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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-18

At the late session of the Kansas Grand
Lodge Of Odd Fellows, ID. b. Long, of Ellis
worth, was elected Grand Master; II. n.
Frazier, Of Clay Centre, Deputy Grand
Master; T. c. Frazer, OF Codeyville, Grand
Warden; s. f. Burdett, (for the twenty
third time) Grand Secretary. and l.. May,
of Leavcnworth, flor the eleventh time)
Grand Treasurer. p. G. NJ. Isaac Sharp
was elected Grand Representative to the
Sovereign Grand Lodge. DIR. Early, of
North Topeka, was elected Medical Exam
liner Of the Financial Aid Association.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-18

2l3--i6O acres 81 miles southeast, well i'm
proved, hedged. good house, fruit and for
est trees, n very desirable place. $32 per
acre.
Il3--Ss acres miles sOath, In excellent Guilt
walton, hedged, plenty of fruit and forest
trees, all rich first bottom land. $500.
lSO--l60 acres. large dwelling, barn aud out
buildings, all fenced-wire and hedge or
chard. acres timber; fine place. 5000.
We have several eutire sections anil over
which we can sell in bodies for stock purposes,
being cheap and at the same time choice land
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-18

Major Z. b. Grimes died at Fort Lesven-
worth Friday last. He had lived in Atchi-
son since 1851. being the son Of the late
Senator Grimes Of that city. He has been
quartermaster Of the army since the out
break OF the war. He had been sick for
some weeks
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-18
ALONG WESTERN EXTENSION OF SAN
IA FEE RAILROAD.

3S-9--320 acres, all best Cowskin bottom land
10 acres native timber, $50 In cultivation
2houses, barns AMI all other outbuild-
ings, acres tight board corral, 30 acres
hedged pasture, miles hedge, peach and
2apple orchards, stream Of living water
This Is great bargain ut s, 800.
1880 acres miles from station, good
house, orchard, water, improved. 5,0OG.
73--320 acres, improved. house, orchard q
good place. Cheap ut 5000.
10.--l60 acres miles west, II0 acres In culti-
walton, house. granary, stable, etc. /; cheaI
5000.
5j--l60 acres miles west, new house, acres
orchard, all hedged. 400.
Hi--l6O acres all in cultivation, fine grove and
orchard, u mile from station; a bargain.
5000.
l45--l60 acres l mile west from station, ~
acres In cultivation, good house. 5000.
$3.50 acres miles from station. 5000.
l2l--1G0 acres miles from proposed station.
1850.
o. leo acres, l2O acres in cultivation. house.
400.
2G7--l6O acres, well improved farm, 10 miles
southwest on TT. Scott route. 200.
Gs--lG0 acres southwest. 200.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-18
The following % numbers can he bought for
/ cash, balance on years time at . per cent

29s--I6O acres, 10 acres improved, good house,
spring living water, mile hedge, acres
in hog lot equidistant from Goddard and
Cheney. 500.
2s0--iG0 acres y mile south of Cheney, watered
by South Ninnescah. 1900.
279--4s0 acres II mile west Of Cheney; all
smooth and best land +; bargain. $500.
3I--i60 acres ] y miles sw Of Cheney; IS acres
in cultiqation, house, grove, creek all
black, sandy loan. 2,eD.
229--2l0 acres 3h miles west Of Valley Center !;
10 In cultivation, good, new house with
rooms, fine young hrchard. all we'll I'M
proved. 500.
32s--so acres on Cowskin 10 miles NV. 1000.
32i--32O acres one OF the best and most highly
improved farm In Lincoln twp. 600.
312--ls0 acres adjoining Augusta, Butler Co
commodious buildings, all bottom land,
and one OF the best farms In all respects in
the state - great bargain at s25 per acre
2l9 80 acres ~ miles northeast. second bot
TOM 500.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-18

Twelve hundred Chinese who sailed on
the llth inst, from San Francisco TO China
carried with them, it is estimsted, mil
lion dollars in gold, and 800 Of them took
permits to return to this country to make
and carry away moro money.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-18
H. f. FIR Re N D,
Real Estate and Land Scrip Broker


Choice property specially Also
The following
preis subject change many
suit the purchaser
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-18

The wooley electric headlights for rail-
road locomotives was successfully tested
on the Baltimore railroad. The light has .
power OF 1000 candles and casts distinct
illumination for q distance Of one mile.
No difficulty was experienced from the
jolting Of the engine, the light continuing
as steady when the engine was in rapid
motion ~ when standing still. A strong
financial company has been formed to put
the light In practical use at once.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-18

