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Wichita eagle., 1888-05-13
..rnspeetion'' In the Regular Service.

But / want 10 tell yen it isn't alone
tie musket carrier who shirk, That's a
faculty which ereeps in once in while
over in the officers quarters. II this were
not true, the privaUes couldn't soldier 50
successfully,
How
well, take. il on inspection for IN
stance. I'll venture 10 say that KNAPP
sacks are not carefully inspected more
than once out of fifty inspections made at
the various posts in q year. had KNAPP
sack which / packed in tne spring of 1875,
ana | never unpacked it until left the
army"
Where did vow keep your clothes"
''In my box
''WhGt was in your knapsackFn
Old toys. It's an cid gag, and works
beautifully. You take i pair of trousers
and a pair of drawers. Fold them to-
scther with the legs alternating. Then
You take an oyercoat tct course these are
old clothes which have been cast aside.
and leave ont the csre and possibly the
sleeves. The ;dea Is 10 use Is lttle ma.
Jerlai rs possible. bat fold it in such
way that the cO.oTs-blue, white, gray,
etc.-wlll show up regulation fashion.
NHi>S O.. va pair c. S1OSS ana Gu0
tam down Unal oI.sI the solss ard
counters ere left, Polish. Up the counters
and shove me things down INTO your
knapsack aud there You are. When your
knapsacA lies ca me ground open she
looks all right and sang and not worthy
of more careful examination"
But i you re csuClr at itE''
YES: I've been there. It was in the
fall Of go. during my first term II service
N the regulars. i forget nov al about
tie punishment, but / know was put i,
.he duInp-they were grading of :. por-
ton ot me parade ground-as long as the
work lasted, then / had police duty as a
regular thing for about three months, and
during the whole tine had no passes 10
town
And yet son tried it aCainF'
''Of course. It's a sorJ u satisfaction
10 realize That you're getting the best OF
your superiors. It's funny when YOU
don't get caught at lt.'-Detgoit Free
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-13

A Mrs. Helm wrote % Beethoven when
he had already lived n1lf century, aid
most sentimentaliy asked him for q so1ye~
nir-f possible. q lock Of hts hasr-snd
be was cruel enough 20 cut some gray ha.r
from goat and To sen6 81 20 her In a
iocket which she had transmitted 20 kira
for tbs purpose There would not have
been much harm in IL, because hrs Helm
IA pc; sect good faith wore The loekst; ar
since {. Is faith only thss renders yor
happy, she, thinking that she wore III
cherished nstr On bey hears, was happy
But after her de,usson had Lasted for year
friend Of Beethoven 60 whom be haa
lauzhinsiy oonn1ec its whols story.
suddenly revealed the secret 30 rhs v~-y
lady who ~as the victim Of The hoax. ard
see with bitter tears wrote &c BsSscnvSu
taking him Row eruss 10 vas 10 sahe such
sntaK stys1 tsge Of her admiration for and
her znboHsded good fs,th 70 kf,n. ar.1 n,
rendsr a frisad, sincere sAorer, IL are
might szY &c, ridiculous before al hsr
friends, 10 whom Khs had ottsn .ao1-n
the rel1e E1sh al vs1s-ztfon posxihIs ara
Dow Il came OF, THAI Is was ali q eos..s
bar.
she psesfeS her case 80 v-ru sA.4 yas.-
bowen to4ehed with heY rpssSra.son--s.,.
Gao Dos CT sSf *srg~s.ce, b1. submitted
nzees1y-repe-sse Of lis Joke and seos be.
soTae o. rs real v-nerab.s gray hair.
MIRA ssate her happy. G. qua femme
vsaI Dssa = verG Have ycu ever known
AZ erosg,iso1 70 the ruiz, I. IL t-s. BE-
esn@s ihrv sa~zyz po<t IS victims sh.s
Icy excite cur pity and st-uffly make u
TIE ~e4s~r sex- asd IRE have ss~-~s "a
60 tasir vll-Ieusp.. Es-.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-13
Two Sermons q Week.

