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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-25

The Chicago Tribune draws from
Jay Gould's retirement from the di-
r, etory of the Rock Island and Mer-
camille Trust company, the Inference
that his game Is up. The Tribune says:
For three years nothing his hand has
touched has proapered. Sage has gone,
body. money and mind. Dillon has
gone. Their captain is going. lie is
on his retreat from Moscow. The fl
nanciai Napoleon, like his prototype
ia war, did not know when to stop.
lie began one campaign to many"
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-25

COUNTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEET.
ING.
There will be meeting of the Republi.
can county central committee Of Sedgwick
eounty held in the court house in the City
Of Wichita, on Saturday. August ., 1884, a,
O'Clock p. IN. for the purpose Of consider.
ing the time and place Of holding The ooun.
~ convention. and other important bust.
ness All members of said committee are
expected 10 be present. and all friends are
invited. JNo. KELLY,
A. u. WRIGHT, Chairman.
Secretary
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-25

The DcmOcratlc organs are MAKING
desperate effort 10 keep the record
of their party out OF the canvass. One
organ wants the campaign to turn on
what the parties are doing now and
not on what they did in the past,
while another Gals Cleveland "con-
tempOrancOus statesman" and says
that he does not live in the past, but
in the present.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-25
Notice of Final Settlement.

s sxa1iE, OF lsaASsg Is.
In the probate court in and for said comfy
In the matterof the sstass OF William nendsp
hall, deceased n -
Creditors and an other pers5ds interested In
the aforesaid estate, are hereby notified that at
the next regular term of the probate court In
and for said county. 10 be begun and held at the
court room in the city of Wichita, county u
sedgwiek. state aforesaid, on the first Monday
in the month OF October, a. D., lssi, 1 shall
apply to said court for full and final settlement
of said estate and for fees for my services.
la JOHN MKNDESuALL,
Admins tratOr
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-25
A. ,he Fif,b Avenue hotel in

At the Fifth Avenue hotel in New
York, the other evening bet was
made on the politics of all persons en-
tering the house at stated time.
Each was asked 10 vote for Cleveland
or Blaine Ms he chose. There were a
lO6 voters: Of these 80 were for
Blaine.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-25
DR.. Frazicr's Magic Ointment.

A sure cure for little grubs in the skin,
rough skin. etc. 1t will remove that rough
ness from the hands and face aud make YOU
beautiful. Price SOC. Frazier Medicine Co.,
props, Cleveland, o. Sold by Aldrich Il
Brown. 1872
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-25
STATE TICKET.

SiAlE li(kET.
For Chief Justice,
A. II. HORTON, OF Atchison.
For Associate Justice,
W. A. JOHNSTON, OF Ottawa.
For Governor,
JOHN A. MARTIN. OF Atchison.
for Lieutenant Governor,
4. q. RIDDLE. OF Crawford.
for Secretary OF State
+. d. ALLEN, Of sedgwick.
For Auditor,
D.. p McCaBE, Of Graham.
For Treasurer,
:. T. HOWE, OF Marion.
For Attorney General.
s.B. BRADFORD. of Usage.
for Superintendent Public Instruction
J. IL. LAwHEAD, Of Bourbon.
For State senator, 33rd District,
JOHN KELLY, Of sedgwick.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-25

Don't babbIe any more about Ste
phens honesty, but just tell us mhrn,
where, and how much it was tested.
and how he came out, and who k,ows
il -cblcavo Iuter-Oceau.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-25
]. B. HaGIN.
COME IN AND SEE. us,

Having purchased goods Rhodes
Douglas Market request
call in and make acquaintance and promise
best Efforts make mutual benefit become acquainted
We but hope by always keeping nice
clean fresh stock of Staple and Fancy
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-01-03
Open Windows.

A very large quantity of fresh air is
spoiled and rendered foul by the act of
breathing. A man spoils not less than
a gallon every minute. In eight hours
breathing, a full-grown man spoils as
much fresh air as seventeen three bush
ell sacks could hold! If he were shut
up iu room seven feet broad, seven
feet long, and seven feet high, the door
and windows fitting So tightly that no
air could pass Though, he would die,
poisoned by his own breath, in very
few hours; in twenty-fOur hours he
would have spoiled all the air contained
in the room and have converted 1t into
poisonl Reader, when you rise to NOR
row morning, just go out of doors for
five minutes, and observe carefully tho
freshness Of the air. Than air is in
that state in which God keeps 1t for
breathing. Then come back suddenly
into your close room, and your senses
will tell you how far the air in your
room is from wholesome condition.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-01-03
About Women.

