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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-15
THE CHICAGO ROADS.

CHICAGO, July 14-General Manager
Chappeli of the Chicago and Alton, dis
cussing the attitude of his company with
respect to the Western Passenger associa-
tion, said, today: 81 am glad it is over
and that we know just where we stand. 1t
IS a relief to know that we are once more
managers of our own road and need not
ask permission Of our competitors whether
we can make a change in the interest of
our patrons and stockholders. The Alton
has nothing to regret in the course 1t has
pursued. We have been urged to appeal
from Finley's decision and let the assocla-
tion decide the matter. If we did 1t Is
practically certain that two-thlrds OF the
members would vote to sustain the chair
man-if for no other purpose than to pun
ish the Alton for its refusal to join the
Western Traffic association. We preferred
to let them throw US out, as they have
done, and so let them take upon them
selves the odium of causing whatever
trouble may follow"
The agreement of the Central Traffic
lines to make no reduced rates on account
of harvest and homeseeker excursions is III
danger of being smashed by the same in
fluence that worked its ruin last year. 1t
transpires that the Lake Erie and West
ern, the Ohio and Mississippi, and other
roads from Cincinnati and indianapolis,
have decided to adopt these excursion
rates to western points by way OF st.
Louis. The Pennsylvania and Big -Four
will apparently be forced to meet the com
petition by way Of St. Louis, and the No
non Will no doubt find it necessary to pro-
tect itself by making the same rates by
way Of Chicago. 1t is thought that the
movement will spread until it involves the
entire territory Of the Central traffic asso-
citation
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INDIAN TROIlRI ES

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., July 14-A sheep
herder arrived at this place last night with
the information that the Navajo Indians
were gathering in vast Numbers, and seem
to be greatly excited, and are preparing to
resist any attempt on the part of the gov
ernment to arrest the leaders in their
marauding raids on the cattle and sheep
ranges in this vicinity. They have warned
the s5ockmen TO leave their imaginary
territory, threatening their lives if they do
not do so. 1t is the belief of the people
that this is the commencement of the eX-
pected outbreak Of the Navajo Indians.
twenty-five more citizens left here last
night TO reinforce Sheriff Francis and his
posse of cowboys, and kilograms have been
forwarded to the governor asking for
troops to be ready 10 come at once. The
sheriff has issued warrants for the arrest
of the chief and others, but it is believed
that they viii only succeed in making
things worse, rs they are only handful to
SO many well armed Indians
ST PAUL, Mimi, July 1.-THE band of
Chippewa Indians at the White Earth
Agency are greatly excited over the ru-
NOR that the Government intends TO pay
them damages for the loss incurred by the
overflow OF the Government reservoir in
stock and farm implements, instead of in
cash as promised. John st. Martin, an
ex-policemRn of the reservation, who is in
the city to see the Government officials
about the matter, is much wrought up
over the matter, and says that the Indians
are as near an outbreak as they can be
without going on the war path On Satar-
day, st. Martin says, the Indians made an
onslaught on the police for trying to
break up n dance. The army officials
place very little dependence in ST. Martins
story and fear no trouble
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Dividing a Long Sermon.

