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Wichita eagle., 1888-02-18
A SWlNDLiNG MACHINE.
A Trick which Would Leave the Old
Bunco Plans Far in the Rear.

A Trick which Would Leave the Old
Bunco Plans Far in the Rear.
Hank had machine by which the guileless
countryman could be swindled in a fashion
that would leave the old bunco plans miles
and miles in the rear. The colonel and hie
companion followed the western man up
into his room in the hotel and sat down in an
imposing row on the wooden sofa The
colonel got at his machine and placed it be
fore them on a small stand, rolled up his
sleeves and prepared to expose the inner
workings.
at can't possibly fail" he said, because
YOU let the jay who is playing against it take
a coin to the nearest bank and have it exam
ined, SO as to see whether it is genuine or not.
When he returns and they pronounce it
genuine you show him how it can be dupli-
Gated, and give him the duplicase and let him
take that to the bank, too AS the duplicate
is also genuine the poor lad is a loser from
the start, and has no ground TO stand on.
will show you Anybody can make an imi-
tation ten dollar gold piece that will deceive
the eye, but you can't get the ring. This ma
chine gives the ring"
eyes, it does" said tho colonel, with in
tense and bitter satire.
Nv ell, IT comes pretty close to 1t, said the
inventor, hotly, land I'll show YOU
He mixed white colored liquid in little
steel basin with a ladle. Then he opened
small drawer on the left side of the basin and
took out q counterfeit $40 piece. This was
the same weight and size as a genuine gold
piece. except that it had not the same ring.
He placed it on the ladle and immersed it in
the white liquid. Presently he lifted out the
ladle again and placed the coin on the floor
in front Of the colonel 1t was covered with
the thick white liquid from which it had
been taken, and which was supposed to be a
liquid solution Of glass. Acting under in
struction, the colonel wiped this liquid Oft
the coin and then placed it on marble
washstand. It rang with the ring of a true
gold coin.
''And no wonder" said the colonel, with
grin, as, he examined the metal, seeing as
how it's genuine piece"
''That," said Mr. Hank, eagerly, els The
hull scheme. l put in a false coin, but pull
out true one. then gives it to the jay and
he takes it to the nearest bank and they pro-
nounce it genuine. Then sell him the whole
machine for $4,000
He spent the following ten minutes trying
to coax the colonel to go IN with him in the
scheme The colonel said he was living
straight life and playing a straight game,
and, having bestowed heavy gratuity on
Mr.. Hank, he walked of.-Blakely Hall in
New York Mail and Express.
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-18
READING THE HUMAN FACE.
Tho Character Generally Drawn Upon II
in Unmistakable Lines.

IN Uu"lSthA0O1C AAnSSs
Every one knows that mems passions, pro-
pensities and peculiarities, as well as their
callings. are reflected in their faces. but it IL
only the few who have made the study Ct
physiognomy an especial pursuit who are
gifted with the power Of reading those faces.
Judges who have served long terms on the
bench. lawyers in large practice and doctors
Of eminence possess the power of interpreting
physiognomies more largely than other
people But any one can acquire the rudi-
ments of the art by dint of study.
1t is as impossible to disguise face as
hand writing. When the expert comes the
disguise is torn off and the face tells the true
story of the spirit inside the body One only
needs to visit the penitentiary to realize how
undeniably vice write its sign manual on the
features. 1t is not the drunkard only whose
red nose. aabby cheeks and rheumy eyes
betray him: it is the sensualist whose vice is
read in his lips, the knave whose propensity
is revealed by the shape of his mouth, the
man of violence who is surrendered by his
ewes. An experienced detective or a trained
TAILOR seldom needs TO ask the crime of which
his prisoner was guilty. He can tell it by
his face
study of phsiognomy is going to be pursued
more vigorously than it has been. As means
of preventing crime, it may prove invalua-
bic. How constantly do we hear of men
failing from grace" as the phrase goes!
Yet these men must have carried their crime
in their face for long time II any one had
been able to read their features the mischief
might have been averted. How often are we
assured that this or That criminal enjoyed
the perfect confidence of his employers and
the public till the very day of his detection;
an expert physiognorlist would probably
have spotted him long before. Again, face
reading might be turned to fine account in
business. 1t is we'll known that every mans
face is more or less stamped by the pursuit
he follows. An experienced observer can
generally detect lawyer, or a doctor, or
merchant, OF clerk, or q mechanic, or a
clergyman, by merely studying his face.
The study might be carried much further.
The same rule which enables an observer to
distinguish lawyer from merchant will,
when followed out, enable keen eyes to sepa-
rate able lawyers from lawyers who are in
competent, merchants who are going to make
a fortune from merchants who are going to
fail Men often carry their destinies as well
as their character in their faces. Indeed, the
former depends so largely upon the latter
that it would be singular if it were otherwise.
Women. too, will be able to discriminate
among their lovers, and to pick out the man
who will make good husband from one who
will have to be dragged into divorce court.
All the advantages which Fowler mistakenly
told us we were going to derive from the
study of phrenology we may possibly gain
from the older and more mysterious science
of face reading.-San Francisco Call.
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-18
aail9 X eagle
iF He WERE HERE.

