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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-02

THREE ANTELoPEs on A PACK MULE.
came back first we got supper, but we
usually managed TO allow the cowboy 10
get there first, as he was the best cook.
This cowboy interested me He was born
in Texas, and is known as the best roper in
that country, yet he never shot anybody in
his life; he never even shot off his pistol in
town. He told me one day that he had
lived on the frontier so steadily that he
never paid less than twenty-five cents for a
shave
1t was amusing to me TO see him getting
supper with pair of blinking spurs on his
heels ana cob pipe in mis- mouth. He was
a good looking young fellow and as well
behaved man as | ever knew His bust
ness with the cattle was to ride the coun-
try and see thst the herd kept in certain
district. He lives alone during the summer,
and often kills deer and antelope from the
door of his tent. IL milks cow from the
herd and when he went out TO milk morn
ing and evening Brooks and | would do
the dishes, which consisted OF tin cups, tin
plates, and skillets and pans. We had
milk. butter. potatoes fresh meat and
canned goods. The butter was sent NJ
from the ranch by Ms Brooks MoruinA
AMI evening we had hot biscuit, baked N
-Ae oven OF "a sGccJ iron stove.
The three Of u had twelve saddle hors,s
nine Of which ! WAS afraid TO ride. all b.
ing OF the breed known As ''bTonksr Os-e
OF the niue had the habit Of falling ote'
backward every morning two Or three
times before starting OUT: having amused
himself IN this manner, he would gc the
rest of the day peaces0ly enough THIS
horse was known a. Benign. Brooks and
Bell rose him withoar the slightest cgso-
Germ when his turn came. stepping TO the
ground when he went over backward
Sometime he took h--lf dozen falls. ana
sometimes onlT two O. three. baI No oae
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-02

One evening about o'clock a certain
trooper in Matabeeland, south Africa, was
ordered to ride with dispatches back TO
middle drift from the main drift. He had
ridden most of the distance and was can
tering along in the bright moonlight think
ing, perhaps, of his English home so far
away, when all of a sudden a great lion
jumped on the back of his horse and
tumbled him onto the road, and when be
picked himself up what do you think he
saw? Why, one lion chasing his horse across
the veldt and another lion crouching in the
middle of the road looking at him, and just
ready to spring. Happily for him a big
"Wait-a-bt" thorn bush was near, and he
rolled behind it just as Master Leo sprang
at him. He then clambered up a little
tree, and there be sat all through the night
watched by the two hons (the other one
coming back when he found he could not
run fast enough to catch the hOrse) till
daybreak, when they both trotted off, and
ae getting down walked nineteen miles
back TO camp and told US ali about it. The
poor horse was found afterward by search
party horribly wounded but am glad to
say that he finally recovered.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-02

ever rode Benign that he did not go through
this odd performance.
The first business we set about was TO kill
four antelope with which to bait two bear
traps. For this purpose we made trip ont
onto the plains. taking two pack animals
The long ride made me so indolent that
half the time did not get off my horse
when there was game in sight, for we bad
bad luck in getting the wind" You can
always find antelope, but you cannot al
ways get them. They are very shy from
being hunted SO much, and run on the high
ridges, where you must reach them by a
long and tiresome sneak" But about
o'clock saw very pretty sight. Thirty
or forty antelope started TO cross a ridge
ahead of us. Brooks galloped furiously up
draw to get within range and killed four
in four shots, although they were running
at full tilt.
Another remarkable thing was that
he picked out bucks, for no true hun
ter will kill she stock when he can avoid it.
After eating lunch nine miles from water
we started out to set the traps over in the
bear dens, and at 10 o'clock that. night /
finished the hardest days work | ever did
in my life. Even Brooks confessed that he
for was so completely played out that |
dragged myself off TO bed without eating
any supper and dreamed of the man who
had too much of a good time. For three
hours during the afternoon we had packed
the antelope on mule and horse, and a
dead antelope is the most disgusting sight
know Of. | was compelled to lead the
mule, which carried two antelope, and
could not get rid of the sight or the smell
of them. was at sea once, and the only
thing | know of that compares with the
smell OF dead antelope is the smell of
steamship kitchen.
| heard of Il man once who said it was
eowardly to trap bears; he said that the
true sportsman hunted the bear to his lair
and gave him chance for his life This
rule may apply to ducks and prairie chick
ems, but it does not apply to bear. We
hunted industriously all day and did kill
one bear after a chase OF several hours, but
we found it more satisfactory to set two
traps and visit them every other morning,
as fishermen 90 to their trout lines A bear
trap is built OF logs in the shape of the let
ter p. At the apex is placed the bait,
usually two antelope; when the bear goes
in he wonders what he has stepped in, and
finds on investigation that it is a fifty
pound steel trap, with a log attached to it
by chain. One morning when we ap-
preached the woods where trap was set,
the horses showed very marked desire TO
keep out, and would turn quickly and run
back in spite OF spur and quirt.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-02

