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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-27
A WINTER RESORT.

Aren't you going south," said the DlueSird to
winters almost bore, and we're clearing up
to 60.
Not q seed In left on the golcourod or yar-
row,
And hscrd the farmer say: cit feels hke
snoni"
lean recommend IL, the place 70 which we're
There's srainy season, to De sure. bat what
Of thGtf
Not bit of ice, and It never thinks Of snow
And the fruit so plentiful ono can't help
getting fatt'
yves, I've heard about f." to the bluebtrd said
the sparrow;
"And it's quite the fashion to go travelling, 1
know;
People who don't DO It arc locked upon as
narrow
Bless you! don't cazei And Tn net afraid
Of snow.
When It comes the nrst time, so enjoy my
feathers;
After that I'm used TO IT, and DO rot mind
One cen fly about, snd Keep waFn 70 in al
wcsthcrs;
I've snusgery, teo, IN the ivy on tho wall.
When the seeds are gone-and they re not 90
foro December
I can still and spiders and nies On sunny
days;
And I've ell the lovely summer to remcm-
Der;
Ny old friends ere here. and they know my
little Ways.
just "a sooa as ever the ground is frozen
tightly,
All those nice kind creatures in the houses
throw VIZ crumbs
One forgots IFS winter, when the sun is shin
Ing brightly
TIA content TO stay here, and take IT as tt
comes"
Margaret vandegrift, In 81 Nicholas
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kf7! ii
sssJ1
BOUGHT THE GIRL he LOVED.
etrsnEs Story OF Purchased Immunity
from MaaA venEeance.

Strange Story OF Purchased Immunity
from MRHA Vengeance.
sTll tell you a story as strange as il
Is true, If you will not use my name"
said guest of ST. Louis hotel, as he
led q Globe-Deruocrat reporter into bis
apartments ond carefully closed the
door. ''Some years ago lived in a
southern city-it docs not matter what
one. It was my good fortune to render
valuable assistance to beautiful
italian girl who had, for satisfactory
reasons, run away from her home in
New Orleans. She repaid nay kindness
by falling IN love with me after the ap-
proved manner of heroines. Her rel
atives warned mo that if I did not send
her back home was liable to find my
self in a sadly disfgured state some
stormy night, and on this gentle hint
noted. Sometime afterward her mother
wrote me that the girl had destroyed
herself, and added the cheerful news
that her brothers blamed me for her
rash deed and would sec me later. /
suspected that she had sought refuge
in suicides grave from the infamous
from the pangs of pining love, but the
tragedy moved me strangely and
nearly dethroned my reason. While
she was with me two attempts
were made upon my life for no
other crime than saving young
girl from the paths Of infamy.
Two Of these interesting would-be as
sassins were rounded up by the mob
that stormed the parish prison, and
breathed easier, but not for long.
When the malta marks man it never
takes his name off the list. Sooner OF
later it gets him, sure. He goes mono
know where, or dies none know how.
The only thing he can do is to comfort
himself as best he may with Hamlet's
philosophy and keep watch and ward.
it is seldom that the malta does it's
deadly work 30 badly as in poor Hen
nessy's case. 1t traps its victim or slips
q knife into his back in some lonely by
way. But the strangest part of my
story is yetsto como. A month ago whe
should walk in upon me but the girl
had for eighteen weary months
mounned as dead. She had recovered
from the self-inficted wound, but had
been kept close prisoner in her moth
er's house. She finally made her es-
cape, and, penniless and friendless,
started on her Journey Of seven hun
fred miles to crave my protection. She
had begged her way, walked and stolen
rides on freightS, slept in the woods
with no covering but the sky, no SEN
sinel but the stars. She reached me
footsore, bedraggied, weary, but happy
as the empress Of the world What
did doSwith her2 / took her back to
New Orleans, called her relatives about
me and bought her and my own i'm
munity for an annuity of two hundred
dollars year. have placed tho girl
at school, and If she doesn't make her
mark as a musician l miss my guess"
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ar1tper 90 in Jake,s place an ,er MN

