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Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-30

Come in and see this soldiers grave,
said the boy, glad of a new interest. l hest
tated- The occasion seemed too sacred for
the intrusion of stranger; but he insisted
SO warmly that left my horse and followed
him into the graveyard His simple, but
not undignifed, Introduction made an
apology to the Lady unnecessary.
"Missis Wilson," he said, calamity taking
off his fower-trimmed hat, "this gentleman
was in the war, and I've asked him in to help
put the flowers on Capt Rathbone's grave"
We were on the ground of common sympa-
thy at once This woman was no longer young
but she was beautiful with the beauty of a
spirit that had long dwelt on ca I'm heights. She
was of the past, scarcely seeming to belong to
the present at all. Her soft black silk and
its laces, and even her face, We're OF a fashion
not new. She was an old-school lady, with
the gentle dignity and majesty OF manner
that indicate the old-school training.
This is not my sons grave" she said, 'but
that of his dearest friend, and | am the only
one left here who knew him or cares to lay a
flower on the earth that covers him"
l bent TO read the inscription on the fast
dimming headstone:
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-30

The mental and emotional characteristics
OF dyspeptics are very interesting There
is a lanyuor that forbids exertion o. the
mind by hinGering the concentration II the
attention upon any subject Aboa. an
hour after : meal trows.ness comes ON that
lasts several hours Sleeping at these times
does no good, Tor heaiaehe or dizziness is
very certain TO follow a nap Most such
sufferers are prone 20 ruenta, depression
which may mark the beginning o. real
mental arrangement
The heart. being supplied partially by
the same nerves as the stomach, is apt TO
act irresularly. 1t thrc5s ul,uously, or
becomes unusually slow in its beats, or the
pulse may lntermit losing baat every few
ccoISS or inmate. These symptoms are
often taken as indications of organic dis
ease whish does not exist Constipation Is
often present. or there IS troublesome
diarraea, especially after an acute attack
of indigestion The skin Is usually dry and
harsh. and cold hands or feet are not I'm
common among the complaints Of the
dyspeptic. especially il b. has formei the
habit Q. watching al his symptoms with
exactIiess Us many OF them do Tee
tongue Is -lurrei7 OF covered with more o.
less thick coating. Sleep is intsrsered with
There is much diti;cnlty in falling asleep, in
the first place, and then there are apt 10 hr
dreams Ok an unpleasant chararter.
Globe Democrat
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-30

