Wichita Searchlight
Saturday, November 4, 1911
Wichita, Kansas
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THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT
Dr. B. T. Washington Tuskegee Educator.
The Assault Occured Several Months ago, and Ulrickat that time told contradictory stories of what
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New Yok City, Oct. 21.—Harry A. Ulrich, the drunken thug, who so brutally attacked Dr. Booker T. Washington, the Tuskegee educator, on a public street in this city last March, was "brought to book" in the Court of Special Sessions, Part V, today, Judges Zellers, Mayo and Ryan presiding.
Dr. Washington was in court to prosecute Ulrich; present also were his secretary, Emmett J. Scott; Chas. W. Anderson, Collector of Internal Revenue for the Second District of New York; Fred W. Moore, editor and publisher of the New York Age; Ralph W. Tyler, Auditor for the Nevy Department, Washington, D. C.; George M. Harris, of the Amsterdam News, and other of Dr. Washington's friends. The people of the State of New York were represented by Assistant District Attorney James E. Smith. Dr. Washington's personal attorney, Wilford H. Smith, was present as consulting attorney.
Ulrich has continued to have this case delayed each time it has been called for trial, hoping that Dr. Washington would drop the prosecution; today, through his counsel, he again pleaded for delay, claiming that he had not been able to get his witnesses in court—that despite the fact that he has been seven months to do so.
District Attorney Smith opposed the motion, claiming that Ulrich had no witnesses, and that his plea for delay was simply an effort to avoid the consequences of his brutal and uncalled for assault. The judges decided they would give him one more chance, and have set the case down for trial Monday, November 6. Dr. Washington has notified the District Attorney's office that he will cancel the series of engagements that he has for Wisconsin and the West, made long since, so as to be in court and prosecute Ulrich.
The assault occurred several months ago, and Ulrich at that time told contradictory stories of what led to it. To the police he said that he had taken Dr. Washington for a burglar, but to the reporters he said that Dr. Washington had insulted Mr. Ulrich, his wife. Ulrich, however, was never married to the woman he claimed was his wife, and the real wife of Ulrich,
Phone Market 5256
Dr. J. E. Farmer
Physician & Surgeon,
219 W. Elm St. Wichita,
Kansas.
who lives in New Jersey, and was deserted by him several years ago, confronted him in court when he was today arraigned for trial.
AN IDEAL ENTERTAINER.
Mrs. Lemuel Pinchem entertained a number of friends to a birthday dinner in honor of her husband, and who celebrated his 50th birthday Sunday, October 22. The evening was spent in songs, music and telling of old stories. Mrs. Pinchem served an elegant four-course dinner and Mr. Pinche mwas presented with a beautiful white cake that was very handsomely decorated with his age and name made on it. Those that were present were Mrs. W. Webb and Mr. and Mrs. James Gross of Newton, Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Duncan and Miss B. E. Young of Peabody, Mrs. Minor Lee, Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Pichem, and Mr. Butler of Marion. A post card shower was given Mr. Pichem and he receied many beautiful ones.
Mrs. Callie Lovell died Tuesday, Oct. 24, at her home in Florence and was burned Thursday, Oct. 2, in Strong City. She was paralyzed a year ago on the right side and was getting along nicely when she was taken Tuesday with another stroke on her left side and only lasted three hours. She is survived by a husband, daughter, two sons, two sisters, four brothers and a most of friends to mourn her loss. She had many beautiful flowers sent.
Literary Society.
The John Brown Literary Society will hold their meeting on next Wednesday evening Nov. 8, at the A. M. E. Church. Every body is cordially entended an invitation to be present. G. W. Kedrick, Superent. of the Public Schools will give a lecture at the meeting on Wednesday eve. Nov. 8th.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1911.
Mass Meeting
All the women of the city are invited to be present Sunday the 8th at the A, M. E. Church to here Mrs. S. F. Malone at 3:00 p.m. You will make a great mis take if you don't here her.
To Mrs. Mattie Miller Worthy Matron Princess Chapter No. 12 O. E. S.
Topeka, Kau., Oct. 25, 1911.
Mrs. W. N. Miller, W. M.
Wichita, Kansas.
My dear Sister: It was with the deepest sorrow that I learned of your great and overflowing grief and the loss which we have all sustained in the death of your well-known and justly well-beloved husband. We shall all miss him. I should have written sooner but the press of business and not the best of health have delayed my writing.
Kindly accept my deepest and most heartfelt sympathy.
My prayer is that you may be able to meet your bereavement heroically and come out of it more than conqueror.
Do not be discouraged. There are many, many bright days in store for you. Women of your ability, worth and character rise triumphantly over all disappointments and discouragements.
A good woman cannot be kejt down. Take new courage. Into each life some must fall. Some days must be dark and dreary. But behind the clouds the sun is still shining.
After all, when we come to count the blessings God has given us, they outnumber the non-blessings.
So cheer up, my sister, and go boldly forward to meet whatever fate Gad has in store for you.
Laugh and the world laughs with you. Weep and you weep alone.
Blessed are they that mourn for they shall rejoice.
With much sympathy and best wishes, I am
Your friend,
S. G. WATKINS, P. G. P.
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NOTICE
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CONFETTI AND NOTIONS
1. Miss Mattie Triplet.
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6. Miss Sadie Shane.
7. Sister Mamie Moore.
8. Mr. Ambrose Woodard.
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DRY GOODS.
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6. Mrs. Clark.
7. Mrs. T. H. Yancy.
8. Mrs. Hattie Jones.
9. Miss Vera James.
10. Miss Chaney Goss.
11. Mr. Earnest Moore.
12. Mr. Graves.
GROCERIES.
1. Bro. H. Jones.
2. Bro. Andy Hocket.
3. Bro. Jeff Sanford.
4. Bro. Walker.
5. Bro. Julius Gaines.
6. Bro. Dick Watson.
7. Mrs. M. A. Hodge.
8. Mrs. Susan Miller.
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11. Bro. F. H. Yancy.
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Culinary Department
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2. Mrs. Fannie Neely.
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8. Mrs. Graves.
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8. Mrs. Hattie Bell.
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10. Mrs. L. Banks.
11. Miss Jessie Jamison.
12. Sister Hattie Grant.
Admission each evening, 10 cents.
Refreshments of a high order.
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DOORKEEPERS.
Bro. J. L, Harper.
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FINANCIAL CLERKS.
Mrs. Mary Carr.
Mrs. S. B. Butler.
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3. Miss Ethel Patton.
4. Miss M. Sanford.
5. Miss Pansy Cox.
6. Miss Isis Brooks.
7. Dr. A. K. Lawrence.
Date of pragram, Nov. 23-30, 1911.
Mock Re-call Election
Recall Election of Y. M. C. A. offieers at the Y. M. C. A, room Thursday evening Nov. 9, 1911, because they choose to buy the Masonic building at a cost of $1, 000,000. Come early and vote only a penny a vote.
B. T. W. Club asks your patronage as this is for benefit of Y. M. C. A. The following is the ticket, Recall.
Thomas Glover, Pres. Mr. Wiley Mrs. Thomas Glover,
People's Party, Dr. G. G. Brown Pres. Mr. Cowan, Sec. Mrs. A. Williams.
J. L. Harper, Pres. Ambrose Mrs. N. Morris.
AJOLLY TIME WAS HAD
A jolly Hallowe'en party was given on Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. Chas. Anderson. Among those present were Miss L. Covington, Mr. and Mrs. T. Fines, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Chenneth, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. B. Miller, Dr. and Mrs. H. T. Bolden, Messrs. W. A. Bettis and J. R. Whitted.
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MISSOURI INTO OREGON CASE
INVOLVES THE INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM LAW.
Attorney General Allowed to File Brief in Federal Court Because of Similarity of Statutes.
Washington, D. C.—Attorney General Major of Missouri took a hand in the case before the United States supreme court involving the constitutionality of the initiative and referendum law of the state of Oregon. Mr. Major filed a brief in behalf of the state of Missouri, being permitted to do so because Missouri has a law identical with Oregon's.
The case in which appeal was taken is that of the Pacific State Telegraph and Telephone company. The supreme court of Oregon upheld the statute enacted by referendum, which assesses an annual tax of 2 per cent of the gross receipts against the telegraph and telephone company.
The appeal rests mainly on the argument that a system involving the initiative and referendum is not a representative system of government. A decision by the supreme court affirming the position of the telegraph and telephone company would knock out "popular government" wherever its measures have been adopted in the United States.
It is contended in the Missouri official's brief that congress alone determines what government is the established government in a state, and that congress alone may say whether that government is republican in form. Also that whether the state statute violates the state constitution is not a federal question.
IS NOW "PRESIDENT" OF CHINA
General Li Yuen Heng Has Formally Announced Himself Ruler of New Republic.
Pekin, China.—Gen. Li Yuen Heng, leader of the rebel forces, has informed the foreign consuls at Hankow that he has been proclaimed "president of the Republic of China."
The foreign ministers here have exchanged communications with Li upon several subjects. They objected to his announcement that vessels carrying contraband of war would be subject to confiscation and also to his proposal to administer the custom revenues at the port of the Yang-Tse-Kiang and other cities when controlled by the revolutionists. This latter objection was based on the fact that revenues are pledged as security for foreign loans and should be turned over to the British inspectors general of customs in China.
DEATH OF JOSEPH PULITZER
Proprietor of New York World and St. Louis Post-Dispatch Stricken by Heart Disease.
Charleston, South Carolina—Joseph Pulitzer, proprietor of the New York World and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, died at 1:40 o'clock aboard his yacht, the Liberty, in Charleston harbor. The immediate cause of Mr. Pulitzer's death was heart disease. The funeral will be held at Woodlawn cemetery in New York probably toward the end of the week.
Mr. Pulitzer's yacht had been in Charleston harbor only six days. It was on the way to Jekyll Island, near Brunswick, Ga., where Mr. Pulitzer owned a summer home.
Joseph Pulitzer was a member of the legislature in Missouri in 1869, a little before he was 21 years old.
PUBLIC LAND NEARLY ALL GONE
Less Than Two Years Ago Missouri Had 20,000 Acres—1,340 Acres Now Remain.
Springfield, Missouri.—Though official records show that less than two years ago there was nearly 20,000 acres of government land in Missouri the books of the United States land office here show that only 1,340 acres now remain for settlement. A report just completed shows that only four counties of the state now have more than 100 acres of government land. These are Barry, 116; Miller, 160; Pulski, 178, and shannon, 128. Only 21 out of the 114 counties of the state have any land open to homestead or cash entry from the government.
Postal Bank for Atchison
Atchison, Kansas.—Atchison is to have a postoffice savings bank. It will be installed in the local postoffice immediately. J. W. Carr, postal inspector, has been in Atchison for two days instructing Scott Jones, who will be the cashier of the new bank. Deposits will be received through the registry window.
Try for County Option.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. - An amendment to the constitution repealing state-wide prohibition and substituting local option in its place will be submitted to the voters of Oklahoma soon.
For National Primary Law
Washington, D. C.—Members of both the Democratic and Republican parties are working on a plan for a national presidential primary law, which they hope to present in congress at the coming session.
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HOUSEHOLDERS TRYING VARIOUS PLANS FOR RELIEF.
Chicago Has Storage Plan—St. Joseph and Topeka Start Co-Operative Stores.
Chicago, Illinois.—A movement has been started among householders here to solve the "high cost of living problem."
