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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-16
Sealed Bids.

Sealed bids will be received at this Office
until May 20 for the First NJ. f. church
parsonage building, 421 North Topeka av-
enue. Purchaser will be required to re-
move the building Immediately after pur-
chasing it. The board of trustees reserve
the right to reject any or all the bids.
r. 2. MURDOCH, Sec'y.
Wichita Kan Nav s. 1888 l49 l2F
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What have l sown, that must reap;
From ground where seed of tares is cast
can not gather wheat a last;
n vain to plead-in vain to weep.
With pity God may mark my sheaves,
But Law omnipotent must reign;
And what can change my withered leaves
To golden grainf
Vain TO stand idle, crying "Lordr'
Tn exalted good for which yearn
BE gives me gracious leave TO earn;
After the labor, the reward.
Why chide Him with unanswered prayersf
The blame Is NINE, and never His;
In fruit which earnest action bears
His answer is.
-FrankLeslie's Weekly.
Spring.
In and out OF the garden post
With liquid MARBLE, sweet and low,
Building anew the old home nest,
The busy blueblrds come and go.
Under the balsam, by the gate,
The ferns are breaking the needed soil,
Pushing, with haste that can not walt
Many fragile, feathery coil.
Up from the length of quiet lane,
And sunny slope Of old churchyard,
fancy that catch AGAIN
The spring-time smell o: pregnant sward
AS twilight deepens, well Iknow
That not a single sign dsceives;
For 10! the village bonfres glow,
And children scent the burning leaves.
Forest Crissey in Chicago Daily News.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-16
Look here.

Only so round trip to Denver. Pueblo
to Salt Lake and Ogden. via the Missouri
Pacific railway, the new short line. Pull
man sleepers run through. l20tf
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WICHITA TO CHICAGO
without Change OF Cars via the Rock Islam
Route.

Commencing Sunday, May 18th, the
sleeper leaving Wichita at $40 p. IN. on
the Rock Island will run through to Chi
cago, thus enabling passengers to avoid
City. As usual the Great Rock Island
gets there and is the first and only rail-
road giving through car service from
Wichita TO Chicago. For sleeping car
reservations and tickets to all points call
at city ticket office, 100 East Douglas ave
nue., corner Main street.
G. 4. RUTHERFORD,
151-tf Ticket Agent.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-16
Advice TO MofnerS

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should
always be used for children teething. 1t
soothes the child, soften> the gums, allays
all pain, cures wind collie, and is the best
remedy for diarrhea. Twenty-Five cents
a bottle dG4 If WIG If
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Through Car Service. Wichita to Kansas Cisy
visthe santa lie Route

The Atchison, Topeka s. Santa Fe have
now in their night train service leaving
Wichita at 9:3o D. m, the latest and most
approved pattern OF free reclining chairs.
These cars win be run daily. In addition
TO this. Pullman service on morning train
from Newton, and through Pullman cars
daily on the 30 p III. train 10 Kansas
City. AIchison and ST. Joseph
". ID. MURDOCH.
Pass. and Ticket Agent. l22 North Main
street, Union Depot aud Douglas avenu
station dS7-If
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DEGREE OF HONOR.

Regular meeting Friday night, if it don't
rain. We had big time set for last Fri
day, but the moisture was too oppressive.
Come out Friday night. All applicants
for membership are requested to be pres
ent. J. r. BUTTON, Recorder
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-16
Cane Seed.

1900 bushels cane seed. warranted sound
and clean, in quantities to suit. Parties
in need of seed for fodder or sugar pur-
poses will find the cheapest seed in Kansas
at Egan & Co. IS, 800 N. Main st. 147tf
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-16

The Woman's Guild will meet this after
noon at 2:30, with Mrs. o. II. Bentley at
1898 North Topeka avenue.
Mrs. ]. L. HILL, Pres't.
Mrs. MURRAY MYERS, Sec'y.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-16
Rental Agencies

Rent registers for sale at this ofIice
Orders by mail will receive prompt stteu
ton. Address the Wichita EAGLE, WiSh-
tia Kan S5-tf
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Notice to PAPER Hangers.

