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THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT THE DISFRANCHISED AMERICAN. Is History Repeating Itself?-What Agitation Has Done and What it is Doing. FIFTEENTH YEAR. The New York Evening Post in a recent issue says: "There are many signs that the disfranchised American will not rest content with his present status. Under the auspices of the newly formed Constitution League there have recently been notable meetings in this city and in Washington. What is even more significant is a remarkable gathering of more than two hundred educated Negroes, comprising the Georgia Equal Rights Association, in the city of Atlanta itself, to protest against civil discrimination and disfranchisement. This is truly carrying the war into Africa, and it is a pleasure to record that there was no interference of any kind the color of the eo speed and assembly was accorded the protestants. Many a great moral movement has had its origin under less favorable circumstances; the New England Anti-Slavery Society was organ in 1832 by only twelve unknown persons. Yet it was correctly prophesied by its founder that Faneuil Hall would ere long echo with the principles set forth, and that the nation itself would be shaken by their mighty power. Thereafter anti-slavery societies sprang up by the dozens. And so, we believe, there will rise up throughout the country little bands who will sturdily agitate for the re-establishment of equal rights and denounce the injustice of excluding from participation in the government an American merely because of the color of his skin. It was easy enough to disfranchise; but it will be a very different matter to continue to disfranchise. The Negroes are growing in wealth, power and influence year by year in an astonishing way. No statute ever written can prevent their agitation for their rights, or close their lips, and such an agitation gathers momentum at every turn. Twenty years ago the race had only two or three leaders to voice its demands; today it has them by t hesco r a for every newspaper it printed in 1880 it has a dozen to-day to speak the truth. There is nothing in the situation now to warrant any man's belief that the Negrc will calmly submit to wrong. Every American tradition is against the assumption; no amount of muzzling or despotic rule has prevented the Russian serfs, so long disfranchised, from getting to a point where the ballot-box is about within their grasp. And no amount of denunciation or forcible repression will ever make this whole nation believe, as Representative Smith, of Pennsylvania, pretends to, in the joint resolution he offered on Thursday, to repeal Section 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. In it he declares that "the principles of universal suffrage, as held by such stubborn fanatics as Chas. tha nner, Benjamin Wade and Thaddeus Stevens, is now practically obsolete and these 'certain inalienable rights' with which 'all men are endowed by their Creator' enumerated in that quaint old document, the Declaration of Iudependence, are now admitted by certain eminent authorities on biology, sociology, etc, to be mostly bosh." This we take to be merely a bit of playful sarcasm. In his Cooper Union speech, Prof. W. E. B. Du Bois showed clearly how this question of the Negro's political rights will not down. For a quarter of a century the country has been told that if the South were only left alone there would be peace. Put the Negro out of politics, it has been said, and he will be happy and contented. For nearly this same period the South has been let alone. Not a single judicial decision, not a single Federal law has interfered with its program. Only an occaional executive action has aroused its anger. And yet, as Prof. Du Bois says "the more the South puts the Negro out of politics, the greater political question he inevitably becomes, so that to-day the South is discussing and voting on the Negro problem just as industriously as ever." Meanwhile, the South itself, as a result of its policy of injustice, is directly menaced by grave political evils created by this very policy. The peonage of the workingman, black and white, the nullification of popular governent, rule of the mob, are among these. In some states an ligarchical despotism has appeared, which in Virginia and Maryland has boldly tried to apply the principle of distranchisement to white men as well as to Negroes. * * * It was impossible to get the South to believe that those who opposed slavery were really working for its freeing from the one-crop and unpaid labor folly. So it will be impossible in the renewed battle for universal suffrage to get the South to see that the Negroes who demand the ballot are in reality fighting for the happiness and prosperity of the whole Southern section. A disfranchised class can never be a contented one, and discontented and restless labor militates strongly against the economic efficiency of the states which harbor it. * * * If you do not develop a feeling of responsibility for law and order by making a man realize that he has a share in enforcing it, you make him indifferent to it. In short, the effort to disfranchise any class in this republic is bound to fail. No taxation without representation is a cry that will not down. The women wage-earners are raising it in growing numbers, and the Colored men will re-echo it. To disfranchise people and then to exercise political power over them is to grant to some persons peculiar privileges absolutely repugnant to democratic institutions. As has been well said, tariffs, trusts and labor conflicts may come and go, but the demand for equal rights is ever with us. And as the Ccolored people grow year by year in power and numbers, their demands will appeal more and more strongly to the national conscience. A Pythian Victory For the K. of P's in "Good ol' Georgie" and the Race in General. After a few years of legal battle in the state of Georgia and various other parts of the South, the Colored Knights of Pythias throughout the United States and foreign countries, were made to rejoice Tuesday when the following telegram was sent out to the various Grand Chancellors by Supreme Chancellor S. W. Green: "New Orleans, La., June 11,'12. Sir John E. Lewis, Box 1017, This is the result of a long contention in Georgia, wherein a body of "lily white" Pythians were determined to oust the Colored organizations from that state; prohibiting them from using its rituals, signs or pass words of the order, and was carried from the state courts there to the Supreme Court of the United States, and there it was finally decided that the Negro organization had the right to maintain its charter. We have not the exact wording of the decision as passed upon by the U. S. Supreme Court, but suffice it to say this decision will not only settle the case in that state, but must have its effect upon several other states that have been fighting Negro organizations—Tennessee, for instance. It is the request of Grand Chancellor Lewis, that right upon the heels of this victory, the members of every subordinate Lodge throughout the Kansas jurisdiction, get busy and see to it that the recently created "Defense Fund" be kept up, and those who have not should respond at once. "The Blot Upon Nation's Honor." Whenever or wherever we see Old Glory flung to the breeze there comes to our hearts a quickening thrill, our pulses beat a rhythm of freedom and justice for all mankind, justice for the black for the brown, for the yellow for the red, and for the white and a thought that the white bars to our flag are a symbol of our nation's justice, the red bars to commemorate the blood of heroes who have died to preserve our nation's honor and the blue field for truth and protection for those who find a home beneath its folds. After the first thrill and exultation has passed we look more closely and see creeping, spreading all over our nation's honor a hideous blot, that darkens and obscures its purity, pollutes its integrity, hides truth and justice and we bow our heads in shame to think that our nation's honor has now become a thing to be pointed at in derision, a thing debosed, ignored, despised and degraded by the people of this great nation. The honor of each state is blackened by this blot, the integrity of this great government is dimmed by this blot and the virtue and prestige of every American citizen is tarnished by this blot. The treatment of the Negro race in America is so cruel, the injustice so ghastly in its reality that the inhabitants of all the earth shudder as Jerusalem shuddered at the brutal crime on Calvary. This is the blot upon our nation's honor, this is the crime that is committed against the Negro race today, this the dishonor of centuries that time only makes more terrible and more dishonorable. The injustice and brutality of the American nation to the Negro began with the importation of the first Africans as slaves to Jamestown, Va., it was continued until even some of its original advocates turned from it in loathing and disgust at the crime and brutalizing influence it spread all over this country. Search the annals of history of all the great world centers of population and you will not find such barbarous barbarity, such brutal brutality, such inhuman inhumanity, such degraded degradation and such sensual sexuality as was forced upon the slaves by their so-called masters. Thus through the indifference of the Northland and the brutality of the Southland for over two hundred years a race of people who built up the south, builted wharfs, kept the great Mississippi river in its course, made the south the cotton market of the world, cultivated the great hemp tobacco and cotton plantations, established the