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I1IB
Of ELEPHANTS
Ivory Production of the World
on the Decrease,
HOW IT IS OBTAINED
Great Industry of the Indian
Countries.
1. Van Beers has for years been promi
nent in the Ivory industry of the Congo,
which ia now tho greatest source of ivory
In the world. He has recently written a
series of articles on the ivory industry,
which have just been published in Le
Mouvement Geographique, says the Chi
cago Inter-Ocean. Some of the most in
teresting facts, particularly those whioh
re not widely known are reproduced here
from his exhaustive treatment of the
subject.
Ivory Is derived from the secretion and
solidification of gelatinous matter, called
dr-ntine, which is contained in the hollow
part pulp cavity) of the tusk. Thu mat
ter Is conveyed through minute veins ax
tending radically to the surface of the
tusk, where it hardens in concentric lay
eds. The surface of the ivory is covered
with a cust, about thre millimeters
thick, which is removed before the Ivory
Is turned into any Industrial product-
An intimate relation exists between the
age of the elephant and the rapidity of
ivory growth. The young animaj secretes
a much larger Quantity of dentine than an
old elephant. Its tueks are hollow almost
to their point.
This hollow part or pulp cavity gradu
ally decreases in slse with advancing age.
'About three-fourths or four-fifths of each
tusk of old animate is aolid ivory.
Another way to tell whether the tusk
comes rom a young or an old animal is
to examine the hollow part of it. If the
hnllow is of the same diameter where the
tusk emerges from the head as at the fur
ther end of the hollow, the tusk is that
of an adult animal.
Some writers have referred to the large
numbor of small tusks in the market as
proof that elephants are killed for their
Ivory btfore th tusks mature. Tho- fact
is that more than two-thirds of the ivory
Hold is that of adult animals.
It Is from the older tusks of solid or
nearly solid ivory that billiard balls are
made. Most of the elephants are killed
by the natives .and ivory hunting is with
them a secondary consideration. Their
chief reasons for killing the elephant are
that he destroys their plantations and that
his flesh is regarded as an excellent food
resource.
Elephants have not been so recklessly
destroyed in Africa as in India, where the
wild elephant Is now almost unknown. It
will he remembered that in India, on ac
count of their destruction of crops, wild
e'ephants were for a time poisoned in
large numbers.
Jlany tribes which organize great ele
phant hunts in the Mobani region of the
Congo, Impair the value of the ivory by
driving a herd into an enclosed space and
then setting fire to the tall grass so that
the animals are nearly burned to death
before they are finally killed with spears,
The tusks are thus more or less calcined,
and their value is greatly reduced.
The elephant is found in all the well
watered and fertile parts of equatorial
'Africa. The finest and most transparent
Ivory is obtained from the humid and low
lying regions.
In the higher and colder districts tho
Ivory is coarser in texture. Along the
frontiers of the animal's habitat, his ivory
becomes very hard and brittle, as, for ex
nmple, the ivory coming from Senegam
bia. About one-fifth of the tusks coming from
Central Africa are affected by some
strange disease, the results of which are
teen in little masses or threads of a sub
stance that differs from ivory In structure
and composition. They are harder than
Ivory, darker In color, and evidently ,
originate In some Interference with the
secretion of the dentine. The Germans
tall this disease "ivory smallpox."
Tho tusks that come Into commercs
greatly varr in weight, with about two
pounds as the minimum. The maximum
weight Is not definitely fixed. One pair
of tusks from the same animal that re
cently came to Europe weighed a little
over 316 pounds, or about 15S pounds to
the tusk.
Tusks are occasionally found of even
Ereater weiKht. One enormous tusk, for
example, weighing 206 pounds, was sold a
few years ago to the late King of Bavaria j
to serve as the principal piece in a chan
delier. The most remarkable pair of tusks that
has yet been obtained In Africa was pur
chased at Zanzibar two and a half years
ago, for the price of $5,000. They were
taken from an elephant that was killed
near Mount Kilimanjaro, German East
'Africa, by an Arab after bo had chased
the animal for many weeks. j
His Intention was attracted to this par- i
titular elephant by Its enormous size, but
much time and patience were expended
before he got near enough to put In a
killing shot. The tusks weighed 45S pounds,
one welching about 10 pounds more than
the other. One tusk was slightly longer
than the other .and measured 10.16 feet- i
One of the classifications of ivory Is
based upon the weight of the tusks. A ,
heavy tusk wefchs twenty-five kilograms
or more; medium tusks from eighteen to '
twenty-five ktloerrams. The smaller tusks
are adapted for bangles, bracelets, bil
liard balls, and other such purposes.
