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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-15
work it will stand.

work it will stand.
The wheels, which are eight feet and q
half in diameter, are of steel, and are
placed at the points of triangle. each
side Of which is twenty-four feet at the
top. The frame is skeleton, the iron
being so arranged as to present as lit
tie resistance to wind aud waves sS
possible.
The inventor expects the toughest
seas to break through 1t without doing
the least damage to the machine.
The motive power is by the working
OF two levers at the top platform. These
levers each have two steel rods, which
lead down to the front wheels Of the
tricycle., the tires of which are notched.
A shoe on the end of each steel rod
catches in these notches and propels the
machine by the moving up and down Of
the levers. The rods are SO placed on
the lever that. while one is going down
Tor fresh grip. the other is pulling
upward.
By this means the motion is continu-
Gus, and the rate at which two men are
expected to be able to move it through
the water is three miles en- hour, as fast
as the average gait of walking.
The third or hind wheel acts like
OtsotOi, di1u, swinging Oh q pivot, 1O1lONS
the leading wheels OF the tricycle., which
Is steered by the levers.
Very f'v- ~ els arc elty
Or more Il Vi va.ei, sea
WAGON OF, res as IT. az. ..'ts it
to. II may DC run Out IL !. ,.Estl4ded
vessel.
A ladder arranged so as he cxt,nd-
ed from the t0p is placed d. ~ sre Of
the vehicle, aid by t!.5 80 o.ll. the
crew OF the mac he mo Il. ~ -i.t i lied
platform, but crews OF iecke We Is
may do tho Sd me, and e Lceic;l % Ky
land. Six men could lhUs re Carried .t
time.-t Philadelphia News.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-15
AN OCEAN TRIO :
Curious Life Saving Machine 4 sea Wag-
Twen:y-sc-en isct HIGH.

A IL cvole on which to lice through
and o. The breakers which beat on
tie = lie coast may have been
drca .i.sd Of, but that il would ever tie
thought OF wAei awaae ana sober has
entered Into the minds OF few besides
its inventor, a Philaceiphian, who has
secured d patent for his invention, and
expects to iind millions in it.
The object Of this, probably the larg-
est tricyc.e ever built, is not simply for
exercise and amusement, as are the
less ,retentiouS three wheeled vehicles,
but it is proposed 10 utilize it as a means
for the saving Of life from vessels
wrecked on the dangerous beaches.
This one will be used by the life saving
station at Ocean City. aid if it proves a
success. as all who have examined it
believe 1t will, others will be built for
the lite-saving stations all along the
coast.
The machine may be run by two men
easily. and yet is SO strong and so con-
structed as 10 pass through the toughest
water without injury, ard without even
wetting the men who may ride upon it,
except such wettiDg as may be due to
spray.
g 1t can lie run out to wreck any
time, said the man who WIGS super n
tending the work OF building the curious
machine, and il viii, leyond question.
revolutonize the present system OF saw.
ing life On the coast There neei be no
trouble hereafter III launching the surf.
boats, and the motor used for shooting
lire across stranded vessels may be
laid aside forever, once this machine Is
In working trim.
Instead OF requiring an hour or two
to reach wrecked vessel, 1t may be
done on the sea wagon in ten minutes,
and w.thou. the least danger. The I'm
perilled crew could be taken ashore on
the machine, II desired. in fact. a per-
feet communication betwt en- the land
and the wreck viii be established. and
absolutely without danger, when this
naeh.neis put into general use."
The sea wagon, as the inventor has
named it, Is composed entirely OF iron
and steel. excep. the small triangular
platform at The TOP. on which those who
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-15

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These towns are in the best portion of
Sedowick County. Kansas
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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-15
those l knew.

