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Evening journal., 1891-11-07

SgNcK the Law makers have failed how
would it do to allow the law breakers a
few whscks at the general statutesg That
is the policy on which the Republicans run
the tariff legislation in Congress. Only
taose who are robbing the people are
allowed hearing
Evening journal., 1891-11-07

THE Indiana Republican Editorial As
ISOLATION met a. indianapolis and took
measures 70 circulate the party's doc
trines among the people Of the state Il
will BE- interesting to observe whether
they viii tsks the Mckinley article
straight or as rsctifsd, swestened, molli-
fsd aud perfected BY Distiller Blaine.
Evening journal., 1891-11-07

ONE Of DR. Keeley's biehlOride patients,
Colonel Mines. died Of alcoholism on
BlackwelPs Island. New York Perhaps
the bichlorlde cure Is only a sort Of oroide
gold.
Evening journal., 1891-11-07

BLAINE slalms the credit for McKi n
ley success ia Ohio Mckinley says it
was an endorsement Of his high pro
tecsive views A Presidential ticket o.
Mckinley aud Blaine or Blaine and Mc
Kinisy would catch everybody
Evening journal., 1891-11-07

HARRISON helped Platt. but Quay
helped himself. Perhaps Harrison is not
as big man as he thinks be is. Perhaps
Qnay' idea that Harrison Is a Jonah Is
not erroneous.
Evening journal., 1891-11-07

On the whole therefore, the outlook Is
all With Cleveland VIII It be the old
ticket-Blaine aud ClevelRnds-Ph iladsl-
phia inquirer.
Study American history There never
was such ticket as Blaine and Cisve-
land The ticket was Cleveland and
Hendricks Blaine was not in IL; he
never viii be.
Evening journal., 1891-11-07

II the result Of the election in Penn
sylvania yiudlcates Qusy, why does II
not vindicate Bsrdsley Delamater.
Marsh. Levisy, MeCsmant, Boyer. and all
nf fhans7
Evening journal., 1891-11-07
They Had silver EathusiAsm.

ihileutlpnla RECORD
The Democrats of Ohio. by putting
themselves in false position on the sill.
ver question, have lost not only their
state. they ha re lost the chance Of nam
ing the next President of the United
States
Evening journal., 1891-11-07

T. THOMAS FORTUNE. colored, editor q
the New York Age. was awarded 1925 by
a jury for false arrest and Imprisonment
the trouble arising out of = saloon
keepers refusal to sell Fortune glass Of
beer These outrages upon colorsd dignity
do not occur IN Chsrlestowp, Atlanta, or
Evening journal., 1891-11-07

BLAME, Mckinley or Harrison Which
viii it be.-Chester Times.
That Is shsky spelling and erratiC
grammar. but the question need not b
embarrassing, otherwise, for We shall
beat any which whs may be nomi
mated.
Evening journal., 1891-11-07

The city IS being decorated with the
printing OF Hsrt's Big Boston Novelty
Company and the famous female Knicker
booker Club. and judging by the show
bills. It Is a 6rst class speciality and
novelty company that will open on Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday at the
Academy or Music. A special ladies' matt
nee will be given on Wednesday,. and
children accompanying ladies will be sd-
mitted free.
Evening journal., 1891-11-07

SFooKs took downward trend yester
day when 1t was aseertsined that Ne
Klnley's majority was greater than re
ported the day previous
Evening journal., 1891-11-07

Bach. MAHAFFY Co, have taken
charge Of the morgue II It was used
for dead beats several Of the crowd would
nov be Ia ID.
Evening journal., 1891-11-07

TIM New York Voice. Prohibition
srgan. which Is temperate Ia al things
calls Colonel shepard's paper The Mule
in Distress
Evening journal., 1891-11-07

tsblished fact that Egan was on the
wrong side-the side Of the tyrant and
usurper instead of the side Of the people
Evening journal., 1891-11-07

wub the next wrinkle be Republican
coroner's juries subject TO Republican
rulcsf
Evening journal., 1891-11-07

Cor0aRR SPARKS and Coroner's I'm
dertaker Palmer are lighting over dead
Issue.
Evening journal., 1891-11-07

touch down Ross, /. Umpire Mr.. Fisher,
Chestertown Referee >. n, Hossinger,
Newark.
c. Choate. one Of our young business
men, was given a pleasant birthday sur
prise by his friends one evening this
week. He was the recipient Of several
pretty tokens OF remembrance.
Rev. n H. Miller, D. D., was installed
pastor Of the First Presbyterian Church
last evening. The attendance was large,
Rev. James L. Vallandigham. d. D., pre-
sided and propounded the constitutional
questions, Rev. William Swsrtz preached
the sermon, Rev. LAFAYETTE Marks, D
Evening journal., 1891-11-07

