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"HerTace""vvas verypaTe," but In lier eTes
was a -wistful look that made him un
easy. "What is the matter, "Winifred?" he
. asked.
"Mom Bee has been .here." she .said.
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'You are very cruel,'" she said, hoarsely.
iaf ter a moment's pause, and almost in a
whisper. Thia did not seem to her at all
what she had meant to say, but she ut
"tered the first words that came.
"Well," said the colonel, with a smile,
"have your own way about Mom Bee,
Winifred; make what bargain you like
to induce her to stay. Provided you are
pleased, I shall be satisfied."'
Winifred uttered a faint ejaculation
and clasped her hands. "She has been
to see mo about Brer Nicholas."
The colonel started; his color came and
"went in violent alternations, and he sank
helplessly into the nearest chair. "What
does this mean?' he asked.
"Capt. Fletcher"
"And does he make a go-between of
one of my old slaves?" thundered the colo
nel, springing to his feet. "A meddle
some puppy!"
"No. father: it was Mom Bee who went
to him of her own accord, for my sake."
Tho colonel sat down again, and Wini
fred went on to tell tho captain's story.
Her father heard her without interrup
tion; what he felt she could not divine,
for, the first shock over, his countenance
gave no indication of his thoughts.
"It muat be true!" she osclaimed, pas
sionately, when sho had ended. "What
will you do about it?"
Col. Thorno did not immediately reply.
He could be as impulsive as Winifred
herself, but ho could not bo confiding.
"We have no assurance that Nicholas
still lives," he said, at last.
Winifred clasped her hands. "Let us
hope!" sho whispered.
"I am very tired, just now," the col
jonel sighed. "I will lie down until din
ner is ready."
' "Ho does not caro!" thought Missy,
(bitterly. How was sho to know that ho
Ssought the privacy of his own room to
Jiide tho storm of mingled emotions that
(shook his very life? He would fain have
tNichoias at honie again, but ho could
,nol bring himself to say so.
I When ho ruappeared at dinner he was
icalm, and immediately afterward he
ordered his horso and rode away. Missy
supposed that he was going to see her
'Aunt Paulino and Flora,
i It was long past 10 o'clock that night
'when tho colonel returned, and it gave
ijiim a thrill of unaccustomed joy to lind
lus daughter sitting up alone, to keep hid
supper warm. At most did ho hope that
,sho would scold him; but Winifred was
not actuated by anxiety on her father's
account; she had tho utmost confidence
tin his ability to take care of himself; her
object in sitting up for luni was to win
his favor for her brother. What unspeak
able comfort it would have given her
'could sho but have known that ho had
tridden to Tallahassee expressly to seo
iCapt. Flotc.er; but her father did not tell
flier; he only bade her go to bed. He had
Iliad his rido in vain, for Capt. Fletcher
was away, on a long delayed visit to St.
Mark's, and Col. Thome preferred to wait
for an answer to tho note he had left for
tho captain beforo saying anything to
"Winifred.
The news brought by Glory-Ann mado
jMiss Elvira very uncomfortable. Sho was
a creature of habit, and sho had formed
tho habit, in the past eight years, of liv
ing without her nephew. Sho had prac
tically forgotten him. Every hope that
centered in him had died the day sho
heard of his marriage with Dosia Fumi
Tal, -and sho could not see now that his
return, granting that he lived, was to bo
desired. Indeed, Miss Elvira preferred
to believe him dead, since never, never
again could he bo the Nicholas of old.
She had long persuaded herself that tho
"Colonel would do his whole duty if ho
made some provision for Nicholas in his
Avill; the prospect of having Dosia and
lier chfidren at Thorno Hill was regarded
by Miss Elvira pretty much as she might
Jiavo regarded an invasion of the Bar
barians. "You don't reflect how times are
(changed, Winifred,' slie fretted. "And
there's no -denying that Dosia cannot be
congenial; sho isa't-ane of tis."
"Lot 'as find them first," said Winifred,
Teddening; "'all other questions can be
settled afterward."
"How are you going Ao find theni?"
?Ii?s Elvira asketl, witk provoking meek
ness. "Nicholas is either dead or he has
forgotten us. For my part, I'd rather
believe him dead. He most be so
changedl"'
Winifred shuddered. "You are very
cruel,' she said, Jioarsoly. "If my father
would buriiave Capt. Fletcher here once,
just once, we might-rmd sores clew.."
"Winifred Thorno! Do you not know
that if your 4 ather were to bring .that
man here your Aunt Pauline and your
Cousva Flora never would cross this
threshold again? It is you -who are cruel!
