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THE WICHITA DAILY EAGLE: WICHITA, KANSAS, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 27. 1886.
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TUESDAY MORNING. AFKH. 27.
MY SAILOR.
He lay at my siJo on that eastern bill,
Ify brave, street lal with the golden hair,
And gazed at tbo vessels, which seem to fill
The ripplin; breadth of the harbor there
The black-hulled vessels from over the sea,
The white-sailed vessels that cams and
went
"I am going to sail away," said he,
To sail some day to my heart's content!
"I shall see th9 waving of southland palms,
The dark, Cerce fronts of the icebergs tall.
And gather the grapes, as a beggar alms,
From vinos on some Spanish convent's
wall"
Then ho drew my hand from beneath his
chin.
And trailed my fingers across his lips:
"Yes, we both will sail fiom this town of
Lynn
In one of thoso staunch old black-prowed
ships."
So one summer evening his ship sot sail,
And floated off in the twilight grim;
I bespsd np the cssel with blossoms pale,
And wept that I could not follow him.
And I can not say that the palms are there,
JTor icy mountains he longed to see;
Bat I know he sailed into lands more fair,
And stronger arms, when ho went
from me,
O, my brave sweet lad! how bis angel eyes
Will gazo out over tho ocean dim.
That reaches from earth unto Paradise
Till I set my sail and follow him.
James Berrr BcnseL
THE WIDOWS SECRET.
-I don't think that you treat him right,"
said the rosy little widow to the dressmaker
who was fitting her trim figure to a silk
gown of tho color of -moon upon tho lake,"
and at the saino time holding hr head back
and a trifle to ono side, lest her tears should
drop thereon. "I don't think women know
how to treat their husbands."
"You must be expert in the matter," re
sponded Mrs. Fittem, "seeing this is tho
fourth time you have tried 'cm. Hollow in
your back a trifle, as is natural to you
there sets like a dnck's foot In tho mud
can't bo bettered," she exclaimed, profes
sionally. "Men are good creatures when women
know how to manage them. They do seem
to incline more to some women than to
others."
"You never had a drinking husband,
ma'am, I suppose!"
"Bless you! no, never! I could not abide
the breath. A woman ought to bo on her
guard."
"It seems so ttrango. Widow hood seems
natural to some women they thrive and
grow pretty upon it"
The widow laughed, saying:
"I never gave it a thought, but it may
be so."
"Going to bo married tho fourth time!
Not a chick nor child! not forty yet, and as
plump and pretty a ever! Upon my word,
ma'am, I don't see howyou manage."
"Oh, that's a socret"
Mrs. Fittem opened her eyes wide, and
slowly repeated:
"A secretl"
"Yes, indoed! I have found it works ad
mirably with three husbands, and no doubt
it will work just as well with tho fourth."
"Bles my heart!" exclaimed the di ct
maker, dropping the cord sbo was covering
to put tho flounce on with, and an ill-tilt
guisod horror on her face.
"Oh, I didn't kill ray threo husbands.
They were dotingly fond of mo to tho last,
and left me well provided for."
"Do tell mo your secret, ma'am," and tho
expectant, not to say painful hopo, bright
ened her wan face.
"It isn't much, Mrs. Fittem, and ret it is
a secret, and its application has been, as it
were, disastrous in my case. I nm sure I
never expected it"
"Dear me! you seem to own up to tomo-
imng. ilia thoy die suddonly, poor crit
ters i"
"Quite the contrary; they lived along ns
if loth to go."
"Poor critters! I should have thought yoo
w ould hat o felt baX"
"I did, indeed!" and tho pretty woman
preparing to wed her fourth husband wept
at the memory of tho tbrea
"Do toll mo all about it," persisted the
oilier, witu a look not sympathetic. "Your
tears don't tocm to dim your haudsomo
eyes."
"I don't know about that I never
thought about that but, Mrs. Fittem, first
and last, I have cried a great deal."
"Perhaps you had a reason unknown to
tho world, ma'am. Hut I want dreadfully
to know bow you managed it"
Our widow was n sort of Widow Wadley,
easily beguiled to tears or smiles, and the
began to jiercviio tliat tho oluto dress
maker had soma latent design in tbus mcs
tioniiiT her, w bich she did not object to
gratify. Accordingly she assumed tho nar
ratito form, while the needle of her auditor
clicked against her tbimb'e in concert
"My first husband, you mu.t know, trsi
well to-Io, but not rich. He w cut to church
every Sunday, and dropjx! :! cents each
Into the contribution lox never more or
less. I knit biin stockings and made him
shirts; ho liked to so women industrious
and I was industrious We went to tort
ures, ami now- and then to a social party
always at homo and to ld at 10 o'clock.
Ho was agreeable m temper and apt to fall
ailcep. Slow and automatic in mot cment
Ho had n way of looking into kettles and
jars as if ho cxec:ed to find tbem out of
order; and be did so find tbem somctinios
it wes a comfort to him. Ho road all my
letters, ho luul it Ho poked over my
bureau drawers, an 1 saw all my glorei and
hit os in such u mesi and in the mil Jibt
way rcpiim inded inc. This was a comfort
to him also Ho had not a inult; ho hail
not a ice; ho had not on inordinate desire.
I wished he had."
"You WKkcd woman!" ejaculated the
drwnia'-er. "You didn't know whoa you
were wo'.l o.T."
