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climb out of reach.

This time the bear sat down at the
foot of the tree and watched them with
malicious patience. The wind increased
AMI the fire spread on all sides, and in a
few moments it became uncomfortably
warm up the tree. The bear kept the
tree between himself and the fire, and
waited for the men to come down. jeff
and Jess got little protection from the
heat by hugging the. lee side of the
trunk, but it became evident that the
tree soon would be in blaze, and unless
they jumped and ran within the next
two minutes they would be roasted. They
hoped that the grizzly would weaken
first, but he seemed to be in no hurry to
leave. When the flames began crawling
up the tree and the heat became unen-
durable, the elder Howard said:
"Jess, which would you rather take,
chances with grizzly or tire2'
"Well, dad, I think I'll chance the
bear" replied Jess, covering LIS lace
with his arm.
can right. wheh I say Co. Jump
and run as though you were scootlng
with a keg Of powder under your
arm"
They crawled out along limb, swung
bv their hands tor an instant and at the
word they dropped to the ground within
ten feet of the bear and sprang away at
full speed. They broke right through
the ring of fire, getting their hair singed
and their clothing scorched. The bear
started after them, but the fire stopped
him, and while he was finding way OUT
of the burning brush JEFF and Jess Legged
it over the burned ground down the
mountain side and plunged into tae
creek.-Nea0 York EeraM.
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SIT GEORGE BOWEN, the former Gov
ernor of New Zealand, relates that
among the loyal Maori chiefs whom he
invited to meet the Duke of Edinburgh
when the latter visited the colony was
ona of the original signers of the treaty
of Waitangi in 1910, who had ever since
been firm friend Of the English. One
Of the Anglican bishcns afterward
said to the Governor: "Do you know,
sir, the antecedents of that old heath.
en?" mo, my dear bishop" was the re.
plv, "but I do know TINT he brought
500 of his clansmen in the field to fight
for the Queen. so I invited him to meet
the Queens son" "Well," continued
the bishop, when I first arrived
in New Zealand, that chief came to me
and said that he wished to be baptized
I knew that he had two wives, so [ told
him that he must first persuade one td
them to return to her family. He said
he feared that would be difficult; but
that he would see what could be done,
and come back to me in two months.
When he returned he exclaimed: Now,
missionary, You may baptize me, for I
have only one wife I asked: What
have YOU done with our dear sister,
vour first wife?' He replied, smacking
his lips: I have eaten her."
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LIE Impress Eugene, IL ls sslo. IL
as much of o recluse as though she
were q nun. All day long she sits
her sunny parlor in little Londo>l
house, with tablet in her lap, sketch.
ing or writing for o memorial she isl
preparing for publication. The book
will contain the letters of the lateI
En- pcror Napoleon and the Prince I'M
perial, the proceeds from which will 81
to the fund for the relief Of the.widowf
of the war of 1870.
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NOTHING II LOST.

Nothing 10 lost; the drop Of dew
Which trembles on the leaf or dowo
10 but exhaled to fall anew
In summers thunder shower;
Perchance to shine within the bow
That fronts the sun at fall Of day;
Perchance to sparkle in the flow
OF fountains far away.
Nothing "a lost; the tiniest seed
BY wild birds borne, on breeze5 blown,
Finds something suited to it's need,
Wherein tbs sown and grown.
The language Of some household song,
The perfume Of some cherished flower,
Though gone from outward sense. belong
To memory's after hour.
So with our words-or harsh or kind,
Uttered, they are not all forgot;
They leave their influence on the mind,
Pass on, but perish aSt-
b. our dse%eod or III, =.
They have their cows, scarce understood
Then let US use our better will
To make them rife with goodl
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dcneanor.

GROCER III naclne began advertls-
ing twenty years ago: "Going out OF
business; stock and fixtures for sale;
store for rent" and has kept it up daily
ever since. He says it hits the public
right between the eyes and makes
everybody think his prices are the
lowest in town. -s. ..-.-..-..
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The first poet laureate of England was
John Kay, in the reign of Edward w.;
the only perquisites of the office are
$500 year and quantity of wine taken
from the royal store annually.
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A Child Bride.

