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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-08
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Sole Agents Big Bargains
Sole Agents for Big Bargains.


THERE is SUBSTANTIAL SAVING IN THIS BuHCS
The GONE AGAIN" CUSTOMER THAT WE WANT SO
WE OFFER GONE AGAIN" TEMPTATIONS.
LACE cURTANsAn odd lot of Nottngham Swiss and
rufHe net three and halt Yards long and
SO to so wide; in floral scroll and Greciah ue
signs. These Curtains have sold from SLID TO 600
ANOTHER odd n Nottingham Brussels net
elaborate corded designs. have had these
priced from s375 to $500. Friday selling. $500
In some of the have pairs OF kI
but they mostly only one pair OF q kind to.
wide in Persian Oriental designs. and also in the
velvet applique atyies We have sold these FOR
there's $3.50 $3.50 and they are readily aooo
For Friday selling - .sE.Oo
japanese irgrain carpet patterns OF large e
variety beautiful colorings Prices run from @'0
85c yard They are attractive moor cover rd 9oc
SATIN STRIPE DimTiEs in red blue pink grey i DicS
worthy piece OF goods and 81 pt3 bt
STYLES the thing for the hot weather that Is
only beated, lost 1t is 19c value For FIJI -
1AcK yoiIEE Of fansy weave beautiful piece goods
"d1e-nt having distinctive eharaeteF nin is
We have only part 0 piece left and quote it per
yard 19G fsaS g fang striped aaec silk white
and grey. value but not many left now ~
and we price tRe sI1t for E 8 and f b heavy afota
worth $500. For Friday selling -$4''o
A LOT OF TROUSERS HANGERS.
MEMS sUsPENoERs ard also BOYS sizes at 1Re most
with woven per pair, for Friday selling &c
MEMS susPENDERs Of good strong elastic with mo- o.
MEMS sUsPENDERs President style; everybody sells
them for quarter Friday selling ;.1sc
MEMS ALL SILK TIES, tecks only, regular 5Oc goods
and good patterns. For Friday selling csc
MEMS LEATHER BELTS-A lot Of fine values that you
usually pay from soc for. For Friday sell
THERE ARE SHOES AND SHOES, BUT THERE is
8 OR O 8 | s
No ~on know about DOWN WEIGHT? Save your
Sales Tickets.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-11
woman was several years the older Of the

two.
Young Vanderbilt was then but 81 years
OF age while Miss Wilson was 20 She
however, In hts opinion expressed to his
rather was possessed OF all the best quail
yes chat girl should have-and, IN short,
DC was going TO marry her by yea or nay.
=. The first indication the elder Cornelius
Vanderbilt gave Of his dsapproval OF tho
match was ut the Patriarch ball, In Feb
ruary' 1900, when the Vandcrhllts failed
10 recognize the Wilson's. shortly after
ward Mrs ogden Goelet and her sister
now TIM WIZ ~ Cumeiius Vanderbilt
went 20 Europe and the young man accom-
panied them. His fate was senled and
was about TO be signed and delivered. His
father sent Northington Whitehouse to
Parls 10 urge the young man to return, but
IN vain When Cornelius dill return he was
engaged.
a few months Inter occurred the marriage
which caused the elder Cornelius to disin-
herit his son and leave the bulk Of the
Vanderbilt millions 10 Alfred Gwynne Van
dcrhilt who evlnced II commendahr spirit
o. generosity by Voluntarily giving his
brother 100000. on which he has man
aged TO worrv along with the assistaure
OF some $4,000 a year which his wife has
In her own right.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-11

