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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-25
HAND II.

The revolted districts If Arabia include
the : naitic peninsula, the Hedjaz, or land
Of pil Zrimage IN which are located the
holy cities, aud Yemen. which borders the
Red sea and extends back 20 the fertile in
terror. There the uprising began aud there
fi0urishes NCcEs. a city world famed a. a
center 0f the coffee trade. ] be other D0r-
tions q the peninsula form the semidesert
domain u the wandering tribes Of BedoIIuz
and Wahabees.
The faithful Of Islam believe that signs
and p9rteuts. the crash d thunder and the
trembling Of thrones, heraldsd the birth Of
M0hammed. The palace Of the Persian king
rocked on the bosom II an Thquake, the
waters IN the Lake Of Sawa disappeared and
some occult power eEt}1gulshed the sacred
FIRE ~ the Parsees. while the priests VINO
Intellectually uUrsed The dying fame trJTu-
b.ed a. the awful The1cueucn- To these
miracles followed the military prod. Eies u
the caiiphs. ~ the callphs succeecet tire
wonderful race Of Orbuan. which founded
the Turkish empire and % the Sixteenth
century assumed control q the blly citles.
&oT there ia Only ADdaI Hzrlid AID q
tOtters1z realm TO them there g v1seh-
safed neither supernatural nor earthly AID
a. another province slips from TIE grasp
TO- weak % hold Sc.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-25
Plenty of Gold but No Bread.

During the closing days of December,
1916, gold was found in my mothers cabin
at Bonner lake by John Denton. | re-
member the night well. The storm fiends
were shrieking in their wild mirth, we
We're sitting about the fire in our little dark
home, busy with our thoughts. Denton
with his cane kept knocking pieces of the
large rocks used as fireirons on which to
place the wood. Something bright attracted
his attention, and picking up pieces of the
rock he examined them closely; then turn
ing 10 my mother he said, Mrs. Reed this
is gold" Ny mother replied that she
wished it were bread, Denton knocked
more chips from the rocks and be hunted
in the ashes for the shining particles until
he had gathered about a teaspOOntUl. This
he tied in = small piece of buckskin and
placed in his pocket, saying, Ii we ever
get away from here am coming back Tor
more"
Denton started out with the first relief
party, but persisted on the way, and no one
thought of the gold in his pocket. Denton
was about thirty years of aye; he was born
in Sheffield, England, and was gunsmith
and gold beaten by trade, Gold has never
been found on the shore of the lake, bat a
few miles from there, in the mountain can
yons, from which this rock possibly came,
rich mines have been discovered. Cor.
Century.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-25

general attention. This is partially ex-
planned by the facts that he grew 10 man
hood in Germany, where the papers do not
pay much attention to such things, and
then emigrated to an interior town of
Texas, whence he has lately moved to New
York.
Originally, Eppert says, he used all his
legs equally and gained so many foot races
that he was barred out" in Germany.
He then ran after and overlook runaway
team, stopped it and saved the life of
noble lady for which he was accorded the
honor of an interview with old Emperor
William and received a handsome reward.
This he soon spent and all his other earn
ings, for il must be admitted that Mr..
Lippert is not very talented Then rail-
road accident cut three toes from his right
foot and the rheumatism disabled that leg,
so it went out Of service and he now walks
on his left and middle leg. The left foot
has five toes and the middle one SIX, and
Mr.. Lippert's greatest grief is that he can
not now wear three-.egged trousers and
use all his legs.
He says also that he wants some wives,
and if be is hauled up for bigamy he will
tell the Judge that he has heart enough for
all, and as his heart IS in sections each
wife can have a section After careful
examination the doctors decided that lip
pert's heart : about six times the ordinary
size and sometimes bobs ike force pump,
He enjoys good health, however. except fo~
the Rheumatism The ONLY defect in the
two right hand les IS below the knee, on,
being smaller and the other lacking the
tibia
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-25
Fighting Over carlo,

