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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-24
IN GLOUCESTER HAREOR,
Hard Life of the Fishermen on the Bank.
and the Georges.

Hard Life of the Fishermen on the Banks
and the Georges.
The fisherman's life on the Banks and
the Georges in winter is very hard one,
though they live well on board-better
than on shore. They have to, that they
may stand the excessive cold: and their
pay is like their lives, floating doubt.
The voyage is made on shares From
the gross profits of the catch are de-
Quoted the cost of bait and ice and one
fourth of one per cent. for the widows
and orphans fund One-half of the net
stock" as it is called, goes to the
owners of the vessel, the other half to
the crew, from which is deducted each
mans share of the crews expenses; that
is, cooks wages, water, medicine chest,
etc. They sail away full of hope and
with full larder. Arrived on the
grounds. they anchor in about forty or
fifty fathoms, and set their travis
These are long lines, anchored on the
bottom and extending out from the
schooner many hundreds of yards To
these, at intervals of fathom (the
distance varies for different fish, are
attached shorter lines. These lines
have to be attended in dories, each con-
tanning two men who haul, bait and
land the fish in the boat to be trans
ferred to the schooner. Herein lie the
danger and the hardship, for the strong
tides of the Banks and the shoal water
pile up great combing seas. The cold
is cruel, and the work hard Suddenly
down comes fog, not the soft mist OF
summer or autumn, but thick, heavy
bank, soaked through with the pene-
trating cold of the icebergs further
north Horns are blown from the YES
sci, but every year many dories are
lost One would think that common
sense, if not law, would make each
dory carry breaker of water and pilot
bread; but none do. and either expert
ence does not teach or the fishermen
like such chances, for year after year
comes the same old story of lost dory
and two men starved or dead of thirst
When the fog lifts they are many miles
from their schooner, and are carried by
the swift tides they know not whittier.
Then come days of hunger and thirst;
hands are frozen TO the oars; madness
ha1nts them; and then-death. Some
times they make land or are picked mp
by passing vessel, in which case they
often return before their own schooner;
but that great happiness is rare Then
their vessel, which so gayly sailed out
past the light comes home with her
flag at half-mast- Cleveland Coke,
Ia Century.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-24
A FEW DAYS MORE
AT THE
. ARCADE"

Will those beautiful Dress
Patterns be sold as cheap
as the past week. We are
going to clean them up at
prices that will surely sell
them, and a visit to our
store Tuesday morning will
convince one and all.
While in our store, ask to
be shown those $500 dress
patterns, those $3.50 dress
patterns, those $3.50 dress
patterns, those $3.50 dress
patterns which we take
pleasure in saying to our
customers that they are
raTe bargains, and worth
considerable money.
Wash goods must 60 to
make room for our i'm
mense fall stock.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-24
COUNTY REPUBLICAN TICKET.

For Congreselnan. Seventh DlaIrICI,
CHESTER !. LONG.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-09-23
WILES AND SMILES.

Something new under the soma
patch in his trousers.
Sailors prefer lark on land to a
night in gale on the sea.
"No," said Mrs. De Porque, 1--WE
don't mind expenses when it comes to
our library. Some of the books, l am
informed, are printed from diamond
type"
II am the most unfortunate man in
the world" said Blinks. "Why, |
found five theater tickets in the street
this morning and every one of 'em was
for last nights performance"
"You ortn't to put them pieces %
money in yer mouth, Swipsey," said
the newsboy. "Why not?" demanded
the bootblac<. "'Coz it amt manly.
1t makes We look like n woman ridin
on a street car"
Little Dick-School teachers hasn't
any feelin's at all. Mamma-What is
the matter now? Little Dick-My
teacher borrowed my new knife to
sharpen her pencil so she could give
me demerit mark.
A young man, his eye blnclzened, his
collar and necktie disordered, his coat
torn, his hair tossing wildly. and wear
| ing no hat, was rushing along one of
the streets of the Back bay when he
encountered his best girl. "Oh
Henry" she exclaimed in an agony OF
distress; II know it all. You have
seen father"
There were four of them, all little
girls. They were travelling on an in
bound suburban train and in the ex
uberance of their youthful spirits they
were making considerable noise.
Girls said tho eldest, rebukingly,
"we're cuttin' up too high. Folks'l
think we're Sunday school picnic get
ting back home"
X---was not over scrupulous abou
his personal appearance. One day, v
the studio Of celebrated painter, h
was fumbling in his pockets. 'Wha'
arc you looking for7" inquired th.
witty artist "a pencil. only wanted
TO lot down word or two on m,
shirt cuff" "Scc, here Is bit o
chalk" was the amia5le rejoinder.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-09-23
HAIR AND CHARACTER.

