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The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-24

It's expected that during the coming
winter the United States steamer Kear-
sage will follow the indicated footsteps
of Columbus and endeavor to identify
the places at which he is supposed to
have stopped.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-24

The rain-making experiments to be
made at Goodland next Saturday promise
to be a drawing event, as to attracting
crowd. The Rock Island offers one
fare rate for distance of 200 miles to
all who wish to go.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-24

The small black soap nuts, OF kernels
Of Sapindas szponaria, take fine pol
ish, and are threaded a. necklaces. 70
saTies, bracelets and other orrznsn:A
The QuzndOng nuts of Australia are fre-
qUently strung as necklaces ard brace
LET'S and also mounted a. scarfp5ns
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-24

There are flowers and flowers. but it
was left for the Cincinnati Times-Herald
to dub the distinguished New Yorker a
"hill-side Flower" The Times-H Herald
also delicately alludes to the fact that
the November frosts will curl the tender
Flower up like last years caterpillar.
That is tantamount TO saying that he is
of the pot house variety, to be left out
side the hot house.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-24

The poor ''sooner" element is not a
cipher in the opening of the new lands.
But it will wish it had been before it
gets done with Uncle Sam. The "soon-
err should have no sYmpathv.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-24

Brigadier General Polk, who never got
higher than third lieutenant. was to
speak in every congressional district in
Kansas. but he cut his engagement short
and got out of the state after filling three
appointments. Mr.. Polk's idea was.
above all things, to please the people of
Kansas, and this course seems to have
Iona II
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-24

A Neapolitan physician has recently
described wonderful case Of hysteria
in one Of his female patients. The case
has been prolonged and aggravated, the
peculiarity being in the fact that the
lady thus afflicted annually usually in
the month of june sheds both finger and
toenails. This remarkable change is
preceded by tingling sensation, espe-
cially in the thumbs and great toes, fol
lowed with suppuration at the bed of the
nails. From the time of the first tin
Cling sensation at the root of the nails, a
week scarcely elapses before every nail
on toe and finger have been spontaneously
shed like the skin of a snake or the shell
of crab. The learned NJ. d. attributes
this curious affection of the nails to
disordered nerve function.-St. Louis
Republic.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-24
Arizona has woman mining expert

Arizona has woman mining expert
in the person of Nellie eastman, beau
tiful brunette, only twenty years old.
Nine years ago she went from Kansas
to Tucson, and there, working with her
brothers in the mines, she became Won
derfully expert in Judging ore. Her
judgement is so good that the Oldest and
most experienced mining experts are
governed by it.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-24
REPUBLICAN TICKET.

For Judge of the 18th Judicial District,
c. REED.
For Sheriff,
ISAAC T. AULT.
For Treasurer,
JOHN a. DORAN.
For County Clerk,
NJ. A. CARVIN.
For Register of Deeds,
:. L. BARRETT.
For Surveyor,
7. A. BAILEY.
For Coroner,
VI. NJ. MCALISTER.
For Commissioner Second District,
J. NJ. ALLEN.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-24

Jones of Binghamton, he that pays
the freight, has been seen, and with
draws from the race for governor of
New York as an independent. Weighed
even upon his own scales he found that
he was wanting. but not wanted.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-24

Carmencita told a Kansas CITY Jour
nal reporter that her chief delight in COM
ing to Kansas City was to see the Cow
catchers. She meant Cow bows. 3"
The aesthetic band boxy reporter knew
what she meant and swallowed large
lump in his throat.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-24

In whiskers and socks extremes meet,
but Peff and Jere no longer draw. In
the election of these men Kansas has be-
come the butt of ridicule for all sections
of the country. Her thousands of school
houses no longer count and the assertion
that Kansas is progressive and intelligent
is laughed to scorn.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-24

There ara. strange % szy. arsstocrzcies
OF money among bzrbsrous tribes os
msn, and one finds them prou6er over
ths;r hoards q blankets. copper, fszfh.
ers and shell than the rnos. pzfse proua
millionaire n tae voz.4
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-24

Comrades" the new song in the east,
is said to have been stolen from Wagner,
There seems to be the same conspiracy
to down Wagner in this country as there
is to do up Grover Cleveland.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-24

