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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-03-02

II was at Litchfield, Conn, that the
little stranger first secured q peep at tie
world in which she was TO accomplish SC
much; = world in which great wrongs
were being perpetrated. a world where
human beings were bought and sold as
articles of merchandise. Could the wise
men of the south have been guided to
the chamber where the babe was lying.
to see a vision OF her future career, doubt
less they would have tyembled in her
presence. BIT in the plain New England
town the event occurred without attract
ing any attention save in the family OF
Lyman Beecher, Presbyterian clergy
man, and Roxanna FoOte, his wife, the
father and mother of the little embryo
refOrmer.
In the same month, one year later, an.
other event took place in the same fam
lily which was to have an important
bearing on the first. A little brother
blinked his eyes in the too strong light,
and Americas most gifted pulpit orator
had made his appearance, one day to
charm the world with his eloquence and
to stand manfully by the cause his sis
ter would so ably advocate.
The mother died when they We're very
young, but when her place was supplied
by Lyman Beecher's taking another wife,
and the stepmother arrived OF Litchbeld
to assume the care Of his boys and girls,
she wrote of Harriet and Henry: They
are always hand in hand" The children
were both too young to remember their
own mother; indeed. they never had any
idea of her face. as no portrait Of her
was ever made. The stepmother had
been, as a girl, a belle in society, a
beauty, besides possessing an active mind.
She had become religious, and finding
the children of her husband compare
lively unframed, managed them by a
mingling of religious and other instruc-
ton in fashion which brought forth
profound veneration rather than love for
a mother. The father, who was one of
the noted divines OF his day, was an orig
inal AbOlitiOnlst, consequently keen
sense of the wrongs Of the slave was in
stilled into his children at that sensitive
period of childhood when impressions are
easiest effected.
Harriet was sent to Guilford, Conn,
to be placed under the care of her grand
mother, and afterwards her education
was continued at the Litchtield academy.
AT 13 she went to Hartford TO attend
the school of her elder sister Catherine,
where she studied Latin and modern
languages. and taught with success a
class in Buffers Analogy" One famil
lar with that work may we'll wonder at
a child of IA reading it, much less teach
ing it to others.
After finishing her course Harriet re-
manned with her sister as teacher till the
fall of 1882, when both joined their father,
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-03-02

ing they were not aware. The majority
were simply suspects, who did not hest
tate to declare their intention of
joining the >;ihilst party if they ever
obtained their release. They refused
longer to recognize a government which
could heap such abuses on its innocent sub
jects. While all We're loud in their denuncia-
tons of governmental actions, they with
equal ardor praised Prince Suwarolf, the
governor general of the st. Petersburg prov
ince. He greatly improved the condition of
the various prisons under his jurisdiction and
granted the prisoners especially polticGls)
many privileges. No complaint from pris-
oner went unheeded by him, and he was the
means of liberatiug number Of persons I'M
Justly incarcerated. IF the empire possessed
more officials like Prince Suwarof there
would be less suffering throughout the land.
For five days languiShed in that gloomy
forwarding prison; the time was after all not
i'll spent, for | became acquainted with a
phase of prison life which had not before
seen. At the expiration of that time a party
was formed and we were ordered to take
the first step toward our different destiua-
lions. This step consisted in our scramblng
into boxiike wagon, painted black, and
which had been chrisUened the BLACK Ma
ria. - possibly from the number of darkenei
lives it had transported to various places
just as l was about entering, an aide-of-camp
of Prince Suwarolf appeared and handed ne
a letter to the governor Of the Tamboif prov
ince then for the first time learned my
destination. We were packed into the Black
Maria like 50 many sheep Oairg carried &c
slaughter.
The front seat, in addition to the driver,
contained two gendarmeS, while fifty Cos
sacks surrounded the wagon. In this man
ncr, after most uncomfortable ride o. seven
miles, we reached the railway station. We
were driven through the Northern Palmyra,
bat not n scrap OF the city was our longing
ewes permitted to view, for the conveyance
was lighted from the rear by one small win
dow, which barely saved US from being en-
veloped in total darkness. At the station
officials were there to receive Us and conduct
us 10 cars especially built for the use Of
prisoners.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-03-02