This rude old meeting house. implanted,
decaying and grim as a primitive law made
the gloomy wood still more desclaie An
unfreguented road crossed another a few
yards north OF il; trees sighed about it; moss
grew upon its rotten roof and wild grass
and briars clambered about its sunken door
step IL told its mournful story without the
aid Of words The plainly habited, honest
people who met beneath its roof in the past
had vanished from the earth, and their
descendants We're scattered or had departed
from the faith of their fathers and belonged
TO the worlds people ] stopped to look at
it, held by a sad fascination.
A shrill whistle interrupted my reverie,
and scattered the ghosts OF the silent land
scape Turning to my left | saw a boy
climbing bit of shaky fence. The climbing
was self-imposed task, and was evidently
INDUCED in for the sole purpose OF adding
interest 70 the occasion, whatever il was,
since unsteady gate swung open but few
feet farther on. He wore an enormous straw
hat, gayly decorated with grasses and roses.
and carried in one hand big basket, heaping
full of flowers, old fashioned flowers, old
time roses, May pinks, hlacs, blue bells, snow
halls, peonies and honeysuckieS. The other
hand waved a brilliant half-grown flag and
on the end of the basket very small flag
had been clumsily sewn
Altogether, this bright-eyed infant had a
festal appearance in strong coniras. to the
gloom and silence OF the scene. He whistled
a bar from the ~Star-Spangled Banner." en-
phasizing it by waving the flag energetically
He seated himself on the top rail Of the fence
and eyed lie with some interest, though pre-
tending no: to see me. His bare, brown feet
lsno+ 10, Of A. y.
struck up in a shrill treble:
lam patriot true, sir.
Yes lam;yes, lam
patriot firm ana true. sir,
Ne>. am; yes, am,
Il don't doubt il in the least. said, at
tempting TO be sociable: "inieed. YOU look i:
every inch
A grimace was his only answer. Still it
was friendly grimace His dignity would
no. permit him to make my acquaintance too
easily. must make all the advances
"Going TO a picnic, are you notir asked.
believing that the best way TO open a CONVEX
sation with him would he to take some interest
in his affairs, though detes. that method as
applied TO myself
"No-a strew~ he answered
"a whatg'
sHsW. ne renllei- win a nttie annoy
ance in his voice. "a Decoration day strew.
Don't You know that this is the DAY TO
decorate soldiers graves-the 39:h of
Mayf'
Il had forgotten it, answered humbly
But where axe there any soldiers gravcsi
Not near here. surely
He turned Ike a bird on the old fence aud
pointed with the flag into mass of hrambles.
~Not therel-
YES, there. That's graveyard-the
graveyard tina; belongs 10 the old meeting
house. Everybody that used to go 10 meet
ing there pointing 10 the house is in here
now pointing again toward the briars and
weeds, so there ara no moro nseetingss
Hooked at the graveyard with plying in
terest II WAS nothing but q square patch
of brambles, and rank, dark weeds, inclosed
by broken and worm-eaten fence and sur
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TO ADVERTISERS.


Our rates for advertising shall be as low as
those Of any other paper of equal value rs an
advertising medium.
An transient advertisements must be PAID
for In advance.
Entered ~ the postofIce at Wichita as Sec
ond-class meter, and entered to transmiti0n
hrf,uof the mails as Ench.
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rounded by the thick and silent wood
Nothing could be more isolated from busy
life, more completely forgotten by the world
No, not quite forgotten, for here was the
brown-legged boy, with his flag and his
flowers, his whistle and song.
But soldiers are not buried herey' said.
"One Of them is" the boy answered with
an accent Of pride and an additional wave Of
his flag. Its his grave that Missis Gilman
is goin' TO strew with these flowers, though
be wasn't any relation of hers at all He
was captain, and he has marble head
stone, the only one in the whole graveyard
His company put it up. It's gettin' little
old now, for he's been dead nearly twenty
four years-died most fourteen years before
/ was born" He ratified this off with child
like eagerness. happy in being the first to tell
q bit of something interesting to another.
@Were you in the warg' he asked
GYg"
$50 was my grandfather. 1 have the pic
ture of fight he was in he was killed,
too" This with a special accent of pride.
1t was something to be killed, evidently, in
his opinion.
Riding close to the old fence i looked over
into the neglected place of the dead and saw
the edge of a marble headstone and beside it
the dark folds Of a woman's gown.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-30
49, >.,,c 20, N.,ur., e;,..

Jasper L.awsaan, the artist, suggests TIA:
the proper ..a,,e for natural gas should be
-terragon; q, horn u thn earth -Phila-
delphia Call
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-30
- SHIP IN A CYCLONE.
Tic Story OF the Merry Granbus and Her
Crew-A Sailors Lucky Escape.

