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Wichita eagle., 1888-02-25
WHOLE POUNDS OF PENNIES.
Men Who Make . Business of Collecting
and Exchanging Them.

Men Who Make . Business of Collecting
and Exchanging Them.
An Italian, staggering under a heavy
load of coin which he carried on his shoulder.
tied in one end of a stout grain sack, entered
the rotunda of the sub-treasury. The ltal-
ian's load consisted of 100 pounds of United
States pennies. The bag and its contents
were passed through the little window over
tie marble counter, a conditional receipt
was given to the swarthy depositor, who
placed it carefully in his inside pocket and
stallled contentedly out of the building.
What are you going to do with all those
penniesF was asked.
1.-THE same as we do with all such depoS-
it's" he replied 1--WE count them over, sort
out the counterfeit pieces and tokens, bag
the good ones up for reissue, and the uncur-
rent ones we set one side to be returned to
Washington for recoinaGe. Tomorrow or
next day the depositor returns, pressnts his
receipt and we give him bills to the amount
of his deposit less the tokens and counter
feits, if there are any"
where does the man pick up such guam
tity of pennies!
II suppose he gets them from the gro
ceries, saloon keepers and small trades people
down in the neighborhood of Mulberry
street, where they are received in great
quantities. He buys them up at small
discount, then brings them here for ex-
change, receiving their full face value, and
the difference between what he receives and
what he pays for them remunerates him for
his time and trouble"
''Do other people exchange pennies very
often!'
''Yes, some large firms very often send
large amounts for exchange. Retail stores
where the odd cents are charged. The street
railroads make exchanges almost every day.
The Dry Dock railroad, for instance, brings
in on an average $500 day in one cent
pieces and nickels; the Broadway road about
$500 day, and the elevated railroad from
$500 to 81, 800 in five cent pieces"
What do you do with all this quantity of
small stuffF'
''There is almost always q demand for it.
Almost as many come after it as there are
depositors Small change is rather scarce
than otherwise. Then, again, we ship great
deal to the west and south, where up to
two or three years ago pennies were I'M
known and five cent pieces were rarely used.
But latterly they have come into very gen
eral use. This increased demand keeps the
coin moving pretty briskly now, and we sell
dom have any great amount on hand. Yes
terday we had s., 800 in five cent pieces and
s. 100 in one cent pieces, and that is a fair
average of the amount on hand at this season
of the year. Before the present demand in
the south and west we often had larger
quantities, l have seen the time when we
held Sl20, 900 in five and $40, 900 in one cent
pieces New York Commercial Advertiser.
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-25
Tons OF Spanish Gold.

Eight thousand FIVE hundred Spanish doub-
looms were received at the assay Office to be
melted into bullion. All Of these coins, which
gre worth Sl7lG each, and valued in the
aggregate at about Sl47, 900, bore dates pre-
vious 10 1900, and some were marked with
dates as remote as the Sixteenth century.
They are supposed to be the results of treas
ure hunting expeditions organized to look for
Spanish ships which were scuttled and sunk
by Spaniards themselves during the Napo-
leonic wars to prevent the treasure falling
into the handsof the French or of the pirates,
who then infested che Caribbean sea No in
formation could be obtained as to the owners
of the doubIoonS, which were received from
the West Indies.-De.roit Free Press.
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-25
Husbands as Nuisances.
Sometimes the effect Of marriage is |

OOmeCluleS Inc eIeCC OF marriage Is 70
transform a male exquisite into a sloven.
especially if the cares Of poverty and an in
creasing family rest upon his shoulders; or it
may be that he is by nature solvenly and
easily relapses into that ideal destroying con-
dition when the vanities of youth cease to act
as spur. Husbands of this kind commonly
let their boards grow, neglect to polish the
heels of their boots, and develop an irritating
tendency to affect rubbers in all weathers
Their hats, if not actually shabby, are usually
Anticipated, and their trousers, being worn too
short, invariably bag most ugly at the knees.
They wear long overcoats, and either carry
no umbrellas caring nothing for their dingy
old clothes, or umbrellas of prodigious cir
conference, Of cheap material, and war
rented to turn inside out every time the wind
happens to catch them right.
These men, if living out Of town, are al
most sure to hatch fondness for poultry
and to spend their Saturday afternoons and
Sunday mornings pottering about hencoops
and watching the strut of their favorite
ROSTERS. They care nothing for society, not
much for the opera or the play, and are
alar:ningly prone to fall asleep over their
newspapers in the evening. They usually
prefer pipe to a cigar, and they are mighty
consumers of beer. Even to such base uses
may the married man descend-HeraId Of
Health
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-25
Deyelopment of Dental Science.

