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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-04

have left for Hutchinson where they will
celebrate today.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-04

Business viii be almost totally suspend
ed today, at least in the afternoon, when
all business houses will close for a few
hours
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-04

Miss Agnes Lynch left for Cincinnati
last night where she Will spend the
summer months.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-04

Judge Messy and family go TO CdaIl 70
celebrate today. The judge IS the orator
OF the day at that place
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-04

The festival at the Salvation Army bar
racks last night was not a success, on &C
count Of the rain.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-04

Miss May Hartman, OF Leavenworth,
will spend the summer with her aunt,
Mrs J. p Allen. Of this city.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-04

last evening for Chicago, where she meets
her father
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-04

Quite a number of travelling men came
in last evening TO spend today with their
families.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-04

Mr.. and Mrs. John II. Ash ara visiting
friends at Newton. They Will remain
away for a week.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-04

Rogers, the photographer, expects to go
out to the various picnics today and take
views. He took several good views Of the
Sons of Herman picnic, which was held
recently, which he has displayed in his
studio
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-04

FridaT, t1e day - CsrTss's death. IA esa-
siGsrst anfo-t1Este thro1sAoss sks Cars
tsaz ~oflz
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-04

Postmaster Jewett and Assistant Post
master Moore are busiIy occupied ia max
ing out their quarterly report. They can
not yet state figures but say that the
business has improved remarkably since
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-04

Died, at 2:4O a. m, June 30. 1921. at Salt
Lake City. Utah. Mrs. J. NJ Weight. aged
% years and 9 months, formerly of
Wichita
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-04

In talking with a number OF farmers
who have been in town the past three days,
it is learned that the damage done b. the
wind to the corn ar the late storm was
very slight, as most OF it was Strengthened
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-04

Tankersly, the man who was tried and
found guilty of burglary and larceny
several months ago, was sentenced TO ten
years in the penitentiary by Judge Reed
yesterday. The man begged for lighter
sentence, but the judge informed him that
he had at first decided to give him fifteen
years. Tankersly had served one year be-
fore this in the penitentiary for a similar
offense, and started in at his old work as
soon as he got out. The man is IS years Of
age He will be taken to Leayenworth to-
night
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-04

Mrs. G. w. Larimer entertained the
choir of the First Presbyterian church last
night.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-04

G. L. Swentzell. of this city, is spending
the day with friends at FL Dorado
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-04

Several ladies were storm bound in the
stores until a late hour last evening.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-04

D. Z. Foltz of Udall, was in the city yes
terday making purchases.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-04

Judge Reed is at Clearwater today,
where he is orator of the day.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-04

w. L. Sturdevant is at Andale today
where he talks at a picnic.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-04

Miss Gertie Louk has returned from a
visit at Newton
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-04

Gilbert p Butterworth, of Cincinnati,
accompanied by his mother and sister, ar
rived in this city yesterday. Mrs. Butter
worth is sister of Charles f. Potts, and
this is the first time the three have been
further west than St. Louis. They were
better pleased with Kansas with every
mile traversed and remarked that they
could not help noticing how much finer
the farms and crop prospects looked the
nearer they got to Wichita. Mr.. Gilbert
expects 10 peep at Oklahoma ere his re-
turn. We predict that when these visitors
return TO their Eastern home and simply
narrate nothing more than the truth Of
what they have seen, their hearers will
conclude that trip TO Wichita is always
followed by a loss OF veracity.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-04

There was quite an excitment at the
Rock Island depot yesterday after
noon on account of the burning Of
freight car on an incoming
train. The engine gave the distress signal
when some distance from the city, and by
the time the car reached the yards the
men had discovered the trouble and were
ready with the hose. The flames were
soon extinguished and the damage to the
car was slight. The contents of the car
were uninjured. 1t is not known how the
fire originated
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-04

Mr.. &. W. Cooper received a message
from Philadelphia yesterday morning an
nouncing the death, short time before, of
his little boy. Smedley Darlington. Mr.,
Cooper left Wichita Thursday evening for
Philadelphia and had gotten as far as St
Louis when the sad intelligence reached
him. He hurried on his way, hoping to
reach Philadelphia in time to be present
at the burial of his little boy. Mr.. and
Mrs. Cooper have the sympathy of large
circle of friends in this city as we'll as
Philadelphia, in their sore bereavement.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-04

!. o. Patterson, of Chicago, is stopping
Mt the Carey and viii remain in the city
over Sunday
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-07-24
NEW STORE UNDER THE
OPERA HOUSE.

