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The Wichita city eagle., 1882-05-18


Mr.. John Fouts, of Grant township, has q
musical family. His five children have or
ganizd a military band, little girl Of twelve
or fourteen years Of age playing the fife In a
lively manner. Saturday last being Mr.. +. 3
birthday the family all came to town with
their drums and flies in honor Of the occs-
sion. As they passed along the streets with
their stirring music business was well nigh
suspended. At one of the corners, where
there was a jam Of spectators, Colonel Wood
cock moved ten-cent collection to purchase
the little girl a silver-mOupted instrument,
when several dollars were raised within =
few minutes.
Mr.. +. w. Dennis lives some nine miles
swelling roll, upon which his bright white
house. and neat and well cultivated sur.
roundings, form charming picture, and
from which one half Of Sedgwick county
can be seen. Hundreds and hundreds Of
homes and farms can be seen for twenty
miles up and down the sweeping valley, with
Wichita plainly discernable, nesting under
us
And Mr.. Dennis has number of neighbors,
two or three dozen of them, whose fields,
orchards, barns, cattle and homes make up
picture, in this green spring time, that, seen
once, will not soon be forgotten.
This is an odd spring to which we have
been subjected. March was warm enough
for summer with cyclones and violent storms
throughout the country, since which time it
has been growing colder. There was anoth-
er frost last Friday morning, but it nipped
nothing in this locality. Vennor, it will be
remembered predicted frost for every month
this>year. Whether it's the comet, or north
ern lights, or the prohibition agitation, it's
hard TO tell. There is now an immense spot
on the sun thousands OF miles in diameter,
the center OF which spot is vast vortex that
astronomers say had some unexplainable
connection with the brilliant auroras OF three
weeks since.
The Wichita city eagle., 1882-05-18

Col. NJ. stewart left Monday for Ohio on
flying business trip.
The Wichita city eagle., 1882-05-18

Charlie Bates, of the New York store,
was the recipient OF very line gold watch
aud chain the other day. appropriately en-
graved. II j. present from an aunt who,
when he wac but boy, promised him that
IL he would abstain from all intoxcants un-
tii his twenty first birthday, she would so re-
member him. He kept his word, and so did
she, aud profitably.
Many young pear trees which bore heavily
last year are blighting this season Whether
e il due TO the unusual cold and cloudy spring,
or 20 some insect, or 10 over-bearing last
yesr, we do not know. Squire Mitchell says
he lops of every blightedtwig as soon as dig
covered, which may be the wisest course.
win some horticulturist tell our readers
what's the trouble. and give remedy.
The Wichita city eagle., 1882-05-18

The knights of Pythias left TUESDAY even
ing BY special ear for Leayenwortb, Sir
Knight Commander woodcock in command,
where they will participate in the grand pa
rade aud drill 10 take place on the l7th and
18th. The boys are all on their mettle. and
we expect good report frem them. They
made grand showing as they marched out
under their new banner, in full, brilliant uni
form.
A real estate firm, styled Sheldon a. Cliff
ford, Mt Cherryyale, are accused of forgery
and defsleation ON the Lombard Mortgage
Company, of this city. Their plan, il seems,
was 10 borrow money 10 lifi old mortgages,
and Ny teIegraphing Il was ascertained
that no mortgage had been released, and no
money received. Both parties were arrest
ed. The extent of their operations Is un-
known, but the Lombard Mortgage Compa-
nv aud others, the dispatches say, will lose,
although the property OF the defendants has
been turned over
The Wichita city eagle., 1882-05-18

The attention Of all thoughtful readers,
whether orthodox or liberal, is directed to
an article on the fret page from the pen Of
that wonderfully gifted woman. ''Gail Ham
ilton.v The churches aud the spiritualists,
the DOCTOR. the iniidels and the scientists, are
all told few indisputable facts in a way that
cannot be explained away, facts that history
will attest.
The Wichita city eagle., 1882-05-18

