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THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY TRADING WITH THE MERCHANTS WHO ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER. CUBA THE NEGROE'S LAND OF HOPE By CHARLES ALEXANDER. FOURTEENTH YEAR CUBA THE LAND O By CHARLES Happiness is the chief object of human endeavor. Every man of whatever race, high or low, rich or poor, young or old, is seeking happiness. All labor of whatever sort is exerted in the hope that the reward will furnish means of obtaining happiness. He who points the way to happiness, is a benefactor to his race. In this great prosperous country the Negro toils and hopes: he hopes something vaguely, sometimes unconsciously, for happiness but the realization too frequently dawns upon him that the more he toils, the furthur out into the sunlight and intelligence and presperity he drifts in his search for happiness, the less brilliant his future appears. After a very careful study of Cuba and its wonderful possibilities, and after a delightful trip to that beautiful island, from Boston, and a searching investigation of the Los Pinos Farms, a tract of ten thousand acres with in sixty miles of Havana. I am convinced that I am rendering my race a real service by sending forth this article. Cuba is an island republic of wonderful natural resources. It offers great and varied opportunities to intelligent and industrious colored men of the United States. At the present time at least, there is no color question, no color line, in the republic. Race prejudice, discrimination in public places, segregation and proscription are not encountered by colored men in Cuba. The climate of the island is congenial, the temperature ranging from 65 to 88 a larger part of the year. Indeed, Cuba is in a realtity the land of "perpetual June." This island presents unusual chances to our people - it is a land of golden opportunities right within easy reach. The island is 780 miles long is 100 miles wide, It has an area or 44,000 square miles. Since the Spanish-American war, at which time the homes of the natives were destroyed, sanitary conditions have been greatly improved, good roads have been built ```markdown ``` and no unhealthy condition prevails on the island. The island is now one of the healthiest spots on the face of the globe, and is destined to become one of the great winter resorts for people of wealth and leisure. Even now during the months of January, February and March, I am told, Havana is as gay as Paris or as New York. The Prado, Central Park, and such hotels as the Plaza, Inglaterra, Recardo and Sevilla are crowded with brilliantly jeweled ladies and gentlemen from all parts of the world. Owing to its equable climate and rich soil, Cuba is exceptionally well adopted to agriculture. The rpparent backwardness of the natives in the cultivation of the soil is due to the fact that they have for four years been the objects of Spanish oppresion They have in many cases become discouraged and heartless. But under the guiding star of Americans who have been attacted by the thousands to this island, the natives are gaining inspiration by the examples of industry is shown by these people from the United States. Peace prevails on the island. The railroad lines have been extended recently, remote sections have been brought into close in touch with the larger and more thriving communities, and improved transportation facilities have opened up the way of progress and prosperity to all classes. Again, American colonies, of which there are many, have injected new blood into the republic and rencered the economic and industrial situation inspiring and hopeful. New highways have been constructed, ports improved, canals and wharves built, agricultural schools started all over the islands and gratifying results al ready obtained in the development of the natural resources of the island. The chief retarding factor in the agricultural and industrial development of Cuba as far as I could see is the scarcity of labor The labor problem is the one big SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER, 30 1911. problem at this time. The American Negro who understands farming can make an independent living under the most favorable conditions in Cuba, There is no place in the world where he honest labor will bring larger returns, and no place where he will enjoy greater personal liberty. This beautiful island is known in history as the "Pearl" or as "Queen" of Antilles, the "Bever-Faithful Isle" and it is all of it. There the air is soft, the water is refreshing, the fruits simply delicious, the flora a verible moving, turbulent riot of color, and the palm tree stadds everywhere majestically, fantastic fringing for the sky line in the distance. White men are getting rich in five or ten years, and now is the time for Colored men to join their ranks and share their good fortune. There is plenty of room for ambitious and industrial men & women of my race. The Los Pinos Farms have been divided into ten-acre tracks to be sold at the very low price of $30.0 per acre and on easy payments. I would be pleased to write fully to any one who may be interested to know more about these great farms in the western part of the island, the most favored section of the republic. Any industrial Coloren man may reap a fortune from small investments if he will take up this land. The soil is fertile and the land is cheap. A ready market for all kinds of produce that is found in the United States and the shipping has been made easy for all. Such vegetables as corn, tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, cabbage, watermelons, eggplant onions, green peppers, turnips, besides a number of purely native vegetables, can be raised at the rate of two and three crops a year; while oranges, bananas, grapefruit, cocoanuts and pineapples and continuous sources of wealth, and they may be produced at very small expense. The finest tobacco raised in the world is raised on the farm next to the Farms. One-half of the labor expended on soil of South and West in the United States, will yield three times the returns in Cupa. Nature fairly lavishes her bounty on the tillers of the soil in this beautiful island. Those interested would do well to write to me at once. Charles Alexander. 956 Tremont St. Boston, Mass. HIS OPINION Kansas City Kansas Special To The Wichita Searchlight Dear Sir: I would like to ask your readers a few questions. Should the Christian Churches S. S. B. Y. P. Us. W. M. C. C. and ass, and Conventions adopt the muck-rakiry and bribe taking methods, to succeed in office getting, and holding? We need not be surprised at any thing macsrine politicous do Their past history in every ward city, county and state is fearful. Most of us know all about financing a project when we are broke. But when many comes free, easy, fast and plentiful as a rule we loose our head. When it is hard to get, we have no paid Chorister, Daily Reporter, paid Auditor, Financial Committee, Invited Guest at the Ex, of the Convention, Saliced Moderators and President, and the donatricy of Presidents R. R. Ex to and from National Baptist Convention, And the paying of bills for private Stationary, and carriage hire. Should these be paid at the expense of the Home Mission work. Missionary pastors, minutes and annuals, and church building in destituted places and the city mission and shurn work and the Educational and Foreign Mission work? When there is much triping at the convention this must suffer some what. All except a few the churches pays the rail road ex. of every missenger sent, and the pastor generally are allowen the money and time, suits and the charge. Why should these come and accept trips from friends thats sent to do mission work? Is there any reason for these auditriocy, finance, reporter, president, valet, chorister, carriage—hire, individual stationary bills being made on the convention? Many of these receives from fifty to a hundred dollars and more a month from their churches with donation and time off. Put every expense down, and not jumble them up. Let the wash woman and the homely handed man who is contributing know exactly, whats what. The idea of allowing none residenters to hold office and assess property owners property, and When would the fire cease and the game, and flood say "I Am Full?" Put down the conventional expense as well as the Home and Mission. The people would pay as readily then as now, if the expenses was just. Same church work fail because the expenses are all jumping up. Why should men seek an office if it is too sacrificeing and confiding? Why go as a messenger if the sacrifice is more than one can staad? Some men won't resign the church, but always complaining about the church work and sacrifice. Fifteen or twenty thousane baptist should do more for the Home field work than they are. They should give more for the education, destitution, and city shurn work, missionary pastors old folks home as they call it. And one or more station in the Foreign field kept up. We want the money, not the work. You have a proficient board that knows how to proportionate the monies, among themselvs and the community valets. Our cities and church communities are being run over with one case, Salloons, Shuns and Drives and Dance Evil, Park and Bouler and Craze while we devide the spoil. J. R. Richardson. Y. M. C. A. Notes Y. M. C. A. meeting Sunday in afternoon at 4 p.m. at 615 N. Main St Rev. N. E. Roberts of St. Augustine Episcopal Church will open a series of fine special meetings on "Growth of Religious Life." The whole series of talks are as follows;- Oct. 1, Introduction talk, Rev. Roberts, Oct. 8 "The Soul- what is it, Rev. G. T. Wooten, Oct. 15, Conversion & Growth Rev. S. B. Butler, Oct. 22nd. Opcn meeting at Second Baptist Church. Rev. G. W. Cassidy of First Baptist Church will speak Oct. 29, Religious Organizations as means to promiating the higher life Rev. E. T. Fishback. These meetings are at 4 p. m. and all men and boys are invited. Since supporting race enter prises is right, men are coming to the doctrine with their mouths forgeting of the fact that talk is cheap. NO.26 HIS FIRST DUTY To The Colored People. One of the first and foremost duties which Mayor-Elect Minick owes to the colored people of Wichita is to relieve Police Officer Jeff Thompson of his star, club and authority as a policeman. Jeff Thompson does not in the very least represent the colored people of this city and has long since lost his usefulness as a policeman in Wichita. There are other colored men in this city who should be given a chance and Jeff should be retired to private life where he should have been some time ago. LITERARY SOCIETY The John Brown Literary Society met Wednesday evening, at the A, M, E. Church. The attendance continues to increase, and each meeting more interesting, among the numbers on program which was well received was a paper on Paul Lawrence Dunbar by Mrs. J. W. Thompson. The meeting of the Inter-State Literary Society which meets here in December was the topic for general discussion desiring the cooperation of the citizens and all organizations to make preparations to entertain them. The public is invited to come out on next Wednesday evening. :::PROGRAME:: Chorus..... By the Society Roll Call..... Current Event Vocal Solo..... Miss. P. Hackley Paper, "John Brown" ..... Mrs F. O. Miller. Ins. Solo..... Miss. Irma Clark Debate, Resolved:- That reciprocity with Canada would be of a great benefit to the people of this country. Affirmative S. W. Jones, J. W. Thompson, Negative, George Brown, H. W. Marshall. --- We do all kinds of fancy JOB PRINTING, Satisfaction Guarenteed. Prices Always Right. Bring your Job work to us. Children To Adopt Two colored children to adopt Boy 8 years old. Girl 10 years old at the Helen Gould Orphan Home 1447 South River Phone Market 3589. HUNNEWELL SUIT IS FILED PETITION TO OUST COUNCILMEN GOES TO ATTORNEY GENERAL. Pers Accompanied by Affidavits From Mayor and Citizens—To Supreme Court. Kansas City, Kansas.—The four councilmen of Hunnewell who have disagreed with Mrs. Ella Wilson, the mayor, are to be put out of office at once. A petition asking their ouster and a motion asking that they be suspended from service at once has just been forwarded by C. W. Trickeet, special attorney instructed by Gov. Stubbs to investigate the matter. John E. Dawson, attorney general, has filed ouster suits in the supreme court of Kansas. The petition takes up the history of the dispute in Hunnewell. It alleges that the four members of the council have refused to transact city business or confirm any appointments, although she has placed before them the name of every respected citizen of the town, including the village schoolmaster and that the councilmen have failed to levy the required tax and the municipality is without funds because of this. The petition is accompanied by an affidavit from Mrs. Wilson and several affidavits from the citizens of Hunnewell. This suit is the outgrowth of the visit of the woman mayor to Kansas City last month. It was then determined to give the members of the council one more chance to confirm the appointments made by the mayor. The council refused to do this and the suit results. According to statements made by the councilmen when their registrations were demanded by Dawson, they will fight the case to the end. TWO SPRING SEASONS IN KANSAS Fruit Trees and Flowering Shrubs Put Out New Leaves and Blossoms. Hill City, Kansas.