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THE BOOBY PRIZE.
Stefano Gonzales -was a young Spaniard
who had come to the United States to go into
business. He had not decided just -what that
business should be. but in the meantime he
occupied himself by seeing the country and
studying the social customs. It -was no: loner
lwfore he gained an especially good knowledge
of progressive euchre and of the german. j
His opportunities for the pursuit of these '
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Tn fiOTnrt nthoT- pnnrfmpnf; nf cvinl lifrt Tin t
"would have been at a disadvantage hid ho
not adopted the habit of listening very little
and tal ing a good deaL For conversational
purposes he made a compromise between. Eng-
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self in English, and he "was not understood
when he poie Spanish. He therefore took
refuge in Frencbith some little Italian,
and when the subject permitted, he was fond .
of using such German phrases as he had ac-
quired in his studv of music. It gave him a
m of .n'itv when he established an in- .
telh'gent understanding with an American on
the basis of German, such as might be felt in
meeting an antagonist on neutral ground, and
the less the American knew, the better Ste
fano felt. I
He took lesions in English from a pretty
blond widow, with whom he also played euchre
and duiiccd the german; and with Iter he '
spoke in Spanish, so as to make return in kind
for the education he was receiving. She gave i
him much information, always in EnglLh,
and he phkl her eloquent compliments in his
own language, and they professed to perfectly
understand each other, scorning the idea of ,
an interpreter. It was said that they gossiped
and told each other secret. They certainly
entertained themselves.
There was, liowever, one mode of expression ,
in which Stefano was master. He was a
most delighful singer, with a baritone voice
as sweet and penetrating as the perfume of
the grape blooia. The widow never tired
of his songs, but it seemed the one flaw that ,
she coukl not play his accompaniments for
him. He had tried to sing to her playing,
but lier time was so unbending, so perfeetly
exact, that she drove him wild. i
UI want freedom,"' he would exclaim, in his
foreign languages. fcI do not wish to count
my time when I sing 'Adelaide,' nor to think
I am marching when I sing a love song of
Andalusia.'' !
'Adelaide!' " repeated the widow, and '
began to play the opening bars; but Stefano ,
lightly laid his hand on hers, and said in sof s '
Castilinn: i
'No, no: you do not understand how that (
fchould go."5 !
She lauglied. "It is too long, I know,' she
replied.
Fortunately for the group of friends, Stef
ano was perfectly willing to sing if Hilda
Fleming played for him. She was always J
willing to do this. It rested her, she said, j
How this could be some of the circle wondered, '
because Hilda was a music teacher, and cer
tainly heard enough of the piano, jlrs.
Lyons, the widow, explained it by saying
that Hilda was a homceopathist.
The sociable to which they all belonged,
and "whicL gave Stefano his educational ad- J
vantages, was rather curious in its composi
tion. It was made up by two entirely differ
ent sets of people, who rarely met at any
other tune. One set, the larger of the two,
was strictly professional and medical, being
composed of doctors and their wives, one wo- '
man doetnr, and the young man she was en
gaged to marry. The others were rather
more on the butterfly order, the party con- i
sitting of Hre. Lyons, her sister, llrs. Arnold,
"Mr. Arnold, Hilda, Stefano and a young,
handsome American named Gregory. They
all met every two weeks at different houses,
and, under Gregory's administration, had
very good times. The only discontented mem
ber of the party, indeed, was Gregory him
fcelf. It was through his influence that the
sociable had taken just the form it had. and
now lie regretted it. What he would have '
liked would liave been long games of whist i
with Hilda for a partner, or a never-ending
waltz iu which her steps should keep time ,
with his own. As things were he never had
any satisfaction with her. If they were
together at a table, they were victims
to a swift game, and were at once separated, i
Ho had ill fortune in the german, in which J-
.
