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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-13
CASH GRAIN.

Chicago, May 12.-Flax-Cash, s1-38;
northwest, s1.3S: May, s1.3S; September,
s119
Butter-steady; creameries. 13@16; dali
ries, 12Q13c.
Bggs-Weak; 10c.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-13

The Christie-Street Commission Com
pany can give you a continuous market
First class service Fair treatment
Write or call on Us at our Office IN the
Sedgwick block. Wichita, Kan. Private
wire everywhere.
C E. LATHROP. Manager.
Long Distance Telephone $50.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-13
TICKETS SELLING FAST
Crawfor Grand viii BE Crowded for
Hospital Concert.

The ladies' board % directors ot tie
Wichita Hospital held meeting yester-
day afternoon and reports from the mem
beers VINO are selling tscke;s showed z
highly satisfactory resui. There h4s
never beer an entertainment FOR sa.cA &.
vas as easy 10 SCI :.cke.E as FOR me
hospital Fuad Concert - Be hsid a.; re
Crawford Grand acxt Wednesday evening.
TIE cause Is such = ore taas * sppezas
% all TIE ladies' have tickets 60 SCI and
those VIC havs uos been called ap3a c4z
secure them a. Hors's tewoiry store AID
=; Oz4nae and Gehrsng'z drug stores
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-13

M and Mrs g c Rlcht ard azEghter
Maria. are in sas CITY. guests & he
family o. dr- R-cat, at ~ Vase zse1se
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-13
Do You

Speculate IN grain7
Speculate in New York stocks?
Speculate in provisions?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-13
las North Main.
F.. w. SWab

REPORT or THE CONDITION ef che
Kansas National bank at Wichita. In ths
state Of Kansas. at the close of business.
Nav 9 isss.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-13
COFFEE AND SUGAR MARKET

Liverpool. May 12-Wheat-Futures Gle
ed quiet; May, lis 412d; July. lis 34d:
cember. is 3 34d
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-20
The RenI Reason.

Smithers-why don't you run for
school director, Brown?
Brown-Well, you see, sir, there is
the farm to look after, and the work on
the roads, the timber TO cut, the strong
party feeling, my views on the educa-
tional question, my tax theory, my ideas
of the money problem, and then, be-
sides-my wife wants to run.-Harper' s
Bazaar
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-20

Ordinary household accidents have
no terrors when there's a bottle of
DR. Thomas Electric Oil in the med
icine chest. Heals burns, cuts,
bruises. sprains. Instant relief. For
sale by Marshall & Fisher, druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-20

If you want pure healthful drink,
use a coffee that is coffee-the Thorn
son 4 Taylor Spice Co.'S It & T. -
brand For sale by all grocers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-20
To Florida

Queen & Crescent two fast vesti-
buled trains daily Cincinnati to Jack
soOyille
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-20

L CST-A WHITE AND FAwN COLOREI
~ greyhound with blanket on Finder noti
y Sears s Frizell- Davenport. and receive re
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-20

The use of coal for house heating is
not nearly so general in Europe as in this
country.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-20
ECKHARTS
Christmas Bargains.

One lot of Blue Cups and Saucers
1Oc apiece today.
Extra Special Today-Any 25c Fan
cy Plate in the store 12c apiece today
only.
Csc for any of our S1.25 and $50
Fancy Lamp Globes.
From to O'Clock tonight Brownie
Ladders lie, drums 15c, 12-inch Kid
Body Dolls 15c.
Be sure and see our fine line of Gel
luloid Goods and Albums. Prices
way down.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-27
NOT THE WHOLE STORY.

