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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-01
WEATHER RIuIEIIN

SIGNAL OFFICE, WICHITA, Kan, June
3O.-The highest temperature was 97o,
the lowest up to p. m. 73o and the mean
$50, with very warm partly cloudy
weather, light variable winds and nearly
stationary pressure
Last year on June so, the highest tenn
perature was 500, the lowest 69o, and the
mean 7Se.
FRED L. JOHNSON, Observer.
WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, d. c.,
June 30, p. m.-Forecast until s p. N.
Tuesday,
For Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and Colo
rado-Fair, slightly warmer, except sta
tionary temperature in Missouri and Kan
sas; variable winds
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-01
The Funny Man

Who Is the Esa who sits and bites
rs pen with aspect solemn,
He Is the funny man, WHO writes
The weekly comic column
By day he scarce can keep swake
At rig:-t &c clanc. r,szS
HIS meals Re hardly 1a7es TO take
He rests, he cant digest
Els hair. thouSa rot With years Is whIsA
Hs check Is va5 and pale,
And Ell with seeking, day and night
Eor Jokes tu2S ars not stale.
His joys sre few; the chiefest ous
Is when, by luck. word
Suggests 70 hin nrvel usIa
his readers haven heard
And Whs1 Yankee Joke he sees
In s011e 0ld book-wsL tAen
PERHAPS be gains Dome1tS esSs
AID makes * DO again
TIE thought that ohiesy makes HIN sigh
Is taEt : TINS nus come
When jokes e-aacs Ike Glanmoths lie,
Ard 1oke-S zzGSt es DUMB
When every eui2 70 death IS doas
And eVrEy crank s gosc;
Whe2 raea have printed every pun,
And every 1oSc X o81
When nAaght u heaven. OF sa-th, OF sea
EEs nos oesn Eazzsso - caz5
And Let s d2gIe ecGsTy
IL -stE % E.A@s "a .SEEA.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-01
SCIENCE AND PROGRESS.
POPULAR SCIENTIFIC RECREATION
AND VALUABLE INFORMATION.
How to Produce Perfect Combustion with
Wood Shavings, Sawdust. ETC., When
Firing a Furnace-A New Non-Explo-
siVe Flash LIGHT.

Stokers with shavings are generally a
nuisance to the whole neighborhood, poi
soning the atmosphere all around, making
the place dirty. unhealthy and dissgreea-
bic. This is caused by supplying the fire
with fresh shavings on top OF the burned
ones and smoldering it, generating largo
amount of smoke but no heat. The fire
and heat are only produced when all the
shavings are charred. In order to produce
perfect combustion with wood shavings,
sawdust, etc., it is necessary to burn them
from the top, and here is given the details
of how a correspondent Of Power-Steam
did it with satisfactory results.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-01
DRS. TERRILL & PURDY.
TERRILL
154N MAIN ST, WICHITA. KAN.

Cures diseases Of women heretofore
! abandoned by the profession. such a.
/ hbroid tumOrs, displacem ents, en-
/ largem ents. pralspsus. etc, by the use
! OF electricity. according 70 the meth
| DDS elaborated by the great French
I Surgeon ApostOli.
! NERVOUS DISEAERS-Dr. TerriII
wishes 10 call the attention OF those
I suffering from nervous diseases, par
I alysIs, nervous prostration. etc. TO tn e
wonderful curative effects 20 he de-
rived from electricity v hen scicn-
uncally applied. and desires 70 state
I that he makes the application Of sfec-
trlciiy IN nervous diseases q special
feature Of his practice. The doctor
has the finest any diamond carbon
cell battery ever seen N the west and
al the appliances especially ada pied
20 the treatment 81 lost manhood
OF seminal weakness, which he quick
I y aud permanently cures by the AID
Of electricity.
CATARRH--RveFy case - Cstarrh
is durable n properly treated. regard
less 81 ~ hai OtheF@ have ezlt. Many
cases cured by single treatment.
PILES. nstuI4 and AL rectal diseases
curedi 10 knife, no pain: cure guar
Urethsral Structures quickly ard
permanently cured; 10 cutting or
pain; 10 money until cuTed.
CHRONIC DISEAs E<--Bronc hits,
asthma hay fever. All thFoat and lag
troubles. skin er0ptious. Theum atisfD,
dFop-y. Brlghis disease. bladder,
kidney and urinary diseases blood
poison and private diseases.
sfPHILIs-The dreAd disease 81
u al kind, quickly and permanently
cured, by the new treatment, without
the poisonous drugs of days gone BY.
Medicine sent 70 al parts % the
country. send Tor question blank.
J. Ii. TERRILL. Il D J
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-01

