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ms SEVEN MOUTHS CHANGED.

As we start where the Nile empties into
the Mediterranean sea, we behold a won
derful fulillment Of prophecy. The NilC
in very ancient times used to have seven
mouths. As the great river approached
the sea it entered the sea at seven different
places. Isaiah prophesied, "Hhe Lord shall
utterly destroy the tongue Of the Egyptian
sea and shall smite it in the seven streams
The fact is they are all destroyed but two
and Herodotus said these two remaining
are artificial. Up the Nile we shall go
part Of the way by Egyptian rail train and
then by boat, and we shall understand
why the Bible gives such prominence to
this river, which is the largest river Of all
the earth with one exception.
But before we board the train we must
take a look at Alexandria 1t was founded
by Alexander the Great, and was once the
New York, the Paris, the London at the
world. Temples, palaces, fountains gar
dens. pillared and efflorescent with all
architectural and Edenic grandeur and
sweetness. Apollos, the eloquent, whom
in New Testament times some people tried
to make a rival to Paul, lived here
Here Mark, the author of the second book
Of the New Testament, expired under
Nerois anathema. From here tho shir
sailed that left Paul and the crew strug
Cling Id the breakers Of Meiila. Pompey 3
pillar is here, about one hundred feet high
its base surrounded by so much flth and
squalor | was glad to escape into an aii
that was breathable This tower was built
in honor of Diocletian for sparing the re
bellious citizens,
After having declared that he would
make tine blood ran 10 his horse knees
and his horse fell with him into the blood
and his knees Redeemed, the tyrant took il
for granted that was sign he shoald sto.
the massacre, and hence this commemora
tive pillar to his mercy. This is the city to
which Omar came after building fourteen
hundred mosques and destroying fouI
thousand temples and ,hirty-lve thousand
villages and castles, yet riding in on q
camel, with sack OF corn, sack OF lgs
and wooden plate-all that he had kept
for hinself-and the diet to which he had
limited himself for most Of the time was
bread and water Was there ever in any
other man a oommingling Of elements sc
ytrlnge, so weird. 90 generous, 50 cruel, so
mighty, SO weak, so religious, so fanat-
calf
In this city was the greatest female lee
turcr Jhe Woflu ever hAW--AA9 ptteAo' Dts
the lesson Of virtue that she taught was
,bnoxious, and so they dragged her
through the streets and scraped her flesh
irom her bones with sharp oyster shells
and then burned the fragments Of the mas
sacred body. And here dwelt Cleopatra,
pronounced to be the beauty Of all time
although if her pictures are correct have
seen Thousand women in Brooklyn more
attractive-and she was as bad as she
was said to be handsome Qneen, conquer
-. and spoke seven languages, although
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P w. q B. Railroad

DELAWARE DIVISION.
on and after August iO.h, 1891 Csundays eS
eaatsd, trains will leave as follows.
GOING SOUTH. N. M p N
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BhANVH I1VA -

DELAWARE. MARYLAED s SIRgINlS ,S.', I,,ticrs n IONS
Lave Harrington for Frankun anu way az trrninlr.
f-1in leaycs franklin o. a. M 2'uO A'' "s-''
days. r..,,-,o,ovn. Tewes aHd
y3eEoboti, M 10 b M for sorgeI"Wa anu LeT ~
5fIpm, Reiamng leave Lewes . 5,. -. teo,,1'-
hobeth 10 pm. additional tram le"Ets ...', ,i,
5sen for Harrington vt % a. III
QUEEN AsNE KENT K. ki'ass 3s A. M. and
Z o. y M. week.d Re-urHng leave Oe'''''
Silje3 30 a. m, and i,30 p. N. week days
DEE & CaEsA2EA Il. Leave V,aS'21 cl loi u,
o,ford and way stations at 9.4s a. m aa9 m ~ S.uo p
:, ,See-dsys Returning leave Oxford $50 a. m
and J 30 D. m weekdays -,
CANBninsE T. SEAFoRD r. R.-ksa.e St'i 3, ~ y
for Cambridge ana intermediate s5al.os ~ d.
a rs week deVs and on TnesdaYs IhHtsu1S : AZ. A.,
S,tnTdevs i5 D. in Returning. leave CailoIuse ss
4 soa M and on Tuesdays. Thursday ana 9a''
nrdays 90 p. m .r ,,.t .so,aoar
y WOO3 General PASSENGER Agent
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sstops TO leave passengers tom
end points norm ........,, an TRAINS
-svo ViInington .2o6 uieht. aud g-eU p, III
d,iv and it.a3a m A. ais =. m zee N dsiIg
Teeye New( astle ft $50 a. M aud Wa r.
andi. M.IS7 and ~ p ii weeH uAS = ,,op
NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA AM
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FOLK X. X.

