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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-03
ADJUSTMENTS.

The Eunice Goodrich company presented
that roaring comedy, Three Wives 20 One
Husband, to a good audience at the opera
house last evening Tonight Miss Good
rich appears as Little Emily, in the play
of that name. 1t is dramatization OF
Dickens David Copperfield" The play
is said to be good one. and Little Emily"
a character in which Miss Goodrich is said
to excel. The following is from the Sac
ramento, (Cal, ) Bee:
Little Emily" Mr., Jackson's dramatiz-
alton of Dickens David Copperfeld.
was presented in an excellent manner al
the CIunie opera house last night by the
Eunice Goodrich company. 1t Is the best
play in the company's repertoire, and
gives each player an admirable opportunity
Tor displaying his talent
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-03
A HALE STORM.
CHICAGO. Ill. March 30. 1891.

CHICAGO, Ill, March 30, 1891.
To the Editor of tie Eagle.
People are like money. They want to do
something. They will not always stand
around in the mud or be served up in an
old sock when the persimmons are just
over the fence and dying to be pulled.
Well we have the pole, and Sedgwick
county will get eleven cars of immigrants
in few days. People are going some
where this year, aud what we need to do is
to turn them our way. Within the past
five weeks there have seven train loads Of
homeseekers gone from central Illinois to
northern Iowa. Mr.. II. H. Richards and
myself are down among these sensible peo-
pie showing them the great garden of the
earth - central southern Kansas and
while we are here there is hot-winds
chap from Rowlins county with patent
leather boots and charity burdened
countenance and S3a-day hotel
bill and etceteras in Chicago, bel
lowing drouth and hot winds in Kan
sas, lust as if the the great Arkansas val
lev had ANYTHING IN common with that
blasted country way out west, only to
send them grub and keep them out there
TO poison the whole state.
This man Mcknight, of Atwood. Raw
Inns county, has been playing this act for
a long time. He gets local endorsement,
goes to all the larger cities, puts up at
the best hotels. goes TO the leading news
paper and tells his tale of woe, stirs the
people to pity, loads up and goes to an
other city / was in the editorial rooms
of one of the leading papers of Chicago to-
day when one of the managers asked me
if there was much suffering or destitu-
ton in my county?
"Murano stangano, POGO" said |. You
don't know little bit about Kansas. Go
part your hair over on one side and I'll
learn you something. We have ten lines OF
railroads and as high as l.200 cars n day
standing on our tracks to be unloaded or
transferred We load and unload more
produce of local production than any
other inland station on earth" What
~ never miss the mark, only when shoot
under"
Then what about this man talking in
the Inter OCEAN," 80, nothing, only he
is lust a blemish on a running sore; a beg
gar by profession and reputation. He
comes from a country where there are
only Just enough people to keep the county
offices open, and they are afraid if they
cannot keep them 10y aid distributions
they will be out OF job and will have to
go to work"
20, l see, its trick to keep up those
county organizations Ia the deserted west
ern counties is it,"
you are correct, exactly"
"Well then its q shame to blacken the
name of the whole state through these
misunderstood appeals
And yet, with all this to overcome. we
will bring them in. There will be a few OF
the baby kind, who will get homesick and
return to the swamps and stumps, but the
grown up ones will stay. HALE.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.

Nothing of Importance.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-03

Asa feature of the EuIice Goodrich
matinee. Saturday afternoon, SO Is given
10 the child nder 10 years OF age forming
tie greatest number of words out OF the
name Eunice Goodrich \ little Atehison
girl u years of age. by the name Of Eva
Day. sends her list 70 Mr.. William Pottle,
inclosiug with the same tie following
original scrOstic:
~Eea have looked ia pages os-
Know CD Webster vii give 10 more
NOW. Il fail 80 via ere prize
VII not eep o. Gttsr s3Eas-
Can others win vaerS have iAAsd
trs - = $ sent 20 yol s1d Ea@l-e-f
Goc. Mr. Pcscle- co D. 20 ktEd,
q iook rnis Q e. AID 2 yoa ind
'sEe word that = Enissreii Or SFozE.
Do rot bla-1e ne bet Webster s;cS2E.
ksght % wrong. JOG j fad tai
f!z Tie cd esctsc1zTy that does 1St Sc
prove tAzE these z1e cot E1AzY Esa-e
Eas. eKer tren ID u !ts pass bx.ere.7
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ATTENTION KNIGHTS Template

c. i. STANsELL, Secretary.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-03

