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The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-11-17
THE OLD BACHELORS!
Have a Brief Meeting and Do Some
Business.
Sam Dickson Drowned by Colonel Wal
ton Busbee.
TWO MEN REFUSED A MEMBERSHIP
Another Young Man Shows the False
Hair of the One Who Deceived
Him Ever.

The following speech was delivered by
Col. Jack Albright at the last meeting Of
the Old Bachelor Club:
Comrades The scar and yellow lsaf
has hove in Sight, and while | do not OBJ
ject to her heaving to even an alarming e
extent, ask, what shall We do with Sam
Dixon-our brother in this club? 1t has
been learned that he is 146 years old ;
that he has recently told his love-and
that if the grave does not get him before
snow flies, some woman will. I shall not
call names, but propose to ascertain
what we shall do to be saved. At this
juncture Colonel Charley Postley moved
that Colonel Dixon be brought into the
room and held in tub Of water or under
pump for two hours, according to the
rules and regulations of the club.
This motion prevailed and Colonel
Dixon was drowned through the care
lessness of Colonel Busbee
The silence was broken in several
pieces by the following communication
which was duly presented:
To the Past Worthy Grand-O. B. c.:
I spurned your offer to join your club
last winter with scorn. But recall all
that I said or all that might have said.
| had hoped that all might have been
different. I enclose you the picture
which she returned and also enclose the
false hair-though not as false as She
which she once gave me. AS say and
repeat, all might have been different but
as all is not different, [ here boldly re-
peat that all might have been different.
You will please sir make arrangements
to initiate me in your most royal and
exalted order at the first possible mo-
ment
Col. BILL YEARLY.
COL Postley asked to see the hair
which was false though not as false as
she.
He examined it and said that he sold
that to the girl for a watch charm, and
that Colonel Bill did not know that she
was making him present.
On motion, however, of Colonel Bus
bee, Colonel Yearly was laid on the
table.
Colonel Robert Carr who is always q
stickler on legal points wanted to know
if Colonel Yearly was laid on the table
what disposition would they make of the
petition. Colonel Carr was forcibly
elected from the room and given one
hour to apologize.
During this excitement Colonels White
hurst and Griswald whose wives are Wis
, iling out of the city, made request tc
join the club but were voted out, severa
members protesting vigorously.
Colonel Harris who compounds drugs
for DR.. johnson was given the third de
gree and took the usual oath and the
/ club adjourned to attempt to resuscitatt
Colonel Sam Dixon but he was thor
oIghly saturated with city water and i
was decided that that would kill any
thing
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-11-17

Louisa look kin a down hearted,
Brer Jackson"
"Dey amt no mo- pullback in dat
muel. l jist keep de blinkers on her and
tie her wifi a piece of cotton thread desc
days. ."-Scribners Magazine.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-11-17

'I'se gwine off heah in de bushes, an
eff yo' honorable muel like wat you
looks like, yo' gwine to stan still, an no
pullin On dat ole rope, wat amt strong,
nohow, you heah me?''
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-29
Tie Elrst Woman,a Club.

Miss Anthony tells the history of the first
woman's club which was formed in the
good old days before the advancement OF
woman, the organization Of unions, co
operative societies and suffrage associa-
tons, nor ever dreamed of by the good
wives who knitted their own stockings,
baked their own bread, wove their cloth,
and made their own soap in singleness of
purpose. The husbands in the little town
of Oneida had at one time habitof spend
ing the entire evening in a social way at
the tavern" leaving their respective
spouses 10 while away the lonely evening
hours alone with their knitting at home.
The wives, fired with flicker of the
fame of independence which now makes
women so free from the old time shackles
Of wifehood and motherhood. counseled
together, hit upon a plan which seemed
expedient, and on q fine evening they fled
into the barroom together. sat down with
their knitting and began 20 chat together
as II the smoke filed room were one Of
their own Immaculate par}ors az home
he men went home early that night
thinking it ali joke. But the next even
Ing, no sooner had they lighted their pipes
and commenced telling the stories In which
the habitues Of the place were well versed.
than IN walked the wives en rnasse and sat
down with their knitting. 10 il needless
% say the men yielded the point, a. men
invariably do when women are determined
and kept their wives no longer in solitude
New York Sun.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-29
More Time

