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The Eaoik has the 1arcet circulation of anv da'ly paper In Kansas and covers more territory ban any two Kansas dallns combined, reachlntr 18J towns on the day of publication In Kansas, Indian territory. Panhandle of Texas and eastern Colorado. 1 he columns of the Kaglx have been tested and protedo bo tho best advertising medium In tho eouthnest. The only dally that reaches all the ter ritory above named on day of publication. As an td ermine medium It Is uncxccllod. TheDAH.T EAflt.r can be found on sale In Kansas Cltv, Mo., at the book btoro of II. Gllok, KB Main St. Nelson Ilulldlnc. PKKSQNAl.S. II. V. Pierson of Chicago, is at the Met ropole. Chas. Heitz of El Reno, is at tho Occi dental. F. P. "Wood of Kansas City, is at the Metropole. E. V. Kister of Chicago, is registered at the Carey. P. Birkertt and E. Better of Eureka, are in the city. E. "V. Lyman of "Winfield was in the city yesterday. John Waor of Eureka, is spending a few days in the city. E. H. Cowgill of Sterling, reached the city last evening. AL K. Busickof Ness City, spent jes terday in tho city. P. A. Bench or Valley Center spoilt yos terdayin tho city. I. A. Berry of Kansas City, is registered at tho Manhattan. General J. B. Caldwell of Topeka, ar rived last evening. C. F. Beynoltlsof Donvor, is spending a few days in the city. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jones of Topeka, are at tho Metropole. C. F. Biddleof Topeka is spending a few days in the city. Judge S. W. Leslio of Kingman, reach ed the city last evening. P. E. Stuckbridgo of Kansas City, is stopping at the Manhattan. R. M. Dickcrson left last evening for St. Joe to bo absent a few days. R. Fitchott, of Cincinnati, reached tho city yesterday with friends. C. B. Sloat of tho Bock Island, was making the rounds yesterday. E. M. Campbell, of Springfield, Kan., Is spending a few days in tho city. T. Y. Chambers of Caldwell, was call ing on friends in the city jesterday. W. H. Sininger of Fredonin, spent yes terday in tho city calling on friends. T. P. Miller of Pratt, arrived last even ing and will spend tho day in the city. Mr. E. H. Young of Hutchinson, was calling on friends in the city yesterday. E. Erickson nud J. F. Bramer of Mar quette, Kan., aro spending a few days iu tho city. W. IL Wishart, tho Rock Island travel ing passenger agent, spent ycs.erday in tho city. '"Bob" Mitchell was up from Gueda Springs yestorday looking aftor some busi ness mattor. Frank Holmes, clerk of the district court of Barber county, spent a few hours in the city yesterday. Mr. W. H. Wilson of Arcade, X. Y., is in tho city calling on friends aud attend ing to somo business matters. Tho Palmole Soap company have pur chased property on East Oak street, where they will move their factory andonlarge it. Mrs. Kauffmau nee Mossio Baldwin, who has beon visiting her parents several weeks, left last evoning for her homo in Jmoux City. J. M. Turner, traveling correspondent of tho Omaha Bee, spent yesterday in tho city. He is looking after political notos to lit Nebraska. Tho standing offers at the Monarch par lors last evening were: "Ko on Hallowell;" "$o0 that Simpson don't carry his own township;" "$10 on each ward in tho city." Tho Switchmen's Mutual Aid associa tion No. 7, of Newton, Kan., will give a grand ball, Friday evening Oct. SI, at New ton. An excursion train will be run from Wichita. Mr. J. K. Francis is back from a busi ness trip to Ft. Worth. He says ho saw somo of the political guns and knives down there, but he don't want any of the kind for himself aud nothing that resem bles it. Sheriff Cono yesterday arrested Frank Woods who is hold to answer tho charge of stealing somo tools from a blacksmith slop at Oatvillo some days ago. Prelimi nary hearing set for the 7th day of No- t mbcr. The 6-year-old son of James Miller, 1033 North Fifth avenue, foil oil a fence yester day and was seriously injured. Dr. Stoner was called and fouud the right arm broken below tho elbow and slight internal in juries. Yesterday afternoon n fire alarm was tttrned in from the Black residence on Douglas avenue near Hydraulic. The de partment responded promptly and with chemicals put out a bmouldering fire starting in the floor near the grate. Mr. J. W. Dukehart, head miller of A. W. Miller & Co., of tho Greensburg fiour ing mills, was in the city yesterday, being ou his return home from the Kansas City Interstate fair and bearing a gold menial awarded the Greensburg mills for the best flour made by tho roller process exhibited at that fair. Tho flour was made from Kiowa county wheat. The medal which Mr. Will E. Bolton brought down to the Eagle office to exhibit is a splendid de sign in puro gold. Well done for Grcens Wrg and for Kiowa oounty. A. H. OF T. A. AT WICHITA, 1891. The Miitli .Annual Session at Chanute. Mr. S. Y. Balch, who