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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-03

~ unmarried; not surprised that she
was the belle Of the town; not very sorry
to hear that her uncle and aunt were
dead. He assured me also that Jennie
lived in the old mansion accompanied
only by q couple of servants, and that she
devoted much of her time to caring for
the half dozen poor families of the place.
OF course, all the beaus had consigned her
to the shelf among the old maids.
had determined to see her, and now
should discover whether memory OF me
had ought to do with her celibacy. l
would not buy her love by telling her OF
my good fortune, and if she accepted me
it must be as Tom Harrington, the poor
mechanic. The next evening found me
on the familiar doorstep. A strange
servant ushered me into the parlor and
took my card to Miss Rawson. had not
long to wait when there swept into the
parlor my little Jennie, who had, indeed,
developed into peerless woman.
was embarrassed only for second,
for with both hands held out she greeted
me In her old, simple style: "Why, Mr..
Harrington, I'm delighted to see you"
could only seize her plump little hands
in mine and kiss them. After some COM
ronplace chat Jennie demurely remarked
that she hardly expected the honor of a
visit from me.
l could only stamner out in an in
coherent sort of way: 'tMiss Rawson,
since the day we parted you have never
been absent from my thoughts. But I
realized the gulf that separated us, and
tried hard to forget. 1t was no use; the
passion grew with years, and the longing
to see you so possessed me OF late that I
could not resist the impulse to come to
Summerville. Only upon my arrival here
did learn that you were your own mis-
tress; that you were still unwedded, and
I hoped TO learn also that your heart was
still your own"
at is not my own, Mr.. Harrington. I
lost it years ago, and 80 have refused
many tempting offers Of marriage. It is
locked up in little box and have lost
the key"
"Perhaps," I hesitatingly suggested,
az might be able to open this mysterious
box"
1--WE shall see," replied Jennie; and
leaving the room for a moment she
quickly returned with a package, which
she carefully unfolded, and presently re-
vealed the silk lined perfumery box that
had SO proudly presented to her on the
strength of my first weeks earnings.
Jennie, are you willing to risk the
criticism Of village Rossips, and accept
your old lover of the machine shop9"
81 am, Tom, and will gladly share my
wealth with you"
81 have tested you, Jennie, and your
heart has the true ring. You have ac-
cepted me without dollar. But I have
not been idle all these years. ] have q
comfortable fortune equal to your own to
share with you, the result of laborious
study, aided possibly by little genius"
During the Christmas holidays there
occurred at an uptown church pretty
wedding, with limited number Of guests,
and on q cross street that leads to Central
park Mr.. and Mrs Harrington may be
found in delightful home ON their return
from Florida, where they are enjoying q
protracted honeymoon.-New York Even
ing Sun.
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The Begear and His Victims.

Strangers in the city often wonder why
beggars let hundreds of others pass by and
stop them with an appeal for aims.
Naturally they come to the conclusion
that the beggars are highly gifted in dis
elimination, know a stranger on sight and
so on. But that is not the true explana-
ton Of the mendicant's astuteness. The
secret lies in the fact that the stranger
looks at him. The New Yorker knows
quite well that If he looks he is lost. The
beggar takes the look as sign of interest
and follows it up until he extracts the
coveted coin. Sometimes he dances along
by the side of his victim quite nimbly for
half square or more, holding his dirty
open palm directly under the recoiling
noise Of said victim. One who does not
pretend to see beggar is rarely accosted
by him.-New York Press Every Day
Talk ~
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-03
Az AIliRator's Intestines,

W. B. Bland, of Georgia, a sportsman
Of scientific turn Of mind. has thrown
light upon a subject concerning which
most people have heretofore been in dense
gnorance-nameIy the internal construc-
ton Of an alligator. In the south the be-
lief is quite prevalent that alligators
swallow. ightwood knots to live on dur
ing their long sleep in winter. Mr. Bland
shot a gator on Ty-Ty creek the other
day, and proceeded to dissect it in order
to find out whether or not the belief re-
ferred to is well founded. Much to his
surprise he found that there was nothing
whatever in the stomach or intestines Of
the saurian. More than that, he discov-
cred that the intestines were very small
and almost as hard as bones, and that the
hollow in them was very little larger than
a broom straw.-Chicago News.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-03

Everybody needs and should take good spring
medicine. for two reasons:
1st. The body is now more susceptible 70 benefit
from medicine than at any other season.
I'd. The impurities which have accumulated in
the blood should be expelled, and the system given
tone and strength. before the Frustrating effects OF
warm weather are felt.
Hoods sarsaparilla is the best spring medicine II
purifes the blood. 1t sharIeas the appetite II
tones the digestion II overcoes debility. II GuIlGs
up the whole system. Try IL and you viii be con-
WINGED Of its superiority.
II took Hoods Sarsaparilla for general debility
and was wonderfully benefited by it." j. P. JOIN
son. Martins Ferry, o.
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Cholera in Calcutta.