Sealed bids viii be received until We'd
nesday noon. May the 18TH for papering
Garfield Opera House. For particulars
enquire OF the secretary at Wichita Nation
al bank. II. T. KRAMER, Sec'y.
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NM n MAS and Certificates, for
iuPI Schools, Colleges ETC., CALLING
Ull LU Cards, Invitation end Ansounce.
ment Cards of all kinds, Bonds,
ETC.. Autographed ard Printed at ths
wichita EAGLE Office. Wichi IA, ansas
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-16

Buy your door and window screens at
the Wichita planning mill corner Central
avenue and Wichita street. LAT 24t
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Oklahoma.

This Office is prepared to furnish all the
blanks which are used in connection with
proving up bomesteads in Oklahoma We
use Coop's blanks. which are the only
blanks printed that have been approved by
the land commissioner at Washington.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-16

On and after March 10th the car leaving
First and Main street a. 1910 D u viii not
20 through 70 Fairmount. only on Satur-
day and opera nights, or when there IS or
more TO 20. WICHITA & SUBJ gBAS z. Z
LEE TAYLog. Manager
March : 80 diff
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Notice to SINNERS,

The freight office of the St. Louis &
San Francisco Railway Co. has been re-
moved from the Sedgwick building to 122
North Main street. c. r. GRAY,
d146-lO Commercial Agent.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-16

Scale books, coal tickets, ETC., for sale at
this office Orders by mail will receive
prompt attention. Address The Wichita
EAGLE, Wichita, Kan. 75tf
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
ATTENTION.

Let every member of the executive COM
mittee of the ''Y'' be at the boys rooms
this afternoon at o'clock.
By ORDER OF PRESIDENT.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-16
Blank City Lease

Our form of lease on city property is the
most complete and perfect one yet gotten
up. 1t was prepared by anattorney who
is authorityon such business. S4-tf
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-16

Money to loan on improved city prop
erty by the S. L. Davidson Mortgage
Company in rear of Citizens Bank.
dl15-tf
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Auction sale of oil paintings at the
grand Tabor art sale Thursday. Friday
and Saturday of this week at pa \. Main
street. $50 6t
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Specisl Sale.

Will sell trimmed spring hats and bon
nets the remainder of this week regard
less OF cost. r. a, hinyon, 220 East Doug
store. 1552#
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Land ONCE Blanks.

Address the EAGLE for the necessary
blanks to be used i'll filing on Oklahoma
land. Approved by the land commission =
er: prepared by Coop, the Washington
land attorney. l23tf
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CObS
For sale by ]. w. Hawn & Co., Wichita
Elevator, telephone 1884, die If
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Free reclining chair cars are now running
on all trains on the c., K. & n. railway,
Rock Island Route" between Wichita,
Topeka, Kansas City, st. Joseph. Chicago
St. Louis, Off
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Soft

Elevator cleaned corn and oats for sale
at J. w. Hawn & Co., Wichita elevator.
Telephone 334 136tf
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COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTs AND Wis
ITORS

The county superintendent and their
friends are invited to attend the matinee
at the EAGLE press room this afternoon at
1:45 TO see the web perfecting press in op-
Grafton
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hst

Blank abstracts for sale at this office
Abstracts printed to order. Orders by
mail promptly attended to. Address the
Wichita EAGLE. Wichita. Kan. 75-tf
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-16

5000 in per cent Sedgwick or Sumner
county farm mortgages wanted immedi-
ately, to fill special order, by Kansas Ma
tional Loan Co. d 156 tt
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-16

Don't fail to attend the Irving entertain
ment at Garield's opera house next Mon
day evening. Seats on sale at Robinson 81
Champions.
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Coal Dealers

Good fresh butter at J. T. Stafford Gro
Gerry company for 1919 cents per pound.
dl46 If
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L ast 1rAin TO st. Lonis and the East via
Missoari Pacific ny

Composed Of day coaches, elegant free
reclining chair cars, and Pullman sIeepers,
leaves Wichita at ll.35 a IN. runs
through TO st. Louis solid, arriving there
at $40 a. m, next day. This is one and
one-half hoursquicker than any other line
running both reclining chair cars and
Pullman sleepers from here through with
out change. City ticket Office l37 Main
street
E F. BLECKLEY,
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Three hours the quickest to st. Louis
Missouri Pacific railway 124 If
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Wall Paper.