was the delegate from the sub-order of Sedgwiclccounty to the annual meeting of the A. II. of T. A., at Chanute, Kansas, and which order holds its next annual session at Wichita, furnishes us the following proceedings from Secretary Postelthwait of that or ganization: The ninth annual meeting of tho Grand Order of the Anti-IIorse-Thief association of Kansas and its jurisdictions met at In dependence, Kan., in Payne's opera house, at 10 o'c'ock, Oct. 22. About 2 0 delegates were present, representing tho 131 sub orders. Prayer was offered bv Bev. John Her ron, who was followed by the Hon. "Wm. Duncan, of Independance, who delivered an address of welcome in behalf of the citi zens of Independence and Montgomery county. In his address he eulogized the A. H. T. A.'s for the great benefit the or ganization had been to the property owners on the border line of the Indian territory, where- horsestealing and ciime of all kinds ran riot in the days before the or ganization was effected in Kansas. The civil authorities, owing to their necessarily limited numbers, were unable to cope with tho great number of criminals, but when the A. IL T. A.'s were oreanized and hun dreds of men in all direcrions began to act in conjunction with the authorities, then lifeaud property were more secure. In fact horse and cattle stealing has been almost entirely effaced. Ho said that, before that before tho A. II. T. A was orcanized horse stealing in broad day light on the streets of Independence and al towns bordering on the Indian Territory, was a common occurrence and that it was common for men to lose all their cattle or horses in a single night, but now that is a thing of the past. Mr. Duncan's address was received with enthusiastic applause. Mr. Duncan was followed by Capt. T C. Xixon of tho Chanute Times, who spoke to the vast amount of good done to the people of Kansas by the orgrnization, of the moral influence exerted, of the promo tion of peace and safety and the suppress ing of crime. He explained its workings and aims and that it was in conjunction with tho civil authorities und not by tak ing the law into its own hands that the work is carried on. H said that next to the courts the A. II. T. A. stands in tho hearts of the people. The forenoon session was then adjourned to allow tho delegates lo take part in the splendid horse-back parade given by the sub-orders of Montgomery county Tho parade of 300 mounted men, preceded by the r.lk City hand and grand officers, nresented a snlen- uiu iimifiumicc. x..ii;ii suu uruei in ji.uuhu carried a handsomely-executed and aDpro priate banner. Tho balance of the session was devoted to the revision of the constitution. Many important changes were made and a new office created, that of state or ganizer. Believing that it is import nt that the organization should be spiead over our state and that its princi ples and workings be made known over as much territory as possible, this oflice be came a necessity. The following officers were elected for the ensuing j ear: G M. Cotlmitn, president. Parsons; A T. Co. vice president, Elk City; A. W Po-tlethwaite, secretary, Earlton; W.B. Riling, treasurer, Gir.trd. Executive committee M Maher, W. C. Courtright, Independence; A. P. Paul, Nickerson. Wichita was chosen as the place of meet ing of tho Grand Order of Kansas for the year 18!)'. The iie.u national convention meets al Cnanure. A. W. POSTLETHWAITE, Sec. a:a i? -i. . ..i. I,-:- i. ICLTUHLICA-SS IN MORTON. An enthusiastfc Republican meeting in Morton township at Center school houso was held Monday night. W. B. Moran, one of the most earnest Republicans iu Mortou township, called the meeting to order and J. M. Teogno was made chair man. P. A Rohrbaugh was introduced to the meeting and spoke for nearly two hours. Mr. Rohrbaugh arraigned the Democratic party spverely, and scorching criticisms on the political aspirants in the Farmers' Alliance brouchUlown the house time and again. He reviewed the causes which led on to the hard times and showed that the Alliance movement was the outgrowth of these times that were the necessary result of speculation and real estate gambling into which wo fell and tho short crops of the preceding years. If the Republican party could have had their way in Kansas during thee years they would have had rain and that would have saved them the necessity of educating tho people against a great many visionary schemes of the orators of the Alliance. He discussed tho legislation of both state and nation and said that thero never was a congress or legislature which passed so many laws iu tho interest ot the farmer and tho lnborer in ono session as the last congress and the last session of the Kansas legislature. He referred to tho fact that the Kansas legislature had always been dominated by tho farmer, that there never was a time when the farmers were