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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-03

Kansas City. Mo-, August 31-September s,
5000 81. Louis. NO., September 7-12,
S40,0 900; Cincinnati. Ohio, September 1915.
S2O, coo; Cleveland. Ohio, September 21-26'
700; Richmond, Ind. September Is
october 3, 1000; rerre Haute. Ind, Octo-
per 6olO, 1000; Lexington. KY, Septem-
Der 12-17, $4,000, aud Nashville. Tenn.
SSeptember 1924, $4,000. Grand total
These are good figures, and 1t NAV be said.
IN general way, that purses will be con.
snISderably higher this year than ever before
Inc grand circuit purses are not vet an
h0unceq, but they will be notably high,
1t VIII be great struggle btween the two
wonderful stations Stamboul and Nelson
Inc former with 2:11 and the latter with
Z:lo34 ana the record. Nelson started last
season with record of 2:14K made at
hartford, August %, 1889, and Stamboul
WIN Z:l2A made at Napa, CAL, Noyem-
Der 16. 1889. Nv
Nelson gradually reduced his record dur-
ing 1922 until October 21st, when at Cam
Dfidge City, Ind, he got it down to BIOS
Stamooql also made numerous attemnfs
during the summer and fall. and finally ar
otockton, Cal, November 29th, he reached
ana marx OF 2:11. 1t was generally thought
'nas the Western horse would beat the
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-03
A Shoe Two Hundred Years o1d.

We have been shown curious shoe
owned by n. b. Bunker of Newburyport. II
was found in an old house recently demol.
Ished, which was built in 1900 The upper
Is OF calfskin and closed with wax thread.
The sole and heel are one piece and made
OF wood. The upper is fastened to the sole
with common iron tacks, the edge of the sole
being mortised the thickness of the upper
leather to receive 1t. Across the toe the
tacks are brass. On the under edge of the
sole from the instep is band of iron like
miniature horseshoe, channeed to receive
the nails. The heel may have been simis
larly shod, but IL so it has been worn off and
the wooden heel Is well rounded by wear
The shoe Is fastened by an iron clasp. which
in its day was somewhat ornamental IL is
one OF the. curiosties of footwear, and we
would like to know its history-Lynn Item.
Sam Jones earnings last year were 500
600, which he invested in real estate.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-03

cept possibly for few strokes to rest some
tired muscle. The square breast stroke,
very fast one either, though for long dis
tances it is the easiest. Most of the tide
water racers use the English stroke in
which one side Of the body, usually the
right, alternating with the left for shorter
periods, is kept well In advance, one arm
ever reaching out toward the goal, the other
underneath never showing above the water.
The body seems to meet with less resistance
when it thus cuts the water edgewise, as it
were.
Warm weather Is coming on and upon an
average, a boy day will be drowned until
snow flies, in ordinary bathing, to say moth
Ing OF yachting accidents and tumbles over
board. A good way to rescue persen who
is drowning is to swim behind him, clasp
him about the body under the arms. turn
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-03
She stiu Uaits TO- H.,

Bowenville widower wants to get mar
ried. His fancee, maiden lady OF Globe
Village, Is ready for the ceremony. but the
b: v. is halting. necessarily on account of a
little financial difficulty. He has been con-
tracing numerous bills with butchers and
bakers and eandle-stick makers" at the
North End. and has not made mnch effort 10
pay them. He sent to Canada for S1OO Ia
get married with, and ordered it sent by
express. A grocer, who is one of his cred.
itors. heard Of the plan, and when the
money arrived at the express-ofiee it was
attached-and the maiden still waits for the
widower.-Fall River News.
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An Exciting IIaltainDdTG Across
The EKasB9glEs To- 7ifiS.
TEE TWILIGHT N fSfsS DlsP EERE}SB
L CITY That Presents Various TIlS. Of |. Life
and. Civilization Pllaa11ss Where Bflse 6 the
Orient and DE 96s55Il88RFtt =llE6ft Qua Narrow
PlalG-W1atB Seen on .0(aa88 Stde.=Qf.. a
Street and 88 DIE Other F.