—The trees and shrubs of Hill City are exhibiting a curious phenomenon this fall by putting out new leaves and blossoms as though it were spring. Apple and plum trees bloomed a few days ago and a iliac bush in the yard of B. F. Boston has several fine blooms. Black walnut, maple and box elder trees have delicate new leaves. The reason for the new foliage probably is to be found in the continued dry weather during August, causing the buds to set unusually early. Then a severe hail storm, August 26, stripped the trees of foliage and the warm weather of September caused the winter buds to become active. SUES TIMES FOR GAS EXPLOSION Plaintiffs in Damage Suit Against Los Angeles Paper Base Action on Gas, Not Dynamite as Cause. Los Angeles, California.—Another angle to the McNamara case developed when suit for $50,000 damages was brought against the Times by the widow and mother of A. Churchill Harvey Elder, who died as a result of the disaster at the plant of that newspaper October 1, 1910. The plaintiffs allege that the explosion in the Times building was caused by gas. They charge the defendants with having negligently permitted the establishment to become filled with gas and with having failed to provide proper means of escape from the building in accordance with city ordinances. RAILROADS DISLIKE NEW RATES Will Enjoin Commission From Enforcing Lower Schedule on Steel Shipments. Jefferson City, Missouri.—Attorney General Major received notice that the Missouri railroads would file injunction proceedings in the federal court at Kansas City against the railroad commission to prevent it from putting into effect a new and lower schedule of rates on steel, which will be alleged to be "confiscatory." The board of railroad commissioners after a hearing at Kansas City upon the complaint of shippers formulated a new steel schedule over the protest of the railroad representatives present. A Kansas Pillow for Taft Ottawa, Kansas.—President Taft is to receive in his special car a pillow which will serve as a continual reminder to him of his visit to Kansas. The pillow was designed by C. Felter of this city and will be presented to Mr. Taft by the ladies of the G. A. R. of Kansas. Train Robbers Got $35,000. Seattle, Washington.—Masked men held up a car on the Iditarod tramway one and a half miles from Flat City and stole a strong box containing $35,000 in gold dust the property of Friend, Lawson & James. No New Party for Union Men. Chicago, Illinois.—Organized labor in Illinois is opposed to the formation of an independent political party. The referendum vote on the question has been returned and it is overwhelmingly against a new political party. ALL OUT FOR THE NEXT RACE NOW MY CAR IS 40 HORSE POWER AND WILL... INDIANAPOLIS NEWS. WICHITA MAYOR RECALLED MAJORITY AGAINST MAYOR GRAHAM WAS HEAVY. Includes Two Commissioners—Crowd Watching Bulletins Greatest Since Fight Returns Were Shown. Wichita, Kan.—With reports from every precinct in the city showing a majority of almost two to one against him, Mayor J. H. Graham admitted the success of the recall election against him at an early hour. Returns show that Dr. W. W. Minick has been elected mayor to succeed Mr.' Graham by a majority of 2,800 votes. Commissioner E. M. Leach and Commissioner R. B. Campbell have both been recalled, though the vote against them is considerably lighter than against Mayor Graham. J. H. Harts and W. S. Schell are the newly elected commissioners. In Wichita the success of the recall movement is apparently a highly popular victory. The crowd which gathered to watch the election bulletins packed the street for more than a block in three directions, the largest crowd gathered here since the Johnson-Jeffries fight. Wichita never has had a more bitterly contested political campaign. MANY SPEAK OF CONSERVATION Great Congress at Kansas City Addressed by Noted Speakers From all Over Country. Kansas City, Missouri.—Delegates, public officials, representatives of governors and others told at the conservation congress in Convention hall of the progress of that spirit in states from the Atlantic ocean to the Pacific. The speakers told about how conservation was applied to everything from the overflow water of the Illinois river to the shrimps of Louisiana. The state reports indicate clearly and surely that the people are taking hold of the movement. Some of the Eastern delegates looked at each other in amazement when they heard that out in Kansas there are 340 farmers' institutes with a membership of aabout 50,000 that are carrying on the same work and have been doing it for years. A solid bank of men, women and children greeted President Taft as he entered Convention hall. Italy and Turkey Near War Paris, France.—With Italy mobilizing an army of 112,000 men to back up her African demands, and with Turkey rushing reinforcements into Tripoli to strengthen Turkish garrisons and threatening to expel the 50,000 Italian residents of Tripoli at the point of the bayonet at the first open move on the part of Italy, it is believed in the continental capitals that war between the two powers is inevitable and that the opening gun in the conflict is likely to be fired soon. Insanity Plea Back Fired Columbus, Kansas.—The same evidence which caused the acquittal of Ed. Donaldson on the charge of murdering his wife resulted in his being later adjudged insane and ordered committed to an asylum. At the inquiry Donaldson made as vigorous effort to prove himself sane as he did to establish his insanity at the murder trial. Donaldson shot and killed his wife at Galena in a fit of jealousy and then shot himself. Dogs Trailed Slayer. Poplar Bluff. Missouri. — Blood-hounds led officers in search of the murderers of Willard McDurff to R. E. Ward's home near williamsville. E. A., Tom and Jett Ward, and two relatives of the Wards were arrested. Fell in Front of a Train Tulsa, Oklahoma.—Judge John R. Clark of Payne county, a widely known lawyer and politician, fell in front of a st. Louis & San Francisco passenger train here and suffered injuries which may cause his death. FRENCH BATTLESHIP WRECKED Series of Explosions Sinks One of France's Finest Vessels and Kills 500 Brave Seamen. Toulon, France.—Torn by explosions in its own magazine, the French battle ship Liberte sank in the Toulon roadstead, where it was anchored. Between 350 and 500 seamen went to death when the Liberte sank. The first explosion came when most of the crew were asleep in their hammocks. The first instinct was to run to the rail and jump overboard. Instinct and discipline clashed and discipline won, for most of the seamen went to their posts and were there when the Liberte went down The first alarm of fire was sounded early in the morning. It was followed by four successive explosions of increasing intensity as the fire neared the powder magazines. A deafening explosion literally tore the great war ship to pieces and sent it to the botom a mass of twisted wreckage. FIVE THOUSAND WERE PRESENT Congressional Delegation and State Officials of Kansas Attended Madison Funeral. Dodge City, Kansas.—More than 5,000 friends attended the funeral service for Representative Edmond H. Madison, but comparatively few of them could crowd into the church or around the grave in the cemetery. Every regular train brought friends from all over the state. The business houses of Dodge City were closed part of the day and all were closed during the funeral services. The town was draped in mourning and flags on the postoffice, courthouse, public library and city hall were half mast. No Party Name on Ballots. San Francisco, California.—New and untried election machinery was set in motion at a non-partisan primary election here for the selection of a full complement of municipal officials. For the first time in San Francisco's history neither party names nor insignia have a place on the ballots. In the event of a candidate receiving a majority vote he will be declared elected without having to participate in the general election to follow. Struck an 18-Hour Train. Pittsburg, Pa.—Train No. 28 on the Pennsylvania railroad, known as the 18-hour flyer between Chicago and New York, was struck by a freight 30 minutes after leaving this city, one trainman being killed, four others injured and one passenger seriously injured. Tulsa, Oklahoma.—The good roads movement in Tulsa county was further facilitated when an entire bond issue of $500,000 for good roads voted a week ago, was sold to a Toledo, Ohio, firm of bond buyers. Sturgeon Wants Roads. Sturgeon, Missouri.—At a meeting of the farmers and business men of this section just held here it was decided to organize a special road district with Sturgeon as the base. Bartlesville, Oklahoma.—The post-office at Ramona, on the "Katy," was entered and the safe door blown from its hinges. More than $60 and $1,000 in stamps were taken. Nothing else in the building was touched. White Slayer to Prison. St. Joseph. Mo.—W. H. Watson and Mrs. Mabel Mosier were convicted here of "white slave" trafficking. Watson was fined $1,000 and given a year in the federal prison and Mrs. Mosier was sentenced to six months in jail. Gas Explosion at Grabham. Independence, Kan.—E. A. Swizer, assistant engineer at the Kansas Natural Gas company's Grabham pumping station, and Arthur Shields, an oiler, were severely burned in a gas explosion WHY DO BOYS LEAVE THE FARM? Rural Life Congress at Kirksville Offers Prize for Best List of Reasons. Kirksville, Missouri.—To ascertain how to head off the farmer boy, who is planning to go to the big city, those in charge of the first Missouri rural life congress, to be held in Kirksville, September 28 to October 1, have offered a prize for the best list of reasons the young men of northeastern Missouri do not remain in the country. When the lists have been examined, they will be taken up by the sociologists, philanthropists and publicists who are to attend the conference, and an effort will be made to point out the way so that conditions can be changed. The Kirksville conference is the fourth of its kind to be held in the United States and the first to be held west of the Mississippi river. Upon its success will depend the plans of leaders in other states to hold similar meetings for the same purpose. WOULD HAVE SPECIAL SESSION Gov. Hadley Receives Letter Asking That This be Done to Enact Certain New Laws. Jefferson City, Missouri.—Gov. Hadley has received a letter from Senator Thomas F. Lane of Cape Girardeau suggesting the calling of an extra session of the legislature to enact a working men's compensation law, commission form of government legislation, revision of the municipal code and the reformation of the law regulating practice and procedure. While it is not believed that the governor deems these questions of sufficient importance to warrant an extra session of the legislature he said that he would give the proposition consideration. The governor takes the view that a special emergency must arise that cannot await the regular session before a governor is authorized to call an extraordinary session. KANSAS ARTIST WINS IN PARIS Wichita Young Man Only One to Receive Individual Notice Among Showing of 160. Paris, France.—John Noble, tae Wichita, Kan., artist who contributed to the Beaux Arts Salon last spring a painting which attracted much favorable attention, is now receiving praise for his work in another exhibition. The artists now on their annual outing are giving an exhibition in which 160 pictures are shown. The Paris Plage devotes two columns to a criticism of this salon, praising the work of the contributors in general, but mentions only Noble as deserving of individual notice. GOVERNMENT STILL OWNS LAND Consternation Among Dunklin County Farmers Who Thought They Owned Their Land. Springfield, Mo.—Consternation has been aroused in Dunklin county over the announcement by government land officials here that 800 acres of farm land near Senah is still held by the United States, in spite of the fact that it is held and has been cultivated by Dunklin county farmers for 25 years. The old settlers, according to the government officials, will have first right to purchase or homestead the farms which they have believed they owned for a quarter of a century. MACHINISTS VOTE TO STRIKE Report Was Signed by Four Branches of Work Over Protest of International President. Davenport, Iowa.—Resolutions declaring for a strike of machinists on the Harriman railroads, unless demands of the federated employees are granted, were adopted by the International Association of Machinists in convention here. The action was taken over the protest of James McConnell, president of the international association, who presented a minority report. The majority report favoring a strike was signed by the presidents of the boiler makers, carmens, blacksmiths and the sheet metal workers, First Mail to Go by Air Route. New York, N. Y.