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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-02
WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER.

William Allen Butler, the son, was bred
as a lawyer, and he had already won some
distinction in his profession when . poem
appeared entitled Flora McFhmsey; or,
Nothing to Wear" II was . satire ex-
quisite both in taste. in literary charm,
and also in the clearness with which the
peculiar type was depicted u was story
of the grievances of New York society
belle, who, while she had everything that
money could buy except contenE. contin-
uaEy complained thss she had nothing
to wear. The satire was so true to human
nature. and the type was so quickly recog-
nized, that the poem wss the talk of the
season. Everybody laughed over it, and
its effect was speedily seen in the complete
extinction of the society type which it de-
picted.
The poem gave Mr. Butler very wide
fame and he could at once have turned
his attention proftably to literary produc-
ton. He, however, had the sense to see
that literature, even for person vino had
won some of its laurels, as he had is Q
treacherous support, and instead of listen
ing to temptation he at once plunged even
more assiduously than ever into his law
studies, and became renowned among hts
sorption in his profession. His career il
Illustrates the wisdom of this step. He is
now perhaps the leading admiralty lawyer
in the United States.
In personal appearance Mr.. Butler is the
last man any one would select as q person
gifted with the sense of humor and the
capacity of expressing il in literary form.
He is slight in figure, his hair and beard
are snowy white, and he possesses the ut
most dignity and gentleness of demeanor.
Now that his career is made and a compe-
tence has been secured, Mr.. Butler seemed
disposed again to turn to the literary pen
as a sort of recreation for his declining
years. He has another poem under con-
sideration. and if be Is satisfied with the
literary workmanship he may consent to
publish it. Yet he Is bis own severest
critic.
Another litterateur who made hit about
the time Mr.. Butler won his laurels is Ed.
mund Clarence Stedman. He was writer
on the New York Tribune more than thirty
years ago, while he was q very young man.
There had occurred in New York wed
ding which was town talk on account OF
the princely magnifcence Of jewels and raj
ment displayed. The bridegroom was q
Cuban gentleman and the bride New
York society lady. On a sudden inspira-
ton and at white heat Mr.. Steoman
wrote poem entitled The Diamond We'd
ding" which was printed in The Tribune
and gave its young author immediate
fame which he has never lost. This sue
cess made Mr. Stedman's career as litter.
ateur tolerably safe and be received many
profitable offers. But he had also learned
that literature was not 70 be depended
upon for support, and he determined 70
make it an incident and not the business
of his hfe He therefore did q very strange
thing for poet; he went into Wall street
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-02

THE SOUL OF A LYRIC.

With words that futter their thoughts to utter,
Winged thoughts for the world to hear,
With a trumpet call, or the rise and fau
OF a fountain crystal clear;
Like the magic roses that dawn uncloses,
Dream roses that hold no thorn,
With the light immortal from heavens portal.
Is the soul of lyric born.
From death unfettered, like old wine bettered
BY the mellowing breath of years,
With a Maytime measure whose tuneful pleas
ure
Has an undertone of tears:
Through all the ranges of Times vast changes
With the gold that its thought can give.
Euterpe's token of words unbroken,
Does the soul of lyric live.
William II. Hayne in Youths Companion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-02

Bells have eeen cast of steel, but they
dc not produce the perfect notes result
ing from the use of copper and tin. The
Swiss have ewes cast bells of glass, which
emit extremely fine sounds, but the brit
tleness of this material renders them sure
to crack in using.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-02

Dashaway-I was IN Chicago the ofb0
day, taking with detective there, when,
happening % look Up, l saw wei
known criminal approaching.
Clevertcn-Wh nat did the detective dos
Dashawsy-He got swsy.-Aunsey
Weekly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-02
Most Suitable.