Ifyou have deferred buying a
new spring or summer suit for your
self or either of your boys, you can
save money now, Those in charge
of the clothing store are instructed
to take off a good slice FROM many
Of the suits or odd pieces, both in
summer wear and for goods suited
to all the year round service. Come
in and try your luck. You will be
likely to find what you want at
prices that will satisfy you. Our
stock is as well selected and as
varied as at any time during the
season, and will be kept up during
the warm weather,
Mems thin all wool nannelette or
zephyr wool coats and vest to
match at $3.50 to S4.75. These,
with a neat pair of pants Of any
shade or color, make a dressy and
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-07-24
aot-waser Cure torRose.Bugs.

Since the announcement of the hot-water
rose-chafer insecticide, the Rural New
Yorker has experimental to ascertain just
what degree of heat grapevine foliage will
bear without injury. The leaves were held
in water at 145 degrees for thirty seconds.
They died. Leaves held for thirty seconds
or more in water of a temperature of 1874
degrees were slightly injured, while the
leaves and flowers of magnelias and the
leaves of grapevines received the cyclone
spray at 140 degrees long enough to kill
the rose-bugs two or three seconds per-
haps) without injury. 1t will probably
appear that while 1913 deglees is certain
death to the rosebug, the spray may be at
least ten degrees higher without injury to
the foliage, blossoms or young grapes.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-07-24
HumDhreys' Store al The Corner

In our Ladies' and Children's
Shoe Department we find a ready
sale for kid lace Oxford ties. They
are as cool and comfortable as a
slipper and as dressy as a high but
ton boot.
Porcelain-lined preserving kettles,
Stuart & Peterson's best make, for
zoe to Scots. Mason's fruit jars,
pints, quarts and half-gallons.
We are still selling good New
Orleans molasses at 2oc a gallon.
Dealers all over the country have
caught on and are quoting a 29c
molasses, but all our customers,
who have tried from other sources,
tell US there is none like ours. The
kind we sell makes good cake, and
that is what the people want it for.
Ginghams are more in favor this
year than last, and deselvedly SO,
as they make a nice, sensible
dress within the reach of every lady
in the land, as the material don't
cost much money. We have over
40 patterns, all new and good.
Prices from SC to I2Hc.
Canton mattings, 25cts, very
heavy, weighing over two pounds to
the yard, new and pretty patterns.
Cheaper than carpet and much nicer
for warm weather.
Step oilcloth and step carpets.
Window shades, 25c, with spring
rollers, all ready to hang up. Dado
borders at 4oc, plain shades at IS to
4oc. Best oiled shading. This is
headquarters for these kind OF
goods.
Ready-made window screens with
ash frames and covered with wire,
easily adjusted to fit almost any
window, Is and soc. Also black
and green wire netting for doors
and windows, from 20 to ga inches
wide, at SC to 25c a yard. Black
is the most popular, and deservedly
SO, as it don't look so common as
green. Mosquito or fly netting,
best goods in all colors, 2 yards
wide, at 38c, 4oc and 42c a piece OF
s yards.
Hamburg edgings, flouncings and
embroideries. Every need pertain
ing to a white dress or underwear.
The best selected stock in town,
and by far the best we have ever
owned. This branch is in trained
and experienced hands now.
f. B. HUMPHREYS & co.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-07-24