—United States mail was carried by aeroplane for the first time at the aviation meet at Nassau boulevard. Earl Ovington, in his monoplane, transferred a regulation mail bag, containing 640 letters and 280 postcards, to the Mineola aerodrome, five miles away, where it was received by a postal official and sent on its way to various parts of the country. Europe's War Scare Over. London, England.—All danger of a Franco-German war over the latest Moroccan entanglement is understood to have passed with the dispatch of France's reply to Germany's last note, concerning a settlement. Baker is Celebrating Baldwin, Kansas.—Inaugural exercises of President Mason began with a student and alumni parade in'which the president and Mrs. Mason were drawn by 20 students from their home to the gymnasium. MACHINISTS ADOPT STRIKE REPORT ACTION BY INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION AFFECTING HARRI-MAN LINES. AT DAVENPORT, CONFERENCE Crafts' Presidents Sign Ultimatum to Roads—Action Taken Over Protest of McConnel, Who Presented Minority Petiton. Davenport, Ia., Sept. 27.—Resolutions declaring for a strike of machinists on the Harriman railroads, unless demands of the federated employees are granted, were adopted by the International Association of machinists in convention here late today. The action was taken over the protest of President James McConnell of the international association, who is a membre of a conference of presidents of the International Railway Crafts unions, who presented a minority report to the convention. The majority report favoring a strike was signed by President Franklin of the boiler makers, Ryan of the car men, Kline of the blacksmiths, and Sullivan of the sheet metal workers. The failure of the machinists' convention to reach a decision on the question of decarring for a strike in previous sessions caused the conference of international officers to be held. It was agreed that the action of the international presidents decided upon would be adopted. The officers failed to agree and after a session lasting until late Monday night, majority and minority reports were drawn up. Immediately after the conference, President Kline of the Blacksmiths and Helpers' International union, left Davenport for Chicago. Kiine Refuses to Comment. Chicago, Sept. 27.—James W. Kline, president of the Blacksmiths and Helpers' International union, who returned to Chicago today from Davenport, refused to discuss the action taken at the conference, or comment on the machinists. "The matter now rests with the international presidents," said Kline. "Until they issue the order no general strike will take place either on the Southern Pacific or the Illinois Central. I find a communication from the Illinois Central company awaiting me here. It informed me that members of the union I represent had violated their contract with the Illinois Central of Memphis. I have had no time to send a reply to the railroad, but I have telephoned to the local officers at Memphis, instructing them that no strike has been ordered and advising them to await action by the international presidents. The trouble at Memphis and some other Southern points is due to the action of the clerks. The officers of the international unions now have the backing of all the organizations in the Federation of Railway Employees." Kline, when asked about a report that the Davenport convention had sent a communication to officials of the Harriman railroads, said: "I cannot discuss that now." Cigarmakers May Walk Out. Tampa, Fla. Sept. 27—Indications tonight are that 12,000 cigarmakers will refuse to return to their benches tomorrow morning as a result of notices posted that men will not be allowed to appropriate cigars for their own consumption. A meeting of the joint advisory board is being held tonight to decide whether a general strike will be called. Five Killed in Race Battle. Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 27.—Five are dead as a result of a pitched battle between officers and several negroes near Dumas, Ark., this afternoon. The officers were trying to arrest several negroes when the latter opened fire. Sheriff W. D. Preston, of Desha county, and Deputy Sheriff Barney Stell of Little Rock are the dead whites. Victims Estimated at 235 Dead. Toulon, France, Sept. 27.—The latest official estimate places the number of victims of the Liberte disaster as 235 dead and 160 wounded, 40 dangerously. It is believed this estimate is nearly correct, as it is the result of an exhaustive examination of the muster rolls and a roll call of those who survived the explosion. Mexico City, Sept. 27.—Wenceslao France, a resident of Acale, a small town in the state of Chiapas, was crucified by the rebellious Chamula Indians when they sacked that place last Saturday, according to telegrams received by El Impirical tonight from Tuxtla Gutiierrez, the state capital. Keeps Secret Walsh Parole Action. Keeps Secret Walsh Parole Action. Leavenworth, Kan., Sept. 27.—John R. Walsh, the former Chicago banker, was given a hearing before the federal board of parole at the United States prison here today, but whether his release from the prison will be recommended is a secret. The board members refused to discuss their findings. Within the next two or three days, following adjournment of the board, President R. V. Ladow will make his report on the case to Attorney General Wickersham. Nine times in ten when the liver is right the stomach and bowels are right. CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS gently but firmly compel a lazy liver to do its duty. 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Secretive Family Bible Tommy was a venturesome lad, but nobody had ever credited him with sufficient courage to shake his head in contradiction when the Sunday school visitor, who wished to show of his knowledge of Biblical history, asserted that Sarah, Abraham's wife, was the only woman whose age was recorded in the Bible. Seeing the disappaying motion of the little head in the front row, the visitor reiterated: "Sarah was the only woman whose age is recorded in the Bible." Then Tommy spoke right up: "There are three more that I know of," said he. "Who?" asked the astonished visitor. "Mother, grandmother and Aunt Lucy," said Tommy. THE DECEIVER. A Sergeant—'Alt! Take Murphy's name for talkin' in the ranks. Corporal—W'y, sergeant, 'e weren't talkin'. Sergeant—Wasn't 'e? Well, cross it hout and put 'im in the guard room for deceivein' me.—The Tattler. FOOD AGAIN A Mighty Important Subject to Every- One. A Boston lady talks entertainingly of food and the changes that can be made in health by some knowledge on that line. She says: "An injury to my spine in early womanhood left me subject to severe sick headaches which would last three or four days at a time, and a violent course of drugging brought on consideration with all the lills that follow. "My appetite was always light and uncertain and many kinds of food distressed me. "I began to eat Grape-Nuts food two or three years ago, because I liked the taste of it, and I kept on because I soon found it was doing me good. "I eat it regularly at breakfast, frequently at luncheon, and again before going to bed—and have no trouble in 'sleeping on it.' It has relieved my constipation, my headaches have practically ceased, and I am in better physical condition at the age of 63 than I was at 40. "I give Grape-Nuts credit for restoring my health, if not saving my life, and you can make no claim for it too strong for me to endorse." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek Mich. 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. CHAPEL of the WELL GUADALUPE THE CASTLE OF CHAPULTEPEC COPYRIGHT & UNDERWOOD & UNDERWORD.NY A TYPE MARVEL PLAN M EXICO is a land of enchantment, romance and mystery for most Americans. We, of the northern climates, are likely to look upon it as a country of bull fights, bandits and wild Indians, where the lives of foreigners are not safe, and the principal amusement is stabbing Americans in the back with long-bladed knives. During the last year or two certain magazine articles have caused these ideas to take a firm hold upon our minds, especially since the recent revolution broke out. These pieces are based upon facts, but the truth has been greatly enlarged upon in order to create a demand for such literature and make the production of the authors more salable. However, the traveler in Mexico will find that he is just as safe there as in any other part of the world, providing that he attends to his own affairs; but, on CHAPEL of the WELL GUADALUPE the other hand, if he is looking for trouble he will be accommodated there just as quickly as at home, for the Mexicans are a courteous race and nothing pleases them better than to be obliging to strangers. One morning in June, several years ago, I arrived in Vera Cruz. This is one of the most ancient cities of the New World, as it was founded by Cortez in 1519. It is historic to the last degree; and it was there that Maximilian first set foot on Mexican soil, while the flags of four great nations—Spain, Mexico, France and fations—Spain, Mexico, France and the United States—have floated over its ramparts. Mexico City is full of interesting places. Relics of the conquistadores and of the days of Spanish rule may be seen on every side. History says that about 1325 a band of Aztecs was traveling through the Valley of Mexico. For nearly six hundred years these people had been wanderers on the face of the earth, and during all those centuries they had been searching for the promised land—a place to build a new home. Their priests had taught them that when they saw a royal eagle with a snake in its talons alight upon a prickly pear cactus, that would be a sign that there was the place for them to build a city. And as they were wandering through this valley they beheld a royal eagle, perched upon a cactus, holding a serpent. This is the origin of the Mexican national emblem of today. Accordingly they stopped, for they firmly believed that their long journey was ended. On an island in Lake Teccoo they built a city which they called Tenochtitlan, and this is where the City of Mexico now stands. Considering the centuries that they had been homeless, the reign of the Aztecs over this fain land was short, for in 1519 Cortez landed in Mexico. Then began one of the most remarkable campaigns in all history. The great conqueror commenced his famous march to the Aztec capital, fighting battle after battle, and defeating hordes of savages. On November 8, 1519. Cortez entered Tenochtitlan with his little army and was welcomed by Montezuma II. The Spaniards collected a great amount of gold and other valuables which they were compelled to leave, for on July 1, 1520, they were driven from the city. However, in August, 1521, they returned, besieged the place, and on the 13th they were again victorious; and the reign of the Aztecs came to an end forever. But the great treasures that had been left behind by the conquerors had disappeared. Cuauhtemoc, the last of the Montezumas, was tortured with fire in an effort to make him disclose the hiding place of the gold; but in this Cortez failed, for the lips of the Aztec remained sealed, and the location of the treasure is a mystery unto this day. One of the principal points of Interest is the Turbide hotel, located on First San Francisco street, and not far from the Plaza Mayor. This building was erected by the Marquesa de San Mateo Valparaiso, in the eighteenth century, and later became famous as the palace of In the Valley of Mexico BY EARLE R. FORREST THE GREAT CATHEDRAL OF MEXICO THE NATIONAL PALACE modern Mexico's first emperor, Augustine de Iturbide. This man was the commander of the viceroy's forces; but he was ambitious, and so he joined the revolutionists, helping them to throw off the yoke of Spain. For this he was crowned emperor of Mexico on July 25, 1822. His reign was short, for he soon became unpopular, and on March 20, 1823, he abdicated and sailed for Europe. Mexico is a land of churches; and over the ruins of one of the greatest pagan temples of the New World stands a magnificent place of worship of the Christian religion. There, where the great Aztec temple that was destroyed by Cortez once stood, is now the beautiful Cathedral of Mexico. The cost of its construction was about $2,000,000. The front is surmounted by two beautiful towers, about two hundred feet high, from which an excellent view of the city, with its picturesque domes and great buildings, may be had; while the Valley of Mexico, famed the world over for its beauty, stretches out like a great panorama. The famous Lake Texcoo, the great castle of Chapultepec and the sacred town of Guadalupe seem just beneath your feet. Far away on the him of the valley the great Popocatepel and Ixtacuhtlán ("the Woman in White"), on the summits of which is the land of eternal snow, rise up above the surrounding country. The cathedral is