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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-13

in the resorts that were numerous in the
Tenderloin district decade OF 20 ago.
The pale faced opium eater and ths
painted women Of the streets do not pass,
as a rule, within the portals Of these Boz
hemian caves There il no boisterouEness
and no singing Of songs. A stranger will
find out In a twinkling that while all
seems to look more or less jolly and fres
and easy, there Is in reality n strict en-
forcement Of order at all timea-Eew
York Sun.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-13

hemian bower. It is carpeted and COM
fortably furnished, and the indispensa-
bic mirrors are there too.
1t is generally near midnight before
the neighboring playhouses are shut up
and the fun makers Of the stage are free
to enjoy themselves. Pretty actresses,
neat in attire, light witted and fond OF
f, late hours and Bohemian associations
saunter in in knots of two or three. Male
escorts accompany them
By Q o'clock the coterie is at its live
lest. 1t is striking picture of midnight
conviviahty. Soubrettes and chorus girls
are the bright particular stars The
actors, dressed up like fashion plates,
are sort Of background to the picture.
The clubmen and collegians and profess
sional men are the moths enjoying the
glitter. They are almost invariably
young. Sometimes, however, a gay old
fellow with gray hair and Jolly laugh
gives the interesting spectacle Of the fel-
low who is trying hard to Dc boy and
sit I'D with the other boys Whether
the moths ara young or old, however.
they seem inspired with the same ardent
ambition to gain the good graces Of the
theatrical people.
Each plunges into his pocket for money
and tries TO excel the others In spending
| it for the entertainment Of the soubrettes
and chorus girls, and incidentally keep
ing solid with the actors and managers
They seem 70 imagine that this sort Of
thing viii insure good seats at the the
alter whenever they want 70 go there,
and that they won't have to pay for the
seats at all In most instances this u
very big mistake.
NOT WHAT II CsED 10 BE-
The colegians are partial to the sec
ond-story bower AZ the upper end Of
Broadway. Yale, Harvard and Prince
ton boTs 20 there whenever they come
TO town 70 have q good time. They boom
things when they get there too The
polished cherry tables are pushed to-
gethsr, and the so1brsttes and chorus
girls draw mp their chairs with the men.
Sometimes a. many as thirty gather in
. single group. The colsgiAns joke and
tell college storie< The scubrsttes and
chorus girls take hand IL tbs story tell
ing, az which some Of them have . gift
Very cftsn tie sun rises while the throng
IL still there
1t al looks fsverish and unhealthy 20
the observer who has decided notions
, about the hurtfulness q late hours and
late suppers. bit there can Be no doubt
that the jewellers szj0y il and don't
bother their heads AOout any Of Ben
Franklins 5u6icious lnJunctlons sbolss
going early 70 led aud gstting up With
/ TIE sun.
Al this il marked ocErvzss with the
reveiry that used 20 rrn fast and fuxt0zs
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-13
THE STORY OZONE MELTZ
BILL NYE GIVES HIS PAST HISTORY
IN TWO LETTERS.

The Trouble Began with an Ice Cream
Blowout. and nIeltz Got His Back Up.
but It IL All Over Now and NeItz Is
Still at 1t.
Copyright. 1891, by Edgar W. Nye.l
BUNcoMBE COUNTY, N. C.-Riding on
the Richmond and Danville railroad the
other day for an hour or SO, was slight
ly startled on seeing the somewhat faded
features of Mr.. Corundum J. Meltz, a
former fellow townsman of mine, who
used to help me run the paper at home.
up to the time the foreman took it in
part payment of his salary. Mr.. Meltz
now lives in North Carolina, and is edit
ing the much obliged column Of a Tar
heel exchange Themuch obliged column
is that department which acknowledges
the receipt of rutabaga in the form of
kangaroo and then takes the rutabaga
in payment for same.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-13