dents of the story were to cluster and
from which it was to be unfoided. The
escaped woman became Eliza Harris.
George Harris was drawn from Lewis q.
Clark, an escaped slave. Mrs. Stowe met
him and used to keep him for hours in her
sitting room questioning him about his es-
cape and his life in slavery. Tine slave in
Kentucky, to whom Mrs. Stowe had
written letters for her servant, and whose
sense of honor would not permit him to
break his parole, became Uncle Tom. In
deed the main dramatic incidents of the
book are but the recital of real occur
rences to real people.
After writing few chapters Mrs.
Stowe wrote DR.. Bailey, of The National
Era, that she was planning story
which might be utilized through several
numbers of The Era. In reply she re-
ceived an application for it, and though
in the midst of domestic duties, began to
send off installments. "Uncle Toms
Cabin had been begun both in the writ
ing and the publication.
From June, 1851, to April, 1862, the
tale was being published in The Era. 1t
did not attract much attention in this
form, but this may have been on account
of the limited circulation of The Era.
Mrs. Stowe afterwards wrote: st seemed
to me that there was no hope; that no
body would hear: that nobody would
read; nobody would pity: that this fright
full system which had pursued Its vic
tins into the free states might at last
threaten them in Canada"
At last the serial was finished, and
Mrs. Stowe was the proud possessor of
$500 she had received for writing it.
Mr.. John P. Jewett, a Boston publisher.
had noticed it, and offered to publish it.
He proposed to pay a half share in the
profits if the author would share In the
expense of publication, but Professor
Stowe regarded this too much OF haz-
ard for people SO poor, and royalty of
10 per cent. was accepted instead.
The result was great and agreeable
disappointment to the author. Ten thou
sand copies were sold in few days; and
within the first year the number dis
posed of had reached 800 600. This. with
the additional sale of 100000 copies IN
the next four years, swelled the aggre-
gate to 100000 copies in five years. No
other work of fiction had ever met With
such success in the United States. Be
sides the sale in America, it was trans
lated into many foreign languages and
had an immense sale abroad.
Uncle Toms Cabin" produced pro-
found impression among the anti-slsvery
classes abroad. An address was sent
from the women of England TO the wom-
en- of America in care Of Mrs. Stowe. and
signed by 5G2, AS women. L Is IN TWEEN
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-03-02

who had been called to the pastorate
of the Second Presbyterian church Of
Cincinnati and the presidency of Laae
seminary, an institution for the educa-
ton of young men for the Presbyterian
ministry, and situated ct Walnut Hills,
few miles from the city.
At Lane seminary was knot Of orig;-
nal Abolitionists. one of whom was DR..
Beecher himself. There, in 1886, she
married Calvin ELS Stowe, professor of
biblical literature.
Lane seminary was an important sta
ton on the Underground railroad.
On one occasion Henry Ward BeecEer
and Professor Stowe, armed like border
ruffi21.s. conducted q slave by night to 4
place Of safety. In Mrs. Stoves family
was a servant whose husband was a
slave in kentucky. Mrs. Stowe used 10
write the wife's letters for her 10 her nus
band. and thus gained 4 knowledge OF
the man. which deeply interested her in
him. He was trusted by his master 10
come and 20 to and from the free terri
tory across the Ohio river and had ample
opportunity to escape, but always re-
fused to break his pledge not TO do so.
The high sense of honor of this black
produced q deep impression on Mrs.
Stowe, and lie was destined to become .
model for a central figure impersonating
the wrongs of his race.
Ii was Mrs. Stoves fate 10 marry q
man who was a profound scholar, but
somewhat neGlectful of material things.
She was consequently iInpeIied 10 iieip to
feed and clothe her children. This she dad
by opening = school in connection with l..'v
sister Catherine ard by contributing ar
1icles n va~i0rs uo7rE-s1,ers and paricci-
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-03-02
MRS, 4. B. STOVE.
Life and Life Work OF a Crea:
American Authoress.
HOW SHE WROTE JUNGLE TOM