About SO per cent of the stock Imported
ir-Ti Antwerp Is heavy tusks and about 17
er cent medium tusks, the smaller tusks
muklng up more than half of the total.
The form of the tusks also varies great
ly. The longest tusk yet obtained mes
urerl 10.16 feet. As regards their form.
tuks occasionally come into the market
that are absolutely straight, but they are I
rry rare. j
Sometimes a tusk is found which has
curled around, forming almost a perfect i
cfle. Such pieces are defective aad I
their unusual form Is apparently due to i
rr me dteeise In the ivory. They are
usually without any hollow Interior, and
if thy continue to grow infest necessarily
pew trate Into the flesh of the head.
Frequently an elephant's tusks are not
of the same length or weight. This in due
lo the tendency of moat of these
pachyderms to give preference to one or
the other tuek In defending himself in
digging up tho soil. or In any other use
of his tusks.
Tlic caiucular tusk that Is used mora
than the other Is likely to be a little long
er and heavier. Thus, as among human
beings there are right-handed and left
handed men, so there are many elephants
that give a larger part of work or ex
ercise to the right or the left tusk.
The tusks of the domestic "elephant are ;
likely to be longer, more slender, sharper, j
and . also more curved than are those of t
the wild animals. There also exists a .
species of elephant that has no tusks, j
They have been found in the delta of the
Russia river and in certain parts of the
Mobangi river basin.
The fact Is not generally known that
there exists in the tropical forests a race
of dwarf elephants which are exactly like
others except in stature and weight. Thus
elephants as well as antelopes and human
being, have their pygmies.
The thre great ivory markets of the
world are Antwerp, London and Liver
pool. For the past six or seven years
Antwerp has forged ahead of London, for
It controls most of the great new field of
the Congo. Since 1895 its Ivory receipts
hav invariably exceeded those of Lon
don, excepting in 189S. The receipts last
vpar were 323 tons for Antwerp. 208 for
London, and 40 for Liverpool, a total of
The total receipts of these markets from
1(w -,- t,4wan anri i?f
tons a vear. The receiDts of London are
slowly declining, while those of Antwerp
are rapidly Increasing, although It is
u ,v, v,it, itc trortn -ni
be reached before many years. Liverpool
ot , mn fleur in comnarlson with
' its rivals, its receipts having varied in
: the last nine years from thirty-two to
sixty tons a year.
! The ivory reaching the British market
comes from Zanzibar, Bombay, the largest
i aources of its supply; Egypt, West Africa,
i and Abyssinia, a very large amount also
' coming from Benguela and the cape.
1 About one-third of the London ivory
comes from the west coast at Africa and
Abyssinia, and the supply Is decreasing.
The West African Ivory has been chiefly
obtained from Sonegambia, Liberia, the
Guinea coast, and the Niger, which have
been extensively worked for many yeara.
The supply is failing, though it is now'
being re-enforoed by ivory from the Hin
terland. The receipts from Abyppinia reached
their maximum in 1900. The important
quantitiee exported from that oouatry in
recent years have been dae to the organ
isation of largi! hunts with the best
weapons. Hunting the elephants in King
Menellk's domain haw thus been abnorm
ally stimulated of late years, but the sup
ply of ivory from this source now de
creasing. About per cent of the ivory sent to
London comes from the east coast of
Indian. Its quantity has been nearly uni
form, bwt the present prospects are that
It will slowly decrease. Tho ivory from
Egypt will probably Increase In quantity
for a few years, owing to the reopening
of the Egyptian Soudan.
The Antwerp market came into exist
ence only in 1893, and It has had very
rapid development, its great specialty be
ing ivory from the Congo Free State. The
two great clasaifications of Antwerp ivory
are bard and soft ivory. About seven
eights of the total supply is hard ivory,
which means ivory that has been accumu
lating in the country for many years,
much of it having ben collected by the
natives before they had any idea, of Its
commercial value.