Of courtesy onfhe part
Of the postmaster that
we got your letter, for
he says that the stamp
had been used before.
and so he wishes that
you would not do that
way any more. de
also says that where
you lived before you
came here, they say
that your eldest son
broke jail and came
home, and that when
a reward of 500 was
offered you turned him
over to the sheriff. and
that is the way you
got your start At Lit
tie Bethel, where you
lived prior to that. the
postmaster says you
got shot In a water
melon patch with rock
salt, and that before
hot weather comes
again you ought to get
another dose.
The general impress
sion is that you have
been trying for sixty
one years TO get hold
of a scheme whereby
you could do a kind
act in secret and get il
into the paper next to
pure reading matter.
You can trot out
your lawyer, and we
will meet him on
grounds Of DIAL
equality. Tomorrow
we will publish an ac-
count of how the
White Caps whipped
you In Vigo county
and put tobacco sauce
on the place.
We do not fear you.
Mr.. Meltz. for we re-
gard you as an intel
lectual eggplant.
You have welded
too much influence
over this paper al
ready, and visitors
who came here while
you were waiting for
the proof Of one of
your communications
last week say that you
are the same man who
was tarred and feath-
cred in Wayne county,
and that you have
never settled Tor the
tar.
We can stand q good
deal, Mr.. Meltz, in the
way of free hand cor
respondence, but we
learn that on the
strength Of your COM
munications, who b
have too often ap-
peared in these col
umns 1--WE regret to say,
because we could not
think of pieces to run
in their stead). you
have been accorded
transportation and re-
freshments for man
and beast.
1t is now time to call
a halt. Your atten-
ton will never moro
after this be called to
any allusion to your
self In these columns.
We now have another
party who is going to
take your place. He
came yesterday with s
sash Of honey and q
desire to avail himself
of our columns. You
are therefore excused,
Mr.. MeltZ. You may
return to your former
avocations, If you
know where they are.
We have aired the
Office since you went
away, Mr.. Meltz, and
have attached an
atomizer to a Babcock
fire extipguisher load
ed with chlorides.
Now teams do not shy
as they pass the Office,
and times are better
with us
Yesterday we sold q
page of advertising to
a circus, and also
agreed to run the name
and date diagonally
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-13

States except HaIford
since James Buchan-
an. and I believe that
/ have been q consist
emit professor and un-
swerving believer IN q
burning hell, with q
draft to 1t that must
certainly give to one
who feels that he is
well saved a most COM
forting and delirious-
ly soothing sensation.
As | say, / hate to
be before the public
through the medium
OF the press. but as q
citizen of some promi-
hence here for the past
seven years, boy and
man. against whom
the tongue of scandal
has never TO my
knowledge been lev
eled. | must protest,
and at the same time
say that l do not pro-
pose to stand it.
My lawyer will also
call upon you today
with a writ. which you
may possibly under
stand better than this
courteous note, which,
If you use, ! hope you
will see is spelled cor
rect. In my card to
the public after the
loss of my recent wife,
IN which / said that l
hoped at an early day
to return the favor 10
those who had been so
thoughtful as to come
and tend cut and fuss
around and arrange
the deceased so that
she was fit to be seen,
also in which l said
God moved in a mys-
terious way his Won
ders to perform, your
printer used a small g
for the name OF the
Deity, and made other
breaks which has been
q source of levity ever
sense.
You will please write
an apologize editorial
for the next issue of
your paper or be pre-
pared for q sickening
death which will make
your relations turn
away and look out of
the window during the
funeral
| hate to be all the
time before the public,
and if / could have my
own way about it l
would keep in the
back ground. Pub
licity has no charms
for me. For over two
years l have seemed to
live in a glass case.
My course, therefore,
has been of course
criticised, but I would
rather not be made so
prominent. / would
rather that others
would introduce the
lie cturer when he
comes here and let me
off. Of course / always
have introduced lee
turers that came here,
and with some success,
often doing it in such
q way as to make the
lecture itself sound
very fiat, but ! would
rather of not done it.
| would rather keep
In the background
Yet ! have always been
kind of a favorite here
and had a seat on the
platform. often intro
ducing the speaker for
two seats and a local.
1t is rather sad at
the age of sixty-one
years to be attacked
by a paper to which |
have contributed of
and on for seven years,
boy and man, bright
ening it up from week
to week when the edit
or's brain seemed in
tested with cockroach-
es and everything
known to science ex-
Dept ideas, perhaps
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-13
Her Preferences.

