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(THE BEAR AND PANTHER advent of the banana. 'an rsciDENi in rnr.iwoKrs AiucKnj GKgUst Ct tU 0rtl Report, An2- Wang PICTUIMCSQFE GLEN ECHO. Tile Pretty bwitui'lj Aim, IIarrloo lu IiiltTimteil. Of all tlio beautiful places around Wrthliiiiiium nouo inure sightly than ths height overhangin the Polo iiiiic whore Glen Echo ii located can bo found. There is not very much at Glen Eeh'i just now upon which to feast tlio eye; only a hioiwl expand of woodland, through which glim p.ies of IhePotouiao ABSOLUTELY PURS jlj fit waer Sliiii'p OanitM Amoiig ltiulroiti'Jx.

Omaha, Sept S. During tho Templar excursions the Omaha ticket brokers loaded up with fl'J tickets for Chicago. To offset this the Hurling-ton, liock Island and Northwestern made a rate of The Milwaukee asked for It and was refused and the Milwaukee agent bought up tho tickets, took them to tho other roads and got each on redemption. Now the other roads get even with the Milwaukee by buying up its tickets at 8'J rom he brokers and compelling that roiul to redeeri Msum at 12.50. No Favor tin- llnHtoii Immigrant.

IIoston, Sept. 2. Vessels hereafter may bring immigrants to this port from no European ports whatever without being subject to tho cleansing and fumigation process. Fret. U.

L. liLHINGTON, Cain If A II rid so Juuipor llmlty Hurl. Cincinnati, Sept. f. John.Iaeobs of St.

Louis and Meredith Stanley of this city, two bridge jumpers, leaped from the Licking river bridge, eighty-five feet high, yesterday. Stanley plunged feet first into the water, but Jacobs was not no successful, striking the water sideways and was seriously injured. He was spirited away by his friends and has not yet been located. Tho Ilullot Kovord lirokon. Sept.

5. --Four thousand nine hundred ballots, several hundred over the record, have been cast by tho delegates to the Democratic convention of the Twelfth Judicial district, and the conclusion of tho fight seems as far ofl! as ever. Tho votes were all the same twenty for Itutler, fourteen for Hammond und tew for Lander. I. T.

ALLEN, Pres. L. C.MASOW.T. FIRST NATIONAL BANK Transacts a General Banking! Business. Capital and Surplus, $60,000.

STOCKHOLDERS li fill mm J'WllIliiill Irii Brown, M. J. l'aul, K. A. Lowman, G.

II. Evan R. B. Parkhurst. Kellle C.

Wllllains, O. L. Remington, J. M. Talbott, 11.

Lombard, Mrs. 8. L. McCullagll, J. A.

Cramer, Geo. II. Kvana, HENBY BADEN, V. Pres. V.

H0CKETT, Pres. Commercial National BankJ OF INDEPENDENCE, KAS. I nlaioivn Fifty Vcura "Snxv Ilivlilc Favor With the l'omi. A half century ago the banana, or tho plantain of 'commerce, was scarcely known In Boston, says tho Mttur-day Kvcning Gazette In fact with very few exceptions, it was not recognized in this latitudo as ediblo fruit. Occasionally the master of a vessel arriving from the West indies would send a few bunanas to Taft of the Cornhlll Kyan of the fctackpole, Mc gill of the Exchange Coffee houso, und J'arkor.

and othors. These fruit specimens wore generally placed upon the bar counters as ornamental curiosities. A littlo over fifty years ago Captain Bowers of tho brig Eliza Burgess, belonging to henjamiu Burgess Co trading between Boston and Cluiifue-gos, landed some balf a dozen bunches of tho red bauana spooios, fully ripe, fat and luscious looking. It had long been a custom with Captain iiow- era on leaving Clenfuegos, to stowo his long boat full of bananas. From this supply his cook would take what he wanted to boil, stew and fry, and as the fruit ripened the crew would help themselves.

But the occasion 1 speak of was the first In which 1 evoi' saw bananas displayed in the streets, of l'oston. Captain Bowers' oldest son, then a small boy. with his broth-era took three parts of bunches irom, the brig on India wharf and pamed! up Siato street on their way to Myrtle; street followed by a curious to whom the sight was a novelty. But to all the old West India tra-' dors tho plantain and banana had long boon known, not only as a lux ury, but as a food necessary in southern latitudes. This was particularly so in the Surinam trade, of which Boston and Gloucester had the monopoly.

