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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-06-02
MHMlNNVILLE. TENNEssEEsA SATURDAY. JUNE 2, 1888.

ed those excavations under their
houses, made secret entrances into
them, so that when any dangerthreat-
ened them, or when they desired to
worship in secret, they just retired
into those vast andgloomy recesses.
The catacombs Of Rome, however,
were ofaquite a different character.
They were not under the city at all
they were all outside, they were eX-
-cavated in the hills that surrounded
the city. Nor were the catacombs
the usual places of worship Of the
early Christians, because they pos
sessed church buildings at much
earlier period than people imagined.
There were writings showing that
long before the reign of Constantine
the Christians erected most magniti-
cent churches. Eusebius told them
that "not content with the ancient
churches, the Christians erected spa
cious churches"
The edict of Diocletian ordered the
destruction of the churches and the
confscation of lands attached to them,
while there were other evidences of
the existence of churches at the
end of the third century.
The whole extent of the catacombs
they knew not as yet, as most prob
ably there were numerous catacombs
still to be discovered. Competent au-
thorities estimated the whole length
of the catacombs as reaching $50
miles. This might seem an enor-
nous length, but they must remember
that the catacombs were eXcavated
on different levels, so that four and
even five galleries ran above the 9th
erin fact, the whole soil for thirty
or forty miles around Rome was
honeycombed with them. These
galleries are narrow, and ranged
from , to feet in width, and from S
to 10 feet in heighth.
The lecturer next described the pa,
gan burial clubs, and said the early
church was built in the form of a cat
acomb, because it took the name,
shape, and constitution of a pagan
burial club. IT was under the cover
of these pagan burial clubs that Chris.
tianity seemed to have taken refuge
and shelter for the first 200 years Of
its existence, and through the tolera.
ton afforded to those burial clubs
the Christian church was enabled tC
execute the vast operations involved
in the formation of the catacombs
They had the testimony of Tertulliar
that toward the end of the second
century Septimus owed great deaI
to Christian neutrality in the great
civil war which ragged at that time
The Christians had grown 50 numer
Gus that it was almost as important
for them to gain their neutrality as
it was to gain their active co-Opera
ton.
! In his subsequent remarks as tt
the excavation of the catacombs, the
lecturer explained the means that thu
church possessed to carry out such
vast work, and stated that the exca
vations were the result of the labor
of the fossores or diggers, who were
reckoned among the inferior clergy
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-06-02
The Roman Catacombs.

As reported in the ArchHect, Lon
don, lecture was delivered lately in
Liverpool, by Professor Stokes, of
"The Church and CatacOmbs of
Rome" The Professor said that his
own idea before he studied the sub
jeet was that the city Of Rome was
built over them, that the catacombs
had furnished the building material
for the city thus erected, and that
the early Christians having discover
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-06-02

Sickness comes unlimited and
strong men and women are forced to
employ means to restore their health
and strength. The most successful
of all known remedies for weakness,
the origin of all disease, is Or. j.. II.
McLean's Strengthening Cordial and
Blood Purifier. Sold by Fleming.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-06-02

-Cesspools, hog wallows and duck
ponds in close proximity to wells are
liable to defle the water, and are num-
bered by physicians and observing
people among prolific carees of sick.
ness In rural districts.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-17
Where?

The subject OF this article is an impor
tanG one to the people of Wichita and the
travelling public in general. If you are
contemplating trip TO some nart of tbe
habitable globe the first hing that natur
ally suggests itself TO you -, ~, uI,. ss..,iI
you purchase your ticket" Tie shortest
line, quickest time, Pullman sleepers or
free reclining chair cars latest design RIM
ming through to the great gateways with
out change. and reliable information in re-
gard to time, connections, etc, is what you
want.
The constantly increasing travel on the
Missouri Pacific, Fort Scott route, demon
strates its popularity, and if you do not
know from actual experience that its equip
ment is unsurpassed and that 1t has advan-
tages over all competitors try it and you
will become regular patron of this favor
tie line
The city ticket Office, 121 North Main
street, is presided over by men who have
gained their experience in the largest
ticket offices in the country and by hard
labor have familiarized themselves with
everything pertaining 10 the passenger and
ticket department. Any information you
obtain at this Office will be perfectly relia
bic. Z. +. BLECKLEY,
Passenger and Ticket Agent,
81 tt l2i North Nam Street.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-17
CLEARING SALE AT THE
POPULAR BOSTON STORE,
Lincoln Wonderful Self Control.

