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Wichita eagle., 1888-01-04
The management Of eight London thesters
is Ill TIE hands OF women.
4 Tough Sort of Animal.

A brutal looking slungsho, was flshed
cut by tie sergeant. X was made OF 8
clump Of lead fastened on 10 an iron
scraper, such as is used on shipboard 4
handle Of twisted copper wire give good
grip. The sharp iron edges Of the scraper
projected on each side Of the lead aud
added the advantages of knife to its
other dangerous Qualities, 4 more ter
riole example Of hcaaish ingenuity could
hardly be devised
That was taken from a bucko sailor, -
said the sergeant
What sort N an animal il THAR in
quired the reporter.
We'll, a mighty tough one. You don't
see many Of them now. The seam YES
sels have driven them cut; bur they usee'
10 BE- very plenty. n the Fourth ward
especially They always dressed alike
summer and winter They ali wore heavy
wooden coIufo-te-s around the.r necks. n
matter how warm j; was. They were the
toughest human beings / ever saw in al
my experience. They would sleep o. Z
hard pavement with the thermometer be-
low zero and cef up the nezg day as fresh
and clipper as though they hAd been re
Ginning en- beds of down IN q coz, vel
heated bed room.
Il remember one Of them who came
near killin-, mate II mine IL the Fourth
The sailor WIS drunk and abusive The
policeman trIed 70 run him IL. and 81
about twC seconds he Ezs standing On his
head IN the gutter and TIE fellow was
whaling him wilh b.s Own club For
tIBsteiy other officer came 10 bis rescue
Il foak six II tletn 10 get TIE fellow Ia.
and they gore every stitch Of c.othin- fr0ns
ms body 5efor. they reached he ysoisce ssa-
ton ETerF oae e them bore sensS marx
Of the ARRAY That fellows muscles
we're 81 hard p iroa-
- I'D tasy cal hem bgeko s4llorsf''
inquire. the reporter.
4 don I know. IL was some sla1- term.
They sselozxesi On tae Liverpool packets -
New York sun
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-04
A CALL TO PREACH.
Brother Gardner Has Cause to Lecture
Col. West-end De Hoyer-Called Back.

/ Brother Gardner Has Cause to Lecture
Col West-end De Hoyer-Called Back.
Am Col West end DE Hover in de hall dis
| evenin's' blandly inquired Brother Gardner
as the meeting softly opened on the usual de-
( gree.
The colonel was i'll the hail He had Just
/ removed one of his shoes and was about to
| pare down a corn with Whalebone Howker' 5
white handled razor. When he reached the
! presidents desk the hitter continued:
"Brudder De Hoyer, de report am circum-
navigatin' around dat you has call to go
/ 10th an preach.
ayes, sab"
"When did de call cum!"
Bout six weeks ago, sab"
dat was. about de time you was sot out
doahs for not payin' yer rent"
"Yes, sab"
! Il thought so; and YOU now feel it yer dooty
to spread de gospel"
Yves, sah.'
We'll, BrUdder De Hoyer, want to max,
few observations to YOU OF ali de mem
bers of dis club you ar Gle moas' shi1ess
You arm less money, You do less work, you
have Iess 10 eat and to war, your chill'cn am
raggsi and your wife discouraged, an you
haven't got nuiT personal property 10 fill an
/ old wbeeibarrer You've been thir.in' how
you could get along still easier an you've hit
on preachn' You want to 90 out and warn
! de people 10 be honest. upright, industrious
and savin-jist what You amt. You want
to talk about de chllren Of Egypt while yours
amin rags and dirt. You want 10 blow up
Eve fur eatin' dat apple, while your own
wife would be glad OF a turuip. You want TO
give ole Judas Iscariot rakn down fur
takin thirty pieces of Si,Ser, while you'd sell
out for fifteen, Brudder De boyer"
"W-what, sahr
''If one fling hurts de cause Of religion mo-
dan anoder II is in such pussons as YOU gwine
around de kentry claiuin' To represent de
gospel. Why, sab, de Lawd nebber eben
heard of you an doan' want toll De gospn
would feel ashamed of yer company! a man
who would purtend 10 git religion under your
preachin' orter TO be sent 10 jail"
Brother DE Hoyer's eyes stood out like door
knobs as the president paused for breath, and
the bald spot on his head tried 70 show ali the
colors of the rainbow.
Now, sab, you 20 an sot down. Put yer
loot right down on dc idea dat anybody has
called YOU to preach. You has been called TO
git up to-morrer mawHin' end 20 70 WORK.
You has been called 10 pay up yer debts,
cIothe yer family and git suuthin ahead. I'm
gOin to give We week to begin in. and II
YOU doan' take 20 il Won won't spread de Cos
pil instead You'll be bounced from dis club,
an de bouncB' win affect yer constitushan
fur de next thirteen y ars TO cum. Detroit
Free Press
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-04
CHICAGO,S HlGHIIcENSE

