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Wichita eagle., 1886-12-01
BOthering the Passenger Agents.

Passenger agents are much bothered by Il
class Of persons who repeatedly ask questions
about routes, prices, connections and every
detail Of a journey, without any intent Of
making it TO these they have applied the
name Of mind travellers, who are so easily
distinguished by certain outward signs and
characteristics that an experienced agent can
often tell them at sight. They not only come
once, they come again and again, gather
every bit Of information, carry away circu-
lars, time tables, etc; talk of the size Of their
party" and furnish every detail, so that
anybody who did not know them would sup
pose they were i'll earnest. They become so
learned concerning the route they assume
they want to take and the points they want
to visit that they know far more than the
agent himself. They become such an annoy
ance that he is constantly tempted to tell
them that they have no idea Of travelling and
that he has not leisure to answer their idle
questions. But, Us it is always possible that
some one Of them might make the journey,
and as 1t Is his interest to be civil he exercises
self-c0ntrol and treats each one of them as if
he were a profitable patron Human nature
does great many things that are generally
accounted unnatural York CONNER
Cial Advertiser
Wichita eagle., 1886-12-01

There has been much written of late abCu
the negro Is q tenant and laborer. and man7
positions taken by the various writers. and q
a sample Of his industry and thrift the follow
ing speaks for itself Within the past weel
have seen numbers of them driving int
town in all kinds OF vehicles loaded with fod
der, and | made it my business to investigate
when about the following dialogue enSued:
odd m&a what are you going to do witt
that fodder
Use gwine 10 sell en-
What for.
Il needs . little meat, and thought Il
bring this here fodder up and sell EN-
1t seems 10 me. old man. that you would
need thar fodder next winter and spring
L knows that boss. but yer see l must have
little meat t. work on"
What are YOU doing on the farm now
Well. Yer sec. ives done lai3 by dor crop
and dar amt muffin u5w 20 do
While yoo are doing nothing at home
why don't Tou work oGt By the day and make
enough Il bay your meat and other lToTi Is
ions
Well, Is work hard al dis Yer and wants
some rtSt
Then you intend 10 sit at home i5sa all The
sumner and oa1 Up what ylu have made and
what you VIII Eessl SO much EaIc spring.
i can't WORK al the time, and l must have
some meat
This j. The way they al do, Before they VIII
hire out for wages they VIII sell the las,
thing they h1vc around them. including
CHECKERS, excepe the dog. which must bc kep.
in the family - any cost When the lse If
January, ISSs, comes these same dar!1eys viii
pounce down on the landlord for credit. and
he VIII have Il buy corn and folder for them.
They VIII trade OF the last busheI Of corn for
tobacco or fiiIIlSy tc-gcry and useless articles
-AnC{is;l Ca Chronicle
Wichita eagle., 1886-12-01
Tuuy DISCUSSED.
Still, ANOTHER SERVICE


There is still another service which the
dummies perform. In the rivalry of society
weddings, there is great effort to excel in
the display of wedding gifts. OF course,
there are always the gifts which are sure to
come from near relatives and friends, then
from parties who feel themselves to be under
business obligations to the family, and lastly.
from well-to-do people who have been in
vlted, and who know that a SO present, at
least, Is expected. But the presents thus Sc
cured fall short of the necessary display.
1t IS then that the professional groomsman
understands a hint. The five gentlemen,
whose kids and spiketails have done service
twenty times, go to a well known ieweler.
who ordinarily would not trust them for a
nickel. He has been "seen," however, and
meets the professionals with a bland smile
They make their selections. and leave their
cards. The presents are not intrusted to
then,;but are sent directly to the mansion.
where they are properly displayed In the
society column Of the local paper next morn
ing, among other presents are noted the fol
lowing:
Beautiful silver OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Swim
burne
Gold card receiver-Alfonso Softshell
Silver table service-Harry LovemewelI
Gold mounted opera glasses-Eugene Dryso.
Toilet set, solid silyer-Frank Always
1t is needless to state that the bills for these
presents are never presented to the supposed
donors. The "old man" goes around next
day and arranges for their return on the pay
ment of slight rental
To a newspaper man, who knows the efforts
of the dummies to keep afloat, and the small
pay in the way of social wares which they re-
ceive, the matter looks like roaring comedy.
The same labor given to any reputable bust
ness would bring competence, when the social
dummy awakeS to the fact that he has nothing
but ashes on his lips.-Atlanta Constitution.
Wichita eagle., 1886-12-01
Patti and the Calvanist.