"Think of Aleck, killed at Chickamausa!"
Ths tears sprang to Winifred's eyes.
"It is life that is cruel," she said, sadly.
"Eutou need not be uneasy. It is three
days tsnee Mom Bee came to us with the
news about Brer Nicholas, and I asked
my favlier yesterday if he did not intend
to see Capt. Fieccker, but ltt? said I was
never to ask him that again. And I am
bat a girl. What can I do but assault
heaven with my prayers?'
Col. Thome had not seen fit to acquaint
h s daughter tritii the fact that Capt,
1 ietcber had written to decline the invi
tation to visit Thome Hill, conveyed in
tuat note the colonel had left with Mrs.
Scott a few days before.
A week later Giry-Ann took up her
permanent abode at Thorne Hill. She
announced her willingness to accept the
Louse the colonel had offered her, and
she was not backward in demanding the
T , l ill,
i m iiA-m
-cow and thtufczs. nan did, she.lisJsitatGJB. 1
hfnt that a "few chickens, by tfre"way"of
a start, would be acceptable.
It would be hard to say just what it
was that induced Mom Bee to return.
She had been heard to tell Chaney, who
was temporarily presiding over the
Thorne Hill kitchen, that "sence mawster
could tek caro of olo Dicey, he mought
jes' ez well tek care o' Glory-Ann;" and,
also, she had been heard to declare that
she "wouldn' give a handful o' cow pease
fur dese young niggers o' freedom what
had plum' los' track o' dey manners;"
but if her solemn assertion was to be be
lieved, her return was prompted solely
by affection for "little Missy." She in
formed Mrs. Herry, when she carried
back the Bide saddle, that she felt in duty
bound to look after "dat chile." The
colonel, she explained, being only a man,
couldn't be expected to know how to look
after a girl; "en ez fur Missle-virey
well, Miss Myrtilla, you know Missle
virey ain't got no succullation' what
ever Glory-Ann might mean by that.
Thu3 settled again at Thorne Hill, this
faithful nurse kept a sharp eye upon
"little Missy," admonishing that young
lady as she saw fit, and criticising her
visitors freely, for Missy was "sweet and
twenty" now, and had admirers not a
few. But the right man was slow to put
in an appearance, or Glory -Ann was hard
to please. This ono was stingy, that one
was wasteful, another had no manners
Glory-Ann was exacting as to "manners"
and yet another had no money, an in
superable objection, in Glory-Ann's opin
ion. "I shall never marry," Winifred would
say, gravely. "I am not like other girls."
"No, dat you ain't, my honey."
"I shall spenc? my life for my Brer
Nicholas."
"Don't you go promus dat too fas' now
chile; yo' time am' come," said Mom Bee,
with an air of prophecy that gave Missy
a vague uneasiness, remembering how
many of Mom Bee's sayings had come to
pass.
But something happened soon that
Ifoin Bee had never prophesied.
CHAPTER XXVI.
AX UNEXPECTED GUEST.
"All rigid, sir,'' said the colonel. "What
is your name',''1
As Col. Thorne was riding homeward,
one day, at noon, he was startled by tho
sight of a powerful black horbe, saddled
and bridled, but riderless, galloping furi
ously in tho dircc-cion of Tallahassee; a
little farther on, a3 he turned the corner
of the brier patch whero old Gilbert used
to gather sassafras roots, his own horse
shied violently, and the colonel waa
hardly surprised to find a man lying on
tho edge of tho road, motionless, with
his head against the obtruded roots of an
overhanging oak. His face was hidden
by his position, but his hat had fallen
off, revealing a well shaped head, and
fair, closely cut hair.
Tho colonel dismounted, and lifting
the unconscious head, discovered the
face of a stranger, a well dressed, well
made man, of two or three and thirty,
perhaps, and unmistakably a gentleman.
Ho revived, -in a measure, as his head
was moved to a more comfortable posi
tion, and muttered, indistinctly, "Lost
my way."
"All right, sir," said the colonel.
"What is your name?"'
There was an effort to answer, but 'ho.
voice died away in an inarticulated mur
mur. Col. Thorne, having made a pillow of
his overcoat for the stranger's head, re
mounted his horse and galloped back to
tho Hold, where some negroes were at
work, to order the construction of a lit
ter of pine boughs, upon which the in
jured man was borne to Thorne Hill.
A messenger was dispatched to town
to summon a doctor, and to leavo at the
hotel a statement in writing that an un
known man had been found uncon
scious, on the road near Thorne Hill, and
carried to Col. Thorna's house.
