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Wichita eagle., 1890-02-05
WICHITA LIVE STOCK MARKET.

WICHITA, Kan, Feb. l.
CATTLE.
Receipts 1B, shipments -. The run Of cattle was
only fair and were composed of few of nearly all
kinds. The market was fairly steady on ali grades
and everything sold well for the quality. We
quote;
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Wichita Flour Market.

There is nothing new to say of the -four market
Mers are looking for better prices but can hardly
expect it until there is an advance in the wheat
mark l.
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Wichita Provision Market.

Nfenlta PROVISION M2rKcG.
WICHITA Kan, Feb l.
There is no change to note. Prices rule steady tc
strong.
SUGAR CURED MEATS-Canvassed or plain
Hams, 20 lbs and up. 9Gl1c-
Hams 1870 lbs and up. lGllG1lS4c.
Hams. small sizes, l09i2 los l0sdl2fc.
Breakfast bacon full width or strips oS9Hc.
Dried beef-ham (exlra dry) &c.
Smoked beef tongues, per doz, S4 o.
Cottage or boneless hams, 71tc
SIDE MEATS
Short clear sides. packed, (dry salt s. S135 80 per
100 lbs,
Clear backs IS sOs5 IS per 100 lbs
Long clear bacon IS Sl(76 G319 cwt.
Bacon shoulders, 4a.9554c.
SAUSAGE
Fresh pork sausage, No 51e9Gc.
Fresh pork sausage, lextras) o1sc.
LARD
Choice fami'v sac.
Bakers sps, i 5Ec,
Pure leaf o.
Star G16c.
Pastry &c.
FRESH MEATS-BEEF-
Sides or whole carcass, sxSSc.
Hind quarters 5ta53c.
Fore quarters 21sGs8ac
LOins 1Gsoc
PORK
Pork loine 5IfG9Gc-
Tender Loins, &C.
Spare ribs sc.
Back bones &C.
Wichita eagle., 1890-02-05

wichita Leather Market.
WICHITA, Kan, Feb. l.
Business Increasing and prospects good. Mer-
chants are feeling considerably encouraged.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 27@2sc. B. A. 25027
good damaged 2l@.23c. ~,
HARNESS-No. oak 32c, l.. 81, 3Oc, Union &c
Hemlock &c.
CKLF-Domestic 6s9l o. French s. 10si 50.
CUT HALF SOLES-Heavy SS 10. medium 81 80.
light 81 25Gl 75
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AGENTS WANTED.

AGEN Is " a Y IED.
Under this head &c per line per day.
w ANTED-Four lady canya.ssrs- ca! st 20
w North Fourth street today doS-S'
WANTED AGENTS-ln every city town and
w village in the United states Except IN
stats Of Kansas tae SUBSCRIPTIONS Postna aster-
can make money. No capital required. SAM ~
copies fre. Cash commissions money car lie nadr
by getting up clubs Address the wichita kekle
" Wtchit. Ean III
A GENTS WASTED-ln every city and ;ovr ~
"A Iae United States except in state OF Ahrsas -
sell 10 lawyers, JUS. the took every LAWYER beeus
endorsed by lawyers everywhere. eel. at .ishI 90
Ceeys Necessary. book Can Le ceiiveFel vAe't
sale Is made. Applicants must b. attic TO iui
reference when required Full ParttcuiAEs free
Address he Wichita Exgie, Wichita. Kan .I-U
Wichita eagle., 1890-02-05

Wichita hide and TalIow Market.
WICHITA Kaa. Feb. 4.
There IL 4 strong demand and an active market
on green hides. Prices continne strong.
HIDES-No. green 23ac per lb. No. green 2I4c
per lb No green salt Sc No 2green salt 2!ac. dry
hides 44l61bc per ID. bulls and stays ll1c.
TALLOW-No. 3s4c per lb. No 22Hc.
SHEEP PELTS-SU1 Csc each.
Wichita eagle., 1890-02-05
WANTED--Misce1aneous

