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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-28
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Apoiog,es from lie Barber.

Apologies from Inc GaEUSTs
"a great deal has been said about the
talk ztiveness Of BARRIERS" said veteran
wielder of razors, "but if those who Try 70
be funny on that subject were better posted
they would find re3son for it other than
the mere loouacity OF the barber. We dis
covered long ago that it was infinitely
easier to handle customer when we could
get him interested in conversation This
is particularly true of nervous or fdgety
man, who, if the operation goes on in
silence, becomes restless and growis at the
razor or objects to the way Ia which be Is
being shaved. The talk takes mis- mind
away from his face, so that he Is often sur
prised 10 find the work finished when he
thought it had scarcely begun.
"You have probably noticed that q bar
Der never gets into an argument with a
customer, but that his opinions vcer
around, like westher vane, 20 suit those
of the particular man upon whom be may
be operating at the time. The converse
ton dodge is merely one Of the tricks Of
the trade Customers who show by their
manner that they prefer 70 he alone with
their own thoughts while under the razor
are never annoyed more than once OF the
laxative barber.
"Of course there are few younger mem
bers OF the tonsorial fraternity who Use
little judgment in talking TO customers,
and no one Is more amused than their fel-
low BARRIERS when they get set back from
some irascible tempered victim 81 thsar
gable The facecsous young nan who
used 70 put small corks IN his ears or pat
on a pair Of ear NUTS when &c climbed
into the BARRIERS chair seems 70 have be-
come extinct New York Telegram
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-28

DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
is the world-famed remedy for all
chronic weaknesses and distressing
arrangements SO common to Ameri-
can women. It is q potent, invigor-
ating, restorative tonic, or strength
giver, imparting tone and vigor to
the whole system. For feeble wo-
men generally, DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription is the greatest earthly
boon. Guaranteed to give salts
faction in every case, or money re-
funded. See guarantee printed on
bottle-wrapper.
a Book of loo pages, on "Wo-
man: Her Diseases, and How to
Cure them," sent sealed, in plain
envelope, on receipt of ten cents, in
stamps Address, Worlds Dispen-
sary Medical Association, No. 66S
Main Street, Buffalo, n. Y.
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THE COTTON BLOSSOMS.
Description of Some of the Interesting
Colored Members

COlored Members.
The event of the week on Thompson
street was the arrival from Detroit of Sir
Isaac Walpole, Waydown Bebee, Give
adam Jones, Elder Penstock, Shindig
Watkins and Samuel Shin, all old and
prominent members of the Limekiln
club. All are married men and will be
followed by their families in few days.
To avoid seaSicknesS and the danger OF
falling into luxurious habits, they came
through on freight trains, and thorough
ly posted themselves on the geography
Of the country they passed over.
Sir Isaac Walpole is, next to Brother
Gardner, the best known colored man in
the world. He is the man who made the
discovery that 'possum oil and green per-
simmons rubbed on the handle Of the
front door would keep hoodoo away,
and his answer to Bob Ingersoll is re-
garded as the greatest dressing down that
celebrated unbeliever ever got. Sir Isaac S
motto is, Nobody was eber made to
change his opinyuns by bein' knocked
down wild a squash"
Waydown Bebee was for six years Sec
rotary of the Limekiln club, and he was
the first resident of Michigan to spell
sugar" with an "h" and make go of
it. His published instructions, entitled
'How TO Detect Gunpowder in Stick
of Firewood," have saved thousands of
stoves in this country from being blown
up and rendered worthless. His motto
is, "Nebber lend money to a man who
leaves his clothesline out frew de week. I"
Giveadam Jones is the individual who
used to guard the outer portals, lead in
trusive strangers down stairs, and take
possession of charters which branch
clubs had forfeited but refused TO give
up His looks are deceptive. He is not
only naturally tender hearted. but has
a mind which runs to the sciences. He
is the man who discovered that chill
blains were the result Of lying with the
head covered up and the feet out of bed,
and was the first man in this country to
cure lopshoulder by fastening a weight
to the other one and pulling it down on
a level. His motto Is, "Allus hev some
of your own friends on de jury dat tries
your case"
Elder Penstock, Samuel Shin and
Shindig Watkins are known as the trio
who put in thirty-saven cents apiece
and discovered the science of perpetual
motion, but lost it a day or two later
when the elders barn was struck by
lightning. They are men Of strong in
dividUality, and If there IS such thing
as proving TO the public that the sun
moves around the world they will do il
before the summer Is over.
When the regular meeting opened at
Watermelon hall. Saturday evening.
Judge Whyfore johnson arose and moved
that the rules be suspended, and that the
new arrivals be declared unanimously
elected as members. The motion was
seconded from all parts Of the hall, and
was carried with such enthusiasm that
Colonel Catalogue Taylor burned his
shin on the nedhot stove, and Professor
Shylock White broke a pane Of glass in
one of the alley windows and came very
near being fined $1,000.
Applications Were received from four
teen different states and Canada. aggre-
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Some Boyish Answers.

