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Wichita eagle., 1889-06-09
The Arizona Kicker.

THANKs.-Judge Burrows entered The
Kicker Office the other day in his usual quiet
and dignified manner and laid three cucum-
bers on our table and withdrew They are
Of his own raising, and of superior breed and
finish. We thank the judge from the bottom
of our heart. Such things prove to the editor
that he is not forgotten. We shall publish
a two column sketch of the judge next week.
UNKNOWN FRIENDs.-Some time during
Monday night some kind hearted but un.
known friend left piece Of rope about fif-
teen feet long, beautifully noosed, on our
steps as present for our faithful work in this
community We took it in and shall treas
ure it highly.
The editors Of The World, Herald, Times
and other New York sheets toll from sun to
sun and are hardly known by name Scarce
ly day passes that we do not receive dead
head tickets and beautiful little mementoes
to prove that the busy world is not too busy
to remember US. Cum soils Which means,
It's well.-Detroit Free Fress.
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-09

FROM THE PORTICo OF ARLINGTON HOUSE.
fastsloping lawn, next forest Of magnolias,
oaks, NAPLES, all vine clad or surrounded by
Towering shrubs; a winding driveway; the
stone wall with Its beautiful gates made Of
columns from the old war office and the old
patent Office; just outside tho Alexandria
Georgetown turnpike ON which Washington
rode many and many a time en- route to or
from Mt. Vernon, and beyond this the
Potomac with its moving ships and boats.
Across the Potonac-au Washington, the
distant hills green in the background; the
great Capitol, overshadowing everything
the monument, nearer by rising winter and
grander than from any other view; the red
brick pension Office, the treasury, the White
House barely dscernible, the war, state and
navy building Spanning the Potomac is
Long bridge, over which the armies passed,
thousands of them to return to this eternal
camping ground.
Near the mansion is pavilion modelled
after the temple of Fame, and bearing on its
frieze the names Of Washington, Grant, Far
ragut and Lincoln, and on its columns Gar
field, Thomas, Meade, Mcpherson, SedgwicI,
Reynolds, Humphreys and Mansfield Near
by is the Monument to the Unknown, aeld
just beyond it the beautiful amphitheatre,
leo feet in diameter, with chaste Coriuthian
rostrum and colonnade, wherein many thou
sands will sit upon the green sward Decora-
tion day and join the anniversary exercises.
The greenhouses arc fairly bursting with
flowers TO be used in the decoration Of
the graves, and the colored man, bent
and old, whom we SEQ ambling along,
watering pot in hand, is Wesley Syfax,
who once Was Robert z. Lees slave. Thirty
years ego there were 200 slaves on the estate,
and five Of them still remain, so much at
tached to the place that they could not be
driven away. They live in little cabins near
by, and work, when they can, for tho govern
ment. A little way from tho house to the
south are the graves Of George Washington
Gusts and his wife. In gloomy spot nnder
the hill is the resting place Of Mrs. Mary Ran
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-09
HIS FIRST VOTE.