Stefano soon clistinguisliea mmseir as a '
leader, and he even had no chance in -walking
home with the young lady. It was one of j
ilrs. Lyons little fancies to take Hilda's arm '
in preference to that of any one else, because '
Hilda was just the right size, ami she also,
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could pinch her whenever she was vexed with
the others. In this wav the order of proces
sion soon established itself: First walked
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold, and then Mrs. Lyons
and Hilda, with Stefano and Gregory bring
ing up tne rear. Sometimes the young men
would courageously walk with tho ladies,
though Gregory declared that he had to step
behindjjo often to make room for passers that
it made him feel like a "bill horse
Stefano was absent he didn't seem
n mitnl. 1V!-m.j lirt voiIa1 "i-rvr i lo TgrrATf
navements Stefano would tell him that he i
ou-httogo to Spain and spend a vear in'
Toledo, for then "Sw York woukl seem like a ,
prairie to him. To das Gregorv rather
rudely replied that his own country was good
enough for him. ,
Stefano worried Gregory. For one thing, I
Gregory had introduced him to the sociable, i
and was considered his intimat friend, j
Stefano was even invited to houses as a com-!
est to s as, ita i tb. :
pliment to Gregory, and this was not mauo
introduced he was afterward made welcome
for lu own sake, and so established. And
thus whetvver he went Gregory had to serve j
as Stefano's interpreter. He used to wish the
Spaniard spoke only his own language. Greg-'
ory did not understand that. Even his frag- (
mentary conversations with Hdda were apt t
to resolve into repeating to her what Stefano
wanted her to know. If he had not been so ,
honest he might have made some revenges '
for himself, but he did not; he translated
into boki English all the Spaniard's florid '
phrases, and hoped they woidd finally dis
gust her. j
If Stefano lisd not been going to Florida in
March. Gregory wouM have been desperate,
but this prosit upheld him. And he bad n
ou m pr.i. "f" ,- r j-, i
sebeaie which promised to compensate him.
He saw in his dreams a beach by the sea a
L vel beach with the tide low, and the moon
ir,-:n .-m iL Tho air was crisp, bus not
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chilly ; tbe uoom o. iae -
vervsar. xie sav miuscu. ..-. .
to-iHi. and with him was Hflde. Stefano
. -- a .u-Mial rv!uF 1A
was m an orange groe l -m -vi v,
cared aos which so that he was not on the
beach. Nor did he dream of seeking the
widow taere. Hilda and he were alone.
There was no changing of paraiers, no trars
lationof silly speeches' from silly polygk.
Thev were alone; thev spofco m juigifcii. auu "-
no oW interrupted. " t It was very swee i- would seem as nata-
To carrv out his scheme the cc-ooeration of j ral to Hilda as to him waen he came etu of
some of the others was necessarv, and so he ' the cbrkne-ai shook her haL Ashesat
urged it on them. It was siaiplv to spend there, dreaming yet patient, he saw two fig
Easter week at a certain hotel" at the sea- 1 urescommg down the beach. It was the lady
silorei ' doctor and the young man she was engaged
"It is the tmietcst place in the world, but ' to marry. He did not disturb his soul by
rcollv aristocratic. It is ever so much bettei J greeting them, and they passed on. not seeiag
thon'Foint Prudence," lie said. "and. cltfcoogb ! him. By aad by Arnold came with bis wife.
oalv five uiiies off, it hss isaay advantas
aver the point The bathing is far better,
Eiicotber and safer.
-I never bathe in Easter vrcek, except in a
tub,' said Arnold. -Do you pass. Gregory r
for tbey -were playing canted
-Pass! 2b; Til order it up. Now, Xiss
nOda," aad be looked brightiy over at fefe
partner.. 'Nolhkis ventured, nothing gaifted.
you know.
-PI do tha voiiinrin." r-"-.!rxl Hilda: ral
1 being fhirU "in hanll, folio-wed suit, playing
very Iotv.
Gregory took no notice of this loss of a
trick. uOf course -we don't expect ocean bath
ing," he continued; but you -will -want to go
J there again. I always think of that in going
to a new place. It isn't so much one's enjoy
ment the first time, but the practical knowl
edge one gains. It helps you in making up
your mind the next time adds another bead
to your rosary, as it -were.'
'Euchred," said Arnold.
"ow, isn't that just my luck P exclaimed
Gregory; 'and I hadn't a bad hand either.
And then," he continued, although he -was
now at another table, and had to look over
his shoulder to address Arnold, "it is such a
comical idea, this clubbing arrangement, and
not a bad one either. It Tvorks well all
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We do not all get our board free," said the
vridow.
'No, of course not. Only the one who gets
up the club, or and this is the best plan a
club can invite a guest instead. Four of us
could take one extra person, and eight of
two, and so on. It is what might be called
1 .,,--.- .
the hos?ltf . one ac extra expense,
no one under obhgations. lou have just the
samo , the same rooms tfe same board,
?f a member of a club that ; you would have
lf yu nt alone but there is the-extra
SU&L- ou can go as a cwu-or, par.y or
a first floor. It is share and share alike. Xo
one lmows which is guest and which one pays,
so there is no discrimination. I call it a cap
ital plan."