druther go In Jake's place an let nInn
stay wild hees wife an boy
"'Why, Albert exclaimed my
mother. You can't mean it, How
should get along without you? Think
/ of the number OF women and children
| to be provided for; the men left behind
are too old and the boys too young to
be depended on
"FIse recommem brin' all dat, rnistis;
| but l knows what it is for a man an
| wife to be sipperated Oh, nistisi De
days all lonesome and de nights year
| long. Tain't no sunshine for Albut
! here nor nowhar Hits all a dark
/ shedder an de moonshine don't nigh
tech Albut. No, insists, hits all trials
| an tribberlasfius. Limme 60, please,
mistis Let Jake stay wild hees wife,
pleaded the earnest voice, half-choked
with sobs.
LINK Albert called my little SIS
ter, going to his side, would you real
! ly go away to save Jake from going?
Yes, honey he replied, his sorrow
ful eyes lighting up with q pleasant ex-
preston, as with his great black hand
he strozed her sunny curls. Yes,
honey, Unk Albut amt got muffin t.
stay hero fer Jake got hees wife.
Honey. ak yer mudder G. let ole Albut
GO
"'Use your own pleasure, Albert, at
last consented my mother
ode Lawd Dress mistis!' he cried, IS
he fastened to the quarters
"'De Lawd sabe nistis! echoed Uncle
Gabe, waving his hat as he leaned on
his crutch.
"Thcy left US that afternoon. one
hundred tall, strong sons of Ham, of
varying ages from twenty to forty-fve
years.
ALBERT said my mother, I must
tell you before you go that il Shreve-
port men die at the rate Of ffty day.
Often the death rate is creator. Tho
fever is terrible
"She looked up into his face, hoping
| By this last appeal to discourage his
going.
"'Kain' hep it, mistis; spec hits
bout es nigh route to Hebbin by
Shrebepote as hit air by dis plan
tashm. Albut amt keerin', nistis,
kaze de big white gates up yander's
wide open waitin' fer Albut; an Lawdl
Rachel's err standin' ies' inside
"'Boys!' he cried, turning to the
multitude assembled under the oaks
on the lawn. Boys, mind mistis, an
do right an be bidderble. Be homes,
boys; don't go to cuttin' up no disre-
gyardable capers an pranks Jes'
vhirl in an up an make de crap fer
mistis. Nebber mind de cotton, but
ten de Gavin; plow deep. boys, an
don't let de grass git de upper hand O.
de crap
Move on therel Move on, boys!
commanded their leader.
"'Good-by, mfstis. Far'well, chill
lunp cried Albert. 'Gawd Dress
mistisl'
"'Gawd Dress mistisr criod a
chorus of a hundred voices Is they
| marched away.
''In those turbulent times there were
no established mail routes in our
country; indeed, the receipt of a let
ter was quite an event For two
months we heard.-nothing of our mem
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-27
HIS CHOSEN HOME.
a Loveiorn Man wac Has Lived In JAN
Tweaty-Tnres Te7rss

a Loreiorn Man wac Has lived IA Jan
Tweasy-Teres Te7rss
William Roth~ell has been IN the
Dedharn. Mass. jail tyyenty-three yeS-4
Rothwen IS sixty-eight years old. sod
for the many years he has been In Je1l
he has made and mended the clothing
OF hundreds of prisoners Rothved
came from q wealthy family II Eng-
land. and WAS well educated When
first known In Dedharn he was arrested
by Officer George z. Morse for drunken
ness While serving sentence II the
Jail he showed aPtGeSs IS a taIoE, al
though never before having had o1S2eri-
ence at the txaae. After serving has
sentence he was given some money by
the sheriff or official il chsrge OF tho
jail and he left town BE remained
away but a few days, however. Upon
his return he went To Ofdcer Morse and
requested that charge oe made a<rainss
him either of drunkenness or vagrancy.
A charge was made, he pleaded guilty
and he was returned to Jail, and the
Boston Herald says Rothwel aas con-
tinued this course for the past twenty
three years.
Although age bears its mark, bis
countenance shows refinement BE ha-a
become very deaf He can be seen by
any visitors IL the guard-rocn OF TIA
Jail seated upon his bench plying h!s
needle through the garments worn by
the prisoners He has a brother. n
wealthy merchant In New York city,
who recently visited him lie hos been
repeatedly entreated by his rclaGves,
not only in New York, bat IN Lem
cnshire, England, 10 leave his prison
home and live with them. but he says;
- am contepted IN the home that I
chose tweuty-three years AGO ana I
shall not leave 1t 80 long as can r.
main there, either by hospitality or
legal sentences by the courts
RothwelTs life hos 2 romance. When
a young man al college he fell in love
with a wealthy young English lady.
She accepted his attention as sutton.
Money he had in plenty, and being
young. spirited. and kind Of heart, had
many boon companions. he began %
drink. and the young woman discarded
him lie then left his naSve land and
went 70 Australia For several years
none of his relatives knew where hs
was. until twenty-tlrree years ago
ne sent a letter TO his mother in Eng
land, telling her where he was lie has
the freedom of the Jail at Dedhsm, end
the ruard-room would be lonesome To
the officers without his presence
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-27
osEllsk MOVERS OF OLD.
Means By Which the Egyptians Trans
ported Great Stones

