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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-14

possible, and we worked right along
just as if we had silent partner named
RothschiId. And how well have we
succeeded? Let's consult our books at
this period.
THE day we opened our doors for
business our authorized capital stock
was $4,000, though less than one-sixth
of that amount had been paid In in ac-
tual cash. And after having paid some
expenses incident to getting into shape
for business we started out with less
than $500 in cash in the drawer with
which TO do a general banking bust
ness" Within two and half months
after we started the deposits had run up
to 2f3, 1888. During the next year. 1889,
our deposits aggregated s117, 1856; in 1890
they amounted to 500, 400; 1891, S24T,-
244; and fcr the first six months Of the
present year the deposits reached the
aggregate sum of $l5S. 21s-more than
$4,000 month, and total of deposits,
up TO the close of the present year, of
more than 5000, 900. This magnificent
sum represents in some degree the
measure Of confidence which the bust
ness public has given US The net re-
suits Of our business transactions have
been equally satisfactory and crafty
ing. With no experience TO guide us
in the beginning, and having often to
combat the antagonism and meet the
prejudices of unfriendly rivals in the
same line of business, it is not to be
wondered at that we made some mis-
takes and sustained souae losses, but
these have been comparatively few.
What we have accomplished In
these brief years has been accomplished
In the face of greater opposition than
we have any reason to expect win con-
front us again Nothing succeeds like
SUCCESS, and having shown what is pos
sible of accomplishment IN this direo-
ton, we confidently look forward 70
greater success IN the future"
When showing such as this can 20
made from such unpronisinz begin
nings IN four years 1t is safe 10 con-
clude that these people have capacity
for something higher than they have
yet been given credit for.
Besides the Capital savings bank
there are several private bankers here
who are conducting a prosperous busi-
ness, and the nanagers OF the True Re-
formers, who have successful bank a.
Richmond, recently purchased a piece
OF property here for $4,000. upon which
they propose 20 erect bank building
shortly.
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DREAMS.

during the short term of our engage
nent he will be doubly confident of me.
Therefore. l resolve that l shall not be
engaged TO more than five men stimuli
taneously, that l shall expect many pres
ents from them. that l shall not return
them-the presents-and that l shall be
careful not TO wear Harry's rings while
Dick is asking ne TO name tie day.
To how many men may a girl be half
sister,
That's such hard question that hate
10 face it. When you have an understand
ing with a man he is rude and boisterous
end jealous. He glowers and frowIs and
delves into your past. He is always on
hand to make himself necessary to your
happiness" and you can't get rid Of him
for three minutes without having him
stalking around in the background. Last
year | had too many understandings
Therefore, bs it resolved, that 1 shall have
no more than one or two ss a little dash
Of bitterness in toe good times coming.
Lastly, with how many men may girl
have nice platonic kissing friendships
An, those are the best, the safest, and
the jolliesJ Of all. II man IS not cad, il
he doesn't discuss the girls he knows with
other fellows at the elub, if be doesn't
indulge in fatherly lectures, but is an all
around man 10 trust, why, / shall take
him everywhere find him. Yes, 1 have
resolved to devote myself 70 my friends
this year. But, OF course, l must pro-
mote few Of them occasionally. All ex-
cept Charlie. I must dispense with
Charlie He is too we'll acquainted,
and be makes perfectly objectionable re-
marks when he gets jealous.
There! have given you my honest res
olutions. know l can keep mine. Who
else dares say the sane7
CARRIE CARELESS
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MIl]I} s;s9|lle
"GOLD COSTS"
Pathetic Story OF Inscription Over q
Miners Lonely Grave.

