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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-04
Tho Small Green Copy Book.

The true story of "Numa Rouinestan," says
Alphonse Daudet, defending himself from the
accusation that he meant Gambetta by that
hero, whose most characteristic phrase was
"When I don't speak ! don't think, is this:
For many wears past | have had small
green copy book, which is lying before me
now, full of notes and inextricabe erasures
under the heading of The South. IL 1t |
have summed up the country of my birth, it,
climate, customs, temperature, accent ges-
lures. the frenzies and ebullitions of our sun,
and the honest necessity of lying, which
arises out of an excessive Imagination, of an
expansive delirium good natured and gossip
ing, little akin to the cold blOoded, calculat-
ing and perverse lie Of the north. ! lave
taken my observations from myself, from my
teamilv, from my relations and from my
early "reminiscences preserved by strange
memory. where every sensation is weakened
and impressed as soon as 1t is felt. Every
thing jotted down in this small green copy
book, from the songs OF the people, the
proverbs and idioms in which the instinct OF
people is expressed, to the cries OF the water
sellers, and the grOans over our maladies
which imagination maSnitieS ard causes to
cecur. which are nearly all nervous or rheu
matte affections, caused by the burning al
~hich devours our marrow ana brushes US Is
. sugar cane-to the crimes of the south, the
bursts of passion, the drunken violence,
drunken without having been caused by
drink, confusing and frightening the judges
from other parts OF the country, lost III the
exaggerations and extraordinary utte7ances
of witnesses which cannot he brought 70
agree l. IS from this copy book that | have
taken TARTAN de Tarascon,' 'Numa Roume-
stan ard, more recently, 'Tartarin sur les
Alpes' Boston Globe.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-04

When Edith Kingdom lnow Mrs. George
Could was first OF the stage she pushed her
self. all unaided, from a subordinate position
in the Boston Theatre company TO pleasant
one in Mr.. Days, says q New York writer.
Friends had repeatedly told the struggling girl
that her place was in New York, and she as
often had sent letters to Mir. DAILY, receiving,
however, no reply. Finally MIR. DAILY took
his company 20 Boston, and Miss Kingdom
played strong card. She sent TWO tickets 20
the performance TO MI Daily in the after
noon. and in the evening sent a carriage 10
his hotel He went, saw the performance,
and the next day Miss Kingdom received a
note asking for an interview. Now here IS
where that girls cieyerneSs came in Size
was poor. honest little worker, and she was
living in cheap boarding house. She read
the note. vant straight to the Adams house,
hired a sIiite Of rooms. decorated them with
brio brac borrowed from willing friends,
donned a tea gown that good Rachel Noah
pressed upon her, and then sent for Mr. DAILY
II ~ame and before he left Miss kingdom
had her contract.-Boston Traveller.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-04
Advice to the BARBER.

81 always shave myself" said well
known lawyer at the city hall and be-
fore commencing the operation dip the
blade in a cup of boiling water NV hat
for?'' well | will have to lecture bit.
If you will take microscope and look at
the blade of a newly honed razor you VIII
find that the edge is like saw. Well,
the boiling hot water Will run these saw
teeth together and make On even edge
That's the philosophy OF it Everybody
who knows anything about shaving knows
that of course, but how many do? The
usual experience is removal OF the HAIR
by a more or less effective power, but the
barber who takes time 10 plunge his blade
in boiling water is rarity, and CLASSY
strop is the usual developer of his weapon 6
edge-Buffalo News.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-04