ported Great Stones
The obelisks of the Pharaohs are made
OF red granite called syenlte, says the
writer of ''Cleopatra's Needle" In the
quarries at Syene may yet be seen an
unfinished obelisl1, still adherng to the
native rock, with traces of worlsmen's
tools 40 clearly seen on its surface that
one might suppose they had been sud-
denly called sway and Intended soon
to return and finish their work
This unfinished obelisk shows the
mode in which the ancients separated
these immense monoiiths from the native
rock IN sharply cut groove marking
the boundary Of the stone ere holes evi-
IDENTIFY designed for wooden wedges,
says the Chicago Herald.
CAfter these had been firmly driven
into the holes the groove was filed
with water. The wedges, gradually alb
sorbing the water. sveIled and cracked
the granite throughout the length of
the groove. The block, once detached
from the rock, was pushed forward
upon rollers made of the stezns CT palm
trees from the quSrTies TO the edge OF
the Nile, where it was surrounded by a
large timber raft. 1t lay by the river
side until the first humiliation Of the
Me-, when the rising water fosted the
raft and conveyed the obelisk down the
stream to the city where ii was TO be
set up.
Thousands of willing hands pushed il
on rollers up an inclined plane to the
front OF the temple where it was de-
signed to stand The pedestal had
previously been placed in position, and
firm causeway of sand covered with
planks led to the top OF it. Then, by
means of rollers, levers and ropes made
of the date palm, the obelisk was grad
ually hoisted into an upright position.
1t speaks much for the mechanical
accuracy of the Egyptian mssons that,
SO true was the level of the top Of the
base and the bottom of the long shaft,
in no single instance has the obelisk
been found to be out Of the true per
pendicular.
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winter. When l went up to him he
was just taking off his hat to dry with
his handkerchief his dripping brow. He
was 6re-looking. sturdy young man
with curling dark hair and fresh color
in his smooth cheek.
"Excuse me- / said-and then /
gave loud shout; couldn't help it,
for though l never should have known
the man, there was no mistaking that
smile.
"T got through, you see. he said.
squeezing my hand was sick for
awhile, but not until l had seen that
letter in postal ear. got Will
that's my brother, you know he added,
modestly-downh here where we could
nurse him, and I went to work for
the road, for we hadn't dollar left in
the world aud he laughed light
heartsdly. Then / sent him homo,
where a woman got him well again.
He's working for the road in Denver
now, and next spring we are going
into partnership again IN tho cattle
business, as we have about saved
enough to make another start. By the
way he said, pulling out bit Of
pencil and scribbling of 3 note on .
piece Of paper. call on him when you
get 20 Denver. You'll Ike him He's
the finest fellow in the world, and his
wife-she's an angel he ADDED, with
th 1T wonderful smile of his
Great CRsarp / said 10 myself
what a world this isP
81 never saw my friend again. Chi
cago News Record
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-27

A gentleman went out of his house at
eleven p. M He was accompanied by
friend Having closed the door be-
hind him, he pulled the bell handle and
walked away.
what Is that forP" inquired his
friend.
II know too well the habits Of my
porter. 1t takes him a full hour to
make up his mind to come and open the
door; that is why 1 have rung now
against / como back. Tribuna di
Roma
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-27
Ff.hIER ard Renxfen.

Parson--I have heard, Dir. Pettfjohn,
that you would like To attend my
church. but cannot afford TO pay any
thing for pew?
Pettijohn-Yes, sir; my expenses ara
large and my income IL small
Parson-But your wife tells me that
II costs you a dollar and half 70 60
fishing every Sunday.
Pettijoha-Wen, that's AL she knows
about it. II costs nae at least two dol
lars--Jury.
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The oeln~r renow.

Small Boy-Hurry mp, doctorl A fell
low round the corner fred loose with
his ast and hit a book agent an awful
Gcix ON the cheek.
Doctor-Where Is the book agent?
1T amt the book agent that-wants
sou- Its the fellow that hit him. ~
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-27

Angry Citizen-"But this bill for
January is more than twice as big as it
was for the month before, and nv fat
was closed nearly the whole month Of
January. / was Cd visit out west B."
Gas Company Cashier (yavning) -
Yes, travelling is always pretty expen-
sive. Ten dollars and thirty-fve cents,
please"
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He Didn't Win.

Willis - What makes You so blue,
Wallace?
Wallace--Why shouldn't I be blue9
A fellow offered one hundred dollars
for case Of catzrrh he couldn't cure,
and let him try his hand on me.
We'll, what of it?"
''Why, he. cured me, confound it.
BROOKLYN Life.
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4 Reonest TuSratinrd.

