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A PAYMASTER'S STORL
I hed been -waiting a vrcck ct Jefferson for
instwcliom from Washington. I had writ
ten for permission to go to New Orleans, as I
Iiad relatives th-iro -rith whom I -wished to
pass tlio vinter; but at the end of the -week
my' hopes were all nipped in the bud bv the
following missive:
"Majoh: You -will proceed at once to Fort
Stetson; thence, with all possible dispatch, to
Fort Carson; and thenco to Fort Kearney, at
which jxcts you will pay off the enrolled men
and officers, and also settle all duly authenti
cated hilli against the office on account of
provision, forage, camp and garrison stores,
etc.
"It L particularly requested that ycu will
bo careful and eract in 3'our return of esti
mates for the coming winter months.
"Capt. Goodwin will detail for 3-ou b-ach
c:ort as j-oa may require
"J havo the honor to hi, etc.,
'G. P. Bovtma:, D. l 3L G.,
'rSIajor and Paymaster, U. S. A.
'To G. . Cochrane." "
This did not reach mo by I ho hand3 of
Capt. Goodwin, hero over, whom I should
hao bswi happy to mvt: but by the hand3
of 8--rgt. Jam's Coinoor. who came with
six znru under his command, to escort mo on
3.12- way, ii 1 deemed h:i"h escort sufficient.
fio.Iwin, who was sick with fever and ague,
vrt to by the hand of Ills clerk:
'1 would send you moro men: but, really, I
think moro would bo in your way. There
aro no Indians o:i the trail between Jefferson
and 8i't5on, end certainly this escort is sufll
'ient ogain-ot any ordinary highway inter
polation, fV-rgt. Co'-novcr 35 not a very
brilliant man; nor ; ho over and above
social)!1; but I have found him tres as Eleei;
end 11:3 jirhaks members of my own com
pany whom I send with him, j'ou can rely
upon in, any emergency. Only they havo
tho common weakness. Pon'fc give them too
free a run at tho whisky bottle. They won't
break faii.li with you to gst it, but if allowed
full away thpy might get a drop too much for
jonr oKn comfort.''
And ho v. rota about other matters, but
nothing i!i;ro of his men.
After rending tho letter I raised my eyes
and met the gazo of tho sergeant, v. ho stood,
wiLh his cap in his hand, on the opposite sido
of tho small table. Ho started when I looked
up, and 1 thought ho was ashamed of having
been caught starhs -.t mo to fixedly. But
tho fiutli (juick j . I- Li- fnc., and lie inclined
bis head iinotucr 'y
Ho was a man r m limn tizo, very heavily
bnilr and ovi Jcr.ily very muscular. In .short,
he was made for a fighter, and for one of
thoso valuabio fighters ho osses.s stubborn
will and dogged resolution lather than hot
and imjetuou5 pugnacity. Ho was not a
man ir "- over in a fernSL-nc; but a man who,
when fairly aroused, is to bo feared. IIo
was not far from ." years of age, and tho
stripes upon his forearm .showed that ho had
served four full terms of enlistment previous
to tlio present.
"Well, sergeant," I t-nid, ao pleasantly as
possible, 'Capt. Goodv.in gives such good ac
count of you that I already feel thankful
that I am to havo your company; and J
trat you will have nog'Vl rearcn to com
plal'i of me."
Ho relumed my look; but not a bmilo
warmed tho chilly gloom of hL brown face,
norwai there even u gleam of good feeling
to break up tho hard crust of dogged reserve;
but with an effort ho ducked his head, and
-.ai.i:
'I'll try, sir, to do tho bofc I can."
1 camo very near showing my dislike of
this sort of behavior; but remembering what
Good-.in had written, I concluded that I
would take tho fellow for what he was and
mak" the bst of him. However, perluips
this hard crust might break under the influ
ence of acquaintance!,
"All right," I tru'd. ''Wo can nosio of us do
mcro tnan try. n eVe a tramp of several
laj-s beforo us. nnd I hopo they may be ploas
nnt ones."