never closed. Night and day, summer and winter, its doors are always open, and every one, from the poorest beggar in the land to the richest man, is welcome. There, within the walls of this beautiful palace of religion, they all gather, rich and poor, aristocrat and peon, to receive the bishop's blessing. On the east side of the Plaza Mayor is the National palace, which was started in 1692. This is the seat of the national government, and within its walls the laws which govern the people of Mexico are made. It is on the grounds where once stood the palace of Axayacat, an emperor of the Aztecs. Just beyond the palace, on the Calle de Moneda, is the National museum. This place is a wonderful treasure house of Aztec relics, and nowhere else in the world will such a collection of implements and other remains of this extinct race be found. Within a few minutes' ride of the Plaza Mayor is the castle of Chapultepec, the White House of Mexico. This building stands upon a huge rock that rises up out of the plain, and it has been the site of the residences of the rulers of Mexico ever since the days of the Aztecs. The Mexico City of former times was surrounded by Lake Tezcococo, the waters of which were alkaline and unit for use. Therefore the inhabitants were compelled to obtain their water from springs, and it was carried to the city by means of aqueducts. One of these ran along the road to Chapultepec and terminated at the fountain of El Salto del Agu, near Belem prison. Portions of this famous old waterway are still standing and may be seen from the street cars. It was constructed of bricks, laid in cement and plastered with the same material. It was very substantial and would have stood a thousand years as well as one. The region of this ancient waterway is one of the most picturesque parts of the city. Out on the Chapultepec highway, which was built by Maximillan, scores of wood carriers may be seen with enormous loads of firewood, that they have cut in the hills, fastened on their backs. They can carry almost as much as a horse, and they pedle this fuel in the city, where it is used for cooking. Quite frequently burros are seen loaded down, carrying a burden larger than themselves. I have also seen this towns in New Mexico and Arizona. One of the most picturesque sights to be seen in Mexico are the queer-looking ox carts. There are great, two-wheeled affairs, drawn by two oxen, sometimes four, and are used in all parts of the republic. Generally the wheels are made out of a solid piece of wood, but sometimes they have spokes. In these vehicles the peons bring their produce to the city, and peddle it along the streets, much the same as do the American truck gardeners. Many of the plows used in Mexico, and very commonly on the haciendas about the capital, are, in- deed, a revelation to Americans. The tongue is about ten feet long and is simply the limb of a tree, generally with a fork at the end. The latter part is about four feet in length and pointed with iron. The whole thing has but one handle and is drawn by a yoke of oxen. With it the natives manage to scrape out a furrow in the ground. The method is exceedingly primitive and picturesque, and is used throughout all parts of the country, modern American plows being a great rarity. In fact, I did not see one in all my travels in the republic. All of the cities and towns have a public fountain from which any one who desires may obtain water; and every hour of the day one may see the aguadores (water carriers) obtaining their daily supply from these places. Both sexes come; the women generally carry a large earthen jar upon their heads, while many of the men bring burros upon which the pack-saddles holding six or eight vessels. Others bring rudely fashioned wheelbarrows with which to haul away the precious fluid. At Popotla, a suburb of Mexico City, is La Noche Triste (the Mournful Night Tree), one of the most historic trees in North America, for it is said that the great conqueror, Hernan Cortez, sat under it and wept on the night of July 1, 1520, following the defeat of the Spaniards by the Aztecs and their retreat from the City of Mexico. This ancient tree is well cared for, and is surrounded by an iron fence. It is gnarled and crooked and partly dead, and it is doubtful if it can live many years longer. A visit to the little town of Guadalupe, about two miles north of the City of Mexico, is one of the most interesting and, probably, the saddest journey in all Mexico. This picturesque village, nestled at the foot of the hill of Tepeyacac, is the shrine of Mexico. There is an interesting legend concerning it, which is as follows: On December 12, 1531, an Indian named Juan Diego was on his way to the church of Santiago to attend mass, when the Virgin Mother descended from the clouds and appeared before the poor peon on the hill of Tepeyacac. She told Juan that she intended to become the Patron Saint of Mexico, and that she wished him to go to the bishop at the Cathedral of Mexico and tell him that she desired to have a church built at the foot of the hill and dedicated to her. Naturally the bishop did not believe the Indian's story, but when Juan went to him for the third time the prelate told him that he must bring some sign. When he repeated this to the Virgin she told him to go to the top of the hill, which was always barren, and that he would find the ground covered with roses. He was to fill his zarape with the flowers and hasten to the bishop with them. Juan did as he was bidden, and when he spread out the roses before the bishop there, on the inside of his coarse zarape was painted a beautiful picture, another miracle, of the Virgin Mary. This was enough; and one of the finest churches in all Mexico was built at the foot of the hill of Tepeyacac. This remarkable portrait was placed in a prominent part of the edifice, where it may be seen to this day, enclosed by a beautiful frame, said to be solid gold; and it is known throughout Mexico as "Our Lady of Guadalupe." On December 12 the festival of "Our Lady of Guadalupe" occurs, and thousands make the long pilgrimage to her shrine. This has taken place since 1752, in which year the Virgin of Guadalupe was officially recognized. On the hill of Tepeyacac is a little chapel which marks the spot where Juan Diego cut the roses that he took to the bishop. Just back of it is the Guadalupe cemetery, in which some of Mexico's most famous men, among them are Santa Ana, Viceroy Bacarell and Colonel Obergon, are buried. This edifice is reached by two series of long, winding stairways, which go up the steep hill from opposite sides. About half way up one of these flights are the mast and sails of a ship, made of stone and plastered with cement. How long they have been there no man can say. There is a legend concerning their origin which is as follows: Many, many long years ago, centuries, perhaps, a ship was in a great storm on the Gulf of Mexico. The vessel was in danger of sinking, and so the sailors prayed to the Virgin, and promised her that if she would save them they would take the mast of their ship to her shrine at Guadalupe, and there set it up so that it would remain forever as a monument to her power. The vessel was saved, and true to their vow, the sailors removed the heavy mast and carried it upon their shoulders over the long, weary miles from Vera Cruz to the City of Mexico, and thence to Guadalupe, where they erected it, the sails set. It was covered with stone and cement in order that it might be preserved for the bene fit of future generations; and there it remains to this day, high up on the hill where all may see. On the spot where the Virgin is supposed to have stood when she appeared to Juan Diego a spring, the waters of which are supposed to cure any ill, gushes forth. Over this fountain a little chapel, one of the most beautiful that I have ever seen, stands. Over the altar is a painting of "Our Lady of Guadalupe" and every day many go to her shrine to worship. One of the most pathetic scenes that can be imagined takes place in front of the cathedral Among the passengers of every street car that arrives are the lame, the halt and the blind. Some have to be carried, others are led, while many who are friendless, hobble and drag themselves to this sacred spring to obtain a drink of its magic waters. No description of this interesting land would be complete without some mention of the picturesque city of Guanajuato. This famous old place was founded by the Spaniards in 1554, and the attraction which brought them there was the rich vein of silver known as Veta Madre (mother vein), which has beer worked steadily for over three and a half centuries. The great Valenciana mine, lined near the city, has produced about $800,000,000. Mining is carried on in the same primitive manner as in the days of the early Spaniards. The cemetery and the catacombs are, probably, of more interest to the stranger than any other point in the city. Armed with a permit which the hotel proprietor gave me I climbed the steep hillside streets to the city of the dead, situated upon the summit of one of the mountains. This cemetery is rather small, and I wondered that there were so few graves in it, but the mystery was soon explained to me. In the walls that enclosed the place are thousands of vaults, just large enough for a coffin. These may be rented for stated periods, but when this time has expired, if the relatives of the deceased do not renew the lease, the remains are taken out and thrown on the bone pile beneath. The crypt is then ready for occupation again. The ground where the graves are located is sold outright. However, the greatest surprise of all was before me. My guide opened a small door built in some masonry on top of the ground, and a flight of narrow, winding stairs was exposed. These we descended, and they brought us into a long, underground passage, where is one of the most remarkable and gruesome sights in all Mexico. About half of this chamber is occupied by a number of corpses. In that dry climate, flesh will not decay when protected from the weather, and these bodies were so withered and dried up that they looked like leather. The expressions on the faces were horrible in the extreme. The other end of this chamber is piled full of bones. They are the remains of the poor wretches who had once been laid to rest in the vaults above, and who, after the term for which their friends had paid rent had elapsed, had been removed to this place. These catacombs are indeed horrible, and a poor place for any one inclined to nervous troubles, for if your nerves are not pretty strong you will see this terrifying place, with its grinning skulls and shriveled mummies, for many a night afterwards. COOK SATURDAY FOR SUNDAY Many Dishes May Be Prepared That Will Not Lose Thein Savor by Being Kept a Day. In meats, fillet of beef, roasted, boned breast of veal, cooked in a casserole without liquid and basted with fat occasionally, brisket of corned beef or a pickled tongue, boiled, may be served hot, on Saturday, and the remainder set aside to serve cold, on Sunday. Veal loaf may be cooked on Saturday. At least one hot vegetable should be prepared on Sunday. Spinach cooked on Saturday may be pressed in to a bowl and served on Sunday with French dressing Old potatoes, pared and soaked some hours in cold water, may be cooked on Saturday. What are left may be heated quickly in boiling water, drained, pressed through a ricer, seasoned properly and beaten with a little hot milk and butter to a snowy mass. Thus, in less than ten minutes, a dish of mashed potatoes can be served, as good in every particular as if fresh cooked. In sweet dishes blanc mange, Bavarian creams, bolled custard with or without snow eggs, floating island, strawberry or apricot tarts, ready for filling, fruit in jelly, as prune, rhubarb or lemon jelly; the latter served with sliced bananas, are among the many simple things that will keep in good condition in a cool place overnight. DEVICE FOR BAKING POT'TOES Invention That Seems of Real Value Is the Work of a Tennessee Man. The potato baker I made consisted of two pieces of sheet asbestos, 18 in. long, 1/4 in. thick and 4 in. wide. Over these pieces I placed a piece of tin, 18 in. long, 11½ in. wide, turning it over from the top and lapping on the bottom. Through the pad there were Asbestos Pads with Nails Protruding. driven several nails on the points of which the potatoes could be impaled. The handle was made by folding a strip of tin over several times and driving brads through the end of the pad. Potatoes baked on this device cook through and through and are very mealy.