''Say, if you want something pleasant to
think of when you're in a dentists chair, and
he is fishing down into the root of one of
your teeth for the end Of a nerve, think Of
this, that ii is only a few years since the only
dentists were tho regular physicians, and all
they knew about dentistry was to throw a
hideous kind of steel graphing hook around
a tooth and then haul away until something
came. Now dentist has TO be thorough
chemist, a practical nletallurgist, good
physician, an anatomist, a surgeon, a vul-
canized rubber worker, to some extent an
electrician. and have some feeling for the
sllfferinrs of the people who come under his
care. That's the way dental science has de-
veloped III quarter Of a century.n-New
York Commercial Advertiser
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-25
The Boy Didn't Smoke.

While we were lying around the camp fire
one evening after supper boy some l3 or IA
years old came along driving some cows, and
stopped for short call Briar had been for
some time meditatively watching the smoke
of his pipe curl up and mingle with that Of
the fire, when he turned to the boy and said:
won't you have smokel I've got an
extra pipe in my pocket, and here's some to-
bacco."
Il don't never smoke" replied the boy.
That's right" replied Briar. Il supposed
you did or l wouldn't have asked YOU. |
wouldn't try to induce any boy to use to-
bacco-it's q bad habit wish l had never
begun its use myself-you just keep letting
it alone. Haven't you sometimes found it
hard to keep from smoking when around on
the farm where nearly every man has a pipe
in his MOUTH
"No, dunno as have very" replied the
boy. You see, I've chawed ever since l
was 7. SO that has kinder helped to keep me
from wantin to smoke If you've got any
good eatin' terhacker handy wouldn't mind
takin b:te-dark plug is my style-fne cut
is only about right for babiesr'-Fred H.
Carruth in Chicago Tribune.
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-25
TeryRapid Promotion.

A Dutchman, whose son had been employed
in an insurance company's Office was met by
an acquaintance, who inquired: Well, Mr..
Schider, how is Hans getting along in his
new placer
''Shoost shplendid; he vas Won of dem di-
rectors already"
"a directorl never heard Of such rapid
advancement-the young man must be q
genius"
'He vas; he shoost write shplendid handtI'
'Oh, yes, plenty Of people write good
hands, but you said Hans was a director"
80 he vas indignantly; he direct dem
CIRCULARS ten hours efery day already
Louisville Courier-Journal
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-25
A Colored Preachers Comment.

Governor Taylor, Of Tennessee, recently
told of a colored clergyman who preached a
sermon on the text: "And the multitudes
came to him and he healed them of divers
diseases Said he: "My dying congregation,
this is a terrible text. Disease is in the world
The smallpox Stays its hundreds, the cholera
its thousands and the yellow fever its tens of
thousands, but, in the language of the text, if
you take the divers, you are gone These
earthly doctors can cure the smallpox, cholera
and yellow fever if they get there in time, but
robody but the good Lord can cure the
divers New York Tribune
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-25
What Do Girls Know?

Most Of our boys assume the responsible
ties Of the citizen, and our girls enter upon
the duties Of the wife and the mother with
only the knowledge acquired in the public
schools
Now, what do they knowl
How many of the girls understand the
simplest rules Of diet, ventilation or health
full dressingi How many know how to treat
a person suffering from sunstroke, How
many could bind up a wound so as to check
the flow Of bloodi How many could take
prompt and efficient action in those moments
when it Is so imperatively required, those
fearfully important moments, before the
doctor comess' In olden days the house
mother had learned in her girlhood the use
of simples and the most noble art of chirur-
gerry II. with our far greater knowledge
of the human body and its laws, We adopted
the same plan in teaching our daughters,
how many precious lives would be saved
E. NJ Hardinge in The Epoch.
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-25

Wanted-Lodgings by B. A Adrer-
tiser wishes it clearly understood that none
need apply who object on principle to fall in
with his not excessive requirements, which
inciude-lst, punctuality in serving meals;
I'd. moderate quiet in house; Sd, dry toast
thrice daily; 4th, joints to be roasted mot
baked, and chops and steaks to be griiled
mos fried 5th, the free use Of q latch key:
and 9Th, the absencs of cat This adver-
tisement appeared In a country newspaper in
EnRland-New York Sun
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-25