NORRIS, Ill, June 30-Charles Decker
died yesterday without regaining con-
sciousness sufficiently TO give any account
of the attack upon him and his mother
At one time there was a lucid interval. in
which he was asked if he could identify
the murderers, and he answered yes, but
Immediately Iapsed into an unconscious
condition. The missing box has been found
near the railroad track, it having been
taken with the papers from the house The
mother Is still in critical condition, The
object of the murderer remains as much d
mystery as ever.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-01
F ABOUT TO Travel on EMlGRATe

II ZBOUT TO TRAVEL OR EMlGRATE,
voyager can not be provided with a
->s5fer remedy and protective medicine than
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters Abundant
testimony exists to prove that it nulIifies
hurtful climatic influences and the effects
of exposure, that it reconciles the stomach
to unaccustomed food, and prevents in
Injurious results from impure water
Mariners, tourists, emigrants and miners
have all contributed their quota of testi-
mony in its behalf, and its protective in
fluence has been most effectualiy demon
strated iu regions and under conditions
where, if not really effective that fact
would long since have been exposed. In
no class Of disorders have its remedial and
preventive properties been more conspicu-
ously shown than in cases of malarial
fevers maladies for which it is the most
popular specific in existence, both here and
in the tropics, where its reputation is
scarcely second to that which it enjoys on
this continent. 1t is, moreover, most
agreeable appetizer and nervine.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-01
DOCTOR PURDY,
Surgeon, OculiStandAuPi
IAN MAIN ST. WICHITA, KAN.

I54 y MAIN ST, WICHITA, KAN.
The doctor gives special attention
20 the treatment or all diseases Of the
EYE, iucluding the scientific adjust
merit Of glasses 70 correct Imperfect
vision.
CATARACT removed and sight re
stored 20 many = DO have been totally
blind.
CROSS E1Es str4lgbteasd in one
minute.
SORE EYES cured without the use
Of caustIc- Or other harmful agents.
ARTfFfCfALETE7 carefully select
81 and applied.
DEAFSES~-AU curAbIs cases Of
deafness promptly cured
GLA~~k rs Dusy = those ~ no have had
n thorouEh ffHl ming sbouid h1tena "a
10 2 gia--..s- 'est tney DO the patient
more harm iAau good. Many cases Of
neFvOususHz. srr3tAhiilty. Insomnia
headache. vertigo and seeming stu.
pi1lty ~ cbtidren are due 20 defective
vision and are removed - ones by The
Application of proper gisssss.
Doctor PBrdy has achieved 3 sue
ce.s little less than pBsuou usl As
general surgeon treating With zreAs
ruccess GrfoTmtfies. club fC01. curyE-
tuFe Of the spine. hip joint disease.
- bite HNeliing. diseases OF the bxszs
cancer, ulcers, tumoFs. old sores, hair
lip. facial blsznishes, skin and blood
diseases. stc. -yphiles Absolutely
cured. Doctor Parsiy Waz late pro-
fs-sor 81 suFzery IN fhe wichita AssiL
cal College AID surgeon % ~. Franris
Hospital, having Teiluquiahed the
3 abofc positions 10 order TO Gsyots III.
entire tEue 20 his speeiaitles.
y. =. sapsr1 nous hair, facial blefn-
ishes- LuDles, etE.. removed bv sfes-
trtrify. CORES pon1ence SOLICITED.
Cancellations free.
n. h. PCRDr, n. D.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-01
Scientific BreyftfAs.

The next half century will undouboediy
witness a remarkable increase In the exten.
sion of the railroad systems Of the world.
An extraordinary invention is claimed to
have been made by Russian officer, in a
luminous projectile to be fired from a gun.
which viii be extremely useful for discov-
ering the movements Of an enemy in q
naval contest at night.
A good preventive for the inroads of ants
is strip Of carbolated petrolatun, about
half an inch in width, drawn about the
places fequeuted.
Prof. G. f. Bracket, in a recent address.
expressed some very pregnant ideas IN very
simple language He said: Sound Is not
air; il is air IN motion. Electricity is not
matter; it is matter doing something. And
we are all trying TO fnd out just what it Ia
doing"
An electric fire engine Is reported as 9
recent invention. Il Is claimed that this
engine can be started at full speed when
ever wanted, is noiseiess, makes 10 smoke
nor ashes, Il lighter than steam engine of
equal power. costs one-third less, is safer
and more economical
American Analyst tells that an English
photographer claims to have obtained s
photograph in which the natural colors
were reproduced when the exposure was
made, By accident, Just at tas moment
when there cane binding fash Of light
ming He says that q friend Of his once
got a coiored plate under similar circqns-
stances, and believes that electricity has to
with photozraching colors.
Not Much Of Sight, Afsor All.
II saw 4 goblet today made Of bone
"Pshav! / saw a tumolsE made q
eesh and blood last night
"Whereys
AT the circus. .--HsrDeT's Bazsr-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-01
THE ARCADE
A Good Manager.