II he were with us now-how would be seem.
That babe who came and vanished like dream:
That fragile blossom from the heart of May,
That bioomed and persisted in a single day.
IT he were with us now-would his dear eyes
Chat opened first on fields of Paradise)
Be like mine own, or haply pictured there
Would behold that other worshiped pair?
If he were with us now, what pretty ways
Would fill with growing pleasure all the days:
What tales of wise, precocious tricks and looks
Would please us more than any lore of books
As months grow into years this thought will stay,
And DER and DER our lonesome hearts will say:
"If he were with us now" That chord Of pain
Must evermore tinge life's melodious strain
Ella Wheeler Wilcox in Pittsburg Bulletin
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-18
Intelligent Coroner's yuries.

Death from delirium trenens resulting
from accidental causes" was the remarkable
verdict returned by coroner's jury in this
city the other day. This is not the only hu-
n.orous specimen which Mr.. Ashbridse can
point TO on the dockets of his Office A young
man in the last stages OF pulmonary disease
killed himself with prussic acid. DR.. Formal
remarked at the inquest:
He only accelerated his death, which must
surely have come from consumption in
very few weeks
The intelligent six good men and true in
the jury box astounded the coroner by arriv-
ing at this verdict: Death from consurap-
ton, accelerated by prussic acid "-Philadel-
phia Press
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-18
American News AbrosA.

Tidirss OF Mr. George Gouldis marriage to
Miss Edith kingdon and some startling in
tellisence concerning the Vanderbilt family
appear in tho colunnso TIE Trovato,c, the
leading italian musical journal After trans
lasion tho news reads as follows: Happy.
feople-n the Information is authentic. Miss
Stingsou. sou5-setc in New YORK thea.rs.
has married the millionaire Gould, ana
Nellie Gouil!or, 9 singer at the Boutfes-
Yankees, hzs married tho millionaire Van.
derbilt-Allen, ~so has given her. os a mar
riasc portion, sa5, coo. 600 OF lo0. 90, 900 ls !,
-Cleye2and Leadar.
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-18
The Afternoon Tea in London.

The custom of afternoon tea is surely 4
very pleasant one when INDUCED in in mod
Grafton; but when one is expected to take as
many cups OF tea in succession at different
houses as DR.. Johnson was wont to indulge
IN during his historic visits to Mrs Thrale it
is fraught with difficulties in the shape Of ex-
IRENE nervousness and indigestion. All the
servants in private houses go tSotting down
to the houSekeeper,s room for o'clock tea
daily; women take tin kettle of the favor
lite beverage for their working husbands.
who are, perhaps, laboring on the streets;
but the very quintessence of afternoon tea
luxury that has come to my knowledge was
last week at Battersea park, whittier had
gone under the comfortable cover of han
som Suddenly my cabby came to dead
stop, got down from his pinnacle Of glory,
stepped TO the horses head. and gave him
canvas bag. evidently containing fodder.
much to the satisfaction of the animal His
support" l suggested. 'H'o, no; h'only is
h'afternoon Jea," was the repiy.-London
Letter.
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-18
The Coroner's Verdict.

