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Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-08-21

NOR SALE-No. 1919. 800 acres, all bot. m
+ land, miles northwest OF wi-hits the
Arkansas rive house rooms crib SHE'D snd
granar,, 5 acre bearing orc ard; clio. 500. n.
2 Ni.derlander.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-25
Tinkering the English Language.

Some grammatical crank recently
succeeded in getting up quite little
boom over a proposed new prOnOun,
"Thon," Gmpersonal, singular num-
ber,) and it is stated that some of the
teachers in the public schools at Lewis
town, Maine, have commenced teach
ing it.
The San. while always glad and will
ing to lend a helping hand to any edu-
cational enterprise that seems to be
needed, desires to enter a vigorous pro-
test against this on general principles,
and especially:
l. 1t is not needed. There is noevi-
dence that English-speaking people are
suffering, or have ever suffered, from
the lack of pronouns. Any person of
fair, common-school education can gen.
orally lay his or her (here is where
''thon" would come in) tongue on a
pronoun that fits well enough when re-
quired. Ifthe inventor of ''thon," wants
to place a pronoun where it will do the
most good, let him introduce it in
France, where they have no neuter gen.
der, everything being either 'he" or
'.she."
2. 1t is as much as the average citi-
zen can stand now to procure the school
books deemed necessary by teachers
and schOol-book manufacturers, the
changes being so frequent, and the
adoption of ''thon' would cause an en-
tire revolution and enough profanity on
the part of parents (male understood,)
to seriously cripple their chances of
happiness hereafter. A case in point:
A family moved to Milwaukee last Sep
tember from Chicago. There were two
school-children, one advanced enough
for the high school. Up to date their
books have cost about fifteen dollars,
and new calls every few weeks, while
the ones they used in Chicago are USE
less here.
The superficial observer may think
that the adoption of such little word
as ''thon'' would affect only the gram
mars; but let not thon ..lay that flatter-
ing JUNCTION to thon's soul" The school
book tiend would not let up after once
having achieved the grammar. A re-
vised spelling book would follow, then
a geography, and so on, until the entire
list was filled. even to copy-books and
blank books for exercises. Fancy an
example in arithmetic: If a person
buys string of bananas at the rate of
six for a quarter, and finds half of them
worthless, and sells half of the sound
ones at an advance of fifty per cent,
how long will it take thon to realize a
fair profit on thon's investment"
8. Once let ..thon" get the upper
hand, and it would not be long before
''thee," ''thon' and .'thine" would be
mixed in, and America would become a
nation Of Quakers as to speech, with
out their many virtues.
Il love, you love, he loves, they love,
thon lowest" etc. Shoot the thon!
Hey diddle diddle my son John"
j, he, she, they, and likewise ''thon."
-Peck's Sun.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-25
A Vigil.


walk the lanes dim hollow
Past is the twilight hour.
But steaithy shadows follow
And Night withhods her power,
FIR somewhere in the eastern sky
The shrouded moon is high.
Dews from the wild rose drip unheard H.
Their unforgotten scent
win that of woods and grasses blent;
No mufficd flight of bird.
NO Whispering voice, my football stops;
No breeze amid the poplar-tops
The smallest leaf has stirred,
Yet round me- here and there,
little tiuttering wind
rays now,-thcse senses have OWNED
"A breath across my hair
Atouch,-that on nv forehead lies,
And presses long
These lips SO mute of song,
And now, with kisses cool, my half-shut eyes.
This night? what is here!
What yiewless aura clngs
So fitfully, SO near.
On this returning even-tide
When Memory will not he denied
Unfettered wings!
Ny arms reach out,-in vain,-
They fold the air;
And yet-that wandering breath again!
Too vague to make her phantom plain,
Too tender for despair
Edmund Clarence Stedman in March Cen
tury.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-25

In public address Miss Frances E.
Willard said, recently: "In the light of ten
years work as teacher of total abstinence
from alcoholic poison solemnlv aver that
had l the power, our system of education
should be SO changed that the course of
study of every pupil, from the kindergar-
ten toddler to the high school graduate
should be grounded where God grounds
our very being-on natural law. They
should know the laws of health first of all,
since their physical being is the firm base
Of the whole pyramid of character The
blessed word health once literally meant
holiness, and that means simple whole
ness The alcohol and nicotine poisons,
lesgued with bad food, unnatural dress,
bad ventilation and ill-proportioned exer-
else, are the demons that hold the sacred
citadel This Is true. Physiology and
chemistry, as relating to foods, the struc-
ture of the system, what and how to eat,
and what to avoid, should be early taught
in public schools.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-25
'otesr Drug q Chemical Co.. Bost IN.

