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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-26
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-26
Liz is TOO SHORT.

Life rs too short fer any vain endeavor,
For useless signing over vanished days:
No time for scorn, no time for needless praise
Life is too short
Life Is too short for envy to be bourished,
For sin to cumber up the path we tread
Think Of the suffering. hear the cry for
bread
Life is too short.
Life is too short for ayarice TO devour
And rob mems souls TO seek its evil end.
No time for bitter thought, you know, my
friends
Life is too short.
Life is too short to waste in tears and griev-
ing
Over the love that came but did not stay.
'Iis sweet TO dream. but dreams, too, pass
away
Life is too short.
Life is too short-forgive and be forgiven.
While yet we linger; everything is brief,
There is no time for idleness or grief
Life is too short.
M. G. Shirley in Yankee Blade.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-26

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-26
A BOGUS BEAR STORY.
Result o. Little Difference of Opinion
Between Two Farmers

SStNSEu 1hO
"Wen, yes, matters are pretty rough out
our way yet" admitted the old farmer
from Montana Still we've made toler.
ably rapid advancement. too. all things
considered. A large part Of the state
which. being outside Of the mining dis
trict. has long been considered worthless
is now devoted to farming and grazing
With the advent OF school houses and
churches and such things the whole terri
tory will assume a new aspect. But lust
now every man looks out fer number one
See that slash across my cheek here's That
was one Of the terms of settlement Of a dis
pute about a number Of hogs owned bE a
neIghbor Of mine 3 couple OF years ago
What did il: \ chunk Of lead.
1T was this wav: | planted about half
my farm 10 corn that year Corn was lit
tie more than al experimental crop cut
there, and J took a great deal Of pains %
give mine a fair show ZeSe Brown. whose
farm was next TO mine. was also expert
menting little, although II another Iine-
He was trying 10 make hog raising pay.
He conrended that old Montana was good
for sonnet hing besides mining and grazing.
and added that If ! raised corn he would
raise hogs 10 eat IL
And he did Matters rno7ed along
smoothly enough until Browns shozts
were about Jvo-shir3s grown Then every
blamed hog developed an appetite several
sizes too large for him. and Brown exp@ri-
suced difficulty in timing Al adequate feed
supply. Finally. IL desperation. he turned
the whole drove laso7e 10 -roo{ hos, o. die.
and the porkezs promptly invaded nv com
fields. / took three Il rs hearty half
day 70 get ta1-e hogs hack ho-1e again.
Zske 81 course was surprised that his I've
stock had broken out, and was prut1se "a
us apologies for the .irouo.e they had
caused But the next week the perform
anoe was permitted without The variation
O. single fea-uTe- grew suspicious thai
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-26

the discovery Of several w1ld hogs IN the
geyser region
Somehow or other Brown charged hts
losses TO my account. He sent word By one
Of the boys that If he saw any more bears
around his place he proposed 70 shoot EN-
at sight ! understood what that meant.
and in the interest Of my health also loaded
FOR bear We met one night Just at sunset
on the old Yellowstone trail 7 saw him
first and sung ont, Good evening. Zeke.'
Good evening. Bill
"As be spoke his arm few mp, there was
a fash, crashing report and the blood
was trickling from a srnar1inz furrow
across my cheek You can see the result O!
that argument yet.
Brown, Oh, T don't know anything
sbout him now His oldest boy IL running
the farm. though. and he manages hogs a
great deal bitter than his father before
him did Chicago Mail
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-26
Pears
Soap

What IS wanted Of
soap for the skin is to
wash it clean and not
hurt it. Pure soap does
that. This IS why we
want pure soap; and.
when we say pure, We
mean without alkali.
Pears is pure; no al
kali in il; no free alkali.
There are a thousand
virtues Of soap; this one
is enough You can trust
a soap that has no biting
alkall in Il
All sorts OF stores sell
IT, especially druggists;
Ill sorts OF people use il
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-26
Literature Too High.

