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Wichita eagle., 1888-08-19
To the Editor of the Eagle.

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To the Editor of the Eagle.
Please announce the name Of f. W. Phillips. o
Salem tow nship, candidate for representative
from The SD district subject to the decision OF the
Republican nominating convention. held in Wichita
West side August a. davis
lam candidate for state senator in this district
subject TO the decision of the Republican conven-
ton q W 5O' q. II BENTLEY.
ney snhtect 10 the decision of the Repnbiican CON
d&wi6 G. W. c. JONES.
Please announce that D. s Pence is a candidate
foT s to the oce Of Of
Republican county convention. d'2-w"
decision of the Republican convention;
am a candle ite for representative from the Sind
district subJec' to TIE decision or the Republican
H; L. Taylor is a candidate for the nomination Of
Pr bate Judge. subject to the approval OF The Re-
publican county convention djG
publican a,d stand squarely on the Republican
platform OF Kansas and thus standing, respectfully
ask OF the Repubicans Of Sedgwick county the
nomination for county attorney l. L. Campbell.
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Please announce my name candidate for
Represen alive Of the sd district, subject 10 the
decision OF the kepuo can convention To be held
August p, ISIS do JouN b. WALLACE.
Iwill he a candidate for reelection to the Office OF
state senator subject TO the action 81 the Repubi
cen convection. JNO. KELLY.
GARDEN PLAIN. Kan.
Editor Of the EAGLE: Please announce J.
". Nsnneulan as s candidate Tor representative OF
the Eightythird legislative district sub lect the
decision OF the RePuotcan cohvention OF said dis
tricL Yours respectfully,
Please Announce that w morris is a csndidns
FOR the ONCE OF county attorney subject to The de-
cision OF the Republican convention OF se4gwick
county. ~
county Republican convention. W T. BUcKSEs
Please announce my name A n candidate for the
Office Of Probate Judge OF Sedgvick cognty subject
10 the decision OF the coming Republican comfy
convention
as w X. MAXwELLe
Please announce the name OF Csa.- 2. Lulingas
subject TO The decision Of the Republican ngina;-
IL cOnKs ution. d.
Please announce A B. Wright as a candidate 20
reelection 70 the once OF Clerk Of tie Distric
Court, subject to tie decision OF the RepGh.tcan
nominating Conyeni4ozl- ctl
Editor Eagle.
Please announce THAT an candidate for the
Republican convention OF sedgv1cG comfy
d. B. D. HAMMOND.
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Hospitality Without Gruur;uy.

The writer was once invited to. spend a
week IN family where the extra expense
OF an additional member was frequent
subject of discussion, greatly to her dis
turbance. Have the milkman leave an
extra pint because we have company" or
Order more berries to-day than usual and
tell the grocer we shall want six pounds of
butter this week instead of five" we're
among the orders given by the mistress
with extreme frankness in the presence of
her guest, greatly to the latters discomfit-
ure. At evening time it was the custom of
husband and wife to discuss expenditures
and make up accounts, and the excellent
habit was not waived, as it might have
been. till the couple were alone, but every
item was talked over; if surprise was ex-
pressed at any one charge, the wife would
kindly explain that one must expect COM
pany to add something to the expense.
You are so much at home with us that
we don't mind YOU was frequently said as
a sort of apology for the uncomfortably
candid conversations that took place in
her presence. But the company did not
thoroughly enjoy her visit and gave her
self strict orders never to let her own fl-
ture guests feel that they caused trouble or
expense in her house True hospitality
spares no pains to make visitor comfort
able, and little selt-sacrifce to gain that
end counts as nothing in truly cordial,
warm-hearted family-Nelc Orleans Plea
qIne
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-01-21
THE GAR AND THE BRIDGE
KEEPERS WIFE.