A bareheaded woman, with faded and
ragged dress, solicited aims the other even
ing of a gentleman who was crossing the
City Hall park. He came to halt and
asked:
els it for drink"
mo, sir; it's for food"
"But don't know how you live. have
to practice economy in order TO have mon
ey in my pocket. You may be recklessly
extravagent for all l know. How much
money have you spent today"
well, sir, I've made seven ants run
five of US on cold potatoes SO far; and if /
can get three more we'll top off with bread
and water before we go TO bed. Might leave
out the bread, sir, if can find bit of tar
somewhere to thicken up the water and
deceive the children. Can you draw it any
finer than that, sir?"
The man held out dime as he passed by.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-01
Proposed Trafiio in Air.

Here is new scientific notion. It is pro-
posed co build a tower in London l 200 feet
tail, at which height the summit will be
far above the smoky stratum. The top is
to be arranged with special machinery by
which pure air can be collected and driven
down to the grimy streets and somber
houses twill be forced through q special
system of mains and supplied to SCOT
ehoked citizens at a fixed price per cubic
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-01
Heads 1 Win. Tails You Lose.

One icy night Charlotte Cushman and
Lawrence Barrett came out of the theatre
together. The steps were dangerously slip
perry, and it was with difficulty ths- they
kept their feet at ell. AS they toUteringly
descended, the great actress said TO her
companion, quite in her Lsdy Macbeth
manner:
Take good grip on my arm, Lawrence,
and If l slip, hold on like grim death; but
IL you slip, in the nazne of heaven let go!''
--ArgonaVt.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-01
Previous.

A party of young ladies visit the obssrva-
tory to have a peep through che telescope
at the nsR comet. The astronomer con-
duets them to the instrument, and the
ladies look through IN turns. .'0h, Laura,
isn'tit charming. enchanting, wonderful
and 50 on, ad hUihEsnl. After awhile the
sly astronomer observes: Now. ladies, l
will remove the cover and place the instru-
rnent In position. if You viii allow me-
Exchange
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-01
Alleged Cures by Hypnotism.

Dr.. Luys, French physician, claims to
effect remarkable cures by means OF hyp-
notism. He places his medium in contact
with the patient, and asserts that he trans
fers mslsdies from the patient to the
medium. who is meanwhile in a state Of
catslepsy. The rnslady, it appears, leaves
the medium al the moment OF his awaken
ing.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-01
SHOI liER EATHER.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, June 30.-John Good
rich, aged 56 years, was shot and fatally
wounded by his daughter Lizzie. aged rs
at the family home, just outside the west
ern limits of the city, last night. The CIR
says her father came home drunk and be
gan flourishing revolver, and that in d
struggle to get possession of the weapon
he was shot. The location of the wound
which is in the back just above the hips is
not favorable to her story and the young
woman was placed under arrest.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-01
A MUCH MARRIED MAN.

HUTCHINSON, Kan, June 3O-LaGrange
who is in Jail here for bigamy, has been
identified as a man who served two years
in the Arkansas penitentiary for the same
offense. He now has four wives living.
He married Emma Hann in Sedgwicb
June S, and five days later married Ne
hssa Thomas, of Hutchinson.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-01
GRhINiN SIHAT

CHICAGO, H., June 3O-The board of
trade reports the visible supply of grain As
follows AAheat, -. 1900; decrease, 924. 600:
corn, l4,S22. 600: decrease, $4,000: oats,
5,0p0 900; increase, $1,000
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-01

Do not take any chances of being poison
ed or burnt to death with liquid stove pol
lsh, paints and enamels in bottles The
Rising Sun stove polish is safe, odorless,
brilliant, the cheapest and best stove pol
Ish made, and the consumer pays for no
expensive tin or glass package with every
purchase
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-01
TWO BURGLARS SHOT.

