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Arizona republican., 1891-02-24
Wnutefl-~-y.ytapft.

One of tho local churches furnishes e calendar every week on which are an. nounced the various services and meet ings during the week. The pastor usu. ally has hand in getting up these cal endars, and few days ago he described a new "disease" which affects church members, and he calls it "Morbus Sab baticus." He describes 1t thus: s'It at tacks church members; comes suddenly. on Sundays, morning and evening. The patient sleeps well Son Saturday night, aw as refresheds eats hearty break fast, perhaps reads a Sunday newspaper, but at the ringing of the first church bell Q0I5) the sickness begins snd con hnues till the service ends. The patient is then well enough to eat a,laearty dim ner, after Thich.a walk or a ride is en- joyed. Returning home the supper is greatly relished. But about church time there is another attack of the disease, which lasts about an hour. It is apt to attack the head of the family at first, but the children soon are affected by the com tagion. Springfield Republican.
Arizona republican., 1891-02-24
AVERAGE DAILY RATE OF WAGES.

These are Mckinley wages, and will be maintained as long as the Mckinley bill is maintained. The average under Free-trade for the same labor is less than half the above, It may be urged in reply that Protection has nothing to do with railroad wages. We'll, take away our Protective tariff, and when the men who are now in the factories are thrown out of employment and crowd to the railroads, when the rail- roads have not the present amount of freight to move because of business de- precision, then, perhaps, 1t will be ad- mitted that Protection has something to do with railroad wages.
Arizona republican., 1891-02-24
Dairy Prodact,..

Dairy products have reached prices that ought to be satisfactory to produc- ers of fancy goods, and 1t Is improbable that prices will go much higher. The increasing practice of winter dairying and the preference of consumers for fresh made butter tend tolrser supplies of land better prices for tkslatter. There will be continued goo,i demand and fair prices forthe best butter and cheese. Rural New Yorker.
Arizona republican., 1891-02-24
Floor for nairY Hsluss.

I am building q dairy house and should like your advice ss to tho best floor to put in.--W. B. Answer. The floor of the dairy should be Of such ma terial as will not absorb moisture. The best floor is made of smooth fagstones laid in cement. Then comes hard pressed and burned brick laid in cement and, third, good cement floor. Next is a well seasoned hardwood floor and then a good pine floor. Wooden floors should be made of narrow boarts we'll filled with yarnish or oil. All floors should Do laid withta fall of quarter of an inch to the foot toward the drain. Field and Farm. s@
Arizona republican., 1891-02-24
Net Very obiectisnal,ls.

Little Boy Mamma, had the night marc las night, awful.
 Mamma--That's because you had so much cake and preserves.
 Little Boy (hastilyf-Nightmarss don't really hurt, you know; yon only think they is goin' to, same as pla.in' ghost. I like nightmares. They is real fun New York Weekly.
Arizona republican., 1891-02-24
SOME M'KlNLEY WAGES.

The New York Post Wants an Instance,
 and Here It Is.
 The New York Evening Post of Dec, 10 asks:
 l" What we are in search of are the Mckinley wages, and we shall be con- tent with n single specific instance of them" 4 On the same page of the same issue it gives the following table of the rates of wages paid for railroad labor, which we give as ia single specific instance:s
Arizona republican., 1891-02-24

Professor Roberts in a late agricultu- ral bulletin says he recel we'd no return in milk and butter from feeding grain rations to cows on good psstuye.
Arizona republican., 1891-02-24

in instance is on record of pigeon flying twenty-three miles in eleven rain- utes, and another flew from Rouen to ahent, 150 miles, in an hour and half.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-15

lied the Pontoon MINISTRIES, and Bah
bage was sent out as advance agent. The
company proved a success and lasted for
three years.
Then Babbage engaged with Happy
Cal" Wagner. who bestowed upon him
the nickname which be ever afterward car
ried. Wagner sent a telegram to Babbage,
who was at his home in Rochester, and
not knowing his initials addressed it
"Phat Boy Babbage." Mr.. Babbage after
ward represented in succession La Rue's
MINISTRIES, McEvoy's Hibernicon and Sam
Haynes troop. IL was his boast that
there was not town of 5000 inhabitants
in the United States which he had not Wis
tied
For the last eighteen years the "Phat
Boy" made the st. Lawrence river the
scene of his summer work A large part
of his time was spent on the steamers run
ming down that river. He would take his
place in the bow of the boat and entertain
the passengers with historic descriptions
OF the scenery, interspersing the narrative
with bright stories. The "Phat Boy" and
his inimitable tales will I've greatly missed
by the visitors 10 the Thousand islands.
Although a cosmopolitan and friend of
many convivial fellows. il was Babbage's
boast that he never touched a drop OF
liquor in his life. He was "A member Of the
Elks and Odd Fellows
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-15
The Parrots Laugh.