Early marriages in Morocco are the
rule rather than the exception. In some
instances girls are married at the age OF
eight wears. The illustration herewith
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Jacks confidence was severely shaken,
and he would have been glad to retreat,
but it was impossible to get out Of the
ravinc with any celebrity. He had to
light it out right there. Hc could sec
the ragged wounds made by his bullets
in the bears chest and shoulders, and he
knew that any one of them ought to kill
~ ordinary animal. He said it just
his heart to sec that grizzly pull
a...: Elf together and come on in the face
of such a fire, and he felt very dubious
about the result of the scrimmage. But
as the bear reached up to climb the ledge
upon which he was standing Jack put an
explosive bullet through his eye and
scrambled his brains, and the bear rolled
to the bottom of the gorge. Jack sat
down on a rock and had Il good trem-
bling spell all by himself.
If the grizzly had the cat tribes liking
for human meat, or was Of malcTolcnt
naturc, his great strength and absolute
tearlessncss would make him Il worse
scourgc than the man eating tiger OF
India, but he will not eat human flesh,
and he generally minds his own business
when not interfcrcd with. His method
of fighting makes him the toughest Gus
tcmcr man ever tackled in rough
and tumble. When the grizzly attacks
he rushes upon a man at full speed, and
ovcrthrows him with the imr retus of the
assault, at the same time striking swing
ing blow with his ponderous paw. I'm
agine an animal weighing half ton
burling himself head first against man,
and then believe what you please about
the hunters who stop the onslaught with
bowie knife. The grizzly stands four
feet high at the shoulders, and he can
strike a man in the face without rising
on his hind legs. Usually he does strike
at the head so swiftly that no man can
dodge the blow, and the man who sur
wives such stroke is very lucky. Ihave
seen full grown steers killed by one blow
of Il grizzly's paw, the neck being broken
in every instance.
John Seares, leading citizen of San
Bernardino, is one of the few men who
have lived to tell how it feels to be hit
by a grizzly. A few years ago he met
a large bear in the mountains near Fort
Teion and shot him in the shoulder.
Before he could reload the bear rushed Mt
him and cuffed him on the head, first
with one paw and then with the other.
The first blow tore off part of Searles's
scalp and the second smashed his jaw and
knocked him end over end down the
hillside. Searles was nearlv senselesS
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King Menelek, of Abyssinia, has just
married his forty-frst wife. -,
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Frank Jackson, of Sampsonville, Eric
County, Penn, can place his arms
against wall and reach seven feet
eleven inches. He has remarkably long
arms. Jackson is six feet high. The
best reach on record is seven feet.
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Lost Lima,
Or
TIE BITTER AND THE SWEET.
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AN EXPLOSIVE BULLET IN HIS EYE.
Last summer 1 was hunting in the
widest part of the Coast Range, Cali
fornia, and one evening while trudging
along the bottom of deep ravine I
skirted the edge of deep thicket, and
my coat sleeve brushed against the
bushes. This slight disturbance of the
brush was followed by a deep, hoarse
s'woof," something like the grunt of a
hog, that came from the chaparral not
more than a dozen feet away. A bear
was in there, and if he had charged I
should have had no time to get out of
his way. For few seconds I stood
with cooked rifle at the edge of the
thichet, backed by the almost perpen-
dlcular wall of the ravine, which cut OF
anything like a rapid retreat. But the
bear did not seem disposed to start a
fight, and as he did not charge, l moved
away cautiously and climbed backward
up the side of the ravine few yards,
got behind large rock that would
serve as a breastwork and rolled a few
DOWlueTS QOWu lHlO tuC VI uSu Ill lCfChSS
for the scare old Bruin Rad given me.
He demonstrated by growl or two, and
then heard him making his way down
the ravine.
Subsequent events make me thank my
stars that the bear didn't take the trou-
bic to follow me up the side of that
gorge. Jack Waddell, an old mountain
eer, was in the same ravine few days
later walking along ledge about thirty
feet above the stream when he saw
a large grizzly on the other side. Jack
thought he was pretty safe and opened
the fight by sending a so calibre ex-
plosive bullet into the bears shoulder.
The grizzly sprang into the air when
struck, but when he recovered from his
surprise he saw Jack and started prompt
" down the bank to cross the ravine and
oct at him. Jack knocked the bear
down twice with explosive balls before
he reached the creek, and twice more
while he was crossing the little stream,
but the grizzly got up every time and
seemed more determined to reach his as
sailant.
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DREAMS AND DREAMING.