Woman is the Masterpiece. - Congu-
ciuS.
He that takes a wife take care. -
Herder.
Woman is the crown of creation. -
Franklin.
Women teach us repose, ciyility and
dignity. VOltaire.
All that l am my mother made me-
John Quincy Adams.
No man Can either live piously or
die righteous with out having a wife
Richter.
The sweetest thing in this life is the
unclouded welcome of a wife.-N. z .
Wills.
All the reasonings of man are not
worth one sentiment of women.-T Vol
taire.
Women are new race, recreated
since the world received Christianity.
-Beecher.
But one thing on earth is better than
the wife, that is the mother. Leopold
Ichger.
Woman is born for love, and it is
impossible to turn her from it.-Mur
garet Fuller OSSolt.
Woman is the Sunday of man not
his Iepose only, bnt his joy, and the
salt of his life. -Mcbelet.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-01-03
The Miseries Of A Mean Man.

Sometimes | wonder what a man
thinks about when he goes to bed, !,
when he turns out the light and lies
down, when the darkness closes in
about him and he Is alone, and COM
PEELED to be honest with himself. And
not a bright thought, not generous
impulse, not manly act, not word of
blessing, not grateful look, comes to
bless him again. Not penny dropped
into the outstretched palm of poverty,
nor the palm of loving word dropped
into an aching heart; no sunbeam of
encouragement cast upon struggling
life; the strong arm Of fellowship reach
ed out to help some fallen man to his
feet-when none of these things come
to him rs the God bless you Of the de-
parted dny, how he must hate himself
How he must try TO roll away from
himself and sleep on the other side of
the bed. When the only victory, he can
think of is some mean victory in
which he has wronged a neighbor, No
wonder he always sneers when he tries
to smile. How fair and pule and good
all the rest OF the world must look to
him, and how cheerless and dusty and
drearY must his own path appear.
Why, even one lone, insulated act of
meanness is enough to scatter cracker
crumbs in the bed of the average ordi-
nary man, and what must be the feel
ings of a man whose whole life is given
up to mean acts? When their is SO
much suffering and heartache and mis-
cry in the world, anyhow why should
you add one pound Of wikedness or..sad-
ness to the general burden? Don't be
mean, my boy. Suffer injustice
thousand times rather than comm it it
once.-BWdette.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-01-03
How a Union Soldier Made a
Fiddle.

1t was mt the "Brandy Station >" Vir-
ginia in the winter Of 1S63-Gi, says
the Westf,ld (Mass.) Times, that Geo.
NJ. Colt, Company G, Second Yer
mont Volunteers, proposed to make the
cheer-giving instrument and with a
hatchet, jack knife, file, and piece of
junk bottle rs his only tool, he cut
II piece of maple from stump that
grew on the bank Of the Rappahannock
River, set to work. The back and the
sides OF the fiddle are of one piece--a
regular dugom. The top is Of hemlock
taken from box which brought some
Goodies from their frlendsin in VdrmOult.
The bow Is of maple. The keys were
made from the horns o'H some Confede-
rat cattle that fell into our hands and
were devoured by our carniverous SOL
diery so that the poor brutes cOntribut-
ed to our mental as well rs physical
welfare. The hairs were pulled from
the tail of the COlOnel's horse, who
was fond of music and never raised a
foot in resistance. 1t is said he even
signitied his witness to furnish enough
of his hoofs for glue, but that WAS
found elsewhere, and the instrument
was completed, and in the hands of a
modern Pdqdnini who rose for the oc-
casion, gave forth its soul-stirring
strains, 1t conjured up stag dances
serenaded headquarters, and was ad-
mired and cherished by the officers and
meE of the Green Mountain BoyS.
The rest must be left to imagination,
as far as its army record is concerned.
Suffice it is to say it was honoTably
discharged, and has been the hero of
several occasions since the war, receiv-
ing the first premium at the Vermont
State Fair. Rude as is its origin, its
tone is remarkably sweet and especially
in the rendering of Old John BrOWn
and other airs that were offsprings of
the war, which seem to revive in the
memory of the exciting scenes of its
early existance. It's maker and owner
still lives, though he received wounds
after the production OF his instrument
that have nearly disabled him for ac-
tive duty.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-01-03
A Boys Battle for Life.

