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

ION. The day before Christmas she pack
ed up her few belongings and many chill
dren and started out to find relatives of
her husband, little Of whom she knew,
saved that they lived in Simcoe, Canada.
STILL further on! These people could not,
| or would not, provide for her or her wee
ones. and. every door shut in her face,
there was nothing left to her but the
world. The world is hopelessly large
field for one incapable woman and four
babies to look for home In, and Friday
she arrived at the PlankiHton with just
$40 between her and starvation. The two
Oldest children are boy and girl-Faust
and Fay she calls them--5 years OF age.
The next is ball of boy, 3 years old.
The 6-months-old baby is girl.
.Do you want to give them al away?
asked Mr.. Martin.
81 don't know what else can do, she
replied. her voice growing more and more
quiet, till it sent chilis creeping over me.
s'There is no work am fitted for. Can
wasting is the only thing hope to do,
and if somebody else can provide good
home for my children it is my duty to
let them 60. I would be glad If the twins
could be taken together"
"But you wouldn't part with the baby,
would you?"
eff I must give up one can give UP
ALL" 1t last the emotion that she had
suppressed broke through the ice of her
demeanor and she burst into tears. The
baby faces about grew solemn as they
watched her, and finally the little girl,
with choked '.me too" sprang into her
mothers arm, her brothers endeavoring
to make place there too, and there the
three chung, waiing none the less pite-
ously because they did not know the rea-
son why they cried.
The woman appears to be one Of the
ivy sort, that, however blown about by
the winds of adversely, looks only for
means of support outside of herself Such
women, by their inability to stand alone,
make satisfactory wives, but wretched
failures as widowed mothers. Her mind
seems fully made up to parting with her
babies. and on the advice of Commissioner
Martin she is waiting two or three days
before consigning them to an asylum,
hoping that she may give them first hand
into the keeping of some child hungry
hearts.-Detroit News.
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ThAnk-T0i.

The king of AMMAN, a country Oh
southeastern Asia. now under the pro-
tectorate of France, Is boy years old
Tl1ank-Ti by name He is but nom
inal sovereign, with very little power,
but the Annamites and the French mas
tiers of the country pay him royal bonors.
He is said 10 be rather melancholy
youth, much given to day dreams This
is not very strange, perhaps, since he
lives almost alone. He studles not q little,
however, and lately, when one OF his
tutors. in reading to him cut Of an orr
entail book Of philosophy. fatfsred and
stumbled in attempting 70 explain q
passage, the child king said 70 him, serf
ously. but without severity:
Had you not better. before undeatak.
ing to explain those books look them
over and see whether you comprehend
them YOURSELF
The tutor, much distressed al tinfsmid
rebuke, staumered out an apology, and,
gathering mp his books, vent away &c
carry out Thank Tai's suggestion
In >rder TO brighten the young kingt
existence the French sovenmeosrecent
IL sent to him from Paris number Of
toys OF very interesting and inee0so0a
sort.
Previous 30 their arrival King Thank.
Tai had 10 other way OF amusing Hmm
self than Oy watching. hour afser hour,
the red golddshes swimming about IN q
small pond FEAR his chamber. Ii 4
hoped that the plavthDgs viii somev bal
rslieye hss tendency - KalAnahs3y>
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He Was in the Styke.

One day, when Thomas Crafty, the
Chicago lawyer, was young man, he
received an invitation to swell ball.
In the lower left hand corner of the in
vitation were the letters "R. S. z. P
and they were too much for Crafty. He
puzzled over them Tor while and then
went to a friend.
What does r. S. Y. p stand for:'
he asked.
"Repondez sill VOWS plat, replied the
friend.
.'Responde silver platter exclaimed
Crafty. What does that mean? Have
got to send my regrets on selver?'
No: il means 'Eespond if you please.
TIE hostess wants an answer"
.sAll right III send one
Crafty went out and bought some
cream coiored note paper and then
penned his regrets. They read:
Mr.. Crafty regrets his inability TO &C
cept Mrs. Blanks kind invitation.
IT II. \. c."
OF course the hostess was puzzled.
She couldn't make head or tail ont OF
T. IL " c., and so submitted the strange
missive to her husband He promptly
gave ii up, but resolved TO secure an ex-
PLANTATION He met Crafty and asked
him about il.
''Oh. I like II be in style, said Graf
t.. Proper thing to put letters doxn
in the corner. you know"
But don't they mean anything
s.Of course they Dc. I. Il y c.
Tom Eas no Cle<bes. r--ChacaCo Tribune.
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"A Cook.
They Want
mn TVY A Servant.
fIN III Chambermaid.
hnry lII n N Dining Room Girl
HnlI n VIII To Sell Reafdence.
HFN F." nHl,{ To Buy Real Estate
vtNjV lIIUJ To Trade.
u AV WIN To Rent House.
To Borrow Money.
A Situation and
Many Other Things.
Read and Advertise in our Want Column
COAL
fAnthracIfe,
M lT Canon City.
I'M McAlestar,
Crushed Coke,
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II Walnut,
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Branch once 1s7 North Main. 1slspone 1872.
dlSs tt SCHWARTZ BROS.