They have begun the formation of a federation of marketing clubs, an organization which will buy food in quantities in the season when it is cheap, store it and distribute it at cost prices among consumers.
Those back of the movement assert it will effect a reduction in the cost of food amounting in the aggregate to 50 per cent.
St. Joseph, Missouri. At a mass meeting called by the residents of Hyde Valley for that purpose several nights ago, two hundred residents of the suburb entered into an agreement to form a stock company to establish and conduct a co-operative store, in which groceries, dry goods, shoes and meats will be sold to stockholders of the association at first cost, plus a sum barely sufficient to meet the expenses of running the store. Practically every head of a family in Hyde Valley, who is not engaged in the mercantile business, has taken stock in the co-operative store, and those who are promoting the innovation say they have ascertained upon investigation that the members will be able to save from 20 to 40 per cent on all purchases.
Topeka, Kansas.—Socialists here are planning a co-operative store as a relief from high prices. The shares are to be $15 with only one share to a person. The store will be operated on the profit sharing plan, each customer being entitled to a division of profits according to the amount of purchases.
No End to Hemphill Case:
Montgomery, Missouri.—The case of Dr. W. A. Hemphill, who is charged with performing the operation resulting in the death of Miss Elizabeth Gleason of Elsberry, is again continued until the regular term of the Lincoln county circuit court in January. The case has been pending three years and was continued some time ago pending the result of the Rev. Clyde Gow's trial. Gow is now serving a four-year sentence in the penitentiary.
Gas Goes Up at Atchison.
Atchison, Kansas.-The price of gas was raised here from 25 cents to 27 cents a thousand cubic feet. The local company obtains its supply from the Kansas National Gas company, and it was in compliance with orders from the Kansas National that the rates were increased.
Rice Growers Increase Price:
Beaumont, Texas.—At a meeting of the executive committee of the Southern Rice Growers' association, one of the dominant organizations in the Texas-Louisiana rice industry, the schedule of prices for rough rice has just been advanced 10 to 15 cents, according to grade.
Burned a Barn for Spite.
Abilene, Kansas.—Because E. W. Barber won Fred Yonnally's sweetheart, Yonnally, a young farmer, burned Barber's barn and is suspected of burning several others near town. He confessed and was arrested.
High Priced Beer
Wichita, Kansas—For selling two bottles of beer, Frank Johnson a negro porter, was given a year in jail and fined $1,000. It is the heaviest penalty ever dealt to a liquor law offender in the county.
As the Italians Tell It
Tripoli.—A report from an Italian source recounting the recent battle, places the Turkish and Arab losses at more than 1,000 killed and a large number wounded, and the Italian loss at 100 dead and wounded.
FINDS WORK FOR THE NEEDY
Missouri's Free Employment Agency Finds Places for Thousands.
Jefferson City, Mo.—According to reports made by J. T. Smith, superintendent of the St. Louis free employment office, C. J. Tompkins, superintendent of the Kansas City office and Jesse E. Heiser, superintendent of the St. Joseph office, employment was furnished to 3,144 persons, of whom 2,775 were men and 369 women. Not one cent was paid out by any person for whom a position was secured. The state finds the cost of maintaining the free employment office to be money well spent.
There were applications for 4,710 men and 639 women. As a rule the class of applicants for work was of a high order.
So successful has been the work of the free employment bureau in St. Louis, Kansas City and St. Joseph that Commissioner Biggs is anxious that the law be changed to permit the bureau of labor statistics to establish free employment offices in Springfield, Hannibal, Joplin, Sedalia and other large manufacturing towns of the state.
RED HATS FOR TWO AMERICANS
United States Representation In Sacred College Exceeded Only by Italy and Spain.
Rome, Italy.—Two more American cardinals will be created by the pope at the consistency to be held November 27. The red hat will be bestowed on the Most Rev, John M. Farley, archbishop of New York, and the Most Rev. William H. O'Connell, archbishop of Boston.
With three members of the sacred college—Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore and Archbishops Farley and O'Connell—the United States representation will equal that of any country in the world with the exception of Italy, with 31, and Spain with four. It is understood that still another American will be made a cardinal soon.
GO BY WATER IN PULLMAN CAR
Party Leaves St. Louis for New Orleans, Going Down Mississippi River in Car on Boat.
St. Louis, Mo.—A party of officials of the St. Louis & San Francisco railroad have left here for New Orleans in two Pullman cars and a diner, but from the time the train left until it arrives at New Orleans not a wheel of it will turn nor will its drawbars feel the pull of a locomotive. The train will be carried to New Orleans on the big transfer steamer B. F. Yoakum. The steamer will be put into service at Baton Rouge to ferry St. Louis & San Francisco trains across the river at that point. It has accommodations only for the crew, so the passengers will sleep in the Pullman and eat in the dining car.
One Man Saved Church
Salina, Kansas.—The jury in the case in which Max E. Church was being tried for receiving money as cashier of the Citizens' State bank at Hollyrood after it was insolvent, was discharged by Judge Smith after being out for 22 hours. On the last vote the jury stood 11 for conviction and one for acquittal.
Gas Price Up at Ottawa
Ottawa, Kansas.—The Ottawa Gas & Electric company, the local distributing company for the Kansas Natural Gas company, has asked permission to increase rates from 25 cents to 27 cents per 1,000 cubic feet.
A Jury all of Women.
Los Angeles, Cal.-The first complete woman jury to be impaneled in California has been sworn for duty in Justice Cassidy's court in Watts. Returns on the summonses showed that not one objection was filed
MANY HOGS DYING OF CHOLERA
Kansas, Missouri and Iowa Animals Principal Victims—Serum Output Increased.
Columbia, Missouri.—Hog cholera has never been as prevalent in the Middle West, particularly Kansas, Missouri and Iowa, as it is now, according to Dean F. B. Mumford of the Missouri college of agriculture. The college of agriculture has men out in every part of the state inoculating hogs and is sending out serum at the rate of 20,000 doses a month.
The facilities for making the serum have been increased since the epidemic started, but is impossible to supply the demand. In most cases the farmers use the serum themselves, and where they are unacquainted with its use a farmer comes to the college and receives instruction from the experts here. When he returns home he not only inoculates his own hogs but also those of his neighbors.
GOVERNMENT IN McNAMARA CASE
Department of Justice is Investigating Raid on Ironworkers Headquarters.
Indianapolis, Indiana—That the department of justice has entered upon an investigation of the McNamara dynamite cases has now become known here.
A subpoena has been served upon Frank P. Baker, prosecutor for this county, to appear before the federal grand jury November 7 and to bring with him all evidence in the form of books, documents, dynamite and explosive apparatus sized in a raid on the offices here of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers at the time of the arrest of John J. McNamara, secretary-treasurer of the association.
DAKOTA LAND NOT SO VALUABLE
State Takes all the Best Land in Rosebud Lottery for School Purposes.
Gregory, South Dakota.—Something of a sensation in connection with the Rosebud land lottery developed here when it was disclosed that 41 sections of school land have been taken by the Indian allotments. This means that 41 sections of the best land in Mellette county will be selected by the state as Indian school land before the settlers have a chance to file. Inasmuch as only about 30 sections are classified by the appraisers as A-1 agricultural land, it looks very much as though none of the best of the land will pass into the possession of the settlers at this time.
To Study Salt Making
Washington, D. C.—In the line with the many plans of teaching commissary officers the methods of producing and preparing for the market practically everything used by the army, Capt. Will H. Point, commissary, has been ordered to the salt mines at Hutchinson, Kan., to familiarize himself with the methods of mining and preparing salt for the market.
Crumbine Sees Pellagra Cases.
Iola, Kansas.—The two pellagra cases in charge of the members of the Allen County Medical association are being studied by Dr. S. J. Crumbine, secretary of the state board of health, and Dr. C. E. Menninger of Topeka. H. Bell, state pure food inspector, is with Dr. Crumbine in the investigation of the disease.
Epidemic Closes School
Tulaa, Oklahoma:A threatened epidemic of diphtheria and scarlet fever which has resulted in the closing of the schools in this city and also in the closing of moving picture shows and other places of amusement. Children of school age are under a rigid quarantine.
Four Dead in a Wreck.
Omaha, Neb.—Two trainmen and two unidentified persons were killed and 20 others injured when the Union Pacific Atlantic Express crashed into the rear of a freight train at Rock River, Wyo., according to advises just received here.
Carthage Blacksmith Killed,
Muskogee, Oklahoma—Frank H.
Pike, a blacksmith of Carthage, Mo., was killed by a fast freight train in the yards here.
Fortune in a Farm
Sedalia, Missouri.—Arnold Brothers, stock men, have sold their 630-acre farm near here, formerly owned by the late Maj. William Gentry, to W. W. Wheeler of Henry county, Mo., for $85,000.
Late Summer in Nome
Nome, Alaska.—All gold dredges in the Nome district still are in operation, an unusual condition for this time of the year. Mild temperatures have made it possible for the miners to work later than usual.
Santa Fe Increases Capital.
Topeka, Kansas.—A $1,000,000 increase in the capital stock and a $1,000,000 bond issue were authorized by the stockholders and directors of the A. T. & S. F. railroad in their annual meeting here.
WAIL OF MODERN BENEDICT
Adaptation That Alms to Set Forth the Trials and Tribulations That Beset Life.
1. My wife is my boss, I shall not deny.
2. She maketh me lie down behind the bed when the swell company comes, and she leadeth me behind her up Main street.
3. She restoreth my pocketbook after she has spent all its contents on hobble skirts and theater tickets, and she leadeth me up the main aisle of church for her new hat's sake.
4. Yea, though I walk more than half the night through dark rooms with a crying baby, I will get no rest, for she is behind me; her broomstick and her hatpin they do everything else but comfort me.
5. She prepareth a cold snack for me, then makeh a beeline for an aid society supper. She anointeth my head with the rolling pin occasionally. My arms runneth over with bundles before she is half done her shopping.
6. Surely her dressmaker's and millinery bills shall follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of my wife forever.—Exchange
They were discussing a certain authoress at dinner, and a well-known critic raised a laugh by remarking: "Well, her hair's red, even if her books are not." The mild young man in the corner made a mental note of the sally for future use, and at another party shortly afterward he carefully gudled the conversation into literary channels, Tit-Bits informs its readers. Fortunately, some one mentioned the desired name, and he triumphantly cried out: "Well, she's got red hair, even if her books haven't!"
There was a meeting of the new teachers and the old. It was a sort of love feast, reception or whatever you call it. Anyhow, all the teachers got together and pretended they didn't have a care in the world. After the eats were et the symposiarch proposed a toast:
"Long Live Our Teachers!"
It was drank enthusiastically. One of the new teachers was called on to respond. He modestly accepted. His answer was:
"Talk is cheap," chuckled the politician with the telephone frank in his pocket.
After talking $20 worth, he pulled out his frank and found it had expired. "By heck!" he muttered ruefully. "that guy was right when he said that 'Silence is golden.'"—Judge.
She—And don't you go in for sport of any kind?
He—Oh, yaas, don't yer know. I'm—ha—passionately fond of dominoes.—Everybody's Weekly.
Mistress—Have you a reference?
Bridget—Foine; Oi held the poker
over her till I got it.—Harper's Bazar.
He that doth a base thing in zeal
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that ties their hearts together.—Jeremy Taylor.
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Literary Criticism.
Toasting the Teachers.
"Long Live Our Teachers!"
"What on?"
A. Change of Opinion.
A Cross-Reference.
