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a HAT Eactorx partiallr I,nrnaL.

DANBURy, Conn. Jan. s99-Green Brothers
hat mandatory caughz fire from an UNI
known source and was partially destroyed
Loss $4,000; fully insured.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-01-22
WE GUARANTEES SIX BOX
MAGNOLIA BALM

HAaAU's MAGNOLIA BALN nena0ves sunburn
- Trssass : Mo.h Patches. csna b as,,ssA
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HEALTH IS WEALTH !!

Dr.. e. @. Vests Nerve and Brain Treat
mcnf, a guaranteed specific for Hysteria.
Dizziness. Commissions, Fits. Nervous Neural
gfa. Headache. Nervous Prostitution caused BY
the use Of alcohol or tobacco. Wakefuiness
Mental Depression. S0ftnees Of the Brain re-
sulfing in insanity and leading to misery de-
cay and death. Premature Old Age Barren-
ness. Loss Of nower in either sex. Involuntary
Losses and SperElatorrhRa caused by over
exertf0n OF the brain, self-abuse or over in
diligence. Zach box contains one month 4
statement. $1.08 box. or six boxes for g. 90
rent By mail prepaid on receipt Of price.
WE GUARANTEE SIX BOXES
To cure any case. With each order received
by as for six boxes, accompanied with 500.
we will send the purchaser our written guar
antee 70 refund the money IL the treatment
doe9 not effect cure. Guarantees issued only
hy }. W HODGES & Co., Druggists. E0le
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The Weather.

Fair; high westerly winds, diminishing in
force; colder.
Homer guardian. (Homer, La.) 1888-1890, 1889-11-08
Contagious Blood Diseases

| lccrs, sores, pimpies, itch. salt
rheum, ETC., arc evidences of con
'aH'"Ns hIooA disease. Its mani
lestIya duty to eradicate blood
poison from the system by use OF
b. d, Is. { BntanIc Blood Balm),
thus enabling the places to heal,
and thereby removing all posslbi}I.
ty of other members Of the family
becoming likewise afflicted. Send
to Blood Balm Co, Atlanta. Ga,
for book tnat will convince.
j. II. Outlaw, Mt. Olive \. G.,
writes; Il had running sores on
my shoulders and arms. One bot
tie B. b. B, cured me entirely"
l.. johnson. Belmont Station,
Miss, writes: "B. B. i, has work.
cd on me like 4 charm. Nv head
and body was covered with sores,
and nv hair came out, but b, B. B.
healed me quickly"
W. J. kinnin, lIutchens, Texas,
writes: "B. B. b. has cured nv
wife ola large ulcer on her leg
that doctors and all other mediri0e
could not cure
NJ. ]. Rossman, a prom,ncu.
merchantof Greensboro Ga. writes.
Il know OF several cases of blood
disease speedily cured by BE. b,
Two bottles cured a lady of ugly
scrofulous skin sores"
W. {. Birchmore & Co., Maxcv,
Ga., writes: B. B. b. in curing
Mr. Robt. Ward Of blood poison
effected one Of most wonderful
cures that erer came 10 our
knowledge
Homer guardian. (Homer, La.) 1888-1890, 1889-11-08

Some of the iale Inventions in
the way Of ornaments for the parlor
are toy skeletons and coun,erfeit
human skulls made Of lava. These
latter have mice and rats aed bugs
runp|ng in an out of the ears and
eyesocke,s. The inventor OF such
things must have concluded that
the American people had sunk
very low in the moral scale. Free
Press.
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Bucklen'S Arnlca SaIye.

The best Salye in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores; Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter, Chap.
ped Hands, Chilb!ains, Corns, and
all Skin Eruptiohs, and positively
cures Piles, or no pay required.
1t is guaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction, or money refunded,
Price 70 cents per box. For sale
by Joe Shelton.
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Careful Calling.

