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The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-08-13
Caverns In Arizona Containing
Natural Bridges Of Beauty.

Denver, Col-That mammoth caves,
containing caverns large enough in
which to place city Office building,
with natural stone bridges exceeding
In beauty and grandeur those of Utah
and Virginia. exist in northwestern
Arizona, is officially announced by
Prof. Edgar l.. Hewett, director of the
branch of the School of American
Archaeology at Santa Fe. n. NJ.
Stories of the existence of these
wonderful natural caverns have been
told by Indians of that section for cen.
turtles, but were thought by white men
to be merely legends of the abort.
gines. Prof. Hewitt, in conducting an
investigation of the records concern,
ing Spanish occupation and control oi
the southwest, made a trip to Spain
year ago and unearthed written
proof of the claim of the Indians.
Carrying out his determination to
explore the region. Prof. Hewett or
ganized an expedition which started
from Gallup. N. NJ. and. after seven
days journey by pack mule, the caves
were reached. Indians guided him t
the spot and conducted him through
gigantic underground passages. Prof
Hewett. who Is in Denver, gave pub
licity to the story the othex day. He
will make another expedition to tbs
caves next spring. He claims to have
found many evidences of race O
cliff dwellers hitherto unrecorded.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-08-13
Woman Has Saved Eighteen
Lives in Her Career.
Miss Ida Lewis, Well Known In
United States Life Saving Serv-
ice, 10 stu on Active Duty at
Newport Harbor.

Newport. R. Miss Ida Lewis,
keeper OF the Line Rocks lighthouse,
in the south end of Newport harbor,
observed recently her fifty-second an.
niversary as custodian of the light.
The place has been the scene of
many daring rescues by this fearless
woman. She has been visited by
many prominent persons at various
times, including Gen. Ulysses S.
Grant, Admiral George Dewey and
Gen. Sherman.
Every mariner on the coast knows
Line Rocks lighthouse and the
Grace Darling of America who is in
charge-the only woman In the
United States holding such a position,
and that through special act of con.
gress.
Medals for saving life adorn the
neat and tidy castle on the rocks
which Miss Lewis calls home" She
was made very happy in 1907 by re,
ceiying from the Carnegie hero fund
life pension of $50 in recognition for
her many brave acts. Her record OF
lives saved numbers IS.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-08-13
Sioux to Quit pakotas.

New Orleans. La.-That a colony
of Sioux Indians will move from the
Dakotas to an unsettled tract of land
in Nicaragua is declared by Little Bi.
son, Sioux chief. who reached New
Orleans from Blueiields yesterday. He
went to Nicaragua to arrange for the
concession with President Zelaya.
Little Bison declares that he will
Immediately take 100 Indian families
to Nicaragua and that this colony will
soon be increased by the addition OF
several hundred other families Of
North American Indians.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-08-13
Wife's Awful Mistake,

London.-A few days ago man was
run over and killed at Wolverhamp.
ton. and at the inquest Walsall WON.
an had no hesitation in identifying
the body as that Of her husband. John
Bates.
Three days later. however, the WON.
an was astounded to receive a letter
from her husband. who. 1t appeared.
had gone to Stourport to work ut
fruit picking.
Not only was there remarkable re.
semblance in the form and features
OF the two men, but the clothes and
small articles in the possession OF the
unknown man were almost identical
with those Of the real John Bates.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-08-13
PEAT BEDS VERY VALUABLE.
Government Estimates Value Of Those
In Northern Indiana at $3s,ooo,.
oo,o00-Supposed Worthless.

indianapolis. Ind.-Willis s. Batch
ley. state geologst. is very much in
terested In a recent dispatch from
Washington in which the gov.
ernments estimates of the value of
the peat beds in northern Indiana is
placed at $4,000. 100000.
Il am not prepared to say" said Mr..
Blatchley. that the estimate is too
high or too low. but l do know that
the state has an almost unbelievable
wealth In its peat beds and that the
industrial world is just awakening to
the great advantage offered by the
peat fields. Two years ago l issued q
report setting forth the value of these
beds. The reports circulated slowly
at first, but now there is brisk de.
mand for them, and the demand Is
growing. I send out an average Of a
copy a day.
IN preparation for my report test
ed the value of the peat, and found 4,
to be Is per cent of the fuel value OF
an equal weight of coal. Thousands
of acres Of the land in the northern
part OF the state can be utilized fol
peat mines. Thus far this great body
of natural wealth has not beer
touched. In my opinion people of the
north part of the state will untimatel,
derive great fortunes from the swamp
land which has heretofore been com
monty supposed to be almost value
less"
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-08-13
Doctor Rebukes Church.

