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Wichita eagle., 1886-09-23
Time 2:49l4t, 2:55, 2:5l}s.


Egmont Chief won first money, s25: Lady
II second. SIP: Grey Joe third, IS: Mastiff
fourth, s.
The fourth race was half-mile dash. New
comb entered Pussy cat Hoover Grasshopper,
Muna Billy: d. C. Helpman, Topsy; and n
NJ Fuel, Mig
After several attempts had been made to
ret fair start the riders of Mig, Billy and
Topsy become disgusted and thought they
would have some fun, SO they let fly the whip
despite the call of the judges to come back
This served as source of amusement for the
crowd.
After they had finished the heat the judges
called them out. and in short time the hve
were off with a good start
The horses that were allowed to run before
were soon in the rear. and at the end Nis
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-23
POLICE COURT.

Ed McIain. John Stout and John Quinn,
were brought UP charged with dr1nkerasss /;
Sro1t and Quinn paid their fines. - each
and were DISMISSED McIairs paid g and exc
.~,.ion Of the remainder was sz1sFendel
Two well known citirras were IN the after
noon brought before his honor AMI nned q
small amount for driving over tis- hose DIR
ing the fire.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-23
was in the rear, while in the fun heat he had
The following is the positions:

for three donkeys to appear upon the track
They belonged to Newman, John Fisher and
i Ferris. They were under the immediate con.
troll of three kids who were very anxious to
have ''go as you can race They were
given the word ''go," but have not as yet got
start. They grazed around the edges OF
| the track and took up zigzag route each
| fellow for himself. Finally in the course OF
time they appeared upon the home stretch
| and Newman came in first, Fisher second and
| the latest dispatches give nothing about
Ferris.
About II o'clock yesterday there was a
procession of live stock around the track.
The exhibits III that line were considered as
good as on any previous year. A gentleman
who attended the fair at Kansas City last
week was present and said that the swine ex-
hibit here was as good as the one there.
The following is list of some of the larg-
est contributors in
CLASS A.-CATTLE:
Hiram Smith has a short-horn bull one
year old and three -year-old Galloway on
exhibition.
: C. S. Eichholtz has two short-horn bulls
and several COW, of similar breed.
Jacob Weidleim has on exhibition a num-
ber of Herefords.
w. j. Estes has some Holsteins.
j. c. Hyde has some Galloways.
c.. f. Stone has fine herd of HOlsteinS.
r. E. Lawrence is represented by the Polled
Angus.
Blakesley s. Leonard have on exhibition
large number of short-horns.
A. B. Henthorn has two Jerseys.
CLASS B.-HORSES.
Hiram Smith has some agricultural horses
that attract considerable attention.
Jos. Fuhman has fine herd of horses.
Some agricultural, some roadsters, and some
sweepstakes.
c. S. Eichholtz has two fine ones of the
agricultural lot.
E. L. Snyder has fine Clydesdale stallion
on exhibition, and several other breeds are
John Robinson has Norman stallion.
E. Rehm has entered a large number Of
agricultural horses.
James McElroy has number of agriculs
tural horses, representing various ages.
Z. T. Ware has entered several roadsters.
CLASS C-SHEEP.
NJ Hoffman, a drove of fine woods.
Harry L. Hunt, some fine long woods and
one fine wool.
j. r. Mathews, a number of fine woods and
a few long woods.
CLASS D-SwINE.
Oliver McIntire has a number of Poland
Chinas.
J. C. Hyde has few Poland Chinas.
NJ. B. Keagg has a fine drove Of Berk-
shires
Stewart Cook has Poland Chinas and Ches-
-er Whites.
James Ballrick has number of Berk-
,hirss.
The following is the programe for today:
$50 a. m. Parade on the track OF all the
stock.
10 to 12 o'clock m. Exhibition of classes A.
md B. in front of the grand stand.
80 D. M. Potato race for boys under IA.
2p. M Ladies equestrianship:
2:3O D. m Gents equestrianshlp.
80. N. Ladies driving single team.
$50 p m. Half mile dash for colts under
, years old.
1 p. m. Trotting, for horses that have not
beaten 2:i5.
5p. m. Slow Brrro race
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-23

wILBER's LYCEJM COMPANY.