While Captain Johnson, Of Clinch
county, Georgia, was helping party OF
TWENTY-FIVE or thirty men haul for
trout in mill pond the Other day, his
little son, Joseph, had most thrilling
experience. Master Joseph carried a
bag, or corn sack, in which TO deposit
the fish when caught. When loaded
with as many as he could carry, he took
them out and made deposit and re-
turned for more. Ia making one of
these trips while wading through WA
ter about three feet deep some distance
from the fishermen, a monster alliga.
tor, said to be Of unusual Siza rose sud
denly right at the boy and seized him
by the thigh A desperate struggle en-
sued the boy battled for his life and
the alligator for lis prey. 1t so hap
pened that the bag, which hung by the
boys side, was caught in the alllgator's
mouth with the thigh, and it proved
a sort Of lessoning greatly the
incisions made by The brute's teeth,
and thus, perhaps, preventing a shock
to his nervous system which might
have made him succumb without the
struggle which saved him his life. BY
an effort-one of those surerhuman eff
forts which come TO men when only
facing death-the boy tore his bleeding
flesh from the alligator's jaws. The
monster grimly held to the sack a mo-
ment with the delusion, perhaps, that
he still had his prey, affording The boy
an opportunity to escape.
He had hardly extricated himself
from the jaws of death before the fish
ermen, alarmed by the struggle, were
a! hand, and another battle ensued.
Thirty men, armed with gigs, poles,
pocket knives, aud such other instru-
mentS o. war as were near at hand /,
charged upon the monster. Being in
three feet of water, the gator had con-
siderable advantage, but those men had
their bI, cd up and were not to be out
done. They poled, aud panched, and
harpooned him until the brute was al
most outdone, when one of the party
made bold to seize him by the tail.
This was signal for general assault.
In less time than it would take to tell
it u number of the more daring had
him by the tail and legs. There were
too many of them fur the gator to
slap around with his Stall, peculiar
mode of gator warfare, and he had to
give up the fight. A harpoon was
plunged into his mouth and then it
was safe to approach him with
pocket knives. Soon his head was sew
cred from his body, and the victorious
party marched out of the pond with
the monsters head on a pole,
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-01-03
It Will Come Back to You.

You have father ? You haYe a
mother +? You love them. But once
in a while you grow impatient, and the
weakness of your nature crops out it
wreaks itself on innocent father and
mother, perhaps, and they suffer the
punishment of word called up by au-
others annoyance. The hard word is
spoken. 1t may be regretted, forgiven
and forgot, but it can never be recalled.
Father and mother will sigh and for
give, but
Some day 1T will come back to you.
Yesterday, maybe, little one ran
up to you Smilingly, and with the inno-
cent, heaven-born confidence of child
hood, clapping its little hands, that
would not harm fly, in your face.
The childish action delighted its au-
thor, but it annoyed you. You were
busy and reproved the little one. Two
pearly tears stood in her great blue
eyes, her lips faltered, and she turned
away from you. The era of childhood,
with its happy neetIng hours, will erase
the unkind word, but
Some day it will come back to you.
A beggar stands at your door. The
rain is dashing in torrents through the
black atmosphere Of the night, and the
sharp vivid lightings only intensity by
their violent contrast the awfulness of
the darkness. The b"ggar's plea for
shelter is puDcluated by the blast that
nowls forth it's anger, and you turn
your brother off.
This will come back to you some
day.
If you are impatient, testy, ,ill-humor-
ed, spiteful, malicious, cowardly and
mean, your whole life will be a con-
stant reckoning with evil actions whose
enormity is only equalled by the i'll
creased wckedness of the future. A
bad heart is boomerang of passions,
whose evil consequences always fall on
the head Of their luckless author. On
the other. hand, all good deeds work in
a similar way with the rules that gov
ern promises and seclusions, causes and
effects if either good or bad, the re-
suits will be in conformity with the
nature of the deed. Your bad deeds
and good deeds are juries that sit upon
the destiny of your life and decide the
verdict of happiness or despair.
Some day they will come back to
you.- Exchange.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-01-03