WEST SUPERIOR, Wis, June 3O-Early
Sunday morning Joe Hopkins and Charles
Smith, two burglars, were shot and dan
gerously wounded by George l.. Hicks
residing at 1011 Ogden avenue. The mer
entered Hicks room when he fired putting
bullet through the breast of each They
ran a short distance and fell and are now
at st. Francis hospital. They will proba
bly, die. Hicks was released on his per
sonal recognizance
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-01

! THE POPE TO THE PRIME MINISTER.
ROME, June 30.-Prime Minister Caprivi
thanking him for remarks made during
the deoate in the reichstag on the army
bill regarding the alliance between Italy
and Germany
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-01
CHOLERAIN FRANCE.

PARIS, June Sole Petit Journal re-
ports that several cases of cholera. one of
which has nine resulted fatally have
occurred in the city Of Narleonne in the
department of Ande
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-01

For bilious and miaSmatic diseases
Ayers Ague Cure is a safe and radical
cure,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-01
ATCBlSON EARNINGS

Boston, Mass June Sl-The approx
mate gross earnings of the Atchison for
June are 8, l97 2O4; increase S39, ,646.2
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-01
-v1CCARKSoN IN san FRANCISCO

ESH FRANCISCO, Cal. June 30-Assist-
ant Postmaster General ClarkSon has ar
rived here from Portland
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-01

Fast Black French Sat
teens 35c, cut to 1890. I'm
loading cut.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-01
Not sBeb q, . sIxh. Aaor All.
A Sad Case of Heart Failure.

n 40 NAse OF HeArt EAiioTe-
've LoTed yoa io1<. an5 I've soved yoG vel
And swee-, f0r you-geA S5oze.
o cAr1soS E=tzz1 z.y boTes przy tel
IEs reason GSd II be go1e-
MY eA1noe yoU- heart respond 70 Elns-
AID sa6ly BE drooped rs bead
foc7 hear ssk you- WITH rztls eEsElseF
ss4Es tAsss-A I gsssSA kaAAA4S
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-01

PEARS Soap secures a beautiful com
pleXion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-01
FIG. 2.-FIRrEG WITH sHAyINGe

! FIG. Z.-FIRIkG WITH sHAVLNGs.
The correspondent quoted claims by this
plan great saving in fuel, with plenty of
power and no complaints from the neigh
bors, as there was no more smoke apparent
at the chimney.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-01

Ayers Sarsaparilla contains Iodide of
Potassium and Iron, and vegetable blood
purifiers.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-01
HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEADl


We have goods and basis
one later in the You ARCADE
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-01
ASMUCH A MYSTERY AS FvFR

Beeeham's Pills act like magic on a weak
stomach
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-01
THE ORIGIN or CoLoRs.

Bistre Is the soot Of wood ashes.
Indian yellow comes from the camel
Ivory chips produce the ivory black and
bone black.
Various lakes ara derived from roots,
hark-s and cyr7ros
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-01

German Damask, pure
linen, cut to go cents
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-01

Real Pongee Silk 45c per
yard. Unloading.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-01

Genuine French Gingham
cut to 20 cents. Unloading.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-01

35c Pure Mohairs, cut to-
23c. Unloading.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-01

J. Il. IERRILL~ Il D
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-12-21
Dealing in the Wrong Market.

want to buy wheelbarrow, madam pr
demanded the aggressive-looking man at
the front door of dwelling near Jackson
Park the other day.
what in the world do want of a wheel.
barrow ?" said the astonished woman of The
house.
sold twenty-seven in this neighborhood
since yesterday morning" he retorted, "and
most of them to people who are among the
very best in this part of Chicago"
Il don't see why ="
Worlds Columbian Exposition is 10 be held
within half mile of this house?n
Yes, but what has that ="
Pardon me again. You have relatives
who will visit you during the Exposition.
Very good. All of rs have. Each of these
relatives or the great majority of them will
bring trunk. The ordinary charge of an
expressman fer taking trunk to or from
railway station is % cent?. Owing to the
great increase in business that year or to
the probable formation of an expressmen's
trust, the charge will be so cents. The Ex-
position will last six months. You will
have an average of one relative with q
trunk for every week during all that time
and of course you will have to paw for TAX
ing that trunk to and from your house.
The relative will protest mildly against
your looking after the trunk, but
you'll do it. You'll pay 81 for dray-
age on every trunk that comes to your
house and goes away from it while the Ex-
position lasts. That will bring your ex-
penses for that item alone up to $26. Now
mark The wheelbarrows l am selling
will cost only 81 SO each. They are strong,
serviceable, light and Just the thing fol
knocking out an extorti0nate expressmen'a
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-12-21
They Couldn't See the Joke.