A large stove consuming the same amount
of coal as one Of smaller size VIII radia.s
more heat, and is therefore the more eco
uomical The reason for this II that the
larger stove has more surface, and hence
when hot its eff Ct is greater upon the sur-
rounding air. OF ooursa, The factor Of intel
hgent management hnssss be taken into &C
count with this conpaxlsop.-RoStoa Budssk
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-25
aail9 eagle
HAST THOUGHT

East thought, o friend, how many, long, sweet
years
We two have journed kindly on together,
Ger smooth and stony ways, with smiles and tears,
Meath cloud and sum- in every kind of weather!
Hast thought one day our fellowship must cease!
Our kindred ways at last will go asunder?
And one be upward led TO perfect peace,
And one be left to weep and wait and wonderf
Hast thought one happy day what welcome sweet
Shall angels hear who guard the Heavenly
portal?
And how thenceforth our undivided feet
Shall walk the shining hills of Life Immortal.
Il. l.. 6. in Demorest's Monthly
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-25

Free reclining chair cars are now running
on all trains on the C.. K & " railway,
Rock Island Route" between Wichita,
Topeka, Kansas City. Sc. Joseph, Chicago,
St Lo2iA 90
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-25
Birth places of Public Men.

Ohio must brace up if she wishes to keep
her reputation for furnishing public men. In
the present congress fifty-one of the members
were born in New York state thirty-nine
were born in Pennsylvania and thirty-eight
in Ohio Next come Kentucky with twenty
four, Virginia with twenty-one, North Caro-
lima with nineteen and Massachusetts with
but sixteen The great state of Texas has
but one native at the capital-New York Sun.
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-25

The sure preventive for rholers b cleanli
ness
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-25

Bathrooms should not open into sleeping
apartments
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-25

photographers will be pleased to know
that photographic stone is found in Dallas,
Tex, fully equal to the stone imported from
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-25
ful dressingi How MANY know h

Keep . separate saucepan for poInng DO
tatoes in If possible
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-25
Excursion : Tickets

To San Diego, Los Angeles, San
FRANCISCO and all California
points. via the Great Southern
Route, good for six months with
stop over privileges and
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-25
CHOICE OF ROUTES RETURNING.

For time tables and information
write or call at City Ticket office,
127 Main St, Wichita. Kan.
n. c. KEERAN,
pa6a & Ticket Agent,
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-25

These lands are what /. known state lands and
all purchasers receive patents from the state Of
Colorado.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-03-16
KANSAS CHURCHES.

The congregational church at Alma
erected a handsome parsonage last year.
The Free Methodist church, recently
built at Washington, will be dedicated
soon.
Rev. Mr.. Currier, the Baptist minister
at Winfield, held the rank of major dur
ing the late civil war.
A series of meetings are again being
held at the Methodist church In Garden
City. Twelve accessiOns have been
made.
Chetopa Advance: A new M. 3.
church in this city will doubtless be
numbered among the improvements OF
this summer.
Wellington Quid-Nunc: Five more
were added to the Christian church, max
ing sixty-twO since the meetings were
commenced by Rev. Cru5cher.
Garden City Sentinel: The Con
gregational church Is talking OF
rseonstructing their building and
thoroughly furnishing the same with
Pews-
Troy Chief: Rev. George W. Wood,
formerly Of this county, has at last left
Kansas, after q residence Of sbOut thirty
three years, and Is now located at Guth-
ne Centre, Iowa.
Wellington Standard: Rev. S. W
Richards received from the Methodist
Church Extension society a check FOL
$4,000, it being the amount OF a loan
made by that society on the new N. +
church Of this city.
Anthony Republican: Five new
members WeSe received at the COngrega
tioDal church. a Sunday or two ago
Thirty-four adult members have beer
added to the church during the past SD
months.
Atehison Champion: At the close o
the services at the First Baptist church
on q recent Sunday, seventeen persons
u were received as members, making TWEEN
ty-eight accessiOnE since the first Of tn
year.
Syracuse Sentinel: The members o
the Christian church met IN the Ing
; hall Saturday evening, FEBRUARY %, ant
. Organizsd with membership OF twenty
> eight persons. Church officers WeE
> elected and arrangements made 70
8 regular service On the frst and thir
Sundays Of each month
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-03-16
KANSAS STOCK AND FARM.