Prohibition in the eyes of the people
of Ohio, has been given a Hanback, back
hand lick.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-24

The prince of Wales smokes cigar
cites. If he wants to kill himself, Bal
maceda's way would seem preferable.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-24

Bismarck ana young William have
planned TO become reconciled, and they
both expect each other to do it.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-24

The sub-treasury scheme is being ex-
ploded so much lately that it Is about
time to look for a deluge.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-24

The boomers Tuesday were made up
principally of northerners. Oklahoma is
evidently sauntering on statehood and
Republican congress in 1898.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-24

James G. Blaine has not received any
congratulations upon his recovery from
Italy, UP to date.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-24

starving, abused set of paupers, but the
joke has become so immensely broad
that the calamity candidates themselves
can't help but grin. CLARK.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-24

The poor man in politics in New York
state stands about as much chance as
rain drop in the ocean.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-24

The appearance of Tascott as the hus-
band of a'Turkey Indian squaw, shows
that the dime-novel is getting in its work
on our city police.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-24

The Kickapoo Indians are now totally
surrounded by white settlements in Ok
lahoma. But he will not be sin it,
LONG
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-24

The people of Kansas like to see VIII
lifts occasionally. 1t reminds them of
their luck in not having him for gov
qrnOr.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-24

The campaign button in Ohio is of tin.
1t is worn by the Republicans and as an
emblem of Republicanism is not pressed
for voters,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-24

As for the work of rainmakers, it is all
up with them.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-24

Barrels play an important part in our
politics. 1t is the gun barrel in Mississ-
ippi. and the money barrel in New York.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-24

Jones, who used to go as freight, has
gone to expressing himself.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-26

The woman who cannot marry IS the
Interest foe of matrimony.
The man who counts on tomorrow IS
nsuallv the one who has wasted to-day.
The difference between q boy ana a
man is the difference between promise
and fulfilment ,.,,
Whenever you meet worthless man.
WOW, have found some one who knows Il
sure cure for warts ,o hos
Where you hear of one man who has
succeeded as "lIicker, " you VIII VIII near ar
Of a thousand who have succeeded as
You cannot always blame the young IN
for refusing to accept the advice OF tne
old. Occasionally an old man con mo 1,ls
the foolish theories of age with the WIS
dom Of experience. o+ d,,,nl,
Did you ever know man to get dr III !,
who did not claim that some mean l,@ m man an
drassed nm H Hsd is c as 1s ' vhop p he is
10y nlaving hockey, that the other
t bous made him do it.-AtchiSon Globe.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-26
The Months Names.

In looking up the peculiar names given
each of the twelve months of the year,
it becomes necessary for us to go back to
the old Romans. who have imposed upon
us q set of names equally as absurd as
those which the Norsemen, Scandna-
VianS and SaXOnS applied to the days of
the week.
January is named from Janus, the
god of doors and gates, because the
month opens the year; some say that he
is two-faced god and could look back
on the last year and forward to the
coming.
February is from Februo, to purify.
March was originally the first month
and was named for Mars, the god Of war.
April is from aperire, to open, because
the buds open in that month. May is
from Maia, a goddess June is from Juno,
the patron Of marriage, and is, there
fore, the fayorite month for weddings.
July was named for julius Caesar, and
Augustus for Augustus CIsar. Originally
August had but thirty days and FcbTu-
airy twenty-nine in the common year and
thirty in the leap year.
Augustus was jealous that julius
month should have more days than his
own therefore took one from February
and added it to August.
September, October, November, De
cember are so called because they were
originally the seventh, eighth, ninth,
and tenth months of the year. The
names are now inappropriate and rank
misnomerS as now applied
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-26

MN, and the wise men of the nefpbhor.
hooo nave caucused on his case for tho
past twenty-five years or more. Int no
conclusion has been reached in the nrem.
ises' Where he obtained even q, snoa1y-
ing knowledge of the numerals is m
known, for he seldom attended school
When young, preferring to spend his
Tune alone in the woods. And here is
another trait in his character Birds
ana squirrels do not avoid him, and rem
tles have strong affection for him.
Rube is subject to epileptic fits, but he
Will not be treated for them, as he be-
neves that if they were removed his
gilt" would also disappear.
Another strange power of Rube is his
aolllty to tell time. At any period of
the day or night he can tell the exact
meridian time, even to seconds. One
great fault of Rubes is inebriety. He
can not abstain from the bottle. In
ducements of a splendid living have been
held out to him if he would become and
remain sober, but he has as persistently
rejected them. He drinks whenever he
can.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-26
BLIGHTED BY A JACKASS.
a story Which Gen. She man Took Le-
light III RehearSing.