But He Dun Waited to Fool with Q
Bar.
It was q state election in Alabama. and
among the crowd filing the little town
where happened 70 be stopping were some
queer characters. Among the queerest were
an old man and his son-the father about 60
years old, the son about to cast his first vote
The boy had primed up pretty well and by
10 O'Clock in the forenoon he was saying:
"Father, git ten men to hold me, fur if I
turn loose this town won't be nowhar'i'
''Be calm, Jonas. be calm," advised the
old man as ne patted him on the shoulder.
''Whoop! vi! vi! Whar's the critter as
says he will challenge my fust voteg"
"Thar's no critter sayin' anything Of the
sort, Jonas. Jist be quiet Don't be raisin'
your voice too much"
Jonas circulated around for while and
then came back to the tavern steps and said:
Father, I've got to turn loose"
"Shoo! Jonas"
"But hev. I'm a-goin' to cut loose and go
fur the hull crowd, fur can't hold myself
no longer"
At that moment Turk OF Bohemian or
foreigner Of some sort came up with a hand
organ and dancing bear, and saw new
idea strike Jonas like a landslide. The father
saw it, too, and he protested:
"Now, Jonas, doan' make no critter Of
yo'self. You jist let that bar alone"
"Pop, I'm gwine ter clinch him. He's alto
gether too funny fur this yere locality"
you'll git busted, Jonas. Bars is onery
varmints"
SCOT to do it, pap. I'm bubblin' up like
bihn' soap suds and sumpthin' has got ter be
done or the biler will give way. Stand backi
Whoopee!"
Every citizen of the town heard his yell
The bear was about five rods away, going
through waltz, and he stopped bis move
ments to see what was going to happen.
Jonas made bee line for him, and as he
came within six feet he rose in the air and
came down astride of Bruin and grabbed him
by the ears and yelled.
America agin the hull airthi Whoopl"
1t was in the middle of the street and the
street was dusty. Therefore can't swear as
to what took place during the next two min
utes. When the foreigner pulled his bear off
there was bundle of something lying in the
dust. It looked like old clothes, but it turned
out to be Jonas. He wasn't saying word.
He didn't know it when the father and two
others lifted him over against the fence and
got water from the town we'll to pour over
him. 1t was a ful quarter Of an hour before
he opened his eyes and family asked:
'Father, did clean out the hull crowds'
"No, Jonas. You tackled that bar agin
my advice"
"And kerwo1loped him"
''Skeercely. You've dun got the wust
maulin' ever heard Of"
'1Lickeds"
"I should obsarve You's bit, clawed,
knocked, rolled, paralyzed and broke, and you
won't be itten to work fur month. Jonas,
you's c11tter, q pore fule of critter, and if
this dean take the swellin' outer your head
I'm gwine to hire pigger and maui to
knock it OFF. Say, Baker. kin you load this
critter into yer cart and tote him out home?"
Detroit Free Press.
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-09
Tho Difference.

a great many scientific men have described
In nstateiy phrase the characteristic differences
between men and women. Mrs Frank Leslie,
in an article on "Womens Clothes" sums
them up, however, in q very piquant and sat
isfactory fashion. She says:
"A woman, II she were set down on an
oasis in the Desert of Sahara, with not car
avan In sight, would peep into the pool to see
how she looked, and would smooth and fluff
her hair and pull her draparies into place be-
fore she looked TO see if there was anything
TO eat. A man would look first for some
thing TO eat, and next for something to KILL
and he would not look into the pool at all ex-
cept 20 drink"
There you have a pen picture of the marked
peculiarites of the two auimalS-New York
Herald
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-09

One morning Opie P Read came into the
Chicago Press club rooms, where a number
of the members were seated chatting. Opie
did not take part in the conversation, but
sat by one of the open windows smoking his
huge pipe and evidently thinking profoundly.
Something on your mind, OpieG" asked
one of the boys.
''Yes. My butcher is on my mind, and he
is the biggest butcher you ever saw. II l
didn't have ponderous mind never could
hold that butcher on it. Look at me" said
he standing up at full height, showing
form more than six feet tall and massive in
its proportions 'Look at me; I'm pretty
big man myself, but, sir, as l came by that
butcher shop this morning the butcher was
standing out in front and walked right be-
tween his legs The top of my head wasn't
as high as his instep. l should have had to
reach up to unlatch his shoes"
Glow much do you owe your butcher,
Opie!" asked Mr.. James W. Scott, the presi-
dent Of the club, and business manager Of
The Herald.
"a hundred and twenty dollars, sir" said
Mr. Read.
That afternoon Mr.. Scott sent check for
$3.50 to Opie, saying it was an advance on a
story he wished him to write for The Herald.
The next morning, when Opie strobe into
the club, somebody asked:
Has your butcher grown any since yester-
day!"
''Grownl No, sir. This morning walked
into his place with $50 in gold clinking and
jingling in my pocket
"'Wheres that butcher2' asked.
"'Here am said faint, timid, little
voice that seemed to come up from the cellar.
"'Where? said 1.
''Here, right here by your left foot.
Don't move or you'll step on me-
~ got down on my hands and knees and
examined speck on the floor. 1t was the
butcher. Wv ashington Post.
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-09
A shrexd WIDOW.

