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only state FACTS. Tnis is positively no
llMBlG.
BNRCAINs ~ EVERY DEPARTMENT..
IMMENSE REDUCTIONS On
ALL GOODS,
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GREAT CT G-ING-OVF SALE WILL CON
TJNUb ONLY TWO WEEKS LONGER

ALL sUMMER GOODS TO BE CLOSED
OUT REGARD LESS OF COST.
Western Kansas world., 1886-10-30
Prince Alexander's Romance.


Not the least of the losses which the
gallant Prince Alexander of Bulgaria
seems likely to sustain is the hand in
marriage of the Princess Victoria, eldest
daughter of Frederick William, crown
prince of the German empire, The
reader who cares for romance Iced look
no further than this case for what he
seeks. It is an old story now the story
of the first meeting between these
two, the subsequent affection which both
confessed, and the opposition of the
stern German prince and his still sterner
sire, the emperor. Considerations Of
state could not admit of the marriage of
this dark -browed prince to the descend
ent of SO powerful house 80 long, at
least, as more ambitious union was not
improbable. Then came the Servo-Bul-
garian war, however, and the handsome
Battenburg went to the front to win the
admiration of the world and to further
endear himself to the wistful heart OF
the waiting princess. When peace came
upon honorable terms to him the an
nouncement was made that the opposi-
tion Of both the emperor and mownPrince
had yielded to the eloqusnt argument
Of the handsome hero Of tho hour. A
troussesu was being prepered, il was
said, under tho happy supervision Of tho
prospective bride and hsr equally happy
mother, the crown princess who had
secrstly approved q the ma1oh The
enforced abdicaki0n of AlsKnndse q IL
Western Kansas world., 1886-10-30
PAYMENT
SUSPENDED.

"Why, Willie what does this mean?
inquired the father.
"Directors overdrew their accounts,
20 tho cashier skipped out with tho rest,'
was the laconic response.
"You don't mean that you have taken
the nroney that was in there, do your"
in a tone Of panied surprise.
"Yes."
"But, don't you know that it is not
HONESTY"
"Huhw exclaimed the boy scornfully
ibid you ever hear Of a cashier letting
the directors get ahead of him? Well,
guess not. You bet know little busi-
ness. When the directors begin fooling
with the finances, the cashier 'guts' the
bank every time"
my boy" said the father, admirirgly,
some day you will be great financier;
but first you have few things to learn.
Never wait for the depositors to prose-
cute. Now come with me to the wood
she'd"
"Father," replied the youth, persuas-
lively, ''can't We compremise this matter
in some wayf II You won't prosecute,
I'll see that the bank resumes payment
and We wont say anything about the di-
directors drawing out money on the sly.' .
It was compromised on that basis.
Western Kansas world., 1886-10-30
A Young Financier.

Robert Ainsley in the Rambler: He
was youth, although not very old. One
day his father brought home little bank
to keep his savings in.
"Now, Willie," he said, well start q
bank"
81 choose to be CASHIER" interrupted
the boy.
"very well, you can be the cashier,
and I will be the board Of directors
Then you and your two sisters and your
mother AMI 1 will all be depositors. Now
I will put these five new nickles in to
start with. What will you do?"
"I'n put in my seven pennies and q
two-cent piece" he responded.
his mother dropped in a couple Of
dimes, and each of his sisters nickel
During the next two week numerous
deposits were made and all ran smoothly.
Then one morning pater familias found
himself short of change, and abstracted a
dime from the bank for car fare. But
the eagle eyes of the young cashier de-
tected the shortage, and he promptly
took what was left.
The next morning, the young 6nan-
cisr's father, wishing to instill little
more business knowledge into his head,
said:
"Now, Willie, suppose one Of the de-
positors wished to draw out some money
what would you do?'
''The boy simply pointed to the bank.
on which was the following placard:
Western Kansas world., 1886-10-30
ssBOOKLA RNIN."