Mr.. Lincoln was never liable to sudden
excitement or sudden activity Through all
his life and through all the unexpected and
stirring events of the rebellion, his personal
manner was one Of steadiness of word and
act. 1t was this quality which, in the earlier
stages OF the war, conveyed to many of his
visitors the false impression Of his indiffer-
ence. His sagacity gave him a marked adj
vantage over other men in enabling him to
forecast probable events; and when they
took place, his great caution restrained his
comments and controlled his outward bear
Ing. OftentimeS, when men came to him in
the rage and transport of a first indignation
over some untoward incident, they were sur
prised to find him quiet, even serene-per-
haps with smile on his face and Jest on
his lips-engaged in routine work, and prone
to talk of other and more commonplace
matters.
OF all things the strut and STACEY exhibition
OF mock herolsn were foreign TO his nature
Generally it happened that when others in
this mood sought him, his own spirit had
already been through the fiery trial of resent
ment-but giving no outward sign, except at
times with lowered eyebrow, a slight nocding
end shaking of the head, a muttering motion
or hard compression of the lips, and rarely,
an emphatic downward gesture with the
clenched right hand His Judgment, like his
perception, far outran the average mind
While others fulned and fretted at things
that were, all his inner consciousness was
abroad III the wide realm of possibilities
buslly searching out the dim and difficult
path toward things to be. His easy and
natural attention to ordinary occupations
afforded no indication of the double mental
process which was habitual with him.-The
Century
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-17
The Zulu and His yVive

The work of Zulu woman is about twice
as hard as that Of an American farm laborer,
and she gets no pay for it. The best thing
she can do is to persuade her husband to buy
another wife When man takes his first
wife, as long as she behaves herself and is not
divorced, all the cows he possesses are re-
gardcd as her property, and after the birth
of the first son, they become his property,
and il the husband wishes to take second
wife, he must obtain his first wife's consent
and the necessary cows. The succeeding
wives become her wives, and the work is
divided among them The second wife may
take third wife, or the third wife fourth,
etc, but the right of veto rests in each case
with the first, or queen wife.
When the other wives daughters are sold
for cows, the cattle become hers, but the
price Of her own daughters belongs to the
husband; naturally very complicated, but
very adequate system Of bequeathing prop
erty prevails. Each wife inhabits separate
hut which she builds herself; this is to mini
mize quarrels, and the queen wife's hut is
always at the right hand Of the chiefs house
The fact that she is bought and sold, is no
degradation to the Zulu woman, but is rather
proof of her worth, and the more cattle she
costs the more proud she becomes.-Wif. p.
Pond III brakes Magazine.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-17
GRAND Closing SALE OF MILLINERY.
Is ladies trimmed hats, cost to trim from
$175 to $500, choice for 80 cents

ty-four is done Every nerve, every muscle
every power and faculty of body ard mind
is taxed to the utmost to discharge the duty
of the day. Go into any Of the large estab.
lishments of the city during business hours,
and you will be amazed at the ceasless rush
and push Of clerks and customers
1t is one unending drive.
Everything must be finished up to the clos
ing hour, SO that the morrow may be begun
with series of new and clear transactions.
Merchants from other cities, coming into
these establishments to make purchases, find
themselves caught in this whirl of work, and
are carried along and made TO decide cues
tons and make purchases with rapidity ut
terly unknown to them in their own home
We grind, grind at our treadmilIs all day,
and grind too hard. We bolt cur meals in a
fourth Of the time we should give to them:
we rush back home at night as furiously as
we left in the morning, and our evenings are
spent in an effort to keep up the excitement
of the day We are living too fast, too hard.
We break down long before we should.
This haste, this furious pace at which we
arc going, at business, at pleasure, at every
thing, is the great curse of New York life
Joe Howard III New York Grapbic
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-17

The latch key which opens into the cham
bers OF my consciousness fits, as have suffi-
cient reason to believe, the private apart
ments of good many other peoples
thoughts. The longer we live, the more we
find We are like other persons. When I
meet with any facts in my own mental ex.
perience, l feel almost sure that shall find
them repeated or anticipated in the writings
or the conversation of Others. This feeling
gives one freedom in telling his own per-
sonal history he could not have enjoyed
without il.
1t gives many readers a singular pleasure
to find writer telling them something they
have long known or felt, but which they
have never before found any one 70 put in
words for them An author does not ALWAYS
know when he is doing the service of the
angel who stirred the waters of the pool Of
Bethesda Blessed are those who have said
our good things for us.-Ohver Wendell
Holmes in Atlantic
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-17
Notice no Contractors.