Buy your door and window screens at
the Wichita planning mill, corner Central
avenue and Wichita street. 147 4t
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-16

Extracting teeth reduced to 25c at Boyd
dental rooms. i50-6C
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Royd,s Dental Rooms.

Full set teeth, IS; double set, SIS; plati-
mum filings, 81; silver filings. 75c; extract
ing teeth. 25c. Eagle block. l50-6t
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Notice,

The grand Tabor art sale this week al
224 n. Main street. 1872 ct
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Engraved CALLING cards at the
Wichita EAGLE Office, dos IF
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A Good Place to Eat
Spurgin's Buffet, 402 East Douglas. 123tf
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Riverside and suburban Railway

Silver filings 75c at Boyd's dental rooms.
150-Gt
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Cobs
For sale by !. w Hawn s. Co, wichits
Elevator, telephone 2SA die Il
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Engraved and printed LUNCHEON
cards al the Wichita EAGLE Office c63 Il
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a. - . Iarch 60. - - Il

Engraved CALLING cards al the
Wichita EAGLE Office G63 Il
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Missouri Pacific railway the shortest
line to St. Louis, by IS miles. lift
, 1889-04-28
STAGE TALK.

The cycloramic picture OF Niagara, which
has been so successful in London, will be
taken to Paris for a few months this summer.
Robert Buchanan has written to Richard
Mansfield, complimenting the latter on his
performance of Richard ILL.," which he says
is ian absolute realization of that demoniac
creature."
The fashion for amateur theatricals is be-
coming the rage in Paris. Societies are form
ing, and real actors are beginning to look
about them wondering II their daily toll is
going to become a high life pleasure.
W. S. Gilbert, who is not well, goes on a
yachting trip to Palermo shortly. He has
completed n now hbretto, which is waiting
for Sir Arthur Sullivan
Big George Fortescue has signed a contract
to star during the season of 1S90-91 in a new
comedy by n well known author, especially
writted for him, entitled MRS. Moses Meyer"
The play is a comedy-drama, and Mr.. Fortes-
cue will be seen In the role of the heroine, n
Hebrew lady of American birth, who is de-
void of the usual burlesque characteristics Of
Hebrews.
A comic opera by an American composer,
Robert Goldbeck, will soon be produced in
the grand drawing room of Devonshire house,
on Piccadilly, through the kindness of the
duke. The piece is called New York;
, 1889-04-28
CONVERSATION
STRICTLY
PROHIBITED.

Now a word as to how the tournament
seems to one who knows nothing about the
game. On each table there is what Is called
n pair of tumble clocks-two nickel Yankee
clocks nailed to an ornate seesaw board of
olive wood, one clock being always in the air
and ticking violently while the other Is down
almost on its side, dead and noiseless. Each
player must make fifteen moves in an hour,
therefore each player has a clock which he
tits up and sets going whenever it is his turn
to play. The clocks all tell a different time,
but that makes no difference. Since the
starting movement of each Is recorded and
every play of every player is also on record,
1t is easy to understand that when thirty
plays have been made by any player the
time indicated by his clock must be within
two hours of the time at which his turn to
play began. These tumble clocks, therefore,
servo the purpose of stop watches. They are
an English notion. They compel fairness in
play, since they put all players on an equal
ity. If a player could take all the time he
needed he would see much more than Il PLAYER
who had some regard for the time used in a
game.
All is silence. Often there is only one man
at a table. His opponent has gotten up to
stretch his legs. Perhaps he has gone out for
q walk Think Of a game so slow as that!
Compare it in the mind with a horse race or
a game Of baseball Without looking at an
encyclopedia to verify the thought, it seems
TO an onlooker that chess must nave originated
in China or India Where there are two play
ers seated over their board the only way a spec
ctator has of knowing which man is playing Is
by looking at the tumble clocks on the table.
The one that is ticking is, OF course, next to
the man who is playing. But both men are
leaning back in their chairs, and both are apt
to be pulling their mustaches or biting their
lips. Here and there one sees both players
staring at the board between them, but more
often the only display of interest in the hoard
Is seen in an occasional glance at it by the
man whose clock is ticking.
, 1889-04-28
A LONG STRETCH.
1t Lies Between Josh Ward and Eddie
Afhertou-

