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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-28
To The Editor OF TIE EaS.e.

To the Editor OF the E2S!e
Ii is monumental cheek in the Beacon to
attempt to outline 4 policy to pursue for
the Knights of Labor, in view OF the well
known fact that the only knight OF Labor
who asked Democratic nomination, and
that a minor one, was pitilessly beaten
no. on his merits or dement's, net because
he va, not the strongest candidate, not be
cause he could not probably have been
elected, not because he was not Democrat
of thirty years s;anding-but because one
of the owners CT the Beacon
wanted him beaten No, that an older,
stronger or better known Democrat could
b named, for the one selected is 8 stranger
to ninety nine per cent of the voters Of the
Eighty second distr;ct-uuknown 30 the
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-28

Moonlight scatters the third party prohi-
bitionists when lie advocates the open sa-
loon as a convenience for the farmers The
farmers are not all drunkards, who rush
for drink as soon as they get in town.
The average farmer may fail to under-
stand what IN incubus the saloon has been
in city elections, but majority Of the
farmers of Kansas voted to do away with
the saloon
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-28
COUNTY REPUBLICAN MEETINGS.

Under the auspices of the Sedswics county central
committee:
Cheney Thursday night Oct. 2Sth. Speakers Hon
r. Hatfield, Col. j. Il, HalCwell and j. 7. Campbell
Esq
Valley Center. Friday, Oct. 29tb. Speakers, Col.
II. Haowcll Hon. 7 B. Wall and J. +. Campbell, Esq
Wichita, Monday, Nov. 1st, Speakers from abroad
viii be IN attendance; also best local speakers
viii discuss the issues.
HI. TAILOR, Chairman.
Il. McpEE. Secretary.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-28

1t is reported that on November Ar
mour & Co will place on the market
5000, 600 pounds of stamped oleomarga-
rine, made of pure beef tallow.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-28

Dan Rice, she Snowman, is reported to
lay claim to 800, 600 acres Of land in Texas
which had belonged to his father, and to
which the title is, he says, perfectly good.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-28

The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engin
GERS now number %, 900 members
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-28

Gen. Rosecrans recently registered at
hotel as from Columbus, O., and there is
a rumor when he leaves the treasury he
will take up his residence at Ohio's capital
and run for congress
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-28

The Republicans are making vigorous
fight in Leavenworth county.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-28
REPUBLICAN TICKET.

HEfU6lICHN IiCNcI.
STATE TICKET.
FOR Associate
franklin county.
JOHN A. MARTIN, ,s,.o, ,,u,.,
su Lieutenant Governor.
R@ Secretary Of State
Sedgw,ck county
JAIEs ". HAMILTON,
Sumner county.
For Auditor Of ssatsn y,c,,ruv
Pawnee county.
For Attorney aeneral-
For Superintendent Of Public Instruction"
bourbon county
FOR CoNGREssMEN.
'' ' HON. z. n. MORRILL,
HON. E. H. FUNSTON,
HON. B. W. PERKINS,
HON. THOMAS RYAN,
Shawnee county.
HON. a. g. WILSON,
eixth District
HON. e. J. TURNER,
Sheridan county.
Seventh District
HON g. r. PETERS,
Harvey county.
JUDICIAL-1Sth DISTRICT.
hon. T. B. WALL.
sedgwtck County.
COUNTY TICKET.
For Probate Judge
z. B. JEWET1.
Alb WRIGHT.
For County Attorney
CIVIC. JONES.
For County Superintendent
For Commissioner Third District
TT. RANDALL.
For Representative SD District
RODOLPH HATFIELD
For Representative SD District
r, z. LAWRENCE.
For Representative sith District
All. CARPENTER.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-12-31
What We Know Abou, NIeteor..