The Story Of the Merry Granbus and HeI
Crew-A Sailors Lucky Escape.
"Wal, sir, l hops | may be keel hauled
if We didn't lie right in that spot until 4
O'Clock in the afternoon afore the storm
came. Tn N il came down ON us as if it
tal been shot out of gun The SKY turned
so blaca in five minutes that Ii shone. Then.
with big howl, the wind came down on US
There was report like a cannon. and our
biz maintols'l was blown right out o the
bolt ropes The old hooker hoeled over till
her lee rail war IN the water an then she
jumped forward like mad But before she
had made cables length she came to a
dead stop and stood right straight up And
now comes the strange part of my story.
The Jib and spanker were trimmed
in fat But would you believe
it. sir, the 10 Alled out to star
board and the spanker to port, and the
burned Old hooker began to 80 refund.
Down with your helm yelled the old
man.
Lord bless you, sir, we didn't know
which was down, fur the wind war on our
port beam forrard and on our starboari
beam aft, and wot were down fur the lib
war up fur the spanaer We put 1t lust one
no difference. The Kerry Cramps iist
kept right on a-goin' around. Faster AMI
faster she went, till everything war in Il
whirL Soon we all be. an fur to get diz,y,
and in nalf an hour every man JACK en-
board war as sick as 2 girl on her fast
yatchin' trip. still the Old girl went waltzil'
around
Great Scott" yelled the oil MAJ;
were right in the middle o cyclone, and
we're rewolvin' with it. Wen never sit
out o, this till the burned things bowed IL
self out
'Round and round we went, and by and
by the men began fur TO lose their senses.
In twenty-four hours we war all rayin'
lunatics, 'ceptin' me / started in to
turnin around the other way fast as /
could, and fur twenty four hours kept my
senses Then l got exhausted and fell down
senseless on the deck. When | came to | war
Jist as loony as any on EN-. But in my
element | staggered up ag' in the inainmast
and soon began 70 git my senses az in;
cause, sir, don't you see, that part o the
ship war in tine middle and war goin
around so slow it didn't have no effect on
me. Soon as / found that out l got the
other men TO come there. and in course of
the next few hours we war al! sensible az in
But the cyclone kept right on Fur ten
days and nights that Old hooker kept goin'
round like fly wheel on an engine. Then
she began fur to slow W. Tue clouds began
TO break away and soon tie SIN sbone The
cyclone had bowed itself out New York
Times
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-30

In tie years after the fire hundreds 0,
cottages were built. al as near alike as pas
in thu same pod and IS numbers were nos
put On At first. new occupants ue-e II
danger Of making q good many mistakes as
TO the houses occupied, and in soocss Of
cases u man coming home a. night has said
TO himself, This i nv house because tie
key fits Here's A.ta box OF hall. a
little ssuuspy stairway goiEs down, pArlcr
10 the right, bedroom II front. ;hst's right;
this Is NV house, and hxrs an and ten TO
one he was in soHBsboiy else house. because
in those days a man who took his soidy
could no more easily find his own hoase IN 4
cottage row than he could select his wife s
han.box from a roo1nful Inter OCEAN
-Curbstcne CrayoES-
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-30
THE BvOUAc OF THE DEAD.

On Fame's eternal camping grogni
Their siien; tents an. spread;
And Glory guards. with soiemn rogni,
The blvoUac Of the deal
No rumor o, the foes advance
Now sweils upon the winl;
No troubled thought at midnight h2Ents
OF loved ones II behind;
No vision OF the morrow 5 strife
The warriors dream alarms.
No brayinc horn or screaming flFc
Al dawn shall call to arms.
Their shivered swords are red with rust,
Their figmej heads are bowed,
Their naughty banner. traiIed in dust,
Is nuw their martial STROUD;
And pienteous funeral tears have washed
The rcd - iHs from each brow;
And the proud forms, by battle gashed,
Are free iIo.. anguish now.
The neigliH ;roop. the flashing blade.
the bIg-a stirring blast,
The char ID a-aldfu. cannonade,
The diH and sEuut. are passed;
Nor war ai.d note nor glory peal.
Shall thrill wiki fierce delight
Those breasts that never more may feel
The rai tJre Of the fight.
THEODORE O'HARA
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-30