DR.. Samuel Buell., of the last half Of
the last century, who used to preach two
or three hours, like Isaac Barrows, was
ingenious in OBTAINING his congregation.
On one occasion, after preaching nearly
two hours-as long as he could feel Sc
cure in the presence of all his hearers
he remarked that he was done preaching
to sinners, and that they were at liberty
to go. The rest of his discourse would
be addressed to good people.
A gentleman who once went to hear
him stated that when the hourglass was
nearly ready to be turned second time
from the commencement of his sermon
he said, much to the relief of the person
who related it, "Once more" After GO
ing on some eight or ten minutes longer
he said, ''To conclude" and after an
other about equal interval he said,
Lastly" The gentleman added that
he expected every moment to hear him
say, "Everlastfhgly."-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
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Many of Us some time in our lives
have taken an old birds nest in our
hands and admired the wonderful struc-
ture, the neat4ess and care with which
the inside has been finished. whether it
be the nest of a thrush. so carefully lined
with manure and smoothed off with
the art of a well taught modeler, or
maybe the lovely lining which we find
IN a robins nest or some of the fnches.
But we have few actual chances of see
ing these miniature homes put together,
unless they are built in captivity, under
which circumstances the art of nest
building becomes most interesting to a
careful watcher.
Let Us take. for instance, cansries. 4
pair Of these birds in their second sea-
sons building-by which time they have
perfected thoroughly the art, supposing
they are supplied with a suitable box and
materials for the purpose-commence
first OF all by filing the box with the
rougher pieces Of moss. after which the
hen hops into the middle Of it. and sit
ting down begins to turn round and
round; by this process the inside of the
nest Is formed. If they find it not full
enough, more moss Is brought and the
process repesed until it is to the salts
faction Of the hen.
After this the delicate part of lining
the nest Is commenced, the hen sitting
In the nest while the cock supplies her
with hair, which he first prepares IN the
following manner: After picking ND a
small bunch of hair. which he holds
across the middle, he flies upon the
perch and knocks it from side 10 side
against the perch. to shake all loose
pieces out; after which be holds the
wisp or bunch Of hair on the perch with
MS foot, at the same time drawing his
beak mp It with twisting motion.
This Is repeated until it becomes some
what woven together. and Is then v-A-
sented TO the hen. which she carefully
takes and places IN the moss, one piece
after another, until smooth lining Is
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The Truth in Hot WRathar-

We are accustomed to say that the
Americans are generally truthful peo-
pie. Is it owing to our climate? That
has great extremes. The mean is fair,
and produces national veracity. Whence
comes, then, the habit of playful exag-
geration, usually harmless, and perfectly
understood as humorous? Is it the re-
suit of the extremes of heat and cold. es-
pecially of heat? Observation ought to
tell Us whether we are more truthful in
the winter than in the summer, and
whether the national habit of using ice
water for beverage is an attempt to
eounteract the veracity destroying power
Of high temperature.
There is no doubt that we unbend in
summer; moral reforms relax: the CITY
churches are closed; society falls into a
hirtatious way, and only rounds up into
seriousness of intention with the advent
Of the bracing autumn. Apparently it
Is the first frost that tones Us up into
veracity. It is humiliating depend
snce.-Charles Dudley Warner in Har-
Der's
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Tho Colors of Letters.

In my youth l always associated the
idea of color with the letters of the
alphabet. In later years the discovery
that other people recognized no such
coloration came to me as a surprise.
The letter z, for example, always calls
up the idea of greenness. 1t is impossi-
bic for me to think of r without the
thought that it is green. In like man.
ner is yellow and K scarlet. The col
Grafton does not seem to lie in the letter
itself, as printed or written, but to CO
exist with the conception which the let
ter represents.
AS the letter R comes into my mind,
it seems to go, with grass and leaves,
into the category of green things. The
sound has nothing to do with its appar-
ent coloration, for G soft and G hard are
recognized as the same letter and there
fore colored alike. The coloration is not
affected by the character Of the type.
1t is in the letter itself, regardless of the
way in which it may be printed, or of
whether it is printed or written at all.
The idea has no connection with the let
tering in any colored picture books, nor
does it arise from any association of that
sort.
Words seem to me also more or less
definitely colored, but the association of
coloration with me arises solely from
the letters of which the words are COM
posed. The dominant letters, especially
the initial letter, or the letters most con-
spicuous in pronunciation, give color to
the word. Thus Rosalind, though con-
tanning but two green letters, has DOM
inant shade of green, as SALIVA or silica
have of yellow. A pleasing variety in
the colors Of the letters tends to render
a word attractive. Thus the words YER
non Severn and Exeter, with contrasted
colors, are more attractive than such
words as Patton, Hammond or Armenia,
in which the colors are few or not con-
trasted.-President David Starr Jordan
in POPULAR Science Monthly.
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FAILURES.

