peters, Ft. Scott, Kan., Sir A. J. Bean, 209 Lowman; 13 Tues. 1—Mt. Horeb, Leavenworth, Kan, Sir Geo. Walker, 417 Kickapoo. {1—Taborian, Wichita, Kan. Sir W. N. Miller, 630 N. Main; 18 Thurs. 12—Moses Dickson, Parsons, Kan., Sir W. N. Williams, 220 Corning; 1-3 Thurs. 16—Silver Leaf, Salina, Kan., Sir J. C. Brown, 246 S. Phillips; 18 ‘Thurs. 17—Golden Gate, Coffeyville, Kan. Sir G. W. Roberts, 19—Mt. Tabor, Lawrence, Kan., Sir J. B, Hughes, 1313 N. J. 22—Barak, Oswego, Kan., Sir L. R. Wilson; 2-4 Mon. 24—Jas. H. Bedford, Cherryvale, Kan., Sir Rev. J. W. Warren, 218 B. 7th. 25—Washington, Kansas City, Kan, Sir J. H. Downs, 422 Haskell; every Friday. §9—Sunnyside, Topeka, Kan. Sir Peter Davis, 1008 Washburn; 13 Thurs. a 60—Jeffersonian, Topeka, Kan., Sir U. 8. Grant, 120 Kansas; 1-3 Mon, 42—Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb., Sir E. D. Weaver, 1125 Saratoga. ee 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, Tola, 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. Ist; 1-3 Thurs. §—Crescent, Atchison, Kan., Mrs. Hattie Mantgomery, 115 N. Sth; 24 Fri. 6—Rebecca Ann, Ottawa, Kan., Mrs. Catherine Glaspie, 128 N. Wa- bash; 1-3 Thurs. 7—Sunbeam, Saline, Kan., Mrs. Lil- lian Shobe, 437 S. 12th; 1-4 Fri. &—Rebecca May, Coffeyville, Kan., Mrs. Laura Donnell, 410 B. 5th; 2-4 Fri, %—Western Sun, Topeka, Kan., Mrs. Lulu Deliey, 120 Kansas Ave; 13 Fri. . 10—St. Marta, Lawrence, Kan., Mrs, P. Henderson, 820 N. ¥.; 13 ‘Wed. 11—Saba Meroe, Kansas C/ty, Kan, Mrs. P. Wood-ork, 823 Freeman; 13 Mon, Y2—Goleen Rule, Kansas City, Kan- ‘sas, Mrs. B. Johnson, 211 Stew- ar; 1-3 Thurs. 15—America Davis, Weir, Kan., Mrs. Maggie Stewart, Box 14; 2-4 Mor 16—Silver Leaf, Parsons, Kan., Mrs. Lizzie Morton, 1308 Washing- ton; 13 Wed 1%—Western Queen, Ft. Scott. Kan., Mrs. A. Maaler, 817 E. Wall; second Tuesday in July, 1911. er emer erage nee. een ee em W. Graham, 2112 Nicholas; 2-4 ‘Thurs. 19—Amelia Levels, Omaha, Neb., Mrs. Ella Golden, 2302 N. 95th. 20—Maria, Ft. Scott, Kan, Mrs. P Johnson, 501 Hyman; 2-2 Fri 24—Charity Rose, Coffeyville, Kan.; Mrs. A. Garner, 704 EH, i2th; 1-3 Wed. 28—Modern, Parsons, Kan, Mrs. D, Dorsey. 29—Crystal, Leavenworth, Kan., Mrs. H. La Tand, 407 Kickapoo; 13 Tue. 20—Victoria, Leavenworth, Kan., Mrs, R. Rivers, 607 Second; 1-3 Fri. 34—Wichita, Wichita, Kan., Mrs. Sal- He Hall, 1024 Ohio; 13 Thurs 35—Golden Rule, So. Omaha, Neb, Mrs. Sadie Jones, 819 N. 27th; 13 Thurs. 37—Eutevator, Atchison, Kan., Mrs. Mary Grosby, 119 Commercial; 13 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., 24 Thurs 63—Fair Wet, Kansas City, Kan, Mrs. Rosa Saunders, 610 N. J; 18 Fri, 77—Pearly Rose, Topeka, Kan., Mrs. Susie O'Brien, 1180 Buchanan; 13 Wed. 85—Magdalene, Topeka, Kan., Mrs. F. Hardiman, 1801 Kansas; 24 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. llth; 1-3 | ‘Thure. TENTS. | ee) ae NED: SS: See eee. Mrs. Bessie Hall, G. Q. M. /1—Golden Leaf, Leavenworth, Kan, Mrs. Jennie Nichols, 418 Third; 4th Sat. 2—Frank Wilson, Fa Scott, Kan., Miss Emma Maxie, 411 Ransom. 3—Moses Dickson, Wichita, Kan. Mrs. B. Davis, 1135 N. Washing: ton, 1-3 Sat. 7—Lone Star, Yale, Kan., Mrs. Calle Lewis. $ 11—Golden, Atchison, Kan,, Mrs. Car. rie Brown, 920 N. 10th; 24 Sat. 1l—Alice Tucker, So. Omaha, Neb., Mrs. I. M. Faulkner, 169 N. Bist; 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. BE, 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, 0. A. Murrell. 20—John Wilson, K. C., Kan. Mr. C. D. Dalton, 1228 Barnett; 2-4 Sat. 21—Crystal, Leavenworth, Kan.; Mrs. Ella McKennis, 217 Sherman, 2-4 Sat. 23—Clinging Rose, Lawrence, Kan., Mrs, Ada King, 722 N. Y., 3 sat. 36—Pride of Topeka, N. Topeka, Kan., Mrs, Nannia Shaw, 905 N. Tay- lor. 37—Pansy Blossom, Topeka, aKn, Mrs. Jennie McAdoo, 1501 N. Lo- * gan; 18 Sat. 45—Orange Rose, Kansas City, Kan., Mrs. P. Henderson, 312 Wash- ington; 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. 1—Light of the West, Omaha, Neb., Fred D. Early; 24 Fri. 2—Evening Star, Topeka, Kan., Ran- som Taylor, 4th Thrus. 3—Moses Dickson, Acchfson, Kan, W. H. Barnes, 4th Mon, 4—Queen City, Parsons, Kan., Lee Haliday. 5—Jewell Wilson, Lawrence, as, Chas. H. Kuntz. 