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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-20

thoroughbred young pug named Chick,
descended from long race of famous
ancestors. A few days after his arrival
in his new Virginia home Chick wrote
the following charming letter through
the pen of his mistress:
CASTLE HILL. 3oth November.
Ny DEAR GRANDxANA-I arrived safely yeSter-
day after a very pleasant journey.
My new mistress is perfectly celighted with me,
and thinks, pard-s my vssnity, that an beauty.
l was not bit tired. and was so excited that
had grand romp last night l then vent to bed
like a good boy and slept all night. l have a
lovely new basket 10 sleep in, with a little mat
tress and blankets to cover me. Miss Ella put il
by her bed in n chair, and covered it on the out
side with shawl cried this morning and she
took me up and put me in my box and gave me
a little dish of my food. am taking my first les
son in obedience, and am learning 10 lie down
when told, come when ] am called, jump over
hands get il my basket, sit up, etc
Miss Ella says il not too much trouble will you
write her the origin Of the panse Chick
Many thanks for sending me the food and the
biscuit Would 1t hurt me 70 have a kttle drink
OF good COWS milk with little lime water in il,
There is 4 young doctor staying here who knows
great deal about puppies, and be thinks it would
do me good.
With best love TO YOU and papa and mama
1t isn't every dog that can afford 70
talented an amanuensis as Chicks.
PAUL LATHE
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An Inexpensive Trip to tho Theatre.

'I took three persons to the theatre
the other night fer ten cents and we all
sat III the parquet, too said the young
man as he Strengthened up after diff
cult shot across tbs billiard table.
''Deadhead?" asked several of the by
ISLANDERS.
''Well, yes and no. 1 had to pay lot
of car fares too. had two tickets, but
three of US had to 60"
How d'you manage it? Tell US. Such
a snap is worth knowing how to work. !"
''Well, you see, as l say, had two
deadheads and was going to take my
wife, but when | got home at night |
found my mother-in-law had dropped
down on us, and we couldn't leave her
home, so l concluded l would take the
two and leave them at the theatre and
go out and play billiards all the evening.
80 we went, and when / got there /
asked the gateman to let me take them
to their seats. He knew me and let me
in. saw an empty seat beside them
and stopped for few minutes. The re-
suit was l staid through the play and
it didn't cost me cent"
But how about the car fares? Did
you walk and let the other two ride only
one way?"
Not bit of it. We had to take four
different cars, and that made sixty
cents"
''Then how do you make out that it
cost yen only ten cents?"
Just this way. When 1 got home,
on the sidewalk L found a fifty cent
piece, so l was out only ten cents. 1t
foots up this way, you see: The whole
performance was worth $3.50. had 81
worth of deadhead, 81 of cheek, fifty
cents of luck, and the ten cents that
paid for the whole l don't begrudge. -
New York Tribune.
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move her heavier wraps and useless
clothing; then she rides hen coop for
thirteen days, ever and anon eating a
hen when she gets hungry enough, until
at last, Land HOP she exclaims, and
soon her feet crate on the smooth sand OF
the beach.
The ballet may not be the most direct
means of teaching history, but to a mid
die aged man who wishes to brush up on
ancient history, with chance to secure
also "reminiscences from some of the bal
let girls who are still able to recall maRy
Of the incidents to mind, and who,
though getting along in years, are yet
able to read fine print or thread needle,
1t certainly furnishes a good opportunity.
/ trust for this reason that Nero"
may be revived, and that the lions also
may be in the cast. They did well from
an artistic standpoint, though / under
stand that they were poorly paid, and
often went to bed hungry at night
rather than ear q ballet girl
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-20
A DipIomatist Downed by a Kitten.