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W. N. U., WICHITA, NO. 44-1911.
DISTEMPER
CATARRHAL FEVER
AND ALL NOSE
THROAT DISEASES
His Apprenticeship
By DONALD ALLEN
(Copyright, 1911, by Associated Literary Press.)
Mr John Degraw, the sturdy, steady old broker and banker, sat in the library of his office at home waiting for his son Perry to come in for an interview. Perry was a young man of twenty-eight, and there had been interviews in the past—many interviews. They had been held for Perry's benefit, but he had not seemed to benefit thereby. This was to be a sort of farewell interview. Not that the father expected to die soon, or expected his son to die, or intended to turn him outdoors, but he had been saving up some vigorous opinions for a year past which were to be delivered on this occasion.
It may be said of Mr. Perry Degraw that he had an income—he belonged to three clubs—he thought he was fast—he had been abroad, and he was no masher. In spite of all he could do to be a tremendous fellow, he was considered to have principles and to be harmless. Perry was not a college graduate. He had developed no talent for business or a profession. He was just taking things easy and getting ready to shoot tigers in India and elephants in Africa. The father had fretted and fumed more or less, but there had been no change. Enter the son for the interview. The father sat with a stern look on his face. "Oh, now, governor, I say, don't greet a fellah this way," said Perry, who had on his English morning suit and was speaking to match the checks.
"Son," said the father after a long look at him, "you are an ass!"
"Five times; ten times over. You are a cipher. You have a cabbage head on your shoulders. You would not know enough to come in when it rained if a policeman didn't give you a shove.
"Am I too fast, governor?" asked the astonished Perry.
"Too fast! Why, son, you don't know the meaning of the word. You couldn't be fast. You were never
cwfrees
"B'jove, Governor!"
drunk in your life. You never had over two cocktails in an evening. You never won or lost over $5 on a horse race. The newspapers never refer to you as a high roller."
"But, Governor, the fellahs all say——"
"It know it. They all say that you are a would-be, but you haven't the brains to blossom out. Sorry for you, son—mighty sorry. I know just how you must feel."
"But this isn't fair, donchier know," protested Perry.
"There you go with another of your sap-headed words! Lord, but what an empty pate! You spent three months in London, and you came back with English clothes and English 'donchers.' Does an Englishman go back home from the States to ape us and make a fool of himself?"
"That's a new one on me, Governor. I must get that off at the club. Is the interview at an end?"
"Almost. I just want to say that the other day you quite finished your career as a braying ass. It has come to my ears that you made a wager with another of your ilk that you would have the widow Strong in love with you within a year."
"Yes, Governor—a bet of ten dollars" complacently replied the son.
"By thunder, but you are forty fools rolled into one! What's a father to do with such an offspring?" "Oh. I'll win the wager all right. Got me little plan all worked out. It's tremendous, Gov.-postively tremendous. You will be surprised when it unfolds. You will discover that your son Perry has brains after all B'jove you'll pat me on the back after it's all over!" The father turned away and looked out of the window for a moment, and then quietly said: "Perry, we have never had a fool in the family that I have heard of, and I don't like the idea. It seems that I must put up with it, however."
"B'jove, governor!"
"A silly ass, Perry!"
"You can't mean it!"
Do this much for me, please. Don't be just a common fool, but go in for great things in that line. Gamble, wager, get drunk. Get a flying machine. Elope with somebody's wife. Kill three or four people with your auto. Start for the north pole. Go about with a hobble skirt on. If you'll go in to be the biggest fool in America I'll furnish you all the money you can make use of it." Sorry, Gov—sorry—but I cawnt do it, ye know," was the reply. "Got my little plans to look out for. Would like to oblige, but must decline. No hard feelings, I hope. Thanks for your kind wishes. By-by."
Mr. Perry Degraw lived at his clubs and appeared at his father's mansion only at intervals. Sometimes he was seen only once a month. On this occasion he disappeared after the interview, and it was weeks before he was heard of again. Thero was a report that he was investigating the Panama canal, but it was not considered reliable. No one worried about him, however.
The widow Strong owned and occupied a manor house forty miles from the city. She was still a young woman, a member of the best society, and wealthy. One afternoon, as her auto was brought to the door that she might proceed to a village four or five miles away, she made the discovery that her chauffeur was intoxicated. He was discharged on the spot, and just as a young man who looked to be a walking student came along. He saw the situation and offered his services. He claimed to have experience, and after some hesitation was engaged to run the auto for the trip. The results were twofold. The widow had heard of Perry Degraw's wager, and she believed she recognized the young man in the stranger who had arrived at the opportune moment. He was therefore engaged to act as chauffeur, gardner and man of all work.
It was plain that the new man knew all about an auto. Quite sure of his identity, the widow did as any other woman would have done. She kept him at work from morning till night. She found fault on all occaions. The cook was bidden to keep an eye on him, and he was treated a little worse than the average hired man. He bore everything without complaint and did his best to please. After a couple of weeks he dropped his "ye knows" and his "donchers," and he no longer struck tremendous attitudes. The change in him was noticed even by the cook.
The new man, who called himself Hopkins, and was familiarly known to the servants as "Hop," came to the manor house in midsummer. He was still there as winter set in. Not a word or a look had betrayed the fact that he was not Hopkins. The widow now felt sure, but she was simply a bit interested. Perhaps if something were to happen——
And one midwinter day Perry Degraw found his father in the library again. His arrival had not been expected. In his surprise the father looked up and said:
"Why, son, where did you leave it?"
"Down in the country, gov. Been a hired man for the Widow Strong ever since that basting you gave me."
"Why, you fool, did you go down there and——"
"Gently, gov. Stuck in a snowdrift four days ago in the auto. Mighty cold. Snow three feet deep. Widow freezing to death. Chauffeur carries her a mile in his arms and saves her precious life. She revives. Says she has known his identity all along. Says he is some fool, but not all fool. Says she rather likes him. Says it may come off in about three months. Wants to know, as I do, if you have anything to say about it." The father hadn't. He simply reached out his hand for a shake.
Here is one case where the husband had the last word and possibly scored a point. It was during a little spat. His wife had been talking for ten minutes without a letup and the end came only when she asserted vehemently, "There, I hope I've made myself plain!" "Made yourself plain, my dear!" he replied. "Why, bless your heart, I didn't know you had anything to do with it. I thought you were born that way."
Few Cities in India
There are few cities in India. Its stupendous population consists of farm laborers. India is one vast farm—one almost interminable stretch of fields. It is a beautiful country—beautiful rivers, beautiful mountains. It is a land of abundant life. The jungles are full of animals, the air is alive with birds and fowls of almost all kinds, the waters are alive with fish. Vegetable life is abundant and varied.
Whatsoever Thy Hand Findeth.
"I have been a great deal happier," she said at last, "since I've given up thinking about what is easy and pleasant and being discontented because I could not have my own will. Our life is determined for us—and it makes the mind very free when we give up wishing and only think of bearing what is laid upon us, and doing what is given us to do."—George Elliot.
His Last Word.
THE KITCHEN CABINET
with cream of tartar, then place in the sun, wetting the spots as they dry. Afterward wash and rinse in the regular manner.
The custom with many thrifty house keepers is to use yellow nanking, which
So near I shall be that your best friend shall wish I had been further.
VALUE OF THE ONION.
The onion has wonderful properties and is both a food and a medicine. For colds and coughs it is a remedy popular through many generations. A few onions sliced and sprinkled generously with sugar, put into the oven and baked until the onion and sirup is brown is a cough medicine hard to equal. Raw onions are said to cure bronchitis and throat affections. The only drawback to the full enjoyment of this homely vegetable is the odor whir it leaves on the breath. Fresh parsley eaten after eating onions is the best remedy to counteract the onion odor. Raw onion is more stimulating than cooked ones and they are said to have a beneficial effect on the complexion, so the onion eaters have some compensation.
Creamed Onions on Toast.—Peel onions all of one size and put to cook in a little stock with a blade of mace. and cook gently until tender. Drain and keep the onions hot, then add a half cup of milk to the onion liquid. Ad a little flour and butter cooked together. Boll and season. Prepare a piece of toast for each onion. Add a yolk of egg to the sauce, lay an onion on each piece of toast, pour over some of the sauce, sprinkle with chopped parsley and serve hot.
Chopped onion seasoned with a bit of mustard, salt and olive oil and vinegar makes a very appetizing filling for sandwiches. Serve them for Sunday night lunch—after church.
The delicious flavor of the onion is used in countless dishes and eaten with relish by many who profess to dislike the flavor.
Stuffed Onions.—Parboll large-sized onions and remove the centers. Fill with seasoned sausage or a filling of nuts and crumbs. Bake and baste with soup stock or butter and water. Serve as a garnish for pork roast, chops or steak.
F I were asked what was the greatest goee to beauty in both man and woman, I would say, not errors in diet, not lack of exercise, not overwork, not corseits, nor any malal habit, nor anger, nor worry, regret, irritability, envy, jealousy, lack of trust in one's self and in the great God—all these are bad mental states which destroy beauty, not only by interfering with the action of the vital organs, but by directly disfiguring the expression of the face. —Outting
AUTUMN DISHES.
Pears and Rice.—Cut six pears in half, remove the cores and peel thinly. Put them into a saucepan with a sip of sugar and water and cook until the pears are soft. Put a pint of milk into a saucepan with the thinly-peeled rind of a lemon and a tablespoonful of butter. When boiling hot add three tablespoonfuls of rice and cook until the rice is tender. When done, cool. Add the beaten yolks of two eggs and a half cup of cream. Sweeten to taste. Serve the rice in the center of the dish with the pears around it. Pour the sirup over all. Serve hot.
Another delicious way of serving the pear is to wash, halve and core them, leaving the stem on. Put into a baking dish and dot each core with butter, sprinkle with sugar, add a little lemon juice and water and bake slowly for several hours in a slow oven. The sauce will be a rich brown caramel.
Apple Meringue.—Peel and core six apples, being careful to keep them unbroken. Put them in a sirup made of two tablespoonfuls of sugar and two cups of water and bake until tender. Butter a baking dish, put the apples into it and fill the centers with apricot jam. Beat the whites of two eggs, add a tablespoonful of sugar and cover the apples completely with the meringue. Put back into the oven to brown.
Melting Potatoes.—Pare and cook in boiling salted water enough potatoes for the meal. When done, drain and place in a buttered baking dish, cover with a half pint of soup stock (chicken is most savory), put a piece of butter on each potato and bake until the potatoes have absorbed the stock. Serve hot.
F. WE are commonplace and indifferent, we will find other people so. Mind finds its level just as water does. A really original and sympathetic person will find others interesting and agreeable. To complain of those we meet is really to admit ourselves dull.
HOUSEHOLD HELPS.
Fall is the time when peach stains find a home on our best linen. To remove them, wet with water and cover
with cream of tartar, then place in the sun, wetting the spots as they dry. Afterward wash and rinse in the regular manner. The custom with many thrifty house-keepers is to use yellow napkins, which may be used during the fruit season, and stains will not show on them. When washing glass, slip it sidewise into the water to avoid cracking. If a new silk skirt is pressed with a hot iron before wearing it will take out the stiffness and the rustle but keep it from cracking. Cushions filled with excelsior make a good back for softer cushions on the couch. Dampen a scorched spot, and if it is not really burned, place in the sun, and it will become white again.
Stuffed Spanish Onions.—Peel six even-sized onions and parboil in boiling water until partly done. Drain and remove the centers, and stuff with sausage. Put some slices of bacon in the bottom of a baking dish, put a little of the onion centers and cooked carrot over each and place on this the parboiled onion. Add stock and bake until thoroughly tender.
Instead of using raisins in the rice pudding try a few bits of chopped Canton ginger. A tablespoonful to a quart of milk will be sufficient to give the pudding a flavor.
Put your hyacinths for winter blooming in their glasses or pots before October is gone or the blooms will be late.
A nice way to keep cheese when a whole one or large pieces are purchased, is to cover the cut side with paraffin, which can easily be removed when the next piece is cut.
Paper doilies come now in such delicate and beautiful patterns that we may save much wear and tear of hand work by using them where ever possible.
HANK God the meanest of his
One to show a woman when he loves her. --Brownling.
GOOD THINGS TO TRY.
The culinary architect is keenly alive to anything now in combination or serving and a few recipes of new dishes are always halled with delight. Here are a few to tickle the palate: Boheman Pear Dainty.—Dissolve two heaping tablespoonfuls of gelatine in a cup of boiling water, add six ripe pears that have been peeled and rubbed through a sieve, four tablespoonfuls of sugar, a teaspoonful of vanilla and two cups of whipped cream. Mold in a wet mold and turn out when set. Decorate with sweetened whipped cream and peeled pears.
Chocolate Sponge.—Take two and a half squares of chocolate, melted, add two tablespoonfuls of powdered gelatine, and two cups of milk, three tablespoonfuls of sugar. Stir over the fire until melted and smooth, then strain into a basin. Add one cup whipped cream and the white of egg beaten stiff. Pour into a mold and let stand to set.
Lamb Chops With Cucumber.—Cook the chops until brown on both sides. Peel a good-sized cucumber and cut into small dice; simmer in boiling water until almost done, drain and season with butter and cook until quite tender. Add salt, chopped parsley and pepper. Arrange the chops around the edge of the platter and heap the cucumbers in the center.
Orange Pudding.-Scald a pint of milk in a double boiler, add a tablespoonful of cornstarch which has been mixed with a little cold milk, then add the yolks of two eggs and a cupful of sugar. Cook until smooth then remove from the heat. Peel and slice thin two oranges, sprinkle with sugar, then pour over them the chilled custard. A meringue may be added and browned in the oven. Chill and serve cold.
Nellie Marwell.
While hunting in the Virginia woods near Bailey's crossroads, in Alexandria county, a few nights ago a pack of dogs belonging to John Monroe and a colored man named Mortimer Wiggins ran down and killed an animal believed to be an armadillo. The dogs were after opossums and coons, but getting on the scent of the animal followed it for an hour or more before they landed their quarry. Later it was learned that the armadillo belonged to one of the troops of cavalry at Fort Myer. The men had secured a number of the animals while on duty on the Texas border and had brought them to the fort.
The one that was killed had escaped and the men had been hunting the woods for it for several days when they learned that it had been killed. This is possibly the only armadillo hunt that ever took place in the vicinity of Washington—Washington Star.
Distant Courtesy.
"As an artist I suppose you assume to be indifferent to money?"
"No. I'm not indifferent. But I'm not sufficiently acquainted to attempt familiarity."
NEW FOLDER FOR IRONING
Clever Device Turns Neat Hem In
Cloth as Iron Passes
Over It.
It took two Iowa men to design the
little implement produced here, but
they turned out a clever device. It
is a cloth folder for ironing, and will
turn either one or two hems in a
piece of cloth as the iron passes over
A hand gripping a tool.
Clever Device.
the goods and smoothing it down. A small piece of metal, narrower at one end, has its sides turned under to form grooves. The forward end has a seat on which the back of the iron rests, and the rear end has a tongue turned down through the center to act as a guide. This will either fold one edge of a large piece of cloth or both edge of a narrow strip. In either instance the iron passes over the cloth as it is turned down and presses it flat. Where cloth is folded by hand it is impossible to obtain the accurate edge given by this little implement, and the work takes a great deal longer to accomplish.
THINGS WORTH KNOWING
Rice to be a useful article of food should be stewed with milk, butter or stock, which will supply the want of natural fat.
Lemon juice will clean aluminum.
If your aluminum pans and kettles become blackened, just a little of the juice on a cloth and rub the utensil well.
To starch black lawns boil two quarts of wheat bran in six quarts of water for thirty-five minutes. Let it cool and then strain. No soap is necessary where this is used, as it both cleanses and stiffens.
A good way to wash bottles or vinegar cruets is to put crushed egg cheels and warm soapy water together in then shake well. This will clean the glass well and will not scratch it.
To protect your rolling pin and board in absolute cleanliness is to make coverings for them of unbleached muslin, having drawing strings and loops sufficiently strong to hold them when the bags are hung up.
A loaf of bread will keep fresh much longer if placed in a covered stone crock. Wrap in a large cloth to exclude air and keep the crock in a cool place. It is nicer than a tin vessel and much better than keeping the bread in a refrigerator.
To preserve unused yolk of eggs put the yolks in a cup or basin, drop a piece of kitchen paper into cold water, and place over the top of cup or bain. This will prevent the yolks from getting hard and they will keep for days.
To deodorize saucepans after cooking onion, cabbage or fish, try this plan: Wash and dry the pan, then place a piece of thick brown paper on the stove, set fire to it and turn the saucepan over the blaze. After a few moments remove it, and the odor will not be noticed.
An easy and quick way of dropping oil when making mayonnaise dressing is to cut a small groove in each side of the cork in the olive bottle. The air will enter the groove at the top and force the oil out of the lower hole in slow, even drops. Lay the bottle on the table with the cork end projecting well over the edge. You can sit down and do your beating, and the oil will come out just right.
Tomato Relish.
One peck ripe tomatoes, chopped and drained over night in a bag, two cups chopped celery, two cups chopped onions, three green peppers chopped, one quart strong vinegar, two pounds brown sugar, three tablespoonfuls salt, two tablespoonfuls cinnamon, two ounces mustard seed. Btir all together well, bottle and seal. No cooking. Keeps any length of time.
Cleaning With Milk.
Buttermilk is the best thing to clean linoleum and oilcloth. Just mop it up with a soft cloth and see the dirt taken off by the application. Milk well rubbed into the wood makes a good furniture polish also, keeping the shine surface in good condition.
AT THE WICHITA THEATRES.
AT THE WICHITA THEATRES.
"Laugh and the world laughs with you" is a saying that is old but true. This week, beginning Monday Oct., 30th, North Bros, Stock Co., wants everyone to laugh with them when they offer for laughing purposes only, Cyril Scott's great comedy success "A Stranger in a Strange Land." During the engagement of this non-
company at the Lyceum this season they have presented many dramatic success, but "A Stranger in a Strange Land" will be their first farce-comedy offering. The play is a series of laugh provoking incidents and humorous situations and complications blended into play that is a continuous laugh from start to finish. How a man can think of all the ludricous mishaps and mixups, how he can get his characters into the hopeless state of chaos which he does before the first act is half over and then extricate them from it all, is in itself wonderful, but what is still more to be wondered at is how can a crowd of people potray all this and keep their right wits about them. That's what you will say when you witness a preformance of "A Stranger in a Strange Land" at the Lyceum this week.
WHEN THE EYESIGHT FAILS
Then Things Look Good to One That Everyone Else Is Criticising Harshly.
"Everything has its compensations," declared the man whose hair is graying over his ears and who can read fine print as easily as he could ten years ago. "Yes, sir! Things look good to me that I hear other people criticising like the mischief. Every girl has a flawless companion; everybody's hair looks as if it grew there and didn't have to be pinned on; all my friends are handsome; the streets seem clean and my clothes look 'new.
"Then, when I put on my spectacles —! But I've learned not to, except when I want to learn. When my straw hat gets too spotty my good wife punches me up and says it's time to buy a new one, and when she needs a frock she just quietly hauls my specs out of my pocket, hands them to me pointedly, and stands before me in a good light. Rose-colored spectacles are all right, she tells me, when I'm looking at her face, but she prefers me to inspect her last summer's gown with my strongest, clearest lenses."
Seagulls of Lerwick.
The seagulls are the sparrows of Lerwick, and as such they have a greater share in the town's life than have the sparrows of London. In the morning time you will note that a seagull sits on every chimney pot. Seagulls swoop and hover over every roof in the town. The air is full of their strange, high, plaintive, haunting cries. The children in each house have a pet name for their particular seagull, and having called them by those names, they feed them every day. And each seagull knows what is meant for him. No seagull attached to one house ever seeks to eat the food scattered from the house next door. He does not dare; the other gulls would kill him. The people of the town, if they come across a little pile of rice laid upon the roadway, step over it with care. And at night the seagulls leave their own appointed chimney pots and fly gracefully away to their resting places on the rocks of the Isle of Noss.—The Scotsman.
In Praise of Candor.
Candor is the brightest gem of criticism.—Disraeli.
Explained.
"Katie," said Mike, "if ye're after listening tonight and hear an inaudible whisper underneath your window, 'tis meself that's 'keepin' quiet."—Harper's Bazar.
Woman's Wiles.
A girl has a genius for making a man think he's in love with her when it's only how pleased he is with the way she makes him think she thinks how smart he is.—New York Press.
Not Even There!
Gabrielle—"Wasn't that spirit satisfied with her mansion?" St. Peter—"No; she said she certainly expected enough closets."—Harper's Bazar.
Strange Companionship.
A thrush and a wren have built
nests in the same basket in a shed at
Wells, Somerset, England.
Take That.
"Lend me a dollar, old chap; I get
paid tomorrow." "Haven't got it, old
scout; I got pald yesterday." -Puck.
Cork the Beauty Center.
For feminine beauty go to Cork. On the occasion of her first visit to Ireland—in 1849—Queen Victoria wrote of the women of Cork: "The beauty struck us much; such beautiful dark eyes and hair, and such fine teeth; almost every third woman was pretty, and some remarkably so." Of the women of Belfast there was less to be said, nothing more than: "The people are a mixture of nations, and feminine beauty had almost disappeared."—London Chronicle.
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Miss Irma Clark continues on the sick list.
Miss. Bessie Whitied is very ill this week.
Mrs. Ellia R. Ewing is on the sick list this week.
Mrs. George White is very sick Oct. Mrs. McFields.
Information has been received of the death of Mrs. Eva Downs, who has been ill for a long time. She died at her former home in Florida, where she went several weeks ago in the hopes of benefitting her health.
We wish to thank the all very kind friends that assisted us in caring for the delegates in time of our Great National Convention of the W. H. M. Society held in the Trlnity M. E. Church of this city.
The members of the G. L. A. Club was entertained on Tuesday afternoon by Mrs. W. H. Tillman, at the home of Mrs. J. E. Lewis. The afternoon was quite pleasantly spent, and the elegant luncheon served especially enjoyed. They will meet next week with Mrs. Ida B. Frazier.
The 46. anniversary that was given at the Cabble Chappel M. E. Church on 15th. and Wabash were a splendid success. The supper to twenty, Rev. Copeland give us one of his great lectures, Dr. N. D. Briley was toastmaster, D. K. Mickleberry was chairman of the Steward Committee,
Mrs. Ella Roach was hostess to the W. T. Vernon Club on the last Thursday evening Oct. 26th A dainty luncheon was served by Miss, Beatty Giles. The Club will meet next week at Mrs, Margie Anderson in the 11th. block on N. Mosley Ave.
The Ladies of the Mothers' Aid Club will meet Nov. 10, 1911, at 1:30 at the residence of Mrs. Alice Het, No. 312 Murdock. All members are requested to be present. Dr. G. G. Brown will be present.
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Whistling Sign of Contempt.
A Moroccan shows his contempt of anything by whistling. A conflict between tribesmen and a battalion of French troops was recently precipitated by the whistling of a locomotive on a railway being constructed near Casablanca. "The glaurs are laughing at us," said a chieftain, when the construction engine gave a toot to warn the natives at work on the line to look out. The Arabs went wild, mounted their horses, and rode on the whistling enemy. They had to be calmed with the whistling of rifle balls.
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OFFICIAL CALL OF THE WESTERN
NEGRO PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Muskogee, Okla., Oct. 2, 1911
members of the Association.
Whereas, following a general custom, the Executive Board of the Western Negro Press Association have met in executive session and set apart Thursday, November 30th, and Friday December 1st, 1911, for holding the fifteenth annual convention of the Western Negro Press Association to meet in Topeka, Kansas.
All members of the associatist are particularly urged to be present either in person or by proxy, and a cordial invitation is hereby exteedek to all editors, managers, reporters, correspondents, pub lishers and owners of newapapers and their coworkers who are not mempers.
Colored newspapers have become to be very important factors in the social, industrial, economical and political life of America, and it will be well for all newspaper men who can, to meet at this Convention to discusse the best means of employing the great power for the benefit of the race and the Country at large.
There is no greater responsibility than that of which rests upon the shoulders of newspaper men because they are the moulders of public opinion. We propose to learn at this convention how best of shape this opinion for the good of the masses as well as the classes.
A very interesting program has yeon arranged for this occasion and it will be yf much advantage to be present.
Witness my haed and seal this 2nd, day of Oct. 1911.
A. J. SMITHERMAN, Pres.
COOK, Sec. Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Mer Criticism.
The five-year-old daughter of a Brooklyn man has had such a large experience of dolls that she feels her self to be something of a connoisseur in children, relates Lippincott's. Recently there came a real baby into the house. When it was put into her arms the five-year-old surveyed it with critical eye.
"Isn't it a nice baby?" asked the nurse.
"Yes, it's nice," answered the youngster hesitatingly. "It's nice, but it head's loose."
The Qualint Belluga.
Caviare can be made of the roe of any fish; but the principal supply comes from the sturgeon and the belluga. The latter is about the most curious fish in the world. It weighs up to 1,000 pounds and innabits the waters of the swift-flowing Volga. It is so abundant that the natives of Astracan throw away the flesh—which is whiter than veal and very salty—and preserve only the spawns of which they sometimes take as much as 200 pounds out of one fish. This belluga life on the bottom of the river at certain seasons and swallows many large pebbles of great weight to ballast itself against the force of the stream; that is, the pebbles act as an anchor. When the flood subsides and the waters are less violent the belluga disgorges itself; that is, it unballasts, hauls in its anchor and swims about for provender
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His parents are convinced that Clarence will be a great man; the only doubt is whether it will be as a statesman or scientist. He is only four years old, and their confidence is based largely on one incident. The boy never told of it, and it would have been lost to history if a neighbor had not been a chance.
Clarence lives in suburbs, and has a cat and kittens. One day he went into the yard next door with one of the little ones to play. There was a big pile of brushwood here, and he shoved his pet into a hole in this. She crawled so far back that all his efforts to get her out were vain.
Had he been a man he would have pulled the pile of brush apart, but lacking strength for this he resorted to cunning. Running home, he soon returned with the mother cat. He shoved her into the hole after her offspring, and she soon came out with the little one between her teeth. Glances bore them both home in triumph.
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(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 peti-
tion on or before the 19th day of Octo-
ber, 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 out 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 ralment, 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 if the feet got through
Consider their tight boots—made so tight that they caused the most encrusting agony. And remember that the dandies of that day would carefully polish these burning, blasing, 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 exscelior would show through. Think of the bepowdered and becurled wigs when you rave at rats on women's heads and repent of your scoffing words.
Face powder? Perfumes and scents? Sure they had 'em. Patches on their complexion—yes, and rouge. They sure were pretty men those days.
And going back to the Indian—think of his war paint, of his gaudy blanket, his stained arrows, his painted pony, his bear-olled hair and his colored feathers.
But what's the use? He's not so pretty now. Only he really hadn't ughter soff so much at hobble skirts and peach-basket hats and Chinese hair switches and things. He really hadn't ughter.
As a Buncher.
We is one of the most bothersome words in the language. It is responsible for more misunderstandings than any other ten words put together. An editor will start out conscientiously to give his opinions. He will begin by saying "We think," meaning himself. A latter later he will say "we," meaning his advertisers. A few lines farther down he will use the word again, meaning the class of people who read his paper. Then his heart will soften and expand. He will become eloquent with the use of "we," meaning the whole community or the entire human race. Then suddenly he will bethink himself and reflect that his is a party organ and "we," the party, is paramount after all. Whereupon he will divest himself of opinions in which the people large have no interest, or at least no profit.
All this is very confusing. The unsuspecting reader struggles along trying in vain to separate the we-goats from the we-sheep. Sometimes that's exactly what the editor is striving for, and sometimes he is the most confused of all.
We was invented to conceal thought.
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 dirt 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?"
"Yerra 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 it!"—Answer
TRUNKS
Coffeyvilfe, Kansas
Mrs. James Roberts and children. Louise and James Jr., are visiting in Parsons.
The A. M..E. Sewing Circle met on Wednesday with Mrs. Alexander. After the business hour a dainty lunch was served. Mrs. Mary Davis was guest of the circle.
Mrs. Martha Goodrum is on the sick list.
Mrs. Caroline Edwards has returned to her home in Shawnee, Okla., after an extended visit with relatives and friends.
The Sunday school rally at the St. James M. E. church was well attended. The address for the service was delivered by Prof. Easter, an da paper on "Large Boys in the Sunday School" was read by Miss Lee Etta Roan. Rev. and Mrs. Jacob Dodd attended church at Seminole Sunday.
LEAD THE IDEAL SIMPLE LIFE.
Finns Devote Summer Months to Enjoyment and Pursuit of Health.
In Finland everybody lives the simple life in summer time. They camp out on islands, in the forests and always somewhere near the water, for everybody swims and bathes. Almost all classes sleep and eat al fresco, at this time of year, at the town councils of the town in this progressive and altogether delightful little country provide public fireplaces and public bathing sheds in all places where the working classes go in search of fresh air.
But the simple life is by no means dull with the frisky Finns. combine it with a surprising amount of gayety. They eat, drink and are merry in their picturesque little log cabins outside the cities.
When they are tired of bathing and plashing they dance, they sing, they catch fireworks and practice gymnastics, they all become like children and are the happiest, merriest, most good natured, most easily pleased and most healthy holiday makers in the world. We might take many leaves from the Finn's book—Ladies' Pictorial
Administrators Notice
FIRST PUBLICATION IN THE WICHITA' MERCHLIGHT, OCT. 21, 1911.
STATE OF KANSAS, In the Probate Court, in and for said County, Sedgwick.
I be the matter of the estate of W. N. Miller, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Letters of Administration have been granted to the undersigned or the Estate of W. N. Miller, late of said County deceased, by the Probate Court of the County and state aforesaid, dated the 14th day of A. D. 1911. Now all persons having claim against the said Estate, are heeby notified that they must present the sank to the undersignee for allowance within one year from the date the said letters, or they may be predeclined from any benefit of such estate; and that if such claims be not exhibited within two years after date of such letters they shall be forever barred.
Mattie Miller, Administrix
Of the Estate of W. N. Miller, Deceased.
Oct. 14.....1911.
FIRST PUBLICATION IN THE WICHITN,
SEARCHLIGHT Oct. 21st. 1911.
Publication Notice
In the District of Sed wice County Kans
Division No. 1
The State of Kansas to the said defendant, Austyn Krebs:
You are hereby notified that on the 9th. d. a of October A. D 1911 the said plaintiff ffided her petition against you in the above Court, praying divorce and ad costs of this suit and you must an a wer said petition on or beside the 2nd day of December A D 1911 or the same will be taken as true and judgement rendered against you accordingl for a devore add cost.
LENA KREBS, Plaintiff
R B McWILLIAMS Atty for Plaintiff
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Hold your breath awhile—we've got some thing to tell ye.
FIGH IN CIVILIZATION'S SCALE
Jnknown Peoples of America Who Have Perished Utterly.
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 Norien's Magazine. This region extends from the northern boundaries of Peru to the southern limits of Costa Rica, in one section 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 maduity.
The famed marble chairs of Rome at its zenith were not more symmetrical or beautifully carved than those of one of these unknown marbles. No pottery of any other shape was more delicately patterned than that found in vast quantities as numerous almost as pebbles, on the sites where these extinct peoples dwelt. Their cloth was of truly marvelous weave; in beauty of dexterity richness of color and fineness of texture no fabric of to-day sums up.
Took Precautions.
"You ran into this man at 30 miles an hour and knocked him 40 feet," said the court.
"That, or a little better, I suppose," answered the chauffeur.
"Why didn't you slow down?"
"Mere precaution, your honor. Once I shut off speed and hit a man so gently that he was able to climb into the machine and give me a loosing."
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The ] BER
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The Romanticliistory of a,
Pirate Hoard onan lsland
in the Pacific \W AO gop
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By WALTER NOBLE BURNS
2 CW aash., in. a few
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His 4 SS) away across the
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= SY the heart of the
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romance of all
pirate story.
Capt. Frede-
rick Hackett, in
command of the
‘vessel, claims to be the only man in
all the world who knows the secret of
the buried treasure of Cocos island.
‘He plans on this expedition to lift the
vast wealth plundered by sea rovers
in the early part of the last century
and hidden on the fsland in a cave,
the exact location of which has been
Jost and for which adventurers have
sought in vain for many years.
He 1s equipped with hydraulic min-
‘tng machinery and has sufficient pro-
visions to remain for a year if nec-
essary on the Island, which lies 300
miles off the western coast of Central
America. That a score of former ex-
editions have proved failures does
not discourage him. The treasure
hunters who have gone before have
depended upon pick and shovel. He
will be the first prepared to use
hydraulic mining methods. Earth-
quakes, he says, have shaken down
landslides upon the treasure cave and
changed the topography of the island.
He will wash the earth away with
streams of water powerful enough to
‘uproot trees and burst rocks asunder.
He 1s confident of success.
“When I return to the United
“States,” says Captaln Hackett, “I shall
have the entire Cocos island treasure
battened down beneath the hatches of
ig Horperns
‘he story of Cocos {sland makes
Robert Louls Stevenson's “Treasure
Island” seem true in comparison, so
much stranger are the facts of this
real romance of buried treasure than
the dream-adventures, highly colored
as they are, wrought by the imagina-
tion of the novelist. The marvelous
tale has its beginning in the days
when savage buccaneers, flying skull
and-crossbones at their mast-heads,
harried the Spanish main and plun-
dered tall galleons on the high seas.
