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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-23
New Authorization.

A lady tells story of young man
who had come from the country to the
city in which she lived, and in a short
time fancied himself quite equal to any
social emergency. He never asked advice
on questions Of etiquette, and in conse-
quence he made many mistakes. At one
time the lady issued cards to a dancing
party, and among the invited guests she
included this rather conceited and ex-
ceedingly awkward young man.
He was to be out of town at the date
OF the party, and SO was unable to ac-
cept the invitation. At the foot of the
card he read the letters r. S. V. P. and
was much perplexed as to their meaning.
However, he was nothing daunted by his
ignorance, and wrote a note declining
the invitation in as formal and stilted
terms as he could command, and after
signing his name added the letters NJ. S.
&C. c.
On his return to the city after the
party he went to call on the lady, and in
the course of the conversation asked.
"By the way, Mrs. Clapp, what did you
mean by r. S. V. p at the end of the in
Vitation you sent me?'
why" Eephed the hostess, without q
note of surprise in her polite voice,
+'they stand for the French phrase. Re
pondez, sill vous it'-Answer, if You
please"
'Oh, yes! Well, I was all right, them"
said the young man III a tone of much
satisfaction. Il thought l should hit it
in my answer"
Now that You speak of it," said his
courteous hostess. Il do wish to ask YOU
what NJ. S. c. c. stands for. | can't
imagine, and l can't find any one who
has ever seen the abbreviaron usedr'
'Oh," replied her visitor air1ly, that
meant Mighty sorry couldn't come l
should think that was plain enoughw-
Youths Companion.
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ghe aahita Daily Eagle Thursday 91orine Gully g. 1881

head. for two big tears were rolling
down his cheeks, and his reply to the
child was another question:
sand when you kissed her" said he,
"you noticed nothing strange"
eyes, l did," said Jean; show cold
she was; but then it's always so cold Ia
our house"
'She shivered, then, your mamma
shivered with the cold?"
mo, she was just cold, but SO pretty,
her hands crossed so, her head back and
her eyes looking at the sky"
''And l wanted richest" Pere BONN
murmured, Il, who have enough to eat
and drink, when here is one that died of
hunger"
And drawing the child to him he took
him on his knee and softly began to talk
to him.
"Thyletter, my baby, said he, "iswrit-
ten, sent and received. Now take me TO
thy mother"
''Oh, yes, will, but-but why do you
cry?" demanded Jean, astonished.
But 1 am not crying, Jeanne, men
never cry! IT'S you, my precious, who
will soon do that"
Then, straining him in his arms and
covering him with kisses: Il, too, know
you, little Jean, once had a mother,
whom [ see even now in her bed, so pale
and white and saying TO me, Il image
of the Virgin resting at her head:
BONN, my son, be an honest man al
ways, and always Christian An hon.
est man have been, but Christian
ah, daniel"
He sprang to his feet, the child still
Rugged to his breast, and speaking as if
to one invisible:
''But now, old mother, now, ! say, rest
thou in peace, for thou art going to have
thy way. Friends may laugh and jeer
if they will, but where thou art | wish
to go, and there will l be led to this
precious angel here, who shall never
leave me again. His letter, which was
never even written, has made double
shot-it has given him a father and me
a hearth
Thatis all; this story without end is
done. | know no more save that some
where IN ParlS today there Is NAN still
young, writer also, but not as Pere
BONN.
This man is a writer of eloquent
things.
His friends still call him "Jean," as
he called himself, and though l know
not, either, the name of the postman
that carries letters like these, they al
ways reach their destination.-Tran
lated from the French of Paul Fayel for
Short Stories.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-23
THE INSTRUCTOR.
Rot till we meet with Love in all his beauty.

lot till we meet with Love in all his beauty,
In all his solemn majesty and worth,
Can we translate the meaning of life's duty,
Which God oft writes in cipher at our birth.
Not till Love comes in all his strength and ter
Can we read others hearts; nor till then
know
wide compassion for all human error,
Or sound the quivering depths of mortal woe.
Not till we sail with him Ger stormy oceans
Have we seen tempests; hidden in his hand
He holds the keys to all great emotions;
Till he unlocks them, none can understand.
Not till we walk with him on lofty mountains
Can We quite measure heights And, on, sad
truth!
When once We drink from his immortal foun-
tains,
We bid farewell to the light heart of youth.
Thereafter our most perfect day will borrow
dimming shadow from some dreaded night,
So great grows joy it merges into sorrow,
And eyermore pain tinctures our delight.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox in New York World.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-23
A Hard Record 70 Rea,