A schoolboy habit of placing upon ques-
ton some literal meaning other than in
tended by the examiner often leads to
answers as curious as unexpected. Thus
an inspector asked lad what were the
chief ends of man, and he replied:
His head and feet"
Another youth, questioned as to where
Jacob was going when he was ten years
old, replied that che was going on for
eleven"
One specially unimaginative Juvenile,
called upon to say for what the Red sea
was famous, replied:
Red herringst"
But perhaps the most startling answer
Of this kind was that Of the boy who, when
asked what was meant by an unclean spirit,
responded:
"a dirty devil, sirI'-London Tit-Bits-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-28

REV. JOSEPH DRESSER WICKHAM.
wrote was at the request of the New
York Herald, and in it he gave an enter
tanning account of life in Yale as it was
when he entered it eighty years before.
Only part of the article was written by
his own hand and he died soon after
completing it, but the style shows mind
as clear as ever. At ninety-four he still
looked upon the world without austerity,
and expressed himself with much of the
vivacity of youth.
"In 1911" says the doctor, 81 called
upon the president Of Yale, Professor
Kingsley, and was directed to Tutor Mills
to be examined. read few lines Of Vir-
gil's 'Eneid' and the same from one of Cic-
eros 'Orations,' four of which were re-
quired to be read on applying for entrance
to the freshman class. Selecting a few
passages, which | disposed of as had
done those in the former volume, he then
laid before me an ancient copy Of the
Greek Testament-which was all the
Greek required to be read by candidates
for the freshman class" And this, with
the common English branches, was all
that was required to enter Yale as
freshman eighty years ago The last two
years studies were as follows:
Junior Year-Graca Maiora continued, Taci-
tus, Sallust. Tytler's History, Ferguson on
Civil Society and Enfeld's Natural Philoso-
ply.
Defamation and composition continued
through the three years.
Senior Ycar-Blair's Lectures on Rhetoric,
Duncan's Logic, Locke's Essays and Vincent's
Westminster Catechism. These were all
taught by the president, whose recitations on
Mondays in the last mentioned book were OF
peculiar interest and had his especial atten-
ton.
Each class or section of a class recited
allits lessons, no matter in what branches,
to the same tutor or professor, and the
president heard all or nearly all the reci-
tations Of the senior class. Blackboards
in school or college were then unknown,
the tutor kept his eyes on the diagram in
the text book and the student reciting
held a copy of the same in his hand.
There were but 800 students, and they
boarded at commons" as the phrase
was-that is, in clubs, each having a
steward to buy provisions In time,
however, this led to disorder and was
discontinued.
Wood fires only were used, and each
student sawed and carried up his own
fuel, save that in rare instances the most
wealthy hired it DONE In the freshman
class Of seventy there was not, DR.. Wick
ham believed, single protesting Chris
tian; but many members became such
in their progress through college, and
nine became preachers, one being the
eminent William B. Sprague, D. D.,
LID. Extreme economy was the rule.
Crockery was not used upon the tables,
pewter platters taking its place. Such
was the institution of 1911 from which
the magnificent Yale university of today
has developed.
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IndependenceDa Day
Edition.
ORDER IT NOW.
veurS Room Fright.


