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Wichita eagle., 1889-07-11

One hundred and thirty-six of Atchi-
sons business men refuse to pay an oc-
cupation tax fixed by ordinance, prefer
ring, it seems, resubm1ssion, saloons and
revenue from high license.
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-11
The Trotting Horse,

From the Boston Advertiser.
Some remarkable records are being
made this year and the trotter is begin
ming to show himself to be the ideal
horse for America The running horse
is unfit for practical use and it is chiefly
gamblers that are interested in them.
but the trotter is of purctical use. A
horse that can trot mile on track at
good railroad speed must be OF family
that will show a better rate Of travel on
a country road in ten or twenty-five
mile journey than the common scrub,
after which the old fogy is content to
travel
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-11
AMERICAN STAMINA.

The recent pugilistic bout between the
two rivals for the championship of the
world has given especial zest to the dis
cussion of the question of physical cul-
ture and development as an indispensi-
BILE auxiliary to mental advancement.
The question is being discussed extant,
but it is gratifying to note that among
the lists of athletic exercises that are rec
commended and encouraged by doctors
and professors the prize ring is made
conspicuous by its omission.
William Blake, the well known
writer upon topics connected with ath-
letic culture, propounds in the current
number of Harper's Magazine the
query: SIS American Stamina Declin-
ing!" and answers it himself
rather dolorously in the affirmative.
While recognizing the craze for
athletics, the growth and spread.of gym
nasiums oyer the land, the fashionable
vogue of tennis, canoeing and other open
air sports, he still urges that the rapid
development of a fiat-chested, stoop-
shouidered, scrawney American race is
due to the complete neglect of physical
culture in the schools. Though Nh
Blaikie paints his picture in rather
gloomy colors. there is doubtless some
basis for his idea of the situation. 1t
would doubtless be well if small pro-
portion of the funds appropriated by
every municipality for the furtherance
of education should be devoted to the
cause of physical education. The recent
award OF honors at Yale, which showed
an overwhelming proportion Of scholas-
tic honors won by men prominent in
athletic sports, shows how great Is the
advantage of reinforcing sound mind
with healthy body.
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-11
Always Leads, Never Follows


Arsonia Clipper.
We receive quite number OF ex-
changes not only from, different parts Of
the state, but from beyond its bound
aries. Among them all there are none
more welcome than the Wichita Daily
EAGLE, whose columns literally TEEN
with news. 4 prominent feature is its
s'Sunfiower Shadowings," which is de-
cidedly the best column OF Kansas news
that Is published in any Kansas or Mis-
souri, paper. The Oklahoma Outlines
10 also feature Of the paper that has
Jest been added and presents the Okla
homa news in short terse and readable
manner. We are Of the opinion that il
comes nearer filing the want Of the read
ing public Of Kansas than any other
paper Published, and do not hesitate TO
recommend it TO our friecds.
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-11

1t was hotter, by ten degrees, in
Huron, Dakota, last week than in the
Arkansas valley.
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-11

General A. B. Campbell's only child, a
bright boy named Bliss, and eight years
old, was run over and instantly killed
by an electric car in Topeka on Monday.
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-11

Boston and her j. Leonidas Sulivong
being once more INDICATED we proceed
to remark that it rained all over Kansas
this week,
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-11

A hot wave struck Fresno, Calf, last
Friday with siz The temperature run
up to 115 in the shade. They bank on
their climate in Calf.
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-11
II Strives to Excel

From the State Journal.
The Wichita EAGLES estate" column,
which went under temporary eclipse
week or two ago. is again glittering with
bright things, like cluster diamond
ring.
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-11
That Beats Ali.

Lawrence Tribune.
Garden city raises beetS five feet long.
Kansas City goes them better by foot.
but her beats have not vet been put in
the ground where they deserve 10 be.
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-11

The Brenners, wine growers in Doni-
phaE county, have been acquitted. No
jury could be found to convict.
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-11
EXCHANGE SHOTS.
Let Kansas CITY Answer.