As a rule the druggists of tho
country arc the most uareful PEG.
pie. They do everything with
exactness and never fal, to make
a full examination before express.
ing an opinion. A prominent drug.
glst writes:
ErDERToS, Ga.
Gentlemcn-Please ship BY
freight another case of your in.
comparable Dr. Westmoreland's
Calisaya Tome; 1t is the only
preparation Of the'kind | have seen
that fully bears out the promise
made by seller; We guarantee it.
Very truly yours.
II. c. EDMuNDs.
Druggist and Physician.
Homer guardian. (Homer, La.) 1888-1890, 1889-11-08

Distress after eating, heartburn
sick headache, and indigestion are
cured by Dr. ]. II. McLeau's Liz.
er and Kidney Pillcts little pills.,
Sold by Gil.
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CoLLEGIo PlEACIcABA, J
pIraclaba, Province Saw Panic, (
Brazil, South America, Sept, ISL
| Continued from last week.
Homer guardian. (Homer, La.) 1888-1890, 1889-11-08

Hunts Cure" guaranteed to
cure itch, rngworm, letter, ecze.
ina and all forms Of skin diseases.
Homer guardian. (Homer, La.) 1888-1890, 1889-11-08
An Interesting Letter From
South America by Hiss SAL
lie Phillips

Especial Correspondence 10 tue GUAR.
DIAN.
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sMg. FOR THE BLOOD.
ss1E Weakness, Malaria, Indigestion
and Biliousuess, take -
BROWNS IRON BTTTERS
t cures quickly. For sale By all dealers III
medicine. Get the genuine.
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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-24

jority Of the people probably do not know.
Thousands of dollars are expended yearly in
this city by men who have hotels or large
stores in efforts 70 eXtermfnate rats. There
are said to be dozen or more professional
rat catchers in the city, and when it is
known that each charges at least five dol
lars night-their work is necessarily done
at night-or else liberal sum for each rat
caught, some idea may be formed as to the
amount Of money it costs to wage war
against the graycoated little vandals.
Among the professional rat catchers of
the city are Edward Dorney, E. O'Connor,
James Higgins and John Hanley. Mr.. Dor
ney is now a constable, but he finds time
between hours of court work to earn a few
extra dollars at his profession" Mr.. Dor
ney, in his younger days, was somewhat
famous as a master of the manly art, and he
has two little boys who are very handy with
the gloves, and who have afforded amuse-
ment for crowds at more than one athletic
entertainment in Chicago. OF late years,
however, Mr.. Dorney has devoted less at
tention to the squared circle" and more
to offenders Of the law and rats. Any one
desiring to reach Prof. Dorney's abode may
do so by easy stages via the Milwaukee
avenue street car line, Getting off at
Leavitt street he must walk north until
exhausted nature succumbs, and then he is
at Dorney's home-1049 North Leavitt
street. Mr.. Higgins may also be found at
this number, and block or two further
north lives John Hanley. The latter, by
the way, is an old hack driver, but he says
he can make more money catching rats than
by. acting as general manager of a hack.
"This rat-catching business" said Hig-
gins, who is Dorney's ''side partner in the
night work, "ls science. We can clean a
dwelling, store or hotel of rats without
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-24
OKLAHOMA.
The Promised Land.

"On to Oklahomat' is now the watch
word of the thousands of home seekers
who have anxiously awaited the president S
proclamation opening this vast and rich
country TO public settlement, Colonies are
formed in every state and territory in the
union. The millions of acres may not
furnish a homestead for all who come, but
there will be thousands ready to relinQuish
their claims at nominal figure. The
Intending settler should look the
country over. Go via the GREAT
Rock ISLAND ROUTE, popular
ly known as the peoples Favorite"
wherever it runs. kINGFisHER, the
United States land Office for Oklahoma,
is the coming metropolis Of the Indian
territory. and is located on the Rock
ISLAND ROUTE. A fast line of stages has
been put on to Fort Reno, TO connect
with the trains of tn. Rock Island terri
torial extension. This is the cheapest and
best route and direct to the place you want
to go. Through solid vestibule trains
from Chicago via Kansas City and St.
Joseph, also from Denver, Colorado
Springs and Pueblo to the territory,
through the cities of Topeka, Hutchinson,
Wichita. Wellington and Caldwell. 1t
will be to your advantage to locate on the
Peoples Favorite railway. Look at the
map. The Rock Island has excellent con-
nections from all portions of the Union.
For full information concerning Oklaho-
ma, the land laws and the best way to get
into the country, address,
JOHN SEBASTIAN,
? G.. It. & 2. A. Chicago, Kansas & Ne
braska Ry., Rock Island Route, Topeka,
Kansas
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When You Go