We remember to have seen a distin-
guished diplomatist, trained to hold his
own in the courts of kings, and never at
a loss to get out of an en- barrassing posi-
ton or to meet an act of rudeness by a
rapier thrust of wit, utterly put down
by small black kitten. The diplomatist
had been playing with the kitten. but he
went too far. Instead Of making fun for
the kitten he made fun of her, and this
she was quick to see and to resent. De
termined 10 mark her sense of his con-
duct, she at once put stop TO the game
and calmly but resolutely placed her
small person in front of the man of cere-
mony, wrapped her tail neatly round
her toes, and gazed at him with an air of
plying contempt.
1t was an electric moment. and the rest
of the company watched with palp1tat-
ing eagerness the struggle for ascend
ency. 1t proved, however, an unequal
contest. After few moments of regard
which told more Of sorrow than of anger,
the kitten deliberately began to wash her
little black face, stopping every now and
then, paw in hair, to give look Of faint
surprise, mingled with disgust, at her
antagonist. The situation speedily be
came ridiculous, but not for the kitten,
and in very short time the d1plornatist
had evidently admitted himself beaten.
The kitten then rose, walked to the
window and placidly gazed out at the
landscape, every curve in her back show
ing her sense of the bad taste which had
characterized the incident that had Just
terminated--London Spectator.
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bred. They were reared at the pretty
place occupied by the family at Benson
hurst, and are as fat as aldermen, thanks
to the rich diet on which they are fed.
Mrs. II. Z. Randolph, one the most
energetic members of the club, has one
of the largest collections of thoroughbred
pet dogs in the country at her pretty
home in Berkeley Heights, n. j. Her
fox terriers and cocker spaniels are high
among the recorded dogs.
Mrs. Sarah J. Davis, of Wategan, is
breeder of pet dogs, and has large pug
kennels. She has been a frequent exhib-
itor, and generally carries off prize
The late Mrs. Rives, mother of Amelia
Rives Chanlcr, was a member of the club
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Young Smithers hadn't visited the
family for FIVE years, and now, as be sat
in the parlor where the servant had
ushered him into, his thoughts naturally
went back TO the time when last he had
been In the same place. he easily re-
called the faces Of his friend and his
friends wife, and then he remembered
the child Of the household, a small,
weazen faced. shrin voiced. decidedly
Objectionable girl Her age then might
have been years, it might have been O.,
it might have been 13. A bachelors
idea Of child's age IL apt 70 be vague.
Whatever the age, he bresthed silent
prayer that his call might be made
without the Introduction Of the house
holds Objectionable pet. II did not oc-
cur 70 him that five years might have
sOftened the Objectionable features.
His call was progressing finely; he
found his hostess as charming as ever,
and their talk, mostly Of the past, was
a. agreeable and pleasant as he had an
ticipated- Then there came the sound
Of step on the stair and OF the turning
Of the door knob.
BY the by said MS hostess. Il won
der If you remember CUR daughter.
Here she CONES
Before he could answer the door was
opened and IL walked the child. Sse
was the same wezzen faced, sh-in voiced
girl that he had objected 70 five years
before. New York Evening Sun-
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Yuma, blue ribbon winner, as queen,
and she is willing TO submit to any
amount OF tro1ble and annoyance to ad-
vance the interests of the pet dog world.
She is the wife of Charles Wheatleigh,
the actor, who is also a member Of the
club, and their handsome house at No.
l29 East Sixteenth street, in New York,
has been generously placed at the dis
posal of the club as a meeting place and
general headquarters.
The other members, many of them
prominent society women, are scarcely
less enthusiastic than their president for
the proposed dog show.
Mrs. Barnum, the vice president. is
tne wife of very wealthy clothing lner-
chant, and lives IN an imposing mansion
on Lexington avenue, New York. She
has always taken an active interest in
dogs. and was at one time a prominent
exhibitor at the bench shows. AT pres
ent Mrs. Barnum is content with the
honor of possessing the fastest and jolli-
est pug in the club.
Miss Banaister, the clubs secretary, is
a handsome young woman of 10 or 20,
and almost as popular in New York as
she is in her home circles at Crawford.
Miss Bannister has any number of thor
oughbred spaniels and pugs, but her
most particular pet is Nadjy, the small
est rug known TO dogdom. Nadiy is
quite the belle in her circles, and the
quilted wraps she wears on her New
York visits have made an undying repu-
tation for her. Miss Bannister has a
special playground for her pets at Craw-
ford, tract Of ground zoo by 100.
Mrs Frank Leslie is one of the most
earnest members of the club, but on ac-
count of her exaoting business and social
duties she rarely finds time to attend the
meetings, which are held in the after
Moons, just at time when Mrs Leslie
is busiest at her desk. She keeps fully
posted in the affairs of the club, though.
Rnd at the proposed bench show her dog,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-20
Rs. RANDoLPH's COCKER SPANIFI.S.