Says a clergyman who is on the editorial
staff Of religious paper: Large churches
which are looking for pastor now demand
q very high order Of ability, which is all
right; but they look for men who can preach
q star sermon every Sunday in the year,
which is all wrong. To use a newspaper
illustration, no preacher on earth can preach
two double loaded sermons week year in
and year out And a clergyman who tries
70 do it either breaks down or is driven to
appropriate the striking thoughts, if not the
words, Of other preachers In the case Of
one clergyman Who was proved TO have
plag:ari1ed few years ago, happen 20
know that he was tempted to do so because
his people expected a crack sermon from
him every week. and he knew they would
soon leave him If he did net give it to them
OF course, this does not justify him, but it
lifts some Of the blame from his shoulders
New YORK Press
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-13
The British Pifman,s Dog.

There are few things more touching
than the love of the British collier for his
dog. To him the animal is more than
wife or children; he loves them, too, in
his way, but il is on his four footed friend
that his not too tender heart lavishes its
chief affections. And the dog recipro-
Gates this regard: between the two there
exists a closeness of understanding which
serve almost in the place of language to
convey thoughts from the one TO the
other. The pitman expects, however,
that his faithful companion shall be
ready to fight to the death at any mo-
ment. Even if the dog is not that way
inclined, he must accommodate himself
TO his masters humor, and cheerfully
submit TO be mangled for the honor and
glory of the family. Not only, either,
must he enter the lists; it is equally in
cumbent on him to come out winner
go it lad, " exclaimed Yorkshire miner
as he looses his pet at another pitman's
champion; IF thee gives in I'll shoot
thee" And he would, no doubt, havo
carried out this threat had not the battle
ended abruptly through police interior
ence.
1t appears, therefore that the miners
love is strictly governed by the proved
worth of its object. Accustomed to fight
ing himself, the worthy fellow believes
that the deadliest sin of all is 10 yield be-
fore being placed absolutely hors de COM
bat. 1t is a true British instinct, and
eminently praiseworthy in its way; of
such stuff are heroes made. "a peerage
or Westminster abbey" were the altern-
atives Nelson placed before himself when
entering the combat. 1.-The best of food
or dose of lead' are those presented to
his canine hero by the British miner The
dogs seem TO perfectly understand and TO
appreciate these conditions; one or the
other is invariably killed In the fight
London Globe.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-13
Development of the Fishing Vessel.

The vessels of our fishermen in early
times were diminutive craft of only from
five to twelve tons burden, and were
pointed at both ends. They were called
pinks, or pinkies. Then the pointed PROV
gave place TO a bowsprit and jib, and the
vessel, still retaining this pointed stern,
became a jigger. Today the fishing YES
sells sailing out of Gloucester are first
class two masted schooners ranging from
20 to 1875 tons burden. They are the
swiftest, most buoyant and seaworthy,
and still the most beautiful and graceful
vessels afloat The average crew for a
first class fishing vessel comprises skip
per, or captain, and from fourteen to six
teen men, and it is almost invariably the
case that not a man is shipped who is not
as perfectly familiar as the skipper HIM
self with every manner of coast and
banks fishing, as well as with every con-
ceivable duty as fisherman or seaman.
The stores, or supplies, vary according
to the kind Of fish sought and the proba
BILE length of the cruise; but they are
always far superior to those provided for
seamen in merchant service There is no
caste, no distinction in food, treatment or
fellowship; and the skipper would be ridi-
culed off the coast whose cabin table was
stranger to fresh butter, pies, eggs, fowl,
good biscuit and coffee and the best quail
ity of cured meats; and, as on many of
the vessels, large quantities of ice are kept
for the purpose of preserving fresh fish
for the markets, vegetables and fresh
meats are not uncommon even on extended
cruises. Aside from the serious toll, dam
gers and frequent necessary hardships en-
dured, no seafaring men command or de-
serve better food or treatment. -Edgar l..
Wakeman in New York Mail and Express.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-13
s sneiola-iczl Power.

