The Wichita Daily Eagle (Wichita, Kan.)
December 13, 1899

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gto WLxcUin Mnh Sasle: msSmsampfflmtiug, cccmtr 13, 1899 l 1 1 UN Major Woodson Thinks Noth ing So Efficacious AS- ALLOTTING HIM LAND And Teaching Him by White Neighbors' Example. El Reno. O. T., Dec. 12 The board of Indian commissioners recently issued a circular letter of inquiry to the Indian agents, asking certain questions regard ing the progress of the red man, -with special reference to Che workings of the allotment plan. Major Woodson, who is an authority, made the following report, which will be of particular interest to a large part of Oklahoma: Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indian. Agency, Darlington, O. T., Nov. 22, 1S99. Merrill E. Gates, Board of Indian Com mission, "Washington, D. C: Sir I am in receipt of your circular letter of inquiry of the 2d instant, re questing reply to certain interrogatories, and in compliance therewith I have the honor to submit the following: I. How many allotments have been made to Indians of your agency? To Arapahoes, 1144; to Choyennes, 2131; total, 3295. I IT. How many patents have been is sued? Three thousand two hundred and eighty-four. III. How -many Indian"? are living on their allotted lands? Ninety-five per cent of the aible-bodied Indians. IV. To what extent are they cultivat ing their lands? Ninety-five per cent of the able-bodied Indians are cultivating their lands, and, in addition, many oth ers who are incapacitated cultivate to a limited extent V. To what extent are their lands leased, and for what purposes are they leased, and with what results? Ten hun dred and seventy-one allotments have been leased, or applied for, for farming nnd grazing purposes. Only those who are incapacitated by age, disease and other disability are permitted to leaso their allotments. Families are encour aged to sete.-t one of their allotments for permanent residence, and permitted tc lease the others to acceptable tenants for terms of three years, with the con sent of the agent, who fixes the nrice imd improvements to be made, and the s-ecro-tnry of the interior. By this means the wifd lands are brought under cultivation and prepared for future occupation of their children when they attain their majority.' A portion of the revenue from Mch leases is utilized (or should be) in making improvements on the home allot ment. All payments for such leases are made through the agent, vho rJr.'lr.t-3 for and disburses the same by check on the assistant United States treasurer in St Louis, where the funds are kept Suitable permanent record books are kept in which all such accounts -are entered, subject at all times to inspeotion. A ledger .account Is kept with every allot ted and lessee. Payments on leases are required semi-annually and paid out by flheok to the allottees semi-annually in the presence of two witnesses, for which proper vouchers are rendered. Certifi cates are taken from the lessee stating the amounts paid at each payment The benefits of leasing the allotments are two-fold. In addition to the revenue re ceived by the allottee, tho white farmer furnishes him an object lesson in the methods of seeding, cultivating and Har vesting the crops grown on the iea.ri lands, and in many Instances is helpful io nis inatan neighbor by the inter change of labor and the protection he gives to lite personal property. White settlers are intei mingled with Indian al lottees throughout what was in for-nr years their reservation. Amicable jcla Uons are maintained between the races and these Indians are fast acqulnog a Setter knowledge of civil government and civilized habit?. VI. AVnat. in your opinion, are the benefit or the evils of the allotment pol icy? The benefits are numerous. The al lotment of land In severalty, in mv opin ion, is the first step in Indian civilization. The sooner their camp life Is abandoned for residence In permanent home, the sooner they will be prepared to adopt civilised habits and to discontinue their nomadic camp life. When their large vil- THE HEALTH HABIT .Jnt as Kasy to Form as Any Other "VVe do not deliberately form our pet habits, but they are unconsciously ac quired and Rrow as we grow, ana by the time we learn they are hurting us, we find them too srronr to be easily broken. iioo, wny not form a good haWt, a habit whicfe will counteract the many bad ones, in other words contract the un fashionable habit of being always well The bast health habit to get Into is to hare sod keep a vigorous stomach; if you have a healthy digestion you can drink yoar beloved coffee, smoke your favorite brand of tobacco, with little or no hornl ike mischief begins when these things are forced upon the faithful stomach, without ny assistance. Form the habit of taking after meals some harmless but eiHcient digestive which win relieve the stomach of so much extra work. Nature furnishes us with such digestives and hen they are combined in such a pleasant preparation as Smart's Dyspep sia Tablets, they give the overworked stomach jnst the necessary assistance to secure perfect digestion without any of the harmful effects of cathartics and slm Der drugs. The habit of taking Stuart' Dyspepsia Tablets after meals is as necessary to the wan stomach as food itself, and Indeed to get the benefit from food eaten, noth ing better and certainly nothing m. ca be need. Many famines consider Stuart's Tablet-! aa essential ,!n the house as knives and forks. They consist entirely of natural diges tive principles without the effect or caar actortstice of drugs; they have no cathar tic action, but simply go to work on the food eaten and digest it ?fce into account your bad habits and th expense they entail and then Invest ftfty cents in a box ofl Staarf Dyspepsia Tablets ad see IX yoar digestion for the next month te not vastly Improved. As the cJortc in any drug store the name of the most snccaasfol and popular stomach remedy and he wTO say Stuart. lages are broken up and they are located upon their allotments, they begin to feel and to exhibit pride in their individual ownership; until then they are under tri bal government and tribal influences, which militate against all progress. In dividual ownership, Individual rights and individual independence- -cannot be Imain tained until they arc thus segregated. Time and effort are wasted on the part of' the agents' of 'the government to make them progressive, until then. Compul sion is a "sine quo non" In inducing resi dence upon allotments, with the major ity of the Indians under my charge. What has been accomplished in this di rection is tho result of withholding gra tuitous issues to such as refused to com ply with the requirements of the depart ment But with those tribes to whom rations are not supplied no such compul sory measures could be made available. Under the allotment act Indians are clothed with the rights of citizenship, and, as citizens, they can claim, immuni ty from government control; for this rea son, in my opinion, the act should be amended so as to make them amenable to such control during the period in which their landsare held in trust Un der such provisions compulsory means could be enacted to insure permanent residence upon allotments and the adop tion of civilized habits. In the absence of such authority, agents are handi capped in their efforts to establish, them, in fixed abodes and to make them self supporting. VII. what proportion of the land of the reservation of your agency is so well adapted to agriculture as, in your opin ion, to enable an industrious Indian to support himself and his family upon 160 acres? Two-thirds of the allotments. There are many allotments only fit for .srrazins and will not afford sufficient rev enue to support the allottee; where the lands are unfit for agriculture at least 640 acres should be allotted to individuals, and when the lands are arid and water is scarce, in my opinion, theyshould be held in common. "VIII. If cattle raising or sheep raising is tho prevalent and the most profitable industry for the Indians under your care, what seems to be the effect of this occu pation upon the civilization and the self support of the Indians? And what sug gestion (if any) would you make as to allcttlng grazing land? Cattle and sheep raising has not been .prevalent with the Indians under my care. With the excep tion of a very small number, they have not been able to procure such breeding stock, for want of the necessary means. IX. What provision has been made ab your agency for a permanent register of allotments, and of the names of allot tees? A permanent register of allot ments is kept at this agency. X. Is any register kept from month. to month, of tho marriages, births and deaths of Indians who have received (or who may bo entitled to receive or to in herit) allotments of land? If so, how. and by whom, is this register kept? A register of births and deaths is so kept Farmers in charge of districts are re quired to report to this office, monthly, all deaths, births, marriages, and di vorces: aside from this, a correct census and enumeration of all the Indians is taken semi-annually June 30 and Decern- I fber 31. All legal marriages are consum anatod by clergymen or authorized civil officers and are recorded in the respect ive counties where the parties reside. Tho allotted Indians are required to con form to the aws in all -respects governing) white citizens XL How are individual allotment boundaries marked, where allotments have ibeen made? Boundaries are defined, by the corner stones of the government surveys as to quarter section, township and range. XII. Have you noted evils from lack of registration and records at your agen cy? They do not exist, but undoubtedly would but for the measures adopted. XIII. Will yu offer suggestions as to remedies for evils which you have noted? The chief evils noted among allotted In dians are tribal visiting, marriage re cording to Indian custom, recognition of oViinfo thA maintenance of "medicine men" and "dog soldiers," who act as whlppers in to Che edicts of the chiefs; also tho use of the mescal bean. As long as thete evils exist repugnance is engen dered and cultivated to the adoption of progressive methods. To lemedy some of these evils. I prevailed upon the tem torlal legislature to enact laws re-nilr-ing all allotted Indians in the territory to marry and be divorced like white per sons; also to prohibit the incantations and practices of "medicine men" and the Introduction and use of the mescal bean. Nothing short of the legislature will suf fice to prevent so-called chiefs from ex ercising control and bad Influence1? oer the members of their tribe. Tribal go ernment will continue indefinitely v.ith Allotted Indians unles compulsory mews are exerted to break it down. Agents should be given greater power to aceevn pHh this end and they should have the staunch support of the department in en forcing all proper progressive methois. (-'overnment control over allotted fr.Jians during the trust period in which th-iir lands are held should be defined and ex orcised. The money heretofore lurgely appropriated for rations sttoukl, In my opinion, be expended for breeding stock such as cattle, sheep, hogs, etc and isiued to such deserving Indians as ind' rata a willingness and a dispoition to keep and properly care for the ame. A people who have always lived free and unhindered to follow the bent of their 'n clinaxions will not willingly submit f re striction and prohibition in their indulg ence in harmful customs and habits. n ray opinion, their adent to full and un restricted citizenship ought to be based on their willingness and ability to exer cise, appreciate and enjoy such risrhts, and this fact should be determined by the evidences of fitness displayed oy in dividuals. Very respectfully. A. E. WOODSON. Major U. S A., Acting Indian Agent lnill! vDAIvC nliliin OiUiJuL Beats Millionaire John Hite in the Courts. MAKES HIM A BIGAMIST And His Young Paleface Wife No Wife at All, The following is an acknowledgment of Major Woodson's letter and indorsement of his ideas regarding the advancement of the Indian: Board of Indian Commissioners. Washington. D. C Deo. 2. 138. My Dear Major Woodson Your letter of November 34 is received and has been read with deep Interest qg- both Doctor Gates and myself. We are all urging what you so ably discuss, the discontinu ance of rations and insisting that Indians must earn their living like white men. We have coddled them too much and pauperised them too long. Wo see the difficulties m the way of radical n-a-ures and a new policy; but with Vt,! a-i enerwic management h?r as yoa- w been, the reform can be accomplished. There, alas! is the rub. How can we be eure of any good w..