not in tho majority iu that body, and of course, if they didn't get the laws they wanted, they alone were to blame. He said the political Alliance or People's party was simply a Democratic trick to elect Democrats to office, that the People's county ticket was composed entirely of Democrats, and he thought in all fairness tho Republicans should have had some representation on the ticket. He compared the Republican candidates to tho candidates on the other ticket, nnd paid them a just tribute for the manner in which most of them had performed the duties in tho past. He referred to the Alli ance procession in Wichita, said it was a good showing, but one of tho floats in the procession was enough to bring tho blush of shame to the brow of any sober minded man. Tho representation of one of tho leading citizens of this state. Col. J. li. Hallowell, by a jackass with a banner bear ing the inscription. Prince Hal. A young man in tho audience belonging to the Alli ance interrupted tho speaker with ''That was right." The speaker, lookiug nt the young mnn, exclaimed: "You are a young man, but if you were no older than that boy back there, and lived until the fleet ing years should crown your head with silvery hairs, you would not Inc long enough to see the solid yeomanrv of Amer ica look with favor on such a sceue as that. That is not the way that loyal hearts ro ward the man who, liko CoL Hallowell, earns the title of prince at the head of a gallant charge, holding iu his hand a sword red with the crimson stain of trea son. No, sir, you will not live long enough to witness the approval of that scene by tho farmers of Kansas. It never originated in the brain of a farmer. Some disgruntled sorehead who never farmed was the father of that representation and a man, too, who never carried a sword or musket into battle." Mr. Rohrbaugh closed his speech amid enthusiastic cheers. Morton township was the stronghold of tho Alliance and both the rank and file of both parties are becoming well acquainted with the wholo scheme to force them like cattle to support ranting alarmist office seekers, and are leaving the political part of the organization xnucn more rapidly than they went into it. ONE DAY FOR REST. Mr. C. M. Hovey, Republican candidate for state auditor, and W. S. Willcoxon of Colby, reached the city yesterday morning and spent the day calling on friends, and looking around. They have been cam paigning together and took one day off for rest. Mr. Hovey, in a conversation with a number of friends ntthe Metropole last evening, was giving a number of his expe riences. He is having some fun as well as hard work, and is quite able to stand both. GENERAL CAX.DVTELT,. Tf JLb SPKAK. General J. C. Caldwell has been secured by the County Republican central com mittee to speak here tomorrow evening. It will be remembered that he spoke at the Car works a few weeks ago, and the meeting, owing to his forceful manner and great ability in the speech-making line, was one of the most enthusiastic ever held in the county. Gen. Caldwell is re ferred to as being one of the most accom plished orators, not only in Kansas, bnt in the entire West. Ho will have a large crowd tomorrow night. COXONEIi HALLO WEL1VS .MEETINGS. Col. Hallowell spoke yesterday to over two hundred voters at Mulvane. He was given an ovation which for all round en thusiasm has rarely ever been excelled at any political meeting held in this part of the state. His voice is much improved oyer what it was one week ago. Ho spoke last night at Sedgwick and was accompanied by Senator Long, of Medicine Lodge. The meeting was a dandy from point of num bers and entnusiasm, and largely composed of leading farmers in that section. CoL Robert Mitchell, of Gueda Springs, was in the city yesterday and said the most successful political meeting in his town was held Monday and addressed by Col. Hallowell. There were a large num ber of farmers present. He said that CoL Hallowell made one of tho best speeches he ever heard, and the result was that he had made many votes there, bringing to his support Democrats as well as others. Col. Hallowell will pass through the city this morning en route to Cheney where he will speak this afternoon. THE GUN CLUB TOURNAMENT. Ths fall tournament of the gun club at the Riverside ball park, yesterday, was at tended by quite a number of spectators. There were quite a number of the leading members of other clubs present who pir ticipatcd and enjoyed the day very much. The Riverside line eives accomodations for all desiring to attend. The scores for yesterday were as follows: MATCH NO. 1 (10 blue rocks). Swfggart 0 Stancer Jackson 8 i r... .1 Skinner Stancer, Jr 7 Eldred 7 Brown 3 Swiggert and Skinner divided first money. Jackson second money. Stancer, Eldred and Stancer, Jr., divided third money. match NO. 2 (13 blue rocks). Swiggart 10 Brown 11 Jackson 13 Skinner 12 Stancer, Jr 1' Eldred 12 Stancer 10 Jackson first money. Skinner and Eldred divided socond money. Brown third money. match NO. 3 (5 pairs Blue Rocks) Swiggert 2 Stancer 5 Jackson 7 Skinner. 