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Wichita eagle., 1889-05-12

| .GsMkgHla be was feet OF fool
f@WyTAAya and 1.-the and grace
6LafsMssfi fui of limb, and his
ESaGeSxLs1EM sweetheart's name
ESg1SErysasksW was Daphne. He
&E4sssSNs3S&E pursued her, figure
sss1 atively spe akin g,
ENsSssLEZ around the house,
F,arISS1IM out the front gate,
sallff1//%g down the road, across
SlIr I,lsE the corntield, through
the cane-brake and
back home again every Sunday afternoon.
But he could not catch her.
1t was before the war. and they were
slaves. He was solid black and his face
had an oily sheen; but his nasal organ was
long enough to place him outside the CLASH
fcation of ''fat-nosed niggers." Daphne
was also as dark as an hour before day, and
consequently had no objection to his color.
Her complaint against him was based on
higher ground.
s.'Tain't no usen akin me ter malay yer,
Merely, for amt gwine ter do it lesS'n
yer do what ak yer to do"
''But, Daffny," he pleaded, placing his hat
on stool and wiping his brow with ban
dana handkerchief, you know l KANT be
er hippercrit. Sposen I'd jine de church.
Wouldn't lose my 'hgion de fus' time ]
plowed in er new groun's! | tell yer wien
er root flies back en- hits me on de shin, Use
'bleeged ter swar. 1t helps talk de So ness
Outen de bruise."
'You knows likes yer, but I won't hab
yer. You's de only tieP niger dat missus
let's come inter dis kitchen, kase she says
you'se got some sense and knows how ten
ack like er generman; but eff I'd malay you
ez you IL I'd halter leave heah an go down
ter de plantashun. Missus couldn't bide
yer. Yo' promisin' ter stop cussin' amt
gwine ter do no good. Err niger KANT
quit his nleanness 'cep'n he leans on de
Lawd"
America went to work next morning. 1t
was hot day in June. The sky was in
tensely blue; a startled quail rustled the
still leaves Of the darkgreen corn before
him; woodpecker ratified off his snare
drum beaton dead limb. The negro was
almost pious 'Tl fool Daffny by not
takin' de Lawds name in vain dis day,
sho'"
A storm came up when the afternoon was
half gone. While unhitching his mule it
stepped on his foot. He could not utter
word until he had mounted the animal,
when he turned loose the pent-up profan-
ity of a day. A streak of lightning split
the air, followed by thunder and smell OF
burnt leather. The mule was dead and the
sole of one of Americas brogans was gone.
His wits were gone, too, but he found his
way to the quarters"
Next Sunday he was baptized. No,
Daffny,' he said, solemnly, dropping her
hand from his as he stood at the kitchen
door. 81 amt fifteen ter marry yer yit. De
Lawd was mussiful ter me. / mus show
i'm dat 1 Tub i'm. When Use called ter
preach I'll ak yer ergin fur yer ham,"
Three months afterward he was 'called,"
and they were married "Missus" taught
them to read and write, and they were the
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-12

ance on or near such strip of ground
They are also partial to good, soft, warm,
plowed ground, especially such as lies on
high, rolling hills or table lands Some
times, too, they patronize dry corn-felds or
Closely-cropped meadows. They will fly
around over a last years stubble field,
which is being turned under by the plow,
and alight close behind the plowman in the
fresh furrow, but in that case they are as
likely TO hop over on the dry ground as on
the fresh. They feed mostly on seeds,
fresh, young grasses, or herbs and small
insects. These birds were once more plentl-
full in Iowa and Missouri than theyare now
They have kept near the front edge Of civ
tlizatiOn, although they are not strangers
even in such States as Illinois and Indiana.
In the Indian Territory they are very album
dant, although / never heard of any one
caring enough for them to go so far as that
for them. They are very plentiful pretty
much all oyer Kansas and Nebraska in
season, and probably sport at them may be
had about as well in those States as any,
where.
The hunter for upland plover does not
need any dog. II he has a dog he would
better tie him up at home, and then shoot
HIM for fear he would get loose. Most of
all, the hunter needs horse, or team of
horses, properly broken to ''stand fire"
and hight rig of some kind which VIII ad-
init his getting in aad ont very quickly.
The upland plover is in some respects no
fool. 1t will rarely allow itself to be APP
preached by the hunter on foot, and al
though few birds may be bagged by the
walking hunter, il is safe to say that his
bag will be light beside that Of the shooter
who has forty-year-old horse, blind in
both eyes, deaf and of sweet and peaceful
disposition. A very good rig for plover
shooting is light two-wheeled road cart
with no body and only a seat and pair Of
wheels. With this sort of an OUTFIT the
hunter can travel over almost any kind of
country, and can easily jump out and fire
when he has worked in close enough to his
birds. The subsequent proceedings all &C.
pend on the horse. If that animal takes a
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-12
Calumny Will Come.