"Weil. tell nc. how 10 goa set the chickens
without making q noise
@Thats an art, and man has to serve an
apprenticeship
81 suppose You grasp them by The neck,
and that they die a. they 90 into The bag:
ooh. you are funny What's tne Use Kill
ing a chicken before YOU sell hiIni Sell him
better With his ovcscoac on. anyway. No;
yog, 20 I'D 10 the coon. and after you have
felt around softly until you strike TIE wire
that r;.ns ~ the alarm be.i or 70 tie spring
o,yr. va ty5let tiia wire OF or cut il. Then
yeu 90 into to- chicken bog.7e. ard YOU SO the
chickens roo.tiaz on their perctes. If they
are low down vou pus yoBr hand gently
ug,ler them and le: their ie-s q between
your faea-s. You nlt tie hgn Up slowly ard
She fiose@ not make any fr.ss About the tIrne
sl,e fms on what's the matter SHE'S down n
q ,.arl, Ga- where she CAM haze room %
run out her heaa and shake it. 90 she can I
cackie. ) chicken cxss- cackls L sc can :
snake her head. ava Sc dees Iot esIasTk w
less something IS hurting her. 50 The baggis
are taken ana Gre placed "a tne bsg- Es1ere
tbev Iii. st5l and maze 70 ilss- Z i5e
chickens ro1sf high or are up u q tree, ycu
take Z iorg pole. ~lfh a cf7l-eh Top. aE.i Isl-e
them under the breast VITA tie sad q T.
They Va. ris= t.p and tlien steT On - .be
c-n,ch ard remain tsseve quietly 1la:s! yol
lis tnem oT wlta youT i.oal The cAlcEeui
ev5seatlv -hirk Tie c-ut-h = s=ay-as
hrarch s.slkin- theys osi Tie brsas', and hes
s,,p.,u,.e i j. ls@- - cse "a The sway
arar-r ~-IrterTIe~ with 81 Expert n IL
tiie Re5szs--
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-04
EYES AND EYEGLASSES.
Vanity Puts Too Many Persons IN spec
tacies-The Cigarette Eye.

tacies-The Cigarette Eye.
A reporter watched Tor five minutes .he
human tide that swirls through Park row
opposite the postoffice, and counted seventy
EIGHT persons with eyeglasses astride ther
noses. Then he went to an ocnllSt ana Saiu'
ssAre diseases Of the eye on the increase
The octl!ist adjusted bis own glasses, looked
critically at those of his questioner, and SAID:
II think not. When I.say that don't mean
that orr business is falling off. On the con-
trarv, It is increasing every year ana WIZ
continue to do SO as long as people wear eye
rIasses because they think 1t ADDS TO their
personal appearance. You have no idea now
many there are who do this, and only one
who sees cases every day, as do, can form
any estimate Of the Eumber OF glasses thst
are disposed OF in this way.
"Young people study and read by dlm lamp
or gas light, ana OF course the eye DecoiiIes
somewhat weakened. Then the parents ruSh
of TO get a pair OF spectacles. and oftentineS
patrOnize men who will sell them any KIM
of glass. no matter how well 1t may suit the
case. Just to Get the money. ms careless
ness is dangerous and sometimes tatal 20 the
organs of sight. which are entirely too seilsl-
tive to De trifled with. The greatest enemy
to the eyes OF young men Is the cl81re'Oe'
Recently a disease has appeared among
smokers which is dangerous, and after care
full investigation the best authorities, VINO
for a long time were at loss to understand
the peculiar malady, have traced 1t to the
small paper covered tobacco sticks. IL !;
now known as the cigarette eye and car
be cured only By a long treatment. Its symp
| toms are dimness and q film like gathering
over the eye, which appears and DISAPPEAR
| at intervals II young men continue u
smoke cigarettes excessively they may ex
! pect TO be afflicted by this troublesome DIS
ease: and it is not relieved by spectacles. =
! New York Mail and Express.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-04
Tu-ceneh-s PecuIiarities.

