Wichita Searchlight

THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY TRADING WITH THE MERCHANTS WHO ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER SLIHTING THE MINISTRY. By Rev. N. E. Roberts, Assistant Minister of the Augustine, Protestant Episcopal Church. Of Wichita, Kansas. FOURTEENTH YEAR SLIHTING By Rev. N. E. Roberts, A Augustine, Protesta Of Wichit Prof. Kelley Miller in his admirable pamphlet entitled "The Ministry, the field for the talented tenth." under the head line, "Slighting the Ministry" writes, "Educated Negroes are not entering the ministry in such numbers as might be expected, when we consider the opportunities afforded by this high calling—this indifference or neglect is due to the natural feeling which the educated man has against too close affiliation with the more ignorant body of the Clergy now filling these stations." That Educated Negroes are not seeking the ministry is true, but the cause in part assigned as the antecedent of this consequent is for the most part an almost negligible factor in assessing the real cause and cannot on any account be determined as one of the main causes. Whilst the Professor is a close student of Negorology and must be highly commended for his settings forth on topics concerning the very highest interests of the Negro race as is evidenced in his writings, yet there are some leaks in the house which must of necessity escape his notice and especially so in connection with the Ministry, for the simple reason that he is not domiciled therein. External appearances may be so patent that even, he who runs may read but the internal facts call for a closer inspection. As one of the Negro Clergy, I have had a fair opportunito of observing the leaks, and I shall endeavor to set forth what I consider as one of the main obsticles which almost effectively debor. the educated Negro from entering the ranks of the Negro Ministry, and may be the disease, being laid bare in its internal working, may suggest to our people the medicine that may heal our sickness. At any rate let us seek the truth which doeth good to the upright in heart. The Educated Negro does not hold himself immune from the common heritage of men. That he despises and loathes loosocial a contract with others not " of the same mind" is beyond question. But on the other hand in, common with his race, his sympathies are large and his charity so broad, that he hesitates not to entermingle in his professional capacity with the masses of his people. He stoops and becomes essentially one of them so that he may do some good, and viewing the present status of the race this attitude is indispensable to a life of usefulness, whether or not he measures success in his vocation by the dollar, or by efficient service in his time and generation, why then does not the morally, spiritually, and inte!-lectually developed Negro seek the avenue of the Negro Ministry in larger numbers? Whill'st he dreads the social contract with the inferior clergy, why do not his large sympathy and his broad charity come to the rescue and thus enable him to minister into the spiritual and moral needs of the race? Why does he not avail himself of the opportunity. So banish ignorance and supervising even at so great a sacrifice of risking social contact with his interiorly equipped confreres? The tale of woe furnished by many an educated Negro minister wholly, or largely, answeres the querry, and is mainly as follows: There seems to be an abuormal aversion to an educateh ministry from the majority of the lay people. This majority is composed mainly of the swlftly passing away generation and to their great shame some of a more recent generation join hands with them. This majority is the ruling and positive element in the church membership, and being the custodians of the place and happiness of their educated minister, he is simply at their mercy. These older ones, commendable to high degree so long as they can beled interpose some sorry objections to the educated Negro minister, who keeps abreast of the times. As he is unable to fall in superstitious practices which through ignorance found their way into the religious ceremonies of the SATURDAY, AUGUST, 26 1911. denominational Negro church, he is deemed inefficient. The illiterate uniformed Negro preacher who can hardly utter intelligibly half a dozen consecutive words in the book of Divine Revelation is far preferable in that he can conform readily to their idea of a call to the ministry. The idea of a call being to them a Negro of large physical proportions, with a voice of thunder, at one time, and a groan and moan at another. His ability to call forth some spasmodic, hysterical, and for the most part annoying monstrations from his audience, is a sure sign that he is filled with the spirit despite his moral sensibilities. We do admit that he is filled with something, but some windy afflatus—hot air. That people should so heathenishly conceive of the qualification of a minister is certainly to be deplored, but alas this is too true. This being for them an essential qualification to the high office, is it surprising that the Educatrd Negro keeps aloof, and atters. "From the power to render such effects Good Lord deliver me?" Does any one think that a man who seeks by previous study and with a heart alive unto God, to wrest the truth, who knocks that the door may be opened, who seeks that he may find, who endeavors to be a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, who according to his ability rightly devides the truth, would do such violence to his enlightened conscience, and so grossly insult his intelligence? Those who think so are greatly mistaken. The Educated Negro recognises the essential element of teaching in all preaching, and for this as a minister, he is called a lecturer, and for this antiquated majority of his audience, a lecturer has no right to preach. Let it be clearly understood that the educated Negro does not discern the call to preach, as a call to bray or to howl, but as a call to "teach all nations in whatever potion of the master's vineyard he may be located, and he does not hesitate in saying that the Master, Jesus Christ, who was essentially a teacher in the flesh and is now in the spirit throggh the "word of God" as the sole instrument, be cast aside by these people who regard their traditional ignorant worship as of more importance elevation. Let us once for all understand that the master opens the mind of the human instruments, so that they might understand the Scriptures and teach the same to the people but has no part in the bray or in the howl, or in the spasm, or in the hysterics which defame his name and desecrate his worship, for the same exhibitions may be of more decently brought forth by a vigorous base ball game. Of the Negroes referred would but satisfy themselves that is is their duty to learn of him who is the way the truth, and the life there would be many a volunteer to lead the race upward and heavenward, but not otherwise. If they are thursty, they will drink of the water of life wheth the vessell holding same be a silver piteher or a bucket, the vessel being of the least significance, they would see to it that their preachers bring them a message every first day of the week and not brinff them the hot air from which we would fain escape during the summer heat. Though the pecuniary emolument is of secondary importance a passing reference must be paid to it. The Educated Negro Minister who finds himself pleced among a destile people, whose objection to him is that he has committed the unpardonable sin of educating himself with the money subscribed by the very people on education day," because at once their victim for a most heartless outrage. They seem to enjoy an almost fiendish delight as they witness his struggles to keey body and soul togather because of the meagre pittance which they allot to him until such time as they may conveniently rid themselves of his presence altogather which sane then would rash within the such inimiting conditions? If it is true that Richeousness escalteth a people, that sin is a reproach to them, let us endeavor to try the spirits with an enlightened conscience, whether these spirits as they come to us ars of God or are of men, let us take council to buy gold tried in the fire that we may be rich and clean raiment that we may be clothed and our nakedness no longer appear, let us use an eye salve that we may see, then will the Lord more abundantly bless us by sending laborers into the harvest in the form of the Educated Negro who of necessity is me, if I preach not the Gospel. PROF. N. CLARK SMITH MISS. SANFORD MUSICAL RECITAL Miss. Margueritte Sanford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Jeff T. Sanford, will give a Musical Recital at St. Paul A.M.E. Church Monday night, Aug. 28th 1911. Miss. Sanford will be supported by some of the best talent in the city. This young lady is distinctively a Wichita product and is one of the most captivating and facinating piano manipulators Wichita has ever produced. All who go out to hear her splendid musical Monday night, Aug. 28, at the A.M.E. Church will feel well repaid. The people owe it to Miss. Sanford to give her a large audience Monday night. HAS THE RIGHT IDEA Arthur W. Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. W. Giles, left on Saturday for Salime County, Missouri where he will spend some time with his grand parents and other relatives on their farm Arthur has quite different ideas of life and life work from most boys; he is a great enthusiasts and believer in the farm and the farm life and it may be possible that he will remain on the big farm of his relatives for some time. He has the right idea and if he maintains this idea and he sticks on the farm it will make him a great and wealthy man. It may be said by the way that he spent most the last year farming and likes it. Locks Fine The remodeling being done on the front of the Second Baptist Church is making a wonderful improvement in the looks of this church. The pastor, Rev. Butler and his members are to be highly complimentd. NO.21 Prof. Smith's Band Boys will give a Palm Garden Concert and Oriental Party at Y. M. C. A. Hall Monday Night Well known young ladies in Oriental Costumes will serve the guests at separate tables, while the Band Boys furnish continuous music A PRIZE will be awarded to the lady wearing the most appropriate costume. Judged by audience This is a FAREWELL CONCERT to Prof. Smith as he returns to Tuskegee Institute Sept. 5th. We look for a big crowd. Come Earl Admission - - - - 25c The Promonade Concert given by the band boys last Friday night was such an unusual success from every point, that our numerous friends have asked us to repeat it. So on next Friday night, Sept. 1st, this Promonade Concert will be repeated at the Masonic Hall. The orchestra will assist Mrs, W. D. Vernon, so that persons who were absent atour last entertainment may have this pleasure. The band boys have received flattering comments on every hand by persons who attended the last entertainment, that others have insisted that we repeat this classy entertainment as they call it. Admission, 25c. The boys will appear in new uniforms. IS AT REST. In the death of Mrs. N. J. Neely, wife of Mr. H. H. Neely, at the Neely home, 1447 South River street, Tuesday night, Aug. 22nl, Wichita lost one of its most active pioneer women. The deceased had been a resident of this city for more than 21 years and had been matrons of the Helen Gould Orchange Home for 15 years. During this time she had brought sunshine to many an orphan and was loved by all who knew her. She was a consistent member of the A. M. E. church and had been a professed Christian for more than 40 years. She was an Alabaman by birth and was 63 years old at the time of her death. She was also a member of Mt. Olive Court No. 9, H of J., and of the Tabernacle. She is survived by her husband, one sister, five grandsons, one granddaughter and many other relatives. Funeral services were conducted at the residence Wednesday morning, Rev. J. E. Edwards officiating. NOTICE FROM THE 2nd. BAPTIST CHUCH Under the auspices of the 2nd. Baptist Church there will be giving a very High Class Musical Concert at the Masonic Hall, at 615 N. Main St. next Tuesday evening Aug. 29th. This concert will be a rare treat, Prof. H. B. Britt, of Louisville, Ky. one of the worlds best singers, will be the prominent character of the evening Prof. Britt has a National reputation, and has won first prize in contest with white and black. We solicit your patronage for this splendid occasion Admission 25¢. Tickets will be sold for the occasion. S. B. Butler, Pastor. ATWOOD BECAME LOST IN AIR SERIOUS SETBACK IN ATTEMPT TO BREAK RECORD. Lost Sight of Railroad and Wasted an Hour Hunting for Auburn. Syracuse, New York.