8 Stancer, Jr 0 Eldred 7 Brown S Skinner and Brown divided first money. Jackson and Eldred divided second money. Stancer, Jr., third money. MATCH No. 4 (10 singles and 3 pairs Rocks.) Swiggert Blue ... 13 ... 12 ... 13 ... 11 ... 12 .. 9 htancer Jackson Skinner. -t.i ncer, J r Eldred Brown 10 Swiggert and Jackson divided first money. Stancer and Stancer, Jr., divided second money. Skinner third money. MATCH NO. 3 (5 Live Birds.) Swiggert 4 Stancer 7 Jackson !i Skinner. Stancer, Jr 3 Brown 3 Stancer first money. Skinner second money. Stancer. Jr., and Brown divided third money. MATCH NO. 6. (15 blue rocks.) Swiggert 10 Stancer 12 Jackson 13 Skinner 9 Bob 2 Brown U Jackson first money. Stancer second money. bwiggett third money. MATCH NO. 7. (10 blue rocks.) Swiggert S St a ncer ! Bob 4 Skinner 7 StancerJr S Jackson 7 Brown 6 Stancer first money. Swiggert and Stancer Jr. shot off tie for second money, Siancer Jr. winning. fckinner and Jackson divided third money. MATCH NO. S. (6 pairs blue rocks.) Swiggert 11 Stancer S Jackson 9 Skinner 9 stancer, Jr... 6 Brown S Swiggert first money, Jackson and Skin ner divided second money. Stancer and Brown divided third money. Prcgrnm of today's shooting: Entrance. Shoot 113 blue rocks $2 00 Shoot 2 Team match, any two a team, 15 single and 3 pairs blue rocks, per team 5 f0 Shoot 3 15 blue rocks 2 03 Shoot 4 5 pairs blue rocks 2 00 ShootS 10 live birds 5 00 Shoot G 15 blue rocks 2 0U Shoot 7 10 blue rocks 1 50 ShootS 10 singles and 3 nairs 2 00 HICYCLE RACE. The much talked of five mile race be tween Joe Henley and Bert Millison came off yesterday afternoon at the fair grounds track, resulting in a victory for Millison. Millison took the lead from the start but did not spurt, Henley following in his track letting him break the wind for four miles. At the first half of the last quarter Henley spurted ahead but Millison was soon ahead of him when Henley gave no, Millison coming under the ire 130 feet ahead. There was considerable excite ment and quite a crowd out. The 6trong wind and heavy track run the time up to nineteen minutes and twenty second. There was considerable enthusiasm when the race was finished, but little money had chanced hands as the boys were not ex actly prepare to bet. HALLO'EEN SOCIAL. The friends of the Emporia avenue M. E. church will have a Hallow'een social at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Starr, 239 South Market street tonight. All invited. A good time expected. No refreshments. Mr. Thos. Shaw is off on a business (musical) trip to Grand Rapids, Chicago and New York, CAIU) OF THANKS. We hereby express our most sincere thanks to the fire companies for their prompt assistance in extinguishing a fire at the home of the Johnston children this afternoon. Robt. Black, Mrs. M. A. Taylor. Oct. 2S. 1S90. The ladies of the German Lutheran church desire to say their thanks to all the citizens for their kind donations in helping to make their fair a success, and to all the daily papers and the gentlemen and ladies who so kindly assisted them. Respectfully, The Committee. THE CATHOLIC FAIR. It was only with difficulty that the fancy drill of the Wichita Light Infantry could be carried out, the crowd was so great; the hall floor and gallery were crowded. The boys in blue did themselves credit in their maneuvres, and pleased the large audience immensely. The voting interest last night centered chiefly in the contest of tho two little girls for a handsome doll baby. At the close of the polls Mamie Mahan had 310 ballots to her credit and Lizzie Carey 190. In the contest for the tea gown Miss Smith had 100 votes and Miss Stafford 77. Everybody seemed to be pleased and amused Dinners and suppers are served daily at the hall. Doctor Kuder reports the arrival of a baby boy at his residence last night. The commercial freight office of the Missouri Pacific in charge of J. C. Jen nings, has been removed from 403 Sedg wick block to 120 North Main street,where information pertaining to the freight de partment will be given on application or by telephone No. 211. Mr. Blackford, formerly of Kansas, but for years connected with the departments at Washington, but who comes back to the Sudflower realm once a year, is in the city visiting his friend Hon. James R. Mead. The gentleman made the Eagle a pleasant call yesterday. II. G. Toler received from Lexington Ky., yesterday, the sorrel mare, Mozanti, sired by Montgomery, record 2:21), dam by Loui? Napoleon, the sire of Jerome Eddy 2:10. She is a line filly, cost up iu the thousands, and quite an acquisition to his band of brood mares. State Senator J. W. Forney, of Belle