Finally there was a tremendous roar in
the woods, which sounded exactly like the
roar you near around a menagerie, so we
tied our horses and went in on foot. We
soon came in sight of an immense silver
tip bear, which had the trap and clog fas-
tened to his left foot. He was a male
about years old and very ugly in his
disposition. AS soon as he saw us he
charged at the party, and we ran away, as
we desired to take his picture alive with a
kodak we carried. He was stopped by the
clog becoming tangled in tree, where
upon he stopped and bit himself and
roared in a very fierce fashion. | heard
Bill say, He puts fear in a man all right
enough" but for some seconds | was not
at all afraid; probably the reason was 1
had great confidence in my companions,
who had Winchesters in their hands.
had one, too, but l spent my time III adj
miring the bear.
When the others ran ran, but / always
went as near the bear as any of them-to
look at him. He was the handsomest beast
l ever saw, and the meanest. Once he
came near catching Brooks, who went
quite close to press the kodak button on
him. Every time the bear made charge
the three men leveied their guns at him.
Had the bear got away [ have no doubt
those three fellows would have bored him
full of holes. 1t finally turned out that the
trap did not have very sure grip, so they
called out to me to shoot. The bear was
standing on his hind legs beside two pine
trees trying to climb, so | took rest
against another tree and fired. The ball
hit him back OF the ear, and he sank to the
ground as | have seen pigs when shot in
the brain. He was stone dead in a minute,
when Billy brought up his horse and
dragged the carcass out into a bright spot,
where we took picture of him. The bear
probably weighed 800 pounds and carried
the fifty pound trap around on his paw as
a man might carry a clothespin.
Is bear meat good to eat? l have never
tried it. Wherever you find buzzards in
the mountains you Will find bears; they
both eat carrion. The people in the noun
tains do not eat bear meat, as a rule, and
some of them have never tasted il. Bears
are very fond of berries, but they Will leave
a berry patch any time to eat COW which
has died from disease. And the appetite
of a bear ia enormous. One day Billy
Smith was trying to turn a range bull
away from the herd, but the bull showed
fight and would not 90. Finally Billy
thought 10 shoot a few feet ahead of bis
nose and throw dust in his eyes, but he
hit him in the head instead and killed him.
That night bear found the carcass and
the next day there was nothing left but
the hide and bones. So far as we were
able to judge only one bear had been there.
F. w. HOWE
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-02
The Best Way to Stamp a Letter.

An observer watched a young woman
putting a stamp on an envelope. She
molstened the back of the stamp with hel
tongue and then stuck it on the envelope.
''That's the way" said the observer; do
all you can to send that letter to the dead
letter office. 1t is just as easy to moisten
the envelope and put the stamp on that
way, but nine-tenths of the people whom
know always moisten the gum on the back
of the stamp, and by so doing remove half
the adhesive and leave the stamp in dan
ger of slipping OF the envelope as soon as
1t gets dry. l suppose hundreds upon hun
dreds of letters have gone to the dead let
ter office as a result of wetting the stamp
with the tongue instead of wetting the
corner of the envelope. Besides, the latter
is much the cleaner way."-New York
Times.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-02
WHY Do Birds Flock?

Why do birds congregate in such num-
bers? 1t has been suggested that in early
autumn their food was TO be found only in
limited localities. and they naturally drift
ed there, moved, one and all, by the same
cause. In other words, the upland fields,
the spring holes, the grassy hooks in old
field corners, where they nestled, offered
nothing but shelter, and 10 stay longer
than during summer meant TO starve. The
fact that scattered birds do frequent the
nesting places contradicts this, and the
food found in meadows is not greatly diff
ferent. and often too many gather in one
spot for all TO be fed
Whatever the bird, there seems to be
nothing gained by fiocking and much is
lost. 1t appears to be an lnherited instinct
that once safeguard and delight is now
doubtless asource of pleasure, but directly
disadvantageous.-D c. c. Abbott in
Montreal Star.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-02
Swiss Cure for Cold In the Head.