—Lost with his aeroplane in trying to fly from Lyons, N. Y., to Auburn, 25 miles, Harry N. Atwood, the Boston aviator, who is flying from St. Louis to New York, wandered about in the air for almost an hour and finally was forced by darkness to land five miles west of Syracuse. The delay caused a serious setback in the attempt he is making to break the world's record in cross county aeroplane flying. Atwood said that in his wanderings he had flown at least 75 miles, but could claim for his record only the 40 miles between Lyons and Belle Island. His total flying time was one hour and 28 minutes. EARTH SPLITS AGAIN IN KANSAS Old Volcano in Harper County Supposed to be Still at Work. Topeka, Kansas.—The old volcano that once sputtered and fumed in Harper county seems to be working again. Cracks two feet wide and of an unknown depth have just opened in the earth to the north and east of the old volcano. The cracks appeared on two farms in southeast Reno county. On the farm of J. M. Jorman, and on the farm of Edward White the earth simply parted, leaving the big cracks running for long distances across the fields. The cracks appear with a loud rumbling noise, similar to thunder. No one has ever seen the actual cracking, but many have seen the dust that arises and many have heard the noises accompanying the cracking. RAILROAD MUST PAY FOR TIMBER Suit First Filed in 1902 Against D. & R. G. Results in Verdict for Government. Denver, Colorado.—By a decision handed down by Federal Judge R. E. Lewis, the Denver & Rio Grande railroad will have to pay a large sum to the government for timber trespasses committed years ago, when the road was built. The government filed suit in 1902 alleging that the road took unfair advantage of the grant of 1872, which permitted it to cut trees from adjacent public lands for the building of its roadbed. The government estimated the value of the timber illegally taken at $10,000,000, and Judge Lewis announced that he would appoint a master to determine the exact value of the timber. ARMY MEN FLY TO ENCAMPMENT Aeroplane Makes Forty-Two Miles in Forty-Seven Minutes, Carrying a Passenger. Frederick, Maryland. — Dashing through the air at almost a mile-a-minute a United States army aeroplane came into this city from College Park, Md., bearing Capt. C. Def. Chandler and Lieut. H. H. Arnold, two of the army's corps of aviators, on one of the longest trips yet made by a government machine carrying a passenger. The two officers covered the 42 miles between the army aerodrome at College Park, near Washington, and this city in 47 minutes. The trip was arranged to demonstrate the practicability of the aeroplane in army maneuvers in connection with the District of Columbia national guard encampment here. Gov. Hadley Has Bronchitis. Jefferson City, Missouri.—Gov. Hadley is suffering from an attack of bronchitis and has cancelled all his speaking engagements for this week upon the advice of his physician. Held as a Robber. St. Joseph, Missouri—C. B. Hughes, a waiter, who says he came here from Kansas City, Kan., confessed that he is the daylight robber who has been operating here. Frisco Train Jumps Track. Rogers, Arkansas.—St. Louis & San Francisco train No. 4, from St. Louis to Galveston, was wrecked 12 miles north of here at 7:30 p. m. No one was fatally injured. Postmasters Elect Head. Springfield, Missouri—Sidney C. Garnett, of Florissant was elected president of the Missouri League of Postmasters of the Third and Fourth Classes, at the annual election here. Great Bend, Kansas.—A man supposed to be Arthur Dalton of Kingman, committed suicide near here on a Santa Fe train by drinking carbolic acid. Dalton was on his way East from Denver. Cotton Bill is Passed. Washington, D. C.—After a perfunctory debate of four hours, the house concurred, 180 to 107, in the senate amendment to the Underwood cotton tariff revision bill and sent that measure to President Taft. ANOTHER CUBAN "REVOLUTION" COME RUMP- IN MITH. THE REVOLUTION RUMPS ANY SECRET WASHINGTON STAR. ENID'S UNIQUE CELEBRATION ENID'S UNIQUE CELEBRATION THEY BURIED THE KNOCKER'S HAMMER AND ARE HAPPY. Successful Conclusion of a Campaign Against Local Kickers—First of its Kind in State. Enid, Oklahoma.—Enid, retarded by dissension, began a campaign this summer to overcome factions by uniting them on the plan to build a packing plant by the sale of lots. The successful conclusion of the campaign was the occasion for an immense hammer celebration, the first to be held in the state. The hammer was suggested at the weekly Wednesday dinner of the chamber of commerce. The hammer was 30 feet long, ten feet high and was made out of a wooden frame covered with strawboard and wrapped with black cloth. The funeral car was a wide truck draped in black and white drawn by four horses. The parade was made up of grotesque features typical of the burial of the hammer of the Enid knocker. One big draft horse was hitched up with a shetland pony, the big one labeled Booster and the little one Knocker, signifying that Booster pulls the load. Almost every business firm in the city was represented by floats. PRINTERS FAVOR ARBITRATION Convention at Frisco Adopts Liberal Policy Toward the Employers. San Francisco, Cal.—The 57th annual convention of the International Typographical union ended here after the administration wing of the union, which favors a liberal policy in dealing with employers and the avoidance of strikes so far as possible, had been sustained in every issue coming before the convention The most important work of the convention was the adoption of a tentative arbitration contract, liberal in its provisions, to be submitted to the American Newspaper Publishers' association January 1; the decision to resubmit the vote abolishing piece work to a referendum; the raising of the number of union petitions required to initiate legislation from 50 to 100; the voting of a per capita assessment of 25 cents for the defense of John J. and James B. McNamara; the passing of resolutions urging drastic Aslastic exclusion laws, and the decision not to invest the old age pension funds in bonds, but to keep that for fighting resources. Lightning Cured an Invalid. Philadelphia, Pa.—An astonishing cure is said to have been effected when lightning struck William Lambert, a policeman 50 years old, and relieved him of neuritis, with which he had been afflicted for a year past. His condition was such that a pension had been recommended for him and he was to be retired. Many Governors to be There: Spring Lake, N. J.—Plans for the national conference of governors to be held here September 12 are going rapidly forward under the direction of Gov. Woodrow Wilson. The governors of 35 states will attend. Pellagra in Missouri St. Joseph, Missouri.—Miss Annie Mastinger of Caldwell county, a patient at the state asylum for the nsane, is dead of pellagra. She was the third victim of the disease. Two other patients are suffering with it. Missouri Congressmen Fought Missouri Congressmen Pought. Washington, D. C. Two Missouri congressmen came to blows on the door of the house, but no damage was done. Representative Rucker of Keytesville and Representative Boher of St. Joseph disagreed. THE ENGLISH STRIKE IS SETTLED Differences Will be Adjusted by Joint Commission of Five, Named by Men and Managers. London, Eng.—The settlement of the strike was reached at a conference between David Lloyd George, the chancellor of the exchequer, and the executives of the men's societies. The labor leaders said that the men would return to work at once. A joint committee of five members, composed of two representatives of the railway companies, two of the men and a non-partisan chairman, will be appointed to investigate the working of the conciliation act of 1907, which the men assert is the root of all their grievances. This device overcomes the men's objections to a royal commission, which they contend always has been, in practice, a synonym for delay. So far as technical advantages in the compromise goes, it appears to be in men's favor, particularly as the managers consent to meet their representatives. A NEGRO MURDERER DIED HARD Took 2,000 Volts and Revived After Breaking Straps on Electric Chair. Eddinville, Kentucky.—When Oliver Locke, a negro wife murderer, was paying the penalty for his crime at the penitentiary here the condemned man, through whose body 2,000 volts of electricity were coursing, struggled 28 minutes and finally broke the leather straps that bound his arms and legs to the death chair. After breaking the straps the negro toppled to the floor and apparently succumbed, but an examination by the prison physicians revealed the fact that he was slowly reviving. He was again strapped to the chair and 2,500 volts of electricity turned on. Several minutes elapsed before life was extinct. CHEERING IN HOUSE OF LORDS When Veto Bill Became a Law First Demonstration in History Took Place in House. London, England.—The veto bill, limiting the powers of the upper chamber over legislation originating in the house of commons, which resulted in one of the most serious legislative conflicts in the history of the country, became a law when the king's assent thereto was given through a royal commission in the house of lords. When the royal assent was signified the members of the lower house present broke out in loud cheering. A demonstration on their part had never before been heard in the upper chamber. After the strongest trust, Boston, Mass.—The federal prosecution of the great United Shoe Machinery company, alleged to be the strongest trust in the United States, has begun here. Washington, D. C.—A motion to pass the wool bill in the house over the president's veto lost 227 to 129, a two-third vote being required. Tornado in Nebraska Hebron, Nebraska. — A tornado which struck here completely wrecked the $6,000 high school building and partially destroyed a parsonage, the Chase school and the courthouse. No casualties were reported. Off on a Long Ride. St. Louis, Missouri.—Equipped for roughing it, Richard J. Hanley has started for San Francisco on horseback. This will be his second trip. By riding only in the day time he expects to make the trip in 90 days. PLAN STATE HIGHWAY JUBILEE Every Town and Village Along the New Official Roadway to Send Delegations. Jefferson City, Missouri.—The state board of agriculture has set October 15 as the date for the dedication of Missouri's official cross-state highway. The celebration is to be at Columbia, the middle town of the historic trail route. Gov. Hadley and the board desire it to mark an epoch in Missouri's good road history. It's not only to be a huge good roads meeting, the biggest ever held in Missouri, but it will be a sort of "Get Acquainted with Missouri" day. The board of agriculture desires the people of Missouri to really see their state once and get acquainted with Missouri's resources. Every town or village along the route is expected to send large delegations to help celebrate the formal dedication of the road they have won. CANNOT RUIN NIAGARA FALLS Closing Hours of Congress Marked Victory of Beauty Over Utility. Washington, D. C.-The closing minutes of the extra session of congress were marked by a victory of beauty over utility. Congress continued until March, 1912, the regulation for the control of the waters of Niagara Falls. The power companies had made a hard fight to be given free rein in converting the falls from a scenic wonder into an industrial exhibit. The American Civic association made the fight to save the falls. Its secretary, Richard B. Watrous, said: "Congress has reaffirmed the principle that scenery is a national asset, and must be regarded as such in apposition to the selfish interests of individuals and corporations which would despoil scenery for financial returns." ATTEMPTED TRAIN WRECK FAILS Spike on Frisco Track Near Garfield, Ark., Derails Only the Engine. Springfield, Missouri.—Train wreckers made an unsuccessful attempt to ditch "The Texan" the Frisco's fast train to the Southwest near Garfield, Ark. A spike was placed on a rail only a short distance from the place where "The Texan" was wrecked and Engineer John Schappler lost his life recently. The trucks of the engine left the tracks, but none of the passengers coaches were derailed and no person was injured. Members of the train crew made an investigation and found a big spike which they are certain caused the derailment. EVADE OKLAHOMA JIM CROW LAW Muskogee Street Car Patrons Now Want Separate Compartments to Make Enforcement Easier. Muskogee, Oklahoma.—Muskogee is going to make an attempt to force strict compliance of the Jim Crow law on its street cars. A petition was sent to the state corporation commission for a hearing and for an order that will compel the strict enforcement of the law. The white people demand separate compartments for the negroes, which no street car lines in Oklahoma now furnish. New Aviation Record. Chicago, Illinois.—W. G. Beatty, in a Wright biplane, made a new world's record for duration while carrying a passenger at the aviation meet here. Beatty and his passenger were in the air at the opening gun at 3:30 o'clock and remained up until 7:08 o'clock, 3 hours and 38 minutes. The former record was made by Amerigo at Mulhausen, Germany, December 11, 1910, when he carried a passenger 3 hours, 19 minutes, 37 seconds. Atwood Seeks World's Record. Lyons, New York.