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The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-14
Southern Kansas Business Men

Frambers & Brumley OF wellington, gro
GERS, will change their location.
The Curtis Mercantile company at We'll
lington, are going into the jewelry bust
ness.
Here is a good heading: Christmas
chances that are not at all likely TO find
parellel in the rest of the season."
One store advertises: Prices as you
VIII find them in other stores late in jan
uary."
A music dealer makes the point that
musical instruments as gifts last life
time and improve with age.
A line like "Our success spurs us on
20 great efforts" gives the public the idea
that you are doing a great business.
Richardson & Co., dry goods Wellington.
never print an advertisement without say
ing that their store room is the hghtest
In the city.
This is from a large firm. It Is good:
'Tn no previous year or in SO many ways
has this store appealed so helpfully to
gift buyers"
Speaking of wind, Chicago store runs
this line clear across two pages: I'VE
stake our reputation on this as the fore
traditions
The greatest grocers in the land use
much the same phraseoicgy in ADVERTISE
men;s that the small ones do. Jevne OF
Chicago says: IF you come late you may
not get as well served as We wish"
This IS from A. F. Dauber g. Co.. Win
field: ''If you have money you can get
dry goods at any time. but you can not
get as many or as good values as you can
get during our dress goods and cloak
sale
A dealer says: 1--WE have 70 many cur
tsins. draperies. portieres and blankets for
the inventory slips and we propose 10 de-
crease the stock by January L. How
many people who read tbs know what an
inventory slip is?
This : a good Introduction: The more
bothered you may be over what TO give
the quicker you'll make a proper choice.
once you see the scores ard scores of
suggestions clustered al about. Better
than all there's money saving in The price.
not 70 be blinked at"
AS an example Of ALTERATION for head
ing here IS a good one: The Ceatury's
most marvellous merchandising OF fashion
able foreign finsry for gentlemen and ger
tlexomen-for lad and isss-e-for personal
and home adorament- A classical c0ilsc-
.son OF charming Christmas conceits-nCy-
eItses and necessaries-fabr.cs and FUR
nishiug-iacs and Hngerse-bric-a-brsc
and bjouteris-poits-y and paintings
gems and jewels"
Here Is = short lecture b. J. z. Nsu-.
cicth.er az Winfield: ia some stores
they have been 'rei1e-ng E0o1s 20 long
nat Il has become a habit. Taey -
dccs them TIE hrst 5sy Trey get them .
start trade reduce en- again IL few
weeks 20 make a 'Epsc.zl s4ls'-TedSce
tneua next week for 'sezs.-znnuSl sale
rsducs en- again On account % toe var
a Cuba. OF sorss ether foreign c5untrTs-
cut 'era down again Tate n t1e seasoz 70
eloss 'sn out'-cu: EN- again ssy4zz
t5ey are -xorsh double t8e u1oney'--wAacS
'san down again f0- an irve1terJ sals'-
resuse 'ezn oaee more &c csese oSt of1s
srs sr5s-anE hzally retrcf EN- becauss
thev are 50 badly OFT q style "a, 1obosy
WI buy ;hen-srd T5sa tosT are tozz
-.6gci-E always leave Eco7 for fsTths-
s-e.Ez.c.sC-E-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-14

country could conceive of was upon the
part of the United States, while the di-
rect understanding was to the contrary.
Now AIR Powell, the United States min
ister to Port Au Prince, reports that
Hayti yielded TO the bulldozing of Ger
many by advice. The question in dip
iomatic circles is, whose advice? 1t is
suspicioned that it was Mr.. Powelrs
own advice. If this proves well found
ed, Mr. Powell ought to be recalled at
once not only for incompetency but for
having humiliated his government and
his cOuntrymen.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-14
Wichita.

the monarch u3on hss journeys. seinx car
rled ~ rrsen or noTaesieN-
Preserved fofs isaves are fAToTiis oos-
faccon zsth Tgrk-sh sra Fs1ssan lafisz.
ne .eay-s being czssfa4y se.sc'af. roll
81 Eanily y "a fes GrgTs - lemon
i,lcs. A plnk rose il spsctsliy csilyasss
b Buigasa fsr the pzFpoee.
To rake ore drop e fas famous at-Er %
sosss requires 20 asSsFs.
1hs fsvsri'e nlaE.csi .nstr7Irssa, 90 1r5r-
z.sh ladies ls TIE kazuoo-. a z.ssrszg.i
harp. fae sfrlaxs beng zFranzs6 - se;s
% tsree. aE1 straek WA a snail vase-
ssarrr
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-14
ntn,.r. nf,h- ors-nE