In 1892 only eighteen tons of soft ivory
came from the Congo State, though 124
tons of hard ivory were shipped. The
soft ivory is the fresh tusks obtained from
newly killed animals.
The French Congo includes a very large
elephant domain, and the French began
in 1900 to export ivory from it. The ship
ments In 1901 were thirty-two tons, and
they bid fair during tne present year to
be fifty or sixty tons. The French Congo
will be the outlet for a great deal of ivory
in the next few years.
It is not expected that the Congo Stat
can much longer keep up its enormous
shipment of ivory. The maximum to an
appearances will be reached within the
next four or five years. Then there will
probably come a period of about uniform
shipments for a number of years, which
will be followed by an era of rapid de
cline. The day is soon approaching when
the reserve stock of Ivory accumulated
by the natives will he exhausted.
When that source of supply Is at an end
the Ivory Industry will decline until rail
roads open up the fair interior of the
country In regions not now accessible by
steamboats. Then there will be new fields
to exploit, for tne elephant still lives In
numerous herds in some parts of Central
Africa, as In the regions of the Upper
Sanga River, the Upper Mobangi, and
some large districts of the French Sou
dan and the Egyptian Soudan. Perhaps
these now almost inaccessible sources of
ivory will supply the world for a century
to come.
The Congo State Is now enforcing laws
to prevent the extermination of elephant
herds within the state's territory. It is
entirely probable that long before tho sup
ply of ivory theratens to fnll below the
world's demands the other powers inter
ested in Africa will also adopt measures
calculated to place limits upon the de
struction of elephants and to Insure. If
possible, the permanence of the ivory
trade.
A GIANT MUSHROOM.
Little mushrooms, growing In caves,
are common and uninteresting, but a
mammoth snow mushroom nine feet in
diameter, weighing a ton and perched
upon the summits of Selkirk Mountain.'
Is a veritable wonder and extraordinary
freak of the elements.
These remarkable snow mushrooms
have just been reported by Dr. V. Cor
nish. F.R.G.3., before the Royal Geo
graphical Society of London. They are
formed upon three stumps near the Gla
cier House, In the Selkirk Mountain, B.
C.
In felling trees a stump of severaleet
in height 1
always left, and this Is the
sulk or pedestal of the mushroom. The ;
oruurKs exi?act an immense snowfall
from the moist airs of the Pacific. The
fall of last year was forty-eight feet, and
the depth of the snow on the ground was
six feet.
The mushrooms are formed of moist
snow. Wton the wind is light which Is
always the cas in this region the snow
surface remains rough, presenting many
points for attachment. The upper surface
of the Hake which Is exposed to the sir
remains mobt upon It, when the sur
faces In contact are united by a thin
layer of ice. which Is thn a part of the
structure of each snowflake.
As the depth of the snow deposit in
creases the pressure of superintendent
layers slowly squeezes air out of the
lower layers. These become more com
pact and more tenacious as the process
proceeds, a stump two feet in diameter
had a mushroom nine feet across, the
lower part projecting three and a half
feet all around the pcdestaL A broken
tree four feet In diameter had a mush
room twelve ft across. The weight of
the mushrooms in most cues is over a
ton.
11 HI
i nr tup innasinn
One of the Fakes That
a Long Time.
Lasted
STORY FROM WASHINGTON
Tale with Many Interesting
Points Is Told.
Bvery Washingtonian is familar with
avenue, uetween rweittn ana umneentn
streets, rioruiwest, wnicn is one or tne
remarkable old curiosity shops of the city
T"e establishment has been running since
j 1S2. and during that time three genera-
I ons ot iancocKs nave maae a point or
! collecting things rare or likely to be of
i Interest to future generations. Among
these is one which cannot be duplicated
elsewhere, and which deserves to be pre
served as a curio that is a landmark to
the history of frauds and fakes. The ob
ject is nothing more nor loss than what
in the past has been variously known as
a "Japanese merimaid," "Fiji mermaid,'
"Chinese mermaid," etc., declares the
Washington Post.
