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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-15
THE GUARDIAN ANGEL.

Baby, sleep and dread no harm; clasped in that
protecting arm,
Not breath Of III shall come 20 thy angel guard
ed home.
older eyes may weeping waken, older hvarts
may grieve forsaken.
Thou art safe in Graded rest, birding in happy
nest.
lis weary world, no doubt, out thou mast hos
found it out;
Only love has sheltered thc,s from a thousand
perils free.
Coming TO the world a stranger thou hast known
nor fear nor danger;
Little king from morn till night ruling in thy
sovereign right
Golden head on pillow laid; violet eyes meath
sken shade;
Dimpled hands and dainty feet; cheeks Ike roses,
flushed and sweet
Gift Of gifts to mother given, making home an
earthly heaven,
Meath the spreading angel wings, where the
child's own angel sings
Far and wide the angels fly, sweeping down the
stArlt sky,
Some TO watch DER beds Of pain, some TO hover
DER the main.
This to bid a bright dream perish, that sunny
hope 70 cherish,
But the dearest angel stin guards the household
pet from i'll
dere and there are br2wl and strife, there and
here is buoyant life
Dancing feet that trip 70 measure, hearts that
throb with gayest pleasure
In the babys day calm, isles OF peace in seas Of
balm.
And the baby has no care, yet too young for
guile or snare
Life shall bring thee many grace, baby, in this
holy place
Health and wealth and youth and fire, love and
JOY and hearts desire
Never in the time TO be shall the angel turn from
thee,
Never. tIl the heavens are dim. cease 20 chant
thy cradle hymn.
As watch the angel Light in that guardian form
tonight
Something duel battles thought, strangely are my
fancies wrought
Could the lock be less Elysian IL the radiant
heavenly vision
Wore no pinions floating wide, wore no beauty
Esorifed
Only looked as mothers do when the mother
heart breaks through
Eyes that were the baby's sky, though 10 serAph
~Ait<A nish1
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-15

A safety purse has made its appear
ance over the ocean. 1t can be LAID
down without any fear that the con
tents viii disappear. Many women have
an unhappy luack Of leaving their
purses about, and il Is to these that the
safety purses appeal They are puzzle
to the uninitated. A purse with silver
mounts VIII have the opening spring
hidden away IN one corner, yet ali the
corners look the same The way 20 open
another Is 10 t1rn the spring night round.
Another purse deceives you INTO the BE-
lief that the bottom Is the top.-Sew
York Journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-15
Wrestler Jack Cark.ek.

Jack Carkeek, whose name is well known
both in America and England, was born at
Rockland, Mich. thirty years ago. He Is
5 IT. 10 in tall, and wrestles at about ls2
pounds That the Michigan wrestler has
a magnificent physique IS shown by the
following measurements: Chest, a inches,
biceps, 1871 inches; forearm, I2 inches; calf,
II inches, and thigh, 24jE inches. Carkeek
wrestled his initial match in 1ST. He first
made hit as a Cornish wrestler. and IN
that not too popular style he is said to be
unequaled. He won his spurs by defeat
ing James Pascoe in match for the Pacific
coast championship, and by twice downing
Stranger Evan Lewis
Having vanquished the best Cornish
wrestlers of America, he made the journey
20 England, and after defeating Tom
Bragg, Jack Smith and several others Of
lesser note he met Jack Pearce. the En-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-15

Nelson and his owner are, on their merits,
two of the most interesting figures in the
racing world. Records were as nothing in
the way Of the great Maine stallion during
the season of 1890
At Bangor, Ne. Sept. 3. Nelson trotted
mile in 2:1511, and repeated it in 2;l5A.
He then went 10 Kankakee, Ills, Sept. %.
and covered mile in 2:l3 Two days later
ne tried again on the same track, getting =
record of 2:ll1. At Terre Haute, Ind,
Oct 9, his time was 2:1IA, and at Cam
bridge City, Ind, Oct. u, he came under
the wire with the time Of 2;i03 to his
credit His half mile record of los is only
one second behind that Of Maud 5, and
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-15
COR. MARKET AND FIRST SIS, WICHITA, KAN.
a Black Female Samson.