Kitty-lf should marry Won, Frank,
you must give up your practice As ply
siciEa-
F-ank-That would be impossible
kttv-Why so2
Frank never had sny.-Des Moines
RariSt<s
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-27
Couldn't Arecs Hin.
Rricht-She,s q man-hater.

BTlght-Nhe man-haIer.
Chollv-Aw-er-is that so? Tn
sorry to heah it, for was going 70 ivy
10 make Up 10 her, dontcherknow.
30, well, you're al right The
fact that she's a man-hater doesn't bar
you from her favor.-S. Y. Herald
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Tn. n.r tn. Gho., mnnr..

She (gushinSly}-There are days when
we seem more in unison with nature
than at other times; wien our hearts
seem to beat in accord with the sublime
harmony of the universe Have you
never noticed?
He-Indeed have II Il always that
way with me on pay day.-A. 7. Her
aid
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-27

81 beg your pardon" exclaimed .
fair young lady as she stumbled over
the feet Of susceptible young man in
trolley car and fell into his lap
You're perfectly welcome" was the
gent!euan's meek and bInshing repy.
y. 7. World
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-27

a corporal ordered green recruit to
bring him plate of soup. The latter
brought the soup, but so awl1wsrdly
that his thumb touched the liquid
''Swinei' rosred the corporal IF
you want to wash yourself there is a
Aorse trough, but you needn't wsllow
In nv soup."
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-27
Popzlzr OFlzSoz.

what do you think az The prvseat
method Of celebrating ChristrnzsY'
II think some method without the
presents would be fsF mere sztszf4c-
tory."-Pucx
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-27
Hsa Heard 1t Before.

He-How charming you. look dear,
In that dress It becomes you ad-
unirably. sgs.A8f kSaEB
She-oh, yes! That's an old story.
When the season is changing you al
ways. discover how charming / am in
ny old clothesI-DemoreSt' Magazine.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-27
Ths-s Re Rlowa

Blly sayso-D'o you know. Miss Anglo
thinks sam Bragg very English?
Charlie WaF-T know IL When he
blows she takes hin for The prince Of
whales--Judze
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-27

Her Kinsh ip-Bellows-"Is she
your daughter?" Fellows-'She is my
grand daughter" Your grand daugh-
ter?" Yes, my proud and naughty
daughter. Yankee Blade.
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waning Of ths Heseymeer.

sbe-It Is right here that i accepted
you, John Had you torgotten7
He-My dear. there are some thing. I
can neither forget For torgive--Black
and White.
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I z E Rasselas,
the Abyssinian,
we lived the
b almy & ay s
"only to know
the soft vicissi-
tudes OF pleas
urc and re-
pose. /" We wan
dered Sin gar
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-27
DAVIDSON & CASE
EzFaes=rE
John Dagidson. Poineer I8mbeTmsu
Of Sedgwlek County
ISIAJIISHLD :: H.: 1870
A r1r5piste sick ef E'fus fuHs Beg
katnEleA- Lz1A. beoE. hAaE.
tLe.. alwzsE on had.

CEes ard yErds On HosIeF srs -
.se~s EsHElAe zRr- kEd f4Sst ri. ~
BFuasE yETGs Al Jbfos flfg. D@ls
kozn Cay. g ksao sad X sae1. % -
neLas ! e rit1EJ.
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DON'T think" he
said, whenhe real
" began to tell
bis story, says the
New York Trib-
une. that any
one who has not
Milford chronicle., 1892-02-12
FREDERICA:

At the last session of Congress the COM
mittee on Rivers and Harbor recon-
meuded a preliminary survey Of
the Murderlill river and an ap-
preparation being MADE for that pur-
pose, the survey was effected last
summer under the direction of Mr.. A.
Sterile whose report after having been
submitted to Gen. L. A. Grant, acting
Secretary of War, has recently been pub
lished. The engineers report that the
river is a proper stream Of water for i'm
provement and deserves the consideration
of the proper committee and recommend
the formation by dredging Of chanuel
seven feet deep at low water and eighty
feet wide from Frederica to the mouth of
the river, the outlet in the bay to be pro-
tected by forming an embarrassment of the
dredged material on either side to a
height Of at least two feet above high
spring tides. The estimated cost is re-
ported TO be S47s5o. It is a matter of
wonder now whether the appropriation
will ever be forthcoming, or whether the
amount involved will not be barrier TO
the making of the approximation. It is
the inteuuon, should the projected inn
provement be made, to have a steamer
make regular trips between this place
aud Philadelphia for the transportation
both of freight aud passengers. The
steamboat would not only receive sup
port from here but also from the con
stantly growing and enterprising little
village Of Bowers, which, oil account of
the sturgeon aud oyster industries has Of
late yeas, received au impetus that will
eventually result IA the building up of
quite towp The recent enlargement
Of the ho,el there to a commodious three
story sIuare building will add TO its al
'eady acquired prestige as a watering
place and cam fail, provided the man
I cement is good, to attract many visitors
The large fire at FELTON, on last Thnrs-
lay evening about 10 o'clock was plainly
'isible from here. It leaves quite a ruined
rea in the central portion Of the town.
rhe storehouse and dwelling combined
Milford chronicle., 1892-02-12
MILTON.