A genuine case Of fright was dwell
oped few days ego when Charles Darr,
of Colerain pike, entered the court house
for the purpose of tesifyiug ia the case
Of Thomas s. Strahan versus Isabella
Watson before Jadge Bates and jury.
Mr.. Darr tins made bis FIRST appearance
in court. when no reached the large
entrance TO the building, and ths great
stairway doomed up before his startled
gaze, Mr. Darr's teeth ratified like cAzta-
nets.
As ha slid up stairs on tho elevator
several buttons dropped from hts clothes,
30 hard did he shiver and shake. As he
Travelled the long corridor leading TO the
court room poor DsrF was completely
ratified, and series Of shrill screams
Issued from hrs iipa Ia order 20 prevent
the man going insane from childish
fright be waz excused. sad he made
tracks for ms country homo at a rate
that would defy the best efforts Of a fy-
ing machine.-Cineinnan Enquirer.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-28
LIFE IN A FLAT.
CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER L
Full of hope and days works Mr..
Hampton Tut, just back from the hon
eymoon, took possession of South Side
fiat and moved his bride and his house
hold goods into it. A broad smile IL
lumined his face. The days came and
went and Mr.. and Mrs. Hampton Tut
were happy.
CHAPTER II.
A month passed. Mr.. Tut traded a
double lounge for hammock, discarded
his broad brimmed hat, began to wear a
fore and aft cap, and removed his side
whiskers.
CHAPTER III.
Another month. He wrote his name
Hamp Tut, his smile had grown much
narrower, he had dismissed his milkman
and gone to using condensed milk.
CHAPTER ".
Time passed. He signed his name 81.
Tut, threw away his big meerschaum
pipe, took to smoking cheap cigars, and
went out of doors when he wanted to
smile Mrs. Tut took up her carpets,
Their figures were of too broad pat
tern. She replaced them with carpets
having longitudinal stripes.
CHAPTER V.
His wife now called him Tut. He
took down all the doors and hung them
on hinges at the top. The cook, who
had gained pound and half in weight
in three months, was discharged for lack
of room, and the tallest, slimmest do
mestic that money could procure was en-
gagged in her place.
CHAPTER VI.
Signed his name Tut. Cigars Danish
ed. Cigarettes substituted. Wore his
hair closely cropped and had the ends Of
his mustache waxed straight down.
Gave away a copy Of Walt Whitman's
poems. They were too broad.
CHAPTER VII.
One fatal day Mr. Tut had new paper
put on the walls without removing the
old. The weather turned intensely cold
that night The building suddenly con-
tracted. Mrs. and Mrs. Tut were
caught in the crush. and their history
was brought 10 tragical conclusion
THE END.
Chicago Tribune
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-28
The Baby's

Health often gives fond parents
very great anxiety and care. 3 >
s.. - the popular remedy for ohii-
dren. Itls safe. palatabie and does
the work. David hartman. % In
dependence, o.. Gays;
- 3. z. CERF.D NJ
BABY or TIIE WORST
CASE or c1IsERTf
EYEE saw A CHILD
WITH. TIE NASAL
DIscHAEGE Was
vERY LARGE AID
OFFENSIVE. 3 =. =
MADE A FEEtI4-
NKST CCKE-
Boaks ca Bloo6 asS skin siss@sss fr.e.
THE SWIFT sYEcIFIC co. ATT-AbTA- GA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-28

Central PARK, New YORK, and they adj
mired The animals very much It'd rzors
particularly tie kangaroo
Thai poor animal Is going 20 lie pretty
soon, remarked Cos Sno5Deriy. pansEiaz
il xith 3 cane.
i a0ar zee Anything wrong w4th u, =
sad Gisneoy.
-Yoa dcn't' Vel. Do. Caz't yoz sss
ths: Z; Is o. = last les ''f-'I gzzs Stfzknsps-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-28

Wien yeu fa3 tie pTicslrg pain 81 Ire
eyei4e thai snnounces the coEn1 * q a sty
use ~ an Application gsTy ssrung b.az3
tea. Or sslapiy fis gea lsaFes. t7o-s'snsfl
NIB ike watsr. pss n : szs8 nsE (
ruizss.E and I'D 0seE ~ eTss.a = a-. 9
zga1u zk j orleA- 1nls. g zset before tas
~ gets WeI nader way. wlil s-ensTAlls
drive y GxGy.--lgG=A B@ssz.y - GoOa
Es,rsx~kes uzux
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-28
Hard Labor.

"What are you working ou" asked one
newspaper man Of another at breakfast
This steak" was the reply
The true pathos CT this dialogue lies IN
the fact that il is true.-W 2shingto1 Post
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-28
A Matter of Taste,

Miss Poetique = The day is nearly
done.
Jack Spratt-Oh, no, it isn't It's
very raw.-New York Truth.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-28

Boy (at the nensgedel TO his father.
pointing 70 the two hnmped camel;
Father, what animal is THAR"
That's dromedary, my son."
"But we've seen the dromedary and
its got only one hump"
But, don't you understand This ia
a humpbacked dromedary. "-Fliegenda
Batter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-28

Mr.. Goschen, the English statesman. is
man @ slender physique, stoop snoal-
dered and pale. tie Is painfully near
sighted, and can read letter only when u
is brought to tie end Of rs lar@e nose,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-28
Removing the Cause.

Removing the Cause
Doctor said young Goslin to his
medical adviser, Il am suffawing fwou
insomnia"
do you hang up those trousers IN
your sleeping chamber" asked the ply
sicisn, nodding his head at the pair Cos
lin was wearing.
"Yahs."
"Put them in the han when you r.
tire Five dollars, please. Epoch.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-28
MlllIl1s. Eagle
YALE EIGHTY YEARS AGO.