Plaiue. arrived last evening and reports everything lovely down in Sumner. He says the gag effort of the Alliance dowu there has fallen flat aud all are able to see clearly through the whole scheme. He puts Sumner on the right side of the col umn by a handsome majority. Mr. James Bull, of Hanging Rock, O.. who has been doing Colorado, called yes terday in company with Professor George Campbell. Mr. B. is convinced that Wichita aud Pueblo aro both the makiug of great western commercial points. Af ter spendinga day with his friend,Professor C, he left for his Ohio home last evening Rev. Napoleon Hoagland, pastor of tho First Unitarian church in Olympia, Wash., and former pastor of the Unity church of this city, was married to Miss Julia A. Comly, sister of Mr. Henry Comly of the firm of W. M. Pond & Co., this city, at the "Church of Our Father" (First Unitarian), Portland, Ore., Wednes day, Oct. 22, by Dr. Thos. Eliot. Mrs. R. Carmichnel. who lives near Maize, was in the city yesterday morning attending to some business matters and lost a purse containing forty dollars. She finally cot eluded that some one had stolen it and fao police wero notified. They finally located tho fellow who was sup posed to have done the work, and looking for him it was fouud he had left town. THE COURTS. COMMON FLEAS. James Hughes discharged on habeas cor pus and held as witness. W. H. II. Campbell vs. Judsou Univer sitj; judgment quieting title of property in defendant. Judson University vs. W. H. H. Camp bell; judgment for defendant. Anna Rowen s. Santa Fe; motion for new trial overruled. Coleman Lynch vs. Rufus Cone; leave given deleudant to file answer. rnOBATE COURT. Marriage licenses issued to C. A. Dyson and Miss Mary Wagner; Emery L. Fink and Mi-s Alice Barnes. Hearing of report of sale of real estate by A. Myers, administrator of estate of T. L. Meyers: sale confirmed. ' Application for appointment of E. May as guardian of William May, minor heir, filed: bond filed and letters of guardian ship issued. DISTniCT COURT. Motion for new trial in the case of Han ley vs. Cole granted. Application for admission to Children's Home, of Anna Baker, 9 year old, granted. AMUSEMENTS. SALVINI. Young Alexander Salvini will play a special engagement of two nights only in Wichita, at the Crawford Grand opera house, on next Monday and Tuesday nights. The play selected for this occasion is a new melo-drama entitled, "A Child of Naples," written especially for him by Horace Townesand, in which character "Cirillo" a Neapolitan lazzarous, affords Mr. Salvini an opportunity to display his versatility and dramatic force. The Bos ton Evening Transcript says of his per formance in this role: "Of Mr. Salvim's Cirillo we cannot meas ure terms of praise. As an exquisitely faithful genre picture of an existent fasci nating type of character it will stand with any dramatic work of the generation. The ritous fulnes of physical life, the coarse, vived, auimal beauty, the instinct, con stant, eloquent geticnla Hn to which the words seem a superflous supplement; the paesion of rage, burning, swift to smite, awake at n word, a touch; the hot south ern heart which melts passion to dog-like, affectionate humility at a word from the gentle girl, gratitude to whom is his only religion; the laugh, flashing from nar rowed eyes and glittering teeth at every joke, the grimmer the better relished; the aoolnte naivete of body and soul through which untamed natural impulse speaks as spontaneously as through any forest animal all thee thinp, and more beyond number, Mr. Salvini snows us in Cinllo. As we have hinted, praise of Mr. Salvini's work to those who have not seen it must seem exaggerated; to those who have seen it, inexpressive and inadqnate." ANNOUNCEMENTS. The regnlar meeting of the Equal Suf frage society will be held at the residence of Mrs. Baldwin, 121 Lawrence avenue. A short programme will bo given and re freshments served. All who are Interested are cordially welcome. The Ladies' Benevolent society of the First Presbyterian church will meet Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Mm. Skinner s, North Topeka avenue. Busi ness of importance wflf be discussed at this meeting. Every member 13 urgently requested to be present. Mrs. Gbo. Bcckner, Fee. The Shakespeare society will meet tblsj (Wednesday) evening at s o dock at tie office of Mr. Harry Arnold. Come pre pared to study Act H, of iung Lear. J Uniformed rank Knights of Pythias, Wichita division No. 2, will meet at Oastle hall on Wednesda p evening in full fatigue dress. By order of Sn: Knight Capt. Hotchkin. The regnlar meeting of the Ladies' Aid society of Plymouth Congregational church will be held at the residence of Mrs. Millikan, on Waco ave., ou Wednes day afternoon at 3 o'clock, Oct. 29th. Br Order of the President. MASONIC. Rose Croix chapter No. 5, A. & A. Scot tish