4 man IN western town hanged ktnse1
70 a bed pos by KS suspends-x The csr-
oE<r's jury, shacs was conpossd q rno;hsrs,
decided that the deceased cax3s 70 his death
by coming home drunk and rzistAkias haa<
ri tog hSs pantST-IhieAzo 6Ha3d
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-18

The stranger wonders how, Ill s.. Peters
burg, for instance, the markets and shops
are kept as clean as they are, when the water
is 50 filthy. One can smell the water of the
Neva, which furnishes the supply for drink
ing and household purposes. for mile on an
ordinary summer day. 1t discounts the
water that used 70 get green in the Potomac
flats at Washington. A native tells me the
reason things are clean Every day health
officer goes about inspecting the shops and
houses GerdarmeS assist. II there is any
stencil or decay observable, OF any filth of
any kind, the place is arbitrarily closed. and
Kept closed for weeks or months There is nc
recourse, 10 help for it. Cleanliness in the
commercial csuters is an imperative neces-
sity. Many people have been ruined in bust.
ness by being closed by the officers They can
never lear, what is wanted The only reply
Is: You must keep the premises clean How
cles-i Is not explained, and there can be no
appeaL-Noscow Cor. New Orleans Times
Damocrst
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-18
Industrial Geology.

The geological formations Of Q country,
according to N Louis Navez. have consider
able effect in limiting mans free action, and
determining the location and occupations Of
communities Two Belgian examples ara
given. The Geer valley is characterized By
an abundance Of lime in the soil, which gives
great strength, suppleness and whiteness to
straw there grown, and has thus originated
the extensive straw plating industry Of the
district The valley Of the Lys. On the other
hand. is notably free from caicareous rocks,
making the water Of that river especially
soft and suitable for the cleansing Of FAX,
and locating an industry Of importance 70
the cio.hrlakers Of Flanders -Arkansaw
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-18
Excursion : Tickets

TO San Diego, Los Angeles, San
Francisco and al California
points. via the Great Southern
Route, good for ok months with
stop over privileges ana
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-18

Lady-Eave you references " nom can
you refer to as TO character, etc!
Aupiicant-To yerself, mum. xid conf
dsoce
Lady-Mei Why I know nothing about
you
Applicant-Tha.s .he Very rzysun I refer
=. yez. mam-Haypsrs BazAs.
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-18
48 MILES
The Shortest Route to St Louis

For Colorado, California, Ore
gon and all Pacific Coast points
this u tho favor1te routa
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-18

n. c. KEERAE.
Pass q Ticket Agent.
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-18

On oil trains to Kansas City
and st. Louis. Through Pullman
Sleeping Cars TO Kansas City on
all night Trains also through
-ullmAn sleeping cars daily 70
st. Louis on the morning train.
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-18

Plate. window. Ornaments: d
Stained GlA16. ana painter gap-
phsA o6
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-07-04

forced to flee toward the Brunswick hotel.
Mrs. A. A. Cady, who lives in the cot
tage next the hotel Brunswick and party
OF friends were sitting in the front room
playing game OF cards. When the first
shot was fired the game stopped and
the party rushed to the front door. which
was standing open. Mrs. Cady says that
she got there Just in time to see Mrs.
Alexander sink down and Johnson trip
over her. cit was all done in flash, and
it was impossible to take in the whole
scene at once. There were only one or
two on the street at the time, but in an
incredibly short time a large crowd had
gathered"
Mr.. Geo. Pfalzgraf, of the Equitable in
surance company, who was standing on
the corner OF the Circle and Markets.,
said that the first thing that he knew con-
corning the tragedy was woman running
by him and a man after her. "The man
had on a straw hat, said he, "and a mo-
ment afterward recognized Johnson and
/ supposed the woman was his former
wife. There were four ladies going by at
the time and Johnson had to run around
them. In less than no time l saw him
shoot. AS soon as he fired the first shot
Mrs. johnson turned around and
cried out, For Gods sake, don't let MIN
kill me- They both continued on the
run, and Johnson fired the second shot
that went through the window of the Iron
hall building Mrs. Alexander advanced
a few steps further and sank down. john
son kept running and stumbled over her
while firing the third shot. This shot hit
the travelling man who was standing up
in front of the hotel. As soon as Johnson
fell he cooked his revolver and pointed 1t
at his head but the gun snapped. He then
pointed the revolver while he was yet
lying at his breast and fired. AS for
myself / got out of danger as fast as posi-
BILE but saw the whole thing"
Joe II. Bristo, milliner on Illinois-st
was standing in the circle at the time be-
tween the Brunswick and Market-st. He
said that the whole thing happened so
quick that he could not do anything.
When Johnson was about to shoot him
self he ran up to take the revolver away
from him but he was too late.
Soon after the shooting Sergt. Bruce
and Patrolman Coughlin ran up. The
two men carried johnson into the hotel
and hack was called. Bristo and the
two policeman took him to the city hospi-
tai. On his way out there and at the hos
pital Johnson kept talking about his
wife"
Bring her to me. want her to come
to me-"
He also kept saying; "some one has
shot me-
II don't care" said he, eff do die. 1t
makes no difference TO me; but bring my
wife to me"
DIR. Oliver dressed his wounds and pro-
nounced his chances for recovery as fair.
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Campaign Ode.