Maud-Ob, I'm invited % the Wayups'
ball; but don't know what IN the world
to wear. What would you wear if you had
my complexion
Milicent-A thick veil.-Boston Courier.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-02
A Case Of Real Distress,

Tonmy-Ma- you must get me new
pair Of shoes Eve got hole In one Of
my shoes
Mo.her--Is IL big bole,
Tommy - Well / lost my stocking
through 1t this morning going to school
Texas Siftings
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-02

An English laborer once said to his
minister: ''Sir, you have often told Us Of
our forefathers. Now, know Of Abra-
ham and Isaac and Jacob, but who wa
the fourth"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-02

Czstone--win this r.bscn sse nicely
into hznxns1's knott
Cserk-I think 80. s4r
CastousT-Tnen III take t. i;'a soS ny
villas doS-CsaAk Esvlxw.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-02

Ieyrand were there he would pull me
through. "-Talleyrand's Memoirs in Cen
tuTy
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-02

Prisonsr-So yo9 think you can gss M
OF,
LAvyer-Eextly enough / VIII prove 20
the court that you are . iuaatic, and you
viii Be- sent 20 an asylum
bat bow Ale 70 xss oct Of tie axyiars'"
II viii prove 10 the superinsendea: .hs.
roc are nc. q luna.Sc-"-ffood SsxE
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-02


IN The daytime q busy operator. m the
stiIlnesr Of the night Mr.. Stedmsn kept up
his literary ssudies. wrote nov and tsen .
charming btt Of verne. asd kept his name
constantly before tbs literary world vasch
never dreamed that she writer Of tbess del
icate bits Of poetry was q husshnz driving
stock operator Mr. Stedn.An socur ulsted
a sufficient fortune, which through no
fault OF his own ne subsoq ueasly lost. He
began a. once TO retrieve his Losses. and
has now succeeded IN doing 50. IL n re-
ported among his friends tia; Mr.. Sled
man expects in . year or two 70 retire from
business and 70 devote himself exclusively
70 nis first love.
Il h probable, therefore, tha: we shall
have . frest volume q poems from hn pen
In shs near future, and be Vii also 1sdsr-
take some serious ssady sd cySeasn Al
the bserary tendeAe5rs 81 tke aAy.
The careers Of fAess swe Distinguished
poets contain Q ~ fs< thsae wa eootenr
plate seriously rnAkta9 . he e<EzDeD 81
literature. Il Aae always been sbe advtos
81 besa Of these g>osisnes thAs - pex.oa
who has net . sufficient tnooRs sAsx1A IN
sertaks 70 make living Ga; Of the vrssiag
q pure literature Z J. EyuAk1A
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-02

When she wss Child. she cried for Castoria,
When she became Mss, she chung to Castoria,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-02

LAWYER AND BANKER.
WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER AND Ed
MUND CLARENCE sTEDMAN.

Literary Recognitiea Wes Early Scared By
Both, but Neither Has Wssssen Much
for Years-Mr. Buffers New Book-Wfi
Ar. Stedman Write In Future?
Especial Correspondsnce-1
NEW YORK, March 23-The recent publ
cation by Mr.. William Allen Butler Of q
little book calls to mind the fact that more
than thirty years ago he made IN the mos,
unexpected manner literary hit, the fame
Of which has lasted for many years.
Mr.. Butler Is son of Benjamin F. But
ler-not the living General Butler, but th<
distinguished politician who was very
prominent some fifty years ago in Amer
can politics. This Benjamin F. Butler
served as attorney general in presiden
tiA cabinet
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-06-04
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NO11CE III OICO
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, That
IN the subscriber of Anne Arundel
county. has obtained from the Orphans
Court of Anne Arundel County, In
Maryland, letters of administration. c. I. q
on the personal estate of HESTER ANN
MANHOOD, late of Anne Arundel county,
deceased. All persons haYing claims
against the said deceased, are hereby
warned to exhibit the same, with the
vouchers thereof, to the subscriber, on or
before the
9TH DAY OF JULY, 1891,
They may otherwise, by law, be exclud-
ed from all benefit of the said estate. All
persons indebted to said estate are request
ed to make immediate payment,
Given under my hand this 9th day Of
January, 1891.
LUCY HARDWOOD,
JOHN p. HORSEY,
Administrators, c. t.
CANS q HAMAE,
Attys-at-Law. Baltimore, Nd
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-06-04