Hair that splits in the ends is a rep
resentation of the owners tendency to
quarrel and have chickering's and differ
ences on all occasions.
Coarse hair shows humble birth
Brown hair as rule, if of the pecu-
liarly fine character that makes it seem
very thin, will indicate good DISPOSE
ton.
If a woman's hair shows much care,
being glossy, well kept and every pin
in its place, you may rely upon it that
she is lady, born and bred, whether
her own or the deft fingers of maid
arranged it.
Black, glossy hair shows treachery;
blonde fluffy hair, weakness and van
ity, and red hair, temper but truthful
ness. The sort of hair known as drab,
the kind so hard TO match and awfully
high priced when one wants a false
bang, reads thus-highly sensitive and
touchy.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-09-23
BRAVE OLD STEPHEN oIRARD
lie Loved Children and Gave His Wealth
to His Country.

lie Loved Children and Gave His Wealth
to His Country.
A famous and eccentric millionaire
was Stephen Girard. but the world
has not yet analysed his character.
In fact very few men in history have
united SO many apparently oontradic.
tory qualities. lie loved children
most passionately and tie sight OF
crippled or miserable looking
urchin would bring tears to his eyes.
His devotion to the United States
never once faltered. and at every re.
verse during the war OF lSl2-l5 he
ground his teeth and. it is said, sword
in his native French. At length he
offered to dedicate his entire fortune
TO the cause, lent the government S. =
coo 600. and asked no interest till the
war closed A rich man who loves
children and is willing to give all his
wealth to his country must have %
deal OF good in him.
His bravery was OF the morally sub
lime order. When the yellow fever
scourged Philadelphia. and the panic
had driven away most Of the nurses
he and Peter Helm worked two months
in the hospital at the most mental
Offices and shamed the faint hearted
into bravery. An afiiction in early
childhood destroyed his right eye and
distorted that side of his face. so the
boys nicknamed him by French
word that might be translated wall
eye" He lost his mother when he
was quite young and his father was
harsh In short he was miserable
lonely child, and fed from home to be
a cabin boy at the age of 10.
The romance of his life came &c
him in Philadelphia where he opened
his first store. He was loved and be.
loved again. She was singularly
beautiful and vivacious; he taciturn.
badly disfgured and eleven years her
senior. For a few years they were
very happy; then she suddenly lost
her health. soon became violently in
sane and lived in that condition thir.
ty years in the state asylum. Their
only child died in infancy and the
sad old man finished his journey
alone. His magnificent charities have
preserved his name for all time
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-09-23
A DOGS GOOD MEMORY.
Ho Makes a Sea Voyage and Then Re-
turns To His Old Home.