A distinguished United States Senator re-
Gently said: There is considerable abuse
of me just now in the public prints. 1t Is
all owing to a singular fact. declined to
make peace with my enemy al his price. |
have always made it rule to defy perse-
cution. In every mans life there is some
thing which he wants to keep to himself
Ny life has not been perfect, and realize
1t. But, when any one processes TO know
something damaging about me. never beg
Ii is simply question of time when the
persecution viii commence, and with ne
the sooner it comes and is over with the
better" he is eminently right Though
he be chaste as ice and pure ss snow, 10
public man can escape calumny 81 some Pc
riod OF his life.
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-12
ASLEEP IN A COFFIN.
A Supposed Corpse Shipped Hundreds of
Miles Opens Its Eyes and Talks.


a-A4lAiCaES'44S JDNEl a.
Some time ago q commercial man named
Swartz, travelling for Chica go hat, cap
and clothing house, was taken sick at the
Commercial House, In Lincoln AID died after
& short illness. His remains W ere duly pre-
pared for interment, were plac,sci IN acoftin,
and the latter Was nailed up I'M box aud
shipped TO his home in Chicago~for burial
riding through this city OF the front plat
form Of baggage car. Arriving, IN Chica-
go preparations were made for tlle funeral
the minister secured, the funeli2l notice
published, the grave prepared and the
usual sad preparations enacted.
At this junctzre German physician,
the old family doctor, came IN ~ take g
last look a. the corpse, and horri fed the
family by protesting that the man was not
dead Two di1lly -criLso1ed spots, one
upon each side Of The mans face, tosi him
that life was not extinct, and he protested
against the burial Under his care IL two
days the dead man opened his eyes, aud il
two weeks ne was sitting up IN his room
Shortly afte-ward he went 70 Europe, and,
although he weighed but ninety-sIx p 9ilnos
when he left the coffin, he came back from
Europe some months later sound AID
hearty, and IS now selling hats. caps and
clotetns, is a. healthy locking ula As
one would wish - see. ana weighs 3.2s
kCDdred and sl<xh.x.tiK-a rzos1r.ds
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-12
PROMPT ard Convenient Connections
Splendid Passenger Equipment

Free reclining chair cars are now running
on all trains on the c., K. & N. railway,
"Rock Island Route" between Wichita.
Topeka. Kansas City. st. Joseph. Chicago
St. Louis eft
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-12
The ueha uairy Eagle: Sunday g1orrirs clay IT, 1859.
the rugged, marcy spirit OF the genuine

tne rugged, marcy spirit OF the genuine
hunter.
In the bright warm days, however, when
the blood takes on a mellow mildness in the
veins, and no other game is in the land to
stimulate the slumbering ambition, the best
of hunters might be forgiven for taking a
day at the plover, or, perhaps, two days
not more-in the short season of two weeks
or more, when plover shooting is at its best.
And let the older hunter take his days near
the close of the season, when the persistent
pounding of the greenhorns has rendered
the birds more wild. There will then be an
added difficulty to the sport, which will give
it its only claim to consideration. Early in
the season, before the birds have mastered
the fact that man is a ravenous and wan
tonly cruel animal, they are easily approach
able, and may easily be knocked down by
moderately skillful shot. have even heard
Of their being shot on the ground by some
persons, although l do not believe that there
is any foolish butcher SO self -distrustful of
his skill as to creep up on this open-minded
little bird and shoot it with a shotgun be-
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-12