The Garden City Sentinel says: Al
falfa hay is now selling in this city at
$12 per ton. When it is remembered that
five to eight tons per acre csn be harvest
ed year after year without the expense of
blowing, it is no wonder that sagaciOus
farmers are everywhere anxious to get
as much of their land seeded down to it
as possible. A man with forty acres OF
it may well consider himself rich.
The following is the list Of trees re-
commended for timber purposes in Kan
sas, by the forestry commission, and
their values In the order In which they
appear IN The list: 1, black walnut; 2,
catalpa western hardy }; 3, white ash; 4,
white elm; 5, Usage orange; 6, cotton
wood; z, box elder; 8, honey locust; 9,
soft maple; 10, evergreens; IL, red cedar
/ u, black Austrians; Is, Scotch pine; IA,
white pine; 10, Norway spruce.
Garden City Sentinel: Hon. John
Speer has bought seed to plant twenty
! acres In Kafhr corn. We hear Of others
who Will plant Of it largely. Others
prefer milo maze, while others still
| prefer rice corn. All are species Of sOr-
/ ghun, but for fodder KRfir corn is sup
posed to be preferable, while for grain
the milo maize yields the best The
stalks Of the rice corn are Of no value eZ-
cept to burn, but the grain makes
excellent chicken feed, and when ground
Is said to turn out nice buckwheat cakes
Kansas Pioneer: The train which ",
mentioned as passing through this plact
without stopping was stock trains made
up at Norton, which had been given tn
right of way over the road and was max
ing no. stops. 1t seems there Is SON
contention between the stOckmen and tn
B. & M. and the c., z, & n. railroads a
to which line could deliver their stock i
/ Chicago on the quickest time TW
{ trains were therefore made up and start
ed over the two roads with the Undel
? standing that the one FIRST rsaching OH
, / oaRo was TO have the future stock freigh.
from Norton.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-03-16

A GOOD suggestion in regard to
changes in the rates Of railroad trans
portation is thrown out by the Daily
Investigator. 1t Is that the interstate
commerce law should be amended so
as to require the railroads to give ten
days notice of a reduction in rates, as
we'll as Of an advance. This provision
would enable shippers to operate at
the reduced rate by waiting ten days,
whereas they are now often placed at
a great disadvantage by paying the
official figure one day, only to find that
their competitors have practically OBJ
tanned an important rebate the next
day. The law was intended to prevent
such determinations, but IN its present
shape is powerless to protect In more
than one direction. The suggestion
would be all the more valuable If it in
cIuded an Indication of q way IN which
the law could be enforced at some time
within the life of the present genera.
ton OF shippers.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-03-16

WILLIAM AIAKEPEACE HOWE, a
descendant of the British General
Howe who fought IN our Revolutionary
war, Is herding cattle on ranch In
Dakota. BIS distinguished ancestry is
no assistance to him In his business, and
he has difficulty IN making ends meets.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-03-16

MISS Royce and Miss WOebbecke,
two Of the teachers made famous by
their heroism IN the late blizzard. have
been presented with life scholarships
In the North Nebraska Normal Col
Iege. The certificates state that they
have paid IN heroism for tuition from
February 10 to the end Of their lives.
and are entitled to full college mstruc-
tons, art, music, commercial studies.
and stenography.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-03-16

THERE is a strong likeness between
q chronic invalid and a cracked china
dish, which is handled so carefully that
il outlasts many q sound whole one,
which by a single inadvertencs Is dashed
TO afoHAa
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-03-16

D1AAy ECGO-AOSo
In these days Of schools and school
masters for the cOlOred people the
number of those "who can not tell their
right hand from their left" will presum-
ably rapidly diminish: but before the
"darky" of ante-bellum times quite dis
appears among the shades Of things
that are past, here is a story Of Ell
viry." Elvira fell sick, and her cole
marster" went to inquire as to the state
of her health. The room where she
lay was In total darkness Digit and air
are carefully excluded from sick
room by many negrOes), and Mr.. B.
stood outside the door while speaking
TO the invalid He asked, (Which eye
is it, Elvira, that is swOllen?' The
voice Of Elvira replied through the
/ darkness, "Marster, it's dat eye over
mex to de barn"
A similar case of late date came up
in one of the New Orleans city courts.
A "cOlored lady" charged one of her
own race with assault and battery,
/ having been struck in the face with a
| brick, and complaining loudly Of her
suffering The Judge, seeing no marks
Of the alleged severe blow, asked on
which side of her head she had been
struck. She answered, 81 edge, she hit
/
A negro man went into Mr.. Els
Office for the purpose of instituting
divorce suit against his wife. Mr..
E. proceeded to question hin as to
his ground for complaint. Mott ing
that the mans voice failed him, Mr..
E. looked up from his papers, and
saw that big tears were running down
over the cheeks of the applicant for
divorce. "Why," said the lawyer,
"yOu seem to care a great deal for
your wife. Did you love her ?"
"LOUe her, sir? I jest analysed her I"
This was more than professional
dignity could Withstand, and Mr..
E. laughed until the negro, offend
ed, carried his case elsewhere.
Another instance Of the misunder
standing and the misuse of big words
by the negroes happened in a hotel II
Louisville. One day, when the hOte
was unusually crowded, the waiter who
, served meals to our small party die
not appear with his customary bow anC
: smile Of welcome. After some delay
/ he came up hurriedlY, with the apollo
; getic words: you mus excuse me
for you know, of cO'se, I had to wal
on de tg-G9IsOnIS first,
} On one Of the dining-rOom cars Their
were pretty japanese paper napkin
folded within the table napkins. On
: of the ladies Of the party asked the
2 dignihed old colored waiter If these
D were intended IS souvenirs. "Oh
, no, ma'am," he explained, with stately
Icondescension, @dey's for you to tax
home wid you. Editors DTGJ0eTs a
D HGrpeT's kaGdztaIe.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-03-16
Trimming as a Psychological Study.