our own taxes. lie loafs him self while
the men are breaking their backs with the
pick and shovel. He pays but little atten-
ton to the grade, and does more repair IN
front of Smiths house than in front OF
ours. He works his own team more than
he should thereby freezing the rest of us
out. He isn't at all a close observer ofthe
times and seasons ard is as likely as any
how to work on the roads when it is too
wet or too dry" Such Is a specimen wall
ascending from the lips of the overburden-
ed tax payers forever. On the road ques-
the Farm Meas has the following to say:
The question of public road improve
ment has assumed national Importance
and surely when one looks around at the
state of the roads he cannot regret that the
people are aroused on the subject. In fact
thew have been too long indifferent and the
awakening 0 is a harbinger of better
times for both man and beast.
Is it too much TO say that our country is
more backward in it's civilization on the
state of its public highways than in almost
any other direction? We have gone along
and built great cities. and developed in
various ways.
But what of our country roads? Let
every farmer look about him and consider
how his means of wagon transportation
has been for the last few months. Must
he not say, as he surveys the facts, that he
has been practically shut out from his
| nearest town by reason of impossible
roads? As a rule country roads have
been in such abominable shape that a
man could not walk comfortably to the
nearest village aud the idea of going there
with a loaded two-horse wagon was athing
not to be thought of.
Besides the discomfort and Inconvenience
of such roads, the farmer is often shut out
from a coed market. In this way farmers
annually loose large sums of money. When
their PRODUCTS are commanding a price
they find that is of no avail to them, for
the reason that they cannot haul their pro
luce to the railroad.
AS farmers we go on, year after year.
seeing the same muddy roads, and reaping
the same discomfort from them, and expe-
riencing the same yearly loss, but to what
profit? 1t would seem that we are not
willing to take lessons of experience. But
why should we not. Is it not the part OF
rational beings to do SO?
1t seems to us that every farmer ought
to resolve with himself and covenant with
his neighbor TO the end that the public
roads shall be improved.
There is money aud comfort in having
county roads that are at all times passable.
The sooner the public become interested in
good roads and will have them, the better
it will be for all concerned.
But the farmers are not alone interested
in the public road question. The merchants
of our cities as well should lend their in
fluence to this end. Their country trade
during certain months is largely cut off by
bad roads. They too should take a lively
interest in the subject of public road i'm
provement.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-07-24

acres at 81, 500 per acre, when the proxim-
ity to the saloons was discussed, and it was
decided hazardous as a business venture,
to bring so many workmen under the IN
~luence of the beer-mug and whisky-bottle,
so the negotiations were given up, and
Waukegan, ILL.,, about fifty miles from
Chicago, was selected as the site, provided
thatthe citizens would agree to abolish the
sale Of liquor in the town. THIS was done,
and the plant has been removed to Wau-
kecan. The moral does not need pointing
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-07-24
Intoxicated Physicians.

News comes from Georgia that the Leg
islature of that State has just passed a
stringent law to prevent drunkenness
among physicians, not because they are
more addicted to oyeriudulgence in strong
drink than other professional men, but be-
cause the consequences OF int~oxication
among them are apt to be so much more
serious.
The Georgia statute disqualifes any
medical man from further practice who
and imposes a heavy penalty upon the
man thus disqualified if he attempts to
practice medicine again.
In New York We have a law on the sub
je ct, but it is not quite so broad. 1t does
not deal with drunkenness on the part of
doctors except when they are engaged in
the treatment of patients, and then it pro-
vides for punishment Only when the intox-
ication has resulted in some actual injury
to the patient. Dur statute is contained
in section 357 Of the Penal Code:
"A physician or surgeon, OF person prac-
Using as such, who. being in a state of in
toxication, administers any poison, drug,
or medicine, OF does any other act as a
phi y~sioian or surgeon to another person, by
which the life Of the latter is endangered
or his health seriously affected, is guilty
Of 9 misdemeanor."
Another section OF the same code declares
that like acts committed by an intoxicated
physician, causing the death ofhis patient,
shall constitute manslanghter,-N. J. San.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-07-24