Birth, Early Life and Surroundings OF
Harriet MISUNDERSTANDING and Remova!
to Observation-Disclosures with Slavery.
Sorrow, sympathy and Struggle to Help.
Success.
On the 18th day Of June, 1912, there
came into the world a child who was
destined to effect more in precipitating
great war, in producing a great moral
reform, than all other men and women
who for thirty years argued on the sub
ject Of African slavery in America.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-03-02

ty-xN folio volumes. bound in morocco.
4 year after the appearance OF her book
Mrs Stowe. with her husband and broth
CT, Charles Beecher. visited England
she was received BY the very highest Of
England titled people and honizei ev-
eT-vwhere At Stafford house WHERE.
after having been introduced 10 the com
p3nv h the DUtA os Sutherland, having
i..-..-c.3 - --5G-ess y tae Lar .
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-03-02

bright mannood's hopeS and sorrowing home
behind him. While in the company OF his
fellow prisoners ne never displayed the least
SIGN of grief but on the contrary be appeared
ore, cheerful ard tried TO cheer the others
rernaps there Iurked IN his brave neaFt a
secret hope that al would yet come right and
his name be cleared Of the o5loquy cast upon
r. One thing have noticed about political IS
is that when together they endeayor to be SIS
cheerful as possible. Il is only the poor fel-
lows condemned to solitary confinement VINO
v;e,l To despair and commit suicide.
Izu,alof. another member OF our COM
n,nv. had Just been released, after two Tears
s,e,,t in PetropsFloyski. forrssS. BEFORE rs
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-03-02

dued- and 81 3 time when il was eviden: that
much property would Be ruined by water uC-
less 1t Was instantly removed. little Col. Rob
ert johnson. aged Il, marshalled his military
company tcompoSai entirely o. small boys,
and went systematically a: re task Of CARY
ing the things out Of the building IN rais
way the little fellows s2ved several thousand
dollars worth Of the institutions nrons-cF.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-03-02

well trained in the
fire drill. There
were more than 400
children in : he
building. and i'm
aediately on the
strikin : OF the
alarm they rose.
divided into squads,
and each squad, in
: charge OF Its own
little boy captain,
marched into the
open air in less than
two minutes. After
the fire had been
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-03-02
Thu POOR BXILES.
Experiences in a Russian For
warding Prison.
"REMINISCENCES OF AN EXILE.

Sad Stories Told by Political Prisoners
Doomed to a Living DeatI,--An Inter
view with Ono Who Though of Noble
Blood Was Doomed to the Horrors of a
Siberian Life.
Apropos of the awful tragedy reported
from the Russian political prison at Kara,
Che following story of the manner in which
The exiles are transported to their Siberian
prisons, Related to a representative OF this
paper by Russian CT noble blood who was
Sent to the mines may be of interest
The case at Kara was of particular atroc-
lily. high bred Russian woman, Nine.
Nadyda Sihia, was insulted by the direc-
tor of the prison. She boxed his ears,
and lie ordered her TO be stripped and 1ogged
In the presence Of all the men in the prison
After the punishment was over, she com
mitted suicide Other women, fearing that
they would suffer similar indignities, also
killed themselves. The male political convicts
Gevolted Ell masse and were slaughtered in
tozens by troops. The Russian said;
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-03-02

Sh-whw. Lor-uzo Jones, Tca back
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wei.s
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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-03-02
At Old Point

Galley 10 s1Dpos-d widoE)-ars Brcns,i,
VOC Sc ne On ny kne-s before yo1- WI
you-wo1't you De nv wifes
Mrs Brouson-So, NJ. Cadley, | cannot;
but I'll introduce yoa TO my husband when
he aJTIves, szsd rasyee he'll De- . hro.eer 20
you-Harpers Bazaar.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-03-02
Saved hN Well Drilled BOYS

The recent fire in the Catholic O1.aan asy-
lum in New York city was remarkable be-
cause no lives were lost. This was undoubt-
e,ily avoided solely because the children were
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-03-02