leave Philadelphia Old Point EzPTess IiS y
IN daily Baltimore 649 p M,
a; a; WiSsItow5 clayton. Wyoming Feton, lar
Tngtsa dgee seatod and ndias d9Gsp aorh ~ cs or
sas-eu '-,rs for points south OF Deimar.
NoTtbbound trains leave Demar o9 Gl ,@iy
Dsver 30 a. m. rcsuiaTy' arriving PMi5indel6I; "a
So ni' a,,t leaves Deimar at 2.25 p, m, NSe9
9svs arriving at Wilmington 800 p m mnna ri'rgv' NJ
SIjs + slp M baltimore 6.A5 p iR'' si"pPi"5 az
nnripcipsl intermediate stallohr. .,.s,ra Rridye-
Pl M, ~ m train also stops at Seatord bliu
vile Iiarrisgtou Feltor, Wyoming; oa91to sonS
siiddetown Ia leave passengers iInm P iI,,ieron
~ Tirar or take on passengers from ~. go
80 roitts aorth Also Stops on sigha' NJ AAu' e''
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G. LAYTON GRIER ID. S.
DENTIST.
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n The dental rooms for
fnrrly oc upied by Dr s.
E. Marshall.
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Essa-i fbridge work Special at
f tebrion gwen TO rupper
Y Il plates ..h.
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r / UourDAY superintendent
Milford chronicle., 1891-10-30

l sne nad not been aDle to speak any. Juuus
Caesar conquered the world. yet she con
luered Julius Cesar.
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4,tes io Western poinfswestein than via anq
.,hcr tne e q. sCULL, Gcnl Pass Agent.
y ir. .1ODELI,, Gen rel Manager,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-28
Virginia Giants.

II ever the United States government,
like Frederick the Great and the present
King of Belgium, requires regiment of
Ttans. it can doubtless recruit one with
out advertising very largely or very
long. a correspondent tells how big
some of the men grow in Pulaski and
Montgomery counties, Va.-and other
states are still 10 be heard from.
Three brothers. MessrS Henry. James
and William McGavock, are respective
ly #. G. in, 6 f. 81 in. and #. II IN.
tall Two brothers, near neighbors Of
mine. Andrew and William Ingles, are
each 6 #. in, while several Others in
Pulaski county. whose height / cannot
give from positive knowledge, are known
TO be upward OF six feet. In fact De-
heve the men of this county viii aver
age at least six feet tall.
In the adjoining county Of Montgom-
cry, near me, there are two brothers, one
Of whom. Mr.. James Childress. is #.
in. in height and weighs 255 pounds;
the other. Mr.. Thomas P. Childress. is
# e. IN. high and weighs EOS pounds.
William Myers, of the same county, IS
f. in and weighs 24o pounds.
a Mr.. Urquhart. of Lynchbarg, is 6 Fl.
81 II tall and weighs SO pounds. and
Ar. Fetherstone, OF the same place, is
It. in.-Yourh's Companion
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-28
THE DESERTED HOUSE.