POPULAR government seems not TO Be
really popular among the South American
states.
Evening journal., 1891-11-07

Miss May Clinton Of Cooke aud Clinton.
the lady expert rifle shots with Harris
Big Boston Novelty Company at the
Academy Of Music Monday, Tuesday and
"Wednesday, will meet all corners in $
friendly rife contest for a purse of &25 At
any performance during the engagement.
Any one accepting the challenge viii
please call at the Academy any time dur
Ing Monday. November q
Evening journal., 1891-11-07

Ea- Pnn1DENr HAYES Is on exhibition
at she exposition in Augusta, Ga.
Evening journal., 1891-11-07

PmxrlE AND sM AEE CHAwam can
nan HAD ar HM 6OUMxW@ BOON on
xMn mwmMxa 5oun&AK
Evening journal., 1891-11-07

VINE is the political Jonah, Platt's
Fassett o. Fassetts PlAitf
Evening journal., 1891-11-07

The pay car went down the Delaware
division this morling.
Evening journal., 1891-11-07
wANAmAKER,s.

PHILADFLI HIA, Saturday, Nov Z, 1891.
TIE weaths, today as lskeI1
10 be clear.
Evening journal., 1891-11-07

Thousands OF
testimonials.
See DIR. Miles
book, New and
Startling Facts.
Free at drug
gists.
Evening journal., 1891-11-07
BALTIMORE RgEIO
RAILROAD.

Schedule in effect June Is. 1921.
TRAINS LEAVE DELAWARE Av. DEPO3
EAST BOUND.
Evening journal., 1891-11-07

SnOrEne8S OF
Breath, Pain
in s i'd 9 8,
FfuttertnR,
Srnoth6rfng
Spells, cured
by one bottle
NATH. AILlEoN,
Glen Rock, Pa
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-06

MY luck charged the very day after !
threw that.stone away, aAe said, land I've
never had turn of'bad luck since, no more
sickness and never without some of this
land he drew fromaiis'pocket aron of bank
snotes more or lessSike mules thigh for
bignessy'and I'vetnever since that day had
AN opal"
Ecould tell you of more "mere coinci-
dences" ofsthe same sort, but it would only
beswetting'the sea. But it would be real
hardtworksto find some "coincidences" Of
the.opposite,s sort, showing how good luck
attic nded thewearing. of opals
MELVILLE w. Smith q think Pm right
about his Christian nanae), who was presi-
dentsof'that big underground railroad COM
panytwhich spent million dollars or more
to reach the point where the courts could
authoritatEely'a assure them they must not
build any railroad, used to wear very
pretty Opal He was a very nice gentle
man, of much ability and indefatigable
industry. and had very good thing in
prospective, but, hewould wear that opal.
When advisedhiIn to get rid of it he said,
"Pooht poohl toyou," and averred that it
would bring; himsgood luck. Did it? Let
him Ego askthe moaning winds that round
his pathway roar what has become of his
company and his promising scheme. The
demon Of thef opal knows, If the winds
don't. j. Fl. Connolly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-06
JOHN BARDsLEY-GIDEoN ". MARSH.


On the same day that his disappearance
became known, John Bardsley, city treas
llrer of Philadelphia, caused another SEN
satiop by resigning his Office. This action
was the direct outcome of the ruin of the
keystone bank, which was the depository
of a large amount of city and state funds.
In statement TO the public Bardsley ex-
planned that in common with hundreds of
otherdepositors he was caught in financial
crash which he was wholly unable to fore
see, and which when seen he was unable to
avert. He made an assignment of all his
property with the view of protecting the
rights of the city and state. There was
over 800, 600 of city funds in the bank, and
S930,0O0 belonging to the state MIR. Bards-
ley's bondsmen, who are liable to the ex-
tent of 100000, stand ready to meet their
obligations when called upon.
Bardsley has been prominent figure in
Philadelphia politics for twenty years, and
has held several municipal offices. He was
born near Manchester, England, in Sep
TENDER, 1885, and came to America with
his parents when five years old. They lived
in Delaware until 1S49, when they moved
to the Quaker City. Going into business
when very young he made rapid progress,
and became owner of the Bradford mills,
in Germantown, in 1872 He was we'll
fitted for political life, being a fluent
speaker, a good parliamentarian and
master of city finances. A committee of
experts were set to work on his books to
ascertain the exact amount of loss the city
and state will incur, and what steps are
necessary to protect their interests. AS a
result OF their investigations Bardsley was
arrested
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-06
AN IDEAL VIEW OF THE MOTOR.