The gigantic railway line, which leads
from the city of=.tife TIIotY. KreFl1 diagonal1y
across the. mighty empire of the Russian
Cars to the GageaS ian Alpu nta ms mes to
It's natural close at. W. adj " tas, VIII ere tke
powerful bufWarks :of the: Ksss beck step its
progress. In fayQra BILE Nea1iler most *teEr-
lists prefer to go by=.yay o &. RrtS u and. the
Caspian Sea, or. alfoSs the lack Seaand.
Batum, bnt where On. overland TIL Is de-.
sired stage travelling must Re reSoFtea ito
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-03
A HANDK ERCHIEF DOLL.

An Easy Way to Make 1t, and How to
Make 1t Dance.
Here are some sketches Of a dancing
figure that can be made of pocket hand
kerchief,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-03
The First Man Who Had the Grin.

have friend who claims to be the fret
man in all America who had the grip. He:
says he had it, with all the possible compli-
cations and symptoms which viii be men,
toned in the encyclopedias of the future.
and that he ought to have pension in the
interests of science. That of course, was
more than year ago. He has just repeated
the experience and isapparently proud ofit.
Copyright OWEN LANGDoN.
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Talmaee,s DAISY.

II was in the midst of one of DR.. Tai
mage's most eloquent PASSAGES before he had
shaved off his whiskers: II was passing
through the fields" he said, pressing the
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-03
HOW 10 LEARN
SWIMMING.
AnEZDGrt Talks Wisely About PhiS Useful
Accomplishment
The Best Way to Approach and Rescue a
Drowning Person, and How to Resuseitate
Him After He Is Brought to Land.

As every man or woman ought to know
how to swim, and as it isn't always easy or
convenient to learn in adult life, il follows,
as the night the day, that it's good plan to
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-03
The London Season.

For the very SWEETEST folks in New York
the season" is practically over. All those
who rejoice in an English connection or
acquaintance have either already taken pas
sage for Europe or are preparing to do so.
As London isn't tOlerable until spring the
about over here; and bymaking quick con-.
necti0ns tits possible to enjoy the greater
art of both. Thus the exigencies of Lon-
don society avail to shorten the season here
for the ultra swell.
But there is plenty Of fun yet for US who
staV.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-03

philadelphia, Fleetwood (New York;,
Namagansett (Providence). Mystic Park
(BOston) and Charter Oak (Hartford) The
purses offered are good ana should attract
speedy horses. w. K. RICHARDSON.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-03

revolved to form Fig a. The united ends
form the feet. and it will be easy for any
one with a few; minutes practice to form the
figure. 1t is made to.dance by a thread from
side to side. of thereon, as shown ia Fig. 6.
-PhiIa Record
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Printer and Congreissman.

The close of Congress brings back to New
York man who is at once an ornament to
politics and to his profession in Amos j.
Cummings. Mr.. Cummings is a middle
aged man, with a full. well-shaped head.
kindly eyes and a dropping mustache. Mr..
Cummings is one of the very few we'll
known newspaper men who can write an
article, set it in.type ana putt in the form.
properly. He served his apprenticeship at
the case in the old days, and 1t proved as
good as a college to him. He was one Of
straightforward and unpretentious style Of
writing. He was first editor of the Evening
Sun. and much Of its instantaneous success
was due to his quick judgment and tireless
industry. When such man goes to Con-
greSS the eternal fitness of thingsi is verified.
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Poor SUPERINTENDENT

One of the funniest features of New York
politics is the complicated ownership of the
New York Times. The paper is the most
decided of free-trade Cleveland organs, but
a large amount of its stock-as high as 40 or
45 per cent, believe lis held by the
stanchest kind of Republican stockholders,
who date back TO the time when the paper
voiced their views exactly. They cannot
sell except at sacrifice; IL they stay In
their feelings are daily lacerated by the
Times editorial blasts against their party,
and they have the doubtful consolation of
rejecting that their property does not pay
them as good returns as in the old days
when the Times had party behind it. At
present it is hated about as much by DEM
0crats as by Republicans.
That is a queer fix for the stockholders. is
1t not?
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From Greenland and Nicaragua.