Sealed proposals will be received at the
Office of the county clerk of Sedgwick
county. Kansas, until / O'Clock D. m OF
Monday, August Is. 1855, for the erection of
a court house in the city of Wichita, Sedg-
wick county, Kansas, according to plans
and Specifications furnished by W r. Nc
Pherson, architect, and now Oh file in the
county clerks Office; also in the Office of
w. r. Mcpherson, architect. No. 205 North
Main street, Wichita. Kansas
First-Bids viii be received for all b-ick
and stone work, hollow filing and con
creting, bidders 10 do all work and fur
nish all material necessary 10 complete
the job.
Second-Bids viii be received for ali the
balance OF the work and material neces-
sary to complete the building according to
the plans and specifications.
Third-Bids viii be- received for the en-
tire building.
Fourth-Bidders will be required 10 fIe
& good and sufficient bond in full amount
OF bid with their proposals, certified 20 By
notary public.
The commissioners reserve the riXht 10
reject any or all bids.
BY order OF board Of county commits
sioners S. DTSRly. Courtr Clerk
July IA, 1855. dJol0t
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-17
How to Write a PLAY.

A very quick method of making q play
and very satisfactory one TO those who
adopt it, is to steal it. If foreign play, trans
late 1t or get some one to translate it for you,
then change its title, clap your name to it
and call it your own. We could easily men,
ton several we'll known dramatists who have
done this all along. Few persons think the
less of them for it. and most managers don't
care what the history OF a play is SO that it
will draw. If you make SIC, 600 or SIS. 600
by the theft, and your conscience hurts You,
send the original author, if living, check
for 500 That viii make you feel better
and him feel worse. You will think that
you have done a noble action, and be will
gnash his teeth st having had insult added
10 injury.
II you wish TO write farce il three or
four acts, take two or three old English or
French farces and alter them sufficiently to
throw them into one. This will require
thought and tact. but this is the way .'orie-
inal" plays are sometimes made. Or you
may dramstiEe q book by cutting out the
conyersation-an old and clumsy method,
which has almost gone out of vogue. Or
you may extract the entire skeleton of some
good novel published twenty years ago.
change all the psmes, add some new Incl
dents. suppress others, retain Gil the strong
situations and give the happy ending"
which managers 50 much love, and then de-
clare thst you never read, saw or heard Of
the novel 81 question Nobody will believe
you. especially your brother dramatists, but
that does not matter if the play is success
Nobody can prove that the similarity is not
a coincidence except yourself, and Of course
YOU won't stand IN your own hght-New
York Herald
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-17
EDISON'S FIRST MARRIAGE.
Forgetting His Bride at the Appointed
Hour-His Second Wife.

| The first Mrs. Edison was an operator in
the Newark factory where Edison was max
ing the machines to fill his first order for the
stock indicator, which brought him into
notice and formed the basis of his fortune
She was "a tall, fine looking giri-one of a
dozen sitting at bench winding magnets
One day as Edison was walking down tho
line, that girl spoke up and babe him good
morning without raising her eyes from her
work
Good morning." said the inventor. GLOW
did you know it was I.'
ooh, L can always tell when you're near"
was the reply.
''oee here" said the man Of inventions,
i've noticed you good deal Of late. Sup
pose you and get marriedF'
''Im ready"
'When shall it beT'
'Three weeks from tonight"
"All right" and the inventor went on his
rounds while his intended bride merrily
wound away upon her bobbin of WIRE
On the wedding day the first consignment
of stock indicators came back from the pur-
chaser, Imperative. When Mr. Bachelor,
who has always been Edison's right hand
man, went down to the shop after supper he
clothes tinkering away at tho machines
Didn't ne remember that it was his wedding
nighta No, he'd forgotten all about it.
Bachelor dragged the tagging groom to the
nearest clothing store, got him into /. new
suit, then to a barber shop and finally put
him on a car and shipped him off to the
house OF the bride. Then he went back to
the shop to work, supposing that was the
las Of Il It,, T..
two, however, Edison rushed in again, threw
his new coat down on a greasy lathe, hung
his waistcoat upon the gas pipe, kicked his
shoes under the bench, seized file and went
at the defective stock indicator as if there
were no such thing as marriage and giving
III marriage, and there he stayed with his
faithful lieutenant till tho morning sun
looked in on two weary toiiers and an cleo
trical stock indicator that worked like a
charm.
When wealth came 10 them, Mrs Edison
No. betrayed a tendency to branch out in
the social world, but it had no effect on tho
inventors habits. One of the largest enter
tainments Newark ever saw was given at
her house. All the leading men of the Edi-
son works were there, but he was nowhere to
be seen. His suboTdlnates grew little un-
easy. A committee of them went over to his |
laboratory about midnight and there was the |
inventor, tipped back in a rickety old chair,
in his shirt sleeves, his shoeless feet high I'D |
on the workbench, singing away into his |
monograph at the top of his voice, happy as
a clam at high tide.
The present Mrs. Edison sticks to her hus- |
band like a shadow. She is always at his |
elbow in working hours, with book and PEN
Gil, taking down his ideas and experiments. |
She is, in fact, helpmate in every way
worthy of his abilities York Tribune.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-17
He Had n Poetic Imagination.