North, east, south or west, be sure you
make no mistake. The Oldest line is the
best. Giant locomotives; elegant cars, in
Guiding free Reclining Chair and Pullman
Palace Sleeping coaches; steel rails; rock
ballast; iron bridges; commodious station
houses; the finest railway eating houses in
the world; gentlemanly employees; train
conductors and train cashiers, to insure
both safety of the train and ample atten-
ton to passengers; the most perfect sys-
tenn of train dispatching and baggage
checking known-these are some of the
features which warrant those who travel
in going via the Atchison. Topeka & Santa
Fe railroad. For the fullest possible in
formation as to routes, rates, dates and
distances, call on w. d. MURDOCH,
Passenger and Ticket Agent, 122 North
Main st, Union Depot and Douglas avenue
station d140 If
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leaving any dead ones on the premises.
That's the beauty of our work. Rat poison
may be all right, but when the animal
crawls under the flooring and dies tho
owner of the house wishes he had taken the
poison himself, for the odor that comes from
dead rat is strong enough to shake the
plasterlng off the wall. Here's the way we
do the business"
Higgins went into an adjoining room and
soon returned with pair of iron tongs, a
bulrs-eye lantern and canvas bag about
the size of four-sack The tongs were
about two feet long and looked like huge
pair of shears except that the ends answer
ing TO the sharp points of the shears We're
blunt while the inside edges were CORFU
gated or fle-fashioned.
I'VE catch the rats with these tongs,"
Higgins explained. when we start out to
do nights work we only take with US the
tsngs, the lantern, the sack, and LIQUID
preparation, which is used TO coax the rats
out of their holes. We can not commence
work in any house until about ten or eleven
o'clock at night, or until all is quiet. Then
we take off our shoes, sprinkle some of the
LIQUID have spoken of over our socks, and
visit the room where the rat holes are the
Enthusiastically basement. This liquid,
of course. is composed of ingredients known
only to members of the profession. With
every thing quiet about the house, we start
our way TO the nearest rat hole, turn the
light of the bulfs-eye lantern into 1t and
wait The light and the scent OF the liquid
on our socks attract the rats, and, besides,
The rat is wide awake at night, for then Is
the time it goes out Cor plumber. 1t sees the
light, but can not see US, and while it is
specializing as to whether it should advance
further, the tongs are thrust in and closed
on 1t, and in jiffy it is in the bag. One
man holds the bag while the other works
the tongs This performance is repeated
over and over again. for, although the rat
is shy animal, it is fooled by the light and
attracted by the scent of the liquid. But
1t is very essential that we remain per-
fectiy quiet and that the man who handles
the tongs Is we'll up in his business. The
grab for the rat must be made with light
ulng speed aud a true grip.
"We often work at one hoe two or three
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-24
Frisco Line to St Louis and the East,

The ST. Louis g. San Francisco railway
is now the only line running Pullman
Palace sleeping cars from Wichita to st.
Louis without change; and in addition to
this service they also run elegant free re-
Ginning chair cars and handsome day
coaches between the two mentioned cities
The Frisco line is the shortest and
quickest line under one management be-
tween Wichita and St. Louis, and has for
years furnished to its patrons an unsur
passed through train service, not being
dependent upon connecting lines to make
a through route as is the case with other
lines, consequently the delays so vexatious
to travellers are not encountered. Only
one change of cars TO Boston, New York
and other principal intermediate cities.
Trains leave Oak street union depot at
1910 a. m. and 10 p NJ.
For lowest rates, maps. time tables and
any other general information call upon or
address W. d. Murdoch, passenger and
ticket agent, No. 122 \. Main st.
D. WIsHART,
Gen1. Pass. Agt., st. Louis No
". c. MELVILLE,
Travelling Pass. Agt, St Louis, Mo-
DIS If
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". Baker & Co.'s Breakfast Cocoa
". Baker & Co., Dorchester, Mass.