[Air-"John Browns Body."l
Oh. Cleveland and Thurman are our standard-bear-
ers grand,
Our standard is the banner of this great and glorious
land;
Our motto is ''reform"-by it we firmly stand
CHORUS.
AS we 90 marching on.
Glory, glory, to fair Columbia
Glory, glory, to fair Columbia,
Wen float upon the breeze our red bandan-s,
As we go marching
Our platform is reduction of that ever-swelling
stream,
That from labor's hardened toll forever takes the
cream,
And Wen strangle monopoly with our study pulling
As we go marching on.
We will for the people their wide and great do
main
That still is unscarred by the tripod and the chain,
And the naughty foreign nabobs title ne'er shall
gain,
As We go marchingon.
CHORUS.
With Cleveland for our esptain we're beyond the
reach Of harm;
With Thurman for lieutenant we will make things
very warm,
He shall waive his "red bandana' and well carry
things by storm,
As We go marching on.
CHORUS.
Then rally to the standard, boys, with lusty cheer
and shout
The RAIDS may sheer the cranks may jcer-the sore
heads fume and hout--
But we'll keep right and at 'em, and viii keep
the rascals out"
As we go marching on.
CHORUS
A. P. KERR.
Indianannlis Nav 6. 1855
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-07-04
HOW PROTECTION PROTECTS
woRKMEN STRIKE FOR LIVING WAGES
The Best Protected Industry in the Midst
of Another Labor war---A 60 Per Cent
Tariff Offers No Relief - Begin
ming of Serious Strike.

PITTsBURG, June 29.-The iron workers
strike is now on, and by tomorrow noon the
mills will be idle. The conference of the wage
committees of the amalgamated association and
iron manufacturers this afternoon was short
and decisive. The workers representatives
stated that the lodges had voted upon the
question of reduction and had decided almost
unanimously to reject it. The manufacturers
then stated in language just as positive that
they would not pay present wages. There was
but little discussion, and the conference adj
journed sine die afteB being in session but
twenty-five minutes. The members of the
amalgamated association wentinto consultation
at once at their headquarters and will have
their scale presented to the manufacturers to
sign or reject, as they see proper. Secy Mar
tin of the amalgamated association this after
noon received news to the effect that the
Laughlin and Junction steel companies at
Mingo, o., had signed the steel scale. Should
all the mills close down fully 100000 men will
be affected
In an interview tonight NJ N Werner of the
PittsbUrg forge and iron company said the
shut down would be complete. The statement
that the mills were closing for repairs is I'M
true. They are closing because the manufact-
urers will not pay the present wages. He said
further that it was impossible to predict the
outcome, but one thing was certain, the manu-
facturers would not sign the scale unless there
was an advance in the price OF iron. They will
not consent TO arbitration, and the wages must
be 50 per ton or nothing.
The workmen are equally determined to
stand out for the scale and from the present
indications the struggle will be protracted and
bitter. In this city %, 800 men will be thrown
out of employment by the strike and in the
West il is estimated that not less than 5000
workmen will be affected. All the mills in the
West, except the few operated by non-union
men, will close down tomorrow indefinitely.
The mills that will continue in operation are
Carnegie's Bessemer works at Braddoek; Park
Bros. & Co., Clark's solar iron works and An
derson & Depuy of this city; Woods mills of
McKeesport, Pa, and Wellsville, o. and the
Lake Erie iron works of Cleveland.
Among the other interests affected by the
strike will be the railroad freight business and
the coke trade. The suspension of work in the
mills means the banking up of blast furnaces,
and as a consequence the shutting down gener-
ally of the coke ovens in the Connellsville
region. The coke people say, however that
shut down of several months would eventually
do them good, and that when the mills started
up again there would be a big demand for
coke, which could be sold at profit, while
there is loss in the present price of 81 per ton.
At late hour tonight ii was rumOred that
Oliver Bros, employing 1000 men, would sign
the scale. II. w. Oliver was seen by
porter but he declined to affirm or deny the
report.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-07-04
Oregon and Washington.