'You are sure it is a good house? Well
fceptr
First rate. Oh, come now, ilrs. Lyons! I
know I won't get the booby prize. I am not
playing for prizes to-night. If I were I should
not try for that."
'You must have them strung up like scalps
around a wigwam. Gregory. Tell us how
many have you gotf
'One for each tally card?" asked the widow.
Gregory laughed mysteriously. "I am
going to play for a prize," he said, '"and I am
going to get it. What kind of a prize it will
be you shall judge when you see it."'
Thus far Gregory's little scheme had worked
fairly. Ho had interested the party, and had
almost persuaded the Arnolds to promise to
go. The widow needed no persuasion. She
wanted solitude, she said, so as to practice her
Spanish, and she was from the first on Greg
ory's side. To Hilda ho said very little. This
was the delicate and difficult part of the mat
ter. Ho was quite sure that she could not
afford the holiday, and he knew she would
not accept the position of guest unless the
affair was managed with great delicacy.
"If I appear hi it if I propose inviting
her,r he said to himself, She is so shy, so
proud, that she will refuse at once. I must
suggest, but I must never say it."
To this subtleNand embarras-ing task he
thus addressed himself. He talked as if both
Stefano and Hilda were going; he suggested
that he himself might bo invited as 'guest."
He did all that he could to show that the po
sition was most honorable and desirable. He
spoke of the rest, of the exhilaration in the
air, of leaving the city behind, and yet liv
ing in a friendly circle. What were they not
to do at Coast Cove! He bought books to
read there; he collected photographs and
games for the one rainy day they were to
have, and finally sent Hilda a volume of
poems, on the fly leaf of which was written,
"Coast Cove, Easter week, 1SSC." After a
time his persistence persuaded them all that
they were going, and they fell into the habit
of discussing their plans before they were
really aware that they had seriously formed
any.
Stefano took but little interest in all this
English talked around him. Ho lived in his
lagoon of French and Italian, and the out
side waves did not disturb him. His plans
for Florida did not please him as tho time for
leaving drew near, but he promised himself
that he could soon sec all of the south that he
eared for,and he would speedily return. In
the mean time he devoted himself to talking
to ilrs. Lyons and practising with. Hilda. Ho
shrugged lus shoulders at the idea of tho
northern sea coast m March, and told them
that he prefcred thinking of them as at home.
When tho second week in ilarch came,
Gregory had a summons to Chicago, and had
to leave New York at once.
'It is the most unfortunate thing,'' he said,
but I have written to the Coast Cove house
and made provisionary arrangements. Ar
nold can see how they suit. I have a copy of
my letter for him. I will certainly get back
during the week and will join you there. I
have said that there will be at least a club of
.
ua",a
uTsi'fc tho
guest."
But the cuestJ Whom aio we to invite;
inquired ilrs. Lyons, gayly.
Gregory hesitated. It was a breathless
moment to him. He did not dare to look at
Hilda. Ho did not dare to mention her, nor
f l ' ... . , " ,. ' ,)rrf
the sea would be only a howling wilderness of
..i- -- nn.-.- 1iai nnmn j--n T f cliA r3?T Vft frr
waves. ie ioo:ieci at Jirs. jyons; mere was
a world of entreaty in his eyes. Surely,
surely she must know -who ought to Le the
"Wo have hud so pleasant a winter together,
our party ought not to be broken now. No
one has so much influence as you. You
choose the guest, make up the party, Mrs.
uni , ' . , iT ., . . , .
, "I see!" cnl the widow; '-you area wicken
Bat l see1tshf Jt . !;
de. on mt' aai1 tho rt-v sha11 to our
mind.
"Arc we
limited to fourf' asked Mrs.
Arnold..
'Leave-it to me," replied the widow; 'I
have made my plans. I know just how to
manage it; I know just what we want. But
vou, Gregorv oh, I shall envv Chicago
fssJiJL FJrxL -sfS j
schemer from us," and then she arose and
swept Gregory the lowest of bows.
'How well her Spanish comes on!" said
Hilda. "She puts it ia English, to be sure,
but she thinks in the noble language of com
pliment, and to think in a language is a great
proof of progress in it."
The widow's eyes sparkled as she looked at
Hilda.
Don"t you rail at Gregory," she said; "I
am his friend for life."'