The funniest case that ever tried was
about a dog. Old Judge Southland was on
one side and | was on the other. The
judges client wanted fifty dollars for a dog
that ny client was alleged to have killed.
The dog was not worth fifty cents, accord
ing to the market value, for the law pro-
vides for no valuation ON CANNES. At any
rate the case was the means of making
that canine the most expensive dead dog
have ever heard of. There were three trials.
and a disagreement resulted every time.
The costs, think, were something in the
neighborhood of 500. knew had for
lorn case, and my only hope was to mix up
the jury on the question of valuation.
The Judge had his witnesses well trained,
and so had l mine. At just such a time
and at just such point in their testimony
two little girls who figured prominently in
the case for the prosecu ton would burst
into tears and eXclaim in tones of the most
piercing agony: Dear, darling Carlo;
poor, dear, darling Carlo; l shall see you
no more. A wicked man has killed our
poor old triend-boO-boo." That was all
very well in its place, but it didn't affix
valuation on the dead dog. The judge had
some butchers to testify as to the probable
worth of the defunct animal. Their esti-
mates varied from $50 TO 500. But had
some butchers, too, and they discounted
the wailing and weeping of the judges in.
fants. When we asked them on the cross
examination what they thought poor, dear
Carlo was worth, We'll" they said, '!i
cats were scarce Carlo might have brought
two cents per pound for a sausage com
pound" There was compromise after
ward and we shared the costs of the poor,
dear, darling Carlo litigation between us
st Louis Globe Democrat.
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Will There Re an American Language?

Will There Re AN American Language?
That there will ever be any broad diverg-
enCe between the English language and
American speech, such, for example, as diff
ferentiates the Portuguese from the Span
ish, IS now altogether unlikely. A diverg-
ence as wide as this has been impossible
since the invention of printing, and it is
even less possible since the schoolmaster
has been abroad teaching the same A B c
in London, New York, Sydney and Cal
cutta,
Although it has ceased absolutely to be
British, the chief literature of North Amer
lea is still English, and must remain so,
just as the chief literature Of South Amer
ica is still Spanish. Senior Juan Valera,
declaring this truth in the preface to his
delightful Pepita Ximenez, reminds Us
that the literature of Syracuse, of An
tIoch and OF Alexandria was as much
Greek literature rs was the literature of
Athens" In Ike manner we may recall
the fact that Lucan, Seneca, Martial and
Quinctinan were all Of them Spaniards by
birth
That any one country shall remain or
become at once the political, financial and
literary center of the wide series OF Anglo
Saxon states which now encircles the globe
is almost equally unlikely, but we may be
sure that that branch Of our Anglo-Saxon
stock viii use the best English, and vii,
perhaps see its standard OF speech accepted
by the other branches, which IS most Wig
orous physically, mentally and morally,
which has the most Intelligence, and which
knows its duty best and does it most fear
lessly.-Brander Matthews IN Harpers
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-25

a bouquet or cluster Of flowers arranged
according TO the following directions Is a
very beautiful object. and is is sad thss
the flowers Will keep fresh long time: AZ
tach a weighted base 90 the bouquet by
which il can be held IN an upright position
when placed upon plate or shallow dish.
Sink the dish III q deep pan OF pure, fresh
water. and arrange the flowers in the posi-
tionin which they are 10 remain. Then care
fully cover the bouquet with a bell glass
which fits closely 20 tho fat part Of the dish
The glass should be perfectly hilcd with the
water, thus excluding all air bubbles.
Raise the dish from the pen without dis
turbing the ben glass and place where it
will show well upon 8 table, then carefully
wipe the moisture from the exterior, lcav-
Ing a little water on the dish or plate
around the base of the glass. Conceal the
edge Of the plate by light wreath, made
Of moss dotted with small flowers. The cf-
feet in the evening, by artificial light. Is
particularly pleasing.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-25
ARTISTIC ARRANGEMENTS.
Fancy Candlestte;Ss Feseooned with Flow
ers-A Pink Crepe shade.


Fancy candlesticks or lamps, festooned
with violets, roses or sprays Of lilac, tied
with satin ribbon, Is the latest fashion in
sable decoration. which is capable of in
finite variation, being governed by the host
sSs' individual taste
a table decorated in good form is p poetic
confusion OF porcelain figures and flowers.
At the ends and in the center stand rars
vases filed with exotic blooms. A littls
hammock woven OF gold tinsel cord, sus-
pended over the center OF the table, and
filled with fruit ard flowers artistically ar
ranged. has pretty effect. Decorator and
Furnisher, which IS authority for the fore
going, tells also OF pretty way 20 make an
inexpensive lamp shade. Take pink cheese
cloth, wet il thoroughly. and then, after u
hiss been doubled several times, twist it
until il doubles itself up in a knot. Secure
it from untwistiug. and wipe 1t dry with
towel and put il away to dry. IL VIII take
about ten DAYS to dry it thoroughly, dur
Ing which time il should not be disturbed
On unrolling the cloth il viii be found
beautifully creped, and lamp shade can
be made ii the same way as tissue paper,
by simply cutting a hole for the chimney
In the center Of the cloth. The top should
be arranged with high ruching. and
broad satin ribbon OF exactly ths same
shade fastening IT, A fringe Of soft lace
makes a beautiful trimming, and the ruche
at the top Is also improved by a lace edging.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-25

