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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-09

Most of US have heard about the penu
riOus old man who was always afraid of
somebody dining with him. One day a
noted gluttou pressed himself on the old
man, much to his dismay. The glutton
asked for piece of bread, but before his
bread was all gone he asked for piece of
meat. Then his bread gave out and he
must have some more bread And then
meat and then bread, every time having a
little left over of one of the two. Finally
he pushed his plate over and said please
give me little more bread, you see eat a
good deal of bread with my meat" Yes, )"
said the enraged miser, land | notice you
eat good deal of meat with your bread,
too"
| am told of an old character in Wichita
who is noted for his stinginess Happily
he is a widower and has no wife to wound.
A woman who once took dinner with
number of others at this mans house
tells me that he had the girl bring in a
lemon-pie, which he, quick as lightning
carried over the table, in circular move
ment with the single invitation, "Have
some pie?" and before anybody could
say they did, he added: Here Ann, take
this pie out, nobody wants TO put
this rich stuff in their stomach"
l was once witness at dinner where the
hostess politely asked one of the guests if
he would not have some more chicken.
Before he could say yea or nay, the hus-
band at the other end of the table said. Il
guess he won't: there isn't as much as a
neck of that chicken left" The Young
man blushed and the wife went through
the floor" to indulge in an exaggeration.
All of which goes to show that when a
man will he will and when a woman won't
she won't. 1t has been said that in every
family one of the two rules and that there
is no exception to this rule. | shouldn't
wonder if this did not have something to
do with it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-09

But here is that same John Smith at
your dinner table. Presto. What a
change! Here he is in a high stiff collar
that is not comfortable and in no way aids
his digestion; his coat is buttoned up so;
his face bears polite mould of social
eXaCtinn
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-09

Wichita where the wife went to the hus-
band beforehand and told him all about
how her table was to be set and how he
must exercise discretion in his observa-
lions. He listened attentiyely. The first
remark he made after he was seated at the
table and espied the salad fork anG the
meat fork at the side of his plate was
Hello, there; I've got two forks. Who has
fork missing?" Everybody looked to
find two forks. "Humph," the husband
said, as he saw the result of his inquiry
and look of utter despair Cd his wife's
face. some Internal new-fangled idea"
There is the husband who whisks
the bread wrapped up in the
napkin away through the air and hears it
hit the floor before he dreams of it being
there. There is the husband who at the
last moment discovers that the carver is
dull and repairs to the kitchen where he
scrapes away on an old crock. There is the
husband who repeats to all the guests the
very words which his wife has warned him
with. All these are terrors to the wife and
destroyers OF her peace of mind and equa-
nlmity. Last winter | attended dinner,
where the daughter and the wife took the
man Of the house to one side and explained
the situation. They told him that they
were to have two kinds of ducks, mallards
and teal, now" they said ''you are to give
teal to each man and half mallard to
each woman" The soup came and went
The duck was brought on. He raised his
carver over the game. He hestated. How
was he to divide them? by George !" he
calculated, my wife told me that | was
to give teal to some one and half NAL
lard to somebody else and l clear forgotten
who was to get the mallard and who the
teal"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-09

e at Room q. Tribune Building. New
500 The Kookery.' Chicago where
or foreign advertising will 10 made.
es OF the paper can be seen. 5. q
The record-union., 1891-06-20
Castor OH Beans.

The castor oil bean is native of Asia.
but it has been naturalized in Africa,
America and south of Europe. In some
parts of Europe it does not grow to
hight of more than three Or four feet, but
in Brazil, India and Chile, and, in fact.
in all tropical and semi-tropicaI coun-
tries, it grows to be tree, sometimes
thirty feet in hight. There are numer-
Gus varieties in existence, which have
marked peculiarities OF color, growth, etc.
They will not stand much frost and in
cold regions are grown as herbaceous
plants. The quality of the oil produced
from the beans depends largely upon the
variety, maturity Of the seeds and the
character of seeds which are mixed with
them in the process of extraction. The
French and Italian oils are much milder
than those which are made in tropical
countries. The manufacture of castor oil
is protitably conducted in the United
States, the largest factory being located
in St. Louis. Most of the beans grown
are produced in south Illinois and Kan
sas. The proportion of oil produced is
about one-third the weight Of the seeds
Fruit GrOUer.
The record-union., 1891-06-20
FARMER MoRRIsoN's WIFE.