Back from the road, up the old path,
Unmindful of harvest and aftermath.
With empty easements. drear and gray,
The house stands, facing down the bay
And either side the slanting gate
The faithful sentinel liIacs wait.
Deep tangling vines with close embrace
The porch's fiuted columns trace,
And busy swallows dart and call
From out the rain stained, sagging wall
And longing, watching desolate,
The faithful sentinel lilacs wait
AT dusk, in the old house 1 see
A dancing lights weird mystery.
Is it firefy's fitful CLEAN,
Or some ghost candies Pickering beam?
Is it for this, when the hour grows late,
The faithful sentinel liiacs wait?
Mary Fisher bosom in Boston Transcript.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-28
Woman's Power Withou. the Ballot


No earnest woman can embark n any
humane work without having the truth
borne In upon her Of the helpless condi-
non Of citizen without q vote. Put q
single profigzse qualified male voter IN
one scale. and a score Of conscientious,
disfranchised women in the other. and
we know which scale viii kick the beam
So every struggle for the uplifting Of the
race which enljsts The support Of woman
is sure preparatory school for her con-
prehension OF equal nights
There Is fable q company Of beav-
ers vino consoled themselves On parting
because they would al NEE. again IN
the hatter's shop. And the unthinking
women who de-ide The thought Of voting
and stil interest themselves IN social 70
form VIII be certain 20 drd themselves
some hns morning in thec@rup q woman
suffrage, but with a vboleuess which
the beavers lacked illsn Lloyd Gar
rsca.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-28

Z. r. POWELL Pre's,- CIV. LAafsxn v Prsst
Z. +. FRAsK. Asst Cash.sr
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-28
HOW THE WOLETS COME.

know-b,ue, modest violets,
Cleaning with dew at morn
know the place you come from
And the way that you are born!
When God cuts holes in Heaven.
The holes the stars look through.
He lets the scraps fall down to earth
The little scraps are you.
VIII S. Faris in Ladies' Home Journal,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-28
They Thought 1t Was Original.

Pipkin-They tell me Riel is the best
|eller of hsh stories going-that ne took
he prize offered by the Walton club.
Potts-Ies, it was awarded TO him:
but he won it on foul. He told the
tory of Jonah and the whale AS han
|ening to himSelf!-Puck,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-28

With regard to watches and chains. il
may be said that they are both essential
one TO the other. The long nickel chain
IS frequently worn with the gold time
piecz, but IL would be the acme Of shoddi-
ness 10 attach gold chain 70 q watch Of
Lesser metal.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-28
4 Favorable Impression,

Amy-Papa, do you know anything of
Mr.. Rustic. who has called on me once or
twice?
Papa-He's a young business man.
Amy-Ah, like a man who means busi-
ness.-West Shore.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-04-23
STOCK AND FARM.

st. Louis, Mo-, GIobe-Democrat
Kansas leads all states in wheat pros
poets. while in many other states there
is likely to be shortage, giving us a
big crop and good price.
Brookville Earth: W. H. Gentry
went TO the Smoky to look after his cat
tie there They are doing fairly well,
has lost but one out of total of six hun
bred head, all Wintered in central Kan
sas.
jamestown Kansan: r. NJ. Barton
and A. r. Montgomery went to Kansas
City with a carload of horses and
mules. They struck a rocky market
and Andy shipped the horses back rath-
er than give them away to Kansas
Cityans.
b. F. Smith, the we'll known fruit
farmer of Lawrence, is the most extern
sive berry grower in Kansas, having
shipped 10000 quarts last year to the
market. He says there is good money
in small fruits for anyone who will give
the business the attention it deserves.
Mr.. Smith has recently established a
quarterly journal called Smiths Small
Fruit Farmer, which is intened to edu-
cate the people of Kansas on fruit
culture.
Atchison Champion: Northwest Kan
sas has been visited by a series of rains
which have done a vast amount of good.
All will agree that there is more moist
ure IN the ground this spring than ever
known before, and now gentle spring
showers visit often. A large amount of
work was done by the farmers last week,
and thousands of acres of ground were
turned over. There is a continuous
wheat field as soon as the Solomon river
is reached at BelOit to Stockton and
Lenora. Such a sight has rarely, if
ever, been seen in that part of Kansas.
Topeka.-The executive committee
of the Kansas Trotting Horse Breeders
association met here. Delegates were
elected to the National Trotting Horse
Breeders association to be held at Chi
cago on the 22d inst, as follows: r.
I. Lee. Of Topeka, and E A Smith, of
/ Lawrence, Kan. Alternates @. A.
| Sheldon, OF Manhattan, and J. r.
Young, of Junction City. A fresh
stake was opened by the committee for
| three minute trotters to trot at the
| Wyandotte Fair association meeting to
be held at Kansas City September u,
| 1891
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-04-23
KANSAS CHURCHES.