commercial reputation of the U. S. before the Civil war were tortured and recieved only brutal barbarism for their recompense. It remained for this American nation after centuries of civilization and education, after centuries of freedom and Christian influence to reach the lowest depth of savagery toward a whole people and to put them to such tor- ture that the whole world shrank back astounded at their brutal ity. When the Southland, enriched by the labor of the Negroes arose in her arrogance and pride and declared war upon Old Glory, then this great nation declared these slaves men and asked them to defend a flag and protect a country that for centuries had ignored their manhood and womanhood, closed their eyes to the brutality of their so-called masters and turned a deaf ear to their cries for justice. These black heroes arose in their mighty strength, laid aside their wrongs and battled valiently to preserve the honor and integrity of this great nation, where the white soldiers advanced and were driven back defeated our grandfathers and fathers went and conquored, where the white soldiers refused to go our grandfathers and fathers went and came back victorious, the battle fields of the Southland are enriched with the blood, thousands of Negro soldiers gave their lives that the blot of slavery might be erased from their nation's honor and that Old Glory might wave over a land whose whole people were free and equal. And in return this great nation has violated every law human and Divine. In our oppression we see Afro-American citizens disfranchised, denied the right to serve uponjuries, taxed in states that allow them no representation in their government, segregated in cities, denied education al, political and industrial equality and discriminated against in all the courts of this land. We see the rights and privileges guaranteed us by the amendments to the U. S. Constitution ignored and declared null and void in almost every state south of the Mason-Dixon line. The ghosts of thousands of Negro citizens who have been lynched and burned at the stake point the finger of scorn at the honor and integrity of a nation that by its silence and indifference has set its seal of approval upon such injustice and brutality and established such a precedent of inhumanity and indignity toward its Afro-American citizens. Thus we stand today, just a cross the threshold of the 20th century, not a race of complain- ST. LOUISANTO WED GOUNTESS | ELOPED FROM VIENNA WITH RICH TITLED WOMAN. T. C. Peter's Dexterity on Roller Skates Won Him a Bride—Now on His Way Home. St. Louis, Mo.—Terrell C. Peter, a 20-year-cld St. Louis boy, according to a cablegram received by his par- ents, is homeward bound with a Vien- nese countess, who {s eloping with him. His dexterity on roller skates won him the adrifration of the titled woman as well as the jealousy of a cabaret singer who created a scene at the railroad station when he boarded a train with the countess. The singer came to blows with the countess bride-to-be and both women emerged from the conflict somewhat disheveled. Peter’s fiance is Countess Chamarre, twice married and ap heiress. Her father is a member of the upper diet of the Austrian empire. She is 27 years old and has moved in the highest European society, where she was rated as “eccentric.” Peter is the youngest son of G. W. Peter, manager of a summer garden roller rink here and a champion roller skater who has appeared on rinks all through the United States and Europe. He has been in Europe several years and spent a 1g period in St, Peters- burg, where he taught the Czarina how to skate. He won the imperial favor of the czar, who’ gave shim a Perpetual passport. In Vienna he became the favorite of the nobility and had sumptuously furnished rooms and motor cars, POLITICIANS’ WIVES IN GAME Poker, Net Politics, Takes Up Time of Women Visitors in Chicago —No Limit. Chicago, Mlinois—Several of the wives of the national committeemen and widely known politicians attend- ing <he Republican convention orga- nized a little whist game early last week in a quiet room in the Congress hotel and gradually it grew into an auction whist game with stiff stakes. Lately they turned it into old-fash- ioned poker, taking the limit off and tossing it out into Lake Michigan. In attendance at the game were the wives of two western senators, the wife of one of the officials of the na- tional committee, the wives of three western politicians of note—all three of them members of the steam roller crew—and one charming ‘little Chi- cago woman who has done much to- ward making the stay of the visitors in Chicago pleasant. “It is just a friendly game, you know,” said the woman who told. “Of .course there is no limit. If there is SS sentone cane bint Only one. ‘woman lost very much and she can afford it. She had lots of fun.” HALF A MILLION IN THIS WILL Kansan’s Estate Divided Between Four Daughters and Two Sons $12,500 to Charity. Emporia, Kansas—The will of the late L. W. Lewis disposing of prop- erty whose estimated valuation is $500,000 was filed in the Lyon county probate court, Much of the property is in real estate and crusher equip- ment. The estate is divided among the four daughters and two sons of Mr. Lewis, with the exception of $12,- 500, which is given to charity. Of this amount the College of Emporia receives $6,500, which is held on a mortgage note. The entire contracting business is given to the two sons, L. H. Lewis and W. J. Lewis. That includes the crusher plants located near Florence and Augusta, Kan., at Uncas, Ok. and at Vaughn and Bluewater, N. M. It also covers all pending contract busi- ness. SLATER, MU., AGAIN VOTES DRY Last Town in Saline County to Vote ‘on Local Option This Wane Slater, Missouri—The result of the Yocal option election held here gave a victory to the “drys” by a majority of 143, The total vote cast was 767, which is 128 more than that of four years ago, when the town went “dry” by a majority of 146. Slater is the last city in Saline county to vote on local option this year, the county voting “dry” June 3 by a majority of 504. Marshall went “dry” by a majority of Sb June 6. Killed New Father-in-iaw. Durant, Oklahoma—J. 1. Robin- son, proprietor of the Brick hotel at Caddo, Ok., was shot and killed in a drug store in that city by Ray McGee, a young farmer who married Robin- son's daughter Saturday night. The father had bitterly opposed the match. McGee surrendered. He is in jail here. Newspaper Would Free Ruef. San Francisco, Cal—The San Fran- cisco Evening Bulletin filed a formal application with the board of prison directors.for a parole for Abe Ruef, now serving a 15-year sentence in San Quentin prison for bribery. ee ene meh aes | Washington, D. C.—Pending the disposition of other items in the river and harbor appropriation bill, over which there is a real controversy, the action on the Missouri river project has been postponed temporarily. DECORATING FOR THE REPUBLICANS BR aN le Nee oo NATIONS a (ae | ad . Be Soulig die oa em rors Tee ! aie, Ce ae eens ees ee ee | I win be held, is being elaborately decorated for the big event. Natu- | rally, the dominating feature in the decorations is the American flag. | Around the walls are graceful festoons of red and white bunting | ‘BUSINESS WAITS ON POLITIGS | LONE BOY A MEXICAN REFUGE eee Fifteen-Year-Old Lad Worked Hi CONGRESSMEN IGNORE EVERY-|" Way Alone to Fort Worth, Tex. THING BUT CONVENTIONS. b F ne Geeasional Calle for Quorum inter-| ort Worth, Texas.—When Hux Yn Tupt Cloakroom Political Argu: | omer Wheeler accosted a 15-yeaXol ments—Tariff is Forgotten. bov ck the “Katy rallroed static Washington, D. C.—Congress feels as much like work as a small boy who has to hoe the potatoes when the circus is in town. It just simply has no heart in the business. There's too much big politics in the air. . It looks now as if the statesmen “would not be able to settle down to | their normal frame of mine and tend to business until after both the Re- ‘publican and Democratic conventions. And then will come the Fourth of July. So most persons about the cap- ‘tal have settled down to the convic ‘tion that there will be no adjournment ‘until the middle of July. Many be lieve it will run along until August. | ‘As for getting either house or sen- ‘ate to concentrate on a piece of legis- ‘lation, that is almost an impossibil- ‘ity. Business is done with only a jsmall part of the members present It takes hard skirmishing to get a quorum together. When there is a call for a quorum, there is a re- Iuctant breaking up of political argu- ments in the cloakrooms, and mem- bers hurry into the chamber and answer their names and then go out and talk more polities. |” Little interest is manifested in what becomes of tariff, Interest may re- vive after the conventions, but it is ‘utterly lacking at present. ALUMINUM TRUST IS DESTROYED Decree of Federal Court Puts an End to Combinations to Control ‘Output or Prices. Pittsburgh, Pa.—For the purpose of destroying the alleged substantial monopoly of the aluminum trust, an agreed decree was entered in the United States district court here against the Aluminum Company of America. ‘The decree abrogates al- leged unlawful contracts and the com- pany is forbidden to participate in any combination or agreement to control the output or prices of aluminum. ‘The decree may be modified upon the production of evidence that it is working an injustice. Application for modification, however, cannot be made oftener than once in every three years. Voted for Sympathy Strike. Chicago, Ill.