This company appears tonight in DEnery 5
celebrated Two Orphans. in seven acts and
seven tableaux The following Is from the
Indianapolis Journal:
The Two Orphans xas the attraction tnas
filed Fnzlishe's last night from INT to
dome The Lyceun company efforts were
rewarded by frequent and hearty appsause
Spae-e sort,ids going into details. IL .iii SUI
fice for Us TO say that the company deserves
ta,e sI,ce,zss they are meeting with here.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-23

The general government is great on red
tape that's conceded, but the present admin
istration takes the cake. Between the post
master of Wichita and the government there
has been matter of difference for some
months. the dispute involving the sum or
twenty-five cents which clerk had charged
for cashing a draft for q Chicago party and
remitting money order. The government
sent special agent who, after visiting Chi
cago and Wichita, decided that the twenty
two cents must be refunded. The postmas-
ter claiming that the transaction was not an
official one therefore nothing was due. Yes
teriay another special agent came on with a
full statement of the entire case and formal
demand for the twenty-five cents. Fearing
taat a further refusal would bring the U. >.
army, we wilted and made the requisite Or
DIR.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-23

Mr.. Caldwell, who has charge of the meat
depot Of the campfire at G. A. r. tonight,
has furnished one hundred pounds of beef,
the finest in the market: and will have it
cooked in good shape
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-23

Mr.. Jacob Pittenger and wife, and Mrs.
Hobbs and son Jim, left yesterday for Hot
Springs, Arkansas They will so overland,
carrying with them tents and cooking appar-
atus They will return in the early part of
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-23

Judge Strang of Larned spent the day in
Wichita yesterday, making us pleasant but
brief call
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-23
AMUSEMENT.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

To the Editor OF the Eagle:
Please announce &. w. Steenrod asa can
didate for Representative OF the S3rd District,
subject to the decision of the people at the
pOllS
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-23

The city is full of pickpocket thieves and
burglars, attracted here by the fair. The
police say they have an eye upon at least one
hundred
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-23

Tom Mcnamara last night run in man
who had stolen horse near Argonia, and
had fed to this city.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-23
MAYORS PROCLAMATION.

At the request of many Of our citizens de
string to attend the fair on Thursday, Sept.
23d, |, B. W. Aldrich, mayor of Wichita
would respectfully request that all business
houses be closed on that day, from ocl ,ck
to 5 O'Clock p. III.
Attest: B. ". ALDRICH, Mayor
FRED. SCHALTNER, City Clerk.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-23

Messrs. Green & Thomas, contractors, yes
terday commenced brick work upon the
Lewis academy. They think it will beabout
five weeks before the work is completed.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-23

The brick work of the Hodgson, InneS a
Ross and Aldrich & Brown building, was
completed yesterday
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-23

Frank Beebe, formerly of this city but
now of Clearwater, yesterday got some NOR
tar in his eye. fell from the scaffold, twenty
feet to the ground, and, when he went home
suffering from the injuries, found his family
increased 10y the addition of a beautiful baby
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-23

Mr.. L. NJ Crawford of Topeka, the lessee
of the opera house. is in the city,
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-23

Five coaches carried eXcursionistS to the
celebration at Saratoga. Two were filled
from the city and country between here and
Kingman the remainder at kingman and
the country west to Saratoga. The train
will return tomorrow
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-23

Mrs. Lena Majors of Maize, called yester-
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-23

Mr. A. B. Pierce of junction City, and
prominent real estate man of central Kansas,
called yesterday to make an examination OF
the EAGLES blank books and forms for
loans, ETC., he having heard much of them.
He said they were the best copyrights in the
state, and he was not surprised that Phila
delphia sent to Wichita for such work.
Memorial hall will be the center of attrac-
tion this evening, the occasion being a ball
and banquet held under the auspices of the
Garfield post. No special invitations have
been issued, we learn. TO anyone. Tickets
are uniformly one dollar admitting TO both
ball and banquet. The indications point TO
a crowded house, and as the proceeds are
largely for charitable purposes it is fitting
that it should prove financial success. We
wish il success both socially and financially.
Hon. George r. Peck, the general solicitor
of the Santa Fe system, spent the day in
Wichita yesterday. During the morning, he
was feeling very much under the weather
and was kept to his room. which was disap
pointment as he desired very much TO loos
over our city, it having been a long time
since he was here. The truth is Wichita has
doubled in population and wealth since hi
last visit But he saw enough to convince
him that despite everything which had hap
pened in the past. and in spite of anything
which is liable to happen in the future, Wich
ita is bound to become the first city lin th'
land"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-02-03
TIE WELCOME BACK.