Nine Patti-Nicolini now advanced and be-
witched the audience with Coming Thro' the
Rye" Had the author of the words, Robert
Burns, heard her rendering Of them he would
have thrown up his Highland bonnet with
delight.
Near me sat one of the chief digntaries of
the Welsh Calvinistic Methodists in New
South Wales, and therefore Of the modified
Puritanism Of the present day. He was con-
vulsed with laughter, but kept one hand over
one eye, while with the other he watched the
charming lady singing IF body kiss body
need body cry" Patti and Burns seemed
too much for religious austerity, and the son
Of dear Shon Gorph rcveled in the general
hiarity.-Cardiff Mail.
Wichita eagle., 1886-12-01
1 ChaDterS on TOntS.

There are at the Saratoga race course, as
at all large tracks, a number of men, ColOred
and white, called 'tOutS,' who operate with
nothing but their wits for capital. They are
similar to those known about Wall street as
pointers, and their mission is to give "tips"
to greenhOrnS on probable winning horses If
a horse whose name they have given to an
investor happens to win the winner is con-
graduated by the tout and given areward for
his tip and further tips are taken, and the
tout is as literally rewarded if they prove
winners. Some of these tips are simply the
names of the horses selling as favoriteS in the
pools, while others have some value in that
the tout may have possibly learned from some
stable boy that certain horse was a little
lame that morning, was off his feed or
otherwise not in prime condition \ tout is
person who, without risking any of his own
capital, if, indeed, he has any, persuades some
one to buy horse in the auction or mutual
pools or the books upon the alleged informa-
ton that he furnishes. He not unfrequently
gives several customers q different horse. each
in the same race. and then is pretty sure to
name winner and to get fee.
The tout as | said, occasionally gets hold
of good hit of information bearing upon
particular horses, but he must to a great cx-
tent fall back upon his imagination and the
theories and opinions Of others. When be
gives tip, however, he is pretty positive
that he is relating facts. That the occupation
pays, or at least affords means of existence to
those who engage in it, is evident from the
many faces familiar at the race courses. and
have been for years, whose po>seS>ors are
known to have done nothing else since they
appeared in the speculative community about
the betting quarters. As a class the toutS are
a sorry looking sci. Their ranks are recruit
Cd from broken down spectators Of All sorts
discarded clerks and stable boys Some Of
them are men who have been unfortunate
All Of them are slaves TO race betting and are
too lazy II work for livinG.-Sara,oga Cor.
Troy Times
Wichita eagle., 1886-12-01
DR. E. M. CONKLING,

Cor. Main and Second streets, Wichita Kansas.
VIII guarantee to cure any case of piles No knife,
ligature caustics detention from business. Dis
of the rectum by the Brinksrhoff system a
specially.
Wichita eagle., 1886-12-01
Invite all to Call and be Convinced
FOR SALE.

Improved and Unimproved City Property
on the best improved streets in the city.
Lots on the inside on street car lines and in
outside additions Suburban lots on the east
side in Maple Grove addition.
Business lots and business blocks for sale
at special bargains. Several fine tracts near
the city for sub-dividing and plating.
Improved farms and grass lands in all
parts of the county; also ranches in this and
adjoining counties.
All parties wishing to buy would do well
to call and examine my list before buying
elsewhere
w. A. THOMAS,
The Oldest Real Estate Agency in Wichita.
Wichita eagle., 1886-12-01
DR.. CHARLES A WILSON.

Physician and Surgeon Will continue his profes-
sion in all its branches. Consultation free ONCE
and residence Isl y Main ST. Weller s Nil
ler's paint Office. 100
Wichita eagle., 1886-12-01

Physician and surgeon. Office ~ y. Main St, Old
=. o. Building. Gives special attention 10 Diseases
Of Women and Children and Midwifery.
Dr. Walker holds a special certificate Tor hospital
practice in the University Hospital, Baltimore, Md
Wichita eagle., 1886-12-01

homeopathic General practice. chronic diseases
and diseases oi females. Telephone No. Ivt:
ONire and residence over Steel ~ Sons haruNa are
store. liz y Main street " ichita, Kan
Once houTs ) 10 10 a m to n m, and at night
Wichita eagle., 1886-12-01
w, A. MlNNlCK, M. [