MRS. PANDoIPHS COCKER SPANIELS.
= beautiful Yorkshire terrier that is de-
votedly attached TO his handsome mis-
treSs, is pretty certain to come in for
some Of the honors.
Mrs. Henry z. Abbey, wife Of the well
known theatrical manager, is also a
member, and her name heads the roll
She is relied upon TO take an active part
IN securing the bench show.
Among the society leaders who belong
60 the club are Mrs. NJ. E. Baldwin, Mrs
John h. Draper. Mrs. James r. Franklin,
Mrs Dudley Kavanagh and Mrs. Will
fam R Mckee. all of New York; Miss
Welsh. Of Philadelphia; Miss Edith Van
Buren,, of Englewood, n. J., and Mrs. 4.
NJ Cunningham. Of Observation-Disclosures
Sea. on Long Island.
Mrs. Baldwin lives at 1S6 Madison
avenue, where she has one of the most
beautiful HOMES IN New York. Her
summer residence is at Newport. ana
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n Curiosity.

Ladies and gentlemen" said the lect-
urer of the dime museum. this is the
young mother and her baby that we
have secured at a salary of s., 900 per
week"
Whats there peculiar about 'em?'
queried an auditor.
What's there peculiar about 'em;
Why, this: The baby is very homely,
and the mother is willing to admit tina:
1t isn't the handsomest baby in the
world. Cape Cod Item.
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q a., MRS. c. WHEATLFIGH.
offices. the treasurership, has been given
to man. The presidency is held by
Mrs. Charles Wheatleigh, Of New York;
Mrs. S. c. Barnura, of the same city, is
vice president. and Miss Marion T. Ban
mister, of Crawford, n. j., is secretary.
The membership rolls embrace ladies
from half a dozen different states. 1t is
the president, Mrs. Wheatleigh, who has
been most active in promoting the
scheme for bench show.
eve are tired, she said to me recent
", ''of being showed off into some
deserted corner at the bench shows
which we attend. Our dogs are always
the greatest attraction in the shows, at
least for women and children, but the
managers invariably put us off into the
darkest places where no one can ever
find us. As a result, any number of
people who own pet dogs have of recent
years refused to exhibit them, and all Of
these. whether members or not, will aid
us if we give show. Our club was
formed for the purpose of protecting the
rights of the pet dog and improving
the breed. Other speciality clubs will
be invited to cooperate with us, and we
will probably have our show in Madison
Square garden"
To give a successful bench show is an
undertaking little less difficult than
building a railroad through a wilder
ness, and many an ambitious man has
gone down helplessly before the under
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64AAw


Oppenheim, the well known million
sire Of Cologne, who died about eight
years ago, was distinguished for his
ready Wit and clever repartee- He had
q friend and travelling companion who
was infected with 3 ridiculous mania
for passing himself of As . nobleman,
and accordingly wrote in the strangers
books only the first lest<r OF his name,
followed by de" and the name q his
birthplace To cure him OF his vanity
Oppenhein wrote under MS name n the
strangers book OF the hotel az Inter
laken, 20. de Cologne COppenhain from
Cologne -Lo1don Tit-Ists-
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prOach q m n
beauty of form and length Of pedigree.
Both Mrs. Mckee and her daughter, a
bright young lady of 10, are active pro-
motors of everything that will advance
the interests of dumb animals.
Miss Welsh is one of Philadelphia S
Four Hundred, very rich, very pretty
and very swell She has a number of
fine pugs and spaniels who live like kings
and queens.
Miss Van Buren, is said to be one of
the handsomest women in New Jersey.
She is stately blonde, and goes great
deal into New York society. Her home
at Englewood is a singularly beautiful
place. She has a greyhound, Cupid, that
is famous thE-ughout the land among
dog lovers.
Mrs Cunningham's dogs, Flora and
Peggie, are two of the finest pugs ever
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ur to the time of
her death. Mrs.
Chanler herself,
it is expected, will
join at the next
meeting. She has
a lw avs been a
great friend of
Mrs. w h e a t
leigh's, and some
time before the
talented young
writer was mar
ned the president
of the Pet Dog
club sent her a
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-20

Mrs. htrade-Where is your father,
Adult Son-He is at the store. editing
his edition of Society as Have Found
1t"
Mrs. lntrade-What: 4 book?
Son-Nes. a ledger, full of unpaid and
uncollectable bills.-New York Weekly.
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takin g. B u t
Mrs. Wheatleigh
is endowed with
any amount of
energy, and she
will bring enough
enthusiasm to the
task to enable her
to surmount any
difficulty. S h g
fairly idolizes her
dogs, of which
she has seven, all
til oroug h bred
pugs. with Yuma
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The poubter.