—Nine hundred and thirty miles from St. Louis, his starting point, Harry N. Atwood, the young Boston aviator, who is fast approaching the world's long distance record in his flight to New York, landed in a field at Lyons after flying 104 miles from Buffalo without a stop. A Human Skull in Stone. Laramie, Wyoming-E. B. Adair of Lost Springs, has unearthed a human skull inbedded in stone and believed by archaeologists to have antedated the Biblical flood. The skull is well preserved. Delayed Pay Causes Strike. Wichita, Kansas.—One hundred and eighty-seven employees of the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient shops here walked out on a strike on the complaint that they had not been paid promptly. Frost in North Dakota. St. Paul, Minnesota.—According to reports received from North Dakota and Canadian points the first frost of the season has formed near Williston, and Bismark, N. D. The frost at Williston was heavy. Electric Storm at Springfield Springfield, Missouri.—One house was destroyed and several others damage is an electrical storm here. It was accompanied by a heavy rain. Nearly two inches of rain fell here within 24 hours. Good Housekeepers always insist on using the very best materials for all kinds of housework and this is largely responsible for the reputation they enjoy among their neighbors. Good work and good results are impossible with poor materials. This applies particularly to laundry work. To get that fresh, crisp, dainty, snow-white effect on clothes so much desired by all women, go to your grocer, ask for and insist on getting a large 16 ounce package for 10 cents and Use Defiance Starch When Building Church, School or Theater or recasting same, write for Catalog X9, mentioning class of building. Dealers, write for agency proposition. Everything in Black-boards and School Supplies. Ask for Catalog S0. AMERICAN SEATING COMPANY, 218 So. Wabash Avenue, Chicago, IL. Mrs. Nelson—My husband is awfully absent-minded. Mrs. Bilson—In what way? Mrs. Nelson—He went fishing yesterday. When he had finished he threw away the fish and brought home the bait. In Strict Obedience: Master Gregory Graham, aged three, had been having an ocean bath, and breaking away from his older sister he ran all dripping wet to the door of the living room, where Mrs. Graham was entertaining a caller from the fashionable hotel. "Why! Gregg," his mother greeted him, "you mustn't come in here like that, dear. Go straight upstairs and take off your bathing suit first." A few minutes later Mrs. Graham turned toward the door in curiosity as to what sight there had sent her visitor's eyebrows up so high, and in the same moment her son's cheerful voice rang out: "I took it off, mother, like you told me to. I'm coming in now for some cake." No Wonder. "What's your husband so angry about?" "He's been out of work six weeks." "I should think that would suit him first-rate." "That's it! He's just got a job." And a Fight Followed. Hewitt—It's a lucky thing that I'm a believer in universal peace. Jewett—Why so? Hewitt—Because I can lick any man in the place. If we get power from food why not strive to get all the power we can. That is only possible by use of skillfully selected food that exactly fits the requirements of the body. Poor fuel makes a poor fire and a poor fire is not a good steam producer. "From not knowing how to select the right food to fit my needs, I suffered grievously for a long time from stomach troubles," writes a lady from a little town in Missouri. "It seemed as if I would never be able to find out the sort of food that was best for me hardly anything that I could eat would stay on my stomach. Every attempt gave me heartburn and filled my stomach with gas. I got thinner and thinner until I literally became a living skeleton, and in time was connelled to keep to my bed. A few months ago I was persuaded to try Grape-Nuts food, and it had such good effect from the very beginning that I have kept up its use ever since. I was surprised at the ease with which I digested it. It proved to be just what I needed. "All my unpleasant symptoms, the heartburn, the inflated feeling which gave me so much pain disappeared. My weight gradually increased from 98 to 116 pounds, my figure rounded out, my strength came back, and I am now able to do my housework and enjoy it. Grape-Nuts food did it." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. A ten days' trial will show anyone some facts about food. "Read the little book, 'The Road to Wellville,' in pkgs. 'There's a reason.' Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human interest. LAUGHTER PLEASING TO GOD Nowhere In Biblical Lore Can There Be Found Intimation Of Any Other Idea. We misjudge and distort the normally human nature of the Saviour when we picture him going through life, as Dante did after he had written his "Inferno," with the shadows of perdition on his brow. We may gravely question when it was that the cross began to darken our Lord's pathway; there is no hint of such a foreboding until we reach the middle of his ministry. From that on there are occasional tokens that he saw Calvary ahead of him, and was at times pressed down with a dreadful sense of the inevitable agony which awaited him at the end. But all this is very far from affording any reasonable ground for the conclusion that he smiled sometimes, but never laughed. If God did not intend us to laugh, on occasion, why did he endow us with the capacity to laugh, with a sense of the humorous, with the faculty to see and enjoy wit, fun and the absurd side of life; and, further more, why did he produce so many things and people to laugh at?—Zion's Herald. A. Human Cruet-Stand. Several villagers were discussing a departed sister who had been given to good deeds but was rather too fond of dispensing sharp spoken advice. "She was an excellent woman," said the deceased lady's pastor. "She was constantly in the homes of the poor and afflicted. In fact, she was the salt of the earth." "She was more than that," remarked a villager. "She was the vinegar, the pepper and the mustard as well. She was a perfect cruet stand of Virtues."—London Tit-Bits. Hard to Find. "Decided where you are going on your vacation yet?" "No; can't seem to find the right spot." "What sort of a place are you looking for?" "A place where my pocketbook can enjoy a vacation as well as its owner." Howell—He has a weather-beaten face. Powell—Well, the weather beats everything. OPPORTUNITIES for the FARMER, MANUFACTURER and MERCHANT Along the North Arkansas Line Very Low Round Trip Rates Write for descriptive literature C. D. WHITNEY Traffic Manager EUREKA SPRINGS, ARK. SAVE YOUR MONEY. One box of Tutt's Pills save many dollars in doctors' bills. Cure diseases of the liver or bowel and cure diseases of the heart, and biliousness, a million people endure. Tuff's Pills For Hay Fever and Catarrh use Kamfola. See at drugstores or by mail from ROSS PORTER, Neodes, Kansas STACK and MACHINE COVERS and TENTS Write us PONCA TENT & AWNING COMPANY 800 West Douglas Wichita, Kansas Highest Class work in College, Academy, Music and Fine Arts. Commodious Dormitories for Men and Women. Expenses low. Next year opens Sept. 13. HENRY E. THAYER, PRESS W. N. U., WICHITA, NO. 34-1911. A GIRL'S STRANGE MENTAL PHENOMENA NELLIE SMITH, 12 YEARS OLD, GIVES DETAILS OF HARROW-ING ATTACK. AN INNOCENT MAN IS KILLED Circumstantial Tale Arouses Whole City and Brings Deadly Wrath of Posse Upon a Fugitive, Whom the Coroner's Jury Later Exonerates. Hot Springs, Ark.—Some subtle, elusive, psychological phenomenon in a young girl's mind is blamed for the death of L. L. Shockley, for whose death Robert Ellis, a police office clerk, and Herbert Smith, brother of the girl, and members of a posse, have been held. It is charged that they shot him as he was fleeing arrest. The girl had aroused this whole city by a circumstantial tale of an attack upon her by a horseback rider who, she said, had chloroformed her. She gave a minute description of the horse, a description that fitted an animal owned by Shockley. After the man's death she positively identified his horse as the one her assalian had ridden. Yet at the coroner's inquest it has been shown conclusively that Shockley could not have attacked the girl at the time she gave, and that his horse was then somewhere else. Shockley's attempt to escape is explained as due to a misconception on his part that he was wanted for bootlegging in Oklahoma. He discovered that officers were after him, although ignorant of the accusations of the girl. The girl is Nellie Smith, 12 years old, daughter of a prominent coal merchant of Hot Springs. This is not the first time she has figured in thrilling adventures, which she either experienced or imagined so vividly she thought she had experienced them. The morning Shockley was killed Nellie, who had started to a private school, went in an hour late, trembling with excitement, and told a harrowing story of an attack. She had been walking along Ouachita avenue, she said, when a tall man, with gray cap and brown shoes, having red hair and freckles, rode up to her on a gray spotted horse. "The first thing I knew," said Nellie "he called to me to stop He M. H. A Girl's imaginary Experience. pointed a big revolver at me, threatening to shoot. Then he reached down and grabbed me by the shoulder. He lifted me on the horse in front of him and galloped off. The moment we started he placed over my face a cloth that had chloroform on it. At least I thought it was chloroform. I became unconscious. The next I knew I was awakened by someone slapping me in the face. I don't know what the man said. He didn't try to hurt me, anyway, except to slap me. After I had gone a little way, when he had told me to leave, I found a handkerchief around my neck and a note which said, 'Don't you tell anyone what has happened. If you do I will kill you.' When the child had told her story, a story strongly reminiscent of a motion picture film, her teachers sounded the alarm. Immediately from police headquarters the order to find a man riding a gray-spotted pony was flashed. A posse began formed. Deputy Sheriff Hardie Hinton was riding near the fair grounds when he saw a bare-legged boy on a spotted gray horse. The lad rode up to the tent where Shockley and his family, who are wandering horse traders, were living. Scarcely had the boy dismounted when a man rushed out of the tent and sprang on the horse. "Tell your ma the marshals are after me and they won't get me alive," he shouted to the youngster. The man was Shockley Hinton reported this incident to the city police; they took up the trail, accompanied by Smith, and soon came upon Shockley. When the fugitive saw the posse he turned from the main road into a country lane on the banks of the Ouchita river. He defied the calls to halt and was shot. At the coroner's inquest it was established that Shockley could not have attacked the girl nor could his horse have been seen by her. MURDER TRIAL ENDS IN A LIFE SENTENCE MURDER TRIAL ENDS IN A LIFE SENTENCE HENWOOD GUILTY OF KILLING, AND WEALTHY WOMAN RE-VEALED AS CAUSE. Denver, Colo.—Harold Frank Henwood, slayer of George E. Copeland of Victor, Colo., who was shot accidentally by Henwood when the latter killed Sylvester L. Van Phil, the St. Louis aeronaut, was found guilty of murder in the second degree and sentenced to the penitentiary for life. Never in the history of local tribunals have the presiding judge and prosecutor been subjected to such an exorcism as that pronounced by Henwood when asked what he had to say "why sentence should not be pronounced." He characterized his treatment by the court and prosecutor as "persecution." The trial of Henwood was replete with sensational features. Like many other sensational tragedies there was a woman in the case; and while she Mr & Mrs JOHN W SPRINGER. was on the witness stand in the murder trial her lawyers were in another court asking $300 a month alimony in a divorce suit instituted by her husband. The suit for divorce was the sequel to the tragedy in the hotel and was won by the husband. The killing of Copeland was accidental and occurred when Henwood was shooting bullets at Van Phul. Henwood and Van Phul were rivals for the friendship of Mrs. John W. Springer, wife of a wealthy banker and stockman. She had entertained both men in St. Louis, her former home, and at Denver hotel, where the tragedy occurred. It was inevitable under the circumstances that bad feeling should have been engendered between them and this feeling found its logical ending when the men met in the hotel bar-room. There are conflicting reports as to the encounter between them; but there is no dispute as to the fact that Henwood shot and killed Van Phul, .rd in doing so inflicted a mortal wound on Copeland, a young miner, who had no part at all in their quarrel. Mrs. Springer's maiden nime was Patterson and she was born in St. Louis. Among her schoolmates there was Van Phul. Later in life he was a sutor for her hand, but she married a man named Folk and divorced him shortly afterward. Two years ago she married Springer in St. Louis. They at once came to Denver and Mrs. Springer has been a social leader, though much of her time was spent with friends in St. Louis and at Hot Springs, Ark. The Springers' home in Denver was on Washington street, but they spent much time at their beautiful country place in Arapahoe county, and also had a suite in the hotel where the tragedy took place. HINDU IS CREMATED ON PYRE Countrymen Perform Religious Rites of Race and Scatter Ashes on River. Tacoma, Wash.