She ceased to speak, and stood with her
hand resting on the soldiers headstone, her
eyes seeing visions OF the past, and nothing
of the present. The boy sat in the grass at
the foot Of the grave, with tears dripping
down his brown cheeks. The tale had
touched him, little as he could understand
the deep tragedy Of it. And / heard again
the clash and Thunder OF war, saw the
blazing fires OF battle and felt, in rush of
memory, tine fierce fever OF those vanished
DAYS of carnage.
The boy followed me out TO the roadside
@Do you think" he said, earnestly, as
mounted my horse, do sou think there will
be another war here in my time:'
Il think not; hope not, " 1 answered
He looked disappointed Il want TO fight, "
he said, eagerly; for | have a sword that
was my grandfather's'
rode away from that lonesome spot full
of sad thought All contentious, strife and
anger seemed so needless; all suffering so
gratuitoas. Yet, thank God, peace and rest
always come at last. EBBoN OLIVER
NV YORK Nav g.
The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-02-27
MONOPOLIZlNG LAND.

Salt Lake Tj1bN0c:. 1t was Il mistake
to vote great subsidies Of land to railroad
companies; but far greater mistake was
made in not providing in the laws which
gave the subsidies, that the companies
should never sell more than Gao acres Of
agricultural land to any one man or firm.
The desert and timber lands are different,
but the rule should have been imperative
as to agricultural lands. 1t does not mat
ter now if some men or some syndicates
gather the title to lands broad enough for
an empire, but it will after Il while. When
it becomes an impossibility for the men CT
small means to obtain cheaply home.
stead, then the specter OF great landed es.
tates will begin to loom up, terror to the
country. The effect OF sucl, state Of at.
fairs can be seen by glance at European
history. The result in France after cen.
tnries Of suffering on the part Of the masses,
and after centuries Of dominion on the
part Of the landed proprietors, was bloody
revolution, which caused partition Of the
estates. In England the signs indicate that
a similar CONFUSION is imminent, but that,
were it to come, would be no re,nunera.
ton to the people for the wrongs they and
their ancestors before them have suffered
through thousand years. When rail.
road company sells to one syndicate 'nore
than 10000 acres Of arabic land, the pur.
pose is not honest settlement, but specula.
ton, or the gathering together Of a vast
landed estate, which Is to be held tor the
pleasure Of the owners, and not to he used
in way which will give most food to the
people, and this is misuse OF one o: Gods
primitive gifts, and ought to he made i'm.
possible in America.
The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-02-27
PERSONAL PURITY.

The \. y. .Sua says: Just Que year ago
Rev. B. A. Decosta established the White
Cross Society in New York, with men,
bership Of young men pledged to labor for
the extinction Of the social evil, to pro.
tect women from insult and harm, to re.
buke indecent language, and to maintain
that the law Of chastity is equally binding
on men and women. There are branches
now in India, Africa, Australia and Can.
ada. The English branch has extended its
work into Scotland and ireland. The
Society has taken root in the Universities
Of Oxford, Cambridge aud Edinburg
New tracts teaching the importance Of per.
sonal purity have been issued by the New
York branch. 1t has been found, the re-
port says, that to-day the drink habit is the
father Of sexual vice. The movement has
spread among the American colleges. The
students Of the Lee University in Vir.
ginia formed White Cross Society move.
snent when they heard one had been es
tablished in New York. The Society 10,
the Promotion Of State Regulation oi
Vices is cooperating with the White Cross
Society in fighting the social evil and the
federation Of II.
The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-02-27
ALIAS SUMMONS.

Justice Court, Lion Township, Beaverhead
= County, Montara Territory, before George l.
H; =. Libby. plaintiff. W.. P. 4. O'Brien. de-
The people of, Montana send greeting to P. y,
OBrien, defendant "
+;o Yop are hereby required to appear in m &C:
plaintiff In the Justice Court Of Lion TOwnshiD.
County of Beaverhead, Territory Of Montana,
and to answer the complaint fled therein
within ton days (exclusive Of the day Of service)
after the service ON You of this summons Il
served within this county, or Il served ont Of
this county but in this district, within twenty
days, Otherwise forty days or judgement BIZ de-
fsult vii! be taken against you according to the
prayer OF said complaint.
This action H. brought to recover of sou the
sum ut one hundred $500 dollars on a stated
account between you and above named plaintiff
and legal interest thereon. from tho time Of tho
said accounting.
And you are hereby notified that II you full to
appear and answer said complaint Az above r ~
quircd. the said plaintiff will recover judeement
BY default axsinst you for the sum OF one hum
suit. s'' ~'''' "a
Given under ;ds ms hand this 18th day Of Febru-
GEORGE I. TARBELL, Justice Of the Peace.
Il. q. THOMAS, Atty for plaintiff.
The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-02-27