Thecdwinkle Brown comes into the house
at 10 o'clock with a bleeding nose)
Mrs. B-Theo, what has happened2
Mr.. B-Stumbled over post that some
idiot left lying across the walk in the front
yard out there.
Mrs. B-A post? Tou are mistaken. No
one left post there.
MIR. B-Couldn't L see ita It's moonlight
and bright as day
Mrs. B-A post across the walk!
Mr.. B-Gou come out and look for vour-
self See that post lying therel That's what
done it.
Mrs. B-Theodwinkle Brown, that is moth
ing but the shadow of the trunk of that pine
treel
Mr.. Bit is. heyl Well, what if it isl
Don't you know (hic) that the shadow OF a
pine tree is just as hard thing to kick
against and fail over as the shadow of a
hickory tree: Singular some women don't
know anything after moonlight. Detroit
Free Press.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-17
REAL ESTATE.

The following are the transfers of rea
estate filed in the recorders Office yester
day:
a III Jennings to J V.Collette lots 80
to 81 Pattie Av Hydes add ..S 5000
g NJ Gillespie to NJ w Levy lot lots
80 to 43 block west Pine st add 100.
+ + Eddy to j 5 Rankin hf he qr20-
DIV Observation-Disclosures. 2J3t
Ben kelsch to c A Robertson lots q
and % Washington Av kelschs Sd
add. Observation-Disclosures. 1000
r y Ford to l. Finney lots 81 and 30
River St Howard st add. ......... 15OC
j w Cooper TO + L Sigler pit lots -
to 20 West Wichita adjoining lot
50 Texas Av (2215q25 ft)........ 300d
c Stem to { Ellebrecht lots 63 %, -
and "A \ York 2nd add . 1905
+ Schinster TO j S Dester sw or lot 90
Payne Av Ford's 2nd add - 45O
G X Fordham to J NJ Allen lots IS
and 50 Washington Av TT Scott
add ................ NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 300
J \ Miller to \ l. NanPatted hf
22-2S4w Observation-Disclosures. 1000
f. b Sigler to II | Hawenstein
22l5xl25 fl adjoining lot 50 Texas
Az W w NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1900
A V Morris to J Z Filkins lots l102
and 1l04 Biting Av Greiff s 18TH
add ........ OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $500
{ 5 Robertson to c f Nudge lots %
to 81 block + Sheaman's add ...... 1000
j l. Randall to A 5 Brubaker lots 50
and - Los Angles Av West Oak
st add. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 800
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-17
Drilling 3 Gas Wei.

The cost Of drilling gas well is usually
from $, 500 to $4,000 The method pursued
is the same as for an oil well. The weight OF
the drills with the attached Jars" is 5000 to
1900 pounds These rise and fall four to five
feet, and are constantly rotated, 50 rs to
bring the bit into contact with the entire cir
cumferenoe Of the drilling. For depth Of
500 feet the hole is bored eight inches In
diameter and is cased with SIS piping. Be
yond this depth the hole Is continued with q
diameter Of six inches until gas shall be
reached or the well abandoned A casing Of
four inch pipe is used for this lower portion
Under ordinary circumstances about fifty
days is required for the drilinS.-Chicago
Tines
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-17
SAVED BY 4 PCRCUpjEc,
Al Entertaining Wolf Story, the Truth Of
Which Is Vnnched for