LtL AdNSStS Oily AIISWeF.
From the Abilene Reflector.
If 500 saloons will empty $50 business
houses, 5000 residences and 1000 offices,
how many saloons would it take to de-
populate an entire city?
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-11

If Governor Lowery, of Mississippi,
could not have his orders enforced by his
under officials and prevent the prize
fight taking place within his dominion,
it is hardly expected that he will be able
to secure the apprehension of the offend
ers by officers not under his jurisdiction,
and have them returned to and convict
ed in the state whose peace and dignity
they so wantonly violated. The Missis-
sippi governor was probably no more
sincere in his desire and efforts to pre-
vent the brutal outrage than were the
governors of Alabama, Louisiana and
Texas, but his persistence in pursuing
the matter after the thing is done and
the parties gone, while his fellow execu-
tives mentioned have dismissed it, makes
him the subject Of uncomplimentary re-
mark without accomplishing any good.
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-11

aoquet'es Body Bruse ngans Tapestry BRUSSELS
or rugs rooms, The al
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-13
SIGHING FOR MANS FREEDOM.

Louise Chandler Moulron Thinks She Would
be supremely Happy.
don't exactly know what would do if I
were a man, but do know what would be.
and that is. happy!
From my point of view, a man is fortu-
nate creature indeed. He has no dressmaker
to tyrannize over him, or no disappointment
to meet at the last moment. He can simply
go to his tailor, give his order, be measured,
and he is done with it. he need not 90 back
again and again, and turn himself into an
aching lay-fgure for an hour at time to
have his draperles arranged.
Then, man could get on with three suits
of clothes-one for morning wear, one for
afternoon visits and dress suit for evening
and he can wear his evening suit till it
grows shabby at the seams without anyone
saying: "Arn't you tired of the sight of
that white brocade? Really, Mrs. -
has worn 1t TO at least six dinners this
season."
And then, hatsl II 4 were man should
not have to confront myself discontentedly
in the glass and choose anxiously between
toque and capote, flowers and feathersl
Happy? Yes, indeedl could 90 alone
to Delmonico's in New York, or to the Cafe
Anglais in Paris, and no one would stare at
me in wonderl
1 could start of, if the fancy seized me.
for Russia, for Australia, for the Pyramids.
round the world il / liked, without waiting.
as now 1 must, for a suitable companion
who wants to 60 in the same direction.
could 20 to the theater without waiting
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-13
A GENUINE HOODOO CURE.
How q Georgian Got Rid of Neuralgia By
Using Bits Of Thread.
Macnn Ila TeleRranhl

How q Georgian Got Rid of Neuralgia By
Using Bits Of Thread.
Macon (Ga.) Telegraph
If there is anyone in Macon who had less
faith in hoodoos and charms few weeks ago,
that person was Chief Kenan. But at last
all unbelievers are brought around, and it
appears this was the case with the doughty
chief. Some days ago he was suffering con-
siderable with neuralgia. After trying
every remedy under the sun, he at last
came upon friend who had Q receipt,
which he was not caring particularly to re-
veal to the chief, but seeing the official in
deep trouble he finally consented to apply
the remedy. Securing spool of black silk
thread, he cut of several bits. One he tied
around the neck of the chief, another around
his waist, another down the back connecting
the one from the neck with that around the
waist, and fourth down his breast, con-
Meeting in the same way the two bands.
This completed the outfit.
When the operation was finished, the
chief, with an incredulous smile, asked
what came next. 30, you will talk
different in a few minutes" replied the
friend, with a shake of the head. In a
minute the official felt strange sensation
in his face, and within five minutes all
pain had left him. To say that he was
amazed would be putting it mildly. He
has already given the cure to dozen of
sufferers, and now he is at work solving
the problem of how he was cured. AS
yet he has found no one who can give the
cause for 1t.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-13
A COWBOY PRESIDENT.
Peasant Who Rose From His Lowly Sta.
tion 10 the First OfEice.

