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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-03
FOLLOWING THEIR LEADER.


Never did flock of silly sheep more I'M
hesitatingly and unanimously follow the
lead of a bell wcther in overlapping fence
than that whole town-containing many
hundreds Of Northumberland on foot
and in a frenzy Of religious rhapsody and
expectancy that mule bestradding pietist,
that awe stricken fanatic, who, riding at
their head, again met me on the outskirts
of the village, where men, women and chill
dren, with hands and voices appraised, came
like a mighty throng of overjoyed ald i'm
petuous devotees and sprawled themselves,
some fiat on their stOnachs aud others on
their knees, before me, most fOoiishly and
repreheusibly worshlping me as their
messiahl
This very general and administrative and
wholly unprovoked and unexpected a>"rip
ton to myself as a parsonage possessed OF
divine attributes. though il was nothing
bat piece of wrctched folly ana tomfool-
cry of an assembly Of less than scmi-civil-
lied Indians. placed me in I'm iadsscrl bab,y
awkward and abashCi situation. FRANKLY
may / acknowledge tina. ! have not yet per
fectly recovered from the peculiar shock
Of that strange and thrilling experience,
though scores of earthquakes and numer-
Gus other life impcriLug sh0c,-s-Previouz
and subsequent. thereaboUt and elsewhere
have long since been entirely dismissed
from my memory.
For little while nv embarrassment was
complete, but soon reg-Iuea NY egUa-ini
" and then. im0a-ienEiy. if not also iadig
nartly and upbraidiuEiy speaking IA span
ish. which a few Of them understood / eS-
planned to the supersJitious and self deluded
reprobates that / was not from the higher
heaven-not yet-bUt from the United
States Of America, that countless numbers
Of my coun-r-meu, ell of them plain men
only, yet enlightened and me-itorious CHI
zcns Of q great republic, We're far nOhiel
and better than myself. and that i- was be
meath the dignity Of true manhood for then
or f0- hers ID PROSTATE themselves II
! worship before any mere mortal Ike "a,
/ very ordinary stranger Who was then al
I dressing them. Tac-eupou they were dis
| appointed AMI detected 70 "a degree tina,
! was then aud ], even yet sad and sorrOwtu
! 20 contemplate Washington S,ar.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-03

The largest auction sale OF city lots ever
held in the south Will take place at Arah-
sas HarbOr Jan. and : <oi4I
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-03

Take the Frisco flyer 10 st. Louis and
the east il leaves Wichita at 2:25 p. N.
q llN. 1O.t
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-03
Cheap Lots at Arkansas HaTbor.

Look before you leap. Take the FRISCO n
FLYER TO St Louis. ulIo-IL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-03

Three hours the quickest to ST. Louis
Missouri Pacific railway. IN tI
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-03
Ilree Through Trans


Two night. one morning. Kansas City Z
Chicago. The Santa re route @.-tI
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-03
HOLIDAY PRESENTS

= T. r
The Fine Line Of Ladies and Gents
fine slippers; Velvet, Plush. En- broid-
cred. Goat, Calf, and Genuine Ali
gator slippers, and warm lined. good
and all felt shoes and slippers of all
descriptions.
Anything in the line Of leather foot
wear you may desire or wish for the
Holidays you viii find at Jno.
Braitsch's. 19O Fast Douglas Avenue,
Largest stock and oldest established
house in Kansas. Quality and prices
compared are the lowest in the city.
JNO. BRAlTSCH
FINE SHOES.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-03
We are not Going out Of Business
But will Close Out C1oaks, Bonnet-,
Astracan and Dress Lining
al Half Price.