—Referendum votes by unions of nine crafts of shopmen em- ployed on railroads running west of Chicago show a majority for a sym- pathetic strike to aid the cause of the strikers om the Harriman lines. Grain Firm Bankrupt Sioux City, Iowa—The M. T. Shep- herdson Grain .company, of Sioux City, went ito the hands of a re ceiver. Assets of the company amounted $1,500 and liabilities are ‘more than $200,000. LONE BOY A MEXICAN REFUGEE Fifteen-Year-Old Lad Worked His Way Alone to Fort Worth, Tex. Fort Worth, Texas.—When Hu! s Officer Wheeler accosted a Ts-yeahold boy at the “Katy” railroad station ‘here, he supposed he had found a runaway. Instead he discovered a brave little American refugee from Mexico who had been working his way to relatives in Kansas City. The boy is Robert Borron. Two months ago he left his«~home in Mexico, de- vastated by the rebels, to seek some means of bringing his mother and brothers out of the war-ridden coun- try. Robert has earned his way from Montemorelos, State of Nuevo Leon, up through Texas, by way of Browns- ville and Houston. His story is cor- roborated by letters in his possession from his mother. The humane so- ciety here sent word to the lad’s mother of his safe arrival here and will assist him to reach Kansas City. TO SETTLE ENGINEERS’ STRIKE Board of Arbitration Will Adjust Railroad Trouble on Eastern Roads. Washington, D. C.--The board ot arbitration to settle the differences between the railroads east of Chicago, and their engineers which a few weeks ago threatened a serious strike, has been appointed by Chief Justice White, Dr. Charles P. Neill, commis- sioner of labor, and Judge Knapp of the commerce court. ‘The board includes Oscar Strauss, former secretary of commerce and labor, and P, H. Morrissey, former president of the Brotherhood of Rail road Trainmen. The issues affect 50 railroads, in cluding the Pennsylvania and Balti more & Ohio, east of Chicago, and noth of the Ohio river. About 25,000 engineers are directly concerned. Truskett Case Again Delayed. Independence, Kan.—Attorneys for A. A. Truskett, charged with the mur der of John D. S. Neely, asked that the fourth hearing of the case be postponed until, October, and Judge Flannelly granted the request, ove: the protest of the state’s attorney. The judge held that it would be very difficult to obtain a jury at this time when the farmers are so busy. sini heen: Abia Riek: New Orleans, Louisiana. — Water from the great Hymelia crevasse, the worst of the Mississippi river floods, again is menacing lives of inhabitante of the Des Allemands section of Louisiana. Sailors Refused Shore Leave. Havana, Cuba—Fearing that dje- order might follow their appearance in the streets of Havana, Rear Ad- miral Osterhaus instructed officers of the Washington and Rhode Island not to grant shore leuve to the crews. TWO ARMY AVIATORS MET DEATH Aeroplane Dashed to Earth After Reaching Height of Only 30 Feet Killing Both Instantly. Washington, D. C.—Lieut, Leighton W. Hazlehurst, Jr; 26 years old a promising young army aviator, and A. L. Welsh, a professional flier, were killed at College Park, Md., at 6:30 p.m. After flights in a new biplane Welsh announced at 6:15 o'clock that he in- tended going up for 2,000 feet in ten minutes, passing the last of ten re- quirements asked of the machine by the war department. With Lieut. Hazlehurst as his passenger Welsh climbed in and off the machine shot. They climbed rapidly on the first circle of the field, but when at the north end, making a turn, and only 30 feet high, the biplane pitched for- ward and dashed to earth, When the soldiers, with Surgeon John Kelly, arrived, it was found that both men were dead. Welsh’s skull was crushed and Lieut. Hazlehurst's neck was broken, ‘The last test to be made was with 450 pounds on board besides the gas- oline, ofl and water. The machine was weighed down with 125 pounds of gun shot. Welsh weighed 150 pounds and Hazlehurst weighed 182. ‘The machine carried fuel enough for a two-hour flight, PRISON FOOD CAUSED PROTEST Demonstration by 1,200 Men at San Quentin Startled Warden and Guards. San Quentin, Cal—A demonstration which was interpreted as a protest against prison food, occurred in the general mess hall of San Quentin penitentiary at noon. The state pris- on board, which has been in session for two days, was startled by the sudden shrieks and howls of J,2000 convicts, who braved the wrath of their guards, one being killed and two wounded. Warden Hoyle attributed the mess hall disturbance to about a dozen of the unruly element among the prison: ers. , As must have been known to the prisoners, one of the tasks on which the prison board is now engaged is the letting of contracts for prison sup- piles for the year. EDITORS ADVERTISED LAWRENCE As Result of Prize Contest Kansas Town Got 500 Columns in 65 Papers. Lawrence, Kansas.—Awards were made by the Merchants’ association for the best writeups of Lawrence by Jmembernce” tbe, Ssapene tiaiauiale ots sociation WhO attended’ the conven- tion here in April. Nate E. Reece of the Stafford Courier received first place and a $50 prize. Herbert Caveness of the Chanute Tribune and K. B, McCallock of the Anthony Bulle- tin tied for second place., J, D. Bower- sock, H. B. Ober and Prof. R. R, Price composed the awarding commit- tee. Lawrence received 500 columns of press notices tn 65 papers. an a Te: sult of the convention and the con tests. VOTED FOR SYMPATHY STRIKE Railway Shopmen of Nine Crafts Would Help Those on Harri- man Lines. Chicago, June 8.—Referendum votes by unions of nine crafts of shopmen employed on railroads running west of Chicago show a majority for a sympa- thetic strike on the Harriman lines. Next week a conference of interna- tional officers will decide on a course of action. Only one union is said to have favored remaining at work, but a majority will make that vote in- operative, it is said. July 1 is the date on which action is expected to be taken, About 100,000 employes are involved. Chose’ Hard Way to Die. Springfield, Missouri —Trouble with her stepmothen is said te have caused iv-year-old Mattie Fisher to kill her- self at Walnut Grove, 15 miles north- west of here. She went into a pas- ture near ner home, laid down in a ditch and poured coal oil on her clothing and set’ fire to it, Case Against Darrow is Weak. Los Angeles, Cal.—Obviously an- noyed by the course of events in the trial of Clarence $. Parrow for ul- leged bribery in the McNamara case, John D. Fredericks, district attorney, let fall a hint that the state was not now so confident of conviction in the present case. ei ician Henniaiens ehab a omack Vienna.—Thirty men are known to have been killed and torn to pieces near here by an explosion in an am- munition factory at Molisdoerf. Two hundred tons of powder blew up. Hotel Rates Soaring. Chicago, Hlinois—Because of the influx of Visitors and to make it cer- tain that this was really a national convention many of the hotel pro- pdietors raised their rates, many doubling and some trebling the price. 1. W. W. Leader in Trouble. Fostoria, Ohio—An attempt was made to lynch Organizer O'Connor of the Industrial Workers of the World while delivering a speech on the street, The timely arrival of officers saved bim. D R. Baking Powd MADE FROM CREAM OF TARTAR DERIVED SOLELY FROM GRAPES, THE MOST DELICIOUS AND WHOLE- SOME OF ALL FRUIT ACIDS Its superiority is unquestioned Its fame world-wide Its use a protection and a guarantee against alum food & & & & & & KOK ke oe Alum baking powders are classed by physicians detri- mental to health, Many consumers use alum baking powders unaware. They are allured to the danger by the cry of cheapness, by fake tests and exhibitions and false and flippant adver- tisements in the newspapers. Alum baking powders do not make a “pure, wholesome and delicious food” any more than two and two make ten. If you wish to nyoid a danges toyose food, iis and decline to buy or use any baking powder that is not # plainly designated as a cream of tartar powder. 0 _——__—— = ——__ Kb] ieee a ete te ef Kt A a a ee FS Bri ere a I a ae eo, fe ae ce as ==~-= > fhe Road to Comfort |" A vanished thirst—a cool body and a refreshed one; the sure way—the only way is via a glass or bottle of | | 4 | || [ ( | Teally delicious—pure as purity—crisp and sparkling ss frost. | j Free turer cacti uet ot comoe wieverer | | sy Demand the Geauine as made by gem {i | A THE COCA-COLA CO., ATLANTA, GA. of CoCo, | LAY The Worm’s Way. “The Hon, Stephen Coleridge, the English anti-vivisectionist,” said an anti-vivisectionist of Philadelphia, “is delighted with the recent English vivi- section report, which promises to abolish even the use of the live bait in fishing. “Mr, Coleridge once argued here in Philadelphia about the cruelty of fish- ing with worms, “Oh,’ his opponent sald, ‘the mere fact that a worm writhes and wriggles when tmpaled on a hook {8 no proof that it is uctually suffering pain.” ‘No, oh, no!’ sald Mr. Coleridge, sarcastically. ‘Beyond doubt that 1s just the worm’s way of laughing at being tickled.’” Easily Answered, “These kids I teach aren't a bit slow,” observed a school teacher yes- terday. “In fact, I'm afraid they read the papers. The other day I pro- posed the following problem to my arithmetic class: “‘a rich man dies and leaves $1, 000,000. One-fifth is to go to his wife, one-sixth to his son, one-seventh to his daughter, one-eighth to his broth- er, and the rest to foreign missions, What does each get?” 5 “‘a lawyer, said the littlest boy tn the class.”—Case and Comment. Gniv Thiekina. “Where are you thinking of going this summer?” | “I'm thinking of England, Norway, and Scotland, but I'l probably go to Senie: Heeeh.” The Only Way. An elder while baptizing converts at a revival meeting advanced with wiry, sharp-eyed old chap into the water. He asked the usual question, whether there was any reason why the ordinance of baptism should not be administered. After a pause a tall, powerful-looking man who was look- ing quietly on remarked: “Blder, I don't want to interfere in yer business, but I want to say that this is an old sinner you have got hold of, and that one dip won't do him any good; you'll have to anchor him ‘out in deep water over night.”