Now Abdul Hamid finds himself unable
to cope with an instruction that began "A
few weeks ago in the province OF Yemen
and has already extended TO the far inte-
rior of Arabia. His treasury is empty, his
troops are few, and he can do nothing bat
accept to the fullest the belief Of the fatal
ist and bow his head at The VIII of God. "
On every side the worn out empire Of
which he is the nominal chief has been
shorn of wealth and territory. Since the
opening of the present century Turkey has
lost Greece, Montenegro Moidavia, Walla-
CHA, Servia, Herzegovina, Bulgaria and
several other dependencies of less value.
Besides, its hold on Africa has so relaxed
as now scarcely TO be felt.
Then there is a national debt Of about a
billion dollars. 1t had its beginning IN
1854, when the reiGning sultan WAS induced
to negotiate a small loan. BY additions.
interest, usury and the various methods
incident to financial operations the
original sum of SIS, 600 600 has been swollen
to enormous proportions. So, penuiless,
powerless and doomed the Turk sits in
active as there passes from him the even
nominal control of the country in which
are situated the two most holy cities o.
his reHgion-Mecca, where Mohammed was
born, and Medina, the place at which he
died and where he sleeps side by side with
his famous successors, the ealiphs Abu-
bekr and Omar.
One prayer uttered at Medina, the proph-
ct asserted, is worth a thousand offered up
at any other spot. The place was once a
seat Of Arab learning, and although its
permanent population now is less than
10000 thirty schools flourish within its
walls. At Mecca rises the Caaba, or square
house" the hottest sanctuary Of the Mos
lem, where reposes the black stone brought
by the angels from heaven. Not far from
this sacred relic are the graves Of Ishmael
and Hagar, and the region thcreabout is
redOlent with memories and traditions Of
the heroic and fanatical days when Kha-
dijeh's epileptic husband declared, There
is but one God and / am his prophet" and
set out to subdue the infdel.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-25

Oh, rugged riverl restless riverl
River of years-river Of tears
Thou river of Life!
River Of tearsl Yet DER thy bosom Joy, as a
bird, flashes its gaudy wing,
And drinks its draught of ecstasy from out thy
crystal spring.
Oh, sunlit riverI shadowy riverl
River of gladness-river of sadness
Thou river of Life!
River Of gladness! Yet DER the blue Of the
beautiful sky floats cloud
Out of whose feecy wilderness the Loom of God
is weaving shroud.
Oh, beautiful river! while the star of youth is
glowing
From the silver sprinkled sky.
River of Life! when health's elixir flowing
Paints thy waters its rosy dye.
Sunlit river! when the days are full of peace,
And tho calm of the song the river sings
And the quiet joy the lullaby brings
We feel will never cease.
And while the waters glow and glisten,
Ali how seldom do we listen
To the turning of the ponderous wheel of
Time,
Over whose granite sides are rushing
The waves Of the river in a symphony sub
lime
But when the waters are black and bleeding
Dyed with dread Diseases breath,
And we feel the river leading
To the fathomless sea OF Death,
1uel, all LitIls IN our agony OF soul
We cry: "Oh, wheel Of Time, one moment
stayi
Turn back the river and cease to roll,
For life we love is passing away"
But God is the miller and the wheel is turning,
Though Griefs hot irons our hearts are burn
ing.
And the rivers song-is only moan.
And the grinding wheel-sounds groan.
But from out our midnight gloom
Look upl God knowest best.
See the life we love as it catches the bloom
OF Infinite radiance and rest!
Its waters have mingled with the crystal stream
Flowing so close to the throne.
And the waves have caught the golden CLEAN
And the rivers voice, Gods tender tone.
And the river in heaven in its crystal calm
Found its way through the golden bars,
Flowing upward, beyond the garden of stars,
To the feet of God and his Lamb.
Oh, royal riverl radiant river!
River of Light-river of Life
Thou river of Godl
Mary r Hill
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-25
Prefers to Do All the Work Himself