Aveteran correspondent recalls an ANUS
ing incident Of his early years He enem-
bars going 10 q mans funeral with his grand
father, tho parson- The poor widow seemed
to mourn the loss of her husband very much,
and the minister rsinly tried TO comfort her.
She said she had ''got to live poor lone
widow all the days of her life" The boy
cried to see her cry. After returning from
the grave she called his grandfather aside
and said: ''Parson Eaton, hope you won't
say anything about my telling you that
should live poor lone widow all the rest Of
my Life, for may change my mind" Like
q shrewd general, she left way open for re-
treat, and she soon found occasion to use it.
Mt. Desert Herald.
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-09

by dey or 50 the loving visit Of the multitude
A delightful ride Of three miles, through
historic Georgetown, past old buildings In
which George Washington dined, under the
shadow of the famous college, over Aqueduct
bridge and the beautiful Potomac, past Fort
Never, where the signal service prognos-
ticators are trained with military precision
and discipline, and we are at the gates Of
Arlington. Il is Ike entering new world.
Behind lie commerce, wealth, ambition, poll
tics, the present, the future.
Once in Arlington you live in the past, and
the past alone. He who can walk Arlington
without a surging of sentiment, OF patriotism
in his breast Is indeed flt for deeds Of strata
gem and spoIls. Theroad winds among the
oaks, elIns, NAPLES, nlagnolfas, many kinds
Of evergreens, arbor vitSe and thousands Of
Towering shrubs The air is laden with the
perfume Of flowers, the sward is green and
restful, the shade cooling. But the marvel
Gus beauties of nature, here spread with Law
ish hand, areas nothing compared to the real
Arlington. These natural attractions are
hut tho fair and graceful body. Arlington
possesses a soal
Under the ;sward repose the remains of
1G,2sS soldiers. Four thousand four hundred
siIr4 ASi ~ -tll4CfSA tLrOoS u . UhAhONA- ' uoo
as are these figures, one can easily believe
them true, for on either side the long, regu-
larry formed rows of small, white headstones
extend, perspectives Of green between lines Of
white as far as vision can reach. The grounds
are perfectly kept. There is no grave that
has become slInken, and none is marked by
an elevation Of the ground. Smooth and
even is the surface everywhere Walk among
these stones and in ten minutes one may see
such typical American names as Sherman,
Whittier, Spaulding, jackson, Lee, Buchan-
an, Lawrence, Sheridan, Grant, Randolph,
Allen.
One of the Jacksons bears the initials gu
S. g." and near by, oddly enough, is an ''An-
drew Grant.p Not far away is George
Washington" and within stones throw two
other Washingtons- and "J.n Plenty
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-09
Freddy to the Rescue.

Children never believe that father can by
any possibility be wrong and often construct
the most ingenious excuses for him. Freddy
is a little one of only seven years growth, the
son of minister, who, with his wife, had ar
rived at a new field of labor Hearing his
mother say to his father that she had been
deceived by his saying that the house was
three story building, when in fact it was
only two, he said:
MA"
"Well Freddyr'
''Pa is right"
''How is that, Freddy"
''The kitchen is onen
"Yess'
''This floor is two, and that story that pa
told is three "-Y ankee Blade.
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-09
Pneumanfa,s Victims.

I am frequently asked to explain why
pneumonia usually strikes the healthy, ro-
bust person more often than it does the weak,
thin people. The cause is very simple one.
As general rule, the healthy people pay the
least attention to the condition Of their health,
believing that their constitution is sufficiently
strong to Withstand all ordinary exposure.
On the other hand. the weakly person or In
valid takes more than the usual precaution
against even the most ordinary exposure
They do not stand within dangerous air
drafts; they do not change heavs for light
underclothing, and they donot dc many other
things Of an equally dangerous character
st. Louis Globe-D Democrat
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-09
A Horse and Harness Story.