ANTED-- --MisceUaaeous.
Under this bead &c per line per day.
TTHNTED-To lay . eood driving horse al To-
Thomas co, -1' ''--N'N cds-es.
NTANTED-To rent about 30 acres Of land for
W corn must 5e west VI river and Dot more thar
three % 2 from 81, Sy Lana I IpaSress pSt as ss1 Glenn S az
Hewitt avenue. West SIDE, dss-si'
XXANTEU-Vacaut io:s in southeastern pArt
w OF ci.y. VIII pay al cash for bargains, G r
yosburyh- d'-'~
w purchase good second tana soda fountain or
rent one. II you have bargain cali and see rs ~
T. Bishop g sons, - North Main os-4
VyvANTED - Everybody to know that we ase
w hesdeaAr;ers f2- yasafits go a. e5's 20. s.s
a. n ,,lvsr and gold frosted and iaey seGvenirs.
noy.ltg esrs eis I: vsr aa 9Se s every psfs ss
" "a cert. shsi We si give away On Ta3eatsss
day, FebrSzry a la. AZ ihc ; I'D y oeEi ss9ss -
North Main street as' IL
U-ATTTp-ToseIl counte-x shsivlnE, sa3s cases
w and other store fxtQres. also 0as horse as8is-
e-y wagon. basgy Aad sets u s-nsis hAEns.s a
lSs1 Maple street " est .sae- sae-e %. =.
u-ANTED-A stock of g.zs-aI nerchsut,se worth
stock Gso. l. Ro2se, -F- & Co. N sez--s %
block G =
"AYTED-Two psrlor BEDROOMS o~ two n!ceiy
w furnished rooms IN Zoe DeStsoa- Ao5rezs
"y ANTED-A few more hoau3s-s a. 90 hAS
w Third street o. -
u7ANTEDl-To by o1os d~... Roalsr. top prs-
w fsr-=d- Apply a. roosa ~ s<s-S~iEx s4ss1 s.
Vy-aSTED-To hzy hau-- AID - ,eSe Of Sros@fs-
w on monthly Pay He1ts- 1870 .-%s-'--
isfns AAo io0A--N' 1fT e
BUSINESS CHANCES.
ur1.- tss- head r q s-zse per eAy.
P4RTyERS WANTED.
Irc@- tAss Lad &C Lac pef dss
DRESSM1kING.
yse<- Ia as>a - . La -. eAJ.
Wichita eagle., 1890-02-05
FOB EXCHANGE.

T-ftr- tkik kfsEll , - - - a.
I ITO ExCHASG -lsz,srDFss1 fsEsz. 80 go.
i a2srzs2xa u Szzssr ezs.fsJ- ~ @este 40
/ - Z EseassA Il L 1z.5sF. ks5s@> E'-srs 49,
Wichita eagle., 1890-02-05

FOR RENT--ROOMS.
Under this head &c per line per day.
COR RENTING handsomely furnished roonli,
II ground floor cheap rent, best iocatloa. Ingalro
at 80 " EInporia avenue. dS-ot'
nor RENT-Furnished front room 500 per
II month. furnished suit rooms s1U0 per month ais
North Market street. dS-ei-
L,OR RENT-NiceIy furnished front room, t22 \:
II Topeka avenue. ch-ol-
DOOMS FOR RENT--Two desirable rooms FOR
IL rent al 955 South Lawrence avenue Board II
desired dbT otr
r1OR RENT-rurnshed rooms furnace heat Gl3
Il North Fourth avenue. dui iss'
LNOR RENT-Two pleasant rooms with board, al
Il S4 East Third street. dt1 Wv
II1OR RENT-Furnished rooms at SS north En-
~ poria avenue. usu
LNOR RENT-A suite OF nicely furnished rooms
IL on first floor with without board Inquire
AZ 345 North Topeka OF la2 North Market. dls-u
Wichita eagle., 1890-02-05
VETERINARY SURGEONS.
PHOTOGRAPHERS.

kUGkhS,
The Photographer. Pictures in AL sizes and styles
He also carries the finest assortment Of pictur,
frames in the city. Give him trteody call and ex
sRine samples.
Wichita eagle., 1890-02-05