I was talking to aptaiu George Pousland, I think the oldest surviving member of a onetime famous and extensive business, upon, tho matter, I myself having been brought up in tho couniingroom of an old Surinam firm. He remarked: When we first came to anchor in the river we sent for the house frame, then unbent the sails and unrove the running rigging, and then the banana scow would come alongside with a hundted or moro bunches. These we hung for use while loading, cooking them in various forms and eating them as fruit" Captain Pousland says he has frequently put them in bag compresses, placed them in the hold on top of his cargo, and thai when taken out at the end of the voyage they had all the desirable qualities of! pressed figs. Look at the difference just fifty years later. Let one go down any day to Central or Long wharves and see the large foreign steamers discharging their full cargoes of banana by the tens of thousands of bunches.

AROUND THE HORIZON. The extreme western boundary of the United States, tho island of Altoo, is as far west of San Francisco as that city is west of Bangor. A keg of paris green was found In the well of the tenant house on Edward Ghars' farm near Woodbury, N. when the well was cleaned out The state of New York has finally gone into the business of a landlord. It will let camp sites of five acres each in the Adirondacks for from $35 to 81.10 a year.

Kecent improvements in photo graphic plates have been so great as to make it possible to take accurate photographs of a rifle ball traveling at the rate of 3,000 feet a second. The seasons nominally and according to the calendar begin as follows: Spring, March 30, at 3 a. summer, Juno JO, lip. autumn, September 22, 3 p. winter, December 21, 8 a in.

The Petit Journal of Paris, according to the latest report has reached the enormous circulation of 1,250,000 copies. It is printed on woqd pulp paper, the raw material the fit being brought from Norway and Ausnria. The inhabitants of Geneva, N. are fortunate in the djiscovery of the mineral spring which is venting itself from the bowels of the earth at the rate of twenty thousand barrels a day. The spring was struck by accident by persons boring near the mineral springs in that town, at a depth of three hundred feet.

Sonic years ago the burial vault of the Chaplin family at Blanlney, in Lincolnshire, was opened, and it was ascertained that a ar? gray bat, -which had been found within the place on several occasions when the vault was opened, as still a living Inhabitant of the said vault It was calculated that tho bat had lived in the tomb thirty-three years. A smart young man in Walla Walla, started out to have some fun by scaring two young women who were to return homeward through a wooded stretch of road after visiting friends in the evening. He put on a buffalo robe and started out to play bear. The girls attacked the supposed bear with heavy stones and then thumped it with clubs before the young man squealed. He was so badly bruised that ho could hivrdl" rawl VENGEANCE FOR THE WRONGS OF A KITTEN.

'A Case Win-re Hrtiln l'alil Dearly for a Hit of Amiueuient It Dangerous tu Plajr With naby I'antliers Nouictliueii. 1 Two or three men known individually as positively the oldost inhabitants can tell stories of the time when the panthers used lo haunt tho woods of New York stale and make desperate hunting. A story of a disturbance between a bear and a panther Is their favorite, and, as each inhabitant insists upon telling: it whenever a listener heaves in Bight, it day be said to be well authenticated. Two younp men in passing near a ledge while on a deer hunt discovered the entrance to a cava P.eToro it on the ground were the bones of a idee? and other animals. They concealed themselves a Bhort distance away behind a fallen tree and waited for the animal to either approach tho cave or emerge from it.

Soon they heard a great grunting and puffing, accompanied by squeals End squeaks, down in tho cave. A lg bear clambered slowly out and sat down on the ground before the cave. One hunter was about to shoot from pig ambush, when the other man restrained him, for ho hud observed that the bear had a little panther kitten in his mouth. The hunters then remained quietly in concealment and watched the proceedings. The bear, with a crunch of his jaws, squeezed the little panther to death and then threw it out upon the ground, perched upon his quarters, solemn and flignifled he watched the last writh-ngs of the iltUe panther with all the ravity of demeanor and close atten-ion of a scientific investigator.

When the little animal ceased struggling, he tapped it softly with his paw and teemed to be endeavoring to get it to yrriggle some more, hut as tho kitten fay motionless and stiff, he turned ibout and waddled rather painfully Ihrough the aperture into the cave. There was a renewal of the gruntings and pufilngs, squealings and squeak-njjs within the cavo, and after a short time the bear reappeared with another Kitten in his mouth. The first scene l'-as repeated, The bear after remaining an interested spectator of the second little panther's last agonies, disappeared again within tho cave and brought the third small victim. This one, bowever, seizing a moment when the pressure of the bear's jaws lessened, gave voice to a terrible little scream. It was immediately answered by the blood-curdling roar of the female anther some distance away.

