The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-12

that pleading and almost human instru-
ment. | then touched off bunch of
frecrackers in order to seat the audi
ence and then let off Roman candle,
the breechpin of which blew out, send
ing eight beautiful variegated balls up
my sleeves.
then sang a song entitled Spark
ling and bright in its liquid light is
the water in our glasses, Twill give
you health. twill give you wealth. ye
lads and rosy lasses."
After this came mine which the cat
alogue said would spout gold and silver
showers, interspersed with red. blue,
yellow and green meteors- This mine
was nondividend declaring mine, like
one that partly owned in Wyoming. If
! had owned it entirely | would have
been poor man today, but only owned
little of it and so have no reason TO
complain. 1t was called the Pauper's
Dream, and was discovered by Buck
Bramel. He owned the two mules, Yeller
and Yaller, which had almost national
reputation. The Pauper's Dream showed
rich at the grass roots with blossom
rock that looked like jewelry store, but
it ran into Ulicaceous slate and pyrites
of poverty at ten feet. Then we got
some good quartz again and the lead
was better defined. | neglected my life
insurance premiums to pay my assess
ments, and then we struck at depth OF
eighty feet one Of the incest springs Of
water from which ! ever drank out of.
Buck was working in the mine at the
time. He got to the surface about eight
minutes ahead of the water. Either of
us would sell the mine now 10 people
who mean business. Possibly i would
be better man TO deal with than Buck
would. / would be more liberal and |
would be more liable to make it an OBJ
ject than Buck would.
The pyrotechnic mine. however, acted
as it might if it had got wet in some
way, so we dried it out near the stove
this morning
1t did not look so well when it went
off as it would if it had been at night,
but it lit up the little plain kitchen and
made it look almost like fairy palace.
got an war SCARED veteran to let off
the rockets. He was used to scenes OF
carnage, having been a veterinary sur
geon in cavalry regiment. He let off
one of my big rockets first. He said it
would be best to stick the stick in the
ground, and after it got to burning it
words to that effect.
He stuck it in the ground too far. It |
pulled aud swung round the circle, now
and then knocking out the eye of a north
ern invalid with hot ball, then it gave |
scream that sounded almost human !
and buried itself in the corset of a col |
ored nurse girl from Savannah who |
cannot read or write, but who got me to |
write to her relations there and tell them /
that race prejudice, she thought, had |
nothing TO do with it.
We then had some more Roman cam |
dies. ] can readily see that the Romans |
as a people could not have enjoyed read
ing much by candlelight if these things
sputtered then as they do now, and | can |
See why the Roman nation thus got be-
hind and lost their power. The Greeks, |
also, were not practical. Who could en-
JOY an evening clustered about Greek
fire slider
But enough! The summer is passing
most delightfully."- here, with cool, restful
and beautiful nights, devoid of mosqui-
toes or straw rides The days also are
filled with rest for the tired mind, whilst
ever and anon one can seem to hear his
weary brain turn over and yawn and go
to sleep again.