—Contributed by Joseph H. Noyes, Murfreesboro, Tenn, to Popular Mechanics. Things Worth Knowing. With the care of the refrigerator the thought must always come that butter and milk take on the flavors of all that they come in contact with and should be kept in the ice chamber alone and covered carefully at that. The cream cheeses are susceptible to strong flavors and have to be carefully protected. Wrapping in paraffine paper is often an effective protection for delicate food from strong odors. If the dry staples used daily in the kitchen are kept, as far as possible, in glass bottles, they will retain their flavor and freshness twice as long. The wide-mouthed preserve jars are heady to label and use for the purpose in the pint, and even the half pint size. If the kitchen utensils in the heavier graniteware are placed in a large receptacle and boiled in soda water for five or ten minutes once or twice a week, it will remove every particle of grease from within and without and keep them sweet and wholesome. Baked Cream Toast. Toast the required number of slices of two-day-old bread, dip quickly in hot salt water (one teaspoonful to a pint of water) butter, and lay in a flat pan, then pour a little rich milk over it and place in a hot oven for about five minutes. Take up on a platter and pour two tablespoonfuls of cream on each slice, place the platter in the oven just long enough to heat through and then serve at once. Slice of crisp bacon may be placed around the toast. This is an excellent breakfast dish. Meat Pattles. Take a pound or so of fresh round steak, cut off the fat and run through meat chopper. Separate into small patties and in the center of each place a pinch of salt and small pinch of pepper. If fond of onions, a small shred of onion, also. Fold the meat over so that seasoning is in center. Dip each patty into beaten egg, which also has been seasoned, then into cracker crumbs, and fry in hot fat until nice and brown on both sides. Garnish with parsley. Lemon Tea. A cooling and invigorating drink may be made as follows: Make some tea rather weak and pour it quickly from the leaves. Add an equal measure of lemonade and sugar to taste. When extra acidity is wanted a pinch of citric acid may be added. This beverage may be taken either hot or cold and it is improved by icing. To Peel Tomatoes Have on the stove a pan of boiling water. Put ripe tomatoes into a wire basket and lower them into the water. Leave them in the water for one minute. Remove the skin. SEARCHLIGHT, PAGE FOUR. THE SEARCHLIGHT Established in 1898. W. N. MILLER, Editor. Residence 1401 West 23d Street. Office: 630 N. Main Street. Residence Phone, Market 4090 X Phone your news items to us. 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Address all matter for publication onto 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 Sept. 30, 1911. Now that the excitement of the campaign is over—let us all "get down to brass tacks"—but not "sit down on brass tacks." Change of officers sometimes does good-even a change of the colored police officers. Let it be tried anyway. Appreciates Their Support Mayor--Elect Dr, Walter W; Minick, wishes to express his appreciation to the Colored Voters of Wichita for the magnificient support which they gave him at the polls Monday, Sept. 25th, 1911. He will always remember with much satisfaction the loyalty of the Colored Voters and will during his term of office also show the same. The work of buying homes and becoming taxpayers should go on without ceasing. The government is going to lay molasses road in Massachusetts. That is, it will prepare a binder for madam roads the basis of which will be the residue of sugar-cane manufacture a by-product for which there is at 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 things? LOCALS THE RESUME OF THIS WEEK Send your news notes and local happiness to 630 N. Main Street Mrs. H. F. Frazier is now out again after quite a seige of illness Rev. J. H. VanLeu is at home this week. Mrs. A. J. Cousar is sick at her home 513 N. Main St. John Finney of Ft. Worth Tex is visiting in the city. A. Paul has returned from a trip to Hutchinson. Bernard Brooks attended the Fair in Hutchinson. Mrs. A. Bennett served an elegant breakfast Thursday morning complimeztary to Rev. J. E. Edwards and family. John D. Jones and Maurice S. Jones attended the Fira in Hutchinson Tuesday. Mrs. Lizzie Humphrey Misses. Pearl Hackley Viney Dooley and Mrs, Roy Letcher, were among those who visited the Fair in Hutchinson during the week. Fireman Will H. Jones, who was injured last week is improving very slowly. Rev. Jas. T. Smith, pastor St. John A. M. E. Church, Topeka, had a splendid report at the Annual Conference and was returned to Topeka for another year. Rev. Smith is a hustler and will make good at any place. Rev. Chas. A. Williams, the new pastor of the St. Paul A. M. E. Church preached his introduction sermon Sunday last, which pleased all who heard him. The prospects look bright for a prosperous conference year for Rev. Williams and his church, On Sept. 21, 1911, the W. T. V. Club met at the home of Mrs. L. Banks on N. Waco Ave. Those who were not present will never know what an excellent hostess Mrs. Banks is. The W. T. Vernon Club will meet at the home of Mrs. V. C. Griffin 335 W. 15th. Street on Thusrday Oct. 5, 1911. Send Your News In Early This Week. The Mother's Aid Club was royally entertained at the residence of Mrs. M. E. McKelly Friday evening. Mrs. Luttie Brown Grand Matron and Mrs. V. C. Griffin and Mrs. Madidson of Ky were the guest of honor. At their next meeting they will elect officers. Some people's greatest enemy is their tongue. --- A Good Meeting The ladies of the Home Cooking Club met at the residence of Mrs. R. B. McWilliams 1401 E. Murdock, Friday afternoon and opened their club season. The cooks were Mesdames R. B. McWilliams Will H. Jones and Miss Baker. The table was prepared for Mesdames S. Brizell, Jeff Thompson, J. T. Chinneth, W. H. Jones R. B. McWilliams and Miss Baker. The guests of the evening were Miss. McWilliams, of Lawrence, Mesdames Cowan and M. J. Jones. The menu was: Fried Chicken, Cream Gravy White Potatoes Peas Salad of Season Charlot Russ Pudding Hot Coffee The club will meet 2nd. Friday in Oct. with Mrs. J. T. Chinneth 530 Waco. THEY DID WELL. The colored voters of Wichita, both men and women, deserves high compliments for the splendid and loyal support which they gave Dr. Walter W. Minick for the Mayoralty last Monday. Their support of Dr, Minick verifies plainly the contention of the Searchlight for the past fifteen years, that no people in our city are more interested in having the best possible government than is the colored citizens. Dr. Minick and his associates have every reason to feel proud of the loyalta and support of the colored voters Monday, for this support speaks louder than the words of the high admiration and esteem which the colored voters hold toward Dr. Minick. They count him as one of their best friends and one of Wichitas foremost citizens and the colored voters have the utmost confidence in Dr. Minick as was de. monstriated Monday. It has been several years since any man has been more loyally supported by the colored voters that was Dr. Minick Monday. We congratulate our people upon the wisdom of their choice. John E. Lewis and Rev. E. T. Fishback have returned from Pittsburg, Pennsyl. where they went to attend the National Baptist Convention. They report a fine trip. They visited in Chicago St. Louis, Philadelphia, and other points of interest. In the words of Mr. Lewis, they "had the time of their lives' Dr. Washington, in his speeches, advises the Negro men and women to stop moving so much and work out their destiny where they live. He told his audience that he could pick out every Negro that was constantly running to Memphis, St. Louis, Chicago and other big cities hunting for work; that they always come back to where they started looking lean. Trade With Our Advertisers. 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. 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Wichita, Kansas PROCERIES, MEAT AND General Merchandise carry a full, fresh line of Staple and Fancyeries and the choicest Fresh and Salt Meat. Our stock of Dry Goods, Men, Women and Children's Shoes cannot be excelled in quality at price. Free Delivery Tapp & Hanshaw - 257 North Main Phones 257 A. E. Albrigh 740 North Main St. Dealer In and Second-Hand Furniture, All kinds and Coal stoves both for cooking. Also Tables, Cabinets and a Furniture. In fact, we sell everything kept in a First-Class Grocery. WHY CAN'T WE SELL TO YOU? Makin Eye Drug Co. 517 N. Main St. - Wichita, Kan - Bell Phone 239 IMBODEN'S IMPERIAL FLOUR GRAHAM - CORN MEAL - BREAKFAST FOOD With thirty-five years MILLING EXPERIENCE in Wichita, our products are the best that can be produced. Made from the best selected grain only, put up in Special Packages. ASK YOUR GROCER: See that you get IMPERIAL THE IMBODEN MILLING CO. Wichita, Kansas --- GROCERIES, MEATS 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 HARDWARE STORE 256 N Full line of she Good Garde Full line of fishing price to close out. 256 N. Main St. All line of shelf and heavy hardware Good Garden Hose at 8c per ft. One of fishing tackles at less than 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. SEARCHLIGHT, PAGE FIVE. "SECOND TIME PLEASE GOOD BREAK — AND WILL P IT IS AS WHITE AS THE OTTO WEISS ALFALFA are all guaranteed under Law, Serial No. 13415 as State Law, Regist It Is The Cheapest and B For Clean Beds and Little V Restaurant Meals 20c — Shop 507 North Short Orders Fill Good Service i Barber Shop 513 N A Chas. B. Merchant 605 North N First-Class Making Cleaning, Pressing, and Courteous Attention HILL EN LUMBER 318 West Douglas Dealers in the best at the lowest price Let us estin SECOND TO NO PLEASES ALL BREAD BREAD MAKER — AND WILL PLEASE YOU — AS WILDE AS SNOW — THE WEISS ALFALFA STOCK and POUL guaranteed under the United Serial No. 13415 and under the State Law, Register No. 1. Cheapest and Best Food on the In Beds and Good Meals: Tittle Wonder Restaurant and Hotel 20c — Short Order at all 7 North Main St But Orders Filled At All Good Service is Guarantee Shop 513 North Main A. J. Cousan as. B. 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PATTON Merchant Tailor 605 North Main Street First-Class Making of Men's Garments, Cleaning, Pressing, and Reparing A Specialty Courteous Attention Phone Market 2083 HILL ENGSTROM LUMBER COMPANY 318 West Douglas Phone, Market 4980 Dealers in the best grades of Lumber at the lowest prices. Let us estimate your bills The Best Made We are exclusive bottlers of Allen's Red Tame Cherry, F. Red Rock and Elk Ginger All The Cox's Bottle Phone 4726 Mk. live bottlers of Jersey Cream name Cherry, Fan Taz, Grape Elk Ginger Ale. Cox's Bottling Company k. Wich Excellence Court 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. Excellence Counts THEN USB "U-KNEAD-IT" FLOUR It exctls in every respect, — color, flavor and pounds of bread per barrel. MADE BY WATSON MILL CO. WICHITA KANSAS Trade with our advertisers. They Will treat you right. COX'S J. H. TURNER 535 W. Douglas Phone Phone 496 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. They'll Treat You Right TRADE WITH OUR ADVERTISERS They'll Treat You Right (First published in the Wichita Searchlight, September 9th, 1911) PUBLICATION NOTICE. PUBLICATION NOTICE In the District Court of Sedgwick County, Kansas. Marietta Walton, Plaintiff. State of Kansas, Sedgwick County, ss. To the defendant Hal Walton: You are hereby notified that on the 6th day of September, A. D. 1911 the said plaintiff filed her petition against you in the above court, praying for a divorce and the costs of this action; and you must answer said petition on or before the 19th day of Oct ober, A. D. 1911, or the said petition will be taken as true and judgment rendered against you accordingly for a divorce, and the costs of this action MARIETTA WALTON. Plaintiff. R. B. McWILLIAMS. Attorney for Plaintiff. (Attest.) (Seal.) 