And so the matter rested, and Gregory went
to Chicago, relying on Mrs. Lyons' discern
ment anil management. But ouce in the
west, the stars seemed to fight against him,
and lie was delaved day after day. Hand
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feasted, but his impatience to leave mado
some, young, and successful, he was feted and
everything distasteful to him. His eyes only
siw a lonely beach, -and a girl standing theiv
and waiting.
injnx iiw, sii-i ua.
Once free, steam hardly flew fast enough
fop Mm lndeed Lxj phoned, 33
it was Thsrsdav af lev Easter when he reached
Coast Cove. It was night when the cars
drew into the station, aad ho went direcs to
the beach.
Down osi the sands steed a gay little look
out with a high tfight of steps, and Gregory
sas tlown on them in the shadow, calm, 1-
They were silent, and Gregory let taem goon
' and disappear in the darkness.
' The ocean lapped the shore, a breeae came
up. though gently, and the stars shoae
I brighter. Then sweetly, suddenly, came the
j breath of a song. It was almost out of the
I waves, almost a part of tiem. The words
smota on Gregory ear. Tcoy -were Italian:
Aad EfghUagalcs recall the. AdeJaMe: Ade
laide! He saranr to his feet, and t(T-nrd lum
TTn'n came. She seemed to come, not along
the beach as the others had, but from the
very edge of the sea, as if she had arisen, from
it; and her hand was on Stefano's shoulder,
and his arm was around her, and he sang to
her what Gregory would have said.
As they turned and followed the others the
song ceased, mid all was silence again except
the sea.
Gregory stood still He was stunned. He
felt as though he had been struck on the
head. Hilda and Stefano! The Spaniard!
In his dreams of the sea and of Hilda, tho
Spaniard had been in Florida. He pushed
his hat back on his head, and rubbed his
forehead with his handkerchief. Just then
lie heard voices again. It was the doctor re
turning. It has not dragged, I allow," she said;
"but every one has seen it was coming."
'But it is absurd," replied the young man.
"They do not understand each other. He
does not speak English, and she understands
no other language. It is perfectly, ridicu
lously absurd."'
The doctor merrily laughed. 'When a
young man can make Beethoven talk for him,
and can sing Spanish love songs as Stefano
Gonzales can, he can make himself understood.
Hilda Fleming has been bravely wooed."'
'Nonsense! I never heard anything more
ridiculous."
-And you have never seen it at all? Horns!
I am ashamed of you. Why, we have all
-watched it with zest."1
'And ilr. Gregory? How about him, El
len? How about him? What trill he say f
"Ho will be delighted He is so fond of the
Spaniard. Why, he proposed that the whola
sociable should come. Mrs. Arnold told mo
about it, and trouble enough she had to ar
range it on such short notice. And, Morris,
I couldn't tll you this before, because Stef
ano hadn't said, or. if you like it better, sung,
anything decided; it is a four-leaf clover
party, a four-lover party wa four, Hilda
and Stefano, you and I, are the guests. How
I wish Gregory would come now!"
'A guest!"' oxclaimed Morris. "-Not I, in
deed! I don't deadhead it at a hotel, Ellen.
And I tell you" he spoke -with conviction
-that Gregory won't like it! You see if he
does!"'
"He will be delighted."
" 'Delighted!' "' repeated the young man.
'It is a first-class euchre, Ellen. 'Delighted!'
Well, you are blind!"7
"Mcrns," cried the doctor, turning and al
most facing the unseen and horrified Gregory-,
whose face would have made tho fortuno of a
photographer could it have been seen, '-you
deserve the booby prize! Indeed you do."
Well, I shall not get it," her lover grimly
replied. l-It is given away, but not to me."
In tho darkness Gregory pushed his hat
down over his eyes. 'Idiot!'' he muttered, bat
he did not explain to whom the title belonged.
Louise Stockton in Harper's Bazar.
WANDERINGS Or A WAITER.
Chophouse Attendant Who Are Perpet
ually on tho I-IoieTii "ew Vork City.
The average waiter must do a great deal of
wandering in the course of his lifetime. In
the very swell restaurants a good waiter may
keep his place for years, but those of mora
modest standing seem to be perpetually on tho
move. The men who used to bring mo my
breakfast and dinner at this or that hotel now
servo me with beer at tho concert gardens,
and old pot bearers from the concert gardens
greet me when I drop in to eat my lunch. I
have for years kept track of the movements
of a veteran chophouse attendant, whom I
originally tipped in a John street shrine to tho
stomach. I have been served by him from
Rockaway to High Bridge; he waited on me
at the centennial in Philadelphia, and at
Washington when Garfield was inaugurated.