FOR KENT--F'drmP Property.
Under this head &C per line per day.
V-,OR RENT-A small farm for cash. fhos. o..
II Hoss Ii2 North Main street. dhf st.
FOR RENT--U Miscellaneous.
Under this head &c per line rer day.
LrLAT FOR RENT-Jhe th!rd floor in Clement
K block 25i and 25 North Main street Eleven
rooms large light and airy, with closets fuel rooms
and wsier closet on the floor. All IN good order "
W. Clement. room :, Clement block dtS u
LIOR REET-Cheap Hotel Midland, 40 rooms. Gil
L L. Douglas ave. Barnes & sou. 80, Douglas ave
Au
Wichita eagle., 1890-02-05
FOE RENT--STORES.

Under this head &c n line per day.
nor RENT-Bricl storc-roCm No. all East Doug
Il las ave, fine ofice and sleeping room, to good
parties very lov in Richland block Barnes sou,
81 Douglas avenue. ddsu
LTOR RENT-A good store room within one-half
II block uf Douglas avenue on good business
street Apply TO Z. " Healy. AZ +. Douglas ave:
d31 q
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-08-28
The Size OF Heaven.

The following calculation, based
on a text in Revelations, is both
curious and interesting:
Revelations xxi, 10: "And he
measured the city (the New Jeru-
salem) with reed, II, 900 furIongs.
The length and breadth and height
are equal"
Twelve thousand. .furlongs-702O
900 feet, which being cubed, is 043,
0S8, 900, 900, O00. 900, ,OOO, 900, 600 Gu
bic feet, and half Of which we will
reserve for tho throne OF God and
the court Of heaven, half Of The
balance streets, and the remainder
divided by 3, 096, the cubicaI feet
in room sixteoh feet square and
sixteen feet high, will be 80, ,s43, 75O,
900, 900 rooms.
We will now suppose the world
always did and always will contain
900 million inhabitahts, and that
generation will last 3Ol years.
700, 900, 900, 900, 900 persons.
Then suppose there we're 1920
such worlds, equal TO this in num-
Der Of inhabitants and duration Of
years, then there would be A room
sixteen feet long, sixteen feet wide
sixteen feet high for each person,
and room to spare. -Ranowha DEM
OcrGt.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-08-28
How stamps are Distributed,

When a postmaster wants stamps
he makes out a blank requisition
upon the Post Office Department
here, But the department does not
send back the stamps in return.
It simply communicates with the
government stamp agent I'm New
York city, who has charge Of the
business Of distributing all Uncle
Sans stamps. The stamp agent
draws every day upon tho American
Bank Note Com pany for as many
stamps as he requires 10 Gil the or
ders transmitted TO him from Wash
ington. He receives the stamps
so many million two-cent, so many
million one-ceht and 80 on--from
the bank note company in bulk, and
it is his business 10 gee that they
are done up in packages according
TO orders and mailed TO the post
masters requiring them. Postal
cards are distributed in like man
ner by an agent at Birmingham,
Conn, where they arc manufactur-
ed by the firm which has tho con-
tract. Another agent at Hartford
distributes The stamped envelopes,
which are made in that city.
Uncle Sam's stamps are just about
the ugliest in the world because the
cheapness is made a great object IN
their production. Somewhat over
twenty years ago the United States
had by far the most beautiful
stamps in e&istehoe. This decadonce
must be regarded as melancholy
symptom by those who consider that
postage stamps as we'll as coins
should be expressive Of a nations
artistic development. - Washington
stars
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-08-28
THE BOOK AGENT.
He Promised Not 60 Bctray n Fam.
lily Secret.