1t Lies Between josh Ward and Eddie
Atherton-
"I Hanlan and the res. Of them had to lug
around our boats and traps they would be in
the soup"
This remark was recently made by Josh
Ward, thebld time single scun champion Of
America, and the best known OF the famous
four brothers who wrested the worlds cham
pionship from the English ON Saratoga lake
In 1871.
A Boston Herald man interviewed him.
When the picture here given was made Josh
was champion Of America A tall, raw
boned, smooth faced youth, with sloping
shoulders, a bit of a stoop, and not an ounce
of su~perfluous fat to fill the lines that map
out his smooth, hard muscles He does not
look much different now. He was 81 then;
now he is 81
Continuing he said;
1.-THE boats and rigs have been improved
wonderfully, and l think the men have
learned to do their work easier, but it don't
seem to me they get the speed they ought.
, 1889-04-28

who went back to the Union association. He
was blacklisted in 1885 and reinstated in the
spring of 1886.
The Macon Ga.) team, of the Southern
league, then acquired his services, and his re-
Lease was bought by Detroit in June, 1856.
he, with O'Day, was sold to Washington in
September. He was reserved by the WASH
ington and sold to Toronto, for whom he
caught all last season. He was second In bat
ting in 1887, and in 1888 led the club with an
average of 1868. He is a reliable back stop
and accurate thrower.
The Athletics new pitcher, A. l. Paine,
makes his professional debut this Season. He
, 1889-04-28
BASEBALL GOSSIP.
The Year 1880 Will Long Be
Remembered.
A GREAT BASEBALL SEASON.

Sketches of Prominent Players Who Have
Signed for the season-The Philadelphia
Clubs New Battery. tho Athletics New
Pitcher and otherS.
Unless all signs fail this promises to be a
great baseball year. There is more interest
in baseball than ever before.
Whyl
Its easy enough to see why.
The globe trotters did 1t.
Just review in your mind the trip they
made around the world. First there was
talk of an Australian trip. The scheme was
discussed all over the country. Then the
players were selected, then it was determined
to make a trip around the world and then
the boys started. Follow them around the
globe circle. Recall how the reports of their
games were cabled home. Remember tho
excitement they kicked up In Rome, then
how they drew crowds in Paris, then how all
England was excited, and finally the grand
wind up in New York.
You want to know why this is going to be
a great baseball year, do youi Well, that's
the reason. That trip will not be soon for
gotten, and it has given an impetus to the
national game.
Let us look at some of the new players who
expect to do big work this year.
The Phillies' new battery is no SLOUGH
Wood and Decker.
1 doubt If you have ever heard of Wood
he is % years of age and weighs $50 pounds.
He first pitched for the Hamilton, Ontario, a
, 1889-04-28
DRAMATIC ODDS AND ENDS.


Opinions and OpinIons-A Satire on tho
New York Critics
Scene-The lobby Of any New York the
atre, after any second act on any first night
The critics and the first nighters arc assem-
bled In council.
Critic Of The Evening O~wl-Dreadful rot,
Ell, old mani
Critic of The Morning ~Mngpie-Perfect
guano, by Jovel
Critic OF The Daily Crow-Guano, dear
boyl Pshawl Why, guano is a fertilizer,
you know.
Critic of The Weekly Poll Parrot-Td call
1t garbage.
Critic of The Hourly Hawk-Or muck.
Critic of The Monday Vulture-Or truck.
Critic of The Sunday Buzzard-In fact, 1
think 1t is about the worst l ever saw.
Omnes-Oh, immeasurably.
IT curtain rings up and they disband for
the next act
FROM THE ~CRITIQUEs.
"a triumphant success. n-The Owl.
"a magnificent triumph. THE Magpie.
"The hit of the season."-The Crow.
Art and genius excel themselves. The
Poll Parrot.
"Neat, polished and fascinating Tho
Hawk
"a perfect moroccan Of its kind. THE Vul-
ture.
1.-THE most delightful and successful mod
ern drama it has ever been our good fortune
TO witness with enthralled interest. The
Buzzard-Today.
, 1889-04-28