It fafrly glitters from beginning to
end with a fairy wealth of doubloons,
pleces-of-eight, louls d’ors, moldores,
sequins and double guineas. In tts
crowded episodes, blind-folded victims
walk the plank, bronzed and turbaned
cutthroats swarm over the bulwarks
of captured ships and lay about them
with cutlass and dragoon pistol, sea
Togues are strung up at yard-arms,
towns are sacked and looted, vessels
are left to welter to thelr ruin In flame
and smoke. [t centers about a lonely
island, palm-shadowed in tropic seas,
whereon lies buried a treasure beyond
the dreams of Monte Cristo. It rings
with the clash of battle on the island
beaches and with the death erfes of the
men murdered that they might never
betray the treasure’s secret hiding
place Finally {t hands down from the
far-off time of romance to prosaic
modern days a great golden mystery
which, like a siren beckoning througt
the years from purple southern seas,
has lured men to ruin and death.
According to well-authenticated ac
counts, $23,000,000 in pirate treasure
1s buried on Cocos island. Of this sum
$12,000,200 in money, bulllon _an¢
plate fs supposed to have been bidder
in 1821 by Benito Bonito, the last of
the great pirates who, even after La
fitte hed passed away, kept allve upor
the ocean the jawless traditions o
LOllonois, Pierre Le Grand, Roche
Braziliano, England, Hawkins and Si
Henry Morgan.
‘The remaining $11,000,000 is satc
to have been concealed in the same
cave in 1838 by “Bugs” Thompson
one of Bonito's old pirate crew, whc
sailed away with the treasure from
the harbor of Callao when the gov
ernment authorities of Peru entruste¢
it aboard his vessel to save it from
capture by evolutionists. It consistec
of money from the public treasury, In
gots of gold from Inca mines, plate
chalices, ornaments and golden stat
ues belonging to the churches and ca
thedrals of Lima.
Captain Hackett 1s fourth in wha
may be christened the royal line o
the holders of the golden secret o
Cocos island. This secret has beet
handed down in a sort of lineal de
scent from Thompson. The forme:
ocean freebooter for years carrie’
about a chart of Cocos island drawt
upon a piece of yellow parchmen
ehowing the exact location of the cav«
fn which his own and Bonito’s treas
ure hoard fs hidden. He gave thi
chart to a fisherman of St John’s
Copyright 191, by Wi G CHAPMAN
N. F., named Keating, with full dt-
rections how to find the treasure.
‘Thompson died under myaterious clr-
cumstances a little later and the
suspicion grew that Keating killed
him. However that may be, Keating
jsailed to Cocos island in 1844 with
Captain Bogue, a seaman of sufficient
means to finance the expedition. They
found the treasure, but Bogue never
returned. Keatl:g sald he was
drowned fn the surf while attempting
to climb into a boat with his boots
and pockets stuffed with gold. It Is
generally belleved that Keating mur-
dered him.
Keating made a second visit to the
fsldnd four years later and again
found the treasure. In both trips he
is supposed to have brought away gold
and jewels to the value of $150,000.
He was prevented from recovering the
entire treasure by mutinous crews on
both voyages. Keating and Bogue are
the only men, so far as {s known, who
ever recovered treasure from Cocos
Island.
Keating passed his secret on to the
Hackett brothers, both seamen and his
neighbors in St. John’s. Keating had
lost or destroyed the chart which he
had obtained from Thompson. But he
drew another chart which he gave to
the Hacketts with explicit instructions
how to find the cave. Keating died in
1883 and Capt. Thomas Hackett, the
elder brother, sailed in 1885 on an ex-
edition bound for Cocos, but the voy-
age ended with his death in Havana
from yellow fever.
Capt. Frederick Hackett, who is
about to undertake the latest Cocos
{sland treasure hunt, has himself made
two former unsuccessful expeditions.
Captain Hackett was formerly a
whaling skipper. He has been a sea-
man all his life. He formerly safled
out of St. John’s, Newfoundland, where
he was born and grew to manhood.
Tw the last ten years he has made
his home In Vancouver, British Colum-
bia, where he is engaged in the fish-
ing'trade. He is a bluff, ruddy, beard-
ed old sea dog, hale and vigorous de-
spite his three score years, and full
of a boyish enthusiasm over a project
that has been his one dream for a
quarter of a century. So many expe-
ditions to Cocos island have failed to
find treasures that Captain Hackett
has had difficulty in raising funds for
his present expedition. He succeed-
ed in getting together $100,000, and
with this sum he has been able to pro-
vision his ship properly for a year’s
voyage and to take along hydraulic
mining machinery, in which he {s sure
lies the only hope of ever unearthing
the Cocos island treasure.
“I have stood over millions,” said
Captam Hackett recently as he sat
by the skylight on the quarter-deck of
the Hesperus and watched his sailors
busy with final preparations for the
expedition. “It was not lack of
knowledge that caused me to fail in
my two former voyages, but lack of
equipment and supplies. I knew after
my first expedition that picks and
shovels would not do in Cocos, and
that the only chance to got the treas-
ure was to tear up the earth with
streams of water thrown by a by-
draulic mining engine. 1 have the
latest hydraulle machinery with me
now, and I shall set out with perfect
faith in the successful outcome of my
voyage.
“The landslide that now les on top
of the treasure cave probably occurred
in the middie of the last century dur-
ing the violent earthquakes that shook
the western coast of South and Cen-
tral America. Forest trees have grown
upon it, and the appearance of that
part of the island is vastly changed
since the days of Bonito, Thompson
and Keating. But witt my bearings
and chart and the Instructions given
me by Keating in many long _inter-
views, I believe I can locate within a
radius of 30 feet the spot beneath
which the treasure is buried.
“1 knew Keating from youth up,”
Captain Hackett continued. “He was
a rough, ignorant man who had been
a fisherman and a sailor all. his life.
“It was because my brother and I
befriended him when most everybody
else looked askance at him‘that after
advaneing years made it pretty cer-
tain that he never would be able to
voyage to Cocos again, he decided to
divulge his secret to us. My brother
and I owned the collier, Lord Dufferin,
which was kept busy cruising up and
down the coasts of Newfoundland and
New Brunswick. On one of our voy
ages we took Keating with us. One
stormy night as the old man sat by
the table in the cabin over a glass of
stiff grog. he first told us how to find
the treasure. He began bis strange
story with an account of his first visit
to Cocos with Captain Bogue.
“It was a hot day in June, he said
when he and Bogue landed. They
struck off through the tropical jungle
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gold and sacks of
money. Many of the Z
sacks bore the stamp a
of the Bank of Castle
Lima. There were —
many golden cruc!- -
fixes, challees and
church ornaments. Tees
A statue of the Ma-
donna of solid gold lay upon the
| oor. It was so heavy that Keat-
ing and Bogue together could not
| lift it, but could only push it along.
| The glitter of the piles of gold,
| Keating said, fairly made him reel
and seemed to fill the cave with a
| ghostly radiance that at first
struck him with awe.
“Bogue and Keating tied a few
coins in a handkerchlet and rowed
back to their ship. They told the
sailors they had found a spring of
fresh water, but they were 80 excited
with what they had seen that they act
ed unnaturally and the crew, may be,
had suspicions of the truth, anyway
One word led to another, and Bogut
and Keating told as little as possible,
but 1f was enough for the crew, who
made them promise to go shares.
“Right here Keating and Bogue be
gan to play thelr game more shrewd
ily. They served out unlimited grog,
as if to celebrate treasure trove. Long
before night the whole outfit was glori
ously drunk except Keating and Bogue
| who took care to remain strictly sober.
All hands turned in early to sleep off
their potations and be ready to bring
the treasure aboard next morning. AS
soon as they were asleep, Keating and
| Bogue slipped off to shore in a whale
boat. They beached their boat and
again made thelr way to the cave.
They filled their pockets with doub-
loons ‘and plecesof-elght and louis
dors. Not satiefled with the money,
Bogue, stuffed bar gold into his sea-
boots ‘so that he could hardly walk
for the welght. In launching the boat,
Keating sald Bogue went under and
was drowned.
“Keating,” Captain Hackett went on,
“escaped to sea with his plunder, leav-
ing the ship to its fate, and the men
never were seen or heard of afterward.
Four days later he was picked up by
a Spanish coasting vessel which land-
ed him safely near Punta Arenas. He
slowly worked his way back to New-
foundland and deposited much money
in the St. John’s bank.
“Keating made a second voyage to
Cocos Island four years later. He
told us of this adventure too. I wrote
the tale out afterwards in Keating's
own language as nearly as I could re
member it.”
‘The first treasure was burled on
Cocos island by Benito Bonito a few
months before his death in 1821. Bo
nito was born in 1788. He was a
Spaniard of supposed gentle blood. His
real identity is not known—Benito Bo
nito was an assumed name. He be
gan his carreer as a Meutenant of a
Spanish privateer. At the close of
the Napoleonic wars he became mate
of a Portuguese trading brig. In 181¢
he quarreled with bis captain, mur
dered him and seized the vessel. From
that date he followed the life of a pi:
rate. One of his first prizes taken ip
West Indian waters was an English
slaver named the Lightning. Having
cut her out of Matanzas, where she
was lying at anchtr one night, he
burned his own brig and, transferring
his flag to the British vessel, renamed
her the Relampago, which is Spanish
for chain-lightning. Most of the crew
of the slaver were made to walk the
plank. Two pleaded for their lives and
offered to join Bonito. On this condi
tion Bonito spared them. These two
men were Thompson, known in Coco:
island traditions as “Bugs,” and
Frenchman named Chapelle, who als¢
figures later in the story of Cocos is
land. +
In the long, low, rakish Relampago
which could show a clean pair of heels
to anything sailing the Spanish main
Bonito had a busy and prosperous
career as a pirate. From Rio to the
Bahamas he became a scourge and col
lected an immense amount of booty
When the Spanish government seni
warships to hunt him, Bonito slipped
around Cape Horn to fresh pastures ir
the Pacific
The wealth of the churches o!
Spanish America is still considerable
but in the early days of the last cen
tury the richness of the plate and or
naments with which they were adorn
ed was amazing, Bonito sacked cities
aud cowns up and down the western
coast, pillaging the cathedrals and lay-
Ing tribute upon the citizens. His
fame as a cruel and rapacious sea rob-
ber spread from the Horn to the Span-
ish settlements in California, In hunt
ing for a spot in which to bury his
growing treasure, he chanced upon Cos
cos island.
Cocos Island is a volcanic speck in
| the Pacific ocean and belongs to Costa
Rica. It {s 300 miles off the Costa
Rica coast, 600 miles from Panama,
and 5 degrees north of the equator.
On the trip to Cocos island destined
to be Bonito’s last, a number of his
men became dissatisfied. Having row-
ed their treasure to the cave they gath-
ered on the beach in sullen temper,
and soon came to open mutiny. They
were tired of piracy. They demanded
that the entire treasure be divided
among them and that they be set upon
the mainland and ‘permitted to shift
for themselves. Bonito refused. A
pitched battle was fought with cut-
lass and pistol, and in the hand-to-
hand engagement many were killed.
Bonito was victorious. With the mu-
tiny suppressed, he sailed for the West
Indies. Off Valparaiso, some one sug-
gested a carouse ashore. Bonito gave
his consent. Seventeen men were
landed and Bonito agreed to lie off
and on near a certain headland and
wait for them. With the 17 were all
that were left of the mutineers, in-
eluding Thompson and Chapelle. But
Bonito proved treacherous. He sailed
away and left the recalcitrants to their
fate. The 17 were recognized in Val-
paraiso as pirates and captured. They
were convicted and all except Thomp-
son and Chapelle wer. hanged. Thomp-
son and Chapelle escaped by represent-
| ne that they had been forced into Bo-
nito's service and offered to guide a
warship to Bonito's secret haunts
among the West Indian islands,
The British government was just
then planning a campaign of exter-
mination against Bonito and his buc-
caneers. Sent to England for the pur-
pose, Thompson and Chapelle guided
a British corvette to one of their old
chief's places of refuge in the Car-
ribean. Bonito's ship and crew were
captured, but the grim old sea wolf,
seeing ahead the loom of the gibbet on
Execution dock, blew out his brains
on his own quarter-deck.
