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Wichita Globe from Wichita, Kansas • 2

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Wichita Globei
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iU'V. Ful bright, who ever km an When ti founder. Mrs. Audi a WICHITA GLOBE. THE RACE QUESTION.

There much exi ilemeut among the WICHITA HONORED. Te-msrrow Wichita, the Msglo Oity eye single to the spiritual growt.i of his of tiie Afrir'an Mission, will ave gone, Iter name ana umu will bve church, is now holding prayer meet tigs in colored people throughout Maryland at T1IUUSDAV, FEMtUAUY 17, 18S7. of the Southwest, will be honored as she fcai uti Let us all help, of evcuhigs, preparatory to tho begin lug of a st rh-s of meetings. our memory, and sinners. present regarding the intermarriage question, and white Methddist ministers are agisting their colored brethren iu has never been before, with a visit of tho illustrious solons of the State, la a body to Its prosperous, wido and ex PU8LISHCD EVERY THURSDAY BY The Globs Publishing Co.

JVM forth JVU St. Wichita, Kan agitating a movement for a repeal of PETTIS CO. Tne Guibk takes ph inure iu raying fli'in if iii.t in n.x i. iw. panding city.

Ample peparations have been made to eutcrtaiu them during marriage law restrictions. James F. The Lome hopes that tho press of the City and State will criticise tnU isue lenieutly and say all tho good of tuat they can, as they all kuow amount of extra labor that is needed to get out tho first lsue of a paper. Wood, colored, and Annio Xicodemus, their stay lu tho city. IIH1V 4 flnt i fitted Hi) office of its kind in tl.o a young white woman, good-looking President.

Editor-Associate Editor. Business Manager. Treasurer. Rev. Fulrbicht 0.

roberson, Wm. Orery, J. Jennings, T. Banks, and intelligent, were married about a AFRiCaU HOME MlSSiON. Mate.

These young geutk li ii ave a large acquaintance here, and our people have a great deal of real estate. TU wdl do well to give cm a call. month ago, and before they were two weeks wedded they RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. i. Tho object of tho African Mission couvicU'd and sentenced each toeignteen to take care if the poor and misfortunatc mouths iu the penitentiary for inter OVK YKAR.

lu AiIvhoiw, I 12 00. MX MoSTtlS. i I I ones of our nice that chance to fall iu marrying ugaiust tlto law of Maryluud. TIIHtK 11! THE TYPEWRITING GiRL. 0 our midst, rather than to let them be This was the first case of an enforcement A QUEER COASTING-PLACE, MlMing Dow I1UI Wher Tbar I No Snow or lee.

Cuzeo, te ancient capital of the ohl Inca Emp.re of Peru, is situated high up among the Andes, at a point so eie ated that, although under tho tropics. of tho law. Within the last week Gov. left to tho mercies of tho city. This et an Fli'tlnn About th ftumuur i tha Ktrooitr ip OUR BOW.

Loyd bus received numerous jietitious With this issue is bom tho Wkiiita Mission is auxilary to the Ladies' Benevolent Home, who have a building 1'ha stenographer is rapidly but moeeeded bv tvito.wr'.tr. Mou i asking the pardon of the couple. From Cloiir. It is only a child, in fact wo has the climate and products of the erected for that purpose, so they have incut white ministers hnvo signed the XMiiperuto zone. It still bas many re- granted us the right of either fitting up might ay, an infant.

Yet wo expect snd hope to see it develop to full ina- aiums ol mea aremtecture, aisun- petitions. One of these jK-titions cites thut Wood and Annie Xicodcmus had lived secretly together for some time, oo clumsy to acquii grea. fieilhy 4 tills sojt of work, and it seems esjvo ully suited to women. Tiie which it possesses over I lie oUer fashion is that the work is iiaishe I when the ojH'rator has reached the end. A large turity.