Winter Excursions via the Santa Fee Route.
The harvest excursion" season is past
and the Santa Fe route, pleased with IL,
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comes to the front with still another inn
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Orleans, La, Savannah. Ga, Thomas
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June l, 1880. Transit limit to points in
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be 4 days each way; to other points named
above, transit limit will be days each
way.
Tickets are also now on sale to principal
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and Prescott, Ariz.; Portland. Ore: good
for six months, with going limit 80 days
Las Vegas Hot Springs, n. NJ; Ogden and
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Full information cheerfully given rela-
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Frisco Line'' - St. Louis and she East
The best. quickest and most direct line
from Wichita to ST. Louis and al priDci-
pal eastern, southeastern and northern
cities
The Frisco line runs two daily express
trains from Wichita to ST. Louis without
change, equipped with Pullman palace
sleepers and free reclining enair cars. No
other line does it Close connections in St
Louis union depot with solid vestibul. eI-
press trains. without change. TO Chicago.
Louisville. Cincinnati. Cleveland. Pitts
burg. PhiladelphiA. New York and Boston-
The popularity OF this line being uni
versslly Acknowledged by all competitors
all passenger trains of other railway lines
entering Wichita from the north, Seouth
and west arrive in time 10 conne3 With
the Frisco line fast express trains 10 the
east
II you cannot purchase through tickets
reading VIA Fr.sco line from your starting
point. II will nav Won 70 purchase 70 Wich-
ifa in order 10 SECURE the Advantages and
comforts os this line
For further information regarding rates.
time connections and through reservation
Of sleeping car accommodations call upon
or address W. D. Murdock. ticket agent.
IL North Main street, or Oak street unioa
depot u. WisHAhT.
Gen Psse. Agent
dE-0 81 Louis. No.
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THE CASE OF sOPHY JOHNSTON.
She Wss . Masculine Woman, but She
Would Wear q Wig.

She Wss . Masculine Woman, but She
Would Wear a Wig.
Well, now, was it not only last week
that correspondent set me thinking on
what no woman, however strong minded,
would be ever likely to do. and that men
constantly do; and decided that the one
thing is-display bald headi l have
since writing read an amusing inustra-
ton of the truth Of my judgment. About
$50 years ago the laird of Hylton, in
Fifeshire, Yves expecting has son and heir,
and accordingly was rejecting seriously
on the education Of youth. He at length
told his wife that In his opinion it was a
mistake to try to train children at all. 1t
would be much better to Let nature take
her own way; and he had decided that
his heir should not be taught anything,
not even be th~arted in any taste or cor
rected in any habit.
Need 1 add that when the expected
heir was born it turned out to be a
daughter? Never mind! Hylton kept to
his theory. and Sophy Johnston accord
ingly grew up as unframed as wild
flower in the woods. Nature seemed to
enter into the joke heartily; for Soph had
a mans voice. with which she loved to
sing a mans bass song. Her favorite
amusement was blacks1nithing; she could
shoe a horse better than any man in the
shire, and her private apartment con-
tanned forge, at which Soph spent much
Of her time. Another pet occupation
was trunk making. She was Nimrod
in the field, and Jehu on the box.
Soph Johnston, when vieille file of 45
or SO, established herself as a permanent
guest in the castle of her fathers friend,
the fifth Earl of Balcarres, where her
forge was fitted up for her, and she was
allowed to do just as she liked. She had
rich relatives in Gibraltar, none nearer;
and she frequently said that she expected
them to invite her to go to them, but
added that nothing should make her
leave her Balcarres friends. The two
mischievous eldest girls Of the house,
Lady Anne (afterward the author of
Aud Robin Gray and Lady Margaret,
thought it was a pity that Soph should
not have an opportunity of proving her
devotion to them in this way. So, as
the expected invitation never came, they
wio6edly forged letter in the name of
the rich relations, begging Soph to goto
Gibraltar.
They intended, when she had written
her refusal, to stop its being sent by re-
veaing to her their little plot But to
their horror poor old gentlenlanly Soph
quietly posted a letter to her relatives
accepting the invitation, and the unhap
DIV girls knew not what she had done
till she confded to the family that she
had already begun to make her travelling
box and had ordered herself a new wig
an article which she had been suspect
ed of but had never before confessed to
wearing. So even poor Snph Johnston,
with her mans boots, mans voice. mans
songs. mans diversions and with
smithy and carpenters bench, was not
equal to displaying bald head.-London
Illustrated News
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Because 5he Doesn't Want to Drag Tl,e
Down with Her.