a. The luminous meteor tracks are in
the upper part of the earth's atmosphere.
Few, if any, appear at height greater
than 100 miles and few are seen below a
height of thirty miles from the earth's sur
face. except in rare cases where stones and
iron fall to the ground. All these meteor
tracks are caused by bodies which came
into the air from without.
(2) The velocities of the meteors in the
air are comparable with that of the earth
in its orbit about the sun. 1t is not easy to
determine the exact values of these veloci-
ties, yet they may be roughly stated as from
30 to 250 times the velocity of sound i'll the
air, or of cannon ball.
49, 1t is a necessary consequence of
these velocities that the meteors move about
the sun and not upon the earth as a control
ing body.
a. There are four comets related to
four periodic tar-showers that come ON the
dates April 20, August 10, November IA,
and November %. The meteoroids which
have given us any one of these star show
ers constitute a group each individual of
which moves in path which is like that of
the corresponding comet. The bodies are,
however, too far from one another to infu-
ence appreciably each others motions
o. The ordinary shooting stars in their
appearance and phenomena do not differ
essentially from the individuals in star
showers.
(6) The meteorites of different falls diff
fer from one another in their chemical COM
position, in their mineral forms, and in
their tenacity. Yet through all these diff
ferences they have peculiar common prop
critics which distinguish them entirely from
all terrestrial rocks
az The most delicate researches have
failed to detect any trace of organic life in
meteorites.
These propositions have practically uni
versal acceptance among scientific men,
Mature.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-12-31

The sale of the ship Squando, which late
" wrecked at Bathurst, N. b., has been
postponed. 1t is very difficult to get men
to work on her, especially at night, Queer
noises were heard in the cabin of the YES
sci last week, which no one could explain,
and the men believe the vessel is haunted.
There seems 10 be some fatality about the
vessel
When the Squando was in San Francisco
some years ago the captain and his wife
killed the first mate, severing his head com
pletely from the body with an axe. The
captain was hanged and his wife got a long
sentence of Imprisonment. The new cap
tain was subsequently killed during mutt
ny, and the two following captains died on
board the vessel. 1t was alleged by the
master and sailors who arrived at Bathurst
on her that she was haunted, and they left
in a body. The Norwegian consul then en-
gagged two Waterman to look after her, but
one night ON board was enough.
They alleged that they saw a headless
man walking in the cabin, that the bed
clothes We're pulled off them, that hand
spikes were flying around the deck, and
that a cool, clammy hand was laid ON their
faces and voice told them TO depart, and
subsequently the watchmen say they saw
a boat manned by four men lowering around
the ship, which had the power Of appearing
and disappearing at will.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-12-31

A Western New York lady complains to
an editor that though she likes the general
features of his paper, it has not enough
deaths.
Can't. John Ericsson, now "a years old,
has reduced to a practical basis the applica-
ton of the suns heat in tropical countries
TO the generation of power. He raises
steam in boilers by the concentration of
rays from rehectors He has long had a
solar engine but has only lately fully per-
fected the apparatus for manufacture.
An S0-years-old farmer of Port Chester
N. Y, who tried TO commit suicide the 9th
er day. made a bad botch of his job. He
went out into the woods and bent down a
sapling and tied a piece of rope TO it. In
the Other end of the rope he tied moose
and while pulling down on the rope the moose
caught about his right foot just at that
moment the rope slipped through his hands
and he went skyward, hanging by his right
foot When he rebounded his hands just
touched the ground but he could not liber-
ate himself. In this manner he hung from
10 in the morning until @ in the evening,
when he was found and rescued nearly
dead.
A traveller writes 10 the New York Trib-
une that in passing through Kansas last
March, distance of 1l5 miles, he saw dis
tributed every few rods, ON both sides of
the track, the carcasses Of from one to
twenty head of stock that had actually died
for want of care and protection, and not
one in ten of those that escaped death APP
peared TO have flesh or strength to survive
till grass could grow. | saw in one place
of few rods square 22OO sheep dead from
starvation and exposure, out of flock OF
$500
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-12-31