American enlisted man In barracks In his
hours OF case is a question that has vexed
many generations Of American officers of
the United States army Mr.. Kiplnc has
reminded US that
Single men in barracks don't grow into
plaster saints.
II Is entirely true Unless some bcolthfpl
and normal form Of satisfaction of the nat.
ural ana human craving for excitement "a
provided some unhealthful and abnormal
form OF the same appetite is sure TO he
provided. The canteen, ms In yyns bCforc
the Woman's Christian TemDerance TTninn
began 10 NEEDLE with IT, provided normal
batlslacuun Tor this particular need Of hu.
man nature which the enlisted men OF the
United states army share even with The
reyered members Of the Womnn's Cbristinr,
temperance Union How strange that those
reEefed retormers should never nave con-
sldered that, by putting IN tohs ia NC
vent the enlisted men from having bis
neer under decent and human auspices ami
u ,,,,6s INN 10 got more injurious drink
mhnlstelnG and trs,ifyinr 10 the Same HI;
man need OF excitement on their own mart
"p pSi XII, IIhI.y 80 ycre,emently denied to lin
III yonna spPP i SIgh9iogy, The fact Is that
tmug beyond rnti1us and drill Tho into
GHheral Ludlow, ht the outcome nj n series
81 oS,si Investigations, arrived at the
conclusion that the private aoidier ~ tho
United states army was oyerred and ny my
! qrssrworked. The ration was extrayagant.
~ uuD was not sufficient to dispose
U ub w, ration There ls n limit 10 nero
arlli Al officers testify thar soiJIer
D osleI zee goes stale " There is n re-.
20 n IN practice marches" which might
Sro hr nipen more Interesting than they
non, There Is also the resource / othist,c
eVYnt9sts, which are always intercsting ~
9 4rate se e Coomhpeiitors Esprit de corps peno
we SHOULD expect this order OF ~ VA, 30
PsItrs 1t 10 nave q distinct success Rnt
y ,, os9eT 70 allow to is perfect work. W.
49, nsost anecllonately entreat ne Wa.
.ilt ministers, and sil other sssocia.
u ION o. American citizens who nave ne+
ipg r ammo. notion Of what they are talk
tneT nsnds and let the exnerts hars. 80
lr'a' OF tneiF solution OF this problem. 1''
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-11
MEN AND WOMEN SOLD INTO BONDAGE.

There is a law under which men and
women are sold into temporary bondage in
Kentucky. 1t is known as the vagrant act,
and was passed by the legislature as long
ago as 1875 Only few weeks ago Sheriff
w, L. Lawson Of Lancaster acted as auc-
toneer and sod several OF the Migrants
The sales take place every month or 40
In all the counties. aud a big crowd at.
tends each time. The aged yagrant act.
which has been amended slightly once or
twice in the last half century, shows that
certain popular games Of today were pop
ular n colonial times and mention is made
especially OF Pharaoh" banks all asphn-
r0oh" dealers or managers being describad
as s3lahle criminals
II Is after an indictment by the grand
Jury TINT the prls' ner ls auctloned. Tao
prosecution Is criminal In nature, ma nm.
der the law the n cused IL entitled Ia "t-e
bcneht OF reasonable doubt" IL found
guilty ne must g. into scry tuda. hut -.
I61rhI.u OF slavery Is temporary II he Is an
Adult II lasts MI twelve months and II
ne i child he must serve untl mis- twenty.
hrst birthday Yery often the nurch 1ssr
= some one whom the yagrant has asked 10
latter Is not hard, for he lives mr. eose
upon the resources Of his purchaser who 81
often his relative N'' 10
The law Of 1895 was called IAN not %
idle aud disorderly persona within thi,
state In section II is enacted: '''9
Inat every nble-bodied person who "a
ing wherewiGnl to maintain himseIt nv Nv.
some Visible Property, and who dotb ~
hetake himself to labor or some honest co
Ing 70 procure a livelihood: ard ,u rSrs,l,ss
who NAV be found begging. ana w s n',is
their habltation and leave their wives INA
children without suitable means az snh
siFtence, whereby they suffer or hecsms
keeper and Keepers. exhibitor or epSiht.a,
or either Of the gambling tables called 4
B G. or z, o. tables or N phsrsn ~,
osnk Or any other table or bank Of tSe
ever; and all other idle ana dissolnts nas.
sons rambling ABOUT without any visible
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-11

means OF subsistence, shall be deemss =
treated as Yagrants.' A.. d,il
The remaining sections OF tne o. No
with tho details of the punisnlinssap1 y M
the whole law takes up chapter ios s n x.
Kentucky statutes. For many yeaailSS, me-
tanned provision that the HlgInsans.sd Y
he whipped publicly II nobody appplisd ~
buy him. but this section Was iSsgtibysi
number Of lashcs by the punlc WIZ
WAS limited TO TWENTY-FIVE. 49, ~
Out Of the proceeds Of a VagI, I've nrt
are paid the fees and expenses q w as y
ecution. and whatever money y ~ n ts
be applied TO the payment OF degss 4 ses
once free citizen. Should there pts al
ond remainder. II Is given to tue hmntlf e
children. II the criminal has any, ~ ksr.
be wlfeless and childiess the monty ss,ylit
for him until the end of his term VI beii
III a married vngrnut, after hssl,ilaas for
convicted, can scrHpe together san.sa 10 &
bond, with good surety, he Il alioM' M :
home when he gives a promise he M
and adhere to hard work. Saouiu, i for
later to keep this promise his pOHu
feitcd. a.Isra
Several Of tie lower courts have mi IL
the statute Of 1898 to be Illegal ssscf 1
highest courts have not had iny lyll
pass on the IN tier. The easls a 10 b
Migrants have never been appearaso th.l
high courts, for the Obvious leaie uiIl
vhgrants nre not class OF peslon
money enough for extensive h''s''
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-11
The Vanderbilt
Romance.