-I know it I know it I didn't somehow
grow good w ith such a man as I ought to
have done, but when he was gono I saw it
all, and almost c.ioj my eyes out You see
a man is a good thing to have around the
housa, to lock tjo doors and look after
things. When a woman is once used to hav
ing one around she is sure to feol lonesome
and out of sorts w hen ho is gone. I learned
to think a dull bust and by no means unde
sirable as a husliand. low the second hus
LanL 1 wore my widow's w-pods tho con
ventional jwriod, though several of tho most
rgnoablj men wcreattcntho to mo. but I
tiiut my eyes. I mnuaged to keep them
.from pro. oing, for 1 rather liked my f ree
do;u, mid somehow three excellent men, who
lial known my excellent husband, were not
to my mind. I am afraid I hated good
men."
The dressmaker grained.
"How could you? lam sure such a hus
1 and must be Ixnutifuk"
"That is true, Mrs. i ittein, and he thought
ins beautitu'. Hut you must understand be
w as a nioJel man, and bo did bis best to
innkeiuoa model woiian, but it was not
in m . AVe women aro naturally parterre,
and apt to thin our way as good as a man's
way"
"o it is, only u good deal better," mut
ter 1 the other.
I .on't know about that I am apt to
Ui.n . a man is wissr about many things
tnan we urn, but, any way, married peop'e
will ouarrtl tu a rule, because each is bent
upon nisonn nay. Xow I ncverdisputed a
huband never, never opposed him. But, as
I a going to siy, ens of my admirers was
of ndiuercntkint Ho was bright, dash
ing, biga tp-rited and witty. He quite took
uie by storm of contrast He was nit a
model uiaa by any moans, but he was intel
ligent, .ovod boats, ani bad a fine taste for
music. He had a lnion opinion of women
in general, and was sometin.es furious at
himself for loving me. He declared he would
be n-aster H ile of me, which was quite
unnecessaiy for I rather lifctd to haiea
master as sarinj trouble, and responsibility.
1 bate di-pute and fusses of any kind, aad
let mutters shoe in the easiest manner pos
aiblo."
"I should think you might bo a little buy,"
returned her auditor
"is that tho name for it! Well, perhaps I
am Ho woald get into a fury about his
buttons, and tcausj a door creaked or the
cotTse was poor, and storm about the house,
And slam doors and kick oec cbaiit, at
which I only said. 'Softly, softly, dear,
which only made him worse."
"I believe j ou," said the dressmaker.
"He even called me a devil once, in a tort
of tender fit, and quoted Shakespeare: 'Par
ditou catch my soal, but I do love thee!'"
"He said I wou'.d sit perfectly calm on a
husbind's coXu while be smothered
beneath, for whit h a woman to do but be
.quiet when a big. strong xnaa is raging
about nothing. In one of thoso sptUa b
broke a blttd veasel on the brain, aad aa
autopsy showed a disease of the head which
' raa pitiful to think about"
Tr onuer ne nacnt cuisa you," was the
response of Mrs. Fittem.
"My third husband was all sentiment, and
called mo pet names that would have de
lights! Fannie Osgood, the poet I took
them all patiently."
"Patiently!" cried h;r hearer. "It must
have been delightful"
"Yes. When he called me pet, I had an
excuse for being girlish; if birdie, I might
trill my notes; quecny might be cold and
proud, so he bad it all his own way. But
your tenemental man want3 a good deal of
sentiment in return; must bo indulged and
coddled, and sses everything in a sweet
Arcadian light; wants his wife to dross in
out of the-way ttyloi"
"It seems to me that your second husband
understood you letter than the others," re
marked tho dressmaker.
"How sol no matter; but you must see
that I am right in thinking that you do
not know how to manage your husband,
Mrs. Fittem."
"You have not yet told me your secret"
"Do you not guess it J"
"It seems to me that you let them have
their own way."
"To bo sure I did. It is fatal to man or
to woman nlways to have their own way.
A little contention is tbo passport of love.
Sothing is more fatal than indifference."
"And you married threo men and indiffer
ent to all!"
Tho widdow reddened.
"Perhaps I am naturally of that kind,
while you. Mrs. Fittem, oppose, fret and
scold and are not happy ourself. nor do
you make him any the better man. Men
oio not easily turned about"
"What would you do in a case liko mine,
where a man dnnksP
"I would manage just tho same."
"But how, ma'am, howf
"Well, well, muttered the widow half to
herself, "I can't find opinions and make an
notations on them."
"Do tell your secret now, I can not for
my life guess what it is,"
"Dear Mrs. Fittem, you aro an admirable
dressmaker; my silk, to uso your own illus
tration, sits liko a d jck's foot in tho mud;
Lut you don't know how to manage a hus
band. You must come the morning I am
to bo marriod, and g-o that I am all right
Mrs. Blank is fastidious. My hat is a per
fect loo of a hat, and makes mo look
charming, but let me adtiso you," laying at
the same time a nicely-gauntict.-tl Land on
Mrs. Fittcm's shoulder, "let our husband
have his own way," and tho whirled her
limber little shape out of the door, with a
musical little laugh that did not crinkle her
checks nor pucker her eyes.
Mrs. Fittem gavo tho moon upon-tho-lake
dress a somewhat vigorous kici, and ex
claimed: "She's a devil, that's what she is, and that
is tbe way sho has made herself throe times
a widow."
"So aro all women," hiccoughed a maui-
lin voice, just coming in over tho rear
threshold. "Who are you contemplating,
lovey! Who is itP
Tho dressmaker eyed Win a moment
scornfully, hut tho calling her "lovoy" did
the business for him; with mingled Wrs
and smiles she patted his dusty shoulder,
and replied:
"Dear, dear duckey, tho uico litt'o widow
has been telling mo how how I might be a
widow."