'"Certainly," Connover responde.!.
Thero was a slight relief in the tone, and I
took hojy.'.
I went out with tho sergeant and found the
six men o'i the piazza, slantling at ease uudor
arms They wore really fine-looking fellows,
nd answered, respectively, to tho name-;:
Smith. Adams, Sloaly, Oesau, Van IVii't and
Connolly. Smith was a Yankee; Adanib v. as
an luiglLhman. and had been in tho queen's
stni''o as a dragoon: 3Iea.lv rnrt Connollv
" I if ye
thank Him that
much of a grudge:"
Tho man muttered something aud passed on
to attend to his cattle, whilo tho FPrgeant
placed his foot in his stirrup and as ho did
so ha looked toward me.
Oar eyes met, and again I saw him change
color and start, as though ho had dono somo
guilty thing in thus looking into tho face of
his superior officer. I Bmiled nnd nodded,
and in a pleasant way remarked:
-All's well that ends woll, sergeant."
Ho looked at mo as though tho proposition
might bo disputed, but presently, with a
forced smile, ho returned:
'Aye, aye that's sol"' And the .reply was
emphatic, as though his decision wero a mat
ter of moment"
I rode on, tho picture of Connover's passage
with tho drover occupying my mind. Beforo
this I had fancied that thero was something
familiar in the sergeant's face and in his gen
eral tone and bearing. Ho might bo the man
who swore, four yeara ago, at Knelling, tbfet
ho had been underpaid; or ho might bo the
man who had been accidentally overpaid at
Columbus two yeara before, and who had
como forward of his own accord and mndo
restitution.
'If ye'vo got n God, yo'd better thank Him
that Jem C6nnover don't owe yo jnuch of a
grudge."
Why did tho:-o words ring in my ears and
echo through mv whole being?
've get a God, ya'd better j He put hi& nead runner in, ana seoniea puz
Jem Connover don't owe ye zicd. It was, of course, very dark in thero,
but yet ho could probably soo that the bod
did not look as though thero was a man in it.
Onco I raised my pistol, full sure that tho
man was aftermy life, and fearful that if I
threw a chanco away ho might get the better
of mo; but I did not fire. Something seemed
to whisper in my ear: "Hold on! You've hit
him onco. Bo suro you'ro in danger beforo
you hit him again!' and I lowered my pistol
and watched. Presently:
"Jlajorf" came from his lips, carefully but
earnestly. "2Iajor 3Iaj. Cochrane?''
There was something in tho tone of that
voico that gavo mo heart. It was a sort of
imploring, prayerful tone, as of one who has
a great favor to asr. I determined to an
swer him; bnt be suro I kept my pistol ready
at hand.
With a yawn, as though just startled from
my sleep, I returned:
"A-a-h! Hallo! who's heret"5
"Eh? Down here? It's mo, major Sergt
Connover. I was passing round back of your
tent and thought I heard yo talking with
yerself . So, thinkin' ye'd bo owako and bav
in' something that I wanted particularly to
say, I made bold to como around and look in.
Tho fact is. major I couldn't sleep till I'd
set matters right."
By this timo tbo fellow had turned so that
I could seo that ho had no weapon with him,
and I began to think that I had been a littlo
too fearful. However. I cot un and stormed
W. L, McBEE,
edgwick County Abstractor.
iweiuyumo3uunngtnaciayiiooKtxiupoa j (mti-tn ,ft ,wit n, hntmtttri ,,
my sergeant when ho did not know it, and i henid- '
studied his face; and each effort seemed to j
onng tao last connection nearer, - wituout
quite giving it into my hands. Ho seemeJ to
know that I had begun to feel an interest in
bis antecedents, and therefore toward the lat
ter part cf tho day ho behaved him-EC-lf
more as tho officer of an escort
ought. Ho asked mo how I would like
to have tho guard disjiosed, and very
modestly gavo me to understand that
nry" wishes would bo held as laws by them. I
took this for what it was worth, nnd I knew
rcry well what it meant: There was an old
association whii-h Ii- would not. havo raked
up.
