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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-08
PROPOSALS.
PROPOSAIS ZOE INnIAN So

PROPOSALS FOR INDIAN SUPPLIES
= and Transportation-Depa Of the
Interior. Office of Indian Affairs Wash
lngton, D. c., March 80 1893 Sealed pro-
poSaIs, indorsed. Proposals for beef, -four,
OF transportation, etc, as the case may
Pc and directed to the Commissioner Of
indian Affairs 1902 State street. Chicago.
Ill, Will be received until / o'clock p. m.
OF tuesday, April p, 1899, for furnishing
Tor the Indian Service, beef. flour. bacon
beans, coffee, sugar, rice. tea. and other
aTucles or subsistence; also for boots ana
SHOES, groceries, soap, baking powder
crockery, agricultural implements, paints
OILS. glass, tinware, wagons harness,
leather shoe findings sadulery. etc, hard
ware, school and medical supplies and q
long ilSt or miscellaneous articles, also
bids for the transportation of such of the
articles, goods and supplies as may not be
contracted for to be delivered at the
agencies. Sealed proposals. indorsed'
proposals for blankets. w0Olen and cot
ton goods. clothing etc" as the case may
be. and directed 10 the Commissioner of
indian Affairs Nos. = and q Wooster
Street New York City, viii he received
unJI O clock p. m. of Tuesday. May ..
1899, for furnishing for the Indian Service,
blankets, wooden and cotton goods, cloth
ing. notions, hats and caps Bids must
be made out on Government blanks.
schedules giving all necessary lnforma-
ton for bidders will be furnished on appE-
cation 10 the Indian Office. Washington,
d &; Nos. 4 and - Wooster Street, New
~ VI 4lft- N7tttNC E1tA Ftts N-AaANtA--s
H.; the CommlSSaries Of Subsistence. L.
5. A. at Cheyenne. Leavenwortb. Omaha.
81. Louis and San Francisco; the post
masters a Sioux City. Ysnkton. Arkansas
city, Caldwell. Topeka. Wichita and Tue
son Bids viii be opened At the hour and
days above stated. and bidders are invited
70 be present at the opening The Depart
nent reserves the right 10 determine the
point Of delivery and 10 reject any and ali
bids. or any part Of any bid.
w. A JONES Commissioner.
1f9-17t
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CLASSIFIED
WANTS


FOR SALE-The south Il of section 2 and
lots 3, and T. in section q, township "a,
range 4, west One of the finest river bot
tom farms in Reno county, Kansas,
known as the Charles W. Shelton farm.
Three miles from Haven; IL miles from
school; one mile from United Presby-
terrain church. $40 acres, all bottom
land 800 acres IN cultivation; 30 acres
In pasture; acres in orchard. House OF
rooms, besides closets, bath room,
milk room, large cellar; two barns.
granary; two corn cribs; hen house. All
fenced and cross-fenced with hedge and
wire fences Three wells; two wind
mills. Arkansas river runs through the
farm. The corn raised on this farm was
given the premium at the Worlds Fair
in 1888 Price, $4,000; easy terms II
you want one of the finest farms IN
kansas. investigate this. Whine &
Whine. Wichita. Kansas. 79-f
FOR SALE-Two vacant lots corner Waco
and Avenue G, east front; clear title
and abstract S75. Dean Gordon. Pot
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Also have a few damaged carpets left.
Gilbert q Matthews, 33S and $40 N Main
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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-12