Ho Makes a Sea Voyage and Then Re-
turns To His Old Home.
Jack is a common name for dogs
and sailors. yet no common dog is
Jack, but most uncommon sailor.
He is a cross between Newfoundland
and a setter a big. shaggy fellow.
who can put his forepaws on your
shoulders and look straight in the eyes.
Three years ago Jack was born IN
San Rafael. A year ago he made hi:
tirst change of masters and becamet
member OF Grocer Fritz Hauer's fam.
lily on Pacific street San Francisco.
Jack liked his new home and the gro.
GERS children and the neighbours chill.
dren soon became quite attached Ia
him. But Jack was too good watch
dog Tor grocery store and though
he never harmed anyone women and
children were afraid TO come into the
store when the grocer himself
or his clerks were moi
about to tell Jack that all
was right So the big faithful fellow
had to go. The grocer gave him to
First Mate Shaw. OF the bark G. d..
Bryant a vessel that traded between
this port and Honolulu relates the
San Francisco Chronicle Jack was
surely mascot for on the trip ouj
the bark made Honolulu in tho I'M
precedented time of eleven and one.
half days. The captains children
were along. and Jack soon became a
favorite with them and with all the
crew. Failing to get Il cargo OF sugar
at Honolulu the bark went north "a
the Puget Sound country and loaded
lumber. While at Port Hadlock Jack
now ia the Tar-was set upon by
five Esquimau dogs. Though Jack
downed all his foes one OF his fore
legs shows the scar where it was near
ly bitten through. The bark arrived
from her three months trip and an.
chored near the foot of Stuart street.
The next Gay Jack was missing. a
day later having evidently been on
the way twentJ-four hours. Jack the
Tar went into Mr. Hauers grocery.
He walked right up to Hauer. put his
forepaws on his old master should
ers and began licking his familiar
face. Though all tagged out With
his long trip from the boat up to the
grocery store. Jack the Tar was quite
ELUSIVE in his greetings to all the
members of the family and when he
had seen them all and tr ed TO lick
their faces and had wagged his shay
gy tail to his hearts content Jack
marched straight upstairs to the gro
GERS bedroom. jumped on the bed.
| stretched himself out and went to
sleep in the most contented manner
imaginable, like traveller resting af-
ter tedious journey.
OF course Jack was given n hearty
welcome oy the whole family. and he
would probably have remained with
them had not Mate Shaw appeared
and told Hauer that the bark c. ID.
Bryant could not think OF sailing
again till Jack had signed a ticles
for another voyage. Reluctantly
Jack was allowed TO go down to sea
once more AS Jack was taken from
the grocer's for his fret voyage late
at night in a carriage his friends in
the neighborhood think it strange
| that he should have found his way
back from the ship unguided save
by his instinct and his brute faith
| fElness.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-09-23
HELD UP.
A Lone Highwayman Operates on Com
pany Of Bragi.arts.

Lone Highwayman Operates on Com
pany Of Braggarts.
Il was one OF party OF eight
once held up by lone highwayman.
said Z. j. Marlin. bridge contra, IE
TO St. Louis reporter: Il was trav-
cling by stage TO Montana. The
party consisted OF two army officers
a speculator four miners and myself.
The stage haf been held up pretty
frequently, 80 we all went liked for
trouble. Every man had brace of
six-shooters and we were just aching
to have the road-agents tackle
us; at least we talked that way.
We commented very unfavorably upon
men who yielded to the demands OF
tho freebooters without n struggle.
and promised them warm time IL
they tackled ne. One man had little
TO say. lie was the speculator
red headed man with squint Fin
ally one of tho army officers asked
him what he would do If the robbers
attacked us and he replied
that he did not know. AS we
swung around n sharp bend in the
road, tho stage pulled up with q jerk.
the driver threw up his hands and
almost before we knew it. we were
looking into the barrel OF Win
chester Well sir that lone robber
marched us out and stood US up in
line. with our hands above our heads.
Then he threw each man small sack
and made him pull it over his head.
| We oil complied. but one. The red
headed speculator pulled his gun and
shot the bandit SO full of holes that
he died before he could touch tho
ground Then he climbed up knock
ed the driver of the box. and drove
the stage into the next station, with
the most crestfallen lot OF braggarts
aboard that ever wore guns and
neglected 10 use them"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-09-23

IN the first quarter OF the nineteenth
century. when Keats lived his brief
life. American literature was In ity
dawn. and the foremost figure In ~
was that OF Washington Irving. Y
stately aud gentle New Yorker. who's
most charming books then made thy r
appearance. Contemporary with e
ing were several American authors OF
distinction. like Bryant the poet Ban
croft the historian. Cooper the nov
elist and others of familiar name
men OF character as we'll as authors.
and in every way unlike tho vulgar
literary crowd" by which London was
haunted in the time OF Keats Ever
since the days OF Irving and his con-
temporarles the chief authors OF orr
country have been men OF tine quality
and proud nature. We can cay this
OF the American authors OF to-day. as
we can say 1t OF those OF the middle
of the century. and as We Nave said
IL OF those Of the earlier years Of The
century.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-09-23
JUST PeGGED ON.
An Old Man Who Found 1t Hard Work I
Die In Kansas.