Freedman's Town. suburb of Hous-
ton, Tex, boasts of female Samson,
who has repeatedly proven herself a
match for any three men that have pitted
their united strength, and who a few
nights ago successfully routed Officer
John Baxter and three of his assistants,
all men of fine physique. The woman
stature slightly above average, but mag
niicently built and extraordinarily ac-
tive. Her grip was such that she was
able TO break two of the bones of the
hand of the woman with whom she had
a fracas recently, and it was on the po-
lice attempting to arrest her that she not
only was able to prevent them putting
the handouts on her, but, taking the
officer and his posse one by one, flung
them ont Of the house and closed and
locked the door.
Baxter, in particular. is accounted a
man of unusual strength, and is Of large
build, but he SAYS his muscles were as a
child's when compared with those of the
black Amazon. The woman, whose
name is Caroline jenkins, is about 30
years old, and is the mother Of seven
children. She has been seen TO pick up
a barrel of -four and carry il distance
of several yards without appearing TO
overtax herself, and when tested was
found 10 be able TO break with ease a
new grass rope an inch in diameter.
Since her exploit with the police it is
said that party Of gentlemen propose
travelling with her, il she viii go, and
give exhitAons of her strength, which
is 10 be ascrbed 10 no electrical OF mag
netic process, but to her muscular de-
velopment alone.-St. Louis Glohe-Dem-
ocr1r
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-15
Old md Nsr Athlstse..

III know nothing Of athletics. don't
understand a game when / SEQ SO, aud
that ia probably the reason Why have
been elected an honorary member Of
the Manhattan Athletic club. This or
ganization wanted 20 exhibit 20 the
world frightful example OF man who
didn't know anything about athletics.
In the old days we played baseball where
we honestly caught the ball. and were
put out by being stung by tho bali.
Now man reaches tho base by sliding
out IN mis- nose. At the conclusion Of a
game Of football a man could spend the
evening with has best GIRL; now hs
spends il with his doctor From a re-
cent speech OF ChauRcey N. Depew.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-15

motive bearing down upon him seemed
to paralyze the bear, and ne was perfect
" motionless until the engine was with
in thirty feet of him, when he arose on
his launches preparatory TO a spring.
The tram was running at the rate OF
twenty miles an hour through the cut,
and seeing that he might wreck the
train by a collision with bruin Engineer
Fender shut off steam. As the train
came in contact with the bear his hind
legs opened, and he fea forward on the
cowcatcher, clawing savagely az the
hard wood. BE seemed stunned or be-
wildered at the strange occurrence, and
did not manifest any inclination to get
of. He rode into town on the cow
catcher, and was shot and hlled.-Cor.
St. Louis Globe Democrat
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-15

stated In justice 70 Connors that he was CIV
ing away over thirty poundsin weight. Car
keek's victories have been legion, but the
following named are a few Of the notable
vrestlers who have met defeat at hiz
hands: ID. A. Mcmillan. mixed styles;
Greek George, Grace Roman style; J. D.
Cudihay, collar and elbow. AID Ernst
Roeber, Sebastian Miller. Matsada Sora-
kichi and Jack Wsnnop, all cateh-as-catch-
can styls- Carkeek is now called upon 70
defend his title of champion. as Evan
Lewis has posted forfeit CT $50 for a
match with his former eonqueror.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-15

his mile lacks but two seconds Of equaling
her time. Nelson now holds the worlds
stallion trotting record. He is bay horse,
with black points, and was sired by Young
Rolfe over eight years ago. He weighs
ESQ pounds and stands about 16 hands
high.
According to Mr.. Nelson's alleged con-
fession, be made deal with the owner of
Alcryon when they commended for the
Balch $4,000 stake at Boston in Septem-
Der, 1889, whereby Alcryon was TO take
first and second money, allowing Nelson To
get the glory OF winning the race. For
this plot both stations were expelled.
Since Nelson's expulsion, however, his
owner claims TO have refused 70 sell him
for 500, 900.
STEAMBOAT, the great California stallion,
which recently trotted mile IN 2:ll at
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-15