—Deder Singh, a Hindu, committed suicide in Lyle, by hanging himself to a rafter in a section house. The body was cremated THE TEMPLE OF THE HINDU'S Cremating a Hindu. by his countrymen with the religious rites of their race. A funeral pyre was erected on the banks of the Columbia river. Two cords of wood and ten gallons of kerosene were used. The ashes were scattered on the Columbia. Another "Raffles" By CASPER GREEN "Pooh! Pooh! It's all nonsense!" They had been talking at the club about a new "Raffies" who was doing some daring things in the way of entering houses in the city and suburbs. His exploits numbered 30, and the police had not even caught sight of him as yet. Some of his victims had seen a dark figure and fired at it, but there had been no bloody trails to follow to success. He had robbed householders at dinner time and he had robbed others as they slept the sleep of the just. In the instance host talked about, he had visited seven different bedrooms in a country house and robbed each one, and had then sat down in the dining room for a lunch and a smoke before departing. Half a dozen of the club members agreed that he must have nerves of steel, but the seventh was the exception. It was Howard Burt, a young broker, who had sat quietly listening for the last half hour. "Yes, it's all nonsense," he repeated as the others turned to him in surprise. "There is no 'nerve' in robbing a sleeping house, or in porch-climbing when you know that there is not one chance in fifty of meeting anyone upstairs." Thereupon arose a discussion in which there was considerable acrimony, and in which the seventh man held his own against the six so well that one of them finally resorted to bluff and said: "There is a way to prove your contention. Turn 'Raffies' and give us the honest results of the experiment." "There are six of you," slowly replied the young man. "I'll lay you one hundred each that I enter some house within a week as a 'Raffies' and bring to this club some article that you will all recognize." "Done! Done! Done!" was shouted at him from all sides, and with a laugh he rose and left the club to keep an engagement. The family of General Birney, occupying a manor house ten miles out of the city, consisted of the general and his wife, both of whom were well along in years, their son, Fred, who was in an insurance office in the city, and Edith, who had finished her education at Vassar and had returned home to wait the great event of the life of every young woman, matrimony. Raffles had visited the houses to the east and west, but had deferred his call on the general. There was plunder there, but it was taken by the general to signify that the robber was afraid to tackle an old veteran of the wars, who had turned the family bedroom into an armory and had had the house rigged out with all sorts of burglar alarms and electric bells and traps for the unwary. Some young ladies, while waiting for prince charming turn to poetry. Others write a play. Miss Edith had had the plot of a comedy-drama in her head ever since she was ten years old. The time had now arrived to develop it. For a month she had been resting and thinking all day and working with her pen until 12 or 1 o'clock at night. There came a particular night when she was bothered more than usual. She had brought her hero under such a cloud of suspicion that it seemed as if career must end in his being clubbed by a policeman and dragged to jail, and the girl was thinking deeply when a slight noise behind her made her turn. She turned to see "Raffles." She was in the library on the first floor, and father, mother, brother and servants were all on the second and third, sound asleep. Raffles was masked, but there was no trouble in figuring out that he was not the hired man who had come in to tell her that one of the horses in the stable had the colic or that he was the gardener with the announcement that a cow had broken into the grounds and eaten up her favorite rose bush. It was well for Miss Edith that she had been writing a play in which her heroine swam rivers, jumped over cliffs and pursued the James brothers to their lair. She represented the heroine. It would not do for her to faint away in the presence of one robber, who did not even display a pistol. The two looked at each other for half a minute, and then Raffles quietly sat down in a chair a few feet away. At the same moment the young lady remembered that there was a revolver in a drawer of the desk at which she was writing. She had used it when posing in the place of her heroine. "You are up late," observed Raffles, after he was comfortably seated. "Who are you, and why are you here?" she asked in reply. "Just Raffles, if you please. The first question will answer the second." He had a pleasant voice. He had an aristocratic foot and hand. While he lounged carelessly, his attitude was that of a gentleman. As her first chill of fear passed away, the girl noticed these things. They counted in his favor, but only to an extent. The newspapers and the police had said that Raffles was a gentleman. If you must be robbed, it is better to be robbed by a gentleman than by a tramp, but it is still better not to be robbed at all. Miss Edith figured that the intruder must have been in the house for some time, and that he had made up his bundle of plunder and was ready to lave when he had discovered her light. A sudden resolve to capture Raffles came to her. That was exactly what the heroine of her play would have done. When the heroine followed the James brothers, she had only a club in her hand. Here was a firearm ready at hand, and though it was not loaded, how was Raffles to know? "A play, is it?" queried the masked man as he bent forward to look. "Yes." "A useless waste of time. I have been told that there are 500 plays written for every one accepted. What is the plot? Perhaps I can give you a pointer or two." "It is this!" said Miss Edith as she pulled the drawer open and seized the revolver and pointed it straight at him. "There is a closet over there. If you do not enter it I will shoot you dead!" "Don't trouble yourself. In the first place, I am not armed, and if I were there would be no shooting on my side. In the second, I wish to identify myself and explain my presence here. If you will kindly call your brother Fred, whom I presume is in the house, and whom I have known personally for the last five years—" "I shall do nothing of the kind, sir. Into that closet or I fire!" "I am not the racal Raffles. We were discussing him at the club a few nights ago and—" The revolver that did not know it was loaded seemed about to go off and send a bullet into his brain, and the intruder rose and walked over to the closet indicated and opened the door and entered. The girl followed at his heels and turned the key and then sat down all of a tremble and began to cry. She had not made up her mind what further to do when the father came downstairs with a shotgun in his hand. He had heard some noise that aroused him. In the front hall he stumbled over a silver trophy that Fred had won in his athletic days. "What the devil is happening here?" he demanded in official language as he looked from the tearful daughter to the trophy and back. "Oh, Daddy, I have cap—captured Raffles! He is in that closet!" "Then I'll have him out and blow the top of his head off! What in blazes are you doing capturing robbers without saying anything to your superior officer about it? Things have came to a pretty pass in the service. Now, then, stand back while I have the scoundrel out. Say, you in there—if you make the least resistance I'll blow you into dogs' meat!" The door was flung wide open and Raffles walked out. He had removed his mask and was trying to smile, but it was a sickly effort. He began to apologize and explain, but the general cut him short until he had 'be bound with a cord torn from a portiere. Then the general continued to menace him with the shotgun while the daughter ran upstairs to wake up Fred. Fred came down with a couple of "guns," the mother descended with a bottle of witch hazel clutched by the neck, and the two women servants were ready to take position on the right or the left flank, as ordered by the general. Apologies and explanations were renewed, and after a time they prevailed. Miss Edith was glad she had not shot anybody with an unloaded revolver. The general was sorry that he had had all his trouble for nothing, and Fred said that he would be at dinner where the $600 were laid out. The next time Raffles appeared at the manor house it was under his own name and he was on his best behavior. Some few remarks were made to call for blushes on his part, and the general still insisted that he had not been treated according to the rules of warfare, but things passed off so well that Howard Burt was asked to call again. After that he did not appear to need any special invitation, and it may be that by the time the play is finished the hero and heroine will decide that the hand of Providence threw them together to prevent Edith's becoming an old maid. Knew His Constituents Asher C. Hinds, famous as a parliamentarian, is serving his first term as representative, although he went to Washington many years ago as secretary for "Tom" Reed, and is full of stories of Washington life. When he was in New York as a member of the committee investigating the sugar industry he told this story: "The house of representatives was holding an animated debate on whether it should discontinue the practice of eulogizing dead representatives and having the remarks printed in the Congressional Record and distributed through the country. Some were against the practice as a waste of time with no benefit derived. "I make a most solemn protest against the discontinuance of this sacred custom,' said one of the Wisconsin representatives. 'It has come down to us, hallowed by time, and while I can speak for no other district, I do know that nothing so pleases my constituents as to read about a dead representative.'" From Art's Viewpoint. "What do you think of those Camorristes?" "Well," replied the impresario. "their technique isn't much, but they certainly have temperament." The American Home WILLIAM A. RADFORD Editor TELLS HOW TO SLEEP SOUND | SIZE OF AMERICAN FAMILIES Mr. William A. Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building, for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he is, without doubt, the highest authority on these subjects, Address all Inquiries to William A. Radford, No. 17, West Jackson boulevard, Chicago, IL, and only enclose two-cent stamp for reply. If I were asked to sum up in a few words the advantages of owning a home over renting one, I am afraid I could hardly confine myself to the space allotted me for this article. But there are a few points that perhaps stand out with special prominence; and I will try to express as briefly as possible the reasons why, as it appears to me, the man who saves to build or buy a home for himself is the type of citizen of highest value to the community. For the man of average income, the acquisition of a permanent home involves struggle—and, it may be, even sacrifice—for a few years; but he who is willing to undergo it, instead of shrinking continually in fear, demonstrates that he has the very qualities that make for success; and that is a large part of the battle. The man who owns his home can keep up to a better standard of living than if rent day took one-third to one-fourth of his income. The saving of the home-owner gives him a permanent buying power that the renting family seldom has; he is perpetually solvent instead of dependent. He not only has better credit, but has every reason to live up to moral and material standards that make him a more desirable citizen than the transient renter. Ownership of the 'place one lives in is the first step toward financial stability and First Floor Plan ENTRY KITCHEN 9'6"X2'0" AFTERMATH LIVING RM. 160'X26'0" PORCH 60'X20'0" DINING ROOM 200'X140' TERRACE TELLS HOW TO SLEEP SOUND Writer Asserts There Is Nothing So Restful and Soothing to the Body as the Ground. "I sleep fairly well," a man said, recently, "but seldom soundly, and I frequently wake in the morning with aches in my legs, joints and vertebrae. I never feel supple until I have had my cold bath and a brisk rub with a rough towel." Sleep should be invigorating, not enervating, and the following theory was advanced by a man who, in his earlier days, had slept for many months under the stars in field and jungle: "It is the mattress and the pillow that are responsible for half the trouble of the insomniac. The ideal resting place is the ground, with its natural, covering of soft grass. The next most comfortable bed is a wood floor overlaid with a soft carpet or rug. The yielding mattress does not rest the muscles, which remain all night in a condition of alternating relaxation and tension. When the sleeping place is fixed and hard they adapt themselves to it and remain quiescent. "Furthermore, the spine and nerve centers of the bed sleeper are exposed all night to the heat of the mattress, which is the cause of the sense of enervation so commonly felt when one awakens. "The pillow is even more enervating than the mattress. A well stuffed saddle, whose cleft center permits the circulation of air, soft, yet unyielding, is the ideal head rest." "When the discomfort of the experiment has been overcome by a few nights of perseverance, a wonderful improvement will be discerned in the quality of sleep." -Harper's Weekly. Superlative Caution: Some men are so careful that it is comparatively safe even to go out in canoes with them. community respect. It is the fountainspring of that sincere and honest pride in home and family which is one of the strongest elements in character building for both parent and children. It inspires business sense, and stimulates the cardinal virtue of thrift. It fosters an interest in public affairs—reasonable taxation, street and sidewalk upkeep, honesty of officials, etc.