-k, with the freque" changes which p ans i. -ni w h every change of a m :tra'i -n S we must hope i s h -wo Slwereiy yours, E, WHITTLESEY. New York, Dec. 12. The Journal has the following story: An American red woman has been fighting- a whit man multi-millionaire for her honor, her stat us as a wife and her share in her hus band's many millions, and the Indian wo man has won. She has fought without mono, in strange courts, against tremenduous odds. She has fought for years. Her antagonist was the millionaire John R. Hite, a paleface of Mariposa County, California. By all the laws of the white man's civilization the Indian woman and the millionaire have been man and wife for nigh on twenty-five years. Yet the millionaire married secretly one of his own race In San Francisco two years ago married her, while in Mari posa County, a gray haired, red skinned woman, bowed with years spent in serv ing him as wife, waited for him to come back to her. She would have been waiting' for him now- with faith born of ignorance had not some one told her that in San Fran cisco there was another a beautiful pale xace wno nad stepped into her rights. Then it was that she gathered her blan ket about her and came down from In dian Peak Ranch to claim recognition as the lawful Mrs. Hite, and she has won it. Her husband, the millionahe white man was unfaithful. She has placed upon him the brand of bigamist. She has tsamped the white woman who became his wife two years ago, withe tho most terrible mark that can be stamped upon a woman. Tho red woman has appealed to the white man's laws and found justice be cause of them. It is the strangest story that ever grew out of the conquest of the Indians by the palefaces. Thirty years ago, Lucy, the Indiap girl, was a beauty, radiant with the shado wy duskniess of her tribe. Day by day she heard her eyes likened to the tints of midnight that were fa miliar to the dwellers in the open air. She knew of coral that it was of red sim ilar to her lips. A wild rose was held to match her cheeks. The texture of satin was explained by an American who com pared It to her wealth of hair. Her life, wjldf free, glorious as the long, fair days had in it plenty of admiration and plenty of excitement. With her sister. Maresa, which is the Indian for Mary, with her father and her brothers.bhe wandered through the moun tains of the Sierras, hunting, fishing, cooking. The white man was familiar to her and pleasing. She met him con stantly hunting gold wherewith to coin money. He paid her many compliments and made her of much account among tho red men of her own tribe, whom in time she rather looked upon with con tempt. From Maresa, who was some years her senior, she learned that the white man had many laws htat were good for his "women folks." She learned with quick ened pulse and beating heart that his squaw was treated as an equal, never beaten, never bidden to work unless she desired. She heard how In the towns the white man dressed his squaw in stains and plenty of beads, how she had soft feathers to lie upon and walls thicker than any tent, where the rain never came through. She heard how the white man's laws mauo him always good and faithful to the woman he loved, how he would fight for her, work for her and never desert her unless she was very wicked. Marosa made her understand as she had learned It herself, from white men and women of the mining towns, that the white wan's wife was his greatest pride. He may only have one, the elder sister explained, therefore she Is everything to him. It is easy to Imagine, then, to what flights the ambition of these two maid ens soared.Together they dreamed of a time when, among the many white skin ned explorers who were constantly find ing their way into the forests, two would come golden-haired, fair-skinned, soft--volced and offer to them a biding place among the white squaw. They told their dream only to each oth er until at last one day they confided it to him who was to make it true. All this happened when the depths of California still held forth the promise of gold. The spirit of adventure spread from north, to suoth. It caught in its wave the youth of Virginia. Exploring parties were made up from all sorts and conditions of its people. The fnwer of its aristocracy went to try their fortunes with those of the lower classes. To just what set young- John Hite be longed cannot be sut down, for he him self has nor given many datavita regard to his family before he came into the Sierra-?. While the two dukv maidens dreamed of happiness from mating wita the white man. John Hite, -one the yong Virginians, with a party of daring and enthusiastic companions nenetrated from canyon to canyon along the trail of tne rreat Si erras With youth In their limbs and ambition in their heart, the climb was as easy as the flight of a bird. Nothing intimi dated them. The wilder the country the lighter was the note they saw:. Out In to the free air they caroled tbe tune that was to bear them to glory. "Mighty is the iwwer of r;M. they sang- persistently, while about them In great drifts cathered and grew oi'es 'up on utiles of snow. At 3rst they rejoiced in Its grandeur They pelted each i tber with it like school boys They a-' I It for waer. They sweetened it jr ice cream. It bad no appearance of fatal ity until tt became impenetrable. Suddenly, in all the intose. -f thsfr hunt for gold they became aware that! they were in the midst of a S5er-a bliz zard. The saow no leaser fell .'rora a threaten!? sky. It was carries iboat them m whirlwinds. It moved not n oel direction dowuKJU-d from the ncavess at out m a thousand. west, f i their hands and yet the frcz?n hunters decided to struggle on no further. One after another in that bitter Wint er, the members of the exploring party, of which John R. Hite was one, lay down In the snow to die. Several of them perished so not alL Among the living was this same John R. Hite, today a multi-millionaire. How long in his trance so near to death he lay he never knew. "The earth was gone from him and time had nothing more of night nor day." W'hen timidly and uamfully at last he returned to life, with aching pulses and tingling veins, he beheld through swim ming eyes a maiden of dusky loveliness. He had follen into a terrible slumber in the cold hard snow. He awoke to find himself in a wigwaji draped with robes of fur, strewn with a wealth of straw. It seemed to him then, in that long ago, that this dear nurse was a queen and this poor wigwan a palace. Such is the power of contrasts. An hous before he neath him the strawnowednd rao?aoayh had been stretched upon a bod of ice, now beneath him the straw seemed like feathers. He looked into eyes black as night Their glance was a caress. He listened to a voice that had in it the thrill of music recalling him thus to life. In that moment he vowed to love the woman who had been his rescuer. She was" Maresa, one of the dreamers. It was meet and proper that to the elder should come first the Mecca of all joy. With eyes that had In them the wonder of ado ration, the joy of unselfishness, the young er, Lucy, watched. She only knew that into the life of her beloved sister had come the perfect white man, he who had never but one squaw at a time. At the end" of but a short year Maresa died, leaving her husband, as many a pie face has left her dear one, to the care of her sister. Thus, in a wigwam, wooed back to life and the eternal search for gold, John R. Hite began the romance ended the other day in justice for the Indian woman whom he had sought to re pudiate. Lucy came to take her sister's place by the banks of the river Merced. There she worked for the white man Whom she adored because he had only one squaw at a time. She learned his ways and his habits. She learned to be satisfied to stay always in one place and not to wander through tho country in search of red berries for her hair and wild roses for her belt. She studied all the resources of her little black store so that not even the pale faces In Mariposa County could raise bread any finer than hers. And she had besides that a arning unknown to these women who seemed to look down uaon her because she had come from a land of wiswams. She knew the trails better than most men, better than most guides, better than any woman. She it was who discovered the mine which has finally enabled John R. Hite to pay her alimony and expense". "Kite's Cove." in Mariposa County, be came famous because of the great mine that produced over $1,000,000 in gold. It was in 1S73, according to the testi mony recently given in the San Francis co Court by dqhn R. Hite, that Lucy first came to live with him. Twenty-six years ago, with her mind full of dreams, planted there by a loving sister, she came to share fate with John Illte. Under, the giant trees in Mariposa grove he had built his cabin and there he installed (his wife. Wife? Yes, no one ever doubted it. There she came, a pretty, dusky creature with faith and love in her dark, doting eyes. There she lived till the weight of years and toil bowed her figure and sil vered her hair. When she began life with John Hite, he had nothing but what he earned by the sweat of his brow. He had no ser vice but what she tendered him by the labor of her hands. She mended for him, cooked for him, brewed for him, cleaned for him, nursed him In days of illness, rejoiced with him in days of prosperity, encouraged him when others discouraged, hoped for him; yes, after her fashion, even prayed for. him. For all this she vowed proudly that he made her payment. Was she not his on ly squaw? And after some year3, with delightful continuance, the gold kept pouring up and up out of the mine they had discov ered. In those days no one sought to dis pute the fact that Lucy had been in strumental in marking out the claim. Her man, John, referred to It proudly. Lucy was still young and good looking In those days. She still carried herself erect and commanded attention when she walked through tho twon in her multi-colored skirts and Jacket. During this time Hite liked to see her dressed up. It was his pleasure to take his friends up to the Cove among the big trees where his straight-limbed, dusky haired wife would stand In the light of the sunset ready to welcome him. How she worked during these days to keep his little home looking as neat and clean as the white woman in town kept their wigwams for their chiefs! She was praised far and near for it But no praise was so dear to her as that of her own chief. How her heart thrilled with pride when sh'e heard him one Say cry lustily: "1 would not trade my wife Lucy for atiy white woman in the United States." The white woman! She was always afraid of her. That is, in her younger years, when she first came to share the struggle with her chief. She has told her fears in these latter days, when she ht been forced, after twenfy-six years of housewifely service, duty and love, to struggle in open court to keep her honor. Day after day, when her chief left her. she would try to evovle the from her lit she would try to evolve from her little conscious, for. alas, poor soul, she had Day after day when her ehief left her, she would try to evolve from her inner consciousness, for, alas, poor sou!, she had no female friends, little dishes, new ones, to tempt his fancy. By awoman's instinct she had learned that the road to her chiefs heart was the same road that leads to any man's. She sought, there fore, to have her bread brked to exact ly the proper turn of crispness. She knew just how brown it should be to win his favor. And in those days none need hare pitted her. for ber husband, as has benn but recently told n tbe San Fran cisco courts, praised her constantly. The Indian listened ther with head erect to the recital of a Christian pale face named WBcox. w'ho testtfld that he had regarded ber aa the defendant's wife. She listened with eyos Aflame with won der and isdaln when she beard the man testify hat he had given John Hite tV best nf advice He had sail to hi-a John whv dn't you wvc- your tions w"th 'har T-?dn wicaa. and marry a decent white woaaanr ChforTunat'y." the mUIkmaiT had ajaK-unced vour advice come late I am -w much married to Lurj- as yna a' to v wife Tve-f-.'