light III RehearSing.
A story which Ger. Sherman took
great delight in rehearsng is the follow
Ing, which was told him by young man
who was taken prisoner in Florida dur
Ing the Seminole war: 81 am here rs the
victim OF one of the most unfortunate
accidents that ever happened. My faith
er and mother arc excellent citizens OF
the State of Kentucky, where on a farm
near Paris l spent d Happy bOyhO3d.
The bright dreams of my youth were
clouded over by an untOWard encounter
with jackaSS. That whole region in
which we live was infested by these half
wild Jacks which had been imported
into the State by thousands for breeding
purposes. Kentucky was the great mule
producer among the States, and when
the old discarded jacks were turned out
worthless, we boys used to laSSO them
and ride them out into the woods on our
expeditions after Walnuts. One day /
secured the raggedest. longest-eaTed and
deepeSt-vOiccd brute you ever saw and
hid him in the smoke house, intending
to start off before day the next morning
on nutting expedition. Now, | had a
maiden aunt who lived in the family who
had a strong and earnest conviction OF
the existence of a personal devil. The
evil one was to her just such an awful
creature as Bunyan showed his to be in
his 'pilgrim's Progress Down on Il
farm in Kentucky people get up before
day, anyway, and when my aunt went
out to the smoke house the next morning
to get some bacon to fry for breakfast,
it was still pitch dark. AS she opened
the smoke-housc door, she said after
wards, she saw the horrible face o. the
at her through the darkness, set Off by
two long and hideous horns No sooner
had the jack spied my respected relative
than he broke forth into a series Of the
most diabOlic, ear-picrcing, nerve-tear-
ing hee-hawS that ever desOlated the
stiffness of a country landscape. My
aunt went Off into q succession OF hts,
and when she came to she SWOre by al!
that was holy that she had seen the
devil. ! had slept calmly through the
whole disturbance, but the OffenSe was
promptly laid at my door, and entering
my room while ] was yet asleep my
father wore out a leather strap on me.
But for this apparently trivial incident
| might to-day be d respected citizen OF
the great State which raises pretty girls,
blue grass, mules and bourbon, for,
smartng under sense Of wrong and thc
lively application Of the strap, | put two
shirts into a handkerchief and without
waiting to say gOod-by made bee-line
South / never stopped until | got into
the Florida SWampS, where L have just
been taken prisoner.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-26
Slew Her Three Adversaries.

ills not SO long ago that duels between
women were common in France, the home
OF the duelist. The most celebrated duel
OF modern times was that of Marquise de
Nesle and the Countess de Polignac The
cause OF the quarrel was d violent pen
chant of both women for the same adj
mirer.
This admirer, the Duke of Richelieu,
unfortunately made an appointment
with both ladies at the same rendezvous
and hour In spite Of the Dukes pacific
endeavors, the meeting was not pleas
ant one, and terminated in a duel, which
had not very serious consequences. The
countess sliced her opponents ear, and
then each combatant fell to the ground
simultaneously in dead faint Nine.
Duize was also a great duelist, and was
called out by her own husband, who
taught her a lesson by giving her sew
eral serious flesh wounds, which quelled
her ardOr for some time. D'Aubigny,
the Partisan opera singer, attended upon
one occasion a masked ball at the Palais
Royal attired in mems clothing, and so
grossly insulted a lady that three of her
friends challenged the singer at once.
The challenges were all accepted and
after having fought her adversaries and
killed them all in turn D'Aubigny went
back and enjoyed the ball as if nothing
had occurred.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-26