They, the road overseers, township COM
mittee, board Of h~eeholdeIs, or somebody
else, have been putting up ~handboards
throughout our county, or in some town
ships of il rather-and such landlords!
However, as anything is better Than moth
ing, and as we have to take such as they
give us or 60 without, perhaps after all We
have reason to be thankful for what we
nave and shall not look the
gift boards (paid for by our taxes too
closely in the mouth Mguratively speak
ing) hut Try and make the best of it. This
reminds us that a Mr.. A.. S. Bancroft, OF
San Francisco, Cal, has taken the contract
for numbering the houses of all the coun-
try places outside the towns. (Here is a
werk of greater magnitude that the pre-
paTation of our artistic handboards and
placing them in position) BY this it is
proposed to enable the stranger to ascer-
tain promptly and definitely any location
desired, Taking the county seat as the
central point the plan, as applied, is this
way: Give each road leading to or from
the county seat a distinctive anne, inolnd-
ing the names of persons, residences or
terminals. Then commencing at the city
boundary of all the main roads, or at any
point of divergence from them Of all branch
roads. and divide each mile into ten mag
mary blocks of 52S feet each. Give each
block two numbers, the odd number for
one side, the even for the other. Usually
there will be but one house or entrance on
one side of such blocks: if there should be
more the second house would have the
same number followed by the letter A, the
third one by b. and so on. 1t makes 1t
practicable to have a county directory
which will locate with precision The habi-
tation of every person, and enable road
overseers to report accurately where work
had been done, etc.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-07-24
Special Notice.

We have marked down prices on
a number of articles in the Opera
House store. If you have any needs
in such goods as we sell there, you
may be able to get a bigger dollars
worth now than you could earlier
in the season. Come and see.
Z. B. HUMPHREYS.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-07-24

The eighteenth annual report of the
London Temperance Hospital has just been
issued. The in-patients for the year were
753. of whom 800 were cured, 25S were re-
lieved, 60 weIe unrelieved, and 45 died, a
mortality of not quite 6 per cent. From
the opening of the hospital there have been
admitted as in patients $500, of whom
1851 were cured, and 428 died, a mortality
of CO per cent. The visiting physicians
and surgeons ale not bound by any strict
rule to reject the use of alcohol should they
deem it absolutely neces airy, bat they have
very seldom prescribed it. and the unsatis-
factory results which have followed its
administration, have confirmed them in
their convictions as to the superiority Of
non-alcoholic treatment. Last year there
were two exceptional cases from the dis,
tinctiye feature of the hospital. A nan
aged seventy-fye was admitted into a
ical practitioner at Bath. He underwent
an operation for a malignant disease, and
being weak from long-standing bronchitis,
he gradually lost strength. He was order
ed a tablespoonful Of .Spirtas Vini Reetif-
eatus, to be given with egg and milk every
six hours, bat lie died in the course of a
few days. The other exceptional case was
that Of a woman aged sixty,one, who had
thrown herself out of a window and sus.
tanned severe fractures of several bones.
She also suffered from bronchitis. For a
time she took her noufishment well, but
she afterwards lost ground. One ounce OF
spirits Of wine was ordered to be given
every four hours, aid afterward an ounce
of alcohol every six hours. There was,
however, no Improvement, aud she died.
These were'the only cases during the year
for which alcohol was prescribed.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-07-24

1t may be all right and for the bestin-
terests of society, this liberating keepers
of disorderly houses, murderers and other
criminals from our prisons on parole, but
we regard it as about the worst short
term system that as yet has been devised
What with the pardoning power, the
shortening of the term of Imprisonment
because of good behavior. and now the
practically ''scott free" plan of liberating
prisoners on parole, justice in the end will
become a laughing stock and the punish
ment of offenders a mere by word and
meaningless phrase. We say with the
Temperance Gazette:
The lessening of punishment leads to the
increase of crime, and therefore in the in
terests of the innocent and la~w-abiding
citizen we say, let the transgressor be pun
ished with all the severity compatible with
justice. If men want to escape punish
ment, let them refrain from evil-doing.
Law-abiding citizens and taxpayers ought
to have some rights that should be
respected.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-07-24

