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Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-10-02
A Remarkable Care.

The following is taken from an interview
by the Topeka Commonwealth OF October
9Th, 1853 "When W. Edison, OF the firm OF
Beck 4 Edison. Of Topeka. was sixteen years
old he had the measles very bad. They lefs
him with the sight Of his right eye so seri.
Ously affected that he has not been able to
see out OF that organ until about seven
months ego, when Prof. Samuels, the noted
optician, Furnished him psir Of glasses
that filed the bill completely, and enabled
him to see just as well out Of his heretofore
blind eye ~ he can out Of The good oee.
Mr.. Edison himself never thougnt s6ss sueA
thing could be done, because before meet
ing Prot. Samuels he had tried 81! the differ
ent kinds Of glasses made, but could not
get anything that gave him any sort Of re-
lief. Such wonderful cure a. this is GER
tsinly something remarkable, for MIR. Edson
hed the ufe Of but one eye, md had the
other been equally Affected he would not
have been able to see at all. Doubtless .
great many people who are cropping through
life in our blind asyiums are affected jus. a.
Mr.. Edison was. when, did they know it
they could easily be made to see, II Prof.
Samuels could get hold of them
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-10-02
WICHITA, January 81. 1884,

P0(. Somuels:
DEAR SIR-fseing among the first u
avail myself of your professional services IL
this city, and now having tested your crys
tai glasses, which you fitted upon me, / fee
a sense OF duty AS well as pleasure in say
ing that they have proven thoroughly sat
isiactOry, enabling me to read with thu
greatest ease aud without wearying my
eyes. take great pleasure In commend
ing you to all who require artificial assist
ance. believing your glasses TO be the bes
in use. remain yours respectfully.
II. II. OWENS, NJ. ID.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-10-02

"TCHIIA, JdHuHTy II, IoS4.
Prof. .SaDsutks.
SIR am not aware that My public tes-
timOny in favor OF your method of fitting
glasses TO the eyes can be Of any service to
you, but give it for the benefit of any one
suffering from serious difficulty in getting
glasses to fit the eyes Give Prof. Samueis
y trial and you will come away satisfied.
would not take any price for my glasses il
could not get another pair.
Al. LONGsDORF, NJ. ID.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-10-02

OFFICE OF BOARD OF L. s. EXAMINING }
SURGEONS, WICHITA, KANSAS.
To those who are afflicted with imperfect
vision, cheerfully recommend Professor
II. Samuels as = competent optician, and he
comes highly recommended by some OF the
ablest physIcians in the west.
A. ii. FABRIQUE, NJ. ID.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-10-02

WICHITA, September %, 1884.
Prof. Samuels. the optician, having re-
turned to this city. take pleasure in rec
ommcnding him as an expert q his spec
ialty. L. b. RRNTZ, N. d.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-10-02
WICHITA, January 81. lSS-

WICHITA, January 81, 1884.
TO Whom IL Nay Concern:
heartily endorse Prof. Samuels as an OPP
tician-a master In mechanical aids to sight.
His ability is uuQuestioned, and recon-
mend any who have defective vision, with
whom my professional influence bears
weight to give him trial.
&. G. FURLEY, NJ. ID.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-10-02

No .. 100 acres miles south of Che
ney, ~ acres been titled, al
joining the headquarters of the
Jewett stock farm: good land
and exceptionally well located.
having the benefit Of valuable
adjacent improvements .......$ 81
~. lGOacres, 80 acres In cultivation,
ut the northeast corner OF the
great Jewett stock farm, six
miles south Of Cheney choice
land, small orchard ....... @,U
90. 100 acres. 10 acres in cultivation,
located at southeast corner OF
the Jewett stock farm, miles
south of Cheney; choice land,
fenced on north ................' $50
10 We can place q capitalist or colony on
body of the finest land in this stste--frOm 90
to 5 900 acres In this CONTRADICTION land at
bottom price.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-10-02

$500
on D
I 900
at q
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-10-02
PRoFEssIoNAL pIREcroRY.
DIR. r. l.. ANDREWS

DIX. T. L. ANDREWS.
Treats all affections OF the ear. nose, throat
and lungs by the most approved modern meth.
DDS. Asthma, hay fever and rose cold speedily
relieved; treatment mild and unirrftsting
Once In Ferrell's building, opposite pOstofice
Office hours from to l2h A. NJ, and from y "a
6P.M. 9l-tf
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-04-25
Society" in Il .or gia.
[Lincolnton News.1