Tho other night I came across him again iu
an uptown resort, looking not a day older
than hen he sot my deviled kidney and my
pewter of Bass before mo on tho day I mado
his acquaintance. He fetched me my lager
and my sandwich with the same old flourish,
and gave me greeting with the samo familiar
civility. This m n is as goal a waiter as you
would care to bo served by. He is quick,
sensible and civil; just the sort of person one
would fancy getting a place and keeping it.
I remarked as mudi to him, and he said:
'Don't you sometimes get tired of eating
the same dishes at the same place, sir? Well.
I get tired of serving them, too. When I'm
weary of chops and ale I take to beer and
sandwiches, and when I've got all I want of
them I go to handling French dishes. When
I'm tired ia New York I make a trip to Bos
ton or Philadelphia or Washington, or take a
job at the seaside. There's nothing like
change, sir, to keep a man fresh and his ideas
bright, no matter how small the change is."
"But how is it," I asked, '"that you always
come back to New York?"
"Because New York is the only place a man
can live in, after all. sir. Away from here a
waiter has to rely almost entirely on his
wages. The bosses have cut these down to
next to nothing on account of the tips, but
there isn't enough tipping done outside of New
York to make life worth living. I can pick
up more hero in a week than I'd get anywhere
else ia a month. Even the summer hotels
can't hokl a candle to New York for tips if
you only strike the right place." Alfred
Trumble in New,York News.
How Different Tcople Travel.
Have you noticed how some people enter a
car and where they sit? A lady will walk
past a dozen vacant seats, often the entire
length of the car, then come back again and
take one of the seats she lias just passed, and
often after sho is seated change to another
just exactly like the one she leaves; never ex
actly decided at liome or abroad.
The old traveler walks direct to the best
seat in the car that is vacant, i. e.. the one
nearest the center and on the shady side not
because it rides easier, but it is safer in case
of any accident The-o. t. never passes a va
cant scat if the car is in any way nearly fulL
The small boy or his sister must get next
the window, and usually flattens Ins no-e
against it if it is not open, he being on his
knees on the seat we mean the small boy on
a small journey. If tho trip lengthens out
auy he will getall over the car before he gets
to the end of the trip.
The backwoodsman will take tho first seat
inside the door, wliether the car is crowded
or empty, aad will put his entire family on
the one seat if he can squeeze them in between
tho arm of the seat and the window. If it's
down in Kentucky or Tennessee they will
take otf their hats and bonnets and make
themselves at home.
The colored brother or sister from down
south hunts a window before he does a seat,
noses the sash quickly, passes his body
through to the waist and to people he has told
-good-by" be shouts again, -Goo"-by. goo'-by;
give my love to Aint Mary; goo'-by: you
must write." While the person yelled at is as
innocent of writing as a babe. When the
train is on its way he sinks into a seat the
one where he is as gel as any: he steys
there, looks around with a smile of saasfac
tioa, is glad be is alive, aad gladder of all he
is "gwine on this yere cyar," and gladdest, of
all that the car is supplied with ice water, a
luxury that does not appoarin Me every day
Sfew Merchant Traveler.
It is ail very vrdi to rise from the gaiter,
like Rachel, tot ip not the gBiUer dies was
it. Half tbeferaale pupifcttt the Onsera&oin
are from very low extraction, indeed. If
foUa them borae w-e -would Sad that tbeir
parents are concierges, sccoarf-iaad deader
aad worse. Shopkeepers are aor aad thee
tempted to cekivate musical &nd dramatic
instincts in their daughters. I thstlt for some
time with a pork butcher who -asas always
addng xss to get lus daughter reccsomewkd
to iL Arabrobe Thomas, and wocid. I have
no doubt, if I had seen fit to give ber a letter
of introduction to that Tvonhy. cawnefcd nsy
little bill on Sie spot. Higher up in the social
scale parents Tnordd as soon think of tttraiag
their daughters into the street as to let them
go on the stage. Paris Cor. Argonaut.
BANK OF
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Authorized Capital
Paid-Hp Capital
OFFICERS.
J. H. SLATEE, Caskler.
Directors.
OLIVER DCCK", F. W. WILSON".