Of,ice and residence ST. Douglas avenue south side
BARNES block over perbyS Implement store, Wichita
Wichita eagle., 1886-12-01
{ E HAMILTON. NJ. D
w M JOHNSON

Specialties. Diseases Of the Eye, Ear Nose and
Throat Catarrh and hitting glasses Office southwest
corner Douglas and Market. up stairs Nishia. haIlS
Wichita eagle., 1886-12-01

Eon,oapathist Office with Or. +. Mathews, Main
etraat second stairway north OF postnfiiCe. Resi-
1ence lNl5 North Fourth street, near Union depot
MichiLa. Kansas. Telephone NO ~.
Wichita eagle., 1886-12-01
2. D. St. lOhN. NJ. D
G M BlBBEE. NJ. [

OnIce-2ig East Douglas ave. Residence Ia Nj "a
Fmporia avenue. near corner Of First street. Tele
phone-i51 or \. u, I.
Wichita eagle., 1886-12-01
DUMMIES OF SOCIETY.
FELLOWS WHO ARE ALWAYS IN
THE FRONT AT WEDDINGS.

Young Men with the Manners of Girl
WEo ofiiciate Professional Grooms-
men--HurryinG Up lovers and Provid-
ing Bogus Presents.
Wichita eagle., 1886-12-01
DR. ]. j. STONER

Homeoapathist ONCE opposite poStofhce Resi-
dence 61S North Main street. Wichita, kansas lele
Wichita eagle., 1886-12-01
THEY ARE INDISPENSABLE

Such young men, said charming young
lady the other day, are Indispensable They
wait upon Us with all the devotion of accepted
lovers; they are always ready to answer any
call made upon them; they hold our shawlS
and act as escorts when no one else can be
had. and. said She. dropping her eyelids de
murely. they are Of excellent service in
hurrving M slow lovers
Wichita eagle., 1886-12-01

The Photographer Pictures In all sizes and styles.
He also carries the finest assortment of picture
frames in the city. Give him friendly call and ex
anime samples.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-10-01
SENTENCED EOR LEE.

The second trial of Oscar Meyer for
the murder of o. q. krauSe on Lake
Champain in January, 1881, was conclu-
ded in the Franklin county court at st.
Adams, Wednesday, with verdict of
murder in the second degree and the
prisoner was sentenced by Judge Royce
to imprisonment at hard labor for life.
Meyer was convicted in September last
of murder in the first degree, but the
Supreme court sent the case back by
reason of an alleged defect inpairing the
mans qualifications, and the neglect of
the Judge to charge with discrimination
concerning what constituted murder In
the second degree. The plea made in
the present trial was iustifiable homicide,
and Meyer was put on the stand to testi-
fv in his own behalf. The verdict just
rendered is not favorably received, says
st. Adams dispatch. The opinion was
that a new trial would not result as did
the first. No particular evidence was
adduced to prove anything less criminal
than was shown before, but Meyer
story about having killed krause in self
defence evidently created IA doubt in the
minds of the jurymen.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-10-01
PROMISE AND PERFORMANCE.

Hon. John Sherman made an excellent
speech at Republican gathering in
Portsmouth, Ohio, Tuesday evening, in
which he contrasted what the Democrats
promised with what they had done since
the present administration came into
power 1t is too truthful to be pleasant
reading for Democrats. Here is the ma
teria part of Mr.. Sherman's remarks:
And now, fellow citizens, after eight
cen months trial are you satisfied with
the result of the change? Have Mr..
Cleveland and the Democratic party
adopted any policy or proposed any
measure that can be of any possible SER
vice to the people of Ohio or of the Unit
ed States? In thinking over what |
should say to you upon this subject,
have read over his message, and especial
lv his vetoes, and the more | read the
more wonder how he came to be Pres
ident of the United States, and, especial
ly, what cause led to such a change.
They said they wanted a change to
make times easy, to make money plenty
and to get out of the tolls of Wall street
and the money sharks. How has this
promise been realized? Prices have
steadily fallen. Industries once flour
ishng are now languishng. \ New
York banker as secretary of the treasury
not only Increased the boards in the
treasury. but suspended for nearly a
year the payment of the public debt.
And Il New York treasurer of the United
States transferred from Wall street to
Washington the methods of the money
sharks until Congress was compelled.
for the first time in our financial history,
to restrict his powers and regulate his
| discretion.
And so with the vital question of the
tariff. We were promised great economy
| in public expenditures and large reduc-
ton of taxes. But the only economy we
| have had is the veto of about sixty pen
sion bilS-saving about $4,000 Il year,
about half the expense of the greenhouse
at the Presidents mansiOn-and the only
reduction of taxes proposed is in those
imposed upon foreign productions that
come into competition with American i'll
dustries. The President treats the tariff
a. gingerly as IA monkey would a hot po-
tato He feels it and runs from it. lie
favors the reduction of the tariff, but
thinks it should be made on duties on
imported nccessaries of life, while the
truth is that the American manufacturer
now makes nearly all such articles con
sumed in this country, and the duties
collected are mainly from articles o.
superfluty or luxury. There is not il
his message one open, manly word in ia
vor of the protection of American in
duStrV
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-10-01