The Car rode up TO the bridge ut midnight
- Alone IN the starlight ard cold,
lie sang short song without echoes
As ne kissed his large cross of red gold
He saw young maiden there Standing
Alone, her two feet in the snoyY.
With a song on her lips of sweetrsss-
A little one, soft and low.
Wits half the salute of a Caesar.
Ard halt the salaam of slave.
He took OIL his cap to this maiden.
And glancing with eyes that were bsyye.
"Well,' the Gar said Il will give vo,T
This cross of red gold for a touch "A d
From those lips of yuars that are singing
one touch, come here, that's not much -
The maiden went ON with her singing.
But she locked at ise zar with two ewes
As large ana soft as the leinGeer's-
AS timid, as wide ard e. wise.
"Wen," the Car said. care YOU tongueless..
Or bird, that you only can sing?
Come here to my saddle, thou dumb one
And take from my hand this round ring
The maiden now ceased from her singing.
oh, you are oar Czar," whispered she
He stood up, surprised, in his stirrups-
And how do you know that Of me-"
Yes. you are our Car, that is tryse, sire,
And am the bridge-keeper's wife.
y, father, ride fast to your palace,
And, riding, unsheath your sharp knife
Should you find the oil lamp burning dimly.
AND the bfidge-kceper kissing yocr wife!
Hel, sire, take time 10 consider
Then what would you 90 with your knite?"
The Gar rode over the bridge past midnight,
AS fleet as the dove on the wing
Buf at the feet of the bridge-keePer's wife there
NE left both his cross and his ring
-COUnt ChdpOlsI7
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Roadside Nut Traes.

Suppose the people of the older States
when laying out their highways through
the country and streets in villages fifty or
a hundred years ago, had planted hardy
nut-bearing trees instead of naples, elms
catalpus, poplars and similar kinds now
seen on every side, doing service only for
shade and ornament. Yes, suppose it had
been suggested that nut-trees live to great
age, are handsome, afford as good shade as
other kinds, besides bearing seeds that are
valuable as food, and suppose these sugges-
tions had been acted upon by a large
majority Of those who were about plant.
ing wayside trees? 1t certainly re-
quires no great stretch of imagination
to see what would have been the re-
suit. Rows of fruitful and noble she'll
bark hickories would now be grow
ing in hundreds of New England
villages instead of the insect-infested elms,
poplars and lindens, the wood of which i
down, not worth one-fourth as much when
cut as hickory, or that in fact of any of the
walnuts. 1t is true that the small boy
might have enjoyed the nuts from these
trees, and occasionally loitered by the way
when going to or coming from school. in
order to fill his pockets, still the possession
Of such treasures usually gives more pleas
ure than their cost in time. What might
have been now, may be realized twenty,
five or fifty years hence, if those who are
about planting street trees in cities and vii
lagos and along the highways in the coun
try will plant the best nut-bearing tree.
instead of the other kinds which yield
nothing of value, and do not afford any
better shade than trees bearing deliciou.
fruits or nuts Orchard and Garden.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-01-21

ONE EFFECT OF THE PRESIDENTS
MEssAGE-The New York Tribune says
In street car the Stroller runs across ex-
Speaker Titus Sheard, who is manufact-
urer of knit goods at Little Falls. His
broad Scotch face is covered with bristly
growth of reddish-gray whiskers. He
gives me a pointer about the effect of the
Presidents message, saving: " \ friend of
mine now at the Sturtevant House started
for England three days before Mr.. Cleve-
land sent his message to Congress. His
mission abroad was to buy large quantity
of cotton waste. When he reached Lon
don he found that everybody there had
accepted the message as an earnest that
this country would at once adopt free
trade. Cotton waste had gone up a penny
pound on the strength of that belief. He
waited three or four days to see if the
craze would subside: but as it showed no
signs of passing away he turned around and
came home without buying"
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-01-21
SuME TALK ABOUT HOOPS.
"A Woman's Paper on the Demand They
Make UDon Women