General Weaver managed to get about
10000 Greenback votes for Governor of
Iowa. As he ran on a prohibition plat
form, it is fair to add these 10000 to the
prohibition vote in that State.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-18

The New York Court OF Appeals has de-
cided that il Is not violation Of the 18th
amendment TO assign colorei children TO
separate schools. provided they were as
those for white children.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-18

S. T. Jones, sash, door, blind, scroll and
bracket manufactury, west side Of Main
street, north of the Occidental Hotel, Wich-
ita, Kansas. 43-1y
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-18
Lost.

On Thursday evening, Sept. eth, on the
road leading from Douglas ave to Hoover's
bridge, a frock overcoat. The finder will
be suitably rewarded by leaving 1t at But
Ter a. Fishers hardware store.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-18

The undersigned left his purse-buck-
skin-containing one ten dollar gold piece
and to the amount of 50 to s. on the Post
office Money-Order window. The finder
will be rewarded by leaving it with the
postm aster. W. j. GILLAsPEI.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-18
Z. W. LASSELL'S
All healing Balsam. A Certain Cure For

W. BLACK, Auctioneer.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1883-05-03

lor N''"'Hwu 1r1 Wv stations. .s.2ln. m.
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lfW f.r Ufyi,bUyg icojc pS f,Nors
I'nNr Vow York. Via Allentown, $50 ain
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w. az" IEuy ni'ri4ht. nrri,ing at Harris.
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l.e.vo Philadelphia, 5000 a. m. 800. $50.
Leave ru',s,illr, Gut.p,pa. m.nrl44,nm
, Lowe hclding, I 5o. 7.3p, li.;Oa. m, / ~
Leave t'.ts.illc, yi' srhuylkir Il sutque.
Lrn'. 4 A.I"utowu, GO. $50 a. M, l2Is. 40.
ana % rh. '0N'
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60 /. ave, New orb,y!r Allentown. $50 m.
Ilil1 'cIl'', 5.gb o.. m. T. "'
'b. Feeding $50 %. m. aud lO.25p.m,
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l''.urniu- ictro Stc,iion dnlI,. cvccr, Sur.
duf." ... .u.l. .u.lf ta..u .lrrtJ IN N :, :
Nl. iA'E c'Clt saturday n1I SUNDAY. 80.
T. u' ava ou saturday only. 5l0ard 9 20 u. m.
q. l. NuO1ihN,
Genl Manager
e. G. HANCOCK.
Gen'i Pa--rE Ticket Ayt.
feb t',I. .'Ilu4,.
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pphsu'- hrst Tapestry aud Brussels
ipNost price ~ Refers, Seiinsgroyc,
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The Opelousas courier., 1883-11-10

The following incident is actually
true A long line Of horses stand
ready harnessed to take the street cars
around an upgrade cornerl in Boston.
The horses are so placed in a line as to
be taken each in its due turn. just
now the writer observed that the in
slant the driver detailed for the pur-
pose was out Of sight around the cor
ner, a horse whose turn would come
next deliberately walked down the line
and placed himself as the last in the
line the last, thus, to be used. AS he
watched closely, he noticed that it was
but one horse that did this, did it so
invariably, and not until the driver
was out of sight around the corner, as
to make it impossible but that it was
done to escape work. Could a horse
be that intelligent anywhere outside OF
New England? AS to the morality OF
the act. alas, alas
The Opelousas courier., 1883-11-10
Size of s.sa. Spots.

A single spot has been measured
from 10000 to $4,000 miles in diam
eter, in which, as will be readily seen,
we could put our earth for a standing
point of observation, and note how the
vast facular waves roll and leap about
the edge of the spot, and how the me-
tallic rain is formed from the warmer
portions Of the sun. In June, 1o43, a
solar spot remained a week visible to
the naked eye, having a diameter OF
about 1900 miles; and in 1887 a clus-
tet Of spots covered an area Of nearly
100000 600 square miles. When we
call to mind that the smallest spot that
can be seen with the most powerful
telescope must have an area Of about
$4,000 miles, we can readily g how
large a spot must be in order 70 DC Wis
ible to the unaided eye. Pasteroff. in
1853. measured a spot whose umbra
had an extent four times greater than
the earth's surface. In August, 1858,
a spot was measured by NeWan, and
it had b diameter Of $1,000 miles
more. as you will see, than seven times
the diameter Of the earth. The largest
suot that has ever been known to as
tronomy was no less in diameter than
153.5O0 miles. - Popular Science
Monthly.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-11-10
Earring q Rat.