Washington Times
SO strange as to almost stagger belief
is the latest scene In the romance Of young
millionaire Cornelius vanderbity-a romance
which barely escaped being a tragedy with
death ringing down the curtain-who is
now emerging from the valley Of the
shadow In his Park Avenue home In New
York
Hardly three years have passed since the
wealthy convaiescent, by marrying the
woman or his choice Miss Grace Wilson
In the face OF the unalterable opposition
OF his father-the late Cornelius Wander
bilt--snerifced fortune variousiy esti.
matsd At from S5oOOo.oOO to 500. ZOO.
~ rev Dr saneWAy, who mas been In con
btant attendance upon the invalid makes
the frank Statement 60 the Vanderbilt fam.
slg that Cornelius viii owe hts recovery
entirely 70 the unwearying care snd levo.
tion OF his wife.
MARRIEs WOMAN OF HIS CHOICE.
Never has even Vanderbilt made bet.
ger investment than did the young man
when he married tue woman he loved
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt has the ATTY or
20 millions, while his elder brother has
mis- life.
Since one morning three weeks ago when
the Arst announcement wss made that Cor.
neiius vanaersait lay az the point az death
IL veFy large pfrcentAge ~ the newspaper
reAdtng pnoiic has followed the bulletins
o. ne attending. physlcians win interest
ana with unusually sympathetic eyes.
Heny thousenc perAons IN this and other
sities ana villages and towns that dot the
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-11
ANSWER.

The warmth of life is quenehed WIZ Y
FROST 49,. NJ
Upon the lonely road child Linp1 is
Sklrting the frozen pools: our way
Our hearts sink utterly
But from tho snow -pa tehed mcorlano
aud drear. ,.,d b,lsh,
Lifting our eyes beyond the SPIT ~ dsVi
With whte-fre lips apart
brenthes clear uAn4
Its soundless hymn OF hsAr
Out OF the vast the voice OF one rspt ~
Whose words are clouds and s'A
night ana day. ,.hed sptF
When for the light the anguish
cries
Deep In It's house OF clay,n "A. 81
GeSrge William Russeh
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-11

objection on the money side Of the scale
SLOWLY, nevertheless, the money and the
puternal disnpprohation were oycrhalanced
by tho charming bride o-bc while tho her,
tor part NJ romance-loving public apploud.
cd yorifer0uslv.
Never In any romance has ono person
pald such an enormous price for the ac-
conpilshment OF a desire becnuso there
nave been few persons IN the history OF
the world who have had an opportunity
20 forego such fabulous wealth ms young
Cornelius Vanderbilt.
His attitude In this romace OF nbsorblu,
human interest was one that commended
itself TO every human heart capable Of
emotional thrill ana in which rho under
song OF romnncc had not been silenced
High finance played a part only sec
ohdary to love In the drama. In order to
keep q great fortune IKE that OF the Van
derbilt millions together II Is almost i'm
pcrntlye that the major portion Of the
property should be under the control of
one, or NJ most two individuals.
When William H. Vanderbilt died IN
1856 he left $4,000 900 apiece to each Of
his eight children, and the residue to the
two oldest sons, Cornelius and William k
Ihey received In all about SBO. 900 OOl
apiece. Cornelius was already the wealth.
ier' as he had Inherited S5,OQ0OO0 from
MS grandfatheI, the old commodore.
HIS CONSCIENTIOUS FATHER.
II was upon Cornelius Vanderbilt that
the task Of managing the whole vast
family fortune fell. He discharged II with
a devotion to duty and a conscientiousness
which coupled With his strangely mis-
placed opposition to the marriage OF his
eldest living son and 'heir--undoubtedly
FASTENED his end by conservative and
wise management HIS original inheritance
was nearly doubled. so that at the time
Of his death there was some such amount
rs Sl2o'QOoOOD 10 be divided prospectirely
TRUCE. Alfred Gwynne, Gladys and Regi.
Bui Cornelius had By that time been
cut out Of the Vanderbilt books BEFORE
ne was malriculated from Aaic ne met
MISS Grace Wilson. the pretty daughter
OF Mr. and Mrs. Richard r. wilson His
consent % the marriage basinE MS - son
principally on the fact that the young
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-11
ABOUT ARMY ATHLETICS.
"sinale Men in Barracks Dent Grow Into
Plaster Saints"