was quickly observed in Washington.
The postoffice department receives daily
hundreds of letters from fifth-class
postmasters filled with gratuitous ad-
vice about the running of the depart
meht- The fact that the head of the
most important office in the country
never had any advice to offer was
speedily remarked
II is refreshing to find one post
master that does not fancy himself cap
apie Oh running the whole department
at Washington" wrote Wanamaker to
sexton early in 1890. But when his SUI
per1ors asked for suggestions he freely
ofrered the best results of his observa-
ton. His suggestions were almost in
VarlaDly found practical and calculated
to better the service.
80 punctilious a disciplinarian was
Col. Sexton that he occasioned much
annoyance to the local newspaper men
oy refusing to make public the slightest
detail about the workings Of the Chi
cago Office until he had first obtained
the written consent from 'his superior
oHicers' in Washington, a course which
might have saved some of his success
ors trouble If they had seen fit to adopt
it.
The funeral of the late commander
in-chief held in Chicago last Wednes-
day was one of the largest public OBJ
servances of the kind ever held in that
city. The body lay in state all day in
the deceased's residence on LaSalle
avenue. Public citizens, soldiers old and
young, veterans of the last two wars.
and whole regiment of postoffice EN-
ployees thronged the house. The body
was escorted to the grave in Rose Hill
cemetery by the comrades of Columbia
of NRrhf o1, !, L. 4
charter members. All classes united in
paying honor to the man who had been
a respected leader both in military and
civil life
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-12
THE new WOMAN.
The Secret of Strength and
Beauty.

The athletic woman is everywhere in
swinging u golf club, rowing, riding, run
ming, her every movement so graceful
that you instmctively pause to look at
her. The day of tight-laced, wasp-waist-
ed women is over and gone. The age has
given us new Woman, Who thinks more
OF her lungs than she does of her waist
and who is proud of her muscle. But
nave you noticed that these girl god
desses are almost without exception UNI
married? As soon as a woman marres
she begins to lose the swinging stride, the
easy carriage, the steady hand, the quick
eye. Her back aches and she can't row.
or swing golf club. She is nervous and
the old sports and recreations are impos-
ton is obvious. Few women are pre-
pared for marriage, either intellectually
or physically. They have no intelligent
understanding Of their own physiology,
and no appreciation of the radical. ply
steal changes which marriage inauglIr-
ates. The result is that facilitating
drains are set up and allowed to continue
unchecked. The delicate female organs
become liberated and inilamed, and prob
ably there Is female weakness or dis
placement of internal organs, with bear
pains. The consequence is nerv-
BUSINESS physical languor, weak back,
headache, and a score of other ills. Even
then 1t probably doesn't dawn on the af-
hicted womans mind that the pain in her
head, in her back or at her heart is in any
way connected with the diseased condi-
tons or the delicate womanly organs
Yet that is the exact condition of affairs
Thousands of women have proven this
who have used DR.. Pierce's FaVorite Pre-
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-12