General Lew Wallace, the author Of
Ben Hur, and ex-Minister. was once
asked il he had seen VI. de Blowitz, Of
Paris, the correspondent Of the London
Times. He replied have heard him
blow, but never seen his wits.
This is credited as one Of the general s
Turkish jokes There lived in Stamboul,
Turkey, well 70 do Turk named Isman
Hassam. He did not have the eloqncnce
OF our ingalls, nor the imagination Of a
Rider Haggard, but he was endowed
with a ready oriental wit that stood him
well In hand when he was in tight
place A neighbor called upon lsmail
one day and wanted 10 borrow his
donkey TO use an hour. Isrnail made
low salaam and said:
~Neighbor, am sorry, but my boy
started on the donkey an hour ago to
Scutari. BY now he is gayly trotting
over the hills far from the sacred pre-
cincts Of Stamboul.
Just Ms Ismail finished his speech, a
donkey's loud bray was heard in the
stable, which was under the same roof
as Ismail's house, but in the rear. The
neighbor said
"Ah. hear your donkey bray.
Ismail protested that his neighbours
cars were deceived and that the noise
was not donkey's bray Then the
donkey, which was supposed TO be jog
ging along toward Scutari. brayed twice
loudly. 1t was too much, and the
neighbor cried
-Oh, that is your donkey, Ismail;
Allah help me, can now borrow him"
Then Ismail said: (which do you be-
ieve is lying, the donkey or me?'
The neighbor had to give Ismail the
benefit Of the doubt, and went away.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-06-04

The Granits State Proeident Association
an. H., which has organized and is now
REPRESENTED by Local Board of ouI vssn
citieeas 10 Ais city, with large number
OF shares sold. offers you the privilege,
OF Opning the House you s0sc reside an,
or properly as valuable, for the monthly
rent you are now paying.
Any person who can save q dollar or
more month, may. by securing shares
Ia this Association enter Into the posses-
siop OF bis Opn Hoas.
Property will be purchased In any To-
cality In the City or County. wherever
the value may be sufficiently assured.
Members need no large amount OF money
20 obtain the advantage of the system Of
rent purchase adopted by this association
bnt any person can obtain . loan by sub
scribing 20 share Of the same.
5shares win purchase property At sco.
L.. |. :. s ssS
Any further Information VIII be gladly
given by r. @. ELLIOTT, Secretary OF the
Local Board OF the Association for this
cFty-who IL authorized to solicit for
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-06-04
Lemon Elixir.
Pleasant, Elegant and reliable

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For billiousness and constipation take
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For fevers, chills, and malaria, take
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For sleeplessness, nervousness and
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For indigestion and foul stomach, take
Lemon Elixir.
For all sick and nervous headaches,
take Lemon Elixir.
Ladies'. for natural and thorough or
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DIR. Moyley' sI.emon Elixir will not fail
you In any of the above named diseases,
all OF which arise from torpid or
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Prepared only by DIR. Mozley, Atlanta,
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gists cod 4 COY.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-06-04
HUGHES
Combination Ladder.

Combination Ladder.
This Ladder il Especially Adapted for Far
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Bricklayers, OF in fact anyone using
ladder.
We wish to call your attention to the merits of
the HUGHES COMBINATION LADDER,
OF which we are the manufacturers at
Laurel, Nd,
It can be converted into an SIG or "a foot
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For painting signs or buildings or decor
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Il is very convenient in case of fire either
in getting on building or escaping from il.
Il can be folded up into 8 foot lengths and
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II is both light and strong and made of the
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Considering the various uses to which it
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Il ID just as necessary to have convenient
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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-06-04
FOR DYSPEPSIA

Indigestion, and stomach disorders, use
BROWNS IRON BITTERs.
All dealers keep It. 81 per bottle. Genuine hes
Trademark and crossed red lines ON wrapper
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-06-04
A Real Balsam is Kemp's Balsau.