The genesis Of voluntary attention Ii
to be found in its utility. When the con-
(iitions OF life become ct all hard, and es-
pecially il they become so ey more or less
sudden changes, the power OF acapeanoo
TO them is dependen, upon voluntary at
teutiou TO details: upon consideration OF
something besides the Immediately at
tractive and useful. The savage Is lazy,
Is inspired only by chase, by war, oy plays
his interest is m the unknown, the IN
foreseen. she chance. lie Is not capable
of continuous labor. In half civilized
communities work Is repugnant Volun-
tary attention is factor Of civilization,
and Is maintained with effort The most
constant characteristic of criminals Is
lack of power 20 pursue steady calling;
and the Italian anthropolosasis regard
this a. q revers;on TO primitive habits
Voluntary attention thus came IN, ard e
maintained as sociological power.-Prot
TIL Rshot
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-13
longest Balloon Voyage on Record.

Professor John Wise, a world famed
aeronaUt. sailed through the air in July
1852, from St Louis, No, TO Henderson,
jefferson county, y. "a distance in a
straight line Of SIS miles. He laid claim
to 1850 miles, By reason Of the many
turns taken during tie trip, which took
his balloon OFT of q direct course into
circles ard curves. This voyage is the
longest recorded in balloon history.
The balloon was IN she air over night
period Of about twenty hours Profess
scr Wise tried more than once, but with
cut success, 10 equal or exceed the famous
trip mentioned Finally, few years ago,
be left s. Louis in q balloon On O long
trip Tor the last time he has never been
heard from A reporter who went with
him was found dead some weeks later on
the shore of Lake Michigan By reason
Of this and other disasters the suggestion
Of long sir voyage gives rise In the pub
lie mind 10 a keen sense Of the peEiis
which attend every attempt 70 stay IN the
sky over night-St Nicholas.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-13
Thrift OF the Germans.

Frugality. thrift. the most thorough
and searching economy IS dear and
precious TO the true lnwardnesS Of the
German heart. Their daily living Is shin
ing proof of this. The food is abundant
and of excellent quality, but when once d
joint or a roast or a pudding has been set
before the family and portion Gnhappily
left over, this appears with religious regu-
lar'ty again and again rs long Is one NOR
sci remains. an American hcusekeeQcr
woCl- be embarrassed. for instance. az
tie thought OF serving a. the tea table 10
large family the Two or three spoonfulS
of apple sauce lef5 over from the meats ut
dinner, but not 50 the German housewife.
What though there he only ''ein hieine
Bischen" "a tiny, little Bit, which, by the
way, seems 10 be the fsverite quantity for
one or TWO persons, there are .Einy little
bits of other things, plenty that have
been accommodating for several DAYS. and
no one need 90 away hungry from 4 table
supplied with good things, though in reia-
lively iHa0ir2sir2'"i o'lantities-Hanove
Cor. Y
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-13
An Oxford stndeut.. Life.

Life at Oxford is no more expensive for
q student than any one Of the great coll
leges Of the United States. asked Mr.
Warburton about the cost of student life
here, and he was able, reporter like, TO
/ give me the exact figures He said that q
student could live well and have every
thing that ne should have with an income
CT s.. J93 year There ara plenty OF
s. uGsnts who are getting along on half
that. TWO thousand dollars a year would
be a most liberal estimate. The students
that were eiasSed rs rich we're the sons OF
wealthy families who allowed them
81 900 a year pocket money. OF course
there was fast set az Oxford, as
there IS IN every university town.
The members OF this set spend money
recklessly and often get into debt, but
their expenses have nothing TO do with
any proper estimate Of the cost of student
life here The standard OF examination
for admission 10 Oxferd is no higher than
at our best colleges. The requirements
after that are very much less. An under
graduate of ordinary abilities can finish
the course in any one Of the colleges here
within three years, and IN the three years
he viii study SIX months only in each
year.
The scholastic year consists of three
terms Of only eight weeks each. They
have six weeks holiday at Christmas. Ii
is easy to see from the short period o..
study and the predominance given 10
classical studies that not much Of q
general education can be obtained ST OK
ford. Strangers who come 10 Oxford often
ask where the university is, not seeming
TO understand that there are thirty
colleges comprised in the university sys-
TEN at Oxford While they are generally
classed together and pursue the same lines
OF study, vet they are separate and dis
tinct organizations Some of the colleges
are very rich and some are very poor.-T
c. Crawford in New York World.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-13
Testing Colored Candy.