in scramble along the palings of two
yards TO avoid impossible drifts. IL was
impossible TO speak to the man face to face,
doors being more than half buried, so the
message was delivered through two inches
Of ice on the outside OF window with
much shouting and hallooing and losing Of
words in the gale that was blowing. In
about an hour he came over Are you
Southerner, miss I" yes Nirginian.'
"Well, I'll just say you are pretty brave
for Southerner. There's not many would
have come out in this storm, young as you
are" Skirts pinned up weatherwise have
a juvenile effect that told upon his judy
meut Mr. Editor.) "How long do you
think this will last 2"
"Three days, miss, is the rule for a Ne
braska blizzard, and this is a regular one.
I've lived in Canada and in Michigan, but
there amt anything half as bad as these
Nebraska billiards. My son last night, com
ing up from his shop four blocks away, lost
his way and was near freezing. He couldn't
see any light in the houses the snow was so
thick, and he gave up and thought he was
obliged TO go, When he got in at last, about
/ o'clock, he was used up completely, and
we had to work ON him to bring him to
The day wore away, the storm continu-
ing until sunset, when there was a cumpar-
alive mll and the clouds in the west looked
red for few moments. At dark the storm
began again, but this Thursday morning
the sun is shining brightly and melting has
begun. An engine is whistlng and pulling,
50 the roads are at last opened. Persons
, Unita. lnors are blocked less than six feet
I'lu are beginning TO shovel away the
drifts and the public school bells are ring
ing for the first time since Monday. If No
vember brings billiards, what may We not
expect in February and March hope you
are faring better in Virginia
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-12-31

ANTHONY COMsTOCK, THE AGGRESSIVE
Foe OF OBSCENE LITERATURE AND PICTURES
and of all similar devices for curruptng the
young, briefly sketched the history of his
work in "a recent talk before school Of
Christian Workers In 1867 he said he had
gone to New York a country boy with
S3.45 in his pocket, to make his fortune ;
became successfully porter and stock clerk
in commission dry goods house, and while
there was drawn into his present work by
his attempt to prosecute men from whom
some Of his companions had bought vile
books and pictures. Convinced of the mag
nitude and difficulty and necessity Of the
work from this experience, he appealed to
the Young Mems Christian association sec
rotary for help, and in this way attracted
the attention of Morris X. Jesup, who be
came his hacker and enlisted in his support
some Of the Christian workers of the city
His first move for the suppression Of vice
was taken March ,. 1872 just one year
from that day his bill forbidding the trans
mission of obscene matter through the mails
passed both houses of Congress His ex-
perience in securing the passage Of this bill
was told graphically The history Of the
work from that time has been often repeat
ed-the 200 vile books Of which the plates
have been seized and destroyed, the 1900
negatives of obscene photographs put out
of the way, and the tons Of impure litera
ture and gambling materials taken posses
sion Of
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-12-31

The shores of the Caspian abound in
naphtha springs extending for miles under
the sea, the imprisoned gases of this VIOLA
tile substance often escaping from assures
in its bed and bubbling up in large volumes
TO the surface. This circumstance has Civ
en- rise TO the practice of setting the sea
on fire. which is thus described by a mod
ern traveller
Hiring a steam barge, we put out to sea-
and, after lengthy search, found at last a
suitable spot. Our boat having moved
round to windward, a sailor threw a bun
die Of burning flax into the sea, when
floods of light dispelled the surrounding
darkness. No fireworks, no Nominations
are to be compared TO the sight that pre-
sented itself to our gaze. 1t was as though
the sea trembled convulsivelv amid thous-
ands of shooting, dancing tongues of flame
of prodigious size Now they emerged
from the water, now they disappeared. At
one time they scared aloft and melted away;
at another gust of wind divided them in
to bright streaks of flame, the foaming
bubbling pillows making music to the scene
In compliance with the wishes of some
of the spectators our barge was steered
toward the flames, and passed through the
midst of them, a somewhat dangerous ex-
pertinent, as the barge was employed in the
transport of naptha, and was pretty well
saturated with the fluid. However, we es-
capped without accident, and gazed for an
hour longer on the unwonted spectacle of
sea on fire. MOSQUE EedOmOsti.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-12-31

A Leipzig inventor has devised AN ex-
tremely dramatic mode of execution for
criminals, which possesses the additional
advantage of being painless The machin-
cry consists Of a platform nine metres
square, approached by five steps In the
centre Of the platform is a chair for the
condemned man. Behind it stands figure
of Justice, holding IA pair Of scales in her
left hand, the scales being movable. Under
the platform is placed an electric battery,
from which wires pass through the legs Of
the chair into the seat and back, terminal
ing in platinum plates If the patient OBJ
jects to seating himself in the chair, he is
simply tied in After the sentence has been
read, the executioner takes "A stick breaks
it, and places the pieces in one of Justices
scales. This descends, puts the battery in
motion and-fnis Death is instantaneous
and painless. The machine was tried ON
animals in the presence of II large company
of invited guests and pronounced success
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-12-31
why hob Burdeue Is n Woman suffrn-
ufs0.