.ro "r'hhn'en; Oesau was a Dutchman, and
Van Wirt va1? a German. A wide rasigo of
jiatioiility for so small a bquad, but a fair
Kiinpl'' of our standing army, nevertheless;
tin I, furihra-mv, six men of one nation
coul 1 not have been more brotherly than
Wvrethe-o six. Unlike ineir sergeant, they
v.u,' free and jile.-is.ini, aud seemed to Ikj
th-.nkful for (bo pmilegeof taking tho fo.-est
tramp with me: while 1, in turn, gave then
to UMlersiu'id that I would do all I could :o
make them oomfoi table. The squad h:d
come with good horses, so tho only prepara
tions I had to make for thestart were 10 get
my okvii hordes ready and draw my mo.iey.
3Iy estimates had been to the amount cf
Si'j.tMt, ami this I must take in gold. I went
tot!v bank. iithuK sergeant and three of
the mc:i, and got tut money, which I took
awa.v in four .smaJl canvas bags, weighing
about fort pounds each; but at tho hotel I
puek'M the gold in a sort of pannier saddle, a
contrhanco v.hich I had inveniod myself,
an 1 in v, Inch 1 could so pack anywhere from
100 - 4W pjimdsof gold that it would neither
sway nor jingle. In short, a horsa could
bear in this saddle jiack a burden of dead
we'ght almost as easily as ho could bear a
Iium:.1! rider. And I had a horse on purpose
forth work ono that I had used for several
years, and that understood his duty a though
it h d all letn reasoned out in his mind.
Blight and early on a clear, cool October
men. it, we set forth from Jefferson with
tliroe dns' rations in our haversack:; for
Stv n v a, lC" miles away, and wc would le
dou-g wcii to make the trip within tho timo
iiul'catvHl. 1 iihleinadance not becauso I
desire I ii, bat lvcause the others were in
clined to fall 10 the rear.
AW wu-o passing over a narrow bridge,
just -;. tbo outskirts of Jefferson, wheji we
met t. omen and (wo boys driving before
them a divwo of cattle. J had met and gono
clear of the herd without difficulty, and was
thinking how 1 would like to take "ono of tho
fatter bullocks akng with me, when an ex
clameuon of anger arrested my attention,
and. o'i turning in my raddle, I discovered
one of tho orcn a wild, frolicsome thing
had a' tacked the sergeant's horse. It had
been vyaickly done a frisk a leap a lunge
of th. great curving boms at the horse's side
I ho ia.-hi of the letter, and the conso
quei unseating of the sergeant
V. Vn C viuovcr had regaiaetl his feet the
froLcsome bullock was away from Ills reach;
but 13 it so the innocent drovers. The two
men wore near together, mid directly by his
sido as he grasped his sword hilt and turned
upon them. I did not think Connover would
harm them: but -they wero terribly fright
ened, n: fvtholesr, and tho younger of tho
two, v.o was a stout, fair-Icokmg fellow,
was tLe fiiv to speak an intelligent word
(the sergeant had uttered one or two oaths).
'Escuvjois, my good friend. I am sorry
truly so-ry, for this mishap; but 1 assure yoa
it was no fault of ours."'
As Sergt Connover then stood, bis face
was turned very nearly toward :ue, so that I
caught nearly ever line and shade of expres
sion upon his features. He had been terribiy
Ehakcn, an J was exceedingly wrnthf id; but
his wrath was in a greater port made up of
chagrin nt being unhorsed in so ridiculous a
manner than from a moro attack of the bul
lock. A few seconds ho glared i3ito the f-ce
cf tho man who Lad spoken l J him, midthen,
prefacing hi? re-mark with anoatliof con
tlcunuatiou !. vrJnimed: '
That night found ih at tlio foot of Brock's
mountain, and at the etremo verge of civili
zation in that direction. Beyond here wo
were to tako tho old government supply road
a mere blazed path with which Connover
and two of lite men were perfectly familiar;
and wo would not strike another settlement
imlil near ' Stetson.