''Does er boat go up this evenin' ,DafTnyr
he asked. 'Look in the paper am see"
''Yes, at halfpas' five"
''You go down an gage passage fur
tWo.n
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-12
xasSSNlIaM
9ai1y Ea91e
UPLAND PLOvER SHOOTING:

The Sweet Voice and Peculiar Habits OF
tho Long-Legged Prairie Bird-Tho Gun
to Use and How to Load It-Refections
the Bird Butcher-Spring Shooting
Why Game Should Be Preserved.
The upland plover, says E. Hough, in the
St. Louis Globe-Democrat, in its physical
ronfguration, might appear TO be cross
between jack-snipe and sparrowhawk,
but it isn't, although it is marked somewhat
like the former bird, and in its flight at a
little distance be mistaken for the latter,
which it resembles in bigness Of body and
spread of wing. The upland plover, how
ever, although it often hovers aloft, or
skates down with strongly curved wing to
some selected lighting spot does not sail in
long parallels, as does the little hawk, but
continuously works it's passage with re-
peated fiappings of the wings, and in its
hasty flights it's wings describe so large an
arc that they seem to touch like wide fans,
first above and then below the body Of the
bird. This popularity viii betray it at once
to the hunter who has become familiar with
It, even did he not become advised of its
presence by that long, liquid, silvery and
sweetly musical note which drops down like
teaspoonful of melted vocal pearls out of
some unidentified corner of the sky. This
whistle of the upland plover-though it
is not more whistle than the softest
breathings Of the fiute-is the pureSt and
sweetest, the most inimitable and unap-
proachable sound in nature.
1t is so very sweet that nature, always cit
and proper in her ways, surrounds it with
mystery, SO that on bright, warm day OF
spring, when one hears the gently-spark-
ling sound bubble out Of the blue sky, APP
parently just above his head, he may look
up and see no bird, and may further look
about him on all hands, examining earth
and sky alike, and yet find no trace of the
origin Of the winged music At last there
may be the fit Of a gray wing across half
section Of plowed ground, and finally he
may see this feathered ghost alIght vet
further away, tossing both wings apeak
high over its head and uttering a shrill,
joyful ''wy-ee-ee," which may be heard
mile. The plover IS happy and contented.
1t is glad it was born, and it doesn't care
who knows it. The upland plover natural
ly migrates in large flocks. 1t flies at
night, and often the inhabitants of some
village in a locality where the bird does not
care to alight may hear for hours in the
night the fit Of passing wings and an oc-
casional -pullitt-pullittr dropping
down from the unseen hosts above. When
the birds alght, as they do pretty much all
through the wilder prairie sections of Mis-
souri,, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and kindred
States, they usually overrun the country
very rapidly, so that locality untenanted
by them one day may on the day following
be fairly swarming with them. They do
not affect low, marshy grounds, as their
cousins in the long-legged family, the
snipe, but keep up on the high prairies,
being especially fond of ground that has
been recently burned over
If there are any plovers in the country,
they are pretty sure TO make their al pear
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-12