Many of the tanks have no connecting
streams, but are filled by the enormous
rainfall in the wet season, and are stag
nant pools, breeding malaria and cholera.
As IN Bangkok, this dread disease is
always here, the statistics sscribing to IL
several deaths every week in the year,
and running up above fifty OF perhaps
100 without being called an alarming
epidemic. Foreigners seem to pay little
attention to It, and several have told me
we pay q ridiculous il not cowardly atten-
ton to it when it shows a disposition to
visit our shores; that with the present
knowledge of its proper treatment, it
could never become a scourge in Europe
or America if the people would only re-
strain their alarm.-Carter Harrison in
Chicago Mail
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Russia's yeneration for Her Gar.

As rule, the people of the empire en-
terrain q veneration for the car second
only to their veneration for the Supreme
Being, whose vice regent he is supposed
to be. Whatever he says is law 70 them,
whatever he touches is holy. The peasants
kpeel and kiss the pavement his feet have
touched as if he were god. Whenever
he passes every head is barred, even in the
most intense cold, and every knee is bowed
till he is by. 1t is patrisrchal relation
that we cannot understand nor appreciate
The same unlimited authority that the
father exercises over his minor children Is
possessed by the car over all his subjects
He is their little father" They always
call him so-William Eleroy Curtis in
Chicago News.
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CoIored Peoples Benefit Association.

A great many colored people belong to q
benefit association kpown as the Brother
hood, an organization which is understood
to raInify throughout the south, its chief Off
Ger residing at Natchez, Miss The object Of
the association is the insurance of its MEM
bers, it being conducted on that plan. A BEN
EFT Of $500, besides SIS for funeral expenses,
is guaranteed to the family or other bsneti-
Charles al the death of each member. In the
the event Of sickness or disability from any
other cause the disabled person is allowed s.
per week until recovery.-ChicaSo News
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-03

The man who worked himself TO death
can be found only in dime museum.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-03
A Tame Issue.

Proprietor of New York Daily Newspaper
tangrily)-l don't see what's the matter with
You fsllowsl l never read in my life such
stupid, mawkish, dry, dull. worthless
wretched sheet as this mornings issue,
Managing Editor-Pm sorry, sir. The r,ud
singing editor was unavoidably detained at
home on account of sickness. Bits
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Spring Medicine

: when In the spring felt all run down and de.
bnitated found Hoods Sarsaparila just the medi.
cine to build me up My wife also. after much ply
steal prostrstion, found in it use new life and
lasting benefit Upon little girl, who Rad beer
sick with alet fever rs effect was marvellous en-
tirely removing the poison tom her blood and
restoring her to good health" Z. g. SIRAT1oS
Swampscott, Mass
Il nave used Hoods Sarsaparina and find it TO be
the best remedy for impure blood have ever
taken" NJ II BAxIEG, Bound Brook. N j.
Hoods Sarsaparill. was Godsend to me, for IL
cured me of dyspepsia and liver complaint with
which had suffered 20 years" J. B. HoRNBHck
South Fa lsburg, y. y.
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They Speak for Themselves,

The most convincing and re-
liable evidence OF the success OF
DrS. Ketchum & Ross:
William Barr, cancer cured; Mrs. A.
Webber, catarrh and throat trouble cured;
Mrs. Chas. Leaven, testifys to the cure
of chronic ulcer; John Hicks, skin disease:
John Yodty, cured of chronic rheumatism;
Mrs. j. r. Shen. female weakness: Mrs. H.
G. Walters, female weakness; and many
others in Wichita. Such is the universal
verdict of DR.. X. and r. patients
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-03

In the past seven or eight years I have
met many charming and agreeable girls,
any one Of whom would no doubt have
suade an excellent wife; but the shadow
of the joyous, coquettish Jennie always
interviewed and seemed to whisper through
the mist, ''Wait for me, Tomr'
Having made a profitable investment Of
my suddenly acquired fortune I de-
termined TO visit Summerville. put up
at the best hostelry, which was not very
pretentious establishment. called on
my old friends at the machine shop and
one of them, who always knew about the
movements Of everybody in the village,
invited to come to my hotel, as / wanted
to see him particularly. After hearing
ali the gossip about the folks we knew I
ventured the query whether he ever saw
Miss Rawson.
Twas delighted to hear that she was
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aails eagle
suNLleHT's TORCH.