The American Farm and Home Cyclopadia
just what the farmer, stock raiser, garden
er aud fruit raiser need-can be seen aud ex-
amined at my Office and, if desired, pur-
chafed. NJ. c. MCLAIN,
State Agent.
Ofice in U. s. Land Office Building, Wich.
ita, Kansas. 43-tf
The Wichita city eagle., 1882-05-18

.i38n2 Ism Z 90 ) GIAlUG 4,
1 N DsRsYaG GODS j!
Boots and Shoes,
= 80 .,x f1fIDIE3s.E F
ai6 uf-trHilh
.~CLOTHINGI
'...r ~ ... aa LIZ I II III
4aAas-4s0g
ese We have made specially this
.Asta1s
In Our Clothing Department,
t.-->4 ai.as-a-I - a..s,z
:&' ~ 1-.ss 1, VA 5a ;AsI ls
The Wichita city eagle., 1882-05-18

+. y. Reynolds. of the town OF Rockford,
Sedgwick county. sold TO Horace Carpenter.
in this city. six pigs, seven months abd
twenty-six days old, weighing $40 pounds.
Price, seven dollars per hundred. They
were pne litter. Poland China breed. When
ANY Of our readers can beat that. let us hear
from them.
More than a thousand dollars have been
expended on the Occidental Hotel this spring
in making changes on the lower floor. The
comfort and convenience of the house have
been greatly enhanced. Windows aud doors
have been opened out ON Second street on the
south side Of the building, and new reading,
sample and other rooms opened up. a
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-11-19
Westward Ho :.
ttl1anrr

one car picture the scene to ones self, tha, da, in the carly autumn. when the good ship Welcome. 500 tons burden. Robert Greenaway, master. lay al Deal. with two consorts. waiting for its cargo of one hundred human beings. with all their hopes and fears, expectations and doubts. What hustle. What running hither and thither Wha, a clattering of pots and pans and household utensils. all blended Tn hubbub of noises of crying children. squeahng swine. lowing cattle. bleatins sheep. growing cocks. and shout ing of pettlcoaied sailors stowing away the promiscuous cargo Of voyagers We imagine the loungers gathered about. gaping at the people who were about to sail away across the ocean. ,ha, bound less mysterious stretch of Ymmensityvwen- dering what manner of land ]: @>as ,o- ward which l was they were turning their faces.
 And now at length the last long. sor- rowful leave-takings come: friend parts from friend. brother from brother. parent from child. each from the other whom they knew in all likelihood they were never 10 see again this side of the grave. In many a one the warm stream undeVlaying hu- man nature must have burs, forth even through tha; stony crus; of self-rerression ,ha, years of stern Quaker discipline had built around the heart The ship, the sky and the ocean mus; have blurred together 10 many an eye that watched the vessel, slowly moving with the tide and wind down ,he broad Dover channel. until i, faded away into the haze of the distance. glimmered for space. and was gone. | One hundred enigrants entered tha; good ship Welcome at the town of Deal only seventy left 1t at Upland. All alone on the empty ocean. where no aid could be had. and no escepe was possible. the
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smallpox. that awful plague of old times. appeared among the crowded mass of terror-strioker people. One day after another those who escaped gathered on the decks, stood for time, while perhaps some noted preacher among them spoke a few simple words: then followed the plunge that told them that one more of their number was Jeff behind IS they sailed away to the westward. Little Is known ofthe horrors of that awful voyage. One of the emigrants speaks. with sim plicity ,ha, eharacterizes all tha, the ttuakers wrote. concerning the care and solitude of the governor for their welfare lie says
 The good conversation of William Tenn was yer, ad, an;ageous to he whole company. His singular care was man. tested in contributing to the necessities ot many aho were si X with smallpox OF board of which more than thirty died During he passage we had many gooc meetings on board.
 A. last. however or the ,Iih of Oe,c- Der. the Welcome rounded the capes O. Delaware bay. and sailed with even ant gentle winds up the broad and beau,ifu, wateI,,ay ay that must have siaddened the eyes oi the man to whom |, virtually be- ionged. Three days later the storm beaten ship rounded to. dropped her an- chor. and lay at res; in front of the town of New Castle
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-11-19
Valuable Wit.
Once I Week