Middletown. N. Y.-The people OF
the city are laughing over the contro-
yersy between the First Congrega-
tional church and DIR. ]. b. Hulett.
whose property adjoins.
The church officials erected high
board fence shutting on the view and
light from DIR. Huletts barn. The
doctor raised a large sign. overlook
ing the church yard. which reads:
He who wantonly cutteth OF his
neighbor's light shall be as an abom.
ination in the eyes Of all his people. /"
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-08-13
LONG IN LIGHTHOUSE

No matter what the weather condi-
lions, Ida Lewis IL ready with her
lifeboat to aid the unfortunate in the
sea. She and. her brother. Rudolph
Lewis. are confined to the little space
of less than half an acre for several
days at time. and when the harbor
has been frozen over for days the in
mates OF the lighthouse must remain.
but they have everything neatly
slowed for just such emergency.
Miss Lewis Is preparing to white
wash the lighthouse for the summer
season. and the painting will follow.
She will be 65 years old on next
February 25. and likes hard work.
Among the medals and trophies
Miss Lewis possesses is one of silver
from the New York Life Saving asso-
citation for rescuing two men from
watery graves In Newport harbor on
March 80. 1869, during a severe storm
Another trophy for this gallant rescue
Is a small boat which the citizens Of
Newport presented to Miss Lewis by
popular subscriptions, including that
of Gen. Grant.
The day the dory was presented an
inspiring incident Is recalled by Miss
Lewis In connection with the gift.
The dory was mounted on wheels
and hauled through Newport streets
by a large number of It's most dis.
tinguisbed citizens, and on that night
a public ceremony was held and Ida
Lewis was presented with copy of
resolutions of thanks passed by the
Rhode Island legislature
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-08-13
"7he Red City" of Bavaria

In effect. The walls Of Rothenburg
are . constant delight to visitors. who.
BY dint Of much squeezing through
narrow passageways and groping In
darkness. are able to make . circuit
Of the city. getting glimpses. On the
way. through l0opholes. Of the green
country outside. Wondrsus views Of
tie town are also to b had from
many q tAs distant hills. At sunset
t. a10h1 g IT, gsaeefal towers aA1
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-08-13
WOMEN PLAN WAR AIRSHIP.
Women's Aerial League Of England to
Build One for Defense Of En-
pire and Made at Home.

London.-An important movement
associating the women of the empire
with aviation in Great Britain was
launched when a public meeting in
support of the Women's Aerial league
was held at the Society of Arts rooms
Lady O'Hagan presiding.
I'VE hope" said Lady O'Hagan. ito
present to the nation an airship OF
British design, made by British work
men. of British material. from the
women of the empire in defense OF
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-08-13

The numerous entrances to the old
town q Aothsnburg are guarded By
beautiful watch towers. which are In
AabitsA By impoverished old women.
Who rent their airy lodgings for .
aoainal SAM Ths rcd twinkle Of
thsir lanps High over the dusty
sfrests e Rothsahsrg 1t nisht-eor
= = = 0s1ieval II IL hgAtiaos q II
0nno seh@ u1vs-is vssy enARqing
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-08-13
Relic Of 3. c. 900 Found.