those knew.
There stood the church there the par
solage. / walked toward 1t. The win
dows of the sitting-room were open. I
drew Softly near and peeped in.
The old clock licked in the corner.
The old rag carpet YVES either the same
or another just like it. There was only
one blue vase on the mantel. sup
pose the other had been broken; but
there were the profiles Of grandpa and
grandma Wheeler over the escritoire.
There was Dominic Wheeler. looking
very much older. sitting exactly as he
used to sit beside the table, his red
handkerchief over his knees, cup Of
tea in his hands.
dolly" he said.
And from an inner room came q wo-
man. large, handsome and high-colored,
who said:
''Well, father?"
Could it be my slim young Dolly
Yes, it was. She was very ine-looking
now and she looked so matronly that I
Immediately concluded that she was
Mrs. Isaac Robins.
Still could not leave the window.
g 1t was my one glimpse OF her, !!
said to myself, "for years past and
years to come"
"Well, father p she said.
And turned smiling toward him.
live been thinking it over, Dolly"
he said. Il think it would be best Tor you
TO marry. am eighty. l cannot live
long. You had better marry Mr.. Bra
ham. He is v,ry fond OF you. You like
him, am SUR. Is it for my sake you
say no?
She bent over him and put her hand
on his sLo lders.
Father She said, lam going to tell
you the truth, a thing woman seldom
does n these matters. / should not
have t. leave you; SO it is not for Your
sake, mach as love you. But l do not
care for Mr. Braham. l have only
cared ior one man in my liie-Iny first
love, James Gardner. / sent him away
from me, and he had done very wrong |;
but think now that we both loved each
Other. Know that, even now. l cannot
forge5 him. and that never shall forget
him While live"
There were tears in her eyes; she
brushed them away. In another mo-
irent l was at the door; she opened it.
l held Gu, bo;h my hands. Those were
D ily g.r. 5 eyes that looked at NE,
an. / eau, lit her in my arms.
/ ls.te ONE back to te To- gwen,
Dolly, SD, and saw that l iai not
come ii I.5.ii.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-15

r. q, SMYTH q SONS, wichita.
N. r. NIEDERI.ANDER.
AN0LO.AMERICAN Loan Office.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-15
Made All the Difference.

A young widow. whose husband had
been dead a month, and whom size had
always supposed 20 be free from Snail
vi G., was oyernauiing bis clothes. SEE
found large pug OF tobacco IN a coat
pocket
.oh, George George she exclaimed
despaiiiag.y, you and l Will never
meet In tie good world r
In another pocket OF the same gar
Inent She found g life insurance policy
for $500, OF which she lad before
known nothing, ard she burst forth
exuItaatly:
.Oh. yes we will We will. Heaven
will forgive him his one Little fault.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-15
How He Wanted 1t Stuffed.

Boarder: Mrs. Finnigan, what is
this?"
clearinghouse mistress "a chicken,
SIR
"Oh, it is, Ell? / thought maybe it
was reed bird"
Isn't it good, Mr.. Baker? 1 stuffed
it with bread and onions. and the incest
filling"
Mrs. Finnigan, do you know what I
would have stuffed it with?"
mo; with what?"
Another chicken" - Philadelphia
Call,
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-15
New York Court Scene.

Lawyer: ''Vitness. vat vas your name9"
Witness: abraham Isaac Levy
Lawyer: "Vat vas your pishness?'
Witness "Schentleman!y cloding store
dot Chatham street on"
Lawyer: "Mr. Levy, vat vas your
religions %
Witness: ''Ven l told you already
sometimes dot my name vas Levy, dot
l have cloding store already dot Chat
ham street on, don't you pegin to schmell
a mouse and sushpect me Of peillS g
Chew ."-[Texas Siftings.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-15
An Intending Inventor.

AL IntenUinS 1nVeNtOfs
Dialogue between a vagabond and q
police Judge:
Judge: "You ere without profession,
are you not?"
Vag.: pardon, am an inventor =.
Judge: "What have you invented 2"
Vag.:" Nothing, but am searching to
invent something all the time"
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-15
The Unappreciated Young Man.

At the ball stupid young man ap-
preached Miss X and said:
''This Is our dance; shall we waltz 2"
''No, indeed, I hate waltzing."
''Do then waltz 80 badly?" asked the
young man. Very we'll, let's sit
down and talk then"
1--WE will waltz. Iprefer It,"
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-15

''Well, Uncle Zeke, what compensation
do you want for whitewashing the
fence?' ''Doan want no kompinsashun.
Massa Backus; only jist 70 dollars an
a half = New Orleans Picayune.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-15
An Accident of Birth,

First Wayfarer: We'll, but il you're
Dublin man, how came you to be born
in Cork?"
Second Ditto: Sure it was lust
this-Iwas staying there at the tonne"
-[Judy.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-15

!" Reflect On this" tie mirror said,
As madame primped minute;
az do sac EignAIed with hsr head
a. And see much beauty IN IT,
-fTexas s;funss.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-06-12

Ibervilie South This vicinity
was visited by q heavy wind aud
slight rain last Monday evening"
The river was lashed into fury and
tie white caps were as beautiful as
they were dangerous. 1t was cur
rent|y reported on Tuesday that two
men and one woman, oil colored,
were drowned while attempting to
cross the river in a skiff.
New Iberia Enterprise: Two or
three days ago, a couple of boys, one
Of them the son Of Mr.. Gustave Pes
san, were playing with powder and
one of them threw the explosive in a
pot and called to the other to look
in and see it. The son of Mr.. Pes
san was the victimized party, for just
as he took peep, the other boy
threw into the pot lighted match.
whether by accident or design we
are not informed, and the result was
the ignition of the powder and Sc.
rious burning Of the unfortunate
boys face.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-06-12
Good Times South.