King James the First had as his private chaplain clergyman named Mountaigne with whom he was on very intimate terms } The blshoprio of London fell vacant; and so equal were the conflicting claims of the vanous candidates. tha, the king was pug zled whom to select. He confded his perpleNity to his chaplain. who gave him this ready and witty advice :: If ye have faith. and say to this Noun ialsne. Re thou removed. and be ,hou ca,; ,nto the see. |; shall be done" The king was so pleased with .his apt anG arch suggestion ,ha, he acted upon t and Nountaignc was made tiShop of Lon don. This Is probably the most success ful pun cvcr made. Mi does no; of,en obtain Sach substantial proofs of apprec : a,ion. Ne recall. however another ia- stance. in which a leu | espr, brought ,tS author t verS handsome recognition James smith .he elder of the two famous authors of :" Reieoted Addresses" having one evening met Al a dinner-party Mir Ntrahan. the kings printer. who was then mnoh enieeblcd by old age ard gou; though his ..,c ul;ies were sul, unimpaired was so charmed with the old gentleman : manners and conversation that the neX- morning he sent him the following lines :; :" Your oweT imbs seemed far from stout.
 When last s3w vo-t walk
 fhe cause presently found out
 When you began 10 lalk
 The power that props the todN s length.
 In due proportion >prea=..
 la .oG me&lrt> GpN ard and iic >trcneth
 N' settles 'n the head.
 Mir. Strahan showed his gratihcation and pleasure at the graceful compliment by immediately executing codicil 10 his will, bequeathing the author 3.oool. l. was worth being wit in those days.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-11-19
Why the Minister Ceased to Wonder a,
 Remarkable Miracle.
Denver 1ritlne.

ApFopos of the Egyptian trouble. ue wish 10 relate little StoD. the circum. stances of which occurred during our trip to the Holy Land several years or more ago.
 He was I devou. christian. and had made the study of the Bible and prope; understanding of the biz book the highes, aim of life.
 When he .rrived al the Sea of Galiec his heart was filled with awe and he fei. clcansed b, ,he though, tha, he was gazing on the ses s.,H,e spo, where his saviour once stood
 AppFoaoaia- he hoa,man. he ad- dressed hiia in hiS choices; Arabic. and. wit!' B.h'e ane. compea;af, IT hand awaited aa .,nsa-f.
 '.Ai.' wha: ssaa;.eF th yc.s Why don :. yer ;i,ik the 1i.cd o;a.. =. asked the rnaE cen,e.u2,gousIy. He was real liy. Yankee. who sas pieking up a living by teTry.i., tourists across .hc se.t
 So ;his l. the ec.. of t,alilee" de,ou,, 'naraeret he -ear her af;cr knowledge
 t-..->
 And n, !, where our Saviour wallei pPon ;he ; 4,ef>
 Ya-a-s
 How much will you charge 10 .aiSe me to he c>ae' ~pos
 "Wa-al. you look like clergyman. an NOT ,t'ci!a:,e you nothin'.'
 The e!eveut enc boarded the boat. ana d: las: was poin,ed out where the miracle \ sad 'o have occurred. Alter gazing d. the waters. and dividing his time between ;ssi.nees II ll'S onoks and deeou; -cjacuia- tians et S.giistaetlon. the seareheE sisnihed his willingness 70 return.
 Charge you Sco 10 take yoa back. said the speculative Yankee.
 Bat you said you would charge noth- ing"
 Nav. didn't. No;hin' 10 bring you out: twenty to get back" And do you charge everybody S7o to take them back asked the astonished searcher -. Ia-a-s. That's abeout the fgger."
 Well. then.' said the devout one, as he went down in his clothes. mo wonde. our Saviour go, out and walked
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-11-19
Softened by Time.
Wal Stree, Nrp