Turgeneff was veiy neat about his per-
son, changing his underclothing every
dav, etc. Polonsky's surprise at his man
ner of brushing his hair led to the state-
ment of a curious fact with regard to Tur-
peneff's skull. II brush it, fifty times on
the right side. fifty on the left, then take
this comb and pass it through 100 times
What are you surprised at? There Is SUN
another comb-a fine one" Then he eX-
planned that his love Of brushing his hair
was inherited from his mother, who was
once seized with a mania for dressing
everybody's hair. She combed the heads
of the maids and once in Moscow called
q moor old invalid soldier in from the
street. seated him at her dressing table,
combed. arranged and anointed has n;tlf,
and then gave him money and dismissed
him In continuation Of this subject he
mentioned the curious fact above referred
TO. He was convinced that his temples
had never grown over in infancy and that
his brain was covered only by the skin on
the SPOT where there is slight depression.
s'When | was at boarding school, ne
said. II felt sort Of giddiness whenever
| the children tapped on my temples with
| their fingers. and as children never have
any mercy, sometimes they pressed my
temples Intentionally and almost made me
faint"
Turgeneff was not wholly wrong on
on this point, for when the doctors exam
ined him after death they found that his
skull was very thin, and possibly 1t was
| thinner still on his temples, so that IT act
ually did yield under strong pressure,
| particularly in childhood.
He was as particular as he was person
ally neat He always put things N or
| der when he found them strewn about
the children's piaythings, clothing, etc
| like q nurse. And once, when he hac
forgotten to put his scissors in place, ne
got out of bed lighted candle, and only
went back when everything on his writ
ing table was in due order. He could no.
write if anything was ont OF place
Miss Hapgood in The independent
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-04
4 Railroad Problem.

Tie following, called a railroad problem,
Is going the rounds: a freight train one mile in
Length sto,pped with the csbooSe just opposite
tbe 6anot The conductor got orders Ia move
his fraIa 10 the next station. which was Just
five miles distant. lie gave the engineer the
order 10 move, which the latter did while
tbe conductor walked over ahead on top Of
the cars and got there just IS the engine
arrived al the next station, where he got OH
The question Is, bow far did he walk; or as
he was walking during the entire five miles,
did he ride at all.-Chicago News
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-04
Timing In Decline.

1t IS reputed as fact that fleeing, or "tp-
ping" Is fast on the decline at hotels III Eng
land In certain places signs and placarris
request the Traveller not 70 pay gratuities and
that all charges are included in the regular
Lii and without doubt they are4. Amera-
cans travelling in England have undoubtedly
brought about this movement by tipping
- much mora extTavagantiy than the NATIVES
that the latter. becoming unequal 70 the
emergency. feel obliged to put the quie'us CT
tee feeling business L is - d no2esi t1.at taf
reform viii spread 10 ether parts G tie
earth-Mercnans Traveller.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-04

DR.. john VaEyant. Of the ui;ed STATES
marine hospital al g.; Louis, claims 70 he the
first % have taken Photographs by the llgSt
Il GreflieS. lie placed Twelve Greiiss n
sa.t-, once isot.I-, covering IL nl7z.n with
ire white tobinef The aysEags duration of
The fash Of each llssecs Is Ealf sscoG4. a'id
ihe luminous area OF ihe Abdomen was about
,ge-eishth 81 an iEca sqzsTe- Ire tiaae of
exposure As City faSses--Sc.s2cs-
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-04
A s1e.ooo. 600 sapphire.

One OF the greatest sapphireS CT the world
: the property Of the Polytechnic society, Of
Berlin. Prussia |; weighs little more than
* ounces Tie jury OF tie Polytechnic so
e,ety on the grounds, sailed IN iaH 81 their
DISCUSSION. would have settled IL valve a. TIE
frightful sum OF 81. go Co MARKS or $1,000
coo i, need hardly IL said thz: sgcE . treas
ure ! not likely - iiad a purchaser al soch E
price. Chicago News.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-04

Ar isssi5a-loa uf cjsaIncas ieasssez 81 Fs7e5ss-
IL been l1.vsutesi for do-Dzs.4c use- The IT,"
fssr.-. xl.ira IS worea, X n fee, and APPEAR
nu~e mach ike tie frzze Eeatler; hrst. aait@e
a., lat;sr, u &eeEs IL softasss ai.e- oss@s
We. q used tor clss-izg zITcosrs, 40
wastes re- FOR Gaming and pol.sis-r.,
silver ard plate. a well IS fo- ~iH1io7s eleaa-
frz. This rez fairs s10cld os very Gse:4---
CAsss.Is x7.azls-
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-04
r,so,rte Railway Systems.