—Life. His Changed Fortune. “wow! There went Smithkins in his new six. When I knew him a few years ago he had a junk shop.” “He still has. Only he moved it to a fashionable street, kept the same stock, and labeled it ‘Antiques.’ ”— Judge. OAR. BALE TER SISTEM ‘Taxe the Jid Standart GROVES PASTEL Pro lformuia is plainly printed: on every Bote Showing It lumply Quinine and fron in. asteiced Yorn, End the fos? eftectual for. Bor grows people and children, #0 cents Many a little dog has to bark loudly to keep up hls courage; and we won- der if our too self-assertive friends aren't sometimes doing the same iia. Liver and kidney comptalnts will be greatly: helped by taking Garfield Tea regularly. We all like to see a man who is up ‘end dolne, providing te isn't doing us. THE SEARCHLIGHT Founded in 1898 by W. N. Miller. WICHITA, KANSAS. Williams & White, --:Publishers:-- C. A. Williams Managing Editor, Office 513 N, Mnin Phone Market 2999. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION: Strictly in Advance. One Year (by mail).....$1.00 Six Months (by mail)......75 Three Months (by mail)......50 Entered at the Post Office as Second Class Mail Matter. ADVERTISING RATES. The base of the Soldiers' monument, to be erected on the south side of the court house square is about ready for the beautiful shaft to be placed thereon, in memory of our dead heroes. There are nearly a dozen offices to be filled by the suffrage of Wichita voters this fall, and the crop of candidates has sprouted fast and furious. There will be a sort of "weeding out" August 6, however. "While there is life there is hope" is fully demonstrated in the fact that at last some of the public work of this city is being done with the help of several Colored men. Who were given employment this week on the white way conduit construction on North Main street. We hope is the beginning of good opportunities for every able-bodied Colored laborer in Wichita. Searchlight Flashes. Robert T. Lincoln, son of Abraham Lincoln, is under consideration for appointment as permanent chairman of the Republican National Convention at Chicago next Tuesday, June 18. Mr. Lincoln was Secretary of War from 1881 to 1885; served as Minister to Great Britain from 1885 to 1893. Notwithstanding the prevailing high price of food, clothing and fuel, the Colorea people raised the neat sum of $15,000 for the Atlanta Baptist college within the past year and a half. The school freely recognizes the merits of Afro-Americans in every department of its work. There is no subterfuge or red tape about its willingness to give the race a square deal. The National Bautist Foreign Board in Louisville, is busy completing arrangements for the departure of Miss DeLaney, missionary on the West Coast of Africa. The Board is endeavoring to raise sufficient funds to have Miss DeLaney sail in a few days. She will probably be accompanied by Miss Taylor of South Carolina, another young missionary --- The members of various Lodges of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows are selecting their delegates to the Biennial Movable Committee of the order, which takes place in Atlanta in September. From present indications Ben Davis, editor of the Atlanta Independent, will be elected Grand Master. Grand Secretary James F. Needham will be opposed for re-election by Past Grand Master William L. Houston. Julius G. Johnson of Baltimore will probably be re-elected as Grand Treasurer. Independence, Mo. Mrs. Pearl Noland spent Friday and Saturday, June 7 and 8, visiting the bedside of her father-in-law, Mr. Wood Noland, in Lawrence, Kansas. Children's Day was observed at St.Paul church Sunday, June 9. A very interesting program was rendered at 3 p.m. by the Sunday School pupils, under the directions of their assistant. Supt. Mrs. M, I. Jenkins. At the close of the program encouraging remarks were made by Mr. F. A. Stokes, of Spokane, Wash. Mrs. Abernathy of Kansas City, Mo, was also present. It was quite a shock to the members and friends of the Second Baptist church to learn of the death of their ex pastor, Rev J. B. Winrow, D. D, in Memphis, Tenn., last Monday. Miss Dollie Crowder and Mr. Ernest Taylor were united in ho-ly matrimony on last Tuesday ev ening, June 11. The 38th anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Rhodes was celebrated at their home on East Blue Av, Tuesday evening. Quite a few friends and relatives were in attendance, and had an enjoyable repast Bartlesville, Okla. Rev. G. A. L. Dykes left for Oklahoma City after spending a few days in the city. . Mrs. Flora Stewart has returned to the city after an enjoyable trip trip to Kansas City and Olathe. Mrs. Alberta Jackson has returned from Wagoner much improved in health. Mrs. Ada Godbey has returned from her visit with relatives in Iola. Miss Luveria Brown has returned to her home in Topeka, after closing a successful school year here. Rev. A. G. Washington and Rev. J. E. Wiliams of Vinita, and Rev. Wm. Walker, of Blue Jacket, were in the city last week on church business. The Bartlesville Blues won still another game this season, on the local grounds. The Blues played the Parsons team, winning by a score of 7 to 6. Mr. and Mrs. Frank and Henry Morrison entertained in a most delightful manner, a number of friends on Tuesday Eve. A. B. Rev. C. A. Williams Pastor A. M. E. Church A Great Success=ful Rally. $1065.58 Raised In Single Effort. Twelve Tribes of Israel did Very Effective Work. Sunday June 9th was A Great Day In Old St. Paul. Last Sunday the great financial campaign that has been waged for the past four months was brought to a close;the hearts of pastor, trustees and members were made glad when the reports were read and the handsome sum of $1065.58 was announced Bishop H. B. Parks was to have been present but being compelled to go to Colorado Springs to attend to pressing business and to be present at the opening of the National Preachers' Home. he could not come but sent the little Giant, the son of thunder, Rev J. R. Ransome in his stead, who certainly filled the bill for ere the night service was brought to a close people seemed to have forgotton the Bishop was to have been here Dr. Ransome has gave excellent service and preached two very able sermons. Rev, Ransom has gone on several occasions as a representative of one of the bishops and we predict some day will go to represent himself as one of the bishops of our great church. The choirs were at their best, the junior choir captured the fine audience at the morning services and the senior choir rendered a very choice program at 3 p.m. assisted by a saxaphone quartet and four excellent papers by Mrs. T. H. Cox, Mrs. F. O. Miller. Miss Laura Rawles and Rev. N. E. Roberts. The night service and singing by the senior choir was superb. The Twelve Tribes of Israel were represented by the following captains with respective amounts. Mrs. G. G. Brown $155.00 J. T. Chinneth $117.00 F. O. Miller 115.13 M. E. Price 110.25 Abbie Williams 163.02 J. C. Cowan 101.15 Ella Ewing 87.75 J. W. Bennett 77.46 Canie Barker 64.23 Delilia McAdams 29.60 F. S. Wilkins 29.49 Mr. L. W. Thompson 75.25 Great credit and praise is due these captains and their assistants work It is expected that in a few days the full amount asked for $1200.00 will be fully realized. This is not only the most successful year in the history of the church financially but spiritually as well. The church is in most healthful condition spiritually it has been for many years, about fifty souls have been converted and one hundred and twelve have united with the church. A great deal of credit is due to the executive, financial and spiritual ability of the efficient pastor. Newton Gossip. Revs. M. T. Warfield, P. E., John Wilson, Eskridge, and Suttle, of Marion, are here attending to business for the C. M. E. church. Rev. Suttle preached at the church last night. Mrs. Dave Smith and son will leave to day 10 Perry, Okla., to visit her parents for a month. Mrs. Geo. Bell's friends will regret to lear that she is growing weaker every day. W. M. Coleman has opened an ice cream parlor on West 5th St. Mrs. Minnie White returned to her home in Sterling, after several days' visit with friends here. The Saxaphone Quartet TYUS, PERRY, BELL., GREEN, Open for All Engagements Address T. W. Tyus 930 North Wicgita, St. Wichita, Ks. A Musical Recital By Margaret Sanford, the Young Musical Prodigy At Masonic Hall Monday Night June 24th. With some of Wichitas' best loca- tal talent. The Cozy Corner Ice Cream Parlor 610 N, Main Street. Soft Drinks, & Eancy Ice Cream Everything Wholesome And Refreshing. W. Owens, Proprietor, Dr. A. K. Lawrence PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Office Phones 517 N. Main St. Bell4634 DISEASES OF MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN A SPECIALTY A.G.MUELLER UNDERTAKER BOTH PHONES 325 WIOHITA KANS 142 N MARKET. For Everything In Building Material SEE J. H. TURNER 535 W. Douglas Phone 496 In fact, we so everything kept in a First-Class Grocery. WHY CAN'T WE SELL TO YOU? Makin Eye Drug Co. 517 N. Main St. - Wichita, Kan - Bell Phone 220 Full line of shelf and heavy hardware Good Garden Hose at 8c per ft. Full line of fishing tackles at less than cost price to close out. 