Busy people always seem 10 have plenty
of time. Their day is only twenfy-four
hours long, yet out Of that twenty-four
hours-fourteen hundred and forty mo-
ments-they find space for an astonishing
amount of work They are never afraid
TO undertake new thing. They have al
ways n few minutes to give TO friend
They will secure an hour for some con
genial occupation. IL is 20 the busy men
You go. asking can they take part in this
new project. Certainly; state what you
would like done, or how you wish it. and
they will lend hand Why, IL YOU so de
sire. they will take time to tell YOU Just
what you ought TO begin and how -
manage It. And when one piece of work
is accomplished they pass to the next wish
perfect readiness and a calm confidence iir
their own ability.
Yes, strange to say. the people who never
have time TO do anything are those who
never have anything To do. They would
start this scheme, take part in that trans
action, if they only had little more time.
They would be so glad 20 pay these calls.
only too delighted to give that help. TO
learn n language, or to read book, but
they cannot make the time And while
they lament their lack OF ia. all the time
they had is gone and their plans are still!
unfinished.
After ali, what more time have the busy
han the idle2 Has not each Of us todayf
Has not each of US all the time there ISL
Harper's Bazaar.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-29

A remarkable tale of an '.informaF~ vea.
| ding is related by . clergyman who was
for some time settled in small town in
| western New York. The father Of tha
| bride invited the minister to spend the
| evening 1t his HOUSE, and, incidentally.
to marry his daughter. He asked at what
| time the ceremony was to be performed
| but was told that it was not yet decided:
the whole thing was to be very informal
and the minister had better plan to spend
the evening, as they had arranged to have
grand good time"
| / presented myself at his house, there
fore, early in the evening, and found q
large company assembled. The young peo-
pie were playing games in ore room, while
their elders chatted socially in another
| As the evening wore on music had its
| part in the festivity. The bride elect per
| formed on the melodeon. while the future
partner OF her joys exerted his energies
| upon the flute.
| lea O'Clock came, and when the host
genially invited every one out to a spread
| in the dining room," began to think that
| possibly they had changed their minds
| and the wedding was not 10 take place.
| after all. But as / stood rather irresolute-
| ", wondering what was expected of M
the host took ME BY the arm and led the
way into the dining room. He placed nss
at the head of the long table, while the
| bride and groom were seated at my right
and left.
All hands were busy with the cool
things with which the table was heapesi.
when the host, who had been lowering
| about the company instead of sitting down.
whispered in my ear, Il guess this is as
good time As any"
Then he added. aloud, STAND up, Mary
and John" And surely they did stand up,
and performed the ceremony, with one Of
the contracting parties" oil one side %
the table and one on the other, their hands
being joined over dish of excellent baked
Indian pudding, which had the place of
honor before me.
As soon as | had pronounced the pair
husband and wife the groom left his seat.
and going around to the brides side of the
table, gave her hearty kiss, after which
he returned TO his own scat and renewed
his attack upon the supper.
| have had queer experiences at other
weddings, but never one where fell the
absurdity so keenly as on this truly I'm
formal occasion.-Youth's Companion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-29

Tom Shannon, the ex-collector of the
port, said: ut was during Lincoln's first
administration. while I was in congress-
that the question OF the appointment OF a
superintendent of the mint in this city
came up, and among the applicants for the
place was old Dave Maltby. One day a
messenger came into the house and in
formed me that the president wished TO
see me at once. | hurried 10 his Office, and
when / entered he informed noe that he
was considering the fitness Of the various
applicants for superintendent of the mint
Now, here is Dave Maltby,' he said,
and want to ask you to tell me candidly
II you consider him fitted for the place''
Without hesitating | replied: Mr.
President, Maltby Is man Of unquestioned
integrity, but hardly the man for that
place
Yes (musingly). Dave Maitby is an
honest man. knew him as a boy, but
never discovered anything IN him
"Mr. Lincoln hesitated FOR a moment
and his face assumed more than usually
grave expression. He suddenly looked up,
with an amused expression on his face, and
asked: Who ever discovered anything IN
me when WAS boy / don't think Dave
Maltby did, but some way or another am
here, where you see me today. San
Francisco Call.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-29
THE TELEPHONE MONOPOLY.