Punning as a Psychological Study.
Punning, 1 think, does not receive
enough attention. In spite of DR..
JohnsOn's well-known dictum, we
should not despise punning. Sydney
Smith SAYS it is the foundation Of all
wit. Surprising three degrees of evO-
luton, 1 submit that punning Is the
least evolved system of joking, that
wit is evolved out of punning, and that
humor is evolved out of wit. Every
body has heard of Sydney Smiths re-
mark, that it requires a surgical opera
ton to get a joke into the head Of a
Scotchman. But he spoke without
distinguishing. The Scotch have q
great appreciation OF those highly
evolved iocosities displaying the hui
mOrous, although, no doubt, scOrn of
simple, Iowly evolved jocOsities, such
as PLAYS on words. 1t is difficult to
form a conception of a Scotch punster.
Yet I have heard an AberdOnian, q
physician of worldwide reputation
make pun.
Punning is we'll worthy the psychoi-
ogist's attention. 1 seriously mean that
the ANALYSIS of puns is a simple way of
beginning the methodical analysis of
the process of normal and abnormal
mentatiOn. Vision is stereOscOpic; IN
/ a sense it is slightly diplOpic, for there
are two dissimilar images, although
| there seems to be but one external OBJ
! iect. as we call it. To borrow the
| ophthalmological term, we can say that
mentatiOn is microscopic; always
! subiect-obiect, although we often speak
i of it as single estates of consciousness
! etc.. just as there Is visual diplOpias
so there is mental diplOpia," or, as 1t
is commonly called. double conscious
ness" Now I come back to punning.
/ We all have mental diplOpia" when
! hearing the answer to q riddle that
depends on a pun-"When is a little
girl not little girl?" Answer: When
| She is a little horse (hOarse)." The
feeble amusement we have In the
slightly morbid mental state thus in
duced is from the homogeneous ele-
ments of mental diplOpia. The
word "hoarse" rOuses in us the idea of
q little girl who has taken cold, and
the same-sounding word "horse" rouses
/ In us the same idea of a Well-knOWn
uuadruped at the same time. We have
the sensation of a complete resem-
blance with the sense Of vast differ
ence. Here is, submit, a caricature
of the normal process Of all mentation.
Popular s tel1ce Monthly.
ONE night an apparent tramp In Benz
County, California, gave q brakeman
on a coal train so cents to let him rid,
to the next station. The brakeman
took his place on the caboose and tn,
tramp got on a coal car, and as soon q
the train started began throwing Of
coal. He had thrown of two tons o.
more by the time he reached the mex
station, when he got off and went bach
to meet a wagon that was foIlowin,
after and picking up the coal. TIT
tramp was a shrewd and dishonest Ben
, County farmer.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-03-16

PREPARATIONS for the Paris EXposi-
ton Of 1889 are advancing rapidly.
The central portion of the Champ de
Mars, which is to be planted with elms
and surrounded by terraces, has al
ready received the trees. The new
tower has reached the height of La
feet. but whether it viii be carried
], 200 feet high appears doubtful tc
many. The exposition viii celebrate
the destruction of the BastiIe, and its
sole aim Is the introduction and en-.
couragement of industries.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-03-16

CfoLD can buy nearly everything 81
this world except that which q mar
wants most-happinesgs