| One day George Starr and Bert Name
were doing the lumber camps on the north
shore. They had been hooting it on snowshces
| ali day, and darkness had settled over the
| wilderness little animal ran across their
track and stopped. When they got I'D to it
| it suddenly increased enormously in size, and
turned out TO be a porcupine. As it would
not get out of the way Bert shot it, and from
sudden and providential, it afterward
turned ont, instinct, he tied a string to its
tail and attached the other end to his belt
and started off again. The party had not
gone far when they were startled by the velp-
ing of dozen wolves on their trail, and as
the wolves were fast gaining on them they
decided that the best way would be to shin
up a tree and see if the wolves would not
leave, and they lost no time in putting the
idea into execution.
In getting up the tree they lost their re-
volvers, and were in pretty fix They knew
not what to do, as the wolves had sQuatted
on their launches around the tree, and seemed
bent on making a night of it. Starr, who
has mouth that led the small boys at the
baseball ground last summer to sarcasticaliy
remark: This way for the mammoth
cave" whenever George got enthusiastic over
a good play by our club and yelled, tried
his vocal powers on the wolves, but they only
pricked up their ears and did not move off a
foot. Finally George saw the porcupine and
said: Pass up that animal and I'll fix EN-. y
Very carefully the hedgehog was passed up
and George would pull out quill, bend it
up in a big chew of Tobacco and throw it to
the wolves, which seemed to be very hungry
and snapped up the morsels and swallowed
taem without tasting, like old land sharks as
they were
After a few minutes half the wolves had
swallowed huge chews of tobacco, which ap-
parently made them deathly sick, and as
they tried to throw up the stuff the poisonous
quiils were released and caught in their
throat or stomach. Then they got frantic
and pitched into each other. stung to in
credible ferocity by the pains they suffered,
and In half an hour instead Of dozen wolves
there was only one left and quantity of fur
and bones Then George fell out of the tree
laughing. and as he tumbled he uttered a
blood curdling yell or series of yeIls which
for moment unsettled the VOLTS nerve, and
before he could rally George got his revolver |
and put an end TO the beast. /, was close |
Mich Democrat
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-17
Santa Ee Route

Colorado and Utah excursion rates, COM
mencing April list, 1888 and continuing
sale until September 30th, lSSs, unless 9TH
erwise advised, the Atchison, Topeka *
Santa Fe railroads will sell tickets to the
following summer resorts, viz: Denver
Colorado Springs, Pueblo and Trinidad Tor
s23 round trip; Salt Lake and Ogden S45 80
round trip, tickets good for three months
from date of sale with a limit OF thirty
days going and returning with stop-over
privileges. The Santa Fe is the only line
having morning and night trains to these
points, also the only stone ballast line be-
tween Wichita and Denver. Its bridges
are all iron and stone, making it the
smootheSt, safest and most comfortable
route to the west, besides saving from eight
TO ten hours in time. For further infor-
nation about side trips etc, call at Union
ticket office, ~ North Main street. Union
depot, Oak street and Douglas avenue sta
ton. w. ID. MURDOCH,
1Qtf Passenger Agent.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-17
ArrrouKh slespe- to chicaso.

Every afternoon al $50 O'Clock. ursou ar
rival OF trains from the west, a magnificent
Pullman sleeping car leaves Topeka for
Chicago via great Rock Island route. max
ing close connection with the famous
limited flyer" running through without
change, arriving 81 Chicago u. following
morning This - certainly the quickest
and most convenient means u transDorfa-
ton between points IL Kansas and the city
OF Chicago.
For Accommodations In this car. please
notify your local agent. and lie VIII IL
slad 20 make such reservations az you may
require By telegraph. zetf
After July 10" one day viii do f.
be Full Weight &c cigar sold only At
i re Monarch" 5sa Nortn Main Try Il
A.ff
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-17
Fveryhofv TAXES N

The Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska rail-
aay lSt. Joseph s. lows Railroad Co.
Iesseel is the BEST equipped line west ii
the Missouri river Our equipment was
built expressly for this line by the Pull
man Palace Car Company which IL a guar
antec e. the travelling public that Il -
strictly first class. You will find ali Of cur
coaches elegantly Upholstered aud very
comfortable in every particular II YOU
are going 10 any part Of Kansas or Nebra~-
kR. or 10 any point east. remem bier you will
never regret having started right. BY tax
ing the Chicago, Kansas * Nebraska rail
way. Rock Island Routej For further
particulars address Jno. Sebastian, G. T. n
+. A. Topeka. Kan 61sf
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-17

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