Why am | a woman suifragist Because
| am. Because woman has more good,
hard commonsense than man. Because
she makes less buster about her rights, and
quietly maintains them better than a man.
Because she won't give dollar and half
for an article that she knows very well she
can get for seventy-hve cents. Because
she does not stalk loftily away from the
counter without her change if the robber
behind it is little reluctant about counting
it out Because she is too Independent to
pay the landlord two dollars for her dinner,
and then pay the head waiter a dollar to
send her a waiter who will bring it TO her
for 30 cents Because she will hold her
money tightly in her own good little right
hand for two hours until she first gets a re
cept for it from the fellow who made her
husband pay the same bill five times last
year. Not any Just give me credit for it, y
for her Because one day a Pullman porter
complained TO me ono money on this trip
too many woman on board. Don't never
get nothin' out of a woman 'ceptin' Just her
regular fare" had just paid him twenty
five cents for backing one of my boots and
loosng the other and when he said that
when saw for myself the heroic firmness
of those women travelling alone, paying
their fares and refusing to pay the salaries
Of the employees of wealthy corporation,
] said "These women have a right to
vote To vote BY all that is brave and
self-reliant and sensible, they have a right
TO run the government. Huntington Hdick-
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-12-31
MISCELLANY.


The world is full " mystery,
Which no one understands;
What is before our eyes we see,
The work Of unseen hands;
But whence and when, and why they wrought
Escapes the grasp " human thought.
There was a time when we were not.
And there will be- again.
When we must cease aud be forgot,
With all our joy and pain
Gone like the Wind or like the snow
That fell thousand years ago.
We live as If we should not die.
Blindly. but wisely. too,
For II we knew Death always nigh
What would we say or do,
But fold our hands and close our eyes
And care no more who lives or dies
II death to each man In his turn
Is coming soon or late,
Be ours the soldiers unconcern
Aud his courageous fate;
Better TO perish In the strife
Than TO preserve the towards life.
Before my hearts fire bordering long,
As 'twere q hivuuac,
| heard last night the solemn song
Which had summoned back
II seems my somhre mood to cheer
And is my greeting TO the Year.
New Year. Il YOU were bringing Youth
As you are bringing Age,
would not have II back. in sooth,
have no strength to wage
Lost battles over. let them be.
Bury your head, . Memory,
You can bring nothing all surprise,
And nothing but dsinay
No tears again In these old eyes,
No darkness in my day.
You might bring light and smiles instead
If you could give me back my dead.
have beheld your kiss New Year,
Full fifty times, and none
That was so happy and 80 dear,
wept when It was done.
Why should We weep " hen years depart
And leave their ashes in the heart
Goodbye, since You are gone, old Year.
And my past life, goodbye;
! shed no tear upon your bier,
For It is well to die.
New Year, your worst will be- my best;
What can AN old man want but rest:
r. H. StDdddrd
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-12-31
A Western blizzard.
columbus CNeb) correspondence Alexandria Ga
zette