"My dear SIR" continued tho
perspiring book agent To the man
whom he had almost persuaded to
take book, "this book is just what
every married man in this country
needs. 1t informs him, sir. that
man was intended by his creator to
be lord of creation, and il he fails
in that respect he isn't what it was
intended he should be. 1t also tells
a man how TO govern an unruly and
fault-hnding wife, and this item
alone is worth more than the price
OF the book TO poor man who is
burdened with one Of these vicious
creatures"
"Sir," exclaimed shrill voice
near Mt hand, eve want none OF
your books" and looking up he
saw a tall, superb-looking female,
who had just entered in time to hear
his last remarks, and who was evil
IDENTIFY the wife Of the insignificant
looking man to whom he had nearly
sold book.
81 am dealing with your husband,
madam, returned the agent loftily.
"not you"
"Ah, indeed - was the snecring
reply of the handsome female.
"Well, my husband will tell you
that he never buys n book or any
thing else without my consent, and
that we don't want your book. Isn't
it so, John ?'
"Yes; we don't want your book"
returned the husband, in parrot
like tones.
"Madam," exclaimed the now ex-
asperated agent, "'if you hadn't
opened your mouth / could have
sold this poor hcnpecked man q
book. But l can see through you,
madam, and let me say right here
that if ever there was woman that
should wear pants, you are that
woman"
"My dear sir" returned the wo-
man, in a concillatory tone, and at
the same time flushing rosy red up
to her eyebrows, "you must indeed
be gifted with second sight, or you
would never have known that ! was
without them just because the day
was 80 warm. But, as you have dis
covered my secret, will take two
Of your books If you will faithfully
promise to keep the matter to your
self while you are in this vicinity"
or course, under the circumstan-
ces, the agent could not find it in
his heart to betray the lady.-Mcw
Por& Mercary,
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-08-28

First Assistant Postmaster Gen.
eral Clarkson has rendered his rcs-
lgnatlon to take effect September
lst when he steps down and out.
Ho has now completed his work of
firing out all the Democratic Post.
masters throughout the country
from Maine to California and can
find no satisfaction in Office any
longer. He has had n picnic 80 far
chopping off official heads by tho
hundreds every day AMI making
room for the hungry horde of Re-.
publican ofiice-seekcrs who have
been Designing the administration
night and day ever since Ben Har-
rison was imposed on the American
people. Mr.. Clarkson rctires from
the position OF Lord High Chief
Executioner, with the republican
econium "Wcll done thou good and
faithful servant"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-08-28
News Jottings.

The town o. Austin Pa, was
nearly wiped out by fire.
Forest ares are doing great dam
age in New Hampshire.
Four men were blown to atoms
by a boiler explosion at Mewberry,
S. C.
The centennial of the discovery of
coal in Pennsylvania is to be celc.
brated in 1891.
The National Life Boat institu-
tion, last year, saved 6277 lives
from shipwreck,
John Ruskin is dying. lie is de-
lirious and has made two attempts
to kill himself.
There is promise of a very abun-
dant rice crop in South Carolina.
The panic among the Christian
inhabitants of Armenia is spread
ing. Hundreds are fleeing to Per-
sia.
A mountain OF Alabaster is sup
posed to have been discovered about
$50 miles south of Denver.
Charles Scribner's Sons have OBJ.
tanned a perpetual injunction in
the United States Circuit Court,
restraining Solomon Zichel from
selling in the United States a Ger
man version of Stanley's book.
Mr.. John A. Rockefeller, of the
Standard Oil Company, talks Of
endowing great Baptist Universe
ty in New York City with $50, ,OOO,-
900.
The European Comedy Company,
composed of dwarf acters and ae-
tresses, known as Lilliputans,"
will soon appear at Niblo's Garden,
N. Y.
At the meeting of The Letter
Carriers National Convention in
Boston last week, it was decided to
raise $4,000 for monument to
the late Hon. s. S. Cox, Champ
ion of the free delivery system.
1t is reported that by reason Of
Crispi's persecution, the Pope will
leave Rome. This means ruin to
Rome, for with the Pontiff will 90
vast number Of people.
Mrs. Ida J. Dixey has brought
suit against her husband Henry E.
Dixey, the comedian; for divorce on
the grounds of desertion.
The capture of the biggest whale
on record during the past twenty
FIVE years has been made in Behring
Sea, by Captain A. T. Simons, Of
the Northern Light. The monster
contained 5000 pounds Of bone, or
200 more than the average, and
was expected to try out 170 barrels.
The bone alone is worth s15, 900.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-08-28
AS BIG BUGS DO.
BY A. W. YRrpERicK.