Of the subsequent fate of Chapelle
Uttle 1s known,
Thompson drops out of sight until
1838 when he reappears as_ Captain
‘Thompson, master of an English trad-
ing brig, the Mary Dear, which at the
opening of the second chapter of the
romance of Cocos island was lying in
the harbor of Callao, Peru. A revo-
lution was under way in Peru. Lima,
the capital founded by Pizarro, was
in a state of siege. Just before the be-
leaguering lines of the revolutionists
were drawn about the city, the gov-
Jernment authorities removed _ the
| money from the treasury, and from
| the churches the plate and ornaments
peatiie back to the golden days of
the conquest, and sent them for safe
| keeping to an old stone fortress at Cal-
ee When the revolutionary army
learned of the removal of the. treas-
ure, which was valued at $11,000,000,
it marched on Callao with the deter-
| mination of capturing the rich hoard.
In this crisis, the commandant .of the
fortress, seeing ah English flag flut-
tering from the peak of the Mary
Dear, bethought him that under the
folds of the union jack Lima's treas-
ure would be safe. Captain Thompson
gave his consent to the proposition.
‘The treasure vas soon stowed snugly
under the Mary Dear’s hatches, and
four Peruvian soldiers were left on
board to guard it.
Deore heer pralt a aint mcrae a, Pirate mi,
| did not dream that Captain ‘Thompson,
who so bravely flaunted the English
ies had sailed in earlier days under
the Jolly Roger with Benito Bonito's
cut-throat crew. But with $11,000,000
battened down in his hold the old law.
less spirit of his buccanneering days
flamed up anew in Thompson, and he
| couta not resist the temptation to turn
robber again. In the night watches he
ee his men slit the throats of the
guardians of the treasure, slipped
their cables and put to sea.
‘The Mary Dear bore up for Cocos
[island and dropped anchor in Wafer
‘bay. Some portion of the spoil was
distributed among the crew. ‘The re-
mainder Thompson carried in 11 boat-
poeae around the headland wihch sep-
arates Wafer bay from Chatham bay
[and there landed it upon the beach.
He sent the boats back to the brig,
keeping two men with him. With thetr
assistance he carried the treasure into
the tropical brush and stowed it in
Bentto Bonito’s old treasure cave.
Then he shot the two men.
He spread to the winds every stitch
of canvas and headed the brig west-
ward in a mad hurry to escape pur-
suit, but before the tall peaks of Co-
cos island had dropped below the ho-
rizon a Peruvian gunbeat hove in
sight and sent a shot acros his bow.
When capture seemed inevitable,
‘Thompson surrendered. Perhaps his
cunning brain foresaw the immunity
that must be granted to the sole pos-
sessor of the key to the hiding place
of millions of dollars. At any rate
he and the mate of the Mary Dear
were spared that they might guide the
Peruvians back to the Cocos island
treasure. The other ten men of the
Mary Dear’s crew were strung up at
the yard-arm.
‘The warship proceeded to Cocos is
land and Thompson and the mate vere
landed under an armed escort. But
the desperado was a man of resouree,
and he and the mate contrived to es
cape and kept In hiding in the caves
and undergrowth. For four days arm.
ed parties searched for them through
the length and breadth of the Island,
pouring volleys into every piece of
thick scrub or likely hiding place. At
the end of this time, thinking that
perhaps the fugitives had been killed
by the broadsides with which the jun.
gles had been raked, the captain of the
gunboat sailed away.
The two marc ied men eked out a
jrecarioud’ efietMlce “en Cerrien and
birds’ eggs until a vessel called at Co-
cos for water. Passing themselves off
as shipwrecked sailors, they were
given passage to the mainland. The
mate died soon afterwards of yellow
fever at Punta Arenas. ‘Thompson es
caped. One story has it that he went
to Samoa where he lived under the
name of MacComber. According to an-
other tale he made his way to Eng
land.
Nothing was heard of Thompson
again until 1844, when on a voyage
from England to Newfoundland he fell
in with Keating, who was to become
heir to the secret of the Cocos island
treasure.
Soon after Thompson had confided
bis secret to Keating he died. His
death aroused no suspicion at the
time, but long afterwards in the light
of events Keating was suspected of
having murdered him. Keating took
over Thompson's effects, Including bis
map of Cocos island. By Thompson's
death, Keating became the sole pos
sessor In all the world of the secret of
the Cocos Island treasure. How Keat
ing lifted the treasure on two voyages
to the Island already bas been told.
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10=St. Marta, Lawrence, Kan., Mre.
Carrte Davis, 446 Main; 1-3 Wed,
11—Rebecca Saba Mereo, Kansas City,
Kan, Mrs. J.-A. Smith, 847 Free.
man; 1-3 Mon.
2—wolken Role, Kansas City, Kan
sas, Mrs. B. Johnson, 211 Stew-
oy 18 Thars.
16—Americn Davis, Welr, Kan., Mrs.
Maggw owwart, Box 14; 24
) Mor,
4—Stiver Leaf, Parsons, Kan., Mrs.
. K. Shakespear, 112 Main; 1-
Wed.
17—Western Queen, Ft, Scott, Kan,
Mrs. A. Masir, 317 B. Wall; 13
Sat.
18—St. Marie, Omaha, Neb. Mrs. E
Patterson, 2115 Nicholas; 24
Thurs.
19—Amelia Levels, Omaha, Neb., Mrs.
Ella Golden, 2302 N. 25th.
20—Maria, Ft. Scott, Kan, Mra, P
Johnson, 501 Hyman; 1? Fri
21 Queen Sheba, Oswegs. Kan., Mrs.
Nancy Landis, Box 144 2-4 Thu
24—Charity Rose, Coffeyville, Kan.;
Mrs. A. Garner, 704%, :2th; 13
Wed,
28—Modern, Parsons, Kan., Mrs. D.
Dorsey, 716 E. 15th; 1-3 Thurs
29—Crystai, Leavenworth, Kan., Mrs.
H. La Tand, 407 Kickapoo; 1-3
Tue,
30—Victoria, Leavenworth, Kan., Mrs.
Ella McKinais, 217 Sherman; 1-3
Fri.
32 Emma Gaines, Butte, Mont., Mrs
Salina Basters, 334 Dakota [rear]
34—Wichita, Wichita, Kan., Mrs. Sal.
He Hall, 1024 Ohio; 1-3 Thurs
35—Golden Rule, So. Omaha, Neb.
Mrs. Sadie Jones, 819 N. 27th;
1-3 Thurs.
37—Eutevator, Atchison, Kan, Mrs.
Mamie Sloss, 1121 Oak; 13 Fri
38—Covenant, Weir, Kan. Mrs, L
Washington; 2-4 Wed.
39 Deborah, Abeline, Kansas, Mrs.
Mable Baskerville. 2-4 Thurs
52—Mt. Maria, Lawrence, Kan., Mrs
Cora Yeager 26 Main; 2-4 Thurs
63—Fair West, Kansas City, Kan.,
Mrs. Rosa Saunders, 716 N. J;
18 Fri,
71—Pearly Rose, Topeka, Kan., Mrs
Jennie B. Taylor, General Deliv.
85—Magdalene, Topeka, Kan., Mrs. M
Richardson, 1425 Van Buren.
89—Queen Lizzie, Omaha, Neb. Mrs
N. L. Hibbs, 2805 Cummings.
91—Golden Sheaf, Omaha, Neb., Mrs
Lulu Rountree, 1125 N. 19th:
13 Thurs.
92—St. Annis, Lincoln, Neb., Mrs. L
D. Davis, 3833 P; 24 Fri,
93—Macedonia, N, Topeka, Kan., Mrs
8, A. Brown, 15th and Washing
ton; 13 Thurs.
TENTS.
_ Rev. Frank Wilson. C. G. M.
Mrs. Bessie Hall, G. Q. M.
: 1—Golden Leaf, Leavenworth, Kan.
| Mrs. Eliza Scott, S. 3rd; 4 Sat
2—Frank Wilson, Fa Scott, Kan.,
Mrs. Eyima Maxey, 411 Ransom
3—Moses Dickson, Wichita, Kan.
Mrs. B. Brown, 813 N. Wichita
4—White Rose, Kansas City, Kan,
Mrs, Lulu Ross, 433 Nebraska;
2-4 Sat.
5—New Hope, Coffeyville, Mrs. Ads
Gilbert, 405 Santa Fe. 2-4 Wed.
ton, 1-3 Sat.
7—Lone Star, Yale, Kan., Mrs. Calte
Lewis.
8—Golden Eagle, Iola, Kan. Mrs,
Sarah Mayes, 20 Campbell.
11—Golden, Atchison, Kan., Mrs. Car.
rie Brown, 920 N, 10th; 24 Sat.
10—Washington, Kansas City, Kan.
Mrs. Effie Porter, 1036 Grand
view Bivd.; 1-8 Sat,
Alice Tucker, So. Omaha, Neb.
Mrs. I, M. Faulkner, 169 N.
Bist; 1-8 Sat,
11—Viola, Lawrence, Kan., Mrs. Mary
Brown, 325 Mise. +4 Sat.
14—Busy Bee, Atchisva Kan, Mrs
| Arla Stone, 823 Main; 1-3 Sat.
15—Louisa Mae, Cherryvale, Kan.
Mrs. M. E. Holt, 617 West
Main.
16—Pearl, Wichita, Kan., Mrs. Anns
Jin, 1487 Wabash Wichita; 2-4 Sat
11—Castle Rock, Weir, Kan., Mrs. H
H. Askins, Box 26.
18—Star of West, Salina, Kan,
A. O. Murrell, 633 S. 4th; 1-3 Sat
20—John Wilson, K. C., Kan., Mr. C.
D. Dalton, 1228 Barnett; 2-4 Sat
21—Crystal, Leavenworth, Kan.; Mrs,
Priscilla Lee, 419 Kiowa; 3 Sat
2-4 Sat,
23—Clinging Rose, Lawrence, Kan,
Mra. Ada King, 722 N. Y., 3 sat.
26—lmma Gaines, Weir, Kan. Mary
Stewart; 13 Sat.
28-—~20th Century, Parsons, Kan., Ace
1,, Willis, 2215 Morgan;, 1 Sat.
36—Pride of Topeka, N. Topeka, Kan.
Mrs. Sarah McElroy, 817 Lin
coln; 13 Sat.
37—Pansy Blossom. Topeka, aKn,
Mrs, Sally Lanear, 1209 Buchun
an; 13 Sat.
\4—Rising Sun, Atchison, Kan. Mrs
Mary Delley, 120 Kansas.
'5-—-Orange Rose, Kansas City, Kan
Mrs. P. Henderson, 312 Wasi)
ineton: 1-1 Sat.
46—Mavflower, Omaha, Neb., Mrs. L.
Herrold, 2521 N. 17th; 18 Sat.
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RARE FORMS OF MARINE LIFE
Beaked Whales and West Indian Eoh-
Inolde Are Described In the Bulle
tins of the National Museum.
‘The United States National museum
fsa issued two bulletins in the quarte
weries.