Some years ago, while drawing wood to
town on rainy day. he got stuck with a
heavy load at the foot of Blaclzwood's hill,
and the team he had being daisies to draw, he
put them down to business. The horses
pulled and the traces commenced to stretch,
and the horses walked up the hill with ease.
The traces continued to stretch until they got
to the Lisgar house corner, where the driver
embarrassed the horses and threw the harness
over post, fed the horses and had dinner.
The sun cameept in the meantime and shrunk
the traces, and when the farmer went out he
was surprised to find the load Of wood at the
door.-St. Thomas Ont.) Journal
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-09
A Questionable Success.

Angehna-And now that yod have visited
her school, Edwin, what is your decision re-
garding Madame Francaise for our chiIdren,
As to discipline, does she give that proper at
tentions
Edwin-Indeed. she does, my dear. I was
there the whole morning, and madame seemed
to devote the entire time TO preserving order
-Harpers Magazine
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-09
French Onion Soup.

Cut large onion into slices, put into a
saucepan with apiece of butter and simmer
over the fire TIL the onion is delicate brown
Mix dessertspoonful Of Aour smoothly with
pint Of water, stir this into the saucepan
and simmer half an hour. Add pepper aud
salt
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-09
Should De So Labeled.

Medical Studene-Seems to ME these cigars
are not very good, if you will excuse me, old
fellow.
Fellow Stspdent-No, they're not; but they
are good enough TO smoke out of doors.
''Ah, l see! For external use only, ehf,-
Boston Herald
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-09

''Doctor, whas'sshe matter with ner ssfed
Blfkins when the family physician arrived
Anything very srioosF
"Wen, youu have to be careful and stay
n the house awhile
"But NY wife-Doc, shes an awful taller. >
"It can't be helped; you've got the dumb
ague, and youn have 70 take care Of your
self.1
Say, Doc, oouidnr you conplicass tie
malady for r,e little bisf7
How 90 you uaeaur
Gould you ohlige re by throwing il into
tire deaf ard dumb aguer-Herchant Trav-
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-09
Couldn't Scare Her.

Young Blibbs-That's horrible warning
at New Haven to every lover OF ice cream,
isn't it, Flora'
II haven't heard about it.
"Why, over one hundred people were
taken Ill from eating vanilla ice cream, and
many of them will die"
''Too bad, wasn't ita Here's nice looking
place. Let's go in and have some ice cream
chocolate ice cream. "-Chicago Herald.
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-09
Bessie's Own Self.

Four-year-old Bessie was having her dollie
dressed and, when it came to the bonnet the
little maid called for feathers, refusing to be
satisfied with the flowers mamma brought
her. But they don't wear feathers now,
my DEAR" mamma said Il can't help that,
mamma; the thinks inside of me isn't like the
thinks inside of other folks" OF course the
feathers wop.-Alton Democrat.
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-09
A Quaint Idea,
"How old is that infantsn

A little fellow, whose fifth birthday is at
hand, heard the question asked of new
conner:
"How old is that infant?"
His reply was:
''She amt old at all; she has just begun"
After he had seen the infant, he said to his
mother:
Mamma, that baby had her hair cut in
heaven. I suppose they thought she would
not be strong enough to walk to the barber's." {"
Brunswick, Me-, Telegraph
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-09
An Honest Reason

Drug Clerk won't sell you the morphine
without a prescription. I'm afraid to let you
have it.
Customer-Do look like man who would
kill himselfs
Drug Clerk-.I don't know. 1t seems to
me if l looked like you l should be greatly
tempted to kill myself.-Omaba World.
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-09
Rather Going to Extremes.

care they boys or girls!" asked the moth
eriy lady, meeting pair Of twins in baby
carriage.
"Wun of aitch kind, num-" replied the
nurse.
What are their narnesF'
Make, mum, and Minnie, mum"
''Oh, see; that's the long and the short Of
II. t."-Httsburg Chronicle
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-09

Farmer Wayback-H it wasn't for one
thing I'd bet million dollars, if had it, on
that bay colt o mine trottin mile in 2:3O
Chorus of Voices-What's the one thing,
Farmer Wayback-The distance is too great
for the time-Omaha World
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-09
HA Got Len.