A thrifty colony OF ants
Were busy bringing In their store
Now hustlinR here, now bustllnR there,
Zach runs some errand, does some chore
They meet and greet, but move on feet,
For much they dread a dearth Of bread
But two small emmets strayed and played
TIN uncle Ant feared they wero dead.
He caught these ants make elephants
of mud and clay along the way:
They looked quite sad and felt quite bad,
And wondered II twas wrong to play.
These truant ants, with looks askance,
Excused their antics on the way;
THE big hnm-bug. We saw him hug
HIS ball hnd play 4" thy said, said they.
Then uncle Ant carcssed and bleSt
Both miscreants, hut bade them heed.
=" lie eats no meats" qucth he. NOR sweets,
Who lays not up for future need"
Poor silly things I" said uncle Ant,
The naughty deeds that June bugs do
Arc neither right nor yet polite
For such dear little ants as you"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-08-28
NUMBER 43.
Written for Tho Argus.
VAIN LOVE.


Sorrow Is guawing at my heart
That Is wearing my lifc away;
ifeol that It's growing stronger,
And |, weaker overy day.
And must bear IL In silence
A murmur would bo all In vain,
For the one who thrusts II ON me
Cares little Tor my deathly pain.
He IL held captive by another
Who can dazzle his Dyes with gold,
While havo nothing 20 ofror
But wealth OF true love untold.
She'll receive, return his carosses
While I In the distance must stand.
Aud sigh In vain FOR loving word
Or even n touch OF his hand.
He will oil hor heart with pleasure
As he filled my Dyes with tears,
And make transient all her troubles
While mine must be borne fos years
True he gave me hopc and promise,
hut ah mo no will soon forget,
When he clasps hor To his BOSOM
For her power o'cr him Is set.
Forget him can, no never
Never under the setting sun;
His face shall lao cor before mo
TIL tho battle OF life II won,
oh! must endure forever
This feeling OF hone and of drcadi
q God, that were numbered
Among tho silent, blessed doadl
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-08-28

There arc now POI c0nvicts i'm
the penitentiary at Moundsyille and
about 800 fascals who would be
there If they had their Just dues,
but it seems that the Bible injunc-
tioh "Bettor than % guilty escape
than that one innocent man be pun
ished," is fully carried out, partic-
ularly in the ranks Of the rcpubli-
can party. This is about the only
scriptural injunction that they do
observe however.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-08-28
A RACE OF PYGMIES.
Henry M. Stanlcy's Description or the
Wonderful People he Discey.
cred In Africa.