Wo cauuot prophesy with r- pushed for its massivenoss, which arc likely to endure for eeuturies to come. On a hill, or eminence, nearly a thou-sand feet high, overlooking tho city, taiuty that tho child will live, but we and when anxious to avoid further disgrace they underwent tho matrimonial hoiw so; and shall use our best en are tho remains of tho great Inca fort rooms iu building, or adding to it, or building separately. Which will we They are willing to help us let help our wives. Tiie young men organized tho White Cross -society by. electing the following ofiitvrs: W.

A Bcttis, Mr. James, Sec, and Buudy, Treas. T.iey aro to assist the African Mission iu their work. ceremony, they were arretted and pun ress of the Sae-sa-hna-man, in the Ishek for doing what their concieueo sloiT.iing or which Juan 1 iarro, tne compelled them to do. IJav.

II. A. Craxtou, colored, in an apjH'ul for their pardon, says: trust that the President will call a "i uo not appear as an advocate element or uncertainty enters Into brj whea oao employs a stenographer. With the typewriting girls it is different. As a rnlo they are busy copying Supreme Court papers, which, by Ilia way, they lay aside without tho lightest regret, and they are apparently the only people who look with contempt upon the Supreme Court, and begin at ouco to prepare for work.

Tho prer a-ration is the longest part of it After a few general about tho weather, stio removes her rings one aftei th other, looks at them carefully, olace social equality of the white and colon1 meeting soon. races of this country; thut is not tho Tiie A menu Mission Intent was a deavors to raise it. Tho Cuiita start' out iu life uudiT favorable auspices with sufficient backing to give it a strong push toward the goal of its ambition, which is tho elevation and ad-vaiicemeut of tho colored people, Tiio paper is owned, controlled and managed by tho Ulouk I'lblisiiino Company, composed entirely of colored men. The editor is a nua that will labor in the iuteres's of his brothers for their improvement, socially, intellectually and financially. All over the question before us.

Colored men have brother of the conqueror of Peru, was shun. This furtrc was built of gigantic stones or r.ither; rocks, and their great size and the accuracy with which they are lilted together astonish who see them. In front of this fortress is a curious, donic-shapcd iuas of rock, called the Uo and sometimes also La I'ietlrv J.in, or smooth rock," because ts convex surface is grooved, as if thfe rock had been squeezed up, whilo in a plastic state, between irregular and un yielding walh, and then hardened into shape. A mass oi dough, foi-ced up under the outspread hands, would give success financially. Your reporter failei to learu just what tho receipts wen After listening to several bcintiful selec been put to death by nubs, w.iile the laws kiv to vhit! men tney can debauch as many women as tney enooso provid them iu an ordinary row beside the pulh a hair-pin out of tint i' forward part of her bang, examines it and.

then thrusts it with unquestioned tioas by the little Misses, Mrs. Auder sou, ie inotii.r of t.ie African Missioi an who ims not a peer among tiie hit m's. in Wc.iita, enmo forward and lai belligerence into the back of her bead. something of ie of tho Mission before a I the same appearance la Then sJio yawns prodigiously, leans But the hollows of tho back in her chair and says she is ready. mil iiat ure.

United States the colored race is being present, iu a very pointed manner. grooves on the Peruvian hill are smooth ing they are negro women. Shall this evil lontiuue or shall the marriage laws be applied (u nil alike without regard to color? Virginia all marriages between white and colored persons are absolutely void without a decree of divorce, and such a marriage is punished by imprison iiient iu tho xuiteutia from one tt two years The law of Maryland is iu spirit about same. Go wuere voit will in t.ie Smt.i and you will li.nl thai tvo-third 4 of me si represented by newspapers owusd and controlled by their own rat, and, we WICHITA'S PrttSPITY believe, there arc enongi of our hen you begin sua suddenly remembers, rises horn the machine, goes to wash-stand, toys with tho faucets for a few moments, touches tho ends of her fingers to the towel, then comes back by the way of the mirror. I have become convinced by long experience that the average female type-writer never really cares to wash her hands.

