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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-09
OUR JlMS.
A Plain Tale of Devotion That Has Few
Parallels.

We always spoke Of them as Our Jims.
They were two of the best men in camp,
and best" meant a good deal in those
days. When the Orange gulch men came
over to jump our claim it was our two
Jims who rallied us to drive them off, leav-
ing six dead men to be buried in the even
ing. When the tougbs and roughs of Old
Mans hill laid claim TO out diggingS and
appeared two to one to drive us off, it was
Our Jims again who led the van and en-
abled us to win the victory.
Jim whos Jim what? | do not know.
No one but themselves knew. Now and
then some miner gave his full name, but
we had no use for it. We were Jim and
Bill and Pete to each other. and that alone.
Our Jims were not quarrelsome men.
Big men and brave men never are. They
tented together and were 'pards, " and how
it came abou: that they fell out none of us
ever learned. One morning, when they
had been terminates for many months, one
Jim packed up and left camp lie had
nothing to say-nothing beyond the state
ment that "Me and Jim is out" The Jim
who remained made no statement what
ever. Among ourselves we said there had
been hot word dropped and picked up
just when both men were out of sorts. 1t
was hard work, that hunting for gold
We worked like slaves aud lived far worse
and terminates quarreled very often.
In a day or two we saw that the Jim
who remained was trou bled in his mind.
He had been too proud to hold out his
hand and ask the other Jim to stay, but
now it was hurting him. He grew sullen
and morose, and now and then he paused
in his work and looked up the trail with
longing look in his eyes-a longing TO see
the other Jim returning to camp. Five or
six days had passed when a Chinaman
came into camp with note for Jim. 1t
was written with olackened stick on
piece OF brown paper, and read:
Units a case OF smallpox. and won't ask
you TO come. It's Just to say I'm sorry we fell
out, and TO bid you goodby. jim.
IL took three or four of rs half an hour
to make out the badly written and mis-
spelled message, and when we had finished
Our Jim walked away to his tent and began
TO pack up The snowclouds were bank
ing up in the west, and 1t was plain that
bsd storm was at hand The other Jim
was twenty eight miles away, sick and
alone IN a rude cabin at the abandoned
diggings of Crazy Woman's creek The
trail led over the mountain and through
valleys thick with scrub and rough with
powders, and the Chinaman was com
pleteiy broken down when he reached US
You wont start with that storm CON-
ing on;" we said TO Jim as he came out OF
his tent with pack on his hack
NJim wants u1e-goodby." be replied,
ard in 1--WE minutes he was out OF sight
An hour later We were ali driven TO
shelter. and for three days aud nights
there was never = break IN the storm
There wasn't = tent on the diggIngs In sight
when 1he feurth morning calue-eleIy s,,e
snowei o;st Of sight. II we hadn't beeu
showed under we should have been tytzrn
10 death by the cutting wind, J.al
enuldn't hare made chose twenty -elxEt
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-09
Pow er of "A Love Letter,

Mrs. Seymour Howells tells this story:
"ln Washington territory we needed Just
one more vote in the legislature to give
us the right Of suffrage. The only man we
had any hope of was one whose wife had
almost persuaded him. When the roll call
came, and just about the time this mans
name was TO be called. n man who was
fighting the bin took 4 stand by his side
His wife WAS asked if there was any hope
OF getting him TO change his vote, and said:
NO; have said everything could say to
him Write 70 him, suggested some one.
write love letter And this is what she
said 10 him:
My darling, if you love me vote for
woman suffrage
That love letter carried the day. He
was just about 10 east his vote when the
bote reached him. lie opened it. read it.
and then in voice that rang through the
chambers. SaiG.
"'Alr. Speaker, vote aver
Girls, try love letters. They have a
great power over men" - Kansas City
Times
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-09

miles in less than day with no snow I'M
der his feet Ne knew that he must have
persisted IN that storm before midnight.
II was long three weeks before the
snow went off, and then two of US went up
the trail All DAY long we looked for the
dead body of the J i'm who had started out
before the storm, but we did not discover
it. An hour before dark we came to the
abandoned diggings and caught sight of
the single shanty left standing Weshould
find the other Jim in there-dead. Step
by step we advance, dreading to look in,
and yet feeling that we must. The door
was fast, but the fierce gusts had torn
loose some of the light boards at corner.
and we had view of the interior. Lying
on blanket-on the earth, with another
partly covering them, and lying face to
face with an arm over each other, were
two dead men-Our Jims. The one who
had sent the Chiu&inan might have been
raving in delirium when the other reached
him through that awful storm. but he
heard his voice and knew it, The one who
fought his way over that snowbound trail,
stumbling, falling, praying-buoyed up by
the hope he would not be too late, could do
nothing after his journey was ended
nothing but to lie down and die beside his
partner. NJ. QUAD.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-09
A Hov's Charity.