The bear at once dropped the kitten ts if in great distress and shambled wkwardly about in the most intense jhxeitement and trepidation. The little panther lay on the ground and fquealed. It was answered by the oars of its mother as she hurried to the rescue. The bear, now evidently consider. jng that he had put himself in a bad fix.

cast a last despairing look at the fbpen mouth of the kitten and then started off in a rapid wobble in an Opposite direction to the one from the cries of the "she-painter" proceeded. A moment later a huge anther, with blazing yellow eyes nd foam-dripping jaws, bounded into the open space, with every hair brist-funcr on her tawnv back and iith timbs quivering and trembling with eagerness. The bear cast one look over his shoulder and made off faster than ever. The panther bogan an jearnest pursuit and gained rapidly. The bear, seeing that the panther iwas overtaking him.

hastily ascended tree. The panther sprang into the lower branches, and in a second had Hpped two big bunches of brown hair from the bear's back, as that animal, in his terror, climbed the tree with the celerity of a school-boy. He crawled out on a branch, but the panther followed. The bear was now in extremities. There was but one remedy.

So he wound himself up In a brown ball and dropped to the ground. fie struck with a sort of a smash, unbound himself, and started on a frantic lope" for safety. But with ftwo or three bounds the panther was the. tree and near to him. She sprang upon the bear, burled her leeth in his throat and with her pow-'erful claws tore out his entrails.

The punters then shot the panther. They found that the greater part of the hide was literally to.n to i A Noble Fight. Smith I was sorry to hoar. Brown, jthat you had failed In business. Brown Yea I struggled hard, bur, I lost everything, save my honor, thank God.

and the property I was wise enough to settle on my wife when I found myself getting into trouble. Texas Sittings. Opposed to Hydropathy. Toto stands in ecstatic contemplation ia front of an India rubber warehouse. Mamma, 6ay.

what's that?" That's a diver's costume." "Oh, 'do buy me one, mammy dear." "What for?" "For when you wash 'weC La CAPITAL PAID IN, STOCKHOLDERS LIABILITIES, STOCKHOLDERS. i Tho Turning Point In HI Life of Varied Action. i Special Washington Letter.1 1 It is curious that the death of General T-i J. A i jonn J. rrenumi atxraued as little public attention as it did.

One of the 'most interesting and romantic charac-j in American history passed away jwith no more uotice from the press than iwoutd ordinarily be given to a third rate ipolitical adventurer, and far less than thai been given to mauy notorious crimi-' nals. i i This is undoubtedly due to the fact that Fremont bo long outlived the period oi active participation in tmbllo affairs. Ho had ceased to bo counted a factor in (the progress of events. His immense) I expenditure of energy in early life had? prepared the way for his quiot and uu-: old age. To the select few of his Ultimata per-i Isonal friends, however, Fromont always-remained an interesting and romantic character.

His per-; sonul appearance upj to the time of his death was strikingly, distinguished. The reflnod features, the; thoughtful and dar-, ing eye, the luxuri- ant white hair and boa id, the fresh complexion, and grace-1 ul manners, all indicated tho man of' unusual character. To some extent, he' fbkmont At 70. was and withdrew hims If as much as pos--jsible from the public gaze. There is no danger of any loa of Fro-' jmont's fame, however.

History will do jhim full justice His record id so full jf (striking incidents that it affords a wide jfleld alike for the biographer, find romancer. His early career is' I unique, and abounds in adventures. Fremont's speech to the Indians at, Fort Laramie has often been spoken of. tis the turning point in his career. In-'a sense it was a turning point, since pvery resolution taken by a very brave.

nan increases his capacity for independ-, nt decision of action, butatFortLaramie' was probably no room for doubtj Fremont's mind whatever, which is' Scarcely the case with a man ou the' point of a supretnoly important step. It J.vill be remembered that the first expedition set out in 1842, Lieutenant. L'lOUlUUb UtVVill UOt Jilt, 1 VA IIUVIQ; over six months when he left Washing-' on to make his preparations for depart-' lure. On the 18th of July the expedition-, eached Fort Laramie. The outlook, if proceeded, was one well calculated to, ilarm.

The Sioux were in open hostil- ty and, united with the Cheyennes and; Uros Ventres, were scouring the upper, sountry in war parties of great At the time they were known to be di rectly in the path of the expedition. The Ivoyagers were in consternation. When coolly prepared to go on Carson: coolly made his will. The explorer, was on the point of starting when the; chiefs assembled at the fort attempted to detain Fremont on' the plea that their; oung men on the war path would nns-; take him for an enemy, Fremont an-! iwered by asking tho elder chiefs to ac-! company him and thus prevent blood-! died. They refused, and almost with his1 foot in the stirrup Fremont made therm speech which was of the true Leather-' ring: You say that you love the wlutea.