Die I'm Kansas.
There died down in the Neosho
valley not long ago a man known for
miles and miles around as Old Joe
Kimpton says the Kansas City Jour
nal Old Joe came to Kansas in
1856. He brought weak lung with
him from the 'ager' swamps OF In
diana but he plugged along and was
ailing of and on for a number OF
years when he was took down"
with lung fever. 1t went into quick
consumption and one OF his lungs was
gone before he knew it The doctors
gave him up and didn't think he
could live through the winter But
he just plugged along and allowed
he pull through somehow.
The children were little tots then
and Joe bought a bunch OF calves
that spring and said he guessed he'd
have them anyhow for the children
to 90 to school on. The doctor told
him he couldn't possibly get through
the next winter and he made his
will. He hung around in the house
and coughed most OF the time, and
the children helped him about the
chores in cold weather. He had his
spells and erybody thought he
would die. but Jos he just plugged
along and allowed he'd pull through
somehow.
The next year and the neyt and the
next he bought calves and steers and
pulled through somehow. Summer
afternoons he used TO sit in front OF
the long. low farm house built OF ad-
dltion on addition, thinking and
coughing. absent mindedly. He was
Democrat and his chief dissipation
was his attendance on the county
conventions every year and the state
conventions when they came. lie got
to be known as IA large cattle buyer
and strangers who saw him would
look and wonder which undertaken
woul get him But old Joe used to
take grim delight counting up the
doctors who had given him up and
who had since died OF natural causes
themselves. Every winter he would
have his spells and every winter he
would tell the doctors between his
coughs thas he would just plug along
and pull through somehow.
He had attended the funerals OF ter
doctors whose bills he had paid foI
pronouncing him beyond hope and
for tiptoeing into the room to tell hizc
they feared the worst lie had bad
| spell the last winter. They said it wa:
the grip combined with the old cough.
but old Joe Elmptoc didn't say any
thing though he took their medicine
with the old reproachtui look. as i
to say the old words. Old Joe wal
62 years old when ne died. Hc wa.
g.. and most OF the time enduring
constant physical suffering. Yet h'
seldom complained. All over Lyr;
county and Morris county where th'
old man was known and lived. h,
is missed. His peculiar case ma.
pass into tradition. and child storie
may grow from it about the kind grin
old man who couldn't die.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-09-23

TIE gardening OF America is dis
tinct from the gardening OF every
other land in a thousand particulars
incident TO difference in latitude at
mospheric influences etc. This ID
why the horticultural books and peri
odicals OF that great garden-land,
England. are OF little use as close
guides in this country. During the
early settlement Of America. our PEG.
pie Numbered along by adopting the
methods and materials in gardening
OF all Europe but by to-day there ha:
been worked out a distinctive Ameri
can system.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-09-23

We are coming to believe in re-
formatorv and restrictive methods OF
dealing with wrong more than in
punitive methods and though no one
thinks that society as now constructed
can he fully regenerated, it is posi-
ble to do great deal moro toward
realizing that end than has yet been
undertaken In ancient Sparta laws
we're made for the interests OF society.
They were severe but they did not
permit liberty which was harmful
to others
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-09-23
only One Freed.

III / understand you. said the
lawyer to the man who called to con-
suit him. your COW was thrown
from the track at street crossing by
a locomotive on the ", Y. and Il.
road. and you want to bring suit
against the company for damagesp"
Yes that's right"
The lawyer made a memorandum.
valuable animal | presumep"
Purity good COW. Hadn't no bad
tricks. Good mixer.
What breed?"
Il don't know"
you don't know? Was she badly
injuredp"
BADLY iniuredp Why she was
killed deader'n mackerel!"
',And buriedP"
Course"
why didn't you say sop exclaimed
the attorney. impatiently. There's
only one breed of cattle in cases o
this kind"
And he made another memoran
dam: Breed Jersey. Value $3.50.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-09-23

FLoRIsrs have made many ihefect-
ual attempts to produce green roses
Some years ago a statement went the
rounds OF the papers TO the effect that
an eastern florist, by the use OF chem
ical fertilizers had produced roses
with green petals but the report was
never verified. A green rose would
be ofno value were it produced. The
beauty of rose lies in the difference
between its color and the plants
leaves and green roses would scarce
ly be distinguished from so many
leaYeA
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-09-23