Camphor is much used as remedy in
the beginning of a cold IN the head. Those
OF our readers who have faith In its virtues
will probably be interested in what is said
TO be the Swiss method of applying it..
The method certainly appears simple and
efhcaclous: Halt ill a jug with boiling
water and into that put a teaspoonful of
well powdered camphor Fashion out of
writing paper funnel, with which cap the
top of the jug. The camphorated steam
should be inhaled through the nose for ten
or fifteen minutes, the Inhalation being re
peated. II required, every four or five
hours II, in spite of its unpleasantness,
the inhalation Is persisted in, it Is SAID that
three repetltIons will always effect cure,
however severe the cold in the head"
may be
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-02
Went Prcpared.

I'm order TO save your time and mine, Z"
said the reporter TO the theatrical mana
ger, Il have written out an interview with
you which / think you will find expresses
your views on current events in the amuse-
ment world in clear thoughtful and
scholarly style"
The theatrical manager read the manu-
script and replied:
1T is highly creditable production.
You may print it just a. IL Is. 1t suits ms
exactly"
by the way" observed the reporter.
"if you have five or six tickets TO spare for
Hamlet | should ike to use them tomoI-
row evening
81 should be glad 70 Accommodate you,
said the manager somewhat eoldly, but
every ticket for tomorrow evening Is sold
In anticipation Of that" reJoined the
reporter, taking the manuscript back and
putting it in his pocket, Il have prepared
another interview n which your views are
not expressed in quite so clear and scholar
Iy a.
Hold on the manager exclaimed, has,
tily- Here's a dozenr'-Chicago Tribune
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-02

He was writing an essay on the beauty OF
home life, and with his pen held suspended
in the air, soliloquized thusly:
There is no place like home''-
Papa" called boy voice at the door,
"will you mend my SIed?"
go away, sir. Don't you know better
than TO disturb me when | am writing
Now that idea is gone and must begin all
over again. There is no place.
1t was wOman's voice this time:
Reginald, the gas is leaking like every
thing and you must see the company and
have it stopped"
There is no place like home" began the
wretched man again, just as Hannah, the
girl, thrust her head in to ask:
Did you order the kindlin's?"
Then he seized his pen and wrote fluent
~ for full five minutes before he gave up
his wild dream of fame. There is no place
like home-fOr discomfort, annoyances,
cold, hunger and every kind of disturbance
on the face of the earth. at the most mop
perfume and trying moment. "-Detroit
Free proCc
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-02
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Ml(Illt Eagle
THE OLD INN.

Red-winding from the sleepy town,
One takes the lone forgotten lane
Straight through the hills. a brush bird
brown
Bubbles in thorn flowers sweet with rain;
Light shivers sink the cleaning grain;
The cautious drip of higher leaves
The tower dips that drip again.
Above the tangled tops it heaves
Its gables and its haunted caves.
One creeper. gnarled to bloomlessness,
O'erforests all Its eastern wall;
The signing cedars rake and press
Dark boughs along the panes they sprawl;
While, where the sun beats, breaks a
drawl
OF hiving wasps; one busy bee,
Gold dusty. hurls along the hall
To hum into a crack. To me
The shadows seem too scared TO fee.
OF ragged chimneys martins make
Huge pipes of music; twittering here
Build, breed and roost. Ny footballs wake
Strange stealing echoes, till fear
I'll meet my pale self coming near;
Ny phantom face. as in a glass;
Or one men murdered, buried-where?
Dim in gray stealthy glimmer pass
With lips that seem u moan, ''Alas!'
Madison Cawein.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-02

Beauty often depends on
plumpness; SO does comfort;
SO does health. If you get
thin, there is something
wrong, though you may feel
no sign of it.
Thinness itself is a sign;
sometimes the first sign;
sometimes not.
The way to get back
plumpness is by CAREFUL
LIVING, which sometimes in
cludes the use of SCOTS
Emulsion of liver oil.
Let US send you-free-a
little book which throws much
light on all these subjects.
ScorT BowNE. Chemists. ~. South 9Th Avenue,
New York.
Your druggis, keeps Scotts Emulsion of cod liver
eil-all druggists everywhere do. s..
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-02