Four thinly clad little urchins wanted to
buy a certain expensive Biblical publica-
tion to present to their Sunday school
teacher, young man who had evidently
interested them good deal
The project had been a month on the
taps, and the quartet, by careful hoard
ing of pennies, were at length able, by
pooling their issues, to announce that they
had one dollar
With it they visited one of the book
stores on Washington street
''How much does yez AK for this book?''
said the leader, pointing to the coveted
leather aud gold volume.
six dollars" replied the smiling clerk.
''Six dollars! Oh, come off yez can't fool
us Say, Will gil We one dollar, spot cash,
and take it often yer hands. Seer"
Cant do it, boys"
who makes them books?"
1.-THE Riverside Press"
'Outen Cambridge 1 took messages
there when l wore the red stripes Well
go out aud buy it there. You can git no
five dollars outen US"
Half an hour later the boys knocked at
the door of the Riverside Press Their
chagrin at learning that literature was a
high priced commodity even at the factory
where 1t was made was too deep for utter
ance.
Despair:ng of being able to crafty their
teachers literary tastes, they essayed to
appeal to the aesthetic and convivial side
OF bis nature. They retired to neighbor-
ing variety store, and soon reappeared,
proudly bearing plaster Venus and half
dozen pix glasses.
They kan keep their book, commented
the leader. 4 guess teacher had rather
have seven pretty presents like these than
that thing, anyway. Boston Herald.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-26
You would not suspect il

You would not suspect it
from the taste; there is cod
liver oil in SCOTS Emulsion.
1t looks like cream it is
like cream. Cream is bits of
butter covered with some
thing else-you do not taste
the butter. SCOTS Emulsion
is drops Of cod-liver oil GOV.
cred with glycerine.
Cream is an easier food
than butter, because it is in
bits. SCOTS Emulsion is cod
liver oil made easy the
drops are invisibly fine; they
do not resist digestion.
VIII you read a book on
it? Free.
.sooTT BOVINE, Chemists, -, South 9Th Aveaae,
Your Druggist keeps SCOTS Expulsion Of eodlIver
eh--4i druggists everywhere d.. S..
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-26
Following Instructions.

Cheshire owns the stupidest man in the
kingdom. He is farm hand and was en-
gagged to pillow a ten acre field. Wishing him
to make a straight furrow, his employer
directed his attention to COW grazing
right opposite, telling him to drive directly
toward that COW. He started his horses.
and his employers attention was drawn to
something else; but in a short time, On
looking round, he found that the cow had
left her place, while the sagscious plow-
man was following her, drawing a zigzag
furrow all over the field.-London Tit-Bits
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-26

A Third ward housekeeper, who an
swered a ring of the doorbeI recently
found young lady on the doorsteps, who
eXcitedly asked, Does Mrs. - live here?"
On receiving an affirmative reply, the call
er eagerly demanded, Are you sure;" The
lady assured her that she was positive
Then the visitor demanded, why does it
say letters on the door then'" at the same
time pointing to the word on the mail drop
in the dOor.-Springfield Homestead
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-26

A story Is told OF a dog whose sickness
and death created intense excitement. The
absent husband was pursued all day with
kilograms, baby was sick, baby was worse.
baby was dying and finally baby was dead
Then came a private funeral Of more or
less ceremony. and afterwaTi baby's mis-
tress appeared in conventional mourning.
1t Is certainly time that toy dogs went
out Of fashion.-New York Times
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-26
ChiCaPo's Shining.

Chicago's shipping is second only to that
of New York. From it the cereals OF
the northwestern states are transported
through Lakes Huron and Erie to Buffalo.
whence they are forwarded to New York
by rail or by the Erie canal Grain in
tended for Montreal may be carried over
the lakes and down the St. Lawrence with
out once breaking bulk, and it is contem-
plated even to run steamers direct to Eng
land.-C. c. Rogers in Scribner's.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-26
Wild Bananas Have Seeds.