On the 18th inst, at the residence of
Mr.. E. Fl. Spratlin, near Clarksville, a
gay and happy crowd of young people
gathered in to partake of the hospitality
of our friend, Mr.. Spratlin, in the shape
of an oyster stew, in honor of the
charming and most fascinating young
ladies, Misses Hennie Spratlin and
Sallie Matthews, two of old Lincoln's
fairest daughters. The crowd gathered
in about half past o'clock. Every one
seemed to be looking forward for a
good meal of oysters, which they en-
joyed at 9 o'clock p. m. At 10 the
crowd began to break up, after thank
ing Mr.: and Mrs: Spratlin for their
hospitality and Misses SpratIin and
Matthews for causing them so much
enjoyment. May the flowers sweetest
hue bloom around their destiny, and
the God that looks over the noblest and
the best be their everlasting protection.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-04-25
IN 4 NEW YORK SALOON.
Cor. Cleveland Leader.

There is nothing cheap here, and few
kings have taken their toddies in better
quarters. You walk up brown stone
steps under blazing lights into room
as bright and beautiful as any in New
York. IF at night, the blaze of light
dazzles you, and you might think you
had stumbled into palace. A knight
in plated armor stands before you,
bronzes and statues look at you from
different parts of the room. The most
elegant of paintings hang surrounded
by rich velvet upon the walls, and
great mirrors of heavy plate glass re-
feet the many-colored lights of the cut
glass chandeliers. Everything is ele-
CANT here. There is no shoddy and no
veneering. The room is paneled with
carved mahogany, and the tables scat
tered here and there over the Mosaic
floor are of the same polished wood.
If you take a chair, it is of the bent
wood of Austria, and if you call for a
drink, you will be served in cut-glass
goblet, and your change will be handed
you by gentlemanly waiter on sill
yer platter. A silver cuspidore, shin
ing as Vanderbilt's spoons, stand beside
you, and if you ask for pretzel to eat
with your beer it will be brought to
you on piece of porcelain decorated
as beautifully as that on the presidents
table.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-04-25
Ill-Bred Visitors Mt the Vanderbilt
Gallery.

New York Cor. Chicago Tribune.J
AS one occasionally hears Mr.. Van
derbilt's generosity called into question
any patronage seeming meager in
comparison with the wealth of his re-
sources-his iberality in opening the
gallery to the public should be fully
recognized. Tt seems doubly great
when one considers the poor return it
has met at the hands of those receiving
it. The injuries and annoyances
resulting from the behavior of a
few ill-bred visitors during the
two years that the gallery has
been opened to the public almost
determined Mr.. Vanderbilt not to re-
peat the experiment this year. Single
invitations were used to usher in
whole families, in one instance four
teen persons coming under a single
card. Pictures were fingered and
poked with umbrellas and magnifying
glasses, chairs were pushed back against
the frames, and fthe gliding cracked off
in several cases. Two valuable books
of engraving were SO injured by being
dogs-eared and thumbed, and statuette
of Meissonier so battered, that it be-
came necessary to remove them. Chill
dren were allowed to play tag around
the rooms, while their parents evil
IDENTIFY considered themselves at liberty
to wander through the private apart
ments # the family, conspicuously
among these being country clergy
man, who, accompanied by several
women, was only restrained by force
after repeated attempts to open the
folding-doors and enter the house. It
is not strange, then, that Mr.. Wander
bilt should have hesitated before again
submitting his household and pictures
to such treatment. The number of
persons visiting the gallery is increasing
with every week, and this, the most at
tractivo sec ion of Fifth avenue, in the
neighborhood of the cathedral, is un-
usually gay Thursday afternoons.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-04-25
BRILLIANTS.