After the first day of July next the rate
of postage on all letters and all frst-class
mail matter (that is all mail matter sent
under seal Of containing writing) will be
two cents for each ounce or fraction there
of TO any point within the limits OF the
United States or the British possession to
the north of US. This section reduces the
rate on all letters more than one-half ounce
in weight just so per cent. Drop letters, in
cities where the free delivery service is in
operation, are charged at the same rate.
Letters mailed in country offices, where
there is no free-delivery service, and
which are simply to be placed in boxes,
may be sent for one cent for each ounce.
After July first postmasters Of the third
class-that is, those whose salaries are less
than $4,000 and more than $1,000
per annum-will be allowed certain
sum with which to pay rent for their
offices-the amount to be fixed by the
postmaster general. Newspapers mailed
from the office of publication to actual
subscribers will be sent for one cent per
pound, instead of two cents, as at present
The same applies to newspapers sent out
by newsdealers. 1t is also provided that
marked copies may be sent out at the
same rate. One of the most important
provisions of the bill is that which author
izes the postmaster general to prepare
special stamp of the value of 10 cents,
which, when attached to letter, in addi-
ton to the regular postage, shall insure
delivery Of the letter, if addressed to any
town or village containing over 1000
population. Immediately upon its arrival,
1t any time between p. m. and midnight,
he pay of the special messengers en-
oloyed in the delivery of these letters to be
paid from the amounts received from the
'ale Of the special stamps.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-25
1t Depends,

"Who owns this store, anyhow?" he
asked of St. Louis clothier, with
whom he had had dispute about q
coat.
''Vhell, l vhas the owner to-day"
'.And who will be tomorrow"
''Vhell. dot depends. You see, when
peesness vhas depressed seels oudt to
any White. If peesness vhas good she
sells back to me. und if times vhas So
so my brudder Moses steps in for a few
days"
We'll, you'd better burn the burned
thing up"
''Softly, my trent softly. Dat was
der peesness of my brudder Abraham
when he holds a 5000 mortgage on
$500 worth of stock
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-25
Table Napkins.

The law of the napkin is but vaguely
understood. One of our esteemed met
ropOlitan contemporaries informs an
eager inquirer that it is bad form to fold
the napkin after dinner-that the proper
thing is to throw it with negligent dis
regard on the table beside the plate, as
to fold it would be reflection on the
host and imply a familiarity that would
not benefit an invited guest. But the
thoughtful reader will agree with us
that this studied disorder is likely to be
a good deal more trying to fastidious
hostess than an unstudied replacing of
the napkin in good order beside the
visitors plate. The proper thing is to
fold the fabric with transformations care,
and lay it on the left of the plate, far
from the liquids, liqueurs and coffee,
and thus testify to the hostess that her
care in preparing the table has been ap-
preciated. The napkin has played fam
GUS parts in the fortunes of men and
women. 1t was one of the points ad-
mired in Marie Stewart that, thanks to
her exquisite breeding in the court of
Marie de Medici, her table was more
imposing than the full court of her great
rival and eXecutioner, Elizabeth. At
the table of the latter the rudest forms
were maintained, the dishes were served
on the table, and the great Queen helped
herself to the platter without fork or
spoon, a page standing behind her with
a silver ever to bathe her fingers when
the flesh had been torn from the roasts.
At the court of the Empire. Eugene
was excessively fastidious. The use of
q napkin and the manner of eating an
egg made or ruined the career of a
guest. The great critic, Sainte-Beuve.
was dIsgraced and left off the visiting
list, because at breakfast with the
Emperor and Empress at the Tuilleries
he carelessly opened his napkin and
spread it over his two knees, and cut his
egg in two in the middle. The court
etiquette prescribed that the half-fOlded
napkin should lie on the left knee, to be
used in the least obtrusive manner in
touching the lip, and the egg was to be
merely broken on the larger end with
the edge of the spoon and drained with
its tip. The truth is luxury and in
vention push table appliances so far
that few can be expected to know the
particular convention that may be con-
sidered good form in any diversified So
ciety. The way for young fellow to
do is to keep his eyes open-which, un-
less he is in love, he can do-and note
what others do.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-25
net, prooding, nome-Ioying nature OF