WHOOPING CoUGH.-Dr. Garth, of
Vienna, proposes singular treatment
for this distressing ailmeut, which will
doubtless receive careful consideration
from the medical profession. He states
that 10y placing twenty drops of the oil
of turpentine on handkerchief, hold
ing it before the face, and taking about
forty deep inspirations, to be repeated
thrice daily, marked relief, succeeded
in cases of laryngeal catarrh by speedy
cure, is the result. Being called in to
attend an infant of fifteen months in
the convulsive stage, he instructed the
child's mother to hold II cloth moisten-
ed as already described, before it when
awake, and to drop the oil upon its pill
low when it slept. In this instance the
remedy in its effect was most beneficial
The frequency and severity Of the at
tacks sensibly decreased i'll the course
of twenty-four hours, and by proper
support by the help of stimulants, im-
provement was rapid.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-01-03
An Episode Of the Battle of Gettys.
burg.

Midway between the contending
lines, says the New York Star, was Il
solitary tree that in peaceful times had
given shade TO the harvest hands at
their incoming. Early in the morning
some Confederate sharp shooters had
crawled oat to this tree, and were able
to reckon their game at every shot. So
destructive, in fact, did their fire be-
come, that the widest imprecations
were shouted at them by the Federals,
and threats were made that if taken
they would get no quarter. All at
once there came lull in the ing from
that part of the line. a Confederate
was seen to rise up from the base of
the tree and to advance toward the
Federals with his hand raised. Shots
were fired at him, but there was Curl
ositY at his approach, and the word
was, ''Wait till we see what he wants
To do" Some thought he had q mind
to desert, and. encouraged him with
shouts of Come over, Johnny we
won't fire." But if the Confederate
spoke, what l.e SAID could not be heard
IN the din of the cannonading and mus
etry. Forward still he came, and all
eyes were strained to see what ii could
be that he meant to do. 1t might be
merely n trick to deceive. Suddenly
the Confederate dropped upon the
grass. The next instant thrill of en-
thusiasm passed through the Federals,
murmurs of admiration were heard,
and then a chENr as hearty as if given
in a charge, burst forth from their
threats and the cheer repeated, in
creasing in volume, proved that unsel-
fish actions are possible, and that there
are noble hearts to appreciate and re-
spond.
The Confederate sharpshooter, who
had been doing his best to destroy his
antagonist, had observed in front of
him a wounded Federal, lying helpless
ly on the ground between the two lines,
and begging in his agonizing thirst for
a drink aud, ,at the almost certain risk
os losing his own life, be had gone for
ward to give comfort to the distressed
enemy. This it was that caused the
Federal cheer, and for few minutes
stopped the work of death in that
neighborhood. When the sharpshoot-
er had performed his act of mercy he
hastened back to the tree and with
the warning cry, "Down, Yanks, we're
going TO fire ~ the little, unpremeeita-
ted truce was ended and was soon for
gotten in the grand event that followed
almost Immediately after.
The next day-the Fourth Of July
aheap of Confederates was found un-
der that tree. Whether the heroo of the
day before was one Of the CHASTITY dead,
will probably never be known.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-01-03

A man with silver-plated, double
back-action coinholder, says the EcanS-
citte Argus, came into the sanctum,
the other day, and commenced explain
ing the beauties Of the article for hold
ing silver halves, etc, and he had
gotten half through before he
found he was in a printing office.
When he saw his mistake he went to
the door, sadly opened it, and kicked
himself clear down stairs.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-01-03
THY WILL BE DONE.

Our troubles iade. but leave their trace;
And years of toll and care,
With lines of sorrow mar the face,
That once was fair,
OIL lweuld that we could feel and know
That grief is sent in Love,
To wean our hearts from earth below,
To God above.
Oh! would that we could understand, -.
Then calm would follow strife.
Oh! would our eyes could see the Hand,
That guides our life,
For then our feet would chose the way,
That now we strive to Shun;
And full OF praise, our hearts would pray,
"Thy VIII be DONE"
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-01-03

Patrick saw bull paving in a field,
and thought what fun it would be to
catch him by the horns and rub his
nose in the dirt. The idea was so
funny that he laid down and laughed
to think of it. The more he thought
of it, the fumnier it seemed, and he
determined to do it. Taurus quickly
tossed him over the fence. Pat leis-
urely picked himself up, with the con-
solatory remark: "Will, it's mighty
foin thing | had my laugh foorst."
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-01-03
e WINTER.