"She has! Sbo understands the business.
I should think." The idta had the effect to
sober him. "What did sho want you to do,
lovey P
"Well it was drea Iful!"
Well, well, what was it! I'll have a war
rant out and arrest her."
"1 noicr will do it, duckey, never."
"I am sure of it, I can trust you. You
are not fit to be a poor, lono widow. You
need the protecting arm of some husband."
Mr Fittem drew herself up a bit at this;
there was a rcliellion in her look.
"Yos, the told mo her secret," she said.
"What was it, lovely! I am sure you
would not hurt a hair of tho head of your
poor, devoted "
Hero he broke down from somo cause or
other, and staggered to ono side.
"I told her about your drinking so, James,
and how you spent my earnings, and bow
I get out of all patience and sometimes well
nigh bato you." This was said with grave
solemnity, and then sho added briskly:
"What do you think sho told mo to do:"
"Couldn't guoss; but I'm very Euro you
won't do it"
".Never you would not livo a month."
"Do tell do tell what it was."
"Sbo told mo to let you Iiavo your own
way think of that!"
Tbo nian'j eyes twinkled with wicked
mirth.
"That wasn't so bad, lovey."
"Jfot so ba 1! why you would drink your
self to death in a month cr less, if I let you
have your own way."
"Oh, no; I would bo cautious for your
dear sake, so unfit to bo a widow. Lit m:
have my pwu .ny, lovey; I'll take tho
risk"
And she did sho fo'lowod tho widow's
advice. I n ler tho circumstances, tho reader
can eaily r.nino why Mrs. Fittem becaino
c. widow. Boston Budget
llonutlful Currant Jelly In Franer.
M. Cbar!os Girard, chemist of Paris, re
cently amused himself by investigation of
the ingredients of a beautiful rei currant
jelly charmingly put up for export to the
Uninod States. There was not an atom of
fruit in tbe mass, as was demonstrated by
tha adding to it of methylated alcohol,
which would have turned it green had it
contained aqy fruit acid. It ira, found to
consist of gelatine, sweetened with glycer
ine residue colored with pichsino (a poison
ous mineral extract), and flavored with no
one knows what A great many ritopli in
this country imagine no currant jelly so
good as that which is imported from Franca
Bsoton Budget
New Yrk" Alt-Aliko Houses.
I won ler how- the men w bo livo iu some
of tho up town fiats get homo late at night,
or do they all go homo early! The chances
of a stroll took me la-t evening among some
&tre ts on the wist side almost soli.ily lined
with apartment bouses of the modestly
handsome ordo". They seemed to bo built
by doens together on tli3 samo plan, out of
tbo sains material, with tLo samo porches,
the same finish from Lavement to cornice,
and I am ready to mako my allldat it that I
became bewildered by a merely superficial
survey of their prevailing Siamese-twin
likeness. Do their wives hang signals out
for late home-comors, or have they private
marks by which their doors may be identi
fied! Alfred Trunin in Xew York News.
At lioleomc 3tcut for London 1'our.
An English clergyman, tho Rev. ?reeman
Wills, vicar of St Agatha's, Finsbury av
nne, has sotgoin? three butcher shops in
London, to supi ly tho poor with good an 1
wbolescin meat at reasonable prices, ni.il
has demonstrated that ho can make a profit
upon selling not only American leef and
Sew Zelaud mutton, but even English beef
an I mutton, at figures averaging 'M per
cent less than thoso demanded by the regu
lor butchers for the same quality of meat
Local butchers in competition with his shops
ba e had to make largo reductions in their
prices. Xew York Sen.
Down to the Thin! Generation.
Dr. S. O. Howo was fount once by
Francis Bird with his feet swathed in flan
nels and extended upon a chair. Calling
the next day and finding him in like pod
tion, h said: "Howe, what is the mattorr
"1 have the gout," said Howe. "You have
the gout such a temperance man as you "
"Ye," said tho groat pbl'unthropist "ye-.
Bird, my ancestors drank wine, and 1 mut
foot thj bills." Chicago Living Church.
httt At Ue Man Cenerallr lines.
G.een cucumbers, red headed girls, un
ioa led ret oh ers, tale telling children and
cbnap rhinqiagns are the things which th.,
wise man treats respei tf ally but distantly,
but never tabes to lis bou4 Fall Kivcr
Advance.
11ul tI.I the Year Urine?
Utilitarians mike no doubt that our civ-ili.-ation
will be p-oervod. Power, they
say, is a convertible term for such knowl
edge as ours. The Hoinans could not beat
barbarLm with fine arts and grammar, but
we can beat it with Gatling guns and steam.
Useful inventions survive their inventors,
and, moreover, tLe power of knowledge im
plies tho ab.lity of preparing the way for
higher conquest 1 hus far, at least, tbe
prospects of our path are still upward, and
the observing traveler may pauso now and
then to view tbe ever-widening panorama,
or wonder at the possible revelations of each
higher stage, for sxmehow every great dis
covcry bassur,4-iscd discoverers nearly as
much as tha pubbc. Gunpowder, tbe new
world, and tho art of photography was
found by accilent, or in search of quite
other things. Tbe mine of science hide still
many treasures, and the number of the dag
gers continue to multiply from year to year.
WLat will the nt rear bring! An aerial
tteam-ya Lt, an automatic soond-recorderl
A new explosive of earth-transforming
powdcrf Dr. Felix L. Oswald.
Largest Cat In the Coantrj.