Topeka Capital: Rev. DR.. McYicar
went to Centralia, Nemaha county, to
meet the Northern Congregational as
sociation and preach the sermon at the
dedication of a new church at that place.
Hiawatha-The Presbytery of the
Presbyterian church for northern Kan
sas met here. There were fifty minis
ters and elders in Attendance. The
dOctrlnal sermon was delivered by the
Rev. james Fleming.
Kansas City Gazetts: The Kansas
City Congregational club, an associa-
ton of laymen and ministers of the
Congregational churches of the two
Kansas Citys and vicinity, will meet at
Leavenworth this evening. The club
held its last meeting in this city. The
aim of the club is to promote the ac-
quaintance and cooperation of church
men, and to encourage intellectual and
spiritual culture. The membership is
limited to 100. The topic of the even
ing will be 'Heresy and the Hsretics of
To day." and it will be discussed by
the club. The ladies of the Leavan-
worth Congregational church will ban
Quet the members.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-04-23

CHICAGO, April 2O.-The possibilities of
serious labor troubles in this city being in
augrated on May 1 are daily dwindling down
to a minimum.
The fathers, who have been at outs with
their employers for some time past, have
patched up q truce, the bosses offering to
submit the trouble to arbitration and the
men agreeing TO accept the present rate OF
wages, $3.50 and So day, until the arbitra-
ton board has adjudicated the trouble.
1t has also been agreed that the journey
men shall work for none but the association
bosses The working rules adopted by the
joint committee of the boss carpenters and
the journeymen carpenters went into effect
this week, and promises to be entirely sue.
cessful.
The eight hour day will go into effect on
May l. The journeymen plasterers have
adopted the articles of agreement which were
drawn up at joint meeting of employers
and employees, and which lasts for one year.
They will have an eight hour day after
May l, with wages on the bases of 81 per day
and all disputes to be settled by arbitration
1t has also been agreed that any journeymaI
taxing contracts on his own account mus
surrender his card to the union and join the
bosses association. This is the first city il
the country to enforce this rule.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-04-23
superIntendent Porter,

WASHINGTON. D. c., April 18.-Some days
ago Superintendent Porter, of the census
bureau, received from S. McLallln. the edi-
tor of the Advocate, Farmers alliance pa
per published in Topeka, Kan, letter criti-
cising the work of the bureau in its farm
mortgage investigation, alleging, among
other things, that it was being conducted for
party purposes.
In reply to this letter the superintendent
has written Mr.. McLallin that ''There is no
evidence. nor is it fact that the census Office
has conducted the mortgage investigation
for partisan purposes. The desire has sim
ply been to ascertain the truth, and as far as
possible, the whole truth in regard to the re-
corded Indebtedness of the people of the
United States. Insinuations against the in
tegrity of the census Office expressed in your
letter are entirely without foundation or
FEASIBILITY.
AT the present time the census Office is
completing the collection of facts in regard
to farm and home ownership IN Kansas and
neighboring states, and needs the co-opera-
ton of the farmers, at whose request the in
vestigetion has been undertaken"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-04-23
Laughs His jaw out OF Joint.

A New York dispatch says, colored
man dashed wildly down Amsterdam
Avenue late Thursday night frightening
some people and eonvulsing others with
laughter at his ludicrons appearance.
His name is Paten Coles. He is q small
man and has big mouth. His mouth
was open to its fullest extent and his
eyes were bullying. He dashed up the
steps of the Manhattan Hospital and
rang the bell furiously. The surgeons
recognized him and knew Just what to
do. His lower jaw is not as firmly set
as it ought to be. He enjoys hearty
laugh as well as most people, and when
he laughs or yawns he dislocates his
jaw. His friends occasionally tell him
funny story for the pleasure Of giving
him q run to the hospital. They did so
month ago and DIR. Purdy had the
task of swapping Coles jaw into place
On Thursday night friend tried to re-
peat the joke. The story he told was
SO old that Coles yawned, but the re-
suit was the same. and his jaw dropped
out of place. DR.. Lombard put the Jew
in working order again.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-04-23