Sweet Is the hour that brings us home,
Where all will spring to meet us,
Where hands are striving as we come
To be the first to greet us.
When the world has spent It's frowns an
wrath
And care been sorely pressing,
lis sweet TO turn from our rowing path
And find fireside blessing.
Ah, joyfully dear is the homeward track,
II we are but sure Of welcome backl
What do we reck on dreary way,
Though lonely and benighted,
II we know there are lips to chide our stay
And eyes that will beam love-lightedi
What is the worth of your diamond ray
To the glance that flashes pleasure
When the words that welcome back betray
We form hearts chief treasureg
Oh, joyfully dear is our homeward track,
If We are but sure of welcome backl
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-02-03
RATEs oE AnvrRTlaIMo.
LOVES APPEAL

II should listen, listen, love,
With longing ear, in time Of leisure,
Unto a redbreast's song above,
Feeling a thrill at every measure,
'Twould be ingratitude, my love,
II, when the song had ceased above,
took The life that gave mo pleasure.
But il, when it had died away,
And had listened, listened, love,
Twere only just if 1 to pay
The redbreast that had made me gay
Should build for it a nest above
Thou, thou has listened, listened, dear,
With strange delight, in time Of leisure,
Ulto a love song wondrous clear,
And smiled and blushed at every ineasure.
Now, 'twere ingratitude, my dear,
When old does seem the song you hear,
To wound the heart that gave you pleas
ure.
But. dear: when it has thrilled its best
And thou hast listened yearningly,
'Twere only just within thy breast
To rear for it gentle nest
And soothe the love that sung for thee.
--Edward A. Fuller, in Boston Transcript.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-02-03
Japan Village ShOns.

Japanese villages are full of shops.
There is scarcely house which does not
sell something. Where the buyers come
from, and how profit can be made is a
mystery. Many of the things are eat
ables, such as dried fishes, one and
half inches long, impaled on sticks
cakes, sweetmeats composed of rice,
flour, and very little sugar; circular
Jumps OF rice dough, called mochi roots
boiled in BRINE; white jelly made
from beans; and ropes, straw shoes for
men and horses, straw cloaks, paper um
brellas, paper waterproofs. toothpicks,
paper mouchoirs, tobacco pipes, hairpins,
and numerous other trihes made of BAN.
boo, straw, grass and wood. These
goods are on stands. and in the room be-
hind, open TO the street, all the domestic
avocations are going on, and the house
wife is usually to be seen boiling water
or sewing, with a baby tucked in th4
back OF her dress. A lucifer factory has
recently been put up in one place, and
in many house frouts men are cutting
up wood into lengths for matches. Ia
others they are husking rice, very Ia
borioils process, ia which tho grain is
bounded in q mortar sunk IN tho iio0r By
Il iat-ehded wooded pestle, attached to
long horizontal lever, which Is worked
BY the feet of man, invariably naked,
who stands at the other extremity
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-02-03

A company of Americans are to lay a
papcr railway in Russia. The uses of
paper are becoming amazingly extended,
and win be likely to do some queer tricks
with rhetoric as people now may think.
Perhaps it will not seem strange some
years hence to read in newspaper of a
locomotive ''fiercely fagellating the all
enduring paper nails, and striking fire
and thunder from them at every mighty
bound" but it seems now as though it
would. Inevitably cannon balls will
come to be made Of paper, and the New
Yorker of the future may learn with sor-
row and alarm of the demolition of Fort
Hamilton by the "hcavy paper hail
poured upon 1t by hostile vessel lying
far out at sea.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-02-03

Now, when the mercury sinks out Of
sight and the water-pipes freeze up, there
is timely renewal OF the proposition to
dam the Strait of Belle Isle, between
Newfoundland and Labrador, so as to
defect the Arctic current which now
passes through, turning it eastward and
allowing the warm water of the Gulf
Stream to flow northward close to the
shores. It is claimed that this warding
of OF the frigid waters would give a
mild and genial climate from Nova Scotia
to Cape Hatteras, like that of Spain
and Northern Italy in the same latitude.
This stringing of new isothermal lines
will be expensive, and the scheme is not
likely to prosper. But it is better to dam
the Strait of Belle Isle than to imprecate
the weather.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-02-03
The Birth of an Iceberg.