1t is gratifying to observe that
there is one section of the country
10 which industrial growth does not
seem to be paralized by strikes, lock-
outs and other forms of war between
the capital that gives employment to
labor and the labor that should DO
glad to be employed at remdnera-
tive wages by capital. For some
reason the South has been fortunate
ly free from these ruinous disputes
between labor and capital and the
result is that the industrial growth
of the South is phcnominal. H.
The first three months in the yedr
1886 show that the new manufactu.
ring and mining enterprises in the
South, together with some important
extensions Of old concerns, will EN-
ploy capital to the amount Of thirty.
six and a half millions Of dollars.
This cipital has been drawn largely
from the North and East and from
Europe, although Southern capital
lists have invested very literally.
The new growth Is not confined to q
few industries, but extends over al
most the entire range Of human
industries, from iron furnaces and
cotton mills to fruit canneries and
ice factories. The list is largely
made up of small factories and work
shops, in each of which a small capi.
tai and q few workmen are employ.
ed, although there are t. few large
concerns, one Of which invests two
millions iu new iron and steel farna-
ces.
In only two of the fourteen States
in which portions of this thirty.six
millions Of new capital is being ia-
vested have there been any serious
troubles of late. They are Texas
and Maryland. and it is worth no.
ting that in Maryland the amount Of
new capital invested is more than q
million dollars less than during the
same time last year, although the
aggregate capital invested in the
! whole fourteen is nearly double
what it was the FIRST three months Of
1885. The South is to be congratu-
lated on this wonde, fnl showing ana
it is ardently to he hoped that the
evident prosperity Of that section
may not turn out to be spasmodic
boom, but q steady and continuous
growth Philadelphia Times.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-06-12
2O,O:; !: =; :: 4: !; s.: $;

you will get free a package OF
goods Of large value, that will start
you in work that will at once bring you
in money faster than anything else in
America. All abou: 100000 in pres
ents with each box. Agents wanted
everywhere, Of either sex. Of all ages,
for all the time, or spare time only. to
work for US at their own homes For
tunes for all workers absolutely assu' ed
Don't delay II. HALLErr & Co.,,
Portland, Maine.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-06-12
Bonds to the amount of $4,000

Bonds to the amount of $4,000
pnrporting to have been issued by
the State Of Indiana forty years ago,
payable originally to Mr.. Jean Bap-
tiste Maurice of Paris, have just been
PRESENTED for payment. Their exis.
tence was wholly unknown to Indi.
ana officials, and research fails to
give any traces Of them. Unless
some Identification can be obtained
payment will be refused.-lberville
Democrat.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-06-12

NM nfor working people. send
uuI 10 cents postage. and We
HMM will mail you free, roy.f.
uUuu valuable sample box ol
goois that will put you in the way Of
making more money, in = few days
than you ever thought possible at any
business. Capital not required. You
can live at home and work in spare
tune only. or oil the time. All of both
sexes, Of al ages. grandly successful
So cents to IS easily earned every
evening. That all who want work may
test tho business, We make this unpar-
alleIe< Offer: 70 all who ore not well
satis6ed We will send 81 to pay for the
trouble Of writing us. Full pa,ticu-
lars, directions, etc, sent free. I'M
"e"se pay absolutely sure fol all who
start at once. Don't delay. Address
ST,xsos / Co.. Portland. Maine
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-06-12

In some parts Of the world The
days are four months long. When
a lively boy OF II years accompanies
his mother to church for the first
time he thinks he has struck Que Vt
those days sure. 3a
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-06-12

a little boy wrote to Santa
Claus for a pony but was wise
enough to add. If he is mule
please tie his hind legs
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-06-12
State Gleanings.