It was my plan, when traveling thus, to
make my pannier saddle tho substratum of
my pillow, with a pair of good revolvers in
mch position that tiny could bo grasped upon
tho instant. And I may hero remark that
though I am naturally a sound sleeper, 3-et
the presemo of money under my caro and
loaded pistols at my hand will render me so
sensitive to any disturbing cause that tho
movement of a mouse would arouso me. Of
coui-s'i tho thought of being robbed occurred
to me, bi:t not with anvthiae; liko fear, or
even seriousness, for 1 had not yet dreamed
that a man of mj' escort could havo enter
tained such a plan, and I had 3io faith that
any other power 1 was likely to meet could
lay hold of it. 0:i this night I lay down as
usual, having spread my tent to the leeward
of a huge boulder, where I was completely
sheltered, while the three tents in which my
escort slept wore set up directly beforo me. "
I went to sleep thinking of Sergt. James
Connover, and it must, havo been immedi
ately after my waking senses left mo that my
dream senses look up tho thread, nnd they
took it up to some purpose. Hampo3'd with
no ordinary routine, or system, of circumlo- i
cut ion, bothered with no searching for con- I
necting links or correlativo circumstances,
they went back over the years with a leap,
and drew a picture for me as vivid and dis
tinct as tho original event had been just
eigbteeu yeara ago.
I was at Port Snelling, a second lieutenant
of engineers, engaged in surveying govern
ment lands, laying out roads and so on, nnd
among thoie detailed to assist me was a ni-i-
vato of tho 3iame of James Connover. Ho
got drunk whilo at work, and when I repri
manded him he used lanuago so offensivo
and foul that I could not pass it by. In fact,
if I had been armed at the timo I should havo
tbot him, for his couise was such as to en
tirely place himself beyond the reach of for
bearance. 1 reported him und he was flogged
severely flogged so severely that I bore him
no more grudge. But ho boi-o a grudgp
toward mo, though. Aye while his back
was bleeding antl smarting ho hissed into my
cars, '-If you've jot a God, bo suro to Him,
Jem Connover shears that ho don't givo
over this grudge till one of us dies!"'
I started cut from my sleep and sat up. It
had been adream, and yet net all a dream. All
th'j while the wrcne was being repeated beforo
me, I had U-n conscious that I lay there in
my tent under tho old bowlder of the Brock.
I had sank into a state where my mind was
freo to follow its own course, taking tho
single fact of Jj'mes Connover for a point of
departure, and thenco nmning backward un
til he was met agir'n.
1 remeii'lvred all :iow. Yes. This was the
man, v. ho, eighteen years lOfore, had cursed
and swero and reviled me, and threatened all
manner of violejice; and his only provoca
te had been that I had threatened to havo
hun punished if ho ever got drunk again
while on duty with me. To be sure, ho was
under tho iuiiurnee of liquor at the timo; but
not so far gone but that he knew very well
what he was doing; because, after reaching
the fort, on our return, he liad made his boast
that he had given tho '-Shoulder-pop'' (so ho
called me) a stomach full to carry off, and ho
didn't believe I would daro to report him.
But I did report him, and I gave his speech in
full, and the result was that tho old major
ordered a court martial, out from tho sen
tence of which the man came with 100 lashes.
And thero was another result; James Con
nover :3ever was guilty cf a like offense
again, but, on tho contrary, he raw very
plainly that 'ho service would very quicklv
go to rack and ruin if such conduct as he had
been guilty of could bo permitted, or even
lightly treated; and thenceforward ho b
came a better man, and soon reaped tho
Ixmefit thereof. But lie could not forgive me.
Twice he swore to mo that he would carry
that gm J.o against mo while wo both lived ,
and ho told mo that it was a deadly grudge.
'111 never forget it!" he said, tho last time.