nm, as he intended visiting every de-
'arthlent in the country. He had NOT
len IN MS house five minutes When he
YES handed a dispatch. 1t was from the
- =. estueIit requesting him to serve on
s4ie Wdr investigating commission.
!. WIZ De remembered with what diff
neulty mckinley secured the consent Of
aple men of national repitation To
serve on that commission. The horrors
VI Montauk Point and Chickamauga
we're sun fresh in the minds of the peo-
PIE, EVERY town had its quota of re-
Turned soldiers suffering from the eff
lects OF an embalmed beef diet. There
vas a storm of popular indignation d.
Iected principally against the secretary
Vi war Things being in this state a
position on the investigating commits
SION was not considered a desirable bill
let. On one side was the Scylla of the adj
inlnlstnat1on, on the other the Charyb-
u1.ls OF popular opinion. The administra-
tIop mad influence, the soldiers had
,v,Vtes Inc practical politician thought
1t was to commit political suicide to ac-
cept place on the commission.
The president sent personal requests
10 several distinguished senators and
poiitlclans. The distinguished senators
ana politicians could not, get their re-
tusals on the wire fast enough. The UNI
usual and somewhat undignified spec
tacle was offered of a president plead
ing With and entreating members of his
own party to accept office. All in vain.
Inc distinguished senators and politi-
cians persisted in their refusals. At this
moment Col. Sections name was promi-
nent before the public or. account of his
election at Cincinnati. Mckinley luck
lly bethoug-ht himself sof the newly
elected commander-i l-chief. Hardly
thinking it likely Sexton would accept
the president telegraphed a request to
serve on the commission.
1t never for a moment had occurred
TO the distinguished senator's and poll
Llclans that they could accept 1t never
Tor an instant occurred to Col Sexton
that he could refuse. Fifteen minutes
after receiving the message his accept
lnce was on the Wire. He had not con-
sidered the fact that his health ought
not to have permitted him to assume
the additional wosk entailed by the
commission. Out of the score or more
1f requests the president had sent, Col.
Sections was the second acceptance re-
eeived. 1t would have been the first if
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the Grand Army Of The Republic to
bestoW
From the first Col. sections election
was assured. He had given striking
proofs of his ability as an organizer
While in command Of the department OF
Illinois and by his management OF the
Chicago post office. Fle had behind
him the united strength of the middle
and far west The east presented two
candidates, neither of conspicuous
strength. The contest was short and
ole-sided
The wire milling na1oeuyering and
a-tradinf that Ordinarily goes on at
a q A R,asnafional encampment is
second only ID Thai Of a national poll
tical Convention col. sections cam
na;gn vas cnrsniei1a,is Nv The absence
ae tIasa aIa,,sa,sfs liz ,,eiied rhCerfully
an bis ost-,, ,,fsysot,aljfy to gain votes.
and aftsr. Il I,iog shaken thn hand and
aych ,,oes5 sraati,,gs v,iTb a eonnrade it
vas rara sY1f5aad That vote did not
rasult His directions 10 his campaign
1nanaeers u.ere iTnneratiye.
LET there be no trIckerS}or wire
pulling, >" he said Don't say word
that will injure comrade.
He did rely, however, on a Eeculldl-
~ atrocious brand Of cigars TO help ouo
his campaign. The writar7of this sketch
and can attest that the donor was sue
cesstul ~ spite OF, rather IN conse-
Quence Of the cheroots which ne nos
pitally dlspehsedA
One little ineideIit, described as hay-
ing occurred at2the conventions, was
generally conInfented upon by the Gin
cinnati papeBsis 1t seems there was
stopping at Col. Sections hotel for
mer colonel of a Tennessee regiment
Like asHqe Johnny Reb, the SOUTH
erner &as Hospitality inclined and
many yarn was sWapped between
him and the G.. A. X. veterans Wnlle
sipping mint juleps at the par. one
day, bearing that the candidate LOT
oInmander-in-chief had commanded
the 7at Illinois, the southerner thought
he would look Col. sexton up anu see
if they hadn't had some experiences III
common. Sure enough, an exchange Vi
"reminiscences showed that the Two
eofonels had been direct aaVersarles
while McArthur's division OF tne la IN
army corps was making It's canpalen
in Tennessee. Bye and bye the repre-,
sentatives of north and south Warlileu
up to one another.
s'Its too bad YOU ar'n't one of us
NOW. but 7 think we can adopt YOU"
said chi Sexton. and taking off his
handsorne past district commanders
badge he ninnnd n on the breast of
sba Former rebel Tears were seen in the
eves Of MANY Of the onlookers, and
north and south were united. At least
40 fhe cincinnati papers said. 1t was
yepy pretty story.
candidate a man Of email caliber. tried
to make noliticai % nitei by snreading
the renorf that Sextnn advocated talk
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-12
G. A. R. COM WANDER,
Related For Readers Of
; the Sunday Spy,
.gF

The flag over the Grand Army hail
on Pearl street has been at half mast all
the week. For the first time since its
organization the commander n-chief of
the G. A. r. had died while holding ofs
flee. Col. James Sexton, commander
in-chief OF theiG, a. p, and member Of
the war investigating committee, died
last Sunday in Washington. Conse-
quently every Grand Army post
throughout the length and breadth of
the continent is in mourning.
Comrades from the Worcester post
who attended the national eneampment
in Cincinnati last summer remember
meeting a sturdy, thick-set man., of
military bearing and cordial greeting
and pleasant Word for all. On inquir-
ings0 his name the few visitors who
did iiet Know him already learned that
it was Comrade Sexton Of Chicago,
leading candidate for eommander-in-
chief, the highest office in the gift of
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-12
JOHN wEshnYs HOUSE.