Bossier Banner 1t threatens to
rain every few days, but we have
had no rain of anv consequence in
this section since the 9th Of last
April.
Louisiana Standard The name
OF Tulane avenue, given to Common
ST., from Rampant back, has been
applied by the City Council from
Rampant to Baronne.
Lake Charles Echo We learn
that the foundation is being laid for
a rice mill near Prof. Thomson's ice
factory. The machinery has arrived
and will be put in as soon as the
building is completed.
Lake Charles Commercial The
heat has been intolcrable for some
time past. and we are sadly in need
of rain. The drouth has been long
one, no rain having visited Lake
Charles since April II.
St. Landry Democrat The pre-.
liminary trial Of Joseph Z. Frsge
accused OF the murder of Sebastien
Dupre was closed last Thursday
The evidence was purely circumstan.
tial and he was admitted to bail in
the sum of FIVE hundred dollars,
Thibodaux Sentinel On Wednes.
day night, the drug store Of Danse.
reau & Bourgeois was entered and a
few boxes of cigars carried away.
A glass was broken out Of the door
by which access was obtained to the
bolts, and thus an entrance effected.
Farmeryille Gazette f: An orphan
boy named Saunders, Of Coushat!a,
about ten years old, committed sui.
eide by hanging himself to a limb
with piece of his suspenders. An
aversion to going TO school is sup.
posed to be the cause of his rash act.
Opelousas Courier The ruins Of
the old burnt Court House were
torn down and the bricks cleaned
during the past week. Nearly all
of them are sound and good and will
be used in the erection Of the new
building which will be put up with.
St. Martinsville Messenger The
rainfall last Monday, though far
from being as copious as could be
wished did, Notwithstanding, great
deal of good. The plants that were
dropping and suffering from the pre-.
! vailing heat, were thoroughly re.
freshed.
Washington Argus: st. Landry
| dew berries in the Texas market
The Texas & Pacific r r., has been
conveying from Melville in this par.
ish, to Fort Worth, Tex, quantities
| of large lncious dew berries picked
on the vacant fields along the At
chafalaya River.
Rayne Signal The irst shipment
of peaches ever made from Rayne
was shipped last Wednesday to st.
Louis by Mr.. S. B. Bird. He ship.
ped twelve boxes as an experiment
believing that better prices can be
obtained there than in New Orleans
for such fruit.
Pointe Coupee Banner The
Eighteen miles of T. p. r. r., in this
narish has been assessed by the AS
sessor, Mr.. Edwin Vignes, at seven
thousand five hundred dollars per
mile. We consider this assessment
as Just both to the railroad and par
ish. We have also heard several
comment on it in favorable terms.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Last Sat
nrday morning heavy cave oc
cnrred at Hermitage landing, whicI
carried away nearly all Of the bat
ture landing. The strangcst part o
the cave is the fact that large trees
instead Of topping over, settled
down out Of sight. 1t necessltate
the immediate moving of the ware
houses at that place to save tleIn.
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-29

ByyiTtue OF decree ~ Cnestcrie 4 Circuit
Court, entered On me l5th day ~ June
1888, In the - use - TOwnes aud n'f -.
James y. Jones Administrator aud 0f.. f.r
undersigned. thereby appointed special
com nj siOnefs for tue purpose, VIII proceed
TO sell by public auction, ia mont ~ f.s
United states courthouse. in the city OBJ.
Richmond Va. on
WEDNESDAY. SEpTENBrR I. 1888.
atI2 O'Clock NJ. that VERY VALUABLE
FARM above described fronting three
miles on james river. one mile nom Drew
~ 's-BlUf station and pCsi-ofilce, on tII
Richmond and pttcrsblrg mUroat about
eight miles nom Richmond. aui tne resi-.
dence OF the late james IS Jones contain.
ing about I 300 ACRfS ofwhi,h about 81 300
acrtsare river low grounds about 300 acres
OF second lOW grounds slOut SEQ acres %
fine rich upland al. in fine cultivation. ani
about 5OOacIes ia original ilrHt-pine. Oa ".
fully. and Is well drained Can be Il .yiiDi
into four farms OF nearly equal sizo -thr.
fronting on tie river aud tbe other on t.3
Richmond and Petersburg turnpike.
The Improvements consist or larye
framed dwelling rouf9 ming ten rooms.
beautifully situated. surrounded by "a largo
forest OF oak. hickory. &c. barns. siab.es,
granaries. hAy-sled- and houses Tor ten
ants and laborcrs aHuiv sufficient. This -
a valuable farm. ana thuse wanting, either
for their own Use or fbr invest Uent, w0uld
DO well to examine aud attend sale. Good
neighhofs. Young bearing orchard Of One
yatlttles OF fruits grapes. &c.
Terms Cash.
BENJAMIN II. NASH
ALEXANDER DOMAIN.
Commissioner
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-29