Of these the first, Bulletin 73 is “An
Roocount of the beaked whales of the
family Ziphidae in the collection of
the United States National museum,
‘with remarks on some specimens tn
other American museums,” by Dr,
Frederick W. True, head curator of
= department of biology in the
ited States National museum.
‘The beaked whales are among the
rarest cetaceans and of the three gem
era only specimens representing about
100 individuals are known. The three
genera in the family Ziphidae are
‘Mesoplodon, Ziphius and Beradius,
and to the discussions of these with
their individual species Doctor True
has devoted his attention.
‘The second of these bulletins, No
%, is “On Some West Indian Echinp
‘ofds,” by the well known authority,
‘Theodore Mortenson of the Zoological
museum of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Of special interest in this bulle
tin is the list of North American and
‘West Indian Echinoids, which he has
carefully compiled from the spect
mens obtained by the Blake and the
Alpatross. The bulletin is beautifully
Mlustrated by 16 full-page plates of
these interesting forms of marine life.
‘When Tower Loomed.
It was while Charlomange Tower
was ambassador to Russia that a New
York city newspaper “spread itself’
upon a fete held at St. Petersburg. 4
green copy-reader produced this ro
sult: -
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tals decoration there was additiona)
pleasure in the sight, as one stood at
the head of the Prospekt Nevska, of
Churlemagne Tower, brultantly illu
minated, looming grand and tmposing
again the winter sky.”—Succea
Magazina, -
A Monster Loaf,
Bakers in Germany are fond of mak
ing odd experiments, the followtsg be.
ing reported from Duisburg, ‘n West
phalia, At a children’s party recentiy
held In that tow “ere was exhiNtes
and afterward: wand distribu
among the youn present, a bread
wist which for s.: ui least bas surest
rarely been equaled. Weighing uo jess
"ban 180 pounds, it hada breudth of
six feet and a length of ten feet, an.
was ths found suffictent to supply i
satisfactory afternoon collation to a
cuany 92 500 beys and girls,
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NEWTON NEWS.
Rev. W. H. Cole has returned from
Oklahoma where he attended the A.
M. E. conference, and reports a fine
conference and the colored people
prospering and coming to the front.
Mr. and Mrs, J. M. Gross and Mra
W. M. Webb spent last Sunday in
Marion, the guest of Mr. and Mrs, L
Pinchun.
Rey. Byron attended the conference
of the ©. M. E. chureh at Sedalia, Mo,,
last week and was sent back to New:
ton for the two years. All are pleas.
ed to have him,
Mrs. J. S. Falkner, who has been
quite sick, is much better now.
Mr, and Mrs. Roscoe Bell of Russel
ville, Ky., are visiting his uncle, C. R.
Ranney, and expect to make Newton
their home.
‘The ladies of the C. M. E. church
will put on a play Nov. 30, Thanksgiv-
ing, entitled “A Perplexing Situation.”
_ Rev, W. H. Garnett, pastor of the
Second Baptist church, is at Garden
City working in a revival meeting. _
MRS. M. RIDLTY,
508 W. First St.
Antiquity of the Sausage.
‘The sausage dates back to the year
@97. It bas been asserted that the
Greeks in the days of Homer manu-
factured sausages, but thts prehistorie
mixture had nothing in common with
our modern product. The ancient so
called sausage was composed of the
same materials which enter into the
make-up of the boudin of the French
market and the blood pudding of the
French-Canadian. The ancient sausage
was enveloped in the stomachs of
goats. Not vatil the tenth century did
tho sausage made of hashed perk be-
come known. It was in or near the
rear 1500 that, thanks to the introduc
tioa Into Germany of cinnamon and
saffron, the sausages of Frankfort and
Strassburg acquired a universal repw
tation.
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Almost Impossible to Impose Upon
Handlers of Money.
Incidentally it is interesting to note
‘that the skill which enables one to de
tect a counterfeit comes not fron
study of counterfeits, but from a ‘1,
ough and unconscious familiarity wit
the gonuine. If a man were pointe
out to yon and you were told that somt
day another whe mach resembled bin
would try to impose apon you, you
would be pretty apt to fix his features
in your mind; you would not spend
any time looking at other people whe
looked something like him, wo=!4 you?
And the moment the impostor ap
eared you would note that in this
that or the other particular he ‘failed
to meet the details of the other man’s
face and figure. Just so it is in the
detection of counterfeits. A skillful
teller in a bank, counting money rap
faly, will involuntarily throw out a
note which in the slightest degree de-
parts from the well-known pattern
which 1s so strongly {mpressed on his
mental vision. That involuntary act
will nearly always prove to have been
fustified, for the bill in 19 cases out of
20 will prove to be a counterfeit. It is
because of this fact that when @ re
quest {s received from some one to
Joan him a collection of counterfeits
for the instruction of his cashiers, be
fs advised te bave the young mea
Study the genuine carefully, and thery
‘will be no trouble in detecting the ‘sé
Aotes.—National Magazine.
REMARKABLE IN THE DOG LINE
Proud Owners of Pets, Listen to This
from Flatbush, N. Y.
Zip, a son of Bluff, the big bull ter
Her, fg the most respected dog in Fiat-
‘aush, 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
Uke O14 King Cole:
He calls for his pipe,
He calls for his glass,
He calle for his fiddiers three.
“That {s the most remarkable dog im
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 hie
smoke and returns me the pipe
‘Strong? He ought to be named Sam-
json. Why, we have a plano that
‘weighs 600 pounds. Tie Zip to it with
© rope and he will pull it all over the
room.” nt
“Siuce supporting race enter-
prises is right, men are coming
to the doctrine with their mouths
forgeting of the fact that talk is
cheap.
A Knowing Dog.
“Now,” said the narrator, “I've got
4 dog here I would not take $100 for,
You can believe me or not, but what
{ am going to tell you is the gospel
truth. In the early part of last spring
{ lost about a s very valuable
sheep, until one I was looking
across from my ! + to the edge of
she range oppos’: bcut two miles
away, I noticed some sheep. I got
my telescope, and as:ured myself that
they were mine. { placed the tele
scope in a suitable pc-itfon. and made
Bob, our best collie, luc: .nrough It
After about a minute the dog wagged
his tail and made off. In less thas
two hours he brought the sheep home
safe and sound.”
Rater
‘A again om an ocean liner otis the
following story: Coming from tte old
country was a very nervous old lady
who complained that she wes sure
there was « rat in her stateroom.
“Keep it there, madam,” sald the
captain.
“But do you Ike rats?” asked she,
“rve got a nest in my cabin,” re
Wwrted the brusque seaman, “ané 2
never disturb them When they lees
the ship I do.”
“Why, you must be superstitious,”
urged the dame.
“Ne, ma‘am,’ wosnd up the captaim
‘Tm not, but the rats are.”
Send Your News In Early
This Week.
HOW 10 MEET 4 LON
BRITISH SURGEON EXPLAINS en,
QUETTE FOR occasion,
f King of Beasts Fails to Realon hy
ts de Trop Tourist Should Walk
Avay With Becoming
Dionity.
Tne etiquette to de observed wy
& Beacetully tnelinod tourist op we
plorer meets @ lion in tho jungle i
described by Sir Frederick Troves ty
distinguished British surgeon, tn he
book, “Uganda for a Hollday," ju
published in England.
“The tourist coming to Bittish Bag
Africa,” he says, “is sure t> inguin
as to the line of conduct that should
be observed when a lion Is encous
tered by the way. In answer to sush
inquiry I was told that the etiquette
sultable for the occasion was the {a}
lowing: If the Ion when met with
walking in the opposite direction tg
the: tourist the animal should bo
‘owed to continue his walk without
comment. If, however, the lion stops
and stares at the tourist 1 is proper
that the tourist should ‘Si. the an
imal away, as he would a »)crustve
Boose on a village green. Siould the
Hon be unmoved by this expression.
Of annoyance the tourlst {9 advises
to throw lumps -f earth at the obtuse
creature, If, air ‘bis, the lion stil
fala to realize 1: +: de trop, the
tourist ts recom eri «i to walk away
from the spot with such dignity as thy
strained position demands.
Sir Frederick Treves has several
other things to say about the animals
of the wild. “The rhinoceros {s the
embodiment of blind conservatism
he writes, “Its hide ts impenetrable
its vision 1s weak, while {ts intellect
1s weaker. It has, however, two
marked qualities—combativencss and
@ sense of smell. It 1s aroused to tts
maximum energy by the presence of
anything that 1s new. This object
need not be a thing that {8 azcressive
or inconventent. Its offensiveiess ds.
ends upon the fact that \t is unte
millar, and the more unfamiliar the
object is the worse the rhinoceros
acts.
“When a rhinoceros smells man
he will charge him with maniacal vie
lence, although the man may be mere.
ly sitting on a stool reading Milton,
The massive beast will dash at him
Uke a torpedo or # runaway locomo-
tive simply because the smell of him
fs novel. Actuated by this insane
hate of whatever savore of an Inuore-
tion, the rhinoceros has charged at
fron water tank on the outskirts of a
camp and hes crumpled it up asa
Diacksmith would an empty meat tin.
“A conservative rhinoceros with a
senile dislike of anything new once
charged a train on the Uganda ralk
way, but with no more serious results
than the tearing away of the footboard
of a carriage, As regards the rhinoo-
eros in this case, it appeared sur
prised that a thing composed, as It
had imagined, of flesh and blood, could
‘be so hard. It went off with an addi
tional grievance and an Increased
swelling of the head.”
‘Tournament on Sea Horses.
Rumor has often told us of sea
horses, but with amused incredulity
we have always waved the tales aside.
Faith is, however, no longer called
upon, for in the water of Huntington
bay, on the north shore of Long 1
Jand, actual sea horses are daily ce
Pering in highly spectacular water
sports, even in a quaint revival of the
ancient tournament. The strange
beasts have been brought to us from
France and ere ingentously composed
ot a barrel, weighted on one side
which 1s under water, and decorated
with an expressive head and an 8s
Gressive tail. As soon as one mounts
upon the rotund back of one of these
Deasts it shows its temper, for, a
though tame and mild enough when
grazing among the waves by them
selves, they are flends incarnate as
soon as one attempts to throw « les
over them. They kick and buck in
manner which would appall « Buffalo
Bill himself.
One of the dally features of the
beach at Huntington is a tournament
fn whfoh armed knights, each astride
of a prancing sea horse, face each
other for battle royal. Tho riders are
equipped with long lances, well wadded
at the end with “stuffing.” With there
the knights paddle their course t
each other, and then with ‘auce
poised the battle begins.
Qualification for Office.
‘The little trial I Bave had of publle
employment has been s¢ much disgust
to me; I feel at times temptations to
ward ambition rising in my soul; but
I obstinately oppose them.
“But thou, Catullus, be thou orm
the last.”
Tam seldom called to it, aud as sek
dom offer myself uncalled; liberty end
laziness, the qualities most predomk
nant in me, are qualities diametrically
contrary to that trade. We cannot
well distinguish the faculties of men:
to conclude from the discreet conduct
of a private life, a capacity for th
management of public affairs, is 1
conclude ill; a man may govern him
self well, who cannot govern others
0; and compose essays, who could
aot work effects; men there may De
who can order a slege weil, or sould
ML marshel a battle; who can speak
well in private, who would ‘ll ¥
rangue a people or a prince: 87 ‘ue
peradventure rather a testimony
him, who can do the one, that be ce
not do the other, than otherwia\
From Montaigne. B