Rats are wonderfully clean animals,
and they dislike tar more, perhaps,
than anything else, for If it once gets
on their jackets, they find it most diff
cult to remove it. Now, | had heard
it mentioned that pouring tar down at
the entrance of their holes was a good
remedy, also placing broken pieces OF
glass by their holes was another
remedy. But these remedies are not
effective. The rats may leave their
old holes and make fresh one in other
parts of the house j; they don't, how
ever, leave the premises for good. l
I thought I would try another expert
ment-one | had not heard of before.
One evening | set a large wire-cage
rat-trap, attaching inside a most
seductive piece of strongly smelling
cheese, and next morning | found, to
nv satisfaction, that / had succeeded
in trapping a very large rat, one OF the
largest I had ever seen, which, after ]
had besmeared him with tar, / let loose
into his fayorite run. The next night
1 tried again, and succeeded in trap
ping another equally big fellow, and
served him in the same manner. ]
could not follow theset two tar-besmear.
ed rats into their numerous runs, te
see what would happen +; but it is rea'
| sonable to assume that they either
summoned together all the members Of
their community, and by their crest
fallen appearance gave their comrades
silent indications of the misfortune
which had so suddenly befallen them
or that they frightened their brethren
away, for they one and all forsook th'
place and fled. The experiment wa
eminentIy successful. From that da,
in 1875 till now, 1883, my house
ancient though it is, has been entirel.
free from rats and / believe tina
there is no remedy equal to thi
one, if you can catch your rat alive
They never come back to the hous
again.-Chanbegs' Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-11-10
Naming a Lake.

Years ago, it wa discovered that a
certain lake which had long been con-
sidered the head of the Mississippi, had
40 claim to that honor. The explorers
found a new and smaller lake from
which the great river took its rise. A
discussion o as to what lame would
be appropriate for it. The story is
that it was decided in this way:
Lets make a new name by coming
a word" said an old yoyager. Some
Of you larned ones tell me what is the
Latin for true"
aVeritas,n answered a scholar.
'WeIl, now, what is Latin for
head?"
"Caput."
aNow write the two words together
by syllables.'
The scholar wrote on a strip OF
birch-bark, syeritas caput."
sRead it.
The FIVE syllables were read.
Now drop the first and last gylla-
bles and you'll have a good name for
u.is lake" And "Itasca'' it was.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-11-10

Mr.. THOMAS A. HOWARD, of Honey Grove
Fannin County, Texas, under date OF April D.
1888, writes as follows:
81 have been suffering during seye alyears
from severe illness, and a general breaking
down of my physical system, and have trlea
the treatment and prescriptions OF many
doctors far and near, and Travelled todle Hot
Springs and other mineral springs famous
for their remedial qualities, drinking the
waters and bathing systematically IN their
healing depths, but all to no avail. as lateadiy
failed in heath; and although Informed by
my physicians that my ailments and weak
nesses were the result of kidney disease OF a
dangerous character, they could give me
nothing to cure me. During the past Two
years my sufferings at times were dreadful,
and I had the most indescribable pains IN the
regions about the kidneys, the paroxysms OF
which we're so severe as to render 1T 1mpossi-
BILE for me to sleep. While in this deplorable
and discouraged condition [ was persuaded
to try Hunts Remedy, and after using less
than half a bottle my great sutferlngs ana
paro1ysms of pain we're entirely relieved, and
I could sleep better and longer than l had IN
two years before, and although | am now on
my third bottle only my improvement IS very
remarkable, and Iregret that did not know
of the wonderful curative powers of hunts
Remedy before, as it would have saved M
years of suffering. heartily recommend II
to ali afflicted with any kidney disease OF
disease of the urinary organs"
The Opelousas courier., 1883-11-10
Slaves of Fashion.