Our dispatches yesterday contained an
account of the rejoicing at Houston, Tex,
over the fact that thus far this season
there have been received in that city
100000 bales of cotton, and that it was
expected that at least 100000 bales would
be received before the end of the season.
No other interior city has ever before re-
ceived so much cotton. and the impression
likely to be made by those receipts upon
people who do not know anything of the
facts, is that the cotton planting industry
is in most flourishing condition. AS a
matter of fact the cotton growers are in
very depressed state of mind. All
over the cotton belt there is a feeling that
cotton cannot be raised proftably at the
prices which have prevailed this season.
In many localities where there has been
a shortage in the crop the cotton growers
find themselves in debt as the result of
the seasons work. The crop, in those To-
calities has not paid the expense of rails
ing il. In portions of Louisiana at least
60 per cent. of the cotton has not been
picked. In other portions and in sections
of Mississippi fully 40 per cent. yet re-
mains in the field, and will not be picked.
1t will not pay to pick it.
In those localities the farmers are think
ing of abandoning cotton as a crop They
must turn to some other crop or give up
their farms. To plant cotton simply
means going deeper into debt More cot
ton is being raised than the world wants
at price at which ii can be produced at
a profit.
The cotton acreage must be reduced be-
fore the price will advance to any consd-
cradle extent. Texas can manage TO
plant for a few years morer-even il the
prices do not get better. because her fields
are new and her soil rich. Therefore. she
does not have 70 use fertilizers and the
yield is large. About an of the other
states. however Will have TO turn tbeir
attention largely 10 other crops. That
Texas ih leading IN cotton is shown bv the
fact that this year Galveston cotton re-
colpts viii be larger lhan those OF New
orleans. New Orleans has lost her SUE
premacy az the greatest Of the cotton
ports
owing 20 the fact that much cotton ls
sul in che fields .n many parts ~ the cot.
ION heit ard aiu noe be picked. b. would
no' De surprising b. the e.ason's erop
saoud al considerably below fha ssl-
mahe made in tle b.snang ~ Co., s.s.
sgn. "a Wa seoa become appal.1t s4ethsr
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-27
Humidity on the wabash.

Talking about rainy weather." said the
Westener. according to the Boston Tran
script, 81 remember once out in Indian
apols meeting a farmer who took the most
cheerful view of dampness of anybody I
ever saw. I asked him if they had had
much rain down on the Wabash that
spring.
4" Well, it has been a little lamp he an
swered The day before I left home 1
had to hang up twenty-four of my ducks.
They had got so water-soaked that they
couldn't swim any longer. 1 painted my
corn in two feet of water, and I don't
expect over thirty bushels to the acre. NV
wheat is lokiug pretty well but the stur-
geon and catfish have damaged it con-
siderable. There was about fifteen min
utes' sunshine one day, and I thought I
would plant my potatoes, so I loaded them
on a scow and anchored the scow in three
feet of water, when ii began to rain again
I wanted to go down on the bottom
lands next the Wabash to see if the grass
was growing for my hay crop, but my wife
said that az we din't have any diving hell
shed rather 1 wouldn't l should feel
kind of discouraged with all the rain. but
I've spent my odd hours OF leisure time
and the even ones, too, on account of
staying in out of the wet-building us an
ark. If it will only rain another weel,
or two until get her ready to sail. Tn
going to take my family out to Missouri
by water for trip 10 visit our folks IN q
moved out there because they didn't know
enough to stay in place where they were
comfortable
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-27
A Local sherlock Holmes.