Marketmasser Hibbe, Of DuOuque, Ia,
who fell and broke bis leg recently. has
al extended record for broken bones AT
three years Of age he fell from wagon
and had three ribs broken: a. five be fell
down a fight Of stairs aud broke hls
night arm; az nine be was thrown by q
scnoolInate and had h.s left arm broken:
at twelve he fen and broke two fingers;
at nineteen be vas blown from EtAeple
by the wind and alightIng ~ q pile u
sand had MS back strained; last spring.
az about thirty years q age. be fell OF
the roof OF tbe Dubuque high school
building, breaking his thigh and Jaw
and dislocaarg ks shoulder and ankle.
lie SAYS he Is sin good for fifteen or
twenty more falls II they must come his
EAr.-Dzhzone Letter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-23
Mans Treatment of the Dog.

In nothing does social usage show such
brutal paradox as in its treatment of
the dog. 1t coddles and nurtures him
when he is worthless. 1t kills him ruth
lessly when he is valuable. II supports
high toned kennel clubs for his propaga-
ton, and it makes laws to destroy him
at sight. 1t licenses the brute and puts
premium on him and it gives every
ignorant justice the power to order him
shot. 1t breaches his fidelity and affec-
ton with one breath and calls for his ex-
termination with another. There is more
superstition and ignorance associated
with the dog than with the number thir-
teen.
l can take you tomorrow to half
score of professional dog fanciers, who
to guard your pet against hydrophobia
will undertake to extract the worm from
his tongue or to bite the last joint of his
tail of. For hundred years they have
put roll birthstone in his drinking water
as a prophylactic without ever once
knowing that water does not dissolve
birthstone. The dog IS the best loved
and the least understood Of mans brute
companions.-Nym Criakle in New York
Recorder.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-23
NjllIi Eagle
Unexplained.

In Captain Kings 'Trial of Staff
Officer" an amusing story is told of Gen
eral Upton, who was at one time CON-
mandant of cadets at West Point. The
conmandant's tent was great place for
fighting battles over again.
One day six or eight Of US were gath
cred there, and the floor was held by one
of those blatant gentlemen who, having
graduated before the civil war, and hav-
ing had just as good a chance as the gal
liant band of ambitious young ieuten-
ants who rose to be generals, had pre-
ferred the safety, ease and slow promo
ton of mastering and disbursing duty,
and whose only brevet was for the SER
vice of the recruitment of the armies Of
the United States"
For some reason or other such men
have often been prone to disparage the
services of successful men, and to at
tribute the promotion over their heads
of such soldiers as Upton and Custer to
political influence. So Major - was
on this day holding forth about luck in
the line, ending with this startling state
ment:
"We1, now, Upton's another instance.
OF course, don't mean to say but what
you fought all right, old fellow, when
you got chance, but you won't deny
that there were fellows who went
through the whole war with the regu-
lars, stuck to their regiments or bat
teries, got wounded time and again, and
only GOT "A breyet: but here Won are a
lieutenant colonel, and never got
scratch"
Considering the fact that Upton had
been wounded in three different engage
ments, he might have been excused for
making a pointed reply. but he only
smiled quietly, as he sat writing at his
desk, and said:
'Well, there are lots of men who think
gust as you do, I've no doubt"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-23
Hat and Cap Doffing.