New York Times.
Without doubt that is iudicious order
which has just been Issued from the war
department and which sets forth that both
Officers nld enlisted men shall henceforth
have permission 90 visit other posts
than their own Tor the purpose Of taking
part IN athletic contests, without having
such absence charged 10 themselves as fur
Tough OF leave OF absence"
This is probably all that the department
can properly do for the promotion Of ath-
letic co4tests IN the army, K is very liSely
a result Of the observation ny General
Corbin aud General Young ~ the practice
OF athletics In the British army and OF the
The amount Of IL Is that the British sol
der has resource In garrison which the
American soldier has not. and that 10 that
extent the British soldier Il IN the more
eligible situation. What 10 do with the
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-11
Woman for Whom
lie Sacrificed For
tune Nursed Him
Back to Life.

American landscape from ocean 10 ocean
nave followed the bulletins with homes thar
tae young millionaire Gud-hy nee N NOT IN
inhrrltance- bend Of the Vanderbilt family
would soon turn into the road which leads
toward recovery.
students Of public opinion now are read.
ing IN these very bulletins % profound les
soh-one that throws powerful searchlight
on me American character aud Unborn re-
CARA Tor men who do things as dIstIn-
gulshed from men for whom things ara
OF course. Cornelius Vanderbilt is mil.
huna!re mrny times overly the grace nf
hls Younger bruther-bnt America hns
grown 50 accustomed 10 nIilionaires M I
sgch iact alone does not account for tho
thohstfds Of eyes that followed the huiIn
TINS day after day With unwearying inter.
This remarkable interest was nor avn
ened by Cornelius Vanderbilt the million
aire so much MS BY Corneius Vanderbilt the
man AT once tho most practical anl IN.
assuming Of the Vanderbilt brothers as
WIS evidenced by his DOMINIC oyerllls and
Rolug 20 work IN the New York Central
shops near Bnfalo 10y an odd para,lox Cor
nelius Vanderbilt has played the title role
~ drama In real HE stranger than even
the meet daring Imagination ever created
for the stage.
THE ROMANCE OF HIS LIFE.
Some time has passed since the Wander
bit romance was told by columns in the
public prints Cupid held the scales IN one
side Of which were riches IN untold quan.
titles, and IN the other--a woman slowlv
the scales balanced while tho pubIlc
watched. Never had the little god sroaned
under SUCH 2 burden. Slowly the burden
WIS increased by the elder Cornelius Vrn.
derbilt throwing the weight OF his violent
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-04

feat of pumping 100000 gallons Of
water day for distance of 800
miles, from the Helena River to Kal-
goorlle. has been accomplished by
English engineers by means of a great
dam, called the Numbering weir
ninety feet high, constructed across
the Helena River twenty miles from
Perth. The reservoir capacity is about
1000, 100000 gallons. There are a
number Of auxiliary reservoirs and
pumping stations along the thirty-inch
steel water main which runs along the
railroad line to the goldfields-the
richest square mile of earth on the
glObe"-near Kilgoorlie. The only for
eign enterprise of equal Importance is
the Simplon tunnel, the great burrow
which will make Switzerland and
Italy neXt-door nelghbors. In n short
time Pullman trains will pass through
the Slmpon Alps in a few minutes
1000 feet under the snow-covered dill
igence road which Napoleon Bona
parte built hundred years ago and
which takes about ten hours TO
traverse in favorable weather. This
tremendous rathole. which passes nm.
der Lake Avino, will cost the Jura-
Simplon Railroad over $15,OOo. OOO.-
Golfers Weekly.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-04
SCARED BY MARCONI FLASH.
Life Saving Men Witness a Wonde rful
Electrical Display.