Yhy, then, have you killed so many this; spring? You say that you love the; whites and are full of many expressions' 1 A i. III 1 pi inonusiiip to us, out, you are not, wm-r ing to undergo the fatigue of a few day ride to save our lives. We do not be-' Jlieve what you have said, and will not listen to you. Whatever a chief among; us tells his soldiers to do is done. We- rare the soldiers of the great chief, your; father.

He has told us to come here and' Isee this country and all the Indians, his. jchildren. Why should we not go? Be- fore we came we heard that you nad killed his people and ceased to be his' children, but we came among tou peace ably, holding out our hands. Now we! rind that the stories we heard are not lies, and that you are no longer his friends and children. We have thrown away' bodies and will not turn back.

When you told us that your young men would (kill us you did not know that our hearts' y'were strong, and you did not see the. ines which my young men carry in men glands. We are few and you are nnu vou may kill us all, but there will be much weepinar in your villages, for' miany of your young men will stay be- Iuind and forget to return with your war-riot's from the mountains. Do you think that our great chief will let his soldiers; and lorget to cover tlieir graves He-fore the snows melt again his warriors will sweep away your villages as the fire; does the prairie in autumn. Seel I have; ipulled down my white houses and my people are ready.

When the sun is ten' paces higher we shall be on the (If you have anything to tell us you will; isay it soon. Without waiting for a reply he broke. the conference, and in a few minutes was among the hills. True Charity. When, In accordance with the pretty, custom, the charming Duchess' of Portland was offered by her husband 'a superb necklace of rare stones on the occasion of the birth of her little daughter, she declined the gift, and asked to have its money value given to build new almshouses on the estate for the benefit of sick or infirm tenants.

Wm at TVateTluo. A Hungarian paper announces the death of a veteran of Waterloo on the! Instant, aged 10S, (n his native village, Hatszeg, in Transylvania. Our' Vienna correspondent informs us that he 'was in good health to the last day of his' and as late as last week carried' ikeavy flour bags to the neightbring mill. He was very fond of telling his versionof Ithe battle to the young men of the vil-' lags Iswmbled around him under a tree! ths market space. The old man wasj faTramrylTanian Saxon and spoke 9A ILondon Daily News, i r.V.Hookctt, W.

A. W. H. Frost, Mrs. O.

I. Ulmcr, John Hebranlc, W. D. Felts, John Fadlur, D. B.

Bnell, T. O. Ford, W. H. Harter, W.

8. Hays, Samuel Bowlby, Conrad Strecker, David Ilcckman, I. VV. Broderlck, J. A.

Palmer, Mrs. Susie I. Couch, J. P. Dlttmer, R.

D. Reese, Cbas. Eoflzcl, Geo. A. Adams, W.B.H.AYS, Fres, J.

A. OTTO, T.Pres. 3 enn be lui.i. Tlio meadow larks have quit business for the season, but the ground squirrels are there every, morning to welcome Mr. T.

J. Page, of the Senate restaurant, na ho comes with his frog's legs and other fixings to set the cafe going. The colonel has to gropo his way through the dead gra sasyet, for the reason that no paths are laid out The cafe sits in a pleasant grove of tree It is built of cedar logs, and finished ia a sort of log cabiu way that is unique and pleasing. The picture above is not the cafe itself it is the Monican Hotel to be constructed fall. It will beseeu that the Mouieati lias quite the look of a feudal castlo or one of those famous old ruins on the Rhine.

Mrs. Harrison will begin to build her cottage at Glen Echo this fall The site of the proposed presidential country home was chosen by Mrs. Harrison because of its beauty aud healtlif ul-ness. One of the conditions of the negotiation is that there shall be built tipen it a house of brick or stone of certain architectural stylo. The property ii not subject to subdivision.

The purchast being in the State of Maryland is subject to tin laws of that commonwealth. The President and Mrs. Harrison have always been averse to any investments in the District of Columbia, because they knew their motives would be misconstrued. Tiie tract purchased by Mrs. Harrison is nearly eight miles away from the White House.

It is near Rockvillo, Montgomery county, Md. There is to be an electric road to Glen Echo another season, but this summer a pretty red and yellow tally ho coach carries visitors there and back for a small stipend, and moonlight Glen Echo parties are nil the rage with tho young people of Washington who are uot so lucky as to be at the seaside or the mountains. One Thlug Lucking-Said married Hal to bachelor Jack: Your elegant rooms have but one 1" He's going to tell me," thought Jack, with a sneer, "'Tl some one to love me and call me dear "Vou can lounge, ami smoke, ana read your book. But," "aid Hal. with a tenrtor, far away look, How on earth do you manage to get aloni Without eome one to blame when things gc wrung? KLMAN HKS1GNS.