quiet, prooding. home-ioving nature OF
woman.
Among these country homes find
old Lighthouses that have walls and CELL
ing decorated with paper; not handsome
wallpaper, but old newspapers, those
that contain pictures being most desir-
able. This is an Improvement upon the
bare bark and the rough boards, and IS
due to the housewife. Rags are treas
ured up and rag carpets are made that
are sometimes seen to be quite pretty,
and always strong and durable. There
are cheap pictures along the walls, with
indications here and there OF fancy
work" The artistic sense of the house,
keeper shows itself also in the prepara-
ton of delicacies for the winters table.
Peaches, berries, grapes, tomatoes, etc, =,
these are all plenty IN season, and they
are canned for winter, and the work Is
well done, too.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-25
In the Pineries.
In one of his readable articles in the
y.

In one of his readable articles in the
Current Charles Ellis says:
1t is curious to see how the life of the
world, 1.-THE spirit of the age" as the
Sellers family call it, presses in upon
remote places and corners that seldom
see anything of the world. Habit, GUS
tom and fashion are contagious. You
cannot hide away from them anv more
than you can hide children away from
whooping-cough and measles. They
seem to be in the air and to travel on
the wind. The love of novelty, and the
vanity of the human animal that in
cites it to have a tritie more than its
neighbor. are sort of scarlet rash of
the social world that one finds even in
the woods. But woman's nature asserts
its creative and hopeful influence even
through the often worthless and mis-
leading frivolities of custom and fashion.
In primitive times. when woman had
no home but the forest and the jungle,
and no rights at all; when she was
looked upon as game" to be captured,
dead or alive, but mostly half-and-half,
there. was even then in her an element
of character that was slowly becoming
powerful to influence the whole life of
the world. She was submissive, pa
tient. enduring. She learned to be still
and yet be content. Man is restless
prowler. woman patient waiter.
Waiting for ages in bondage, woman
has learned to find peace. contentment,
pleasure and Indictment to artistic
growth in making her home, whether
wigwam or cave, log-house, shanty or
better, more and more attractive from
time to time. Man. alone, or human
race that should have in both sexes the
restless, aggressive, marauding, grasp
ing, greedy spirit that seems to actuate
the majority of the men of our own
race, would never rise above the plane
of the freebooter. The finer elements
of race evolution are due largely to the
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-25

The Rev. Dr. John Dewitt, of the The
illogical Seminary at Brunswick, N. j.,
has prepared a translation of the Psalms,
which is the happy result of accurate
scholarship and aesthetic taste. The sig
MITIGATION and poetry are both preserved.
His treatment of the Hebrew lenses las
they are called relieves the text from
much obscurity, and his rythmical En-
glish is in full accord with the poetry Of
the Psalmist. 1t is not too much to say
that this is the best translation of the
Psalms in the English language. These
are the points Dr. Howard Crosby makes
on the book 1t has been brought out
very handsomely by Messrs. Funk &
Wagnalls, 10 and II Dey street, New
York.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-25

Miss Cleveland was asked by the tenn
perance people to use her influence with
her brother, the President, to prevent the
use of wine at the White House dinners.
She replied: my brother and l are two,
and, while | have my convictions on the
subject OF wine drinking, 1 shall not in
terfere with him" That is to say, Miss
Cleveland is a teetotaller as well as Re
publican, but Grover, alas, is President,
and Miss Cleveland is only his sister.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-25
MEDICAL.
MEDICAL,
DlSFlCURINC
HUMORS
HUM MIlIATlNC
ERUPTloNS
itching and Burning!
TORTURES