Pathetic Story OF RR Inscription Over o
Miners lonely Grave.
The-remote Corners Of the earth are
not wittou4 their pathetic incidents,
SAYS the Arkansaw Traveller. A long
time ego Harry BlalDeslee sought for
sune1of goId.deep in the mountains Of
California Years rolled by and luck
parne Hakryss way Eo wrote cheer
full letter TO his wife and ended with:
sDolly, oome'and see our gold"
But there wasa little girl TO care for
and abe was-siclx and Dolly could not
come So she sent her love and prom
fsed 70 come as soon aSPossible. After
1,a& young BlakeSlee walked many
E1iles every Sunday to watch the east
err, train and to learn of the arrivals
during she week. Tine eastern tram
hid rot look different from any other
train. 1t might have looked little
more lonely, perhaps-anyhow, sort
Of lump came to his throaS when the
train arrived and be saw no familiar
faces Then he tried TO forget all and
cheerfuiIy sought his cot among the
mountains. Maybe there would come
o train from the e2st some day that did
not look lon43ly; then there would Do no
lump in his throat, but O kiss on his
lips, sweet ard tender.
lie wat4hed and longed andjhoped,
kut hoped aud longed and watched in
sain. A letter he had written 20 Daily
came back -'tsnc}zEsned-" Bat still his
visits 60 the train were unceasing. They
became a habit To hirn--a partof his
life. Sumner'suns frightened the val
Jews and wfntsr's snow made the
mountains gS6teE. Poor Blakeslec made
his weekly trips just the sa-ne-going
svitlaa lingering hope. returning heart:
sick.
One bitter cold Monday the rough
miners buried his frozen body and
marked the re.sdng-plnce with a slab.
MANY SUMMERS sf:erward n blossom
of vomauhoOd; blown TO the camp
sov mere CHARGE. Her name wes Ger
tr7lde BlaaesIee. The miners inquired
OF her r7lotise;G 81 am told she wac
killed Ia 8 railroad wrecic," sho an.
svvered. Then she saw the old slzb still
standing and read tho simple iuscrip-
tsen: Broke D. hearted Harry" aad She
ssSd; ''Peor ft3lowi To have died alone
sn the mouuu She scatsered O.
handful OF wiAi roses on the mound and
9hs miners o1ushed tears from their
eyes, for tfssy l1new she wac scattering
flowers on her fathers grave None Of
then spoke they watched her IN
consciously jDa,ribe ON the old, wealth
erred slab: "Cintid costs"
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Just One Small Word.

1t is only short one. But l want to
say it for the girl who is downhearted.
| want 10 say it 10 the one who is IN
happy, to the one who is tired; to the one
who is 81 Invalid, and to the one to whom
none of the good things of life seem
to come; it is this: Hope" If you keep
en- hoping from day TO day and from day
TO day, you viii never be entirely unhappy,
and if with the hoping you do some helping
you Will be quite happy.
know it is hard-lhis life We lead; but
if we keep on hoping and helping, hoping
and helping, We will come n time TO that
other life Of which we know nothing ex-
cept that there viii be no more weeping,
for Ged win wipe away all tears" So
mark the word on your heart and keep it
always before you-;hat enc little word,
Hope
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Iit41. Thing. We AL Mood.


There are so,snany things We can't do
without.
If the day issdark and dresFy yeu cant
very well do yqsthcut somebody who is
lchirpy aud will brace you up.
II the day is bright and cheerful you
discuss 10 with
If you have asnsw frook you can't very
well do vithOuft somebody masculine to
admire it and fGniDine to envy it.
II you have rev bonnet you can't very
well do without good mirror by which
70 put it on in the most fetching posi-
zion.
II yea have ANEW cook you can't very
well do without somebody to teach her
pour ways.
h If you have cold bottle you can't very
well do with0utsa good corkscrew to open
It.
fyou have fosIrof kind you can't very
well do without somebody to bet against
You-
If you have a new sweetheart--but
there. you don't want new sweetheart;
sou want the old one-the one who knows
your little queernesses and forGives ths .a
who knows Your virtues and admires GU
md tells you 30, and who doos not have
ITO be trained 10 any little funny ways
that you have got. New sweethearts are
like new dogs-they are only desirable
when you are young and have a great
neal of time and want to pose as a
arainer.
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I iaSsa." remarked TIA professor,
that know edge - power
Net always, eo45eadsd ths 5asinsu
man
Bat. nv dear sir woa't yoz admit thai
eduesllon IS sne d TIE strs2Esst powers
We haves
Not n every case"
7 caa, understand bor you can sus-
tain saca position
Easy enough Fer instance, chap,
whom kr.er to De as veil educated. a.
an mol. ASKED re IL AZ foreign LznEUaE -
for a .o4u @. So. and a. / c0l.du : G-d=--
s-a-a what hs >zsl - q ans gct y, al
AKA il.st 49, a4ssz--ees
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friends said l was no longer the life Of
their set and that ruined the fun. So
went away and tried to be ike soma
other girls know.
But, alas, was Carrie Careless. just
the same reckless, giddy, dangerous girl
Of old to everybody but those knew best,
who were fond of me before I tried to be
different. And | tried so hard,
But the other people wouldn't take mo
up. / was insulted and cola-shouiGered,
while all the time heard of the gay
times among my old friends who had
plainly forgotten ''the life OF the crowd. "
was all alone in the world and
Somebody kissed ME and said IN Kits
own voice: Dear, it's 10 o'clock and
you have the nightmare. The boys are
downstairs waiting, Hurry up, you
baby. Great fun today
And Kit told the boys my dream, and
they said it was the Old story over again.
A girl who had always been SO much in
it" as have been can never set out Of
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downright. 1896. by Jane. W. Johnson