'Henryr cried Mr. Won Toodles,
grzsping her s0mnolent husband By ths
arm, Henry, there ara burglars in the
housed Get up and 90 down.
Utter nonsense nv dear" returned
Henry. you wouldn't have man q Izy
social position assocaating with burglars,
would yous You astonisa me.--Bizck
ard White.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-15

Stockton, Cal, is a son OF Sultan 1913, dam
Fleetwing by Hambletonian 10 He started
the season of 1890 with q record Of 2.12ll.
and in several trials has gradually de-
creased it to the present notable mark.
STEAMBOAT has already beaten by a second
Axtell's great 5-year-oid record for stall
ions, and he gives promise Of doing even
more creditable work in the hear future.
Like Nelson, STEAMBOAT is s years old
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-15

As the Louisville and Nashville PAS
senger accommodation was passing
through Wade's cut, deep and narrow
massage through the rocks, about eight
mikes east Of Milan. Tenn, Engineer
Geo-se Pendor was surprised TO see q
big brown bear come into The cut at the
west end, about ten rods away. The
bear stopped directly in the middle OF
ne track. facing the engine. The loco
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-15

TWO WONDERFUL HORSES.

Recent Achievements of the Great Trot-
ting Stations Nelson and StambouI.
Two of the most sensational turf per
formers during the season Just past were
the world famous trotting stations Nelson
and Stanboul Nelson is named after his
well known ovvpar breefer trainer and
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-15

Wei AuOFu OW18
driver, G. H Nell
son. of Wsterville.
NJ E., and both
horse and man are
just now suffering
tn c und esirable
notoriety OF hav-
ing been expelled
from the National
Trotting associa
ton for alleged
participation in
the Nelson-Alcry
on deal; but turf
S IAN dal 5 aside.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-15
Ont Partridge limiting.

Did you ever 90 partridge hunting,
and tramp all day through the brush,
tear your clothes half of, get vetter'n
drowned rat, fall in the mud and never
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-15
JACK cAEKEEE

glish champion, in match FOR the worlds
championship. This proved 20 be the
most stubbornlY contested wrestling match
Of modern times, and IL took Jack over Eve
hours Of hard work % gain the verdict.
After this match 10 one cared 20 tackle
the big "Cornishman" AZ his favorits
Stvle Carkeek then threw down the
gauntlet 20 all coraers any style.
JACK gained frssh lzurels when be de-
f@ated the phenomenal middle weight,
Tom Couno-s. last year, and thus beams
champion catch-as-catea can IL r1Ess -
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-15

%Aen Baby was SICK We gave her cAstoriA,
When she was a Child, she cried for CastoriaY
When she became Miss, she chung TO CastoriA,
When she had Children. she gave them CastoriA,
Morning journal and courier., 1891-04-30
ROBINSON & CO.'S,
Committee on Streets

TyHE Committee on Streets will meet in rooms 1 10 and II, City Hall, Thursday, April 90. 1891, at s p. m, when these matters will be oonsid- cred:
 Petition of H. P S Hanscom ct al. for concrete walk and-curo on Foote street, north side, be tween Dixwen avenue and Gatfe street
 Petition of F. A Monson ct al for grading and curbing of Gregory street, between Canal and Ashmun streets
 Petition of Dean Cobb CT al for concrete walk on Winter street, both sides. between Foote and Charles streets
 Petition of Henry Donovan ct al for walk and curb on WinteT street, both sides between Charles and Henry streets
 Petition of George \. Mos-s for cnEcre.e walk on Lawrence street. Vt st side. between Whitney avenue and Livingston street..
 Petition for the widening of Orange street. be tween Pearl and Huuphr streets
 Petition of Peter Fox for sidewalk and grading of Adeline street, both sides bctR cen Barclay and West streets.
 Petition of John W. Gordon for curb and con- crete walk on Liberty street, south sidt. be- tween Washington street and Congress avenue.
 Petition of A C. Smith eJ al for concrete walk on Liberty street, both sides. between Putnsm and Spring streets
 Petition of Charles Mix for relief from obstruc- ton of Water street by New Haven and Derby Railroad Company.
 Petition of Henry Goebel ei al. for coblsIe gut ter on Congress avenue between Ward and West
 Recommendation of the Mayor de extension of Oak street to West river and strengthening of
 Petition of Fred Goetz ct al for sidewalk on Auburn street. east side. between Oak and Null berry streets.
 Petition of Joseph L. Joyce et al. for change ! of name of North to Ellsworth avenue and tlGe | extension of Ellsworth avenue to Goffe street All persons interested in the foregoing are no | tiied to attend and be heard thereon. Attest: JAMES B MARTIN, l Assistant City Clerk. Per order. LYMAN H. JOHNSON
Morning journal and courier., 1891-04-30