Some years ago possessed a parrot
which, among its other accomplishments,
could mimic perfectly the cooks call FOR
Kitty, the household cat.
PoIly's cage hung usually in the kit
chen, and Ktty's favorite mode of exit
in the summer was through the adjoin-
ing window and along the wooden parti-
tior fence which ran up to it.
No sooner would Polly observe Kitty
summing herself at the end Of the fence
or in the yard than up would go the cryI
"Here, Kitty, Kitty Here, Kitty, Kitty"
and the deluded quadruped hardly ever
failed to respond by dashing rapidly to-
waEd the window.
Then that mischievous parrot wOuid
chuckle and flap its wings and yell, 'Ho,
no, ho!7-thereby clearly demonstrating
its intense enjoyment Of the practical
joke played upon the credulous cat.
Do you think that Polly did not laughf
IF so, l don't know what laugh is
New York Telegram.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-15
A HAUNTED CONSCIENCE.
The Terrible Sensation That Follows tho
Taking of Human Life.

Taking of Human Life.
"It is dreadful thing that human
life must be sacrificed" said Major G. o.
Bates in the rotunda of the Lincoln hotel
| the other evening. There was an omi
nous look between him and Colonel Bob
McReynolds as the latter spoke. Some
how it had just leaked out that there
was some unwritten history as to the
Nebraska militia upon the frontier. A
word or two of kindly coincidence elected
the following from Colonel McReynolds,
who has kept very silent heretofore.
'It was very nearly 3 o'clock when
Major Bates and myself left Pine Ridge
agency. All day Indians had been
swarming about the agency like so many
bees around hive. Each one was
armed with a Winchester, and had on
his person no less than 100 pounds of
ammunition. The widest excitement
had prevailed all day, so that when we
left the agency at that late hour en- route
to Nashville you can believe we were on
the alert.
From Pine Ridge the road led over a
plain for nearly FIVE miles. Then began
the range of mountains known as Pine
Ridge. The major and l had spurred
our horses for couple of miles out of
the agency, then drew up into walk.
We were following circuitous road that
led over these Pine Ridge mountains,
when suddenly from behind the rocks
ahead there confronted Us two Brule
Sioux, with Winchesters ready for ac-
ton. Major Bates instantly uttered an
alarm. This caused one of the enemy
to skulk behind the other, both with
Winchesters leveled upon US.
Il was fairly panicstricken myself, and
scarcely knew what l was doing, but
Major Bates, with his cool medicines,
drew his Winchester to his shoulder and
fred. The report echoed up and down
the valley, ard when the smoke cleared
away, there were two forms motionless
upon the brow of the little hill ahead.
Ny horse, frightened at the report of the
gun, was struggling in frightful man
ner. and it was all could do to restrain
him. Finally, when got him quieted,
l rode 10 Major Bates side. He was
pale as sheet Of paper. yet firm and
composed as a soldier should be. His
first remark was, oh, God, this is aw-
FUR
''The single shot from his Winchester
had killed them both. They fell upon
their faces, their hands tightly clenched
about the weapons they bore. We looked
for others, but none were in sight. Then
rode within few feet Of the bodies
and picked up war club. Their blan-
kets and ghost shirts were swsrIning with
ver1nin or l would have taken them
along. The major Invested one Of the
dead Indians Of his war bonnet, placed
MS scalping knife in his belt and re-
mounted
"As if by some strange fascination /
fingered on the spot for few moments.
Those bronze forms. uotionless, lay with
face to the earth. Human life had per-
ished there. The cold, snow covered
hills, respondent with their wintry
beauty, brought naught but chill TO the
soul Two forms, clad in their rad
blankets, lay silent IN death They
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-15
Trick. Of Artists.