The dictionary says "a balsam Is q
thick, pure aromatic substance flowing
from trees" Kemp's Balsam for the
Throat and Lungs is the only cough
medicine that is real balsam. Many
thin, watery cough remedies are called
balsam, hut such are not. Look through
bottle OF Kemp's Balsam and notice
what pure. thick preparation 1t Is II
you cough use Kemp's Balsam. At all
lruggists' Large bottles so cents and
81. 90
---1n~--
LADIES
Needing tonic OF children who want build
ing up. should take
BROWNS IRON BlTTERS.
II Is pleasant 70 take. cures Malaria, Indi-
gestion. Biiousness and liver Complaints.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-06-04

Go to A. Harris for all kinds of Smok
ers goods, Pipes. Cigar-smokers, Nicer
chaum goods of all kinds. The Writ
Fountain Pen also for sale A. HART,
10 Maryland Avenue.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-06-04
TEL Il
Peerless Steam Cooker
The Cheapest and Best.
Is Acknowledged by Thousands to be
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No Steam In the Housed
No Offensive Odorsl
No Heavy Kettles
No Burned Food
No Frosted Windows
No Crowded Stove
No Damp Walls
No Tough Meat !

After years of study the inventor has
perfected Cooker that meets tie de.
mand of the housekeeper and excels all
others in simplicity and ease OF manage
ment 1t is especially adapted to family
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be pleased to furnish any Of the citizens
of our city and county. ! have one In
use and Ii gives entire satisfaction and
there are over one hundred in use in An
napolis. The following is one of many
certificates from our citizens who have
the Cooker" In use:
have been using for two months. the
Peerless Cooker and would not be with
out it for ten times its cost. 1t Is the best
kitchen utensil out, and saves labor and
worry, and indeed can hardly find
words to express its excellence. 1t Is
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Any further information VIII cheer
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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-06-04
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, That
In the subscriber, of Anne Arundel
county, has obtained from the Orphans
Court of Anne Arundel county, In
Maryland, letters of administration on
the personal estate of ENOS HAIR
MAN, late of Anne Arundel county, de-
ceased. All persons having claims against
the said deceased, are hereby warned to
exhibit the same, with the vouchers there
of, to the subscriber. on or before the
.25TH DAY OF NOVEMBER. 1891.
They may otherwise, by law, be exclud-
ed from all benefit of the said estate. All
persons indebted to said estate arerequest-
ed to make immediate payment.
Given under my hand this 10Th day of
May, 1891. -
JOHN F. WILLIAMS,
milo Administrator.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-06-04
Lemon Hot Drops.

Cures all Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness,
Sore Throat, Bronchitis Hemorrhage
and all throat and lung diseases. Ele-
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25 cents at druggists. Prepared only
by DR.. II. Motley, Atlanta. Ga. d 1y'
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-06-04
A narnyard warn.

Henry Heydorn, prosperous farmer
of Lone Tree Valley, has hen that lately
has set the tongues of all gossips wag-
ging. II Is a common barnyard hen, but
it has, nevertheless, created quite SEN
sation. Some months ago mule stepped
on the hens leg and broke it. Mr.. Hey
dorm was in the barn at the time and
heard the hen squawk, and upon exam
ination found the mule standing upon its
leg. He took his knife, cut the broken
leg off, turned the hen loose. In due time
she recovered and was the liveliest kind
OF a one legged hen. After this accident,
however. the hen would not go near the
barn. and, in fact, had habit of wander
ing off by herself Some time agoit was
discovered that she had nest full of eggs
in a fence corner, and was setting. The
eggs were coffee colored and notified,
looking good deal like turkey eggs, ex-
cept that they were small. Last week
seven of the eggs Matched, and they were
the funniest looking chicks that were ever
Matched Instead of with feathers they
were covered with a woolly covering that
resembled fur--a sort of cross between
feathers and hair Four of the little
chicks had wattles that stood straight up
from the ears above the head, giving
them very mulish look Antioch Led
ger.
Go to A.. Harris for all kinds of Smok
era goods Pines Cigar-smokers, Nicer
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-06-04

Book of description and fine lith-
ograph plat free on application to
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-06-04

West street. opposite the Bank Is the
place to buy your low quarters, button
CATERS, slippers, and ladies' and Misses
shoes OF ali kinda.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1891-04-01
INDIAN AND HEBREW,
Comparison of Some Peculiar Customs
of the Two Races.