Ihe infamous extortlOnS practiced by
the Bell telephone monopoly in the Uni
ted States is strikingly illustrated by the
following facts. Recently the Bell patent
expired in Great Britain, and as a result
we find today that
Montreal furnishes the cheapest tele-
phone service on this continent The long
established 'Bell' company demands only
SIS year for either residential or business
houses. The opposition company, the
Federal Telephone company. which
brought rates to their present basis,
charges S35 year for the business houses
and go year for residences. Both con-
Germs are doing lively business The To-
cal Bell company has about 5000 sub
Scrlbers In the city, and the opposition
company has about g. 500 subscribers. Both
organizations use the same apparatus,
Their reduction in telephone rates not only
applies to cities with from 5000 to 10000
subscribers, but is also taking place in
Berlin. which has even a larger number of
subscribers, and also IN London. where
the rates have been reduced from SIS to
SO per annum.
Yet our people are robbed of hundreds
of thousands of dollars annually above
what would be fair, liberal, and lust
profit to the inventor and the operating
company through this greedy, soulless
monopoly. And what is worse. it is
strongly intimated that the monopoly is
to continue seventeen years longer, not
withstanding its original patent expires
in a short time, the extension of the
lease being based upon simple little
device that has been in Use for Soma
time but has not been patented. though
is controlled exclusively by the Bell com
D3ny
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-29
But HE Is DEAD.
p3ny.

The junction City Union tells the story
of Charley McGee, an old settler of
Geary county. He began with $500. and
never did anything but farm, principally
raising corn. He died couple of years
ago, leaving his widow 1856 acres Of
Smoky Hill bottom land. without a cent
of incumbrance. His land and the corn
he carried was worth fully 500, 600.
During this time he paid from s10.0 coo TO
$50 security debts. He was q crank
on the subject of holding corn, carving
80, geo or 40, 600 bushels in cribs for wears
at time. He raised as high as $4,000
bushels OF corn in year. and this season
his widow Will have 400 acres Of wheat.
400 acres of oats and 600 acres of corn.
But Charley knew nothing of the ma
tional debt, and was not oppressed bv
Wall street. He voted the Republican
ticket. and no sub-treasury scheme. or
government money at per cent, inter
fered with his saving wood. Such men
have made Kansas, and pulled thousands
of croakers along at the same time.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-29
CAUSE For ALARM.

The recent exhibition of mob violence
in New Orleans; the many instances
recorded of late through the country
where summary vengeance has been
melted out to individuals supposed to be
guilty of heinous crimes; notable in
stances comparatively recent in which
women have forcibly destroyed property,
in the interests they imagine-of
civilization; and the still more i'm
pressive spectacle recently presented in
Pennsylvania, in which a 1 900 strikers
boldly attacked the guards, wounding
them, and in turn being slaughtered by
the soldiers, are significant symptoms of
condition of unrest in the republic.
They indicate far more forcibly than
words that the people are losing respect
for law and for those who are supposed
TO administer justice; condition at once
alarming and suggestive
But bad and alarming as are the con-
ditions thus portrayed, it is not too late
to turn this trend towards lawlessness
back into the highway of good order and
peace and comparative contentment.
The remedy lies with courts and the Off
GERS of the law, backed up by healthier
public sentiment, which last is the real
basis of our social system and from
which proceeds the issues for good or
bad to society and the public veal.
There must be radical reforms in
augurated and faithfully worked out,
and the proper place to begin is in the
home, the family circle, next in the
school room, then in the police service,
the courts, and so on.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-29
a STATE FARCE.
From the Topeka Lance