One night not long ago General Swayne,
of New York, was going up town on a
Fourth avenue car He tucked his crutches
under his arm to investigate his pockets
and found that he had no money.
Il suppose shall have to get off" he
said to the conductor. The conductor said
he supposed he would.
Then up spoke voice from the bottom
of the car. 1t belonged to small, one
legged newsboy, who had to depend on
crutches as General Swayne did.
'There's pair of u.s." said the boy. 'I'll
lend You nickel TO pay for your ride"
The offer touched the generals heart,
for it was plain that a desire to spare his
pride had led the boy to call it loan. He
said to himself that some time he would
pay the five cents back with interest.
He asked the boys address. The lad
gave it, but told him it didn't matter.
When Mrs. Swayne, at her husbands re-
quest, drove to the address of the boy who
had pitied her husband she found that he
was dead. The debt could not be paid to
him, but he had left mother and some
little brothers, who have profited by their
brothers loan.-Boston Transcript.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-09

ton in England has been placed ON her
statute books. In much of it MIR. Nilliers
has taken a conspicuous part.
He first achieved distinction as mem
Der of the house of commons by his furious
and incessant assaults on the corn lava
He regarded them as very injurious TO the
interests of English worhjngmen. He
ranks with Golden and Bright in the work
of bringing his countrymen around To his
view. But it was not until he had been
in parliament eleven years that he had the
satisfaction of seeing repealed the legisla-
ton that he regarded with so much hostll-
ity and contempt
He has had the satisfaction, too, of seeing
much other i'm portant legislation enacted.
He saw the church disabilities bill passed
in 1853 and the Irish church disestablishe6
in 1869. He has always taken the liveiiest
interest in all legislation relating to the
poor Some of the most important laws OF
England on this subject are due to his
philanthropy end energy. For time be
was poor law commissioner and presi-
dent of the poor law board. He has held
n1mber of other public offices. one Of the
most important being his membership OF
Lord Palmerston's second administration IN
1859.
Ever since Mr. Villiers entered parlia-
ment he has sat for Wolverhampton. In
1877 he was elected for South Lancashire,
but he refused TO abandon his old constitu
ency BY profession he is lawyer. After
graduating from st. Johns college. Cam
bridge, he was called TO the bar Mt Lin
coins Inn in 1921 subsequently was ex-
aminer in the court of chancery.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-09
An Ancient l.a.laae,phia Hird.

Poor cid Crocly Baldwin, the anti
ouated cockatoo at the Geological gar
dens, whose age is .variously estimated.
but who is known to be well on TO 100
years old. is pining away. Crocky's
days are numbered, and the mournful
old bird seems to realize it. Since his
precarious condition was published some
time ago letters have been received at
the Zoo from all parts Of the country
expressing solicitude for the condition
of the aged bird. In many of these
epistles offers of various sums have been
made for Crocky's remains after death
has done its work. These offers range
from i've dollars all the way up to fifty
dollars. the latter offer having been re-
ceived from a. Boston taxidermist.-
Philadelphia Record.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-09
An Elephant's Palate.

Sir Samuel W. Baker, in His Wild
Beasts and Their Ways" tells an anec-
dote humorously illustrative of the whims
of tame elephant. belonging to the police
of Dhubri
This elephant was fed with rice and
plantains. The stems of the piantains
were split and cut into transverse sections.
two feet in length. Three-Quarters of a
pound of rice were placed within each tube
of plantain stem. One day, while the ele
plant was being fed, lady offered the
animal a small sweet biscuit. It was taken
in the trunk, and almost Immediately
thrown on the ground.
The mahout or driver, thinking that the
elephant had behaved rudely, picked up
the biscuit and inserted it in parcel of
rice within a plantain stem. This was
placed in the elephants mouth, and at the
very first crunch it showed it's disgust by
splitting out the whole mess. The small
biscuit had disguised the animal, and fer
several minutes it tried by its inserted
trunk to rake out every atom from its
tongue ard throat.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-09
Payment for a serviceable Suit.