He-I hope that you'll not be afraid il
/ take my gun along in our stroll this
afternoon?
She-Oh. dear! But I hope it's a pop
gun.-New York Sun.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-13

The Forth bridge was built between
1881 and 1890, and during that interval
nine other cantalever bridges were con-
structed, six of them in the United
States.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-13

It lie suggested that the cat knows By
happy experience what the clap Of lux
ury" means when she steals into the
pantry and Icks the cream OF the milk
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-13

It's sometimes said patent
medicines are for the igno-
rant. The doctors foster this
idea.
THE people," we're told,
are mostly ignorant when it
comes to medical science"
i Suppose they are! What
sick man needs is not knowl-
Edge, but a cure, and the medi-
cine that cures is the medicine
or the sick.
DR.. Pierce's Golden Med
cal Discovery cures the do
believes and the don't be-
ieves." There's no hesitance
bout it, no "if" nor "possi-
1t says-"I can cure you,
My do as / direct"
Perhaps it fails occasionally.
he makers hear of it when it
oes, because they never keep
ne money when the medicine
ais 70 do Cood.
Suppose the doctors went
O that principle. eve beg
ne doctors pardon. 1t
couldn't do!)
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-13
LIKE GEN'L GRANTS.

had cancer on my Fatal
tongue that spread IN ,o,.l..
III my throat vas 50 AZ
fected that Icould scarce
" swallow. Ny physi- Sd"Sof-
clan said IL was a case Gus sores
very similar 70 GenL have
Gr4nfA S. s. s cured often
me sound and we'll 49,
ayerted
Mra- A. n. Goldsmith, bv tai.
Brooklyn, y. = in1
IS. S. S.
hook On Hood AID Skin diseases frsa
TIE sait speeiae, Co. AgAasA, Ca
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-13

- AM-<
~ .zsAE
N THE STREET.
the whole, he has
n he did in Wyom-
higher. Last week
formed fruit and a
anne into his depart
he "was shown" a
o feet s inches in
twin colts connected
neck yoke.
csc things, of course,
Us he does well, and
climate alone is far
/ that Of Wyoming.
papers when l got
found ''copy" Of a
In sendof, which l
print on Mr.. Meltz
took charge. This
To Mr.. Corundum J.
Meltz:
SIR-Your note is
printed adjacent to
these words Of cheer,
which will show how
It was that we spoke
of your ice cream
scuff1e in a free and
untrammeled style.
The first of our ar
ticle, Mr.. Meltz, you
will notice, ap pears al
most verbatim as you
wrote it, but before go
ing to press our re-
porter, who went down
to do your debauch,
suffered so keenly
from the effects of
your condensed milk
and cornstarch, to-
gether with the lining
of the freezer which
he had scraped Off in
order to allay the
pangs of hunger, that
he added a few lines
regarding your style Of
three sheet generosity.
We well recall the
day we first met you
here In this Office, and
when you became a
member of our staff.
You said then that you
shrank from publicity.
You have been in the
shrinking busin ess
ever since.
You had been pointed
out to us by our fore
man, and we still re-
call your appearance
as you sat there in our
revolving chair with
the glad sunlight SHIN
mering through your
asparagus whiskers.
You even then wore
that same old bunch
grass beard instead Of
a necktie, and the hor-
nets built their nests
in it every spring. It
used to delight our
then devil to come
upon you suddenly and
scare a rabbit out Of
your whiskers. Corun-
DUN.
You also wore a little
peachstone charm in
the form of a basket
on your watch chain
The chain was made
by one of your deserted
wives. It was made of
horsehair. and was as
pliable as an iron
bridge.
After that we met
you on the street dur
ing a thunder shower.
You explained to us
your idea OF Divine
wrath while you
hooked US with your
forehnger in our but
tonhole and held an
umbrella over yourself
with the other so that
one Of the points took
rs just below the
bosom. We can still
remember what a cold
rain it was. and how
chilly it felt on our
stomach.
We remember that
your first idea regard
ing business was 10
print in our paper a
short advertisement
regarding 9 remedy
which could DO used at
home, and which you
said would catch 8
good many suckers,
especially young folks
and country people
Do you remember
that?
Do you remember
how we had a concert
for the fresh air
fund and asked you TO
loan Us your cabinet
organ. and how you
said certainly, and
how we got . drsy and
paid four dollars TO
move il TO the hall and
four dollars to move 1t
back. and how We bad
TO move il to a differ
ent house. as you had
moved in the mean
time. and had got us
10 move your cabinet
organ for you at eight
dollars. and when We
tried to play on il at
the hail we found that
you had removed the
bellows from it,
II II only As AnAtteg
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-13

So now, il you viii across the first page in
print this letter as a red ink for six dollars.
sort of introduction to We do not see that
awell worded apology, we need you. Mr..
you win not only stand Meltz. Another man
better in the commu- has been raised up to
nifty. but you will avoid take your place.
a lawsuit and very
untidy DEATH Mr.. Meltz claims to
Please print this on write tho pnrest Eng
the editorial page, and hsh Of any one con-
| will be up there at nected with the press
o'clock to look over the in the United States,
proofs for typograph- and is the author OF
zeal errors. So no more the astounding head
MT present sir. Re- line over the murder
spectfully. Of an old lady: Drug
CoRUNpUM ]. MELrz. from her bed and stuck
with a stab knife"
lam glad to know that he is doing well. and
that he has not missed an editorial excursion
tn vears
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-13