6—Queen of Kansas, K. C., Kan, Milton Washington; 1-4 Thurs. OFFICIAL ORGAN. The Wichita Searchlight, 630 N. Main St., Wichita, Kan. Only $1.00 per year. NEXT PLACE MEETING. ‘The Grand Temple and Tabernacle, ansas-Nebraska jurisdiction, will meet next in Coffeyville, Kansas on the 23 Sat. DIRECTORY OF COLORED wom. AN’S CLUBS OF WICHITA, KAS, ‘The Mother’s Aid Club. Meets every Friday at 1 p. m. Ladies invited to meet with us. Mrs. W. N. Miller, Pres. Mrs. P. Johnson, Sec. CHITTERLINGS, Catfish, Hamburg- er and am Sandwiches for sale at Harry Walker's Cafe, 957 N. Mead every Saturday. Anyone desiring these atables are requested to call. UFEEDT IREDELL ENERO INE Tapp & Hanshaw CASH sToRE. 255-257 North Main Street. Phone Bell 53. 19 Ibs, Granulated Sugar (cane or G80) eee ce eielst eee 81,00) All Best Grades Flour......... 1.20 Northern Potatoes, peck......... 25 Northern Potatoes, bu.......... 90 2 Ibs. 3-Crown Raisins.......... © .15 3 Cans Gocd Corn .............. 25 3 Cans Scotch Pumpkin......... 25 Spanish Onions Ib............... 08 ‘Sweet Potatoes peck............ 25 Cabbage, a head................w2ve 4b. 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 REMARKABLE IN THE DOG LINE. Proud Owners of Pets, Listen to This from Flatbush, N. Y. Zip, @ son of Bluff, the btg bull ter ter, is the most respected dog in Flat- fush, N. ¥., 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. Uke Old King Cole: He calle for his pipe, ‘He calls for his glass, He calls for his fiddiers 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 om his hind feet. See! The stom is allshewed up! If the tobacco foosn’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. Btrong? He ought to be named Samm son. Why; we have a plano that weighs 600 pounds. Tie Zip to it with ® rope and he will pull it all over the toom.” BAD NOTES EASILY DETECTER Almost Impossible to Impose Upos Handlers of Money. Incidentally it is interesting to note that the skill which enables one to de teet @ counterfeit comes not from * study of counterfeits, but from a thor ough and unconscious familiarity wita the genuine. If a man were pointed ‘out to you and you were told that somy day another wha much resembled bin ‘would try to impose apon you, you would be pretty apt to fix his features in your mind; you would not spend any time looking at other people whe looked something lke him, wov!4 yout And the moment the impostor ap peared 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 4etection of counterfeits. A skillful teller in.a bank, counting money rap- fly, will involuntarily throw out note which in the slightest degree de- parts from the well-known pattern which 1s so strongly impressed on his mental vision. That involuntary act will nearly always prove to have been fustified, for the bill in 19 cases out of 20 will prove to be a counterfeit. It ts because of this fact that when & re quest {s received from some one to Joan him a collection of counterfeits for the instruction of his cashiers, he fs advised ts have the young men study the genutne carefully, and there ‘Will be no trouble in detecting the bad ‘@otes.—National Magazine. A Monster Loaf. Bakers in Germany are fond of mab ing odd experiments, the following be ing reported from Duisburg, ‘n West phalia. At a children's party recently held im that tow here was exhibited, and afterwards n and distributed among the youn —_ present, a bread twist which for siz at least has surely rarely beon equaled. Weighing no lees than 180 pounds, it had a broadth af six feet and a length of ten feet, anv was thus found suffictent to supply i satistactory afternoon collation to u many as 500 boys and giris. When Tower Loomed. It was while Charlemange Tower was ambassador to Russia that a New York clty newspaper “spread itself” upon a fete held at St. Petersburg. 4 green copy-reader produced this ro sult: “As pleasing to the eye as was al? tals decoration there was additiona) pleasure in the sight, as one stood at the head of the Prospekt Nevska, of Charlemagne ‘Tower, brultantly illu minated, looming grand and imposing againn the winter sky.”"