Is started one of the cats is drawn into this
cylinder, which revolves with amazing "a
pidity. After the lapse of three minutes
the operator touches a spring, and the cat
emerges from the cylinder with hair and
tail standing on end and wild flashing eyes,
and is dropped into a tub of cold water
During the revolution of the apparatus
electricity equivalent to ten-horse power
has been extracted from the cats body and
stored in the cylinder.
Professor Richard de Long, the inventor,
says the cat is natures Leyden jar, and can
be used twice a day, as described, without
injuring its health. He claims that his
machine will revolutionze the mechanical
world. By its use single cat can be made
to furnish electric light for three-story
house. It's value in large cities, where cats
abound to the present discomfort of man
kind, is simply incalculable The professor
estimates that there are 9,99S, BAT cats in
New York city alone. They represent an
electric force nearly equal to 10000, 600 con-
tinuous horse power, which is sufficient not
only to illuminate the whole city, but to
provide all the motive power needed in
every branch Of industry. Moreover, the
motor is conducive to the peace of the COM
munity, since the power of the animals for
nocturnal caterwauling diminishes in ex-
act proportion to the extraction of their
electricity.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-06

MRS. CLAPP NO. =. mother smut the
door in his face, saying she didn't want to
see the wretch again"
Miss Mcnamara came in for her share O.
abuse and contumely, but she recently as
tonished Clapps whilom friends by prov
ing that he married her at Hoboken, N. j.,
in April, 1888. Her story puts Clapp in a
bad light, and be may be prosecuted for
bigamy. She had known him since child
hood, but they did not become intimately
acquainted until 1888, when he received
permission to call upon her. Clapp, who
passed himself off as bachelor, soon asked
Miss Mcnamara to marry him. She con-
sented, but soon afterward discovered that
he was married. When she upbraided
him for deceiving her, Clapp said he could
not live without her, and promised to get
divorce from his real wife. 4 few weeks
later he exhibited papers purporting TO be
decree, and Miss Mcnamara and Clapp
were married.
They lived together as man and wife in
Fordham, but Clapp spent several nights
week away from the deluded woman. 1t was
not until a short time before they left for
Minneapolis that she learned that he had
never been divorced. Then she told Clapp's
brother all the circumstances, and he adj
Used Clapp to get as far as possible away
New York, and take Mrs. Clapp No.
2w. him.
Miss Mcnamara engaged lawyers to have
the bogus marriage anuulled as soon as she
returned to New York. She also stated
that Clapp had stolen $4,000 from Messrs.
Amman q Co, but the firm refused either
20 deny or affirm her statement.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-06

day, a large and very brilliant opal II
was a lovely gem. Lambent lights OF
green and gold and crimson and scarlet
f1ickered and glowed beneath its trans
lucent surface.
What a beautyp remarked, lifting and
moving it to see the shifting of its restless,
baleful flames, for much as l dread the un-
lucky stone it has more fascination'for my
eyes than any other possesses.
"'Yes. But don't like to see it in the
shop. 1t has to be set with a row of dia-
monds about it. will hurry it,
why? / never heard before that 1t
brought bad luck to those who set it, but
only to its wearers.'
"'WelI, don't care to take any chances.
I have observed one peculiar thing It
sometimes happens that for months not
one opal comes in here. Then one comes
to be set, or changed from one setting to
another, or something else, and just so
sure as Friday follows Thursday, that one
will be followed within three days by from
three to half dozen other opals. And if
an accident happens or anything goes
wrong in the shop it is pretty certain to
occur while those opals are about 1t may
be nothing but a coincidence, but Pm
plain man, and prefer to get along with
out any such coincident frills on my exist
ence.'"
Did scott at his superstition Not bit
of it. I've had an opal once myself, just
such an one as that saw on my frisQd's ta-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-06
Laying IT Onto Dad.