CHICAGO, Jan. 3.-City Collector Onahan,
In letter to the mayor and city council
regarding the operation OF the Chicago
high license system, says that while it has
not greatly reduced the number of saloons.
1t has certainly prevented an overw helm
ing increase. But for it, ne thinks. we
would have upwards of GoOo instead of less
than 900 saloons He suggests remedies
for defects in the law. notably cancellation
Of the provision allowing payment of
the $500 license in inStallments. which
In measure defeats the prime object of
law. lie thinks lnSiStence on payment in
advance would reduce ny several hundred
the present number ot saloons Mr.. ons-
han further says that at present upwards
of three-fourths of ait bonds. or for 3n4o
saloons, are signed 10y brewers. who ike
wise pay more than one half the licenses
He questions whether it is in accori with
sound public policy 10 allow security for
saloons 10 he in control of 4 limited
though powerful class who's efforts an.
steadily directed 10 extension and multi
plication OF saloons. He concludes BIZ eX-
pressing belief that time is not far distant
when still further increase Of license
will become necessary as a means of pre-
venting an increase of saloons.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-04
Sense Organs of Insects.

In the matter of sense organs we are
met by serious difficulties OF interpreta-
ton. As said the Danish naturalist Fab
ricius, nearly 100 years ago, nothing in
natural history is more abstruse and
difficult than an accurate description of
the senses of animals. And this alb
strnseness and difficulty is more keenly
felt In studying creatures SO widely differ
ent from ourselves as the bee. Such an
insect would seem at first sight to lie
about as susceptible to the delicacies of
touch as an ancient armOr sheathed
knight. Head, thorax, abdomen, limbs
all are ensheathed in chitinous armor,
The bee has his skeleton outside As an
American gentleman once observed in
my hearing, the main difference between
an insect and a vertebrate is this, one is
composed of flesh and bone. the other is
composed of skin and squash.
The question is, how can delicate i'm
preSsions of touch be transmitted through
the tough. dense skin so as to affect the
sensitive squash Within If you will
examine enc of the feelers Of the bee you
will see that the surface is richly supplied
with hairs. 1t is by means of such sense
hairs that the bee experiences a sensation
Of touch. Each touch hair is hollow, and
within it is a protoplasinic fiiament con
tanning, it would seem, the delicate ter
minal threaded of nerve. A curious
modification Of the touch hairs is found
on the last joint of the aNenna. They
are here bent sharply at right angles so
as to form rectangular hooklets.-BIur-
rays Magazine.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-04
THE FISHERIES QUESTION.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 3.-A mass meeting
under the auspices of the National Fish
cry association adopted resolutions of sym
pathy with the fishermen of New England
i'll the existing fisheries trouble, declaring
that Canadian fishing vessels should be
denied in our ports any rights which Can
ada denies to our fishermen. calling upon
the president to exercise the retaliatorv
measures vested in him by the Forty ninth
congress; protesting against any re-estab-
lishment of the one sided re-
ciprocity with Canada. such as
existing in the years 1864 to 10. and
against the proposal to admit Canadian
fish or oti,er products free; declaring that
that the import duty on Canadian salt
fish should he raised to at leaSt2 cents Der
pound. Copies were ordered sent TO the
president, house and senate, governors Of
all the states. and senators and represen-
tatlyes of Pennsylvania in congress.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-04
LOWERING RATES.
A RATE WAR STEMS IMMINENT
AT PRESENT.
A Reduction Announced to Take
Place, on Several Roads, From
Kansas to Chicago.
A Polish Christening at Alden Pa, Winds
Up in Fight, Several Men Being
Injured.
The Hackettstown, \. j.. Defaulter. Cramer,
Seems to Have FILTERED Numerous
Hearts as Well as Money.
OWE RING RATES

CHICAGO, Jan. 3-The ST. Louis 6 San
Francisco road today sent notice TO the
Southwestern association that on January
18th it would reduce rates on corn to St
Louis cents from all stations in Kansas.
The chairman has notified the association
roads, and on that date grain rates from
Kansas City to Chicago will be forced
down cents hundred, or to y cents.
Omaha rates must follow, so that re-
duction III grain rates is certain through
ont the territory between Chicago and the
Missouri river
The Burlington filed notice today that it
Will retaliate with % per cent reduction
in rates on live stock in common cars when
the Rock Island on January begins haul
ing live stock in improved cars at same
rates as for common cars. Officials agree
that there is every reason to believe live
stock rates from Kansas City and Omaha
to Chicago will be whitfield down TO almost
NOT hing
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-04
ARRESTED FOR THEFT.