In the eight days that form La Sc
maine Sangantc of May, 1871, it is csti-
mated that no less than $4,000 Parisians
were butchercd in the streets or on the
road to Versailles. The Bonapartist
General Gallifct, with q cigar between
his teeth and cruel smile on his lips,
would have laughed to scorn so slow and
mild an instrument as the gniilotine-
In the Bastion 43 Of the Paris fortilica-
tons he caused a deep trench 20 be dug,
and, standing 800 prisoners in front,
moved them down with mitraileuscs or
gating guns. These men and women
had not had a trial, had not been found
guilty: General Gallifct did not stop TO
inquire whether they were all dead, but
the earth was thrown over them as they
lay writing, bleeding, tangled mass
of human flesh, at the bottom of the
trench. ] have seen two men who were
thus executed and left for dead, but
managed to crawl away before the time
for burial arrived One had seven and
the other eleven bullets in his body: and
yet both survived ---AdOIple Smith.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-26
NUMBER AZ.
III tho Bears Den.

There is living in Northern Maine an
old man who, in his childhood, had
novel experience which recalls the tales
Of folklore and the classic fables. lie
PASSED a night in the den of a wild bear,
coming outin the morning unhurt, and
was much pleased with the company he
had kept. When he was about four
years old, he was one afternoon lett
with pet lamb on the grass near the
house. and the two strayed together into
the woods.
They were not missed for some hours.
and when d hasty search for them proved
unaVailing. the father and mother were,
of course, greatly alarmed, for bears
aud wolves were both plentiful in the
woods. The few scattering neighborS
were reused, and tho entire night was
given TO the hunt.
It was not until daylight that traces or
the missing boys tracks were discovered.
These were followed oy the aid OF dogs,
and the rescuerS were led to the den OF a
she-hear, which had its quarters under .
big bowlder in pine grove at the foot OF
q mountain.
The bear, aroused by the dogs, came
out of her lair with a boldness which
showed that she had cubs to defend, and
at sight of her everybody gave up hope
of seeing the missing child d we, When,
however, they had shot the bear, they
found the little fellow curled up in the
den with a couple of bear whelps, hun
cry and tired, but apparently not in the
least injured Or frightened.
The boy was too young to give sat
isfactory account of what had happened,
but, as nearly as could be made out from
his story, the bear, who had come upon
them in the woods, had made meal off
OF his pet lamb and had then quietly
returned to her lair to sleep. The boy
said that she did not carry him, but that
he followed her because he had no longer
any lamb for company, and because he
wanted to see the pretty cubs.
He had played with them till dark.
Then he cried to go home, but did not
know the way, and did not dare to leave
the bears den because he was afraid
something would get him. The cubs
were companions for him, and he seems
to have felt quite safe so long as he
stayed with them. Youths Companion.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-26

There was once agentleman who spent
a day in Verona, and it rained all that
day. Five years afterward the gentle
man spent another day in that fair city,
and it raincd all that day. And the
gentleman afterward wrote book, and,
on the ground of his experiences, assert
cd that it always raincd in Verona!
As with Verona, SO it has been with
the deserts Of the globe, says the New
York Ledger. The great Australian
desert shrink every year it is better
known. On the presumed desert land of
d lifetime ago, the finest sheep in the
world are now raised. The desert was
mapped on hasty generalization on in
sufficient SAMPLES.
So it was with the American deserts;
50 it is with the Asiatic deserts; SO it is
with the African deserts. Thirty years
ago the map Of the Sahara showed an
unbroken stretch of sand The map Of
to-day shows a tract of country with
patches of sand, but divers fed with
hills and water courses, and even in
places consisting OF light, airy, parllland,
with widespread grassy tracks inter
sperSed with forest.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-26

An officer in attendance at a shooting
competition noticed two men firing with
anything but precision. Approaching
them, he exclaimed angriIy: "You fell
lows don't know how to shoot; lend mo
the rifle and let me show you" "Bang."
and the target was missed. A broad
grin ovcrspread the features Of the two
privates, but the officer was equal to the
occasion. Turning to the first with d
frown upon his countenance, he re-
marked: That's the way you shoot
sir" A second attempt, and similar
result. Turning to the other, he contn
ued: "And that's the way you shoot,
sir" A third shot, and an inner was
fuked. With pardonable pride the
worthy officer returned the rife, tri
nmphantly adding: "And that's the way
| shoot" The men ever since have en-
tertaned very high opinion of him as q
marlISman,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-26
GENIUS AND. WORK.
The New York Herald" Truthtully EN-
patiaies i'll Reply to Query. ..>