when a man sits in my chair" said a
skillful barber, 81 like to have him let me
do all the work. l know what to do, and
how to do it. l appreciate the courtesy
which prompts man to turn his head so
that can the more readily get at the side
of his face, but | should be better pleased
if he would let me turn it. l never hesitate
to place the head of any man, whether he
is worth one dollar or million. in the posi-
ton that will best enable me properly TO do
the required work; never give any man
unnecessary discomfort. The thing for a
man to do when he sits down in BARRIERS
chair Is to let go Of himself, and to let his
head remain in whatever position it may
be placed until the barber is ready to set it
straight again; there is no danger that he
will be permitted to 20 out Of the shop with
his head awry.-New York Sun.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-25
Insured Against Frost,
AL sorts OF hlrNeets growing,
The frost may stop;
But Il has no sort of showing
With the ice cream crop
of Intere.t 70 Foreign Eshihitors.

United States Attorney General Miller
has rendered a decision that VIII be Of
great interest 10 foreign exhibitors at the
Worlds fair. 1t IS to the erect tha, these
exhibitors can bring with them enough
employees TO show the process of manufac-
turing the goods they display without be-
ing held for violation Of the contract labor
law. The decision was rendered At the re-
quest of the French consul in Chicago, who
represented that many manufacturers IN
France would not take part in the fair IN
less they could bring limited number Of
employees along.
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sent 20 the execution Of these necotiators-
They escaped. however. and remained 10
concea!ment till the present UIkaio a.
cended the throne. Then the progressive
got the upper hand. and Ia ISIS the tycoon
was depossd and the local desPo-isrn % the
dainios destroyed. Japan t1eE became
nation II the modern sense g. iAe word
with uniform lAws. a strgn- Central gov
eminent and liberal po.icE IN trade and
education. Prince Ss1Io was naade gov
eruor Of an important prOElBcs AID gen
eral Of the i'm perial guard. and "a $50 o.
came prime minister
IN lss5 he went irto honorable retire
meat, Count Ito becoming prime minister.
bat tbs prince continued TIE favcrit@ al
wiser % the rikado. Te recently fe.3
victim to tnfiuenza. ard while - c-s f-st
illness received from The y kato the --n-
st rank a-talna5le by = fsp-1es- @a5sszr.
z s funeral was ths T3cs- impressive ever
v7Isueszed n Toxic 2 s- case 4 az other
.aan 4 royal ye-s1u2es-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-25

By ali means take a. mach exercise as
ycU can, and - IN The 0psa ar 81 much a.
possible. Outdoor life is TIE nStgral con
d.toa 4 mankind. and tie more one ea1
have of y tEe bette Toe practice Is1ss
cot - carried u eEtreE1es. however. Z 5srs
are many days VIXEN ons IS much better CT
10 : warm, comfortable. well veHtiia'el.
b0Gse tHan trying % take outdoor eEsresgs
n a u-idsEJnter storm or luziey J liy sun.
and ~ oa~ ever StrenEt keoe9 bis c5nst "a.
ticu By leeplug w.ts bis bedroom EInG8z
oEen with the 0nts5ee ssE1 yeTafurs ~ zero.
-Ng-thfy E1isetsA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-25
Where She Lies Dead.


The sun comes up and mocks me with its light,
The clouds lean white breasts to the sleepless
Ihear the lark's call, tremulous with delight,
To his sweetheart, across the new erased
lea,
The rose blue mists before the sun have fed.
The whole dear world is glad-though she lies
dead.
Out in her well loved garden spot the flowers
Lift dreaming heads and half unfold their
leaves
AL wet and sweet with dew; the hours
Go slowly, as if pitying him who grieves;
Her one white rose leans slender throat and
head
Aboat the pond her frogs are all astir;
Their mellow, clamorous voices ill the air
Their tender voices so beloved of herl
That night kissed the vioiets in her hair
When on my happy breast she laid her head,
TO hear their murmuring-now, she lies dead.
The locust blossoms sift, like dim, pale stars,
On purple air shot through and through with
gold,
Like dust blown of the wine flushed grapes,
and bars
OF warmth lie on the grass beneath--but
cold
And stin is she whose heart, they always taid,
Was strong and warm as tire-for she lies dead.
Oh, Lowell rsvol Lowell it is too great to bear!
That this glad world should still pulse strong
with life,
And thrill with mellow song, and all the air
With JOY Of bird and flower love be rife
While from thy breast thought, love and life
have fled.
Ny Godl Ny God, help me! while she lies dead.
Overland Monthly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-25
DAPHNE.
What did Daphne do,