-e 'n the ryes f th wr" rra- he recognized his obligations to the plain tiff, and this was the first time that he made himself believe that the plaintiff had no further claims on him, or for support, after having recognized and ac knowledged her to many people, some of whom have testified here, as his wife, for a period of twenty-five years. It would be against good conscience, good morals and against the interests of society for the court to fail to recognize the obliga tions the testimony shows he assumed for that long a period. John R. Hite, the defendant should be held to provide a support for the plaintiff. Defendant Hite, though in the vigor of manhood when he first began to live with the plaintiff, is now an old man; the plaintiff, her hair almost white with age, without means to sustain and prosecute her ac tion. And as it appears she is without means of support means should be pro vided as suit money in this case in the sum of $4,000. And for her support and maintenance the sum of $50 per month during the pendency ofthis action. The plaintiff is entitled to n. decree of di vorce dissolving the bond's of matrimony existing between the plaintiff and de fendant." Lucy, the Indian's own story, Is as fol lows: "Yes, I am glad the long talk Is over. I, John Hite's wife. He Know, I know, everybody in Hite's oCve and Mariposa know, we live to gether, lawyer man say twenty-five years. Indians no count the years, but when John Hite take me to be hl3 wife I was young woman and his hair not white. Why take so long for judge man to know what everybody know? But where John Hite? "Why he no come? He my husband, so judge man say, maybe he come back. Ranch same as when he went away. I wait so long for him. When he go way he say he come back. Every day for long, long time I go to hill where I see the trail for leng way, and look ana look, but he no come, and when sun go down I go hack to house and put lamp where he see. But he noc ome. Maybe he come now. I don't know how much money John Hite got, but h erlch man. He not rich when I went to be his wife. We live In cabin and eat beans and bacon, sometimes no coffee, no sugar. Then we t ork hard; he got rich. I know what he got, lawyer man say what it worth. He got lots of houses In San Francisco and Alemeda, big ranches in Mariposa and Fresno, and what you call New Mexico. Thero he got Hite's mine. He just begin to work mine when I go to be his wife. Plenty gold come from that mine. Lone, long time ago, when he strong and straight we have papoose, but it die. He say to judge man he forgot Indians no forget that way." Bit AVE MEN FAIX. Victims to stomach, liver and kidney troubles as well as women, and all feel the results in loss of appetite, poisons in the blood, backache, nervousness, neau ache and tired, listiess, run-down feeling. But there's no need to feel like that. Listen to J. "W. Gardner. IdavUle. Ind. He says: "Electric Bitters are just the thing for a man when he Is all run down, and don't care whether he lives or dies. It did more to give me new strength and good appetite than anything I could take. I can now eat anything and have a new lease on life." Only. 50 cents a bottle at G. Gehrlng's drug store. Every bottle guaranteed. STILL ON THE ANXIOUS SEAT And "Will tlio Attorneyship Come Scot uorn'fi "Way. or Speed's Guthrie. O. T.. Dec. 12. The dearth of news from Washington regarding the district attorneyship fight is very trying upon the nerves of the local politicians. It is generally conceded here that Scot horn's temporary appointment by the su preme court, pending the action of tho president ffave him much the best of it in the race, but hi3 friends are unable to give any solution of the delay at Wash ington in making a permanent appoint ment Horace Speed, who is Scothorn's principal competitor, is now in Wash ington, and the theory is advanced that it is his influence with Attorney General Griggs that Is holding up the appoint ment On the other hand, Scothorn has the active personal support of Senator Foraker, Colonel Dick and Congressman Grosvenor, of the "Ohio crowd," and when Governor Barnes arrives in Wash ington ho will probably Interest himself in Scothorn's behalf. In this connection the arrival is noted in Washington of United States Marshal Harry Thomp son and hi3 chief deputy, W. D. Fossett Marshal Thompson has all along declar ed himself in favor of Scothorn's candi dacy, and it is expected that he will speak a word with the president in his favor Besides these personal influences at work in his behalf, Scothorn has the endorsement of the bar associations of Payne county, El Reno, Pawnee, Paw huska. Chandler, Enid, Norman, and the expected endorsement of the bars of Kingfisher, Alva, Perry and Newkirk. Judge Strang, who at one time was prominently mentioned as a candidate for district attorney, reiterates his for mer declaration that he isnot a candi date except in a receptive sense. Under the conditions it does not appear logical that Scothorn can be defeated. BREVITY IS THE SOUL OF WIT. GOOD WIFE I YOU NEED SAPOLIO II If II After the Livestock Board Secretaryship. MUCH WORK AND NO PAY Inspectors Also Complain of the Emoluments. Guthrie, -O. T Dec 12. Governor Barnes will not name a secretary of the live stock sanitary board to succeed Dr. Ballard, resigned, until his return from Washington. Dr. Ballard was the Dem ocratic member of the board, but Just prior to his departure Governor Barnes said that lie did not feel obligated to fol low tho custom of appointing a repre sentative of the opposition party to a place on the board so long as he could get a suitable person, which will not be an easy matter, as tho ofllce of secretary of the board requires a lot of hard wxrk without any salary in the way of an equivalent As Mr. Frank Wlkeff, presi dent of the sanitary board, remarked: "The failure of the legislature to pro vide any emuneration in tho shape of a salary makes it difficult to get a person to accept the secretaryship of the board. The legislature passed laws exacting a strict enforcement of the quarantine laws, at the same time refusing to make an appropriation for the secretary, who must give practically all his time in di recting tho work of the cattle Inspectors, especially during the fall months, wtoen the movement of cattle Is the heaviest. Then, again, the appropriation for cattle inspectors is so utterly Inadequate that 'they are obliged to work on half pay, and last year, when the cattle Inspectors worked three months, paying their ex penses out of their own pockets, tho leg islature, except in one instance, refused to appropriate money to reimburse them. It is this condition of affairs that makes it difficult to secure a sultablo person Ui act as secretary of the llvo stock board." $3472 33 39 23 25.000 00 30,250 to 2.2S1CO 1,325 4i REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF the National Bank of Commerce at Wichita, in the State of KanjA. at the close of business December 2, 1SS9: f Loans and discounts... Overdrafts, secured and unsecured U. S. bends to sooure circulation U. S. bonds on hand.... Premiums on U S bonds I Stocks, securities etc Furniture and fixtures Due from State Bonks and bankers 9.S0S 74 Due from approved re serve agents 111,133 97 Checks and other cash items 9 00 Exchanges for clearfa? house 1313 04 Note of other national banks 2S.WI00 Fractional paper cur rency, nickels and Tceo,H 73 34 Lawful monev reserve in bank, vis Specie 9,535 40 Ietrnl taiw'at ruifo la A.-vh rv. ..w.wv vu Legal tender notes. J19.735 40 1S0.S60 E5 U25 00 WORKING NIGHT AND DAT. The bufciest and mightiest little thing that ever was mude is Dr. King's New Life Piils. Every pill Is a sugar-coated globule of health, that changes weakness Into strength, listtessness into energy. bra.n-fog Into mental power. They're wonderful in building up the health. Only 25c per box. Sold by G. Gehring. Redemption fund with U. S. treasurer (5 per cent of circulation).. Total W09.C4 52 LIABILITD3S.. Capital stock paid in... fKO.000 00 Surplus fund i,ooq Undivided profits, leas expenses and taxes PW 9.55S54 National bask notes outstanding 22,500 00 Due to other national banks J M.K2 71 Due to state banks and bankers 111,056 63 Individual deposits sub ject to check 20S.637 SI Demand certificates of deposit S4.4S0 40 Certified checks 1,391 06 Cashier's cheeks out standing 9S0 03 4TS767M Total "w09.S2i82 State of Kansas, County of Sedgwick, ai: I. C. W. Carey, Cashier of the above named bank, ao solemnly swrsr thAt 'h aboTe statement is true :o tho best cf my knowledge and belief. C. W. CATtET. Cashier Subscribed and sworn to before mo ihis 13th day of December. ISM. JOHN II. BURNS, Notary Pub'lc. Correct Attest: A. C. JODBS. J. H STEWART. R. R. VERM LION, No. 619. Directors. TO IMPROVED SERVICE SAN ANTONIO VIA SANTA FE ROUTE. Pullman sleepers and frao chair cars now run daily without cbanzo via Fort Worth, Mllano and Austin. Comfortable from start to finish. Train leaves Wich ita dally at 7 a. m. L. R. DKLAXKY. Phone US. A rent Flynn's Icttcr to the W. C. T. U. Guthrie, O. T., Dec 12. Mrs. N. M. Carter of this city, superintendent of pe tition and legislativo work of the terri torial W. C. T. U., has received from Delegate Flynn tho following ettar ac knowledging the receipt of the W. C. T. U. petition for the unseating of Con gressman Roberts: "Mrs. N. M. Carter, Sunt, Guthrie, O. T. "Dear Madame In reply to your favor of November 26, in relation to Roberta of Utah, permit me to say that on yes terday the house of representatives, by a vote of 302 to 30, in referring to she Roberts case, decided, regardless of poli tics, that the American home and Amer ican womanhood should be protected. It has my earnest and -hearty support Yours respectfully, D. T. FLTNN ANNUAL CONVENTION MISSOURI AND KANSAS ASSOCIA TION OF LUMBER DEALERS. Kansas City. Mo. For the above named occasion taj M's asuri Pacific Railway will make a rate to Kansas City and return of one fare for the roend trip (1115). Tickets will be sold January B. 3 nrl 23. good for return until and ineiud'ng January H, 1VX E. 11 BLECKLEY. P. T. A U4 North, Main B treat ANNUAL MKBTINO KANSAS STATE TRAC11ERS ASSOCIATION. Held at Topetoa Kan., December X-2&, 150 For the above occasion tho Santa Fe nave made a roand rate of one fare (ii.CZ) for the round trip. Tickets on Mil-a December 2&-2S; return limit December K. int. L. R. DSLAXsTT, Telephone 13. Agent Bears the Kl YW Haw AfrWtt HACKNEY ON NATIONAL POLITICS 3IcKlnlcy Sure to be Kc-clectcd--IlnnnaarVapoleon of Campaigner. Tilccnse Itrjmlntlon at Perry. Perry. O. T Doc. II The cky council In special session Friday evening among other important things passed an ordin ance requiring the payment of Sfctt license for saloons, and also requiring that li censes were not transferable, tad that application must be made for tbe 11 by the party actually running the THROUGH SLBEPBRS AND CHAIR CAR8 TO AX ANTONIO VIA MILANO. Pullman aleeocra and free chair ears leave Wichita daily at 7 a. m. via Santa T Route. Absolutely a efeaagQ of car An Irreproachable service. Folders, tick eta and reservations may be had by ap plying to L. H. DELAXEY, Phone 139. Azent Daily Earle. by carrier. J eejtts a wk Itlch .-Hne Found Xmrt. Joni. St. Louis. Dec IX. Lead and zinc hare been discovered In the vicinity of Cen taur. St. Louis county, about Tarty nfles from this city and preparatioas have been completed to mine it on a large I scale Two hundred acres t land ea which mineral has ben fonod aa been purchased by St. Lopts firms. The ore is said to be very rich. 0U8 FARE FOR THE ROUND TRIP! For the Christmas aad Uw YeaFi' Holidays. Ttie Missouri Pacife Railway will tickets to ail point within nM at tbe rate of oae ar tar th nund trip The tickets will t- on oale TMeeeaaer Si H. aad U. Ml aad aauaer X ISM The dnal Harit for return an nil tfefeeU moM on above dates will be Jmmmry 4. VHA. r. s. BLEcacurr. p d t a. Depot ooraer WicfcW aad fteeoal streets, dry oOlee, tXi Worth Mate ttrt CHAUTAUQUAJSOCIAL UNION' Mcctlnc CalloJ to Perfect the Orsnnl- I ration Fine Pro;rnm. J The moveovnt recently lartfcnted for j the organisation of a ChatftKOQUa SookU Union m WJcWta has met wrth popular i mvor usou Ctauitaaoaana, The tiSteera "Seeroury Aaneatiiy CbK f.. Jt X. PIATT. "President A law. ClNK "SALUE IAXE "Secretary AJaaa CtoaR -jAXEa a. hAwnmmm. "Pra4at Cast Mt Onto. "MILDHBD WABSZ. fpoevatary Kaat Ms Carat.'' VtoOofftajs as Sae proajnav: Chaiilaaana 0reetee--afa. M, M. n-it Guthrie, O. T., Dec. 12.