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Wichita eagle., 1888-04-29
WANTED.

-ANTED-Position By lady s,eaogra pher. salary
w not so much an object as permanent position.
Reference given Address -Ssenographer.s' las y.
Main 81 room : dI2r
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-29
FOR SALE

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rooms :. and 6. over lao y Main 81 dls5-tf
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-29
Sneriff's Sale.

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Wichita eagle., 1888-04-29
FOR RENT.

NOR RENT-Store rooms No. $40 and 80 East
u Douglas Ave-, under Manhattan hotel Robert
Black. dl4f-6-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-05
THIRTEEN THOUSAND.
That Is the Number of Miles Of Rail.
road Constructed During
the Year.
Kansas Leads, with Nebraska and
Texas misunderstanding
Figures.
IChicago speciaI.l

vi
The current number of the RGilicGv Age
says that the year 1887 has surpassed all
other years in the extent of railway mile
age constructed in the United States.
When, six months ago, the prediction was
made that the total new mileage for the
year would not be less than 10, 900 miles,
with the likelihood of surpassing the record
of 1882-the year of greatest railway con-
struction in the history of the country" il
was not generally believed. Butthe figures
obtained by careful investigation throughout
the year and confirmed by official informa-
ten, now prove the prediction to have been
more than warranted. The returns show
that during 1887 no less than IL, 724 miles
of new main line track were added to the
railway system of the United States, no
account being taken in this of the hun
dreds of miles of side track built, nor
of the thousands of miles of main
track relaid. 1t is not improbable that
some scattering additions may yet
during 1887 nearly, if not quite, $4,000
miles Of new mainline track were con-
structed. These are truly astonishing fg-
ures. When in 1882, during q period OF
extraordinary activity, ii ,568 miles of new
road were built, it was generally believed
that these figures would not again be
equaled. In the following year, 1883, the
new construction fell to 6,741 miles; in
1884 to 1925, and in 1885 to 3,608 miles.
The year 1886 Witnessed a considerable re-
vival of activity and 5000 miles of new road
were built-a greater mileage than in any
previous year with the exceptions of 1881
and 1882; and now 1887 has Witnessed the
building of more miles of railway than
1886 and 1885 combined, and not much less
than 1885, 1884 and 1883 together.
The following summary shows the detail
I'D records of the number of lines and the
mileage laid in each State and Territory
during the year 1887:
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-05
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me- But 1 want sure about il. Bur-
gle-ers air pesky mean, sometimes; an
pritty soon heared him a-movin' under
the bed. an felt like / woulddie. He
moved round, an kap a-movin,' sort of
easy-like, an thinkses ], Now he's
a-goin' to tackle me- An my heart
most stopped a-beating, l was that
skeered; an even then couldn't help
a-thinkin' if I'd only of left my door
open, as Sister Calline had told me,
how much better 'twould be, fur l
might give q Jump, an git clare out
'afore the burgle-er could have said
beans But there | was, shet up with
him, an the door bolted."
"But do tell us how you got awayl"
says Matildy Ann. eur you must Of
got away somehow, or you wouldn't be
here, a-tellin' it."
I'm a-comin' to the pint" Sister
Saphelia says.
"All to once, he quit movin' around,
an made q snorty. snuffiY kind of q
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-05

built like this here one, with room at
each eend, an wide, open passage
way betwixt 'em. Hiram and Calline
slep' in the one where they cooked an
eat, an / slep' in tother'n. twas o
powerful warm night, an Calline gid
i better leave my door open. But I
was too skeery fur that, so I shet an
bolted the door an went to bed. /
hadn't got quite to sleep, but was jest
a-droppin' off, when l heerd something
that made me trim'le all over, and the
cole chills run up an down my back.
"Oh," said Matildy Ann, "Pm 50
skeeredl"
"You amt nigh so skeered as l was,
says Sister Saphelia, Sur what I
heared was somebuddy a-breathin',
right under my bed"
We all struck right out, at that, an
Matildy Ann scrouged up so close to
me come pretty near jabbin' her agin.
Il wonder you didn't holler," says
Sister Sawtell.
Il dassent," says Sister Saphelia.
al was afeared he'd Jump right out AN
cut oil my head. So / jest laid an
trim'led an didn't dass to move; an /
could hear him a-breathin' louder an
louder. / knowed Hiram had fifteen
dollars lockedIup in the bury drawer, n
of course thought right off that W as
what he was after. 'Mebbe if he gifts
it, thinkses i, he'll be off an not kill
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-05