M. Il. TURK.
rooklarrin' ;s bully thing for the chap what's
A,,tEs comm s on sense to know it, but it isn't
An, chink an time it takes to get it, if man
t.oD ooi 4 in it's proper place, an use it where
it'll pay.
brother had youngster as wuz aiius soin'
event clean through the college an came out
argRular fool. u
He could reel off furin' languages an talk nv
INT vSsn dof !. A cones to workin' he wu1ent worth
astraw.
Ks got an idy in his he'd that work was q o's-
1hs law! he said, wa. his perfesh; SO he ups and
n the city lawyers office an began his legal
rb.s iaSded H1"is him in jest one year within his
fathers doors
Hss. l;v;n with his father now, an the time anc
Y.rto get his education hasn't panned out worth
AGENT.
hWuZ ca-tln on tne WS1ere predo 1no' Ao'oA
Tor there's nary single blessin' come from all
that stuff he learned.
But not speck of larnin' had his younger broth
Cent term % or 80 one wintsr at the school-housa
on the hill; =.
An he's worth about q dozen nv his wuthless
brothers make,
Hsr he's lest chock full of common sense, an
that's what takes the cake.
How ef Bill he'd had the larnin' as wuz in his
brothers pate, 80
He'd been man NV power-msybe guvner OF the
state.
nat in spite nv all his ignorance he made good
success,
An, he's got the finest farm in all the country,
too, guess.
Hy idy is that ETA boy hain't got no common
sense, :.
An only nuff git up about him fer to sit round
on the fence,
1tnin't no use to send him of or take q college
coOrse, So,
Fer Il ie.t can't make him better, an it's bound
Western Kansas world., 1886-10-30

A writer commenting on the aristo-
cratic families Of Virginia, says:
'eThe most conspicuous founders of
the planter families came over during
the second half Of the seventeenth CEN
tury. One, very liberal and energetic
man, married the grand-dssghter of
Pocahootas, and his son, devoting him
self 70 planting and trading on the
James ivsr, found the bulk oe his pro
IT. In IN immense trafkO with his rela-
tive, ths Indians, who Aocksd . one
nm 10 HI support
Western Kansas world., 1886-10-30

Umbrellas, not accumulating 90 rap-
idly as handkerchiefs, sals Of them
takes place only about once a month.
They are confined to the purchase of the
cash girls In preference to all other en-
ployes. They command the insignifi-
cant trifle of 5 and 10 cents each.
All money and jewelry found goes to
the proprietor Of the establishment un-
less claimed. Pocketbeoks containing
money are almost invariably called for
and the house, therefore, but seldom
profits by the misfortune or careleesness
Of its patrons. It often happens that
packages containing goods which have
been bought in the store are dropped or
left at the counter by the purchaser, who
is going about from one department. to
another while shopping forgets to return.
These packages are opened and if not
reclaimed the goods are returned to the
counter from which they came and put
back in stock. A book is kept for the
purpose of making record Of such xr-
ticles, and an accurate note is taken OF
the kind of goods, their quantity and
quality and price. If there should hap
pen to be any change that is also care
fully noted. This is done in order that
the loser may recover the loss at any fu-
ture tirne
TIL object in selling certain articles
that are found is not, as might at fret be
supposed, to make them of profit to the
store, but in the first place to defray the
expenses Of the loss department, and in
the second place to prevent partiality
being shown the buyers.
In the sale of all fine articles, silh
umbrellas, lace handkerehiefs, ETC., the
superintendents and such oth or employees
as draw high salaries are allowed firs'
choice, and it is seldom that they neg
lect to avail themselves of this privilege
to buy at such bon marche. Last win
ter a very elegant sealskin muff, worth
probably in the neighborhood of $40
became the property Of one Of tho lady
superintendents in large Sixth avenue
store for the ridiculous price of rs cents
Western Kansas world., 1886-10-30
Discarded Wedding Presents.