Judge not; the workings Of his brain
And of his heart thou canst not see;
What looks to thy dim eyes stain,
In Gods pure light may only be
A scar, brought from some well-won field,
Where thou wouldst only faint and yieli.
-[Adelaide A. Proctor.
Nor sky, nor wave, nor tree, nor flower,
Nor green earth's virgin sod
So moved the singers heart of old
As these small ones of God.
And still to childhood's sweet appeal
The heart of genius turns,
And more than all the sages teach
From isping voices learns.
-[Whittier.
think we are too ready with complaint
In this fair world of Gods. Had we no
hope
Indeed beyond the zenith and the slope
OF you gray bank of sky, we might be faint
To muse upon eternity's constraint
Round our aspirant souls. But since the
scope
Must widen early, is it well to droop
For a few days consumed in loss and taint?
o pusillanimous heart, be comforted-
And, like cheerful traveller, take the
road,
Singing beside the hedge. What if the
bread"
Be bitter in thine inn, and thou unshod
To meet the fints?-At least it may be said,
Because the way is short, I thank thee,
God!"
i Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-04-25
RIFLES FOR PARLORS.
Those of American Manufacture Su-
peri0r-- Useful as Cat tAnnihiIatOrs.

Those of American Manufacture Su'
perior-- Useful as Cat AnnihiIators.
New York Times.l
"Parlor rifles are sought for nova
days." said the manager of a sports
mans goods store, "and there are many
patterns to choose from"
Glow many find ready sale?"
"May be dozen. The most popular
parlor rife is light piece with ar
octagonal barrel, having bore meas
uring twenty-five one-hundreths of an
inch in diameter. The ball-cap con.
sists of little copper-shell one-quarter
of an inch long, which has in it little
the open end is B shot. The dis
charge of the ball-caps is noiseless
which makes the rifle particularly good
for house practice, and there is nc
smoke. The rifles have extractors for
throwing out the exploded shells. They
were first made in France, but the de-
mard for them has so increased that
several American firms have started in
to make them. Strange as it may seem,
not one parlor rife in fifty has the
makers name on it.
"Do thu illuminate or noiseless car
tridges carry with any effect?"
Yes, indeed. I have killed cat at
100 feet distance with one shot. These
rifles are famous for killing cats. Many
persons buy them for that purpose
only. All you have to doris to poke out
the barrel through the crack of a
window-shutter, get your aim, and pull
the trigger. If you take good enough
aim you kill your cat quietly, and if the
cat chances to be in neighbor's yard,
you are also saved the trouble and ex-
pense of burial"
"What do these rifles cost?"
Anywhere from $5 up. For Sc or
81 you can buy as good a rifle as any
body ought to care for. They have
vanished walnut stocks aud blued bar
rels. The sights are excellent. The
ball caps, or illuminate cartridges, as
they are sometimes called, cost 81 cents
for box of $50. The ball caps, I
think, were first made in Germany, but
those of American manufacture are now
the best in the world"
"What are the other kinds of parlor
rifes?"
Zone lately invented shoots small
shot, which is introduced in the bar
rel, near the stock end. A common
percussion cap fits on nipple opening
into the barrel, and the explosion of the
cap drives the shot. The force is not
very great. There are, any number of
air-guns, some of which shoot little
bullets and some shoot darts. Air
rifles are not very accurate, as it is
hard to give the missile force enough
to prevent it dropping if the target is
at distance. Some of them are very
expensive"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-04-25
The Diagrams.

! LP1ttsburg ChronlcIe-IeIegraph.
It may be all right for The New York
Graphic and other papers to publish
diagrams of the rise and fall of stocks,
grain and metal for the year. But the
woman who takes one of these things
for a paper pattern and acts accord
ingly furnishes a sight to make q
wooden Indian weep.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-04-25

When Hamlet said, "But I have that
within which passeth show" it is be-
ieved that he had in his pocket a COM
plin entary ticket for circus.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-04-25
A CURIOUS AN.ESTHETIC.

Texas Siftings.
DIR. Brown-Sequard has discovered
new anesthetic which destroys sensi-
bility, but not consciousness OF physical
activity, for an entire day OF more.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-04-25

AN EXTENDED Browns
Bronchial Troches have been before the
public many years. For relieving Coughs
and Throat Troubles they are superior to
all other articles. Sold only in boxes.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-04-25

CROUCH ON CoUGHs.'' I5c, 25a SOC, at
Druggists. Complete cure Coughs, Hearse-
ness, Sore Throat.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-04-25

CATARRHAL New Treatment whereby
permanent cure is effected in from one to
three applications. Particulars and trea-
& Son, 305 King street west, Toronto, Can.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-04-25

The Prince of Wales talks as though he
had hot potato in his mouth.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-04-25