T---rsf s-d rrfr 80 tztFv - 40 ~ -
- F-e-r ~ Ieee. trFas. 'l~r--ae ff'r 2. -fsf =
Mo-. a. F.rrs F<r.,r /fp-Trs 80 -r g1rf~s--
[e~r-a ard -fa-r1r1 aEvz ice N1<.. fa--T
Ts-tr-r ard las. s-f OBJ s.z-e = ia-. rfsra'
-s.sra.s o. had - rsza1a a.s grees - u = era
MRS. VI. =. KLESTZ.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-03
GEHRINGS
DRUG STORE
500 FAST DOUGLAS AVE-

In addition 20 fun and mot CON piete
stock 81 drug yOu can uow md Al
elegant assortment Of Holiday NoTei-
ties. com Drizing al endles- variety -
a @eful and beautiful article too nun
erous 10 classify.
Prices the moot reasonable.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-08-10

Eat your dinner at the City Hall
Restaurant. Finest variety of cold
lunch every night, in the city. S:6 If
For good family safety oil and the
best gasoline, ring up SAB, Mission
Oil Co. Oils measured from our tank
wagon at your door. S:S tt
Bear In .nind that Frank J. Beitel
keeps builders hardware and lumber,
at the International and Great North
ern depot, If
Bear In mind that Frank J. Bethel
keeps builders hardware and lumbert
st the International and Great North
eru depot.
". Lorra the tailor takes pleasure in
announcing the arrival of complete
stock of spring and summer goods and
asks his customers and friends TO call and
examine same before purchasing else
where. A fit and satisfaction guaran-
teed. 3-l6-tf
Progress Bar" For an elega 1t
free lunch at all hours, cold fresh beer
and fine liquors, go to the Progress,
sos and 6l0 West Commerce. I'll I'm
DIR. 8. Burg, late physician I'M
perisl Hospital of Vienna. Office and
residence 224 North street. Telephone
122. 20 6m
The examining trial OF J. Il. Day,
charged with biting and manning
Conductor VIM. l.. Wilder's hand be.
gins this afternoon before Justice
Adam.
Master VIM. Jud lost a valuable
gold scholarship medal yesterday
between st. Joseph's church and
Mission Garden. Mr.. Herman
HeiIigmann will receive it at Police
station if found.
Lucy, the daughter of Ross Irwin,
and niece of Mr.. John Deweese, died
yesterday.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-08-10
A Kind Hearted Landlord.

A gentleman of this city, who Is the
owner of number of handsome cot
tages and collects rents from about
thirty different tenants, tells q good
Joke upon himself. While he is liber-
al and his hand and heart Is always
open to worthy charity, he Is strict In
his business methods, demands with
promptness, whatever Is dusty due
him. On the first he started out on
his monthly collecting tour, and dis
covered there was q depression in the
money market, and that many of the
old timers with few thousand had
become suspicious of per cent banks.
aud now buried their coin In old socks,
etc. Excuses were quite numerous
among his tenants. One would say
all my money was in the Maverick
bank: Another that their husband,
or boarders worked for railroad in
the hands of receiver, and did not
get their paw regular, etc.
At one house the poor widow burst
into tears, saying that she had forgot
Co file her claim at the oank although
she held the cashiers receipt, that
there was nine hundred dollars OF
her money there, she could not even
collect the little ten per cent. This
story was too much for this stern
business man, his heart weakened,
and instead of collecting his rent
pulled out his pocket book,
and gave the poor woman
ten dollars. He did not try to collec5
any more rent tnat,day, but walked
back to his office and spent the
whole afternoon trying to figure out
why the County and City Raising
committee" should assess his proper
ty at S27, 600, while the property ad-
joining, belonging to city official,
much bigger lot, should be taxed at
only $4,000.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-08-10
Their Trip.