-Hon. William I .v ma. circles and tho Areata! eaao- J Reapoaatre arHe. Ml fcr s. Ja. P. Hackney, who was a noted mrure In datsoa nave issued the fofloarlac call for j A Lasrraaoo, the early-day politic of Oklaboma, wbn j a ntin;. which aiU doatKlea be on- j Prayer-Or. W. W. laic be held the position of territorial solicitor thusiastic la tne work of perfsette tbe j Roil Catt Qaataw ismm AmsaV for the Santa. Fe railway, wao in GutJi- orMuuUkm of tbe Social saloa. j Aaaaara ri a few boors last evening. Mr. Hack- -xn jiertm of the Chaataaoaa. Ceonw Plaso Pnatl iasMal JaaaCnr sake ney is now located in Cleveland. OMo. Mady aad all Cmimaaaaa ahmat ar whore he is eoaaad in tbe practice of j requested to meet at tho First at at ktw. Whh his change In location Mr. eilurch sfoatey. Pecamber 14 at Td p. Ha-ney's politics also underwent a rad- j m., for tae purpose of aarfactiac tbe or Tho Eipasadoa of dee Aaaerieaa Fie Scal chaoge, bis former stalwart Repub- nc&astSea of tho Wichita Ctavstaao. pi Mp 1U 1m C Hoanism boia? swept away by tbe free Soofal Union. Aa aft. W. m. Beta. silver erase of three years ago, aad bis asca arranged far the jewdan. energy aad eaUrooiasm quickly placed annrni Is lavtfaa to hJm high in tbe councils of tho Deseo cratio party in Ohio. While the Vetera potttfcten Is MU1 stroae ia Ma chaased fcMes aad aCHiatioas. ho is raak ia ad SBtttiaK that McKloley will be re tor tad president with hardly a utraafde. Tho prosperity of the eooattry is too general an-i apparent, be mya, to adastt of a seri rta oppooStton to tho Republicans aoxt T.r SpeaKac of Mark Haana, Mr. I Harknejr. while doubtta? has ability to analyse a noaUcal sstaation. declares I that bo ts one of tho arws-taot campaign. managers of thte j.wauatlsu, aad that It i is witbta ins power so ooaaaaad thirty mtittoae at any tiavt o moot (ho xi seneleo of a poittoal eaaspssaga. SMt- T?SLEX a nopatrrwa. "Sara s. mom. "9acrotry ihtaaowar Ctmta. -MRS. g c ptraouE. r usi isnt AfnaenS Asaocln tVm, "MBS E E. WAMTLT0X. "Scrtmrr Alosnai Aaaririattaa. -MRS LTLL C XOBLK. Pro-Aer AoawasMy Circle. "BERN ICE EVAX8, Vocal aWfoat rm Flakty Boat, atoetaliaai: Its atraajth-PT A Me: Its Wenjmeaa-Ikr S O. Weadiftg frtn lr W- Ceha. Jterlow ii is toJsfc s at!p-f.i J- J. Qaart" M a, Mtm V Mr Evan. Mr. Viooaat. AsserVaa An-Hn A. V M.tA. Ta Val j e '-searta Psmao sVMie KcaftrMfc. VoesJ w-Mv. K. IjBBadaa. Beeirt"-fm M. a g, fc Ne rv '-eat. 'tn -oath, it was tmnoosible t cal culate its direction. The yonwi mow ex- j iy wife of John Hit, the mont -million pionns: ror soio were earned, aicrjf -aitn- aire. out strength u resist. Tkair or had ceae4 bitter' abruptly, w'tb th f- j- g ex -e w ao n.g v u We- lf V re' Wi n -r-i t c.J. Ic m-ii.. ..ij; J L-i'v -he Iniian wm 'aw'ul rifr- .lennette LrvrU Comnanr fHnbuid. Guthrie. O T, Dee. r The Jesaerie Lewis Tho ti sail company dtxfcaaded Becoming Mother CMf a S 4ar 'in THE jrrXJE-S DECISION j Zt T maTiaxe to m mEvi e'at- Th- uir J'kintt i f 'Hr t-- i" Tnrralr' mv mir e-s. K- Satarday a&fct at f I If t '.i evidence. Untf! v- er i,' sr.a came Infatuated w!;h Cecelia. Nonsnes period of rest a& recaperaooe. Me r6e fvr fwsr ojr Ta ibni V a t- noes. em-

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4 Jps WLitldtu M$fi xU: WLtftms&n Pixrmmsr, umcb&x 1 3, 1898. SaEfa-SfiSasflc 31. 3L 31UKDOCR. ditor. Emperor William Hay be King of Great Br itain. England might better catch, her coon, before cooking him. She hasn't even grot him treed yet, and he has got to be both treed and holed before he can be skinned or cooked. A.ll this English talk of exiling Ooni Paul on the isle of St. Helena or elsewhere makes very ridiculous reading for the rest of the world. Tet it is announced that Salisbury's cab inet, after a. grave and prolonged consideration of the situa tion, concluded in a satisfactory disposition of a milltary prisoner -who, up to date, has been persisting in playing the superior role of victor. If England falls down In South Africa it may turn out that Kruger -will take under consideration the disposal of Queen Victoria, for in falling down in South Africa Great Britain is going to fall down in the estimation of all Europe. Kruger may conclude, or at least have a hand in naming and placing the German emperor, "Wilhelm, on the throne of England. The only things -which stand between His Radical Im pertinence and Victoria's throne are an English victory in South -Africa and the life of Albert Edward. Albert Ed ward dead and !hls line of succession is broken, and Emperor "William is Hh& oldest grandson of Victoria, and by her oldest daughter, and he is, therefore, a recognized heir pos sible, if not an heir presumptive, to the English throne. How J6hnny BuU -would snort and sweat under the rule of Sweet "William of Hehenzollern, Emperor of Germany, Emperor of India and King of Great Britain and Ireland. Bill -would be about the whole thing, and own it all, includ ing Canada and the Canuck. In the event of military defeat for England and the death of Albert Edward, who has been threatened with appoplexy for years, there would be no escape for Great Britain from High Dutch dominancy ex cept to become a republic. Some people will, of course, pooh-pooh all this, but the pooh will be only an oral ex pression of their ignorance. Some of the solidest imperial ists of England and Europe hold that should Albert Edward die before his mother, Queen Victoria, there would be no question of "Wllhelm's title to rthe crown of the British em pire. And what would be the odds? Victoria is not English, and her children are all less so. Albert Edward himself is almost as much Germani as Emperor "William and of the same stock. As a republic, England might not be equal to holding India, Australia and Canada, or even Ireland. Her only chance to maintain her colonial prestige and to hold down tthe situation would be to stand by their real hereditary ruler, who, in the event of the death of Albert Edward be fore his mother an occurrence which everybody expects !to stand by their beloved queen's offspring, Boastful Bill tthe, Kaiser and son of his own grandmother's oldest daughter. e The End of the HHImon Fight. "Wihether Hillmon is dead or alive, the lawyers who have waged six legal battles, in the name of his supposed widow, long since married to another man, the insurance companies have weakened and will pay the original policy with inter est, to say nothing of the $90,000 which they have expended in defending their funds against what always seemed to many a very barefaced fraud. The whereabouts of the man whom Hillmon and Brown brought with them to "Wichita and took on southwest has never been accounted for. The corpse which was of, or which passed for Hlll mon's, has been dug up three several times and photo graphed and carted about until there -were only hair and bones and teeth let of it when last seen. Eighteen of the ..original witnesses are dead, as are two of the Judges who have tried the case. In fact, about everybody connected with the case originally seem to be dead without question, save Hillmon himself, and his former wife, who was to have had the insurance, but who in finally winning the suit didn't get the money. That goes to the bereaved law yers for the prosecution, who have been shedding tears and losing sleep over the hapless condition of Hillmon's widow for twenty years. However, Hillmon dead or alive, money comes with little cost and less labor to insurance com panies, and now that the widow has another husband and the lawyers have been relieved of their strain, we hope we shall hear nothing more of the Barber county tragedy. The Kansas Horse the Greatest. The Topeka Capital in reviewing Secretary Coburns' last quarterly report, which report is largely devoted to the "useful horse," says: "It Is not generally known, except by horsemen, that tfoJs state occupies an enviable position as a breeder and developer of fine horses of every class, from the heavy draft to the finest harness and racing stock. Kansas has "bred the greatest and the second greatest pacing horses in the world. The great race between John E. Gentry and Joe Patch en at "Wichita this fall was never duplicated in any other state or country on the globe and snay never be duplicated in the future. 'A battle of world champions,' as the "Western Horseman puts it, 'on their jimtive heath.' Kansas has the worlds' record in pacing. I furthermore, a Kansas horse, Robert McGregor, is the sire of more 2:15 trotters than any other horse, living or dead." Secretary Coburn's book has a chapter on "Premier Ivasisas Horses," devoted to Joe Young, sire of Patchen's dam. Joe Patchen, Smuggler and John R. Gantry, which 'will be found to be entertaining reading to all Kansans .-who have any interest in horse llesh. The owner of Patchen "Wilkes, who was at one time the proprietor of a five thousand acre farm in Sedgwick county, ud who annually shipped a car load or two of fancy bred yearlings and two-year-olds to Kansas to be grass fed, finee said to the editor of the Eagle ttawt coKs pastured on native Kaaeas grasses never failed to show, In a single season, marked emperiority in booe and muscle and staying quali fies over the same class of animals pastured to either New York or Southern California. Coburn's last book, or quarterly, will greftily interest ail horsemen, as also the average farmer. The useful Ixirse Is given more attention in it than the ornamental or (fast breeds. A Cannon That Was Loaded But Never Fired QJhe Xsw York Evening Post, together w!th a netaber ol Democratic organs scattered about the land, s erlttcis tfim: the action of the Republican congress in the Roberts case. These papers charge Indecent haste, demagogy, hypocrisy and the like. Roberts, they hold. Should have been permitted to regularly take the oath of office and. then if found guilty as charged, legally bounced. This would have proved of greater moral effect. As it was, there was too much of the JlaysviUe mob spirit in it, too much stone throwing by .fellows morally no "better than Roberts, and so on. Roberts, instead of fighting back, has contented himself in a defensive attitude. The Lawrence Journal ad mits Roberts' smartness, but says he lacks the smoothness of George Q. Cannon, who when there was talk of unseating him for the same offense with which Roberts stands charged, "that old fox quietly put detectives to work in the sub-strata of Washington 'society. "When 'he had his work completed he gave it out privately to the members who were on his list that an effort to unseat him would be fol lowed by a publlo exposure f the conduct of every 'naughty congressman in "Washington. The result was that Cannon remained loaded, but was never fired." In the mean time the threat of the governor of Utah that if Roberts Is un seated by the 'house and Quay is seated in the senate, he, the governor of Utah, will appoint Roberts to the United States senate, the legislature of that state having failed to elect, in adding interest to the case does not relieve Roberts of the support of two or three extra wives. The Kind of Advertisements Which Count. It is evident to any candid person, as it is the unques tioned experience of buyers, that a class of advertisements are a great help and convenience. For many lines and commodities the loss of the chance to consult reliable ad verisements would prove a great inconvenience. As a rule the more substantial the newspaper the more reliable the advertisement. In the busy holiday season shoppers have more use for time than they can command. It is a time when there is a general demand for new and for special things. The merchant presumably knows what are novel ties and what will be in demand. His advertisement should set these out, should name them In which way hi3 knowl edge in becoming 'the knowledge of the buyer redounds to both his and his customer's advantage. Holiday advertise ments where brains and pains are used in getting them up, save a vast amount of time and trouble for shoppers and holiday buyers. It 5s the most competent merchant who advertises the most carefully, systematically and thor oughly. His advertisements should settle doubts as to the best thing in any line to buy, and to tell where the articles can be found, saving endless wandering around from store to store in search of Just the ithing the advertiser has named and located. The right kind of advertising in being economical for the merchant economizes the strength and energy of those who desire to buy, and avoids for the shop per weariness and vexation. It Is an easy matter to make holiday advertisements Interesting to any and all -who care for the season, and that Includes about everybody. The wise Christmas shopper does not look at the advertising columns of the daily paper as a mere display of wiles and entreaties for trade, but find3 in them a trade guide and directory, as also a source of happy suggestion as to what he wants for the least money and at the best advantage. For people who are going to buy something for themselves or for somebody else, for the holidays, find the advertising columns of the daily paper more attractive than anything else it contains, simply because said columns are dealing in information of matters in which they are personally interested. A New Disease Discovered. As fast as science learns to master or render innocuous one fatal disease along comes a newer and more deadly one. Koch discovers anti-toxine cures, but with the routing of cholera and yellow fever along comes the bubonic plague, (the anthrax and others far more to be dreaded than the old diseases. Anthrax Is one of the most terrible diseases known to the medical fraternity. There 13 no cure known for it and the unfortunate victim succumbs promptly. It is a disease which affects cattle and may be communicated to man by them. A longshoreman died a few days ago in the Long Island College Hospital of anthrax. He had been engaged in unloading hides from a vessel, and it is sup posed that he became infected in that way.