There was on exhibition at New Haven
the kins o caticia, owned by Mrs. L. T.
Higby, of New Britain- His name is
"Diamond," and hj is S years old, of the
tiger variety, weighs thirty-two pounds,
has white whrsiers, and. is .believed to be
tbe biggest tame cat in the United States.
One of the largest eats heretofore known
was A. T. Stewart's offlca cat, which
weighed over eighteen xwoada.
Oft A SHEEP RANCH.
DISMAL LIFE LED BY THE WRETCHED
MEXICAN HERDERS.
Aa Kscrarlatliij; Monotony
About the
ItaslneM ol Shrep-Herdlnj
lie Mexl-
can Herder on Doty Hard
Far from Exciting Dogs.
ITbrk and
This is a fine sheep country about hare,
and the principal ranch on Calamity creek
is said to bo the largest in the ttate. I don't
know the exact number of sbcp owned by
the proprietor of this ranch, but it must run
up into tbe hundreds of thousanda Twenty
years ago he was a bankrupt wool merchant,
in feeble health; to-day he is a ruddy-faced,
hale and hearty man of 70, whoo check is
good for tlOOfl-jQ any day. With an
original plant of 53 ewes, his fiock
has steadily increased to its present
proportions and they literally roam
on a thousand hills. Sheep re
quire a good deal cf care and attention and
every man who undertakes sheep raising is
not successful at it A man who invests in
horned cattle will get rich in spito of him
self. It requires a peculiar sort of business
sagacity to manage f-heco and make the in
vestment a paying one. Out here thay are
principally Mexicans, although necessity
forces a few white men to turn to the Lud
ncss temporarily as a means of livelihood.
They nerer stay long at it, however. There
is an excruciating monotony about sheep-
nerding which causes a white man to wish
he had never been born after a few months'
experience. Now that tbe railroad has been
put through a great many big sheep men
are importing Chinamen from California to
take the place of the Mexicans, who require
a great deal of watching.
THE MEXICAN SIIEEP-HZRDER.
The wants of a Mexican sheep-herder are
few. His ratioa is a half peck of corn
meal, a handful of salt and a double hand
ful of cbilies per day. With this humble com
missariat be will keep up life. His idea of
luxury is an occasional dram of mescal or
aguaudiento and plenty of ccra husks and
tobacco, out of win- h he manufactures that
indispensable ac "calory to Moxican woJ
being, the ciaro. A Mexican usually en
gages in sheep-herding at a tender age and
once began rarely relinquishes it A Mex
ican is conservative and content with the
established order of things. They have
made no progress in 2j0 years. This fact
makes them good sheep-herders. Conserva
tism and lack of progress are prime re
quisites in a sheep-herder. After a year's
faithful apprenticeship at sheep-herding a
Mexican boy has the trade learned and is
ready to peon himself for life. He usu
ally does. I have known a Mexican herder,
after twenty-five years' faithful service, to
die as many hundred dollars in debt to tho
man whoso flock he has carefully tended
for a quarter of a century. That is where
sheep-herding pays.
Wo will suppose, by way of illustration,
that a practical herder Las been engaged to
run a flock, and in the early monun?, as
the first gray streaks of dawn appear in the
eastern sky he sallies forth to take charge
of his wooly flock, who aro just beginning
to awake and leate their Iwdding-place. If
he is a Mexican, be looks extremely pictur
esque in his bright blue jacket, with its
double row of silver buttons, w bich, by the
way, aro not for use, but solely for orna
ment, for a Mexican never buttons his
jacket, o!so he wou'd hido Lis gaudy calico
shirt On his nether limbs nro leggings of
leather or buckskin, to protoct his legs from
the sharp thorns through which he will bo
forced to march. These are kept In place
by a crimson, orange or blue sash, over
which is buckled a broad bolt full of car
tridges. On his head is ths inevitable som
brero, with its ornamentation of gold and
silver laca If he is a sensible man, his
serapo will be tied over one shoulder and
under the opposite arm and he will carry o
Winchester rifle and a sharp butcher knife.
THE HEEDEB WMS OX DCTV.
As the sheep begin to move off bo saun
ters slow ly along behind tbem, keeping a
sharp lookout for stragglers. Sheep do not
travel fa,t, but they keep moving. At
meridian they will begin to feed back to
ward tho bedding-place. There the herder
will eat his humble dinner of tortillas and
chili, washed down by a draught of water,
if bo is fortunate enough to be in the vicin
ity of a spring or water hole. About sun
down tbe sheep will reach their camp and
begin to select beds for the night The
herder has a rude shelter near by. He
builds himself a fire and cooks his tortillas.
Possibly he may have killed a quail or a
jack rabbit during the day. If so, he makes
a savory soup. Tbei be smokes his cigaro
and walks around the fiock to see that none
aro missing. It all is woll he returns to his
camp and, rolling himself in his serapc, lies
down. He may have a good night's sleep
and he may not A careful herder will be
aroused if a single sheep moves and will im
mediately rise up to soo what is tho matter.
If a bear or cougar or tiger-cat is lurking
about be will hunt for the varmint and
either kill him or frighten him away.
Above all things he must guard against a
stampede, for if the ..mid sheep once get
started there is no stopping them the herd
would become scattered, many would be
lost and the herder would be charged up
with tho missing sheep.
In the lambing season his duties aro more
arduous and ho is often up all night Then
he must watch for thj appearance of "scab"
or any of the other countless diseases to
which sheep am subject and report to the
captain, who makes known tha fact through
the regular channel to the ranch superin
tendent If it is the scab tbe sheep are
driv en up to the ranch and run through a
dip. 1 helped dip a lot of sheep once. It is
hard work and far from exciting. In fact,
everything pertaining to sheep is like tho
foolish animals, tamo and uninteresting.