The birth Of huge iceberg. phe-
nomeuon that has been seen only once
or twice by European, and to a certain
extent has remained matter of theory,
was observed by the Danish explorers on
the east coast of Greenland last summer.
The bergs are formed by breaking off
from the perpetual ice of the unexplored
interior to the coast and into the sea /.
The water buoys up the sea end of the
glacier until it breaks by its own weight
with a noise that sounds like loud
thunder miles away. The commotion of
the water, as the iceberg turns over and
over in the effort to attain it's balance, is
felt to a great distance along the coast.
The natives regard it as the work of
evil spirits, and believe that to look upon
the glacier in its throes is death. The
Dauish officers, when observing the
breaking off of the end of the great gla
cier Puissortok through their telescopes,
were roughly ordered by their Esquimaux
escort, usually submissive enough, to
follow their example and turn their backs
on the interesting scene. They had
happily completed their observations,
and avoided an embarrassing conflict
with the crew by a seeming compliance
with the order.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-02-03

The supreme court of Indiana has just
decided that where property has been
destroyed by fire from sparks negli-
gently permitted to escape from loco
motive the owner may recover its full
value from the railway company, not
withstanding the fact that the property
was fully insured and the insurance com
pany had paid the loss. In other words,
II person happens to be lucky enough
to have his building burned by chance
spark, and also has it insured in a sol
won't company, he may get twice its value
In solid cash.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-02-03
Chinese Secret SirnaIs.

The Chinese wood sawyers have a sort
of sign language of their own, in which
the signs are made with sticks of cord
wood. When a Chinaman has taken
contract to saw pile of wood he places
several sticks on the top of the pile in
peculiar position, which informs all other
Cinnamon that the contract has been
let, and thus the owner of the wood is
kept free from the annoyance of having
a dozen Cinnamon day ringing his bell
aud asking for job. Should the wood
pile belong to man who is not good
pay. several sticks OF the wood are
arranged by some Chinaman who has
been victimized by the party, in such
manner that no other Chinaman will ask
for the job Of saving it. Any one who
has had pile Of wood lying in front Of
his premises for several days without
some Chinaman applying for the job OF
saving il may know that he is down in
the black list. and win just pitch in and
saw his wood himself. - Portland Ore
goaian.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-02-03
Food or the Burmese.

The flesh of the python is much es-
teemed by the Karens for food, and the
gail bladder for medicine. All lizards
of the varanide family are highly valued
for food, and sought for in hollow trees
by the aid of dogs. The Karens steal
up the tree with a moose at the end OF a
bamboo, aud snare them while leap
ing for the water, or catch them in a
boat beneath the tree. The head Is
deemed venomous; but the flesh of the
other parts is preferred to fowls. If not
needed for immediate consumption, the
captive is rendered helpless by breaking
some of the toes and knotting the sinews.
The eggs are equally esteemed. The
padat CLiopelus guttagus) is herbivorous,
and in high favor as Wand. The flesh
of the mijyoung (Crockodilusl, which is
very common and reaches thirty feet in
length, is In great request for food. A
kind of turtle during the inundations
becomes scattered about the country, and
on the sucsidence of the floods, and dur
ing the grass burning in April, many are
either caught alive, or their scorched
bodies are found afterward, and greatly
reished by the people. The flesh of the
soft turtles is generally eaten by the
Burmese, and may be good, though the
animals are carnivorous. The lekpyen-
won is algivorous, and is the 'edible
turtle" of India. The boatmen on the
river make it practice, when mooring
at a spot. to hunt in the neighboring
thickets for lizards, chameleons, snakes,
and similar reptiles, with which they
flavor the invariable dish of boiled rice.
Even lizards found dead are esteemed a
great delicacy when cooked The Bur
mese exhibit decided peculiarities in
their choice of comestibles. There is
small kind of beetle which fabricates
balls Of clay as a indus for its progency.
about the same size as tennis balls, and
buries them in ground where cattle are
stalled. These balls are eagerly sought
after by the Burmese for the sake of the
DAINTY grub contained within, which
they deyour with uncommon relish. -
The faeld.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-02-03

Late English papers contain an order
from the privY council which requires
every local authority in England, Wales
and Scotland TO slaughter within
two days Of the existence of the
disease becoming known to them
all swine affected with swine fever and
all swine which have been in contact
with such affected swine, the compensa-
tion in the former case being fixed at
one-haif the value Of the animal and in
the latter case at the full value.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-02-03

Pagan Myo, on the bank OF the IRA
waddy, just above BIinla, and now in
possession of the British troops, is the
ancient capital of Burmah and in ruins.
1t extends for two miles along the river
and Is choked with jungle. Its pagodas
ire almost countless, and one of them
ranks next to the famous Tai Manal.
rhe neighboring hills are dotted with
ruined pagodas razed by the hill tribes
twho are not Buddhists) for the sake of
the gold and silver images of Cautama
buried beneath each when it was
founded.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-02-03
HUMOR or THE DAY.