The Prealdent of the Argentine RepnblU Oiutad. resignation of President Celman, of the Argentine Republic, is a certainty, although after onco resigning hi changed Iris mind and withdrew his resignation. He again sent his resignation to the chambers, who refused to accept it Then an act was passed declaring ths office of president vacant by reason of Celman forced VEVWJajK resignation. In all this turmoil the Argentine Republic, which I. as so much money in making known its attractiveness to Ameri cans and Europeans, is now the recipient of much advertising which it does not covet.

Fortunately for Presidout Celman the strange oversight of the rebels in not jCARF.r, Celman. securing a.previous supply of ammunition gave him the victory, aud he escape I ring shot The fact that the gov ernment owes the private corporation- and the owners of real estate in mortgages, 'makes the burden of taxation intoler- aoie. ah tins money is more llian can ho paid in 100 years. Celman is a by marriage to his predecessor, Scnoi' ltoca, and tho offices have been iiir confined to his own family, a ru.o which was applied even diplo malic josts abroad. Roca.wa-i laying pinna to secure a continuance of this amily compact in 1S92.

Ci-linan'f is governor of Cordo. n. and Cor I.jis a inonojoly of 'lu ofilce-t. theprcsid nt i-t deepand wide pread. but it is unlikely that he will so that Argentine politics iui 'oii'inue for some lime at miuHumiuur iK-at.

An Ioirii Hat it." "1 once hud nn odd t-x: urleiiL'O in iii't a tlri one Kunday it an Iowa rm a liroo tie other 1 imk 'il o'n of the wait is ai itel 1) i 'g in a liook-r of whisk iind ho said wwr sr'r ol dri'ik Sim h'v. 11 it we i a i give a I li-llow. wit i a :) a 1 jtt'i. 'i lie wis 'i' bni'k few mo iicnts wit i a i h.v'i niniitcf 11" room No. and to! I ute I would II llie ivy mi nn ilia I II mi'.

1 found itea.dy, a. id the wni-dty wan vxcelle it Tlu Ulh wJ uie a quarter. Y. Times. VlVJvl.

I limim htj Security kpj, INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS. AUTHORIZED CAPITAL, -Paid in Capital and Surplus, Allows Interest on deposits of ONE DOLLAR and upward. Loans money on REAL and PERSONAL property. Buys Tax Sale Certificates, United States Bonds, County, Township, City, School District Bouds aud Orders. COKieESOiTIDElTCE SOLICITED.

E. P. Allen, J. II. Spencer.

C. Mason, II. C. Bates, W. (.

Spencer, O. II. Vorly, D. V. Caineuga, J.

D. MeCue, W. T. Yoe. A.

F. Ultti. Jan. T. Woodward GEO.

T. GUERNSEY, Cart $100,000.00. $200,000.00, F. N. Rowley, Geo.

T. Guernsey, J. M. Anderson, A. J.

Fleming, J. A. Fuuk, Tbos. Calk, Hugh Bulger, J. K.

Mayo, Isaao Harter, W. C. Weaver, A. C. Ilall, Henry Baflen, Kdmund Mason Jos.

Jackson, T. C. Truman, 8. C. Elliott, W.

R. Mozier, W. H. Sloan, Cecil Miller, A. C.

Whitman, Mrs. W. C. Bayllea, JT. W.

FAIELEIQH, Seo'y Tress, $100,000 RECLINING CHAIR GARS FREi DAILY TO KANSAS CITY WHERE DIRECT CONNECTION Is made for all Points NORTH AND EAST. Kansas City and St. Louis Trains connect at Coffeyville for points North and South. Also carry Pacific Express. SOLID TRAINS Equipped with PULLMAN BUFFET SLEEPERS, Betwem KANSAS CITY, PUEBLO AMI? DENVER, VIA THE CQLPSADfl SHORT LINE.

il. 0. TOWNSEND, TT IS A DTJTY yon owe yonmelf nod fa wi Ey cec ine beat vitlue lor your monay. ceaoDiIze In yiMir foolwear by purcbailat W. L.

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Ladies' tm irsrMSt'. Misses are made of the best Oongola or One Calf, as desired. They are very stylish, comfortable and dura-1 bl. The3.00shoeequasoustommadetboe8aO8tlng i from (4.00 to (8.00. Ladies who wish toeoonomlxe in their footwear are finding this out.

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I W. UOUOliAH, Urockton, Mass. Sold by SOLD BIT Sit VI I Vl lMlMlP. lyi-tt mm.