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. --- MAN HAS NO RIGHT TO SCOFF Not so Many Years Ago He Was Crazy Over Dress Himself. No, brother, men have not always been so indifferent to dress as they are today. Their raiment, as compared with the darnfoolishness of woman, hasn't always been above reproach. Consider, if you will, the days when our respected forefathers would draw on their lavender-colored pants with a shoe horn, using a little slippery powder, maybe, to help things along, until people looked at their feet and wondered if the pants hadn't been sewed up after the feet got through Consider their tight boots—made so tight that they caused the most excrulating agony. And remember that the dandles of that day would carefully polish these burning, blasting, pinching, agonizing boots and then step carefully with the toes in a mud puddle so that the mud drying on the lower part would make the feet seem small. O, yes, they did it. And of course you know that a bootjack wasn't used merely because the boots might soil the hands, but because nobody had invented a stump-puller in those days and applied it to the removal of tight boots. And remember the bell-crowned hats, and the dingbats and jimcracks they hung on their watch fobs. And the fancy waistcoats and the frilled shirts. And going even further back, consider what historical drawings give us of information as to ancient dress—the knee breeches with gorgeous rosettes—the brilliant buckles on the shoes—the cream-colored cloaks with mauve satin linings. And the white silk stockings that the exclosor would show through. Think of the bepowdered and becuried wigs when you rave at rats on women's heads and repent of your scoffing words. Face powder? Perfumes and scents? Sure they had 'em. Patches on their complexion—yes, and rouge. They sure were pretty men those days. And going back to the Indian—think of his war paint, of his gaudy blanket, his stained arrows, his painte ed pony, his bear-olled hair and his colored feathers. But what's the use? He's not so pretty now. Only he really hadn't ougher scoff so much at hobble skirts and peach-basket hats and Chinese hair switches and things. He really hadn't ougher. As a Buncher. We is one of the most botherome words in the language. It is responsible for more misunderstandings than any other ten words put together. An editor will start out conscientiously to give his opinions. He will begin by saying "We think," meaning himself. A latter later he will say "we," meaning his advertisers. A few lines farther down he will use the word again, meaning the class of people who read his paper. Then his heart will soften and expand. He will become eloquent with the use of "we," meaning the whole community or the entire human race. Then suddenly he will bethink himself and reflect that his is a party organ and "we," the party, is paramount after all. Whereupon he will divest himself of opinions in which the people at large have no interest, or as least no profit. All this is very confusing. The unsuspecting reader struggles along trying in vain to separate the we-goats from the we-sheep. Sometimes that's exactly what the editor is striving for and sometimes he is the most confused of all. We was invented to conceal thought.—Life. Kaiser's Insult to a Courtier An incident very reminiscent of such pettiness was told to Tip the other day by an American just returned from Berlin. It seems one of the Kaiser's suite, a noble of high rank, had incurred the imperial displeasure. The Kaiser did not wish to lose this gentleman's services, but apparently desired to humiliate him for the real or fancied offense. At one of the state dinners shortly afterward, the noble was seated half a dozen places from his ruler. Besides him sat a woman of title, whom he had known from the time both could walk. The two conversed animatedly, Suddenly his imperial majesty leaned forward and exclaimed in a harsh voice: "Prince, it is not etiquette to flirt at my table." The man thus addressed rose to his feet and bowed low. The next day he resigned and retired to his country estate, although it is well known he received a personal letter of apology from Wilhelm II. Not to Be Fooled. Proudly young Tomkins displayed the sights of London to his uncle, fresh from the verdant country. They visited St. Paul and the Embankment and the National Gallery and all the places they could get in free, and, as an especial treat, they visited a music hall, where a trombone solo was in progress when they entered. With rapt attention the old man watched the instrumentalist's facial contortions. At the close the audience applauded thunderously, but the old man sat mute. "Well," said young Tomkins, "didn't you like it?" "Verra good, verra good, no doubt," nodded the old man, "but we country folk canna be taken in so easy as all that; I knew all the time he wasn't a wallowin' of P!!"—Answera TRUNKS Coffeyvilfe, Kansas Ernest Porter of Parsons, is visiting his mother, Mrs. Belle Grace. Miss. Francis Knox, has returned from an extended visit in Okla. Mrs. C. W. Fields of Independence, spent Saturday in the city Tom Mayhew of Chetopa was visiting friends in the city Thursday. The Banquet given by the I, O O. F. on the 21st. was a grand success. Mrs. Jane Goodwin was shopping in the city Wednesday. A goodly number of our people have gone to different points in Okla. to pick cotton this fall. Miss. Wallace has returned from a visit in Kansas City. It was indeed an agreeable surprise to the many friends of the Miss. Victoria Hyder and Mr. Elmer Briley when the news of their wedding went over the city The ceremony took place at the home of the bride in Cherokee, Kansas, they will be at home to their many friends, at 401 E. 4, Street after Oct. 1st in Coffeyville Kansas. Hon. W. H. Taft, president of United States was guest of this city from 6 o'clock a. m. until 9: 45, Monday Sept, 25th. Miss, Eliza Lowe of Angola, was in the city Monday was the guest of Mrs. Britt Dodd. Mrs. Cox is ill at her home on E. 5th. Street. --- REMARKABLE IN THE DOG LINE Proud Owners of Pets, Listen to This from Flatbush, N. Y. Zip, a son of Bluff, the big bull terrier, is the most respected dog in Flatbush, N. Y., says a correspondent. He requires every other dog within 40 blocks to walk a chalk line and bow to him as he passes by. He can lick everything on four feet up to twice his size, yet is as mild as Devery-at-the Pump. His master attributes Zip's prowess to his fondness for the pipe. Like Old King Cole: He calls for his pipe, He calls for his nudies three. "That is the most remarkable dog in the world," says his master. "He takes my pipe out of my mouth and smokes it, standing on his hind feet. See! The stem is all chewed up! If the tobacco doesn't burn well, Zip will get down on his fours and chase all over the house to create a draught. When the fire is well started again he finishes his smoke and returns me the pipe. Strong? He ought to be named Samson. Why, we have a piano that weighs 600 pounds. Tie Zip to it with a rope and he will pull it all over the room." 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Between the region occupied of old by the Aztecs and the realm far to the south over which the Incas ruled lies an immense stretch of territory, a thousand miles long and 800 wide, where the remains of unknown and wonderful civilizations are being discovered, says a writer in Van Norden's Magazine. This region extends from the northern boundaries of Peru to the southern limits of Costa Rica. in one section alone along the coast of Ecuador six entirely unknown civilizations were recently brought to light by Prof. Marshall H. Saville, and a vast collection of relics has been brought to New York. This collection is to be the nucleus of a great American museum, which will represent the history of ancient peoples who attained an extraordinarily high degree of civilization, yet whose very existence has been hitherto lost in antiquity. The famed marble chairs of Rome at its senith were not more symmetrical or beautifully carved than those of one of these unknown civilizations. No pottery of any other ancient race was more delicately patterned than that found in vast quantities, as numerous almost as pebbles, on the sites where these extract peoples dwelt. Their cloth was of truly marvelous weave; in beauty of decorativeness of color and fineness of texture no fabric of to-day supersedes it. 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 gentlty that he was able to climb into the machine and give me a leaking." FEVER DESTROYED HER HAIR Two years ago I had fever which took out all my hair, I used your Pomade and now have a nice head of hair, long and thick. I owe it to your Pomade, writes Mrs. L. Garrett, 3619 Dearborn St. Chicago, IL. Ford's Hair Pomade is the old time tried remedy for harsh and unruly hair, that has been giving satisfaction for over fifty years. Ford's Royal White Skin Lotion is a highly antiseptic, nonirritant skin remedy. It makes the skin whiter immediately upon application. Ask your druggist about these remedies. Be sure and get Ford's, manufactured by the Ozonized Ox Marrow Company, Chicago, IL. --- The KITCHEN CABINET THE DAILY LUNCH BASKET. To the average woman, "lunch basket" means a picnic and holiday outing, and she does not consider what it means to prepare an appetizing, wholesome meal for a hungry man or lively children. The lunch basket is a great problem. The man who has a couple of ill-made sandwiches and a baker's pie tied up in an old newspaper will not be satisfied, and will visit the saloon to piece out an unsatisfactory meal. Many women have only themselves to blame for tippling and treating husbands. The man who has a good and satisfying meal has fortified himself against many such temptations. The harder the labor a man needs to perform to earn his bread, the better and more carefully that bread should be made. The manner in which a lunch is put into the basket or box has a great effect upon the appetite of the eater. See that everything is carefully and daintily packed. Small jars and covered glasses make good receptacles for holding baked beans, baked apples, salad and numerous sauces. These should be tightly closed, as the flavor of foods that are mixed is not always pleasant. Paper napkins may be purchased by the hundred for a few cents, and will save the laundry bills. Remember to buy the pure white, as any color will run when damp, and the color come off on the food. Good, substantial sandwiches are those made with filling of meat put through the meat chopper. When hard cooked eggs are used, remove the shell, roll in salt and twist them in small pieces of white tissue paper. Remember, the laboring man enjoys a nicely prepared lunch as well as the most fastidious, and that he needs a digestible and palatable lunch to keep him able to do his work. A little surprise in the form of some treat especially liked will be appreciated by the bread winner as well as the children. A few pieces of chocolate, a ripe pear, or a cream puff—something to tempt the appetite is always a delight. A lunch is dry without something to drink. Cold tea and coffee may be put into bottles, and if one can afford one of the thermos bottles it will certainly pay for itself in comfort, as then one may have a hot drink or an iceed tea or lemonade. Finally, let us neglect none of the little niceties which make up the sum of comfort. WHEN she had passed it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music. —Longfellow. The most beautiful object in the world, it will be allowed, is a beautiful woman. COMPANY DISHES. When entertaining company nothing is too nice nor too dainty providing our purses can stand the strain. When roasting a duck, try stuffing with seasoned mashed potatoes, sage, onion and minced sweet red peppers. A most delectable salad or cheese to serve either with crackers or as a salad is Almond Cheese.—Moisten a cream cheese, add a cup of finely minced almonds that have been blanched, two tablespoonfuls of cream and salt and paprika to taste. Make into little pats with the forms used for molding the individual butter pat. Serve on lettuce if for a salad, with a bit of dressing. Serve ice cream with the scoup, using care to make the perfect balls. Put into sherbet cups and pour over either preserved strawberries or raspberries. Coffee Bombé—Line a mold with coffee and chocolate ice, a layer of each. The combination is very good. Fill the center of the mold with plain vanilla ice cream with some preserved chopped fruits mixed in it. The combination of colors makes a most attractive frozen dish. Pack the mold for four hours to ripen. Prune Salad.—Mix large prunes that have been steamed and pitted, with pecans and almonds. Serve on lettuce with mayonnaise which has a bit of chopped celery in it. Peanut Purse.—Cook a quart of milk with a cup of peanut butter or pounded peanuts; add a bay leaf, a fraction of one, for the flavor is very pronounced, a teaspoonful of celery seed, one of onion juice, salt and paprika to taste. When this is boiling add two tablespoonfuls of cornstarch or arrow wet with a cup of milk. Arrowroot is more delicate. Cook ten minutes and serve with a tablespoonful of whipped cream on each dish. HAVE but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience, the way of judging of the future but by the past. -P. Harry. SOME REMINDERS. Don't fail to put up some quince honey. Pare and grate five large quinces. To one pint of boiling water add five pounds of sugar. Stir over the fire until the sugar is dissolved; add the quince, and cook twenty minutes. Turn into glasses. When cold it has about the color and consistency of honey. See that there is plenty of grape juice in the fruit closet for winter and summer use. It is one of the most valuable drinks for the invalid. Prepare it by removing the well-washed grapes from their stems, add water to just show among the grapes, and simmer until thoroughly scalded. Drain, and return to the fire and sugar to taste and put up boiling hot. See that the bottles are well sealed by dipping them into melted paraffin. If you have a peck of small beets in the garden, just can them for winter use. Boll and remove the skins, then put into cans and pour over hot vinegar that has been sweetened a little. Seal and keep in a dark place. Change a salmon salad by adding a chopped sour pickle to it or a little coconut of course unsweetened Fresh cocoanuts may be peeled of their dark inner skin and ground first with the coarse knife of the meat grinder, then put again through the cutter, using a finer one. This makes the nut fine enough, when mixed with sugar and dried slowly in the warming oven, to take the place of the bought package variety, and at a quarter the cost. Use a flat paint brush two or three inches wide to dust books. It is easily and quickly used, and does the work better than a cloth. A small wooden skewer which the butcher puts though your meat will make a fine dirt remover. Wrap a cloth around the end and use in the corners of windows when washing them, and in all crevices hard to reach. The tidy housewife is known by the way she keeps the out-of-the-way places. Keep a drawer downstairs for odds and ends which have no especial place, and always put them there. Then when asked for an article like a nail or a piece of wire, if you have it, it will be there. Pieces of glass that just fit over the dresser top and covers the lace or linen scarf keeps it and the dresser always dainty, as the glass is so quick, ly cleaned. WIXT optimists and pessimists BEGINNINGS. The dinners of occasions are always begun with an appetizer of some kind, and although it seems to be a custom to belong to the last ten years, it is really an old one. It is said that the physician of Louis XIV., who was a gourmand, ordered that he should first be served with thin slices of toast spread with marrow, caviare and other pungent foods, for the purpose of appeasing his appetite and conserving his health. Thus came about the introduction of the canape. Canapes are made from white, graham and brown bread, sliced very thin and cut in various shapes. They may be toasted, buttered or fried and covered with any number of mixtures. Cucumber and Caviare.