—that is very apt to be deficient or entirely lacking in the mere renter. Disreputable gang control is practically impossible in communities Second Floor Plan where people own their homes. Nathaniel Cotton sums up this subject admirably in the following lines: "If solid happiness we prize, Within our breast this jewel lies, And they are fools who roam. The world has nothing to bestow; Within and beyond lives jeeves who bodily but never joins them. The world has nothing to bestow; From our own selves our joys must flow. And that, dear but, our home." An example of an attractive little home that can be built for about $2,500 is illustrated in the accompanying perspective and floor-plans. Its dimensions are: Length, 31 feet 6 inches; width, 53 feet 6 inches. It is of the popular "bungalow" type, but has two bedrooms and bath on the second floor. A wide veranda runs around three sides. There are two entrances, one on each side at the back and end of the veranda. The greater portion of the ground floor is given up to the waking comforts of real home life. A large living room stretching from front to rear at the right connects through a cased opening with a commodious dining room, extending across the remainder of the front of the house. $^4$ the end of the dining room is a large fireplace and inviting hearthstone. A servant's room is provided, opening off the same passageway which connects the dining room and kitchen. SIZE OF AMERICAN FAMILIES Foreign Born Mothers Have the Largest est the Poles Leading. Accord- The immigration commission has been investigating the size of families of various nationalities as to parentage but born in this country. The in investigation covered the entire state of Rhode Island, Cleveland, Minneapolis, rural Ohio and rural Minnesota. Only those married women were included in the study who were under 45 years of age and had been married from ten to nineteen years. According to the Independent the results show that for the total area tabulated there were 2.7 children born to the native white mothers of native parentage and 4.4 children to the white mothers of foreign parentage. In Minneapolis the number of children born to native mothers was 2.4 number of children to mothers of specified foreign parentage was as follows: English, 3.4; English Canadian, 3.5; Scotch, 3.6; German, 4.3; French, 4.3; Irish, 4.4; Norwegian 4.7; Italian, 4.4; Bohemian, $5; Russian, 5.4; French Canadian, 5.6, and Polish, 6.2. He Forgot to Kneel. A young lady was acting temporarily as hostess, and her time was much occupied. One of her admirers, a nervous and absent-minded lover, perceived that this would be the case, and to facilitate matters he determined to bring affairs to a point. He didn't get a chance. "Afterward," says the object of his ill-starred devotion, "I found this memorandum on the floor, where he had dropped it in his agitation. It read thus: "Mention rise in salary. Mention loneliness. Mention pleasure in her society. Mention prospects from Uncle Jim. Never lover before. Propose." —Life. --- --- SEARCHLIGHT, PAGE FOUR. THE SEARCHLIGHT Established in 1898. W. N. 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In asking to change your paper from one address or postoffice to another, give both the new and the old. Fifth. Address all matter for publicatio nto 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. Saturday August 26, 1911. The Passion Play was exhibited on Monday evening at the A. M. E Church. There was a good at tendance. The ladies of the Stew ardess Board served refreshments Watch for notice of the Rosete Party to be given at the A. M. E. Church Monday Sept. 4th. Attend the Musical Recital of Marguerette Sanford at the A. M. E. Church Aug. 28th. Mothers and Fathers should make every preparation to have their child enter school next fall. We are making great progress Let us not be discouraged. Our day is coming right here in this country. The work of buying homes and becoming taxpayers should go on without ceasing. Hoid your breath awhile—we've got some thing to tell ye. A visit to the Wichita Trunk Factory you will find nnything you desire in trunds and traveling bags. On South Lawrence. J. Reeves and family have moved to 837 N. Water St. Send your news notes and local happiness to 630 N. Main Street Mrs. Mary Parks has returned from her visit to Ft. Scott. Mrs. Mary Clark left Sunday on a visit to Denver Colo. Mrs. Will Rutledge is still very ill at her home on N. St. Francis St. Mrs. A. J. Cousar has been much indisposed for the past few days but is improved. Jethro S. Fauver has gone to Salina to attend the Masonic Grand Lodge. Geo. Hamilton who has been in the city for several weeks left Friday for Topeka. Rev. J. Ross and wife left Mondao for McAlster, Okla. where he has been apointed pastor of the A. M. E. Church. Miss. Pansy Cox left last week to spend a few weeks in Kansas City, visiting with her friends. W. N. Miller tendered a stag party at his country home Friday night in honor of Mr. C. H. Miller of DuWest, S. C. Several gentlemen were present. Misses Bertha and Jessie Lucas of Mead is visiting with friends in the city. Mrs. Maggie Holland and Henry F. Burrows, both of this city were united in marriage Monday morning Aug. 21st. John T. Chinneth left Sunday for Salina to attend Prince Hall Grand Lodge. Mrs. Iola Martin left Saturday for Eureka, Kansas where she will spend a few weeks visiting friends and relatives there. Jno. Lewis returned Monday from Great Bend where he attended the Baptist District Convention at that place. Grand Chancellor J. E. Lewis went to Chanute Monday to set up a new K. of P. Lodge. Prof. Rueben H. Wade of Topeka gave a moving picture exhibitions in Wichita this week. Mrs. Chas. Bowere who has been visiting her sister - in - law Mrs. G. G. Brown, has returned to her home in Atchinson. Dr. Grant G. Brown, Worshipful Master of Arkansas Valley Lodge No. 21, A. F. A. M. left Monday afternoon for Salina, where he will represent his lodge at the session of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge which convened there this week. Mrs. G. Walter Robinson and daughter, wife and daughter of Capt. Walter Robinson of Hose Company No. 3 returned Sunday from their trip to Oswego, Parsods and other points southeast. The John Brown Liteary will hold its meetings every Wednesday evening at A. M. E. Church. The public is most cordially invited to come out. Mrs. Ophelia Russ, of Austin, Ark, came to the city to attend the funeral of her sister, Mrs. H. H. Neely, and will remain in the city several days. Burl H. Neely and wife of Kansas City came down to attend the funeral of their grandma, Mrs. H. H. Neely. They contemplate remaining in Wichita for some time. Miss Zelfia Adams of Pratt, Kan., is in the city visiting her sister, Mrs. Sam Franklin. Miss Pauline Fain left Tuesday for Guthrie, Okla., where she will reside, Mr. Homer Thompson, who visited in Lawrence and Kansas City, has returned home, reporting a splendid time. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Fair and family, who have for the past three years made Wichita their home, moved Tuesday to Guthrie, Okla., their former home. Members of B. T. W. club are requested to meet at the home of Mrs H. T. Bolden, first Thursday in September at 2:30 p. m. MRS. E. BOWERS, Pres. MRS. G. G. BROWN, Sec. The Band boys will tender Palm Garden Concert in honor of their matchless and splendid instructor, Prof. N. Clark Smith at the Y. M. C. A. Hall, Monday night, Sept. 4th. Prof. Smith will leave for Tuskegee, Sep. 5th Wm. Whitted Jr. member of Hose Company No. 3, returned Sunday from a very pleasant trip to Kansas City. While in Kansas City Kansas he was the guest of Capt. Theo. Jones and wife of the Kansas City Kansas fire department. He reports having a fine trip. Educational Day which is held throughout the connection, was observed on last Sabbath at the A, M, E. Church. The papers read by Mrs. F. O. Miller Misses Bettie Giles, Laura Rawles, Mrs. C. Clayton and Mr. J. W. Thompson was excellent. The music rendered for the occasion was especially fine. W. N. Miller's residence telephone number is now market 4090 X. In calling this number do not forget the X. Take This Warning. Listen to us!!!—while the sun is beaming down so hot —lay away a little "nest egg" for this winter. This "good old summer time" will not last always. Some people's greatest enemy is their tongue. Send Your news and Job To Us. R. B. MCWILLIAMS Attorney at Law Practices in all Courts Phone Market 1537 Office 601 N, Main St. Wichita, Kansas E. P. Blakemore Attorney at Law Practices in all State and Federal Courts of Kansas and Oklahoma 535 N. Main St.—Room 2 Phone Market 2139 Wichita — — Kansas Dr. H. T. 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IMBODEN'S IMPROVEMENT GRAHAM — CORN MEA With thirty-five yrs RIENCE in Wichita the best that can be Made from the only, put up in Sp ASK YOUR GROCER: THE IMBODEN'S Wichita GROCERIES and Genera We carry a full, fresh l Groceries and the choice Our stock of Dry Go Children's Shoes cannot or in price. Tapp & 255 - 257 North Main A. E. A. 740 Nor Deal New and Second-Hand of Gas and Coal stove Heating. Also Tables line of Furniture. N. Main St. - Wichita, Kan - Bell Phone BEN'S IMPERIAL FLOOR TRAM - CORN MEAL - BREAKFAST FRO With thirty-five years MILLING EXPERIENCE in Wichita, our products are the best that can be produced. Made from the best selected grain only, put up in Special Packages. OUR GROCER: See that you get IMPERIAL IMBODEN MILLING CO. Wichita, Kansas PROCERIES, MEATS and General Merchandise carry a full, fresh line of Staple and Fancy饼食 and the choicest Fresh and Salt Meats. Our stock of Dry Goods, Men, Women and Children's Shoes cannot be excelled in quality in price. Free Delivery Tapp & Hanshaw - 257 North Main Phones 25 A. E. Albright 740 North Main St. Dealer In and Second-Hand Furniture, All kitchens and Coal stoves both for cooking and heating. Also Tables, Cabinets and a Furniture. 