What did Daphne do,
That we should speak her name,
Thrilled through and through
With perfume rare, and claim
Her memory anew
A pink toned flower grew
Beside garden walk
In Temescal.
Between my idle talk
A deep thought struggled through
What did Daphne dor
What would do
To be immortal soi-the dusk,
The west wind coming through
An odor pungent as old musk
And one says. Daphne" in the dew.
What would do,
That centuries hence.
Two women passing through
Some quaint old garden walk
In Temescal,
Should pause in idle talk.
Where some sweet flower grew,
Ny memery to renewl
Diana's uymph was Daphne. She. pursued.
BY bold Apollo through the sacred wood,
To &c. her mother, prayed,
And straight into an odorous laurel grew,
Apollo then, with branches wet with dew,
His flushing brow srrayed.
What did Daphne dor
She kept her purpose and her honor true,
And when in danger dread
To Earth, her mother, fed;
For virtues sake TO willing death she few.
wondrous perfume thrilled me through
and through.
And one SAYS. Daphne" In the dew.
Lillian II. Shuey in Overland.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-25
Nationality in Ladieg' Hands.

A Frenchman, who seems 10 have had
unusual opportunities for studying the
matter, says that Irish women have the
prettiest hands, but that those of English
women are too thick and fesby. American
ladies' hands are long and thin; Germans
have short hands with long fingers. The
Polish ladies are said to be the best after
the Irish. Ladies' hands in Italy, France
and Spain are poor.
Although this gentleman does not com
pliment English la les, he does not class
them with MS own country women.-Van-
itY Fair
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-25

dictatorship Of the
tycoon. The struE
gle became very
earnest soon after
the tycoon made @
treaty with the
American. Cou
modoTe Perry. IL
1854 In 1868
Prince Sanjo vas
one q the neEo-
tiators between
uisado and the
tycoon, and when
Z "a Q react8C1arv
2 art y prevailed
the u4kaGo was
crmreILaI - en-
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A Farewell.


Ny fairest child, I have no song to give you;
No lark could pipe in skies SO dull and gray;
Yet, il you Will, one quiet hint III leave you
For every day.
III tell you how 70 sing clearer carol
Than lark who halls the dawn or breezy
down,
TO earn yourself pureT poets laurel
Than Shakespeare's crown.
Be good. sweet maid, and let who can be clever;
DO lovely things, not dream them. all day
long,
And so make life and death, and that forever,
One grand sweet song.
Charles Kingsley.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-25

X lad of seventeen. named Patenton. liv-
ing at Woodlands, Winnipeg, having been
scolded by Mrs Roadway for some triainS
fault, took his employers gun and shot the
womHn's head 10 pieces, after which he
threw her corpse in the well The boy had
never shown symptoms OF insanity and
the deed seems 70 have been one Of pure
GiabolIsm.
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A . 80 49, ESssS-Ss--E<5zS
MjlllIt a9le
GEMS IN VERSE.
How She Lost Her Lover.


Twas a summer ago when he left me here,
A summer Of smiles with never tear,
Till l said to him with Sob My dear!
Goodby, my lover; goodby!
For loved him. oh, as the stars love night!
And my cheeks for him flashed red and white
When he first called me his hearts delight:
Goodby, my lover; goodby!
The touch Of his hand was a thing divine,
As he sat with me in the soft moonshine
And drank of nay love as men drink wine:
Goodby, my lover; goodby!
And never q night as knelt in prayer,
In gown as white as our own souls were,
But in fancy he came and kissed me there:
Goodby, my lover; goodby!
But now, o Godl what an empty place
My whole heart is! OF the old embrace
And the kiss | loved, there is not a trace:
Goodby, my lover; goodbyl
He sailed not over the stormy sea,
And he went not down in the waves, not he;
But oh, he is lost, for he married me:
Goodby, my lover; goodbyl
james Whitcomb Riley.