It is a strategic subterfuge for the purpose of atlbrdiug her an op- The prosperity of Wichita in th. and glassy. It is said in the old chi'on-icles and traditions, that the Inca youth, long years ago. amused themselves by coursing, or sliding, through these polished grooves on festival days and holy days; and this custom is still prae lieed by the mode youth of Cuzco. There is one advantage, ami it is a gi-eat one, too, which these hoys possess over he noi tliern bovs, who live in the people in this city who will take an in terest iu the welfare of the paper and aid us to make it a success.

Brothers, past tw. years, has been phenomena ruin a population of a few ilious.tni abulias risen lo a grand aggregate souls, and immigration is sti. pouring In. called negros are sueii onlv in name, we want your help and assistance to land of ice and snow, and that is, it is portunity to look in the mirror. She not necessary for them to toil up a long returns, 'throws 'herself carelessly into The valor of real estate has enhanc the chair, and briskly puts a sheet of ed beyond tho iiio.st sanguine uxpeeta and slippery bill, dragging after them their heavy sleds, which grow heavier with every step I hey take, so that the longer they ride the" harder work it is to lionsof the oldest inhabitant, anil still the end is i.o yet, and no person can WtieAi tiie lines will lie tiruov A few yejrs ago la id that surroiit.d the city could have been bought paper into the machine.

Having don this, she withdraws the paper turns it around and puts it in in that way. Thk is a system they never depart from under any circumstances. She is not ready yet, however. At this point it becomes necessary to open a small drawer at tho right hand side of the yvpe-writer, lish out a more or less showy purse, glance critically and somewhat sadly within, throw the purse back again, and bring forth an ink erasor, a rubber, a fruit knife and a half eaten Hpple or peach Some one will probably interrupt her for a quiet chat, and after that, if you are still tltcre, you will bo thoroughly startled. Once under way, an expert type-writer is fully as fast a the average stenographer.and when you have finished dictating you may take the-manuscript away with you.

1 have observed one peculiarity about the female type-writer. She never makes a mistake. It is always the machine. If slia puts sixteen vowels in the word hence these state laws forbidding white and colored to intermarry are nothing more than a door whica op.jns too way and a cloak to cover the lascivious, diabolical acts of white Tnese laws are unconstitutional. Colored people have been made citizens.

Tney can make contracts, and there is not a Court in this country that will say tiiat a contract between a man and a negro woman to buy a house or a farm is not valid. Marriage is a eo.itraet The Constitution of tiie Unitnd Slates says that no state shall pass a law impairing the obligation of contracts. C-iiof Justice Marshal decided that marriage was a contract within tiie meaning of this clause of the Constitution. There is no necessity of keeping tiie races separate any more. Tney are already so deeply amalgamated that in fact there is neitiicr white nor black race any more, but are.

Americans." It Is also stated that several members of tiie jury t.iat. convicted the eon pie now lavor executive clemency. Tne. get back to the starting-place. Hie Cuzeo boy sits down at he top of the rock in one of the grooves, and.

with a slight start, away he goes with all the speed imaginable, until he reaches the bottom, landing in a soft bed of earth; then he picks himself up, runs around to an easy place of ami is up again in a minute to repeat his ritie. E. George Squkr, in Ut. Nicholas. HAND-SHAKING.

How tliA I'eop'e of )iflrc'it I.ancU Pratt-tlon tlilri Tlino-IIiiir-il Custom. The Scotch band-grasp is the roughest; Ihe Frenchman shakes hands with the tips of stiffened and drawn-together fingers, which signifies thai he walls himself round with politeness as with a fortress to keep off intruders. Never per acre: now it eon mauds, an readily bought for $1,000 per aen iu many instances the land in que ion brings d'tulile and thrihSo lb price quoted above. Foreign capital, attracted by the ianie ol Ui UiLa, as uoriuued uuiw her mighty press, are flocking i the city iu countless numbers, and ai pouring a golden stream of shinin ducats into tiie lap of the great city, the Arkansas valley. Railroads, inanuiaeturers, street eat lirii-s and various elements of are gathering wito mighty ton 'it the coailux of the two streams, th big and litth rivers, and are prcnai.

ing to shower a golden harvest upo those, who by their actions, piune; iJielr faith upon Wichita. With a million and a naif transfer per week, ami which cotj.ta.ntl. increasing, there is uo danger thii Wichita will take a step backwarc Onward, towards the goal of eonni-- place the Globe where it will be recognized and respected among the grand journals of the land. We shall begin at the bottom of the ladder and hope to reach the top. We shall at all times advocate the welfare of our brothers and the prosperity of Wichita.