4 few years ago hrs. Stoves son, the
Rev. Charles e Stowe, became impressed
with the importance Of his mother Civ
Tag to the world an autobiography; but
her age and i'll health did not admit of
her undertaking so great a task. Her
sen therefore got together letters and
papers and with the assistance Of his
brother -in-law, Kirk Munroe, published
biography, which has been lately given
to the public.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-06-25

hours almost in your camp. Even when
they told you who / was and that price
was set upon my head you hadn't word
to say"
"No, sir"
"Well, you boys have nothing TO fear.
We have nothing against you. After a
day or two you may go free.
There was no sleep for anybody until
after midnight, and don't think the two
gentlemen or the overseer slept at all. l
know they were wide enough awake
when l opened my eyes in the morning.
All of us had bite to eat after the out
laws had finished, and then the wagon
was robbed of whatever they fanCied and
hauled off about thirty rods and upset in
II deep gully. The oxen were turned
loose with the sheep, and when we set
out Sam and two OF the men rode the
horses and the rest of us went on foot.
One outlaw on foot went ahead and the
others closed up behind us, and the gen
eral direction was to the north. Every
mile took us into wilder and more un-
settled country, and it was so broken
that | felt that | could not get out even if
turned free.
At about four in the afternoon we
reached the rangers camp, which was in
a wild and desolate spot. / don't think
| they intended the gentlemen any harm
from the start, but that the overseer's
doom was sealed we all felt certain. He
realized it, too, for | observed that he was
constantly on the watch for an opportun-
ity to bolt. 1t came as we entered the
camp. Realizing that they meant to pay
off the old score, he suddenly dashed for
a thicket. He took them off their guard,
and if an accident had not happened him
he would have got clear off. Half way
to the thicket stone turned under his
foot and threw him, and as he got up one
of the men shot him down in his tracks.
They left him lying there and went into
camp, saying that they had meant to tor
ture him with fire. and that he had got out
of it too easy. The two gentlemen were
very closely guarded, but O'Hara and
myself were allowed to walk about as we
pleased. They had taken over $1,000
from the two and bore them no grudge,
but for five days and nights we were
prisoners and in their power. On the
morning of the sixth day, when it was
plain to be seen they were off for another
adventure, the four of us were turned
loose and told to make our way home.
They headed us to the west, which was
the wrong way, and we travelled twenty
miles in that direction before we found out
the trick. We were nearly week in
in the scrub, living on roots and berries
and decayed wild fruit, before we reached
a settlement, and were then all of thirty
miles from Davidson's. We were a sad
looking lot when we finally reached
home, and, while Mr.. Cullen was taken
with fever to die in about ten days, Mr..
Williams was so broken up that he lived
only long enough to get down to the coast.
A year later Sam and two of that crowd
were caught, tried at Sandhurst, and
O'Hara and saw them drop from the
gallows. -NeIo York Sun.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-06-25
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
TO CLEAN AND CURL OSTRICH FEArHEr

TO CLEAN AND CURL OSTRICH FEATHERS.
A clever woman says: ~ clean aud
curl all my ostrich feathers, and think
that the best milliner cannot do it much
better. In a solution made of good
CASTLE soap and soft water (boiled and
beaten into foam the feathers are washed,
having some time before soaked them in
clear water. After that process, l put
them on clean table and rub them care
fully with fine linen cloth, or simply
pass them through my hands few times /;
then / lay them between two linen cloths
beat them gently till they are dry, when
pull them apart and hold them over a
bed of red-hot coal to curl. This must
be done very carefully and not too near
the COAL as the downy feathers are very
easily singed. A bit of sulphur thrown
on the coal when white feathers are to
be cleaned, insures pure white. This
process seems bothersome, but is very
simple and quickly done"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-06-25
Island of Malta.