I have tried for eleven years TO have my wife
cured of a terrible skin disease. The CUTICURA
REMEDIES (CUT,CURA RE SOLVENT, the new blood
Purifier, internally, and 'uTIcURA, the great Skin
ti6er, externallyD have done in six weeks what
have tried for eleven years to have done. You
shall have the particulars as soon as can give
them to you. and as We are so well know in this
part OF the country, ii will benefit you, and the
remedies will cure all who use them.
MAYsyILLE KY CHAS. Ii. WHITE.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-25

We have before us the third annual re-.
port of the Cleveland Protestant Orphan
Asylum, Of which institution Mr.. A. Il,
Skunk is president and Mrs. Skunk ma
tron. 1t is a very excellent institution,
with a splendid building, on St. Clair
street, well equipped and furnished. Mr..
Skunk sends out the following:
The Cleveland Protestant Orphan Asylum
have forty bright. healthy, attractive boys,
from two months to eleven years OF age, for
whom homes are desired. Can you not point
US to some good home for one of them. Ad-
dress, A. H. SKUNK, Sup't,
$40 St. Clair St. Cleveland. O.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-25
Our distinguished mayor is being quite

Our distinguished mayor is being quite
extensively noticed in the newspapers.
The Bellefontaine Republican says Of him:
The Emperor Constantine, of Springfield,
one of the most INSCRIPTIONS and ambitious
pollywog politicians in the State, who has
been Johnny McLean's man Friday, has been
on to Washington after the position OF first
assistant postmaster general, and has come
back without The Office, and sneering al civil
service reform. But he advises the "kids" to
De more guarded in speaking of the Admins
trariou, for he says hat Cleveland cannot be
driven
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-25
RLOTCHES CURED.

used your CuTIcURA REMEDIIs for Blotches,
and am completely cured, to my inexpressible jov.
CUTIcuRA SOAP Is the best have ever used, and to
the profession 1t is invaluable for cleansing the
skin, thereby removing all cork" grease. paint,
and all the stuff used by them, leaving the skin
pure and white and soft. My greatest pleasure is
In recommending such an article. II. MACK,
champion Comique Roller Skater.
YOUyGsTOwy Ono.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-25

Ohio is an orphan--Dayton Journal.
Therefore it should be taken good care
of--Cleyeland Plain Dealer
1t will not suffer from lack of attention.
The Republicans will nurse it tenderly
and faithfully, night and day, until after
the Fall election.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-25

The whereabouts of Arabi Bey is now set
tied. He is writing original poetry for the
Toledo Commercial Telegram-Ohio State
Journal
Well, what are you going to do about it
You will have to prove that it is poetry be-
fore you can hang HIM.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-25
300 FOR NOTHING.

having paid about $500 to tirst-class doctors to
cure my baby, without success, tried the CUTI-
CuRA REMEDIES, which completely cured after
using three bottles. WM. GORDUN.
81 ARLINGTON AVE, CHARLEsrowN, MASS.
Sold everywhere. Price: CUTIcURA, SOC. SOAR,
25c.; REsoLvENT, 81. POTTER DRUG AND CHEM
ICAL Co., BosToN.
Send for s.How to Cure Skiu Diseases
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-25

The poor little cholera microbes have
had rough time of it. So have the ten
der little bacilli. This is why we did not
grumble about our cold weather in March.
The Weather Clerk knows what he is
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-25

The Postmaster of New York controls
an army of l,730 able-bodied men, sells
postage stamps to the amount Of 81, ,0OO,-
600 annually, and handles 100000
every year. The hungry Democratic
strikers wish 10 get chance to finger
this money
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-25

Every good citizen should put his ballot
where it will do the most good on the day
of the April election.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-25
SALT RHEUM.

Ihave had the Salt Rheum for about three years
and have spent time and money to have 1t cured
without success until tried the CUTICURA REM.
EDiEs, which are doing the work.
G. J. YOUNG.
MARsHriELD, Coos Co., OREGON.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-25

David Davis has, still, one eye on the
Illinois Legislature What if ne should
get up and sit down on it?
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-25

The Washington Evening Critic makes
this fearful and dangerous suggestion:
1t is said that Major Constantine OF Spring
field, Ohio. was John r. McLean's candidate
for the place that Mr.. Malcolm Hay got We
propose that Colonel Wat'erson, Colonel Nor
rison and Colonel Mclean get up an anti
Administration party.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-25
NOTICE TO EASTERN ADVERTISERS.

