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Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-08-08
Valley Center township (east Of river.
Valley Center township wv g. Of river)

Eagle township. ................. .............
The primaries to elect said delegates will
be held on Thursday, September 2nd, 1886, at
the usual voting places. In the country the
polls will be opened from 9 o'clock to o'clock
p. m, and in the city from 2 o'clock until
$50 p. m. E. Is. JEwETT, Chairman.
M. S. ROCHELLE Secretary
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-08-08

Situated
fine Hill
terms call office
Lots every OF forget
give you fine bargains
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-08-08
BUSINESS = PROPERTY.
RESIDENCE = PROPERTY.

In endless prOfuSiOn every
ACRE O In
prices could
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-16
Alboni Mt AK le Bafns.

Ihave heard the great, the inimitable
cantatrice. The theatre Of the Cercle WAS
filled to overfiowing as the great elphan-
tine woman came slowly down the prin-
cipal entrance She had not been heard
for dozen years. and everyone was on
tip-toe. 1t was a kind of solemnity.
She sent in an apology regretting that
she must sing sitting in q chair. She
weighs 400 pounds and is very lame. / sat
near her in the sale q manger and can
testify to her having an immense appe-
tite Nevertheless she gave up her dinner
for the concert. But the illustrious can
tatrice had but to open her mouth to
cease to be a woman. She became great
church organ. OF course her voice has
lost its freshness, but the style Is incom-
parable. Alas! a sudden breathlessness
overcame her at the end. The enthusiasm
of the public was something wonde rful
"Brava, bravo, bravaI" rang through the
house, flowers bearing her monogram, all
sorts of plaudits followed her. Her ply
sician told me that she cried all night
after this triumph, saying: "ls 1t not TOO
bad that have to give up all these years
of triumphl" 1t is shame that super
abundant despot of adipose has kept such
a wonder from the operatic stage. In
private life Alboni is the wife OF an hum
ble- looking Swiss gentleman who seems
devoted to her. She is not handsome,
having fullmoon face and wears glasses,
pins her napkin under her chin when she
eats one of Nine. Gulbert's very good din
ners, and is very jolly, laughing and talk
ing loud.-Mrs. John Sherwood in Boston
Traveller
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-16
At n Village Hotel.

A Detroit traveller who put in a night
at village hotel in Indiana called the
landlord aside in the morning and said:
"Sir. never slept In such wretched
bed in all my life."
"You didn't, eh9 Yes know it's n poor
bed"
"And supper and broadcast were simply
outrageous. Your cook doesn't know
enough to mash potatoes"
"She doesn't, chr Well she isn't very
bright, and that's a fact"
"The coffee was eXecrable."
"Yes, don't like 1t myself"
"And the tea was simply horrible"
II guess it was, though 1 don't drink
tea"
"On the whole, my FRIEND" continued
the traveller, "you don't know how to run
a tavern"
"I don't, eh? Well, 1 agree with you"
"Then why on earth don't you give it
up"
Il am going to. I've traded the place
for n saw mill, and l go out tomorrow.
Your bill will be s2."-Detroit Free Press.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-16
The Horrors of Art.

In the manufacture of vases and other
earthen ware for ornamental and decora-
tive uses the aim of the artist designers
seems to be to create forms that are fan
tastic and even terrible, either in the col
ored figures or in the shape of the article
itself The fabled dragons, hobgoblins
and sea monsters are reproduced with
startling effect, often with a fierce beauty
that is fascinating But in one OF the
most conspicuous show windows OF the
city is an attempt at this line that, while
attracting many spectators, IS hideous.
1t represents a clean Imbed yellow
hound with a woman's head. 1t is sitting
on its launches with its eyes cast down
at the ground. The waving yellow hair
falls from the side of the head into posi-
tion much like the long ears OF dog,
while there is that in the expression of the
face which suggests the canine face SO
strongly as to make one shudder. 1t is
remarkable specimen of an artists skill.
Spectators who are thrilled with a sort of
horror by looking at it return to look
again and eventually go away speaking In
praise of it in spite of themselves.-New
York Cor. Brooklyn Eagle.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-16
A Queer Set of People.