The Rditpdy Age says: Not only Is the
aggregate mileage thus shown extraordi-
narily great, but the number OF different
lines constructed is seen to be surprisingly
large, aggregating, after deducting for the
duplicating of roads lying in two or more
States, no less than 364 lines. OF course
the number of companies building these
lines was very much less than this; but
these figures show that the new mileage is
not made up chiefly by a few long lines,
but consists OF main lines and branches
ramifying in all directions and supplying
facilities for transportation to innumerable
communities and to vastly extended re-
gions.
What has been the cost of this years
work? Many OF the lines have been built
through comparatively level county, re-
curing but little grading and bridge
building; but, on the other hand, many
other lines have been most costly; for ex-
ample, those over the Rocky Mountains in
Colorado, the Southern Pacific extension in
Northern California, the Atchison's Kansas
City and Chicago extension. the Northern
Pacific's work in the Cascade Mountains,
and others. Moreover, several of the COM
panies have purchased costly terminal
facilities in large cities, while nearly all
have made extensive purchases of equip
ment. IL is probably fair TO assume that
the total cost of roadway, bridges, station
buildings, terminal facilities, and equip
ment Of these new lines averaged $25, 900
per mile; at which rate il appears that not
Far from 1926, 900, 900 have been expended
on the lines completed during the year.
But even this prodigious sum does not by
any means cover ali the outlay for new
construction, as large amount Of grading
and bridge-building has been done on ex-
tensions where the track has not yet been
laid.
Evidently the work OF the railway builder
in 1887 has necessarily had powerful in
fiuence on the financial condition Of the
country. The money which has thus been
expended has temporarily employed large
army of workmen, and il has also furnished
permanent employment to another great
army, probably aggregating-a at the average
Of FIVE employees to q mile OF road--about
65, 900 persons. An industry which in q
single year furnishes permanent occupa-
tion for $4,000 men, besides temporary
work for a still larger number, certainly
promotes the prosperity Of the people in a
wonderful degree.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-05

it had of been one. But l got up and
turned Jack out the door. / s'pose he
had snuck under the bed fore / went
in. an had went to sleep there. But
after l diskiyered him, an turned him
out, went to bed an slep' so sound /
never walked up when the chickens
crowed day. Calline and Hiram had q
good laugh when told 'em my egs-
perience; but 'twa'nt no laughin' m at
ter 10 me at the time. An sence that
l allus look under bed fore 1 git in
it,
When she had got through, Sister
Sawtell an Matildy Ann hustled round
an got supper. Twas a right good
meal O. vittles they got up, too-cold
riz bread, an warm biscuit, an black
berry jell, an peaches an cream, an
fried chickin an aigs, an custard pie.
An when Sister Sawtell come in an
asked us all to walk out to supper, Sis
ter Deacon Buzbee says:
"This meetin' will now put away their
sewin' an eat supper"
an after supper we chose Sister
Betsey Hopper to talk at the next
meetin', Sister Buzbee had envited us
to meet at her house next time, an so
then we sojourned an went home. Res
pectfully yourn, LIBBY LIMBERTwIG.
Cotton Crick, Misoury.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-05
Spelling the Eject.