There are many of us who still fail to
comprehend how any rational being, how
the Almighty himself, could feel honored
by the uncovering of human creatures
Uranium; and l am old fashioned enough
to be reminded of certain historical say
ings regarding the dofhng of head cover
ings.
George Fox used to ask If the very
Turks did not mock at the Christians in
their proverb which said that ''the Chris
tians spend much of their time in pull
ing off their hats and exhibiting their
bare heads to each other"
His contemporary, George Keith.
wrote: 1.-The preachers of Germany,
and especially at Hamburg, which l
have seen with my eyes, use such gross
Partially in their salutations that COM
monty they have two caps under their
hats. The poor, except extraordinarily,
they pass by without any notice; to
others they doff the hat; Others more
rich in the world they salute with dof-
fling the hat and one of the caps; and to
those whom they most honor, or rather
fatter, they doff the hat and both caps"
And did not our w. Penn say, in
a more serious vein: "The first and
ost pressing motive upon our spirits
to decline the practice of these present
customs Of pulling off the hat, bowling
the body or knee, and giving people
gaudy titles and epithets in our saluta-
tons and addresses, was that SAVIOR,
sight and sense that God, by his light
and spirit, has given US of the Christian
worlds apostasy from God, and the
cause and effects of that great and la
mentable detection. American Notes
and Queries.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-23

Even the Intelligent compositor"
sometimes proves TO be the instrument
OF great good For example. on Satur-
day an indignant husband wrote and
gave 10 a Brooklyn newspaper an adver-
tisement IN which ne gave notice that he
would not be responsible for any debts
contracted by his wife. He wished 1t 20
be inserted twice. and somewhere in the
copy of the advertisement he wrote the
words for two days" These the IN
teiligent compassion" interpreted 50 that
when the notice appeared it read as fol-
lows: For two days after date VIII
not be responsible for any debts con
tracted by my wife" The separated
couple both saw the absurdity OF the
thing and concluded 10 take the compOs-
itors view Of the case. They are now
among the happiest persons II Brooklyn.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-23
A PANSY.

A little flower, faded and old,
With purple leaves and heart OF gold.
Wrapped in kerchief white as snow,
found it today
All withered away
Where l placed it for keeping years ago.
A story lives in this pansy's dust,
a story pathetic with youthful trust,
And | would could live it over again,
For it speaks to me-
Out of memory
Of a love that was sweet, but was all in vain.
The pansy has faded, as did my dream,
In the years that have passed, and yet /
seem,
Through all of life's hurrying din.
To have kept its grace
In the flmy lace
OF the kerchief | wrapped it in.
Eric Gambrell in New Orleans Picayune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-23

was famous rs q Wit. and it is said he
was the original of the Mulhgan, of
Bally Mulligan, in Thackeray's story of
Miss Perkins Ball" Until the O'Shea
episode OGorInan Mahon was a firm
supporter of Parnen. He was tail and
erect, with masses of white hair. and
probably the last survivor of the type of
the real old Irish gentleman" who was
as ready with his pistol as he was with
his tongue
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-23

The duration Of raspberry plantation
depends upon the variety cultivated Is
we'll az upon the nature Of the soil and
:are given the plants. Ten TO fourteen
years IS about the average under good
culture.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-23

Both Mr.. Irving's sons win become
actors. The elder. Harry, who is very
much ike MS father, viii leave Oxford
very soon, and Lawrence, who has been
Studying diplomacy in St Petersburg.
VIII give that up for the stage. Botn
have shown talent in private theatrcAlA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-23

He brought Dan
lei O'Connell for
ward for Clare in
1929, and was
one Of the Stanch-
est adherents of
that great Irish
patriot He was
of late years the
most picturesque
: figure in the
house of com
mons. In his
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-23
A Modern Reason.

Teacher-Why did Alexander weepy
Class-'Cos he couldn't ind any more
worlds to CONQUER.
Teacher-Why could he find no more?
Class-'Cos he didn't advertise
York Truth.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-23
Death OF an Irish Patriot.

Colonel James Patrick O'Gorman Ma.
hon (The O'Gorman Mahon). who died
secently in London, was born in 1903
and was prominently identified with
Irish politics for upward of sixty years.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-23

Five trunks full Of important papers
were left by the late Prince Napoleon,
and II will be the endeayor of Mr.. Fred
erick Mason so 10 edit them Is TO make
from them a history rather than me
mOIr
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-23

" W Levy. Pres vs. Oliver vicsPrs.
"A Walker. Crshiar Ia kramer. Asst Cashier
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-23
Wichita National Bank,

PAIn Up CAPITAL s25o.ooO
HUhfEDss $1,000
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-23
Doa General Bonhfpg, Collecting
and Brokerage business.