They are a queer set, these negroes and
"white trash" of the south-a queer set.
Rags for clothes, holes with few pieces
Of leather around the edges for shoes,
some ragged straw or felt dangling over
their eyes for hats-such is their general
appearance. Their shoes deserve more
detailed description-leather, twine, holes,
and toes, are mixed up in such inextrica-
BILE confusion that it is doubtful whether
a daily disentangling takes place How
the shoes stay on the darky, how the
darky stays in the shoes, how he ever
found his way in, once in, how he ever
found his way out, are insoluble prob
lens, which, however, do not bother them
summer or winter. Pete" said a citizen
to a ragged moonshiner from the South
mountains one wintry day, II should think
that big toe of yours would get frost-bit-
ten out on the cold ground this morning.;
don't it trouble your" "Oh," replied Pete,
81 don't pay no 'tention to dat ere toe. y
Cor New York Post.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-16
Fate of the Great Eastern.

After n somewhat checksred career, the
Great Eastern seems at last to have fair
chance of n green and useful old age. Her
debut at Liverpool as a floating temple Of
amusement has proved so successful that
she is to become aperipatetic variety show
under the agis of Capt William Holland,
who will take nautical drama under his
fatherly protection, and, after steering his
ship to victory on the British coasts. will
finally take her to the colonies, where she
will serve to remind our friends from
Great Britain of their 1886 experiences at
South Kensington.-London World.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-16
Wholesale and Retail,

Earthenware,
woodenware,
Stone and TIuware,
Chandeliers.
Lamps and Brackets,
Monitor OIL Stoves,
Fruit Jars and Water Coolers,
Freezers and RefrieeraUOrs.
Show Cases. Cutlery.
Silver Plate, Hotel Goods, and
Gas FiNtuI eS.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-16
A Natural Mistake.

Mr.. B. Ga prominent politician)-Uncle
Rastus, ! want you to come up to my
house and vindicate the kitchen ceiling
Uncle Rastus-W-wha' dat, sah-vindi-
cate de ceilin'?
Mr. B.-No, no, don't mean vindicate.
l mean whitewash the ceiling. New
York Times
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-16
He Could Not Sleep.

When OKelley woke up the other
morning he looked out of the window and
saw that it had rained during the night.
"Shure, an it has rained," said he.
-Yis, didn't ye hear it, 1t rained aw-
fully had,r replied his wife.
Faith, am why didn't We wake me oop?"
interogated O'Kelley. ~Ye know I niver
can slape whin it is rainingr-Detroit
Free Press
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-16
so SLEEP, MY HEART.

How TRANQUILITY the sun goes down
And birds and flowers prepare to rest;
The blossoms close in tender folds,
The birds fly to the bough or nest
So sleep, my heart, in calm content,
From all thy doubtings gladly part;
Tomorrow they may come again,
So sleep thee now, my heart.
Minnie c. Ballard.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-16
Probably Getting Better.

At the springs of Labourbarle:
"How is your bronchitis getting on.a
said one invalid to another
How do know? Haven't asked the
doctor about il this morning. French
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-03

How MANY bugs in house suffice to
make it unfit for human habitation ?"
This was the question which Mr.. JUS
tice Mathew was called on to answer
lately, says the Pail Mall Gazette. 1t
was proved that "the furnished house
in q fashionable West End quarter"
contained several dozen of the brutes:
but this number, the learned Judge de-
cided, was mot enough to GUST the ten
ant, " who accordingly had to pay the
rent. How many, then, are enough to
GUST tenant?" AS matter of fact,
they had teen ample enough to GUST
this particular tenant, who had left the
house at the first attack. But law is
not made for particular cases. Itwould
have been satisfactory, however, if Mr..
Justice Mathew had laid down at what
point o tenant may capitulate to the
enemy without FORGETTING his right to
legal consideration.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-03