Miss Blakeley-Girl I've just had .
proposal.
Chorus-Oh, do tell us about it. Who
is the gentleman?
Miss B.-Gentleman?
Chorus-Didn't you say you had
proposal?
Miss B.-I did, proposal for MEM
bcrship in our debating society,
The look of disappointment that
overspread the faces OF the listeners
would have distanced that Of heirs who,
elated while a will is being read by the
munificent provision made for them,
have all their hopes dashed by later
codicil, which cuts them off with shir
ling. --Bosfon Budget
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-05

chose synonymous at the last meetin'
to do the talkin' to-day"
Sister Deacon Buzbee sot down, an
we all put on our tn mbles an begun
to sew; an Sister Saphelia got up an
sot down in the Boston rocker.
She is one O. these here tall, bean
poly kind OF wimen, and allus wears n
hoop in the bottom of her under-skeert.
t makes her dress stick out at tho
bottom, an looks kind O. quare, bein'
it's fiat all the rest of the way up; but
it seems to kind o. match with her
nose, that's long and straight and pints
up'ards at the eend. But she's a real
pious woman, an good-hearted, too.
She sot down in the Boston rocker, an
TUX out her knittin', fur she said she
could talk better if her hands was busy
as we'll as her tongue. An then she
says, "A-ham! Did any of the sisters
ever hev any experience with Bur
gle-er?"
We all shruck, an says, LA,
mol" aud Sister Sawtell's biggest gal,
Matildy Ann, scrouged so close up to
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-05

me cum nigh jabbin' her in the eye
with my needle.
"Oh, I'm so feared O. the burgle-ers,"
she says. "ro tell us all about him,
Sister Saphelia."
An so she clared her throat, and
picked up a stitch she had drapped in
the toe of the sock she was knittn', an
then she says: "'Twas good many
year ago, an Sister Calline-she's the
oldest of us gals-she had married
II Hiram s .Sli4ksE, an .ld had went oyer to
housekeep in O bran-new cabin Hiram
had built on the forty acres his paw
give him. Calline had right smart of
settin'-out, too. She had cook
stove. and COW with heifer calf, an
two feather beds an bedstids, an half
dozen dominicker hens. An she had
plenty of blankets, an patchwork
quilts, an two blue kiverlids she hand
wove an made herself. So they was
fiyed real snug. But she felt ind o.
lonesome, off there 10y herself, with no.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-05

trades, 531; clothing, 273; metal and me-
tallic goods, rs; and tobacco, 226; or a
total Of 1,761.
Besides completing the field work for
this report, and the compilation of the in
formation, the bureau has carried on al
most to completion the investigation begun
last year concerning the moral. physical,
and economical conditions Of the working
women of great cities, and has continued
its investigation into the cost Of great sta
pie products. 1t has also undertaken, &C
cording to Congressional instruction, the
collection of statistics of marriage and di-
vorce in the United States, O report Of
which may be submitted Dsio4s saS close Of
the present session Of Congress.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-05
STRIKES AND LOCKouTs.
Annual Report of Carroll D. Wright
Chief Of the Bureau Of
Labor.
Details or Industrial Troubles Occur
ring In the United States for
Six Years.
Vast Sums Of Money Lost by Both En-
plOyer and EmplOye-SuOCess
and Failures.
washington special. |


Commissioner Carroll ID. Wright has
submitted to the Secretary of the Interior
the third annual report Of the Bureau of
Labor, which relates entirely to strikes and
lockouts for the period of six years ended
Dec. 81, 1886. The report is regarded as
of special importance, as it is the result of
the first general investigation ever made by
any nation of the facts concerning strikes
and lockouts for any extended period of
time or for any wide extent Of territory.
The report covers about 700 printed pages,
and gives the details of each strike and
lockout occurring in the United States
during the period named. 1t exhibits the
facts belonging to each industrial trouble
for each locality where trouble was found,
without attempting to establish or decide
the connection between them. The follow
ing table shows the number OF strikes oc-
curing during each of the last six years,
and the number of establishments involved.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-05

higher than five mites; so l didn't Won
der she was lonesome. But they had q
good dog Jack was his name-an'
Calline said she want noways afeared
to stay alone all day, though | would
of been, with Hiram out O. sight an
hearin'; an tramps comm round once
an while to git bite to eat
"But Calline hadn't speck of cow
ardness about her. She wasn't like
me. / was alus afearel o. my own
shadder, most, aud wouldn't of stayed
alone all day in that house fur q pretty.
But bein' we was both together l didn't
feel so skeery; an after dinner l an
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-05

hu Inuue u SHUT,
n oise g, somethin'
like q snore, an
then he gaped real
loud, like he had
haff@RhGT6p.' xn'
at that l jumped
right up in bed an
bust out a-lafhn'. u
"0h!" says we
all, fur we was real
dumbfou n d ere d
when she said that.
ayes y she said
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-05