passing along corridor of the latter edifce that, Pata' inquired one of them. ''Thatl Why, that's Josiah Quincy" ''And who's Josah Quincya" ''Mike, never saw the likes O you. Did you never hear of young Josiah Quincy. Why, he's-he's the grand son of the statue out in the yard there"
 In the Crimea, trans Caspian and the central Asiatic governments of Russia quicksands make large inroads every year, covering thousands of acres of the best arabic soil. The most skilled engineers, under the direction of the ministries of the interior and of imperial property, have for many years tried to stop the evil, but with little or no success. Now the Imperial Geographical society has detailed commission under the leadership of Kh. V. Hellman to spend the summer in AL giers and Egypt, studying the nature of the quicksands in those countries and the methods by which the natives resist their inroads.
 r What appears to be one real cure of consumption by the Koch remedy is re- ported from the Monteiore Home in New York. The patient received his first in oculation in December, and is now dis charged as cured. This would be great news for consumptives but for the ex- planation of the physician in charge, which runs in this strain: "Of course, as in any chronic disease, the cure is rela- tive. He may suffer a relapse within 6 year or two, brought about by poor food, by living in contracted and poorly venti- lated rooms or by exposure. Such a re- lapse, however, would not alter the opinion of physician that the man is cured at the present time"
 The New York State board of mediation and arbitration speaks it's mind about the Sweating" abomination. This board finds that this business is carried on by foreigners in New York city who labor like slaves from twelve to eighteen hours a day, raceive miserable pittance, and live in soualor. The number of both sexes and all ages engaged in this work is esti- mated at from 60,000 to 10000. The contractors are generally of the same race and nationality as their victims. They live and have the garments made in the shabbiest and most wretched tenement houses in the city, which are destitute of proper light, ventilation and accommoda- tions. These commissioners find it diff cult to imagine greater wrong or more degradation than is suffered by these working people at the hands of the 'sweaters." .-=-s'
Morning journal and courier., 1891-04-30
SPOTS.

African travellers say that there is no animal that can be so easily shot on the spot as the leopard.
 Clothes do not make the man, but the gay youth frequently owes good deal to his tailor.-Cape Cod Item.
 "When it comes to laying carpets" said the paper of tacks to the man of the house, I can give you pointers on that. ."-Yon- kers Gazette.
 Customer-How much is that medicine worth.
 New Clerk-rd get fired right out if I told you that, sir.-Puck.
 sIt is curious that so attractive man as Browney never married" Family influence. All his ancestors for genera tions back were bachelors, I believe. "- Epoch.
 "Why do you term that prisoner rasha' inquired the visitor.
 "Because," answered the warden, ''he breaks out whenever he has a chance. New York Herald.
 Wasn't it lonely going across the oceanf'
 "Oh, no. was leaning on the rail one day looking at the sea when I fell in with friend. Philadelphia Times.
 ''That young Gassyhed had a chance at the best bargain of his life last night, yet he missed it." ''Im not surprised. What was ita" ''That Miss Sharp offered him a penny for his thoughts. Philadelphia Times.
 He-You loved me once. She-Yes, when I was young and fool ish.
 He-And you rejected me. She-Um-then I couldn't have been SC e. o1~ arl- "What is this country coming tor shouted the prohibitionist orator, ''wher we see the rum seller and his minions 1T l lem runnin' no places of trust yet, and been in this town more'n year." unused | the seedy man near the door.-1ndianapo | lis Journal. Uncle of the bride (to stranger)-Won' you have some refreshmentsl Stranger No, thank you, sir. lConfdentially) Tn | the detective, sir. Uncle of the brid | (geniallyeOh, never mind; between yor and me, the diamonds are all paste. Stran l ger-I know it, sir; but I'm here to giv' them tone.-London Globe. | It Was No Pickle Dish.-Mrs. Brown And what are you going to give Maud Ora. l for bridal present, Mir. Whitei
 MT. White-Oh, I've settled upon some thing that thought lovely, and know i is just the thing she wants badly. Mrs. Brown-What is it? Do tell mel
 MT. White-A pocket of letters she wrot me while we were engaged.-Harper' Bs gar.
 "Now, darling, will you grant me on favor before I got"
 "Yes, George, I will," she said, drop ping her eyelashes and getting her lips il shape. 'tWhst is the favor I can gran | you7"
 "Only little song at the piano, love, am afraid there is dog outside waitinI
 for me, and want to scare him away."- l Rochester Talisman
Morning journal and courier., 1891-04-30
NOT A" HOME INDUSTRY, ;,