Eastern and FoSeiRn Exchange
bought and sold. United States bonds
Of all denominations bought and cold.
County, Township and Municipal
bonds bought.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-23
DIRECTORS.

s,H. Kohn, A. y. Olives, N, W Lev. I. A, Wal.
J ohm Davidson. J. u EutAn
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-05-27
A Remarkable Hired Girl.

Detroit Free Press.
There are hired girls and hired girls. and
one of them applied TO a very nice woman
indeed. on Trumbull avenue last week for
a position.
very politely.
"Yes'm," was the quiet reply.
'Cook, wash and ironf"
"Yes'm."
do you play the piano."
Nom" said the girl with a start.
Nor the banjoi"
Nom"
ID yOu take lessonsp
Nom"
Got a young man coming to sec you
every other nightf
NO. ma'am." exclaimed the girl, with an
emphatic blush.
Twill you want the s%itting-room to re-
ceive yOnr friends in"
Nom"
Got enough dresses 50 you won't have to
use mine when Pm awayf"
"Yes'm."
"Will you want six afternoons off every
week and every other Sundays"
Nom"
Are You willing to try to do things the
way L want You tow
'les'm."
The lazy looked at her for two minutes
h~esItatingly.
~ ell. she said at last. Il guess I'll take
you. I'm not used 10 the kind of a girl you
are, but Il see If we can't get along to-
gether for awhile anyhow. Come on. I'll
show you your room, and YOU can bring
your things around to night"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-05-27
JUMPED INTO THE PLATTE.
An Italian Murderer Escapes Lynching but
Meets Death in the River.

DENVER Col. May 26.-A brutal murder
took place in the lower part of the city late
this evening which was soon followed by
the accidental death of the murderer.
Pepino Felirgo has a garden and truck
patch on the Platte bottoms, into which
q neighbours cow had made her way.
The owner of the animal sent his
little boy to drive it out, when Felirgo at
tackled the child and was severely dealing
with him. Coney Glutz. a young man about
eighteen years of age, was passing and In
terfered. requesting Felirgo TO let the
boy alone. This anRered him so
that he drew a revolver and
shot GlutZ through the head,
causing death within an hour. The people
in the neighborhOOd became SO excited
over the affair that several hundred sur
rounded the murderer's house for the pur-
pose of taking him out and lynching him:
He escaped by a rear door and started
for the Twenty-third-street viaduct.
pursued by q bowling mob of now
nearly a thousand persons: When abont
half way across the viaduct he saw a
crowd coming toward him and being
hemmed in by two parties, both seeking
his. life. he leaped over the railing into the
Platte river and attempted to swim ashore.
The river was swollen almost bank full by
the heavy rains and he was carried down
by the current and drowned before he could
he assisted.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-05-27
SENATOR CALL REELECTED.
Long Struggle in the Florida Legislature
Finally Ended-Last Resort Of the Ants.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, May 26-This morn
ing's session of the Legislature was rather
a dull one in the House. Only a few of the
anti Callites were in the House when the
session was called to order. Everything
moved along quietly until the hour ar
rived for the cOnvening of the Senate. No
quorum was present, seventeen Senators
failing to answer to the roll-call. They had
been seen leaving the city just before the
hour for meeting this morning, ana inquiry
at the livery stables where they had Sc
cured teams developed the fact that they
had bOasted that they were leaving the
city in order to break the quorum in the
Senate thereby defeating the election of
MIR. Call In Joint session today for United
State Senator. Theremaining members of the
Senate at once issued orders to the Sergeant
alarms to organize a posse immediately
and institute thorough search for the flee
ing Senators. II If found to arrest them
and bring them forthwith to the Senate
chamber. DO this" said President Brown,
I'm a quiet way, if they offer no resistence.
but if needs be, shOuld you be forcibly re-
sisted. use force, precisely the same as
would any other authorized officer of the
law"
Sat moor the Call Senators appeared in
the hall of the House of Represents
tives. and President Brown called the
joint session to order. The anti
Call mep i'm the House refused to an
swer TO their names at roll-call. but fifty
four members duly elected to the LegislS-
ture responded 10 their names. A vote was
taken on United States Senator. Call had
81 votes. President Brown declared him
elected.
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ed discussions arising W the
committee and friends of the board. The
assembly had heard these grave charges
against the competency of the business
committee Offset by rebutting statements
and by charges of unfairness. injustice and
MISREPRESENTATION. and his made a state
of things up0n which the assembly could
not wisely act without further light. and
appointed Judge Hands of
seven to consider the whole question and
report their finding of facts to the
assembly of 1891. In Mr; Simmons's
address he disavows all intention
to ~insinuate or charge crookedness
or dishonesty against the board, Its bust
ness committee or any of it's employees. HIS
report was directed against their trying to
manage q business involving q great mass
of details for which they have not the
necessary knowledge OF training. Pending
further discussion. the hour for adjourn
ment left the matter yet to be settled.
Admissions already made by Judge Hand
imply q savIng of not less than $4,000 q
year as a result of following Mr.. Simmons's
recommendations. Mr.. Simmons is con-
fident that if the rest of his recommended
tions are adopted a saving Of at least $4,000
annually will be effected.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-05-27
DUTY OF REPUBLICANS.
Ex-senator Ingalls, Says Harrison Will Be Re-
nominated and Gives Some Advice.