Old Robinson (reading)-"The average
weight of the Wellesley college girl is
1894 pounds"
Young Robinson-Hm! I'd like 10 go
up to Wellesley and test that statement.
New York Sun.
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composed almost
entirely Of ladies,
though, with the
most praisewor-
thy magnanim-
fly, male Great
ures are n o
entirely excluded
from member
ship. But the
control Of affairs
rests in the hands
of the fem ale
m e m bers, and
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S%Sssf "a <-r~.
Nillif & Eagle
FAIR DOG FANCIERS.
WEALTHY WOMEN WHO PROPOSE
TO ENGINEER A BENCH SHOW.

from Solid Silver Dishes and Have a
Jolly Time Generally in the Splendid
Homes of Their Mistresses.
Copyright by American Press Association
After invading about every other do
main that has hitherto, by the men at
least, been considered sacred to the lords
of creation, the American woman is now
arranging to enter actively into the field
of bench shows
The new departure is to be made by
the American Pet Dog club, which is
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The Time and Place.

Clara-Oh, have so much 20 say to
you!
Maride-And l to you. Let's go to
the opera tO-night.-Life.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-20
BILL NYE AT THE BALLET
HE FALLS INTO A REMINISCENT
MOOD AND TALKS HISTORY.
A Noble Defense of the Bald Headed Man
by One Who Has Been There Himself.
Some Telling Remarks About Nero's
Wild Oats.
Copyright by Edgar W. Nye.l

New York has lost this winter one of
the most amusing tragedies that her
history of the drama has ever recorded.
Generally a tragedy is fraught with gore
and gloom, but Nero" at Niblo's was full
of real Dockstader humor, and for one
felt sorry to see it go. Possibly it may
be revived before spring. hope so, at
least.
1t was called "Nero," and consisted of a
picturesque lay out representing the life
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she generally remains at her cottage
there until veSy late in the season. Her
two pugs, Peter and Paul, have pedi-
gree yard long, and put on as many
airs as Fifth avenue heiresses.
Mrs. Draper is the widow of the late
J. H. Draper, who died only a few
months ago of pneumonia. In conse-
quence she is IN deep mourning, and
sees none of her society friends. She
has pair of singularly fine pugs, Len
ME and Tootsey, and they follow her
almost everywhere, now that she does
little or no calling. They have been
taught any number of tricks, and are
always willing to ''show off"
Mrs. Franklin has fine city residence
just east of Fifth avenue on Fifty-sixth
street. She is immensely wealthy, and
lavishes everything money can buy on
Lady Hillary, King Charles spaniel of
not quite three winters.
Mrs. Dudley Kavanagh has a hand
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-20
An Erroneoua ImpreaSion.

"What kind of furnace have you?"
"a cold air furnace"
Il thought 30. didn't know but what
you we're trying to heat the house with
your refrigerator. "-Harper's Bazaar.
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some residence at
No. 16 West For
ty-seventh street,
in New York, and
her dogs fare as
sumptuously as
the habitues of
Delmonico's.
Mrs. William
r. Mckee is the
wealthy widow
of a well known
western newspa-
per proprietor.
Her greatest pet
is a bea uti ful
/ t allan grey
hound that will
be entered at the
s h ow in t h g
firm belief that
no other dog of
his kind under
the sun can ap-
,.-,nnl, l.
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CbiCarO, Rock Island 3 Pacific RV.

Including Lines East md Yves OF the Missouri
River. The Direct Routs 70 add rom CHICAGO.
ROCK ISLAND. DAVENPORT. DTS GOrNRs.
COUNCIL BLUFFB WATEErOWN SIOUX
FALLS. MINNEAPOLIS. ST. PAUL. ST. jos
EPH, ATCHISON. LEAVENWORTH. KANSAS
CITY, TOPEKA. DEN yER, COLORADO SPrNGs
and PUEBLO Free Reclining Chair Cars 20 and
from CHICAGO. CALD WELL. HUTCfIIHEON
and DODGE CITY, and Palace Sleeping Cars BE-
tween CHICAGO. WICHITA and HUTCHINSON.
Tally Trains 20 and rom NfNoFIsAER. In ths
Indian Tarrltnrr
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SOLID YsSTIRULE EXPRESS TRAINS