Stockholders.-
J. G. FISH. President.
V. P. BOBIKSOX,
O.D.BARXES. B. H.ROTS, FIXLATROSS, A.L.HOCCK, W. P. BOBLXSOX.
OLIVER DUCK. JAMES G. FISH. F. W. WILSON'. W. L. DUCK,
J. K. SLATEB. JJ. iL DUCK.
- Correspondents.-
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BASK OF KANSAS CITY, Kansas City, ilo.
Genera! Banking Business. Respectfully solictit a share of your-patronage.
Kansas National Bank.
No. 134 Main Street.
Capital Paid Up,
Surplus,
Loans Money at Lowest Rates,
issues Sight Drafts on all Parts of Europe,
Buys and Sells Government and Municipal Bonds.
Pays Interest on Time Deposits
H. W. LEWIS, President, T. W. JOHNSTON, Cashier.
G. E. FRANK, Assistant Cashier.
DTEECTOHS.
J. L. DYER, SAMUEL HOUCK. ROBERT E. LATYREXCE
H. W. LEWIS. T. W. JOHNSTON, C. E. FRANK, A A. HYDE
SOL H KOHN', fresIJent.
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WICHITA NATIONAL BANK.
Successors to Wichita
Paid-up Capital,
Surplus,
-DIRECTORS.-
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First Arkansas Valley Bank.
(The Oldest iloncy Institution la the Arkansas Valley.)
No. 83 IIain Street.
Do a General Banking Business in all its Modern Functions. x
J3Loan both Foreign and Home Money in any smocut on all satiefactory collaterals real,
per-onal or chattel sud accomodate the borrower -with trni" trom one day tot ryerr8. Sell
tickets bv th fastect and safest linea of ateanietb in the world to or from all principal European
porta viaN'orth, German, Lloyd or Cnnard Llne.
J. O, DAVIDSON', Pres.
C A. WALKER,
CITIZENS BANK.
Paid-up Capital,
Stockholders Liability,
Largest Pald-Up Capital of any Bank in the Stats of Bnsas.
DIRECTORS:
C. R. IHLLER. A-R-BITTrXO, H. O.LEE. B. L. DAVIDSON.
S7.E. STAN-LET, J. O. DAVIDSON. JOHN T. CARPENTER.
DO A GENERAL BAKKIZSTG BUSINESS.
United States, County, Township and Muni
cipal Bonds Bought and Sold
B LOMBARD. JR, President
J. P. AT.T.gy, Vice-President.
STATE NATIONAL BANK.
(SUCCESSOR TO
Paid-up Capital,
Surplus,
-Dl RECTO RS:-
fl. LOMBARD. Jr, J. P. ALLEX. JOHX E. CARET, E03. HARRIS. 3. 2. ALLZS.
L. D. SSJSVER. .PETER GETTO. TV. P. GREEK, P. V. HXALT.
GEORGE E. SPALTOX.
CORRESPONDENTS:
ATTOVAT. BASK OF THE REFCBLIC. Ncr Tort
first national bank. kasm city,
B. LOMBARD, SR PresWeat.
Lombard Mortgage Co.,
IN KARSAb 6iAT dAKK tiblLDISG.
Money on hand. ISTo delay when security and
and title are good. Rates as low as
the lowest.
CAHL AND SEE US.--O
E. T. BROWN.
s. t. S2?.o"WTr &c co
REAL ESTATE AND LOAN BROKERS.
D-aUrs ta cbc-Sce Bsatse nl Bdiiecs Vr&fmr. Tsrs. Eaacic. xsd Act Prcjrty. ZootsM-lxaH
WICHITA,
WICHITA.
Lawrence Avenues.
$200,000
$76,000
OLIVER DUCK. VIce-PresldeEt.
J. G. FISH.
YT.L.DCCK.
$100,000
$10,00o
Vice-President.
31. W. LEVY. Cashier.
Bank, Organized 1872.
$125,000
$25,000
"Wiciiita, Kansas.
Vice Pres.
JOHN C DEEST, Cashier.
$200,000
$400,000
L. D. SKEVXER. Cuhler.
W. H. LIVLVGSTOX, Assistant CmMo
KANSAS STATE BXSK.)
$100,000
$5,000
NATIONAL EA. OF AJlifiiJ-A. t-a3
BLACESTONE NATIONAL BANS. Ca
JA3IES L. L03IEARD. V!c-Pre!i;
S. S KING, Secretary
F. P. KARTET. jlttr7-vL-.
KANSAS.