"Whst induced you to go to OklahomaF
asked Officer Button at the Third street
depot Of man on crutchss and his head
bound up.
ITO start graveyard . was the blunt re-
ply.
swell, why didn't your
'sBecause fellow had come up from Ar
kansas to start hospital, and he got in on
me first. Detroit Free Press.
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-09
He Difrered from the Rest of Mankind.

Il would rather deliver that Grafton than
do anything else in this wide world"
"You always were eccentric"
81 see nothing eccentric about that
''Well, there is. Most men would rather
have you do anything else in the world than
deliver that oration. "-Harper's Bazar.
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-09
Wide Enough.

"Mary, do yoa think the men can get that
piano through the front doorr inquired Mr.
Schrugha Of his wife
"Yes, DEAR she replied, 'your son Just
came in that way with his new spring trous-
ers on It's all right, guess. .n-Miuneapolis
Tribune
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-09

Of good irish names may be seen, too, and
German as well, significant of thevaliapt part
borne in tho struggle by the sons of those
countries Silent witnesses of wars havoc
are all these stones, but more especially the
ones occasionally come upon marked "a leg"
or IAN aTm." A few of these unidentified
members were honored with separate burial,
but in one great pit Were thrown the bones of
all unknown soldiers, gathered after the
war from the fields Of Bull Run and the route
TO the Rappahannock. Over them is a cam
non surn,ounted monument bearing the in
scliption:
Their remains could not beidentifed but their
names and deaths arc recorded in the archives of
their country, sndits grateful citizens honor them
as of thoir noble army of martyrs May they rest
In peace.
Frequently one notes the nameof q woman
and ON inquiry is surprised to learn that the
remains OF several hundred women repose
hero IN honor. But in this there is nothing
inappropriate and on the records all go down
as SOLDIERS" for they were the wives of Of
fcers who fell iq battle, or nurses in field
hospitals Surely these women who kept the
homes and conlforted the wounded and dying
may fibtinsiy De included with those of whom
the roadside tablet sings:
On faIne's eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread,
And Glory guards with solemn round
The bivoaac Of the dead.
Driving through Che cemetery these iron
tablets with raised letters Of white are seen
by tho. way. Hundreds Of thousands Of
visitors have seen aud admired the7n-never
did post have better setting for has verses
but few know the origin of the lines They
were written by Theodore O'Hara, a gifted
INSTRUMENTATION soldier and scholar and
read by him on the occasion Of the unveiling
OF q monument to the dead of The Mexican
war ar Frankfort, Ky, many years ago. AS
one enters Arlington by the west gate nearly
The whole Of this beautiful poem is shown
him, verse by verse, as he drives along:
The rauf1ed drums sad roll has beat
The soldiers last tattoo:
No more on nfe's parade shall meet
That brave aud fallen few
No rurnor Of the fosssadvance
Now sgeliS upon the wind;
No troubled thought at midnight haunts
OF loved ones left behind
No vision OF the morrow s strife
TIE warriors 6resTn alarms;
Nor b-syinsshogn nor scFeSu1inctffe
81 dawn shall call to arms.
The peighing troop. the flashing blade,
The ba;sles starring blast;
The charge the dreadful cSnnolade,
The din and shout are past
Reston. esnealined and ssinted dead.
DeEr Us the blood ye gave
No iIpious footsteps he-e stail tread
The heritage OF yoir grave.
Nor shall your glory be forgot
" hue Fame her record keeps
Or honor points the halicFEed SPOT
Whe-e v2lor proudly sleeps
Nor wreck. nor change, nor winters blight,
nor Times reIrlozseleSs doom.
Shall dim one ray OF Aoly llsht
Thai gilds your glorious tomb
: BY the roadside stand many pretty monu-
tnents of officers and heroes. But of greater
Interest than any other object within the
tract Of f15O acres Is Arlington house. a
massive structure with great portico of
doric columns Here Robert E Lee was wed
In 1881 TO Mrs Custis, granddaughter Of
George Nashsgstops aud here be AIa4. HLsa
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-09
Orange Meriucue.