Down at the farmhouse below the hill,
The blinds were closed, and the wheel was
still.
The swirl of the stream and the blue fy's
dFone
Troubled the preachers voice alone,
Where, by the open door. he stood
And talked to the gathering neigaborhOod,
Ofearth and heaven, and the grave between.
The visible world and the world unseen
Glancing aside. with solemn air,
Iosthc dead who lay in her Coifin there.
Every breath of the soft May breeze
Shook the blossoming lilac trees,
And sent culver of light and bloom
Into the hushed and darkened room.
It touched with gIeam the shadowed wall,
II tlickered over the funeral pail,
And circled about the tremuIous head
or the nearest mourner beside the dead
Farmer Morrison, old and gray,
Bent and helpless for many q day.
Up and down, with a dull surprise,
Restlessly wandered his sunken eyes,
Seeking, it seemed, In that crowded place,
The one familiar missing face
The face that, stony and set, lay hid
Just out OF sight meath the Cofiin-lid.
Never a day, till the day she died,
Had the wife been gone from her husbands
side;
Thus were the twain asunder reft
The helpful taken, the helpless left.
And the preacher spoke to the people there
Of the VIII divine, in his simple prayer:
The Lord, who giveth and talzeth away
Praised be the name of the Lord for aye!
Now, when the last amen was said.
And the mOurners rose to follow the dead
Farmer Morrison, gaunt and TALL
Stood up straight in the sight ofalI,
Suddenly steady of eye and limb,
While the people gazed aghast 81 him.
He laid his hand on the coffin-Iid
he stopped TO kiss the face il hid
Then, spent with that one strong, sudden
breath,
Life's latest flicker when out in death.
Thus were the twain again made one
Trial over and trouble done.
And the preacher said, in his solemn speech:
The way of the Lord man may not reach.
''Lo! He hath given and taken again!
Praised be the name of the Lord! Amen ~
Kate Putnam Osgood, in New England Mag
azine.
The record-union., 1891-06-20
HARDWARE.

One of our competitors announces that
they are retiring from business in Sac
ramentO, and that in future they will
cOntlne their operations to San Fran.
cisco. They so take occasion to solicit
the patrons of Sacramento TO send their
hardware business to their San Fran.
cisco house.
We take tbs occasion to say, that in
anticipation of the announcement re.
ferred to, we have ordered full and
complete stock of GENERAL HARD.
WARE, MILL and MINING SUPPLIES,
IRON, COAL, ETC, so that the trade
which has heretofore favored Sacramento
with its patronage will suffer no ircon-
venience by the withdrawal of the house
referred to.
We beg to thank our patrons for
their favOrs since we opened business
in Sacramento, and further desire to
say that we are here to stay.
The record-union., 1891-06-20
A SILURIAN.

They built fine church at his very door
He wasn't in it;
They brought him a scheme for relieving the
poor
He wasn't in il.
Let them work for themselves as he had done
They wouldn't ask help of any one
II they hadn't wasted each golden minute
He wasn't in it.
So he passed the poor with naughty tread
He wasn't in it;
And he scOrned the good with averted head
He wasn't in it.
When men in the halls of virtue met
lie saw their goodness without regret
Too high the mark for him to win it
He wasn't in it.
y carriage crept down the street one day
He was in it,.
The funeral trappings made display
lie was in IT..
st. Peter received him with book and bell:
9 My friend you have purchased q ticket to-
well,
Your elevator goes down in minute.'
He was in IT,
The record-union., 1891-06-20
atliHrrlln1truits.
-fsion of creods aud the rocasting of arti-

vision of creods and the recasting of arti-
cles,
But Christians of every name may
well find courage and comfort in the
assurance that tho great fundamentals
of our common faith only show the
palmer and stand the tirmer when swept
by storms. and even when left bare of the
shelters and supports with which mon
have mistakenly sought to protect them.
The superhUman character of the Bible,
its absolute freedom from moral and doc
trinal error, the love and holiness of God
revealed in Christ for mans salvation
and sanctitication-the basal Vorities
are emerging, we believe. through the
prevailing torment into wider knowledge
and more general acceptance.
'ln so far as attention is focused upon
these and similar elemental Christian
ideas. more is gained than lost by their
agitation. Tho main risk is of minor
issues being raised into fictitious impor-
tance. Our wise policy, as defenders of
the faith, is to contine the conflict to the
real field, and to busy ourselves not so
much in refuting errors as in asserting
the truths that have been always clung
TO and we will always need.n
The record-union., 1891-06-20
A GREAT LOSS.
The Enormous Amount of Life Which
Has Gone out of the American Peo-
plc-Can 1t Ever be Recovered9

Have you noticed that there are more
brOken-doWn men and weak women on our
streets to-day than ever before? Have you
not noticed that certain of your friends. whom
you have always known To be strong and
healthy, are, for some reason, weak and low
spirited? is II not possible that you yourself
feel q tfifie less vigorous than in the past? Is
il fact that the American people are growing.
weaker. or is 1t due TO some local cause? There
can be little doubt that il is owing almost en-
tirely to the fearful after effects of the Grin
This terrible and mysterious complaint start
ing unaccountably and running severely. in
variably leaves the person in weak. nervous
and run down condition, from which it re-
quireS much time to recover.
When people are in such n state when Ma
ture is weak and broken, what would com
nonsense dictate should be done? Precisely
what physicians say should be done viz: AS
SiSt Nature. stimulate her tagging faculties
build her up How? BY using a pure me.
dicinal Stinulant, and for this purpose there
is nothing equal 10 pure whisky. Doctors
scientific men and the leading thinkers of the
land have declared this and have unheSitat-
ingly agreed that there is no whisky so pure
and efficient as Duffy'S Pure Malt. IL stimu-
lates healthily and builds up wasted tissues
II renewS the nervous organization and as
sists TO health. 1t is popular because it is SO
efficient. Great care should be taken how
ever to secure only the genuine Distrust
any dealer who for any reason seeks to in
duce you to buy something lust as good.''
By the judiciouS use OF this pure Stimuiant the
after effects of the Grip may be removed and
health and strength put in place of weakness
and debility.
The record-union., 1891-06-20

"Dinner for Two. Appetite for onep,
Said a dyspeptic to the waiter, ordering
for self and friend. And suppose he had
an appetite, it would have agonized him.
subsequently to crafty it. O! the abon-
Unable pangs that even alittle meal causes
the confirmed victim of indigestion.
Purgatory on earth-no less. Altogether
unnecessary, though. Begin at once,
Systematically, course Of Hostettcr's
Stomach Bitters, ye unfortunates with
refractory stomachs. In saying this we
merely echo the recorded experience of
thousands who have used the great
stomachic to their lasting benefit. For
the inaction of a sluggish liver, and for
tardy OF irregular action of the bowels.
both very apt to accompany dyspepsia,
snlS nne regulator IS equally efficient.
Malarial complaints, kidney trouble
rheumatism and neuralgia depart when a
resort is had to the Bitters.
The record-union., 1891-06-20

''WEAK and weary" describes the con-
dition of many people debilitated by the
warm weather, by disease or overwork
Hoods Sarsapariila is just the medicine
needed to build up and strengthen the
body, purify and quicken the sluggish
blood, and restore the lost appetite
The record-union., 1891-06-20

For throat diseases and coughs, use
Browns Bronchial Troches.'' Price
25 cents. Sold only in boxes.
The record-union., 1891-06-20

The ChTiStid1l Union says: princeton
Theological Seminary and Union Theo-
logical Seminary have represented the
two schools inharmoniously united in
the Presbyterian Church = Princeton
being old school and conservative:
Union, new school and progressive, al
though its former Professor af Systematic
Theology was even more Calvinistic than
Professor Hodge. The relations between
these seminaries have been somewhat
strained; so much so that the P,'esbate-
11G2l Re0leuO, which was under the Joint
control OF the two seminaries, had to be
abandoned. If anything should occur to
BRING Union Theological Seminary into
disrepute, and send it's students awav
from 1t, they would, from geographical
and theological reasons, naturally 90 TO
princeton, It's nearest neighbOr and its
closest competitor. Under these circuJn-
stances, it cannot but be regarded bv the
world at large as matter of singular in
delicacy that the Moderator of the Cen
eral Assembly, himself q Princeton pro-
lessor, should have appointed the Presi-
dent of Princeton College as the Chair
man OF the committee to whom the case
of the Union Theological Seminary and
OF DIR. Briggs would naturally be re-
terred, and that there should not have
been on that committee single member
10 represent the views-we will not saw
the Interest-of Union Theological Semi
nary. In effect, Princeton Seminary.
through its officials, has had the shaping
OF the report upon the question of the di-
rectlon and administration of its COM
petltor, not to say its rival theological
institution. Outside of ecclesiastical
politics such a condition of affairs could
hardly exist"
The record-union., 1891-06-20
altt6Irtnlsers.
John MILLER