The San Antonio friends of John
Clarke, Jack Burke and Morris Rolf,
got up fishing oursion In honor OF
them last Saturday night. They went
to the Medina aud returned yesterday
evening with quite q string OF fish,
and loaded down with ticks and red
bugs. Clarke and Burke have made
q number of friends in this city who
will be sorry to learn of their depart
ure for the east, where they will stay
a few months and then return to San
antonio.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-08-10
THE WHITE AND BLACK
by OUR GERMAN POET

by OUR GERMAN POET
Called again We Indian voters,
Called again to aid the ring,
Called We city's money toters,
Called to make the pap pot swing.
Called to keep the pap boiling,
Called by Callagain again;
Keep the white and black man toiIlng,
Curse the whole whilst we are in.
All the grease to grease our greaSerS.
Santa Anthem furnished free.
Callagain Slaps on his tweezers,
Fills his pockets full of glee.
Curse the Dutch and damn the Yankee,
Curse the black skin and the white.
LeatherSkin is now the dandy.
Vote we will the town To spite.
Hurrah for Callagain, our master,
Hurrah for council big and slim,
They will, like a Spanish plaster,
Draw the taxes with whlm.
Trimmed the council to perfection,
Glad we bid the town addio,
When we carried the cleo ton,
Home we start to Gran Rio.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-08-10
CITY LOCAL NEWS.

Rooms for rent, Bexar Apartment
Building. Houston street. 5-2o-lm
-Dr.,Von Koehring.
229:Garden street, Tel. 476. 6-l5-lm
--Sarilla, Great Blood Purifier.
Try Sarilla. so cents.
The hapdsomest line OF wall
papers and the lowest prices. M. Her
wick, Alamo street. 6:lo II
ROUGH ON TOOTHACHE. Instant
relief l5c. ROUGH ON CORNS. Liquid,
'15c. Salve 1Oc.
Commencing July 10th cars to
West End will run till 12...o'clock at
night. 7:Stf
Insure your buildings and furni-
ture with Lay & Schmidt, 425 E.
Houston st. Tel. No. 1877. 7:l7 I'm
Garter & Mullaly, undertakers,
263 West Commerce, the best OF at
tention and reasonable prices. z 10 Inn
-Children's shoes, sizes to 10, only
soc on Sullivan's counters, Wednes-
= day and Friday.
Lots of desirable slippers and
shoes, for ladies gents and children,
vet left at M. F. Ellis & Co.'s, Main
plaza and Commerce street. The sale
will be con tinued only a short time,
and all shoes and slippers will be sold
below cost. S:S If
To-day is the day at Hewtt'S.
Everybody call today at Hewitt'S.
Remember today is the last HewittS.
Don't forget Tuesday, 18th Hewitt'S.
The artesian we'll boring outfit
has been trans ferred from Scholz's
we'll to the train to go to Yoskum.
H. Sigall, aged 3s years, died yes
terday.
In the medal shoot at Riverside
Park for yesterdays gold medal,
Critzer won.
That SIS shooting match did not
take place yesterday.
Three hundred and fifty pairs of
infants and children's shoes, sizes
Is 10 los on our SOC counter this
week. These shoes are worth from
81 to $3.50. Sale Wednesday and
Friday Only. Sullivan's shoe store.
This week M. F. Ellis & Co., Main
plaza, are selling out at 90c and 81 90
500 pairs Ladies' Oxfords, worth 81 so.
Cali before we get out of numbers. If
-Sulllvan's soc sale of children's
shoes Wednesday and Friday of this
week. S-S u
Best dry oak wood-Aransas Pass
wood yard. Telephone sos. 7-6 Pm
MIR. A. JOske was robbed of S. Is
Saturday night by thief who en-
tered his room at the Coryell house.
The United States Marshal's
claim on the crate stock has been
settled and the sheriff has attached
the balance.
The July report of the board of
health has reached the LIGHT office
at last. The gist OF the contents have
been published some days ago.
The police arrested a large num-
her of prostitutes Saturday and sun
day nights, for not paying the city
license.
Rev. Roberts, of the Christian
church, has removed to Pesrssll.
A big csmpmeeting is in progress
on the Guadalupe river, near War
4ng.
The San Antonio farmers ALL
ance met Saturday night and en-
dorsed the alien land law.
The fire department was called
out Saturday night on still alarm,
sent as q test.
"A trunk was stolen from VIM.
Massey's house on Macon street
Saturday night.
An effort to organize q silk farm
In this city is being made.
"A picnic was held on the Salado
yesterday by q party of young people.
The Polish Young Mems Union
will have a ball next Saturday night.
The county commissioners court
resumed session this morning and
acted almost wholly on road matters.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-08-10
Mr.. Harrison's Hard Luck.