Public speakers and singers use Piso's
Cure for Hoarseness and weak lungs.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-04-25

CROUCH ON CoRNs." 15c. Ask for it
Complete cure, hard or soft corns, warts
bunions.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-04-25

Shakespeare: Happy are they that
hear their detractions, and can put
them to mending.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-04-25

Little silver buckets are among the
+" new ideas in watch chains.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-04-25

DIR. Smiths Caloric Vita Oil is sure to
take the first place among healing reme-
dies.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-04-25

stBUoHU-PAIBA." Quick, complete cure,
all annoying kidney and urinary dis.
cases. 81 -
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-04-25
AN UNDOUBTED BLESSING,

About thirty years ago prominent physician
by the name of DR.. William Hall discovered, OF
produced after long experimental research, 6
remedy for diseases of the throat chest and
lungs, which was of such wonderful efficacy
that it soon gained wide reputation in this
country. The name of the medicine is DR.
WIN. HALLS BALSAM FOR THE LUNGS
and may be safely relied on as speedy and
positive cure for coughs, colds sore throas+ etc
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-04-25

AncuTc MAUTcn EVERYWHERE TO SELL
AlENlo WPNllg the best Family Knitting Ma Ma
chine ever invented Will knit air of stockings with
HEEL and TOE complete in 20 minutes 1t VIII also
knit great variety Of fancy work for which there a.
the TwOmbIy knitting Machine Co.. 1853 IRE
mont street, Boston Mass.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-04-25

Nothing equals Aliens Bilious Physic in
quickly relieving Costiveness, Headaches,
Heartburn and all other Billions Troubles.
ington, Woodard & Co., Agents.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-12
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll has leased
a cottage at Long Beach, Long Island.
Mr.. Irving's book on America will be
published in London and Boston on May
18th.
Joaquin Miller has in press a new nov
ell, with the title, "49-A Storm of the
Sierras.''
Mr.. Edison, the electrician, is catching
sharks off st. Augustine.
Mr.. Tilden has tapped his barrel to
buy a $40, 900 house for one of his nei-
ces.
Lord Kingsborough has published his
Mexico in seven volumes, with 1000
colored illustrations, at total outlay of
$500. 900.
Lindley Muse is the oldest official in
point of service in America. He is the
messenger of the Secretary of the Navy
and has filled that position since the year
1923.
Mrs. Rogers, the Texas cattle queen, is
fifty years old. Her husband, twenty
three years her junior, gave up preach
ing; but she permitted him to be elected
TO the Texas Legislature.
Queen Victoria and her boys appear to
be careless steppers. The Duke of AL
banys death was precipitated by a mis-
step; the Queen hurt her knee by tun-
bic, and now the Duke of Edinburg is
laid up with lame knee from the sama
cause. The divinity that hedges royalty
doesn't appear to insure against broken
bones.
Mr.. 2. T. Barnum is entitled to the
thanks Of every newspaper office in the
country. This is the season when spring
poets cause the editor to feel that his
path is not one of roses, and the great
/ Snowman has therefore offered a prize of
/ five hundred dollars for the best poem on
the white elephant, two. Judges and a
/ clergyman to decide as to its merits.
IL NlIllam H. lie CourCy uVed IN a
house in Queen Anne's county, Md,
built with brick brought by thes De
Courcys from England more than two
/ hundred years ago. This old mansion
''Cheston, situated at the junction OF
the Back Wye and the Big Wye rivers
was burned few days ago. Among the
valuable things saved We're the family
portraits, brought over in 1862.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-12