Successor TO Fritz & Miller),
UNDERTAKING PARLORS.
ONk X STREET (ODD FELLOWS TEN.
JUO ple). A complete stock of Undertaking
Goods always on hand. EMBALMING A
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The record-union., 1891-06-20

The Standard (Bapt., Chicago,) SAYS:
ut is a matter of much importance inst
now that no mistake be made as to views
held by able and useful men, whose
names have been brought into pronni-
fent connection with questions now in
agitation, more especially questions in
biblical criticism. President Harper's
name has been used in this way with q
freedom which he himself has never war
ranted, and it is clearly right Tor reasons
which need not be mentioned here, that
he shall not be misunderstood. He, him
self, very properly, refuses to be inter
viewed in the matter by reporters The
Rev. +. I. Gates, however, Secretary of
the American Baptist Education Society
is in such relations with him as to qualify
hlm IN particular manner to speak in
his behalf. Some misstatements having
appeared in Chicago daily paper, Mr..
Gates consented to an interview with a
reporter ofthat paper, and made for pub
ncatlon the following correction:
Or. Harper does not belong to the
destructive school of critics, but to the
constructive wing. He holds not merely
that the Bible contains the word of God.
but that it is the word of God. He be-
leves that such errors and DISCREPANCIES
as the Scriptures seem to contain are in
part due to errors in the translation. and
in part to errors in the original manu-
script; but every such error, he holds, is
chargeable to the human means by which
the revelations have come to us. In all
the fundamental doctrines of Christianity
DIR. Harper is in accord with the views
held by high theologians in the Baptist
denomination, For example, he firmly
believes IN the divinity OF Christ. the
alonement, the resurrection, salvation by
faith, and the future reward and punish
ment' -
The record-union., 1891-06-20

The ChI'iStiare Intetllgencer Reformed)
says: The disposition made OF the APP
po1ntment of Professor Briggs establishes
that the great Presbyterian Church will
not tolerate the suggestion of rival to
the Bible in spiritual authority, nor toll
crate in theological professor rash and
defiant words, calculated to diminish
faith in the infallibility of Holy Scripture
as the rule of faith and life, nor state
ments which tend to open the way for an
Introduction of a Papistical purgatory.
The overwhelming vote of 440 to so. cast
by representative men, not to approve of
the appointment of Professor Briggs.
does not assert that in the Judgment of
the church he is hereto, or not man OF
many estimable traits, but that only it
will not bear with reckless assertions cal
culated to disturb and weaken faith in
revealed truth. The great church could
scarcely do less: and wisely refrained
from doing more. The almost una.ni-
nous vote at the end Of ample discussion,
silences the caviller and captious dissent.
Men may and will differ from the CON
clusion, but the sober Judgment of those
who love the truth will accept it, and the
decision will give aid and comfort to
many pious hearts,"
The record-union., 1891-06-20

feeling as if he were the enfont terrible of
the Presbyterian Church, with boys
TO be restrained. But / could not see that
1t would help matters to make Jonah of
him, and throw him overheard into the
sea. The Lord saved Jonah. but the
General. Assembly cannot. However,
the Lord reigns, and it may be that the
day OF miracles has not passed, and that
the Lord viii yet bring us out of all this
perplexity into a large place."
The record-union., 1891-06-20