Nothing was found on tho stranger's
person to give any clue to his identity,
but had lie come heralded by unimpeach
able introductions he could not have
been made moie welcome. Miss Elvira
bestirred herself with eager alacrity to
have a room put in readiness; the colonel
gave his personal attention to his uncon
scious guest, using such skill as ho pos
sessed for his recovery; while Missy,
watching at one of tho front windows
for the doctor, who she thought would
never come, r.ighed to think that there
was so little she could do.
As thus she sat alone in the fast gath
ering gloom of the wintry evening, her
thoughts wandered away to her long ab
sent brother, who himself had been a
sufferer among strangers. Alas! wliere
was ho now? When should sho see him
again?
"Missy, is dat you?' It was Glory
Ann's voico that penetrated the shadows,
and presently Glory-Ann's withered hand
was laid ou Missy's arm. "De doctor
dono come, honey," she said, in an awe
Bomo whisper.
"When?" exclaimed Winifred, starting
up in alarm.
"Bless yo' soul, bout a half hour ago
He come de short cut, en' is gone stret
upstairs, by de back do'. Tell you, Miss
Winifred, honey, he tuk one look at dat
man, en' he shuk his head, en' Missle
virey, when she hear dat, is plum gin up
wid de headache. De grit o' de Thornes
was lef" outen her makeup, you better
bulliove; dst hukkoru I ain' tellin Missle
virey what I gwaa tell you. Missy, chile,
don't you know who dat upstairs?"
"No." said Winifred, seized with a vio
lent trembling. "I did not see; I could
not bear to look at him; how should I
know?"
"Hit's de Fed'ral gemman," Mom Bee
announced, in the voice of fate.
"Oh, Mom Bee!" broke from Wini
fred's white lips, a cry of mingled dis
may, reproach and disappointment; for
one wild moment the baseless hope that
the stranger might prove to bo Nicholas
had completely mastered her: it left her
faint and ill. She sank back in her chair,
clasping her head in lier liands.
"Dttitaw. JiisijsiTid GJjK-Anaiin--
patfently; "tnoug"htyou wuz gwah "be
dat glad ter git speech wid him 'long o'
Mawse Nick? 'Pears lak you hates him
mo' fur a Yankee den you kin thank him
fur a f rien'. Fee s'prised at you; I i3 dat."
"Don't let him die," said Winifred,
rallying Avith a sudden sense qf satisfac
tion that it had fallen to her father's lot
to cancel the obligation to Capt. Fletcher
on Nicholas' behalf.
"Don't you be no ways oneasy," said
Glory-Ann. "Doctors got away o' shakin'
dey heads; hit meks 'em 'pear lak de
know mo'n de do. He gwan git over it,
honey; but it gwan be a tough pull, Pm
sheered."
Dr. Lane now came in, rubbing his
hands, and Glory-Ann precipitately re
tired, to give her attention to tho supper
table, seeing that Miss Elvira wa3 inca
pacitated. "Well," said the doctor, brusquely,
"here's a queer state of things! Suppose
you've no idea who your guest is? No
body less than that Yankee, Fletcher,
whom your father declined to leceive.
Odd, isn't it. that the colonel had never
even seen him? Good joke, eh, Miss
Winifred?'
But Winifred did not even smile. "Is
he badly hurt?' she asked, gravely.
"Pretty serious case;" and Dr. Lane
went into details that Winifred could not
understand. "So, you see, you may have
him on your hand3 for somo time to
come," he continued, in conclusion. "But
we'll save him, if wo can, eh, Miss Wini
fred, though he 13 a Yankee?"
Winifred made no reply; but the col
onel, who had come in a moment before,
said, a little stiffly:
"It is an unfortunate occurrence,
much to be regretted. We must hope
that the accident may have no untoward
ending."
"Look out, Miss Winifred!" cried Dr.
Lane, laughing.
Winifred was very angry. "There 13
no occasion to say that to me!" she re
torted. "Well, I hope you won't find him an
insurmountably objectionable guest,"
said Dr. Lane, good humoredly. "He is
a friend
md of your aunt's, I understand,
eh
colon
"Yes," the colonel answered, still with
stiffness; "but under the circumstances
any man would be entitled to my hospi
tality, sir."
This was a sentiment in which Miss
Elvira fully concurred, though she was
dismayed beyond measure when she
learned who was the guest an untoward
accident had sent to Thorne Hill. "It i3
really a great embarrassment," she la
mented to Winifred. "Of course, your
Aunt Pauline and Flora can't come to see
us now."
"It isn't a matter of choice to have
Capt. Fletcher here," said Winifred, with
an impatient sigh.