EleCtrlCal D1opI0ys
Some Of the life-saving men at the
CahOons Hollow -life-saving station,
about mile or so from the Marconi
station, thought the devil and all his
time the message to the British king
was being sent, says the Boston Globe
One of the life patrols was at the
time pacing along the edge Of the high
sand bluff near the station when he
was startled by furious fusillade
and series of brilliant corusca tons
from the wires Of the tower tops. The
explosions, he vows, were as loud as
Il small yacht cannon, and one OF the
sparks sent out in the air went like Il
blazing bird for more than a quarter
Of a mile and perched on the apex Of
Il telephone pole.
For ez much as minnit," he said,
when telling Of what he saw to a group
Of citizens at the railway station the
other evening, that blamed streak Of
fire sOt on that pole and blazed, en-
you ken bet that 1t made me feel
EN-, EN- they twisted en- squirmed en-
shot this way en- that, like things yer
see at Il display of fireworks"
The blazing sparks on the pole top,
the air full Of darting tongues of flame
and the vollcy firing Of the machinery
captain of the life-saving station They
were not much disturbed by the report
Of gunlike noises, but when they
heard Of spark the size of wood
cock flying about in the air, and Of the
big blazing vistant to one of the poles
upon which is strung the government
telephone wire to the station, all hands
gave the vicinity Of the telephone in
struments in the office plenty of room.
After breakfast next morning there
was knock at the door Of the Mar
conf company cottage. The caller was
hoOns Hollow with message from
the captain Of the station to Marconi
asking if there were any danger likely
to occur from working the government
telephone while the wireless telegraph
machinery was in operation.
He told Of the spark that took such
a long flight and finally rested on the
pole, and honestly confessed that it
gave him considerable concern. Mar
conf was a bit amused by the commO-
ton caused among the few who saw
the electrical display and explained to
the messenger that there was nothing
to fear and he added, too, that though
the telephone line runs within a few
hundred yards of the station, the in
fluence of the wireless currents would
lines.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-04
WHEN NY SHIP COMES HOME

Oh, Il golden comb for golden hair.
Aad milA-white pearls for neck rs fair;
And liver chains, and all for me,
The day my ship comes home from sea.
o, silken 'broidcries green and blue,
And wrought with crimson thrO' and
thro',
With coral and amber; all for me,
The day my ship comes home from
sea.
And where is the good ship sailing from
That brings these brave things safely
home?
And by what name do you hail her
free
And who is her captain on the sea!
My ship comes sailing from the West,
And her name is called The Sailors
Rest;
And the bravest man of all her crew,
Her captain, is my lover true.
q never will that ship come home,
Wherever she be sailing from;
warmed my hands beneath the stars
BY fire made of her broken spars.
And three days dead the captain lay,
But how he died no man may say;
| laid him out by the pale moon rise,
And made shroud of the 'broderes.
With coral and gold weighted him,
And still he was light enough to swim,
With silver chains | bound him down,
There was never a corpse SO hard to
drown.
His black hair lines an eagles nest
On Il sea-girt cliff in the lonesome west;
Now jet for coral there must be
And instead of amber, ebony.
-Waverley Magazine.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-04

of smoke into the air and watched it
lazily. DO you know Sir Geoffrey's
daughters 2" he asked. curiously.
The dark eyes watching him seemed
to glow and burn
Il used TO-" he remarked. briefly.
There was a pause Dick began to
wish his father-in-law elect would
hasten his return.
when is your wedding to be?" was
the next question.
The stranger spoke as one who has
a right to ask, and Dick found himself
answering meekly.
Next week. the Goth. l wanted 1t
sooner, but Constance said she wouldn't
be married until after the 10th. The
fact is, she was engaged before"
He stopped abruptly. vexed with him
self What on earth could his affairs
and Constance's matter to this man?
II quite understand" replied the 9TH
err. in his level tones. Il have heard Of
Miss Merton's former engagement"
"Oh, | see" Dick looked relieved.
He hated explanations and reelected
that this was probably some old family
friend. He lit another cigarette and
resumed in more confidential tone.
chap for nearly year; Forsyth his
name was, and then he went abroad
and forgot her. the brute"
How do you know he forgot her?"
The question was one, apparently, Of
idle curiosity.
Dick flung his cigarette into the fire
with energy. ooh, well, when a man
never writes, or answers letters, for
two years. you naturally conclude he
has forgotten. And Con has waited
until just now. Why. it's only two
months ago that she promised to mar
ry me, though l have known her all
my life, and cared for her too. You
see she thought she was still bound
by her promise. And nothing would
induce her to be married until after
the 10th, because that was his birth
day, and he had once said they should
be married on that day. But that was
yesterday"
There was silence. broken only by
the snow beating against the windows.
dows.
'There may have been reasons why
he-that man Forsyth-did not write.
In the depths Of the bush there are
many difficulties. Letters are lost, peo-
pie one has trusted prove unfaithful."
There was an undercurrent Of pas