To Owners of Property III Sewer District No. !.
Notice is hereby given to all owners of
property in sewer district No. that those
who have failed to receive the official no
tice can call at the city clerks Office and
see the amount assessed against their
property, and any person desiring to pay
and release his property from said special
assessment must call and settle on or be
fore May 9Th, 1889, otherwise one-tenth of
the amount with Sper cent added will be
placed on the tax roll and collected as
other taxes under existing laws.
City clerks office, Wichita, Kan, April
18TH 1889, FRED. SCHATTNER
129 lot City Clerk.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-24
EyepYhody Takes

The Chicago, Kansas g. Nebraska rail-
way (St Joseph & Iowa Railroad Co.,
Iessee), is the best equipped line west OF
the Missouri river. Our equipment was
built expressly for this line by ths Pull
man Palace Car Company, which is a guar
antee to the travelling public that it is
strictly first class. You will find all of our
coaches elegantly upholstered and very
comfortable in every particular If you
are going to any part of Kansas or Nebras:
ka, or to any point east, remember you will
never regret having started right, by TAX
ing the Chicago, Kansas &c Nebraska rail-
way. Crock Island Route). For further
particulars address Jno. Sebastian. G. T. s.
p. A., Topeka. Kan. 6otf
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-24
Notice to Coal Dealers.

Sealed proposals will be received up to
II M, May ?, 1889. for the surplus output
of the Kansas state penitentIary coal mine
from June l, 1889, to May so, 1890.
Circulars giving full information will
be furnished on application 20 the warden.
Bids must be accompanied by a certified
check for one thousand dollars, and ad-
dressed to the Chairman Board of Direc-
tors Lansing. Kansas
The right to reject any or all bids is re-
served. JOHN II. SMITH,
III lot Warden
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-24
The Sunny South.

We take great pleasure in informing
those who anticipate spending the cold
winter months in the warmer climate of
the states of Georgia, Florida, Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, that
the Missouri Pacific railway is now ready
to quote exceedingly low excursion rates
to all the popular winter resorts of the
south. We invite all to call and obtain
our lowest rates before purchasing tickets
elsewhere. This and other information as
to routes, connections, reservation of
berths in sleepers, ETC., will be cheerfully
given by calling at city ticket Office. No
49, \. Main St, or at depot, corner OF
Wichita and Second streets.
Aft T. Z. BLECKLEY. 2 s. T. q.
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were drawn into the Weser were alive to-
day he could secure a job in Chicago. This
city has rats to spare. They are met on the
street at all hours, and no store, hotel or
dwelling is without a surfeit of these pests.
No one has yet discovered that the rat has
any excuse for living. While Chicago has
no pied pipers to inveigle the four-footed
Migrants into Lake Michigan, it has-some-
thing that is not generally known-a num-
Der OF professional rat catchers These men
undertake, on the promise Of so much per
rat, or so much per night, to clear any es-
adjustment of rats. The acknowledged
king of the rat catchers is Dick Toner, OF
New York, who has been in the habit OF
making yearly trips to the West to ply his
vocation. Toner'S best patrons are hotel
proprietors, and some wonderful stories
concerning his achievements among the
hostelries CT this city are related.
1t is said that in one night he caught four
hundred and sixty rats in certain Chicago
hotel, receiving therefor forty-six dollars,
or ten cents per rat. The Chicago experts,
who are naturally jealous Of Toner, declare
that such a feat Is impossible unless the
catcher is working in some such place as
the historical ''Rat He'll " Of Libby prison.
A reporter for the Herald, who has been in
curing into the rat-catching industry Of
Chicago, has learned what very large ma
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-24