ChiIdrsa Cry for Pitchers castada
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-13

Choking, sneezing and every
ther form of catarrh in the
FAD, is radically cured by
pr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
fifty cents. By druggists.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-04-12
What They Might Have Expected.
Now Orleans States.l

The reply Of President Harrison 70 Mayor
Shakespeare declining the invitation 70 visit
this city was curt. 20 say the least. When
New Orleans was stricken from the list Of
cities that he intended to visit on his tour
through the South, President Harrison. let IL
be known 10 the press. that his action was
prompted by O desire 10 manifest his disap-
nroval OF the lynching Of tho italian Ma
iiaists here The commercial exchanges and
municipal authorities. however ont Of respect
for the high Office in which Mr.. Harrison rat
ties round like pea in a pod. sent him by
telegraph IA respectful and cordial invitation
TO come to New Orleans. but in the invitation
our little President saw an opportunity to
snub the people of'New Orleans and he took
advantage OF H.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-04-12

HICKOK's NO. I, IL. u. C., FIG. AND
CinoiINr sUs- cIrKfD ARE PURE. CLEAN
AND CHOICE sUS-CuRED TOBACCos. TRY
Et
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-04-12
BOYcOTrED ~ THE BIRDS.
Indignant sparrows Forslke the Baldwin
Mansion free.

The sparrow tree On Chestnut street be
tween Eleventh and Twelfth stands deserted
and alone. The thousands OF bright little
cheiterers that used 30 assemble or the Old
tree a. the side OF the Baldwin mansion for an
evening gossip low pass their old stamping
ground by with dcrislye Wags OF then tails.
The history of this he-lra IS made up OF
% strange chain II facts new 90 natural history.
Every evening Tor over year countless hun
drcis of the spaTrows gathered on the tree.
Every twlg that was long enough for q tiny
claw e. clutch held q sparrow. and the general
effect was wonderful. Tho chatterlng OF the
saucv birds could he heard for q block
and every night about dusk thousands
Il people caiue % see and express amaze
nent.
Those who do business in the vicinity Of
the Baldwin mansion have held uut OIL Kinds
of inducements 20 the sparoWs but they
will not return. The noisy little busy bodies
arc missed. The electric light has boen
turned on with religious regularity ana all
kinds Of dainty feed has been sprinkled I'M
der the tree. but the birds steadily turn
blind eve 20 these blaudlshmeuts. A pecu-
liar fact IS that not sparrow has broken the
general agreement and visited the boycottcd
tree.
desperate effort Will bee made next week
10 lure The bird, back 10 their old hauuts. A
big cage containing "a dozen or two Of spar
r0wa will be- placed in tie vicinity, and bird
seed will be literally sprinkled about II this
fails. then several experiments wall be
made with tho electric light 4 red globe
will be placed over the light IL - a we'll
known scientific fact that brightly colored
lights will attract birds IN the early evening.
II the red light fail then green, blue and yell
low will be tried. In fact. every effort
will be made 20 ro-estabhsh this great
est of all features Of the most fashion
able and ceieorated promenade I'm the
The reason for their coming Was plain.
big electric light had been erected in front OF
the tree At the edge Of the pavement. The
light. which was generally turned Ou about
dusk. seemed 10 cast warm. cheerful GLOW
over the gnarly old landmark that proved at
tractivo - the birds. They began % assemble
about o'clock IN the afternoon, and did not
disperse until or p The first pair 20 put IN
an appearance generally were two syarrows
OF exceptional size After their arrival The
others began % come In twos. by dozens and
by hundreds until the tree was Il black mass
OF birds.
But strange thing occurred about SIX
weeks ago. During the war between the rival
electric llht companies, tho light IN front II
the tree wa, turned Of for two or three nights.
The first night Of darkness brought tho birds
as usual. but a more dis0rderiy, chatterlng.
screaming mob never -came together. They
seemed 10 he debating IA serious question I'm
vigorous bird language. Finally their inoig-
nation grew so great that the entire colony
flew away in a body and have never returned.
They have now taken possession ofGtree near
the Friends Meeting House on Twelfth
street above Chestnut stroet.-Philadelphi
Record.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-04-12
THE RICHMOND HARDWARE MANUFACTURING COMPANY