Less than a month ago woman of about fifty years of age walked into the headquarters of Creorgia railroad. an- nounced hei name. and said she had come to make settlement.
 '' Settlement of wha, :" asked the su- prrintendeni.
 For killing my old man.
 When :"
 Nine years ago yesterday
 Where :"
 ' About fourteen miles from Macon.
 And SO i; proved. When the circum- stances were hunted out il was found tha, she was the wife oi dead man who had been killed while walking on the track. and no one had been able ,o identify him.
 Why didn't you come here sooner :: was asked.
 lust heard of il the other day" she re- piled. Il supposed the old man was parading around somewhere and would come home when his knees wanted new patches"
 And what damages do you ask :''
 Well. il was long time ago. and my grief has been softened up a good deal and reckon that E, and a pass to Atlanta will be about right.
 Settlement was made on the spot. and she took the next train for the capital.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-11-19
A Peripatetic Mourrer.
Brooklyn Eagle.

Have you got time to do little figur- ing for me-" asked a seedy looking man. leaning over the hookkeeper's desk. lust little figuring:
 What IS it" demanded the book keeper, rmpa,Iently.
 Put down ,s,o-.,. replied the secdy man. humbH.
 Go on. sad the bookkceper.
 Go, i, down already? You are quick a, hgures. Now put down -,6,r."
 Go ahead"
 Now make another colnmn. Put down ocI.
 Come. come, hurry up
 And c,lH'. pu, ,ha, under 6cl."
 Well. what ncNt?"
 "Commencc another column with I .4 ;o. and add the whole business up.
 "How's that?" demanded the book keeper. Add up the separate columns and then add them together =
 Add 'em all at once if you'd rather, replied the tramp, with humility. How much does il make :.
 1t makes .i4,SI-." replied the book keeper
 Could you walk that number of miles 7? asked the secdN man.
 Il shouldn't like 10 try" rcloincd the bookkeepcr.
 If you saw man who had got iha, far to walk before he could plant a stem on the grave of his poor old mother would't you lend him a quarter until he got back.''
 The stony heart of the bookkeeper wa. not proof against this appeal. and the mourner went away happy.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-11-19
LongfeIiow and Westminster
London Special

The movemen; for ,he erection of me moral to, LonsfelloM makes great pro- gress. in spite of the objections of small clique to having the bust of any foreigner SC: up in N estin,nster Abbey. as If memo Tia had no; already been erected there 10 other foreigners of whom not one edt- cated EngiishmaH ln hundred eves heard. A representative of he working men of England declared d; ] reoen: mee:in. of the committee tha, Longfellox was more widely read and more highly prized by the working classes here thar any other modern poet. 1; should be said tina, the people who object 70 having the bust placed on the abbey are strongly in favor of setting up 4 statue in some public ,horoughfarc of London. the desire to pay respect to LongfelloW being in reality uni versal. More than enough money has already been subscribed than IS needed 10 pu, up either ,he bust or the statue and len times as much could be had with out the sligh,es, difficulty.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-11-19
THE EDITORS TABLE.
WILL II. FAkiInN