MIR. Stanley's account of the pyg-
mics in Africa is interesting. Be
fore giving the account, he remark
ed that the longevity Of the animal
creation found in the rivers and
shades of those aged woods was.worth
glancing at. The elephant and
the hippopctamus and the crocodile
may boast of their 400 years of life
the tortoise n century, the buffalo
so years, and some birds GO years.
According to Darwinism, it is but
step from the chimpanzes, bab-
oons, and monkeys, with which the
forest abounds, to the pygmy tribes
in that part of the country. They
dwelt there nine centuries before
the Christian era. They have out
lived the proud Pharohs of Egypt
the chosen people Of Palestine, and
Emperors of Babylon, Ninevah,
Persia, and the Macedonian and
Roman Empires, having held their
lands for over fifty centuries. Mr..
Stanley lately saw the wear and tear
on the Pyramids of Egypt, and he
could certify that the old Sphynx
presents very battered appearance
indeed, but the pygmies were as
bright and fresh and young as the
generation which Homer sang about.
Near river Mr., Stanley's men
found the male and female OF the
pygmies squatted in the midst of a
wild Eden peehng plantarns. The
height OF the man was four feet;
that of the woman little less. The
man weighed about 80 pounds; col
or was that of half baked brick.
So far as natural intelligence was
concerned, he was superior to any
black man in Mr.. Stanley's camp.
Mr.. Stanley passed through about
100 villages inhabited by those wee
folk, who generally fled at his APP
proach. They are so well proper
toned that Mt first sight they might
be taken for ordinary mankind; /;
but when placed by the side of a
European, Soudaneso, or "a Mahdi,
they appeared exceedingly dimin-
utive. The agricultural settle
ments are about every nine or ten
miles apart, and near each settle
mcnt are from four to eight pygmy
villages. The larger aboriginies arc
very industrious, and form clear
ing of from 400 to 1000 acres,
Amid the PROSTATE forest they plant
their banana and plaintain bulbs,
and in twelve months the PROSTATE
trees are almost hidden by The lux
urient fronds and abundant fruit,
of unriyalled quality, size and flavor
Mr., Stanley says it would be easy TO
prove that in the forest an acre Of
banana plants produces 25 times
more food than an acre in wheat
produces in England. When honey
and game, and meat, &C., get low or
scarce in the neighborhood, the
pygmies pack their household goods
on their women's backs, and de-
part elsewhere to attach themselves
TO some other plantations. A for
est village consists OF from 20 to
100 families Of pygmies and prob
ably in q certain area there are as
many as 1000 families living this
nomadic and free life in the per-
petual twilight Of the great and
outrageous forest Of Equatorial
Africa.
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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-08-28

al lemRis, a fisherman OF Park
ersburg, w. Va, came up with the
biggest cargo of catfish seen there
for many years. Six of them
weighed 80 pounds. The largest, a
monster Of over six feet in length,
weighed over eighty pounds. They
were Of the mud-cat variety. The
biggest pike fish caught this season
was killed bya boy 13 or IA years
old n few days ago near Walker.
The boy was chopping wood on the
bank Of Stillwell creek, q tributary
Of the Little Kanawha, near a low
swalo along it's banks. The rain
had swollen the creek Until IL over
flowed the banks and filed the
swale. Two immense pike, fish had
occupied the swale during the over
flow, and were caught as the water
fell. The boy heard them in their
endeavor to get out through a mar
row and shallow spot, and run down
with an axe. A fight followed, in
which the lad came of victorious,
killing both the fish with his axe.
The largest one weighed thirty-six
pounds and the other thirty-four
pounds. They were monsters and
the largest seen this season. n.-Eegser
ye,Lt,se
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-08-28

"Shorn Of verbiago, the Force Bin
is intended to perpetuate the exis-
tencc Of the Republican party in
power, besides intending 10 en-
courage fraud"-says Mr.. Powder
ly, tho great leader OF working
men.
Lawyer. "Doyou swear positive
ly that you know more than half
this jury?' Witness. .-"Yes, sirj
and now that ] have taken 4 good
look at 'em I'll swear that / know
more than all Of 'em put tcgethcrs'
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-08-28

II is the intention to put electric
lights and other modern comforts
into the White House before the
next social season opens. The grand
cast room is literally TO be mado as
bright as day on state occasions by "a
row Of electric lights around it's
walls just where tho ceiling joins,
The Harrisons want the old place
embellished as they intenq to mako
the next social season the "featuro
Of their lives" The President's
wife is already known as the best
dressed woman who ever presided
over the executive mansion and she
is ambitious Of riyaling and surpas.
sing the great state entertainments
which have been noteworthy in the
past. In this little conceit the
President partakes for Ben is an
aristocrat all over.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-08-28

II is said that the thermometer
has not registered more than rs
degrees at Aurora this summer. We
could stand that kind Of summer
weather twelve months out Of the
year. We believe that our ther-
mometer with its customary activity
has climbed mp higher than the one
at Aurora which must have been
kept IN the cellar. However King
wood has suffered but little with
the heat this summer and most Of
the timo the nights have
been cool enough for a blanket. We
believe there is no pleasanter place
among the West Virginia Hills to
spend the summer than our beauti-
ful little town.