Because 5he Doesn't Want to Drag Them
Down with Her.
Bargains in babies! Entire stock must
be closed out at a sacrifice! For terms
address Mrs. Rosetta Osburn, care of
Poor Commissioner Martin.
There's a woman over at our house
who has four children she wants to dis
pose of through YOU" were the words
the clerk at the Plankinton brought to
the poor office yesterday.
] went with Superintendent Martin
across to the Planhinton. where we
found in a small back room a young
woman and, swarming about her, three
babies. who appeared on first sight to be
tripiets. On the bed, asleep, lay fourth.
Ones first impression was that she must
have bought up founding asylum some
where with view to speculation. She
sat three children in row on the edge
Of the bed. and they covered under her
glance and raised finger as she com
manded them not to bulge. In few
three youngsters keeied over ia a per
picking heap on the bed. giggling and
squirming, and none bat mother could
have extricated one from the other
Order again established by scattering
them in separate corners, the young
woman in her strangely quiet way went
on TO tell her story.
The sleeping baby is 6 months old and
one of pair CT twins thar were born bat
three weeks before her husband died in
Little Rock. Ark, last July. One twin
only lived TO be week old Her hus-
band had been working on salary as
piano tuner, and left her destitute. Her
own health was in q condition that did
not permit her remaining in Arkansas,
where the climate disagreed with her.
On the LIST OF August she came 10 Mus
kegon TO join couple of sisters living
there. These sisters, however. are not in
a position to afford permanent relief.
Further on" were the words that APP
pesred 10 the poor woman on every hori-
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SO CENTS.
The BOSTON STORE
Says Graystxtiuu iIz.es'l Il.

T. G. Farrer, matchmaker, has invented
one of the most peculiar clocks of the
Nineteenth century. It consists of a plate
glass dial suspended from the ceiling
and all the parts Of it that are visible are
the two bands, the pivot upon which
they swing, and the dial 1t Is marked
''Gravitation Clock" and not one person
IN 1000 who passes it has the faintes1
idea that it is the most ingenious devic<
of the century. Many clocks with glas.
dials have the works Of watch as thei1
motive power, but this clock has no mo
tive power that is visible.
Mr.. Farrer worked ON the invention fol-
SIX years before he succeeded in per
fecting it. He alleges that the only mo
tive power is the gravitation of the earth,
and that the clock will rum en- forever
without winding. The only imperfeo-
ton is that it loses from four to five min.
utes day by the friction of the hands on
the pivot, and, therefore, the hands re-
quire to be regulated once in twenty -four
hours
He showed reporter yesterday some
thing about the way the clock worked.
When the hands pointed to quarter
past / Mr.. Farrer caught hold Of them,
brought them together and sent them
twiriing around the dial like the winder
Of q wheel of fortune. After osciila4ing
until the momentum had been overcome,
the hour hand and the inmate hand re-
summed their respective and proper posi-
tons, still marking the correct time. At
LEO he did something Still more remark
able. He slipped the minute hand off
the pivot and laid it on the counter. At
the end of six minutes lie replaced it and
sent it twiriing around the dial. When
it came to rest it settled at the right
place, twenty-six minutes past O'Clock.
The hands are of tin and are hollow,
and perfectly balanced on the pivot. Mr..
Farrer says they are moved by the gray
itation Of the earth, but it puzzles the
spectator to account for the power that
raises them after they reach $50.
ALI kinds Of theories are at3ost TO &C
count for this. SHme people say that
the hollow hands are flled with fluids of
different densities that overcome the
gravitation of the earth when the hands
reach that point. But Mr. Farrer keeps
his secret. and rejnices over The mystii-
cation of the beholder. He insiss that
electricity is not the motive pewer.-
Fresno Call Republican
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| his house, where lived his sons. He took her
| to concerts, he walked with her in Central
| park, and there, sitting on one of the benches,
| while the cold, chilly winds of November
were signing through the leafess trees, he
asked her TO marry him.
The place and the season were not propi-
tious. When asked on the trial hat did
you talk about in the parSg' Miss Cammerer
replied "a cold Wind vos blowing. We
couldn't hat no animated conversation. She
did not accept him then, but he dangled pres
ents before her and told her that they would
be hers when she should be bis (which was
not giving them at alb, and told ber that he
had a splendid income and would take her
abroad and all that. What girl without for
tune could resist such pleasures even with an
aged husbands Miss Cammerer consented.
Now Mr.. Rochester Muller was a sly dog.
He told no lies about insane wife living;
he said nothing about her. Nevertheless the
wife existed-not In the garrett of Mr.. Null
ler's house. for nowadays men don't keep in
sane wives 50 near. She lived in an asylum
Miss CaInmsrer found out about her before
Mr.. Muller could get her to the altar, and
there was a delay In the proceedings 1t
might be supposed that this trifing episode
would open Miss Cammerers eyes. 1t did
rot open them wide enough at all events.
The would be spouse admitted the insane
wife, but claimed a divorce, whereupon the
young lady's father called for the papers.
But although Mr.. Cammerer continued to
cry, 'The papers; produce the papers," Mr..
Muller did not furnish them. He simply in
sisted that the girl should marry him, papers
or no papers. Miss Cammerer naturally de-
INJURED. Mr.. Muller's love for her continued
to 'ingrease," but the lady held him at arms
length. Finally, after he had been silent for
awhile, she wrote him:
''The thread Of circumstances which others
wove for US has been SO huniIiating at times
that think the return of my photographs
and exchange of letters viii end an episode
which perhaps neither one Of rs exactly
understood. shall always bear you in kind
remembrance, and wish you and the mem
bers of your family good health, happiness
aud prosperity. With much respect,
elena CANMERER"
Then the lover went to see her, and it was
all made up, all troubles were got over except
the insane wife, who remained barrier to
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could tell The young lady whose affections
had been trifed with brought suit for $780,
600; eminent lawyers were engaged on both
sides; the case was tried, and the jury re-
garrled Miss Cammerers 'episodsn worth
81, 600 to Mr. Muller
The case is a warning to all men with
wives not to attempt marriage when mar
riage is imposib le, such amusemen is an
expensive luxury, and if they will do such
absurd things, to make clean breast Of it"
in the first place.
The legal battle was notable one Daniel
Dougherty, the silver tongued orator of the
Democracy, appearing for the girl, while
Robert G. Ingersoil, the Freethinter, ap-
peared for the gray haired defendant
WILL GIVE HER BABIES AWAY.
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REAL ESTATE.