9 9From Ihe consregalIonalIst.l


70 FF'rom the consregationalist.)
Asum q $4,000 having been provided
by an anonymous donor for the pur-,
pose Of maintaining John Wesleys
house. in the city Road, London. az 4
permanent Wesley Museum. the for
maj opening has taken place. THE
rooms are three in Number. Hundreds
Or American and other visitors annual
~ make q pilgrimage 10 these rooms
which are today in much the same
CONDITION IN which they We're in Yves
leys time S
Deeply Interesting and,affecting isthe
room IN which Wesley died. In the
front room Is the high-backed conn r.
portable chair In which he used to stt
and IN which the president sits when
presiding over a conference. ON, thAa
landing stands the old "grandfathers
clock once Wesley's. and on the bu- 4
reau the famous teapot presented by
Wedgwood to Wesley. The lid is gone
ana the spout is broken, but an Amer
lean offered $1,000 for the teapot. phe
house was finished eleven months NJ
ter the chapel, and Wesley first occu-
pied IT, as he says ia his Journal. on
october 8, ITO. The third room on the
moor IS the prayer room" which Wes-
ley used to enter at 4 o'clock each
morning. All these interesting relics. are
now permanently preserved 49,
PASSING OF THE OLD REGIME.
The year that is past witnessed the
collapse of one Of the most aristocratic
social institutions of yienna on the
last day Of December the club OF the
nobility closed its doors. It is possi-
BILE that the event may be regarded as
a sign that the generation for blue
blood which has always been so marked
a Characteristic Of Austrian society, is
beginning TO yield TO the democratic in~
fluences Of the age. Admission to the
club was restricted to aspirants whose
coats Of arms could show . certaiB
number of quarterings and the style
of life that prevailed in the establish
ment ON the KooNrat Istsg was stiict.t'
~ decorous and slightly dun. Younger
men found THE Jockey club more
agreeable haunt, SO that at last the
place was given over to q dwlnding
group of stlff-backad fogeys. $50 IN
number These WORTHLESS performed the
ceremony of happy dispatch in a man
ner not unpleasant To themselve7
They realized the properly and divided
the proceeds, each receiving about
ei00.-London Chronicle, ~
mo. SIR said the rcd-faced aldcrnaa
with great emphasis. I'm IN the fran
chiso nghtsto stay.
~ suppose, then" said the little NAV
your wad unti the whole thugs ended?'
Cleveland Plain Dealer. 800. .
rihel-I don't know what to think Sc
Charlie. lie talked or nothing last night =
but suicide and the different ways mon
had-o committing g.
lsdith--Dear met You don't suppose he
is thinking OF proposing, do you?-JudGa,
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vast experience. which covered every
form and variation OF feminine disease.
puts DR.. Pierce ut the head of specialists
in the treatment of diseases of women.
Don't you want to get back that attn
letic girlhood again? Write TO Dr.. Pierce
and take the first step to health. Remem-
Der there Is no charge for this consulta-
ton by letter, and that every letter is
held as strictly private and sacredly con-
fidential. This offer will bear thorough
investigation. Investigation Is something
that cannot be borne by those offers of
free advice which comes from people who
have no medical knowledge and are not
qualified to practice. Such offers are de-
liberately misleading. 'rnere is no claim
made to giving a physicians advice; they
keep inside the law. yet the wording is
designed to create the impression that II
a physician. The most insidious Of these
offers of advice are artfuily framed to APP
peal to woman's sympathy. Some man
plays the part of
1.-THE BEARDED lady"
and invites women to write to women
and get womans sympathy, etc..
Even if these letters are genuinely an
expressed, this is not what invalid wom-
en- want; they want medical advice.
No woman can give this who is not q
trained physician, and SO far as known
there is no qualified woman physician
associated with any proprietary medi-
cine. 1t is certain that there is no one
connected WIN any INSTITUTION WHO mas,
like DIR. Pierce Il record of success eN-
tending over thirty years, and covering
the treatment of more than half million
women. -s@
There Is no alcohol, whisky OF other in
,toXieant in ..Favorite Prescription,
neither does 1t contain opium or any other
narcotic drug 1t does not create a, erax-r
ing for stimulants and narcotics. OF Mp
other medicine especially designed FOR
women Gun this be truthfully said Here
and there is found dealer who seeks 10
make q little extra profit Mt q customers
expense by trying to sell one of these
ia Prescription Is called for. 1fhaes
hardly fair for yotl When you buy "a
Just as good" baking powder, which Of
course pay the dealers a bigger profit, you
get something for Yourself, a spoon ora
pitcher or something as a premium. But
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-12
MOI. Gen. Schuyler Hamilton
ENDORSES
8 = ="
FOR
G z I =
Sunny Side, Thomasville. Ca,
rarnor,,1- 1000