There are rigid disciplinarlans who be
heve that a child should never be per
mitted TO have its own way, even when
that way is a good one, neither injurious
to itself nor disagreeable TO others. Were
theirs the universal rule originality woulo
be totally suppressed and the law of love
become obsolete. Broughtup in the frigic
atmosphere of sternness and constant re-
preston, child may learn TO behave with
perfect propriety, but it is none the less 8
failure, and a pitiable one.-Harper's Ba
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-02
A TRIAL
CUPID yrpc-rorrH EAR

CUPID As JUDGE-yoCTH AT BAR
Cupid-The charge understand. is this
You stole. n your youthful haste,
kiss:
But an lenieut with youth
Confess
Youth-I-yes-thati IS the truth.
Cupid-Aud then. Be brave and tell ne all
YOuth-No lamp was lighted in the hall
And. standing il the darkness, there,
heard q step upon the stair.
] had no tine for second thought,
50 forthwith in rny arms / caught
Ths outlined form which believed
To Be the Gsusei who received
My every thought. kissed her brow
The recollection pains re Tow;
Per hy some tara OF hoTTid chance
] kissed the eldest Of keE azats-
= mad q forts-four-
Cupid Hard fate,
Gro o2-whv do ron Acsiraros
YOuth-An1 ere found tine 20 explain.
That kiss So s wanted tgzrk azzfz
b-t have yon Seen her7 O Sc saints.
>ac's Wri1Slesi -ySiv-sEd s1e paints,
She asEed TOO much
Cupid But Toa must noi
Keep shat yoz 50 wroaEly GOT
Yea must Fetgru r.
Youth Mere.
CGPid-T.etara u 10 asr ty her nsece-
-E.avsl Sect Mines IN LIE
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-02
HUNTING FOR BEAR.
THE AUTHOR OF 1.-THE STORY OF a
COUNTRY TOWN" AS A SPORTSMAN.
His Interest in the Rainfall of the Great
American Desert Leads to Interesting
Observations-A Big Bear in n Trap.
Antelope and Other Game.
Especial Correspondence

ATCIIIsoN, Dec. 22.-Having spent most
of my life almost within sight of the great
American desert, have been much inter
ested in its development and in the theories
of rainfall following settlement: therefore,
during regent trip to the west, closely
watched the country between the Missouri
river at Omaha and the Rocky mountains
For two days Travelled westward on the
famous Elkhorn valley route. and man
living in Sioux county, Neb., which lies
directly north of Deer Trail, in Colorado,
told me that last winter his cattle wintered
on the natural pasture, and that some of
the same land will this year produce good
crops of corn without irrigation. Wheat
In the same country is excellent, and l saw
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-02
Ffr,s Time IN Record

IN writing up this execution" observed
the city editor Won have made an unpaz.
donable omission"
II thought / got all the facts" fall
tered the new reporter
No" rejoined the city editor, kindly but
ARMY, won did not You failed to say
the doomed man slept soundiy the night
previous to his execution. '"-Chicago Tnb-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-02
When a Belt Sims,

A correspondent in The American Ma
chlnist says that one thing which spoils
many leather belts is a habit INDUCED in
by some who claim to be mechanics of,
when belt slips. putting OF powdered
resin, or running for a cake of soap and
holding that on the belt-either one spoils
the belt. When belt slips take it up:
then il it slips put on wider belt, and IN
the end 1t Is money IN your pocket.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-02
New Light on Bunker Hill.