'I shall carry them maris on my back to my
grave, and yon! I hope you may die be
foro I do!"' Those were his words, spoken
whilo I was stepping on board a steamer at
St. Louis: and I laiow that they plainly
meant that he would help me to die if he ever
got the chance.
And here I was, with my old enemy for an
escort' From that fa:--gone timo to the pres
ent I had never seen nc- heard of tho man, i , .', -J"''"0,
an 1 he had long ago passed entirely from mv j Tr -Jf """L
mind. Connover is a common name in tho ,. '"1 ' ;.n(n
army; or, at least, I had happened to hit
quite a number of enlisted men of that name;
so I had not connected the stout, dark
browed, stocky sergeant wilb the fair-fa wd,
lithe antl youthful soldier who had crossed
my rath at Snelling.
A hasty review of the whole thine; broucht
me to :-ather an unpleasant uudei-standinsr of i
the present situation. That Connover still !
"Go ahead, sergeant, I'm all attention."
Without further preliminaries he went on:
,-Of courso 3-ou know mo?"
"I think I have a good reason to remem
ber j-ou, sergeant."
"And you remember tho last words I ever
spoko to you m tho old years?"
('I havo not foi-gotten them."'
-Well,"' he said, with a palpablo burst of
feeling, '-them words have been haunting me
over sinco I met you at the hotel in Jefferson.
When I was ordered to report to Maj. Coch
ranolnever thought of you. Thooldnffair
had almost gono from my mind; but when I
saw your face I knew vou. and when von
looked up at 3ne I was troubled. I hoped
you might not remember me. If you did not
I meant to hold my tongue. But I couldn't
act liko myself. Howsumover, I held up till
to-night But after we'd dono supper I kept
watch of your movements, and mado up my
mind that you were going to look out for ma
But major, don't let it go no further. I'm
too old a soldier now not to know that tho
harm I suffered at Snelling was of my own
making. I don't bear tho old grudgo anv
longer, and I tell you the truth when I tell
you that you did me a good turn that time.
I know how I was going on, and I know that
another officer in your placo would havo shot
me. So, will you tako my hand and cry
quits of old memories?"'
I never gave my baud to a man more
readily, nor more cheerfully; nnd I doubt if
in all tho western wilds there was a more
sociablo and jolly party than wc made on tho
following day. As an individual I -was par
ticularly happy, for I am f reo to confess- that
there wero a few moments of that first night
in tho wilderness weighted with about as
much dread" and unsasincss as a man would
caro to experience. But, as I l-emarkcd to
tho sergeant on a former occasion, "All's well
that ends well." And our tramp of four
weeks continued so pleasantly that the end
might have been longer deferred without any
coniBlaint from us.
Chloral And Its Effects.
The action of choral hydrates is very similar
to that of opium, but it docs not lesson tho
pain nor contract tho pupils of tho eyes to the
same extent. It docs weaken tho action of tho
heart and lessen tho production of heat in tho
body to a far greater degree than opium. It
induces sleep in doses that avo not dangerous,
and tho unpleasant effects of moderate doses
of opium are avoided by its use. Tho fatal
dosoisa largo one. Itstasto a;id odor aro
alike unpleasant to 3nost people, hence the risk
of acquiring an appetite for it are not so great
as with tho latter drug. Tho habit, once
formed, is much easier to give up than that
of opium eating. The treatmesit of a cose of
choral poisoning is exactly tho same as for an
overdose of opium. Ono important fact to bo
rememljered in such a ca'so is to scrupulously
avoid the loss of animal heat. Not attending
to this point has cost many lives. Tho patient
should bo kept warm; the stomach must bo
emptied of its contents, antl stimulants should
bo given to keep up tho action of the heart
until tho poison has a chanco to cscnpo by tho
lungs snd kidneys. St Lotus Globe-Democrat
3fgtiEfc V'4ETS cry?FfT-it
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AGENT
A Regular Avalanche Goods
Oar House is Too Small to Hold Our Immense Stock of
DRY GOODS,
Ladies' and Children's Cloaks
Carpets, Etc
We Will Make Cuts in Every Department
Until Stock is Reduced.