"That is true," Miss Elvira agreed, in
a tone of relief. "We had, indeed, no
choice; it was altogether providential."
This view of tho situation she repeat
ed to Mrs. Theodore Scott, who called
tho next day. It had been Mrs. Theo
dore Scott's deliberate choice to have
Capt. Fletcher at her house, Miss Elvira
reflected, with a comfortable sease of
superiority.
Mrs. Theodore Scott, with heightened
color, hastened to assure Miss Elvira
that sho likewise had had no choice; she
had extended hospitality to this soldier
of the northern army from a sense of
duty.
I know very well that people have
thought hard of me," she said, tearfully;
"but the man was ill; he came to Talla
hassee for his health, and hero he was.
ill among strangers. And his mother
was my friend, dear Miss Winifred," she
continued, addressing herself to the
young girl, as to a more sympathetic
listener; '"what could I do:"
mu iiiioH uirst, vi course, .airs.
Scott," said Winifred, coldly.
"Yes, she was my friend!" Mrs. Scott
repeated, with some asperity, feeling
that she had not received the hearty in
dorsement she had hoped for from Win
ified. "I was a poor, friendless little
thing at school, and Adelaide Hardy,
who was a good deal older than I, was
alwavs mv champion. And this was
not all; her father was nch and mine
was poor, and it was through her kind
ness and liberality that I enjoyed ad
vantages I could not other wise have had.
"She is dead now, but I don't forget all
she did for me."
"No," said Winifred, "you could not
fcrget that." She rose and moved rest
lessly about the room, and at last came
and stood beside Mrs. Scott's chair; she
felt a strong, incomprehensible impulse
to stoop and kiss that lady, but she re
sisted it.
"I am a southerner, and I have the
Eentiment3 of a southerner." Mrs. Scott
continued, with some excitoment, "as
Capt. Fletcher knows; but I receive him
Tor his dear mothor's sake" and tins-1
can say ior him he lb a gentleman."
' Of course," said Winifred, crisply.
"My Aunt Winifred's friend must be a
gentleman."
"If it had not been for the war!" Mis.
Scott exclaimed, w ith a bitter sigh. "As
my husband says. Capt. Fletcher has
come too late for the old times, and too
soon for the new. Mr. Scott, you know,
dear Miss Elvira, is such a sufferer from
that wound he received at Shiloh hardly
over leaves the house, and the captain it
so kind about playing chess v. th him.
Of course we avoid all discussions of the
war, and so I would advise you to do,
Miss Winifred."
"I have no wish to discuss any subject
with him, except my brother Nicholas,"'
Winifred replied coldly.
To be Continued.
A Girl's Way of Geisinfj Kven.
A fashionable doctor having a house on
Fifth avenuo prides himself upon tht favor
with which he is regarded by women. In
this respeot he is decidedly unaduurahle,
but his skill as a physician enables him to
rank high in his pretension despite his con
ceit. The other day he received a sum
mons to call en a young woman famed for
her beauty. She was a new patient for
him, and, as he arranged his cravaS with
extra procisiju before entering his car
riage, he fancied himself on the brink of an
unusual conquest. Reaching the house, he
was shown into the reception room, where,
a moment later, he was joined by the beau
tiful girl whom ho had been c&lled to at
tend. "Ahl" exclaimed he, rising to gree her,
"you are not, then, ill enough to be in
bed."
"Oh, I am net ill at all," cried the girL
"Some other member of the family?"
asked the doctor, rather disappointed.
'"Well," said the young lady, "we call
him one ef the family. You see it is raj
little fox terrier, Dixie. He has a bono ia
his throat and Itboaght you might be able
to remove it."
With freocing dignity the doctor got.oat
of the house as quickiy ss he cookL
"He hud exnressad a dware to meat Etr
said the beasts, aoanlrf-.sr dLdti cueti-
afterward to a""""inendi"andne dad so ma
very insulting way. I was told of it, and I
decided to give him an opportunity to form
my acquaintance." Clara Belle's New
York Letter.
For a Bedroom Door.
Have any of you a homespun blanket?
This relic of our grandmothers used to be
about one yard wide, and it was necessary
to scam two together to make a bed cover
ing of sufficient width. The material has
good artistic possibilities," and, as I sug
gest, is "for a bedroom door" apropos. If
yours has no border across the ends, work
one in the stylo of long ago, in a large
cross stitch, a band across top and bottom.
Work one band on one side of the blanket,
and the other on the other side, so when
the top is turned over to form a valance
both bands of cross stitch will be on the
right side.