Paderewski, who is again in this country, says that he dare not take time from the piano to do anything else. As soon as a man becomes thoroughly wedded to his art, he keeps mighty close for fear of a divorce. A real bookworm has been discovered in a volume of Thomas Jefferson's writings In New York. The bug is alive and carefully preserved, and should thank its stars that it didn't get into one of Kipling's volumes. St. Louis is now suffering with a police commission ap pointed by a governor. There is no tranquility in such a commission. Some of the eastern cities could learn a lesson from Kansas in this. Like our American revolution, the Transvaal war seems to be destined to be productive of spies, treason, toryism and the deepest forms of treachery. Gatacre was led into a trap by his guides. !Men and horses in Ladysmith are now on half, rations. Whisky is one dollar a drink and beer is exhausted. But the British inside keep up their cheer indulge in a sort of do humor. Some idea of the strength of the sentiment of freedom may be had by reflecting that the whole population of the Transvaal is about equal to that of the smaller English cities. As the repulse of Gatacre shows, the Cape Colony Dutch are helping Oom Paul more by claiming to be loyal to Great Britain than -tfiey could aid him by openly revolting. Joseph Ghristoffel Hoagland died In New York last week. He discovered Royal Baking Powder, which was important, but also a way to advertise it, which was more so. e General Wood is to be appointed oivii governor general of the island of Cuba. It will be best for the Cubans if they make an, effort to keep tleir shirts on just now. The Bank of France is now trying to prevent gold ex ports. It is interesting to know that somebody else occa sionally gets under the gold hydraulic press. For sorae reason or other, Tommy Atkins when figbUap a white man does not appear so jtfeturesque as when light ing a naked savage armed with an assegai. The people of this nation will learn some day that the man in New York "who Is in position to make money for them band over fist" is a liar. Roberts Is not wholly to blame. At least two fatfeers of two of the llrs. Rofcertses were woefully deSeient in hoot action at a orkioal moment. Mr. Chamberlain might sa least tip his imx. to Success to convince Briarfn that they are still acquainted. The -way Law ton and Yeeng keep after htm aut make Aguinaldo tired. in the Top Gallery, Max Dourkard knew the dirty streets of Chicago, knew its smoke-begrimed sky, knew its cheap lodging-houses and its crowded street cars. He was Intimately acquainted with the garden implement department of a great mercantile empo rium, because he clerked there six days of the week. On Sundays he read the paper, ate a Jittlq more than usual, and took a lonely walk in the afternoon. He had an Idea tliat every one was not lead ing that sort of a life. There was a look on some of the faces that he met which indicated that there was more to exist ence than he had yet discovered. He had a notion to go over to Michi gan boulevard and stare at the people In the clubs and hotel windows, and at the ladies going in to the opera. The last diversion proved the most engaging, and he almost gasped with wonder at the visions he got of graceful forms in their perfumed wrappings, as they stepped from their carriages and hastened Into the swinging doors of the Auditorium. He asked for a ticket. It did not seem possible that it was he who had done it, but the next thing he knew he was walking up flight after flight of stairs, and after climbing what seemed to be an astonishing length of time he found himself in a little square iron balcony fairly overhanging a part of the audi encean audience made up, apparently, of midgets, judging from their appear ance as he looked down upon them. It was quite dusky where he sat, but he was able to make out the faces about him. They were not just the sort he had expected to see. He had been in high galleries before, but he had never seen n such a place the delicate, gntle faces he saw about him there. He was not ex perienced, but he knew these people In stinctively for students of music, or young college men, or true music-lovers. An old man with long, venerable locks sat in front of -him;. Ktn one side was a young man with a brow that was almost too lofty, and long, white, nervous hands, which, -when the music began, seemed to involuntarily play tthe theme upon an imaginary piano. The seat on the other side of Max was vacant for a time, but finally it was occupied by a young girl, who was accompanied by a boy several years younger than herself. She took off her little felt cap and put it In her lap, revealing a head of auburn curls, and she drew off her shabby gloves and her little jacket, and aljuated herself com fortably. Then she looked about her smilingly, unfolded her program and bent (herself to its study. Little exclamations of pleasure burst from her. "It's just the cast I wanted,' she said to her companion, who was evidently her brother. "It is going to be a great night, Tom." Tom nodded, moved a little closer to 'his sister," and they sat still as statues .vhlle the wild, elate pverture of the "Valkyrie burst upon them. Max was be wildered. For a moment he seemed to recoil from this tumult of sound, as a timid swimmer might from a vast in rolling line of surf. Then his soul strug gled up to meet the waves of harmony, though at times they seemed to beat him down. And at last the curtain arose and the strange mythical music-play began. Max did not understand. The "tongue was that his mother had taught him first and the words came to his comprehen sion, but not the sense of the story. He emitted a sigh of dismay. The young girl next him heard it. She looked at him quickly, smiled, and looked away again. But between the acts he was to be un expectedly enlightened. "Is this the first time you have seen this opera?" shq asked brightly of him. "It's the first, time I ever saw an opera. I don't understand it very well." "No? I didn't either, at first, but now I love It more than anything I know of. It seems like another world than that I have to live in at other time3. "Would you like me to tell you the story of the Valkyrie?" "I wish you would tell me the story," he said. But ho had no Idea it was go ing to be such a beautiful story, or told" in such a delicately modulated voice as it was. The relation of the tale seemed almost as enchanting to him as the music that followed. Tho girl with the glow ing eyes called his attention to the differ ent motives as they glimmered out of the fabric of the music. "You must come tomorrow night," said the girl at parting. "It Is to be Faust, you know, and that stoy means even more than this. It seems to me every body has a bit of Faust in him. I think It is one of the greatest stories In all the world." "You know a great deal," said Max. I don't see how you could have learned so much -when you are are so young!" "I know about the things I love, but some things I cannot and will not learn. You ought to know my mother. She knows much." "I wish I might see your mother," said Max, wistfully. "I have no mother." "Haven't you?" asked the girl, sympa thetically. "My mother Is coming tomor row night, and perhaps perhaps she might ask you home, you know." "O!" cried poor Max with perfect naivete, "I wish she would." The happy part of it was that she did, and It turned out that she had been born In Lorraine, not far from the same place where Max's people had lived. The house of Mrs. 'Muller was poor, but it had a piano and folios of the gre&test muIc in the world, and the whole family un derstood how to interpret more or less of this music. Max became a frequent vis itor, and happy as he was in the friend ship that was offered, and much as he appreciated the ho5pital!ty of the excel lent dinners which Mrs. Muller cooked, he loved best of all the ideas with which the house seemed to be permeated, and In the discussion of which the long, delight ful Sunday afternoons were spent ideas which expressed themselves In Immemo rial harmonies. The Chicago Tribune. Formation ofan Fngllsh. Army Corp The unit of an English army corns is the Infantry battalion, composed of eight companies of Infantry. Four battalions, having two machine guns each, with a detachment of the army service corps form an infantry brigade. Two infantry brigades, with a squadron of cavalry, three field batteries of artillery, one com pany of the army service corps, oae am munition column, and one engineer com pany form an infantry division. Three Infantry divisions, with the addition of a rifle battalion, having two machine guns, two Held and three horse batter ies f artillery, wlth five ammunition columns, two companies of army sig nalers, one engineering company, a bridging troop, and half of a telegraph battalion, with a baHoon section, form an army corps. i-dueatod. The red man drew his blanket mere eloeety about him. "I will aot smoke the pipe of peaces with you!" be answered. We argued with htm. bat in vain. "Nor he persisted. "A pipe makes me dtaxy! Make it a cigarette and I'll go yoci Scrutinizing hlra more closely now, ws J jvercetvea mat ne was rasuawu dtaa. Professional PlanerTatten. CFrom the Cincinnati Earirer.) A curious profession for a woaaa is that of dinner taster. She is a product of Parisian refinement, and speade a por tion of each day viattfajr houses and tasting dishes Intended for dinner. Sh suggests improvements, and ekows tbs cook new wsys of preparing dishes. Toe duties ere pleasant, and the eosapeasa ?kn aznoie. Pars ioyraai ttaat th tubl c j i vt F'&nrf t Z3.7o7tfu rranes. or rcut i.36& tie largest nxt.oaal debt Is. the wcrld. Outlines of Oklahoma. This Is a bad time for trial in Okla homa. Convictions are coming fast. Some of the older boomers who have taken a look at Billings, say it is the best new town they ever saw. The Oklahoma City Gazette says that the city council, at Its next meeting, may raise the saloon license froaa $30 to 51.000. The first traveling medicine men. have reached Beaver county and they are bra ving the suspicious looks of everybody in the county. A meeting was held at Kiowa last week at which steps were taken to complete the grade now building between that town and Augusta. Cattle sheds are going up fast in Bea ver county. "The North Star" remarks the Hardesty Herald, "has ceased to be the main wind-break in this country." Opinion prevails in the west that the terrible wind in winter is the North wind. But It is not The East wind is. It makes a man have doubts about wanting to go to heaven. The mail between Optima, in Beaver county, and Shade, Is carried pony ex press fashion with relays. This is prob ably the only survival of pony express in the United States. So far the men charged with murder who didn't want Irwin to try them and got McAtee, and the men who didn't want McAteo and got Irwin, have not gained much by the change. A would-be assassin fired through a window at John Finley, in Mangum, while Finley was at a desk writing. The bullet hit the side of a stove and was deflated, and Finley was unharmed. The Hardesty Herald says that if the new railroad rate of per pound instead of car load lot in the shipment of cattle pre vails, the cattlemen of that part of the country will let the rate alone until fall. The Cushlng Herald has a problem in sociology which Is causing that paper to pine. There is something witching In the atmosphere in that section which induces all the Irishmen there to drink beer and all the Germans to drink whisky. The young folk at Cloud Chief have put on a new temperance play, called: "Three Glasses a Day, or The Broken Home." This play must be plagiarized from that other great work: "Ten Glass es ta. Night, or The Broken