A French paper says that for two
months of the year the chief business of
the two thousand and odd exhibitors at
the Salon is TO attract the attention OF
visitors to their own pictures. Some Of
the "dodges" which have been found
useful for the purpose, 1t seems. are
highly ingenious The plan found most
effectual, and therefore most commonly
employed, is the Yankee Amateur
Dodge" IL consists Of employing two
or three agents. dressed in an eccentric
fashion, TO walk backward AID forward
with q mysterious air. The public ia
greatly awed by their appearance. and
reports are soon circulated that ths pc
ture viii be sold for its weight in gold
Another highly recommended plan Is
to hire the best looking model intro
duced into tina picture TO walk back.
ward and forward in frOntiof the can.
vas. The identity is soon discovered,
and great sensation is the consequences.
A few years ago painter found out
still more original plan. he placed some
soft, resinous substance, which would
grow soft with warmth, In front Of his
own picture. The unfortunate person
/ who happened TO stop for q few minutes
would find himself fired 10 the spot for
some time. Our authority thinks this
last method the most businesslike and
efectual.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-15

meant harm to US who would not have
harmed them. The winters sun was
fading beyond the chill blue hills.
81 rode from the spot and joined the
major on the crest of a hill. His voice
was husky III tone when he said, Let us
get away from here The road led over
mountainous country for the next
seven miles, then we came to the out
posts of the Nebraska militia at Jar
elbows ranch, where, after admission
within the picket lines, we met General
I I. w. Colby, Colonel J. P. Bratt. of the
First regiment, and Colonel J. G. Bills,
Of the Second. Major Bates here, true
to his soldierly qualities, told of the fate
of the two Brules. General Colby's face
wore vexed look when the affair was
recounted. He seemed to think we
should have waited until we were fired
upon. Observing this, the major an
swered, Il have done so, and this is my
explanation
Il wish the affair was effaced from
memory" continued Colonel Mercy
nolds. 1.-THE picture Of those Indians
lying there so still, the snow covered
hills and silence of the hour, viii long
dwell in my memory, and l know that
with all justifable action of Major
Bates, it must forever remain to him
nightmare which can never be forgot
ten. "-Chicago News.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-15
THE CONVERSION OF LONDON.
Effect on England's History of the Teach
ings of the Early Church.

1nSS Oh SnuTChs
London was converted in A. D. GOA.
The citizens relapsed, it is true, but they
were again converted, and then, in sober
earnest, put away their old gods, keep
ing only few of the more favorite SUI
perstitions. Some Of these remain still
with us. They were so thoroughly con-
verted that the city of Lo2Hon became a
yeritable mother of saints.
There was the venerable Erkenwald-
saint and bishop-he who built Bishops
gate on the site Of the old Roman gate;
there was st. Ethelburga, the wife of
Sebert, the first Christian king-her
church still stands, close beside the site
of the old gate; there was st. Osyth-
queen and martyr-the mother of King
Offa-her name also survives in Size, or
St. Osyth's lane, but the church of st.
Osyth was rededicated to St. Ben'et
Sherehog-Benedict Skin-the-Pig you
may see the little old churchyard still,
black and grimy, surrounded on three
sides by tall houses.
English piety loved to dedicate
churches to English saints-more likely
these than Italian or French to look
after the national interests. Thus there
were in London churches dedicated to
st. Dunstan, st. Swithin, st. Botolph
(whose affection for the citizens was so
well known that it was recognized by
four churches), st. Edmund the Martyr,
and later on, when the Danes got their
turn, churches to St. Olaf and St. Mag
nus.
The Englishman, thus converted, was
received into the company of civilized
nations Scholars came across the Chan
mel to teach him Latin, monks came 10
teach him the life of self sacrifice, obedi
ence, submission and abstinence. The
monastery reared its humble walls every
where-the first foundation of the first
Bishop of London was a monastery. In
time of war the mOnasteries were spared.
Therefore the people settled around them
and enjoyed their protection. The mon
astery towns grew rapidly and prospered.
New arts were introduced and taught by
the monks; new ideas sprang up among
the people; new wants were created.
Moreover. intercourse began with other
nations; the eccleSiastic who journeyed
to Rome took with him a goodly troop
of priests, monks and laymen; they saw
strange lands and observed strange Gus
tOms.-W alter BeSant in Harpers.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-15