Rite Masons, meet this evening at 7:30 o'clock for work in 15th to 19th degrees. A full attendance is desired. D. A. Mitchell, E. Goldbehg, Secretary. V. M- Regular meeting Peerless lodge, No. 171, A. O. U. W. at the Market street hall to night. All members requested to be pres ent. Come early, several candidates for each degree to-night, and important busi ness for the good of the order. E. L Spencer, S. Dunkin. Recorder. M. W. rHE MYSTERIOUS FUNERAL GUEST. A Surrirlss for One "Who Wat Not Familiar with the Dancer of Open Doors. A young reporter who had come to New York from a western town, and was not ac customed to the ways of the metropolis, was assigned, as his first piece of work, to report the funeral of a wealthy but not ex ceedingly prominent maa who lived up town in a lavishly furnished house. He found the house jammed to the doors with people, and was unable, without making a nuisance of himself, to make his way any further into the crowd than the newel post of the great mahogany stairway. His editor had warned him of the neces sity of gettinga large numberof the names of those who were present, and of the enormity of the crimo of having even one of them incorrectly spelled. But here the raw reporter was, hemmed in immovably on all sides by people who looked horrified if he ventured to address them. He asked several of them for their names, but they either refused to give them or failed to un derstand what he wanted them for. "These people can't amount to much, anyway," ho said to himself, "or they would show a little more familiarity with the ordeal of giving their names for publi cation;" so he cast his eyes around for some person of seeming importance. He Boon spied a distinguished looking man, faultlessly dressed, with a military carriage and of aristocratic appearance. He replied to tho reporter's rather timid questions courteously, gave the names of a number of people of some importance whom he could see from where he stood or had no ticed entering the house. His patience even outlasted the reporter's importunity, and the latter decided that the man was a trump of tho most thoroughgoing kind. Finally tho reportersaid, "And your own name, sir?" "Oh, never mind me," was tho reply. "You don't want my name!" This was a disappointment, and the re porter's face showed it. I should like to have it most of all," he replied. "Well," said the man, "I'm J. B. Jenks, of the Metropolitan police force." The reporter was a little staggered, but he thought to himself, "An inspector, I dare sa3 or a captain at least," and added aloud: "What title? Cap" "No," said tho ofHcer, with a quiet smile, "plain patrolman. I seo you're sur prised. Difn't think a policeman could look so much like a gentleman, eh?" "Notatall," replied the repoiter quickly, "L only wondered why you were here. Relative of the dead rr an?" "No; no such luck!" "Friend of the family?" "Altogether too swell for my blood." "What are you doing then among a houseful of srch eminently respectable people as these'" "Watching to see that none of them steals the linc-a-brac!" "Come off. old man; you're trying to kid me!" "Fact!" and the officer turned away to scan with piercing looks a gentlemanly looking old man who was making his way out of the house with tears in his eyes. New York Tribune. Great Charm of the Maine Woodi. One decided advantage which this lake country of New England possesses overtha Adirondacks Is tb vastness of its solitude. Its uncleared area is so extensive, its for ests are still so unbroken by any highways, save the streams and the rough tote roads of the lumber crews, that this region can not become populous with visitors. Though many suniraerliLv (to coin a word to de scribe us summer transients) now flit along these streams, yet is not this wilderness overswarmed with visitors. Even while paddling down the streams one will meet but few canoes, und many camp at night with no neighbors in sight or sound. Some future day tho rich bottom lands along these streams may know cultivation, but now t'uey are mostly left to the grasses, the wild flowers and the deer. When I firnt discovered for myself the de lightful possibility of relapsing for a sea son into this Indian like existence, about twenty years ago, although it was then late in the summer, I learned that only two parties of "sports" (as we are called in the native dialect) had crossed before me the carry from Moosehcad into the Penob scot waters, and not until the lest day of nearly a fortnight's canoeing did pass a boatman on the river. Rev. Newman Smyth in Scribner's. IIIn Live Sareil by a Rat. A gentleman whose modesty prevents our publishing his name and whose veracity is unquestionable relates the following: "I had been picking cotton in my field very hard all the morning, and when dinner time came I lay down in the gin house, and must have dczed off