Mr.. John r. Spears is lucky man. Prob.
ably nearly every writer in Newspaper Row
has rather.enVied him his experience of q
shipwreck on the Snorer Reef, unaccom-
panied by danger, cold or starvation, and
with a prospect Of unlimited columns with
space for fine descriptive writing up the
story of the wreck.
Mr.. Spears is a slender young man Of me-
dunn height and thorough good fellow.
He was in Greenland Last summer and has
written many breezy articles about that
queer far-away land. His appearance sug-
gests that his health my inpel him to take
these excursions from the pitiless climate OF
New York.
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soft green grass shimmering in the sun, revr
cling in the light, the Joy, the freshness
which the Almighty had unrolled before my
eyes, when / noticed something cleaning
like yellow gold beside me. / picked up
daisy"
The doctor paused, his eye reminiscently
cast down.
'Oh r. sympathetically murmured young
man in the audience, and those who heard IL
laughed and others then "caught on" IN
turn until it became general. Nor was ting
laughter lessened when the doctor said,
did not mean daisy in its metaphorical
but its literal sense:
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-03

Sam Jones' earnings last year were 500
co., which he invested in real estate.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-13
LIE ARIZONA KICKER.
Another Suit on Hand-Rube Smiths
Great Mistake.
EAGLR. Wichita Kansa.

| Another Suit on Hand-Rube Smiths
Great Mistake.
SUED AGAIN-There is a certain element
In this town which is a deep and lasting
disgrace TO it. II is composed of men who
haven't the sand to strike from the shoulder
or pull gun and let flicker When The
I Kicker pitches into a man and rubs his fur
/ the wrong way we want him to show up
with a club or a gun and have it out with
US and most of 'em are men enough to
30 So
Now and then, however, when we OBJ
! serve that such or such a man ought to be
strung up by the vigilance committee to
make more room for coyotes and rattle
/ snakes, he hunts up Hank Brown, the one
/ eyed, one horse shyster lawyer and sues us
/ for libel. Such a man is Pete Foster, who
/ began $4,000 suit against US yesterday
for defamation of character. Ye gods! but
think of i'll A capper, thief, liar and ex
convict injured in his character in this
town, and injured $4,000 worth! Why
didn' the old coward come in with a club
and show his manhood? Why didn't he
borrow gun and pop at US through
Windows Why didn't he send us word he'd
pop Us on sight, and then slip out of town
on the pretense that his mother was dying?
It's our turn now! We give him three
days to withdraw the suit. If he doesn't
do it we shall go huckle6errying lie will
be our huCkleberry. II we happen TO run
across Hank Brown we shall gather him in
as we'll What's left of the pair after we
get through had better leave town, or we
shan't tryto aold the boys in We've been
very patient and kind with this libel suit
business We've let twenty different peo-
pie sue US and bother and annoy We've
got through now. This is the end. We
are willing to be shot at, bpr we won't be
bothered with lawsuits. II you won't
shoot, we will
\ WORD OF ADvICE.-Wednesday after
noon, when Major Thomas rode into town
and brought the news that an unknown
white man was lying dead on the hill, our
coroner was SO drunk that he could not
take charge OF the case. This Is only one
Of several occasions. and we think the time
has now arrived for Us 10 observe that If
Dick Blodgett doesn't brace right up and
head IN a new direction something viii
happen Out this way we never wait 70
impeach an incompetent official, nor is a
committee appointed 70 ask him to resign.
He IS pulled up 70 a limb and let down
again three or four times. and then given
chance to git. II he doesn't take il, the
next pull leaves him up there.
In this Instance the dead man turned
out to be old Jim Carnahaa, who ought 70
have turned up his toes long ago, and who
went ont and died to get rid OF his own
company. But that's no excuse for Dick
Business is business, and he has got 70 be
sober enough 20 tell the dead body Of a
man from mule and proceed accordingly,
Or a shadow viii fall across his path
NEVER DID IT.-Our esteemed contem-
porary came out in double loaded edi-
torial yesterday charging Us with many
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-13
ELECTRIC SPARKS.