Our Club gave the closing dance for the
season in Beal's Dancing academy last
evening. Thirty nine couples were pres
emf. They contemplate continuing the
club through the summer, as heretofore,
giving lawn parties instead of dances, at
regular intervals
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-03

The improvement in Medical Science Has
Been in Three Distinct Directions-Ne-
cessity of Cleanliness l. the Greatest
Factor in Modern Treatment.
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Regular meeting of w

NJ. y. SINGER, Secretary.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-02-13

"onr thing. though: n ally ought
20 cal. on her before l leave town. She
has always treated me we'll ana Il is
hardly The thing 10 drop on - Sudden
~ ami completely. Might nronse her
snspc.na>if the happened % think Of
me- She viii. nave heard ~ this case.
and I'il appear welded 90 lan~ab-
sorbcd ia my work. speak in an easy
way ~ Tom blake and make grace
ful cxit from her HE. Why haven't I
thought Of il before I'm 90 tomorrow
night. Tomorrow, Why. that j. 81.
Valentines day Well. hardly care %
~ there that night Somebody else
would he there he would any night.
for that matter and its the last olFor-
tunity. II leave town next morning
'Par~hall. you have some supcrsti-
tious nonsense sneal<ing through Your
head. but wen put stop 70 that
won't 90 at all"
~. Valentines day-a whirl of SNOW.
No one could 20 ont and tpcrhap~) no
one come in. 10 one girl the longest
day She had ever known. as she wan
dered. rcstlcssly. from one room 10
another. disdainful Of the dainty con
coctions Of lace. bon hons. and tender
sentiments. with which the good saint
had favored her. She drew sigh Of
relief, when. at last-dinner over-hcr
guardian departed To his club and she
was free To betake herself 10 the little
drawing-room. which was her special
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~ 20 nina out. since II would explain
something which has been pulling me
sine. l;l,t night
She lsoI<cd a him inter-. .gativcly. but
he said. soothingiy:
n have also hal valentine. AMI I
should Ike 10 show II 70 you
She took the little ron Of paper
which ilc PASSED 10 her. with trembling
fingers. lie tried not 20 watch her face
as she read Il. but how could he helpit?
lie saw her eyclids quiver How slow
she was. In fact she was reading each
line twice over. 70 gain time. lie could
wait no longer:
This was with it, he said, holding
out something in his hand. Then she
had 70 raise her eyes, and as they met
his after a glance at the ring. the
bushes that swept one after the other
over her cheek 80 enraptured him. that,
throwing caution 70 the winds, he broke
out:
Gan It be true? love you more than
any one else ever copld-bnt ] can't
speak rnlcss you say that Anay?"
A beautiful light came into the gray
eyes. With trembling smile she held
out her hand.
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1T is grave mistake said the doc.
tor, ITO cat quickly. Those animals in
tended by nature TO feed hurricdly have
been provided with gizzards. or with
the power Of rumination. No matter
how good a mans teeth may be, If he
bolts his food his stomach must suffer
thereby. When person swallows an
impcrfcctly masticated piece Of animal
food. the result is that the food, instead
Of fulfilling the purposes Of nutrition,
acts, on the other hand. as q source Of
irritation TO the stomach. Thus either
the physical condition runs down or adj
ditional food Is required to maintain
the general standard of health. Amer
leans are called pie eaters Do you
know why? Because pie is something
that may be eaten on the run. while the
the great American enterprises may
thus go on unimpedcd BY loss Of time.
Ovcr-hasty feeding is the banc Of our
American life. We are all Of US becom.
ing dyspcptics. Detroit Free Press.
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knaagi. the Father Of Modern Per
'An Letters. who died in ?54 A. D.. i
sald Y have been blind from his birth.
he was one Of the best Of the Persian
poets liraillc. the inventor Of system
:" writing and printing for the Hind.
vas himself blind man. Mr.. WEIGH.
another blind educator Of the blind.
ar invented kind Of type for the
ollnd. Nr. +. J. Campbell. very emf
nen' American instructor Of the blind in
England. Is himself blind. J. NJ. Sturte.
sant' Otis Pattcn. Rev. r. Lane. y.
Nhaplin. W. II. Churchman. Samuel Ba.
con- +. W. Whclan. w. =. Fortcscuc.
David Longhcry. are all names Of Amer
'can teachers fseveral Of them now de
eeasedl belonging TO the list Of distin.
eulshed blind people. Elias Tantalites
modern Greek poet. was blind. Amer
can Notes and Queries.
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ST. VALENTINES DAY.