Slice SIX peeled oranges in dish and pour
over one pint OF milk boiled with one-haE Of
q cupful of sugar and two tablespoonfuls Of
smooth corn starch, allowed 10 cool Make
merngue OF the whites OF three eggs beaten
sfi6 for ton and brown
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-09
A Common Trouble.

Scribuler ate two Welsh rarebits, three
portions of terrapin. plate Of ice cream, a
lemon merinqus pie and lobster salad, and
now says he's got the writer's cranp. -Har-
peris Bazaar
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-09
Geometry in Our Higher Society.

Tom-Why, Bill, don't you know Nay
Foleyi thought she lived In your SQUARE
BIl-Very possibly, Tom, but yet We may
not move IN the same circle.-HarvardL Lam
doom.
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-09
TEMPLE OF FAME CAryopy

TEMPLE OF FANE CATUPY.
dolph. 1t is the faithful old slave, Wesley
Syfax, who early each Decoration day morn
ing strews these graves with sweet jessamines
and forget-me-notS ROBERT GRAVES
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-09
A Trife Careless.

Lieutenant Of Artillery during great gun
practice at Willett's Point}-Get away, there!
Do you want to be blown to pieces?
Long Island Farmer-Let her go, cap I
wan ter light my pipe, an clean forgot my
matches.-Judge.
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-09
Daily eagle
ARLINGTON CEMETERY.
THE PEACEFUL SPOT WHERE RE-
POSE OVER 10000 SOLDIERS.
a Beautiful Place Consecrated to the Past.
The Mansion of Robert Z. Lee-An Es-
tate Beloved of Nature-FaithfuI Slaves
of Old Virginia.

ISlNbcIai LOrItSl]OnutHctI
WASHINGTON, May 27.-Of all the millions
Of Americans who VIII gather In the cities
of the dead, day or two hence, to bedeck
with grateful hands the graves of heroes, none
VIII meet In a more beautiful spot than Ar
lington National cemetery. Let us anticipate
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-16
AJAX FINED TEN CENTS.


The COIored Orator Quits the Fulton Street
Talking.
The lyceum connected with the Fulton
Street NJ. E. Church has temporarily lost
one of its brightest lights. Ajax Jones,
who for so many moons has thundered forth
his philippics against political knaves, has
withdrawn from the lyceum. Last Friday
night he addressed the lyceum as follows:
"There has never been programme made
out since have been an officer Of the War
rem Lyceum that has not had my name in
scribed upon it. think it proper that
every member of this society should have
a chance to spread himself before the Wis
itors who come here to be entertained by the
material in the lyceum, of which we have
an abundance.
81 have encountered looks Of scorn upon
the street, followed by the insinuations that
there is not meeting of the Lyceum. in
which Ajax is not on the programme.
want to give some of these oratorical gladia-
tors a chance to shy their castor into the
arena"
"You needn't enter then, Mr.. Jones, I"
said the minister who officiates as president.
"Well, WON'T" was the laundering re-
tort of Ajax.
"Thatll just cost you 10 cents. Mr..
JONES'" remarked the president. Ajax
was little dilatory in producing the coin,
but he dove deeper into his pocket when
the president remarked, maybe Mr.. Jones
don't have dime"
: Ajax with lordly air passed the dime to
the secretary and Immediately took his
departure.