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 D GROCERIES, MEATS We carry a full, fresh line of Staple and Fancy Groceries and the choicest Fresh and Salt Meat Our stock of Dry Goods, Men, Women and Children's Shoes cannot be excelled in quality or in price. Free Delivery Tapp & Hanshaw 255 - 257 North Main Phones 257 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. R. J. NEWMAN, Prop. Successor to Cooper-Wyle NEWMAN HARR ST 256 N. Full line of shelf a Good Garden B Full line of fishing ta price to close out. HARDWARE STORE 256 N. Main St. All line of shelf and heavy hardware Good Garden Hose at 8c per ft. Line of fishing tackles at less than o to close out. Full line of shelf and heavy hardware Good Garden Hose at 8c per ft. Full line of fishing tackles at less than cost price to close out. EARCHLIGHT, PAGE FIVE. "SECOND PLEASE GOOD BRE — AND WILL IT IS AS WHITE THE OTTO WEISS ALFAL are all guaranteed by Law, Serial No. 134 sas State Law, Reg It Is The Cheapest and For Clean Beds and Little W Restaurant Meals 20c — S 507 North Short Orders P Good Service Barber Shop 513 Chas. B. Mercha 605 North First-Class Making Cleaning, Pressing, and Courteous Attention HILL E LUMBER 318 West Douglas Dealers in the best at the lowest price SECOND TO NOON PLEASES ALL FOOD BREAD MAKER — AND WILL PLEASE YOU — IT IS AS WHITE AS SNOW — TRY IN OTTO WEISS ALFALFA STOCK and POULTRY We all guaranteed under the United State Law, Serial No. 13415 and under the Ka- s State Law, Register No. 1. The Cheapest and Best Food on the M Clean Beds and Good Meals, C ittle Wonder Restaurant and Hotel Meals 20c — Short Order at all H 0 0 7 North Main St. Short Orders Filled At All Hou Good Service is Guaranteed Barber Shop 513 North Main St A. J. Cousar, P Chas. B. PATTOR Merchant Tailor 0 0 5 North Main St. First-Class Making of Men's Garment anning, Pressing, and Reparing A Spe s Attention Phone M HILL ENGSTRO LUMBER COMPANY West Douglas Phone, Mark alers in the best grades of Lum the lowest prices. GOOD BREAD MAKERS — AND WILL PLEASE YOU — IT IS AS WHITE AS SNOW — TRY IT THE OTTO WEISS ALFALFA STOCK and POULTRY FOOD are all guaranteed under the United States Law, Serial No. 13415 and under the Kansas State Law, Register No. 1. To The Cheapest and Best Bread on the Market Little Wonder Restaurant and Hotel Meals 20c - Short Order at all Hours 507 North Main St. Short Orders Filled At All House Good Service is Guaranteed Barber Shop 513 North Main Street A. J. Cousar, Prop. First-Class Making of Men's Garments, Cleaning, Pressing, and Reparing A Specialty Courteous Attention Phone Market 2083 HILLENGSTROM Let us estimate your bills DRINK BOTTLED POP COX'S DRINK BOTTLED POP The Best Made We are exclusive bottlers of Jersey Cream Dr. Pepper, Allen's Red Tame Cherry, Fan Taz, Grape Ball, Hire's Red Rock and Elk Ginger Ale. The Cox's Bottling Company Phone 4726 Mk. Wichita, Kansas Excellence Counts THEN USB "U-KNEAD-IT" one 4726 Mk. Wichita, Kansas Excellence Counts THEN USB U-KNEAD-IT' FLOUR It exctls in every respect, — color, flavor and pounds of bread per barrel. MADR BY WATSON MILL CO. Trade with our advertisers. They Will treat you right. Published Every Week J. H. TURNER 535 W. Douglas Phone 49 We do all kinds of fancy JOB PRINTING, Satisfaction Guarenteed. Prices Always Right. Bring your Job work to us. USE Murray's Reliable Nerve Balm Murray's Reliable Antiseptic Salve Murray's Reliable Perfumes These Goods Have No Equal They are pleasing hundreds of people and will please you. J. H. MURRAY & CO. Sold by Dealers Wichita - - Kansas METZ'S LUMBER IS IT? Largest yard under shed in the state. Best grade of lumber to select from. Choicest finishings, posts, shingles and everything in the lumber line. OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT Low and Easy to Meet. Let us figure next Lumber Bill. Yards and Office 3rd and Main Streets. A man to make a good leader must be a good follower. Try The Searchlight Fine Job Printing. BAD NOTES EASILY DETECTED Almost Impossible to Impose Upon Handlers of Money. Incidentally it is interesting to note that the skill which enables one to detect a counterfeit comes not from study of counterfeits, but from a tough and unconscious familiarity with the genuine. If a man were pointed out to you and you were told that some day another who much resembled him would try to impose upon you, you would be pretty apt to fix his features in your mind; you would not spend any time looking at other people who looked something like him, would you? And the moment the impostor appeared you would note that in this, that or the other particular he failed to meet the details of the other man's face and figure. Just so it is in the detection of counterfeits. A skillful teller in a bank, counting money rapidly, will involuntarily throw out a note which in the slightest degree departs from the well-known pattern which is so strongly impressed on his mental vision. That involuntary act will nearly always prove to have been justified, for the bill in 19 cases out of 20 will prove to be a counterfeit. It is because of this fact that when a request is received from some one to loan him a collection of counterfeits for the instruction of his cashiers, he is advised to have the young men study the genuine carefully, and there will be no trouble in detecting the notes.-National Magazine. --- RESOLUTIONS. Mt. Olivet Cocrt No. 9, H. of J. She has gone from us forever, Longer she could no tstay. She has reached a fairer region Far away, far away. She has reached a fairer region Far away, far away. There is a reaper called Death that has entered our ranks on the 22nd day of August, 1911, and taken from us our sister, Nancy J. Neely, past treasurer of Mt. Olivet Cocrt No. 9, Heroines of Jericho. Never more will she join us in Mt. Olivet Court No. 9, H. of J. But somewhere in the higher courts above with out Savior she is watching and waiting for cs. She has been gathered to her Father, rich in years, ripe in experience, honored by the Court of H. of J. and revered by her friends. She was a friend to the friendless, a helper to the helpless and possessed a burning enthusiasm for the Court. Whereas, It has pleased Almighty God in His wise providence to remove from Mount Olive Court No. 9, H. of J., our Sister, Nancy J. Neely. Resolved, That we tend ocr deepest sympathy and bow in humble submission to the Supreme will of Him who doeth all things well. Farewellfi the Leaf Strewn earth enfoldids. Our stray our pride, our hopes, our fears,. And Autumn's golden sun beholds a court in tears. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the bereaved family, to the Searchlight, and a copy be spread upon the minutes of our Court. BRITIANIA GRIFFIN, ABBIE WILLIAMS, WINNIE RAY, ELLA R. EWING. FORD'S HAIR POMADE MAKES HARSH, KINKY OR CURLY HAIR GLOSSY, SOFTER AND MORE PLABLE, EASY TO COMB AND PUT UP IN ANY STYLE THE LENGTH WILL PERMIT UNEXCEILED FOR PREVENTING HAIR FROM FALLING OUT DANBURG AND TICHEM OF SOLID BEWARE OF IMITATIONS, GET THE GENIUM, UP IN 20S AND 50S BOTTLES WITH CHARLES FORD'S NAME ON EVERY PACKAGE TRY FORD'S ROYAL WHITE SKIN LOTION FOR THE COMPLEXION. MAKES THE SKIN WHITER IMmediately UPON APPLICATION. WILL NOT IRRITATE THE MOST DELICATE SKIN. UNEXCEILLED FOR ECZEMA, SALT RHEUM, PIMPLES, ROUGH SKIN AND FRECKLES. SOLD BY DRUGGISTS. IF YOUR DRUGGIST CANNOT SUPPLY YOU, WE WILL SEND IT TO YOU DIRECT AT THE FOLLOWING Prices, SMALL SIZED BOTTLE 20S, LARGE SIZED BOTTLE 50S. THE OZONIZED OX MARROW CO. 232 LAKE ST. DEPT. 308 CHICAGO,ILL SEVEN O'CLOCK DINNER. A charming dinner was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Ewing on Thursday evening, complimentary to Mrs. J. P. Simpson of Kansas City, Kan., who was the guest of her brother, Dr. and Mrs. Bolden. Covers were laid for Mrs. J. P. Simpson, Mrs. O. T. Taylor, Dr. and Mrs. Bolden, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Williams. After dinner they enjoyel several selections on the graphophone. A CORRECTION In our last issue we give the name of Mrs, Belle Smothers as the treasurer elect of Prince Hall Chapter. We now take pleasure in correcting that error and stating that Mrs. Mary Young of Lawrence was re-elected Treasurer for the second term. A Queen's Will. Queen Adelaide, the wife of William IV., was a woman of great piety and exceptional humility, which was shown in the directions for her funeral. "I die in all humility," she wrote, "knowing well we are all alike before the throne of God, and request, therefore, that my mortal remains be conveyed to the grave without any pomp or ceremony. They are to be moved to St. George's chapel, Windsor, where I request to have a quiet funeral. "I particularly desire not to be laid cut in state, and the funeral to take place by daylight; no procession, the coffin to be carried by sailors to the chapel. I die in peace, and wish to be carried to the tomb in peace, and free from the vanities and the pomp of the world." -Home Notes. --- TRUNKS No Need For Alarm There seems to be a bit of unrest among gentlemen of color in certain bean ideal circles of city who seem to be laboring under the wrong impression that some one else outside of the vale of their closely guarded circle is seeking to steal and carry away some of their pro tempore popularity and thus disenchrone them from their much coveted leadership of the colored people of this burg. We believe we speak correctly when we say that these gentlemen of color are very much in error; there is no individual seeking any such thing and so far as others are concerned these gentlemen have the field aspiring for leadership all to themselves without one contestant. As a rule, men prefer that their race should call on them to lead and trust themselves upon an unwilling race. Most men realize that forced leadership is always hard leadership — therefore men shun forcing their leadership on their race. We would, if we could, quiet these gentlemen and say to them that there is no need of alarm. NEWTON, KANSAS. Mrs. Irene Bowles of Chicago is visiting friends in the city. Presiding Elder Warfield held his fourth quarterly meeting here Sunday. Mrs. Mary Grant, 89 years old, fell over a mowing machine a few days ago and was quite seriously injured. Mrs. Chas. Miller has returned from Chicago. W. C. Downing left Tuesday for Salina to attend the Masonic Grand Lodge. Mrs. F. L. Byron, children and sister went to Frankfort, Kansas, to spend a month with Mr. and Mrs. Fousts. Mrs. Lulc Gamble has returned to Chicago. Mrs. Callie Cole is here from Kansas City to visit with her father, John Anderson. He Bore It Grinning. Captain Kendall, the capturer of Crippen, was talking in the smoking room of the Montrose about the horrors of seasickness. "Some men bear it well, though," he said. "I took a Liverpudlian to Canada last month and the poor fellow did have a time! Sick from the first day to the last! "But he bore it well, and when we reached Father Point he said to me: 'Captain, I think I'll go straight back with you.' 'Why,' said I, 'I thought you were going to make an extensive tour!' 'No, I think I'll go back now,' he said, gulping as a nasty swell lifted our bow. I see by your rate card that you carry "returned empties" at half fare.' Trade With our Adveatisers, they'll treat you right The government is going to lav molasses road in Massachusetts. That is, it will prepare a binder for our cadam roads the basis of which will be the residue of sugar-cane manufacture a by-product for which there is a present no known use. But isn't there some danger that the small boys and girls will carry off the road for all-day suckers or some other terrible hinge? WE HAVE Every kind of Trunk, Suit Case or Pag at Every Price. We will save you the Dealer's profit by selling you direct. The Wichita Trunk Factory Co Manufacturers NEXT TO PRINCESS THEATER HOLDING REVIVAL Rev. C. L. Wiggins, of Perry Okla. is in the city and is conducting a series of revival meeting at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 15th, and Wabash Ave. Every one has a cordial invitation to attend each of these meetings. SPECIAL SALE ON PEROXIDE 25c Bottle for 10c. 3 for 25c 75c Bottle — only 25c 750 Bottle — only 25c This is a pure medicinacal Peroxide for Toilet purposes. Cleaning Teeth, Bathing purposes, etc Oscar R. Bissantz Prescription Druggist FREE DELIVERY Phone, Douglas 620 811 N. Main St Wichita, Kan The Vasti club met at the residence of Miss Winnie Ray, Miss Burks entertaining. All unfinished business was attended to, after which the following officers were elected: President, Miss Winnie Ray; vice-president, Miss Gertrude Pryor; secretary, Miss Isis Brooks, being elected; assistant secretary, Miss Ethel Woodard; treasurer, Miss Mabel Griffin; critic, Miss Betty Giles, and the reporter, Miss Brooks. Miss Burks then served the club with light refreshments, after which the club adjourned to meet Thursday nights at the Y. M. C. A. until sometime in September. NOTICE OF EXPULSION Coffeyville, Kansas. Golden Gate Temple No. 17, of Coffeyville, Kan., hereby notifies the members of the International Order of Twelve, Kansas-Nebraska jurisdiction, and wherever dispersed aroend the globe, that one Posy Gibson has been expelle dfrom this Temple and the Order for a period of 99 years. Take due notice, and govern yourselves accordingly. GOLDEN GATE TEMPLE NO.17. N. N. GILBEKT, C. M. S. SKINNER, C. S. REMARKABLE IN THE DOG LINE Prod Owners of Pets, Listen to This from Flatbush, N. Y. Zip, a son of Bluff, the big bull terrier, is the most respected dog in Flatbush, N. Y., says a correspondent. He requires every other dog within 40 blocks to walk a chalk line and bow to him as he passes by. He can lick everything on four feet up to twice his size, yet is as mild as Devery-at-the Pump. His master attributes Zip's prowess to his fondness for the pipe. Like Old King Cole: He calls for his pipe. He calls for his addlers three. "That is the most remarkable dog in the world," says his master. "He takes my pipe out of my mouth and smokes it, standing on his hind feet. See! The stem is all chewed up! If the tobacco doesn't burn well, Zip will get down on his fours and chase all over the house to create a draught. When the fire is well started again he finishes his smoke and returns me the pipe. Strong? He ought to be named Samson. Why, we have a plano that weighs 600 pounds. The Zip to it with a rope and he will pull it all over the room." Took Precautions. "You ran into this man at 30 miles an hour and knocked him 40 feet," said the court. "That, or a little better, I suppose," answered the chauffeur. "Why didn't you slow down?" "Mere precaution, your honor. Once I shut off speed and hit a man so gently that he was able to climb into the machine and give me a leixing." The BANANA and its RELATIVES BY FRANKLIN ADAMS BANANTA GROUP CINEMATIC COPYRIGHT BY UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD AD. LOADING