A cable says: Notwithstanding the fact
that the English courts some time since
granted Mrs. Boucicault n alimony allow
ance of R40O q year, Dion Boucicault has
failed as yet to produce any cash. Applica-
ton will be made to the courts for an order
to levy ona lot of B~oucicault's English copy
rights"
Mr.. Boucicault, in answer, averred that all
proceeds from these copyrights were assigned,
to a Mr.. Cadogan, of New York, for
the benefit of Bo%ucicault's present wife. The
presiding judge expressed doubt as to Cado-
gains existence, and said that in any case the
assignment was fraudulf<lt and void. He or
dered that all such copyright moneys, in pos
session of the court, be paid to the plaintiff
The Stage,
, 1889-04-28

and with a wild yell they break into a run,
the big boy who carries it holding the bait
bucket high above his head as he runs and all
carrying their poles at a 'trniled armsn
angle. The yelling is prolonged till they
near the creek; then a deep silence settles
down, for "ye mustn't talk, you know-not
loud anyhow Then the old standard jokes
are fred of. Don't swear, or you won't
catch any fish" "Bil, / seed a snake run In
that bresh you're on-I swear to gosh / did, "
ETC., with stories of other days when 1--WE
catched bushels of fish,
If there are any girls In the party the
snake joke is worked for all it is worth. The
worms are quickly impaled at length on the
barbed hooks, protesting by mute wriggling.
do hshin' worms have any ~feelin'F' asks the
tender hearted child "Naw-w," replies an
older boy, with prolonged emphasis. The
lines are thrown and there Is dead silence,
eager expectancy, broken when the first fish
is and by a wild yell from the successful
one and a "S-s-s-hT' from all the others. And
SO the days sport is fairly begun.
THE QUESTION OF BAIT.
At a later day worms were discarded for
bait and substituted; q little later
small frogs figured, then Clipped bits of beef
and grasshoppers, when they could be had,
and finally the patent fly, the appliances null
tiplying just as the chance to utilize them
grew less. AT length every one began to OBJ
serve that there's no good fishin' any more. ~
The land was largely cleared of timber,
many of the streams went dry in summer
and the volume of all was fearfully dimin-
ished- 1.-THE old swimmin' hole u celebrated
by j. Whitcomb Riley, totally disappeared,
for the streams assumed an sven depth, or
rather shallowness, through all their course
from n~ine-tenths of the creeks the food fish
utterly disappeared, and now, through all
the Ohio valley almost, fishing is the luxury
of the wealthy and leisurely, and even they
often have to go far to find it.
The fish Is a wonderfully prolific creature
so is the talker who talks about him. In
fact, it is stin a question If the fisherman who
talks is not more prolific than the fish; and it
has been suggested that If any of them ever
reach paradise, it will be because st. Peter
knows how it is himself, and will DO chart
table. Exaggeration apart, however, there
are some extraordinary facts in the fishy
line, especially in the far north. In the
, 1889-04-28


at costs $40 a day to maintain this tourna-
ment,n said the ~doorkeeper to Tho Sun man,
land the play will last seven weeks. There
are twenty contestants, and each must play
twice with each other one; twice, so that
each player will have the advantage of the
first move against each other player. The
first round of games occupied three weeks,
beginning with March %. Tho second round
will last four weeks, in all probability because,
there is what we call a by day for the play
ing out of all drawn and contested games
These may take several days, q course"
The hall of the tournament is a rectangular
room the length of an ordinary house. The
floor is softened with strips Of thin carpet,
and the whitewashed walls bear a few photo
graphs of groups Of chess players, an oil paint
ing of Paul, Morphy and a few stenciled an
nouncements on cardboard. The lower half
of the hall is where the contestants sit, and
they are roped in by means of what pugilists
call a ring, made of pine posts, from one to
another of which runs n line of red picture
cord Five feet apart, in two rows, stand the
tables-plain white pine kitchen tables, each
with a huge chess board on it heaped with
chessmen. On two sides of each table are
vanished high backed chairs. There is n
space around this roped in inclosure, be-
tween it and the walls, and here the specta-
tors congregate-one or two near the greater
number of players, and a dozen or a score
huddled together close to the more skillful
players, or the players whose games happen
at the moment to be acutely interesting to
those who are masters of the subtle game.
There is a big card swung overhead in the
i~nclosure. 1t reads: