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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-20

| folks did not come to grief, or die or want
or remorse or anything of the sort; on the
contrary, they appear to have prospered
above the average of mankind. But this
| is one of the disadvantages of true story;
things work differently in novels.
Equally romantic and far more interest
| ing in its appeal to the sympathies is the
story of Paul Denton and his long, long
/ search and happy discovery of his girl
bride. One part of his account is net well
authenticated and strikes the reader as
'fshy," but the rest is pretty clearly
proved. Paul's parents died when he was
sixteen, and he left his home in Philadel-
phia to find rich uncle in California. He
did not find him, but got living job in a
counting house in San Francisco, where,
in 1878, he was astonished by the arrival of
an agent on the hunt for him, as his rich
uncle had died and left him $40, 900.
A condition of the bequest was that he
should live in Denver with his aunt and
her adopted daughter till of age. That
daughter, Bertha Ashwell, also was to re-
ceive $4,000 if she remained unmarried to
the age of twenty This boy and girl fell
desperately in love, and married secretly to
save the $4,000, but three months later
Paul disappeared while with a party on
Pixies Peak. A body was found and buried
as his, but his present account is that he
was kidnapped and kept captive by a
band of gypsies, who took him to British
Columbia. There he was "shanghaied'-
that is, drugged, and taken on whaler, the
Annie 7, Of Liverpool. In 1882 he was
paid off at that city and found himself Of
age, and for the first time free man. Then
his hunt began.
Reaching Denver he learned that he had
long been father; that his aunt had died
of grief, and that Miss Bertha Ashwe1l las
the people supposed her to beg had gone
east to hide her shame" He fastened to
Philadelphia and saw in Laurel Hill GEM
etery his own tombstone, recording that
he was born in 1851 and died in 1879 And
now his task was doubled-to find his wife
and prove that he was the real Paul Den
ton. After three years search supporting
himself by hard labor, he found that Ber-
tina Ashwell had gone to Europe as COM
panion of an old lady. He also learned the
sad trfth-that to save the $10,0 for her
boy she had not revealed her marriage
g.. To Europe he went working his way
and found the wife had returned to Amer
lea. From point to point he traced her,
and at last, few weeks since, they were
joyously united in San Francisco. But
where was his $40 ,000i His aunt had taken
it as his heir, and on her death it went to
her relatives in Scotland. So now he has
before him the task of proving up and re-
covering as much of it as possible He
has, however, the positive testimony of his
wife and some documents, which his law
yer considers ample. So his little romance
will soon end, as all good romances should.
J. 81. BEADLE.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-20
Houses Built to Last.

Longevity is characteristic not only OF
Neal Dow's family, but of the houses in
which the Bows have resided. A Maine
gentleman says that Neal Dow is living in
the house built by himself in 1929, and in
which he has resided ever since his mar
riage. The house in which he was born,
built by his father in 1890, is also standing.
The same is true as to the house in which
his mother was born, built by his grand
father in the latter part of the Eighteenth
century, and that in which his grandmother
was born, built by his great grandfather
somewhere about 1740. Each of these
houses. save the last, is standing on the
spot where it was originally built, and is
still owned in the family. The general
himself is over eighty-seven, his father
lived to nearly ninety-six years of age, the
great-grandfather referred to above died
at over ninety-seven, while of two other
ancestors one reached the age of one hun
dred and the other one hundred and four.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-20
a Too Playful Constable.

Officers of the law cannot be too careful
IN handling the tools of their trade, partic.
ularly If they are unfamiliar with them.
flstols so off very unaccouutably some
Times, and even handouts are not things
70 jest with, as constable of Woodruff, s.
L, recently learned. lie visited Spartans-
burg, In the same state, the other day, and
meeting young lady who was an old &C
|qualntance, playfully put,the handouts on
her He found he had lost the key and
could not get one in town. The girls IA
|ther was anxious TO return home, but his
|uaughter was fastened by iron bracelets.
Inc constable procured a file, and after
|aoout iivs hours hard labor, which was
frightened by a visit 10 the saloon every
hall hour, he secured a release
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-20
Amusingly Incorrect Answers.

Boys and girls who are confronted with
questions beyond their intellectual attain
ments are apt to make queer answers.
Among the replies given at a public
school examination in Toronto recently
were the following: Quebec is the capital
of the United States" "the Arctic ocean
flows into the Mississippi" 1.-THE Pacific
ocean flows into the Hudson bay" 1.-The
Gulf of Mexico flows into the Arctic
ocean" ian estuary is land less than ZOO
feet high above the level of the sea, "a
valley is water lying between hills" "a
valley is the top of mountain" "a lake
is piece of land with water all round it,"
"the products of Canada are oatmeal,
turnips and figs" "a watershed is a shelter
place for ships"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-20

Among the emigrants was Mrs. Graves,
with her husband and nine children. The
husband, two daughters and a son-in-law
went out with the fifteen who composed
the "forlorp hope" but only the daugh-
tiers lived to reach the valley. When the
relief party arrived Mrs. Graves buried her
money, variously estimated at from $500 to
$500 in silver, and as she died soon after
starting, the secret of its burial place was
lost. Eight children survived, of whom at
least four are still living-the legal owners
of that treasure. if time has not destroyed
their title
Forty-four years had passed away when,
on recent May day, Edward Reynolds was
strolling among the lumber camps about
Bonner lake. Being miner, be was ex-
aiming the quartz outcrop and float" at
the upper end of Bonner lake, when he
found several old pieces of money in plain
view on the surface. Pursuing his search
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-20

August EIbogen, who advertised as "Dra-
matte agent" and pretty Jennie Reckwig,
barely seventeen years old, being sworn,
told this story:
! Last January she saw the advertisement
of Elbogen for young ladies for dramatic
troupe, and called upon him. He told her
New Orleans was the place, and she could
secure position in fine and high toned
theater; so she signed a contract TO pay
5 per cent. on her salary while there, and
to repay her passage money, and went &C
cording to his directions. She had always
been anxious to get on the stage, as well
as to help her parents, who were poor and
had a large family, and for years before
meeting Elbogen she had worked in an up
hoistery trimming establishment. The ex-
treme simplicity of her story and her evil
dent ignorance of the worlds ways excited
much sympathy in the court.
Arrived at New Orleans she was met by
Elbogens correspondents, who took her to
the Royal palace" and the eden theater,"
and-here she blushed and hesitated to
continue her narrative. After much ques-
tioning it transpired that she was required
to dress in a semi-ballet costume and serve
wine and beer, her earnings depending on
the amount sold; that she was subjected to
personal indignities and compelled to wit
ness indecencies in the boxes. In few
days she fled from the place, and, falling
into the hands of some charitable ladies,
was returned to New York and to the care
of the Home for Young Girls.
To this the defense made answer that she
had signed the contract with full knowl-
edge of its contents, and in it was a stipu-
1ation that she should sell wine" Fur
thermore, it was denied that any specific
promise of salary was made, and Mr.. Elbo-
gen fell back on his established character
as a dramatic agent. And so the case went
Mr.. Elbogen.
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f. j. Wells, an expert swimmer, took the
part of the big fish. Mr.. Wells wore d
leather harness about his head, and the
line was fastened to an eyelet at the top of
his head. He was to take his position at
any part of the large swimming tank,
which is 70 feet long by 20 feet wide, and
when time was called the angler was to en-
deavor to reel him within reach of 6-foot
gail, held by an assistant. If the gaff
touched any part of the swimmers body
within thirty minutes he lost the contest.
The swimmer was not allowed to touch the
line with his hands or to foul it with his
arms or legs; neither was he permitted to
touch the sides Or bottom of the tank.
About 300 members of the club witnessed
the trial, and the result was a complete
victory for the man fish. Again and again
did the angler reel him in" as far as the
middle of the tank, and as often did he de-
feat the swimmers attempt to break the
line by suddenly darting away when it
was slack. At length the line snapped in
two. Time, % minutes. 1t was the regu-
lation tarponrod.
A good sized tarpon, Mr.. Wells Gays, will
weigh upward of 100 pounds, and can gen.
orally be landed by an expert fisherman in
from fifteen minutes to an hour, but the
fish will waste his strength in wild en-
deavors to escape, and IS craZed with pain
and fright, while q cool headed man will
utilize every ounce of force, and will meet
the skill of the fisherman with an equal
amount Of sagacity and nerve.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-20
Historian of the Hellenic Nation,

Despite his long name, the Greek histo-
rian Constantine Paparrhegopontos, who
died recently at the age of seventy-six,
achieved recognition in the front ranks of
literature. He was q native of CONSTANT
nople, as youth lived with relatives at
Odessa, and received his early education
at Paris. He went to Athens in 1880, and
took to writing historical essays. In few
years he was installed as professor of that
department in the university there His
monumental History of the Hellenic Ma
ton" occupied his time from 1862 to 1877.
He translated the work into French him
self
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loved her still, ana grew only more anxious
to see his son. At last his longing grew SO
great that he employed the Pinkerton de-
tective agency; they published the facts in
the San Francisco Chronicle, and one of its
reporters has at last found Eugene Paul
me. He is prosperous vestmaker in San
Francisco. employing twenty-five hands, is
happily married and has children, but is
very glad to find his father.
The old mans dream Of marrying Jose
phine, however, so as to undo the wrong"
as he expresses it, is not to be realized, as
she is now the lawful wife of the Charles
CRETE with whom she eloped. So "all
join hands at the curtains fall" but the
moral appears to be wanting. The bad
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them to never re-establish communication
with their friends. but here it is proposed
to give the plain prose of three well es-
tablished cases-the discovery of a lost
wife, the return of lost father, and the
finding of long lost treasure.
All general readers know something of
the horrible story of the i'll fated Bonner
party. Late in 1916 this party, consisting
mostly of well to do people from Illinois,
but having with them several of the
"pariahs of the plains"-people of that
class which wandered in an aimless way
from the Missouri to the Pacifc-were
overtaken by early SHOWS in the basin of
Bonner lake. Starvation and cannibalism
are admitted facts; murder is charged upon
some of the party, but not proved. The
rescue of the survivors by relief party
from the settlements west of the Sierra
Nevada was one of the most heroic affairs
of California's heroic age
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-20
How Adams Saved His Life.

It was because of his extraordinary pres
ence of mind that John Adams, of Tacoma,
recently escaped one of the most horrible
of deaths. He is employed in smelting
works in that city. The other day a mis-
step caused him to fall into a pot of boil
ing metal, and in an instant he was i'm
mersed to his armpits. AS he fell he
clutched the rim of the pot, and was thus
enabled to quickly draw himself out. He
then plunged into an adjoining pot of cold
water. His hands were badly burned, but
otherwise be had hardly scar on him.
The secret of his escape was that he wore
heavy wooden underwear and outer cloth
ing and before it had burned through
Adams was in the pot OF cold water.
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about increasing his vocabularies. With
this object he entered the diplomatic serv-
ice, and was assigned as attache of the en-
bassy at Constantinople. There he per
fected himself in the languages OF Turkey,
and afterward went to Paris to add TO his
knowledge of the French tongue. His first
literary work was on the Turkish Ian
guages, and was written in Latin. He held
several distinguished professorships in
France.
The professor emigrated to the United
States in 1853, and among his first acquains-
ances was Washington Irving, who made
him assistant librarian Of the Astor library.
After coming to America he studied every
Indian language and dialect of the Pacific
coast, as well as of the Sioux. He wrote
several books on methods of studying Ger
man, and his works on the Irish language
have been published by the New York
Gaelic society.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-20

ALIFORNIA is
indeed the land OF
romance There
is romance of all
kinds, but in the
lines of missing
men" and sud
denly discovered
treasure" the land
of gold naturally.
excels. Volumes
might be written
in giving only the
plain facts of men
who sunk theil
identity in the
wild days OF
1SA4-52 MANY ot
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-20

ty, Tennessee, and
received but a
scanty education,
his early years be-
ing given to toll.
n e yer t heless he
s t u g d law in
spare hours, and
was in a good prac-
tice when the war
began. He enlist
edin the First Fed
eral regiment from
Tennessee, and by
successive promo
finno hoooyoa nalO
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-20
The Late Congressman Houk.

The tragic death of Congressman Leon
idas c. Houk, of the Knoxville CTenn.) dis
trict Che died of arsenic taken by mistake),
has saddened all who knew him, regardless
of party. Though an East Tennessee Re-
publican, which means a very earnest par
tisan, he was loved by many and admired
by all his opponents for his many good
personal qualities.
He was born June s. 1886. in Sewer CONN
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| dry goods store in West Fourteenth street,
| New York
| There really was very little evidence
against her in that case, and the lady
| whose pocket was picked refused to make
any complaint, SO the detective was much
blamed at the start But when they
reached the police court he produced an
other lady, Mrs. Agnes Stevens, who testi-
fed that she lost a pocketbook on April II,
and believed Mrs. Raynor to be the thief.
At her request the accused was ordered to
take off her gloves, and then Mrs. Stevens
exclaimed: THAT'S her! 1 recognize her
hands. Yes, Pm sure that is the woman
who took my pocketbook"
OF course there was sensation and much
difference Of opinion, as Mrs. Raynor's
brothers, husband and son-in-law all stand
well in the business and social world; but
when the detective was pressed he brought
out the fact that Mrs Raynor was arrested
in October, 1880. She was sentenced to one
days imprisonment, which she served.
Mrs. Raynor was a member of and an
ardent worker in ST. James Methodist
Episcopal church, One Hundred and
Twenty-sixth street and Madison avenue,
of which Dr. james NJ. King was pastor.
The clergymen and scores of his parishion-
ers appealed to the justice for Mrs. Ray
nor's discharge.
She was the treasurer Of the ladies'
auxiliary committee connected with that
church. On her release Mrs. Raynor con-
tinued with the church and apparently did
not lose her standing. One lady member
of the church, in defiance Of public opinion,
made it point to have her span of horses
and carriage stand opposite Mrs. Raynor's
residence to show that her friends had not
forsaken her.
So it appears that the detective had acted
on the principle of g Once thief always a
thief" and had kept an occasional eye on
the woman during all these years. Mrs.
Raynor protests her innocence in both
cases, and the opinion of those who know
her is divided.
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be and his companion, Amos Lane, soon
had Sl46 in silver. The next day nine dol
lars more was found. The report had long
been that the Bonner party buried $4,000
in all, and many have hunted for it, yet the
first pieces were found upon the surface
The wear of the elements and the hauling
of logs over the spot accounts for it prob
ably.
None of the coins was of later date than
1S45, but they range back to the last cent
ury and present a wonderful variety
French, German, Spanish, Mexican and
American, with busts of Louis Philippe
and other rulers. AS curiosities merely
some of them are of great value, and 500
has already been offered for one The
mountain town of Truckee is greatly ex-
cited, aud though Lane and Reynolds have
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-20
Her Mourning DAYS Are Over,

Prince Rudolph of Austria, who met
death because he invaded another mans
home, left a widow, the Grand Duchess
Stephsnie. She Is young looking and
beautiful woman. She recently laid aside
the weeds worn in perfuncsory mourning
for her faithless husband, and is now with
party Of gay friends enjoying q coaching
trip through Italy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-20

b e c n reelected.
He was born in
L o G an county,
KY, Jan 9. 1854,
removed to Jack
sonville, Fla, in
early manhood.
entered upon the
practice of law,
and soon became
popular. He was
e e etc 4 TO the
United States SEN
ate hv -ha F-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-20

In a family of good
social position. A
"mania'' it Ger
tainly is in some
cases, for it shows
itself in people
who are under no
great temptation
to steal, and the
NEST extraordina-
ry cases are those
of women. A tru-
ly shocking case
is that of Mrs.
Elizabeth Raynor,
recently arrested
nv detactiva in a
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'staked out a claim" inclosing the ground
adjoining their discovery, many others are
searching in the vicinity. Mrs Graves
| buried the money on the morning Of
March S, 1S47, and herself died on the 9th.
The locality still bears evidence of some of
the horrors it once witnessed; the tall
stumps show where the emigrants cut the
trees above the deep snow, and plain
cross marks the center of their winter
camp.
Another find" which might furnish the
basis for tragic romance of the Frenchiest
sort is the finding Of Eugene Pauline by
his father. The father, Paul T. Pauline,
Is wealthy tailor st S19 Sixth avenue
New York, sged seventy, but nearly forty
years ago he lived with his newly welded
wife in his native place in Franco There
ne empfoTed one Josephtae Fouchsrd as an
assistant in tailoring. and soon he became
infatuated with her. She bore him one
son, but his legal wife had no children
SO, after several years OF this double life,
Pauline and Josephine came 10 New York
with their son. Learning Of his wifes
death in France he at once proposed to
marry Josephine, but she eloped with q
younger man, taking their son with her
She was forty-three years old, her son
Eugene nineteen and her new friend"
Charles CRETE, was but twenty-six, so the
elder Pauline was confident she would
soon return, and made no search for her
Sixteen years passed. but the old
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-20
A new wayto circumvent chicken .b;or,

new way TO circumyent chicken thieves
has been invented by an ingenious resident
$of waterbury, Conn. A copper wire con.
nected with battery joins his bed room 20
he hen house. The chicken roosts are
also OF copper, and if thieves tamper with
ne coop an alarm sounds at the owners
leau' ne presses button and shock is
sent through the roost which brincs ont
ali the noise of which the chickens are pos
sessed. and frighteas away the depredators.
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Txpewriters stnav,nx Law.

1t is said by one who claims to know that
very few Of the many girls now studying
law ever expect to practice the profession
Numbers of the students are typewriters
In law offices, and desire 10 gain sufficient
knowledge OF Blackstone 10 make their
services more valuable in their present
Ing
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Florida legislature after the war, but was
not allowed 10 take his seat, As the state
government at that time was not recoS
nized. In 1879 he was agRin elected, ard
reelected in 1885 His third term IS al
ready begun practically, his election haV-
Ing been delayed by the long contest
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-20

\ French scientist has aimed 8 blow st
the popularity OF domestic pets He de-
elarss that these pampered and generally
useless birds and animals carry frSEa bssIse
TO house 50 per cent Of the common CEN
tagious diseases Of the world
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known musicians
of San Francisco
On retiring TO his
room he turned
off the gas and fell
asleep, but the gas
jet was defective,
and IN his haste he
left il about half
open; so, despite
the fact that the
window WAS low
cred six inches st
the top, he was as
phyxfsted- His
wife entering the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-20
Nominated for Governor OF Kentucky.

having borne the
Republican stand
ard for various
N in or Offices, is
now that party's
nominee for gov
ernor again S {
Hon John Young
Brown. He was
born in Fleming
county, KY, Nov.
IS, 1884. and re
c eived only q
common sc IA o o !
e du C alton He
was a WAGNER in
oarl manhood
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mel; he took very active part in the re-
construction of Tennessee, and in 1866 was
elected judge of the Seventeenth judicial
district. After four years on the bench he
resumed his law practice in Knoxville In
1873 he was elected to congress, and was
reelected by large majorities biennially
Thereafter. In 1850 he was one of the BOG
who voted steadily for Grant at the Chi
cago convention.
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Inc United States government has been
Rhsked to grant patent for the attachment
Fot musical instrument to a bicycle. The
EcomOination ought to be popular with or.
Igan grinders.
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enlisted m the Tenth Kentucky cavalry IN
1862 and came out ofthe war a major. He
then studied law in the intervals OF other
business, and began toe practice Ia ts72.
In 1S72 he ran for congress, in 1859 for
judge Of she-eonEson pleas, and in 1887 for
attorney general, bat was defeated each
time In 1Seo he was ole OF the $50 who
voted for Grant ton every ballot at Chicago,
and in 1855 he stamped" Indiana for Har-
rison- He is q man Of fns personal ap-
pezranee and very forciSie and pleading
greRi<ar