CHARLOTTE, n. c., April 17.-Great excite
ment prevails in this city between the white
and black population, which originated over
the murder of Macia, an Italian, presumably
by a negro named Brandham. and winch led
to an attempt to lynch the prisoner Sunday
night
The streets were packed by excited people.
The African N. Z. church was filed all night
with negroes determined on mischief. A
detachment from the militia was sent to
guard the church, and was fred upon by
men in the eupalo.
This SO incensed the militia that they nd
died the church and wounded several persons
on the inside.
Never in the history of the city has such
excitement prevailed. Crowds of men have
abandoned their business and joined the
mob.
The whites have abandoned the lynching
idea. and now 1t is a contest between whites
and negroes for domination. Grave fears
are expressed for the safety of the city.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-04-23

about forty glass broken. There was
considerable thunder and lighting mixed
up with the storm. Tom Morris house
was struck by lighting, tearing the chin
ney to pieces and badly damaging one
side of the house. The storm extended
east between jamestown and Concordia.
Fort Scott-Rev. Joseph Cook. of
Boston, while delivering his lecture on
ultimate America" at the opera house
in this city, was taken suddenly, in the
middle of his effort, and was compelled
TO retire to his hotel. His affection is
throat trouble and la grippe.
Independence Tribune: James Cham
berlain, president of the fair association.
is quite enthusiastic over the coming
county fair, and reports more people
interested in the fair than he has ever
known The chances for making dis
plays were never greater-the condition
of the county and of stock is favorable.
Topeka Capital: That the new state
banking law is meeting with the gener-
al approval OF Kansas bankers is evil
denced by the large number of applica-
tions for charters under its provisions
received by the secretary OF state. A
VI AeLiOAaA DdA4A5 Will 10 d64H-
tionalized and rsorganized under the
state law. The First National of Frank
fort and the First National of Ashland
have already organized under the new
law and are preparing to give up their
national bank charters. 1t permits them
to reduce their capital stock, which it
! would be impossible to do under the
national bark act and which in smaller
towns is very desirable, and at the same
time gives them practically the same
protection. The first national bank to
begin business under the new law is that
Of Morrill, and Jane, of Hiawatha. This
is Congressman MorrilPs bank, and is
one of the strongest institutions in the
state. 1t was already Incorporated I'M
der the state law and all that was necces-
sary for it was TO be examined by the bank
commissioner and receive its license 10
do business. This has been done and it
is operating under the new law. All
banks of the state except national banks
must comply with the provisions of the
law by September %.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-04-23
KANSAS RAILROADS.

Cherokee Sentinel: We are reliably
informed that there has been a new sur
vey for e railroad. beginning west of
town on the r. Mcfarland taact of
land, to be run in southWesterly di-
recticn. Il is supposed to be a Santa
Fe project
The Chicago, Kansas, & Nebraska
railroad, commonly known as a branch
OF the Rock Island in Topeka, will be
sold at public auction in Topeka on
the 18th inst. The sale is under q
foreclosure suit by the Metropolitan
Trust company of New York
Arkansas City Traveller: It is again
rumored that the Parsons Pacific rail-
road will be extended to this city and
the southwest at an early day. The
road is understood to be a part OF the
Chicago and Alton system, and as the
latter has q right of way franchise
through the Indian territory which viii
expire in 1892, there are probably good
Fessens for the rumer
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-04-23
Ponoa and Otoe Leases.

WASHINGTON. D. C., April 18.-Agent Wood
was instructed by the Indian bureau to sign
the leases for the cattle land in the Ponca
and Otoe reservations in Oklahoma The
leases were originally drawn up for term
of five years, but Mr.. Bell, assistant Indian
commissioner, in his instructions to Mr..
should be signed for a longer period than
one year. The lands of the Ponca reserVa-
ton are known as the east and west pasture.
Each contains 80, 600 acres, and the lessees
agree to pay 50, 500 per annum for their use.
George W. Miller is the lessee of the west
pasture and A. Newman of the east. In the
Otoe reservation there are also two pastures.
Frank Witherspoon leases the west pasture,
IN which are 5000 acres. paying 5000 an
nually for It. Stacy Matlock takes the east
pasture, containing e0,OOo acres, for which
he pays 81, 400 year.