For ages the Japanese and Chinese
have been experts in the making of mon
strs and fabulous animals. Give a Jap
anese the tail of a dried fish, some man-
key or pis skin, and a little wool or cot
ton, and he will turn out a mermaid
which. If found lying on the beach by
one acquainted with its history, would
be taken for the dried remains of just
such a creature. Several centuries ago,
when European ships found their way In
to Japanese waters, the Japanese heard
a deal of mermaids and mermen from
tho superstitious Portuguese, Dutch, and
English sailors, so much, that finally one
day a shrewd workman constructed out
of a piece of dried fish and part of a
monkey's skin and skeleton what looked
for all the world like a dead mermaid that
had laid on tho bsrach for several weeks,
until tho skin and body were thoroughly
nummlfied. This of course, made a great
sensation among the Ignorant and super
stitious European sailors, who purchased
the fraud at a high figure. Finding they
could sell theso humbugs at astounding
prices, other Japanese and Chinese began
making fake mermaids .whlcn, when they
wold the mto the sailors, they alleged
came from the distant South Seas, near
the Fiji Islands, etc.
Europe and America did not hear of
these mermaids, however, until along
about 122, whe nan English sailor took
on to London, where it created an im
mense sensation, and even puzzled the
men of science of that day and time.
Finally it remained for Bamum to exploit
the matter, wlrich he did some years after
this mermaid reached London. Speaking
of the matter in his memoirs and life, he
says:
"A curiosity, which In an extraordinary
degree served my ever-present object of
extending thenotorioty of the American
Muum (Barnum's fourth venture In the
amusement line, located on Broadway,
and about the worst collection of hum
bugs and frauds ever gathered together
under ona roof), was the so-called 'Feejee
Mermaid.' It has beenu supposed that
this mermaid was manufactured by my
order, but such is not the fact. I was
known as a successful showman, and
strange things of every sort were brought
lo me from all quarters for sale or ex
hibition. In the summer of 1S42 Mr. Moses
Kimball of the Boston Museum came to
New York and showed me what purported
to be a mermaid. He had brought it
from a sailor, whose father, a sea captain
had purchased it in Calcutta In 1S22 from
some Japanese sailors. I may mention
here that this Identical preserved speci
men was exhibited in London in 1S22, as
I fully verified on my visit to that city
In 1S5S, for I found my advertisement of
It in an old file of the London Times, and
a friend gave me a copy of the mirror,
published by J. Limbard, 335 Strand, No
vember 9, 1S22, containing a cut of this
same creature and two pages of letter
press describing it, together with an ac
count of other mermaids said to have
been captured in different parts of the
world. The mirror stated that this speci
men was 'the great source of attraction in
the British metropolis, and 3-30 to 4M peo
ple every day paid their shilling to soe
it.'
"This was the curiosity which had fall
en into Mr. Kimball's hands. I requested
my naturalists's opinion of the genuine
ness of tho animal, and he said he could
not conceive how it could have been man
ufactured, for he never saw a monkey
with such peculiar teeth, arms, hands,
etc.. and he never saw a fish with such
peculiar fins; but he did not believe In
mermaids. Nevertheless I concluded to
hire this curiosity and to modify the gen
eral incredulity as to the possibility, of
the existence of mermaids (which was
evidently not a very hard task in those
days), and to awaKen a curiosity to see
and examine the specimen I invoked the
potent power of printer's Ink.
'Since Japan has been opened to the
outer world it has been discovered that
certain 'artists in that country manufac
ture a great variety of fabulous animals
with an Ingenuity and mechanical per
fection well .calculated to deceive. No
doubt any mermaid was a specimen of
this curious manufacture. I used it mainly
to advertise the regular business of the
museum, and this effective, indirect ad
vertising is the only feature I can com
mend In a special show, of which, I con-
fess. 1 am not proud. Newspapers
throughout the countr ycoplcd the mer
maid notices, for they were novel and
caught the attention of readers. Thus
wa sthe fame of the museum as well as
the mermaid wafted from one end of the
land to the other. I was careful to keep
up the excitement, for I knew that every
dollar sown in advertising would return
In ten sand perhsps hundreds In a future
harvest, and after obtaining all the no
toriety possible by advertising and exhib
iting the mermaid at the museum. I
sent the curiosity Throughout the country,
directing my agent everywhere to adver
tise It as 'From Barnum's Grwit Ameri
can Museum. New Tor- The effect was
Immediately felt: money flowed In rapHly.
and was readily expended In more ad
vertising." Such. In brief, is the history of one of
the moat gigantic fakea ever perpetrated
upon the American public, the "Fiji nvsr
mald." Old TChIntonIan have a dis
tinct recollection of this hoax, and of
how the people Cocked to seo what looked
like a xnummefled monkey with a. Baa's
act that the mermaid buaUte- was more
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Barber Shop and Bath Room
119 East Douglas.
Bath rooms open on Sunday until 12 m,
Prompt service. Everything first-class.