wonder and envy of their brethren and SIS
tiers Of the faith. The war came and went,
and they left the farm and took residence
in New Orleans, where America tended a
large flock and prospered accordingly. lie
was a wonderful speaker, and many people
of wealth frequented his church, always
leaving him a practical reminder of their
appreciation of his talents. He grew in
fame, and went to the Legislature.
One morning the postman handed him a
letter. 1t was for his wife. They went
into the parlor and read it. 1t said:
my DEAR GOOD SERVANT DAPHNE: Papa
is dead. The old home must be sold, unless l
can borrow five hundred dollars. II it passes
into strangers hands will not care to live in
il any more, even If its new owners were to
offer me home with them was always good
TO you, and know you loved me. L hear you
are prospecting. If you can help me l know
you will: so it is no use for me to write more
than this. Your mistress in sorrow,
DELLA"
'Does er boat go up this evenin' ,Dafnyl"
he asked. ''Look in the paper an see"
''Yes, at half-pas' five"
''You go down an gage passage fur
two"
''My own sweet darlin' purity lady, WY
didn't you write sooner! " hut did you go
and worry yersef even fur er day fur,
when you knowed Daffny wuz er Twin an
willln' ter give You cherry cent she had eff
you needed it. Did you think dis chile 'ud
let de ole house 60, eff her dollars could sabe
itl''
''No, Daphne, no, but-sit down, Amer
lea; l insist on it,
"'Deed / will, Miss Della, fur knows
yer means H. No, indeed. Mos all de Ian
is sole off, but dis Gle house am yourn.
Heah's de deed. No, you doan' owe me
puthin'. We owe it all ter de Lawd. He
ken see er laung ways erhead-er mighty
laung ways; an wen He flung dat thunder
bolt at me erbout ten yeahs ergo, He said:
I'llmake err Christyun outen dis black ras-
cal, so he ken be wu'f sump'n in de worI'.'
An eff wuz ter stay on dis vale of tears
fur er millyun yeahs, my wuf wouldn't
shine brighter n it does now
CukpTrS = PTACFRTRN
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-12

Jones lwho is canvassing the
borough}-''Oh, what a very charm
ing babyi I've always taken such al
interest in very young children. A
how old is it?n Electors wife with
pride)-"Only just fourteen weeks.
sir Jones-"Really. A-and is it
your youngest ?r-I.ouiou Punch.
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-12

An East Boston man who keeps a
livery stable had mule for sale, and
hearing That friend in neighboring
town wanted 10 buy one, sent him the
following. written on postal card:
Dear friend: ii you are looking for
No. l mule. don't forget me. Elk
change.
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-12

Engraved CALLING eards-at the
Wichita EAGLE Office. dts Il
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-12
Cor % and 5th ayes, Wichita

Manufacturer Of Steamengines,
Boilers, Pumps and all kinds Of
mill gearing. Architectural iron
a speciality. Iron and brass cast
tngs made to order. Estimates
made on al class OF work and
orders promptly attended TO:
e6 W. H FONDA. Supt
Omaha daily bee., 1889-09-13
OuP T.

The humiliating %inadequacy Of the
American exhibit at the Paris exposi-
tiou has frequently been spoken Of by
our own citizens who have seer it, but
no one had quite done the subject JUS
tice until Mr.. Chauncey NJ. Depew
talked about it. Mr.. .Depew has just
returned from Europe, and his very apt
and impressive des cription OF the effect
the American portion of the great
show had upon him is the statement
that when he vent into it
he wrapped himself in an
American flag about one hundred feet
square and when he had walked
through the exhibits of the United
States he found he could put that flag
into his pocket. This Is a very neat
and telling way of illustrating the
s~hrinkage which American PRIDE suf-
fers from a comparison of the exhibits
of this country with those of other our
tries, and it gives the best idea fur
nished by any mi of the relative mean
ness Of the American portion OF the
Paris exposition. What the United
States has there is good, but it is wholly
inadequate to the purpose OF showing
the variety and greatness Of the
try's productions and resources.
Mr.. Depew suggests that the Amer
lean people have got to rise in their
might and create u worlds fair which
shall be such an exhibition of the manu-
features, arts and sciences as will as
tonish the world, and thus atone for our
humiliation at Paris. There will be
a universal concurrence in this view.
There is o u single good rea-
son why the United States can
not have a worlds fair in 1892 that will
surpass the French exposition, magnifi-
cent as that unquestionably is. On the
contrary, encountering none of the
hostility from European governments
that France did, we should be able to
easily excel her fair, if the proper
spirit and effort are shown. We have
only the one disadvantage of not pos
sessing a Paris. But we have a city
that comes neare the French metrop-
oils than any other in the world in
the extent and variety OF its
attractions, and if congress
shall wisely locate the worlds fair OF
1892 at Chicago, the exhibition will not
only surpass hat at Paris, but the
financial results will be very much
greater. Mr.. Depew q greatly aid
the promotion of such a worlds fair as
he thinks this country ought to have.
and at the same time gain something
personally, by throwing his very consid-
cradle influence in favor of the western
m%etropolis.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-09-13
THE INDUSTRIAL FIELD.