Traces Of Ancient Customs In the Old
saints Anniversary.
Searching among the dusty volumes
for some account Of st. Valentines day
and its customs. we find that little is
known concerning its origin. valen-
tine who was a priest Of Rome, mar
tyrcd during the third century, and
whose day is the one set apart for the
exchanging Of tokens between lovers,
it seems, had nothing to do with tho
case"
In ancient Rome il was the practice
to celebrate during February the
Lupcrcalis, fcasts i'm honor Of Pan and
Juno At this festival the names of the
young women were put into box,
from whence they were drawn by the
men, who then paid particular attcn
ton to the young women whose names
they drew. Whether this custom gave
rise to the saying, marriage is . lot
terry or not, we do not know, though
il is highly probable. The priests Of
the early church who wagcd a dcsper-
ate warfare against all forms Of
heathcn superstition found that the
wisest plan was TO graft the forms Of
the new religion upon the old, SO they
substituted names of particular saints
for the names Of women, and st. Valen-
tines day coming in the middle Of Feb
ruary, chose that day for the celcbra-
ton Of their new feast.
Traces Of the ancient Roman custom
are in England and Scotland, where, on
ST. Valentines eve, a number Of youths
and maidens assemble, and each writes
his real or fictitious name upon q sep
arate billet. These billcts are then
rolled up and each girl draws youths
name and vice versa This gives each
person two partners or Valentines, but
the youth being more constant by
nature according TO the historian) Is
more constant to his valentine. He
gives ball in her honor, treats her 70 q
present. wears the billet upon his
sleeve for several days days, mark
you) and the result is often marriage.
In the early days Of England the Gus
tom Of choosing valentine either mar.
ricd or single took place and present
was given the choosing party. Among
the nobility these presents consisted Of
jcwclry. and often precious stones Of
great value.
The belief existed among the lower
classes that on st. Valentines day the
birds chose their mates: also the first
unmarried person Of the opposite sex
that one met in the morning Of that
day was destined 70 become his future
husband or wife. In earlier times the
day was used only for sending mes
sagcs Of love; comic valentines were
unknown. Most Of the early customs
have died out, though the overGowinG
bag Of the postman and the appearance
Of the bright eyes watching forhis com
ing on Valentines day, show that one
OF the customs has stood the test Of
centuries ard bids fair to remain with
US always Laura A. Smith, in Indian
apolis Sentinel.
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Some days later. "A young man sat
Smoking his after-dinner cigar in his
lonely room. Convinced that he had
been cheri>hing foolish dream, he had
undertaken to cure himself by hard
work. and was getting on very WELL
for he was thoroughly interested in his
profession. and did not find life a waste
after all. Tonight, just through with
an important case. in which he had
been allowed 70 share the honors as
well ~ the work. he felt disposed 10
allow himself little relaxation; and
directly pair Of gray eyes rose before
him. now smiling. now pensive. and the
old question: Might il have been?'
rose once more. as if it had not been
settled forever" again and again.
lie finally pushed back his chair from
before the fire. and began impatiently
pacing back and forth in the room.
A knock al the door, and the elevator
boy passed in the last mail for the
night Two or three business letters
and little box. The letters were
thrown carelcssly down on the table;
the box he kept in his hand in some
curiosity II was small and light. and
sealed at either end carefully. as IL it
contained something precious. Being
a man he did not spend much time in
conjecture. hut broke the seals and
brought to light plain jewel box. In
much surpri~, he took of the cover to
find the box apparently filed with cot
ton. Inside the cotton something
craekled. -Dynamite"' flashed into
his mind. Then. with laugh ~ him
self. he pulled open the cotton to find a
harmless slip of paper wrapped in q
little coil around something which fell
into his hands as he began ~ unroll the
paper II was ring he noticed hastily.
and then turned his attention TO the
papcr. which seemed Of more impor-
tapcc 10 him. And this was what was
written On il:
Fate sends you this circict
with q task that j. sweet
To search the world over
Ana make Il complete.
Thi- task once accomplished wherever II be-
Revcnitth. on. seeker. thy true love 70 thee"
Ills first sensation was one Of anger
..>omc joke Of the fellows. suppose.