I hl editor sal Il his sanctum. c"untcaance
 furrowcd with
 Hs mind al the bottom of hHssncss. hrs i---.l ,tt
 the top of chair
 H.. ehair-drm an elbow supporting nis ighi
 hand npholding his head. II ,.vcs on his dustt old table. with different
 documents spread = .e-r were thirty loHg pages from Hesi"t.
 with underlined c,pi,d- topped. \ .s >har, f.qui.itie on .tem GrnNicr reqi'.;
 ing hi- ur,v-paprr stepped Ih.=f acrc lsrscs from Gu>hss. iAt l.pci. a, ,ln
 ecrnaHg sweet foMT.te and k.zlshtfs Aua a tray gem from I'lodder. ,ltc farmer. d-
 ,Crib.ne d Coapis oi helier= T ', Nere b4Ilet5 irou! bcautiiIs ultdcns. aud hf iron, :. grocer or two, =. Az h. lrstl!ad,r hnchrd to 4 letter. mhich
 inquired | he 3rut. t. or ha sfh rf Wtrr r4pture> of praise from @ri;er>
 oi the mUoth and mcifuou- school, sn, oue ef h., rlvli.s l.st pap.rs, informing
 hun h. a tool
 There were several long resolutions. with
 names telling N ho they were by. | 0iuonikins som, harinlcss old brother w ho
 had tl,,a.. aoiAlng worse than to die Thsfc werr trdps on that table to catch him, and scrr'nts to >tng and mite hini There were c,f, enterprlec- [" sell him, and
 bItrts attempting ,a bite hun In, were long staring ads. from tlr city,
 and monef with nefcr one. Nricsi added. Pls.,sc gIYs tlts lnsrrtion, and
 >~r,d in saur hlll yhrn you're donc " lhcrr m..c lcuerS tfon organnatlou> their mce;in.>. then ,,,nie and their Ia" N lel sad "t you pfip: this announce mcni:,- tn good eieUT gloriouS ost>c." l rrr Rtrs uekft 44ftta" lt- ifTss~' nc to t,,t5 si- Farts- iad shows. N xsitrsl 53I -naf..-. vltlt ..ie9s, sfs" no usc. dsn1ueiv sllFp"a Il th' eiosc= | eaari.# l== rts taok thc t.si,le- atid r-n o'c. sts sfts ftt,'a sr'.s. In. t4 t..iAHE T did not tucsGnt.s
 ttf#u.- i.r'.ttt. | ss-ts s |.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-11-19

Isimply the oid-fashioned carriage put to new use. the chief innovation lying in ! hitehing seyeral such carriages together.
 But the vehicle ordinarily used in Ameri-
 ca during the last thirty years was no;
 made after any such pattern il required
 a new name to describe II. and there
 can be bu; little doubt that the term car
 was originally suggested by an Irishman. We may here note that when the hrst railroads were bull; in this country. the vehicles were known as coaches. The
 term survives on al least one American railroad. and was retained on all so long
 as the railway carriages recalled 10 the eye the old-fashioned stage coach adjust cd ;o iron tracks. As to the American phrase of being <" on board a train. we do no, wonder that Alr. freeman was per plexcd by II. for we have never had d sai
 isfactory explanation of il. .As 10 the words :. station and depot" meaning the place q; which trains stop 70 receive passengers. Mir. Freeman reminds us that even the former is not tetymologically En- glish. bu, the Latin word Is certainly bet ter than ' depot. for whose American sig nification there is absolutely no Justihea- tion. There is reason to believe that the word was first used on railroad in cen ual New York. and was introduced by a man whose rudimeniary acquaintance with the Trench language did not include knowledge of the French word for rail- way station. or the meanings 10 which the term < depot is properly confined.
 On the whole. we infer from Mir. Free man remarks that he has bi, little re- speet for those persons who give the most strenuous labor of their lives to the elim- ination of fAmerioanisms from their speech, and who reach the acme oftheir ambition when they are mistaken by the careless or casual observer for Englishmen. Each usage, he says. Is better for the laad in which 1t has grown up \ good British writer and good American writer cannot. in Mir. Freeinan's opinion. help writing in the same language and the same dialect: bu, ne thinks il well that eith should keep to the little peculiari;Ies of established and reasonable lo,al usage that will show ,e which branch of the grea, English race the writer belongs.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-11-19
Governor Porter as a Reporter.
f:-.itatp4 ,. aari