THREE OR FOUR MORE BREAKS LIKE THIS
ONE AND I'LL LET HIM CATCH ME-"
one of the swell streets. Dorats ever show
fight when we catch them? You can bet
they do and Hanley showed innumerable
scars on his hands. ''When the rat is
cornered it fights like blazes, and it has a
grip with its jaws that is like wise. But
the rat bites have never given me serious
trouble. 1 guess they are not very poison
Gus. No, we rarely use ferret for catch
ing rats, for it tires out too early in the
game"
Naturally hotel proprietor does not like
to have it said that his place is well'stocked
with rats, and is 10th to admit that pro-
fessional catcher could make small fort
une if paid, say, ten cents per rat to do
work in hotel. ~ have not employed a
professional rat-catcher in this hotel for six
or seven years." said John B. Drake, of
the Grand Pacific. ave catch all our own
rats and mice here with traps, and while
there are, doubtless, more or less of the
pests about the hotel, they are not specially
troublesome. | wouldn't hire Dick Toner
or any other professional When these fel-
lows catch ten rats they are pretty apt TO
swell the number about ten times. We do
pay a man to come here once a month and
kill cockroaches and things of that kind,
but he only uses powder, and is not paid
so much per head for each cockroach killed
We have a yearly contract with him.
The traps at the Grand Pacific are placed
On each floor, in what is called the s'receiv-
err" The receiver" is the general store
room for the floor to which it belongs. Nat
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-24

hours. After reasonable length OF time
without the appearance of rat we conclude
that the hole has been 'emptied.' Then tits
plugged stopped up-and we go on to the
next hole. Here the same programme is
gone through with again. About six o'clock
in the morning the work stops, for then the
noise about the building sends the rats to
cover for the day. In big house-a whole
sale grocery store, for instance-we pull out
from fifty to seventy-five rats night. In
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-24

"'PEARs TER NE THAY BE ONE IN THAR"
these stores we charge five dollars night,
ten cents for every rat caught, or certain
sum for cleaning out the place. Our work
Is confined now principally 10 wholesale
houses, for the hotel men are catching-or
trying to catch-their own rats.
SIN addition to the liquid we use on our
socks while at work we also have another
preparation designed to drive the rats
away. This preparation we sprinkle on two
or three rats that we have caught, then
sending them back into their holes. Their
companions get the odor, and straightway
seek new quarters. They do not die in the
house, however. We do not kill rats in any
building. We take them away alive or drive
them away.n
'What do we do with the rats we catch!"
said John Hanley. swell, sometimes we
drown them, but then there are the pits to
supply, and 1t is pretty often that we carry
bagful of rats home with US. You see, a
hundred rats don't go very far in pit; a
good rat dog would kill them about as fast
as they could be counted. We keep these
pits all ready to be put up-in parlor or
anywhere else, for they don't take up much
room-at a moments notice. Then we
have the rats on hand, too, and if man
wants to give his terrier little exercise
we can furnish it; but, of course, the pits
are most frequently used in matches. Fifty
or seventy-fve rats are put in and then the
dog is put down in their midst. If the dog
knows its business the pit, in about two
minutes, will contain nothing but dead
or disabled rats. Then the pit is filed
again and the next dog is given chance to
show it's skill, and so on. OF course the dog
that does the job in the shortest time is the
winner. Again, we use the pits for train
ing pups, but we pull the rats teeth before
putting it in with a pup.
$50 you see we make some money off the
rats themselves after getting paid for catch
ing them. 1t is an everyday matter. al
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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-24
A. FLAGG, Proprietor.
Cor. % and 9Th aveS., Wichita

Manufacturer Of Steamengines,
Boilers, Pumps and all kinds or
mill gearing. Architectural iron
a specially. Iron and brass cast
ines made to order. Estimates
made on all class OF work and
orders promptly attended to:
06 w. H. FONDA. Snpt