Its pleasant 10 think I'm a laughing
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into his hsan. Haven't been as sweet
u him an | could bcs Haven't made
i = point u speak - him. no matter
who el~r was with me? And I'm al
ways dcfcrring a. his opinion what
more than ] hare done could any srif,
respecting girl DO. a. show man that
she liked his society? Yet the other
night AZ the Van Dykes. he did not
come near me: But know. knosc he
saw Tom Blake kiss my hand in the
conservatory. | saw his face a. he
turned away Il went - my heart
know he will never come near me
again. can see just how Il looks 10
him. liz doesn't know how tired am
with the empty jargon which | hear an
the time and thinks that am perfect
IL satisfied with my life. Apparently
any one Of my friends would throw his
life al my feet. hut none Of them
would Not even Tom Blake. He Is
80 polished. his mind is perfectly
smooth lie wouldn't consider Il good
form 70 fall violently in love. anyway
doesn't Ne think ! have intellect
enough 70 know real man when l see
one; How manly he is. Working away
SO .nietly. and yet with such conf
dcnce you feel sure that he will sue
ceed. Oh, il II wasn't for that money.
! know what would happen. and what
a happy girl ! should be. Yes. for just
once will admit il to myself: l should
be- glad. g'od - know that he loved me
But even II he does. he will never tell
me 50; perhaps il would spoil the charm
II he did But l would bc willing for
him 20 try il. Blushing. Wen. | should
think might. after that. wish did
not think Of him so much. He doesn't
know that heard what he said to Mr..
Carter the other night. that "a man who
will let his wife cut way through the
world for him with her money is moth
ing but a parasite Well. might as
well realize the fact that we are as far
apart as the two poles. and shall never
come any nearer by any motion Of his.
How that would sound 70 any onc-just
as If ! contemplated making move
myself Why is there not something
that il would be right for me to do?
Must see the best gift which life could
give me drift away and not move a
finger to stay him? 'All things may
come 70 him who WAITS. but they don't
70 her. don't know why / should
laugh. It's no laughing matter. Per-
haps la better give up thinking about
il and listen to the sermon. might
oh. st. Valentines day. Why couldn't
!? ! could. There wouldn't be any
harm in that 5rjfif"
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stock to the crowd! hare been rather
un>ocial Of late. but this is going too
far. -. Valentines, ch? 50 II Is!
Rather an expensive joke this ring Is
m. real thing odd. too" and he held
II upto the light. 1T Il only part q
\ ring. | can see that there must be
another band with clover leaf set the
other way % fit into this. Two four
leavcd clovcrs mated pretty idca' X
ought 10 bc a very lucky combination
Now. who could have sent u 70 me?
The address looks little like Temples
4. least. a. II might If he were trying e
DISGUISE his hand. Well. could stand
n better from him. search the world
over there is only one place where J
care "a look. and I'm not likely 70 find
II there!
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noccnt gray eyes. which were constants
" belying the bits of wordlness which
fell from her tongue from time to time.
These eyes had a pathetic. chiId-likc
droop to them which had moved many
heart. yet just as you were saving To
yourself: There must he some hidden
sorrow in that girls life" her lips
would curve into smile. miscellaneous
light flash up into her eyes. and YOU
would cry instead: "She never had a
trouble
lie knew just how she was looking
at this moment. with her head down
bent: her determined little chin re-
Taxed. lie knew a. well as If he were
sitting directly in front Of her how soft
and tender her eyes. how thoughtful
her face. and he said to himself:
What fool / am. What a fool
am. know might just as well think
Of calling goddess down from the sky
to my side. asof winning her. And yet.
here | am again. storing mp misery for
myself AT least. She does not know /
am hcfc. and won't be dcspising me as
dc>pisc myself. Weak, never real
leu utW weak t'utA ~. ifitu =
VOW last Thursday that would never
see her again And here | am, three
days later. haunting her church. How
can want 10 see her after that vision
in the conservatory?
s.IIow | hate that Blake. taking every
thing as If il belonged to him even her
love. | don't doubt. Her love. that
would have humblcd me % the earth
Born rich; cultivated: sings like siren
confound him. heard her say her
self that he has charming manners. No
wonder he wins. But could stand il
better IL he would not take il as such a
matter Of course. know now that |