Sunny Side, Thomasville. Ga,
January II, 1899.
F. HUMPHREYS, NJ. D.:
My Dear Doctor cannot sufficiently
thank you for the grateful and immediate
relief your specific No. II gave to me.
was really very ill Sunday evening. 1
had a fierce chill, and what we used to
call 1.-The rigors' i'll the army, followed
by very high fever.
The pains, pericarditis and osteritis,
arising from the cable car injury, as well
as the grip. are at this moment, Tuesday
morning, almost entirely abated.
Sincerely yours,
Schuyler Hamilton,
Maj. Gen Vols, U. S. A.
''77' cures grip, coughs influenza and
breaks up" hard colds that hang on. .
AT druggists or sent prepaid; Csc, soc.
and $1.OO.
DIR. HUMPHREYS BOOK SENT FREE
Humphreys Med. Co., cor. William and
John sts., New York.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-12

Manager-So you have produced some
thing new In comedy, have you?
Playwright-Yes sir; ! have written a
theosophcal comedy. Every person i'm IL
has five different Identities, counting the
masteral identity. and each of these iden-
titles is mistaken. You doubtless grasp
the humorous ossibllities?-Detrolt Jour
nal.
John--Love Is a lottery. YOU know
YOU are following up Miss Banks, The
heiress. | should say you were after a
"capital' prize. --Philadelphia Bulletin.
THE SOLDIER BOYS who had taken
Hoods Sarsaparilla are said to have stood
the long marches much better than theif
companions. This medicine gives strength
and endurance.
HOODS PILLS cure all liver Ills
Mailed for % cents by c. !. Hood g. Co.,
Lowell. Mass
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insthis case the dealer gets all the extra
pro1it and you get a bottle of medicine
that you didn't ask for, and don't know
anything about, except one thing Witch
cure as does "Favorite Prescription 1t
isn't the right remedy and 1t hasn't the
right record Don't let the dealer do t.
Go Tor DR.. Pierce's and get DR. Perce's
nIl,rIQNA az, LII. AZ .l,LI 2
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-12

The passions for military and pa
triotic designs is accountable for these
engaging toys, one of which. made OF
stiffened paper, is miniature OF q
canon. while another represents bat
tie axe. Both are good limitations OF
worn and weather-beaten steel The
cannon is particularly taking, because
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-12

mo Sir" said the rod-eaced aidcrrnaa
with great emphasis. I'm IN the fran
chse fight to stay.
II suppose, them" said the little nnM
with wide ears, that they don't give .yoltA
your wad until the whole thug $ ended?"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.