From the Topeka Lance.
On Monday of this week the Botkin
Impeachment trial, the prologue or pre-
lude to which was played during the
late session of the legislature. opened
with as much ceremony as though it
We're not one Of the grandest farces ever
put up before the people. The Lance
does not propose going into the merits of
the case, in explanation Of what the trial
is or what led up to it, for those matters
have been commented upon extendedly
by nearly every paper in the state. The
principal outrage-and the only one in
which the people of the general state are
interested-iS that the state shall
be made to pay the expenses
of political quarrel that has disgraced
the state for years. and which already
has cost her several thousands OF dollars,
number of lives, and the odium that
accrues to any community of bloodthirs-
" rascals. The Botkin trial. which will
cost the state something like $50, 900, is
one of the incidents in the famous and
infamous Stevens county seat fight
which has incarnadined the history of
western Kansas for the past several
years. 1t has 10 great significance. there
is 10 momentous principle involved,
there il no need of n precedent. and there
is no unwritIen law 10 follow; ii is mere
ly farce, an outrage upon the people,
and the state pays the bills.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-29
Cutting Velvet.

The amateur oressmaker has usually a
number Of petty worries. and one SPECIAL
TO her Is the cutting Of velvet. As il e.
used so much, even on cotton costumes. IL
Is necessary that sae should know Just how
II should be done Dressmskers prefer to
cut velvet with the pile running I'd, for
then II doesn't tatten down from wear:
however, 10 matter what way you may cut
Il, az less. have 1t all alike
" ben you cut any figured or noral de-
sign do net make the mistake Of cutting
two pieces at once. as IL often done with
plain goods; the figures and stripes shcuIG
always match perfectly. and this E rot
possible when tao sections are cut together.
Aoc'1I velvet folds. Don; rely On hav.
ing TIE Ia. ones the right size By iayisz
tie nrs. ole On The material and following
- outlines, the resuI. viii BE- waste az
iaor1e AID irregular folds. Tie Same care
II rneasurisg Erus. b~ taxen with each ose.
and i = nos wise 70 rely On the eye Tor ex
Ac5TeSs, bat 20 marx the HE with chalk
ard iEsa % 81. .i--Exchanre
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-29
A McHONfMEDAN AT WORSHIP,

F. Hopkinson Smith. in tbs May Century.
know Of no religious spectacle more
impressive than that of a barefooted
Turk standing erect on his prayer-rug
with his face towards Mecca and his
eyes looking straight into the eyes Of his
God. 1t is not a duty with him, nor a
formality, nor the maintenance of a
time honored custom. 1t is his very
life. Watch him as he enters this
wretched interior of Bania-bashie, with
its scaling and crumbling walls, and its
broken windows, through which the
doves fly in and out. Outside. at the
trickling fountain, he washed his feet
and face and hands, bathing his throat
and smoothing his beard with his wet
fingers. He is a rough, broad shouldered,
poorly clad man in fez and skirt, his
waist grit with wide sash ragged and
torn. He is perhaps a mammal" a
man who carries great weights on his
back-a human beast of burden. His
load, whatever it may be, is outside in
the court. His hourly task is his daily
bread; but he has heard the shrill cry
from the minaret up against the sky,
and stops instantly to obey.
He enters the sacred building with his
shoes in his hands. These he leaves at
the edge of the mat. Now he is on holy
ground. Advancing slowly he halts half
way across the floor and then stands
erect. Before him is blank wall; be-
yond it the tomb of the prophet. For
moment he is perfectly still, his eyes
closed, his lips motionless. 1t is as if he
stood in the antechamber of Heaven,
awaiting recognition. Then his face
lights up. He has been seen. The next
instant he is on his knees, and, stretch
ing out his hands, prostrates himself, his
forehead pressed to the floor. This soli-
tary service continues for an hour. The
man stands erect one moment, with a
as if he said, Command me:
l am here" The next moment he is
PROSTATE in obedience. Then he backs
slowly out and, noiseless, regains his
shoes. bends his back to his burden, and
keeps on his way, his face having lost all
its tired, hunted look.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-29
TEXAS CATTLE FEVER.