J. B. THOMPSON, Proprietor.
A. C. Husey's
Commercial
lub ...UNION
igar ...MADE.
tan. But teh humbug did not last. The
profitable than fan tan or the opium trade
spread in China and Japan until so many
Chinks were busy making mermaids that
soon there came a slut on the mnrkpt
that caused oven the dense and super
stitious sailors to suspect fraud. Every
sailor returning from the far East brought
one of these mummified mermaids home
with him, and soon the objects, which
in 1S2 and 1S44 were the sensation of the
hour, and, as Barnum himself states,
were a puzzlje to me nof science, were as
common as conch shells and cocoanuts
along the docks of London and New York.
Mermaids became very cheap, and sail
ors refused to buy more. In fact, the
sailors, angry over having been deceived,
were almost ready to mob the first Ce
lestial who, at Hong Kong, Canton, and
Shanghai or Nagasaki, came aboard ship
with "mermaids ' for sale.
The one in tho old Hancock tavern was
brought to this city from China in 1S70,
or perhaps earlier, and for a time be
longed to a groceryman of the name of
B. W. Read, who kept store In Pennsyl
vania avenue, near the corner of Eleventh
street who gave It to Mr. Hancock. It is,
perhaps, todayl one of the very few of
these object's still to be found In this
country and England, an empty piece of
nonsense, upon which the Barnum for
tune was largely built.
Some twenty-five years ago the Century
Magazine published an article on "Mon
sters," in which a very entertaining ac
count was given of the old trade In Jap
anese mermaids. Yet for all this enlight
enment, Mr. Hancock Is every now and
the nastonlshed, not to say amused, at
the talk an darguments of people, who.
apparently intelligent, stand before this
humbug, believing It to be real, positive
that It Is the dried corpse of an actual
mermaid, and ready to back their credul
ity with money. More tha nonce Mr. Han
cock, in order to prevent such people
from losing money, has been obliged to
forestall and Interrupt wagers and bet
ting, telling the credulous that the ob
ject In the case of a joke
MUSIC DURING MEALS.
Punch asks this and cites the following:
'If music mates with love of food, play
on" Bacon.
Herr Richard Strauss writes: "The em
ployment of orchestras at meal times
opens up endless new vistas to the writer
of 'programme" music. I have just com
pleted a new suite, entitled, 'Hebe and
Ganymede.' occupying two hours in per
formance ,each movement of which Is
contrived to coincide In length and treat
ment with a fresh course. Thus In the
soup section the wooing of the turtle Is
suggested by a passage of four flutes, and
the 'bird' is. richly scored with bravura
passages for the oboes and piccolo. An
expressive tmenulando for violins, heraldg
wit ban anticipatory shiver the adxent of
the Ice pudding, and a tremendous coda
in the finale greets the arrival of the
coffee and liquors."
Sir Hubert Parry writes from the Royal
College of Music: "I have long been a
believer in the etflcacy of music at meals,
and In proof thereof beg to send you the
score of my incidental music to the 'Koaat
Pair of Sirens.'
Lord Grimthorpe writes: "As a con
vinced 'mealer." 1 am of opinion that If
people are not to drink-between break
fast and lunch, or between lunch and
dinner, the meals themselves should be
made as' melodiously attractive as possi
ble. Let our motto therefore be: Drink
to me only with thine ears.
Mr. T. P. O'Connor writ: "Tlie only
objection I have to music at meal time
is this: When I har music, being of a
very emotional Celtic temperament. I am
irresistibly Impelled to sing. The last
time this happens! 1 wa eating a plover's
egg. My dear boy. I nearly had a spasm
of the glottis!"