'The last man who used this phone, !"
in an uptown public station, according to
the Times Democrat, was short, little
fellow, in a deuce of a hurry, smoking a
cigarette. He asked for the I. c. freight
Office, was told they were busy and repeat
ed his request five times, getting madden
at each call. Meanwhile, his cigarette
went out and after vainly searching for
a match"
Hold on therer exclaimed a friend
who had accompanied him to the booth.
What kind of a fairy story are you CIV
ing me, anyhow"
NO fairy story at ALL" replied the anna
teur s.euth blandly. Il was merely stat
ing a few facts"
But now the dickens did you ascertain
them?"
plain as A. B. C, my boy. To begin
with. the adjustable mouthpiece of the
instrument is pulled down, as you see, to
its fullest extent, indicating clearly that
the last user was very much understood.
ISM that evident?"
''Ye-e-es, I guess so; but how about the
rest?"
We'll, look at that ledge and you will
observe five charred spots and an equal
number of small piles of tobacco ash.
What do you infer? Why, obviously, that
the gentleman was smoking and laid down
his cigarette each time he called The
piles of ash are still undisturbed, show
ing they were recently deposited, and they
are very small proving plainly that the
intervals of calling We're brief. My logical
conclusion was that the phone he wanted
happened to be busy, and L looked in
stinctively for a memorandum of its num-
Der, which most men make under such
circumstances. I found it, as / anticipat-
ed on top of the box, scrawled in pencil,
and recognized the number of the freight
office. Such memoranda are almost al
ways rubbed out by the sleeve of the next
and bright, it is fair to presume it was
made by the last man in the booth--other-
wise the short chap with the cigarette.
busy at this hour, the clues interlock
and sustain one another. Not SO, my dear
boy"
But the matches?'
OH / deduce the match incident from
those fresh toothpicks on the floor. When
a man in a hurry searches for a match he
Invariably finds quantities of toothpicks.
1 would
Are you through with that phone?"
asked a short, stout stranger appearing
suddenly at the door and vigorously puff
ing a cigarette because if you are l.
Certainly, sir" said the analyst, smil-
ing. Il think you will find the freight
office disengaged at present"
well, I'll be hanged! said the friend.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-27
DUTY OF OUn BUSINESS MEN

Four weeks from to-day our municipal
election will take place. AS yet the bus
mess men of the city and other men who
are deeply interested in having a govern
ment that will see 10 it that the laws are
enforced and that everything that can be
done to promote the city's welfare shall
he done, have given no sign that
they are in the least interested in the re-
suit of the election. But the office seek
ers, saloon keepers and those who control
gambling establishments have been heard
from in a quiet way. They have a per
sonal interest-a very decided interest-in
controlling the election. The office seekers
want a council elected that will put them
in control of the salaried Offices and the
saloon keepers and gamblers want
council that will let them alone when they
openly violate city ordinances-ordinance
which prohibit Sunday liquor selling and
gambling
1t really looks as if those who are deep
ly interested in having the laws enforced.
the taxes lowered by the introduction of
economy i'm the administration of affairs
and in having those things done which
viii promote the city's prosperity, are dis
posed to have nothing to do with the cleo
ton. Why is it that this class of people
are so apathetic in respect to the election?
Are they willing that men lacking sufn-
cient force of character 10 protect the
city's interests, or mon who have axes to
grind, shall have control of the next adj
miuistration? Do they not know that
if things so wrongly in city
| affairs they will be the first to complain
and criucise? Now is the time for them
to assert themselves. If they want the
right sort Of a city government the right
men must be chosen for Mayor and coun-
cImen. Grumbling viii do no good after
the election Whatever is done towards
good government must be done before cleo
ton.
The business men Of the city should get
together and organize in the interest of
good government, and they should do it
al once. Their purpose should not be to
make an issue with any other class of
their fellow citizens, with the liquor deal
ers or gamblers, but to control the gov
eminent Of the city for the good of the
city. II the people who have the most al
stake do not do this they will find, when
il is too late, that half dozen or more
men have arranged a programme in their
own interest so that whether one or more
tickets are put "a the field they viii con-
troll the result II Savannah IS to have
good government for the nextitwo years
the best element of the city. ignoring past
issues and difference, must get together
and act fortthe public welfare. II there
is much longer delay 10 this matter 81 viii
be TOO late 10 accomplish anything.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-27
The Hon. Mr.. Snecd scorns to AdoDt
n Privilege.