New York Advertiser.
Mr.. Vaughan has failed to interest
Benjamin Harrison in his scheme to
have the government pay 100000 to
to the ex-slaves of the country. Mr..
Harrison says that he is too busy to
investigate the matter. This, accord
ing to Mr.. Vaughan, turns the entire
negro vote of the country against Mr..
Harrison.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-08-10
ATTENTION LAND OWNERS

We have a customer who wants to buy
farming lands, in counties south and west
of San Antonio, in tracts of from 200 to
1,5OO acres. Address JNo. I. HAMBLEToN
& Co., giving location and price and other
particulars. 6-B tt
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-08-10
Blaine's Wealth.


From the INV York Press.
Since Mr.. Blaine has been so widely
discussed on account of his health
there has also been some inquiry as
to his wealth. was talking yester-
day with a gentleman who has been
associated with Mr. Blaine in various
business enterprises for over twen-
ty years, having first become
connected with him in this respect
while they were serving together
in Congress. He said TO me: "Mr.
Blaine has q large family, and has
been generous in his expenditures
In their behalf, or he would be worth
today much above million dollars.
AS il is, 1 think you might set him
down as worth three quarters of
million. His silver mine holdings in
Color ado might be counted worth a
half million on the basis of what they
have recently been paying, but they
will not sell on any such basis. He
has q comfortable holding of West
Virginia Central railroad stock and
bonds, the dividends of which are
very small, although the prospective
value of the inves tment is very great.
He also has extensive investments
with others In West Virginia
mineral and land properties. His
Twenty Years in Congress" Melted
him about $4O0, 900 in the first two
years after it was published, and L
presume has brought him about $780,
900 since. Mr. Blaine has probably
about $4,000 invested through Joe
Manley in Augusta enterprises of
public character. AS a rule, Mr..
Blaine has been exceedingly fortu.
nate in large Investments, but he has
also hal his losses. He lost some
money Ill the Shenandoah Valley of
Virginia and in a railroad in Ohio
running from Cincinnati easterly
along the Ohio river, but altogether
he has been SIR wd financier, and
If he had devoted as much time to a. =
cumulatlng wealth as he has TO state
craft and politics, he would have
been among the big millionairss Of
the country"
Experience of Modern Jonah.
From the San Francisco Examiner.
The bark Guy G. Goss, with cargo
of 5000 worth of tea, dropped
anchor today, forty-fOur days for
Yokohoma and long overdue. The
voyage was very rough. She has
14,575 packages of tea from Chicago.
Capt. William Mallettee tells q story
of one of the most remarkable occur
rences since the time of Jonah, the
prophet.
When fifteen days out, Tom His
kaiski, q Japanese sailor, during a
gale, mounted to the topsail to reef it.
A lurch of the vessel threw him head
long into the sea, and he was seen to
suddenly disappear. The liteboat
was put out, but when it was return
ing to the vessel whale was seen to
rise to the surface. They then sus-
pected what had become of the sailor,
and the whale seemed to be in great
distress.
Suddenly, after a violent convul-
sion, Hiskaiskt was thrown from the
whales mouth, and crest of a wave
landed him on the deck of the Goss.
He was unconscious and badly in
iured. Careful nursing brought him
around, and he is now in a normal
condition. Capt. Mallette vouches
tor the truth of this story.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-08-10

2oc Challies at I4Hc.
45c Organdies at $50.
Csc French Challies at ACC.
4oc Zephyr Ginghams at 24c.
I2Hc Ginghams at Sc.
81 and S. Coaching Parasols at f..
Ladies Ribbed Vests at Ioc.
Ladies Muslin Underwear, slightly tum,
bled, all styles of garments at half reg.
ular price. See the wonderful low
prices prominently displayed on three
counters.
12Hc Turkish Bath Towels at &C.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-08-10
Verdict of the Jury.