A Peasant Who Rose From His Lowly Sta.
tion TO the First Once.
A correspondent of German paper gives
an interesting account Of the career of the
late President of the Bulgarian National
Assembly, Zackaria Stoyanow. His parents.
who lived at Rustchuk, were SO poor that it
was impossible for them to pay anything
for his education, and at an early age he
was hired out as herd-boy. There are
persons still living in Rustchuk who re.
member seeing him trotting merrily along
the streets soon after the break of day, tax
ing his flock to the pastures on the outskirts
of the town. After time he got promo
ton. His employer and number of other
Bulgarians decided upon establishing
reading-room in Rustchuk, and, as they
wanted someone to keep the books and pa
pers and the place generally in good order,
young Stoyanow was brought in from the
pastures, and put In charge.
The sight of printed matter for the first
time in his life wasa revelation to him, and
he began to feel the influence of that pas
sion for knowledge which remained with him
throughout life. By dint of hard work he
acquired knowledge of reading, and in six
months had taught himself to read fairly
we'll. Following on his mental expansion
came greater ambition. He went to Buch-
Arrest, where he found employment in a
printing establishment. There he acquired
skill as q compositor, and there, too he
made the Acquaintance Of another type-set-
ter, who became his lifelong friend and is
now known as Minister President of Bull
garia, M. Stambulow. Stoyanow occupied
his leisure BY studying scientific and other
subjects; he also attained considerable
knowledge of French and German.
Some articles he wrote soon after the war
with Russia concerning Russian policy in
Bulgaria, attracted attention to him as q
man of genius, and he was soon afterward
elected a deputy. From that day his career
was one of steady advancement
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-13
DISCOURAGING TO Be A WOMAN.
Fanny Davenport Says Her Sex Has Littl'

Fanny Davenport Says Her Sex Has Little
Opportunity for Fame.
Thousands of women continually wish
they were men. For woman not to feel or
express the wish is the exception rather than
the rule.
And from the standpoint of the perfect
freedom and unrestraint accorded men in al
most everything, all women may well wish
to be of the opposite sex.
But from all other points would wish to
be just what am, a womanl There is more
real qualification and honor for woman in
making fame and a competency than man.
Women are surrounded with almost every
barrier that can shut out success. Ham
pered with laws and social rights of every
description. she cannot reach her goal by
the same broad avenues that are open to
men.
Let brother and sister, equally talent
ed, start out in life to make success in any
profession. The brother walks out into the
world, and is easily thrown into the ac--
quaintance of superior men, from whom be
can imbibe the knowledge that means for
him help toward the end in view. Men
of some high-mlnded. noble woman, bril-
liant in her endowments, proves in itself an
education to the inner and finer attributes
of his nature. All these are advantages
denied the sister. Within the narrow con-
fines allowed her sex, she cannot step forth
with the same resolution as her brother
without melting criticism. She must be
bounded by the most stringent laws-laws
which are to-day the curse of selfadvancing
women.
Women must to-day knock so loud, so
long and 80 often at the door of success that
many weary and become discouraged before
their cries are heard. She must be as of
iron to Withstand the condemnation OF So
ciety and the world. Can she form attach
ments to the opposite sex-attachments, or
if you like, that cultivate her
mind and brain? No; not unless she defes
criticism. She must live largely within
herself. She is woman, and therefore
must she live in the solitude prescribed by
social usages and codes, unless she delib-
erately kicks over the traces.
A dark picture? All, no. For proof,
ask to-day any self-supporting, selfadvanc-
ng womanl Ask her how hard success is
,arned.
Woman's scope for action is so small that
often marvel at the successes she has
achieved and influenced in the world.
Thrice more TO her credit, say, then, is
my success that she is able to make than
I she were q man.
FANNY DAVENPORT,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-13
KNOCKING OUT BULL FIGHTS.