John Blazer, tailor of Terrell, Tex,
has received q check for twenty-five dol
lars from c. G. Henming, president Of
the National Bank of Gainesville, Tex,
in payment for a uniform which the for
mer made for the latter thirty years ago
when both were inmates of the famous
Rock Island prison. The uniform was
made from two Federal overcoats, and
in that garb Hemming evaded the vigi-
lance of the guards and effected his es-
cape. Hemming learned of his benefac-
tors whereabouts emily few days ago,
and instantly sent him the check for the
above amount out of gratitude to Blazer
for enabling him to escape.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-09

1t is said by a Chicago dealer that an
autograph letter from Andrew johnson
will bring higher price than one from
any other of our presidents. johnson did
not learn to write until he was married,
and he never used the pen down to the day
of his death when he could avoid deing SO
Consequently he wrote very few letters.
and any autograph dealer will pay fifty
dollars for a genuine Andrew johnson
without moments hesitation. Lincoln's
autograph letters are less valuable than
Johnson's; they stand about on par with
Washington's, but a great deal depends
upon the subject and character of the let
ter.-COllector.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-09
Smoking Scientifically Considered.

DR.. jules Rocha-tl. c. the French Acad
envy OF Medicine, has published in The
Revue des Deux Monies popular pres
entatiOn OF the good and evil effects Of to
bacco smoking. Tie good effects, the au-
thor thinks, are 50 negative Is 10 be Of
little account, As there is nothing healthy
in the habit. while the evil effects arc sc
many that the most hardened smoker after
reading the article VIII fe4l h&e throwing
away his cigarettes, cigars ana pipes. and
stimulating his nerves With tea In TIE
first place, nicotine. As every che knows. Is
an active poison evbsc1 sometimes Eas
fatal effects lae ssrtsv fEjs th1t r.-ess
smokers ass Cgs;l ts- tt.sr excessive
smokers Rre dis. --5l rsTTaza heart .i1Sease
and especially anglia sse-,oyis. ard .llas
pine smokers are l.-eiF 10 hhre cancer =
the IIss a.ai to8aie Pear. atrr sll ~
R0clArl does I.1r -a5Gk that coEs.leTta-
tae lslrz>lTe 20 a. ds-vrsf srrEl sgsuN5nes
zee fas3Er-s-a a. are 1e-i s. 8-4y-.4E
s1cGsa % 'iEse lis CO.. abandonment
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-09
Eagle
,cSeNCE.

I long IN vain by day, but when the night
With all its jewels stars the waiting sky,
And vagrant irefies like stray souls fit by,
She seeks me in the tender waning light,
And sits beside me there; a Presence white
Her eyes yearn for me, and her dear lips sigh,
But if to clasp her cold soft hands try
The shadows deepen and she fades from sight.
lost and dear,-by what strange, devious way
Does she escape? for fain | too would fee
From all tho hollow pageantry of life.
And with her through immortal meadows
stray.
The free winds mock my quest, stars laugh
to see,
And wait helpless till Death end the strife.
Louise Chandler Moulton in Atlantic.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-09
Mothers at a Doll's Tea Party.

Let the mother. when she is invited 70 a
doll tea party, lay aside her book or work
and so N earnest. rs If X were a real party
She VIII soon find that she is the most
welcome guest-thGt even the doll does
not receive half 50 much attention Let
her put herself aside and enter into the lie
of the child. and she viii find dolls party
delightful occasion. tue flavor OF the
''crystal tea much superior 70 the finest
Flowery Pe!loe. Il taxes so little to make
s child happy. 4 smile, a caress, a five
minute story. q song that can he crooned
while the mother goes on with her sowing
or ironing or v hat not. Try it.-New No-'
Advert
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-09
mirrors.