There is great deal Of Balkan among
the war horses of the East.
A roadbed is for the convenience Of
wheels when they are tired. -Picayune.
A proverb says Hunger is the best
cook. That may be so, but hunger
hasn't anything TO cook. -Sytings.
A New York tailor says every man
should have five overcoats. Not bad
idea-from the tailors standpoin -
Chicago Ledger.
An exchange tells Chow to boil
onions" What we want is recipe for
boiling the man who eats them. Bur.
Rn0ton Free Press.
''I'l drop your acquaintance, re-
marked the big man as ne held one rob.
ber by the throat while he knocked
down the other one. - Merchant TrGO-
eler.
Oscar Wilde declares that he can see
angels where other men see only flesh
and blood. A slaughterhouse must look
like heaven to him, then. - L0soea
Citizen.
Prisoner (desirous of flattering the
court)-'T think there is fine express
sion in your honor's face" Judge (ur
banelyl-"So there is, and the fine is
$40 and costs" s."-BOstoa Courier.
SHAKESPEARE SLIGHTLY ALTERED.
'He never spoke word;
Cut with look Of deepest melancholy
He sat- like Patience on an ottoman,
Waiting for his wife to put her bonnet on"
Lynn Item.
A California man has defect In his
eyes which causes him to see every OBJ.
ject multiplied nineteen times. He
would be treasure in a thousand ways
What man to take the Chicago census.
philadelphia Call.
81 have such an indulgent husband
said little Mrs. Doll. eyes, SO George
says, responded Mrs. Spiteful, quietly
sometimes he indulges too much,
doesn't hep They no longer speak to
each other.-Rambier.
EPITAPH on AN HONEST MAN.
Here 'mong the dead his body's laid,
But his soul is in heaven dweller;
For this man never failed, while he lived. II
is said,
To return a borrowed umbrella.
--Boston Courier
A South Carolina woman rode twenty
five miles through drenching rain to
marry the man she loved. Seems as
though man would be rather shy about
marrying a woman with so much energy
as that. -BurlingtOa Free Press.
Ethel-'M Mamma, think Frank meant
business" Mamma--''Why, what
way TO talk, child! But tell me what
makes you think so2n Ethel-''He gave
me pair of sleeve buttons last night and
they were linked. .n-Keatucky State
Journal
He asked, "Why is that look of pain
Upon thy lovely face
Why on that brow hath agony
Set its corroding tracef
Ali tell me- dear, why misery
Thy sinless soul doth blightN
ooh, darling she replied, . because
My new boots are SO tight
boston Gazette
A boy who bought quart of New
Orleans molasses at Cincinnati grocery
store the other day found diamond
ring worth 5000 in the stuff Grocery
clerks should have their rings made to
fit tighter-somebody will get choked
on a cluster ring yet. MiLwaukee Sentt
nell
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-02-03
The territory Of AlaslLa IS So far AWAY

The territory of Alaska is so far away
and in the popular Imagination is so
closely associated with polar bears and
everlasting SHOWS that, though it is
part and parcel Of the United States of
America, but little is known of it by
Americans. There are reasons now for
the belief that at no distant day Alaska
will be more familiar to the people under
whose protection it was placed by the
purchase of 1857, and it would not be
surprising if, in the development OF its
undoubted mineral and timber resources,
It should become ere long an important
ana influential State. The territory is
Of vast exteut, having more than 1000
miles of seacoast, and 50 varied is its
climate that, while portions Of it are
a most uninhabitable, other sections are,
rs reason of the warm currents from the
Pacific ocean, made as salubrious as the
middle Southern States.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-02-03

The most dangerous counterfeit Of
United States coin is So gold piece
that is supposed to have been made
through the rascality of some employees
in the New Orleans mint. It was made
with the genuine stamp. The outside
is of 900 fine gold and the inside Of
spelta and platina There are hundreds
of thousands OF them in circulation.