In the short period of one week no
less than 952 children died in the cities
of New York and Chicago alone. The
mortality in New Yerk reached 6S3
children under five years, an increase
of al over the preceding week. The
deaths in Chicago numbered 269, of
whom 1919 were less than one year old.
These figures, says contemporary,
should remind parents that they have
reached that season Of the year when
infant mortality is greatest, and that,
for six weeks or two months, the great
est care should be observed in the
treatment Of the young. The lives of
thousands of infants are sacrificed an
nually through ignorance and inatten-
ton. Overlooking is a prolific source
of summer complaints. Even foods
that are wholesome and properly pre-
pared may be given in such quantities
as to cause sickness. When the stom-
ach is gorged, fermentation, instead of
assimilation, is the result; and when
nature rebels against examining, very
slight neglect on the part of parents OF
nurses will be followed by fatal fever
or diarrhea. The use of unripe and
unsound fruits and vegetables is anoth-
er source of danger which cannot be
too carefully guarded against. Tn
ceasing vigilance and the exercise of
good common sense in the treatment of
children are necessary to get them safe
ly through the summer months. They
should be given light and nourishing
diet only, and in sparing quantities.
They should have plenty of fresh air,
and their bodies should be bathed
daily. Strict attention should be paid
to the matter of clothing, SO that colds
may be avoided as result of changes
Of temperature, especially in the even
ing. When alarming symptoms are
developed no time should be lost in
summoning physician. 1t is always
dangerous to trifle with the deadly
cholera infantum.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-03

A REMARKABLE scene was recently
witnessed by the guests who had as
sembled at Cleveland to see the mar
riage Of Henry Fucker to Miss Weiss.
When the rabbi had affixed his sigma
ture to the license, the groom asked to
see it. It was handed to him, when to
the establishment of every one present
he deliberately tore it up, saying that
the ceremony need not go on. The en-
tire party pleaded with him to change
his mind, but he would not listen to
them. Then the relatives of the bride
threatened dire vengeance upon the OBJ
durate groom, but it had no effect.
The police were summoned and asked
to put Fucker under arrest, but they
would not do it without warrant.
Fucker than explained his queer actions
by saying that cousin had admonished
him not to marry Miss Weiss, saying
that if he did he would never speak to
him again. The rabbi easily convinced
fucker of the vapidness Of this excuse,
and after considerable delay the cere-
mony was resumed and finished salts
factor.ly.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-03

KING OTTo of Bavaria resides, or
is kept, rather, in the chateau of Furs-
tenried, about one hours ride from
Munich. The castle is wholly isolated,
and situated in the heart of the forest.
1t was convent in the thirteenth CEN
fury, and was purchased by King
Louis 1. The garden and park are
traversed by grand avenue, shaded
by elms and surrounded by high wall.
The guards and servants are stationed
in little houses. Patrols of honor are
posted at the entrance to the castle
since Otto's elevation to the throne.
The King has lucid moments, and then
he devotes himself mainly to reading
the newspapers. But these moments
are of brief duration. His Majesty
smokes cigarettes necessarily, and often
takes promenade. He sometimes
takes notion to visit the imperial fam
lily of Austria, to which, in his sane
momefss, he appears very devoted. He
spends whole hours in picking straw
berries and making them into little
pyramids in the park. An alienist ply
sician, in black coat and white cravat,
always walks certain distance behind
him, and he is followed in turns by
three gen-darmes.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-03

The Cincinnati Enquirer tells of
two remarkable babies. One is sixteen
months old, Elmer Heeter, of Trenton,
Ohio, who weighs sixty-eight pounds,
measures twenty-eight inches around
the chest, thirty three around the waist,
and twenty inches around the thigh.
The other baby hasn't been named, but
it belongs to Mrs. Steve Boyer, of East
Hill, Ohio, and was born in the middle
of June. It hasn't been measured, but
it weighs nineteen ounces.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-03
HuMoR,