Twelve miles Of electric railway will be
huilt this fall in Cincinnati. thirteen mlieS in
Richmond, Va, and one mile in st Joseph,
No Atlanta is TO have an electric system,
B;pcb,,nton has four and a half miles ard
wilmington will have road a nnie and
balrlong. A six mile road viii run rom
Baltimore TO Euicott CitY.--5rookiyn Eas!e,
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-04
THE LAST LOVER.
Come thou. the last, best lover!
Fer iiee hath haan a rover

Come thou the last, best lover!
For life hath been rover
From vision unto vison-the highest heart could
see.
I seek the truest loverl
No less than he can move her
Whose human faith did perish OF its constancy
Oh. come, thou Awful Lover
Draw near and close and cover
The trembling lips that ope not TO any cry but
this:
Death is the dearest lover!
Death is the llindest lover!
Nor can the breaking heart trust any troth but
his.
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps in The Independent.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-04
4 Girls View.

An English girl says that she has seen men
whom she might have consented 70 marry
but she Eas never met one whom sae would
desire to propose to.-kansas City Times.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-04
Old C[|ESINUIS

And are frank to say
that the public ought
to look with some little
suspicion on any house Sc
that offers goods at
cost. For the reason
that when a merchant
offers his stock at cost
it is an admission that
his stock is largely COM
posed of old chestnuts
else it would be worth
a small profit above
cost. When w. J.
Wilson & Co. buy
a line Of goods that are
not desirable the ques-
ton Of what they cost
never enters INTO the
prices these goods are
offered at. hey are
slaughtered regardless
Of what they cost.
We say to whoever
gives us their patron
age that we will sell you
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-04
WHAT GOODS COST

Is a delusion and what
some goods cost would
be entirely too dear.
w. ]. Wilson & Go.
have no old goods car
ried from year to year
which they offer at cost
orless than cost. | heir
motto is not to allow
goods to. get old but
keep them moving
even at a small profit.
We do not offer you
one thing cheap IN
order to sell you some
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-04

The true value Of
goods is never based
on what they cost, as
many instances what
goods cost IS entirely
too high. A good mer-
chant figures to sell
goods before they go
out Of style or become
so old as not to be
worth cost price.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-04

-.vsssSAllLIaz
1atlIy gage
THE OLD LOG CABIN.
"A HOOSlER PIONEER DESCRIBES
THE OLD HOME.

A House Built without Brick, Nail,
Plank, Glass or Shingle-The Internal
Fitting I'm Both Economical and In
penious-Only One Room,
The Progress., 1888-09-15
A zIozAa coNunDRuM.
Tile Australian Boomerang Puzzle I
Scientific nIen.

Tile Australian Boomerang Puzzle ~
scientiAc tIen.
Scientists have in vain studied the
boomerang to discover the secret Of It's
curious fight. It is against oil laws Of
gravitation that an object hurled into
space should return to the same spot
FROM which 1t was cast. rs it is-impos-
sible to explain the eccentric action of
q curved ball. The boomerang Is all
the more marvellous when we consider
that the sayages OF Australia were first
to use it md to apply the peculiar
properties of its form.
A German scientist found that there
were larger and smaller boomerangs.
The larger ones are slender cresce,lts,
plain on the lower side, rounded on
top, pointed at each end and sharpened
toward the edges. The lower end is
cross-grooved to aid in holdingit. The
careful manner in which the savages
manipulated the weapon, trying its
shape, testing it's qualities and scraping
itdown, is significant of the Importance
they attach to its having exactly the
right curvature. The wood of which the
Instruments made is an extraordinarily
heavy Australian iron-wood, and the
only tools used in making it are sh arp
stones and pieces OF glass. The smaller
boomerangs are bent at an angle of
forty-five degrees, but are in other re-
spects conformed to the larger ones.
An exhibition of throw.
ing revealed degree of strength in
the natives which was in astonishing q
contrast with the thinness Of their
forms. They took the weapon in their
right hand, with the flat side down.
ward and the conchve side forward,
and with q run and a shout, threw it
by q short jerk about one hundred
yards up into the air. It few away i'll
q straight line, then turned to the
left, and returned in a curved line
back to the thrower, whirling around
constantly and whizzing unpleasantly.
The curve which the weapon de-
scribes in its return is not Il screw-line
or u spiral, but is more like figure 8.
The savages seemed able to control
their instrument, even when wind in
terfered to complicate its course. Once
the projectilc went astray, and coming
in contact with gentleman's hat cut
it off us cleanly as a razor would have
done. - Popular Science Monthly.
The Progress., 1888-09-15
The Progress.
Gus. II. Beoulieu, Publisher.
Theo. II. Beaulieu. Manager.