a WOODEN yarn Is soft and fluffy. while
= worsted yarn is hard and hrr, possess
Ing much greater tensile strength. In
the woollen yarn the fbers are tangled
snd crossed. and drawing Is avoided as
much as possible in preparing the raw
material for spinning, so as 10 leave tbs
natural curvature OF the 6bers undis-
tu-bed aad Afford the greatest freedom
of action 10 the felting and quality OF
the wool. In worsted yarns she objecs
Is 10 obliterate the telling quality and to
secure elongation and parallel arrange
ment of the fibers.
In the early days of the msnufacturs
the best results were emily sttainsbls in
worsted yarns from long fbered fleece.
The English woods are commonly called
combing woods for this reason, and it
was the possession of this fleece of an
unrivsled quality which made England
the birthplace Of tbs worsted manufsc-
ture. and has kept it st the front in this
process.
One Of the results Of improved ma
chiuery has been to remove any distinc-
ton between woolens and worsteds
based upon the difference between tho
woods employed in the two processes.
Short wool of merino blood can now be
combed as successfully as the lenger
staple. The processes Of treatment.
however, continue to differ radically.
This difference is primarily created by
the introduction Of the combing ma
chine, an instrument unknown 10 the
wool manufacture proper.-S. n. D.
North in Popular Science Monthly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-15
Manuscripts Ahead.

Some of the larger magazines keep
MSS. for years unpublished, their stock
on hand is so great. This is not so hard
upon the young author when they pay
upon acceptance, but sometimes it in
fiicts great hardship upon the struggling
author when he has to wait for his pay
until his story is published. One of
the editorial staff of The Youths Com
panion told me not long since that they
had over 500, 600 worth of MSS. in their
safe, all accepted and paid for, and it
was question if some of it could ever
be published.-Emily a. Thackray in
New York Epoch.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-15
The Orange Industry in Paraguay

The orange tree is generally under
stood 10 have been introduced into Para
quay by the Jesuits and the seeds dis
tributed by the birds. However this
may be, the orange has spread all over
the country, from the river banks 10 the
tops of the hills. and from the cottages
even TO the deepest solitudes Of the vir-
gin forest. Paraguay is the land Of
orange trees more truly than the coun-
fry of Mignon. And what oranges,
Juicy, perfumed and Of a delicacy that
Spain and Italy have never attained.
The chief industry consists in the ex-
portation of the fruit.
The great Grange season is from May
to August, when the ports of the Para
quay river. from HUmaita 10 Asuncion,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-15
ghe aaieha Daily gayle daleduesdau or,ne Gully Is 1891
"PAar BOY" sassAeE.
he Weighed an Enormous Amount, bat
Never Drank and Was q Hustle=.

he Weighed an Enormous Amount. bat
Never Drank and Was a Hustler.
For years there has been no more famiL
lar figure to the cottagers, the residents o,
the tourists at the thousand islands than
Edward I. Babbage, otherwise known a.
the ''Phat Boy" He was one of the fat
test of the fat, almost las bread as he was
wide" aud his good humor, witch was as
abundant as his flesh. gained him hosts Of
friends. When he was six years old be WAS
unusually large for his age; at fourteen he
weighed 200 pounds. and at the time of his
death, which occurred suddenly at the
Marsden House, Alexandra bay. the other
day, his weight was $40 pounds. He waa
fifty years of age.
The "Phat Boy" was native of New
York state, and had dahbled in many pur-
suits during his busy life. He received a
common school education at Rochester,
and bis first occupation, as he expressed il
At one time, was assistant at peanut
stand and head peanut butcher" Thea he
was hotel clerk; then he undertook the
management of Jack Hudson's museum
Later on ne took out a troop of glassblow-
ers and visited county fairs, after which he
appeared at the Boston Museum as q glass
blower. He was under engagement with
Barnum when the lstter's museum was
burned In 1868 Babbage conducted = no
tel at La Crosse, Wis. and had mis- bills of
fare printed by Brick Pomeroy. who then
conducted u printing establishment in that
city.
He drifted back 20 Rochester, after the
war. When the tiftieth Engineer corps
came home some OF the survivors organ
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-15
Where Horse Meat Soup Is Popular.