The proprietor of the qtiIcx lunch res
taurant In the Strand writea: "We Sad
that It accelerates our already almost in
credible pace If the Turkish ratnL' or
aotae other rapid march Is played during
the flv minute in which our l.COl reys
lr custonfters enjoy their zalddey meal
Mr. Henry rflrd writes: "You xsk.
'Should thre be music during malT
Bui what of the converse? fchouW there
be steals during music? It seems to in
that to offer rasslc at a restaurant L a
cpafasslos of failure on the part of tfaf
chef. Our nsu?!c at the St. James Hall
concert would hv to be bad Indt-ed fce
fore we provided the extra Inducement of
food to go with It.
Mr. 3. P. Sous writes: "There U no
doubt that the nearer the trcssbose the
sweeter tha meat." j
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Phil. Y. Stroheker, L). U?., Prop
All work guaranteed?
MISS BLANCHE MASCAL, attendant.
Office Hours: 8 to 12 a. m.; 1:20 to
5:30 p. m.
Dr. E. H. Creditor
DENTIST
High Class Dental Work af reasonable
prices. Satisfactory Gold Bridge and
Crown Work at reduced prices. Saving
the natural teeth a specialty. Teeth ex
tracted without pain. I can make a set
of teeth to fit the most difficult mouth.
..11 work guaranteed.
Office 149 N. Main St
Opposite Cjd Location.
DRS. WILSON & PUTNAM,
Dentists.
US E. Douglas, Wichita, Kan.
Dr. J. C. Wilson, one of WIchitn's lead
ing Dentists for eighteen years, hns re
turned and engaged in practice of
dentistry at his old otlice, US E. Douglas.
He will be pleased to have old friends and
pntrons call and see him. 'Phone 1022,
red.
Established 1S76.
Fred W. Israel Keal Estate Co.
Successor to Israel Bros.
Real Estate and Keats
To buy Wichita cltj- property or Sedg
wick county land at present prices means
large returns on your money. Wichita.
with her stock and other Industries, is
Just in her Infancy, and such bar;a:us aa
we can now oner were never of-ed be
fore. All having business In our line are
ir.Mted to call or correspond.
The Wichita Interests of non-residents
pioperly and faithfully cared for. Omce.
second floor. 123 North Market street.
Israel Building.
That Essential Quality
While this Bank adopts
evry desirable method of
modern BanKjnfT. It never
loses sight of that essential
quality :
ALJi-OLUTE SAFETY
The National Bank of
Commerce of Wichita, Kan.
A. C. JOBES. C. W. CAREY.
President. Cashier.
J. II. BLACK, F. A. RUSSELL.
Vtce-Pras. As't Caahler.
C Q
Chaler,
Eta berry Martin.
Cahler.
Chas. Testard.
PresW oat.
I. Masterman.
Vkre-pres.dat.
Astdxtant Catii
J, W Berryman. Second Vce-TresHlsnt.
the Kansas national bank
of Wichita. KaneJi.
(The Oldest Bank In ArJeanaa Valley.)
Capital, $100,000.
L. S. Naftrter.
President.
J. iL Moore.
W. R. TueVer.
Vlca- Prt Id en t.
Caahler.
The Fourth National Bank
United State Depository.
Capital, 5200,000.
Surplus, $25,000.
Directors V. K. Tucker. W. E. Jett, R.
L. Hines. B F J!cLa. S it AsAimn.
J. 31- Moor. L. 3. Jiaftxier. C W.
Browa. O 7. Ssatth.
K ceacral baskl g ot trzasacioi.
Wichita. Kan-XK.
Barred Plymouth Rocks
Aad P-rtd.ee Cochin Chic ess. !H pr
riucs, hiicb t ftcore Is zh t t thU
yer. Errs To- r. Scad for clrcuUr
All Telz.it of Poultry T.t-rzCi ad Sap
piies. The;! ti UiL L'fl Liot
Kfllr d Ktx-M-ier Cokey Rcuy
Crr- Oyte sttIL Vllex. CryCL Cr.t
Boss. Blood sad OH Meal.
OTTO WEISS.
lOt . Mtii Arexce, 7iclU- KTi.