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L, Scott is visiting her par- ents, Rev. and Mrs. Richardson in Rensia City: Prof. Smith and family from Tuske- gee Institute, arrived in the city, Wed- nesday evening. Mr. M. E. Price, who has been so seriously ill for two months, is now convalescing and able to ride down town occasionally. Walter Hasken has been suffering with a painful abcess on the left shoulder, which has disabled him from work for several days. Mrs. F, C, Inges has been very ill, but it improving again nicely. Mrs. Sam Abernathy is il lat her home, 1140 N. Mead avenue. Lutie A, Brown, Chapter 0. E. S., will give a supper on the night of the 2ist inst., at Masonic hall. They es- pecially urge all members of the fra- ternity to come out. ‘There will be a grand financial rally at the Tabernacle Baptist church, Sunday, June 23. An excellent pro- gram is being prepared. Particulars ‘will be given in the next issue. Mr. Hester Brown of 1139 N. Wash- on, who has ‘been visiting in Mem- m,. eturned er aetereete lili m the *Sunhy South.” Mr, Scroggins is on the sick list again, and Mrs. Scroggin, who has been visiting her parents in Charles- ton, Mo., was telegraphed for and re- turned to Wichita, Wednesday. Several restaurants and rooming houses in various parts of the city were compelled to close their doors and clean up this week, at the request of the state sanitary board inspector, ‘The entire membership of St. Paul's A. M. BE, church is called to meet next Friday evening, June 21, for the purpose of discussing the plans and other matters pertaining to the eree- tion of a new edifice. ‘The Children’s Hour program for the M. E, chureh, will be rendered Sunday evening at 8 o'clock at Cabbell’s M. E. chureh, 1th and Wabash, It will be of unusual interest, Come out and hear the young folks—G. T. Wooten, Pastor. : All the members of Moses Dickson ‘Tent No, 5, are requested to meet Sun- day afternoon in full dress regalia at 1:30 o'clock and be erady for the an- nual sermon at the A. M. B, church at 2 p, m—Amanda Dixon, Queen Moth- er; Maggie Gardner, Sec. Grand Worthy Counsellor, Mrs. Lulu Summers of Kansas City, wai make her annual visit to Arrice Court, No. 7 0. ©. C, Saturday, June 15, at 3 o'clock, at Masonic hall. All members are requested to be present, by order of Mrs, Mollie Cox, W. C.; Mrs. Ida Martin, R. of D. Mr, J. Walter Thompson returned from Independence, Kansas, a few days ago, where he was called to set up a Temple of the Nobles of the Mys- tic Shrine at that place. There was a class of 20 who took the degrees. Mr. Thompscn was assisted by Sir A. P. Smith, Topeka, and Rev. Warren of Independence. SUNDAY AT ST. PAUL'S. At 11 o'clock an altar baptismal serv- ice will be performed and at 3 o'clock the Knights and Daughters of Tabor will have their annual sermon preach- ed by the pastor, Rev. C. A. Williams. All friends and fraternal orders are invited to attend. | Arkansas Valley Lodge No, 21, A. F. '& A. M, held its election of officers ast week and chose the following: Thos. Anderson, W. M.; Dr. Lawrence, 8. W.; 0. T. Taylor, J. W.; Jeff San- ford, Treas.; Will Clark, Sec.; Thos. Fines, 8. D.; Wm, Bowers, Jr. D.; Bud |Hutf, Sr, 8.; Geo. W. White, Sr. D.; Henry Braden, Tyler. A large delegation of Wichita club women will attend the state federation of clubs, which meets in Topeka next week. Among them are: Mesdames J. L. Harper, A, Lloyd, Ella Chinneth, sim. Bowers, E. J. Reeves, W. N. Miller, H. T. Bolden, V. C. Griffen, fee Banks and Miss Stella Turner. Mrs F, . Miller will leave Monday for an extended visit with her parents in Xenia, Ohio. The Sunday school rally at the See- ox Baptist church, Sunday afternoon was a grand success. While the rally [was supposed to be a genera} one by the school, yet the spirit of the con- ‘test was between the Young Ladies’ and Young Men’s classes. The ladies were victorious, however, by raising $40.00 and the young men $8,00. Then came along the Little Misses’ class and reported $17.00 raised by them, It was a ocmmendable effort by the en- ire Sent | “John Doe,” not the common police court charaeter, but the familiar bob- tailed, marble-eyed, shaggy, Scoteh ter rier dog, is dead, age 6 years, 2 months and 6 days, He was the property of Marie Brown, the older danghter of Dr. G. G, Brown, A decent burial was given “John Doe” after which Marie and Hiawatha departed for Atchison to visit Grandpa Bowen for the summer, where they will become reconciled to ‘the death of “John Doe.” | One of the most enjoyable social events of the season was the grand opening of the Dunbar club at New: ton, Tuesday evening. About two dozen couples or nearly a car load of Wichitans made up a jolly crowd who participated with the citizens there in celebrating the opening of the club rooms, which are conveniently and ele- gantly furnished. An excellent pro- gram was rendered, with Mr. Chas. W. French as toastmaster, after which a superb menu was served. The Wich itans returned on a late train fully satisfied that they had fully repatd for the ‘visit. ss WICHITA VS. NEWTON. The Wichita Colored Y. M. C. A. and the Newton C. A. C. clubs crossed bats at Newton, Tuesday. It was clean and even fight for honors toward the last, and was witnessed by a larze crowd of citizens and boosters for Doht clubs. The Y. M. C. A. boys won. The following is the score: | Innings 128 456 789 H ORME Wichita ......404 001 011-16 11 6 Newton on010 201 102— 8 7 10 ‘Three vase hits—Griggs, Slaughter two base hits—Bell, Burks. Sacrifie¢ hits—Griggs, Slaughter, Tyus, Avery, Burks, Woodward, Bell and Brown | ee eae The old, old story of a foolish boy with a gun in his possession, playing at target practice, was repeated with fatal results, Monday afternoon when Clayton Thomas, $ years old, and Lake Anderson, age 10, took it upon themseives to have a little sport— playing soldier and shooting at tin cans. Lewis Neely, age 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Neely, at 1230 Blaine, was one of the “company,” but had no gun, However, he acei- dentally got between the Thomas boy's gun and the target and—bang! went the gun—the bullet of which went into the head of Lewis Neely, causing his death two hours later at the hos- pital. It was a sad affair, indeed as these families are all good friendly neighbors and well known in this city. The coroner's jury which was com- posed of six Colored men were: Messrs. W. A. Bettis, A. Notite, Frank Preston, Jacob McAfee, A. M. Harrls |and Thomas Glove, who, after hear- ing the Thomas boys’ evidence, de- clared it an accident and acquitted him, The many friends of these fami- lies and especially of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Neely, deeply sympathize with them. | The funeral took place from the ‘home, Wednesday. Readers of the Wichita Searcb- hght who have delayed paying their subscription will favor us greatly by a promat remittance. We are anxious to continue the , names of all of our present read. 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Water St. DEAM ABSTRACT CVO, IN NORTH-WEST CORNER OF THE : CourRT House Bonded Abstractcrs. A PIRATE AMONG PIRATES REAL STORIES FROM THE LIFE OF A MASTER ADVENTURER. by CAPTAIN GEORGE B. BOYNTON Editor's Note—Capt. George B. Boynton died a few months ago in Brooklyn. He served, all told under eighteen to the aid and has furnished much material for fiction. This is a story of some of his adventures told by himself for the first time. T was in the summer of 1874 that I made my first plunge into piracy, for, with all of the trimmings and aids to deception stripped away, that was what it really amounted to. I did not know into just what I was being led when I embarked in this new enterprise, but I am frank to say that it would have made no difference, for a free translation of the I was in the summer of 1874 that I made my first plunge into piracy, for, with all of the trimmings and alds to deception stripped away, that was what it really amounted to. I did not know into just what I was being led when I embarked in this new enterprise, but I am frank to say that it would have made no difference, for a free translation of the word "piracy" is "adventure of the first order," and that was what I was looking for. Frank Norton, who had interested me in the China sea, said we would need the Leckwith and two ships to carry on the business to the best advantage, so I selected the Surprise, an American brig, and the Florence, a 'topsail schooner, both stout, fast ships. I put Lorensen on the Leckwith as sailmaster, George Brown on the Surprise, and old Bill Heather on the Florence. The Surprise took on a general cargo for Japan and was ordered to rendezvous at Hong Kong, while the Florence loaded for Singapore. Norton and I followed in the Leckwith. We reached Singapore more than a month ahead of the Florence. Our scheme was to prey on the pirates who infested the China sea, and particularly that part of it lying between Singapore, Sumatra and Borneo, which was dotted with islands and beautifully suited by nature to their plundering profession, and many were the good ships that ended their cruises there, along with their passengers and crews. The British government had been trying for years to put an end to their operations, but the undertaking was a gigantic one. It was not until years after that it was officially announced that piracy had been suppressed, and piracy is still being carried on, even to this day, though in a small and desultory way. The chief of a large section of the Chinese pirates was old Moy Sen, a rich Chinaman who lived in a handsome home in Canton and posed as a peaceful trader. Norton argued that the pirates were bound to keep on robbing and burning and murdering in spite of anything we could do, and that we could derive plenty of excitement and large profits by robbing them. Incidentally, he contended we would put a lot of them out of business for good and all, thus contributing to the end desired by all nations. It was arranged that I should pose as