HUMOR,
THE darkest hour ;S vi,
find the matches. - When u
girl at ll.45 p. m. opwi
beautiful spring" Sa'd' el
TIE fact that an eznr...,
wrong doesn't make it tr 3;tblessid
The henpecked HUSBAND
derstand why anybody IDu a1 cam
for home rule. Boston c snou!
Our market reporter ;nfos
there is Q remarkable downs Towns
dency in lampwicks on Su undswaa
A GROCER advertises asoma.,
in coffee" Have taey r rao15a
putting coffee in it?-Teras" ! S!,|
JoBB1Ns says that intestin. ~
going on daily in his garden ns'
prove it by the hen trails :!
Gazette.
A MULE has the full o,1,,
vertebrn in his backbone. NV:
he can't avert a bray in certas
gencies.-Tonkers Gasette 'A''
"THIs butter is pretty o,a
said the boarder. "What ~,
think so?" asked the land,a ,Ias
cause the hairs in it are orau
ton Courier.
If there is anything more do,
than the unloaded gun which
goes off when it is pointed at .,
tits the pleasure boat that can't
It is this kind of boat which n
every time.
AT a negro wedding, when tb.
ter read the words, Glove, ha,|
obey" the groom interrupted n
said: @Read that agin, sab: !
wunce mo-, SOS de lady kin ketcbl
solemnity of de meaning, ri
married befo'."
AN exchange says: "The "a
this paper is the possessor Of J
So are we-several of them, ;l
Their names are on our subs1
book, and they have taken tbsl
for the last three or four yea
have never paid a cent.-El
Bell.
WELL, Jack, were you at tb|
ter last night?" "Nes; and il
splendid play" @Is that SO? !
they had a full house" "Full
Pshaw! I was the only one
Come to think of it, I believe
the audience instead of the houl
was full. "-Neaomon hadepeud|
CENSUS Enumerator-"Wh
business, Mr.. Snaggs?" Sns,|
have no business, SIR" C. FL
you o gentleman of leisure" Sd
mo, sir, l am a friend of the NJ
man." G. Eyes, but whers|
wcrk?" Snaggs- @Work! vi
don't work; I'm a Socialist. q
Union.
THE CITY SPORTSMAN, |
There is surely no accounting why j
who go out hunting do the mo-
grunting and can never hi.
blessed thing;
Yet to hear them do their Dragging ';
count upon their bnyg ng ull the
they catch tagging in the com
shoot it on the wing.
It is only little sparrows that a boz
and arrows could shoot easy
harrows, that the brnggado,ia:
ever hits;
And he thinks he mighty towing
sees some bird that's hoppins
never thinks of popping at thsal
of game unless it sits.
As at night he homewari walked
through farluyard stalketl bid
at something barketh. and he.h
haps he'll strike u little luck;
So down where the cattle grazeth, li.
man creeps and blazeta, aud
feathers raiseth off poor, Id
blind. and tame little duck.
Now the granger heard the shooting
down the hill cahootin. with
to go roofing ut the tender-foc:
passed Oh his farm;
But the sportsman said, appealing,
knew not he was stealing. and VI
kindly feeling he would gladly
farlner for the harm.
Then he give the man a dollar to so
and "holler." took his dog up by
i'll very desultory sort of way;
With his canvas-back a-swinging, he
his road n-singing bout the CANT
was bringing as the product Of
ing for the day.
-NelCln0N TuflpDe1n7p7lf
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-03

In Kentucky town stands a statue
of George Washington, who is repre-
scented holding his hat in his hand. A
pair of woodpeckers discovered the hat
one day and forthwith set about mall.
ing nest in it's crowa
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-03

SPEAKING of great people" says a
Boston Commercial Bulletin writer,
II must not overlook the Genius of
War-that veritable Mars--the Count
Won Moltke, the master of the last
argument as the Prince Won Bismarck
is master of the earlier dialectics of in
ternational controversy. As I was walk
ing one day in Bellevue avenue, saw
standing upon the curbstone thin,
little man, with en- absent look, wear
ing the tall black cap with the black
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-03

THERE is at one of the hotels at Hot
Springs, Ark, an arrangement of
elevator and railroad combined or con-
nected, by which invalids are wheeled
out of their rooms directly to the baths
by steam.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-03
Goddess Cold.