Nose." InAvishlta county some of tho Demo ocrats have organized and declared against expansion. Lots of the Demo crats in that county are from annexed Texas and are Thomas Jefferson expan sionists, and these are warm under the collar. A merchant in western Oklahoma In dites these determined lines: "On and after December 11, 1S93, I shall close my books and sell my goods for cash, and cash only. No use to be asked to be trusted; can't do It and run business, but have quit the trust or 'few dajs' business." The other night, near Waukomls, a highwayman pranced up on his steed to a Mr. Kendall and demanded his money or his life. Mr. Kendall, valuing his life, promptly shelled out all he had, $2, and with a firm resolve to put the hlghway business and go into the rag trade, the highwayman haughtily rode away. Hardesty Herald: Bill Lowe, an old resident of Stevens county, Kansas,com mltted suicide November 23th, at his home, near Lafayette, by shooting him self through the head. It is said that he watched friends shooting hogs and remarked that they appeared to die easy. He then asked for a charge for the gun, walked Into the house, and shot him self. Financial troubles are reported as the cause and It Is also stated that he made an unsuccessful attempt at sui cide twelve or fifteen years ago. The further south one goes, the more the newspapers are used for the correct ing of false Tumors. Here, for Instance, is a letter from Tullla, Texas, to the editor of the Review at Marlow, Indian Territory: "Dear Sir: I hear that there has been a report circulated about Mar low, I. T., that Miss Cora Thack came to Tullla, Texas, some time since and passed herself as a widow. I want to say that this is as false as could be. I have known Cora for about nine years and have known her to be an Innocent good girl. I have known her Intimately, and always found her a modest, inno cent girl. If any one doubt this, I refer him to the county officials and soma of the most prominent people of the coun ty, who all know Cora well: T. W. Tom- linson, judge; James Garrett, assessor; Ray Price, dork; F. W. Scott, sheriff; S. R. Cox, treasurer; Messrs. and Mes dames S. B. Lotton, C. T. Wood, C. G. Hale, H. D. Barner, M. D.; J. L. Can trell, W. B. Hutchinson, all of Tullla. Texas. Will you please put this in your paper and oblige Miss Cora Thacker's friends, of Tullla, Texas. Respectfully, Mrs. W. G. Conner." '04& Holiday Opening Tomorrow To which everyone is cordially invited. Souvenirs to the ladies visiting us in the afternoon or evening. Music from 2 :30 to 5 :30 and 7 to 9 p. m. No goods sold in the evening. This Opening... is given to introduce to you a brand new and complete stock ot Christmas goods, gathered together and on display under ele gantly decorated booths. in faster .than ve can see. the latest arrivals, Our New York Buyer... is keeping us jumping. Goods coming check and mark them- Come in and including Elegant Cut Glass Opera and Novelty Bags Aprons 25c to 85c Eiderdown Dressing Sacques Holiday Novelties in Art Department Gent's Furnishings... "We call especial attention to this department. Everything new. We are showing the new shapes in Dress Protectors. They are chic. Ve want you to visit us in our temporary quarters, one b'ock south of the Postoffice. oses-iS' v Holiday Buyers of Furnishings for Gentlemen 4 Don't overlook the fact that we are giving the beat values X Aii xiow, aiiappj imuwumgs 1U UCit ma&ES OI gOOuS Only. Just received twenty-five dozen of the newest ideas in Neckwear to sell at the popular price of 50c. Elegant line of Mufflers for day and evening wear. Good values in Umbrellas. Suit Cases, $2.50 to $9. Novelties in fancy colored Silk Handkerchiefs, 50c to $1.25. Full assortment in Gloves, lined and unliued $1 to $2.50. Full assortment of the ,'Adler," in pique, kid and reindeer, at $1.50; best on earth. Perrin's best for $2. English buck, silk lined, $2.50. New line of "Star" Shirts in warm patterns', holiday shades; all the styles in Dres3 Shirts, all sleeve lengths. Suspenders, best 50c value on earth; silk webbing. Night Robes in muslin, sateen, ncvilties in outing flannel, 50c to $1.50. For good value and useful presents look us over. i 1 Miller Hull, ..Leading Tailors and Furnishers. J 158 N. Main. 'S O sa' "0 .-"i Along the Kansas Nile. Nd: ...China Hall The Cuban chlckenpox at Lawrence is called smallpox and will be quarantined. Ed Howe says that an unconfirmed ru mor never lives longer tnan forty-eight (hours. It is said that, when the time to show down comes. Senator Baker will be for Bailey for congress. It doesn't seem a year ago, but last Christmas eve 'John Collins o: Topka was convicted of murder. The Leavenworin iimes is autuunw i. Is being slowly frozen out. w The Newton Republican notes that Jor- t re Botkln's "apparent prosperity" is Just J now paylnc taxes as if it were tho real j article. Under the plan of re-appointment 01 delegates in tha Republican national con vention, Kansas' delegation will remain the same. A philosopher in the Fredonia Citizen says that when a gtr! tells yon she will be a ylster to you she generally means a. resiater. George Martin, now secretary of the Kansas Historical society, has the best prirats collection of Kansas books and pamphlets in existence. Ev.lns Herbert failed to get the church es at Hiawatha to combine. He now pro poses that the lawyers In the town form themselves Into one bi? firm. An order has been received In Kaasos that revenue stamps of high denomi nations must be srotliated by beta? eet with a knife three times across. Secretary Co burn has tooned a rotusie called: 'The Horse UsefuL" as a com panion to his "The Helpfo: Man." and "The Beef Steer nd His 3str." Tne Canadian government now tays It O Is sorry It disappointed the Kansas eV j T itors In that excursion last sasss!r, and j win pall It off wtthont fan neat sons- T mer Bat the Kansas editors are not In j W the msnnna nvatooes. Reese, the delenate of .the miners. as seen let oat of prison in Fori Scott n4 i s:ob back to th place from whtea Joac vnuams ordered aim awny. This Jwfll make Joao WKMnaw tmko a freak j chew of tooacco u uum Knnsns has become ferseiona. Charley Targnr of Abilene sayf- "H wwM turn out that Cosw; Macmm aeoerted ikt. t vrtanm. irom .eowwuwc Is crowded with special Holiday selections the finest and best in the city or state. Our entire store is blazing with the radiance of Beautiful Cut Glass, Banquet Lamps, Dinner Sets, Chamber Sets, Fancy Plates, Water Sets, Vases, Chocolate Pots and Sets, Jardinieres and Holiday Novelties All new, up-to-date patterns, latest designs, and our prices are considerably lower than you'll be aked for tune quali ties elsewhere, A visit to our store will convince you that we have the goods at the right prices. S. H. NELSON, 222 North Main. &S '3 2 3 O -3 3 2 Remember... That the EAGLE BINDERY Is Prepared to Do Gold Lettering On Short Notice. Do it While You are Waiting ffi find America a tm&iJthjr Ji pS32-2S3-33SO'&H&ee than the Transvaal Xst Monday ih bonrt of attration wUI try the civil snitt WUttsm frowns on BpnVJan eAtear soe artmda3" at Empo-te in the Cram hank -j. re4y-m4 editor! pmca?tJ case- Tb criminal case aaal&st iar- by tlada) wi 1 com op l the asay term, or i r.--4 State con'-t in TtCKW- Jrteo in tao Trety-ftrc )4fcJl f trun. Tbe s orrrraJ Iswm the KepnbtJeaa otata ntrai ctmntM- tv irt saea ery fair olftlclo. i te. wtrtax: "Far a awjmr man to msr ins seat a r4 2JMtst as ate own the editorial of B poBtKsaa w recar&wi as rnmnmif 1 ry' r Siao'y bonaewa two rsconu er te a renensea en am mewom- m wkuj spun ion, Xtf 3isomu of of the Manhattan eeec e pnt in two 1 Thesn to not a mrwnpaper aam in the JU- y4mm CK, esi Bftrry fv Aiajna Beaab3rans- The iv bounced FonSt pab3en party irhesa -we of rm the fw 'oMtas; ansa mt.' The weit b-ftr ih cott of appeei asJ s4 H ais e o r oe& atr isn Trm r CMoter htms '4 the rw- Rsu-:en sppuai oaei Tfre "3rrsa 'u,t rvB art sppess. r. JKi- T f Jusnsrc TSe editor oJ the Sasa atpcSBcas j C-r c net sis r v. par t wa .y 1 a5ar In tu newtpe-- the svtcesosri" i tfurtAm ftf t'-ttM very ixrt- -J '-st tor-r j UtJir. I 1 9 y M

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1L tSEfcftiia Sailij sk WLetlnzs&mj. gpfftttittfl, gmralrcr 13, 1899 CLASSIFIED r i.1 4KHf WAXTEI An. experienced girl to do housework. Call 536 S. Topeka avenue. 21-4tx WANTED Good girl for general house work. -Mrs. A B. Reeve, 1139 X. Waco. 21-tf WANTED A good cook and house keeper. 1007 N. Lawrence avenue. -Mrs. C. H. Brooks. m 22-3tx WANTED Sliddle-ased woman for light housework; good home for right party. Call at 404 S. Emporia avenue. 23-tf WANTED A competent girl for general housework. 426 West Third street. 12-tt SITUATION WANTED FEIALE. HELP WANTED MALE. WANTED Several good, reliable young men to work life Insurance for the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., In this city. J. M. Knapp, Man ager, 306 Sedgwick block. 21-6t WANTED Men to learn barber trade. Only two months required to complete. Will pay $15 weekly when competent. Have 5CK positions open January 15th. Come now and prepare for these places. No expense to learn if you will work for us. Catalogue mailed free. Moler Barber College. St. Louis, Mo. lS-6t SITUATION WANTED MALE. WANTED Young colored man wants situation, porter or family work. "J. R. F.," care Eagle. 21-3tx BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES. FOR SALE Rooming house, Golden Eagle, 226 E. Douglas. over the 21-3tx FOR SALE Fruit and confectionery stand. Call or address "Fruit Stand," 61S E. Douglas avenue, Wichita, Kan. 21-3tx FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE For city property, a good paying confectionery business as I am going to quit busi ness on account pf poor health. 154 N. Main street. 21-Stx WANTED Housekeeper, with references. Call evenings at 1137 S. Topeka. or dur ing the day at noon. 201 Sedgwick block. A. E. McNces. 23-tf $2,000 CASH WILL BUY controlling In terest in manufacturing corporation, controlling business that can easily be made to pay $S,000 to $10,000 per annum Owner engaged in other business and has no time to devote to this. A snap for the right man. Address Wlnne WInne, Zimmerly building, Wichita, Kansas. G-tf agents wanted. "agentswatIEda per month and expenses. Reliable agents wanted everywhere to take orders for our immense Spring line of Medium priced. Genuine, Made-to-order Clothing; no capital required; outfit free. Write immedlatelj for particulars and exclu sive territory. Eagle Tailoring Co., 212-21S Franklin St.. Chicago, Ills. 12-10-sun-wed-4t WANTED Agents for the best laundry in Kansas. Liberal commission. Address Wichita Stenm Laundry. d92-tf HELP WANTED MISCELLANEOUS WANTED One white cook and one din ingroom girl to go to Mexico; fiee pass; wages, $40 and $1S a month; four dining room girls, one chambermaid for no. el, one white diningroom boy. Come see me: You do not have to have any money. Kenworthy, Employment Agent. 23-2 1 SALESMEN WANTED. WANTED MISCELLANEOUS WANTED By man and wife with baby, two partially furnished rooms in house with all modern conveniences. Will pjy reasonable price for such accommoda tions. Address "J. T.," care this olllce. 23-tf WANTED To rent unfurnished room or two. close in. H. W. Morgan, 303 Sedg wick block. 21-3tx WANTED Second-hand gooas, at 350 N. Main street. Leland Jaques. bun-wed-frl-tf WANTED Your roofing, guttering, spouting and all kinds of tin work. We do it as cheap and satisfactorily as any one in the city. Give us a trial and be convinced. Ketzler's Tin Shop, 349 N. Main. 2l-7t WANTED Second-hand gooJ$. J. W. Burton. C03 E. Douglas. 