Buttonhole the hem of your valance with
a coarse stitch; into these, at intervals, tie
large rings, which are covered by being
crocheted over with heavy flax thread of a
dull blue hue. Into the rings tie the lengths
of the thread to form tassels. Afi-v two or
three shades of the thread in making these.
Then, if you have fallen heir to a piece of
old brocade, cut from it any of the figures
or flowers which your taste may suggest,
and apply them, in a scattered manner, to
your hanging. Couch the edges of these
figures with a coarse gilt thread or cord.
In default of the brocade, procure a piece
of flax velour from an upholstery store, and
cut from it your figures. These are usually
to be found in rich designs. This will be
found to be quick work, while exceedingly
novel in effect and pleasing, the treatment
being so purely conventional. Exchange,
Hunting jSsS8 i"3- Germany.
In the court news of the first Easter hol
ld ay was the announcement: ' 'After break
last tho emperor and empress went oat to
."tiellerue to hunt Easter eggs." Thia egg
hunting was accompanied with some cu
rious and interesting Eccnes. The general
field marshal, Count; Moltke, had been in
vited by the emperor to take part in the
sport, and appeared in the afternoon at
Caatle Eellevuewith a big basket of col
ored eggs. Tho emperor and empress and
tho old field marshal hid the eggs, and
then followed the little princes about in
tne shrubbery to watch them capture the
an hour.
At leneth rhpirViilrrfTi wct rnllpd in Mid
the empress hid some magnificently deco
rated eggs for the great Moltko himself.
The famous strategist concentrated every
one of his wits on the egg hunt. Indeed,
he was not ashamed to pick his way on his
hands end knees through the flower gar
dens, where the emprass hod concealed
most of the eggs. He worked conscien
tiously till almost G o'clock. At 6 the pe
destrians in the Thiojgartan nawthe em
peror and orapress leave the castle with
Moltke in his carriage close behind them.
On the seat bctude th digni&ed field mar
shal was a big b.kotful of fancy colored
eggs. Every one stared at the eggs and
wondered how they got en the same seat
witu Count Moifckc, but few, if any,
guesssd that his vcnerablo excellency had
earned thom with tho sweat of his brow.
Berliner Roarsan-Cottrior.
Salvationists In Trouble.
The authorities of Bes Moines, la., are
apparently as little in sympathy with the
Salvation unny as they are with the liquor
traffic. The followers of Gen. Booth re
cently paraded the streets with horns and
drums in defiance of a municipal order.
When arrested they made the court room
resound with shouts and songs and pray
ers. But the police judge punished them
all the same.
John B. Cr.rr, of New York city, has to
pay alimony of $3 weekly to his wife Kate.
To fulfill the obligation he recently left 300
cents with a court clerk. Mre. Carr took
tho pennies with the philosophic remark:
"I don't care. Three dollars is three
dollars."
Oklalimua lilanks.
Deeds, mortgages, etc.. (Nebraska forms")
for Oklahoma, for sale at this office. Ad
diess the Wichita EAGLE, Wichita, Kan.
147 tf
During the last few years there has been
a great rush of travel to the Pacific coast.
It has teemed at times as it the entire pop
ulation of the eastern and middle states
was determined to settle 111 the broad inter
ior valley of the San Joaquin, or in some
of the pretty spot-, near the ocean, from
San Diego northward to San Francisco.
Almost everybody has been interested in
oraiuce. and lemons and real estate.
The Santa Fe route, being the shortest
and best line to the coast, gets the cieam
of the passenger traffic.
But we did not intend to advertise Cali
fornia exclusively; we have another object
in view.
Today, if there may be said to be a
"boom" jinywhere. it is in the New South.
Texas which is half a south and half a
western empire, has felt the rising tide of
business push and enterprise, and, as a
consequence, people are looking to Tex.io
as they never did before.
Are you going to Texas this spring?
If so, why not take advantage of the one
fare round "trip excursion rate via Santa
Fe route to Fort Worth" Tickets on sale
May 7. 8 and 0, good 30 days; also on sale
daily from May S to 23 inclusive, limited
until June 3 for return.
This is a cheap rate, made for the Iriit
show of the vear. the Fort Worth Sprins I
Palace, which wiil attract thousands of
visitors from abroad.
Our double daily train service to Texas
("Lone St.ir Limited' and Galveston Ex
press") affords quick transit and excellent
accommodations. Throuch Pullman
sleepers and day conches, Wichita to Fort j
orin, uaiias, Houston, (jaivesion, anu (
trains. The time from Wichita to Fort
Worth is only a trifle over 15 hours; tne
rate, in dollars and cents, is $11.30.
Persons wishing to go further than Fort.
Worth can purchase excursion tickets
from that point to interior Texas towns.