TLe sheep are sheared once a year, usually
in May. This is the sheep man's harvest
and tbe big pile of wool which rewards hlni
represents tbe profits of tbe business.
Some of tho herders havo dog dog3 pe
culiar to tho frontier, with uioro or less
wolf blood in their veins. They are a surly
and unsocial brute and far from handsome.
They are susceptible, howovcr, of a high de
gree of education and their sagacity in the
matter of tending sheep is something
marvelous. I hav o known degs that would
herd 2,000 sheep, unaided, and never loo an
animal. Tbe sheepmen opposj dogs. They
say it makes the herders lazy and careless.
They neglect their duty and depend upon
the judgment and sagacity of the dog to run
things. Texas Cor. Philadelphia Times.
ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPE.
HulMInc ShonM Conform to the Sltufr
tlnn IIiiineAtc.u! autl Surruumltnir.
At a moeting of tho MosNacbusetts Horti
cultural tociely Dr. (J. Austin l!oen fjV
on the subject of "Ilomt&teaJ lmlscapo"
Ho sail thoio is no stronger word in tho
English lamrmiiro than that co?unt old
Saxon one cf homo. Timo and thousht J
cl.Til.l Ik. c.Mnt in (ndilopitivi nf nil .
classes of homo imprxn unenti Tbo rudo i
homoateadi of Now tungland, peopled by a j
sturJy race, hao exerted a perceptible cf- j
feet upon our national prosperity. The '
iow rjiciana suns niu always taita ue
Ikl in tho future, ns in tha past. Wo shall
present as attractivo cenof cultivated l
landscapes and imposing homes as do tha ! -
most civilitoj countries of tho old world, j
A littlo Lnotvlodgo of architecture and bind- j
scapo-gardening can do much to improve ,
our homesteads a thoy now np;ar. The
expenditure of money dots not always brine ;
a return in beaut-. (
Buildings should, as far as possible, con
form to the situation and tho land a ca-,
tie on the hill acd a cot in the valley ;
never the reverse. The most incongruous
plcco of architecture Is a Swiss chalet in a
closely built city street. Another pointed
rule is to preserve tho salient features of a
landscape: a lawn with easy, circuitous ap
proach is far more pleasing than a dead
level, with every thing at right angles. A
rock bordor. a precipitouj gorg, a tangle! ,
thicket, Is oftentimes better embellished '
than removed. Kven bowlders, expensive '
objects to remove, become useful when made
center backgrounds of appropriste shrub
Wry. I
To begin well, a plan should be adopted
which can bo gradually worked out in de-
tail. A man should draw the plan for bis !
own homestead and surroundings. Old
structures can have improving touches. A !
wide-spreading porch over the door, with j
bracket supporters instead of posts, will add
to the qcamtness of an old fashioned dwell
leg. A broad, low piazza, with light sup- .
ports, might bo pennissabie should an angle
be presented by an extending portion of the
building, llemove lilac bushes and sweet ,
briars from before theVindons. to be placed '
at a respectful dUtaace from tbe housa.
Vines planted in their places win in a few
years cover the unpretending structure with
a screen of living green.
Should the house be o! mora recent con
struction, comdicr a bay window in the
place of. tbe Cat ens which now gives light
to the living-room, or a landscape window
should that room be of ample proportions.
Vines are becoming to all classes of dwell
ings. IVbea a house is built upon a bill,
trees should be planted so as to somewhat
shut it in, aad yet not overshadow it Flan
to shut out the outbuildings by groups of
evergreens. Pathways should alwavs fol
low the line that a person should take in
going from oca place to another iastiact-inlr.
W. i.. Woomux, President Wm. S. Woodmacc, Cashier. Witt C. Woodxax, Ass't Cashier.
First Arkansas Yalley Bank,
(The Oldest Money Institution in tbe Arkansas Valley.)
No.
83 Main Street.
Do a General Banking Business
IN' ALL ITS MODERN rtJNCTIOXb.
LOAN BOTH FOREIGN AND HOME MONEY IN ANY AMOUNT.
On all satisfactory collaterals Besl, Personal or Chattel aad accomodate the
Borrower with time from one day to Ave jesxs-
SELLj tickets by the fastest and safest lines.
Of Steamers In the world, to or from all principal European ports.
Vis .North German loLor py Canard Lines.
SOL. 11. KOH.N", President
A. W. OLIVEE. Vice-President
WICHITA NATIONAL. BANK,
SUCCESSORS TO'
WIOHITi B.iTSZ.
OEGANIZED LN '872.
Paid-up Capital,
DIRECTORS:
3.H. KOHN, A. W. OLIVEE. M. W.
S. T. NIKDEHLANDKIi, W. U. TCCKEE.
J. C. EDTAX.
Do a General Banking, Collecting & Brokerage Business.
kaitern and Foreign Exchange bought and told.
U. S. Bonds, of all denominattont, bought and sold.
-tt Counftr. Ibicnshiv end Municipal Bond
David90X, Pres. It. S. Uatxs, Examiner. n. W. tiiuus, VIee-Pres, Nashua, S.U
The Davidson Loan Co.
PAID-UP CAPITAL,
H01107 Always on Hand to Lean on
Have Loaned More Money in Southern Kansas
" than any company in the State.