columbus CNeb) correspondence Alexandria Ga
zette.
Thinking many may never have had de-
scription of blizzard" l send YOU this
The first we knew of it was on coming out of
a well EARNED hall ON Monday night, when
we felt ourselves, stung in the face with ice
nettles and saw show-flakes whiTling in the
light fr0m the shop windows There had
been signs of snow in the clouds all day,
but no one had predicted a blizzard. Our
way home lay due north for three blocks /;
the storm was east-north-east. The board
sidewalks, treacherous from sleet and miss
ing planks, had to be taken with deliberate
care, while your right cheek and ear suffer
ed death from the snow and wind that stung
and cuffed you, and inclined you TO break
away and run, regardless of pitfalls. At
length, however, the three blocks were
done, and the rest of the way we had the
storm at our backs. At a late bed time the
wind was bowling with fresh fury and the
snow pelting like hail against the windows.
Next morning showed there had been no
pause in the night. There were huge drifts
at the door and it was impossible to see
through the windows for the snow and ice
coated ON the outside. The snow was still
falling, rather driving, for the wind was
furious, and it was not easy to make out the
houses across the street, while our next-door
neighbors were quite out of sight, the dis
lance of garden being between. There
was no perceptible break all day TUESDAY
and at night the wind howled and shook the
house and ratified ice on the pane at "a rate
that made sleeping very interrupted ex-
pertinent. Wednesday morning the scene
outside was the same, except that the drifts
were higher and the wind and snow were
coming even faster am not good at cal
culating such things, but l should say that
that wind was making about eight miles an
hour There was not a creature moving,
nor had any one passed for more than TWEEN
ty-four hours, as far as we knew. The
snow had worked serious damage to the
kitchen stove. and the man of the house be
ing in another part of the state and blocked
up in snow, no trains running, it became
necessary TO go out and get help, the iot
being quite beyond feminine strength SC
one Of us two went. The appliances fol
| keeping warm out here are numerous and
Lasicacious, and it was not such dreadful
b. ug TO go Just across the street, though
d. way was necessarily circuitous, taking
a
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-12-31
why He Wasn't n sinner.

Two children belonging to fami
Hartford were forbidden to visit the
dren of a clergyman, because it was
posed that there were enough childr,
that family to make up a goodly quot
the playground. One afternoon one OF
clergyman's sons, climbing upon the fl
shouted out
Come over here and play with me :
II can't, replied the younger of the
vited two mother says there's chill
enough in your yard now"
'Oh, pshaw come along; don't bel
mother'll care very much, - said the oil
beginning to scale the fence. He was in
rupted by his younger brother with this
of scripture:
"When sinners entice thee, consent tn
not
Don't you call me a sinner, came fr,
the other side of the fence; I'm a min
ter's boy. "-HdrtfOrd Post
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-12-31
The Li,,Ie Ro, Obe,ed order.

will tell you funny story, which l sol
EMMY assure you is true At the Christ
mas dinner given by well-known charity
organization, young lady, who was ON the
reception committee, had among her Other
duties to attend to the removal and care of
the outside clothing of the children. In the
hustle of several arrivals she hastily wei
coined one small boy and told him to take
off his things. In few minutes, hearing
a shout of laughter, she turned around and
found he had completely undressed and
stood as naked as when he was born. Her
friends considerably refrain from asking
her if that small boy obeyed orders.-Bos-
fOn LETTER.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-12-31
wa,ehmnLer,. Rpi1aph.

las one of the "Curiosities of Literature con
nected with watches, we may cite the following
which can be seen in the churchyard at Lydford
Devonshire, England
Here lies In horizontal position
The outside case OF
George Routledge, Matchmaker.
Integrity was the handspring and prudence
the regulator of all the actions Of his life;
Humane, generous and liberal,
His hand never stopped till he had relieved
DISTRESS
So nicely regulated were his movements that
he never went wrong,
Except when set a-going by people who did not
know his key;
Even then he was easily set right again.
He had the art of disposing of his time so
well
That his hours glided away In one continued
round Of pleasure,
Till in am unlucky moment his pulse
stopped beating.
He ran down Nov. H. 1901, aged 81,
In hopes Of being taken in hand by his
Maker,
Thoroughly cleaned, repaired wound up, and
set a-gOing
In the world TO come when time shall be
no more"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-12-31
The Old Years RooL.

Now close the book. and lay il away
The Old Years bOok-we have read II through
Leaf after leaf. and day after day,
We have turned the pages, both and you.
What it has told us full well we know
Each for himself the story has read;
bitter tragedy. full of woe,
Alas they found it who mourn their dead.
And some have read Of trial and pain
OF weary burdens so hard to bear,
OF bright hopes crushed again and again
Turning its pages in blank despair
"a pleasant story" others may say,
Telling us more Of JOY than of pain;
Almost sadly we lay il away
Would we might open and read it again
And some have read 1t with loves own eyes,
BY the light that love alone can give,
While the pages glowed with loves surprise,
And life were JOY, and twere joy TO live.
But close the book-The story is old;
Lay it away with a smile or a tear;
Written in black, or written in gold,
We open the book Of another year.
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