For tickets and Pullman reservation
apply at Douglas avenue union passeneer
station or union ticket otllce, 122 North
Main street. W. D. Murdoch.
lift) 20c Passenger Agent.
Trico Line" to M. T.oui3 and the East.
The beat, quickest and most direct line
from Wichita to St. Lonis and all princi
pal eastern, southeastern and northern
cities.
The Frisco line runs two daily express
trains from Wichita to St. Louis without
chanee, equippvd with Pullman palace
sleepers and free reclining chair car". No
other Lne does it. Close connections in St.
Ixrais union depot with solid vestibule ex
press trains, without chance, to Chicago,
Louisville, Cincinnati. Cleveland. Pitts
burg, Philadelphia. New York and Boston.
The popularity of this line being um
verbally acknowledged by all competitors,
all paiK-tfHcer trains of other railway lines
entering Wichita from the north, south
and west arrive in time to connect with
the Frisco line fast express trains to the
eat.
If you cannot purchase through tickets j
readme via Fri.-co line from your starting .
point, it will nav vou to purchase to Wich-'
ita in order to secure the advantages arsd
comforts of this line.
For further information regarding rate?,
time, connections and through reservation
of skepinc car accommodations call upon
or address W. D. "Murdocfc. tieket nirent.
122 North Main street, orDouclas avenue j
union depot. D. wishakt,
Gen. Pass. Asent,
d-tf St. Louis, Mo
" caxrlers.
Blank charters aad all kind of legal
blanks for sale bv
The Wichita Eaclk,
dTl tf ""A Kaita, XaasM.
One of the Ixsst evidences of the 5per5
oritvof Imperial and Tully-Ho Soar is tkut
iaferior hmod? are refreeased jt w
Boad.' Thsy are cot, Doa't be deeatved.
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Fourth National Bank.
WICHITA, ILAXSAS.
PAID UP CAPITAL,
SURPLUS, - - -
$200,000
16.000
BUtECTOBS:
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Amos I. Brnk. F. W. W ajltr, G. V Larrimer
Morse. B.O. Graves. er'
3. Lomunn, Jn
President.
J P.AIXE.V,
Vice President.
L. D. Sketczr
Cashiei
W. H. Litkcstov,
Assistant Ccsh:?
State lational Bant
OF WICHITA, KA2T.
CAPITAL,
SURPLUS. -
$100,000
SO.000
DIRECTORS:
JolmB. Carey, George W. Walter. W. F. Gren
J. P. Allrn, lios Harris. J. II. AUen. P. V. Healy. H
Lomlwrd. Jr., Peter Getto, L. D. Skinner. James
Lombard.
U.W.L2vr,Pres. A. W.-Olivsb. V. P.
L. A. WALTON, Cashier.
Wichita National Bank,
PAID UP CAPITAL. -SURPLUS.
- - -
$250,000
50.G00
DIRECTORS:
S. H. Kohn, A. W. Oliver, M. W. Lew, L. A. Wal
ton. S. T. Tuttle, X. F. Klederlander, V. P Tucker
John Davidson, J. C. Rutaa.
Do a General Banking, Collecting
and Brokerage Business.
Eastern and Foreign Exchangt
bought and sold. United States bond
of all denominations bought and sold
County, Township and Municipal
bonds bought.
IF YOU
Want money
Want u cook
Want a partner
Want a situation.
Want a servant cirL
Want to sell a farm.
Want to sell a house.
Want to buy or seU stock.
Want a good bor'd'g house.
Want to tell plants or craln.
Want to sell groceries or drues
Want to sail household furniture-
Want to make any fjirm leana.
Want to sell or trade for auythlujr.
Want to lind customers for anything.
READ AND ADVERTISE IN OUR
COLCMN-
Advrrtl6inE obtains new customers.
Advertising keeps old customers.
Adwrtfolni; liberally always pay.
Advertising makes success eoy,
Advrrtirlnf: creates r onfldenco.
Advertising is proof of energy
Advertising exhibits pluck.
Advertising means 'biz,"
Ad v ertite immediately.
Advertise constantly.
Adverthus regularly.
Advertise alwavs,
. Advertise well,
ADVERTISE
AT 0CE
NOW!
J. P. ALLEN,
rnggist
Everything Kept in a First class Drug Store
10S EAST DOUGLAS AVE. (
WICHITA, - KAX.
DAVIDSON & CASE
ui v iuJjh uulUL,
Successors to
John Davidson, Pioneer Lumberman
of Sedgwick County.
ESTABLISHED :-: IX :-: 1870.