OIL not the night, and not the storm,
Ard not the lightning's fire;
But sunllght's torch, the kind, the warm,
This, this awoke the Tyre.
Felicia HemanS
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CONSULTATION FREE!

Medicines sent everywhere. All letters
answered promptly. Office and consulting
rooms 2l3 North Main street, Wichita,
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-03
DOCTORS
KETCHUM & ROSS,

Graduates in Medicine and Surg
cry. Experienced and SucceSSSul
Specialists in the treatment OF
Cancers, TumorS, Ulcers, and all
Chronic Diseases, Catarrh. Throat
and Lung troubles, Stomach and
Liver complaints successfully
treated. Diseases peculiar to
females, such as Womb and
Vaginal di ficultieS. lOod and
skin eruptionS thoroughly eradi-
Gated from the system. Nervous
Debility Of Young and Middle
aged men, caused from the effects
OF youthful errors, early decay.
Lost Manhood, ETC., treated with
UNPARALLELED SUCCESS
Smyrna times., 1888-12-12
A Blow at the Clubs.
AN EASTERN SHORE COURT REFUSES
TO INCORPORATE ANY MORE.

The grand jury of the November
term of the Circuit Court for Talbot
County, Nd, in their report to the
court said that the sO-called literary
musical and social clubs are nuisance
to the community and a device for pro-
curing and dispensing alcoholic drinks
IN violation of the law, and recommend
ed that every effort be made to sup-
press them and prevent their incorpo-
ration IN order to preserve the peace,
good order and good morals of the
community. Last week Judge joseph
A: Wlekes, presiding, with Judge Fred
erlck stump on the bench, said that
the court had determined to grant no
more incorporation papers in the first
judicial circuit under the general in
corporation law of the State to literary
musical and social clubs. Chief Judge
John NJ. Robinson, in a letter, express
ed his concurrence in this action.
Judge Wicks went on to explain that
while there were bona fide social clubs
legally Incorporated and COMPLYING
with the charter stipulation, it is a fact
within the knowledge of the court that
the incorporation law and the presum-
ed duty of the judges under it were
being used as a cloak under cover of
which designing men were selling lio-
uor for their own profit and advantage.
with no respect whatever to the char
ter provisions. He said that the now
ers OF this court cannot be utilized for
any such netariOus purpose. Thejudge
said, as matter within the KNOWLEDGE
OF the three judges, that Baltimore
liquor dealers were making it a custom
to organize clubs in lOcal-Option dis
tricts, whereby they could get custom
ers for their goods. He advised the
states attorney to take such measures
as he might be able from the evidence
he could find to present all clubs not
strictly complying with the stipulations
OF their charter in order than there
may be forfeiture of charter. There
are IN EastOn nine clubs and in Tai
bot county about 200. In Chapel dis
trlct, where the sale of liquor is IL
censed, there are no clubs. In the
other prohibition counties of the Judi
cIal circuit there are incorporated clubs
where, it is claimed, liquors are freely
dispensed. They are all said to have
the United States special tax stamps as
retail liquor dealers. Judge Wickes
and Judge Stump have now among
their papers applications for the incor-
poration of Is new clubs in the district.
which, under the decision of the court
as announced, will be refused the sig
nature and seal of the court.
Smyrna times., 1888-12-12
Why not Eat Corn /?

When the speculators put up the
price of -four and the bakers the price
OF bread the house holder of moderate
means is forced to look about him for
ways and means of defending himself
against the assault on his purse. He
naturally turns from wheat to corn.
There is great abundance of corn in
this country. We have not had such a
famous crop since 1880. Corn possess
es all the elements for the sustentation
OF life. After wheat and rice there is
nothing so good for the production of
healthy flesh and fat. The beautiful
corn plant is native of America. and
wonderfully adjusts itself to our eli
mate, being grown from Maine TO
1exas. But we have never sufficiently
valued 1t as a staff of life upon which
we may most confidently lean. Now
when wheat is " cOrnered" and over
valued, the colnerers" might them.
selves be cornered if the use of corn
meal should be measurably substituted
l0r wheat -four. There is no doubt
that the household use of corn wonld
he much increased if the KNOWLEDGE of
now to prepare it for the table shonId
become more largely extended The
more liberal use of corn bread at This
tine would teach a needed lesson to
greedy spectators and lead to a better
aapprec iation of the value and appetiz.
ing quality of our most important food
prOduct.-FhdtddeLphiG Record.
Smyrna times., 1888-12-12
The Oyster Navy and the
Oyster Beds.