We the jury. find the defendant
Texas Tea and Coffee Co., No. 2SS
East Houston street, guilty Of selling
the best tea and coffee In town.
Signed, JOHN; 8 NTH, foreman. e
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-08-10

25c Linen Huck Towels, ISx56, at I5c.
&c Colored Lawns at 4Hc.
Black Silk Dress Nett at CSC, worth SI.Io.
SC White India Linens atI5c.
Colored Powered China Dress Silks at
So, 81 aud 6oc, just half of the regular
price.
$3.50 Russet Oxford Ties at 81.
All Ladies' Low Shoes, Oxfords and Toe
Slippers at Manufacturers cost to close.
A SWEEP:
About 500 pairs Misses and Children's
Shoes, odds and ends, best makes.
French Kid and Pebble Goat at tive
prices, s. Shoes go at 81; $3.50 Shoes
s.go at 75c.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-08-10
Five Lots In Grand View

At bargain. Finest located property
n the city. T. B. JOHNSON, LIGHT OFFICE
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-08-10
Great Midsummer Sale !
HAAS K OPPENHEIMER'S

Preparatory to receiving on: 7aIl.sto
3 usainjtl ), tS)lao Goods from all.
Departments: throughout tn, ..,Iouse.
The Dickinson press., 1891-08-22
Strong mother of IL lion line.


The excellent electrical device for Civ
ing an alarm when a ship deviates from
her course which was the subject of a
recent invention, is being adopted on a
large number of American ships. The
compass card carries a light wiro cleo
trically connected with q metallic cup at
the center containing u few drops Of
mercury. This wire is bent over the
edge Of the compass, and as long as the
ship maintains it's course the wire re-
mains out OF contact with either of two
metallic stops placed at certain dis
tance on either side oil the bent end of
the wire. Should, however, the vessel
depart from its cours the Wire fixed to
the card is brought into contact with one
OF othe: OF the stops, closing the circuit,
end ringing q hell i'll the captains cabin
O. tho nsvigators room.- New York
Commercial Advertiser.
The Dickinson press., 1891-08-22
ncscuinr Stranded ,sisles.

In reply to a letter OF complaint pub
lisied III Forest and Stream tho United
States fish commissioners give an OK
PLANTATION Of their apparent neglect of
tie fish in the upper Mississippi. The
complainant says in his letter that While
on tho river between Dubuque and st.
Louis he saw tons IF black bass and
great northern pike rotting i'll shallow
pools, wherein they had been left by tho
falling of the river, and asks why the
fish commission does not scoop them up
and transport them to safer waters.
In 1888, say the commissioners, two
cars Of the commission were lent to the
Illinois commissioners together with the
necessary number Of men, for the pur-
pose Of rescuing the fish left in the pools
along the river. From July Is to Oct, 6
twenty-six car loads Of fish were rescued
and transported to Illinois waters. In
1889 two cars were used, and in 1890
three. The fish deposited were from 4
~ IA inches long.
Since then the government has been
actively engaged in the work on o large
scale, and has rescued many millions Of
valuable food fishes. The commission
ers say that all states subject to any con-
siderable mortality Of fish life should
take steps Immediately to rescue the fish.
The Dickinson press., 1891-08-22
NEM ENGLAND CITy NOTES.