An anti. sewing machine guild has been
formedby the Chinese tailors of Hong Kong.
Lord Randolph Churchill has become one
of the foremost champions Of the eight-hour
movement in England.
The employees of the Morden frog and
crossing works, in South Chicago, are on a
strike for an advance in wages of 10 per
cent.
Work is being resumed in the Blackburn
mills in England, which shut down, and 1000
looms which were stopped have again been
put IN motion.
A Freuchmau who was born in 1889 is reg
ularly at work in a mill at Ottawa, Canada.
He is hale and hearty, and seems good for
several more summers
Trade is reported to be very good in the
iron and steel industry at Youngstown, Pa.
All the mills are running in full blast and no
one is idle who is willing to work.
The Louisville 81 Nashville raised the
wages of passenger conductors on Septem-
Der l from 500. A considerable number of
the old conductors were discharged q few
weeks ago.
An increase of wages of from 2x to 10 per
cent has been promised to the employees of
the Pennsylvania Steel company a. Harris
burg, Pa. The increase is to set off a reduc-
ton when the trade is bad.
The percentage of wages paid for food by
American workingmen as shown by a re-
cent return from various countries is much
less than is paid by the workmon of either
Germany, Spain, Great Britain, France,
Italy or Belgium.
1t is said that hundreds of colored men liv-
ing in North Carolina, owing to the low
wages they receive, are thinking of emigrat-
ing to western, northwestern and south
western states. Since last fall, it is reported,
at least Is, 900 colored men have emigrated
from that state.
The report of the Saxon factory inspectors
In Germany states that during the past year
no less than 1O,G52 children, from twelve to
fourteen years of age, an increase of 1000 in
round numbers over the previous year, are
employed In the various industrial establish
ments.
"Men who set type for this paper" says
the Madison (Wis.) State Journal, shave
since filed the offices Of United States treas
urer, members of congress, supreme court
judges, and many lower Offices IN the govern
ment; several eminent editors, ministers.
lawyers and physicians have also sprung
from their ranks, and a still larger number
have occupied the higher positions of trust
in tine business circles of life"
Omaha daily bee., 1889-09-13
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

The working m ems scent fare over the
motor bridge line to Council Bluffs still re-
mains at a dime.
There is n possibility that the parties who
propose TO exhibit the corpse of the green
back party at q convention ere long will be
arrested for grave-robbing.
The Behring sea troubles seem to have
caused Canada to become q chronic growler.
Probably that is why the United States con-
tinues to Rush it.
Jay Gould's health is said to be better now
than it has been for some time. 1t is likely
that he will now go to work IN real earnest
to lay up something for old age.
The grave digger in Hamlet remarked
"a tanner will last you nine years." Either
a Danish tanner is made of better goods than
the American article or else President Har-
rison's Tanner was not up to the mark for he
only lasted about six months.
Henry M. Stanley, the explorer, has again
been heard from fighting his way from the
Upper Nile to the east coast. Stanley diff
fers greatly from all other modern explorers.
He devotes more time to exploring than he
does to lecturing about his exploits.
1t is very unjust to speak of the Prince of
Wales as q useless appendage to
the British court. He has just set.
tied an important question of dress
by deciding that three studs, instead of
two should be worn with an evening cos
tune and gives as a reason for his opinion
that the increased number makes a shirt set
better. The prince has a great head that
would, were he a resident of this country,
entitle him to a seat IN the city council.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-09-13


THE SIX months OF the summer pork
packing season have just closed and show
an encouraging condition Of the pack
ing interests, despite the unfavorable
outlook during the spring months.
There has been an increase IN
the seasons total from March
l OF over one million as COM
pared with the corresponding
time last year. All OF the ten princi-
pal packing centers report large gains
and ready markets, and the present
year bids fair to touch high-water
mark. The pork packers of Omaha
cannot complain OF their seasons work.
They have rounded out the record with
a full half million to their credit, an
increase OF twenty-five thousand over
the favorable showing last year. 1t re-
mains for them, however, to advance
Omaha as q pork-packing center from
third to second place.