The SUI In dreary Splendor,
Is lingering In the West;
A gloomy weight of ice and snow
Is on the waters breast.
The daisies and the butter cups
Are I'm their frozen bed,
All cheerleSS in the meadow,
With sheets of white o'erSpread.
Long lines OF loaf-like snow-bankS,
Long lines of leafleSS trees
Stretch out along the roadside,
Where all things seem 10 freeze.
The woodman's axe clear ringing;
The cracking OF the frost;
The cold air keenFS singing;
The leaves With pearls Embossed,
Remind US that tyrant
Has gained regal throne;
HIS touch, like death, is chilling;
His heart is like q stone.
Yet round the fireside gathered,
Our homelike joys complete;
We heed not wintry hours,
Or count them all too fleet.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-01-03
a Generation Of Vipers.

The other day, while the Rev. Mr..
Mulkittlc was travelling on railroad
just completed through hitherto sun
opened-to-the-world" section of Arkan-
sas, a man wearing high top boots and
long "yallern jeans coat, sat down by
him and attempted to engage the good
man in conversation. There is great
deal of the EEglishman in Mr.. Null
kittle's character. He would travel all
day and never throw off the cloak of
severe reserve if allowed to do SO, and
when the roughly dressed man sat
down by him he moved uneasily in his
seat, The man noted this sign with
something of encouragement, and
when he smiled the curved lines on his
cheeks made his mouth look as though
it were set in parenthesis.
"How far are you goin'9' 9'asked the
man.
Again Mr.. Mulkittle moved uneasi-
ly and pretended to devote himself to
newspaper.
81 ask, cap'n, howfur air you goin'?"
II know what you ask, sir. am
not feeling very well to-day, and with
your kind permission l prefer to
be left alone"
81 reckin so. Whar did you git on?"
"None of your business"
spears to me like..it is my business )"
and placed rude hand on Mr.. Mul-
kittle's shoulder, he said, "You air my
prisoner"
Don't cut no scallops with me, ,cap'n.
You think don't Know you, but you
air mistaken. I've been layin' for you
for some time"
"What have done?" demanded Mr..
Mulkittle, attempting to rise. Il.
"Set down sir. You know what
you've done. If'you'ye forgot, why
the folks at Hickory Flat will remind
you"
ST was never in Hickory Flat in my
life, SIR"
81 expected you to kick, cap'n. You
didn't come thar last month an beat
Col. Mainly outen a watch eh?"
"Never saw Col. Mainly in my life.
Make these people sit down. I don't
want crowd around me-" -
didn't beat old man 'Lias Gregg
outen two weeks board, oh no. Oh, /
know you, Nick Payton. Here's a
man who lives in the Flat. Here, Mr..
Morgan, who is this teller?"
Mr.. Morgan, after a.inoment's scrut-
my, replied; That's him." and after
rubbing his spectacles, added: II swar
ter it. He wanted ter git board at my
house, bnt / turned him away, 'cause
why? His clothes were too sleek. l
like a straight-for ard man, but when a
feller comes aroun' with 'spicious eye
and sleek duds I let him slide.'
''Gentlemen," said Mr.. Mulkittle,
becoming aroused to true sense of his
unenviable position, II am sorry that
you so misjudge me. have no doubt
but that some rascal has imposed upon
you, and I assure you that no one soon
er than | would assist you in brin ging
him to justice, but am innocent. |
am minister Of the gospel, and live in
Little Rock. If you will stop at the
station and let me send telegram tc
the Governor of the State, he will i
IDENTIFY me as the Rev. Mulkittle, pas
tor of st. Simon church."
1.-THE next station is Hickory Flat, u
replied the officer, IAN we will tillygrai
from thar. Ef your name is what Yol
say it is, you may CO."
The train soon reached the station
and the minister, followed by crowd
sought the telegraph Office.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-01-03

In all ages there are some great
truths abroad in the air they cOnsti-
tute the intellectual atmosphere of the
century.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-01-03

The difference between a besotted
man and pig is a slight one at best.
One is hunting grog and the other a
grunting hog.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-01-03
BE KIND.

AS stars upon the tranquil sea
In mimic glory shine,
So words ofkindnesS in the heart
Reflect the source divine;
Oh then be kind, whe'er thon art,
That breatheSt mortal breath,
And it shall brighten all thy life,
And Sweeten even death.