Fsve ). Ire sacTss number 81 ias c.l-
,s-e xAs have axs plznsis osr1. SfsT-
ra-y. Venus saturn. and Ja2.fsrs' nTs
carl zzl rolufs. tssagtl. soSiS- e2st- We:
- geztszy. ave v--iazs, ass .sstss. Eve
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-14

Miller. champion OF the s.x-5ay race
says he knew every nall head and board
/ n the track. The mind Of a man who
has followed a ruJ IN 4 country road for
four miles on a bicycle WI have no ;roa-
| be II graspirg what Miller means.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-14

What was once Mr.. Rice won second
place in the six-day bicycle race IN New
York.
An Illinois man has invented a process
for making anthracite out of btumincus
coal Why not? Nature d:d It.
Scientists believe that Andree Is safe on
Franz Josefs land. Safe on Franz Josers
land is like being safe in heaven. almost.
Hawaii ought TO be thrown a couple OF
blankets. She is liable TO sit out on the
front stoop a long time before that door
IS opened.
Delrah Fails of Iowa got 20 years in
prison. This IS long. but short il compar-
ison to what her seducer got in the over
heated beyond.
Bryan, after looking Mexico over. may
come TO the conclusion that what this
country wants are broad-brimmed has
and bangled trousers.
There is no question but that Anna
Gould viii get q divorce from her hus-
band. Count Castellane. She VIII 90 1t ir
order 10 save q fragment OF her fortune.
p A large number OF Chicago ministers
have started out TO prove that Bob In
gersou = insane. He is not. A man WHIT
watches the gate receipts as closely e.
! IngersoH does is no more insane thar
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-14

place in the six-day bicycle race N New
York
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-14

An Illinois man has invented a process
for making anthracite out Of bituminous
coal Why not? Nature d.d Il.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-14

Scientists believe that Andree Is safe on
Franz Josefs land. Safe on Franz Josef 5
land is like being safe in heaven. almost.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-09
COLTON'S ADVICE.
A Sit of Wisdom Many Would Do Wei
tn Adont.

A BIT OF Wisdom Many Would Do Wei
to Adopt.
The other day, as L was clinging to
the strap Of Il Lexington avenue car,
says u writer in the Christian Advocate,
two ladies sat near me, and as one
opened her portemonnaie to pay her
fare a scrap of paper pasted to the
leather was disclosed.
rs that your shopping list ?" asked
the other. at doesn't look like a long
one"
NO" was the reply, at is not the list.
but it is what keeps the list from be-
ing u long one" and she read:
He who buys what he oes not need
will oon need what he cannot buy"
What n capital guardian of your
capital! You must let me copy that
for my leaky purse. Who wrote it2"
II don't know, but l wish I did, for he
has saved many n dollar from lightly
rolling from my hands since 1 put it
here"
1 was intensely interested in the con-
versation, for at that very moment
there lay in my notebook n scrap which
1 would have brought forth but for the
fact that my Owl III was reached.
l publish it, for if the truth which it
contains we're assimilated many a peck
etbook would remain a pocketbook:
1--WE are ruined, not by what we real
ly want, but by what we think we do;
therefore, lever go abroad in search of
your wants. If they be real wants they
will come home in search of you; for
he that buys what he does not want will
soon want what he cannot buy.-Col-
ton"
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-09
The Danger of Mob Law.

From the Kansas City Star.
If, as Prosecuting Attorney Aull, OF
Lafayette county, firmly believes, the
Ray county mob, which took from the
Lexington Jail and hanged Jesse Win
ner and james Nelson, murdered two
innocent men, that deed will remain
forever a black STAN upon the name of
the county, and q fearful warning
against the liberation of lynch law.
The truth Is that lynching takes upon
itself in nearly every instance the form
of murder. There haveIbeen instances
as IN California many years ago-where
the courts have become powerless and
useless, where criminals have usurped
the bench and filed the jury box, and
The really l~aw-abiding people have as
an extreme resort established courts in
the shape of vigilance committees,
which have made arrests, heard u
sci and evidence, passed sentence and
executed it. But there is no parallel
between such 4 case and this Ray
Lafayette county outbreak, where, act
ing without any evidence that wonld be
deemed sufficient in a court, a mob
took two men already in the hands of
the law and put them to death. That
was the ordinary lynching, which is
generally a brutal murder. Where the
~Offense committed has been autrOcious
as was the murder of Mrs. Winner
and her children-it is customary TO
speak of the work of the lynching mob
as crude Justice" But justice is not
done by mobs. To execute justice is
the province of the law n the courts;
for this purpose are they ordained.
And it may be said, further, that mobs
are not actuated by Il desire to execute
Justice, but at best to obtain revenge,
and frequently by nothing more than
the wild desire to kill, which has
lurked in mans heart since the days
when he was a savage; from the old
days when a noble English house
adopted for its motto; "Man is to
man a wolf" There was no danger of
a miscarriage of justice in the cases of
Winner and Nelson. They were hard
and fast in the hands OF the law, and
if guilty there was no hope of escape
for them. If it should be found that
they were innocent men, murdered
without a chance for their lives, the
should receive such a lesson
that this Ray county affair will be the
last lynching in the state Of Missouri.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-09
TRAINED cHAMeLEoNs.
What n Little Girl Accomplished wi
Two of These ReptiIes.