L. Il. Partridge Went to- Gladstone
Friday t" meet his brother l.. Il.
Ms. y. T.. Folsom and daughter
MaI,i sent to Dickinson Oh FriIay.
Viii aud Mrs ~ !. Kirby went t,
Dickinson Friday to attend tlle luner.
al of Mr.. lnA Mrs. w, G. T%'aylnr's
little child.
Wednesday t!I@ y l.. NI'y Femal,
-tid society gay" = anllmi-:: sewing
party 10 Mrs. T.. Is. Partridge. to assist
her iii making necessary preparations
for IL protinctrl visit 10 her friend:
in Kansas. Considerable dress max
ing and miscellaneous millinery work
WAS indulged in, besides some CONVEX
sationaI discussions of the leading
topics of the day.
The Dickinson press., 1891-08-22

Sheriff Thorn, Of Calaveras county,
put in an appearance at the city prison
on Thursday with James w. Smalling.
There wero handouts OH Smalling, and
he was booked on Captain Stones reg
lister as en- route to San Quentin for life.
George Holmes, u rancher living half
Il milc from Bcrson station, in Calaveras
county, disappeared. His absence from
tho ranch was not noticed for several
days. He was twenty-eight years of ago
and married to q woman of forty, tho
sister of Smalling.
When IL week had passed and Holmes
did not show up in tho vicinity of his
holding inquiries were made, suspicious
aroused, and Sheriff Thorn was asked to
mako a search for the missing man.
Now comes the story told by tho
sheriff.
II went to the Holmes ranch, he says,
land looked around tho place. There
was an abandoned claim with a shaft
forty feet deep that first attracted my
attention. l noticed that tho brush about
the mouth Of the shaft was disturbed.
It was noon, and the sun was shining
directly overhead. In my pocket was a
small mirror I had purchased in San
Francisco. / held the mirror so that it
flashed the light into the we'll. There
was q couple of feet of water at the bot
tom of the shaft. The beams Of light re-
Elected from tho mirror pierced tho dark
waters and l saw tho face of a man.
II sent for ropes, and in q few hours
Holmes body was brought to the sur
face. There was q bullet hole in the
back of the head. l worked tho case up
and proved conclusively that Smalling
had lured his brotller-in-law to the mouth
of tho shaft, fired the shot into his head
and then pushed him over the brink
San Francisco Examiner.
The Dickinson press., 1891-08-22
the head with tho lantern the burglar
:arried.-Louisville Commercial.
KILKENNY Cats.

During the rebellion which occurred
in Ireland in 1893, Oh it may be in 1903,
Kilkenny was garrisoned by u troop of
Hessian soldiers, who amused themselves
in barracks by tying two cats together
by their tails aud throwing them across
a clothes line to fight. The officers.
hearing OF this cruel practice, resolved
to stop it. AS he entered the room one
OF the troopers. seizing sword. cut the
tails in two as the animals hung across
the line. Tho two cats escaped, minus
their tails, through the open window.
and when the officer inquired the mean
ing oil the two bleeding tails being left
in tho room, he was coolly told that two
cats had been fighting. and ~haddcvoured
each other all but the tails.-Notes and
Queries.
The Dickinson press., 1891-08-22
New stock of dry goods at scofeld'
GLADSTONE NOTES.

Items are very scarce this week.
Services next Sunday in the NJ. f..
church at 3 p. m.
Mrs. Jopp, who has been quite ill,
is slowly recovering.
j. NJ. Hodge returned home We'd
nesday, much improved in health.
Orlando Cornell has purchased a
fine yoke of exen from Mr.. Pelton.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. w. Bates left for
their new home in Dickinson, Mon.
day.
Percy Chamberlain and Miss Allie
Ellison, of RichardtOn. spent Il few
hours in town Saturday.
MI. and Mrs. j. b. Hickman return
ed Sunday. Mr.. Hickman is very
low and his recovery is considered
impossible.
Marquis Brown and Frank Mors.
have located their ranch twelve mile!
north of Knife river, where they viii
soon move their families.