Washington Post.
The subject of wedding presents is
always an agreeable one to contemplate.
Sometimes it causes the heart to quicken
it's pulsations, and now and then it has
a depressing influence upon ones pocket
book. In that sweet little book called
''Memoirs and Letters Of Mrs. Madison
I read:
"The wedding presents Of eighty
years ago differed from the present
gorgeous display Of jewels, brio a-brac,
ETC., inasmuch as they were tokens Of
love OF friendship made by the hand Of q
friend, elaborate embroideries from
sleeves to pincushions, paintings and
original poetry"
II ''original poetry" should ever again
come into fashion for wedding presents
what q brilliant opportunity it would
affordl
Articles in silver are always standard
wedding presents. Once in Washing
ton, at wedding the wife of q Russian
minister Nine. Dashcof, sent the usual
present of her country-two silver wine
coolers, one filed with salt, the esss nee
of life, and the other with bread, the staff
OF life. At recent Drexel wedding at
Elbercn, N. j., the generous Mr.. George
w. Childs presented the bride with a
silver tea set. That is tbs regulation
American present, and sometimes bride
has such al. embarrassment OF riches in
the shape of silver, especially if she is to
live in q French fiat or hotel, that she
is perplexei with the problem Of how to
dispose of the collection.
knowing of no one in New York who
is better informed on this subject than
Mr.. J. Il. Johnston, the well known Jew
eler. who invented the traffic in duplicate
wedding presents, which has now grown
to be large business. interviewed him
ON the subject, and he told me the fol-
lowing remarkable story.
HHs1e," he said, showing me . tall,
handsome ornamental piece, intended for
holding fruit, sis dish that cost $3.50
when it was bought for . wedding
Twill sell It for $50. Il has
never been used and is just a. good =
whom first purchased It With couple
Of barrels full Of wedding presents
bought the other day OF . Chicago mil
|ionaire. Hn vifs disd . year ego
She had hosh of wedding pEsssnAR.
Thsy wers N left 70 h1 husband. He
= thinking of marrying agsin 1oney
, no conGdsentim With hiD. Ho wilhod
Western Kansas world., 1886-10-30

q atragedy queen, and I haven't spoken 70
her since"
Three weeks after. Same room, same
company.
"Poor Will Osnond has gone" said
Harry Blake,
1.-The deuce he has," replied Fred
Tracy.
"Yes, I was over there this afternoon
and had talk with his widow. Wills
health failed Immediately after bis mar
rage, and his father was SD angry with
him for marrying his daughters gov
erness that he would not do tine least thing
for him. Mrs. Osmond said if it had
not been for Sue they would certainly
have starved. She pawned and sold
most of her jewelry, and managed SO
skillfully that Will was surrounded with
every comfort. I found out something,
Fred"
"What was. s..it?"
"Do you remember the date Of the
night you saw Miss Osmond Gu the
ferry boats Wss it on the 3D. of Doom
berY
"Yes, sir"
"Wel, that day Sue spent with her
brother. He was great deal worse, and
she was determined, come what would
she would not leave him until he was
easier. He grew more comfortable, and
when she got ready to start for home 1t
rained hard. So she borrowed her sis
ter's waterproof and hurried of. Now,
what do you think?'
s.That I was brute, and I'll make it
up this very day."
Evening Scene-Parlor in the house
If Osmond. Sue Osmond in the library
alone. Fred Tracy 10 announced.
Good evening, Mr.. Eacy," and Sue
extends very steady hand to her visi-
tor.
II have Just heard today OF your
brothers death, Miss-Osmond- and
and"
Fred Tracy was never known to stam-
mer, but now the English language
failed him.
"Wiu had been i'll for several months" !"
was tho calm answer.
"And to think" said Fred, almost Sob
bing, ''that I should have been such q
brute. I found out all about it to-day!
wonder if you can ever forgive me?"
Certainly" replied Sue; II forgavs
you long time ago"
"AngelP' whispered Fred. "How can
I ever be thankful enoughw
The hands he tried to seize were with
drawn as she replied:
'.By remembering, Mr.. Tracy, that no
woman worth having will endure the
high and lofty treatment you attempted
with mel and that where there is true
love there is true confdenoe!
"Sue, dear Sue, what do you mean?
Why are you so cold?'
"Mr. Blakew announced a servant.
"Good evening, Fred" said Harry,
cordially.
Sand how's my little Sue?'
"Very we'll. thank you," cried Sue,
lovingly.
"This, Mr.. Tracy" she continued, with
q deep blush, sis my intended husband
allow long has this been'" inquired
poor Fred.
"About three MONTHS replied Blake,
nonchalantly.
Sand you allowed me to come round
here and make fool of myself IN this
manner?'
"What manner? I was delighted that
you and my Sue were going to make up
and be good friends again.
Before Harry had concluded his SEN
tence Fred was gone.
The hall door shut with bang, and
the lovers were alone.
Western Kansas world., 1886-10-30
MOriarity's Remains Contained Within
. Steel Ing0t.