Copyright. 1895 by James W. Johnson.l
There was such a f-ttering Of pure
white, unspotted ''new leaves snd such
a broad expanse OF backs and bowed
heads when all the world turned book
keeper New Years Day, tha5 dare say l
scarcely made myself heard and seen,
however hard I tried. But if l should
stand on my bad eSninence simply appalled,
by this religious rustic reekly wishing
you all a Happy New Year. and someone
should turn and say: Here's Carrie
Carolessl New Years morning, tool"
what great shout would arise as with a
single voice you'd cry: Carrie Careless
Away with her! She's one of the sins Of
last year, and we've resolved not to read
another one of her wicked letters. Down
with the Careless girlr'
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II. y. BAKER
SECRETARY.
p 3. MCAET,
CASHIER.

examiner in the p5tent Office, WA seen
by me and furnished the following in
teresting end Instructive statement Of
the beginning and progress Of one Of
the most successful business enter
priSes conducted by Afro-AmeTicans
Tho history Of the organization and
development OF this business enterprise
as not entirely free from some Of the es-
sential features of romance. Born
into al alUest sbject poverty, and grow
ing into a vigorous manhood amid the
most unfavorable surroundings ia a
feat that neither individuals For enter
prises perform with frequency. Banks
are commercial necessity IN al husi-
ness cepters. They are the medium
through which the money property OF
individuals changes ownership. They
touch the money pulse of a community.
As rule, therefore, the men who or
game BANKS are men OF wide business
experience, with ample resources a.
their command and enjoying . large
share Of p1blic c5n6derce- Under o.
binary circumstances. when these con-
dinoas are lacking, men either haven't
the courage 70 organize a bank or they
haven't the luck 70 succeed a. H. l.
would appear from this. therefore, that
when q set of men who have had eb~o-
lutely 20 experience OF the sort required
II successfully conducting . bank nd
who are lacking II the essential re-
sources Of means and credit. undertake
- put IN operation q business enter
prise under the pret.rtioy-s name - =
bank surely the li5rvltias r. tie way
q their success ao1IG appear vTe-.-1- -
lnsu-2oUutzbie- I-t sash was .ust ,-.e
urf@voTable condition under -v.-.cl 'ss5s
present enterprise Ind 81 birth one
point alone stoosl on; prominently - =
hopeful INDIGESTION II orzaSizlr< go
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Woman dramatically Considered