The rule that no person shall smoke in
a street car is enforced strictly by the
conductors on all Memphis lines, but an
exception is made in the case of one mas
senger, namely, the Hon. John /. T.
Sneed, says the Memphis Scimitar 1t is
not recorded that the able chancellor ever
took advantage of the exceptional privilege
accorded him. but II is certain that he has
been invited to go in off the platform and
finish his cigar comfortably on a cush-
toned seat.
mo, I'm afraid the ladies would object. ="
was his response to such an invitation.
THE ladies all make concessions to
you" was the reply Of the conductor.
Il don't know about that" said the
judge. You heard what the old LADY,
said about smoking IN her presence"
The conductor had TO confess that
though he had heard a good many stories
on the rear platform, he had never heard
this particular one.
Wen. lll tell you" said the chancol-
Tor. 'she was charming old lady of tho
0.d school and one day she was asked IN
she objected 60 q gentleman smoking in
nor presence. ~ don really know was
her reply i have never had any csBo-
rience Boz that hne. no gentleman las
efer smoked in my prtelnec.''
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-27
BRIGHT BITS.

"A Chance-Stern Parent-"So you love
my daughter, do you? Can you support
her, if 1 consent to the marriage?" Col
lege STUDENT hoped that if you con-
sjdered my suit favorably you could give
me a situation where 1 could work and
rise" Stern Parent-"I could" College
Student-"Oh. thank you, L" Stern Pa
remit can give you a situation where
you can work and rise about O'Clock in
the morning. Harlem Life.
Horrors of Expansion-"Wen," re-
marked Rivers, the family of the Amerj-
can eagle may be growing larger, but the
noble bird will have to do its own hatch
ing more exclusively than ever hereaf-
ter" "Why?" demanded Brooks. BE
cause the sun never sets on American soil
now" "Shucksr' exclaimed Brooks
Don't you suppose our naval command
ers are able 10 look out for the after
hatch?" And they confined to scowl at
each other and mutter threats-Chicago
Record
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-27
quotations NJ the widder,s.

II say Lige, I saw more then twenty
wimmen goin' up ter the Wilder Sprig-
CAMS house yesterday. What wuz goin'
on up thar?"
Huh answered the old man, accord
ing to the Los Angeles Times, as he felt
in his pocket for his tobacco, 1.-THE wilder
has bin givin' another party. The wilder
pride herself on bein' right up ter date.
Why, hit wuz only last month tibet she
read somewhere tibet pink teas wuz all the
rage, so she sent out invitations fer pink
tea. Wul, she tried ter buy pink tea at
all the stores, but she couldn't find any,
so she went an colored some ordinary tea
with cochineal, an hit took the doctor two
days ter bring EN- all around"
But about this yere party yesterday"
put in the storekeeper.
"Wul, hit seems hit wuz ter be quota
ton party The wilder sent out invites
an on EN- she said tibet everybody must
bring a quotation. Wul, they wuz all
crazy ter go, but nobody knew what a
quotation wuz. Wul when they wuz all
thar an the wilder asked for the quota
TONS TX Cams wife said ez how she wuz
sorry, but thet she had ct her last quota
ton jes, before she got the invite, an
Bob Piggans' wife said tibet she didn't
bring any cause she didn't know whether
the wilder wanted them billed or fried.
Wul when the wilder called upon the
schoolmarm she got up and said:
Z" The Lord loves a cheerful giver'
'Wul the rest of them thought tibet she
wuz castin reflections on them, an that
made them mad, an they amt got over
talking about hit yit. Hits kinder dis
couraged the wilder givin'~any more fash
ionable parties
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-27

Nickum, the Indiana inventor of the
perpetual light" which he claims wlll
burn forever without heat, has promised
TO give practical demonstration of his
invention, or discovery, in the early days
OF January Nickum says that what he
will show will upset all accepted theories
of light, heat and atmospheric pressure
and knock into cooked hat many scien-
dfic dogmas which have been taught as
incontrovertible truth for generations. 1t
may be that Indiana has produced the
second Kelley.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-27