OFFICE WITH CITIZENS HANK, Northwest J
Corner Main Street sad Douglas Avenue,
H.LOMBAItD.Jr , President,
JAS. L. LOMISABD Vlee-1'w'i.
Kansas State Bank.
Paid-up Capital,
Surplus
DJSECTORS:
JAMES L. LOMBARD,
J. 1. ALLEN,
J. M ALLEN,
(JEO. E. SPALTON.
ii'.reivr Deposits, MaKi, (SvUsrtiun,
Kl a General Baitkiuj Ilwi.es.
COEEESPOUDElirTS:
JOHN PATOS A CO., 82 Williams St., N. Y.
BLCAK8TONE NATIONAL BANK Boston.
J O. l4rlI)HOX,PrnMKl.
CITIZENS
Paid up Capital
Stockholders' Liability
Largest Paid Up Capital of any Bank in the
State of Kansas.
O. P..
S. Ij.
MILLER.
DAVIDSON,
J. O, DAVIDSON.
-Do a General Banking Business.-
United States, County, Township and Municipal
Bonds Bought and Sold
Kansas National Bank
No. 30 MAIN STREET.
COMMERCIAL BANKING A SPECIALTY
Loans Money at Lowest Bates.
Issues Sight Drafts on all parts of Europe,
Buys and Sill Gov't and Jfunicipal Bonds,
Pays Interest on Time l)e,(n'
Any Amount of
IHLAIE&TIFOIRID IMZOZN-Itliir
To Losa on uslrslj!e HEAL ESTATE-ellher I'AUSiS 01 CUV Tift f.Uli
y Connecticut Bate of ntcr-t. J
o
J. L. DYEK,
H. W. LEWIS
President.
BANK OF
Corner Douglas and
Authorized Capital,
Paid up Capital,
OFFICERS-
W. P. ROBINSON. Preedcnt. J. H. SLATER. Caahier.
OLIVER DUCK, Vice Prepident
DIRECTORS S
W. P. Robinson, Oliver DUCK
Jame8 G. Fieh, W. L. Duck,
STOCKHOLDERS:
D. Barnto, B. H. Roys, Finlay Roee, A. L. Houck, W. P. Robiu
eon, Oliver Duck, James Q. Fish, F. W. Wilson,
W. L. Duck. J. H. Slater. H. M. Duck.
CORRESPONDENTS:
Fourth National Bank, New York, St. Louis National Bank, St.
Louis. Mo., Bank of Kansas City, Kansas City. Mo.
General Banking Business.
datronaffe.
MONET TO LOAN :
--ON-CHATTEL
MORTGAGES & CITY PROPERTY
In Small or Large Amounts.
WICHITA BANKING CO.,
and FARMERS BANKING CO.,
116 W. DOUGLAS AVENUE.
.tss-tiv
SNJVELY &
Thb Restless. Sleepless ft Reliable
REAL ESTATE, LOAN
Go to tia for l.rrsis Thj dri tirtr on tu. p fwd esjrts. uti
thaw tStr rrct-rtr eSrrfaIlj. sl tT tII It too.
Ps Taxs.
- WICHITA, KANSAS.
M.W.UCVY, Cash
. A. WALKEU. Ass't Cashier
$125,000
LEVT, S.T. TCTILE
JOHN DAVIDSON.
ought
$60,000.
Improved Farms and City Prcpcrtr
Wichita, Kansas.
M-tf
D.SKINNEK, Cashier,
II. LIVINGSTON, Ass't Cashier.
$52,000
17,000
.LOMBARD, Jr.
H.C.DAY,
L. D. SKINNER.
ISvy and
o
Sell Exchange, and tram-
NATIONAL BANE OF AMKltlCA, ChlCAXO
I.OMBAKO BROS. Esrsss City.
Joan a. DBRST. CashU,
BANK,
200,000
- 40O,000
DIRECTOES :
A. W. BITTING. H. G. LEE,
VJ E. STANLEY. JNO. T. CAfrPEKlEK
DIEECTOES.
SAM'L IIOUCK, ROUT. E. LaWREKC'I
A. A. HYDE. Cashier.
WICHITA
Lawrence A venule.
200,000.
76,ooo.
V. L. DUCK, Aeet,.
F. W. "Wilson. !
Respectfully Solicit a Share of your
WILRITE
4 INSURANCE FIRM.
Real
&
y.
AT
f
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YESTERDAY'S PRICES!
JOCELTN
119 DOUGLAS AVENUE.
'P?35i!3 v7mSval.H ' I 8i.sU
BsSf Bl H ft m Vp JftHisEiKfi?
SIS A J I T'stIi
wwHBmttm
Hotchkins & Wheeler,
Do a General Real Estate and Exchange
Business. Offer Special Bargains in
Lands and City Property, im
proved and unimproved.
We take pleasure in showing our Property free
Large list of Lands to exchange for city property and
Stocks of Goods. Loans negotiated and Insurance
placed. Come and see us.
No. 207 E. Douglas Avenue.
PE RFECTION.
How to Secure a Good Light.
Eroosulilnir tbe fact that svcilbl !- le, wltli a do rreanl lor comfort and Mf.tr. will boj th
be t if lb sd'snUoi to be f aiard are eomrocnaarste with the estrs cost, "r hs
oomplett-il arrscrrRirau nfcleli enabl u to offrr. a rxelctlvr as tots,
fj the riiwt KarslBs; Fluid Prwiocl ""CJ
PERFECTION OIL,
Eirtsrr by one of the nOitioceMfnl c4l best's Id theooBtrr. sndtt rowalerrxaltof twtr
Tar' ttarfrolttlns; itnily snd upTlnwat. Ibis (41, tbe sajrlorltr f wbkii can t plslslr
drnum.trslrd br practlral test, u colorlrts M rprUr wstrr, .-marial r fr from o4ct. )
burnt with s hrlrot, Ml.im; s s rrtslt ef Its prft mssafseter lt rfTr s jrrtaUrllxM
for s Irtt coatsinptloB of oil tbsa tnT oth.r A known, ted ltt st can b wtrwxU-1 oa tb sror
of economy.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY SAFE!