Interesting Recollections of the Late
Rev. DIR. Wickham.
The Rev. Joseph Dresser Wickham, D.
D., who died recently in Manchester, VT,
In his ninety-ffth year, was for many
years previously the Oldest living gradu-
ate of Yale college. The last article he
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Hard Lines

Pupil-It's bad enough suyway, being
kept in. and him sittin' there rezc.u'
book: but Jimmy Regain az Tie bat an
In tho only fe.ler A;a put him oztf-I4-e.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-28

h@Rghy reliable n They furnished thus
Telegram-herald., 1891-11-20

would be an excellent thing If one
couia read thoss plays and throw him.
self INTO all the different characters.
! tried it first with David Garrlek. and
nad sucn success that have continued
ii ever since. The most plexNng fea-
tnrs OF my work 10 me, 10 that appeal
To Z class of people who are not tlestsr
goers. and consequently get them TO
take an Interest IN legitimate drama.
! have had = great many people ask
me after l had impe rscna,ed scenes
from 'sThe Rivals" II that Was played.
l always told them Joe. jefferson
plaped it. and they would declsrs that
they were going to hear him il they
possibly could. Was at Chautsoua
= year ago and DIR. Vincent wrote me
. long letter commenting very favora-
bly, on that part Of my work. l might
say that SO far as have travelled.
Michigan is the banner lecture state Of
the Union."
Telegram-herald., 1891-11-20
THEY ALL WANT TOWERS.
The Council Committe~.' wrsssie with
Wsighty Projects.

Eleven slgners of petition to have
Grahdville avenue extended TO the
city limits, filed into the committee
rooms last night and took seats IN the
presence of the committee on streets.
Three were selected to wait upon Mrs.
DAFT, and ascertain what amount of
c ash Will induce her to part with her
land. Mr.. Kusterer and fifteen others
petitioned that West Fulton street be
extended to the city limits. Five prop
erty owners said that for the past five
years an effort had been made To have
the street extended, but that for some
reaaon It had never been done. IL was
said that West Fulton was business
STREET and prophesy was made that
Its prosperity would be doubled ii the
prayer oil the petitioners was granted.
The committee will report favorahiy.
Several parties from the southeast
part of the Tenth ward were instruct
ing the Committee on Lamps where TO
lOcafe couple of towers. and Superln-
tenJent A. Burns, who has Charge OF
ereding the towers, tod the committee
thadlt would be Impossible to place one
at Stocking, Jefferson and West Bridge
SITS. on account OF the number
of wires already there which
prevents the stretching Of guys.
Thej committee is divided into three
equal parts. Each has drafted plan
for locating the towers and the conces-
siont demanded by each are SO numer-
Gus that there is no prospect of COM
pro4iise in sight. The supply of city
maHs is being rapidly diminished by
the lcommittee. 1t is predicted that
SOME conclusion will be reached before
the gentle zephvrs of spring warn the
committee of approaching summer.
Telegram-herald., 1891-11-20

n mtsisG 1an's Body Found just ~
Wee seen IN sleep By . Wassrman.

a mlsisg Mans Body Found Just ~ II
wee seen IN sleep By wsssrman.
RsADrSs, Pa, Nov. 19.-WlIham p.
Bard. once . prominent lawyer of this
city, disappeared about two weeks ago.
He was last seen near the SchuylkilI
river and il was concluded that he had
drowned h,mself. He had lost much
money 10 speculation and was in debt
aboaB $40, 200 to the Pennsylvania
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
Phlladeiphis, for which he had col
lected rents, and to estates under his
control. Before his disappearance he
had occupied . room in the Hotel Penn
and there was evidence that he had
tried 70 kill himself BY cutting his
throat.
Thomas Fir. . waterman, who has
saved nineteen people from drowning,
had searched for Bsrd's body for =
week. Last Saturday night be dresmed
that il wae in the middle Of the river.
of Independence Island. He Told his
family of his vision rdsv morning
aud they laughed ~ him. But be got
out hrs graphing irons and rowed to
the scene OF be vision. RE worked
four hours about the spot Indicated in
his dream and At last brought the mans
body 70 the surface. IL Vas the body
Of the missing lawyer. The features
were 20 swollen thAt they we're un-
reeovni sahlc. bus the ieweirv and the
clothing found upon the body were
fhosr Of Bard and shs body Was Idensi-
6sd by them.
Telegram-herald., 1891-11-20
GREEN ONES HAVE A SET.TO.
Grimm Easily Defeated Larkin 1T New
Orleans