1t is said by those acquainted will
the oyster grounds, that almost every
bed in the Chesapeake and it's tribn.
taries, has been scraped by the dredg.
ers. They have broken up Swan Point
bar, and are now stealing from all the
odd and end places where a few oys
ters can be found. This season, thew
VIII probably pretty well finish up the
crop OF Chesapeake bay oysters.
1t is fact beyond dispute, that the
dredgers have in recent years violated
without fear almost every provision of
the oyster laws. The indications are.
that Mr.. Plowman, the present com.
mander of the oyster poice forces, is
thoroughly incompetent, and in no
manner fitted to be at the head of so
important interests. His appointment
in the first place was unwise, and his
retention is disgraceful and that is
Just the plain blunt truth. The blame
for not enforcing the law cannot be
lald upon the various captains of the
oyster boats. They have, without ex-
ception, shown themselves courageous
frequently risking their lives in an en-
deaVor to enforce the law.-Gester-
tO1On Transcript.
Smyrna times., 1888-12-12
M. MEGARY ( S1H
. . CARPETS,
s. E. Corner Sixth and -.
FURNITURe
$40 Tatnall Street.
$40 Tatnall Street

We have arrivino d..,
large invoices Of +, gay by dar
ties consisting Of Fa0llaay Norsl
i,l1 Writing Desks, I}lic-a-BB Il.B rR5ockeN
NETS, Unique TiIa-Iai1dbrac, CaS
Baskets, etc. "'Ies' WC5
Don't delay purcbasi,
is the time to buy. thing. t6a+sS.i Now
ing first choice and dIiIereby hay.
bargain before tb" l,1 Securing a
which is bound to cdslp Srand rush
1y buy now, have done C'iaG NE, Later
bfrTuGlesome bry for [Ia question Of what ls6 The
ones. Any goods H. Tonllfe Ine loved
on ore C5risty CT5arietqlly storeda and dcIraasog i~i now
time best suited to ,l3 yo3 Of at any
We have placed ON o,,,.
today an enormous 2i I;, our floors
fSo lockers, ,,bo cherry and antiondF oI Flusb j
frames, nlcely " upboIstorl',i oak
6nsidl,,, 9lu?r, IN n tasty and attract;.k al SIX
designs. Prices from 81 Inn nn active
n,ot our r.. matchless stock is n.n
net net by our matchIess low - w; wei
no4 [39 to two 70. forming a com5iB554f5ee,. 2G 55lfe,
M lioC 10 be broken bv anv staa 'aVlon
tne ne city. Bear in mind oOofe ,,. IN
offering Offering You the best Cbristraa5ree %t are
novelties Lo"le in Fancy FurnitnSr,ali iS,lilas a,
rock-bottom cash prices. ''''uFe at
Having bought a larger .,,,.,..
OF these goods than y al I1illQ9nt lou
stores combined in the stato o'ller I,
Know that to sell them All VT, We
must haId ! put down the prices. s''' WE We
nave nave a thousand and one tbino. "e
mere e-everything stvIisb ''iIll995
trustworthy. y. In fact everytbinol, G,il
ls ISL IN protusion with the prices ,lli'is Z
See our Sixth street vinJ...
y on see there a chance IN %in''GE' Il i;S
TIME, u A $65 Walnut CbamIoss n ils
SUIT for S45. We bought 'lip7l at 7
rare bargain the manufactnroo,.al %o a
stock Of that pattern. TbereL,, m al ;
hangs the tale. -''ieoy
Smyrna times., 1888-12-12
TRY IT YOURSELF