Whcu Jesse ll. Brighi vi, Il rising pol ltlelan. and had abuui rcac ned the merfd lan nf his popularity. .Albcr, C.. ortcr wls working 4, q clerk n the a.di.ai = office of Marion county. Nr. Porter Wa not regarded with any gre... favor by Brlght. and it IS quite probable that he never knew that he was indebted to him for the glor, of one of hls most popular speeches. delivered upon an occasion of some importance at an early period in his political career The speech was d Ike! note and had "a be reported pretty fully. Andrew Carnalian, 4 reporter an the fo5IHaf at that time. and friend of inrier. was the ore on whom this duty fell :: but after attending he meeting he be ame eiek- or !ndlsposed and WAS unable 10 write ou, his repor; for he morning paper. However. |; ~a> imperative that she speech should be published aud Carnt- han began 10 look about for ;i way out of the dilemma. The though, came to him ,ha, his friend Porter could probably gNe him the needed assistance.
 Porter. you must write a report of Bnghts speech to the /oHynaL" said Car nahan. without entering into any prelim- mary explanations. I'm sick. am wholly unit to work. and the thing must be done.
 .Well. didn't attend the meeting. and know nothing whatever of what was done or said" replied Porter, 1 should like to accommodate you. Carnahan. but l am afraid can't
 = You must, and shall depend upon you
 Haxc you an, notes s:--------------- /.
 No.
 What did he talk about
 .Oh. he made characteristic speech and you surely know enough about poli- ties to know very well just about what he ought to have said. Write anything" and with this Carnahan disappeared. leaving his inexperienced young friend unaided and uneireumscribed by an, in- structions for the task which he had forced upon him. However. young por,er's in iultions were correct. and he soon had a spccch written which he prided himse,; would no, be disowned tv Blight. even ,haugh II were nothing more than a shaG- eR 0t lis rec cni thought, and words. The spec h Was rer;aiHlN eredliablN wri,;eu and enough oi the mannersmS of iirlgh,'s 's language had bcen ;hrawU. IT io gINc 5, ;hc stamp oi senuincness Howe. (. ne was somewhat .imid abou, venturins to give II to the pubii, as the original, and took the manuscript, to Michael Bright. the brother ot jesse. for revision. and 10 set his opinion IS 10 whether or not the statements made in II were substantially correct. " Mike read the speech through yer, carefully. and handed the manuscript back to Porter with the remark. :" don, know that Jesse used any such language as this. but it is just N hat he ough, to have sad. The speech appeared in the /on,- naI as written. and probably attracted more attention than any other that Bright ever delivered
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-11-19

4 surprise pary-Twins.-C.nrfnneh .Satx,day Nighk
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-15
The Young ~PrOspectOr.


A young and enthusiastic prospector
returned to the city yesterday from
Wood River. looking bronzed and
weather beaten. He hadn't proceeded
far on his way home before meeting
bis sweetheart, who was going to the
depot 10 meet him.
why, George, you look Just like an
old smoked ham" we're the endearlne
words that greeted him.
George had been living on ham for
the last two months, and when his girl
referred to that article, he didn't know
but there was something hOggish-
looking about him.
Nothing mean or hoggish about me
Jane; bet your bangs on that. Found
a mine up in Wood River and named
it Jane, after you"
What are you giving me, dear
George2 What do you take tori"
Fact, Jane; named it after you"
"How Jealous that'll make the
other girls in the Fifteenth ward
Won't their bangs curl down their
ior'ardl Won't the green eyed
monster rankle in their bosarums.
thought? Oh, you're so nice, George
And Jane laughed all over and
insisted upon carrying his blankets
and the gripsack.
That's all right, Jane, carry this
overeoat, too"
How did you come to name the
Georgie?"
Because it didn't amount 10
anything. Nothing in it, Jane
When the gripsack came down on
his head, George thought a snowslide
had struck him, and he swears he will
never name another mine after a Salt
Lake girl,