The following are some OF the general
rules for considering woman grsmmati-
cally, as laid down by the speaker:
as noun she is in the oieetive casa
As pronoun sac stands for herself
As a verb, imperative mood, present
tense. when she desires you to serve her,
but subiunc1ive need and future tense
when you ask her to marry you.
As an adjective she is the superlativs
degree.
AS a conjunction she is = failure, for her
sentences are not connected.
Asan acknowledgements
l cannot say she is an adverb, for she
does not modify anything
As an article, indefinite, bat worth the
world TO any man.
love her in any mood or case, especi-
ally the indicative mood aud possesSivs
case, but always in the feminine gender
Louisville Commercial
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friend was in New York the other
day, and while in the auditors Office Of
the Erie road, saw q rather amusing
letter. It was from a man who had q
claim of $3.50, snd waited it settled
He had filed the claim a long time ago
His letter 10 the auditor read: Il an
growing gray, waiting for that small
claim, filed some time age, since which
Annie Rooney has died.
Comrades" have met for the Lass
time.
''Maggl. Murphy's Home" has been
struck by lightning.
Away Down on the Farm they are
cutting the tenth crop of corn
Sweet Violets" have faded. and my
self am not well. Yours hopefully,
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until the time came, as it invariably did,
when be found Washington a good place
TO leave "on the dead quiet" The broth
er IN black here seemed to live for
pleasure and the 10 per centers alone.
When Mr.. Cleveland was elected IN
1888 there was 4 very rude awakening in
the Fools Paradise. Men who had
heretofore spent every penny Of the
salary they received from the govern
Tnent suddenly became thrifty in the
penurious sense The craze for saving
money and buying property spread rap
idly. Ali sorts OF business enterprises
sprarg mp as If by magic; banking, in
suTarcr, real estate and mercantile VEN
tures were projected On all sides,
Among the ventures projected in 1855
which attracted general attention and
has been vvotched with interest is the
Capital savings bank, which numbers
among It's managers some Of the most
competent Af<o-Americans in the city.
It's ofacsa's arc ex-Congressman John K.
Lynch (the present fourth auditor Of
the treasury, president; ]. 2 Wilder,
vice pHesideat; H- 5. Baker. secretary:
L. c. Bailey. treasurer; D. 3. McCary,
cashier; directors John f. Lynch, j. A.
Pierre, II. e. Baker, Whitefeld McKin-
lay, Jerome A. johnson. ". E.
Mathews. Dr. ". S. Lotion, N. Cole, J.
Archie Lewis, J. T. Bradford, DIR. A. ".
Tarcn, Or. J. r. Wilder. Prot. James
:Storun, L. C. Bailey, Prof. W. S, Mont
gomery.
The company first purchased build
ing as the corner Of New York avenue
and Ninth street, northwest, for the
sam of S21 600, and intended to occupy
it some day In carrying on their bust
ness. Tho bcation YVES not exactly
suited to tho present needs of their
business and 50 when they were noti-
fed last May that they would be re-
quired TO give up the rynted quarters
they wcro then occupying they set
about al once to purchase building in
a moro suitable locality Their efforts
resulted in the purchase of their pres
ent elegant building on one of the most
prominent business streets In the city
OF Washington, situated just in the heart
of Washington's conInercial and hnan-
ciai activity, convenient to the depart
Dents and midway between the CAPT
toll and tho white house, street, be-
tween Sixth and Seventh streets, north
west,
Secretary Henry Z. Baker, a gradu-
ate of the law department. OF Howard
university and for many years special
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-14
AFRO-AMERICAN BANK.
Two Million Dollars Handled n
-Four Years.
Solving the Problem OF the Afro-Ameri-
cans Capacity rs Man and Clsizen
In the Broader seose-A Washing
ton %. CO. Experiment.
rcoPYRIaET 1897

Few people familiar with the habits
of the Afro-Americans living in Wash
ington prior to 1855 can realize the
change that has taken place in their
habits. at that time most OF the peo-
pie employed in the departments not
only spent al that they made but were
habitual borrowers of brokers who De
came widely known as 80 per centers,"
because for every $40 they advanced
they got 81 rental for the thirty days,
or interest at the rate OF 100 per cent.
per aunum.
The 40 per centers" grew in num-
bers and waved exceedingly fat, while
the department employe appeared to
grow leaner and hungrier every year
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TORTOISE SHELL THE THING.
It Il Rapidly Tsstnc the Place Of Many
Other Materials.

It IL Rapidly Tsstnc the Place Of Many
Other Materials
The giittering, heavy. eheap-jchn
metal productions OF the last decade
are being relocated to the past and IN
their place is growing decided prefer
ence for the dslicate, notified, and semi
transparent creations of the natives Of
India. China, and Japan. who under
stand the use and value o. tortoise
shell better tAan any other people on
earth.
The multitude % ideas that now ex-
Est in this material SnrcaSs anything
seen for years. and the offerings OF the
leading dealers are varied aud elegant,
says the New orI Nail and Express.
People seem TO have got tired Of fla
gree silver. rolled plate, end even solid
gold of high alloy" said a dealer. and
the numerous ardcles that were for
merry fashioned of more or less valoa-
ble metals Ere now passed over for
those made Of tortoise she'll Formerly
the chief use OF tortoise shell was FOR
making combs and fans, but now
combs and fans form oat small por-
ton OF the goods that are 70 be Oh
tanned in this remarkable and boogTti-
full product LnrTnsttes, opera-gisSseA
covers for books, hx1o-sDsrroEs, frxzaeS
backs OF brushes, manicure sets,
brooches. hack-hsir pins Asd cane and
whip handles are among the leading
ideas of The day. bat besides these arc
scores OF things turned o1t Of tOrtoiss
shell, some solid. others in COM hination
with silver and gold,
"Of course real tortoise shell Is very
expensive. the value % Same things
made theretron being sway mp in the
hundreds It's use however. Is more
ornamental than anything else. and
abe greater It's property Of beng soft
ened the greater rs value Good, first.
class tortois. shell can be mohiod or
shaped into almost any form IL heAhed
TO two hundred and twelve degrees,
and If carefully handled VIII retain,
when cold, any form that has been
given % II when heated. Very little Is
done IN this country in the way Of
manufacturing tortoise shell goods.
Most articles arc imported. and the
majority bear evidence Of ths silll and
taste OF tie ChiEese Erd Japanese
artista In inl0Si work. fancy nuzi-
ture and VARIOUS other fancy obtesta
this Is particularly tbe case"
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The TYpewriter's Trials.