BANANAS IN PANAMA. INSPECTOR and PICKING- II the 1910 import over $12,500,000 suming public over $35,000,000 During the bananas consume more than dou acreage under startling figure European counties of bananas sumed over $1,000,000, and With the wheat crop forward as and day. One acre produce 17,000 one and one-than a acre of much as oats, acre as wheat much as rye, bananas and potas. Forty years a this country wi bunch of banana known. Now, i store, this "pri sight. Despite the f consumed, they member of the Guineo. Scientists ha many as 40 dif ornamental groe the giant banan The red banana can markets. only to "dress" the tropical coul individual ban not carry as mies, so as it do the grower and tion is not enco the 1910 importation, at point of export, was over $12,500,000, while in all probability the consuming public of the United States expended over $35,000,000 for the delectable fruit. During the past ten years the number of bananas consumed in the United States has more than doubled, and the increased tropical acreage under cultivation assures even more startling figures for the next decade. Many European countries are importing large quantities of bananas; last year Great Britain consumed over $8,000,000 worth, Germany, over $1,000,000, and France, $500,000. With the world’s decreasing food supply, and the wheat crop at a standstill, the banana comes forward as an important factor in saving the day. One acre with little labor will annually produce 17,000 pounds of bananas, or more than one and one-third times as much food substance as an acre of corn, two and one-third times as much as oats, almost three times as much per acre as wheat and potatoes, and four times as much as rye. The chemical composition of bananas and potatoes is almost identical. Forty years ago there were very few people in this country who could boast of having seen a bunch of bananas. The fruit was practically unknown. Now, in even the most remote country store, this “pride of the tropics” is a familiar sight. Despite the fact that millions of bunches are consumed, they belong almost wholly to one member of the family, the common yellow Guinea. Scientists have recognized and classified as many as 40 different species, ranging from the ornamental groups that do not develop fruit, to the giant bananas, the Platano of the Spaniards. The red banana is not common in the American markets. In the United States it is used only to “dress” fancy baskets of fruit, but in the tropical countries it is quite a favorite. The individual banana is large, but the stalk does not carry as many “hands” as the yellow varieties, so as it does not bring as large a price to the grower and wholesaler, its extensive cultivation is not encouraged. the 1910 importation, at point of export, was over $12,500,000, while in all probability the consuming public of the United States expended over $35,000,000 for this delectable fruit. During the past ten years the number of bananas consumed in the United States has more than doubled, and the increased tropical acreage under cultivation assures even more startling figures for the next decade. Many European countries are importing large quantities of bananas; last year Great Britain consumed over $8,000,000 worth, Germany, over $1,000,000, and France, $500,000. With the world's decreasing food supply, and the wheat crop at a standstill, the banana comes forward as an important factor in saving the day. One acre with little labor will annually produce 17,000 pounds of bananas, or more than one and one-third times as much food substance as an acre of corn, two and one-third times as much as oats, almost three times as much per acre as wheat and potatoes, and four times as much as rye. The chemical composition of bananas and potatoes is almost identical. Forty years ago there were very few people in this country who could boast of having seen a bunch of bananas. The fruit was practically unknown. Now, in even the most remote country store, this "pride of the tropics" is a familiar sight. Despite the fact that millions of bunches are consumed, they belong almost wholly to one member of the family, the common yellow Guineo. Scientists have recognized and classified as many as 40 different species, ranging from the ornamental groups that do not develop fruit, to the giant bananas, the Platano of the Spaniards. The red banana is not common in the American markets. In the United States it is used only to "dress" fancy baskets of fruit, but in the tropical countries it is quite a favorite. The individual banana is large, but the stalk does not carry as many "hands" as the yellow varieties, so as it does not bring as large a price to the grower and wholesaler, its extensive cultivation is not encouraged. Banana culture is one of the oldest of indus tries. It has been known since the origin of the human race. Long before the dawn of history in the old world, perhaps long before the old world rose from the waters, man lived on the fruit of the Musas. The banana was generally considered a native of southern Asia, and to have been carried into America by Europeans, until Humboldt threw doubt upon its purely Asiatic origin, quoting early authors who asserted that the banana was cultivated in America long before the conquest. It is claimed that at the time of the Incas in Peru, bananas formed one of the staple foods of the natives of the warm and temperate regions of the Montana. In spite of the uncertainty as to just which country may claim the fruit as indigenous, all tropical lands assert their right to it. The first importation of bananas to the United States occurred in 1804, when the schooner Reynard, on a voyage from Cuba, brought into New York, as a commercial venture, a consignment of 30 bunches; but the real beginning of the trade dates back to 1866 when Mr. Charles Frank undertook the importation of fruit from Colon to New York. Previous to that venture small cargoes consisting mainly of the red banana had been received at irregular intervals from Cuba. In 1870, Captain Baker, an owner of a Cape Cod schooner, took a charter to carry gold miners and machinery 300 miles up the Orinoco river in Venezuela. After discharging his cargo, Captain Baker ran into Jamaica to secure some cocoanuts as ballast to New York, carrying a few bunches of bananas on the deck as an experiment. The result promised a great future for the industry on that island, which has been fulfilled, the exports last year reaching $4,000,000. On the American continent, bananas are successfully grown through 50 degrees of latitude, from Tampico, Mexico, 25 degrees north, to Asuncion in Paraguay, in the Tropic of Capricorn, 25 degrees south—a belt over 3,000 miles in width. Cultivation of the fruit is practical- --- --- F you did not eat three dozen bananas last year, you did not have your share. Over 40,000,000 bunches, or more than 3,000,000,000 bananas, were imported into the United States in 1910. The immensity of this shipment can be more readily grasped by the statement that it would cover an area 20 feet wide, reaching from New York to San Francisco, or, placed end to end, would extend thirteen times around the earth at the equator. The "slip" in the peels would launch the ships of the world. The wholesale value of IN A TRANSLATION IDENTICAL STALK 31 HOURS AFTER CUTTING ly restricted to the eastern coast line, for the banana is one of the thirstiest of plants, and cannot be expected to produce its maximum amount of fruit in districts where there are less than 100 inches of annual rainfall. Unfortunately for humanity, great areas of the land lying within this belt are high, dry and sterile, while others are sandy or rocky, so only a small fraction is so located that banana growing can be made profitable. The altitude must not invite danger of frost, and high temperature is necessary for the growth. The southern coast of the Mexican gulf, the Puerto Barrios section of Guatemala, the Puerto Cortes district of Honduras, the Puerto Limon district of Costa Rica, the Bluefields district of Nicaragua, the Bocas del Torro region of Panama, the Colombian province of Santa Marta, and certain portions of Cuba, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Dutch Guiana, all combine the favored elements of soil and climate. The plant has two natural enemies—the gopher and the wind storm—but against almost all other tropical conditions its hardihood is remarkable. It is a matter of common observation that the banana is absolutely seedless, cultivation through innumerable generations having led to a vegetable method of propagation. Some of the primitive seed-bearing varieties are still said to exist in isolated regions of the far east. The first step toward cultivation is the clearing of the land. Into the tangle of shrubs and vines and the thick snarl of tropical vegetation the laborer comes with an ax and "machete" and cuts low everything but the plant trees. When all of the small timber and brush has been felled planting is commenced. Young shoots are obtained from a plantation already in bearing and these are placed in rows about 12 feet apart. When the planting is finished, the only labor necessary is to keep develops rapidly, continually bending more and more until in a short time it has turned completely upon itself, so that the bananas grow end up or in a position the reverse of which they are usually hung. From seven to twelve months after the blossom appears the fruit is ready for the gatherer. At irregular intervals along the entire stalk, and only extending part of the way round at any one place, the bracts break forth tiny ridges of flowers—which are almost immediately replaced by nine to twelve embryo bananas. These are the future "hands" of the bunch, so called on account of their resemblance to those members when held in a certain position. The banana has a curious and prodigal method of propagation, for before the parent stalk and fruit have matured new ones spring up. These are offshoots that grow from the root of the original planting, resembling sprouts from the "eyes" of a potato, and each in turn becomes a parent stalk with its fruit. It follows that unless most of the continually appearing new plants are cut out (which is the practice) the first stalk in a few years will become the center of a miniature jungle. The plants grow to a height of from fifteen to thirty-five feet, spreading in all directions, until the soil is overburdened with an enormous mass of stalk and leaf growth, and stunted fruit is produced. In planting for the market about 200 hills are allowed to the acre. Sometimes the number can be safely increased to 225, in which case there will be 500 stalks. However, after one year all of these stalks do not produce a marketable bunch of bananas, and the average yield is not over 300 full bunches to the acre per annum. Perry, the well-known authority on bananas, estimates that a grower can produce a bunch from ten to fifteen cents, which will have a market value of 30 cents. The cost of producing after the first crop is confined to cultivating and harvesting, which may be done for CUTTING BANANAS IN COSTA RICA down the weeds and carefully clean the ground about the the root of each stalk. The banana plant will grow with wonderful rapidity under favorable circumstances. In fact, the development from a newly planted sucker to the plant in full bearing is simply short of marvelous. Within a space of six or seven weeks the two or three foot plant has more than doubled in size, and a month or so later the leaves cease to unfold and a spike appears out of the center of the crown. This is the future stalk of the bunch and carries a huge red blossom at the end. It USES OF BUTTERMILK SOME RECIPES THAT MAY PROVE OF VALUE. Valuable Ingredient in Either Biscuit, Bread or Pies—Makes Delicious Shortcake—Adds Flavor to Gingerbread and Cookies—Mulled. Buttermilk Spoon Biscuit—One quart of buttermilk, one teaspoonful each of soda and salt, two tablespoonsful of soft butter and flour enough to make a stiff batter. Drop in hot gem pans and bake in a quick oven. Buttermilk Corn Bread—One pint of buttermilk, one teaspoonful each of soda and salt, one well beaten egg, one heaping pint of cornmeal. One heaping tablespoonful of sugar may be added if liked. Bake in a dripping pan or gem pans, in a quick oven. from $10 to $20 per acre yearly. The net profit however, averages about $50 per acre in the various banana producing sections. The banana often grows in combination with other products. In some cases it is used as a shade for young coffee plants. Buttermilk Pleasure—One cupful of buttermilk, one-half cupful of sour cream, one-half teaspoonful each of soda and salt, and flour to make a soft dough. Make out and bake as any plecrust. A great many people are of the opinion that the banana would be much better if it was allowed to ripen on the plant, but this is not the case. Such fruit is strong in flavor, does not mature to perfection, and the skin breaks, attracting numerous insects, while the weight of the bunch itself becomes too great for the plant, either one or both coming to the