Liverpool is about 70 adopt the elevated
railway system along her line Of docks,
and will use electricity as the motive
power.
A company has secured charter from
the legislature of Ontario giving IL per
miss On % construct an electric road the
entire length Of the Niagara YiVer.
Il IS suggested that It would b good
thing 10 have the lighthouses along ouY
coast connected with one gsotbss and the
mainland oy means Of an electric cable
An electric typewriter s. said 70 have
been invented By 8 Philadslplan. By means
OF With the operator can transmit kis
typewriter mAnuscrip. hundreds 0: miles.
Experiments At the EcGnI university,
Montreal. show that a signal nay bs
flashed through the round circait Of 500
miles Of ocean cable IA tbs average tlrse of
only / o. seconds
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-13
His Bridal Tour.

Some years ago while looking at the
CLOCK at Strasburg, said Mr.. Depew,
noticed a large party Of American tourists
making the rounds Of that celebrated an.
Gent city. was told by one OF them that
while most of the visitors hugely enjoyed
the trip there was, by way Of contrast, one
among them whom nothing wonderful in
nature or art could touch.
The landscape had no charms for him,
the Alps did not impress him; the beauties
Of Paris and Vienna did not evoke his
ecstacies. Nothing that he saw had the
slightest effect Of drawing out the least ex-
preston Of admiration Weeks aud weeks
passed, and the rest Of the party were
dumfounded at MS lack of appreciation
OF the sights which met them on all sides
Finally il was decided 70 send commit
tee of fOur-two gentlemen and two ladies
to MS room and inquire what It was pre-
vented his enjoyment Of the trip.
Odd man." said one OF the committee
''tell Us what Is the matter. II any one in
the party has dispIeased you we viii dis
miss him; II any wrong has been done sou
we shall see that il is remedied; bat DO tell
Us what the trouble IS, for we are trying
hard 70 please you"
We'll" said the unappreciatfve tourist,
Il Go not care 20 say anything about ny
trouble | wanted 10 keep Il 20 myself. but
as you hare asked me / may as well out
with i. The matter Is just this: This =
my wedding trlp-the first wedding trip
ever made-and I'm so blamed poor that
did not have money enough TO take ny
wife with me:"-New York Recorder.
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He Was Relieved.

The other day person dropped down in
an apopIectic fit Immediately in front of =
police station and was carried inside. a
moment after a woman forced her way in
through the crowd gathered around the
door exciaiming:
MY husbaDdl Ny poor husband! Clear
the way and let in the air"
She then busted herself By taking OF the
mans cravat and performing other little
Offices till surgeon arrived. and the pa
tent gradually recovered his senses. Ga
this the sergeant in charge observed thai
it was happy relief for his distressed wife
as well as for himself
"Eiy wifeT' exclaimed the man; why.
an bachelor
On seeking for the woman 70 was found
that she had disappeared. aud with her tne
watch ard purse Of the patient, which abe
had adroitly distracted under the very
ewes OK tue police -Loudon Tit-BitA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-13
Rcd Hair the Fashion.

The one thing absolutely de rigueur is
red hair. Blends and brunetteS seem
TO have been wiped OFF the face of the
earth so far as Paris is concerned, and
there is hardly one woman in a hundred
who cannot boast of locks the shade tina.
Titan loved. A wonderful preparation
is 10 be had which works the transforms
ton. 1t Is put on at night ahd the head
bandaged in many folds of cloth.
In the morning comes the narrowing
moment The swathings are removed,
but such are the peculiar properties Of
the compound that no enc can tell be-
forehand whether the hair Will turn out
the desired hue or purple or green. If it
Is red the color stays for month or two.
and If 1t is green nobody knows what
happens, for the wretched victim re1ires
70 the country, not to be seen again fer
ut least yesr.-Paris Letter.
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bad things, and advising the people of this