care you Miss Plunkins, the new stem
ographer?" asked Mr.. Cumrox.
eyes. sir."
We'll, put this in letter: Smith 8
Co., Wauseogenoc, Ne. 9rEs: That last
consignment of yours was all out of gear.
There wasn't nothing in it we could use.
1t was the all-firedest lot of stuff l ever
set eyes on" he continued, growing ex-
cited. ''Why, tell you, Miss Plunkins,
some of it was positively gosh-awful.
ct was all moth-eaten, and we mad to
disappoint old timers in our trade just be-
cause these jays didn't come UP to the
scratch and do business. What l want 70
know is what they're goin' TO do about
it, and he paused for breath. He thought
a moment and said, got all that"
"Y-yes," replied the young woman,
rather doubtfully.
Well, fix it up and put Yours respect
fully after it, and let me see it. %
And yet people seem surprised when
stenographers lose their minds.
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The 1Tu.,o rer s..-ca IFs.u.

a young man in St L,oufs WAS rocoBs-
" married. and among the Wedding
presents WIS nice music boS. Hls
house was entered by burglars the other
night. and as they were rumrDsginR
through the parlor one Of tbsm tried ~
open the music bon, thinking, presum-
ably. that il nigh. boa )eEvuary osse>
or something Of thes sort His Efforts
started the box 20 playing, and tha
owner WIS aroused from h1s auInb~rs
by hearing tho strains of ''Aud Lang
STne'' peaEng forth from his parAor.
BE got his gun, started 70 investigate
the cause Of the untirneiy u1rsic. and
entered the parSor just N time TO $50
the burglars beating a hasty retreat
Nothing was talron from the bc-ss>, and
he thinks that the music bon saved him
from considerable loss.
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One of the most wonderful lighthouses
in the world is that at Minot's Ledge,
near Boston. It's history has been ono of
romance. The greater part OF its founda-
ton is under water at low tide. In 1947
skeleton lighthouse of iron wss erected
there on iron piles placed in holes drill led
in the rock A furious hurricane burst
upon the coast in April, 1881, and the
anxious watchers from the Cohasset shors
thought tee structure had been carried
away. But, as the sun sank out shono
the light across the storna-tossed waters.
At 10 .. Ia. the light was seen for the
last time. At one hour after midnight
the fog bell was heard above the roaring
of the breakers. At daybreak the ocean
was blank; the lighthouse was gone
Knowing that no help could reach them,
the keepers had lighted their lamp as q
warning to others, and their lives had
gone out with it.
A granite tower now occupies the spot.
SO difficult was it TO lay the foundation
In the surf that only thirty hours work
could be done during the first year, but
the tower stands to-day as enduring as
the ledge itself-an isolated pile of stone
amid the waves, by force of which it is
swayed like tree in tho wind. During
the long winter months all communication
is shut off with the land. IL summer the
occasional visitor is hoisGed into the light
house from bis boat by means Of chair,
and from time to time sizif Is lowered
the FIVE keepers to the shore. The life
tells on them frightfully. Several of
them have been removed because they
have gone insane, and more than one has
attempted suicide.
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Wit1cisrnA
A bald spot-the front row.
OF for the summer-ulsters.

A bald spot-the front row.
OF for the summer-ulsters
Takes away our breath-cioves-
Hope lives-doubts simply exist.
How to keep hens-shoot the chicken
thief
The simple speaker is naturally subject
to whooping cough.
Tramps seldom take bath; they hesi-
tate about taking things that they can
lift
4 servant girls letter Of recommends
ton is generally as reliable as last years
almanac.
The man who IS too good to Join the
church may be rejected when he wants to
join the angels
young man may write kisses in love
letter, but his girl would rather have
imprint them. Onion City Standard.