A Com pi olo Stock of Fine Lumber.
SliitijrU'H, I.ntli, Doov.h. 8n&h,
etc., ulwuyti on liuiiii. t
Office and yard" on MoMcv nvrrni intw
' A i i. -U - t .
A handsome lithograph map of this city, rentals
luff the names of nil the -trp!H.. prk. co?leM end
FuMIc buildings, hot'-ls. etc A coin fie to xaap
cl by fifteen lncb", on Hncn paper, c&a b had
at this office for 10 cjQts Mich. li
OLIVER BROS.,
-DEALKR'? IX-
WICHITA. KANSAS.
Yards at Wichita, Mayflelrt. WelUn;..
(on, Harper, Attica, Garden JMnin.
Anthony, Arkansas City, Andalc and
Haven.
SHAFFER MHANEY
Coal, Gravel Hoofing-, "Roofing and
"Building Materials.
TELEPHONE XO. 704.
tc,t, ;. .,,. xth Vt. Wtrhlf ju Kjui
itwi-iL LO i A I L nu-i.iv
Ws carry a eosptete liae of aJl Jcla4 (2c
&ad BUals. ocJi xa are a-d by Hal Eate AMU
eoa-'Utlsr of D-di. Mortrassa. Afeitratta, Heacist
Ik5t- Not Beoks. iUat KeUtr. Ntry PWW
R'Oifas aad Blaak. Coatract Beofcx. Vvskr-. Heal
Et&ie Book for Farm aad Ctty Prooertr. etc Or
ders by zzil procpUr attended to A4drei
THE WICHITA EAGLS,
WICHITA. EAXSAS-
Free Rrltn!nz Ckalr Car "rrR tm Dflarer
aJM ilrtora. iui t Saul i r Uamtr.
The Atchison. Topeka & Seata p roe
now ronain daily fre reclining chair cms
on their nigibt train to Denver. Paen
ger leaving "Wichita s 4M p. m., will
arrive k Pueblo for breakfact thext
morning. Colorado Springs at WJXt a. m..
aad Denver for dinner. In addition tofroe
reclining chair car i-ervk Pnlfanan reser
vation may be had npoa application at
union ticket office and union depot.
W. D. MratoOCC
dlOltf Pa, aad ticket aseuL
OW pajwrs far sale at lh$ea)aee-a easts
. B. PowblTj, President. R. T. Beajt
F. W. Wali.ee, Jr., Cashier.
CENT
THE WICHITA EAGL
(M. M MUEDOCK & BRO- Props.)
Lithographers, Publishers, Printers,
Stationers, Binders, and
Blank Book Makers.
JOB PRINTING.
One of the most complete Job Printing Offices in the
State. Letter Heads Bill Heads, Cards, Catalogues,
Price lasts, Premium lists, Stock Certificates,
Checks, Drafts, Book Printing, etc. 2ews and
Job Printing of all lands.
LITHOGRAPHING.
All branches of Lithographing, Bonds, Checks,
Drafts, Bill Heads, Letter Heads, Cards, etc. We
have iirst-class designers and engravers.
ENGRAVING.
"Wedding Invitations and Announcement Cards,
Luncheon Cards, Calling Cards, etc,
BLANK BOOKS, . fl a . B
Blank Books ot all kinds made to order,Bank, City,
County, and commercial -work a specialty. Sole
agents for Kansas, Oklahoma and the Indian Terri
tory for Bronson's Patent Automatic Level Joint
Binding. Endorsed by book-keepers, bankers and
county officers. aSTothing made equal to it for
strength and flat opening. Will open at any page,
and lie perfectly flat when opened at any pare of the
book, permitting writing across both pages as easily
as one. It is the only book that will open out per
fectly flat from the first page to the last, thus enabl
ing one to write into the iold as easily as at any part
of the "page. Send for circular.
BINDING.
Magazine, Law Book and Pamphlet binding of all
kinds, rebinding, etc.
Blank Department.
All kinds of Legal Blanks . for city, county and
-ownship officers, Deeds, Mortgages, Abstracts,
reipt and Note Books, Real Estate and Rental
igncy Books and Blanks, Attorney's Legal
Blanks, etc.
County Officers' City Officers'
Books and Blanks.
Township Officers'
Books and Blanks.
Bank and Corporation
Lithographing, printing and bookmaking.
Abstracts.
Complete outfit furnished for abstracters, abstract
blanks, take-off books, tracers, and all kinds of
blanks used by abstracters.
Legal Blanks
Of every kind as used by lawyers, real estate" agents,
county, city and township officers Justice of tho
peace books and blanks.