A meeting of those citizens who are inter-
ested in the business interests Of the town.
was held last week, when it was decided to
erect building for canning purposes at an
approximate cost of $1,000, and rent 1t to
Messrs. Counselmau & Co., of Houston, he
to furnish the necessary machinery, imple-
ments, etc. Alresdy $3.50 of the stock has
been subscribed, and it is an assured fact the
building will be built A committee has
been appointed on location, but the site has
not YET been selected.
The people Of Milton may be regarded as
somewhat enthusiastic, aud talk much about
building railro ads, stesmboa,s and marine
railways, all OF which have "fell through"
yet, am Of the opinion that when they see
a thing they know win pay, they win grab
it. II has been demonstrated beyond the
peradyenture of a doubt, even to the most
ignorant and inbecile, that the canning bus
mess does pay the town Of Milton, even at
The meagre prices paid for labor aud fruit
or vegetables, If the word suits better The !
money brought ehto town by this bpsfaess
would meyer come here were it not NJ this |
business The children who are seen along
the streets and in Sunday School and at !
Milford chronicle., 1892-02-12
PENINSULA NOTES.
A shirt factory is about to be established
at GEORGETOWN

shirt factory is about to be established
at Georgetown.
The increase in receipts of the Delaware
railroad in 1891 over 1890 was almost a
quarter of million dollars.
The children of Seaford are without school
privileges other than pay schools. At a
recent meeting Of the public school board il
was decided to discontinue the school until
tile burned building could be rebuilt.
Benson Hardesty a lad of FELTON,, on
Thursday was playing with an old piece Of
iron pipe, which he had loaded with powder
In handling the pipe it exploded blowing of
part Of his nose and one side of his face. It
is thought that the boy will recover although
he is badly mutilated.
The directors of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company have acceded to the demands OF
their employees and agreed to pay conduc-
tors S.. so a day; brakemen, $3.50, parlor
car conductor S.; through baggagemen,
SI,o5 and local baggageman, $3.50. All with
the chance of being killed.
]. Francis Bacon, Esq, of fGeorgetown was
last week summoned to Philadelphia by a
telegram announcing the dangerous condi-
tiou of his brother, c. Edwin Bacon, who had
suffered a stroke of paralysis. The latter
has been a resident of Philadelphia for some
time, having position in the U. S. Mint
Milford chronicle., 1892-02-12

Prominent among the Saxon
Stufs are Crocodile Cloths.
The name is not meant to sug-
gest the ooze and slime Of the
Nile neither the trade OF
howadji nor transport Of how
dab. 1t merely tells you that
the stuff is tough and crinkled
like the epidermis OF a croc-
odile. Crepe-like,plain colors,
figures as though slightly en-
bossed. But the colors are
rich crimsons, delicate modes,
honest blues, standard black
real novelties. SI.5o and 81.
There is a whole family of
irridescent changeable wool
and-silk stufs, Melanges with
little spots and figures in silver
silk that glisten like fish scales
in the sun, stripes, checks, ,plaids
and a line Of bizarre, rococo
sort Of stufs that simmer as
the silver wavelets of a quiet
lake in the moonlight. Then
too there are wool check, and
serges with noil stripes. These
textile SaXons have a family
trait of style quite as decided
as the blue eyes and the haXon
hair of the human Saxons.
Introductions free. The goods,
$I.25, $3.50 and SI.75.
Then, too, Diagonals in the
most delicate and tenderSpring
colors and digni6ed dark tints,
of qualities so fine and weave
so perfect as to command the
loving admiration of the con-
noiseur in Wool stufs. ST.,
$I.25, $3.50.
1t is interesting to see the
bolder efforts in the Saxon de
signs. 20 sorts with beauti-
full borders, some like inverted
stalactites formed of miniature
cotton balls. so. And,and-|
When all the foregoing is read
and mentally digested perhaps
you may think you know
something of our Saxon Dress
stufs. Butyou don't. That's
only the a b c of them.