ATcHIsoN, Kan, July 14.-Attorney Sol
omon has received a telegram from the
First National bank of Chicago, instruc-
ting him to take possession of all real
and personal property belonging to
Howell, Jewett & Co, of this city. The
Bemis failure at Jefferson, Tex. having
weakened the credit OF the firm, they ex-
ecuted mortgages to the First National
bank, of Chicago, which, it is understood,
has assumed all the liabilities of the firm.
OMAHA, Neb, July &c. W. Howell
of the Howell Lumber company, with ex-
tensive yards at Omaha, Chicago and
Atchison, assigned today in favor of the
First National bunk, of Chicago. AT
the same time Howell gave bill Of the
company's property in Omaha to &. l..
Chaffee, the consideration being named as
$4,000
PITTsBURG, Pa, July 14-Rumors this
afternoon that Nymick & CO., dealers in
pig iron, were financially embarrassed
created some excitement for time. The
liabilities are placed at 81, 600, 900. 1t was
learned that the firm had concluded to
wind up its business, which will require
an extension of its obligations to prevent
sacrifice. The assets are nearly 81 to 81 OF
liabilities
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A MUCH-WANTED MURDERER.

TOPEKA, Kan, July A-Governor Hum
phrey issued a requisition today on the
governor of Tennessee for John CartIey
now in custody in Knoxville. for the muir
der of John W Moore, in Brown county
Kan, about four years ago. Cartley was
traced To various points in Kentucky and
West Virginia four different times, but he
eluded the Kansas officers each time. The
first time the Hatfields gave Aim protec-
tion in West Virginia. and when he
was arrested later in kentucky body of
mountaineers stormed the Jail and re-
leased him. Yesterday the chief of police
of Middlesborough arrested the much
hunted murderer, after "A desperate strug.
gle in which a number of shots were fired
Cartley was badly wounded and the officer
lost finger. Cartley was lodged in jail
and soon after mob was organized by his
friends TO rescue him. The officers. learn
ing this. quietly took him to Knoxville
where he Is now held 10 await the arrival
of the Brown county sheriff.
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LIE GRASSHNPPERS-

TOPEKA, Kan, July 14-Chancellor
Snow has written letter to local paper
concerning the eastern Colorado grasshop
per scare and the probability Of recur-
renee of the plague in Kansas next year.
In the letter the chancellor says: The
fear that these locusts are about to overruu
the state is, believe, quite groundless.
The locust is non-migratory, at least
it has never yet been known 20 migrate as
does the well-known Rocky mountain
locust, and the people of Kansas, outside
the plains district have nothing to fear
from it. The locust is known, as the long
winged locust, and its habitat is confined
to the plains of eastern Colorado and
species we have to fear, and especially n
single species of the Rocky mountain
locustSu -
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q MONTREAL 81 AYE

MONTREAL, Can, July 1.-THE Mon
treal firemen have been struggling
throughout the night with what at one
time threatened to prove serious confae-
Grafton, but which, owing to the good
work of the brigade, was confined within
a comparatively limited space. For time
it seemed as if all the houses on Shaw
street and in the contiguous portion of the
city would be destroyed, but the efforts of
the fire brigade were finally sue
cessful in checking the spread of
the flames A number of small houses
We're burned down and a great deal of
household furniture was destroyed in the
attempt to get it out Of reach of the fire.
The reflection could be seen for miles,
causing many persons to believe that the
confagration was more serious than it
really was. The loss will probably amount
to so, 900 and the insurance figures have
not yet been completed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-15
The Production of Pollen.

The immense number Of pollen grains
produced by single flower apparently
initiates against the saying that nature
allows nothing to be formed but what is
needful. It seems, indeed, vast waste
Of material to have such multitude of
grains when so very few would answer
the same purpose. In a single flower of
the peony there are about three and a
half millions grains; flower of the dan
aelion is estimated to produce nearly
two hundred and fifty thousand; the
number of ovules in flower Of the Chi
aese wisteria has been counted and the
number of pollen grains estimated, and
t is found that for each ovule there are
Ieyen thousand grains.
While few fall below the thousands,
many rise far above the peony in point
Of numbers. These are the wind fertil-
lzed flowers, and here nature must pro-
tide for an immense loss of MATERIAL
Professor Joseph F. James in Popular
ociepce Monthly.
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WHETHER you TRAVEL BY LAND OR
SEA