A great many people in this country are able to buy precious stones, but they can not buy the precious stones of this country to any great extent, for they have not yet been found, if they exist. It is a notable fact that this land, so rich in most things, is conspicuously deficient in precious stones. The new census will consider this matter, and it's revelations are interesting. There has been of course much hunting for precious stones in this country. The number of diamonds found has been very limited, and their discovery is rare and purely accidental, the places where they are met with being certain well-defined districts of California, North Carolina, Georgia, and recently in Wisconsin. Sapphires and rubbies are found near Helena in Montana, but they are not of the standard blue and red shades so much prized. They have never been mined systematically, though within the last two years companies have been formed cidentally to the search for gold. Emeralds have been mined to small extent in Alexander county in North Carolina, and some beryls have been discovered in Color ado, at New Milford in this State and at Stoneham in Maine. The turquoise Is now systematically mined near Los Corillos in New Mexico, but it lacks the softness of color distinguishing the Persian turquoise, though it is fully equal to it in hardness. The finest garnets in the world, rivalling those from the Cape of Good Hope, are collected by the Navajo Indians and by soldiers of the adjacent forts from ant hills and scorpion nests in New Mexico and Arizona. The Indians trade them for stores, and they are sent to the markets in parcels weighing something as much as thirty or forty pounds. .. .t....-
 Although there are not more than thirty five thousand dollars worth of precious stones produced in this country the value of those imported in 1889 alone was $11,- l 705, ,O0O.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-04-30
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.

SRN HSS OH OAA C M AASc
 An American merchant went to Nicaragua not long ago to make personal investigation of the conditions of trade and the opportunities for selling goods there At Leon he met number of leather-dealers who were importing stock from Germany. He had been a manufac- turer of boots and shoes for long time in New England, and recognized the stock at a glance as American leather. He asked the dealers what they were paying for it, and was told that the price paid to the German importer was 35 cents He offered at once to sell the same quality of leather for 21 cents, received orders from the mer. chants and filled them.
 The Tribune very neatly remarks con corning this incident that the way to com pete is to compete. And it proceeds te point out some of the opportunities fol | competition. American paper and sta tionery can be and is sold in the Wes | Indies and Central America at a reduction of 10 per cent. from English prices. Hose pipe, overcoats, blankets and other classei of rubber goods of American manufactur' can be introduced in those markets a prices 15 per cent. lower than the English Castings, locks, wire for fences, builders hardware, kitchen implements and house furnishing goods can be supplied iron the United States certainly at thu same cost as German wares, and prob ably more cheaply, and there is marked preference for the American goods. Amer ican cottons will be at least 10 per cent below European goods when properly in troduced and systematically sold in whole sale houses. Glassware from Wheeling West Virginia, is already underselling tn cheapest German manufactures. Ameri can agricultural tools and machinery ar cheaper wherever sold. Clocks and watch es from New England have no competition when taken into the Southern markets American furniture is preferred, and cal be sold at prices which will drive Euro pean goods out of market.
 The manufacturers of this country ough to be enterprising enough to take full ad vantage of such opportunities