Three of the Episcopalian Congress sat
in corner of the Lafayette writing room
yesterday afternoon talking over some i'm.
portant subject. All were men ranging
from so to IS years. all were dressed in
black, and the face of each wore lcok of
intense interest. Those who noticed these
gentlemen we're aware that they were dis
cussing some important church question,
and nobody heard what they said but one
young man who appeared to have fallen
asleep in a chair near by. As he half
opened his eyes the Western Bishop grevely
said:
Gentlemen, wish to ask q question"
The others drew nearer, as the Bishop,
carefully adjusting his spectacles, contin-
ued, Gentlemen, why is grim death like a
tin can tied to dogs tail?n
A silence ensued. The two clergymen
thus addressed unused for a while. and
then shook their heads. "Give it up" they
said.
A smile spread over the Bishops face as
he added, "Grim death is like tin can
tied to dogs tail, because it's bound to q
pup" Then he burst into a roar of laugh
ter, and the Others made feeble efforts to
join him and appreciate the joke.
Late last evening after the session of the
Congress, the three met again in the Lafay.
cite corridor, and the Bishop, little EN-.
barassed, said: Gentlemen, told that
story wrong this afternoon; what l really
meant was this: Grim death is like a tin
can tied to dogs tail, because it is bound
to occur-not pup"
The others laughed this trip hiladel.
phia Pres.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-12-21
General Jackson,s Kitchen Cabinet.

The name Kitchen Cabinet was term of
derision given to Isaac Hill, weli-known
New Hampshire Democrat; Amos Kendall
who won some celebrity as politician and
contributor to the Washington Globe, Pres
ident Jackson's personal organ, and Francis
P Blair, editor OF the Globe Many private
communications between Jackson and these
men took place during that dictator's first
term in the Presidency. and, with the hope
OF concesling their visits from the Wings,
these men We're admitted through the back
door. The Wings, of course, learned these
facts in time, and hencethe term Kitchen
Cabinet. Jackson was the President who
began the practice of removing political
opponents from the Federal offices. and the
Wings imagined that Hill, Kendall and
Blair selected the victims. A Wing
rhymester, whose name is lost to history,
composed the following lines regarding
these occurrences
King Andrew had five trusty sQuires, 81
Whom he held his bid to do;
He also had three pilot fish
To give the sharks their cue.
There was Mat and Lou and Jack and Lev,
And Roger of fancy hue,
And Blair the cook.
And Kendall chief cook,
And Isaac, surnamed the true.
TIE pilot fish" were the Kitchen Cab.
inet-Hiil, Kendall and Blair-and the
"squires' were the regular Cabinet-Martin
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-12-21
ENCYCLOPEDIA NUxvoMICA.
The Obliging Man Looks Through Il
Twenty-four Volumes.

The ObDging Man Looks Through the
Twenty-four Volumes.
"Let me see your Encyclopedia Nuxvom.
lea, if you please" said farmer as he
stepped into a prominent book store oil
Pittsburg.
YES, sir" replied the clerk, although be
thought the inquirer looked like an un.
promising customer.
Still he was polite, for the clerks had
general instruct ens to treat all callers with
consideration, and beside, this particular
clerk had read somewhere of literary men
with agricultural habits and of granger
like appearance, and it was barely possible
that the man now asking to see the Ency-
clopedia was one of that kind.
1t does not always do to Judge people by
the clothes they wear, nor to form conclu-
sions from the hayseed which may en-
deavor to conceal itself cunningly in their
hair.
So reasoned this clerk, as he display ed
all the twenty four volumes of the Ency-
clopedia Nuxyomica 10 the investigating
rustic, and expstiated learnedly on the
dead loads of erudi;ion which had bsen
consumed in the production Of the great
work.
The farmer locked slowly and carefully
through the volumes, one by one. and list
ened to what the voluble clerk said, but
made no reply or gave any indication of a
desire to add the set to his literary posses
sions. Finally the clerk asked:
Were you thinking of getting an ency-
clopedia?"
20, no" replied the farmer; "but 1 like
to oblige people"
Like to oblige people?' exclaimed the
astonished clerk.
Yes. | alters try to oblige people when