On the Island of Chloe, on the
southwest coast of South America. thew
have 900 cold, rainy days in year,
four-tifths OF the rain being mixed will,
sleet. Yet the natives of that remark
able cline enjoy an equally remarkable
immunity from pulmonary disorders.
Catarrhs are SO nearly unknown that
our current theories on the origin OF
colds" seem in urgent need OF a re.
vision. The latter fact appears to have
been recognized now and then. II shall
not attempt to explain" says Benjamin
Franklin, "why damp clothes occasion
colds rather than wet ones, because ]
doubt the fact. The cause of colds ]
believe, is totally Independent of wet.
ness, and even Of cold. PROT. Osavold
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-03

The amount of emery stone annually
shipped from Smyrna to Great Britain,
the United States, France, Germany,
and Belgium averages 1000 tons, the
relative quantity consumed in each
country being in the order named.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-03

SOMEBODY says that the odo 0 !
paint may be removed from ast
placing q saucer of ground c c.ats,
apartment. Now we unaelss''
it is a man generally che"t M
coffee when he is painting '"
rod
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-03

A ROCK weighing over a ton fell on
the track Of the Derby (Ct.) Railroad,
and was seen by two l2-year-old New
Haven boys. One Of them, Willie
Kehoe, at once began stripping to get
off his ted undershirt, but the other,
Christie Holton, ran to some boys on
the bark and got red handkerchief.
This YVES vigorously waved as train
came around the curve. The engineer
Stacked up, but seeing that the flag was
waved by small boys, started on again.
The boys made such frantic signals that
he decided to stop, and brought his To-
connective to halt hundred feet from
the bowlder. It took nearly half an
hour to remove it. The passengers
were so pleased at being rescued from
danger that they gave $4.2O to the
boys, which is considered good deal
in some portions of Connecticut.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-03

A FARMER had taken Of his coat one
warm spring morning and thrown i
across the crotch of low cedar trea
Wnen noon time came an industrious
pair OF robins had collected in the
exposed armhole the foundation OF
their nest. The coat was an old one
and the farmer tender-hearted. so the
birds were not disturbed. ~ '-1e
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-03

THOMAS MILLER, a 12-year-old Tro-
jan, got a piece of wire and threw it
over the arm of an electric light ITO
get SHOCK" as he said. He got 1t.
He was knocked down, arose, fell
again, and died.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-03
A Bad Rule for Cows


whats the matter?" asked
senger on q Dakota troin as the|
to run considerably faster.
Why, you see there is bla ~,
running ahead of us on the VI
we're trying to catch her. :.
what do you want to catcu
for?"
"Why, great gosh! to Kill !,
course! The rules allow US u.
the hide and tal.ow and the me
to the directors. You bet I'm = :
catch that COW unless she lea ia,
track or run the wheels rlsa
these cars. I told the fireman '
up the trunks in the baggagsa
heave them into the furnace ~
hot fire, and I guess he's a0'D'
Estel'i7ae Bell.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-03
Ruined.

Jack Packard, of Echo Holl
old fellow who had been q squd
his life, called on Colonel Jiel
the well-known lawyer. Old Ja
a short time before, employed \
yer as counsel in q d .vorce case
"Good-morning, Uncle Jake,|
morning, sir"
"Hy'r!" said the old man al
down. eCol'n', yer tole me tha||
have that 'vorce by yistidy.' i
"Yes, I know that, Uncle Jaka
have not been able to obtain it,
"What!!" the old man ezeI
springing to his feet.
"Yes, haven't been able to ge1
wall, I'll be burned. |
you had got it an 1 staked ny
your promise, an now I'm rune
"How so. Uncle Jake?"
ivy. bein' sartin that yer |
documents I got married yls1
.ATk17lsnn Traveller.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-03

DIR. E. C. ADAMS, of st. Joseph,
Mo. has brought suit against the pro-
prietols of Tootles Opera House, Of
that city, claiming $4,000 damages for
SANDER because minstrel company
held him up to ridicule in its local gags.
This is rather a novel suit, but the
Doctor will have many sympathizers
among those who have long been dis
gusted with the growing tendency
among the lesser lights of the theater
to court favor with their audiences at
the expense Of prominent local charac-
tiers by supplying low and vulgar gags
in place of their legitimate lines. DIR.
Adams is man of means, and promises
to push the case for all it is worth.
Success to his efforts at Kidding the
stage Of this cheap hash.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-03

A HORSE frequently wins 3 race on
the spur of the moment. ~
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-03

"TH1s cheese is about right" sale
John; and Jane replied that it was, i
mite makes right.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-03

A GERMAN embryologist,, !,
Gerlack, has devised q 'D mi
watching the growth, !, OF l,oss
birds through a small g!a the
made at the sharper end o. w