The Vest End Church Reuieag pres. n.
", says of Professor Briggs: at is
probably not known to many people
without, for the newspapers have not
CHANGED to get hold of it, that this distin-
gulshed scholar, who is the best known
Presbyterian in this country, and per
haps in the world, is a member of our
congregation and an enthusiastic sup
porter OF our church and pastor. He has
occupied the pulpit of our church on two
occasions, and those of us who heard his
sermons, and remember how full Of COS
pei sweetness and truth they were, are
astonlshed at the charges that are now
being made against him. DR.. Briggs is a
loyal Presbyterian and rigid defender
of the Confession OF Faith, who believes
In and teaches all the evangelical doc
trines of the church. He accepts the
divinity of Christ without single modi-
fcaion, he is sound upon the doctrine of
ylcarlous atonement he believes in the
inspiration of the scriptures, and teaches
tlnal and interchangeable state for both
the redeemed and impenitent But be-
cause he will not indorse certain dog
matte statements of doctrine, and rejects
the traditional theories which some of
the theolOgians have insisted on, but for
which he believes they have no authority
either in the Word of God or the West
minister divines, they accuse him of
heresy and are seeking to excommuni-
cate him from the church."
The record-union., 1891-06-20

The Interior (Pres.) says: 1.-THE Assem-
bly, put an end to conference with the
EplScopalianS with view to organic
unity. We were on the Committee of
Conference, and never saw q ray of light
on that path. Such hopefulness as any of
the committee had came, in our opinion.
from the optimism of that most sweet
spirited and consecrated of our living
Christian fathers, the Rev. Dr. Joseph T.
Smith. His hopefulness, it seemed to us,
came largely. of desire that the prayer of
our Lord might be speedily realized. But
now that eccleslaSticS of that church are
placed under suspicion and severe indi-
yldual condemnation for recognizing
Presbyterian and other evangelical min
listers as ministers of Christ, it is high
time to put an end to a conference which.
with ali Christian charity, it is difficult to
recognize as candid or practical"
The same journal observes: 1.-THE Com
mittee on Revision has amended the ar
ticle on the Holy Scriptures by inserting
an assertion of the 'truthfulness of its
history That brings up the whole ques-
ton-and IS challenge to any and all to
say what they have to say on the subject
OF the clrcumstantialS. The Confession
as 1t stands is regarded by some as assert
ing only the infallibility of the teaching
OF the scriptures in faith and duty, and
not IN anything which does not come
within that purview, the general idea be-
ing that the Divine mind left the human
mind free to exercise itself in search for
any and all purely secular truths-scien-
tific, historical, etc. But how are Won
going to separate? This CLOTH said the
dry-goods salesman, is all wool. penuine
all wool, except the warp-thats cot
tOn'D
The record-union., 1891-06-20

The Examiner (Bapt.) says: sThe es-
sential truths of Christianity have moth
ing to fear from being examined and
talked about. On the contrary, the better
they are, known, the more they viii
men. Very possibly, certain forms of
statement may be abandoned. But if the
thing is saved, it matters little If the
name be lost Baptists, certainly, have
no cause whatever for panic over the re-
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-12-04
DISPLEASED WITH THE TERMS
The London Stock Exchange Repudi-
ates the Virginia Debt
Settlement.

New York CITY. "A special cable
from London says: "The Virginia set
tcmcnt is repudisted by the Stock Ex-
change, and it is believed that the bond
holders will not convert their holdings"
GA he same subject another London
cable says: The dealers in Virginia
funded bonds are on considerably res
lricted scale at present, pending tie ar
rival by mail of full details of the pro-
posed compromise. Most holders Of GER
lificates here are urging the bankers to
insist upon better terms They refuse
10 believe that the advi ory committee
could have given the Olcott committee
penary power to sign away the rights of
the bondholders.
As the Olcott Committee had absolute
ly control of IS per cent OF the bonds
before they began negotiations, this tar
DIV London furry does not seem to fore
bode any special dangp to the agree
ment reached last week.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-12-04
Confeds. in The North.

The number of Ex Confederates in the
No, thcrn States is so great lthat Gen.
Gordon, the commander of the United
Confederate Veterans, has deemed it advis-
able to organize the Order in two diyis
ions. One division is to have its head
quarters in New YORK, the other ia
Chicago, with subordinate camps where
ever it may appear advisable. The exist
ing organizations will thus be consoli-
dated into the divisions, according to
Gen. Go,don's order, with the camps
affiliated to either the one or the other
d vision, according to their locality.
The object of tho organization is purely
benevolent. 1t is Ito assist poov Ex-
Confederate soldiers, and to have the
care of the graves in cemeteries where
Coufederates are buried" The last Is
not the least Of the duties Of the organi-
zation, for large numbers Of Confederate
prisoners died OH Johnston's Island, at
Camp Mitchell, at Fort Delaware and
other places North and West.