Rev. B. Fay Mills is to conduct union
revival service at Brandon this month,
and a general committee consisting of
the pastor and two laymen from each
church in the place has been appointed
to make arrangements.
Senator and Mrs. Justin :. Morrill,
have lately been guests of Senator Ed
munds in Burlington.
w. A. Faulkner, eleven years cashier
of the Peoples National bank of Brat
tleboro, has accepted a similar position
in the Hide and Leather bank, Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milo b. Williamson of
Cornwall are at present guests of his
brother, Judge Williamson, at Pala-
tine, Ill.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-10-01
COLLEGE NOTES.

Horns are blown at all hours in Starr
Hall, but no regular horning has yet
occurred.
The college quartette is to be reorgan-
lied this fall, and promises to be better
than usual.
Wednesday afternoon the Freshmen
nine defeated the Sophomores by score
of II to 3, in four-inning game.
The boarding hall this term is under
the charge of f. d. Howe, 81, and II. y.
Winchester, 81, and accommodates about
thirty students.
The first number of the Undergraduate
will be issued in October. DIR. Rankin's
memorial address is to be published in
two parts in the October and November
numbers.
The annual comes on Friday, October
s. The list of sports is as follows: 100
yards dash, 220 yards dash, quarter-mile
run, half-mile run, mile run, five-miles
So Npu-piNdH's HlSl JUMP.
running high jump, standing broad jump,
running broad jump, three jumps hop,
step and jump; pole vault, putting shot,
high kick, throwing base ball.
Saturday the Freshmen nine went to
Burlington to play game of baseball
with the University of Vermont Fresh
men. The L. V. NJ. Freshmen went to
bat and succeeded in getting one run.
The Middlebury Freshmen then went in
and made three and had one man on sec
ond base with no man out, when game
was called on account of rain. The re-
turn game will be played on the college
campus here. Saturday, Oct. o. A small
admission will be charged to defray the
expenses of the visiting club.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-10-01
ELECTION is OVER.

For the information of our friends at
the north end of the county, who seem
not to have been apprised of it, we beg
to state that on the seventh of the last
calendar month, to wit, on the seventh
day of September, A. ID. 1856, county
officers were elected in the county of Ad-
Olson; and to say further (for herein
appears to consist the ignorance of those
whom we seek to INSTRUCT, that on the
date specified Albert f. Stanley of Lei
cester, in said county, and Dorastus w.
Nash of New Haven, also in said county,
were elected Senators to represent this
county at the coming session of the leg
islature. Whoever asserts to the con-
trary may be safely set down as pre-
varicator. false witness. a dealer in
falsehoods, in short, as an out-and-out
liar.
We hope those up north whom doubt
about this matter has driven to the verge
of idiocy will now possess their souls in
nparp.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-10-01
A SUDBURY GIRLS EOOuSHNESS.

Anna, the lS-year-old daughter of Dr.
II. \. Hawley of sudbury, disappeared
with her fathers team on Sunday morn
ing. 1t was found that she had cut of
her hair and put on mans suit of
clothes before leaving the house. She
left note saying that it would be use
less to follow her. The family are in
good circumstances and stand well So
cially. The daughter was well educated,
good looking and accomplished.
The girl was found, Sunday evening
near Hague. y. Y. 1t seems that she
had prepared for some days for the es
capade. Her family say she is suffering
from mental alteration caused by toC
close application to her studies.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-10-01
THE NEW STATE LIBRARY BUILDING