Over 227 E. De-ffUs,
Wichita Union Stock Yards Co
WICHITA, KANSAS- - r
CAPACITY-3,000 CATTLE, 5,000 HOGS
W. R. DULANEY, Superintendent of Stock Yards.
All Pens Covered. Private Yards for Texans. Perfect Sewerage and City Wmiefc,
Casey & Garst Mercantile Co.
. - (Incorporated.)
WHOLESALE CIGARS, TOBACCO, CANDIES
AND GROCERS1 SUNDRIES
Distributing Agents for Cuban Sprig and Czarina Cigars
141 and 143 North Market Street Wfch.Ua, Kaasas
B. F. McLEAK,
Vonr?n of 'WICHITA. KAN". TECK. KAN.
I ft I (IS HI ARKANSAS CITY. KAN.
CHENEY. KAN. CLEARWATER. KAN
WICHITA FOUNDRY, MACHINE AND BOILER SHOPS
WICHITA JOBBING AND
VALLENSTEIN & COHN
Wholesole Milliners. 233-15-237-239
East Douglas avenue; imi-orters
LEHMANN-HIGGINSON GROCER CO,
Wholesale Grocers. Corner William street and Santa Fe avenue.
JETT & WOOD
Wholesale Grocors.
WICHITA WHOLESALE GROCER CO.
Sell everj-hing in the grocery line. Popular brands of Cigars.
of Santa Fe avenue and William streeL
McCOMB BROS.
Wholesale Saddlery.
Douglas avenue.
L. HAYS SADDLERY AND LEATHER CO.
Manufacturers of Harness and Jobbers of Saddlery. 125-127 West Dougtaa
avenue.
THE PERU-VAN 2ANDT IMPLEMENT CO.
Wholesale Farm Machinery. Threshers. Plows, .hellers. Vehicles, etc
Sample rooms 123 125 127 North Water atreeL 'Phone 350.
A. BISHOP
Wholesale dealer in Paints, Glass. Varnishes. Paint and Varnish Brush's.
Largest stock in the state. 25 North Main streeL
SOUTHWARD & JOHNSTON.
Hides, Furs. Pelts nnd Tailow. Call up long Cletance 'phono 207.
pay Eagle quotations. No commission charged.
NIN E BURRUS
Manufacturer nnd Jobber of Cigars. El Campo Cigar. 10 cents Star Flrj
Cigar, 5 cents. 120 Xorth Market BtreoL
GEORGE WETTER HOLD
Wholesale Manufacturer of all kinds ot Mattreaffaa. Pillows and Excelsior.
Factory corner Kellogg street, from Fourlii to Fifth dtvenues.
THE AYLESBURY MERCANTILE CO.
Wholesale Grocers. Corner Third
ROSS BROS. "
Wholesale Seed and Commission
B. STOCKER
Mantels, Grates, Cement Plaster. LI mo. Hair. Piaster. AJbcstoa.
Brick, Fire Clay. Cement. Color Mortars. 148 North Water street.
THE HOCKADAY HARDWARE CO.
Exclusive Wholesale. Shelf and Hoavv Hardware. Tin and Enatncted
Wares, Ammunition. Long distance 'phone. 49.
CHAS. LAWRENCE
Dealer in Photographers' Supplies. 213 East Doughw avenue Tele
phone connection.
ELECTRICAL SUPPLY AND CONSTRUCTION CO.
Ever-tbing Electrical. 'Phone 298
AMERICAN CORNICE WORKS
Fred Bucktev, Proprietor Manufacturers of Sbeflt M&Ul Cornice, Sky
m lights. Tin. Copper and Slate Rooflog. GotUriag, Spoutfing. l'tum it.
THE C. E. POTTS DRUG CO.
Exclusive Wholesale Drugs, Medicines. Chemical. Paints and Fin
CIgarB. 117119 121-123 North Santa Fe avenue.
WICHITA RUMP FACTORY AND MACHINE BHOPS
Walterschoid Bros.. Proprietors. Wholesale aad tonal Alia VVlnd Mills.
Iron Pumps (45 kinds). Steel Tank. Pipe and FUtiBs. Belting, Hoe.