—On a circular piece of buttered toast place a slice of cucumber and in the center of the cucumber put a little caviare. Anchovy Canapes.—Cut bread in slices one-quarter of an inch thick, cut in circles, dip in melted butter, sprinkle with salt and cayenne; spread with anchovy paste and sprinkle with a few drops of lemon juice. Nut and Olive Canape.—Cut bread in crescents. Fry in deep fat. Mix equal quantities of chopped nuts and garnish with small diamonds of pimenteos. Tongue Canapes.—Toast triangles of bread, spread with butter. Cut slices of cooked tongue in small pieces. Mix with creamed butter; add two table-spoonsfuls of capers to a half cup of tongue. Spread on the bread. Sprinkle with salt, cayenne and garnish with water cress. Sardine Canapes.—Cut brown bread in circles, spread with butter and heat in the oven. Pound sardines to a paste. Mix with an equal amount of chopped hard eggs, season with lemon juice and Worcestershire sauce. Spread on the bread and garnish with one slice of cucumber and hard cooked white of egg cut in petal shape, to represent a daisy. Nellie Marwell. If nobody will lead a man into temptation he thinks it's up to him to butt in. The American Home WILLIAM A. RADFORD Editor THE HOME OF THE MAYFIELD MUSEUM Mr. William A. Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building, for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he is, without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Address all inquiries accepted by the owner. Radford N. 178 West Jackson boulevard, Chicago, Ill, and only unclose two-cent stamp for reply. When pinned right down to action, no building owner wants a cheap job on his house. If cheap work is accepted by the owner, it is usually because he is incompetent to judge. Inferior workmanship and materials a little under the best grades look all right to him, and a poorly built job goes through; but inferiority is bound to show up later. Most architects are loyalty and energetically trying to get good work on every building they design, whether a $3,000 'house or a $3,000,000 office building. Most contractors take pride in building up a reputation for honesty and integrity, since their earnest, conscientious methods of doing business are as much in the interests of architecture as in their own. There is no excuse for cheap work. Every inferior job is occupying space which would be better utilized by a building of enduring construction. It endangers surrounding buildings, depreciates the entire architectural profession and contracting trade by conveying false ideas of cost to building owners, and hurts reputations of architects, builders and owners. Even in real estate work, houses built to sell bring no profit in the long run to owners through whose hands they pass, unless they are honestly built. On the other hand, most reputable real estate operators have proved time and time again that well-built, attractively designed houses yield larger profit although the first cost may be much greater than for houses filmsily built. When it comes to frame houses, the best is none too good, as a frame THE HOME OF THE HERITAGE CENTER structure is under greater stress of wear and tear than any other by reason of the perishable quality of the material. They should, therefore, be built substantially of the best structural material obtainable. It is also important for houses to be finished well inside, if they are to prove a desirable investment. For instance, hardwood doors and trim cost very little more than soft wood, yet increase the value of the property many times. Also, the important rooms of the house need some central architectural feature to catch the eye PORCH CASE PANTRY KITCHEN 10'0"X11'3" DINING RM 14'0"X13'0" DOWN SEAT HALL 7'0"X11'0" LIVING RM. 12'6"X16'0" PORCH 10'0"X6'0" First Floor Plan at the first glance—the key-note, as it were, to the room. From the earliest days of building, the fireplace with its accompanying mantel shelf has served as that feature in every country whose climate has made artificial warmth a necessary thing in winter. Even though we have provided for the actual warming of the house by means of hot-air furnace or steam heater, there is a sentiment that makes the open fireplace the center of the home circle. There is a sense of warmth in the sight of the fire that does not belong to the steam radiator or the grated --- hole in the wall or floor through which a stream of over-heated air is pouring. The fireplace must be planned for in building the house, or it must be done without. It is almost impossible, at least it is very expensive, to put one in as an after-thought after the building is otherwise completed. The selection of the mantel is something deserving careful consideration. Wood mantels will naturally be chosen for the dwelling house of average BATH 10'0"X7'6" BED RM. 12'6"X12'6" BATH HALL BED ROOM 16'0"X9'6" CL CL CL Second Floor Plan cost, because the trim of the windows and doors is made of wood, and the mantel made of the same material and finished in the same color will harmonize with the general decorative scheme of the room far better than one made of any other material. Most architects want mantels made from their own special designs and expressing their own individuality; but this will cost more than a mantel selected from the catalogue of some manufacturer who makes a specialty of mantels and who effects a consid- THE HOME OF THE MAYFIELD MUSEUM erable saving on the cost of the individual mantel by making up each pattern in considerable quantities. Were it possible nowadays to obtain only those clumsy and ugly patterns which were found in the best catalogues a dozen years or so ago, there might be some necessity for having specially designed mantels in your house; but the same evidence of the progress of good faith is to be found in the present-day factory mantels that will be found in up-to-date furniture. Nobody thinks nowadays of going to a cabinet maker and having him make our tables chairs, bedsteads, or chiffoniers to order. Instead, we visit the furniture store, where we find in stock, or will be shown photographs of them in the catalogues, artistic and well-made furniture of every period style, as well as in the modern so-called "new art" or "craftsman" type. The design shown herewith has been selected as a worthy example of some of these points already brought out. Although of comparatively small size, the plans and specifications for this design call for an exceptionally well-built structure. The design provides for a compact residence, and permits of nothing showy or elaborately ornate to become dilapidated or to get out of style. The interior of the house is arranged most extensively, with a good sized reception hall, large connecting living room and dining room, besides the kitchen and pantry on the first floor. The central decorative feature of the interior is a large open fireplace with beautiful mantel, in the living room. A sideboard of buffet could also very easily be built into the space left for it along the inner wall of the dining room. Altogether, the effect of the downstairs is light and cheerful and exceedingly home-like. On the second floor are two large bedrooms with clothes closets. The bathroom is also on this floor, being directly over the kitchen. This house has been built complete for $2,500, using thorough construction and good grade of building materials. The total size is 31 feet wide by 35 feet long. --- MOON-BLINDNESS By MARTHA McCULLOCH-WILLIAMS (Copyright, 1911, by Associated Literary Press.) "Marplot! Have I got to tie you?" Mrs. Velin demanded gleefully, flinging a length of ribbon about Rayner's arm. "No doubt you want to go inside and talk to Patty. Content yourself, sir, with me! Even me! Patty is a luxury. She wouldn't be at all good for you. Not for your career. And I have but just got her and young Atherley well settled for the evening. If he stays until 11, I shall know he has proposed——" "How shall you know it?" Rayner interrupted, smiling, yet not quite easily. Mrs. Velvin laughed softly. "Patty is a wise virgin," she said. "She never sacrifices her beauty sleep for trifers. O, no!" as she caught Rayner's look of annoyance. "She won't accept him—not on three days' acquaintance—she will merely take him under consideration. Trust my child for that! I have brought her up even more beautifully than if she were my very own." "Hm! Are you six or two years her elder?" Rayner demanded. Again Mrs. Velvin laughed. "As though it mattered—the least bit," she said. "Ey Bible count I am four years ahead of my husband's near daughter. Spiritually I'm four centuries—but for me the child would have grown absurdly sentimental." "Then—I wish she had had another stepmother," Rayner broke out. Still—I refuse to believe even you, much as she loves you, can make her mercenary, cold and calculating. When she marries it will be a man, not his money—" "Why not say a man and his money?" Mrs. Velvin asked archly. "You can't deny, jealous as you are, that Atherley is a good sort." "But not good enough for Patty—she—she deserves the very best," Rayner began eagerly. "Meaning yourself?" Mrs. Velvin interposed with a pretense of a yawn. Then she got up and half dragged Rayner out into a moonlit garden, rose-scented, vital with the spice-breath of pinks. "Listen to the words of wisdom," she began. "I'm your friend in this—even more than Patty's. You are frightfully ambitious—you have so much in you it is no wonder. Remember Kipling. 'He travels fastest who travels alone.' With Patty you'd be too happy—you'd let go everything but money-making—care for nothing' to keep her in cotton-wool, and give her jewels and rings and all the fine things. Take my word for it, you'll never be a great man without the spur of unhappiness." "Stop mocking!" Rayner said, hotly. She went on as if he had not spoken. "As Patty's husband, you'd have five years of bliss absolute. Then—you'd remember—and regret. You'd see the men you know are your inferiors going ahead, each in his way—and you standing still. You'd be sorrow and discontented. And that would make my girl miserable. So iet her be. I won't have her miserable. She was made to be 'fed on the roses and laid in the lilies of life.'" "I don't believe it. Anyway I shall ask her," Rayner said more botty than before. He stepped past Mrs. Velvin and onto the piazza they had quitted. It gave through long French windows upon the dim-lit parlor, where Atherley sat basking in Patty's presence. Rayner peered at them, grinding his teeth. He had sought them full of a mad impulse—it died at sight of them securely conventional—Patty at the piano, striking a minor chord now and then; Atherley telling sprightly tales of life in Paris. He had spent a year there, making believe to study philosophy. He had come away not much wiser than he went—still he had a certain air. Further, his globe-trotting gave him a long advantage conversationally. He had good eyes, and a certain knack of seeing the humorous side of all things. How could even a desperate lover burst in upon such a pair and demand that the girl take instant choice? Rayner had been courting Patty steadfastly for six months. He had never got around to proposing—by ill luck he had thought—now he began to realize it was by will of Mrs. Velvin. Atherley was palpably hit—still he was not a declared sutor. Convention may shackle even burning jealousy—Rayner merely called a gay good night through the window, shot past it, mounted and galloped headlong away. As the