London.-A tore-a convex molding
in the base of column-made of
twisted gold and shaped somewhat
like a bracelet. has been found by a
laborer at Yeovil. The date of the
tore is probably about 400 B. C. II
has been acquired by the Somerset
Archaeological society and. 1t 10 un-
derstood. win be placed In Taunton
Castle museum.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-08-13

cluster Of red roof tops IL like q fair
vision OF romance. The city bhzes
for . moment In . dery mist. then
suddenly nelts. mirase-like. In me
gathering dusk. leaving . sense Of
sonsthing born Of dream. the Illusion
Of IN enchanter's wand.-From Q Roth.
enburg Letter to Vogue.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-08-13
Almost Any Mother.

Almost Any Mother.
The mother Of large family fen
Ill and died and the attending ply
stefan reported that she died Of star
walton. It was incredible. but he
proved 1t: The woman had to get the
dinner and then spend the next two
hours in waiting on the family and
getting the children to the table. Il
was never on record that she got all
Of them there at the same time and
they came struggling In all the way
from potatoes to pie. By the time
she had wiped the last face, her own
hunger had left her and she had no
desire to eat. Chickens, the doctor
said, come running at feed time, but
children don't A hen has q better
chance to eat than q mother.-Atchi-
son Globe.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-08-13
Expert Opinion.

First Bird-Seen the airship?
Second Bird-Yes; they will have
to get mighty strong telegraph wire
to sit on.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-09
Short BaIkot reform.

While political pure-food experts
continue to disagree upon the ques-
ton whether direct primaries are a
preservative or a poison, the advo-
Gates of a rival remedy for misgov-
eminent, the short ballot, rise to pre-
sent their claims. In pamphlet, en-
titled ''The Short Ballot; A New Plan
of Reform reprinted from the Out
look, Mr.. Richard S. Childs concisely
states the advantages of the proposed
simplification of elections. Taking 1t
as an admitted fact that good adj
ministration is actually abnormal In
American cities and States" Mr.. Childs
infers that this condition. unique
among the democracies. indicates the
existence of some popularity in our
system of government as the UNDER
lying cause" To determine this under
lying cause he thus appeals directly to
the readers own experience as a
voter:
Starting at the broad base of our
structure, the voters, we notice one
unique phenomenon. which is so ia
look it entirely-that is, our habit OF
voting blind. OF course, intelligent
citizens do not vote without knowing
what they are doing. oh, no! You. Mr..
Reader, for instance, you vote intel,
ligently always! OF course you do!
But whom did you vote for surrogate
last time? You don't know? Well,
then, whom did you support for state
auditor. For state treasurer! for
clerk of the court? For supreme
court Judge? And who is your alder
MANI OF course, you know the pres
ident and the governor and the mayor
but there was a long list of minor Of
ficers besides. Unless you are active
in politics 1 fear you funk this ex-
animation. The average American cit
izen never casts a completely intelli-
gent vote"
In this ignorance of the voter, in
evitable under a system entailing a
vote for a multiplicity of officers. the
corrupt political specialist" finds his
TO remedy our present political
evils Mr.. Childs would first revise the
schedule of elections so that no more
than three officials should be voted
for at an election.
Further, he would make minor Of
ficers not elective, but appointive;
and thus answers the natural argu-
ment against this system.
''It may be objected that to take
minor offices off the state ticket. for
instance, and make them appointive
bv the governor would be giving too
much power to the governor. Well,
somebody, we rarely know who, prac-
ticalIy appoints them now. There are
other answers, but that one is sur
Digest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-09
JAYHAWKER JOTS

''If you were to see yourself as
others see you, you wouldn't be-
lieve it," says the Howard Courant
There are many different terms for
chauffeur. remarks the Russell Rec
ord and 1t adds that some of them
will readily come to mind about the
time you get bumped by a machine"
1t was a surprised footpad who
held up Miami county man recent
ly and got only % cents-and him a
pared for the collection.-Ottawa Re-
publican.
After all one cannot very well
blame Commander Peary for feeling
peevish. How would you feel If
while you were coaching your press
you held four aces and the joker,
someone would quietly walk off with
the pot? Wouldn't it make you feel
sore barnard Bee.
pie, a dog will fight for the hand
that feeds him but people will eat
your substance and then go out and
peddle stories about you. The first
time you hear of something mean be-
ing said of you just trace it back and
you'll find, in the majority of cases,
that it started from some one whom
you have always favored.-Hill City
New Era.
What Kansas needs" says Charles
Vernon in the Manhattan Nationalist,
"is a poet who can do justice to her
fall weather. If there was anything
sold in bottles that would make one
feel half as fine as one of these morn
ings, people would pay 500 a gallon
for it; If a man had it cornered in
some way SO that people would have
to pay admission to get the benefit
of it, he would make a fortune the
first season. But there is so much of
it that no one can corner it; it is so
abundant that no conservation con-
gress is needed to preserve it for
posterity. And all that one needs to
do to get unlimited quantities of the
finest variety of it is to spend his
time in Manhattan And Man
haitian hasn't mortgage on it. You
can find it all over the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-09
SPIRITS OF Autumn