Malta is a British possession in the
Mediterranean, including the Islands Of
Malta, Gozo and Comino, and the unin-
habited islets of Cominotto aud Fila, the
entire group lying about six miles south
west of the southernmost point of Sicily
and 200 north of Tripoli, in Africa. The
area of Malta proper is about 100 square
miles, and population about l4O, 900
There are neither rivers nor lakes ON the
island, aud no forests or brushwood; and
most of the surface is q calcareous rock
exposed to the winds from the African
deserts, and but thinly covered with an
artificial soil chiefly brought from Sicily.
This is, however, 10y careful cultivation
made to yield abundant crops of cotton,
greens, beans and grass, and excellent
fruits, of which the orange, olive and tg
are renowned In summer The heat is
excessive day aud night The sirocco
prevails, especially in autumn, and there
is little land or sen breeze. But in win
ter the climate i delightlul,-Ne0 iert
Dispatch
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-06-25
"A Good Soldier Never Looks Behind

"Almost all these pension papers have
history of public interest" remarked
Pension Examiner Craig. 'We have
ton, and, of course, instances of bravery
and endurance equal to the bravest of the
brave. Now and then a humorous story
of the camp and field develops. In eX-
amining into a case the other day ply
sician Of this city tells me good story.
The widow of "A soldier made application
for a pension, her husband having died
in 1871 from alleged injuries received dur
ing his enlistment. The physician was 4
member of the same company, but could
not recall the occasion of the alleged in
jury, but he did remember that while the
man was brave soldier, he was gen
orally considered very lazy. He was par
ticularly averse 20 backing his shoes. One
day he appeared on dress parade with his
shoes as bright as a looking glass, much
to the amazement Of his Captain. When,
however, the Captain ordered the men to
a left dress it was seen the man had used
the blacking and brush only on the front
of the shoes, and that the heels were all
mud. The Captain, after the parade, or,
dered the man brought before him and
said Il see you had your shoes nicely
polished in front, and that they were all
mud behind What's your excusef as
that soP blandly queried the private.
Yes, that's So 'Well, Cap, good sol
der never looks behind, which rejoindei
proved a sufficient excuse for that occa.
sion at least. ."-St. Louis Star Sayings.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-06-25
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
THE vOICEFUL WAVES.

The voiceful wavesl l love at night to
stand
Mad with strange yearnings on the shelly
sand.
To watch the foam flowers fade beneath my
feet,
And guess what words the lisping combs re-
peat.
Then, if a ships spars, like a full-spread hand
Within the round red moon are framed
complete,
I seem to fly to tropic islands sweet,
Where dusky creatures list upon the strand
The voiceful waves
At morning, too, when sea gulls, white and
feet,
Swim through the mists with measured
pinion beat
1 almost hear in forests old and grand
The unseen winds-I hate this gold-cursed
land
And they have told me of some safe retreat,
The voiceful waves.
George Horton, in Chicago Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-06-25
Fight Between Ram and Eagle.

Benjamin Shiffer, farmer of Tunk-
hammock Township, Monroe County,
Penn, is responsible for an account of a
thrilling fight between Southdown ram
and an eagle. Farmer Shiffer was plow-
ing on hillside when an eagle soaring
above his flock of sheep in the valley be-
low attracted his attention. The eagle
dropped, and in his swoop attempted to
carry off a small lamb from its mothers
side. He missed his clutch, and knocked
the eve down in his fight. Before he
could renew his attack, and while on the
ground, the Southdown ram lowered his
head, butted the bird in the breast and
knocked it over. Before the ram could
follow up this advantage, however, the
savage bird had fastened its talons in his
back. Bleating loudly, he endeavored to
shake the royal bird off. After he had
been severely beaten with the birds wing
he managed to shake himself free. The
eagle now tried once more TO capture the
lamb, and did fasten his talons in its
back in spite of the mothers frantic at
tempts to protect her offspring. AT this
point the plucky old ram renewed the
fight. He butted the bird several times,
and finally got good one home under the
eagles wings, which kept him on the
ground, The eagle released the lamb and
sailed into the ram again. The farmer ar
rived on the scene by this time, armed
with a fence rail. He dealt the eagle a
blow on the neck, breaking it and settling
the fight. As soon as the ram was freed
from the clutch of the birds talons he
fell to butting the dead enemy. The
lamb was dead, and its courageous father
had lost considerable wool in the engage
ment.-Neln YORK Sun.