It IS OF no use to argue the question,
fhlllp, am neither stubborn nor opinion
ated, have simply had a lesson that will
last lifetime"
Look here, Jack you are like some
ola bachelor who has been Tilted by one
woman, ana goes about declaring all
women are false"
Not at all my brother Charlie died of
Brlghts disease, brought on by using one
OF these so-called blood purifiers the
KIND you see attractively advertised in
every nook and corner. 1t contains iodine
OF potassium, drug used in extreme cases
when cautiously given under doctors su-
perVlslon, but death-dealing to all who take
1t IN quantity. If your brother had died
under such circumstances, you would hate
patent medicines as l do
do dislike the name of that mis-called
blood purifier for l have heard a first
class physician say it is the cause of halt
the eases OF Brights disease in thecountrv.
ana 1t IS strange the proprietOrs have not
been prosecuted for selling it. But I was
recommending Vinegar Bitters and that
d0es not contain any mineral, narcotic or
other hurtful drug"
On, nobody supposes that old woman's
remedy VIII hurt anybody the question is
VIII 1t cure anything? I'd as soon think of
taxing some ofmy grandmother herb tea. :"
on would be better off, Jack, if you
had some OF that tea to tone up your sys-
tenn now, instead of taking glass of brandy
TO make you sleep one night, and perhaps
a bottle of beer the next"
IS this temperance lecture, Phil ~
NO 1t is Vinegar Bitters lecture. I've
taken the medicine more or less for fifteen
years, and look the world over. Won will
not md healthier man than l am"
w hat Is all this nonsense about old stvle
and new style Vinegar Bitters; are they
differentP3
g Yes, the old style looks like coffee with
mi k IN, the new style like coffee without
milk. The man who made the old style for
twenty years-a practical chemist-made
imlIder, pleasaEter preparation, adding to it
mere, and taking from itthere, until he pro-
duced, my wife says, the finest medicine
ever made. 1t cured her of constitution.
and 1t cures the children of hives and ali
the little ailments they ever have. If nv
WlIe thinks they have worms, she doses
them with old style. Wealwavs have both
kinds in the mouse, and together, they keep
the doctor away.
And you insist that the proof of the
Is the eating-preciseiy. Jack. get a
Dottle OF the old style Vinegar Bitters-men.
L think, prefer old style usually-try it. and
you VIII then be like an old bachelor who.
atter railing against women for years. falls
IN love with good woman at last You will
say there are good and bad patent medicines
but Vinegar Bitters is the best of the lot"
Nj right Phil, to please you, I'll try
1t and report results"
Smyrna times., 1888-12-12
The Steamer FELTON, Sold.

The steamer Samuel NJ. FELTON, has
been been sold by the P. w. & B. Railroad
Company to the Tolchester Steamboat
company, of Baltimore, and after, She
mas been overhauled, she will be nsed
on the Chesapeake Bay rout from Raj.
tlmore to Colchester. The FELTON, is
ABOUT Y years of age and was built bv
6eteany q Son and Archbold, of Chester.
She was considered fast boat and has
Oeen successfully under the command
OF captains Taggart, Johnson, Lackey
ana Wiley. The steamer has done
very little duty since the explosion
that occurred on her forward deck
August 18th, 1885.
Smyrna times., 1888-12-12

DR.. Theel, 53S North Fourth, below
Green st., Philadelphia, is the only
physician in Philadelphia able to cure
permanently Blood, Special, Nervous,
Bladder and Kidney Diseases. He Of
ieTs $4,000 to any physician able to ex-
eel him. All sufferers should consult
him, and thereby saving money, suffer-
ing and delay.
Smyrna times., 1888-12-12

The one hundredth anniversary NJ
Ine death Of Charles Wesley is to be
celebrated throughout the world this
month. Art, poetry and music have
always been the landmarks Of morality
and religion, and it is not easy TO esti.
mate the influence which those spir-
ltual songs that have been sung for a
century have had upon the Methodist
Church, as well as upon the religious
world at large.
Smyrna times., 1888-12-12
Rraoe I'm

You are feeling depressed. your apnetite &c ,,,.,
you are bothered with Headache IdD oro q % Ploi ~
~ nervous, and generally out of sorts. and Want
70 gIdce up: Brace up but not with stimuloTts
ssPring medicines, or btters which have for Their
late ior an hour and then leave You in worSo
tOn0iton than before. What you want is an al.
eejo .e5qve l4at will purify your blood start healthy
and give renewed health and strenStb ssiSai'ty sa
81 yon will find in Electric Btters and
store. Ai"hecAef 5, Drug
Smyrna times., 1888-12-12

~ Butter is only 81 cents, per pound. in
ellluule1oWn. We congratulate the
farmers 1 who send their milk TO the
J. Creamery, but we groan at the OUTLAY
" eos.s US; We believe this price for
Dps.er .t. wlii result in the farmers gefting
5.sD. Soose 10 cents per gallon 70 their mil Z
Uutins December.- Transcript.
Smyrna times., 1888-12-12

HE outline illustrations of the Ivory Soap advertisements have
created much favorable comment and the requests for coD
been so numerous we have the demand the form
OF Drawing and Painting Book (sze nchcs) twenvour of
the most spirited and pleasing of the advertisements We will send
of these books with pad twcnyfou sheets Of a
postpaid to who will mail according directions below
fifteen Ivory Soap wrappers
Proctor & GAMBLE, Cincinnati
Smyrna times., 1888-12-12

By innumerable cures, DR.. Bulls
Cough Syrup has won a most enviable
reputation.
I've been suffering for the past three
weeks with strained wrist. l tried
Salvation Oil, and find myself, after
having used one bottle, entirely cured.
Chas. keyser, 1879 Mulberry St., Balti-
more, Md.