Sparer1bs and sweet potato,
Cornpone and Sally Lun,
Sp1ced figs and branded peaches
Sweet autumn has beguni
Fresh cider foaming beady,
PersimmonS on the hill
The corn-knives cutting fodder
And the burr-song on the mill!
Bee trees and blackhaws ready,
PaW-paws and fading moon,
The chinquapins are falling,
The hound dogs freed a COON
Oh, whistle, Mr.. RedwIng,
And come, old Christmas. come,
The partridge beats to covert
With the rafting OF As drum!
SPareribs and cracklin' gravy,
Corn dumplings in the pot,
Strlng beans and yellow pumpkins
NOW amt gettin' hoti
SWeet autunns on the hillside,
Just like a dream all misty
seen through a mist of wells!
Baltimore American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-09

porter, sent down here to write up
a state meeting of woman's clubs be-
cause the regular reporter Is i'll. This
story Will throw me ahead-years be-
yond assistant society scribbling-''
She stopped abruptly; then went on
in q gentler tone
Rob, used to envy you. and now
do more than ever. You always had
the best of everything-new shoes and
such nice hobby horses. Life has gone
on so easily for you. You inherited
your fathers money and prestige, and
success came ready-made, gilt edged
and tied up with pink ribbon"
''Dick has never married. You can
state.''
The wife of moral degenerate
a boodler-'
He laughed happily and drew her
souled, contradictory child. cut it out
and come home with me. 1 want
you"
ST won't. The hardest part of my
struggle is past. or will be when this
story reaches our editor. You think
I'm doing wrong in taking this OPP
portunity; if I give it up, you will as
sumo the responsibility of my future
Is that what you mean? You were al
ways sentimentalist, Dick, and the
truest, best But I shall stay and
fight it out and succeed. I shall use
Dicks story and take the benefit.
won't go home with you to be lazy
and comfortable and good and hap
py."
Happy" he remarked to the hands
he still held against his face. Hap
py.''
The curtains of the alcove parted.
Lady" announced a bell boy. "cen-
trail says she has your party on the
line"
TELL centraI-tell central" she be-
gan, "the call is-the call Is cancel
ed."-(Copyrighted, 1909. by Associa-
ted Literary Press)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-09
roPEKA,s GROWTH.