The actual drudgery of fashionable
life falls upon women. TO toll for a
place in society, to give precious after
Moons to the labor of paying calls, and
to allow Indifferent acquaintance, as
Emerson said, to deyastate the day, to
give constant thought to the revision
of ones toilette and the improvement
of ones visiting list, this is to be a
slave to things. And~if the slave do
not feel her letters, so much the worse
for her. Many women have not time
for the unhurried delight of their
children's presence, for reading any,
thing beyond the last new novel, fol
any occupation higher than the mar
rowing round they call their domestic
and social duties !
The Opelousas courier., 1883-11-10
THE FAMILY DOCTOR.

SIMPLE ELIxIR.-A very pleasant
vehicle for the administration Of medi-
cines which are to be given in solution
is prepared by mixing together two
fluid ounces each of orange-fower
water and simple syrup, adding half a
fluid ounce of alcohol to preserve, and
coloring with two drachms of COM
pound tincture of cardamons. This
will be found of service to the cou
try physician who is obliged to dis
pense his own medicine. i.
A NATIONAL LACK.-Dr. Selden
H. Talcott, superintendent of the New
York state homeopathic asylum for
the insane, says that our national lack
is th at Of recuperating sleep. Against
the use of the so-called hypnotics in
massive doses he protests, because the
temporary benefits are heavily dis
counted by the evil effects which al
most always follow. Two conditions
oppose the requirements of sleep,
These are hyperamia of the brain
stimulating it to undue activity, and
playing the part of a whip and spur
to a tired horse-and the opposite OF
hyperaemia, excessive cerebral anamla.
To relieve. the former by rational
methods, the blood forces must be en-
ticed away from "their persistent as
saults upon the cranial fortress" This
can best be accomplished by filling the
stomach with solid food, thus furnish
ing temporary engagement for the
pugilistic globules on other fields"
The food should be Of the coarsest
and plainest, else the remedy might
produce an aggravation. Should ex'
cessiye anamia exist, and a state OF
nerve irritability and t%repidation be
thus produced, take liquid food, such
as hot milk, beef tea, and broths, about
an hour before sleep is intended. This
is of peculiar value to persons OF sed-
entary habits, to those who take too
little exercise, and to those who suffer
from imperfect circulation. sleep
may usually be obtained, after a hard
and irritating days work, by a warm
bath, a cold douche, and a brisk rub
bling following that, just previous tc
retiring for the night. Fresh all
should be freely supplied in every
sleeping room; yet the sleeper should
be protected from even moderate
draughts; for these, though apparently
slight at first, will produce chilliness
of n portion of the body, while an
other may be overheated, and thus ;
disturbing inequality of circulation
ensues. Beds should be firm in tex
ture, level, and we'll elevated from tht
floor, for thus complete circulation
around the bed is secured.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-11-10
traits of Michigan Lss,,,be r,nen,

In a letter from Michigan describing
the lumber interests of that state the
New York EoeRing Post correspond
emit draws this pen picture of the har-
dy lumbermen:
The human product of this remote,
isolated existence, with its strenuous
work, its rigid discipline under the iron
rule of the foreman of the camp, is a
strange sort of being. In physique the
lumberman is generally a tremendous
fellow, with mighty thews, deep shout
ders, and a body whose every slnew
above the waist has been thickened by
incessant toll A good many. toe, par
ticularly those of Scotch birth or ex-
traction, have classic profles and lofty
foreheads that belle their crude intel,
Iects. But one may search far before
he finds a set of men, as a whole,
whose external traits are o radical
" vicious. Almost every man drinks
when he has the chance, and for redun-
dant and voluble profanity they vie
with the mates of the Mississippi boats.
All emphasis is lost in the torrent OF
oaths, and the profane tongue SO inter
lards ordinary talk as to obstruct sense
and ca11se a most lamentable waste of
colloquial energy. When, after their
four or five months Of winter labor,
these big fellows are paid Off and go
down with full pockets to Bay City or
| some other lake town, they change a
| peaceful community into a wild pam
| demonium. Like sailor Jack after a
yoyaee their hard-earned dollars melt
away in the vilest orgies and a few
DAYS finds them ~penniless and with
sunken cheeks seeking a job among the
looms or saw mills. In these terrible
spells, coming once or twice a year. tne
strongest constitutions are Slapped. anu
the local proyerb, ''Smell pine without
whisky, in old age youth be risky" =
rarely realized. Yet underlying oil
the lumberman's c%allousness and laxi-
ty of morals, there are some substan-
| tial traits. He is good-tempered, spite
Of his prolific and aimless profanity;
Generous and hospitable beyond ms
means; in camp, at least, ne is said e
he honest; and he submits to discipline
and bends to his yoke of toll with
cheerful composure. The yoke is Ger
tainly a rasping and heavy one. Aida.
long during the short cycles OF winter
he must labor from sunrise to night
fail. often in peril from the falling ire
or nl-balanced log. He must put u
with a pabulum Of which boiled pota
toes. salt ham, and astringent pork arr
the foremost Injuries. He has to sep
arate himself from all civilized lie am
fall back for his diversions on the rud
amusements and coarse yarns OF IN
camp; and all this he must endure e
$40 4 month and board, under q fore
man whose powers within the pale 9
the camp are absolutely despotic.
Il
The Opelousas courier., 1883-11-10
Rescued from Ag~onizing Death.