Dr. Burnet, a rich English physician who was cruising in his private yacht for his health. The Florence and Surprise were to carry some general cargoes from port to port among the islands, but were so to shape their cruises that we teamed closely in touch with them. They were to be given large crews and so heavily armed as to be safe from piratical attacks. The Leckwith was to do all of the preying on the pirates, and the loot we took from them was to be turned over to the other ships at the meeting-places. It was arranged that the bulk of our loot should be sent to a firm of Chinamen at Singapore, who dealt largely in dishonest cargoes. With the Leckwith's bunkers stuffed with coal, we headed for the islands in search of pirates. Our first experience was a profitable one. When near the "hunting grounds" we lowered the smokestack, got up our canvas and sailed along, awaiting developments. We were getting in among the islands when we met a big junk which had just looted and scuttled a richly laden Brazilian barkentine. We made a pretense of trying to get away, in reality we eased our sheets to hasten matters along. When she was close astern of us, with the wind beam, we luffed up, got out guns ready for action in a jiffy and, as we crossed her bows, raked her fore and aft with our carronades, which were loaded almost to the muzzle with glups and nails. Taken completely by surprise and with more than half of their number littering the reddened deck, the pirates were panic-stricken. Before they could regain their senses we came about again and gave them another broadside, which put them at our mercy. As we ranged alongside, keeping up a rifle-fire, but disdaining any further use of our guns, they managed to launch a couple of boats, and all who could get into them pulled for the nearest island. We took out of the junk fully one hundred thousand dollars' worth of specie, silk, tea, porcelain and drugs, and then set fire to her, leaving her to bury her own dead. After that easily won victory we trapped and sank half a dozen proas and feluccas in the same way, though with more spirited resistance in some cases. We had turned our cargo over to the Florence, along with a number of wounded men, and were back among the islands, when early one evening a full-rigged ship hove in sight. She passed us, but was not more than six miles away when we saw flashes that told us she had been attacked, and we lost no time in going to her assistance. As we closed in we saw a Malay felucca on each side of her and the pirates swarming on her decks, with the crew putting up a brave fight. Running the Leckwith up on her starboard quarter, we threw our men aboard and they went at the pirates savagely from the reer. I led the boarding party. The Malays outnumbered us more than two to one, but we went at them with a fury that was new to them and were slowly forcing them back toward their one good boat—we had smashed the other one to bits when we slammed alongside—when a beautiful white yacht came tearing up on the port quarter and sent three boatloads of men to our assistance in smart style. They clambered over the bows under command of a stockily built young officer wearing what looked like the uniform of a naval captain, and we had the pirates between us. I understood later, when I learned who and what they were, why these re-enforcements, instead of discouraging the Malays, caused them to fight with renewed desperation, but they could not withstand our combined rush, and the last them soon went over the side into their proa, which drifted away into the darkness when they cut her loose. However, in the last few minutes of fighting, the young British officer, as I took him to be, sustained a savage cut in his right shoulder, and after we had laid aside our dead and given our wounded rough attention I was surprised to receive an inquiry from him as to whether we had a surgeon on board. Taking him aboard the Leckwith, I dressed his wound on the cabin table. I then saw that his uni- form was that of a captain, but not of a naval officer. He told me his name was Deverell, but when I asked him the name of his ship he answered evasively, and I had learned the ways of the China sea too well to press the question. At Singapore, where we discharged our cargo, our agents reported that Moy Sen was vowing vengeance on us for the loot we had wrested from him and the havoc we had spread among his fleet. We worked our way back to the rendezvous and, after consulting with Norton, I took my interpreter, Ah Fen, who was half "Chinkle" and half Malay, from the Leckwith and went to Hong Kong on the Surprise to see just what was going on. "The Beautiful White Devil," a woman pirate, whom I at first regarded as a purely fanciful being, came into my life on this visit to Hong Kong in the early day of 1876. White waiting for Ah Fen's report I lounged around the hotel. Soon I began to hear weird stories of a woman pirate who, while never mistaking honest merchantmen, preyed merclessly and successfully on the Chinese and Malay pirates, just as Norton and I were doing. It occurred to me at once that if such a woman did exist I might have been her ship where certainly I had attended, but I could not make myself believe the tales that were told me. Then a man called at my hotel one evening and asked if an English physician was stopping there, and I recognized Captain Deverell, but he was as formal as a stranger, and I did not indicate that I knew him. He asked if he could consult with me and I took him to my room, where he assumed a much more cordial air. "I called," he said, "to invite you take a cruise with me so that we may get better acquainted and I can show you my appreciation of your kindness." I packed my bag and turned it over to a man whom Deverell summoned from the street. I was given the cabin of the surgeon, who had died recently. Deverell took me to his room and we talked until midnight. It was considerably after eight bells before I retired, but my sleep was not long or heavy. At breakfast time Deverell, wearing a smart uniform, escorted me aft to the private quarters of the queen. In a moment the queen appeared. As she parted the curtains and paused in the doorway with an air of diffidence, I was transfixed by her marvelous beauty. "I already know Dr. Burnet," she said, as she swept toward me with superb grace and infinite charm of manner and extended her hand, small and soft. "We are headed for my retreat," she explained. "I should like to have you stay with us as long as you can. I will put you down in Hong Kong or Singapore on three or four days' notive." I assured her the prospect was delightful. I assured her the prospect was deniable. On the afternoon of the third day out from Hong Kong we ran into a group of islands, off to the eastward of the regular course to Singapore. Just as dinner was announced a file was waved from the bridge and I made out an answering signal on the steep side of a small island just ahead of us, but could see no sign of either a landing or an opening. Then a messenger brought word that the queen was waiting dinner for me. The ship slowed down while we were at dinner and finally the screw stopped. Immediately the queen led the way to the deck. "This," she said, "is my kingdom—without a king. Isn't it beautiful?" I assured her that it was the most beautiful place I had ever seen, wherein, when day dawned, I found I had not exaggerated. We were at the head of an oval lake, perhaps a mile and a half long, with mountains rising crescent-shaped around it. There was a small village of English cottages and native huts. On three sides of the lake was a narrow beach; the fourth side, toward the sea, was a perpendicular bluff, sixty feet or more high. I searched it for the passage through which we had entered the lake, but nothing could I see but a bare wall of dark rock. The queen smiled at my perplexity. "Wait until tomorrow," she laughed. "We will go ashore at sunrise." She appeared with the sun, accompanied by a Dyak woman whom I had not seen before, and we landed at a little stone dock in front of the village. All of the inhabitants, consisting of about fifty English and Scotch men and women, some with silvered locks and bent backs and some of them crippled by the pirates, and nearly as many natives, crowded the pier to meet their manner one of the greatest affection and deference. We walked through the vil lage, which was a model of neatness, and on up a winding path for nearly a mile, when a sharp turn around a flank of the mountain brought us to a large bungalow—the palace of the queen. While breakfast was being prepared she made herself more beautiful by changing her dress of European style for a native costume of flowing silk so becoming that I wondered at her ever wearing anything else. After breakfast she looked down at the little town and far out to sea in silence for a long time and then told me the story of her life. Her name, she said, was Katherine Crofton; her father one of the younger branches of a family headed by a baron. Her father was a leutent-commander in the British navy, and to prevent an accident he disboyed the order of an incompetent and arrogant superior officer. In a quarrel that followed, her father knocked his superior down and otherwise abused him, for which he was court-martialed and died. "My father was a high-spirited man," she continued, "and his disgrace embittered him against England and everything English. He soon left home, and when we next heard from him he was in Hong Kong. When I was about fifteen, he wrote mother and me to take a P. & O. ship for Singapore, where we would find further instructions. When we got there father was waiting for us on a handsome yacht, the Queen. I am still using her. He brought us to to this island, where he had established a small settlement and built a warehouse and a machine shop for repairs. He had taken great pains to make his rendezvous secure from discovery. "When I was not much older than nineteen father and mother were taken desperately fill, and he called me into his room and made a confession. He said that in his hatred of the British he had turned pirate and had been for all those years preying on ships flying the flag he despised. He had also, occasionally, waged war on the native pirates and taken their loot from them, which explained why he had frequently come in with wounded men on board, and he made me swear that if he died I would continue the work he had begun. He told me I could rely on Frank Deverell, his chief officer, whom he said he hoped I would some day marry."