Every day, at early morning, noon
and evening, in Paris, you will see poor
people gathering at certain shabby cook
shops in the quarters of Belleville, Mont
martre, the Batignolles and others of the
sections outside the boulevards, where
poverty houses are thickest, each armed
with tin pail, pitcher or something
else calculated to carry liquid.
These receptacles are duly filed with
thin but savory broth, Labeled from huge,
steaming caldrons, and which costs only
q cent or two quart. Ihave drunk this
bouillon and found it nourishing and
good. 1t is made of the bones and scraps
of horse meat after the choicer pieces are
sold to the cheap restaurants, and the
very essence and marrow of the meat are
in it, for the boiling is kept up until the
bones are fairly honeycombed and the
meat reduced to shreds like bits of Irvine.
This broth provides the principal ami
NAL nourishment for the average laborer
in the gay city. He adds to it few
vegetables, thickens it with bread, and
it having, as the cook book might say,
been seasoned to TASTE" makes palat-
able and hearty meal.-Alfred Trumble
in New York Epoch.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-15
DISPATCH enormous Quantities by steam

dispatch enormous quantities by steam
ers and schooners. Villeta, San Lorenzo
and San Antonio are the principal ports,
and there best may be seen the pictur-
esque professions Of laughing and
screaming girls and women, who carry
basket after basket of fruit on their
heads from the shore to the ship, like a
swarm of busy ants. Up to the present
no industrial use has been made of the
orange. Some sixty millions are ex-
ported annually, the same quantity is
consumed by the natives, and perhaps
treble that quantity is devoured by
monkeys and birds, or left to rot on the
ground Theodore Child in Harper's.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-15
The Ho.t Wa. Ab.ent.

After dinner given by Stephen Price.
of Drury Lane theater, al the guests but
Theodore Hook and the Rev. Edward
Cannon retired. Price was suffering
from govt, but as they disregarded his
hints to retire, he stole of and left them
in high talk. On the following morning
he inquired Of his servant: ''Pray. at
what time did those gentlemen go last
night?' $50. sirf" replied John; They're
not gone, sir; they have Just rung for
coffee. San Fran 'sco Argonaut.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-15

and construction in ''AzZade" and "Ma-
dam Chryssutherne, bat they are over
looked in the absorbing beauty q the
characters and surroundings. Carmen
sylvia, the literary queen Of Roumsnis,
thinks Lott che Of the greatest writers Of
France. She says be attracts attention
and sympathy, ard then envelops one
with a charm that cannot Be defined.
a few years ago Lott married Nile.
Frauck d Ferrieres, whose family j.
celebrated in the Gironds. They Ire ia
an old fashioned house az Rochefort,
where entertainments are frequently
given IN the style Of Louis Il
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-15

At only Eve points can we just touch
each other, and all that is-and thai
only by the function Of our .poor senses
from the outside. In vain we rack
them that we may get little closer to
the best beloved and most implicitly
trusted: ever in vain, from the cradle to
the grave
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-15
Pierre Lott, the New Immortal"

The French Academy, that famous as
semblage Of Immortals," recently elect
ed Pierre Lott in place of the late Octave
Feuillet. The selection did not afford
general satisfaction, as Lott, whose real
name is Julien Wand, Is a young naval
henfenant with no religions belief and
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-15

no great amount
Of culture. Lott,
however, was a
success from the
IN 0 n Q n I IA .
touched litera-
ture. His works
are fascinating
tales Of fairylsnd
descriptions Of
mysterious seen
cry that never
fail TO awaken
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-15

Nitrade Of soda has again been tried
as fertilizer Of tomatoes. The result
was a very marked increase Of crop in
every case, tie most profitable increase
coming from the use Of nitrate alone.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-15
France is nr,hsblv the only Europa,

France is probably the only European
country enlightened enough TO allow the
post of stenographers TO the chamber Of
deputies 10 De open 10 women. For their
services in the chamber they are paid
$500 to 5000 francs a year. Stenog-
raphers who report lectures, congresses
or conferences are paid sixty francs al
hour, each hour implying eight hours OF
transcri bling.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-15
While the Jury Was Out.

Prisoner thinking of the date)-This
is the 18th. That means bad luck for
me.
His Attorney thinking Of the jury
My friend, the unlucky number for you,
am afraid, is twelve.-Chicago Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-15
4 Ear Sirhted Citiuoz-

Wiggins-How is this? You said a
year or so ago that you intended to move
to Chicago.
Diggins-Since Chicago got the
Worlds fair have changed my mind.
why so:"
"Too many relatives. New York
Weekly.