Or. Tracy, keeper of the records of the
New York bureau of vital statistics. has
discovered that war times are productive
ol predomlnance of boy babies. OF the
children born during the months of No
Nember and December of this year, accord
ing to his figures, the excess of boy ba-
bies over girl babies is very noticeable.
The average ratio is 1O4 boys to 100 girls
During the two months named the ratio
in New York has been more than Jos BOYS
40 100 girls. During December, up to the
middle of the month, the ratio had been
ITO boys to 100 girls. There can be no
explanation but the war spirit" says Dr.
Tracy.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-27

According to Mr.. Curtis, Washington
correspondent of the Chicago Record,
Speaker Reed treats the expansion propo-
sition in a humorous vein. He calls the
saffron inhabitants of the far East, with
more eXpressiveness than elegance, ''yel-
low bellies" On the basis of the $2O,0000O0
which we are to pay to Spain for her
retirement from the Philippines, he has
figured out how much each yellow belly
costs Whenever a member of Congress
approaches him with a bill calling for an
appropriation of questionable merit the
speaker asks: "How much do you want?"
only a few thousands" answers the
seeker after his favor We'll" says the
speaker, Il do not know that we can ac-
commodate you. We shall need all of our
money to pay for yellow bellies"
bin was passed the other day
approprlating 100000 for an expo
sition of export products at Phil
adelphia. ''Well," said Speaker Reed to
Representative Adams, you will have to
look out for a veto from the President, as
that sum would purchase 10000 yellow
bellies"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-27


A French iconoclast OF the name Of vi
comte de Boyer has come forward to
smash the idol Of many prominent Ameri-
can families. He declares that many
American millions have been paid for
French and other European titles that are
altogether bogus. As an example he in
stances the S15O00OOO paid by the Gould
family for the Castenane title of
Count" which, he says, does not prop
erly exist with the husband of Miss Anna
Gould, as it became extinct with its right
ful owner years ago. There were two fam
lies of Castellane.. One lived in Provence
and the other in Toulouse. The Provence
family had the title; the Toulouse family
had none. When the last of the Provence
family died, the Toulouse family took up
The utle, without show of right or reason.
1t is to the latter family that Count
Boniface Castelane, who married Miss
Gould, belongs OF seven French titles
which de Boyer mentions as having been
married by American women at a large
cost, six are bogus. If the rich American
women cannot be satisfied without titles
of nobility, would it not be a good idea
for the American Congress to create few,
just for their eradication, and to keep
their millions at home?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-27
SHED SKIN 20 TIMES
Little Boys Terrible Eczema,
Mass Running Sores From
Head TO Foot
Not an Inch of Body Unaffected.
Skin Came off With
The Bandages.
Screams Were Heart-Breaking.
Four Doctors and Medical
Institute No Avail.
Improvement After the Second
Application of CutiCura. Now
Completely Cured.

NY little son, boy of five, broke out with an
itching rash. Three doctors prescribed for him,
but he kept getting worse, until we could not
dress him any more. They finally advised me
to try a certain medical college, but its treatment
did not do any good. At the time was induced
to try CUTICURA REMEDIES, he was so bad that
had to cut his hair all off, and put the CUTI-
CURA (ointment on him on bandages, as it was
impossible to touch him with the bare hand.
There t0as not one square inch Of skin on his
t0hOie body that toGs not affected. He was one
mass of sores, and the stencil from him was
frghtful The bandages used to stick to his
skin, and in removing them it used to take the
skin off with them, and the screams from the
poor child were heart-breaking. l began to
think that he would never get well, but after the
second dppEicati0n of CUTICURA (ointment)
began to see signs of improvement, and with the
third and fourth applications the sores COM
menced to dry up. His skin peeled off twenty
times, but it finally yielded to the treatment 1
used the CUTICURA REsoLvENT for his blood
and now 1 can say that he is entirely cured and
stronger and healthier boy you never saw than
he is to day.
You can use this testimonial in whatever way
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is needed will refer to any of our neighbors.
ROBERT WATTAM,
Dec. IS, 1897. 472S Cook ST., Chicago, Ia.
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