Is 1t not so? Not so much as to the ex-
travagance and wastefulness of distended
hoops, but the unsightliness and discomfort
OF them-are they necessary or convenient?
These are considerations not supposed to
weigh much with fashion, but hoops are
exceptional in the demands that they make
upon women. In point of grace or come
illness they are not, perhaps, to be held
more guilty than some other excuses, but
if they are written down as hideous and
offensive, it may be asked again, Is it not
so? Probably the question may be asked
many times before the art of dress is fully
understood. We may never again be
threatened with hoops eight yards wide"
such as ballad of 1853 is righteously
severe upon, showing how completely our
author failed to bring about any reform,
but so long as eccentricity with some passes
for beauty there will be no revivals, more
or less complete, of the hoop and crinoline
At such times this spirited old tract should
be kept in view, not so much to condemn
what nobody is likely to defend, but to
show the extravaganza to which foolish
emulation might again, as it did then, swell
out the skirt. 1t is not that the state
ments contained in it are doubtful or I'M
supported.
Robert Chambers shows how Edinburgh
society suffered, within his memory. under
the tyranny of hoops. In the morning a
lady put on a pocket hoop resembling a
small pair of panniers. For occasions, not
quite full dress, there was to be worn bell
hoop-a petticoat frame in shape like
bell-made Of cane or rope. For full state
there was provided a hoop so monstrous
that people saw half Of it enter the room
before the wearer." This, the matter-of-
fact chronicler goes on to say was found
" inconyenient." So inconvenient was it
that in the narrow passages and entries of
Edinburgh Old Town Ladies tilted them
up and carried them under their arms; in
case of this happening, there was show
of petticoat below" This happy audacitv
has been denied TO women of later DAYS,
although there were times when it would
have relieved perplexity and spared much
annoyance. So long as these facts remain
or John Leech's drawings are remembered,
surely the shapeless horrors of crinoline
should be impossible of renewal Womaa's
World
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-01-21

In the Streets of Picking.

Among other dread sights we passed and
met long camel trains, heavily laden, and
winding their way through the dingy
alleys, literally led by the nose, one driver
to every six or eight camels fastened by
rings and cords drawn through their noses
One does not like to think i'll of cameis
those patient, long-suffering beasts that
look so picturesque under the palm-trees
in pictures of oriental landscapes; but q
near acquaintance with them is very dis.
illusioning. They are both sly and vici
Gus, and become terrible when met in close
quarters.
We turned, suddenly, into narrow sort
of alley, repulsive beyond description. and
here Fatima drew baclS-snifiing, prophet.
ically. | urged her little, and she went
forward, but presently | saw we had to
meet long line of camels, heavily laden
with crates of tea, each about the size and
shape of the "pressed hay" packages
so common in America. ] could not
imagine how we could pass them,
and yet ! feared to turn about, even
had there been space enough, which
was doubtful. Fatima sprang close to
the wall, drawing her little hoofs and
slender legs almost under her | followed
her example and leaned against the dingy
adobe mass, while the long line filed their
tea-crates past Us, swaying their heads and
long-matted names from side to side, and
grazing against us rs they went Each
one eyed US with malicious glance from
their small evil-looking eyes which sug-
gested a longing to strike out ferocious
blow from one of those powerful, noiseless
feet. But their glances were met by looks
of seorn and defiance. on the part of Fa-
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-01-21

,, Lick Photographic objective is 81 inches
and collects seven times more light. Phc
tographic maps of the stars can be made
with this lens which will give thousands
and thousands of the stars where tolera-
bly, good telescope will only show few
score. All sorts of minor appliances, as
spectroscopes and micrometers, are also
provided. A set of instruments for the
automatic registration of the time, velocity
and intensity of earthquake shocks are
provided also. Visitors to the observatory
will always be welcomed during day time
to see the building and instruments. At
present the large telescope will be open to
visitors at night, every Saturday evening.
from to 10, and at these times only. The
completion Of this observatory marks an
era in the history of astronomy in America,
which henceforward will possess the finest
observatory in the world situated more
favorably than any other and manned by
competent corps of observers, some of
whom have already earned a high and
honorable position in their profession. 1t
should be source of pride to us that the
science of astronomy, which is of no coun-
try nor time, can find the highest mechan-
zeal artistic skill ready to do its bidding.
within the borders of our own land, and
that we do not have to look beyond its
borders to find competent and faithful OBJ
servers to utilize this magnificent equip
ment"
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-01-21
THE MANHATTAN BRIDGE.
PROGRESS OF the Second Great Bird
Structure at Now yo-l,