—Succest Magasin. About the Taborian Home and The Taborian Home Fund Leavenworth, Kansas, Feb. 25th. 1911 FROM OFFICE OF CHIEF GRAND SCRIBE Wuereas. I have received quite a number of let- ters in the last month making inquiries regarding the Taborian Home and its regulation and about the Ta- borian Home Fund, it occurs to my mind that a great many of our Chief Mentors, Chief Preceptresses and Queen Mothers have not read the Session Laws as they should havedone. { wi.lanswer about fifteen (15) letters under the one | ead. The Law creating the Home says that the Tabo rian Home fund shail be sent to the C, G. S. in the month of April of each year, That law has never been changed or altered, So the Home Fund is due to be sent to the C. G. S. in the month of April. Temples and Tabernacles are to send $5.00 and Tents $3.00 each, For full information coneerning the Home read the Session Laws of 1909, page 116 “‘ MEETING OF THE BOARD OF GRAND CURATORS ”, then read on page 117 Taborian Home By-Laws and Cozxstitution, and read pages 118—119 and 120 and | am sure that if the of ficers and members keep themselves posted there will not be so many questions of Law they don’t under- stand as everything is done in reach of the least mem- bers of our great order. Yours for success in life, s A. W. HOPKINS, C, G. S, 321 Dakota St Leavenworth, Kansas Colored Man For Mayor. Chicago,—Charles Caston, a Negro, is legally autrorized can- didate tor the Republican nomi- as mayor of Chicago, and unless he succeeds in getting his name off the officals ballot, will occupy the much coveted last place on the ballot. Caston doesn’t want to bea candidate. It is declared that Caston can- didate is the result of a joke of members of the Newspaper Club tojkeep John F. Smulski from se curing the place on the ballot. Caston is steward of the club. Smulski refrained from filing his petition until six minuets to midnight, believing no one élse would follow, Then the jokers filed the Caston petition. J. H. Morris, was in the city last week and will return on his way to Calway, Kans., visiting his son and wife Mr, and Mrs, J. V. Morris, Mr. and E. H. Bland, enter- tained Mr. and Mrs. J, V. Mor- ris for dinner on Sunday Feb. 26. A Great Success. The Arabian Drill contest be- tween members of the Emith Temple No. 30 and the daughtes of Isis at Garfield hall, Wed. night was a grand success in every way. Despite the very bad weather nearly two hundred came out to witness the contest The drill was won by the daughters of Isis drill team. Every one who was present were highly pleased, Mrs. S. Collins was in the city trom Hutnhinsun to attend the Ben Hur Concert. Mrs, Henry Hale has been ill for several days. The ladies of the G: L. A. club will meet Tuesday afternoon with Mrs,J. L, Harper. Mrs. C. Reeveley of Newton visited in Wichita this week the guest of Mrs. Jeff Sanford. 1223 Jackson. She made trip to the McKelley farm near Gleunray where she was served to a splen did trom dinner, TRADE WITH OUR ADVERTISERS ‘They'll Treat You Right Mrs. Lena Knox has been very ill at her home on N. Mead for several days. Tha members «f W. T, Vernon club met Thursday afternoon wtth Mary Goss, Their next meeting with Mrs. Chapman. Mrs. M, A. Lloyd of Hennessy Okla, was in a pleasant visitor in Wichita thie week, A.C. Jones and family are recoving from an attack of grip Thos. Glover has been confiend to his home several days suffer- ing from a swollen ankle, ‘ Ths last day of Feb, 1911 wit nessed one of the biggest snows in the history of this section. And March 1st found thewhole ground covered with a deep blan ket of snow, Memorial Services. The memoriai services held at the A. M, E. church last Sunday eve., in memory of the late Bis- hop Abram Grant was very ap- priate. A progrm in keeping with the occassion was rendered. At the end of the program the following resolutions were read by J. W. Thompson. Resolutions Sacred to the memory of the late Bishop Abram Grant, Bishop 5th Epis- copal District A M. E, church, Adopted at_me- morial services held at St. Paul A, M. E. chureh Wichita, Kan., Sunday Eve., Feb, 26th. 1911 Whereas, it has pleased our Heavenly Father to remove from midst and out of the field of live- ly actiod and concrete service, our beloved Bishop and father in God, the Rt. Rev, Abram Grant, D. D., presiding Bishop of the Fifth Episcopal District of the African Methodist E p i ec opal chureh, which iscomprised of the two Missouri, the Kansas, the Colorado, the California and the Puget Sound conterenc=2 Be it resolved, that in the