We believe that our people take as much pleasure in seeing our city grow as the whites, and our interests are identical with all. Oar. race is well represented iu Wichita and some of them have risen by their own honest efforts from poverty to comparative plenty, for which we are justly proud. The civilizing influences of a newspaper, is greater than all other combined influences and our brethren should each and everyone of them have the advantages; of the press. For tuese purposes the Globk is started and we want you all to take it at houses.

It will be published weekly and will as far as possible contain the latest news, local and foreign. To our white friends, merchants and business men we would say: share with us your patronage in your advertisements. Lend us a helping hand iu our enterprise and you will be repaid both gratefully and financially. We are going to place the paper in the hands of every colored family and single man in tho city and county. Our solicitor will call on you for your advts.

Our rates arc reasonable, and we hope you will not refuse him. expect anvthimr of a person who shakes -'tnrouga, sne ursc mis tne KeyDoara the roof of tho f- i i violently, then raises soft in a hand a limp way. structure, pokes at tho tvpe with her uovernor nas tne matt or muter con first finger, indulges in some airy criticism of the mannfacturcr, brings th whole thing together violently again, and continues to make ihe most grievous, and absord errors witn a face of uttei a wide experience of false cordiality, which was betrayed by "old soldiers," in batteiMng thrt.ugh and boarding-houses, have los. all womanhood by hardened diplomatists, by persons thankful for past favers and hoping sideration, and meanwhile meetings are being held nightly, by colored pcoplt in all parts of ihe state, denouncing t.ie law as unjust. satisfaction and high spirits for favors to come, anil ly exhibitors at She eventually marries the managing universal exmbilions wanting pulls.

ine taw omce. vroomjn eJerk of Eagle. eial.supremacy Isthe watch word.of our The Boy and the Bone-Setter. I 1 11 focusing ui icciiiis a. ccod story which occurred in the north MIXED MARRIAGES IN TEXAS- Dr.

II. C. Berry, white, and Annie Thompson, colored, fell in love w.th each other recently and concluded tho' tins law was against their union, they would try it. They went to Gatesville a few days since, where a license was procured. There was a little excitement over tiie matter which savored of lynching, and they hurridly returned to this city and procuring a minister were married, the minister thinking all the An Italian, who in all cases tries to hide his little game, hates to offer his hand.

To avoid doing so, when he meets an Englishman, lie rubs both his hands slowly together as if washing them. An enthusiast about ideas, principles and rarely puts cordiality into a hand-shake. Thiers' hand-shake, though brusque and dry, was not unpleasant. That of Jambetta contrasted viU his apparent openness snd heartiness, and did not express character. Clcmencau's nervous and rapid, and with a friend cry friendly.

Grevy scans your in a good-humored way in holding your hand. lime. Adams' hand-shake is ''that of a fearless and woman, who wants to make a jontpiest of every man, woman and child she meets. It is counted improper for a French miss in her teens to offer much as the tips of her fingers, whether they aro gloved or not, to a of Scotland, where one of them risen to great fame and no small fortune by his skill. A country lad residing a few miles off had got his leg hurt at one of the local factories, and had been treated for some time by the local medical man without any good result.