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BUY LOTS IN
I am prepared to offer to Investors some Bare Bargains in Wfcn
itaEeal Estate. Now istha tima to invAsr.- if -o-on -hni -pp i-
lower prices you will ba woefully disappointed. Prices are still
uctuy iiuvitacing ana wm continue to do so.
Below is a Partial List of our Bargains and Sure to make Big Money
For the Investor.
75 f et front on trie corner of Tentii at. and Wabash Ave.
50 feet front on Main st. in Pairview addition.
1 acre in Perry s addition; good location and a Bargain.
75 feet front on corner of Emporia and Kellogg sts.
100 feet front on the corner of Emporia and Lewis st.
5ofeet front on Fourth ave. 4 blocks south of Douglas ave.
10 acres in Tarleton's 3d add, very cheap; suitable for 'sub
dividing. 37 feet front on Market st.; new house, 4 rooms.
"We have some very fine Business Property
tliat we can sell at Great Bargains.
f -:-1 -:- Fishers -:- Second -:- Addition
These Lots are close to the G.ty Limits, and are lying between Centra! Ave
and Second Street, east of town. These lets are for sale on cheap
and easy terms. No college, Union depot or machine shops
are to be built on them. For terms aDply at
BUTLER & FISHERS HARDWARE STCRE
110 DOU&LAS AVE.
A. YIELE.
City
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AUcituot nt Ijxv
VIELE & SHEPARD,
and Farm Loans and Insurance.
Money always on Hand for Good Loans,
PLATE GLASS, AND STEAM BOILER INSURANCE.
250 North Main Street, Room 12.
dlUi'-Tai
Wichita. Kansas
S1ci1uj:ijj X-ors with Steam.
One of 'tlio first things that attracts tho
attention of visitors to 3Ir. Foster's crane,
near Fairchikl, is the famous '-steam bladder'
tho only one in tho state. It is a great sight
to -witness t'.vo or three hugo logs being drag
ged, from a distanco of thirty-five rods, over
brush, fallen trees, stumps, etc., as if they
voro mere sticks, and clumped on top of a
hugo.pile alongside of tho trade. And to do
all this requires only one man to manipulate
the levers on the steam engine and ono way
off vhcre the logs lie to put tho chain around
them. It makes no difference if the logs to
be drawn aro beneath a pile of other logs or
fallen trees. Tlio moment tho chain is put
around them off they go, tho forward end
somewhat elevated aud th'o rear end dragging
over any obstruction in the xray. Sometimes
the hole load makes a leap of several rods
uhhoub touching the ground. Augusta (AVis.)
Eagle.
A Ilirh "Clean TJp" in l'ro-.jM-t't.
Frequent and heavy fines, inflicted upon
thoso wko violate the regulation prohibiting
hydraulk mining, has resulted in the virtual
closing of this business. One effect of this is
the noticcabl clearness of tho Feather,
American, Yuba and Sacramento rivers,
winch used to be red nnd muddy. For
twenty-live years these rivers haven't been so
clear as during this season. For several
year! vrork has lecn carrisd on in tho big
tunnel intended to divert tho waters of the
Feather river, so that the bed of the river
could be worked for gold. Recently water
was turned in, but it was found that "the tun
nel was not large enough to carry all tho
water of tho liver. It will take several
months to enlarge the tunnel, but when this
is done there is no doubt that a rich "clean
up"' will l.e made New York Tribune.
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O. BUGBEE.
where
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wheat at Whwt assh price.
OLIVER. IMEODEN & CO.
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ZAJ I7V
-.OSS!, Proprietors.
Kan.
Ct?'N". B. Orders for ICE CRE i tn any flavor ruck
ed In 3IouI(!s or Bulir, promptly lilleJ.
"17. X. DEAX
A. n. KAXWELL, Xotary Public.
An Evidence or Affection.
"You don't love mo as fondly as you did
before wo woro married," haul tbo husband of
a few year.?.