What "a Little Girl Accomplished with
Two Of These Reptiles,
Much has been written about the
beauty, the stupidity and the vicious
ness of the lizard tribe, andI want TO say
a word about the intelligence of the
chameleon, a little reptile belonging TO
the great lizard family and in size the
antipode of the alligator, its big broth
er, says n correspondent of the Wash
ington Star.
The incident I now relate came under
my personal observation, and demon
s~tratesthat the chameleon is susceptible
of EDUCATION and can be ranked with
animals classed much higher in the
scale of intellectual development,
Miss Henrietta Keene, n little lady of
~ years, living in Philadelphia, was
presented with two Florida chamele-
ors, and che ut once began l~nstructins
and educating her pets. BY continued
g]entleness and Kindness she won their
confidence, and at her call they would
raise their heads, listen and then como
running quickly. Soon they responded
to their namcs-Hrinton and Baby
ard nodded their little heads know
in2ly.
She then taught them to stand up
on their hind legs ard put their little
fore Paws together and stand in the
attitude Of prayer, looking solemn and
closing their eyes; at a signal they
would quickly PROSTATE themselves,
roll over on their backs and pretend to
be dead, lying without motion, until
told to rise and embrace, which they
would DO ith every sign Of joy and
~ulenSure. -
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-09
HELP EACH OTHER.
A Aid Society Among Lon
don Factory Girls,

don Factory Girls.
In many London artificial flower and
ostrich feather manufactures and bon
net workrooms what are known as
wedding clubs" are quite an institu-
ton.
The girls become members imme-
diately their apprenticeship expires,
The subscriptions, varying from two
pence TO one shilling weekly, accord
ing to wages, go to purchase n trous-
sea- for the girl first marrying; sub
sequent subscriptions are for the next
pride,
To be eligible an intending bride
must have subscribed IL months, and
continue subscribing for six months
after marriage. She must marry as
soon after becoming engaged as posi-
BILE, and choose her bridesmaids among
her fellow-workers. In large factories
a club will frequently number 40 or so
members, and the subscriptions, of two
years perhaps, are n good 'seEd Off"
a feather "curler' in a big ostrich
feather mandatory employing nu-
merpus work-girls, on marrying, some
lime ago, received G34, She did the
thing grandly, for w~ork-girls. especial
ly in the feather trade, want the best,
when p~rocurable.
Her dress was white. satin; orange
blossoms and ostrich feathers were in
%profusion. Her bouquet cost p5 shil-
lings, the cake e2, and she and her
bridegroom, n Borough market porter,
drove to church in u brougham and a
pair, bridesmaids and relatives follow
ing in cabs and carts.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-09
QUE CONGRESSMAN.
Biographical Sketch OF William S.
CUWheFd.