. OF Careful Experiments.
To-day in looking through some back
numbers Of the Galaxy ran across re-
markable article on dreams and dream
ing, in which the author, Mr.. Lewis,
presents some novel theories. The re-
suit Of any number of experiments, he
says, sustain tho following facts: Speak
ing in low, monotonous tone close to
the ear OF a sleeper will almost inyari-
ably cause him to dream of terrible ad-
ventures on water, such as shipwrecks
and drowning. Singing or playing on
musical instruments induces dreams of
dead friends, funerals and other lone
some and gruesome things, often caus-
ing the sleeper to moan or even cry out
right in his seeming agony.
1t seems that sleep soon after meals
does not cause worse dreams than the
simple and very prevalent habit of seek
ing to court the sleepy god with arms
against the headboard. The worry
which may not be caused By the habit
of laying with the arms resting above
the head, according to this experimen MT
er, could not be induced by an after
dinner nap after freely partaking of
sauerkraut and pickles. Mr.. Lewis also
seeks to explode the old theory that
somnambulism is caused by weighty
trouble on the mind of the sleeper, and
he combats the idea that any great pro-
portion Of dreams are the results of
trouble, worry and excitement. His
theory that ''the many dreams we
dream" are but the results of waves of
thought across the brain he thus aptly
illustrates from an experiment.
"While one watched the sleepers and
the other the clock, the third loudly
slammed the door about ten feet away;
the effect was almost instan taneous, tho
man sprang up at the sound, looked
around in alarm, and thcn exclaimed:
Thank God that it was only dream.'"
1t seems that no had dreamed of being
on q crowded street in front of q build
ing which the people about him pro-
nounced unsafe, but that he still lin
gered near the topping wreck. Then
he tried to elbow his way through the
crowd to a place of safety. But the
people jeered and laughed and held him
fast: He begged. coaxed, threatened
and entreated, still they hold him. till
the building fell and the shock broke
the spell. He must have dreamed tho
entire dream in a second, yet it seemed
to him that he was in danger as long as
half an hour before the final awakening
scene was enacted. To put the thought
flash theory beyond dispute many ex-
periments wero indulged in. Some
times a weight was let drop, chair
struck or the blinds slammed. In every
instance the sleeper had dreamed Of
some startling adventure.-St. Louis
Republic.
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A Dog That Was Very Wise.

They were telling dog stories yester-
day in the agricultural department.,
says the Atlanta Constitution, and, after
Walter De Wolf had narrated some of
the remarkable instances Of his dogs
wonderful intelligence, Will Henderson
began talking.
"The father of De VOLTS dog" he
said, sis nearly the most Intelligent
animal ever saw. Why, he can almost
talk. / used to give him aquarter every
morning and he took it in his mouth
way into town and would wait at tho
butchers until they gave him his meat
and fifteen cents change to bring back.
One day the butcher thought he would
play a joke and he gave the dog back
ten cents change instead Of fifteen.
Sadly the dog looked at the two nickels
for minute, then he went out. Five
minutes later he returned leading a
policeman by the end Of his coat. Now
that is dog worth"
But the room was empty. q
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-07

LONDON, May 6.-Mr Gibbs, ex-president
of the Bank of England and president of
the Bi-Metallic league, has cabled the fol-
lowing to Senator Jones IN the name of
the Bi-Metallic league:
''The friends of silver deeply regret the
death of Senator Beck, whose services in
the cause of monetary reform are most
warmly appreciated on this side of the At
lantic. The bi metallist party in the United
Kingdom, now including over one hundred
members of the house of commons, attach
the greatest value to the debate about to
commence in your illustriOus chamber.
We fully recognize now not only that the
support afforded silver by your legislation
during the past twelve years has helped to
protect the industrial world from acute
monetary crises but also that the debates
in congress have served more than all else
to educate our people to the recognition of
of the Importance of the issues involved.
We believe also that the increased
coinage of silver contemplated by con-
gress will restore wholly or considerably
your coinage rates, and will thus make an
international settlement of this complex
question comparatively easy. We have
much confidence that the advance in the
price of silver which must follow your
action will both stimulate the export
trades Of your country and while tending
to the prosperity of your agricultural
classes will also assist the manufacturing
industries of the United States and the
whole body Of our wage-earners.
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CONDUCTORS SHOT BY TRAMpS.

ST. Louis, No, May 6-There is a reign
of terror inaugurated by trampS on the
Iron Mountain railroad. Sunday night
Conductor !. j. Nelson. in charge OF 4
freight train south bound. attempted to
eject three trampS from his train and was
shot in the hand James Collins Is under
arrest, charged with having done the shoot
ing Conductor William Bohmie. who
was sent ont to take charge of Mel
sons train, had a more serious expert
enCe last night. He found tramp
on top of box car and when he ordered
the fellow off the tramp drew revolver
and shot Bohmie in the left breast. the
bullet lodging near the heart. Bohmie
was brought 10 st Louis and i now in
the Missouri Pacific hospital in a dying
condition \ dispatch from DeSOto. Mo.
says that a tramp giving the name of
Charles Denison, from Reynolds county
Missouri, has been captured there and ad-
mits having done the shooting.
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A SENSATIONAL ENCOUNTER.
Major William Warner and ". E. Grayson
Have to be Separated.