You need a medicinal safeguard. Changes
Of climate or temperature brackish water,
unusual diet. draughts from open win
dows that snrly fellow passengers will not
close-all these breed ailments against
which the surest protection is Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, finest of medicinal forti-
tiers. Sea sickness, land nausea are
promptly counteracted by this agreeable
corrective, which is also capital defense
against malaria, the effects of a tropical
or chilly temperature damp and exposure
Persons of sedentary habits, mill oper-
ators, mariners, miners, engineers, 'front.'
lersmen. persons of every calling involving
mental fatigue, excessive bodily effort, and
liability 10 unhealthful influences of any
sort, regard it as an incompatible safe
guard. BiliOusness, constipation, dyspep-
sia, rheumatism, sick headache and kid
ney troubles are effectually subdued by
the great Alternative
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Necessity the Mother of Invention

Same old story of starvation, and thai
sort of thing, exclaimed the cook as she
answered knock at the kitchen door and
found forlorn looking tramp on the
step.
''No, cookie, old girl" he said. with a
debonair manner, you're OF your stove
lid this time"
well, what do you want" she in
quired, eracing herself against the door.
Something to buy liquor with"
''OF again, cookie, thou queen OF the
starry armament" he warbled, and tried
TO chuck her under the chin.
Git out" she screamed, ''or I'll throw
kettle OF hot water on you"
"Prithee, Empress Of the Range" he
murmured. don't do that and destroy
my usefulness"
We'll, tell me what you want. then,
OF leave the place.
You won't tell any Of the boys, Pearl
of Pearl river he asked s,n:lingly.
Il don't know any OF the boys, as you
call them, she snaried.
You lovely thing, he tw:ttered, Il
fain must tel thee all.
Why doas you then, you dirty
idiot7 she inquired with tender EN-
phasis
Well. then. onliest OILY Of M heart,
he whispered, Il want % saw a cord o.
wood, waole cord, because vor see
Bat she didn't SO: the shock WAS 70
m1ch for her and sne tainted dead away
and the lady Of the house gave h:ra hA.t
dollar . ran for a doctoT
IL PAYS oeEtzTn anything ] ever
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THE STRIP CATTLE.

ARKANSAS CITY, Kan, July 14.-Capt.
Hall, L. 5. A, who with company of iu-
fantry has been driving intruding cattle
men and their herds from the Cherokee
strip, arrived here today and reports that
all cattle east of the Rock Island railroad
have been driven out, but that the country
west of the railway is still thronged
with cattle. The captain will be-
gin the ejectment of the latter
cattle tomorrow. The boomers who To-
Gated here awaiting the opening of the
strip to settlement have organized TO burn
all cattle ranges within ten days unless
the cattle are all removed before that time.
They say the grass is now dry enough to
make a splendid prairie fire, and that they
will start such fires if the cattlemen dare
to return to the strip after this ejectment.
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AFRO-ANFRICAN IEhcIir

NASHVILLE, July 1.-THE Afro-Ameri-
can national league met here in couven-
tion today. The following officers were
elected for the ensuing year. President
Thomas Fortune, New York: vice presi-
dent, John W. Hargo, Knoxville, Tenn:
secretary, W. II. Anderson, Detroit: treas
urer, l.. W. Wallace. Milwaukee; attor-
ney, ). ". Lyon. Augusta. Ga An
address to the Afro Americans congrat-
ulates the colored race on the success Of
the league; denounces the system Of
taxation in the Southern states, which de-
prlves the black race Of proper repreSea-
tatlon; censures the Republican senators
who killed the force bill; commeuds PreSi
dent Harrison for his position on the same
measure; lndorses the action OF the Afro
American association for its recommenda-
tion TO the president to appoint one Afro
American lawyer to the new court OF ap-
peals, and denounces the separate car laws
in force in several southern states. The
address also condemns lynch law, svmpa-
thizes with the republic Of Hayti and ex-
presses confidence in Minister DOUGLASS.
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THE COTTON BLOSSOM CLUB.
Brother St. Claire Williams Is Gale,
Down.