142-tf A AN1 ED Cement and brick sidewalks to construct: also cement curbing and coomg. J. W. Burton, C03 E. Douglas 142-tf FOR SALE MISCELLANEOUS. FOR SALE One square, Krobby piano, in first-class condition; cost $600; will sell for $350, on easy payments, with a discount for cash. Call at 821 Waco avenue. 28-6: FOR SALE Gentle driving horse. Mrs G. C. Lnuck, 605, South Main Street grocery. 22-2tx FOR SALE Two-year-old Jersey heifer, at ?J S. Sycamore. 22-2tx FOR SALE Cheap. Houaefaok goods. it E. Third street. 23-4tx FOR SALE A desirable ladies' driving horse, weighing about 1.060; IS hands high, and of good color. Will stand shooting from buggy and Is safe in every particular. Address "II. W. M Eagle office. 30-tf FOR SALE A first-class base-burner. cheap. So. Call or address 209 N. Main. room 32. 33-ltx FOR SALE Fresh milk cow; one butrgy pote; will trade cow for good horse. SX Ohio avenue. 21-SLx FQR SALE Second-hand phaeton. In quire at 215 West Second. 2i-4tx TOR SALE Two hundred gallons of ap ple cider, or will trade for lot, close in. Edward Schuta. 412 S. Water. SS-Stx FOR SALE Two bed-rom suits, ia good repair. Paul Mellinger, first house south of J. O Davidson's, Riverside. 21-3tx FOR SALE At Rowlee Hardware Co.. 3 N. Main street, a fine line of fur- naces. See us before you place an or der for your furnace. Also furnace re pairing. Try us. 93-tf FOR SALE Exhibition Scioption. -with over ICO views besides three sets 1 lus xratad songs, finely colored Bordeaux Photographer. MS N. Main street, Wichita. Kansas. iS-t FOR S VLE Good Jersey cow, at 840 N Lawrence avenue. IS-tf l-Xm SALE Cheap, at Rowiee's Hard ware etore. S3 N. Main rtreet. stel ranges, cook stoves and heaters, lan ave you rneuev on hardware, as we have no big dawn-tows expense. Try us SS-tf FOR SALE One 3-horse power gasoline engine, in firm-class condition. Aiso a COII)Dlete nn-koi.nlntii.sr iMitAi far heaw or light -work will sell together or separately. Address "G care Eairte. 21-t FOR SALE, HOMES We can sell you a nice home. $10 to J3W down, balance monthlv 4 to S rooms. various locations. Hartford Investment Uo. SEDGWICK BLOCK. IIS East Fint Street. VV i i fi vx. 1 3 4U N I O NgggjOpff HELP WANTED FEMALE. SIFIED frQ4ft-4aoa'is- FOR SALE Small bay mare, cheap; per fectly safe for family use. 216 S. Law rence avenue. 21-3ix FOR SALE A few choice first mort gages. G. K. Spencer Realty Co., 22C and 22g L Douglas. lS-22t FOR SALE At a bargain. The furniture or the Hotel Blackwell, Blackwell, Okla. Bed-room furniture for 16 rooms, bedding linen, carpets, etc. Aiso office, dining-room and kitchen furniture dihes, new range, etc All of these goods are in good condition and com paratively new. Reasons for selling, opening a new hotel. The Blackwell i the leading Jl h.itei in the city, and can be rented on reasonable terms. This is a snap for any one who wishes to get a first-class hot-l business in a prosperous and growing city Address J. TV. Cox, Blackwell, Okla. 23-6t FOR RENT MISCELLANEOUS. FOR RENT-S. E '.i, 2-2S-le., l1 miles from Wichita; $175 cash per vear. Dean Gordon. 141-s'un-wed-tf FOR RENT My store room. 219 E. Doug las avenue. R. H. Roys. 123-tf FOR RENT ROOMS. FOR RENT Furnished and unfurnished rooms. 343 N. Topeka avenue. 23-6tx FOR RENT Four nicely furnished rooms for housekeeping. 47 S. Lawrence. 152-tf FOR RENT Furnished front rooms, mod ern conveniences. 233 N. Topeka. 17-wed-frl-sun-Ctx FOR RENT Rooms, furnished, suitable for light housekeeping. 350 N. Main, up stairs. 22-6tx FOR RENT Suite )of unfurnished rooms; also three furnished rooms. Call at 433 S. Topeka avenue. 21-3tx FOR RENT Neatly furnished rooms and first-class board. 254 N. Topeka avenue. 21-6tx FOR RENT Desirable rooms in the Zim merly block. WInne Winne. 5-tf FOR RENT Two furnished rooms, at 311 N. Topeka avenue; brick building. 13-5tx FOR RENT Parlor suite: also one large front bedroom. 207 North Lawrence avenue. Mrs. Charles Fuller. 12-t FOR RENT Nicely furnished room, for gentleman. 332 S. Lawrence avenue 153-tf FOR TRADE. FOR TRADE Nice 5-acre fruit tract, in Romana. San Diego county, Cal., for cheap property or good vacant lots In Wichita. Tract in climate that cures hay fever, catarrh and consumption. Apply "J. H. W.," 902 N. Market. 19-tf STRAYED. TAKEN UP. LOST. LOST A liver-coiored pointer pup, 5 months old. Return to Gordon Oldham, and receive suitable reward. 21-tf LOST A box containing 100 Perry pic tures. Return to Eagle office. 156-tf LOST Watch charm locket, set with small diamond. Initials F. H. J. Find er please leave at Eage office. HS-tf FOUND. FOR SALE REAL ESTATE. FOR SALE 5 acres in Fechheimer's addition, South Water street: smail, new house; tax title; only $250; easv terms. Dean Gordon. 9-sun-wed-tf FOR SALE Five vacant lots, corner Em poria and Thirteenth, $150 each; one -vacant lot on Main, north of Park, $150. Dean Gordon. 22-3L FOR SALE Still on the market the 75 feet, barn and 4-room house, $400 and a bargain. E. I. Spencer. 21-tf FOR SALE South 60 acres of E. iA of S. E. Vi, 14-25-2W., one mile from Bentley; splendid farming land with improve ments. Price, $1,500, on favorable terms. Dean Gordon. 14-10t MISCELLANEOUS. MONT JACKSON, The Bicjcle Fixer, 10-i South Lawrence avenue. Sunarios and biccles for sale or rent. Riding tausrht. J-(.t LEAVE ORDERS for piano tuning with the Hocking Drug Co.. 216 E. Douglas, or Berry, the jeweler, 246 N. Main. C G. Pierrepont, Tuner. 21-6t LADIES! Bring jour combings and have swlch made of your own hair, at 434 N. Market. We will also buy combings. 20-6tx SPECIAL HOLIDAY SALE of special bargains at My Racket. 204 N. Main street. Here are some special prices Crokinole boards, worth $1 50 and $1.75, now $1.25; parlor lamps reduced to cost; 100-pieced tea and dinner sett, worth $12.50, now at $9.93. Many other low prices on holiday goods. Dolls and doll cabs, cheaper than ever. Tojs and fancy novelties for holiday presents. Come early, at 204 N. Main 2i-sun-wed-4t i IF YOU WANT A SNAP in -real estate, see the G. K. Spencer Realty Co., 226 and 22S E. Douglas. lS-22t BOUGHT FOR CASH Life insurance policies: endowments, tontles. limited I payment, ordinary life and other old I line policies bought and loaned on. Pol- Icies reliably abstracted. Address Alll- son Dickson, room 212, Sedcwkk block. 15-tf I SURETY BONDS Bonds furnished for all positions of trust, at reasonable rates, on short notice, Jy tha .invrkan Suretv Co. Don't ask friends to n on jour bond. O A. Boyle, Agent. Roms 1 and 2. Bitting Block. 21-tf WANTED We want to pack and store your household goods, or we will store any and all kinds of jroods. The best storage rooms in the cfty; 75 feet bj 140 feel. 5 stories high, with eleator privi leges. Lowest i a tea. Singer Donnelt 117-tf PUBLIC SALE On December 14th at 1 o'clock, on our farm, 6 miles northeast of Wichita, at TolerviUe. we wi.l -e at public awctlon, to the highest b d dcr SO head of horses; 100 head 'k ho?: SO head of cows and ca s wagons, harness, farm machinery. 1 rr ber. &c. Toier Stock Farm. tr STORAGE Exton warehouse hou goods- and merchandise. Office. 7 East Doujlas avenue. 6-f FOR FIRE OR TORNADO irMi'- -see the G. K. Spencer Rea'.t) C and 22 E. Douglas. i GUNS! GUNS! Great Guns- Ruw.ee Hardwart Co S23 N. Main street haa th fln Mne of guns in the ei'y. whol-V r-ice. See them iv-t? FOR RENT HOUSES FOR RENT TQZ S Topeka. 9 ro m m -era. 1441 N Waco. 7 room m3i Anchor Trust Co 143 N. Man -fri-3un-w-d-.f FOR RENT Good (-room house, on East Sivteenth street: barn, chicken o-rai and 7 lots. $7. Apply at noon. 9CC X. Market. J. H. Williams. -tf FOR RKNT A few cood bocses. HLtis Kinkeud. 1 X. ilarket 5-2X ta 7-rx PERSOXAL. PER50XAL Midwife' Graduat of Im perial Cslie. Cologne, Germany Ir regularities successfuHy treated. Month ly Rosuiator cannot fail. Ladies beard ed before and daring confinement. Train ed nurse In attendance. Ladies In trou ble, eafl or writ. X. Wnter sfa!, Wichita. 2Mtx CLAS WANTS CLASSIFIED ANT FOR SALE HOUSES. FOR SALE Modern S-room residence, best location, northr hot water heater and all modern con'eniences. Reason able price and favorable terms. Dean Gordon. 22-3t FOR SALE 628 North Mead: 4 rooms. $485; 223 North Mead, 3 rooms, $320, IOCS Texas, West Side, 3 rooms, $320; 1010 Texas, 3 rooms, $175: they rent at $5. $4. $1 and $2.50. One-third or more cash, balance on installments. Dean Gordon. 12-tf FOR SALE No. 727 Pattie avenue, 4 room house, barn for 6 horses, granary for 1.000 bushels, shed for buggies and wagons, coal house, chicken house, fences, etc 75 feet of ground, all for only $S50; part cash, balance $S25 a month. If desired. Dean Gordon. 14-10t FINANCIAL. MONEy'tO LOAN On farms or good city property. Money ready on approval of papers. L. G. Scheetz, room 21, Scheetz building. 23-w ed-f ri-sun-3tx LOANS made on Improved Farms In Eastern Oklahoma at lowest rates and most favorable terms. Loans c'osed promptly. IL A. KAHLER, TRUST BUILDING. DALLAS, TEXAS. Etst ern Office. O'Connor Kxhler, Wail St.. Cor. Nassau, New York. 10-8 to Jan. 1 SHORT TIME loans on real estate. L. Hlliis, 113 N. Market. 9-su-wed-frI-9tx MONEY TO LOAN On chattels, collat eral. iax titles, or on real estate install ments. Dean Gordon. 51-tf FINANCIAL $100,000 to loan on farms in southern Kansas, at current rates and easy terms. $50,000 to loan on chclce Wichita property. Hewlett Wneeler. old court house building. 'Phone 120. 99-su-wod-fri-lf WANTED To make farm loans on Kan sas and Oklahoma properties. 54-55-56-57 Zimmerly Block, Wichita. Kan. Winne Vtnne. 104-tf PRIVATE MONEY to loan on city o farm property. Thos. C Wilson, 113 N. Main street. 125-tf $500,000 TO LOAN on choice, improved Wichita propel tv and Sedgwick county farms. Anchor Trust Co.. 143 N. Main. 3-sun-wed-fri-tf UNLIMITED FUNDS to loan on cholca farm property !n Kansas and Oklahoma. W-55-56-57 Zimmerly Block. Winne Winne. 104-tf LEGAL. NOTICE TO Bl'ILDERS-Sealed propo sals will be received until 2 o clock p. m., Thursday, the 21st day of Decem ber, 1S99. by the Board of Trustees of the Charitable Institutions of the State ot Kansas, at thr Kansas State Insane Asylum, Osawatomie, Kansas, for the furnishing of the labor and materials necessary for the erection of a brick laundry building on the premises of the said Asylum. Plans and specifications can be seen at the Osawatomie Insane Asylum, at the Topeka Insane Asjlum, at the office of Grant Hornnday. Fort Scott, Kansas, and at the office of William E. Harris, Architect, rooms 207 and 20S, Portsmouth Building, Kan sas City, Kansas. A certified check, for an amount equal to five per cent of the bid. will be required with each prop osition, the samo to be returned with the rejected bids, and to the successful bidder, when he shall have executed a contract and filed an approved bond: The successful bidder will be required to give an acceptable bond, in the full amount of the contract .price of the work, guaranteeing the fulfillment of the contract and the payment of all bills connected therewith. The Board re serves the right to reject any and all bids. Bids should be ai!Jressed to "Grant Hornaday. President, Osawato mie, Kansas," and marked, "Proposals for Laundrv Building." GRANT HORNADAY, President. Fort Scott. Kan., Nov. 21. 