A Comparison of Some Peculiar Customs
of the Two Races.
Early travellers among the Indians
claim to have found rites and cere-
monies striliingly similar to those of
the Jews, says the st. Louis Globe
Democrat. George Catlin, the artist,
who spent considerable portion of his
life among the tribes, said he believed
that they had Jewish blood in their
veins. although he could not go so far
as to identify them with the lost tribes
of Israel. The Indians worshiped
great Spirit or Jehovah. Idolaters
were never found on the North Amer
lean continent. The tribes had their
council or medicine houses, which they
held most sacred. They had their high
priests and their prophets. They fol-
lowed the Hebrew custom in not allow
ing the women to worship with the men.
Fifty years ago the Sioux exploited the
same belief that they are dancing them
selves crazy about now. They MAIN
tanned that the Indians were the chosen
people of the Great Spirit, and that in
time they were to triumph over the rest
of the world through Messiah.
In marriage the Indians had customs
which savored of Palestine. They
gave presents for their wives. In their
bathing and in their family relations
they followed with remarkable precis-
ion many of the requirements of the
Mosaic law. They observed certain
laws of publication which the Old Tes-
lament teaches. Fifty years ago trav-
elers found no difficulty in discovering
the practice of these rites and cere-
monies by the Indians. But as the line
of white settlement advanced the In
dams gave up their old customs. Their
forms were laughed at by white men
and many of them were abandoned.
The ghost dance, which the Sioux have
been soaring the frontier with, is the
old sun dance under new name. 1t
used to be practiced frequently as an
atonement ceremony.
There was once an Indian feast which
was very like the annual feast of the
passover. Some of the tribes kept u
feast with branches of willow and pre-
liminary fasting, which bore striking
resemblance to the Feast of Taber-
nacles. The practice of offering to the
Great Spirit the first green corn. and
the first fruits of all kinds, was almost
universal among the Indians before
they became contaminated with white
men.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1891-04-01
AUSTRIAN LADIES.
The Training of the Aristocratlc Women
of This Old Nation.


Ladies of high birth are wonderfully
capable, owing to their excellent system
of education, says a Vienna letter to
the New York Evening Post What
ever they may be called upon to do
from cutting dress to making salad
they are always ready.
Young ladies with titles and fortunes
are sent to famous milliners and dress
makers, where they serve a regular APP
premiership, and remain until perfectly
able to cut and make any garment.
An Austrian lady who can not swim
or does not know how to ride well is an
exception.
Needle work of every kind, even to
the making of lace, is part of every
young lady's education. There is no
smattering of any thing; whether she
learns the piano or to draw, she learns
it thoroughly: If she has no talent at
all for an art, which is seldom, she lets
that art entirely alone. Her pedestrian
accomplishments put us quite to shame;
her efforts of memory are another
source of wonder to us.
The wonderful memory which ena-
bles Austrian girls to repeat some
times the whole of Paradise Lost" or
an entire drama, comes from practice
begun in babyhood.
Every day the girl is expected to learn
poem or a page. She often does it
while making her toilet; and at last
poem requires but single reading, and
it is slowed away in the memory safely.
AS linguists they are famous. This, too,
comes from learning when very young.
AS the court language is French, learn
ing it is compulsory. Even servants are
expected to speak both French and Ger
man.
The burghers' daughters will not con-
descend to the learning of dress-making
and cooking, which the titled lady can
do without it's rejecting on her social
position. And so the young women to
whom such knowledge would be of
practical benefit are inefficient, while all
the ladies at the court have at their
fingers ends the power to do any thing.
The Austrian lady of station is ac-
quainted with every detail of the cui-
sine. A story is told by Vienncse ladies
of another, who, having neglected this
branch of her education, allowed at a
great dinner party which she gave, two
dishes of the same color to be served
in succession-a fault for which no ex-
cuse could be made.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1891-04-01
The Berlin Royal Stables

A special department in the royal
stables at Berlin is set aside for the I'M
perial children. Each little Princeling
has his stall containing his own partic-
ular pony, funny little animals with
big names and bigger tails. The Princes
themselves look after the welfare of
their steeds, and the stable master told
me that the ponies would soon be dead
with overeating if they were permitted
to gorge themselves with all the prov
ender provided for them by their little
royal masters.