MOriartty's RenAthS Contained Within
. Steel Ingot.
Lovers OF humor have duly appreciat-
ed the pathetic account Mark Twain
gives of the unfortunate end Of William
Wheeler, who, becoming tangled up in
the machinery, was woven into fourteen
yards Of three-ply carpet, and followed
the narrative to learn that the "widder"
was given the piece containing the re-
mains of the dear departed and how
she proceeded to give it Christian burial
her narrowed feelings would not per-
NIT the remains to be rolled up, 80 the
piece was buried len8thwise. We learn
that the church was too small 10 admit
the whole coffin, 90 one end had to stick
out OF the window, aud the churchyard
reached ''they did not bury him-they
planted one end and let him stand up
same as monument" and had q suit
able inscription put on il, SACRED to the
memory of fourteen yards Of three-ply
carpet containing all that was mortal Of
William Wheeler"
It is of the drollest Of Mark Twain's
conceits, and it is hardly conceivable
that recent disaster should afford al
most parallel case. II appears that at
the Woolwich Arsenal, whilst engaged in
casting a steel ingot designed for the
manufacture of ordnance, q workman
named Moriarity fell into the mass Of
molten metal and became amalgsmated
with it. Many a good man has fallen
victim to cold steel entering his body.
Mr.. Moriarity quite reversed the usual
order by entering this body Of hot steel.
When the ignot cooled, no trace Of Mo-
riarity was discernable, whereuPOn the
War Department met in solemn conclave
to decide upon the proper course to pur-
sue. Many suggestions were made, but
it was unanimously resolved to allow Mr..
Moriarity to remain Sin statu quo," or in
other words to stay in the '.ingot" he
"got in," since no feasible plan was pro-
posed to separate the RENAME and the
steel. An inquest was held ON this
Of man and metal, and the
War Department held another consulta-
tion, at which they agreed that ut
seemed repulsive to utilize the metal in
the manufacture Of ordnance" and the
final result Of their deliberations is found
IN an editorial paragraph in the Msn-
chester (England) Times Of July 81 =
follows:
"The War Department have decided
not to use for the manufacture Of ord
nance the steel ignot in which the body
u . workmen was recently consumed q
Woolwich, and the metal haS been buried
n PlumDteod Marlheo."
Western Kansas world., 1886-10-30
Only '' u.s."

LAdy-No, I don't know Victor
Hugo's works we'll have only read
a'08."
Aldsrman's Daughter Only ninety
thrssi Why, I haven't Rad moes thsn
seventy oe eighty ot thsm.
Western Kansas world., 1886-10-30
Absent-Minded shoppers. i.