Down.
When the regular Saturday nigh
meeting had been opened in dus ant
ancient forna, and tbs janitor had sig
nailed that the Thermometer showed 81
degs all over the hall, Brother Gardne
looked around and inquired:
''Is Brudder ST. Claire Williams pres
ent wild as dis evsnin'S'
"He ar" replied the individual al
luded TO as he rose up.
"You will please step dis way"
Brother Williams is known as the Jim
dandy Of the club. He uses real bear!
oil for his hair, wears patent leathes
shoes and has been known to change col
lars twice day since the warm weather
set in. He has had his photograph taker
In seven different poses, and has beer
known to pencil his eyebrows while rid
ing on the front platform Of street car,
''Brudder Williams" said the presi-
dent as ne looked down upon him, you
are 'sposed to be de purtiess an; sweetest
member Of dis Cotton Blossom club"
eyes, sah," replisI the brother, grin
ming at the compliment
HAS you got any reg'lar bizness,
Brudder Williams-auy regular bizness
'cept dat of lookin purity an SWEET"
''1'ze waitah, sab. bus out of a job
jist now"
How long has you bin out OF iob?"
"'Bout 70 months, sah."
"Is dat suit of clothes paid fory"
'Nos quite, sah."
"ls you squar' on yer board"
''I'ze leetle behind, sah."
''Does you owe members of dis club
borrowed money"
''Jist a few dollars"
"Brudder Williams" continued the
president, ~ has had my eye on you
since de fust night sot in dis hall. |
sized you up fur purity man, an see |
was right. How you got into dis crowd
/ can't say, but kin easily tell you how
you will git out of it! We doan' want
no purity men heah. If we had hop
yard an wanted surnthin' fur vines to
climb up on we could make use of you.
You might do fur fish bait, but we has
no time to go fishin'. When a man sots
out to be purity an sweet he amt no
good any mo-. When his only ambishun
is to grease his ha'r, wax his mustsche
an go long de street as if he was step
pin on aigs, he amt with bein' bit by a
ten cent dawg. Brudder Williams, you
is purity, but you owe mo- money dan
you kin pay in two vars. You is sweet,
but you has to dodge de tailor. You mas
an elegant way of hftin' yer hat, but de
hat amt paid fur. You walk like guv.
ner, but yer shoemaker duns you almos'
cherry day."
yves, sah." stammered the victim.
"I am gwine to give yer a show. II
durin' the comm week yer kin find JOB.
git into some common clothes, arrange
to pay yer debts an git rid of dat ha'r
lie an perfulny, You will still be carried
on our rolls of membership. If not, you
needn't come heah agin."
The pretty member returned to his |
chair IN state of great mental excite
ment. but after cooling off and thinking |
the matter over he told Judge Cabiff |
that he had decided to stop being sweet |
and pretty and become one of the pillars
Of the club.-M, Quad in New York
World.
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went out of the alley gate-Detroit Fres
prcsn



Herbert Kelcey's dignifed appearance
is part Of his reputation. His fault
less coats and his well creased trousers,
which never seem to have discovered
that their wearer is jointed at the knees
like the rest of the world, have been the
envy Of plenty of fellows who cannot
sit down once in pair of breeches with
out letting them into all the secrets of
their shape. 1t is not generally known,
however, how much care Kelcey takes
to keep up his appearance.
OF course IN New York it is perfectly
easy to keep ones self pressed, but when
he is travelling on the road it is quite a
different matter. The actor resorts to
various methods to retain that beautiful
crease down the front of his trousers,
one of which is to take his trousers when
he undresses, stretch them carefully into
shape, and lay them between the mat
tresses of his bed-when his bed has two
mattresses.
Last year he left a western hotel in
hurry and left pair of trousers behind
him, for which he telegraphed back from
the next town. In the meantime Mr..
and Mrs. Barrymore had arrived at the
hotel the next night and been assigned
to the room Kelcey had occupied. The
bellboy was sent to the room to ask the
occupants permission to look for the
neither garments. They were found be-
tween the mattresses, and Barrymore
to do them up and forward
them to his brother actor. When Kel-
cey received the package it contained, in
addition to the trousers, bill stating
that Mr.. Herbert Kelley was indebted
to Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Barrymore for
pressing one pair of trousers.-Boston
Home Journal.
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INCFNDIARISM

New YORK, July 15-At l o'clock this
morning fire, supposed to be of incend-
itry origin, destroyed two tenement houses
at 276 and 218 State street. Sixteen
families were living in the houses and
many escaped with difficulty. Women
and children jumped in their night clothes
from the fire escapes to the ground and
four people were seriously injured. Maggie
Bishop, aged 8, a daughter of the janitor
cannot cannot be found, and it is sup
posed that she perished in the flames. The
houses were totally DESTROYED.