—this last with just a trace of sarcasm. "My father died the next week and my mother three months later. "That was four years ago. I have kept the oath, but the fulfillment has brought me increasing misery. My attacks on the British flag have been few—in fact, I have given timely assistance to many more English ships than I have robbed, and hundreds of their passengers and crews owe their lives to me, but I have preyed on the natural pirates of these waters as ardently, perhaps, as did my father." After luncheon the queen and I set off toward the mountain-top, nearly one thousand feet above us, but we did not reach it, for the heat was intense. "Well, what do you think of us now?" she asked, on our way down, after I had told her how I had spent the forenoon. "I think enough of you to devote my whole life to your service!" I quickly replied. When I came back to dinner she was waiting for me in her bower. As she came to meet me and extended her hand she said, earnestly and almost sadly: "I believe you were honest and sincere in what you said this afternoon, but I can only say 'Thank you.' What you suggested is impossible." In the three weeks that followed I urged my love upon her with all of my determination, but she refused to change her decision and apparently was a firm in it as she was at first. It was agreed that we should both give up piracy, but all of our arguments ended there until finally, one afternoon, as we sat looking out over the sea and talking of the ordinary affairs of life, she said, slowly and emphatically, "Deverell was my father's right-hand man. I am going to take the next ship for England, lay my case before the home secretary and ask him for a full pardon. I will confess to him that I have taken from the pirates what they had stolen from others. To offset that offense I have hundreds of written statements from people whose lives I have saved from the pirates. I believe I can secure a pardon, and if I do I will meet you with a clear conscience and become your wife!" There was nothing to do but fall in with her plan. I knew about where to find the Florence. We picked her up in a few days and I boarded her made sail to meet the Leckwith at the rendezvous. Kate went on to Singapore, where she took the next ship for England. Six months later I received word that she had died suddenly there, before she had applied for a pardon, and the course of my life was changed. When I rejoined the Leckwith, I told Norton simply that I had been away on strictly private business. A day or two later I told him I had decided to sell the Florence and Surprise and quit the business we were in. Norton, dumfounded, advanced many arguments against such a course, and finally he lost his temper. "It may be," he suggested sneeringly, "that this is due to the fact that Moy Sen has threatened to exterminate us. If you don't want to fight the old scoundrel why don't you That dart struck a tender spot. I would be the last one to quite under a threat or under fire, and Norton knew it. "Far from running away from a fight of that kind." I told Norton, "I should much rather run into it. We will cruise around awhile to see whether the Chinkies really mean to give us battle. But it is the sport of it that I want and nothing else, for if it comes off it will be a great fight." Nothing happened for ten days or two weeks. We saw several junks which we could easily have stood up and robbed, but I would not permit it. Then, late one evening an enormous junk appeared suddenly from behind an island. She appeared to carry only a small crew, but when we came together it seemed to me for a moment that she had more Chinamen on board than I had ever seen before at one time. Suddenly she swung to starboard and would have smashed into our bow if we had not gone full speed astern. As she passed under our bowsprit she threw a grappling-iron which caught on our port bow. We lit our battle-lamps so that they illuminated our deck, where we preferred to fight because we knew every foot of it. It was such a fight as one gets into only in years, perhaps only once in a lifetime. The butchery was dreadful, but the excitement of it set one's blood ablaze. There was not a pirate left alive on the junk or on our own deck. Before we had time to congratulate ourselves or count noses, we discovered a big steamer almost on top of us. It was the Ly-ce-moon, the flagship of Moy Sen's fleet, and, though we did not know it, the old pirate chief himself was in command of her. The result was a repetition of what had occurred with the crew of the junk, but it required much longer to accomplish it. Gradually, but slowly at first, we got the upper hand of them. It was broad daylight by the time we had thrown overboard the last of the dead Chinamen and washed down the decks, after giving our own badly wounded men such attention as was possible under the conditions. We thought for a time that Moy Sen had escaped, but we found him, almost chopped to pieces, close to the after-wheelhouse, with three of our men beside him. On the Ly-ce-moon were two teak chests, filled with gold and silver coin and ingots, silverware, jewelry and precious and semi-precious stones of the Oriental variety, apparently representing the most valuable portions of several stolen cargoes, and these I allowed to be transferred to the Leckwith, in preference to throwing the overboard. It then became a question as to what we should do with Moy Sen's ships. We compromised the difficulty by scuttling the junk and putting a crew aboard the steamer. We went to Singapore, arriving there in the early part of 1876, as I remember it, to close up our business, and sold the pirate ship to our Chinese agents for a third of what she was worth. We also sold to them, for a small part of its value, the loot we had taken from her, but all of that money was divided up between Norton and the crew. I held to my promise and touched none of it. I left the China sea behind me and never have returned to it. After a fruitless expedition after buried treasure in Corea, we sailed for Shanghai and from there for London. CONSTANT DRAIN ON NATION Cost of Tuberculosis and Other Preventable Diseases Has Been Put Into Figures. While state commissions and other bodies are trying to find a method for reducing the cost of life insurance, Prof. James W. Glover of the University of Michigan demonstrates that every policyholder of a $10,000 ordinary whole life policy could save about $20 a year on his premiums if tuberculosis and typhoid fever were eliminated. Tuberculosis alone causes a loss to such a policy holder of from $16.70 at twenty to $17.50 at the age of sixty. At age of twenty, with the present high death rate from tuberculosis, this one disease alone shortens the complete expectation of life by two years and 158 days. While the death rate from tuberculosis seems to be declining, the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis says that the combined effort of every man, woman and child is necessary to bring about a radical reduction in life insurance rates such as Professor Glover has indicated. IT IS CRIMINAL TO NEGLECT THE SKIN AND HAIR Think of the suffering entailed by neglected skin troubles—mental because of disfiguration, physical because of pain. Think of the pleasure of a clear skin, soft, white hands, and good hair. These blessings, so essential to happiness and even success in life, are often only a matter of a little thoughtful care in the selection of effective remedial agents. Cuticura Soap and Ointment do so much for poor complexions, red, rough hands, and dry, thin and falling hair, and cost so little, that it is almost criminal not to use them. Although Cuticura Soap and Ointment are sold everywhere, a postal to "Cuticura," Dept. L, Boston, will secure a liberal sample of each, with 32-page booklet on skin and scalp treatment. Not Reliably Informed. The gentleman who wore evening clothes and the remnants of a jag at 9 o'clock in the morning was clinging to the footboard of a crowded surface car in Chicago. As the car rounded a sharp curve with a jerk the person in incongruous apparel fell quickly and heavily to the cobblestones. He was picked up by the strong hands of the conductor and about 20 passengers. "Collision?" he asked in a dignified tone of voice. "No," said the conductor. "Off the track?" further questioned the victim of the accident. "No," said the conductor. "Well," concluded he of the jag, "if I had known that I wouldn't have got off." - Popular Magazine. Her Excuse. "These people have a plausible and self-righteous excuse for their misdeeds," said Senator Bankhead, apropos of certain hypocritical lawbreakers, in an address in Fayette. "They remind me, in fact, of a certain parson's domineering wife. The parson said meekly one day: "My love, you told me before the wedding that you knew our marriage was made in heaven, yet you now order me about as if I were a slave." "Order," the woman calmly answered, "is heaven's first law." One Man's Way. "Is Brimson a man who makes the best of what befails?" "No. When things go wrong Brimson starts to swearing and soon becomes so interested in thinking up new forms of profanity that he forgets all about his troubles." Eight Lives Shy. No amount of culture will make a man stop snoring in his sleep. A California Doctor With Forty Years' Experience. 