AnA nerrout ror'e who bsT brrrtofcire rrrled from b1b mI otlt B-rd 1st & fearer
" rEUFKCTlON " It toot tbe c&lr medsl ever glTea st the Utctot til ipMlllos, ovrr til
eomprttu.rt, forfsfrtr. nrllllsecy sal Vn-tiomj
Oursrc&t, Cnl Iwtt Wr!til,;(J!lTrT to tbe bst tJ.lrs la tbt d!r, sT of wketucaa
tepply yoa
UK AD THE CIRCULARS
NEW KIOWA,
; The Future Metropolis
! And Railroad Center!
Of the Southwest
JTEW KIOWA U I."e4 ta tbe tosts-!;
mlrctcflt &rcUra
Ksztss luunv:. s n
ta K. c - u e
.rM.it . a.a
TkrtoestloacfEW KIOWA ta toEst
fJst srxj ctttlr nurt cf tt iethwnt tl
Tho Natural Oatsway to the Indian Territory, Pan-Hsudle of Texaa
No-Man 'a Land and South-western Kansas.
It It ti srrst ntvtT ssd 4trtlxtls wist tor U 'smtrttt ili, asani. ! A WT.
th s4 Ni Kill. J". 5w KJowa3MIt.3Stl6f lslttl 1 ti tvUnaaVrU. siJ
"" This
Amil If it tTtt4 tMt ssatKT tt FTrst
BOOMING
It frrroiraUJ V et tt ta aarMt bsettrsl aa4
ejttr Wtfr'la Abcisa Iw t!14 Baasti U- b.f-w Xle tttH rSiJ f
ti'O.icD: tlim rmblm jrltti basks tw 3twjjrsjlT llctrltist Lector Tsrls. (r Ur.
r; rlsbt Eml ZtatSRu: a rsakbv cf WVatrsaU vA Uuil KrTrastOb(as ax Ixt
THE kiowa TOWN COMPANY DONATE LOTS
0:T boat vrr trtlVSEr. Coet, Scfto1.
Oe TrtVri to rt Cttrri-t Goilrr. Villi, Xsi:!s tvyt, XsccftctrVs lc TW7 ll 4
slrmbl d tj ssrf tazztiT Vtftl ilwia tt,t gsvx. ta rsx; rau ssrf snU tnU!Hn
lsrrj-c
Tor rxrtftT rarzisn cui vu wt mii
Estate
&ia
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.4
v-
& THOMAS,
THE FINLAY ROSS
Furniture
And Carpet
Emporium !
Liricrft Egtsbllthn.rnt In tti Mala for
Furniture, Carpets,
Oil Cloths,
Mattresses,
fficdojv Sh:ds,Sl;ilc Filter!,
Laulrtquia Ff'ks, Ctraiui, 1 Csrriizei, Etc
Rati Block, opposite Potoffiee,
1 19 and 121 Halo Slrcel.
UUNSUUUAItU IANK LINt LU.
dlrT-tl
j-erOess cf BsrVrr cettr. Xans It U
wvj jw i i i u, t m
K K.a4
, tiai tlf.t kr tsr rxoK-xl II ai. t
rearaatTttsItb wlfl r-rb t rrrsltUnjM
.
YOUNG CITY
tradaetitt mi tj Kss.s w. vt rr.
BBa TM. le.
THE KIOWA TOWN CO.,
srsr xjowa. kauaj.
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Mssissssssat'n.,StPlssVW
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ill 1 I I
mj s tir, IlVIlllXCnSsWsVssi
in MiyH&
if"$mm mgpjgGm
BUNNELL & MOREHOUSE,
Real Estate and Insurance.
AGENTS A., T. & S. F. R, E. LANDS.
BArqains la city and country property. Our lnturanco companies are as folio 1 s
Aetna, Liverpool and London vidGlobo, (icrnuva American, Iniurssce CVmpanvoJ
North America, HarUoni, Poenix of Hartford. Uorao of New York. New York Underwriter.
sHTTTlissssssssssssssslssssssssVisssHissssB fc"" "
' '-riKC- SSSat-SSfVi.
1-cr"
LARGEST STOCK WEST OF SAINT LOUIS
.a.
ROSSLER'S,
'" " ii ir i
frta.ic.rk,
CUIUS KlMMKI.t.K,
ss " A
rfeWfe
A.N.JOXfS r Ta.KV.W, J.A jiimh
lirt'tatl.. KCUil Kit
JONES, TIERNAN & JONES,
Contractors & Builders
Water and Gas Works.
Particular Attention Qivon to Cttien in Knnnaa.
OScc. o-w cor. Mb SD'I llttift ttt. M lult
ua ii t mr Miln tt tn! IKmdM st. M Ualts, Km
illl-If COIIKKot'DMtK.VC'R )IJCITKI
yJt MlJ&Jjl sit tS'vll
Marplk 1 )(Jsr, Wh iti: Sand,
Lath, Lime, Hair, New York & Michigan Planter,
LOUISVILLE& PORTLAND CEMENT,
Yard and OHlco. on Wichita St, South of Ft. Scott Fr't Depot,
DIGHTON
MdSi--Tm t2-
CANON
BALL
sssssssssZssiZsiZsi3ssi3ssHsWssWsllssslWs
FROM DIGHTON, LANE COUNTY, KAN.. lO GARDEN CrrY.