to sleep, when all at once I felt a sharp prick on the end of my finger. I jinpl np and sw a largo rat looking at me intently, and he kept rnn n.ng backward and forward, but coming back at the same place each time. I picked up a nut and threw it so accurately that it killed the rat. About that time I discov ered some cotton on fire, which I believe caused the strange actions of the rat, and I believe that I, as well as the gin house, would have been burned had it not been for the timely bite of the rat." Gordon (Ga.) Prcss-AppeaL Snddenlr Trancfortned. "It's too fast; altogether too fast," said the engineer; "tevea miles in eight min utes is very fast," and he hit the arm rest a real hard hit. "Yes. George," said the conductor, "it is a little soon, but I've teen you make better runs than that with the old two-four." Then there wa. a great transformation tcence. The sad face of the driver was wreathed in uralles, hia heart quickened its palsitioa with pride, he was a bird he could ontwtnj the wind. uAh. Tom." be skL reachiag down from the cab to gracp the conductor'! hand, "yoo know old George; you know who can git 'cm there. Throw that awitch. kid, throw that switch!" Western Railway. A Cotmopolitaa Throng. The atteadneoat Sc ?! eatrsedral, London, when Caeca Liddcn wu m resi dence was probably the mst cosmopolitan ever seen in an-rchurcb- Oa the occasion of his lat sern.-on. it stated, there were preseat Japauo Christians, ia their plct uresque costame; an African priett, dis tinguished lay mwnbcxof the Greek church, and representative member, probably. ivux rrlisiouji denomisatioa- m2S2yJ 1MVL2Z: lilJVaJWaM- iJfMMoJiLZ 123 to 127 K Main Street 123 to 127 2T. Main Street Our business keeps growing as the season advances. This increase has been brought about by the high standard of our goods and the very moderate prices we ask for them. We have many special bar gains on our counters this week that it will pay you to come and see. Great special values in our linen department. See our advertisement Friday UCNSON 3icN.AJU.RA. NEW yRK ST2RE 3000 Yards of Sicil ian Clotli at 8 1-3 Cts, wortli 15. Come early. ism GASH HENDBRSQN Rocking 3 For Ladies Sewing Rocker, Sixteenth Cen tury Finish, High Back. BNO FURNITURE COMPANY, : 100 West Douglas Avenue, Two Doors West of Main Street. One Man's 'Wardrobe. The personal effects of young Mr. Ben zon, the so called Jubilee Plunger, were sold at auction, and an umozing lot of stuff it was, too. Yon r Benzon has been going down hill at a r--!tty rapid rate; tho tailors and tradespeople did not discover his evasive characteristics until he had mulcted them of goods in a considerable sum. As you possibly recall, he got into serious difficulty at Iice by forging the name of a friend and drawing money thereon. Benzon's effects were auctioned off In an old Bond street salesroom. Among them was every variety of apparel from a dress suit down to silk socks. There were morn ing coats, pique and colored shirts, um brellas, walking sticks, neckties, hosiery, scarfpins, cord breeches, waistcoats, satin jockey caps, traveling bags, watches, cigar holders, cigarette cases, hat boxes, pin cushions, watch charms, spurs, flannel trousers, crimson hunting coats, gold pen cils, silk suspenders, silk handkerchiefs, an antique sword, smelling bottles, gloves galore, etc. etc. Why, old Brummel himself might have envied the collection of finery. In one batch alone thero were GG piquo waistcoats, 139 collars, 24 silk cravat and 20 colored tiesl There was nothing small about Ben zon's wuy of doing business. When the Jubilee Plunger entered a tailor's or a haberdashery he took everything for which he could get credit. Tho swath he cut was a wide one, if it was not long. It it said that in one afternoon alone, at the time he was at perihelion, Benzon purchased cloth ing amounting in tho aggregate to $3,000. He used to boast that he would not wear the same iuit of clothes twice What a dash this delectable creature would have cut in Gotham! Eugene Field in Chicago News. A ISarlal In a Stranga Fort. Quiet and still seems everything on our ship, for an awful presence has come on hoard during the night and has taken shape there, under the drooping canopy of flags amidships, in the coffined form of the dead sergeant. "A-a-ll hands bury the dead I" the solemn call of the boatswain sound throngh the ship. Quietly and in respectful silence ths crew assemblfs, the officers grouped to star board, and, as the chaplain reads the irn ple service, rough faces soften and head are bowed in reverential awe. The bearers lift tho coffin, the marine guard present arms and the body is gputly lowered over the side into the cutter lying there to receive it, while officers and crew take their places in the boats, and a little proceftslon captain's pennant, ship's and boats' colors at half mast starts for