DALLAS, Tex, Jan. 3.-Ike Morrison who
has moved in good society here for ten
years, was arrested today on the charge of
theft from the store of Hickox & Hearne
during the holidays, when, Mr.. Hickox be
ing sick, Morrison volunteered his services
at the store On Mr. Hickox returning to
the store today Mr.. J. H. Howell, one OF
the clerks openly charged Morrison with
theft, whereupon Morrison tainted. On
coming to- the charge was renewed, and
Morrison then paid 1925 over TO Hickox,
and a search was made of his room later in
the day, which revealed about a dozen arti-
cles which Hickox identified as his prop
erty. At his room Morrison turned over
make bond. Several presents made by
him of Hickox's goods have been returned.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-04
RECAPIIIREQ

MARIANA. Ark, San. 3-Robert Ivey
(white). Ed. Williams and Henry Harding,
three prisoners who escaped from the Jail
at Augusta, Ark, Thursday night, Dec.
q, were captured about twelve miles from
town last Saturday afternoon by Constable
E. b. Walton and Mr.. F. c. Lloyd, who
were on their way home from town. The
action OF the three men excited the sus-
picions OF Mr. Lloyd. who saw them first,
and he called Mr.. Walton's attention to
them. When they got very close TO them
the fugitives started to run. Walton called
TO them TO stop. but they still kept on,
running through two fields before they
were finally stopped. They were brought
into town Sunday and confined in jail here
to await the action of the Woodruff county
authorities. Ivey was confined for murder;
Harding, burglary and murder; Williams,
burglary.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-04
STILL PROTESTING.

NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-The Republican club
of the city OF New York held a meeting
tonight with two hundred members pres
ent to consider d lengthy report from its
committee on national affairs on the nomi-
nation of Secretary Lamar 10 the supreme
court bench. Resolutions were passed de
preciating his nomination and saying:
Our opposition to Mr.. Lamar is not due
TO the fact that he is a southerner or was
identified with the rebellion. We do
not oppose him on any political grounds
We base our opposition on the fact that he
is not in sympathy with the fourteenth
and fifteenth amendments to the conStitu-
ton of the United States, notwithstanding
his declaration to the contrary. His polit-
zeal actions in Mississippi since the war
demonstrate that he is totally unfit to con
strue judicially the amendments referred
TO and the law enacted TO carry out the
same"
The report which accompanied the reso-
lutiOns vigorously criticises Mr. Lamars
alleged participation in the suppression of
the southern Republican vote; arraigns
him as a lawyer untitled by experience for
the supreme court bench, and sets forth
that he still believes III the virtue of the
lost cause and that the day will come when
the government represented by Jefferson
Davis will be acknowledged to be the
lawful one
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-04
A Sham and q Snare.

Business as it is done today is, in some
of its aspects. sham and snare. Ii is
in the method jobbers have of placing
goods that many small dealer finds his
quagmire. Think of the swarms OF
drummers which infest the domain Of
the retailer. The latter is imporuIned to
buy, buy, buy everything from q needle
to an engine, until he is far oversize ked
beyond the requirements OF his trade, and
the result Is the many frequent failures in
the commercial world today. The means
by which these drummers induce pur-
chases is too long a story to tell. Enough
to say is that each one must sell goods.
and often the most questionable means
are resorted to in order to make sales.
Indeed, whether by statesmen on the road
or in the store, the merchant is so inpor-
tuned and logged that he is often in
0uced 70 give an order and an hour after
hardly know what he bought The
whole idea Of business today seems 10 me
to be pull, haul and scramble, rather than
cool. deliberate, legitimate business.
Hence. say from this system Of over
stocking largely results the failures Of
small merchants.-L. S. LAYTON IN
Chicago News.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-04
THEFLORIDA WHIPPING POST