patiaies i'll Reply to a Query. .-
4 Western gentleman living in q small
town, who had discovered unmistakable
evidences Of genius in his son, inquired
of the New York Herald whether he
should send him to the city, and received
the following editorial reply:
Your boy is what you call ga genius. "
is he? Then the Lord have mercy on
you, for great aftliction has befallen
your family. Don't send him to New
York. The supply In this locality TAR
exceeds the demand. We have scores of
geniuses here, and without exception
their trousers bag at the knees and ter
inmate in a pathetic fringe that hangs
round their shoes. They are generally
characterized by long hair, soiled linen,
intellectual fiatulency, and certain
haggard look. as though they hadn't en-
loved square meal in three months
What would we advise? That is rather
delicate question. If VIC had boy
who was so phenomenally endowed that
he disdained to work for q living, we
should try to. cure him by the most he
role treatment How would it do to give
him cord of tough old hickory, a saw
horse, and q saw. and nail up this legend
from PandaruS on the WoOdShed: "He
that VIII nave a cake out Oh bne WnoaG
must needs tarry the grinding" which
being translated means, "No work, no
dinner" If he still insisted on doing
nothing, you might resort to the device
Of the Mikado and boil him in oil.
genius is almost always an ass in a
lions skin, or turkey buzzard with an
eagles beak-a fellow whose head is
simply an enlargement of the bump OF
self conceit. He starts out with the de-
termination to live on his brains, but the
capital in trade is so small that he never
becomes expert except in the art of star
walton. There is but one gospel in this
world which has any claim to be regarded
as divine. and that is the gospel OF hard
work. We may have a hard, cold. and
uusympathetic method Of handling the
problem, but in our Judgment the only
way to succeed is to perspire. Indeed,
we might make the statement OF TACT
still more succinct, and say that "Per-
spire or expire" is the rule OF life. If
Won labor under the delusion that Your
genius is too aristocratic to become the
partner OF work. you will probably end
YOUR career on the marble slab of q
mOrgue. On the other hand, If you get
the idea into your Uranium that nine
tenths Of genius is simply hard work,
YOU will more than likely die under the
care of an able physician, with your fam
ily round your bed, the prospect OF Il
good-sized funeral, aad f1attering
obituary in the daily papers.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-26
Strange Names.

Among the thousands Of names annu-
ally written upon a hotel register, pretty
much every known combination OF let
ters is found. Hotel clerks become
hardened, and greet Mr.. Buck and Mr..
Chuck and Mr.. Duck with equal affabi,
ity. But one of these gentlemen re-
Gently. ran across two names that
staggered even him. Two japanese
produce and stock exchange commission
ers, guests at the hotel in which he was
employed, walked up to his desk and
asked If any one had called on them dur
ing their brief absence. They had reg
istered before the clerk came on duty
and he did not know them. Lets see;
what's the name?" he asked briskIy.
"Oh, go away" said one. ooh, no." re-
marked the other The clerk was dazed
until he discovered that the gentlemen's
names were Ogowa and Ono.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-26
A Sleepy WOodchuck.

A alternating woodchuck is very
funny creature. A Ledyard boy dis
covered one in q heap of leaves in an old
tree the other day and pulled him out.
He was curled up like "woolly bear, :"
with both forepaws closely pressed over
his eyes. When his paws we're pull cd
off his eyes he did not open them, but
yaWned and gasped as heavy sleeper
might be expected to do. The animal
could not be aroused from his dormant
condition until he had been in a warm
room several hours --NOr10tch Bulletin.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-26
4 Count in the jug.

Count krona, who has been mystery
to the police all over the country on ac-
count OF his rccklessness in scattering
thousands of do lars to the winds, was
tried for abusing his wife. The latter, q
little woman, told the best way She could
how her husband had beaten her. She
did not know where he got his money,
and he was as big mystery to her as to
any one. krona. who is a Swede, could
not tell anything in defense, but on gen
eral principles he was SENT to the work
house for thirty days and fined SO and
costs