HUTCHINSON. Kan, May 26.-At the meet
ing to-day of the Republican editors of the
Seventh congressional district q let
ter from ex-senator Ingalls, was
read, and warmly applauded. Among
the things the letter said was:
The Republican party is confronted
with great problems which threaten its
supremacy. If We are to succeed we must
deal with the issues of to-day as we dealt
with slavery, secession and State sOver-
eighty thirty years ago. The Republican.
ism of the future must read just
itself to the changed conditions of
American life or it will perish. / wish
to save it from this fate by recalling the
spirit, the energy. the aggressive and pa
trIotic force of the founders to the cam
paign of 1892. This will be waged upon
economic and practical questions and not
upon memories or notions. Harrison will
be renOmiuated and Cleveland will be
his antagonist. If we have courage and
conscience it will be an AnsterlitZ. If We
dicker with popular errors. compromise
with u%nprincipled leaders and sheer at
honest differences of judgment and opinions
il will be a Waterloo"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-05-27
Sauabble Over Bardsley's Successor.

PHILADELPHIA, May 26.-The city COM
the appointment of Governor Pattison's
successor to City Treasurer Bardsley. pro-
coded to elect Richard G. Oellers. business
manager of the Record. to fill the office.
Messrs. BARLEY and Stub, the Republican
members of the commission, voted for Mr..
Oellers. and Mr.. Sensenderfer. the Demo-
cratic member, cast his BALLOT for Mr..
Wright. the Governors appointee. 1t is
understood that. to avoid further legal
complications, tho City Council, which
body also claims to have the right to elect
a treasurer, will. at it's meeting on Thurs
day next. vote for Mr.. Oellers. The ques-
tion as to who has the right to select a man
to fill the office of city treasurer has given
rise to much controversy, and Will I'M
dOubtedly be left to the courts to decide.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-05-27
Let Them Enjoy Their Hobby.

These novIces in politics have no hesita-
tiOn to announce their policy in the most
flat-fOOted manner. Thus they somewhat
pOmpously d~eclare: 1--WE demand the free
and unlimited coinage of silver" Now, 1t
is very possible that twO-thirds of the peo-
pie will demand before long a restriction of
the mOun of such coinage already author
lied. What nse can it be hereafter for
either of the two great national parties to
cater for the votes of silver fanaticsi Let
the Peoples party" so called. enjoy this
supper without any attempt to divert it
into the old party channels.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-05-27

Senator Call was born in Logan county.
Kentucky, Jan. 9, 1884 Early IN life he
removed to Jacksonville. and became an
ardent Fioridian in his political sentiments.
He read law and entered upon the practice
of his profession in Jacksonville, which
then had but two thousand inhabitants.
Soon after the war he was elected United
States Senator, but was not allowed to take
his seat. In 1878, however. the Democrats
carried the State, and on the expiration of
the term of Senator Simon b. COnover. IN
1873, Mr.. Call was elected to succeed him. He
was reelected in 1855. and should he live
through the coming term of six years, he
will have passed eighteen years In the
United States Senate.