1.-The postoffice shows whether the
community is growing or going back
ward. The pulse of the community
| is registered here. Increased postal
business means more people and
| more business in the city. Those who
think Topeka is not growing have an
other guess coming
This is brief but expressively
pertinent interview which was deliv-
cred the other day by A. X. Rodgers,
Topeka's postmaster. He was COM
menting on the magnificent showing
his office made during the fiscal year
ending June 80, in which period the
sales of postoffice supplies of all sorts
totaled almost 100000, an increase
of approximately 100000 over this
previous year. It is a larger business
than that which was done during the
past year by the postoffice at St. Jo-
seph, Mo-, a. city of twice the size OF
Topeka.
AS Mr.. Rodgers says the business OF
postoffice is a certain index to the
growth and increasing prosperity of
a city. No better evidence in this line
can be presented, and the figures an
nounced by the postmaster ought to
be the occasion for felicitous feeling
among the people of this city. Most
of them have been awake to the fact
for some time that the capital city of
Kansas has been and is growing by
leaps and bounds. The building OPP
erations which have been going on
here of late are unprecedented and
proportionately larger than they are
in most of the cities in this section of
the country.
But there is nothing unusual about
all this. Topeka has every advantage
and facility which warrants her
growth to a community of consider
able size, hundred thousand in pop
ulation or more. The town has been
a little slow in starting on the way to
her larger destiny, but the wheels
have been in motion for some time
now, and an awakened public spirit
which is manifested on every hand
and especially in the rejuvenated
Commercial club will keep them turn
ing.
And no better plan to help Topeka on
her glorious way is presented than by
the adoption of the commission form
of government which will provide the
city with a modern method of NUM-
cipal rule that will be in keeping with
the fine progress she is making in all
other ways. An election to decide
this most important matter is to be
held on November 2. The registra-
ton books for that election are now
open. There is only one cloud on the
horizon Altogether too few of the
voters of the city are registered to
participate in the election. This is a
civic duty which should be attended
to at once.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-09
GLOBE SIGHTS.
rFrom the Atchison Globe.l

IFrom the Atchison Globe.]
If YOU are fair in giving both sides o.
| a quarrel it is a sign it is not you
quarrel
word "Y-e-sw when she is trying tc
be sympathetic.
People seem to disagree on every
thing except the statement that the
cost of living is too high.
We have noticed that the only differ
ence between the words "lanky" and
stately" as applied to a girl, is found
in the fathers bank account.
After a man has trained his wife In
such a way that she is no longer jeal-
Gus. he is just as dissatisfied as in the
days when she was always turning
green.
An Atchison woman has had two out
of-town girls visiting her for a month,
and hasn't given a single reception in
their honor. There is a good deal of
indignation.
When man becomes drunk and
quarrelsome. he should be smashed,
sense enough to know that a drunkard
has no right to bother men willing to
work. somebody should teach him the
lesson as forcibly and promptly as pos
sible.
In addition to a long feather that
curls around and round, a buckle set
with many brilliants, and a bow of
velvet DaySey Mayme Appleton's hat
Will be ErlneQ With a tag bearing LnIS
on it in large characters: 1925" Her
mother feels that since they paid that
price for the hat, the tag should be in
cluded in the trimming.
Old people never pretend to stay in
bed all night They get up fully dozen
times, and go wandering around, look
ing for the origin of noises, to see what
time it is, and many other pretexts. If
you feel like wandering around at
night, with your night clothes Tapping
around your knees, it is an indication
A good deal Of fun is made Of country
art; that is, pictures daubed by country
girls, and displayed in store windows.
1t is very tough, we admit, but some
of the city art is not much better. There
is on exhibition in an Atchison store
window a picture of a washer woman
or cook sitting in a boat and marked
Meditation" 1t is not art, although
1t has the recommendation of the
critics, and was done by an Eastern
High Brow.
When a man is sick, and fatally i'll,
his callers have great deal to say
about the weather. when il tuSns
cooler one caller will say in voice
ringing with hope, you will turn for
the better" when it turns warmer
the next caller will say, with equal
hope, you will improve so rapidly you
will soon be up But the sick man isn't
fooled: He knows that the man with
the hour glass and the scythe was
never known to also carry a barometer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-09
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

[From the Chicago News.J
Many a hot-air dispenser develops
cold feet.
There is no excuse for the man
who lies to a child.
A bumblebee in the bush is better
than two in the hand.
The mosquito sings sweetest Just
before he presents his bill.
OF course the man who lives next
door has brains-such as they are.
Money comes in handy when we
find 1t difficult to get our hands on It.
No, Cordelia, a man isn't neces-
sarily cannibal because he eats
Holsters.
It's as difficult to get some men
to talk as it is to get the average
woman to quit.
A man doesn't cut much ice
around home for about ten DAYS az
ter he is married
The world respects a thief more
than dead beat-and you know
what it thinks of a thief
A mans descriptive ability
usually goes lame when he attempts
to describe a woman's hat and gown.
There are lots of sensible women
in the world. but as a matter of fact
they don't seem to make a hit with
the average man.