History as she is wrote" receives val
liable addition from the pen of British
female bookmaker. who says of her visit 10
Boston, ave went up TO Bunker Hill,
where is rldiculously ugly monument in
honor of the victory gained by the Yankees
over the English Hitherto il has been
the general impression that after gallant
defense the Yankees retreated.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-02

Matthew Arnold used the expression
sweetness and light" so often and so
felicitOusly that people thought him both
the author and apostle of sweetness and
light" But Dean Swift first used it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-02

Lady Henry Somerset says: ''In loving
service our natures are trained, disciplined
and educated. Expansion of sympathy en-
lightens the mind. and the education of
the heart is necessary TO a woman in full
filling her whole duty 70 God and to man
kind"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-02
Young Men Should Remcmhsr

When YOU buy gifts for your sweetheart
avoid buying perfumes, because any girl
knows what she wants best herself; things
TO wear, because her father has the right tc
provide them for her; stationery, because
she has her own distinctive Style jewelry,
above all, because no man should give q
woman iewelry unless they are betrothed
or married.
Make the gift useful, but not too useful
pretty, but not expensive; impersonal, vet
delicately personal---very. York sun.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-02
A Pretty Tight Squeeze.

Angelina - Oh, mamma, Algernon
squeezed my hand SO tonight that al
most cried.
Mamma-What. my child, from paini
Angeline-No. mamma, from joy
Texas Siftln1E
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-02
Just Is Eatni.

FiEgs-The coVouer's jury found that
Hayrich died from a blow administered by
himself
Diggs-How in the world could that have
BEEN
Hggs-He blew OUT the gas-New Yor1
Herald
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-02
Things Worth Striving For.

Strive 70 keep these things clear: Your
eyes. your complexion, your conscience.
These things soft: Your hair. your hands,
your heart. These things clean; Your lips,
your name, your mind.-Detroit Free Press.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-02

Seven sons of Mrs. keziah Needham. Of
Lewl>ham. England. were at one time
members Of British regiment and fought
shoulder 10 shoulder. she has been com.
peiied 10 seek assistance from the town au
thoriues. She Is the mother OF twenty
children
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-02
A Decided Improvement.

choolboy-Mother, what do you think,
Professor DryasGust told us that he knew
of boy who sheds MS whole skin twice a
year.
Mother-I think there IS one clean boy
in the world anyhow News.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-02

The japanese practice refined cruelty to
delight their palates. They believe that
the fish called the dai is most delicious
when eaten alive. An expert japanese
carver can dexterously remove five-sixths
of the edible matter from its bones without
touching a vital part. During this cruel
operation the fish Is kept alive by wet sea
weed, which being placed over its gills
enables il to breathe
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-02

Every individual Ought TO consider the
hour for meals sacred one. not to be iu-
truded upon 10y any ordinary circum-
stances
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-02

When marriage is contemplated it is but
natural that each party to the contract
should be vitality interested in the real es
tate of the other.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-02
Sorry for God.

A little girl on being asked by her
mother whether she was not glad to bear
that an old friend Of whom she was very
fond had recovered from a dangerous H.
ness, replied. YES, Of course I'm glad,
but still I'm sorry for God not TO have
his own way sometimes. London
Truth.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-02

Cupid -T.etsra u 10 aer 6y her nsece-
-F.Avel Sce.t Mizes In LIE
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-02

Z. r. POWELL. PRIEST q. ". ;ARutER V. Pres
&. 4. FRANK. Asst CaahlsG
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-22
IT Is CHICAGO.

Hill, Brice and German are satisfied ;
they say they did not influence the ac-
tion of the committee, and at the remark
the committee smiles. The st. Paul
and Milwaukee delegations are not salts
fed; as they filed out of the assembly
room they shouted, "We're for Cleve-
land just the same"
Mayor Honey of Newport is for Cleve-
land, too, and he must have rubbed his
eyes when, after he had cast his vote for
Chicago, Mr.. Villas little catechism of
Brice showed him how cleverly the wool
had been pulled over them. There Was
no more interesting incident of the
meeting than the Wisconsin mans
expose of the Hill-Brice-Gorman
combination. "How do you know Chi
cago wants the convention she says she
doesn't?" he queried, and, acute as he
is, Mr. Brice dropped into the trap with
out suspicion.
81 have guarantees from the most
prominent, wealthy and influential men
in Chicago" said he, "that, while they
do not seek for the convention, they Wal
be greatly pleased to have it come to
their city, and will do all that they did
for the convention in 1884," This was
open confession that Biice, Hill AMI
German had the thing planned before
hand. They played their game to per-
fection. Fifteen ballots to keep the
rank and file goodnatured, but sure
thing in the end just the same.
But why has Hill picked Chicago ?
Can't he trust Tammany or is it Cleve-
lands strength in New York he fears?