M A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER de.
voted to the interest Of the White
Earth Reservation and general North.
western News. Published and man.
aged by members Of the Reserva-
tion.
Correspondence bearing on the In.
dian question-problem, OF OH general
interest, Is solicited.
Subscription rates: $500 per an.
mum. For the convenience Of those
who may feel unable to pay for the
paper yearly or who may wish to take
it on trial, subscriptions may be sent
us for six and three months at the
yearly rates. AL subscriptions OF
sums sent to us should he forwarded
by Registered letter to insure safety.
Address all communications to
THE PROGRESS,
White Earth, MINI.
The Progress., 1888-09-15
A NEW PRAIRIE TOWN.
Its Proprietor Was Proud Of It and " ante.
to Get n Railroad.

Its Proprietor Was Proud of It and " antpd
to Get a Railroad.
eve were running u preliminary line
for a branch of the Santa Fe railroad
through Morton, one OF the extrcn,.
western counties in the State, whe..
one day about noon, after we had truy-
eled across the country for what /
should Judge to have been eight or ten
miles without meeting u living soul, 4
man with long, matted hair and will,
nothing an but pants, shirt and j,
broad-brimmed hat. rode up astride II
mule. He looked quite seedy, us you
Eastern people say. His face and
hands were almost black with dirt,
which had evidently not been disturbed;
for many days.
After dismounting and saying good
morning he asked me what we were
doing.
Running line for railroad
said /.
".Then you are going too far to the
north
why SOP
"'If you continue on your present
line you will miss Prairie City by about
two miles, and, of course, you don t
want to do that
II told him I had not been aware
that we were SO close to city. How
large is itp' I asked.
well, 1t isn't SO very large yet,
but 1t is growing fast. Then, as you
would be the first company to build a
road to it you would have i. monopoly
of the freight and passenger business,
which ism t to be sneczed at,
How many dwellings, manufac-
tories, mills, etc, has Prairie Cityp' !
asked.
.Wall, it hasn't any Of them things
yet, but she's growin'.'
What the deuce hare you in that
city, if you haven't any bnildings2'
Wall, sir drawing himself up tc
his full height, I have n.lmed tic
town and have begun to dig i well,
hahn t that 'nufp & hilade1a alsia NsaOs.
The Progress., 1888-09-15
Recovered His Property.

A gentleman crossing Broadway near
Cortlandt street, while getting out Of
the way of u heavy truck, dropped
something, and Immediately began an
anxious search for it.
Must have lost his watch, = said 4
passer-by, joining in the search.
Another concluded it was his pocket-
book, still another imagined valuable
pnpers, and finally quite crowd had
collected, and all were eagerly cropping
in the mud. -. Z :
"Ah, here It fsl'' said the gentleman.
fetching sigh Of relief IS he picked Il
up It was a half.smoked cigar.
That cigar cost me ten cents, = said
the gentleman.
Then the silence became. so great
that the roar of the street could be
plainly heard.--M Y. Suss.
The Progress., 1888-09-15
ENCY,. MINNESOTA SATURDAY. sETEMBER Is, 1888