The first mirrors of which there is any
record were in use among the lsraelites III
the time of Moses, and were made of brass
When the Spaniards first landed in South
America they found mirrors of polished
black stone in use among the natives. The
first mirror Of solid silver was made by
Pasiteles in the time of Julius Caesar. In
the Fifteenth century the first glass mir
rors were made in Germany by blowpipe
and were convex The first mandatory
of glass mirrors for sale was established in
Venice early in the Sixteenth century,
New YORK Sun
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-09

Half the head OF a horse or adult dog is
nose. 1t is probable therefore that the
dogs mind is based essentially on impress
sionS of smell, He perceives the crafty
Ulysses through all disSaises that hide
him from human detection, shifts him and
is satisfied. The stories of the faithful
dog crawling TO Ais masters picture and
licking the boots of it show a lamentable
want of imagnation-eyen Of common OBJ
servation. -London Globe.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-09

lords, who died in
1870 at the age of
ninety-three. Mr..
Villiers was born
in 1902, so he lacks
three years of the
age of the earl.
His service in the
house of commons
began with the
parliament of 1885;
it has been contin-
uous ever since
During this time
there have been
thirteen general
e / ectlOn :. and
some of the most
innnnr-rnt lepisla-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-09
SCALE BOOKS!
THREE FORMS
STANDARD,
HOWE AND
FAIRBANKS!
When srd erinx state wEAT form 10
wanted.
A VENERABLE LEGISLATOR.

The Long Service OF Charles Pelham VII
Iiers in tho British House of Commons.
The father of the British house Of conn
mons is the Right Hon. Charles Pelham
Villiers He is not yet quite SO cd as ths
Earl of Onslow, the father of the house of
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-09
DEAF FROM CATARRH.

sEsE{5saz;4kzB
Z I was the victim of the worst case of
4 Catarrh that | ever heard Of. / was
Sentirely deaf in one ear, and all the in
Sside of my nose, including part of the
bone sloughed off. No sort of treat
ment benefited me, and physicians said,
II would never be auy better" As
last resort took Swift Specific. and it 4
entirely cured me and restored my hear +
ing. l have been well for years. and !
no sign of return of the disease.-Mrs.
JOSEPHINE PoLHnL, DUEWEsT, s. c.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-09

When Baby was sick. we gave her Castoria.
Ehe1 SHE was Child. she cried for Castoria.
when she became Miss, she chung 10 Cas,Oria-
Nhen she had ChIldren. sae gave them CastorsA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-09

Borax should be used TO remove fing
marks from hard wood door Ammon
will take off the varuish or stain.-New
York journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-09

You can't argue with a woman; the best
thing you can do is to let her argue with
you.-Elmira Gazette
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-09

psHes and Yards OF 8DsIey sfs. De
rwesu Ib0ng}zr aye ara f5F-s ~ aud
Branch ysrs1A = IN s0u city. DkGA.
bona Csfy. ~ ffesso ard Nine. OkIzI
"a a 81 TllSEX.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-06-20
ALL SORTS.

Don't delay in doing good action.
Tapley's "Bread Winner outwears all
other shoes.
glove levels all things but does not al
WAYS make them smooth.
ALMOST KILLED. was almost killed by the
doctors, who treated me for bleeding piles. 1t
cost me over 800 without relief. 1 took Sui
phur Bitters for two months, and now I am
well.-Gus Hall, Troy, ". Y.
Does your father keep horses? Well, not
exactly, but he has the nightmare regularly.
PILES! PILES ITCHING IILEs.-Symptoms
MOISTURE; intense itching and singing; most at
night, worse by scratching. If allowed to continue
tumors form, which often bleed and ulcerate, be-
coming very Swayne's Ointment stops the
itching and bleeding. heals liberation, and in most
cases removes the tumors. AT druggists or by
mail, tor so cts. DR.. Swayne Son, Philadelphia
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-06-20
HOW PARIS BURIES IT'S DEAD.

In every great city the poor live by
the worldly vanities Of the rich. In
Paris they die in the same way. 1t is
perf1uities which makes up the bulk
of the industry of the working classes.
The French capital has developed an
ingenious system by which the poor
are furnished with a free burial at the
expense of the ''pride, pomp, and cir
cumstance" which Dives considers his
due on the road to the tomb. One Of
the largest, best managed and most
profitable industries in Paris is that of
the Ponapes Funebres, the gigantic mo-
nopoly which alone has the privilege
of transporting the dead through the
streets Of Paris in funeral style. 1t
possesses undertakers' materials to
the value of over four million of
of business, and turns over nearly two
and half millions Of this as clear pro-
fit to it's accredited owners, the church
establishment of the city, after graf
uitously and decently burying some
three out of every five of the dead as
INDECENT subjects. Each country and
each age have their own fashion of
disposing of their dead, from the Pat
agonian who makes ''lion meat' of his
spouse back to the ancient Roman
with his ancestral urns. Taken all in
all, perhaps there is no more reason
able arrangement than that Of the
thrifty Partisan who manages to have
each disposal of the dead carried out
"decently and in order'' through the
exploitation Of a love of lavish display
in minor portion of the community
One sees nothing of the CHASTITY side
of the undertakers' work in visiting
the vast premises which have been
recently devoted to the use of the
POmpes Funebres, away out in the ex-
treme northeast of Paris, in La Vii
cite. There we found only ''the trap
ping and the suits of VICE." the mate
rails for the funeral decorations and
thefuneral corteges. Take it altogether,
ramble over the establishment is one
of the most interesting sights of the
city.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-06-20

Congressman Hatch is said to have
cured himself of strong taste for Ii
quor ten years ago by adopting Ed
mund Burke's cure-all of hot wa ter.
He drank quantities of it, and thinks
he derived great benefit from it. 1t
1t stimulated him without any of the
reactionary effects that follow stimu :
lation from drinking alcoholic liquors
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-06-20

Various French railroads have offer
ed premiums to induce their employees
to have large families. Beginning
with this year every workman having
more than three children under Is
years of age, and whose salary does
not exceed S4O7 a year, will receive
$3.50 a year for each such child.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-06-20

The Swedish Government is en-
ploying novel cure for drunkenness.
1t consists in combining the patients
and giving them nothing but bread
and wine to subsist upon. The result
is that the patient soon becomes nau-
seated and abhors any Intoxicating
liquor. No water is allowed during
the treatment.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-06-20

Mrs. Swell-Our house is fitted up
with all the improvements, and we
have picture moulding in the parlor.
Mrs. Homespun = Sakes alive! But
your house must be awful damp! To
think of a picture moulding! 1t must
be the paste, I s'pose!
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-06-20

The licensed liquor traffic is an I'M
mitigated curse, a prolific source of
crime and consequent taxation which
falls heavily on the sober, Industrious
farmer. 1 believe the organized wis
dom of tomorrow will do away with
license and substitute prohibition
therefor
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-06-20

''The Japanese people, as whole,
are the most elegant and polite in the
world. This is the result of the Ian
guage; and when mans house burns
up he may lose his patience enough to
give way to some such awful express
ion as:-'There, there!' A Japanese
would never say: Where did you go?'
but: where did you augustly descend
to repair?' or instead Of a brusque
come in would request you to con
descend the honorable entrance In
short. all the people seem to honor
each other rather than themselves. 1t
was a grammar that took me to Jap
an, for was anxious to hear Ian
guage where there was no imperative
mood. no oaths or terms of abuse.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-06-20

Corns and bunions may be removed by par
ing them down closely as possible without
drawing blood; then soak them in warm wa
ter to soften them, and apply Chamberlain's
Pain Balm, twice daily: rubbing them vigor-
onsly for ten minutes at each application.
corn plaster should be worn for few days, to
protect them from the shoes. AS a general
linimeDt for sprans, bruises, lameness and
rheumatism Pain Balm is all that can be de-
sired. For sale by II. c. Pierce, Druggist.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-06-20

My customers have been using Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy for several years and
will have other kind. The reason is, be-
cause it can always be depended upon, is
quick in its actions and perfectly safe.-Dr.
R. l. st. John, Rowland, Mo. For sale by H.
G. Pierce, druggist.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-06-20

More people, adults and children, are
troubled with costiveness than with any other
ailment. DR.. Henry Baxter's Mandrake Bit
tiers will cure costiveness and prevent the dis
eases which result from it.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-06-20

Every bottle of Arnica & Oil Liniment sold
is warranted by the proprietors to give salts
faction or money refunded.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-06-20

SHOW To CURE ALL SKIN DIsEAsEs."-Simply
apply ''Swayne's Ointment No internal medicine
cequired Cures letter, eczema, itch all erup-
lions on the face, hands, nose, &c., leaving the SKIN
clear, white and healthy. Its great healing and
urative powers possessed by other remedy.
Ask your druggist for Swayne's Ointment.