HIS CAPABILITIES.
The woman 70 the poor tf8mp saIu,
$50 take this ax and split some wood,
And pile 1t neatly in the shed"
"Ahi no, indeedl" the man replied,
Il promised TO do all could,
But really, ma'am, Inever had
The least idea OF splitting wood.
what are you good for, then9' she said,
-You thief, you vagabond, you Turk"
He answered, backing down the steps,
Il can do anything but work"
-Teras Stftings.
The members of church at Hart
well, Ga, were discussing what they
had done to help the cause of religion
along during the year, when one good
brother, whose cotton crop had turned
out better than he had expected, said :
II came very near promising the Lord
at planting time that would give him
81 for every bale of cotton 1 should
make this year, but, brethren, If / had
done 80 the Lord would have got me
sure"
AN Ohio preacher tried to quote the
verse in Matthew about mot one jot or
title" and said: Mot one tot OF jittio."
Then he saw that he had erred and
tried again. :.Not one iilt or tottle,"
said he, and again stopped. But he
would not give up, and began. "Not
one tit or iottle," and then with o red
face he gave il up and went on with
his sermon, and there were not half
dozen of his hearers who could really
tell Just what the two words were.
THAT'S 'Boulanger's March," said q
rustic proudly to the man at his elbow
as the country band struck up. "Great
Ceasar" replied the other in o stage
whisper, "do the people know it?" Il
s'pose so-some of them. Why?"
@Why? Man alive, can you ask that?
Is there no danger of riot?" "Why,
certainly not" @Thank heavenl" he
breathed fervently. "Then in this COM
munity I shall even dare whistle Peek
a-Boo.' Bling hanaton Republican.
GENTLEMEN, said the Judge of an
Arkansas court to the attorneys during
trial, "l don't mind your shooting at
each other occasionally If the circum-
stances seem to justify it; but / see
that one of your bullets has hit an
overcoat belonging to the court and
broken quart flask in the inside
pocket. 1 wish it to be distinctly un-
derstood that if there is any more such
careless shooting in this court I'll lift
the scalp of the galoot that does il.
Now go ahead with the case"
AN OLD MANS SORROW.
ALAS I" the old man sighed, with bended head.
sWhat brilliant dreams Of life have como and
fed
DER
Spent sleeploss nights in searching burning
lore,
And now in weary age simply find
Folks say: He is man OF brilliant mind,
He's deeply read in philosophic books,
And mathematics, with its turns and crooks.
To him 10 like volume all unsealed.
It's pages opened and its truths revealed,
The books he writes are read by learned men,
Who wait impatient while he wields his PEN
But this, alas, no music has for me
when great men on avery hand see.
Oh why on knowledge did waste my oil,
Instead Of learning how to play base-balli-
Merchant TrdUeler.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-05

from tattlin' about our neighbors, we
air a-goin' to take turns in tellin' sto-
ries. Something we heve heared or
read, or else some of our own egsperi-
ence.
~An' now the meetin' may perceed to
sew, an Sister Saphelia Crookneck
may begin her story, bein' she was
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-05

body but Hiram,
an him out in the
field all d u v,
tendin' to his
craps, or else in
the clearin' maui
i'm rails fur a
worm fence. An
so, lust chance
she got, she sent
fur me TO come
an make her a
visitation. An l
went. The cabin
was III a sort OF
lollor. an nary
O { h er house
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-05

tail, then | knowed
twas a dog"
We all h ad t o
laugh at the way
S lister Saphelia
Knocked a dog a-gap-
ing, but Matildy Ann
looked a leetle grain
disap'inted.
Then, 'twa'nt no
burgle-er after all, "
she says.
no." says Sister
,Saphelia, "but l was
lest as skeered as if
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-05
WOuldn't BE locked Out.