kMa will
skilled mechanics
whom 2OOreslen nowun
Connecticut
less
employment
Fifteenth dis
tnny
nae tedeof
to
the MI orders
dare
pay abouttSe capital addition
huOnda
nd
in
nome
will add population about people
Of theube help Rchmonda
dividend made inland
rtofe should well and
The
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-04-12

lier-museum, should rather call it. You
will be much amused"
He moved 10 the table took up pen. and
wrote on the reverse side Of the business
card, From your friend and well-wisher,
Constant Adolf Basilio."
Having pocketed the card we chatted about
other subjects ! found him a pleasant
fairly educated. gentlemanly young fellow
not brilliant or superfluOusly endowed with
worldly wisdom. set him down ~ likely % be
too easily led and guided-or misguided
however much he might resent anything
that wore the look If interference Truth 10
tell felt sorry for him. in spite OF bis good
fortune | foresaw many pitfall into which
he would tumble hcadlOng. many snare
that would be laid by the self-seeklng and
the INSCRIPTIONS.
And mstrusted his companion, the half
brother Of the left hand-for such took him
TO bc-who kept such jealous watch over the
young heir, already acting the part Of self
constituted guardian. On his side evidently
lay all the masteriulness and determination.
Strive as he might, the newly-madc million
aire must sooner OF later become subordinate
90 the will Of his worldly inferior; so AT least
1t seemed TO be- We became quite friendly
after that little conversation but IN day or
two the blockade Of snow was raised, and our
group of ice bound travellers broke I'D.
Mind and pay me a visit If ever You cross
over TO Africa, said Constant % mo az part
iug. His half-brothcr was absent. II can
offer YOU splendid sport horses, dogs. Arab
heaters, al most heartily 90 your service
And II you incidentally lose finger you now
know where 70 90 for subsuiute"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-04-12
BALLADE or TIE BoGIE MAN.
- ID Lonlon World.l

IRON tlc iJuNon NOllNI
Whit Is tho foot fo2 steadily troadne
Tho ou-ky WAS of lfcs secret starr
w hear 30 fall. With an infinite droading
IL llfcrs never. 70 lauscs me- or.
Ipf I.uEh'l miiD ihn midnIsht mir,
MhiC tAf rcd wine fushcs IN cup and can.
What thIil- tnc check with sudden scare2
On'y tAc step 90 the B0cio Nan.
Hc comes unhil 20 Tho lovers wedding.
lie stand 40 tAc font as they llcss the heir,
Hc traces the tcAt ou the tombstone heading,
AMI slfs 81 tLc hearth IN tho vacant char.
T. taltn failure. and hope snare
And al things barron that c'cr began,
What bnuuts the heart ma lts lonely lair?
Only The step o. the Bogic Man.
Though blossoms fall In the ovcr-sprcadng.
crict holds q branch that is never bare;
Though tcar-drops fall N the overwhelming,
The springs ~ SORROW are mover spare.
As the night looks ont with its spectral stare
Onfhc dreams and decd, of TINS glorious span,
What lifts 90 the Up the bitter prayer
Only the step OF the Bogle Man.
Whom the wheels are broken beyond repair.
And che rrlZo Is misset AMI the last race Is ran,
What whispers low 90 the soul. "lreparc2'
Only the step of the Bo-ie Nan
-COtsford Dick IN the London World.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-04-12
ANenro Admitted TO the Ear.

SAVANNAH. GA, April Especial FLOR the
first time in the history Of savannah a negro
was to-day admitted % practice al the bar after
passing a most rigid eKamihation,
He is John H. Kincle, OF Virginia. 4 leading
member OF the bar, prominent in social life, adj
vocated his admission.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-04-12

LADIES
Needing tonic, or children vino want build
ing up. should take
BROWNS IRON BtTrERS.
II u pleasant 10 take, cures Malaria, lodi
eestiop. Dtltousne2 and Liver ComplniptA
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-04-12
The RICHMOND HARDWARE MANUFACTURING COMPANY

Of One will be sold
none
will be paid free all taxes and mannuany
onc NOnnnv
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-04-12
THE RICHMOND HARDWARE MAuUFAC
TURING COMPANY.

organized under the laws Of the State Virginia with aCapa Iva
andF Thousand Dollars preferred
hwilp be the
thee
meinSde
letopay sboutw went