ioS4Ss' u ihe second Great Bridge
Structure at New York.
The Manhattan bridge, which crosses Har-
lem river at One Hundred and Eighty-first
street, is being pushed by the contractors.
The granite piers and abutments are more
than three-tourths completed, and the first
OF the two great arches has been swuno
by March She other arch will be finished
and there IS little if any doubt that the
splendid structure will be entirely COM
pleted by June lst. The big central pier
that stands on the east bank of the waters
edge and supports an end of both street
arches is built up within 10 feet of the
finishing line, which is about $50 feet above
tide water. The other two piers are al
most as far advanced All three piers
have been filled in with Portland and
Rosedale cement, and are practically solid
masses of rock The abutrnent on the
east bank is $40 feet long and is pierced by
four arched passages of masonry the
widest of which is so feet. They are all
practically finished, except filling in. On
the west bank the abutment is only 277
feet long and contains three arches. Two
of these are practically finished. These
land arches were not contemplated in the
original designs, which had, instead, solid
blocks of masonry. In fact the entire
stone-work is considered one of the finest
specimens of American masonry, and suf-
fers nothing by comparison with the time
honOred and excellent structure lust below
thigh Bridge.
But the great feature of the Manhattan
bridge is the two monster parabolic arches
OF steel that span the river and the New
York Central Railroad tracks which run
along the east bank. Each of these spans
Is DOS feet in the clear, with rise of ninety
feet in the center. The one that has al
ready been swung is painted bright red,
and such is its size that at a distance it
looks like little rainbow rising above the
horizon. These huge arches consist of six
ribs, made of steel segments riveted to-
gether and ranging in width from eighteen
feet six inches at the end of the arch to
fifteen feet, the size of the key segments.
The average weight of each of these is
about ten tons. To handle them might
seem well-nigh impossible task, but it is
done without difficulty.-N. Y. Tribune.
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Grants SorreI Xyar-Horse.

1.-THE first time saw General Grant to
know him." said Major Osmun to knot
of story-tellers the other day, "was in the
November of 1864 | was then attached
to Hancocks headquarters, and was sent to
carry dispatch to General Grant. 1t was
raining for all it was worth, and the mud
about those Petersburg trenches was like
glue. Putting my horse to gallop | was
getting over the ground at good rate,
and soon | met and passed solitary rider
astride little sorrel horse. The mans
SLOUGH hat was pulled down over his eyes,
and the rain was coursing in streams down
Oh the poncho in which he was closely
wrapped. \ moment later | came up
with quite group of riders, and, catch
ing sight of lot of gold braid, jumped at
the conclusion that had struck some Gen
erals staff. | asked if they knew where
General Grant was, and one of them said
90 Why, boy, you've just passed him.
"Without word / wheeled my horse
and dashed back to the solitary figure
ahead. As | came up he seemed to take
in the situation, for he said sharply:
Who are you looking for, young man p
Are you General Grant, | asked
eagerly.
My names Grant he said stiffly, hold
ing out his hand for my dispatch Then
he said:
why didn't you come to me at once .
"EI-I-'
"'Well, what?'
al didn't think you were General
Grant
You didn't? Why didn't you?
a saw his eyes twinkle above his cigar,
that must have gone out three or four
weeks before, it looked so bad. So | ven
tured to tell the fact:
a. Because | didn't suppose General
Grant would ride such looking horse as
that
He burst into hearty laugh, and
General Badeau told me afterward that it
was the first time for week he had heard
Grant laugh. The General receipted on
the envelope for the dispatch and DIS
missed me, saying:
The next time you are sent to General
Grant perhaps you will know him.
But after that took my dispatches to
the chief of staffr'-Detrou Journal.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-01-21
THE LULLABY OF THE PINES.

Flee home to your nestlings, little mother-birds,
flee
Cuddle down in the nest lest an owlet should
see;
While the primrose is wakeful and the whip
poorwill sings,
Tuck your drowsy heads under your soft, downy
wings,
And, rocked by the breeze blowing on toward
Go to sleep, little birds, go TO sleep.
With your bright petals folded up, one by one,
Little blossoms now whisper goodnight - to
the sun:
For the star-eyes are peeping down out of the
sky,
The fire-hys lantern is hurrying by,
The dew-fairies haSten-they must find YOU
asleep.
I Sleep, sleep, my pretty ones, sleep.
The red of the sunset grows dim in the west,
Weary mortalS, you, too, from your toiling may
rest;
Homcward, at last, you may turn your poor feet
Toward your little ones, hushed in their mother
arms sweet.
Though sad hearts in restlessness hear us and
weep,
sleep.
Sleep on all the night, as we sweep to and fro
In the dusk, We will sing you our lullaby low.
Fear not, timid hearts, though high above all
The Father bends near when His helpless ones
call
Tender and sure is the watch He will keep,
Safe in His love you may trust Him and sleep.
Inter OcPqD
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-01-21