Our National Game Rapidly Becoming
Very Popular In Cuba.
Kansas City Star.i
Dick Phelan, the second baseman of the
Des Moines Baseball Club, was at the
Union depot this morning on his way to
New Orleans to sign himself with an all
American club, which is to delight the
hearts of Cubans this winter with exhi-
bitions of the American game.
Phelan has played with many clubs, both
in the League and the American Associa-
tion. This will make Phelan's third trip
to Cuba, and he appears to enjoy the visits
hugely.
"It is wonderful" I" he said, chow quickly
the senors and senoritas took to the game.
They understood it after three or four games
and are more vociferous in their applause
than the orderly American frequenter of
the bleaching board. It was funny at first
to hear them shout out in Spanish. They
take the most delight in watching the men
run bases. If there is close play and the
runner reaches home plate just little in
advance of the ball, thereis bawl that would
make Brooklyn Sunday audience turn
green. The man who makes q home run
can expect beautiful rose from the hands
of senorita. At first we tried American
umpires, but they earned the disgust and
contempt of the spectators before the first
series of games was finished. Now we have
Cubans, who, after each decision, turn to
the spectators, and if there is any fault
found, yell out an explanation in Spanish.
This pacifes the crowd for the time being.
'The baseball game is just knocking the
eye out of the bull fights. Every time we
played on the occasion of fight we, as the
theatrical people say, played to big houses
and they had slim crowds. The manly fig
ure of the ball player in his neat uniform
is taking all the glory away from the mata-
dor, picador and all the other 'dors. The
Cubans at the very first protested against
the turnstile and we returned to the old
fashioned method of selling tickets and
gathering them up at the gates. The boys
are treated with the greatest respect. We
get invitations to dine by the score. The
club that is victorious comes in for as much
glory as a eonquering army. I've played
ball for years, but never appreciated the
honor and glory of the 'profesh' until I
played in game at Havana"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-13
ONE THING SHE WOULD DO.

If Mrs. Custer Were Man She Would Make
Her Wife Happy.
III were man there is one little thing I
should especially look to.
would tell my wife something every day
not only by look or act, but in plain Saxon
that would convey to her daily remem-
brance of the love that was hers.
If my wife came to ask me if loved her.
I would not say: Haven't I told you so
dozens of times. Didn't I prove that did
by marrying you?"
There are just three little words that only
take fraction of a minute to say, can be
said while a man is in the widest sort of a
hurry to catch a suburban train, rush to q
belated appointment, or tear out of the
house to catch passing car, which will
brighten the wife's whole day, soften sor.
row, lessen care, and make her eager to run
to the door at night to welcome her hus-
band, and tell the same thing back to him
again. No deaf man is quicker to discover
what words the lips frame than dependent
woman who sees 81 love you" proclaimed
from her husbands mouth in soundless
words. ELIZABETH BACON CUSTER.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-13
ELLA WOULD MAKE A GOOD HUSBAND.
She Would Not be Masher Nor Taller.
Made Dude.

Were man:
would never speak or write one dispar-
aging or disrespectful word of any woman
whom I did not know beyond the cavil of a
doubt to be utterly unworthy. Even then
would only speak such words to warn others
from her example.
1would aim to make my life worthy one
good wOman's admiration and respect.
Iwould be more gallant and kind to my
wife than to any other woman.
Would make the happiness Of my home
the chief ambition of my life.
1would deny myself some pleasures and
luxuries in youth that 1 might not be de-
pendent upon others for the necessities of
life in old age.
would give every man a helping hand
as went along the journey of life, and ex-
pect no reward save in the increase of nv
own self-respect and satisfaction.
would take great pride in controlling
and mastering my passions and appetites, as
I would in the control of my horses or INV
dogs. And / would look well TO it that
none gained mastery of me.
would feel it greater honor to be called
o idlIhiuA uusuouO duu D wise IaLner Gnan TO
be known as "a sly dog" or 80 great
masher" by my fellow-men.
If inherited wealth 1 would endeayor to
make myself in the matter of good manners
and good morals the equal of many who
labor for livelihood.
I would never imagine that the possession
Of frst-class tailor and an eyeglass could
excuse q vile breath or an insoient air.
would write no letters to any woman,
save my wife, which all the world might
not read.
If in the employ of others 1 would do
double the duties imposed upon me that 1
might the sooner have others in my en-
ploy.
1 would rule in my business affairs and in
my own household-not by force of physical
strength, but by force of character.
And in my general association with
women 1 would treat them as nearly as
possible as I would like other men to treat
my sister or my wife.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-13
A GALLANT WOOER.
Mrs. Frank Leslie Would Show Men How
to Make Love.