No section of the country is to-day attractins
90 much attention Montana, Oregon and
Washington; Montana because II now ranks
first in the production of precious metals;
Oregon because of its rich valleys, and Wash
inpton territory by reason of its mild climate,
timber, coal, minerals and wonderful produc-
ton of fruits and cereals. The rapid growth of
Spokane Falls, with a water power exceeding
even that of Minneapolis; Tacoma, on Puget
sound. the terminus of the Northern Pacific
railroad, with 1900 inhabitants; Seattle, thirty
miles distant, an energetic and thriving city,
mark this section of the Pacific Northwest as
one that offers peculiar inducements 10 those
seeking new homes.
BY writing Charles S. Fee, general passenger
agent Northern Pacific railroad, st. Paul,
Mimi, he will send you illustrated pamphlets,
maps and books giving you valuable informa-
ton in reference to the country traversed by
this great line from st. Paul Minneapolis Du-
luth and Ashland TO Portland, Ore, and Ia
coma and Seattle, w. L. This road, in addition
TO being the only rail line to Spokane Falls,
Tacoma and Seattle, reaches all the principal
points in northern Minnesota and Dakota Mon
tana Idaho, Oregon and Washington; possess
es unequaled scenic attractions as well as SUI
perior train equipment, such as dinner, ears
and colonist sleepers for the use of intending
settlers, neither OF which commences are TO be
found on any other line ticketing business to
tue states and territories named.
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Good-BHe. Benny.


Air-"Good bye, my lover, good bye"
Come form in line and renew the fight,
Good bye, old Benny, good bye,
Indiana and New York will come up all right
Good bye, old Benny, good bye.
CHORUS.
Bye, Benny, bye, oh,
Bye, Benny, bye, oh,
Bye, Benny bye, oh,
Good bye, old Benny, good bye
see boat come round the bend,
Good bye, old Benny, good bye,
Loaded down with Cleveland men,
Good bye, old Benny, good bye.
Chorus
see boat come round the bend,
Good bye, old Levi, good bye,
Loaded down with bandana men,
Good bye, old Levi, good bye
Chorus
he inherited the mantle of the great plumed
knight,
Good bye, old Benny, good bye,
For defending his suit in THE SENTINEL fight,
Good bye, old Benny, good bye.
Chorus
It was Benjamin Harrison who lately said,
Good bye, old Benny, good bye,
He would give the rdiiroaders dose Of cold
lead,
Good bye, old Benny, good bye.
Chorus
II was Benjamin Ben who would cross the blue
seas,
Good bye, old Benny, good bye,
And food this country with heather Chinese,
Good bye, old Beny, good bye.
Chorus
Marshall, Ill, June 26, 1855.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-07-04
cHERIFFs SALE

By virtue OF certified COPY Of a decree 70 me
directed from the Clerk OF the Superior Court OF
Marion county, Indiana, in No. 81 $751; where
in Alfred r. Hovey is plaintiff and John r. Sanders
defendant requiring me % make the sum OF two
hundred and seven dollars and sixty cents (s2l760)
provided for in said decree with interest and costs
will eIposeat public sale to the highest bidder, on
SATURDAY, THE 18th DAY OF JULY, A D. lsss.
between the hours Of 10 O'Clock a. m. and o'clock
p. Of said day at the door Of the Court House OF
Marion county, Indiana, the rents and profits for a
term not exceeding seven years, OF the following
described real estate, situate in Marion county in
the State OF Indiana, tO-wit
Commencing at point four ~ rods east Of the
west line and thirteen and third G31s) poles north
of the south line of the east half of the southwest
quarter OF section twenty-three (23 in township
fourteen l4) north, range three go east, 10 said
county and State; thence north parallel with thu
west line OF said half quarter section thirteen and
third (131a poles; thence west thirty-sx 1857 poles
more or less TO point forty-eight 4s) poles east ot
the west line Of said section; thence south paralle
with said west line thirteen and a third l31 poles;
thence east thirty-Six (6) poles, less 70 the
place Of beginning containing three 3 of land
II such rents and profits will not sell for sufficient
sum 10 satisfy said Decree interest and costs l will,
at the time and place, expose 10 public sale the
fee simple of said real estate, much thereof as
may be sufficient to discharge said decree interest
and costs. said sale will be made without any re-
lief whatever from valuation or apprasement laws.
ISAAC KING,
Sheriff Of Marion County.
July 5, 1885,
Harding and Hovey, Attorneys for Plaintiff