according to the almanac there will be
but tw" solar eclipses this year and none
OF the moon. ~ the solar eclipses the
first occurs o" Marct, sth, and is an annu.
lar to certain dcsolate tracts on the tace OF
the earth hut is barely visible as partial
eclipse in the United States. The second
occurs ON August :9sh, and is total to the
South Sea Islanders and other remote
places, partial in the United States south
OF Chicago, and not visible =. all in the
Northwest.
The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-02-27
NOTICE or FINAL ENTRY.

LAND OrFlcx At TlELENA. NJ. T., Feb. &. 1896.
NOTICE is hereby given thatthe following matt,
~ ed settler has flied notice Of his iutcniion e
make final proof in support Of his clan and that
said proof will he inadc t,efore Judge Distsic,
Courto! the sd judicial District. in aed ios Bca.
verhead County. or in his absence, the Clerk 81
said Court. ut Dillon, NJ. T., on Monday,
March -, 1sse. via: David lavsns,
who made homestead declaration M. 1904, for tht
VIZ Of s w IA. $ W - at y W ~ and Lat
Section Tp ! n. K.o
He names the following wiencsi.s to prove his
continuous residence ulpon and cultivation Of said
land, viz: Thomas 4. tones. Joseph Metleu, David
Rcinhardt, Of Dillon, Montana. and Zcd Maddux
Of Mclrosc Montana.
It'd >. W. LASGftOKNE. Register,
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NOTICE OF FINAL ENTRY.

LAND OrT1cE At HELENA, NJ. r., Feb. ~, 1856.
NOTICE Is herchyg.ven that the following nam.
- cd settler has fled notice If his intention to
9Ake final proof in support OF his claim, and
oet' said proof win be made before {. Mead, Pro.
eete Judge Of Bcaveshead County, NJ. r.. at Dillon,
Montana, on
April D, 1859, via: Frank Pendlotop.
who made preernption y. s. No. 6p3o for the Sc
OF SWE Sec a: MEX OF NWH. VIZ Of MEX
Sec. IS, TIP 10, S. n. T. West. ~
lie names the following witnesses to prove his
snntnuous residence upon, and cultivation o. said
nod. w: James II. Neshitt. Frank Andrews
James Montgomery and John Penaluna al, Of Red
S. ". LAxGIionNE. Register.
". s. Barbour, Au'y.
The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-02-27

In regard to the promotions which tol.
low vacancy in the army caused by death
or retirement Gen. John NJ. Schofield is
next in rank to General Hancock. The
only Major General is General Pope. lie,
however, will bc retired in Il very short
time, and there will thus be two vacancies
IN this grade to fill. The Brigadicr Gen.
erals in their orders arc Howard, Terry,
Augur, Crook, Miles aud Stanley.
The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-02-27
No. ihss.
APPLICATION FOR PATENT.
Us LAND OFFICE. HELENA, NJ. T..
E.,1,, ,,n,.&- YSSf,