NEW YoRK.-Mr. James White,
1852 Broadway, formerly chief in
structor in Dickels' Riding School, in
this city, said to a newspaper reporter;
81 broke my shoulder, arm and elbow,
splitting the socket in four parts.
rheumatism set in and | employed the
best physician, He tried everything,
but | grew worse, and at last he said:
L have one more thing to try and II
that fails nothing can give you relief,
and that is st. facets OIL | used
this great ~pain-reliever, and am able to
use my arm, free from all rheumatic
trouble. | have also recommended the
remedy to a number of people, and IN
every CASE they have been speedily ano
~effectually cured.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-11-10
A Greeav wood-c.o,,,e,..

tough business? Well, I should
say So" The ex-steamboat clerk re-
ferred to the old days on the Upper
Mississippi, Minnesota and St. Croix
rivers.
1.-THE people living along the river
used to think it was righteous to beat
a steamboat whenever they could.
We had to keep our eyes open for all
sorts of swindlers. Steamboaters were
common prey for those people. I re-
member once our boat worked all day
to get through the Hawk Creek chute.
a narrow, shallow and tremendously
swift place in the Minnesota River.
An old codger on the bank saw us
working away with all our might and
burning our wood at a fearful rate.
He calculated we'd need wood by the
time we got through the chute, SO he
harnessed his oxen and hauled several
cords of green cottonwood down to the
bank. Sure enough, when we got
through we had used up all our wood,
and were burning almost clear rosin
out O the barrels. When we landed |
asked the old curmudgeon what he
wanted for his wood.
"fFour dollars q cord
But says I, we buy the best ma
pie for $3.50
":Four dollars for this. Take it or
leave it. The old skindint knew we
had to take it, although green cotton
wood is the poorest of all fuel.
"Well, | measured off two cords
just enough to take us to the next
woodpile. While the rousters were
taking it aboard l whispered some
thing in the mates ear, and then,
when the wood was all shipped, l told
the old swindler to come to the Office
on the boat and get his pay. When
they were well in the Office the mate
pulled in the staging and we put into
the river. l paid the wood mar his
So.
Here, says he, IS he stepped out
on deck and saw we were in the mid
die of the river, I want to get ashore
EDO your says |, We'll, you'll
just pay us SO to land for you.
"'Then I'll go to the next landing
with YOU says he.
".All right, you IA go, but it'll
cost you just S. for the ride says |.
"He finally paid me the IS, and we
ran up nigh the bank and let i'm jump
off in the mud. Yes, those people
along the river used to abuse us steam
boat men shamefully." Chicago
Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-11-10
Asssst ss,s Ola Masa,s Esiassst.

host everybody is dead. That is, all
she old folks. There are mighty few
le6t of the old stock that used to move
aFunnd 10 lively and take the lead In
l'lslness and public affairs. Some OF
w. are getting lonesome now. The
Easks keep filing up. but we don't
kneB The new recruits. Old Father
AiEae u q conscript officer and he won't
9ake any substitutes mol give anybody
homb-proof place. There are no
gAaFtermasters nor commissaries nor
potash getters in this war, but it IS
Publ, fight, fight all the time. Fight
fAey did at Thermopyla where there
were only 800 against 100000, and
slare was nc possible escape. Sooner
g laser all of us have got to go. We
esat desert nor dodge nor play sick
afE shoot q finger off, and there are no
safleaghs and no pensions and no dis
sssTgs There is not even a promotion
7N good conduct or noble daring,
zasse y nothing but to do and die
He'I it's all right, / know. or i
wouldn't have been so, but it grieyes
'Rs q hear the bell tolling all about
a g ass the old stock passing away
bxN dgp. IN AtInntu Constitution,