ing of ersnsries and mills, as strsgstic
measure, raises clamor Of indignation
and Is called q war upon women and
children.
Mr.. Lincoln, the President, came on
q visit not long after the battle. A
grand review OF all the troops was held
in honor Of the occasion. The troops
were drawn up in single regiments, not
in divisions, and Mr.. Lincoln, accompa-
MED by General Mcclellan and his staff,
rode around them. The General and
his staff we're in brilliant uniform, and
rode in canter. Mr.. Lincoln was at
tired in plain black suit, and rode,
most of the time, in long, swinging
trot; his tall, angular figure appearing
to decided disadvantage. Few per-
sons would have supposed that the
eminent qualities hepossessed and after
wards so conspicuously displayed were
concealed beneath so plain M exterior.
II was about this time that his procla-
nation offering to pay 1900 each for
the slaves of the South-men, wo-
men, and children, if she would lay
down her arms and come back into the
Union-was issued. Most Of the regi-
ments seemed to have been very much
reduced by the recent battles. A you
ave regiment, many of whose dead
had seen on the field of Second Ma
nassas, numbered only sixteen men.
Soon after the review Mcclellan
gathered together his hosts and crossed
over the river into Virginia in pursuit
of Lee. Our work at the hospital
daily grew lighter, as death lessened
the number of the wounded and kind
ly came to the relief Of those who had
no other hope. Many, too, recovered,
and were exchanged and sent home re-
joiciDg.
After rather more than a months
delay the few remaining wounded we're
collected together and placed under
charge of a medical officer, and was
passed through the lines, under flag
of truGe, by way Of Baltimore and
Fortress Monroe.
Sharpsburg, like Appomattox Court
house, each Of which was rendered IA
nous by their connection with the war,
was q small, Insignificant village; but
it was beautiful in its location and sur.
roundipgs, as it is sad and melancholy
in its recollections. HencefOr,h the
little hamlet, nesting near blue noun
tains and the clear, bright waters of the
Potomac, will hold its place in history
as one Of the fields which valOr and pa
triotism have made ever memorable.
@. 8. NJ.
APPoMATToX co., VA, July 81, 1856.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-29
WAR PAPERS.
Rscoilections OF sharpsburg, During
and After the Rattle.
Icorrespondence Of the Richmond Dispatch

Rscoilections OF sharpsburg, During
and After the Rattle.
lBy Surgeon Of the Confederate Army.l
The battle of ShArpsburg was the
hardest-fought and most evenly.con
tested Of any Of the great conflicts be-
tween the armies Of the Potomac and
Of Northern Virginia. Unlike those OF
Fredericksburg, Charlottesville, and
Getty sburg, which were subsequently
fought by the same opposing forces,
there were no Entertainments or great
advantages Of location on either side I;
but il was q square, stand-up, bloody
fight, on nearly even ground, which
continued through the whole Of the long
September day, without decisive re-
suits, and leaving each side in nearly
the same position they occupied when
the battle commenced aud in this po-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-29

his brother, who is al exceedingly
popular citizen, - blooms " the Repub-
lican cause. The Democratic caadi-
date is ,birty.six years old. He was
born in Carter county, Tenn. His
father was distinguished as an orator
and political leader prior to the war,
and his mother is sister Of Landon
@. Haynes.
Mr.. Taylor spent his early years on
a farm. In the year 1876 he was elected
to Congress after an exciting contest,
in which he evidenced the ability that
made him a man Of mark throughout
his State. Though SO young a man, he
came within q few votes Of being elect
ed to the United States Senate for the
Sky term beginning March 4,
1881. He was the preference of East
Tennessee for Governor in 1882. but
General W. b. Bate carried off the
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-29
THE TAYLOR BROTHERS.
A Erafernnl nfruggIe ln Tenneseee.

AFFa'eFhai S't"sgie L" ie"'ie''se'
Robert L. and Alfred A. Taylor
are the Democratic and Republic
can candidates respectively in Ten
nessee for the GOvernorship. The
chances are in favor Of Robert L..
Taylor's election, as he Is nominee
of the party which has been dominant
in the State, though the candidacy Of