TGreat applause. The speaker then told
how it was frequently his mission to go
to Washington to procure pensions for
our soldiers, and how Southern members
of Congress, without exception, We're al
ways to be relied upon for their support
of such relief measures for their old enc
mics He said that the building of this
asvlum would be another bond between
the North and South. Corporal Tanner
told an anecdote of little son of his and
the child daughter of an ex-Confederate
who lived next door to him. One sum-
mer evening he and his friend Were sit
ting on his front porch when the little
ones had taken up position on ''picket
fence in front. Presently kiss passed
between the two youngsters. John" :"
said the Corporal to his neighbor, II
guess the Union will be all right in the
next generation" Loud laughter and
appluse.
Letters of hearty sympathy were read
from General Grant, General Hancock,
General BrlstOw and scores of others
from all parts of the country. General
John B. Gordon made a stirring speech.
He was followed by General P H. Sheri-
dan, who said he believed in fighting at
the proper time and only then. He con-
tinued:
Il sometimes think it well to remember
that when a war is over it is done. We
sent out brigade, division and regiment
as fast as we could and the South did on
ly the same thing as well as they could.
Laughter And [ thank God that they
didn't keep it up much longer. Laugh
ter. [ know | had enough of it several
times. We won and they didn't, and it's
mighty mean man who will remind
them of it except under some such cir
cumstances. Laughterl."
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-12
NEW YORK'S GREETING.
An Enthusiastic Meeting in Aid of
The Confederate Soldiers Home.

An Enthusiastic Meeting in Aid of
The Confederate Soldiers Home.
New YORK, April 10.-There were be-
tween fifteen hundred and two thousand
people present at the Cooper Institute to
take part in the mass meeting held to in
augurate the movement to build a Home
for Disabled Confederate Soldiers at Rich
mond, Va.
Colonel James R. O'Beirne called the
assemblage to order and named the well
known veteran, Corporal Tanner, of
Brooklyn, as chairman, in the forced
absence of our great captain. General
Grant" Applause
Corporal Tanner, who had both legs
shot away in battle and walks on two
wooden legs, came forward amid cheers
and begaa his opening address by saying
that he was with the movement with
his heart and soul and from the crown of
his head as far down as he went" He
did not forget General Grants word to
General Lee at AppomattoN, when he
said to the great Confederate General to
tell his men to take their horses home, as
they would need them for the spring
plowing, and then distributed 100000 ra-
tions among the defeated army. General
Graut in this epitomized the feelings
of every man who is willing to give
credit to those who have stood the hard
knocks of the battlefield in the cause
they believed to be just.
The Corporal went on: Il havethought
this thing over, and see that those Of the
other side have not the same pictures to
look back on that we have. The great
majority went out to fight for what they
thought was right just as we went out to
hight for what we knew to be right l
know that the old bitterness is dying out.
IL we are men we will see to it that the
sufferers who differed with us will find
out that humanity stin lives, TApplause.
France gathefs up in honor the remains
of her great men, whether they
fought for tho kingdom, empire or ran,b-
lie. We are bound to take un this +b;no
and carry it IL successful end rAn.
plause.l We en- do it and We will. !,
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-12
Dark Picture of Cincinnati

Senator Vests Speech on Education Bill
But when we came to Cincinnati, then
sir, the darkness, the appalling darkness
that Overwhelms Chicago and St. Louis
becomes even as light as the MONDAY
sun. 1called the attention Of the Senator
from Ohio to the fact that he represents
a city in which human life and human
property, according to these statistics.
are not worth even the taxation that is
paid on the property, or worth the paper
on which the laws are written or printed
that purport to give protection to person
al security and life. The average attend
ance in Cincinnati is 81, 900 less than one
third of the whole number 1t does not
relieve the dark picture to say these must
be in private schools, for out of the
school population of the entire state,
numbering 1,043, 800, only 2S,650 are in
private schools. Of these probably not
more than 10000 can be found in Cincin-
natl. There are more than 10000 chill
dren, then, in that great city to-day who
are growing up in ignorance as dense as
that of the iungles of Africa, while they
were subjected to the influences of the
sharpened culture of civilized vice. Yet
Cincinnati is one of the best of our great
cities, and Ohio is model state.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-12
A Grain of Consolation.

Washington Post Dem.).
Most persons will agree with ex-Con-
gresham Dezendorf that had Hancock
been successful Malone would have been
an enthusiastic Democrat. 1t is an i'll
wind that blows nobody good, and SO
long as Hancock was not elected there is
some satisfaction in the reflection that his
defeat relieved the Democratic party
from Malone by inducing him to seek
more congenial companionship than hon
est Democratic society afforded.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-12
At Least One Boat Needed.

Montgomery Advertiser (Dem.).
Our dlgnified Congress-or at least a
portion of it-seems still impressed with
the idea that we are in need of a navy,
though there is quite diversity of opin-
ion as to the manner in which it is to be
obtained, or what use it is to be put to.
There ought to be at least one good YES
sci to transport certain officials about at
public expense.