To test candy with respect to poisonous
colors one needs a few ounces of alcohol,
about an ounce of bleaching powder IN
solution (hypochloride of calcium, a little
white WOODEN yarn and a small bottle Of
aqua ammonia. See first whether the
color can be dissolved out by alcohol. If
it can, immerse the wooden yarn in the
solution, and should the color adhere to
the yarn and dye it, the probabilities are
that it is a coal tar color; if a red, it may
contain arsenic. If the alcohol produces
no effect apply a drop Of the bleaching
powder solution to the surface of the
sveetmeat. If the color fades out, it is
probably of vegetable origin and harm
!ass.-New York Tribune.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-13
en- Incident Of the War.

There's no more earnest Democrat in
New York than Gen. Averill, the dashing
trooper who raided up the valley with
Sheridan and endeared himself to two
generations Of Virginians by the home
steads he saved from the torch. AS he
swings down Broadway TO his office On q
frosty morning, he is a soldier every inch
of him, barring gray hairs. Gen. Averi1
was introduced to young man named
Rudd day or two ago, and it reminded
him of a curious incident in his military
career. He was at West Point with a
Jack Rudd, who afterward became a
major in the Confederate army. On rlEd
into West Virginia some cavalrymen We're
about to pillage a farm which proved 81
be no other than Jack RUdd's. 1t was q
tight little patch OF arabic land right
under the mountains. As soon as Averill
heard the name of his old classmate he
set d guard over the place, and not straw
was touched.
That was in August, 49, Just a year
afterward, at a noted mountain pass called
Callahan's, just twelve miles from the
White Sulphur springs, a Confederate
prisoner was brought into Gen. Averill'S
headquarters, which were in the ambu-
lance, where be slept and read dispatches.
Captor and captive looked long and hard
at each other, and knew each other once
more as 'Rudd'' and "Averill" And,
afterward, when friendly nip had thawed
out twelve years OF absence and Averill
had told Rudd how be saved his farm
from being pillaged, Rudd exclaimed:
IN -, man! why, I came within an ace
OF shooting you dead! I was in ambush
on the mountain side, and drew bead on
the officer who rode into my front gate, rs
/ thought, to fire the house. 1 soon saw
his kindly intentions though, and am now
deubly thankful for what we both es-
caped. New York Sun.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-13
LIFE IN THE PENlrENTIARY.
A Correspondents Reflections After q
Visit to the Inmates of Sing Sing.

Visit to the Inmates of Sing Sing.
Think what it is to enter those walls and
face that clock, whose slow pendulum shall
beat out-not seconds, minutes, hours, days,
weeks or months-but years Of your precious
youth and manhood before you again see the
world which has discarded you'll Think OF
the unrelieved round of toll, succeeded by
the solitary cell and miserable hours of think
inc what might have been and what isl How
slow the hours to him without hope, without
profit in his bitter toll, without comfort in
his solitude, without honor, without respect,
without liberty >. How SLOW the days make
the week, and the weeks the month, where
each is drearily the sans, season in and
season out, till the doleful year is told!
To be the companion Of the vilest, cheek by
iowl: to wear the garb. OF infamy; to be
driven from the cell TO slsbor, and from the
labor to the cell; to see on all sides the high
walls and the redoubts, where CLEAN the
rifles ready to XIII the iftsurgent; to know
that however skilIfully tbeescape is planned,
however bravely executed, there are keen
scented and lynx eyed pursuers to track and
She strong arm Of the law to recover; to feel
that by no power can relief come until the
long distant day appointed, save the power
which can bless an unhappy life by ending 1t.
What record Of hopelessnesS, Of despair,
rennorse and gnavying misery the pitiless stone
Of those cells could tell! Small wonder that
after years of confinement every kindly trait
of nature is withered, root and branch, and
only sullen desperation and hatred OF society
remain.
Look at their faces to read their story. Not
one in a hundred not the face Of shame, OF
unhappiness;of stolid resignation TO inevita-
BILE pIivation and disgrace. See that long
line of gray misery marching to its MONDAY
meal-a human cantipede-a hundred locked
together-shuffie, shuttle, shuttle, shutfie-the
very step is degradation. Slowly they file
into the cherries room, and in silence and
with bowed head each sits to devour his por-
ton. Not word, not whisper, all wants
expressed by signs. Long lines Of keepers,
each coldly and keenly watchful, each ready
with pistol to suppress the slightest token OF
revolt. for this is the time of danger In
state prison. The meal is soon over. at
beckon they arise and lock together-shufiie,
shuttle, shuttle, shufile-back to labor again.
Henry Guy Carleton in New York World.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-13