Mrs. Frank Leslie Would Show Men How
to Make Love.
Most women who wish that they were men
are pining for what I, by kind fortune or
strange fatality, already possess:
An outlet for energyi
A voice in the ear of the world, and
An influence beyond the walls Of their
own homes.
If had not these things I naturally
should desire them very earnestly, and,
being man or being woman, should try
to obtain them.
As it is, desire a mans opportunities
chiefly from social point of view.
If were man, would try to Under
stand women as very few men seem to try to
do. would study the complexity of their
tastes, loves, dislikes, sensitiveness and in
tuitions, and try to raise my simpler and
clumsier masculine perception to q level
with what most men desplse because they
do not comprehend.
I would like to be man for little while
that might make love to at least two or
three women in q way that would neither
shock them with its coarseness nor starve
them with its poverty. As 1t is now, most
women deny themselves the expression of
the best part of their love because they
know that it will either be puzzle or a ter
ror to their lovers.
And what would not do if I were q man
would be ever to let go the curb-rein of my
own propensities.
1 would never let any woman know me for
just what was by nature, but having dis
covered her ideal of me would try to live up
to it, or rather to copy it as best could.
No man yet has ever been all that the
woman who loves him tries to believe him.
If I were a man would take care that she
never found out her mistake. But where is
the man wise enough to do this?
MRS. FRANK LESLIE,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-13

Such are the almost incredible results
reached at the close of the year ending in
1881. 1t must be stated, too, that since that
date the yearly receipts have steadily in
creased until, at the expiration Of the II
months closing with the commencement Of
this present year. 1889, they reached the
enormous sum of q, ,0O0, 900 francs.
The only possible method to abolish the
gaming at Monaco, In view Of the conees-
sions made, would be to indemnify the So
ciety, but q moments reflection will show
what an enormous and well-nigh impossible
sum they would be entitled to demand In
consideration Of their % years Of lease which
have yet to run.
The financial obligations OF the various
European States would not permit Of their
sacrificing the sum which would be necessa-
~ to achieve this end, and it is to be feared
that, however desirous the new Prince Of
Monaco may be to break off his connection
with tine administration of Monte Carlo. it
is for him, certainly at present, an impossi-
bility.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-13
IF THE DUCHESS WERE A DUKE
She Would be Either n Physician or n
Warrior.

She Would be Either n Physician or q
Warrior.
If were man:
should be either doctor or soldier.
The courage that belongs to them makes
these two the grandest professions in the
world. True, they contradict each other;
one kills, and the other cures, yet both are
noble.
Ishould not be in haste to marry. 1t is
the one step in life that makes or mars, and
to escape from it but two gates are open:
Death and disgrace. @
should consider 80 good age for matri-
mony. Before that man is q mere boy;
after that, for the next 20 years, be is at his
best, if there is best in him. At 30, If un-
married, he must be regarded as confirmed
old bachelor, and had better remain so.
should cultivate the society of women
of the world. Fashionable women, women
of good character and form, whatever has
been, or may be, said against them. have q
refining influence. They subdue the moral
odor of the stable and help to check the
growing inclination to irreverence in ordi-
nary conversation that even decent men are
prone to in this present generation.
I should make it point not to scold my
servants. One should never deprive the
woman one has married of the chief joy of
her existencel
l should regard courage as the highest
gift of God, but I should not consider
prowess in mere field sports as constituting
that great gift To conquer and slay the
lower animal should not be taken as the
end and aim of life. There must be some
thing beyond it. To excel in moralcourage,
to be able to control ones self, to kill the
evil in ones inner nature, to be able to defy
society for principle, is surely greater
triumph than to stand with ones foot upon
the body of ones country's foel
If I were man, should count myself
blessed indeedl
But Providence has ordained it otherwise,
for am The DUCHESS.