Yes, I do," replied tlio wife.
.ii.yoiiuoacsi:ov7 it as muci ns v.-m
ked he.
how I could show niv affec
tion moro than I do and still be fashionable.7
replied she.
"Just mention ono little act."
"Didn't I jve my new poodle your name
for his middle name! What moro can you
ask? I supposo ycu think I ought to have
given him your full ncmer St. Paul Globe.
Daylisut in 5ca DeptJis.
bore the old grudge was verv evident: audit , 7, lo ec ucpua to
was equally evident that he meant o So flight Privates the water of the sea
tho account between us c:i this trip. I could l"j "1" mfS uurPS.tle present year by
no: tliiuk there in the tent. It was too nar- r - .SRSSU? ?- ? ? f -C-rowaspae-
I had arisen, and was upon tie ,?? X .,he ft imdday
point of passing out, with mv pistol in mv U? ? ? 10UEd to afcot,t
hand, when I heanl a stealthy footstep at the
entrance. "Without noise, I srranc into a
front corner, and there crouched down upon j
my middle. t
T had scarcely gained the ixsitlon when tho
Cap was drawn asido and a ma:i looked in.
Ah: just beyond the faco of the interloper
was an opening at the end of the mountain,
and I caught his profile against a patch of
clear sky. It was th hard, bronsal face of
Jsjnzs Connoverl
I held my pistol ready for instant use, er
pjjcting e.-cr)- moment to ceo him lenp to the
SDroad blankets. Uut he was von moderate.
A Rastins "MTacIiine.
A basting maehino thdt is said to be able to
do the work cV fifteen girls is being tried in
a large clothing house in Boston, and the em
ployes of the house, both girls and men. ara
considerably excited therebv. "New York
Sun.
Per-sons wno wi sh to avoid drowning era
advised by an eastern physician to lock tho
hands behind tho back, f tily inflate the ang3
and dcsQ the mouth.
DEAN 1 MAXWELL,
teal Estate Dealers.
We have property !n rvorv dcslrablo locality In the dtp: also a UrKO lit of Farm P.-oo-rtv
our oico pou caa get our prlce3 and seo our ptoptrty free of chargo.
OFFICE:-R003I 4 EAGLE BLOCK.
Firat stairway east cf WlcWta Xatioaal Banlr.
By calling
DEAN 81 MAXWELL.
ZIMMERLTS ADDITION.
Now is the time to buy lots in this addition
while they are cheap.
ONE MILE SOUTH ON LAWRENCE AVE.
Street cars and larre brick
School house in connection. For further in
formation call at 6 1 1 S Market st.
J. R. HOLIDAY,
"WICHITA GROCERY
MNCIS TIERNAN & CO..
CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS OF
Water and Gas Works
PARTICULAR ATTENTION GIVEH TO CITIES IN KANSAS.
OKreK-WC0Krn'.-ir,nMAnKETSTS.ST.I0-;iB. WirUITA lui
CiTI(E NAY COIt HAi: ana DOCGI JJi AVXNCK. ' I v n I J A, r A V .
Corresponaenco Solicited.
. i:STAKMSlIi:i IN JS7. '
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LMk$Mx. MARKET. '
pafijULEnr YARD; WSpsm j T
-DEALER 127-
Staple and Fancy Groceries.
MULES, HOBSSS jJSTjD C.O?a?XJS
Eoughtand Sold on CoamiissIoiL Liberal advanceniends malc
on consignments." Everything goaranteod as represented. Auction
sales daily.
H. L HILL, Proprietor.
0. B. STOCKER,
-DIULHRIX-
AT:T, GOODS WARRANTED.
2 o. 227 E. Douglas Ave
MONEY TO LOAN '
On Chattel Mortgages and City Property,
IN SMALL OR LARGE AMOUNTS.
SHORT TIME AT THE LOWEST RATES,
Wichita Banking Co.
116 WEST DOUG-LAS AVEluJE.
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Louisville and Portland Cement
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