Mr.. II. C. SNYDER, 2S Park Row, New York, is
the GLoRK-REFuBLIc's special representative, to
whom all Eastern advertising business, must be
referred.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-25

The evening edition of the Cleveland
Plain Dealer is a beauty.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-25

Hope deferred is making the hearts o
the hungry Democrat mighty sick.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-25

The Democratic office-seeker to the
President: at Ia, Brute"
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-25

Nine-tenths of the disasters at sea
occur during the watch of the second
mate.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-25

The steamer City OF Panama is quaratined
of New York with two cases of yellow fever
on board
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-25
township REPUBLICAn TICKET

For Trustees:
Joseph Harrison, VIM. H. Craig, John N. Stewart.
For Justice of the Peace;
William A. Stout.
For Consta bles:
Louis Brown, Thomas J. Jewett
For Clerk:
Isaac Kindle.
For Treasurer:
william S. Wilson.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-25
WEDNESDAY EVENlNG, MARCH 2:
CITY REPUBLICAN TICKET.

For Mayor:
James p. Goodwin.
For City Solicitor:
Augustus n. Summers
For City Marshal:
william ii. Hughes.
For Street Com missioner:
E A. Williams.
For Water Works Trustee:
Edward c. Gwyn.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-25

81 ache all over!" What common ex.
preston; and how much it means to many
poor sufferer! These aches have a
cause, and more frequently than is eener-
ally suspected, the cause is the Liver or
Kidneys. No disease is more painful or
serious than these, and no remedy is so
prompt and effective as
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-25

No remedy has yet been discovered
that is so effective in all KIDNEY AND
LIVER COMPLAINTS. MALARIA, DYSPEP-
STA, ETC.. and yet it is simple and HARM
less. SCIENCE and medical skill have
combined with wonderful success those
herbs which nature has provided for the
cure OF disease. It strengthens and in
vieorates the whole system.
Hon. Thaddeus Stevens. the distinguished Con.
ereesman. once wrote to a fellow member who was
suffering from indigestion and kidney disease:
Try Mishler's Herb Bitters. believe Il will cure
you have used it for both indigestion and affec.
ton OF tie kidneys and it is the most wonderful
combination Of medicinal herbs ever saw"
MIsHLER HERB BITTERs CO.,
525 Commerce St.. Philadelphia.
Parker's Plea as,,t Worm Svrup Havsr Fail,
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-25

r0lT1CURA SOAP for Rough, Chapped
OOuu and Rsddened Skin and Hands.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1885-01-09

One trouble with our business in
terests is aptly set forth in the fol-
lowing extract from labored article
in favor Of the Nicaraguan treaty:
"The Suez canal cost only $roo, ooo,-
900, and is now paying dividends on
$4oo,ooo,ooo, or on four times its
cost" And if by law the Congress
of the United States would provide
that dividends by corporations should
only be paid on the actual cost there
of, and then not in excess of six per
cent per annum, and that the salaries
OF corporation officers should be lin
tied as a maximum to the salary of a
Congressman then corporations would
be popular with the people, and do
much to promote the public interest
then the howl for the people to take
possession of the railroads, telegraph,
and telephones would cease, and gen.
eral prosperity would be the result.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1885-01-09

ona;i ne Iirc sSais at ,ne popular riec-
ton for the choice of any State officer.
A United States Senator-presumab
Orville Ii. Platt--will be elected by the
Legislature January -.
The exhibition of an illustrated po-
licepew' paper in country hotel in
Michig II. ABOUT TWO weeks ago, was
folioNt q lay " marks of : con mercial
tr;.ye.er which caused IA detective in the
party Ia ask some questions In an UNI
obtrus.ye manner. The quel was the
arrest of ID. Il. Edington. recently
elected prosecutin' attorney for Leele-
nav county. NJ chigan, who proved to
be David T.. Swan, the defaulting CASH
Ter OF the Northern Pacific ut ST. Paul.
Ills shortage is SOL ,0C0.