New ORLEANS, Nov. l9.-The fight to
finish. Marquis of Queensbury rules,
between John E. Griffin and James
Larkin, feather-weights, at the Olympic
club tonight for . purse of $500 of
which $500 went to the loser, was won
by Griffin in the fourth round. Though
both men were rated No. / in their
class they were comparatively unknown
here and none but few of their init
mate friends seemed to care much how
the fight ended. There was but little
money bet on the result, and what
little there was, was on at even money.
Prof. John Duty was referee. The
fight can not be considered as a
scientific one, as Griffin had his man
completely after the second round.
Telegram-herald., 1891-11-20
FIGHTING THE cokTRAcr.
The cssnsy Building vasis massss - bs
6stsisd Ieaay.

Chairman solomon. Of the building
committee of the board Of supervisors.
drove into the city last night for the
purpose Of meeting Cornsilus Harvey
and the other member relative 70
signing the contract for vault fixtures
made with the fenton Once File CON-
pany. The committee met ~ the Nor
ton house last evening with . AAuff-
man-keeie representative and en-
deavored to induce that company TO
Withdraw from further steps IN the
direction of Influencing the committee
10 refrain from signing the contract
with the Fenton company. The COM
mittee ls ANXIOUS ana wiling 10 carry
out the instructions of the board. The
Hauffman-Keefe people look upon tho
fact that compromise was solicited as
CONCESSION indicating that the eom-
mittee realizes thst II would be nnwlse
TO 90 against the expressed wishes of 40
many citizens. The explanation 10
offered that the committee ls under in
siruclions from the board 10 execute
and sign a contract and there is no
alternative.
Telegram-herald., 1891-11-20
hcRRlsLe oouslE MURDER.
Two Guests NJ . Minneapolis Hot<
Pound Dead In Bed Thfs Meraiug.

- oocsts - RoBo note1
found Dead In Bed Thts Morning.
ST. PAUL, Nov. l9.-What now has
the appearance Of . horrible double
murder in this city was brought to the
notice OF the police this morning. John
Wheian and James Walsh, two harvest
hands, were the victims. The men
registered as James Kelly and Jim Nc
Govern at the Manitoba hotel night be-
fore last. Eacn had plenty of money.
Last night tney engaged IN y drunken
brawi, and ho,n went To bed at IL
o'clecS badly bruised. This morning
WhaleE WAS found dead in his bed ard
Walsh barely alive, dying in an hour
without having regained CONSEQUENCES.
The wounds received last night were in
sufficient 10 cause death and II is
thought they were chloroformed and
robbed, a no money was found on their
persons tins morning. Two men named
Garr'tv and James Mullichy are now
under arrest, suspected of having had
something TO do with the affair.
Telegram-herald., 1891-11-20
coMPTRoLLeR LACEY TALKS.

Recent bank Failures Do Not Ind icate q
Bad Financial Coalition.
New YORK, Nov. 10. = Edward S.
Lacey. comptroller of the currency. 10
is at the Fifth Avenue hotel. He said
today that although number of ma
tlonal banks had failed during the
last year it was no indication that the
country was IN = worse condition than
others. Europe, he added. had suffered
financially, and the same condition
prevailed there. In this country he at
tr,buted the frequent liquidation to the
fact that great developments were going
on. and naturally there would be some
failures. In a comparatively new coun-
try, any way, there were more enter
prises In progress, more speculation
and more failures. But, ON the whole,
the country was very prosperous. As
to the Mavarick National bank of Bos-
ton, he said it would pay its own in
debtedness.
Telegram-herald., 1891-11-20

The English order admits persons of
al cosors. but eleven years ago the
American branch voted thst ths word
white" should De inserted IN the con-
stltntlen. Ths was tzbooed BY the
high court of England, aud after .
light covering fully decade > conven-
ton of delegates OF the American
bfanch In Indianapolis IN 1883 ssceded
from the old organization and formed
an American order. Fifty thousand
forssters IN this country approved their
action, while about three thousand re-
tanned their allegiance TO the English
court The coming sult will be test
one and the American court will, II
necessary, carry the case TO the su-
preme court of the United States, am
pie funds having been provided for
that purpose.
Telegram-herald., 1891-11-20

OTTAWA. Ontsrio, Nov. le.-The gov
eminent received advices from Mon
sans today stating that the efforts OF
the government agents Who had entered
Montana with . view To inducing set-
tiers % snixrste - the CAaadl an NORTH
west had been crowned With success
and that sn exodus "A that direction
rad started. Ssr John Thompson. Mn
ts>er Of Justice, said to-day that zoe ;
eco people we're wanted 70 settle il The
nsrshwest