1t is always in order to find fault with
the road oyerseeTs and it is needless to
are ridged too much or too little, are worked
on too early or too late in the season. The
dirt in the hollows is hauled to the hill.
tops ard the hilltops are more and NOR
topped up each year. The overseer
hires "a certain set' zach year, and "don't
give the rest Of us a chance to work out
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-07-24
Drinkers, Dictionary.

GIN.
The word gin is a contraction of the
word Geneva or Genevre, and signifies a
beverage made from, or favored with ju-
Viper berries.
As the liquor is made from juniper
berries, and as one meaning of the word
gin is a trap or snare, there seems a pecul-
lar appropriateness in beth the name and
its derivation.
A trap or gin is set for the purpose of
catching something, and is designed TO nip
those that get into it. 1t is universl testi-
mony that no trap is SO insidious and so
certain TO entrap and destroy, as the habit
of using Intoxicating drinks.
A trap is set on purpose to destroy, and
all preparations of gin are designed to
destroy the tissues CT the stomach and
brain, the manhood and self-respect of
those who use them.
Keep me from the snares which they
have laid for me. aud the gins of the work.
ers of ~iniquity. Ps. 141:9.
G-R0GUE-ERY.
A place where grog is sold, and where
rogues are apt to congregate may properly
be called a g-rogue>ery.
Greg is mixture of spirits and water
and the name is derived from the fact that
it was introduced INTO the English navy by
Admiral Vernon. In bad weather he were
a cloak made Of grc-gram or gros grain, and
from his fact the sailors gave him the
nickname of cold Grog," the name being
subsequently applied to the beverage
which he first supplied.
In America, up to about the year 1850,
the word grocery as commonly used was
Synonymous with the word grocery, near
ly all groceries selling liquors, and finding
their largest profits in so doing.
The word grocer was originally spelled
grosser, and had reference to the custom of
the merchant, in buying goods by the gross
or quantity.
The original mode of spelling was GER
tainly very appropriate at the time the sale
of liquors was a chief source of revenue. 1t
was certainly a gross husiness-coarse,
rot ugh. vulgar and low.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-07-24

We have travelled considerably over the
country the past week and are free to say
that we never saw crops of all kinds look
better. Wheat, oats, grass, potatoes, ap-
pies, and in short products of all kinds,
are just looking their very best and doing
their very best. The cherry yield this
year, just closed, was simply enormous,
and the apple crop is treading fast upon
its heels, it'll the peach supply but a little
behind. Speaking eff peaches an exchange
says:
Last year the Delaware peacl-growers
entered into a combination to sell their
fruit from the wagon at the depot, requir-
ing buyers to come to them, cash in hand,
and settle all transactions on the spot.
This arrangement was intended to bring
the producer and the consumer nearer to-
gether, TO dispense with the middlemeD,
and to save commissions, speculative prof
its, ETC., the ultimate buyer being taxed
less for intermediate handling, while the
grower received a larger proportion of the
ultimate price. The combination prom
ised well in theory, but did not work well
in practice, for the sufficient reason that
there was no practice. The peach crop
last season was a failure, and the growers
did not have any fruit to sell, either from
the wagon or anywhere else. This year
they propose to try the experiment once
more, and at Dover last week it was
claimed that orchardists representing half
a million baskets stand pledged to sell
only under the agreement. The season is
now about to open, and the question of
distribution is of Immediate consequence.
1t is well for the producers to make all
proper efforts to reach the consumers as
directly as possible; but the main point is
to be sure to reach them. 1t would be a
serious misfortune all around to have any
breakdown in the system of doing the
business just as the ripening crop needs to
be handled with the best possible despatch.