Before 10: Judge b. with empls-
sis)-"Clara, 10 that George fellow cola
ing round here again to-nightP"
"Clara (hopelessly)-"I believe 20,
papa"
Judge B.-"Well, daughter, remezi.
ber this: This house closes at 10 sharp,
and"
Clara (hastily).' ~Oh, George WI
be here before that, papa; please don
worry. Hdrpcr'S Bdzdr.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-05

az busted right out a-laffin', fur /
knowed that cape want made
by a man, but dog. His breath
in had sounded exactly like e
human critter; but when he gaped
real long an loud, like this-'Ah-ow-
wooh an bet on the floor with his
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-05

order, an Sister Goodall read the min
utes; but they might better have been
called hours, from the time it tux her
to read 'em. But she got 'em read at
last, and then Sister Deacon Buzbee
says
Before we perceed to any futher
business, Twill egsplain the obiecks of
this here society, seein' there is some
new members come in that amt never
been here before. We hev got two
obiecks:
"Cne of 'em is to sew and an make
up different articles, of all sorts, like
fancy apurns, Iamp-mats, pin-cushings,
and sich, to sell, an the money to be
gave to help sport the preacher. The
money has to be got riz, somehow,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-05

IT is not so much the years we have
spent rs the use we have made Of them
that will count when our lifc-work "
fsskensa up,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-05

fur the Preachers wife has been grum-
blin' right smart of late to the
Deacon, because they don't get
enough sullery to keep EN- in vittles
and close
"Most they do get is donations, an
the things donated is not accordin' to
their needs. Fur instants, she says
they could have got along a spell yet
without chany sheperdess to set on
the parlor mantel. An they want
acshilly sufferin' fur pair O. bleached
domestick piller-shams, with lace bor-
ders onto 'em. But, though, she said,
she could use the piller-shams to make
little Tommy a petticoat, and the lace
would do to go round Amelia Alice's
Sunday apurn.
AN when folks did donate vittles,
she said a mess of dried beans or po-
tatoes would be more exceptible than
eighteen apple-pies an dish-pan full
of filters. She hadn't nothin' to say
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-05
q Of the ~ states-totals .... .sel

A TWENTY YEARS RECORD.
For the purpose of comparison we re-
print the following summary of track-lay-
ing during each of the twenty years pre-
cedinp 1897:
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-05

agin the pies an the filters, they was
good eatin' fur once n while; but fur
real stiddy diet she didn't think they
was so healthy as some other things,
an, besides, they was apt to colick the
Children.
An so, as was a-sayin', one of the
oblecks of this meetin' is to sew things
an sell 'em, an raise some money fur
the Preachers family. It's got to be
riz somehow, the Deacon states, fur il
STAINS to reason that o family of two
grown-uppers an nine children can't
live altogether on chany shepherdesses
an piller-shams an filters, an sich.
AN the other objeck is to prevent
the spreadin' of Scandal. Nobuddy
belong n to this society is allowed to
tell scan'alous story, to the deter
ment of their neighbors or nobuddy
else.
IF that their stuck-up Miss LAWYER
Greene chooses to air her bed -cloze on
the front porch every day of her life,
jest to show 'em, an let folks see how
many patchworks an tied comforts she's
got, faint none of our business. We
amt got to tell it,
AN If DIR. Pottle's wife has cake onto
her table twice day, an gives her
husban' fried pies fur breakfast, an
makes her hired gal set down to the
second table, like she was a-tellin' nv
Mahala last week, none of us needn't
to say nothin' about it. We hain't got
no call to spread il round.
"Or il Nancy Marier Stricklan'
wears year-bobs, an frizzles her hair
over her furrid, an purtends to be
.c1sAa fashionabler then us,
(S6SsE&A 'tain't none Of our
&kHA2*@R consarns. We kin
kafErv$s" feel sorry fur her. an
%~N be glad we hev got
MFLM better sense; but we
EM-T needn't TO tell other
IsSGfksEEHsiCNn folks. We all hey
X/YP4S<b4IS our failures, an we
WI,AlA1h> >QLTmust larn to be for
RJWM n bearing towards fell
ler-citters,
J. AN 20, ia order TO help ~ keep