JACKSONVILLE, FLA, Jan. 3.-Judge
Jones was seen to-day and asked if the
proposed sentence Whipping of the tramps
would be carried out. He said no, not for
the present, as he had respited them for
few days, to examine further into the law
Oh the subject. The publicity given the
judges unusual sentence brought "A great
pressure to bear upon him to rescind his
order. He received scores of letters on the
subject from prominent clergymen and
Others, and many personally. At all the
churches here Sunday the subject was
alluded to by the different pastors, and
strong pleas made against the execution
of such sentence as being a blot upon
nineteenth century civilization and be
cause it was unconstitutional and I'M
christainlile. Judge Jones has therefore
taken the subject under ADJUSTMENT But
Notwithstanding this delay, the sheriff
mas made several midnight raids upon
their camps and fifty are now in Jail here
awaiting the judges final decision.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-04
DIDN'T COME

KANSAS CITY, No. Ian Samuel
Shaetier failed to appear in the criminal
court this morning TO answer TO a charge
of emhezzling $50, 900 from John l.. Blair,
of New Jersey, and his bond OF - 600 was
declared forfeited. Judgment for S36, 600
was recently awarded Blair in civil
action covering the same case. which was
the result Of real estate transaction.
Shaeifer was convicted OF this crime over
year ago aud sentenced to eight wears
Imprisonment, but the supreme court re-
versed the decision and Iemandel the case.
Nothing i known of Shaetfer's present
Wherea bouts
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-04
In A BAD Elk.

LEAvENwoETH, Kan, Jan "a. Wool
ner, native of Nova Scotia, who has been
aere some time, undertook to raise money
last fall by forging notes. lie was caught.
CONVICTED and isnow in the pen.tentiary
for three and half years Before his in
generation he used to write letters on the
paper Of the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation. His friends not hearing from him
since ms mlshap, some of them wrote to
the secretary of the Young Mems Christian
Association mquiring for his whereabouts.
because an uncle has recently died who
left him $500
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-04
OLD RESIDENT DEAD.

ST. PAUL, Jan 3.-The Pioneer Press
learns from Pierre that Proteau. the first
white resident of Dakota, has been found
frozen to death near TT. Bennett He was
93 year Old, and since small child, had
lived with the Indians. He was a trapper
and scout well known along the Missouri
slope. Many of the early settlers OF Da-
kota and Montana owing their lives to his
kindness He acted as scout and inter
prefer for Gen. Custer Harvey, SibIey and
Sully, and as an evidence thereof bore
some twenty arrow points in his body. He
was buried with. ceremony by the Indians.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-04
BOTH MALE AND FeMAl E

BELVlDERE, \. J., Jan. Especial inter
est is now taken in the Hackettstown de-
faulter. ex-Mayor Cramer. y He not only
turned out that he was engaged to three
women living in the borough and not
fewer than twelve in the country, whilst a
Schooley,s mountain damsel claims to have
been betrothed to Cramer for period OF
sixteen years. IN this last case the we'd
ding day. had been agreed on several times,
and as often postponed All the women
Were swindled ont of money. Many Sus-
SIX county farmers lose heavily. 4 letter
received from Cramer says he has left the
country never to return. He is in Bermuda
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-04
DEATH OF A c0tINcum MAN

FINDLAY, o., Jan 3-John II. Johnston.
one OF the leading Republican attorneys of
Hancock county, and for the past three
years councilman for the First ward died
at his home in this city late last evening.
after long sickness with liver complaint
The city council, al a meeting held this
afternoon, passed resolutions OF respect 10
the memory OF the deceased. and resolved
20 attend the funeral, which takes place
tomorrow afternoon. in a body.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-04
ROBEERY THE CAIISE

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. Jan. 3.-James
Weir aged s., was found unconscious
with a fractured skull at ) o'clock this
morning in the Liberty street depot. OF
this city. The chair in which he eat was
despatched with blood and on the iioor
near by lay coupling pin covered with
blood and hair. His watch and valise
were untouched, but his pockethook had
been ritied. lie is : street iahorer OF COOL
habits and Was supposed TO nave accunu-
lated some money. and robbery was IN
douhtetily the motive of the crime. No
clue To the assailant has been obtained
Weir is dying tonight
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-04
A Mexican Education.