offer him and his ilk: when
an Indian encroaches upon you,
admonish him to leave just Is you
would any person whatever his
color, and if he refuses remember
the law Of abatement lies not III
your hands, but in the State; re-
member that foreible measures OF
abatement are susceptible oflegal
redress
The tribe can find no fault with
any measure the State enforces
but it can and will object to lie.
gal acts by the white individual
because it has the power to seek
redress. Do what you conceive to
be your duty Mr.. Settler, but act
within the bonds Of law. You are
often wrong in fact as well as in
morals. You often have no worth.
ier motive in driving away an In
dian from land or water that is
not your own merely from motives
Of private interest. Providing he
has an agents permit to be away
from the reservation, he has as
much right there as you.
We are glad to say that there
are hundreds Of settlers who are
not Of your way Of thinking, and
who treat the Indian when they
come in contact with him as wor-
thy Of the same consideration as
he whose skin is white, and there
fore we honor them as we despise
you.
The Progress., 1888-09-15
THE POET WHITTIER.
= Merttsd Tribute to tlis Noblllty OF Char.
ACter M = NINn.

~, sGs~7'-g - - 3 - -
u !, 1 ne la Whole country and the whole
! english reading world unitea in their
2sI1Dnee :. y = OF honor and esteem to the good
QUAKER poet, John G. Whittier, on his
Se'ghslesh birthday Whittier is an old
nun man whose work y done All the an-
3tagoElsms OF his prime are long since
1orgotten, and nj the asperlties Of his
seariy work have long since lost their
DEstterhess, and now, IN the benign
peace OF MS Old age, he sits as It were
n !! ~, the warm chimney corner OF n Ma
s.lon's . regard, the most veneia.tetl
sngure, perhaps, IN the whole land. Mr..
y 1sE n1ttler ms no famlly OF hlsso'vn. but
snoW' ~ MS OH age, that escrllslbie
lee.lng O 1amily regard goes out IL
#ioAtstlDiy toward nm from . whole
people ne hoids the pleasant place OF
ramSpa n, ~ the Nation. $ heart.
nm widespread feeling OF regard
TOT af, whittier is not due entirely to
.lle iaco.hat no IS = poet and the pos
SCISSOR q q great literary renown. It
IS aue' IN large degree, to the con-
sVlct.on' winch his Whole life has served
70 strengthen, that ne IS q good mall--
. PAIN genuine man of homeiy vir-
1ues' . man VINO, to the best light
Wl1hin ,', hl'n' mas done right. There
ln.ve Deen greater poets and BROADER
.hlnAets thah Wnlttier who have been
lossoi men thall he. There hlvc boell
men IN t!ils country OF greater origin
allty' OF keener wit, OF grcatcr literary
accomplishment; but there have been
Few whose characters have boon built
upon firmer rock-bottom basis Of
sturdy worth than his.
Ihen, again, Whittier possesses that
inevitable attribute OF great minds
modesty. There Is something about
srae greatness that Is always self-dis-
trustful; and perhaps the snrest eyi-
dence Of greatness in q man in his own
uncohsclotsness OF the fact. Whittier
possesses this Inconsistencies in u re-
markable degree; and for this reason
the world is the more willing to accord
MN that moed Of honor thAt is, by him.
sell, unclaimed.
lie has often been called 80 man Of
the people. : There Is nothing weak
and literary about him. The learne'::
affectations, the self-consciOns ynnity
the spirit OF caste and cOterie tllAt ut.
The Progress., 1888-09-15
The Indian !; Right and Wrong.

A5-"WN held these truths to be self-evldent,
that ALL MEN nre created equal; that they
IRE endowed by their Creator with certain
unnlienable rights; that among these, are
JIF LIBERTY, AND T1tE puhbU1T OF HAP
TN M Esa. M - Declaration Of Independence July