A boy about twelve years old hung
around the entrance of the bridge so long
the other day that an officer finally
walked up to him and asked:
''Are you waiting here for some one?"
"Yes."
"Who is it,"
dad. | lost him way up here about
two miles
And can't you find the place where
you last saw him."
Il guess l could, but l shs'n't try.
It's dad who's lost, and III let him do the
hunting. New York Evening World.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-06


another Mexican of jealous disposition, he
himself was suddenly struck down with a
dangerous fever and became delirious.
When he recovered his senses he found
that his treasurer had skipped" with ev-
cry dollar he had in the world, making
sure that be would never need any more
money. He was months in begging and
working his way back to Boston, where he
had an old, reliable, rich friend who would,
he knew, help him to another start. When
he arrived there he learned that his friend
was roaming about in Europe, nobody
knew where. His condition seemed utter
ly hopeless
While he was talking I observed in his
scarf small but very brilliant opal, and
said TO him:
Il should be very much surprised if your
luck ever turned while you continue 10
wear that thing. Where did you get itS"
He reflected little, and then named the
Mexican town where all his troubles beg
Are you sure you got it there!"
Yes, positive. / had more money tn
than l had sensible use for, and as tu>
thing caught my eye bought it"
And your misfortunes commenced i'm
mediately. did they nots"
uess went, Was all done, and was on my
back. expected to die, within q week"
1T may take il q httte time TO fetch You.
but the result Is pretty surs II you go on
wearing it,"
He took 1t out OF his scarf, looked at IL
admiringly for moment, then pried it ont
of its setting, and threw it SIS far as he
could into the mud of the street.
There's gold enough there 10 get me a
breakfast" he remarked, putting the SET
ting into his pocket.
couple of years later, in the saloon Of
the opera house in Easton. Pa, hale,
hearty, fine looking fellow came up behind
me and slapped my shoulder. 1t Was
Guest, again as | had first known HIM.
se was we'll dressed, jolly, hourishing, and
once more successfully running fine con-
cert trolOa
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-06
MAGGIE FERGUSON.

methods Of utilizing their histrionic tai
ents, and was to have assisted them in
joining the profession. They had about
: seventy-fve dollars between them.
Miss Hood was educated in a convent,
and she conceived the idea of impersonat-
ing Sisters of Mercy to facilitate their es-
cape from their inappreciative parents.
The two girls made bewitching pictures as
nuns, but one of them, who was minus
black dress, turned gray cloth skirt lined
in black in the hope that it would comport
with the rest of her religious garb. A
sharp eyed small boy noticed the discrep-
ancy, however, before they were many
rods from home, and greatly discounted
them by crying:
'Ohl get ON to the sister with her dress
inside out!'
They discarded the disguises after that,
and owed thei detention to an unsympa-
thetic railway conductor who telegraphed
to the St. is department that pair of
interesting 1naways were on his train.
The girls were returned to their homes.
They are seventeen years old, and declare
they will pursue their dramatic inclina-
tons next year, when the law will set them
free from parental control.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-06

BILE, and never had a days luck from the
time / got it until got rid of it. / thought
/ was in big luck when / bought it for one
third of it's assessed value as stone, and l
knew was in bigger luck when parted
with it for one-haf of the price l paid
Sickness, misfortunes in business, losses
and disappointments fairly tumbled over
each other to get at me while kept it.
And now would not accept as gift, on
condition that should keep it, the finest
opal in the world.
Going into hotel in Boston one day
several years ago, | was feebly hailed by
human wreck that had dumped itself into
a chair near the entrance | failed to rec
ognize that | had ever seen it before or
known it had a name. Its jaundiced eyes
were sunk deep in gaunt, haggard face;
its voice came weakly from pallid lips
blOtched with fever sores; its hands trem-
bled feebly, and its physical condition, in
all those points, was simply magnificent by
comparison with its raiment.
"Pm Guest" he said gaspingly.
l sat down before him and stared in
amazement. Guestl When last saw him
he was fine looking, hale, hearty fellow,
running a splendid concert troupe. giving
first class entertainments, fourishing, with
lots of money and superb prospects. But
it was really Guest.
To tell in brief his long, sad story. He
had taken his concert troupe down into
Mexico and was making "bar'ls of money"
At town the name of which l have now
forgotten his soprano Jumped with Mex
lean" his tenor was seriously knitted by
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-06


trial school to remain until he was twenty
one.
He escaped from this institution in few
months, and was arrested again for steal
ing saddle. The judge sent him back to
the Industrial school, but he made his es-
cape second time and was soon nabbed
for pocket picking. For the third time he
went to the school, and again he escaped
and resumed his criminal operations.
When fourteen years old he was sentenced
to San Quentin for five years for burglar
izing a cigar shop. He served out this
term, and under the name of William Hen
Messy was sentenced to a year in the In
dustrial school, from which he escaped,
and making his way south committed
burglary at Los Angeles, and got two years
in San Quentin under the alias of John
Connolly.
Last November the incorrigible young
thief, having his freedom once more, stole
gold watch and chain from an Italian. He
had his picture taken for the seventh time,
and is now serving term of six years in
the Folsom penitentiary.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-06
Two Little Girls and a Burglar.