The Mexican child OF wealthy parents be-
gins his education at toe age Of year, by
the requirement of the esss initial art Of riding
The animal he first bestrides is burro, rs the
.msll donkey. ths common beast oi burden u
the country, Is called. These little beasts are
infinitely patient and gentle, and 80 low Of
stature that Tumble from them Is ATTENDED
with no serious consequence. From the
ourro the boy graduates IN wear OF two to
the back Of popy, and trencelosward n,ucb
# his outdoo. lie, particularly IT he lives IN
the country. Is passed on the back Of horse.
By the age of u be has begun 70 wear tne
sonbrero ldau heavily trimmed with silver
braid. the wide siashed psnta!oons, with
rows Of silver ornaments down at the side.
and the great silver mounted spurs that de-
note his rank as a ea5sllsro or gentleman
-yh0 goes horseback
Up 70 this latter age his eiucstida in let
.ers has been obtained from bis tutor, who =
usually the parish pres, or some SUDDEN:
stadyIuE Tor the priesthood. and h.s acquire
nentz are confined - reading and writing.
L ransicaily inclined, be has learned 20 ;iusie
= guitar and n siDg a fe9v Spanish s9Ess.s
he bss probably began 20 fence and bzItls
-tse pistol He : row zen. 20 some 0as Of
he Mexican national schools, t5e rsiBtaTy
aea4sny II Cbapuiierse, OF school q EIaes
"a tee City q Mezi~o- - 70 SOM s1ucatieaai
Institution Of Europe o. toe United Stgs-,
sn8 hls cGild life j. a. an end On his Tst.rn
80nIs at the Gk= a from IS 20 j. years. as
sess lie joins TIE army, hsgsns tee sef.9ls
l1tiss q iIfe by eEis-irsg senls business sS,ss.
= dCcsor's or lawyers oSf3ce, or Esssyss s<z
.alker ID tie segment Of sas ascssDcs o.
country estate -SaEs1lns ti
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-04
CONDUCTORS "FlREO.n

WHEELING, ". Va, Jan. 3-Eor long
time past the management of the Ohio
River railroad company, extending from
this city south along the Ohio river to
Point Pleasant a distance of $50 miles,
have had suspicion that passenger receipts
were lower than they should be. Detect
ives were called into requisition, and. after
a thorough examination, extending over Il
considerable time, it was found that the
suspected crookedness was fact, and to-
day President Thompson issued an order
relieving every passenger conductor but
one from the service of the company. The
one conductor allowed to remain was VIM.
Iillc
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-04
ROGaRnIlS MINIS

DAYTON. o.. Jan. 3 -The finish Of the
Bogarlus-WinSton match of hundred
live birds each. for purse OF s,ya was a
brilliant affair. 4 clear Snu~hiny dav,
givlr'e the victory II BoGar}u~ in 4 score
eightytwo ia eight. BogarlgS lost siN
birds today. and nj the close If the match
lac mounted = stump and announced his
challenge - ANY man III America Ia shoot
one hundred live birds Tor = 0sl % =. Ossi
a side, Nottingham rales The match L.
he shot after April I
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-04
HIGH WATER.

READING, Pa. Jan. lowing to yester-
days heavy rains the Schuylkil river was
seven and one-half feet higher this after
noon than twentyfour hours before
Huge cakes of ice came floating down the
river all the morning, and if these pass off
without forming IA gorge no damage is
apprehended. The water is so high that
the river and Schuylkill and Union canal
all appear as one body of water Above
Reading many small creeks overhowed
their banks and did serious damage. The
WAterS are how receding
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-04
lip WITH THE PRICE

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 3.-The retail coal
dealers in this city have already begun to
take advantage of the present situation by
advancing the price OF coal. Several firms
today raised price of stove and large nut
coal TO s. per ton. There is reason to be-
lieve that there will be n general advance
of prices within the next few days unless
the supply is greater than it is now
POTTSVILLE, Jan. 3.-The number of
miners cut in this region is estimated at
from % 600 to 30 900
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-04
4 IAI e OE IAIl GRS-

NEVADA, Mo, Jan. 3.-A part of the
tailors in the employ of Cullen & Moore,
OF this city, went out on strike today.
The men had formed union and some
funds had accumulated in the treasury of
the organization Some of them wanted
to use this money to buy keg of beer and
the others objected. The treasurer was
among the DIRECTORS and refused TO let
them have the money. Then they elected
another treasurer, got the money and
bought the beer. Subsequently the strikers
who voted for beer informed their employ
ers that if they did not discharge the 9TH
ers they would quit work They refused
TO comply with their request and they
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-04
WANTS THE EARTE

NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-Judge Lacombe in
the United States circuit court today. dis
missed the case of Thomas Convey against
Samuel Waldion and about three hundred
others. known rs the Harlem Flats claim
ant cases. Covert who is Canadian. en-
tered suit against The owners of what was
once known as the Harlem flats. alleging
that he WAS the hneal descendant of tire
Nichols and Dursan grantees. whose pat
entS to the land We're granted in 1851 and
l'l2. Judge Lacombe dismissed the case
FOR want OF jurisdiction