KANSAS CITY. No May "a lively
personal encounter between Major William
Warner. of this city. and W. r. Grayson.
of Springfield, Mo. occurred in Justice
Worthep's court this afternoon. The two
gentlemen are opposing counsel in the
Wrightsman murder case, Major Warner
representing Detective sherman, the de
fendant. and Grayson representing the
prosecution. 1t was the preliminary ex-
animation. The case had been closed and
the question had been raised as TO what
disposition should Toe made of the bonds of
the alleged murdered man and the other
evidences that had been submitted.
Major Warner insisted that they should be
allowed TO remain with the officers of the
law. Mr.. GraySton iusinuated that the
officers were not honest Major Warner
said the gentleman was mistaken and Mr.
Grayston called him a liar The major
advanced toward Gr8yston when the latter
thrust his hand into his hip pocket and
was about TO draw his revolver when the
major pounced upon him and bore him 10
the floor in a corner. With his hand on
Grayston's throat, the major was heard TO
say: If you attempt 10 draw that revol-
yer, IN break your neck" The com
batants were finally separated. No blood
WAS smiled
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II had 20 decide for nly daughter wheth.
er, in view Of her gTeassr happiness. she
should marry OF remain ssnRle, ] would
find the task difficult, says Olive Thorne
Miller. u marriage the ordering o. her
life Is taken IN great measure cut Of hsr
owl hands; she must bend % circumstances.
she - modified By tie influences which
have surrounded her husband al his life.
she takes % herpelf IN his relatives . new
set q kindred. who may or u-ay not be
agreeable 20 her Tie single life II much
IsSs compiler. ar.d 4 ofers her what poets
have sung and Eer0es died for-in5eyeud-
e1oe bot, sls points 0at. woman vii
rarely saJOy her STATE q single aiezsednssss
unless sne is PREPARED for = N training srd
Is allowed u 1e iDdsPeHdsa, Il sas rrnaalrs
Il hrrr-
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Solemn Ceremonies Observed in the
Senate Chamber by His Late
Associates.
The Body Viewed by Hundreds While
Lying in the Marble ROOm-Hia
Appearance Natural
al the Members of the Three Departments
in Attendance-The Remains Now
En- Route to Lexington for
Interrment.
WEATHER BULLETIN.

SIGNAL OFFICE, WICHITA, Kan, May
6-The highest temperature was 7Oo,
the lowest 30, and the mean 81 with
colder generally cloudless weather. fresh
and brisk northwest winds, nearly station
ary pressure.
Last year on May 5 the highest tenn
perature was 500, the lowest 67e, and the
mean 40, twenty degrees warmer than
this year.
FRED i. JOHNSON, Observer.
WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, ID. c.,
May 6, 8 p. m.-Forecast until s p. M.
Wednesday:
For Missouri and Kansas.-Warmer
fair weather, variable winds; warmer fair
weather Thursday.
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THE PANAMA CANAL

PARIS. May 6.-The report Of the special
commission sent out by NJ Brunet, the
luquidator of the Panama Canal company,
TO investigate the condition of the canal
estimates that it would cost +S5. .O00, uO
francs to complete the canal lock system.
This should be added % per cent for un-
fOreseen expenses and 81 per cent for ad-
ditional work The total cost is fixed st
90O, 900 francs. The report further says
1t would take six or eight years TO COM
plete the canal. The annual cost Of man
agement Is estimated at lO.00. 90 francs
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LITTLE DAMAGE nv FROST.

ATCHIsoN, Kan, May 6.-There was
more or less frost in the Missouri Pacific
territory last night. On the Central
branch division there was none east OF
Greenleaf, but beyond to Yuma there was.
The damage was Slight. At Cawker City
it was heavy and the damage was con-
siderable. On the north Solomon river
to Gaylord there was frost, but none west.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, May $50 far as
heard from there was no frost in this
section last night.
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HORSE THIEVES AT EMpOPIA.

ENPoRIA, Kan. Nav 6.-The gang Of
horse thieves that has recently been
working in AtchiSOn has transferred its
operations 10 Emporia- Last night val
uable horse and carriage Were stolen from
the barn Of Colonel David Taylor. Four
or FIVE horses have been stolen from pri-
vate stables here during the past few
weeks and several houses have been burg
larized No clew 10 the thieves has been
obtained