ground. The bunches are cut when the fruit is one-half to three-quarters matured, though still green and as hard as nails. It continues to feed from the cut stall, which contains a great amount of sap, until fully ripe. Should the cutting occur too soon, however, the fruit, although turning yellow, will never attain the perfect flavor. Buttermilk Shortcake—(one pint of rich, fresh buttermilk, one teaspoonful of soda, one teaspoonful of salt, and graham flour to make a tolerable stiff batter. Bake In two jelly cake tins in a brisk oven. When done split and butter them, and spread with any kind of sauce or fresh fruit mashed and sweetened, and serve either hot or cold, with cream. Buttermilk Cake—Two cupfuls of C sugar, one cupful of butter, two cupfuls of buttermilk, two level teaspoons of soda, one tablespoonful of chinamon, one-half teaspoonful each of cloves and nutmeg, one cupful each of seeded raisins and currants, and flour to make a not too stiff batter. With the cutting of the bunch ends the life of the plant, for it bears but once and is usually cut down to obtain the fruit, or succumbs a few days later to the cleaning process, which is merely the bringing of a spent piece to the ground. Cutting the fruit itself involves the only careful labor on the banana plantation, as the bunches weigh from fifty to sixty pounds, and even slight knocks are followed by bruised spots, under which the fruit quickly ripens and decays. However, by the liberal use of dried Buttermilk Gingerbread—One large cupful of molasses, one well beaten egg, two-thirds cupful buttermilk, fill it up with shortening, two teaspoons of soda, a pinch of salt, one table spoonful of ginger, and flour to make it not too stiff to run. Buttermilk Cookies—Cream two cups of sugar and one cupful of butter add one cupful of buttermilk, one tea spoonful of soda, spices or flavoring to taste, and flour sufficient to roll. Mulled Buttermilk—Heat five cups of fresh buttermilk to the boiling point, then stir in one spoonful of flour rubbed smooth with one half of buttermilk. Let it boil to keep it from curdling. If it curdles do not use it. Serve with sugar and cinnamon or nutmeg. Another way to make mulled buttermilk is to add a well beaten egg to one pint of good, fresh buttermilk, boiling for a few minutes, and adding sugar and flavoring to suit. Buttermilk Posset—This is made by boiling fresh, sweet buttermilk, adding noodles, then add sugar to suit the taste. Buttermilk Stew for Invalids—Boll one pht of buttermilk, add a small lump of butter, and sweeten to taste Or add honey instead of sugar, and a teaspoonful of ginger.—Good House keeping Magazine. ALL AROUND the HOUSE banana leaves the fruit is safely brought to the railroads. Bananas grown for the market are planted, as a rule, on the border of navigable waters. Plantations are divided into sections or zones of about ten to twenty miles in length, and the zones are "cut" in rotation, thereby cleaning up the available supply of fruit in one or several sections while it is maturing in others. Do not use a brass kettle for cooking until it is thoroughly cleaned with salt and vinegar In Costa Rica the system which has been evolved for handling the fruit from the time it is cut from the plant until it is placed on the dealer's little stand in the far interior cities of the United States is indeed marvelous. To clean rusty and blackened knives, use half a raw potato dipped in brick dust. To take out dye stains from the hands, use cornmeal, pumice stone or fine sand, or a little chloride of lime in water. Many stains can be removed with vinegar or lemon juice. When a steamer starts from a United States port to secure its cargo a cable is sent advising of the departure, so that preparations can be made for cutting the crop. The carrying capacity of the vessel is known almost to a bunch. Each plantation manager furnishes at the beginning of the week an estimate of the amount of fruit he can cut, and one, two, or three sections may be called upon, according to the size of the ship and the quantity of fruit available in each section. About thirty-six hours previous to the expected arrival of the steamship orders are sent to the plantations, notifying them to cut fruit for delivery on a specific date. The day before the steamer is due trains are made up and sent out to pick up the fruit, these trains being so timed that steamers will not be delayed waiting for cargo. Tumblers which have contained milk should first be rinsed in cold water before washing in hot water. Graniteware should not be left to dry over a hot fire, as the heat in expanding may cause the outside to scale. When material is being dyed it should be stirred well. This allows the dye to penetrate to all parts alike, thus producing an even shade. Never put meat directly on the ice, but always on a plate, as direct contact with the ice will destroy its flavor. On the morning of the cutting, the plantation is all astir. First out are the "cutters," who go up and down the long avenues of banana plants, closely inspecting each hanging bunch. In cutting the fruit long lances are used, palm poles armed with broad steel blades. The stalk of the tall plant is half severed at a point about eight feet above the ground. The weight of the fruit causes the top of the plant to bend slowly to the earth, where the bunch is cut from the stem by a stroke of the machete. Following the cutters come the picking-up gangs, who deliver the fruit at the receiving platforms along the railroad track. An inspector watches the fruit as it is passed into the cars. He counts and grades each bunch, rejecting those that show signs of ripening and those that are undersized or bruised. Fish, lemons and cheese, or any strongly flavored food, should not be placed in the same compartment with milk and butter. Dark Cake. One-half cup butter, two cups brown sugar, three-fourths cup raisins (seeded and chopped), three-fourths cup of currants, one-half of citron sliced, and cut in strips; one-half cup of molasses, two eggs, one-half cup milk, two cups of flour, one-half teaspoon of soda, one teaspoon of clammon, one-half teaspoon of allspice, one-fourth teaspoon mace, one-fourth teaspoon clove, one-half teaspoon of lemon extract. After cargoes are discharged in the United States, solid trains of banana cars run as "specials" every day in the week from New York, Baltimore and New Orleans to all of the large cities of the country. Carloads are even shipped to Calgary, Canada, over 2,000 miles from New Orleans. Washing Carnets on Floor Washing carpet Put one tablespoonful of ammonia into one gallon of warm water, and with a sponge or soft broom go all over the carpet. You will be astonished to see how it will be brightened up with the little work—Suburban Life. The front ventilators of the forward cars of these trains, and the rear ventilators of the last cars, are connected by means of canvas tubes run into a main trunk chute. A powerful exhaust draws off the heat thrown out by the fruit in its ripening process, and the fans circulate cold air through every car in the train. During the winter months the operation is reversed, and fruit in transit during very cold weather is warmed while proceeding to its destination. Foaming Sauce Beat one-half cup butter to a cream add one cup sugar, granulated, and stir till white and foaming. Just be fore serving pour on one cup boiling water and stir a moment. Nurse—What is the matter? Johnny—The baby is a fake; I threw him on the floor, and he didn't brounce a bit. 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"The Memory Lingers" Sold by Grocers Postum Cereal Company, Ltd. Battle Creek, Mich. LESSON TEXT. Jeremiah 39. MEMORY TERES, 9, 10. GOLDEN TEXT. "Be sure your sin will find you out." Num. 32,22. TIME. B. C. 586, July. The 11th year of Zedekiah, the 9th day of the 4th month. PLACE. Jerusalem. Also the surroundings. Nebuchadnezzar was at Ribah in Hammad in northern Syria. The captives were taken to Babylonia. The Route of the captives was not directly east through the desert, but northward through Syria to the Euphrates, thence southeast down the river to Babylonia. METHODS. Jeremiah in Judah and Egypt. Ezekiel on the river Chebar, "The grand canal," southeast of the city of Babylon. Daniel in Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar was a great general in 605, in his first seige of Jerusalem, and became sole emperor B. C. 604. He made Babylon glorious during his reign of 43 years. He was in his 18th year when he began this siege. Jerusalem was at this time a city of 20,000 inhabitants. Against the huge engines of Asiatic warfare the besieged citizens constructed counterengines; and the struggle was worthy of the occasion—a combat or duel not only of courage, but of skill and intelligence, between Babylon and Jerusalem. Houses were demolished, that new walls might be built of their materials, inside each spot weakened by the battering-rams. The ramparts were vigorously defended by archers and slingers, equal in bravery to those of the Chaldeans. The rams were caught, when possible, by doubled chains or ropes to weaken their blows, or, if it might be, to capsize them. Lighted torches and firebrands were thrown on their roofs and on those of the catapults, to set them on fire. The gates of the town were zealously defended against the efforts of the enemy to burst them open or to burn them. At last there was no food for the people, and famine prevailed. The houses were full of the sick and wounded; bloody fights between contending parties, as to surrendering or holding out, crowded the streets with fresh horrors; the roar of the siege night and day filled the air. A breach was made in the city, at midnight. The princes of the king of Babylon came in, the generals and high officials, Nebuchnezzar himself was at Riblah in Hamath and the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem. The king of the Chaldees slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maleen, old man, or him that stooped for age; he gave them all into his hand. And they burnt the house of God. They slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, so that the last things his eyes ever saw, a perpetual memory, were the agonies of his sons, and of his friends, all the nobles of Judah. They put out Zedekiah's eyes. He would have no more opportunities of conspiring against his rulers. God spoke by the tongue of Ezekiel one of the most mysterious and most curious predictions in the entire Bible. He declared that King Zedekiah should be led into Babylon a captive, should there live and there die, and yet he should never see the city. So音narar is this record that we must read the verses just as he wrote them out. Now put with this a parallel passage. Jeremiah was thrown into prison by his monarch. While there under bonds, he in like manner predicted the downfall of Jerusalem; and he said that Zedekiah should speak with Nebuchadnezzar mouth to mouth, and see his eyes. The history we have just considered shows how these prophecies were fulfilled and the captives carried to Babylon. The way of Transgressors is the choice of those who walk in it. God, good men, angels, laws, all are against any man's walking therein. The way of transgressors is hard indeed, because of the awful punishment at the end of the way. Like the human victim selected for sacrifice by the Aztecs, for weeks was feasted and honored, but who knew all the time what the end was to be. So the sinful know that the end of their way is death, and the consciousness of this throws a shadow over all the life before. The ruin from sin is an awful tragedy; but whenever sin goes unpunished the sin increases. Murders have greatly increased in this country, where the majority of murderers go unpunished. The way of transgressors is very hard, not only on account of the punishment at the end, but because so many barriers must be broken down and restraining influences must be overcome in order to go on in sin—the love of God, the conscience and moral nature, the word of God, the Holy Spirit, the sense of honor, God's goodness, early training, the influences of religion. There is nothing God wants so much as to save men from the way of transgressors, into the kingdom of heaven. This is not merely New Testament teaching, but Old Testament teaching, Witness Isaiah, and Jeremiah, and Ezekiel. Listen to Hosea's message from God, expressions of God's loving-kindness and unwaived yearning over the people, like the father in the parable of the prodigal son. The father exclaims in infinite pity, "How can I give thee up, Ephraim?" "How shall I make thee as Admhara?" a desolate ruin. "I will heal their backsiding, I will love them freely." You Look Prematurely Old Because of those ugly, grizzly, gray haire. Use "LA CREOLE" HAIR DRESSING. PRICE, $1.00, retail. INFLAMATION AND PAIN Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Creston, Iowa.—I "wasted troubled for a long time with inflammation, pains "I was troubled for inflammation, pains in my side, sick headaches and nervousness. 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