thudding hoofs grew fainter, Patty got up and walked to the window, straining her eyes through the moonlight, yet seeing nothing. Suddenly she shivered. "I wish Billy were not riding Daredevil tonight," she said. "He is gentle as a dog by daylight—but moonshine sets him wild." "O! I dare say his master can manage him." Atherley returned. "They tell me at the club he can manage anything, even women," laughing significantly after the last word. Then with a mock sigh, "You don't wonder I envy him a bit?" "Why! How can you help it!" Patty cried with artless cruelty. "He is so out of the common every way. He manages horses and women by not being afraid of them. Both know they can trust him—unless they happen to be moon-blind." "So you believe in moon-blindness. I thought that superstition had been thoroughly discredited." Atherley said lightly. Patty did not answer—she was listening too intently. There was a break in the hoofbeats—with wilder thudding after it. Over her shoulder she cried to Atherley, "Daredevil is running now—come help me find Billy." "You think he has been thrown!" Atherley panted, struggling after the flying figure. "I know it—he would hold Daredevil to the last," she answered, her voice sharp with terror. They ran silently down the road until it turned sharply in a little glade. The white moon made it almost as light as day—thus Patty saw two figures in the middle of it—Billy Rayner safe and sound, supporting a woman evidently half-fainting. Atherley touched her arm, saying significantly: "I think we had better go back." Patty could grow no whiter, but she turned upon him eyes that blazed. "I am not spying," she said clearly, then in higher key: "Billy—what is the trouble?" "I don't quite understand—y—et." Rayner answered. "This lady," bowing to the drooping figure, "had lost herself—and came out of the woods to ask the way. That scared Daredevil—I got down from him though—and he ran off home. Perhaps you can reassure the lady—she—she seems to be upset." "No—only unhappy," the stranger cried, suddenly uncovering her face. "So unhappy I shall die unless you tell me where to find him. You know—the man I love—Steven Atherley" "I have brought him to you," Patty said, running forward and dragging Atherley. The stranger flung up her hands—white hands, soft and heavily ringed. "O Steven! Steven! Forgive me!" she moaned. "I—I had to come. Remember I have not seen you since Paris. And the minute I knew—" "Please spare explanations, Mabel. Atherley said curtly." I suppose you are staying with the Cudwins—let me take you to them at once." "Anywhere—so you take me," the woman sighed drooping toward him. Anywhere—so you take me," the woman sighed, drooping toward him. He looked helplessly from her to Patty and back again, then held out his hands to imprison both of hers. Something in Patty's steadfast gaze had shamed him into manliness. "I will explain," he said, his head high. "Mabel—Miss Gray I mean—was my good angel in Paris. Indeed I think we should have got married there but for a senseless quarrel. Neither of us saw things quite right—" "I know—you were moon-blind. People get that way the same as horses." Patty interrupted with an eloquent look at Rayner. He took her hand openly and laid his lips against it, saying joyously, "Happily it is only a temporary affliction; we come to clear vision after a little while." "Oh, do we?" Patty asked with her most superbly indifferent air. He shook his head at her, but said emphatically, "We do. In proof take this." And with that he kissed her full on the mouth. But Will They Go? People of common sense will not be much disturbed by sentimental talk just now current over employment of women in the harvest fields of the middle west. From the traditional American standpoint it strikes a little unpleasantly to see women engaged in the coarses forms of manual labor. Yet under the light of hygiene and broad common sense, is not labor in the fields far better than labor over sewing machines, washtubs and weaving shuttles under the conditions in which these labors are performed in multitudes of factories? Surely the generation which sees thousands of women and girls, worn and pallid, pass out of the department stores and sweatshops of our great cities every evening, ought to view without shock the labor of women in fields and gardens. In the older countries women bear as active a part in outdoor labor as men; and it has not been observed that it has worked to their physical or moral detriment. Certainly the ruddy-cheeked Swiss girl with hayrake in hand makes quite as pleasing a picture as the indoor shop worker so constantly in evidence in our American cities.—San Francisco Argonaut. The Latest Improvement. "What a cunning chiffonier," she said when she had got through kissing the bride. "Oh," replied the glad young woman who had been married since June. "that isn't a chiffonier. That is a combined ice box, gas stove, bath tub, clothes closet and folding bed." He Paid for it. Caddie—I got that ball we lost this morning, sir—git it from a small boy. Golfer—Good. Let's see—er—what did you give him for it? Caddie—A flip under the lug, sir—Punch. Nknicker—What's the matter Bocker—My wife is trying to apply the fixed post scheme to me. —— this Woman Had to Insist strongly, but it Paid Chicago, Dl--""T suffered from a fo- _ Chicago, oes and stomach trouble, and i went to the store to get a bottle of Lydia E. Pink. ham’s Vegetable Compound, but the clerk did not want to let me have it— ho said it was no ood and wanted me fo'try something else, but knowing all ‘about it 1 in- sisted and_ finally por Gad am as ree Re ne ee ae eae free, | store to get & bottle (i of Lydia E. Pink. i ham’s Vegetable b J | Compound, but the clerk did not want to let_me have it— he said it was no goodand wanted me we) o try something 9 else, but knowing Yi all about it I in- Wp sisted and_ finally got it, and I am 0 god (did, for it has cured me. “ knore of so many eases where wo- menhaye been cured by Lydia E. Pink- fim’s Vegetable Compound that I can fy to every suffering woman if that paljgine does not. belp her, there is potbing that wilL”"—Mrs, JaNErzxy, fos Arch St., Chicago, IIL, This is the age of substitution, and women Who want @ cure should insist upon Lydia E. Pinkham’s Mepeistle Compound just as this woman did, and nytaccept something else on which the druggist can make a little more profit. ‘Women who are passing: throng this edtical period or who are suffering fiom any of those: ae ills pe- quia to their sex should not lose sight of the fact that for thirty years ala i Voklam's Vegetable ‘Compound, vhich is made from roots and herbs, jas been the standard remedy for fe- nulls, In almost every community jou will tind women who have been pestored to health by Lydia E. Pink. jam’s Vegetable Compound, i, SILENCE IS GOLDEN. . 2 od WA fy DX all Ye eS DG fo ap y ch NS BNR Bates OP 2 ei Mrs, Roley—Poor dear, he hasn't tid a word for three weeks, Dr, Bull-Frog—Well, you don’t want. Am to croak, do you?—Exchange. The Old Love Possible. ‘Mrs, Clarence H, Mackay, at a gar- ten party at Hampstead, praised the Vorking girl, “How much nobler,” she said, “to York than to marry for money. I , know a pretty girl who gave up a good Jesition to marry a man of sixty-eight. “Tam marrying for love,’ she told der chum, “‘And the old fellow,’ sald the chum, disgustedly, ‘ls worth $7,000, wor" “Yes was the reply. ‘It's the 00,000 I'm in love with.’ * * Roman Gossip. Munny (the village banker)—What o you suppose the young fellows in ticient Rome did to pass the time? Phunny (the village philosopher)— 0h, 1 don't know. I suppose they used to bang around and talk about what “punk town Rome was.—Puck. a Parhaiie ae. Milly—1 put away my last year’s thing sult in camphor, but It evap rated Billy—The bathing suit? Easy Breakfast! A bowl of crisp Post e Toasties and cream— the thing’s done! Appetizing Nourishing Convenient Ready to serve right Out of the pachage. “The Memory Lingers” FOSTUM CEREAL CO, Lida Battle Creek, Mich Prophet Ezekiel a Watchman ‘Sunday School Lesson for Oct. 1, 1911 ‘Specially Arranged for This Paper LESON TEXT—Reekiel 2. TC peenrtn ttc tcee. ‘TIME—Ezekiel was carried into exile B. C. 1, In the second deportation by Nebuchadnezzar from Jerusalem; when 10,000 were carried to Babylon with King Jeholachin, ‘The prophecy of this lesson "vas written ‘B.C. 502, five years later. The first 24 chapters of Ezekiel, concern- ing the destruction of Jerusalem were written during the 4 years 692-538. B.C. 688 was the beginning of the last slego of Jerusalem which ended in Its complete destruction, PLACE—The Book of Ezekiel was writ ten at Tel-ablb (= Cornhill) on the river Chebar, one of the large irrigating canals of Babylonia, running across the plain between the Euphrates and the Tigris. Ezekiel’s name means “God strengthens.” He was a priest, the son of Buzi, probably a family name. He was also one of the greatest of the prophets. He was probably 30 years old when he began to prophesy in B. C. 597, which would put the date of his birth in Josiah’s reign, about the time Jeremiah began to prophesy, and five years before Josiah’s great reformation and the finding of the book of the law. He was a married man; and the sudden death of his wife was made by divine instruction a lesson to the peo- ple. Ho went on with his work “with a broken heart, but an unbroken pur pose.” He was a man of power and courage, holding his face as adamant against wrong, but attractive and per- suasive in encouraging the people to prepare for their return from exile. He was a man of great imagination, using simile, allegory, parables in ac- tion, symbols, symbolic actions. He saw visions, and dreamed dreams. ‘He had spiritual experiences. But he ‘was also the most practical of men, Ezekdel’s model heroes were Noah, Job, Daniel. They all had lost their /world, but “Noah inaugurated a new ‘world; Job ended by seeing God in ‘the whirlwind.” Daniel did great ens for his native country in his ‘mew country. Ezekiel was an exile, but in that exile was a mighty force ‘in the renewal of his native land. | The God of Israel was an invisible God, without any representation to the senses.’ It was hard for the peo- ple to realize his existence and his presence, It ts hard for us, but much harder for them. The temple and its ritual were an afd. God's works in nature were his manifestation. ‘The visible effects of obedience, and dis- obedience, were revelations of God's nature. But times of trial and dis- aster at first hid his face from them as storm clouds hide the sun. Hence {n this darx period Ezekiel was taught to express God's presence, power, glory, goodness, providence, by apocalyptic symbols, 1. e., by symbola which expressed ideas, but could not be put into aay pictorial form which ‘might lead to {dolatry. The first chapter is a vision to these symbols, to make God real to the people; as ‘to Job God made himself known in ‘the whirlwind and the storm. "Nothing is more suitable than that ‘the voice of God should come from the whirlwind. For air, wind, is one of the chosen symbols of God working through his holy spirit, as at Pente- cost. It is invisible, as are the great natural forces of the earth. ‘The prophet was presented with a Hebrew roll, the form in which their books were made, and was bidden to eat it, The roll represented the word of God, his message to Israel. The prophet’s eating the roll meant that te was to become so saturated with God's message that it would become a part of his very being, This gives us “some guidance in forming a prop er estimate of what is involved in in- spiration. The prophet is to absorb ae himself what is given him from above, and then give it out with his own lips and in his own language. “It was in my mouth as honey for sweetness,” that is it was good in it- ‘self, But afterwards it became bitter, for it was a terrible message to give to his people, so that God made his face as adamant harder than fiint, for all the house of Israel were impudent and hard-hearted. Ezekiel welcomed the watchman on the walls. He went from trance to action, coming out of the trance, like Peter on the housetop when he went down to the messengers of Cornelius. “And I went in bitterness . . . of ‘my spirit,” sharing with God his righteous indignation against Israel, or the bitterness of having to deliver such an awful message as he uttered in the following chapters, to his friends and neighbors and country men. So that when he came to them, he remained there astonished, in a stupor of grief, seven days. ‘The watchman's duty is clearly set forth. He must warn the people of their danger, as by the voice of God. ‘While his business was to warn, the results were with God and the free will he has given his children. God warns us in love in various ae eo eee ae ee ee ee Se et ae ne ee EE a ee coe Sy re ee ee eee ee ‘fficulty in making money is a dis-| God is closer to us than any trou-| agency proposition. Everything in Black-boards and School Supplies. Ask for Catalog 89. al failure as a spender. ble can be. 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