The Kansas City Times of last sun.
day contained the following sketch OF
The life Of William 5. Cowherd
"NViliiam 5. CnWherd, one of Kansas
City's most prominent attorneys, once
her mayor, and now the Fifth Missouri
| district representative in congress, is d
| Missourian by birth education, and sub
sequent social, business and political
ties.
''IIewas born in Jackson county, Mis-
souri,, September /. 1860, on the farm
then belonging to his grandfather, stu
ated between Lees Summit and Blue
Springs. which farm his grandfather
acquired along in the thirties. and which
is Still ill the possession of the family.
lie was educated at the public schools
in Lees summit. Mo, where his father
was for many years engaged in business
as Il dry goods merchant. He graduated
at the State University of Missouri in
1881, receiving the degree of y. b., and
the Stevens medal for Oratory, Judge
Black, of this city, being valedictorian
of the class. He later graduated from
the law school at the university in 1852,
and then came at once to Kansas City,
Mo. and worked for a year in the office
of TIc!lenor, Warner ~ Dean.
In 1888 Mr.. Cowherd formed a part
neTSlIip with John j. Campbell, who
was shortly afterward elected city attor-
ney.
Mr.. Cowherd has held a number of
posts of honor in the city's service. In
1880 he was appointed assistant prose-
cutting attorney to Maj. i. l.. Woodson,
and served in that capacity for four
years. In 1889 he formed a partnership
with w. b.. T'easdale and II. j. Ingra-
ham, under the firm name of Teasdale,
~ Cowherd, which partner
ship still continues. In 1890 he was APP
pointed by Hon. r. l.. Yeager first
assistant city counselor during the adj
ministration of Mayor Holmes, and held
that position till 1892, when he was
mayor of Kansas City. He
served as mayor until 1894, when he
returned to the practice of law, in
he has since been engaged.
Mr.. CowheTd was married III Sep
1889, TO Jessie L.. Kitchen,
daughter of c.. w. Kitchen, formerly a
resident of Westport, and well known
the west.
THE cOngreSSman-elect has always
been a staunch democrat in political
and an active and effective worker
or the party. His administration as
made him a reputation for ener-
~, ability and honesty, and the people,
his past record, elected
i'm to congress last fall by a big major
ty over Mr.. Neff."
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-09
LON Y.

On next Monday the Mis-. ourians
will inaugurate Il native born Missou.
ran as governor of this commonwealth
Lon V. Stephens is n only native
born MissourIan ever elected governor
of the state. He enters upon the duties
of the Office without having made any
entangling or embarrassing alliances,
and is in a position to give his people
a brilliant administration.
Mr.. Stephens is a business man OF
more than Il state reputation. He is
particularly we'll qualified for the posi-
ton. His peculiar business turn of
mind and thorough knowledge OF Mis-
OUR affairs especially fit him to serve
the state.
Lon Stephens Is not gifted with the
forensic power of a Clay or Calhoun,
but he possesses a goodly amount of
what the ssold-timers" would call
s'common horse sense" and that's
what it takes to wisely steer the ship
of state.
He has stated that his only ambition
was to give the Missouri people - clean,
honest, judicious administration, and
in the hight of his past record the
of Missouri take him ut his
word. Having no axes to grind, no
entanglIng alliances to embarrass him,
and being possessed of integrity, ability
and energy, there Is no reason in the
world to believe that Stephens ad-
ministratIon will not go down in history
along side of that of Phelps and Stone.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-09
MISSOURI LEGIsIATURE.

The democratic members of the
Missouri legislature held their caucus
last Wednesday evening, aud agreed
upon the following permanent organi
cation:
For speaker. w. Farris, of La.
clede.
For chief clerk-Chas. w. Green, OF
Linn.
For assistant chief clerk-R. II.
Thompson, of Barry.
E~ngrossing clerk-R. H. Warren, OF
Cedar.
Enrolling clerk-Gus Leftwich, OF
Ray.
Door-keeper-William. Malone, OF
Dade.
Chaplain-Rev. William Protlsman,
of Cole.
Folder-W. H. H. Brown, of Jack
son.
The senate organization was agreed
upon as follows:
Senator Peers was named as presi-
dent pro tenn, and Con Roach, of
Jasper, was elected secretary; w. L..
MabrY, of Montgomery, won the fight
for assistant secretary; the Rev. j. c..
Given, of Jefferson City, was named as
chaplain; S. r. Majors, of Pike, was
nominated for door-keeper, and Buck
TIlden, of Jefferson City, for sergeant
alarms. Ed Marvin, of Kansas City,
beat a big field for official reporter,
and Elijah Kitch, of Poplar Bluff, was
was nominated as folder.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-09
ComptroyIer Eekeys' Reports.