For Township Officers.
we have a complete line of blanks and books such aa
are used by township oilicers.
I fwSc C"""55?.J2!a7
Attorney's Pocket Dockets.
Tne Lawyers' "Vade Mecum" can be used In any Stat
ana in any couru juumostcompjew and con val
ient pocKet docket ever published, with two lndaxas
an alphabetical Index and a diary Index; shows slx. ;,
glance just what date a lawyer has a cat In coort;
keeps a complete record of th case. Handsomely
bound In flexible back. a. conveulent bize to carry la
the pocket. Kridorseti oy attorneys every wliere.
Tie foUorMns Mronie endorsement from lapuun
John II. Aalex-JutWeo: ih ih Judicial Dtoirlet
, Bute of Indiana. Ho writes aa fellow:
October X. ISfO
I It la the mot complete and concise worV. of tb
aort I hare ever met with. I cannot bow tba
iratemulic. practlcloc lawyer can do without It
Uaaould be entitled "The lawyer's Vd llecum."
Truly and sincerely yonri,
JOUiJ II. AMI. Attorney at Uw,
Wichita. RuDaaa.
Price of docket $1.00. By mail postpaid to any ad
dress upon receipt or $1.07. Address.
R P. MUKDOCK, THE WICHITA BAGL"B,
Business Manager. Wichita, Kanens.
TATxxTrn bt iiijmii a tmwt.
MISCELLANEOUS. p rtt
We vn- a large numoer or appropriate cnt ror uijo
in "Prf-mium Lists can get tnein out on shorter notice
than any otner firm. For school oatalocpei we nave
neat type faces ror that eepaeUU work. Conatlttitlona
and By-Lawa for Lodges, jiuitdlng & Loan Associa
tions, etc.
School Records, Etc. '
We desire to call the attention or cocnt7 saperinten
tendents. school dtotrict of i leers and teacbrs to oor
line of school publications as zrivsn below. Our gobool
records and boofcs are now oelng used exclusively In
quite a number of counties, and are superior to any
in the market: Classification Term Record. Record or
Apportionment of State and County School Funds,
Superintendent's Becord of School Visit. (Pocfcct
ste). Record or Teachers' Ability, (Pocicet Size), Rec
ord of Ofricial Acts. Annual Financial Reportg, An
nual Statiacicai Reports, School District C.eric'j
Record, School Li trict Trea-arera Reeord,Scnooi
District Treasurftr's "Warrant Rajjister, School Dtstric
C.'erfc's Order Boofc. School Teacher's Daily Roaster,
School District Boondariee. Raord Teachers Sarjoy
ed. Receipts. Tuition Worm! La-tltute. Receipt.
Teacher's fSzamlnatlon. Register Normal Iascitut,
Orders on Treasur-r, Orders on formal institute Fund
Orders for Apportionment State Bchool Fund, Orders
Dividend State and County School Fund, Orders on
Fund from Salo of School Laud. ItonthJy Raport
School District, Promotion Cards District School,
Diplomas District Schools, Pupils Monthly Report.
Loan and Investment Companies.
Books and blanks. Our Loan Register is now in ese
I uy :oan compaaioo
;The Daily Eagle.
! 2ight pages Contains tbe dy and night associated.
, press dispatches in lull, and the latest raaxkec roporta
The Weekly Eagle,
ityV WWST VW
Steht oacerf-Contains more state and general news
and eastern dLspatchw than any weeciy paper in the
i Southwest. The latest market reports npto tba botsr
i of going to press. Sampe copy free.
Estimates promptly t urn&hed upoa work of any and. Addreas,
R P. MUBDUOE; Business Manager.
j 111 H, Douglas Ave., Wichita. "K.rma
beats lor .Notaries Public, corpora
tions, stock companies, lodges, etc.
Orders filled promptly. Also stock
certificates for corporations and
stock companies, either printed or
lithographed in elegant designs.
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4 flml It vary roenit mm wU t4 fr
lwni'icanpMrta tawmotM4f acb e it la
JucwbUA Swyr n ill la ptBc MMMet
Yr BMt rfrHati)r.
w. a. JtoKiu. onut AMm..
J I J J J JiU UK A I'll.
!J.0 COPIES IKOM OXK OBJOUUL.
Wcmbk Or i. -). Mawfe. Of Tyj-WTkf
LETTtM ir00 COPIES CAK IMITATE
fr.m ONE urUfimmi. Jlo(aa4aa ky vrmt
30,000 U&ER25.
Tb KAOLS t -aMH far the sale of the
Atldrew R. 1. MUROOCK,
WieMta, Kneai.
zvuvmuy.
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