OF Through Coaches. Slsepars. and Dining Cars
daily between CHICAGO. DIES MONIES CoUN-
GIL BLUFFS and OMAHA. and Free Reclining
Chair Cars between CHICAGO and DENvHR.
COLORADO SPRINGS aud PUEBLO. via sf. Jos
eph. Kansas City and Topeka Excursions
tally, with Choice OF Routes to and from salt
Lake. Portland. Los Angeles and san Francisco.
The Direct Line 10 and nom Pixies Peak. Mani
tou, Garden Of the Gods. the Banitarfuus. ana
Scenic Q-andourE Of Colorado.
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Via Tho Albert Lea Route.

tfb0 FNA0DhA va tS9N0s
Solid Express Trains daily between Chicago ana
Minneapolis and st. Paul, with THhoUoH RE-
cIininx Chair Cars CFRKE) 90 and nom thcss
points and Kansas City. Through Chair Car saa
Sleeper between Peoria. Spirit Lake and sious
Falls via Rock Island. The Favor!ts Lins n
WATERFOWL Sioux Fails. the summer Resorts and
Hunting and Fishing Grounds Of the HeTtbwes'-
The ehort Line via Seneca and Kankakss offers
facilities TO travel 20 and nom Indianapolis, GIN
cinnati and other Southern points
For Tickets. Maps. FOLDERS. or desired inforfnD
tlon apply at any Coupon Ticket Once, or address
(. ST. JOHN, JOHN SEBASTIAN,
GenI Manager Cent Tiki q Pass. AIT
CHICAGO. ILL.
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Yards ~ wichita, Aayfsid. walItu.
ton Harper, Asssca. Garden Piais,.
Anthony, Arkarsas City, AndaIs and
HkrAm-
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pugs, with Yuma
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-29
THE PUYALLUP LANDS.
Bonders Will Secure Full Hearing-Ba-
sis of Northern Pacific Claim.

TACOMA. Jan. 2s.--FSpecial. &c. T. Man
ming and others. who bonded Puyallup In
dian reservation lands, have started in to
secure full hearing before the Puyallup
reservation commission. Judge Elwood
Evans, who has been retained TO represent
those who have bonded land, says in his
opinion the price agreed upon TO be paid
the Indians Is too high.
The claim of the Northern Pacific to the
odd sections of the reservation is based
upon the following section of Secretary
Villas decisionlin the Guilford-Mille case,
which was made in the Yakima Indian
reservation case:
But the final and governing answer to this
claim of basis for selection for lands embraced
within the Indian reservation has been furnished
by the supreme court in the case of BUTTE against
the company, supra, in which Ii has been ex-
plieitly adjudged that such lands passed by the
grant to the (railroad) company In fee, subject
20 the Indian right of occupancy which the gov
eminent will at its pleasure extinguish. The
tracts listed in October, 1887. lost 10 the grant
because lying within the Yakima reservation,
in fact passed to the company by the grant, aud
afford no basis of claim TO select others in lieu
therefor.
WASHINGTON Cry, Jan. Is Special
In the case of the Northern Pacific Rail-
road Company against Joseph O. Young,
from Vancouver, Wash. In which the rail-
road tried to show that the land was in its
withdrawal, decision was rendered in favor
II Young
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-29
MISS ADELAIDE MOORE.
III Health May Compel Her Retir,
ment From the Stage.

Ill Health May Compel Her Retire.
ment From the Stage.
Miss Adelaide Moore, with her maid and
Mr.. w. B. Moore, of the Moore Dramatic
Company, are at the Rainier hotel. Miss
Moore is the star, and Mr.. Moore is the
manager of the company. He said yes
terday: This is my sisters first trip to
the Pacific coast and her last. In fact,
her last season on the stage. She has
played for six years, having in that period
come to this country three times, but
heretofore she has not been west of st.
Louis, st. Paul and Minneapolis. This
time we have played at Toledo, Cleveland,
Cincinnati, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles.
San Francisco, Portland, Olympia and a
number of other places. From here we go
to Spokane, Helena, Butte and ON to St.
Paul.
But my sister visited a specialist at
San Francisco, who tells her that she is
suffering from rheumatism of the heart
and must give up playing for the present
at any rate, and perhaps forever. So she
will only I'LL her present engagements.
MY company. although engaged in New
York, is two-thirds English. Out of the
fifteen members but six are Americans.