SMITHS0N & CO.,
SUCCESSORS TO
THE ANGLO-AMERICAN LOAN AND INVESTMENT COMPANY,
r
117 East Douglas Avenue,
Lend. Leas acd Insurance ArtoU. Honey always oa hand. Internal low ratot. N0 DELAY.
Before making a loan on Farm. City. Oaltci or Persona! Kcnrlty. call aad it as. Corae la or iond a
full description of jonr Farm or Clrjr prorcrtT. WVfeaiHHelarreamocnuof Una Easira and Korlja
Capital for Investment In Real Entate. and are tho enabled to make rapjd a!e.
Correspondence SoUelted. II. L. SjUTHSOX. Manager.
J, M. ALLEN k C0.;
Wholesale and Retail Grocers,
112 Douglas Avenue.
L. K. WOODCOCK,
x-Couaty Treaa'r.
B. S.GARRIOV,
WOODCOCK, DORSEY & CO.,
REAL ESTATEJBSTRACTS & LOMS
Office, Dorsey JBuilding, Opposite Court House,
WICHITA , SULZDnT
Comanche,. Comanehe County, Kansas.
A nevr city on the Cimmarron, at its Junction with Big Bluff anu
Cavalry creeks, offers more inducements to the investor than any
other new town platted in Kansas this year. Only three miles from
the great natural salt deposit : a fine water power at the foot of
Cavalry Valley, with its hundreds of fine farms, many under culti
vation. A chance to get in now on the around floor. No lots given
away. Many brick and frame buildings going up. "Write for lull
particulars to the
COMA1TCBS TOVTls COMPACT,
23" ow Kiowa. Kansas.
F. W.
SCCCELSOR TO
Merchant Tailor.
Keeps on haid Fnc Goods of the latest styles The largest sioc' n te.
city. Satisfaction guaranteed No trouble to show goods Call And see me
F. W. SWAB, 1st door N of Cotmty Building.
N. F. NfEDERLAXDER. JVWent. W. W. KIKKWGOb. LumI K2Mfor. V-fJg'- '"'n,
A. W.OLIVER. Vfce-Pn-shient. c MvtAK. ! r-iarr
Kansas Loan and lavostment k
O
APITAL,
Money Always on Hand to Loan on Farm and City Prooerty
Office"in Wichita National Bank Building, Wichita, Kan.
S. D. PALLBTT,
-tEALER IX
Northern I Southern Pine Lumber,
LATH, SHiNGLES, SASH, DOORS AND BLINDS.
QFHCEand WHITE ni"MZ WICHITA, KAN
MONEY TO LOAN
ON
City Property, Chattel Mortgages
AND PERSONAL SECUPwITY.
LOWEST -:- BATES! V NO - DELAYS'
L. B. BUNNELL & CO.
'New Dry Goods at Retail !
, 10 to 20 per cent, less than regnJar pncea I am now raccvr.r a
fine sroc of Fall and Winter
INew Drv Goods, Notions,
Ladies' and Gents' Furnishing Goods, Kt .
To a ,1 ntr Urgg wtk a fcawl wMtt I aSUr t prttmm m . 1 nil ! 3
IDS Main t bctvn Doagftu
ADw sum nr? H.
GLOBE IRON WORKS!
Founders and Machinists.
Manolactarars of
STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS.
1 Iron andttrass castings, pulleys and sbaftiikgAiKi&ilinads '-
chinery. House castings in an v design xo order. Deiui tajn i s pa
j and pumping machinery. All kinds o? repairing Ooaeon shorts .,
! and satisfaction guaranteed.
; ' A. FLAGG, Proprietor.
CANON -:- CITY -:- COAL!
3ADGEP. I.TJ2IB2B CO, 'vvBST DOUGLAS AV3L
c. o. wnoao i-44sr R. a. cxttx Ij
The DaviclsoD
PAID-UP CAPITAL, 00,000.
Mosey Always oa Haad to Loan m larfrovsd Fans 2id Gfiy PropertT
Have Loaned More Money ia Sentbeta Kzaszs Aa any Compmj
Sta;e
K A. HORSEY.
Kx-Caunty Cl'k.
SWAB
F. ST CITOAX )
$100,000.
mu JOHN G. ALLKX.
tt W OILX Vttmlhm .
Loan Company
WICHITA, KANSAS.