Burglars have some good about them
after all. Two little girls at Long Island
City woke up a few nights ago and saw a
man in their room. Thinking it was their
father, they called. The man sat down
by their bedside, and the girls stroked his
face with their hands and kissed him. His
silence at last frightened them, and one
jumped out of bed crying he was not papa,
whom she would call. The burglar made
no opposition, and by the time the girl had
aroused her father he had escaped, leaving
his plumber behind.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-06
There Was Big Money in Wheat,

II; is an old saying that there is money in
wheat, but no one has found so much ready
cash in it as William Weightman, of Mid
dletown, Ind. While removing several
hundred bushels of wheat from his barn
lately, Weightman found buried therein
an old pocketbook containing S11,5OO in
gold and paper. No one knew how the
money got there, and as no one laid claim
to'it, the rich find was placed in the bank
to the credit of Mr.. Weightman.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-06
A IunatSc I'm a Tree.

A lunatic perched on the top of tall
poplar tree gave the citizens Of Santa Rosa,
Cal, great deal of trouble lately. All
efforts to induce him to come down failed,
and attempts to lasso him were fruitless
A heavy rainstorm came on, but the de-
mented man maintained his seat until 4
O'Clock in snoring, when he fell e1-
hausted into a canvas stretched beneath
the tree. His arm and shoulders were
fractured bv the fail
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-06
Chicago's New Chief Of Po,,,.

Major r. W. McClaughry, the new SUI
perintendent of the Chicago police depart-
ment, was one of the most successful man
ayers of penitentiaries in the United States
He was warden at Joliet Qlls.) prison for
fourteen years, and made it model insti-
tuition of the kind. He resigned in 1889 to
take charge of the Huntington state in
dustrial reformstory in Pennsylvania. As
an organizer, manager of men and criminal
expert Major McCiaughry has few equals.
He was born in Hancock county, His.
July %, 1899, and entered Monmouth
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-06
Fierce Fight with q Bear.

A terrific struggle between several miners
and black bear took place recently in the
Santa Maria mine, Tuolumne county, Cal.
The bear came upon the men unexpectedly,
and they defended themselves with their
picks. Bruin overturned them and extin-
guished their candles, and the fight was
continued in darkness. One man had his
scalp torn off, and others had their arms
and shoulders frightfully lacerated before
the enraged brute was killed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-06
Naturally the Kitten Is Grateful.

The London Spectator tells a good story
in illustration of a dogs humanity" A
servant took kitten to pond to drown
His masters dog jumped in after the kitten
and brought it to land. The dog rescued
it a second time, and when the servant
again threw it into the water the dog
caug ht it by the neck, swan to the other
end of the pool with it, then carried it
horne and placed it before the Kitchen
to dry. The kitten was allowed to IiJ
and it and the dog are now inseparable
friends
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-06
How He Put Money in His Purse,

There are all sorts of resourceful tramps
who know how to raise the wind when
necessity demands tribute, but the leath-
er medal for the year ought to be awarded
the knight of the road who struck Mexico,
No, the other day. He stole a shaving
outfit, started barber shop in a freight
car, scraped the chins of twenty-five rail
road hands, and resumed his journey 81 50
ahead of the game, not to mention the razor,
cup. brush, soap and rather limp towel
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-06
Suicide of q Tilted Lover.

lOespondent lovers have no use for the
homely old maxim that There are as good
fs in the sea-" etc. If they can't get the
girls who have won their affections life
ceases to have any charm. One of this
class, Erastus Test by name, resided at
North Vernon, Jennings county, Ind. He
proposed, was refused, and walking to the
railway track threw himself in front of a
train. His head was severed from the body.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-06
a Baby with whiskers

The Youngest shaver in the United States
nVes with his parents at St. Joseph. Mo
lie Is not yet year old, and he was horn
with thick down on his face, which grad
naliy developed into whiskers eivbtee,
lnches long. OF course so odd looking an
inIant was q great curiosity, and for his
own comfort, as well as to promote an in
iantiie appearance, the hairy child has 10
Dc regularly shaved BY barber,