Packing. Automobile Supplies. Any Machine and Fowttdr Wrk. Irca
Brass and Aluminutr. Casting made to ord9r. Ask for prise 116-J2S
North Mead avntie. NVw 'phone. 11&
WICHITA STOVE AND IRON WORKS r "
Ideal Stovoa. Architectural and
in atock. One block north Union
MOORE DRUG CO. WICHITA SURGICAL AND DENTAL DEPOT
Wholesale Drugs. Surgical Instrument, and Denial StpnHiK 216
Douglas avenue.
THE WICHITA AND EAGLE CORNICE
Manufacturer of Galvanized Iron and Copper Cornice, Tin, Uom and SlaU
ooang 136 North I-awreni! avenec. Nw Phase 75.
Itoofln
AMERICAN SODA & BAKING "OWDER CO.. MANUFACTURERS
147 North Emporia avenue. M. a Do yd en. Jr.. Maaacar. Iftee RIbbos
Brand Baking Powder. HIh Grade Coffoeg aad Spteoe; feVorx' SwthU.
Coffeo Ura and Mills; VInejar aad CMars; 21D Flavoring ExtraciTaa'd
Soda Fountains.
F. L. WATSON &. CO.
A complete line of Wholesale Notlona, Whips, etc.
TVmtrlas arena e. Tboae 242.
THC SCHWARTZ LUMBER AND COAL CO, WHOLESALE
Cement. Lira. Cement Piaster. Hair. MoYtar Color. Fit:j Brick, Wall Coo
ing, Ccn-amn aad Face Brick. Stoae. Ptptfsaont Saltbtng Coal etc.
Wf.fa for pric. Shippers ot Pumped ArkaaKie Rfrer Sand capaci'r
ten ear pr daySlWet Don? In y arraoe Wichita, Kan. Pfcene
WICHITA TENT AND AWNING 7d A NUFACTORY,
Establish 1S?7 Wta. C Langdon. Prop. Mauoactwar of Ten's.
Awoian aad AH Kiwis of Caava Cvr. JonW ia all sirlM and
-vtdihs of Cotton Dnck. TeoU fo r rnL Fad for Tree caUfar -
N. Mart ft St- Phone
OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
COX-JOHNSTON-DIMOND D. G. CO
210-212 Wert Doaslaa. ww
Wholesale Dry Goods, Notion, GenU and Ladles' FurnUhJna.
COMPLETE LINES IN ALL DEPARTMENTS NEW STOCVC
Orders and TislU reapectf u Ur solicited-
Independent. BH aad Wichita Long Htanc poce frr. cq 57t
G. GEHRIKG, Druggist
CDrb Ap9!fcecJ
Choice Imported and Domestic Cigars.
N"ortfcut Coraer f DoecJ ad TopV
Avm-ec
Tbotve 5d WIchlU, "C x
J. P. ALLEN
DRUGGIST
XQ err r-
exive epnst 1 attmtS .
108 Eut Dus!a. Wichita.
Lumber Dealer
. -612 West Douglas
Satisfaction guaranteed la
Machinery and Foundry Work.
Phone 916. IIS North Wichita
street. Wichita, Kan.
The Pratt Lumber Go.
Established In ISti
Can't Let It Go
when you see the Inducements that we
are offering in our prices on high sradt;
building lumber. Such a nopportuait
don t often present itself, as you will see
whew you Investigate. If you aro about
to build, don't buy Oil you see the quality
of our flooring, siding and finish, then
hear the prices that wo are quoting. See
our window screens and fancy scrren
doors.
Corner Firs, and Lnwrence. Phone 77.
MANUFACTURING HOUSES
South Main street. 103-10o-i67-I09
and designers.
Corner William street and Santa Fe avenac.
Corne?
Manufacturers of Harness and Saddles. 401 East
Wa
street and Santa Fo aveauu Thoa 229.
Merchants. 309 East Dougi&t avenue
F1r
127 North Markat street.
Structural Iron Works,
dpot. 'Phono 125.
Steel Beam
Eut
WORKS
17 and g!9 WhI
Sickner .
Conservatory
of Music
'
ALL BRANCHES.
OPEN ALL THE. YEAR.
Bt3d,i jt-xy ar M naMl
Bnd for csttaly.
A. W, SICKNER, Dlrtctsr.
PhOA 407 EJt Ovinias A