did have a grain Of hope until then.
She was SO sweet and kind. ! thought
that perhaps She knew how felt. and
did not resent t. Fool. fool. She I'M
doubleday said to herself:
Poor fellow. he has hard time a
struggling young lawyer. II he man
ages to 70 into society once in awhile
h. ought 10 have good time. ! will
remember to say a pleasant word 70 him
tonight
~ war IIOIIl AAOM ~lit WIZ NV ~
Der my name even. How could an hon
urablc man. situated a. | am. dare "a
even think Of her? II only were not
connected with the firm which man
ages her business, Of course ] know
Just how much money she has. and she
knows that know il. ! can imagine
Just how that old guardian Of hers
how can she bear to live with him?
would look nj me II should walk IN
some day and ask for her hand. She
herself il the words fortune hunter
should come into her mind ii would
show in her eyes in minute. Al. well
/ could never have asked her 70 share
such home Is could give her. and
would nof let my wife provide her own.
Then what could have given hcr
70 make mp for the society she must
lose? should never amount 70 any
thing in my profession II were drawn
| into the kind Of life which she leads
and wouldn't stay at home and let hci
70 alone. Nv wife shall share my IL,
| or will never have one. But ! could
| have made her happy knor. il she hac
| loved me. She is too good 70 be waStco
| in that giddy whirl-but she will y
with him. Why should be % sure
| that Il Is all settled? Idiot. What diff
| ference does il make to me, anyway
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Laughing At trifics Is grace in child.
hood. Then IL is normal. But the per-
pctual grin. chuckle or sniggcr Of age
confcsscs lack Of education or Of brain.
OF course, nothing can be done In the
matter. The world will always be At
the mercy Of the man who laughs.
There might, indeed. be chance Of re-
forming him through marriage with the
woman who gigglcs: but laughing jack
asses do not matc, and II they did one
could only contemplate with horror the
possible result Of such a union.
dclphia Presh
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:. consciencc-stricken chap sent the
~sa.e treasurer Of Pennsylvania three
800 SAYING he had robbed the Com
. i ~ that amount. and il took
ln' seven dollars worth Of book
n sp.nE 20 get that three center into
vi sn' columA and stand accounted
I'LL. ms treasurer would rather have
s,.' ." MN fifty cents 70 keep of. De-
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Musicus A friend Of mine in Boston
nas invented an improved kind Of piano.
: mas such magnificcntly powerful
'ne that you can hear II mile away
.ynlcus You don't say so!
Nnsicus Yes; it's q grand thing. The
inventor ought TO have monument
A'gher than the great pyramid.
'ynicus lie ought; and he and his
PIANO ought TO be buried under Il AZ
once' lenowine's News.
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f*'F'"
TIN the suns warm lips have kissed
Into living gold the snow.
Is !, one 81 Cupld's layS.
or some sweet decree ~ Fate.
That a manly step should pause
Every morning Us that gate.
No his duties III The town
Call the lad who loves Her well.
Through the pastures bare and brown.
From III, homestead on the fell
You may shake Nl-c heads ana smile
yct the narrow path leads straight
From The fields beyond The stile
To the moss grown wicket gate.
hash She hears his rapid strides:
Hut the holly ipughS droop nigh,
And to-day she -hyly hides
TIN the feet pause and pass by.
An the thrush that nests above.
Sees how soft blue eyes caa shine,
When maiden'> own true love
i her chosen Valentine.
Well. q lover need not know
That a pretty mail would wall
In the February snow
By . moss grown wicket gate.
And the secret Of the bush
Where the scarlet berries shine
VIII bc safe between the thrush
And good 81 Valentine.
IL. nathe~on. IN Chambers Journal.
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= HA "Hh
one ~ the great
pillars in dim
Weighted St
Thomas d n d
looked at a Ger
tain pro Fl | =
"A Gro = 5 I h g
church. 1t was
a profile that he
kne y by heart.
,yct never lost
an opportunity
Of studying for
new light. II
belonged 10 a
woman with in
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Little Rogcr--Pa. what are the three
elements?
PA Fire. water and air.
Little Roger-Thcn, what are po-
litical elements?
Pa--Fivc-wa'c and wind. Puck.
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s.Therc Is Mr. Parshall again is
doesn't know that saw him. but did
why does he keep coming here? The
gcoscl How long 70 put some sense
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10 single man who has health and
s s~'''s' ana can't find livelihood in the
H. III uoesnt deserve 70 stay there -