TBI-WBBELT.
Leaves Dishton wvnryTuriidny, Thurndny nd Bnturdny at U a. tn.
Leaven Garden City vry Monday. Wednday A Friday, "
Thin Btago lino ruon through a largo tract of Government Land
now opnn to Be-ttlment.
Oaicf. 211 Wwt Douglaa Ave, Wichita, Kan., or
Olilco, Buffalo Hotel. Oard-n City. Kannasj.
H.
Awnings andTents
Tlie Jewett Farm,
CHENEY, KANSAS-STALLIOITS
1886
KANSAS WILKES. 3S-I0.
rslt4 tt; refer tS7 i Kfcir4 fcj Or WIi".tl. t r&ifttvfUrt,
ltt dsa Atat.J3. !rtfSa5ycffro4t, lUUabjOm, X, yU.twt &W1 rs4-
d JartsJ liVcc.
PATCHES' W1LKE?. il&VJ
ft!rS Jh.csSor Wsi, tM US- Jst3-t ttt4 fcy . VTKit, JI3. rl tt til -39 j?.
fB5tr;Irt 4tu hr salfl JtXUi,i, .Jf HihrTUtrmrf. S4dm JVrU
Brwrn (Joi f VKbtT,t'iit l7SI.Irls,lsUtsi,t; Mstsa Jiit. fcr JSmm
ltoCt!f, 11.
ERIK 1VTLKES. UCIO
yciUA I&T; eaior inj: Im tt Mt hfeS, inA iff fir. Km: SS. y i SQ ft-histf-dtts
bj CrrUAtt (Ui. tn ttt WttSXua Artfcar,3J?i
SEDGWICK 22'X
T-s4 IC7. t Ws: ttn 13 iA it2; r4 fcr AO . i Alt. W, !
4n3V7rrs10.Uf.EiJ,Vr UtxAris tWf,JI.M 4sa la t- C7 CtI
ilixitvtlit-t-l .. . .
Tie sJwst tUMkn OJ Ut4 st tS U IUi fls jl ! titer lis fSHj
trssce tf aisr wt jr t Unf. h t fits Y rVr 4 Irtss Oct. 1, '.
KlXGiIA3I. 3S1W.
rz-a vvs; vm -: u is 1 ? tst. w.-rd ir &? rtr W ah fc
Uf&unhjrtvrAxtii tlwr tlrr f JJsre-siiS- rfsaVy TKmua MtaVI.U 4t T
MtuaM;i-(. 7rrs ? ti ttxre muk Fflir rtrsi Mlnwisr ; tf
Bf t prrt l 3- totOo st Vf- t wrtl ll OrtU J. t
IsJtrJcsalOfrtfrrfsJtetitlsfeMsiHsSiil stfUrtjsU AJflt US, & It
stsr jnot Is tmii XthtA Iss l s. rirj
Jsntrf j-sxirtisr rtrdtit-te it tuloei 4dro
HUtY C. JtwrTT, CktMy, tt4fml$k Ul, KaMM,
.A.EcKHiZIE&CO.
lltDnlactsrers of
Fine Carriages,
buggies,
.And Spring Wagons,
ilijcmar, EjphtK ani TrkauK
Fncptlj initi to.
WICHITA. KANSAS.
Cttr Trade Solicited and satUto ttca
Uaaraateed dso
GANDOLFO CAFE.
FHest Restaurant in Kansas.
We mike a SptcUltyor TrorIcl Frutta
and Rare Confections.
Cor. Main and First st.
GANDOLFO 4 ROSSI. Props.
IIUA.Si II HOUSE, I
NEW K10V., K.NS )
-N n Ordtn for ICK t'KEAM In
nor, (acted in MouUUor Bait, )ro"lUr
lUted.
urn
a?
it MS, NKAlt niLST, WICHITA, KAN
American Goods
llm!f trtrr Jtnntrjr It, I-otl, hj Jtntxtj
CtiwQtfr,tr.Vw UruBtwIcs.
From 10c per Bolt, up.
Gilt rltrnt.O tnieltet fromfor IV tt op,
lnicitit lir mj.lf Inm IJtiUiurn A IV.,
lnrh..trr, KcUn.l.
A Csth lUtruoat of 19 pr cnt on all bills
Norn ETh t.loitr.1 Tit..Vttk It a Uc
tlmllcof fiat urlnrof ta drui mho ttUa.lt
la sit Clrof hanur In rfrnr-lodLtr..-mnU
with ronifvUUxt.
lUl-Sm
C V AIMM1
KIMMERLE & ADAMS,
WICHTIA MARBLE WORKS,
MannftfturFrioran't D.tl.r. In
A MoDnments,TomlstoneslMaDt6ls,Tal)l6 Tops
IKON FKNOIKO, I1UILD1NQ MTONK.
IIEECE CITY USE, HUE, msrK AND CEIOT,
So ruMaln ftrt. Ltwrn tint al lmii.1. WICHITA
III
0.RST0CKER
UKMXH IS jj
MANTELS, g J FIRE CLAY,
H g FIRE
GRATES, H K BRICK.
ES
STAGE
LINE,
L. HILL, Gen. M'ngr.
HAIL BRO S.f
S3 S0HTJI MAW
1886
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