1S99. dS-tlll Dec. 21. MARTHA WASHINGTON HOME This large four-story building is ad mirably fitted and furnished for the care of the sick. No loathsome or contagious diseases admitted, but all other diseases that are usualy treated at hospitals are successfully treated here, including Whis key, Cocaine and Morphine Habits, abso. lutely guaranteed. Women, married or single, can find a safe retreat here dur ing confinement, and a home in every case found for the child If reaulred. A homo for tho poor and rich alike, as all operations and medical treatment Rre free, and the only charge that is made is the ordinary hospital fee. which is just enough to pay the running expenses of the institution. The bet of references given whn required. Writo for circular to the "Martha Washington Home." HOTEL CAREY. Rates: $2 and $3 Per Day. LS. L. EATOS, Propr.it) r dAGAzmE mmiL The Hagle Binder prepared to bind Maga daec, cf all kinds and i iascxiptioai;, cbesp mi I mi i b fint-class stylcv- I w f:VT T& PUMHIUfesfi SPOTS' TTTi T rt TrfWi ii if 1 1 i I I i i I i 'ill I 'i n I DENTISTS DR. H. L: SALISBURY, Dentist Does the best of dental work, at the low est prices. Teeth extracted without pain, or no pay, by the use of vitalized air. Silver fillings Platina fillings af Gold fillings '"Ji"S Cleaning teeth IRc-a? Teeth without plates. m Gold crown 2 S Best set of teeth Extracting with the air p Extracting without the air Children's teeth extracted free. All work guaranteed. Office: 139 North Main St, AT 117 N. MAIN STREET are D. W. SMITH'S s DENTAL PARLORS. Regulation of Childres's Teeth ft Specialty. Bostoo Dental Parlors, PHIL Y. STROHECKER, Extractor. 405 East Douglas Au Open Evenings Till 8:30. LAWYERS. ADAMS tc ADAMS. Attorneys at Law. Eagle Block, Wlchlta. J. A. BRUBACHER, Attorney at Law. 211 North Main Street. Wichita. FRED BENTLEY, Attorney at Law. Rooms 403-405 A. Sedgwick Building. urio G. ECKSTEIN, Attorney at Law. Ill S. Main Street. Kos Harris Building. HUTTMAN HARVEY, Attorneys at Law. Rooms A, 5, C. Kansas National Bank Building. Wichita. STANLEY. VERMILLION EVANS, Attorneys at Law. 119 East Douglas Avenue, Wichita. A. J. MYATT. Attorney at Law. 209 North Main Street. Wichita. THOMAS -C WILSON. Attorney at Law. 251 North Main Street. Telephone 15. E. L. FOULKE, Attorney at Law. 114 N. Main Street, Wichita, Kan. Title and Commercial Law. T. B. WALL. Attorney at Law. Kl-505 Sedgwick Block. Wichita. GEO. H. ALEXANDER, Attorney At Law, 501-505 Sedgwick Building. Phono 218. Earl Blake. W. A. Ayres. BLAKE AYRES, Lawyers, 21S-21S North Main. Wichita, Kan. S. W. SHATTUCK. JR., Attorney at Law. Rooms 500 and 502 Sedgwick'Block. DYER DAVIS, Attorneys at Law. 203 North Main Street HARRY T. DEDRICK, Attorney at Law. Rooms 35 and 3G, Zimmerly Building. P. A. ROHRBAUGH, Attorney at Law. 135 N. Market St. Room 20. BKOWN A: BROWN, Attorneys at Law. Rooms S and 9, Kansas National Bank Building, corner Main and Douglas. i C. V. FERGUSON, Attorney at Law. 101 East Douglas, Avenue- SAMUEL M. SAHOKNT.v Attorney at Law. Room 24, Zimmerly Block. THORNTON W. SARGENT. Attorney at Law. 400-402 Sedgwick Block. Notary Public T. A. SULLIVAN, Attorney at Law. Rooms 400-402 Sedgwick Blk.. Kichlta, Ks. C. A. BANNISTER, El Reno, O. T. LAWYER. Collections a Specialty. VOCALIST MISS IRENE C, LEEPER, TEACHER OF PIANO. Studio 120-! N. Market St 1881-1899. CONSERVATORY of Music. (Incorporated.) All Branches Taught by Speclallstv A. W. Sickner, Musical Director. 407 East Douglas Avenue. Wichita, Kansaa. Slot Machines SLOT MACHINES. AH kinds of sup plies and batteries carried in stock. Ma chine rebui't and repaired. Jobbers and oneratn-s m all kinds of money and trade machines Write for catalogue and priees. Southwestern Machine Co., 11 Wt Douglas Avenue. Lafaette HIIIls J C. Kinkald. Reference. Kansas National Sank. HILL15 KINKEAD, Iieutal iiiiii iieal Estate Aireiits Room L 1U X. Market St.. Wichita. Kin. Houses rented, rents coi.ecied. renai.-s made economically. We soJcit to care and sale of arooert? for noa -residents. FRANK O. DAVIDSON, Fire, Tornado and Life Insurance. Main street entrance to Kansas Xa'ional bank. 'Phon" 23 CHIc"ESTCnS tMui. SH NHYROYAL P1LU orixia&i h Ut-f Genmimr i4!.Prte&rv L-S! IS k 53 Iaxerr i Jf sr fc-- rr sA. L' UnXuX If. i&tfu &6k HMwlw ami UatH- for l4U;mt)k Vo?.t r wv jl unjitu. in,mq 'osmtatt. M 4 Su tlh japes. Ktfiut Mun, elU. i'- 8 fc PHYSICIANS. E. E. HAMILTON. M. D. 32S E. Douglas Avenue (Bittins block, third floor). Take elevator at Market street entrance. Practice limited to Eye, Ear. Nose and Throat. A. M. HOWE, M. D. 402 East Douglas Avenue. Practice limited to diseases of tho Eye. Ear. Nose T.d Throat. J. G. DORSBY, M. D.. 105 West Douglas Avenue. Practice HmJtea to diseases of ths Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. J. H. FORDYCE. H. D., Office, 253 257 N. Main St. Wichita. Ks. Specialty Diseases of Ncae. Throat and Lungs. The treatment that I have been using for Consumption for the past years has proven to be a perfect success. Ohce hours- S 30 to 11 a. m to 4:30 p. m 7 to 9 p. m. Residence. 525 N Fourth avenue: residence telephone, 2S7, office telephone, 2SS. Dr. C F. McEIrath. AsVt. Residence telephone. 251. k I W. Sklls IB Ucdlcal. Burst cal aad Slectrical treatment of aM Chreaio. Nervous, Bkia tad private aiascaes, male and female. Oface. 154 North Main street DRUGGISTS. Q, GEHRING, DRUGGIST (2gat0cke Apotfaerc) CMC isptftitf fiM Domsstle Cigars. Korthcajt Corner Itou&ias and Topeka Ayenuas. Phone 263. Wichita. Kan. J. P. ALLEN, DRUGGIST. Everything kept in a Flrst-clasa Druy Store. 108 E. Douglas, Wichita, CHAS. LAWRENCE, Dealer ia PHOTOGRAPHERS' SUPPLIES. 103 East Douglas Avenue, Wichita. Telephone connection. E. J. HEALY CO., LIVESTOCK COMMISSION MERCHANTS Union Stock Yards, "Wichita, Kan. Special inducement to feeders. Markets furnished on application. Phone 30a. PAUGH GO Successors to McCoy Underwood and Eldrldge Campbell. Live Stock Commission Merchants, Union Stock Tarda, "Wichita, Kan. Correspondence soUcited. Markets by Easrle and Drovers' News Beat free. Make your consignments to us. Special inducements to feeders. ANKS. J. O. Davidson, A. S. Parka, Vice President Chas. Testard. Ass't Cashier. President. Elsberry Marln, Cashier. Kansas National Bank, (Oldest Bank in the Arkansas Valley.) Capital. J10O.00O. The National Bank ot Commeraa of Wichita. CAPITAL $lQO, OOO A. C. Jobes. Pres't; J. H Black. Vice Pres't; C W. Carey. Cashier; F. A. Russell, Asa't Cashier. mKKtrroH': Geo. P. Dold, R. B, Vermilion, 8 "W. Ccoper. M. C Campbell. J. IL Black, C W. Carey, J. H. Stewart. A. C. Jobea, "W. E. Brown, Augusta, Kan.; C 8. Qleed. Topeka. Kan. Your ltnlrics Solicited. L. S. Naftzger. E. R. Powefl. President, vice Prea, J. IL Moore. j. k. Richardson. Caahier. Ass't Cashier. Fourth National Bank Of Wichita. Capita! $100,000.00 A General Banking Business Transacted. POULTftY KKMKDIES Wnoieal and retail agent for Lee s and Sturtevant'a Remedies and Lice Killers. Oyatemhell. Cryatal Grit. Ground Bone and Blood Meal. A book tailing all about Poultry mailed fre. Ure4er of Barrd PJymouth Rocks, tok 24 premiums at threa shows laat season. Stock for al?. OTTO WBISS. 80S E. DouK:a. Wichita. Kaa. MISCELLANEOUS. EAdLE CORNICE WORKS, "W. K CASWELL, Prop. Manufacturers ot Sheet Metal Cornices. Eky Lights. Smoke Stacks, Duoiraor Patent Chimney Tops and. VentlUitora. Tin, Iron and Slate Roofing. Estimates fornlehed promptly. Repair work fflvsn prompt attention. US N. Lawrence. Wichita. Kan. American Cornice Works Buek.s, E'.g Proprttor Manufactures of Oairasized Iron Cornice, Metal Sk., .;gV.t. Tin. Iron and o.f P.ooflng. Guttertr;. Spoat'nc Clue Bey T" Ventilatorsi elc A2 kinds of iob -srork promptly attended j to. Eetunates f jrnis&eo on appt cauos. Cor. First Water Sta Oara4 Buiidlac WVbtU. Kansas. aMSlB a81-a1H-. Smoke... I tie norne n Union-Made Cigar.. a SBS ''.l L. S. PEACOCK. lixtC .cdei 3-.:ss ke jt, -cdr4 ia U. j M C X.:r r I r.m.-sH Cus &e.U. aay l kind roc.-s )w4r. d J J drp tMot. a? H. K: cnlied tkt. Me :tra Ftr aca addfUanai dr-. s iar, aatf for nck dr. les. Mc 4edtd. 119 E. Douglas, Wichita. The houses given below are representatlTe oafs and thoroughly reliable. 4. a 1 1 BE AIM IsTOVESj Established: Cincinnati, 1875; Wichita, 1S90. The C. E. Potts Drug Co., 233-235-237-239 South finin Street. Offer to the Trade at bottom prices a complete line of Drops. Medicines. Chemr icals, Fainta, Oils, Varnishes and Druggists and S:aUoners Sundries, etc, Wichita Union Wichita, Capacity: Private Yards for Texans, Perfect Sewerage and CiC7 Water. A13 Pens Covered. W. R. DULANEY, Superintendent of Stock Yards. 1884-1899. Wichita Wholesale Grocery Co., .Wholesale Grocers Office and Varohouse Corner Fifth Ave. and William St. Keep everything In the Grocery Line. Show rjn4. 'Scaled ami Grocer Fixture. Also sole proprietors of the Piper Heldsleck Donatella, Fontella, Baby Lou. Grand March and La Flor De Teller brands of Clgnra. Aylesbury ercantile Co. olesaie Grocers Sole Agents for David Dudley Field. Proof Cigars. PORTRAITS From Life, Tin Tp and Photmrraph. in Oil. Pastrl. 'rayons anil Iks Aiso ater Oolxrs ir.d Sepia MORSE, THE ARTIST. FRAME AND PORTRAIT STUDIO, 331 East D'Hiirias Aenue Wichita. Kaa MAIL ORDFRF HVi ElVE PROMPT ATTENTION. Frames and Portraits haie.ale and Retail. B. F. McLEAN, Lumber Dealer... 312 West Douglas, Wichita. (V" VmV'wp iu.r?ri: 1 r T-7Ttr yj7"? The lor drafting ud ach season and WIDLLE. Offlcs. Room 10. Zimmerly l3to:';C v ,-t r money', worth home industry whea you mok El Carnpo Beat t CiEar on Eart Endorsed by all .vim P fUJRRU-5. Wichita Institute ,,?iir V "HCF--iPT -ffr .z". li If, ttit 'H1 u r" 7 i' til 9 'r'l fS I t fit ua l SI M -ML' ri BXM3 iZ AND a ZtMMKRU hl.JSl All Diseases Successfully Treated Without Muliclne. Dr T B Mansld '3 c- rai!U WJ'Wta f tb orlH A. T. 15l Srhooi 9t 0f-oj'f' K.-k i M. BOSWORTH, HAHN CO., ieceso to Bertram Mtixt imbirjc C Plumbers. Steam and Hot Water Heating. Estimates and Plans for Plumbing and Heating. 317 Ewl Doosfw. Ttephfte 563. (Sstnbusd VGtt FRED W. UTRAEL. R C 1SRAKL. ISRAEL BROS., HEAL BSTATK AM) RKXTS. T inry tTUIifta rtiy prrerxy or 4 arlctt eonaty wkod ai prasrt prtoe wCsum j Tritn bcr slack mad other Utdat0. Is ptmt la br tafacy ai4 -men bmnpOM m w cma a offer wr a-rr otter"- fr A.i haiKa iMa-i is or Msrs I bt i -a 1 j 'orri" 1 j T- V, 4flrr p- n-.; "f. S r 'J V Wf-' t Iseae. F :.'-,g WICHITA ST0YE AND IRON WORKS MAKTFA.CTrrREit3 OF IIDIELAuL STOTES AND ADJUSTAt?LSTOVE,ftErA1H3, ARCHITECTURAL IRON WORK, Columns. Lintels. Sills. SasJr Weights, Grata 3ara. F Mauls andCastlags o all "kinds. MOORE BROS., Props., Wichita, Kan. Telephons 125 ONE BLOCK N. UNION DEPOT, Wholesale Druggists Stock Yards Co., Kansas. 3000 CATTLE 5000 HOGS Corner Third StrceJ and Fifth Avenue. 'Phone 229. American Swper. FigartUa and His ALL woltK orARATKico. 1YR1TE FOR PRlCESw Agenta U anted t 0 o s-...sT.i, YARDS AT Wlcbiut, KaiMaa. Clearwater. KiuMas. Cheney. Kansas. Arkanaa City. Kami. Peck. KMMiia. We have Xt vfcblta a larxa alack of cheat) boards The Pratt Lumber Co. (KaUhlUhetf la UT!1. AN ATTRACTION FJR SANTA CLAUS on the ulffhUbfiuc Chrittmaa Is a hand. tame and cosy Anne that la nwto at it ictiv by its lntrtor flnUh In bandomi hard -wooda In maJtocary aattqtt oak. blrcn and b for nitl .1 js$, watna Cftlnjf ami ftofeh. Our Xnuw ptc n hard wood trimming and tnlsh wlU t a Chrlatmaa prent that will b appro dated by utMer and ownwi when they aea the vbJum we ax oiiertas. Cor. First and Lawrence. Phona 7 1 New York French Tailor System cutting ladles and chtldran'a Kjw5nt4. Taught by mH free. ADOPTED BT TKK UNITED 8TATWI GOVJUf.JWT FOR UNIFORM U8B IN ALL OOYBRNMEXT SCHOOL. AT OUR SCHOOL Indies are taught the tra art ot prac tical dreaemaklng In ail Sta bruielMs. Any U4y e lrn t cut THE NEW YORK FRENCH TAILOR YTM. Sehoei boors, a. m to 4 p m. C0UR5B op iNsrRUsrn-i Maajurln. DmXUn. Cutt. B4lo. Hr4 wl. M. ciln Sewing. F!iblg. Boning. Trlmmimr Dralr. Walst-amklBS. fKlrt-nklmr. Frwch Blna Par's n? VaUta. Prlni Vr. Ts Owr Ou-i- snta. Coiua. CUrniu and m kinds of Wrap Lad wwc"1 dren's Undrwar, Catting oot JieHf Mn-rh.ng FUWi. SCrtpcs n4 Flgw Inipng and PsTiing New Yor Pfj!i,i Tailj.- Sns n DnUfcs aeartlr -ry grment worn by woo r W1 friMn te to ftoor. i not res, but ch pvpn my m r ""'It-Snu may rtv M abur-bin n4 mmmmm Im nw styi m WILLIAMS, Wiciiti. rCan? aiid at thi m? tiata pfctHmiii the Star Five

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