bad things, and advising the people of this
town to shoot US full of lead.
We think he wrote the article under a
misunderstanding. He knew that we knew
he had been in the Ohio penitentiary for
stealing two cows and a lot of pork He
supposed We're the only one possessed
of the knowledge, and when he found the
story all around town the other day he
jumped to the conclusion that we had be-
trayed his confidence We never did. Bill
Overton spouted it, and the way Bill came
to know was because he went to the same
prison at the same time for stealing forty
bushels of wheat of the same farmer.
We think we know what editorial cour-
tesy is, and we aim to practice it. Our con-
temporary oaght TO have known that we
wouldn't give him away in any such fash
ion. We are sorry the facts come out, but
they won't hurt his circulation any. He's
got seventy-six subscribers anyhow, and as
they are all relatives they viii stick by him.
No. l0--As is well known to our local
readers, Reube Smith, general loafer, who
was a familiar figure in this town, is no
more on earth. Yesterday we paid Henry
Towner, the popular undertaken, thirty
SIX dollars in cash for Reubes burial ex-
penses, and his headboard is already set
up in our private graveyard. 1t is marked
No. 10.
We had nothing in particular against
Reube. While be had refused to sub
scribe for The Kicker, we didn't lay it up
against him. \ man who can't read has
no use for a newspaper. Two or three
weeks ago, when we wrote brief local in
regard 70 his biting Jim Small's ear off.
we didn't bear down on Reube very heavy.
We said we thought he'd lived here long
enough, and that he'd have 10 either skip
or hang, but we made it rather light for
him. Sunday afternoon Reuben found Us
in the United States hotel and spat in our
hat and pulled our nose and slapped our
Jaw That's where he made the mistake
of MS life. He thought we were a coyote,
and ne probably crossed the dark river
still carrying that belief We pulled on
Reuben and dropped him in his tracks.
AS in the nine other instances. we had
him buried on our own lot, paid all ex-
penses. and shall keep the headboard in
good repair. NJ Quad il New York
World
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-13
ID. O. +. Jessnp.

A teacher in the village school up In
Wisconsin one fine morning received a
new pupil, little miss of seven years.
After taking her name for the school rolls
the teacher said:
What is your papa's name Susanp
Mr.. Jessup," replied Susie
YES, but what is his first name9"
Don't know-his name is jus. Mr.. Jes-
sup"
Yes, yes, know" then as a bright
idea struck her the teacher asked what
does your mamma call hiTn?"
oh! know what you mean now" the
innocent child replied. Ma calls him a
burned old fool"
The teacher did not register the child's
father as D. o. +. Jessup.-Texas Siftings.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-13

sands of human bones of all sizes, shapes
and forms The bones, which are num-
bered and labeled, are placed in order on
the shelves and in the cases, an attendant
being always on hand to act in the same
capacity as a librarian.
1t is his duty to keep track of the bones
lent; to enter them upon the books. and 10
see that they are returned uninjured. Dur
ing the day scores of students flock in and
out of this uncanny place, carrying pack
ages of strange appearance in their hands
or sticking out of their coat pockets. These
packages are made up Of human bones,
which they are returning or taking from
this Bone Circulating Library" - ST.
Louis Republic.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-13
CLOSING MEASURES.


A Belfast man entered business place
and asked at what time the first train left
In the morning.
AT Gas, replied the man.
"Ha, la" laughed the gentleman, Pm
right for once III 60 home and tell my
wife"
"What is up'" asked the man.
well, you see" replied the gentleman.
''I and my wife had little dispute about
the time the early train left, and I've beaten
her. ha. ha."
What time did your wife say the train
went outY'
Quarter before Z" replied the man.
ala, ha, I've beaten her and III go right
home, hA, ha-"-Bangor Commercial
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-13
OF what Conversation Lessons Consi.s.

Conversation lessons are as yet purely an
American branch OF study which may %
classified among the arts. The teachers
are as rule deposed social leaders ia re-
duced circuu7 stances. The shoals and reefs
of danger which neopbites are taught tc
avoid are long-windei anecdotes. personal
and family Affairs, sarcasm and scandal
The great fundamental principle taught Is
that a courteous intelligent iisteuer has al
ready learned the magic secret in develop
ing a good talker. The art OF selecting
suitable topics, making pleasant comments
Oh the affairs OF the moment, laughing cor
rectly with agreeable modulafjon and
without giEgling. al are included in tos
art Of successful talking in which all WON
en- indulge bur il which few exceL-SsH
-crk Letter
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-13

Wife-Oh, on Here - al advertisement
for nev furtrimnse cloak.
Hus5s nd-fyrsst bsavecsi what do ron
want furfrimued cloak low tor, A.n't q:
bot enough for yaa3
Wife-Tes BCt = zouicn't - y zen
should s~nd re up into the waite Noaa-
tsiaz Cloak Review.