His mother, who had great faith in the neighboring bone-setter, wanted the lad to go to him, which lie declined, preferring, as he said, the "reg'lar Eventually, however, his mother's persuasions prevailed, and he agreed to allow himself to be taken to seo Daniel It the bone-setter. A bed for the invalid was extemporized on a cart, an accompanied by his anxious mother, he was after a rather painful Journey taken to the town where the city, and each and every citizen baud iu the direction of future greatness There is, perhaps, in no city in all this tiro id universe, that has such glowing prospects as ours; hemmed in by one of the most glorious and fertile agricultural communities that ''(todV sun ever shone upon." Environed bands of iron and steel of the numerous and more seeking to enter its portals, its business men generally of the most liberal order; ever on the alert to add something our pi'osperity, there seems to be te reason to doubt but that Wichita wil be one of the most prosperous a'ld sue eessl'ul mercantile cities in the Uuitc BItuuted as she is, geographi -ally in the heart, of one of the tines counties in the land, and endowei with all the natural advantages ain energy of determined citizens, wt predict, tor Wichita a ca-eer seeont to noeity west of the Mississippi river the time that, the swarthy doctor was mulatto. Their dream of wedded bliss was rudely disturbed next morning by an officer with a capias, and they were arrested. Annie gave bond in both cases for 400 each. This she could easily do, as she is worth considerable money.

The outcome is five years iu the penitentiary Tex, Dispatch. (lentlemah. The French lady shake hands in a pussy-cat stvle, and the German frau in an honest, simple, rr urta riniv The 1j motherly fashion. Victor lingo does so examined, and it was found necessary the manner of. a jjrandieose statue, to haul it very sevcivlv, in ovdor, as thJe into which, as into Galates, tne breath mo-setter said, "to get the bone it life been breathed.

When he The-lad was liberal with 'hi, nas to oo with a lady he, with Olym- ie wa8 ffoin? on bnt evcntuallv majesty, by chivalrous the bone was "got in," and he was told THE NEGRO IN ANCIENT HISTORY. Itev. Woodby, late of Denver, find former pastor of tho 2nd Baptht church, iu this place, 'delivered an instructive and appreciative lecture Wednesday eveningat the 2nd Baptist church on the above subject to a very small crowd. The smalhicss, though, we are glad to state, was due to tiie inclemency of tho weather and not the unability of the speaker to handle his subject. Wo have neither time nor space to give in detail his lecture, but, on a whole, it was pointed, and shows that the speaker had given the subject considerable thought.

Who will bo the next. feeling, takes her hand slowly, gravely und kindly, and, nfter holding it to hi iips, lowers it to the If vol where it was when he raised it, London Truth. to go home and in a few days ho would be ail ght and tit for his work. He was 1 fted op on tiie cart and, with his mo her seated beside him, set oil" for home. "Didn't Danny do the thing well!" said t.ie joyous old lady.

"Yes, he did, mother," said the lid, 'but I was na sic a fool as gie him the leg!" The "reg'lar faculty" will, we have no doubt, appreciate tho story. Whitehall Review. GRAND BENEFIT. The Silver Cornet Band, after reorganizing, speeds on their way to success, by giving a grand entertainment at the 0. A.

11. Hall, on Monday evening last, everything being well conducted under their leader and manager. Mr. Jones. The tables were loaded down with all tiie delicacies of the season.

At IS o'clock dancing commenced, continuing until 2. Your reporter not being able to secure the names of all the ladies who took part in dancing, therefor will not mention any one. ege Notices. IMPORTANT NOTICE TOlTBAVELERS- When desiring to go to St. Louis, Kansas City and all points East or South you Bhould remember that tin St Louis, Ft.

Scott Wichita, in connection with the Mo. Pacific lly. is the shortest and best route. Free Chair Cars on all trains; and elegant Buffet Pullman sleep, ing cars run between these poiu's. OOGit A.

F. A A. M.K0.8A. Meptstlie2n(l of ench month. All sojourners an-respecllly requested to be jirpsont.

T. G. Banks. W. M.

(.:. Clakk. see. A KKAXSAS VALLEY NO. 21.

Mw-ls Is. -M'ii('sliiy of ench month. All Vh sons are reiji.steil to bu prem-nt. J. J.

I. A. Ahtks, Sop. All the gentlemen eonuccted with tne Globe have positious and employment of some kind and will not depend upon it for their support. Go to B'ttmg One Price Clothiers, flatters and Furnishers.

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1887-1887