l.. :. LAND OFFICE. HELENA, NJ. T..
February -, 1884.
NIorick is hereby published that Thomas l.ancey
~ Joh; w. Williams. Robert Balm and John
Williams, whose post office address IS RannaCk,
Beavcrhead County, Montana Territory. have this
l.. filed application tor patent, under the Mining
Ia IS OF Congress, tor 1895 acres ct the hon Accord
Whites Bar Mining District lseaycrhcad County.
Montana Territory, in unsurvcyed township s. S,
range II. w, which claim recorded in the Office
OF the Recorder Of Dcaverhcad County, NJ. r;
and described in the official plat and field notes o.,
file in this Office as follows: beginning ut the N.
W. corner, upon the upper end Of the claim,
which Is u congloncratcd stone .sox'oxf' inches,
1908 for corner No. J., from which the
Whites bar Initial Point, which is granite cliff
3ox.ox'' feet witt, the marks WB
IxP No. l, ON the
West face, hears s, s7'cI f., 346oos feet distant;
Thence running IS IS E, with magnetic variation
90 e. 40 feet; Thence n 90 + SIS feet: Thence
5; sss4s East, ~ feet; Thence South so7 feet;
Thence ;; go w: 80 feet; Thence S; 4o3o' T.
7Ss.s !: rs tss.; Thence s;,5 +; IS fist;
as6 feet; Thence N. s3sao ": SIS feet; Thence n.
rs +. SIS feet; Thence y. 76s1s W. 4a1 feet;
Thence >. as W. o3s feet: Thence n. ST. W. ~
feet: !nence y. ergo w. $40 feet: Thence N.
e. 90 4: Sc feet; Thence n. 40 W. rs feet;
Thence 5: os2o' W. ~ feet Thence n. So9 ". s6s
thc place Of beginning containing a7.os acres upon
the Il day Of january 1886 as witnessed s. George
u: White and barney Kane. There are no kuown
claimants to these premises
$. ". LANGlIORNE, Register.
The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-02-27

The impression that David K. Atchison
Of Missouri, was !" for day" President Of
tho United States seems to he an error
Tyylers term expired on Sunday and his
successor, Polk, was not sworn until Mon.
day. Tyler was Il Vice President in the
chief magistrates chair, and therefore the
President Of the Senate was in the direct
line OF succession 10 him. The story goes
that Atchison filled the Sunday interrcy.
mum, but investigation shows that he was
not President OF the Senate at that time.
The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-02-27
SEALED PROPOSALS..

sealed proposals will t received by thu board 1T
SSsnuntv C0n'i'ssioncrs until tho first Monday in
march, 1856, for the care supper, AM, maintenance
o. the SICK. poor and in.irn 1T the county, pcr can
VA Per wesh tor ~, one year from March Sd, 1884,
OF feeding, cletEsn. and nursing said sick. moor
and inf'rn:, land all those that legally Mcomc =
county charge, with all burial expenses thereof.
hoard Of County Comm: ssioncrs '''~
bids. " WV III" All
Bv order If tho Hoard.
PHIL. u. Mc(;OlEli, County t...-.
January q, lSS,. ,hl
The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-02-27

AS there isa probability that the pre-.
emption, timber culture and desert land
acts will he repealed by the present Con.
sress there is likely 10 be considerable
activity IN the land business this spring.
Fl'ose who desire to take up land under
either nj these acts will not have much
time to so on rs tho evident sentiment Of
Congress is favorable To that appeal.
The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-02-27
TAXXX1 UR.

Taken up by the subscriber Oct. "a. 1855, ut his
ranch ON Rcd Rock, Montana. the following horses
and mules: One gray mule, branded thus It'll on
lett thigh; sOrrc mule, no brand visible;
one bay mare. sor Q years old. white stripe in
face; branded WIS on left shoulder; one bay mare,
two years old, branded T. on left hind leg.
The owner is requested to prove animals. pay
charges and take them away.
7-@w A.. u. YOUNG.
The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-02-27

1t is conceded that Hon. Joe h. Toole
will receive the next Democratic nomina.
ton for Delegate to Congress. 1t is con.
sidered extremely doubtful about Toolc' s
getting there again, as his lg9 majority in
tho last race is too small Il margin tn bet a
nickel on