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Wichita eagle., 1888-05-13

Policeman date at nighth-Here, ny
friend, what are you COOKING your eye a.
that keyhole for'
his Friend swsrntac'y1--Shs m wife 10
shic3 OF the other ssae Of thEsb keyholes
an I've got 20 (nic3 tell her that fool story
boat Peter Piper psckia' q lhSc pick o
picked peppers CT STRAY cut al e4cs
biShI-Sev ysgk SSR
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-13
Anecdote of the Petersburg Crater.

/ was in Virginia in 1864, and the para
graph n Gen. Grants Vicksburg paper de-
sc-i6ing the mine explosion and the fright
ened negro who was Lifted bout tree
mile brings 10 my mind the mining Of the
Confederate works before Petersburg Il tie
summer OF 1861 Among the prisoners
captured was one whose face w2s ereac I,
besrimed, and IS he marched by he y1-s
sa]uted bya blue coat with the remark:
say, johnny, guess YOU got blown up
We'll, replied Johnny with an oath, Il
slould just say so; bu: somehow I cot the
start of the other fellows. for when was
coming down | met the regiment going
up, and they all called me d blasted s.ras-
gier-Eenry r Rowland in The Cea-
tcry.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-13

A professional murderer was lately exc
cuted i'll Moravia, and his brain was dis
Eected and closely examined by Professor
Moriz Benedict. The convolutions of the
brain are, says the professor, closely re-
sembling those found in beasts of prey
another proof of the theory that retro
erosion is as possible as progress with
mankind. Chicago News.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-13

"Holy smoker exclaimed a deacon,
when his wife told him the Pilgrim church
was on photographer.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-13

shes still VIGOROUSLY in love-
And hes"
'oE, he's perfectly submissive. as be-
comes q ten dollar man with a hupti-ed
thousand dolIaf vile. Town TooScx
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1888-06-14
Death In tho Irvine Binder.

Dakota farmers who have lost cattle
from mysterious causes may possibly
find solution OF the mystery in the
following singular statement. of an
Illinois farmer, which is taken from a
recent number of the Decatur Review:
"Chas. Clark, a farmer who lives few
miles east of Decatur. stated to a re-
porter that during the past winter and
spring he had lost thirteen head of
mich cows. TO find the cause of this,
for the cattle had had good care and
were apparently free from infectious
diseases, he held a post-mortem ex-
animation on three Of the deceased
boyines, and in the stomach of each
found a ball of twine larger than an
orange. This was caused by the cat
tie swallowing the twine in a stack of
wheat straw at which they were allow
ed to feed. The twine came into the
straw by the use of a twine binder.
This fact should be noted by farmers
who are in the habit OF feeding straw
which has been through a machine of
this kind,'
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1888-06-14

E . Z. d Z. ~ j
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tho past few months, has given the
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is one preparation that can be depend
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one of the leading retail druggists of
st. Paul, Mimi, says: -ln regard to
Chamberlainss Medicines, am pleased
to say that 1 can recommend them with
confidence, that they will do as much
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Especially am pleased with Chamber
lafns Pain Balm. No one afflicted
with Rheumatism can use il without
benefit, For sale by Emiel Branch.