| The so-called Texas or Spanish or sple-
netic fever, which has at times in the
past committed such terrible ravages, in
instances, years ago, in Kansas, wiping
out whole herds, and to which so much
study and official investigation have
| been given, Is said, as question, to have
been lately solved. There is quite a
general impression that the disease is
peculiar to cattle in the state Of Texas.
This is not the case 1t is climatic dis
ease. Senator Plumb kindly and con-
slderately sends US some official data
and map issued by the department of
agriculture showing the line of quaran-
tine established, which crosses the coun-
try from the Rio Grande to the Atlantic
ocean. Cattle in southern Georgia, Ala
bama, Florida, etc., are affected just as
are Texas cattle. The line drawn on
this map is not the precise line Of de-
narration between the healthy and I'M
healthy cattle. 1t is little north of that
line, probably on the whole fifteen. or
twenty miles, although the area of infec-
ton is liable to project northward under
favorable circumstances. The south
line of the state of Kansas has been fixed
by the department as the quarantine.
Now as to the disease or its cause:
Professor Salmon Of the agricultural de-
partment says that the disease is pro-
duced by a tick which fastens to the cat
tie, penetratesth skin and deposits a par
asite in the blood. This is an operation
that takes about two weeks. The ticks
then drop off, hatch multitudinOus other
ticks, and thus repeat their work. He
says ticks which haue been taken from
cattle in North Carolina and placed upon
healthy cattle have communicated the
disease to them in the time above named. |
The Investigations of the department
aave been very thorough and no doubt |
are authentic up to date. OF course
here may be other methods of produc-
ng the disease, although they are not
yet discovered. The fact that the dis
Ease does not spread among domestic
animals is accounted to by the fact that
he tick can make only one parasitic
deposit, and after it has been carried to
| northern locality it does not propagate,
" at all events if it does propagate the
generation is inocuous.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-29
Things Babies Swallow.

We have heard Of a baby who has made
ct least six attempts 70 eat its own shoe,
which every tine WIS rescued from the
child's throat b. pUliing il out with a
glove buttoDer.
Another one has come under our notice
wAo has an extreme partiaLIty for tooth
brushes; but certainly the most re1arxa-
bic one Is that Of Be-year-o!d child who
managed TO sc: hold q - fathers watch
and swallow L. the result being that
one Of the servants WIS Suspected 9. tie
robbery and was arrested
TIE whereabouts 81 the watch was 10.
known Until the mother Of the child hap
pened 70 hear the ticking OF the rnepiece
inside It's stomach. This Is the story as Il
comes 70 Us. We have 10 Information 70
furnish regarding the subsequent fate Of
tie watch or the oaoy.-LoDcoa Tis-B!
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-29
Music.

went to the Auditorium the other night
to hear somebody play on the violin. But
that was not a violin which the slender,
dark eyed performer used. and the music
that so charmed me was not drawn from
strings and flashed forth by any ordinary
bow. The heavenly notes 10 which I La
tened were like those that young leaves
give forth when May winds first find them,
or that ripples make drawn softly over
pebbly beaches. And when they died away
and foated like a whisper through the
hushed house it was no longer music. IL
was great golden iacketed bee settling
sleepily into the heart Of a rose. il was the
chime Of a vesper bell broken in mellow
cadences between vine clad hills. IL was a
something that had no form or shape. nor
semblance TO any earthly thing, yet foated
midway between the earth AID sky, light
as the frailcst flower Of snow the north
wind ever Graded Substancelezs "A smoke
wind followed rnist.-Chicago Herald
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-29

The decrease in the birth rate would
not itself be cause for alarm if it was
uniform in all strata of society, but as a
matter of fact, the slums of our great
cities swarm with little lives, while in
the section inhabited by those we'll able
to properly care for the young, there are
comparatively few births. The environ
ment of the multitude born today is not
calculated to make them strong either
mentally or physically. Here
is a theme that social scientists could
profitably spend portion of their valua-
bic time discussing.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-29
To Fxtinguish Burning Oil.

The discovery has been accidentally
made that -four thrown on burning oil
will extinguish it instantly. An old
lady was coming out of the pantry with
a pan of -four when lamp exploded and
the oil was at once in flames. In her
fright she dropped the pan of flour,
which, falling on the burning OIL extin-
guished it, Some one who heard of the
incident had an opportunity of practical
~ testing it soon after, and the device
worked exactly as stated. 1t is worth
making a note of, as water is worse than
useless in such a case.