TIE conservatism OF lifelong farm
ers is proverbial. No need to caution
them to be slow in making consider
abe changes. But there are many
new men in the business and to them
the breeding and hold-back straps
are sometimes as useful as they are tc
the inexperienced everywhere. When
a new departure Is male it should DC
on small scale at first with close
following OF the old methods as re-
CARDS the mass OF farm work. Ir
that way. If the new venture does not
pay ~ expected nobody will bt
seriously hurt
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-09-23
NICE BY THE MILLION.
They Furnished Feast for Dogs, Cats
Owls and other Animals,

They Furnished Feast for Dogs, Cats,
Owls and other Animals,
During a fine moist summer when
grass and flowers were abundant
mice increased to an abundant extent
in La Plata, so that everywhere in
the fields 1t was difficult TO avoid
treading on them while dozens oil
them could be shaken out OF any hOl-
low thistle stalk lying on tho ground.
The most incongruous animals
swarmed to the feast which they pro
vided. Dogs lived almost entirely
on them rs did the domestic fowls
assuming the habits of rapacious
birds. The cats all left the houses to
live in the fields. Tyrant birds and
cuckoos seemed to prey on nothing
else.
Foxes weazels and opossums Jared
sumptuously and even the common
armidillo turned mouser with great
success Storks and short-eared owl:
gathered TO the feast so that fifty o
the latter birds could often be seen a
once and they got fat and bred IL
the middle OF winter quite out o
their proper season. in consequence
The following winter was time o
drought the grass and heritage haC
all been CONSUMED or was burnt up.
and the mice having no shelter
soon fell a prey TO their numerou
enemies. and were almost wholly ex
terminated. The Naturalist
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-09-23

The people OF 1892 may have ships
made OF who knows what9 and pro-
PEELED by forces that even Edison or
Tesla does not know anything about
We don't know what kind OF ocean
ships or air ships they will have
Nobody knows. But we all know
that each generation smiles or laughs
at the things of previous generations,
without ever thinking that unborn
generations will smile at its things.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-09-23

into the hand OF the head waiter and
whispered: Put me at the table
d'hote next to the duke o Blank" In
the evening he found that he was
placed at the other end of the room
from the duke. and called the head
waiter to explain. We'll sir" re.
piled the official. 1.-The ia is that the
duke gave me two sover5igns to put
you as far from him az pJsslble.n
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-09-23

SOMETIMES we think it would be a
good idea for the medical profession,
as we'll as for the public. il doctors
had rank according to their expert
ence. achievements aud attainments
as officers in a well-regulated army or
havy have and if such rank had to be
borne as conspicuously by the doctors
as it has to be by the military and
naval men.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-09-23
A shower of Toads.

At Limerick. Ireland in 1927.
Wyatt records a shower of small
live toads" As late as four years
ago, June. 1888. there was such a
shower at Wexford. r. l.. when
thousands of lively little toads tunbled
down during the prevalence Of a
thunderstorm.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-09-23

powder can. and now l don't know
which is the baking powder and
which is the plaster Husband
What do you want TO doP IL want
to mend lamp" well you can
only try experimenting" "Of course.
Why didn't | thing OF thatP will
make two sponge cakes and put one
in one aad the other in the other."-
purlS
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-09-23

~ MORAL beauty comprises two dis
tInct elements equally but adversely
beautiful-justice and charity respect
and love of men. He who expresses
in his conduct justice and charity. ac-
composites the most beautiful OF all
works The good man is in his way.
the greatest Of all artists
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-09-23

IN Kentucky the public school
teachers are not paid fixed salary,
but receive so much for each pupil
This plan has one good effect that oil
stimulating teachers to secure schol-
ars. and thus extend the benefits OF
education. but some have been found
making false returns.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-09-23

TaE sleeping car is provided with
about every luxury that can reasona-
bly, be asked for excepting fresh air.
and now it is proposed to provide that
without extra charge. This is prog
ress in the right direction.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-09-23

Pro-. Milne. OF Toxic records a
dense storm OF yellow dust which sud-
denly covered tho deck OF vessel
ninety-fve miles from NagasakL ia
pan. which is upward OF four hundred
miles from the coast OF China The
dust WIS so fine that though COM
posed OF feldspar quartz and few
shreds OF plants. it did not affect the
ewes. and had not the deck been COW
cred with it might have been mistaken
for a peculiar yellow fog. Yet u
seems to have extended for nearlS
Two thousand miles and to have como
from the 'looss' plains OF China.