How ANIMALS ARE KILLED IN SwITz-
ERLAND. - The following description OF
how beeves are killed at Basic, in Switzer-
land, is taken from the United States Con
sular Report on Cattle and Dairy Farming
A large slaughtering place has been built
by the city government on the bank of the
Rhine, just below the city, and put under
the control of an accomplished veterinary
surgeon, who controls all the operations Of
killing the animals and preparing the
meat. This man has invented the instru.
ment for killing the animals 1t consist.
of a mask or plate, which has short steeI
GIN fastened to it. This is fastened to the
horns by straps, and the cartridge in the
end is fired by tapping the iron pin in the
end Of the gun and driving it against the
cartridge. The bullet pierces the center
of the brain and is buried in the spina
marrow, causing instantaneous and pain
less death. The OK walks without fear OF
apprehension to the shambles, touch i.
given to the fatal needle, and the huge
creature drops utterly dead and incapable
of suffering. The bleeding is perfect
CHICAGO Journal
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The Lick Observatory.

In an article to Hgper's Weekly a few
days since, Edward S Holden, Ii. D., Di-
rector of the Lick Observatory, writes as
follows:
The observatory is on the summit of
the highest peak in tie Monte Diablo
range, 1900 feet above the level of the sea,
and fifty miles from San Franciscan a
situation where smoke and dust and cloud
can never seriously interfere with its use
fulness in all times. The choice of Mount
Hamilton rs 4 site was made by Mr.. Lick
himself in 1875. The large telescope is
covered by an immense dome 75 feet in di-
ameter, whose moving parts weigh 10Y
tons. The column of cast iron which sup
ports the telescope is 81 feet high and
weighs $4,000 pounds. The two steel
axles on which the telescope can be turned
to each part of the sky weigh about $500
pounds each. The tube which they carry
is 81 feet long and weighs several tons.
The large objective weighs about 800
pounds The largest obiect-glass in the
world for visual purposes, has been the 80
inch glass at St Petersburg. The Lick
telescope Is 36 inches in aperture and col
lects twenty per cent. more light The
largest Photographic objective has been
the Paris glass of - inches. The
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Killed by Tobacco.

L. B. TORI writes to the New York TI,i-
bune as follows: Not long since | was
walking with celebrated physician. As
we passed a house, surrounded with every
evidence of wealth, he spoke: q have a
patient in there-a wife-who is diving.
and beyond help, and her husband has
killed her. Why, doctor, what do you
mean?' mean just this, her husband is
just literally stepped in tobacco, until the
insensible perspiration from his body has
become deadly poison, and his wife absorbed
enough of this, before | was called in, so
that she will die Have you told them :?
No. 1t would only add to their
misery But, doctor, are you sure p
Yes; | have seen such things before
Some constitutions can bear this poison
and some cannot. Why, Just to give
you an idea. l saw this experiment
tried among Others at an establish
ment where they treat persons for the cure
Of the tobacco habit. A man Just brought
in was washed as clean as soap and water
could make him, and then some flies were
allowed to light on him. In five minutes
by the watch they were dead. There was
poison enough in the perspiration that
came out of a man washed as clean as pos
sible to kill them You can imagine
what he would be when he wasn't washed,
to spend several hours each day in warm
bed with him. This was all new to me,
and l was completely dumbfounded.
don't use tobacco: but if l did, that physi-
clans statement would have stopped me.
Run the risk of killing my wife by my
filthy habit? Not much | would rather
sleep in the stable, in the pig-pen, or out
of doors under tree, until the poison was
all out Of nv system"
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-01-21

TINA, mingled perhaps with little fear,
for she evidently knew our danger. With
her body fairly flattened against the wall
and yet not pressing me harshly-sle
laid her small ears, which were never
quiet, close back and turned her head to-
ward the camels. Her nostrils dilated and
Redeemed, her lips parted, and the fine
squarely-set teeth showed between, while
her enormous vigilant eyes were fixed on
the camels, and flashed an at-your-peril "
look at each one as the interminable train
slowly wendell its uncouth way past us,
leaving us both quivering together as one
poor aspen leaf in the autumn Wind
Vide Awake.