New York Star.
A styIshly blessed girl was walking
through Fourteenth street the other day
with her mother, when she suddenly
stopped and exclaimed with some alarm
"Oh, dear, I've lost my umbrella,
mammal
"How careless! Where could you have
left it child" said mamma, more an
noyed by the delay which search might
necessitate, than by the loss Of the miss
ing article.
II am sure it would be impossible fol-
me to tell" replied the the young lady;
I'VE have been to 80 many places this
morning. Well, I guess it don't make
much difference anyway. It won't pay
to 60 back and look for it, a it was an
old thing, and papa has promised to buy
me new one."
"Let's go on then," said the mother,
'but do try, Fanny, not to be SO careless
next time.''
Thus the matter was disposed of by
the loser. The finder was little white
aproned cash girl in one Of the largest
of the dozen or more big stores not far
from the spot, where tho two ladies had
been shopping. The little cash girl
picked up the umbrella from its resting
place against the glove counter and
looked about for the owner, but no one
seemed disposed to claim it. She then
examined the silver handle and quality
of the silk with her keen little eyes, and
finally marched off with it on her shoul-
der to hand it in triumph to . salmon
faced lady behind high desk in q re-
mote part of the store.
Hundreds Of articles are lost every day
in the great stores of New York that are
never reclaimed. What becomes of them
may be Of interest to the reader. In
some Of the most frequented shops on
Sixth avenue and Broadway it has been
found necessary to keep q clerk for the
especial purpose of taking charge Of lost
articles and to institute a regular system
by which they may be disposed Of. 1t
would be, of course, impossible to at
tempt to enumerate the thousand and
one different things Of more or less value
that are constantly being found. There
are, however, certain variety OF articles
that form the staple Of this harvest. The
first place belongs to handkerchiefs of
all sorts and varieties, from the ordinary
10 cent article to the more costly lace
and embroidered ones. Umbrellas rank
next, and are found in large quantities.
then come gloves, and as they are gen.
orally without mate. they are compare
lively valueless. Pocketbooks, fans, hand
satchels, muffs and pieces Of jeweiry fol-
low in more less profusion.
All the various articles, when discover
ed without an owner, are taken 1mmcdi-
ately to the clerk in charge Of the 'found
desk" She-the clerk is generally q
female sorts them and keeps them for
identification. Such as are afterward
claimed are returned to the owner, and
the rest, having been kept for a certain
lenth OF time, are disposed Of somewhat
as follows:
The handkerchiefs, after having been
|laundned, are divided into two GLASSES
and are sold to the employees for 2 and 5
cents each, accor ling 20 thsir quality. A
sale of handkeEchisfs occurs about once q
weak in the large STORES, and each de-
partmsnt has ii tuln 10 buy. No par
tiahty il allowed 10 b shown, and each
saleswoman has an equal Opportunity to
mako hw UWn oo2oeh5cn.
Western Kansas world., 1886-10-30

instance Of the czar disarranges all these
delightful plans and the announcement
now comes that the two are to be forced
apart.
Western Kansas world., 1886-10-30

tribution to the commerce of the world.
His e1travagsnt prices asked for potatoes
or apples allow him to keep his appar Int
load, and it thus continues to serve him
the purpose for which he bought it. In
to the cotton fields of the Palmetto state
slowly rolls the treasure-laden OK wagon,
and the thirsty planter halls with delight
this canvas covered harbinger from the
skyland dells of the dimly seen, far away
Rlue ridge. The snowy cotton for the
spinning wheel and Icons of the noun
tains is exchanged for the crystal dew
drop with its potent energies, and the
rude ox-driver seems to the lowland
planter veritable alchemist who sue
oeeds in gliding the commonplace Of ru-
raj life and throwing the glamour Of en-
chantment over his days. The villager.
too, is glad to welcome the highland
magician since local option laws Cypress
him. When the load of mountain dew
and other things have been disposed OF,
the oxen's heads are turned toward the
blue range Of peaks in the dim distance,
and after days of travel the mountaineer
nears his home. Sometimes he is de-
tected by the revenue officers, who arrest
him and incarcerate him. The court
tries him; he goes to Albany-to the
national penitentiary-for term, serves
it out, and then returns to his native
highlands and, with an energy and vigi-
lance well worthy some nobler cause, re-
kindles again his fires, so long gone out,
under the far-away blockade still of the
mountains. Thus he lives, and, full OF
years, passes away and sleeps with bis
fathers, leaving his offspring to follow
the same footsteps and keep alive, like
the fires OF the vestal virgin, the flames
under the ancestral still.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-15
A troubled Speaker.

Special 10 the Gazette.
GALVESTON, TEX, Oct. 4.-CoDgress-
man William II. Grain delivered politi-
cal address tonight at Artillery hall to a
goodly audience. The distinguished
speaker acquitted himself with great
credit, as he always does. He answered
some criticisms by the local press on his
political course, and his replies were APP
parently satisfactory to his audience. MIR,
Grain during the evening labored under a
great disadvantage, inasmuch as he was
greatly depressed because Of the lmmi-
nent peril, and perhaps death, which has
overtaken his younger brother, DR.
Charles Grain and his family, al
Sabine Pass. DR.. Grain is deputy United
States collector, located at Sabine, and
no word has been received from hin
since the great disaster. kilograms Of
inquiry to Beaumont aud Orange elicit nc
definite Information regarding their safe
ty, and this agonizlng suspense weighs
very heavy on the mother Of Congress
man Grain