Furnished by the DEAN Abstract Coz
The following transfers of real estate
were filed for record in the office of the
register Of deeds yesterday:
30 Davidson to w A Arer, 81 Gill
man ave, Riverside add. . 500
j NJ Boyd to Chas Ro-sler, 90 Waco
st, Waterman's add. .....,... ..... 1900
p Fl Thompson to Bradley G. Metcalf,
6S to "a. Gavin, Tracy & Byer's add 355
o B Clark to c II Austin, IS, 90, 80,
81, blk 8, Martinson's 9TH add. $50. 1900
S A Ingalls, to G II Litzenberg, q. "A,
DAYTON ave- Glendale add 800
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This Office 10 prepared to furnish all the
blanks which are used In connection with
proving up homssteads in Oklahoma We
use Coop's blanks, which are the only
blanks printed that have been approved BY
the land commissioner at Washington
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ValentinesI Valentines!

Given away a beautiful valentine ticket
with every ten cent purchase of valentines
at the 8 and 10 cent store, $50 North Main
street, where you can find the largest
variety and best selected stock at the low
est price 67-3t-s WAS
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welded bliss. But
Mr.. Muller prom
ised that the papers
S b ould soon be
ready and the bar
rier removed. The
barrier was not re-
NOV d, and Mr..
Caminere' began to
suspect that there
was no divorce at
all.
Who finally broke
the eng a G g M n t
only an intelligent
jury closely follow
ing the evidence
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should
always be used for children teething II
soothes the child, soften> the gums, allsys
all pain, cures wind collie, and is the best
remedy for diarrhea- twenty-five cente
q bottle. d64 It WAC II
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stairs at midnight,
whenever she could
get loose, and anus
ing herself trying
70 set the house
ahre.
Clemens Muller,
of New York, was
a widewer So years
old, with q heart as
warm as his hairs
were gray. He met
Miss Lena Cam
merer, of Philadel-
phia, who is bat %,
a teacher of music
and wrapt in her
art. She went TO
New York and Mr..
Muller took her to
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New Pullman Car on the Sxnt Fe Route Be
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The Atchisor, Topeka q Santa Fe rail-
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We are papering and painting our store
room. A mark of prosperity and appre-
citation of our rapidly increasing trade.
Davis q Fouts, 146 n. Main, the stylish
outfitters 67-2t
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Get your costumes and masks for the
A .. U. w. masquerade ball at the and
10 cent store, 1856 North Main street. 56-it
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Figg & Boaz, undertakers, will move
February to 3N East Douglas avenue.
opposite Manhattan. hotel Telephone
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