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Heard on the Waterfront. Heard on the Waterfront. Some ancient mariners were sitting in a seaport tavern relating their experiences of fogs. "Ah!" said one old salt, "I've seen some pretty thick fogs in my time. Why, off the coast of Newfoundland the fog was sometimes so thick that we used to sit on the deck rail and lean against it! We were sitting one night as usual, with our backs to the fog, when suddenly the fog lifted, and we all went flop into the sea. A bit thick, wasn't it?"—San Francisco Chronicle. Slightly Puzzled. "Which union does a jack of all trades belong to?" The Worst of It. "Do you keep a cook, Mrs. Subub?" "Madam, I not only keep the cook, but also her entire family." In the Growth of Corn there's a period when the kernels are plumped out with a vegetable milk, most nutritious. As the corn ripens the "milk" hardens, and finally becomes almost flinty. Post Toasties Are made from this hard part of choice selected corn. It is carefully cooked; treated with sugar and salt; rolled into thin bits; then toasted to an appetizing brown—without a hand touching the food. It has been said that Post Toasties are the most deliciously flavoured particles of cereal food yet produced. One can render an opinion upon trial. "The Memory Lingers" Sold by Grocers Postum Cereal Company, Ltd. Battle Creek, Mich. --- INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON (By E. O. SELLERS, Director of Evening Department, The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) CHRIST'S WITNESS TO JOHN THE BAPSTEH. LESSON TEXT-Matt. 11:2-12 GOLDEN TEXT-"Among them that are born of women there is none greater than John; yet he that is little in the heart of God is greater than he."- Luke 7:23. This is the last lesson with the exception of one that we are to have upon the character of John the Baptist. Following the imprisonment of John by Herod, Jesus, for diplomatic reasons, made Capernaum his headquarters, and it was in Galllee that his great popular ministry was performed. Meanwhile John is shut up in the fortress at Machaerus, on the east side of the Dead sea. For one who had been so intensely active to be obliged to sit idly by and wait while another's name and fame increases daily was a severe test of faith. His prototype, Elijah, had to meet a similar testing (1 Kings 19: 3, 4); why, therefore, need we wonder that doubts should arise in the mind of the greatest "born of woman?" Not one of us at all familiar with the experiences of life and the subtlety of temptation will be surprised when under these circumstances we read of John's question, v. 2-6. This doubt is so natural that it bears upon its very face the stamp of being genuine and that the record was not fabricated. It is noticable in the form of John's question that he had no doubt as to the character of Jesus, the genuineness of his miracles, nor any question but that he was sent of God, but still he questioned, "is this the Messiah?" John was not envious (John 3:27-36), he was too great a man to be that, but yet Jesus had not wielded the ax as he had expected, hence the messenger to Jesus and this frank question. John sets us the good example of taking his doubts to Jesus, and Jesus in a most tender way answers his doubting and at the same time turns it to his own advantage in confirming his claims as the Messiah. John Sought Not His Own Glory. The second half of the lesson is the tribute of Jesus to the life and character of John the Baptist. Jesus has, as we have just seen, sent his word of comfort and cheer to John when he eulogistic testimony as to John's work, his worth and his greatness. True, his faith seemed to be shaken for the moment, but John was not a "reed shaken of the wind," indeed not. John was not a man seeking his own glory (Luke 3:16) nor his own comfort (Matt. 3:1, 4). He was not clad sumptuously (Luke 7:25). No, John was a prophet, a man sent, commissioned, inspired of God. He had authority to speak for God (Luke 1:16, 26) in declaring God's will to man. Yes, John is all of this and more, for he was himself the subject of Old Testament prophecy (Mal. 3:1, etc.). This John was chosen among all men to go before his face and to prepare a highway in the minds and hearts of Israel over which Jesus the Messiah might enter and begin the establishing of this new kingdom. It was in performing this service that John filled one of the highest offices ever filled by man. In this eulogy we need to recall the difference in the miraculous births of these two men. John supernaturally born of natural parentage, Jesus supernaturally born of woman but conceived of the Holy Spirit, hence the words of Jesus are to be understood that among purely human beings "none greater was born of woman." Went to Christ Himself. Jesus' words in verse 15 are tremendous with import. Literally he says: "I have told you these things about John and about my kingdom, now you who have ears have an obligation resting upon you because of what I have told you." There was need of their understanding and accepting an important teaching, but the unreasonable Scribes and Pharisees would accept neither the austere John nor the more social Jesus. John would not join in their gaiy. Jesus mourned not but led a more joyous life, yet they rejected him also. This "Son of Man," not of a man nor the man but son of man, of humanity, known as friend of the needy and the outcast, is himself cast out by the religious leaders of his time. Nevertheless in the wisdom of God (Luke 11:49) both the John the Baptist, and Jesus the Son of man and of Mary, have been sent and the results of their lives and of their teachings prove them to be a part of God's wise plan. God's wisdom is justified (v. 19) by its workings or as some translate it by its "children." Great as was John the forerunner, yet he that is in this newer kingdom Jesus came to establish is vastly greater than the old Hebraism. One of the six Panama commissioners was, a few years ago, a cub reporter at five dollars per week, and during that time was much perplexed over the problems of the Christian life and tormented by his doubts. Four successive nights he discussed the matter with his pastor; on the fifth he came with radiant face to inform his pastor that all his questionings were settled for, said he, "I went to Christ himself." You Look Prematurely Old Because of those ugly, grizzly, gray haire. Use "LA CREOLE" HAIR DRESSING. PRICE, $1.00, retail. 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Since becoming possessed of this enormous fortune she has worked as persistently and assiduously in scattering the money as her husband did in gathering it. The scriptures tell us that the miser is the man that "heaps uriches and cannot tell who shall gath er them." Russell Sage knew better and the good lady upon whose shoulders was imposed the burden of this enormous sum of money has worked hard in lightening the burden. Her philanthropies have been productive of as much wisdom as marked her husband's operations in the market. She is reported to be failing in health and her task is only begun. Should she be taken from the world, thou sands will regret her departure, and it is very earnestly to be hoped that further care of the property will fall into good hands. What She Wants. "I want you to build me a fashionable home." "Have you any special ideas as to the style of house you want?" asked the architect. "Not exactly. I want one of those modern places. 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He was quite old, and it was evident that his eyesight was not the best, but he finally succeeded in picking out a youngster who was aiding very strenuously in the noise making. The aged man walked over to the child, took it by the hand and walked back to the apartment. When he reached the doorway he turned to the child and said: "Don't you know it's against the law to make so much noise?" "Well, don't you know that you'll be arrested and put in jail, and then you can never be president of the United States?" "Please, sir," replied the child, "I don't care; I'm only a little girl."—New York Mail. TO MAKE SURE Miss Hascoigne — Er-before announcing our engagement, count, I-er I think perhaps it would be more satisfactory if you had your-er-title guaranteed. Oddities of Justice. That the whole theory of penal codes is practically unsound and opposed to the modern conceptions of the relation of the state to crime, is the contention of Eugene Smith of the New York bar, writing in the May number of Case and Comment, the lawyer's magazine. Illustrating the absurdity and disparity between penalty for crimes in different states, Mr Smith says: "The average sentence for perjury in Florida is ten years. In Maine one year; for larceny, in Delaware, ten years. In the District of Columbia ten months; the penalty for arson in Pennsylvania is twice that of burglary, but in Connecticut the guilt of burglary is twice that of arson; the guilt of counterfeiting in Ohio is twice that of perjury, but in Rhode Island the guilt of perjury is twice that of counterfeiting. Vogue in Outer Garments. According to the Dry Goods Economist, at the present time retailers are featuring wraps of charmeuse and satin. The best sellers are the medium-priced numbers retailing from $10 to $30. 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