translation of Bishop Grant trom the scenes of earth to the Heav- enly—humanity has lost one of its noblest characters — the na- tion has lost a type of its high- est citizenship—society has lost a true specimen ofsocial upright ness--the family has lost a strong example of the lovable, faithful and true in the home--the church has lost a christian leader and soldier whose place cannot be filled. Beit turther resolved, that asa leader of men and as acham pion of human rights — Bishop Grant was as fearless as he was righteous in his purpose to bless mankind; and thatin him was to be found a repitition of him of whom Jesus said: “ Behold an |x réMlite in whom there is no gile” Be it also resolved, that je was the embediment of the spir. it ofthe Christ, which spirit re. vealed itself in the loving and {yr giving character, who when i was reviled—reviled not again— but like his master would say “Father forgivr them — they know not they do” And be it finally resolved, that we bow to the will of Him who cannot err aud that we shal! cherish his memory as an inspiration in our lives for great er and better work in the King. dom. Be it turther resolved that a copy of these resol u tions be spread upon the face of the re. cords of this church, copies sent to our church papers and a copy furnished the Wichita Searchlight for publication, Respectfully Submitted Thos. Glover, Ed Landrum W. C. Neeley, J. W. Thom. son, J. H. Jones, FS Wil- kins, Dr, H T Bolden | —Committee BOY ROSE TO THE SITUATION. Quick Wit and Intelligence Displayed by Youngster. His parents are convinced that Clar exce wil) be a great man; the only oubt ig whether it will be as a states man of scientist, He is only fou yeare old, and thelr confidence is Dased ‘largely on one incident. The oy never told of it, and it would have Deen lost to hist--~ if a neighbor had not beemaechan: = sa. Clarence lives i: © suburbs, and Bas a cat and kittens. One day be ‘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 ef- forts to get her out were vain. Had he been » man he would have pulled the pile of brush apart, but lacking strength for this he resorted to cunning. Running home, he seon returned with the mother cat. He shoved her into the hole after her oft spring, and she soon came out with the little one between her teeth. Clar ence Sore them both home in triumph. TOOK UMBRAGE AT ASPERSION. Citizens Resented Being Voted for af ‘Town's “Meanest Man.” Old Scrooge might be # philanthrop le Carnegie alongside certain tigh wads in Mount Vernon, but William Friedberg has no license to determine publicly who are the men who woulé Squeeze a dollar until the eagle yelled: “Help! I'm melting!” For conducting @ voting contest to deter mine the meanest man in Mount Yer mon Friedberg, who keeps a cige® store there, was fined five dollars by, Judge Flatt here. 4 varning went rith the fine. Friedberg lives in Astoria, but does Dusiness in Mount Vernon. He placed Jn bis window a placard: “Come ia and vote for the meanest man ia Mount Vernon!” This was followed by a list of mames, Conspicuous in the lot were the mayor and chief of police. Then came many solid axé staid citizens, After every name wad @ 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 of dered to take the sign out of the wis dow, bnt he refused to do so. His im @ictment for libel followed. Ia court he pleaded guilty, but asserted he did not know he was violating any lawe= White Plains Cor. New York Sun. ‘The Quaint Befluga. Caviare can be made of the roe of any fish; but the principal supply comes from the sturgeon and the bet luga, The latter 1s about the most curious fish in the world. It welzs up to 1,000 pounds and innab'ts the waters of the swiftflowing Volra. It 1s co abundant that the natives of Astracan throw away the ‘ies which is whiter tha» veal and ver aainty—and preserve only the spa of which they sometimes take 9 much as 200 pounds out of one fish This belluga lies on the bottom of the river at certain seasons and s¥al lows many large pebbles of great weight to ballast itself against the force of the stream; that 1s, ‘he pebbles act as an anchor. When the flood subsides and the waters are leat violent the belluga disgorges itself that is, it unballasts, hauls in {ts ™ chor and swims about for provender-