A Montpelier letter to the Boston Jour
nal thus describes the new State library
building, the construction of which has
been superintended by Mr.. Clinton Smith
of this place;
The new building for the State library
and Supreme court, for the erection of
which the last legislature appropriated
S36, 900, is fast approaching completion
and will be ready for occupancy early in
October. The structure is in the form of
an annex to the west wing of the State
House, and is connected there with by
entrances leading from the first and sec
ond stories. The new library building
is a feet inches long by IS feet s inches
wide, and abuts by the rear end of the
west wall of the State House "a feet,
leaving and exposed frontage on State
street of 81 feet The hight of the walls
is fl feet inches. The front and west
side of the building is of unhewn Barre
granite, the window caps, cOrnices and
holdings being of hammered granite.
The foundation walls are also of granite.
The editice is built to be fire-proOf, the
floor beams and stairwayS being of iron
and the Railways and corridors having
floors of marble tile. The mopboardS
are of marble and the floors are laid in
Southern pine. The basement is used
for closets and toilet rooms and for the
boilers.
The Supreme court room occupies the
| first floor of the building, and is 5lX2e
| feet in size. 1t is II feet 10 inches high
and is fitted with Il bench for the full
court of seven Judges. On the same
| floor is a lawyers room, 2SXl3 feet in
| size, and a room for the members of the
court. There are also two Legislative
committee rooms on this floor. Entrance
| to the building from the outside. and also
| from the lower hall of the State House
is effected on this floor.
On the second floor is the historical
room and the library room, which are
reached by an iron stairway from the
first floor, and also through the old libra
ry, which opens out of the lobby adjoin
! ing Representatives hall. Entering the
new building from the old library the
visitor passes through a lobby, on the
left of which is the librarians room, s.
II feet in size. At the end of the cOrri
dor is the historical room, 20X40 feet il
size and II feet 10 inches high. Tn,
ceiling and floor are of Southern pine
and the walls are hard finished. Tn,
room is lighted by three lofty windows
The famous painting of the battle of Ce
dar Creek, which has heretofore occu
pied one side of the executive chamber
will be placed in the new historical room
A conspicuous feature of this room viii
be the fireplace, which is to be made o
the various kinds of Vermont marble, tn
centre panel containing the State coat
of-arms in marble. The marble fire
place is a gift to the State from eX-Gov
Redield Proctor, the marble king o
Vermont.
The library room is entered from tn
historical room. 1t is 45X50 feet in size
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-10-01

with an extreme hight of % feet six inch
es. The roof is iron trussed, and the
ceiling is frescoed light blue tint. The
walls of the room are brick finished and
painted a terra Gotta shade. The frame
work for the shelving is of iron, and the
shelves are of Southern pine. The ca
pacity of the room is limited to 10000
volumes, one-third of which is to he util-
lied for the 1000 volumes contained in
the State library. The room is lighted
by Is large windows. Reading desks
will be placed between the windows
fronting on State street. The library
building is very substantially built and
the citizens of the State who have occa-
sion to resort to the various departments
in the new structure will appreciate the
changes effected by the erection of the
library.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-10-01
CRANKS.

The crying need of the age is society
for the suppression of cranks. There al
ready exist societies for the promotion of
every conceivable enterprise and the de-
structiOn of every evil, real or fancied,
with which the world is, or is thought to
be, afflicted, till even the soul of Mrs.
Jellyby might hug itself in sweet salts
faction over the numbers of EMISSIONS
open to would-be philanthropists. But
the cranks are yet untouched. From
time immemorial there have been few
communities free from one or more per
sons of small calibre but great activity
who could be depended upon to make
fools of themselves or their friends or tC
cause misery of some sort or another tC
somebody about once in so often. Til
the advent of newspapers and the tele-
graph the sphere of these beings activity
was necessarily limited, but now there is
no end to the mischief they may do.
An instance in point is the performance
of the so-called professor" Virgins
who claimed to foTetell another earth
quake shock which was to have visited
the Southern States on Wednesday OF
this week. 1t is needless to say that nc
such phenomenon was observed; but the
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-10-01

Those who write upon educational top
lies are wont to assume that illiteracy
necessarily goes with a low order OF in
|tellipeuce. /. e.. that one whose gram
mar. spelling and punctuation are not up
Ito the mark does not possess much OF a
head anyway. The following letter from
a youth who answered an advertisement
of lawyer that wanted an office boy Is
printed by a Boston paper, and 1t shows
that the assumption to which we have
referred is not always in accordance with
facts:
mister
want the Job my folks amt rich an
got to rassle they are ded. it betes hel
how hard times is i can do chores al
learn fast want a job in your Office
let me in. JIMMY CARRlGAN'