the land, there to lay the poor fellow to rest In a little white walled inclosure on a bight on the harbor side, and where, gone before him long years ago, many a gallant sailor English and American lies, awaiting the last call for "All hands." Quietly and geotly the dead man is low ered into ha la berth; with spout of flame and circling clond of smoke tho ri fles render martial honor, and then in th sad, sweet music of "taps" the bugle sounds the sailor-soldier's last good night. R. F. Zogbaum ia Scribner's. A Story of Jay Cenld. That reminds me of a story of Jay Goold which I have never seen in print. It re bites to th purchase of the Missouri Pa cific railroad, which Jay Go aid bought of Garrison. The road wiw paying good divi dends, and Garrison was not at all anxious to selL Jay Gould asked him what he would take for the property, and his reply was. "Two and one-half million dollars." "That is toe much." replied Gould, "aad I can't give if "Well," returned Garrison, "you don't need to take It if yoa don't want to, bnt I will tell you that the price will be 13.000.000 to-morrow." Gould laughed and walked away. The next day he called again and offered to giTe the I2J500 000 for the road. "Yoa can't have it." reslied Gxrrison "Th Scrofula le tt won aoctrst nzA w rcrsi ef 3 ! Searrxlr a Us. Mr U stJrflr inm trot it, wfctt tbe-ssaadf erTJ5 art JU tzCTtez iltrfi. Pilciil nreaA&s pcst. itmtji ia iu eic rr rtsr hmmer in tin ey. cetis jr p&rtU! w leul attadt aa.i Jitid to l-4 ptn Trial ctx fit thl &lldM 1 1 &orssfe)r rT rr lrc of to parity tr irfce tuaffT Ztom crr3i tkesU ccrUJsl' ftr Heed &tru?an.. a Ut trUt Hood's Sarsapaiilla oM Vr all 4nuxMn. Ifc tx iee U. rv?r4 r brc.f Boyo-i,o-U(rm.ju. 100 Doses One Dollar mmmmm im mmmm ammmm If you would have the rexy best values in blankets and com forts, at $1.00 and np, see the line we are offering. See our Australian wool blankets, largo size at $4.50. We are making special low prices on cotton flannels, in all grades, from o cents np. Millinery The finest line of millinery in the city and the most stylish. See our advertisement Friday MUN50N XcKJJUJU. Cnairs. $3 roao is now worth 3,C00,0U0." "1 won't give it," said Gould. "I nm uot anxious to sell," replied Garrison, "and I dont car whether you take it or not, bnt by noon to-morrow the pricu will be $3,C00,O0O.' The result was that Gould waited over un- til tho next dajr, and actually paid 3,500,000 for the road. Frank G. Carpenter's Letter. l An Arlitocratle Cat. Prince Laddie is a wonderful cat. He U ,1 the property of Miss Corson, tho author J ess, but has been loaned by her to Mrs. 7 Robert L. Stuart, the wifo of a ten times millionaire, at whose magnificent real J denco, at Sixty-eighth street and Fifth ar- enuc, Princo Laddie is now an honored guest. Laddio weighs twenty-foHr pounds, and is as big as a good sized dog. II sleeps in Mr Stuart's handsome pictur gallery, and Is said to ba qulto a. connois seur. Nothing is too good for him, ant? champagne and truffles are his steady diet. Laddie's mother and father are Chicago people, and belong to Rev. Mrs. Clinton Locke, president of tho Ladies' Fortnight ly club, of that city. Miss Corson is also the owner of Voshtl, once the property of Mary Booth, the au thoress, and so christunrd by the latter because, like the Voshti of old, "sha woul not come when she was called' Nwr York World. A Pluyrul Kattlasnalc. John A. Theroux, of Sprngue, Cal., re cently built a playhouse for his children, and for week the children havo Wen tell ing their pannts that there was abiganaki in their playhouse, saying that when they j went playing the minko would come ouS and run around the playhouse and then run away again Flnnlly Mr. Theroux's little son James came running to hb mother, saying, "Come to the playhotiv and see if I don't know what a snaJta Is." Mrs. Theronx went to see If then was anything there, and was greatly astonished to fe n big rattlesnake calmly sunning itself on the floor in the deorway. 6h picked up a big bowldar and smashed hlr rnakeship. When Mr Theronx came bami he wnt out and found the anake dead, andl out o'T his rsfjes of which there wer wvrn - Pi'rsbMrif I)lrntrh. SPECIAL SALR I will place on Bale Mon day, Oct. 27th, sixteen dozen of the late Knox and You man styles of Black Stifi? Hats at $2.00 eacK These hats are of fine fur stock, worth from 3.00 to 3.50; they are satin lined with goat skin sweat leather; all silk binding, sizes 01 to 11. Call early, before your size is sold out, at GOLDSTANDT'S Fashionable Hatter 204 Douglas Av X R HOLLIDAT WICHITA GEOCERY. All Goods Warranted. TeL 205. 221 E Doogla.a IMILLEE & HULL, LEAD IK O Tailors and Draper Cordially invite patrons trm. out of town wishing flrst-cLuis work to Inspect their goo4 and prices htTore learta? tialr orders. OXLY FIRST-CLASfl WOBK -:-P0PUUR PRICK -:- 134 X 31AKKET ST. 1