From the Kansas Guy Times.
Little Comptroller Eckels has added
to his reputation by ms recent diSSerta-
ton on the needs of tue south. Ills #s-
suranceS that he believes thitt section 10
he IN a condition favorable To Il renewal
of prosperity are unnecessary, as every
body knows that the south aEd west
have natural resources and energy
enough to become prosperous ii given
an opportunity.
Mr.. Eckels, however. intimateS that
the cause of the delay in the return of
prosperity is due To war sCaIeS and
"agitatiun." Whatever war ScaTeS we
have had are u 10 President Cleve-
laud, aud for Mir. ilckeiS tO mention
| them is an Offausp 0I lese majestic at
which he should he alarmed. Besides.
as the war scares ave been confined
almost exclusively To New York city,
the rest of the country has no respou-
sibility for the delay they may have
caused in the return of prosperity.
The other count OF the indictment is
an Old me-. Capital, says little Mr..
Eckels, will not flow to the south so
long as agitation and disquieting ru-
mors are to be met with, and an uEcar-
tainty us to gaining n return for it con
fronts the investor. He omits, however,
to indicate where, if not to the south,
capital is flowing. There is no evidence
JilaU the states WHICH went lOf hlCNln-
ley are having more of a flood of capital
than the south.
a curious feature of the situation is
that the disquieting Tumors originate in
New York. Yet, whenever they pre-
vail, capital flows to New York. 1t
can not he that if the terrible ''agita-
ton resulted i'll changes the Wall street
sharks would give Investors and credit
orS any more privileges than they could
ecure from investments in the south
and west. But, of course, the mythical
capitalist" "a not be made to see
that. by all accounts he is the blind
est. densest and most u~nreasonably cow
ardly character in all fiction.
Little Mr.. Eckels has done his best as
comptroller, but he should stick to the
of his position. There is no rea-
son why the comptroller of the curren-
cy should undertake to vindicate the
Cleveland administration and ~''c3ucate"
people who paw his "ages. He does
not know so much mo than the people
rs he thinks, and he should conine his
attention entirely to business.
He is wasting a lot of valuable timein
to stop what he considers 'injur-
agitation" The people will ''agi-
ate, if they please, ave if they incur
he displeasure of Messrs. Cleveland and
and prevent the latter's being
IeQt in Office by Mark Hanna.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-09
WILLIAM 7. STONE.

On next Monday, the eleventh day o.
this month, William Joel Stone viii
step down and ont Of the governors
ofice. ana take his place among the
ranks OF stiAspnrfs private Sovereign
citizens.
Into the private walks of life WirIam
j. Stone carries with him the plaudits
of the democracy of Missouri. His ad-
ministration as governor has been bril-
liant. faithful, honorable. Since the
days of Phelps, Missouri has not en-
joved an administration of its executive
affairs the equal of Governor Stone s
administration. In all that combines
to make a faithful public servant lie
has excelled. He has been brave, able
and honest. In the public service he
has recognized that self and ~self-interest
play but a minor part, and thai the pub
lie veal never should be subservient to
private gain.
There have been times when the IN
TELLIGENCER could not endorse his
actions. This paper has both com
mended and criticised him. In watch
ing his administration we have. how
ever, found little to condemn. He has
been oftener right than wrong; or, more
truthfully said, he has been seldom
wrong.
Missourians have every reason to be
proud of the record of their retiring
governor, and though circumstances
are such that they have not a United
States s~enatorship to offer at this time,
they serve notice on the Hon. William
Joel Stone that his retirement to private
life is but temporary. They recognize
in him a combination of Jefferson,
Jackson and Henry, and they will call
for his valuable ability and services
before the close of the 10th century.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-09
FASHIONS OF LONG AGO.
The style of Clothes Worn by Young
Women Early in the Century.

The style of Clothes Worn by Young
Women Early in the Century.
In general ali was r-osc-colored to the
two young country girls launched into
society with every advantage which
youth, cultivation, beauty, and high con-
nections could bestow. Riches they did
not possess, but they were too happy to
care for that Their wardrobe strikes
as having been decidedly limited,
but at that time it was held that sim
plicity should rule the attire Of all
young girls, SO they did not feel abashed
in the fresh, sheer white Indian muslin
gowns, relieved with broad sashes,
which were their only evening wear.
These were made with low, square-cut
necks and full sleeves gathered into a
pun Il little above the elbow
The s%o-called Empire styles were then
prevalent, and probably in an eXag-
gerated form, US is apt to he the case
when fashions have to be copied at a
distance not only Of thousands of miles,
but also of a year or more of time. The
skirts were short, showing not only the
hin slipper, but the colored silk stock
ings well above the ankle, and were 50
very scant that it required skill to dance
in them without rcnding the slight
fabric. Neither of the sisters had a silk
dress. Gowns of hat material were
hardly considered suitable for NINA
ried womne under 25 years of age.
Gowns of pretty lowered chintz were
worn at home. except in extremely cold
weather, when a heavy but soft material
known as STUFF was permitted. For
driving or walking each sister had a
gown of dark crimson broadcloth.
These were made with close sleeves
coming n little below the elbow, where,
as well as around the neck and the bot
tom of the skirt, was an edging Of
swans down, changed later in the sea
son for n border of marten fur. Long
pelisses of crimson cloth, lined and
trimmed with the marten fur, and great
muffs and tippets of the same were worn
in all suitable weather. The crimson
velvet bonnets were large and scoop
like things, adorned with an abundance
of white ostrich plumcs, but not by any
means as exaggerated in size as those
worn a few years later.-Helen Evertson
Smith, in Century.