Wild varieties Of bananas have been
found in Ceylon. Cochin China and the
Philippines These of course have seeds.
but they are inferior to the long cultivated
varieties. The banana is cultivated by
suckers, and it is in this way that the
plant IL perpetuated indefinitely.
thwaite's Geographical Magazine
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-26
Luck Al.ast she's.

a Yorksbirsmau val spit ia hls right
shoe before putting g Oh. when sg,Hg out
on important bushes. 70 hriHg l8ek and
many an English girl has hem knoxn tn
hang her boots oct q The window On -.
Valentines night for love Iaek-I>oBd,esg
Tit~P--s
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-26

Although something is known about the
speed of birds and animals, there are few
ascertained facts concerning that of insects
and fishes. They rarely move in anything
like straight line, and il is hard TO arrive
At anything more than approximate re-
suits
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-26

1t is said that the biggest organ in the
world, at Sydney, has such great vibrstory
power that it cannot be used TO its utter
most for fear of injuring the building
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-26

London has over $1,000 people who have
no home and no shelter but that afforded
by the four penny Doss House and the
Casual Ward.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-26
FIGHTING OFF A SHARK.

After | got through them | felt some
thing whirl me around. | could tell it
wasn't the current, so | looked around to
see what it was. There was a big shark
off to my left, looking at me. I'd have
given city TO be cut OF his way, but says
l, If | go up he'll bite nae in two, and so |
decided TO stay there. | felt just as if my
helmet was rising up. l suppose it was my
hair. Well, Mr.. SHARK locked at me
awhile. Then hegees round me twice and
a half, and then Tot nay knife cut again
He turns On one side, and could have put
a barrel in his9mouth'easy I knew what
was coming, 50 waited He dashed for
me, and as he came | stepped. one side
shut my eyes and slasRed with the knife
| caught him in his life fer cut his heart
right IN two. ---7--.---5---- -
1opened my eyes and found him living On
the bottom fifty or sixty feet off, the blood
rising from him in bubbles. went up to
him, and then something happened to me,
don't know what. / suppose l tainted,
for l came to with my body leaning against
the sharks, down there on the bottom.
Well, hadn't given any signal to my ten
der, so he had kept up the air supply, but
pretty quick felt them pull three times,
to ask me if was all right. They said the
blood all came up to the top in bubbles be-
fore it mixed with the water.
but, after all, I had my greatest expert
ences in the two years before the war. The
time l went down 16s feet, the deepest l
ever got, was in 1850. A vessel went down
east-northeast OF Point Judith and the
captains wife and daughter were drowned
l went down after them. They talk to me
now of going down 500 or coo feet but l
don't helieva II
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-26
HOW THE PUMP ACTS

'After the first 100 feet the pumps won't
supply man with air, except inside his
helmet Before that it will circulate
around his body. When it only reaches
his helmet his clothes begin to cling to
him and his pores flow out all the water in
his body. 1t is a terrible sensation Now
got down to this vessel and started to
descend into the companiOnway. At the
first step / began TO feel numb all over. 1t
was the pressure of the water above me.
and as I'd been told about it. went back
on the deck of the sunken vessel and
climbed into the ratlines. | hadn't gone
up more than three steps before felt bet
ter. Then | went back again You can
continue this right straight along and 20
deeper each time. When felt numb again
| went upon deck and climbed onto the
rail was all right in a minute, and then
went into the companionway again. AL
this time the vessel was waving from side
to side with the swell under the water
Now, it's queer, but there's something
about bodies under water. you know
that if You went into the cabin vessel
where one was that it would start toward
you, almost as if it were alive? 1t is that
that makes the shock so terrible. You
can't avoid them. They come as if thew
wanted to be taken away. Well. the cap
tain's wife and daughter were in the state
room at the foot of the stairs and had to
open the door. | took some blocks and
braced my whole weight against the door.
/ weighed 2G0 pounds and thc suit weighed
265 more. / knew there'd be a terrible
shock so I Cat q II -aa6v
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a GREwsoAfE MOMENT.

THE door gave way at last and broke
into kindhng wood like a fash. The CON
| cussioR of the water flung the bodies to-
ward me like lightning. shut my eyes.
and reaching out to grab the bodies,
caught the woman's as she few toward
me. | signaled and was taken up. Then
went down to hunt for the little girl !
found she had come out when her mother
did, and fCated under the cabin table.
Why, that table was set just as when the
vessel sunk, and there was food on the
plates at that very time. was pulled up
with the little girl"
Pausing, the old diver began to laugh,
and when asked what it was about he said
it was the air pump. In former times the
pumping had been by hand, but now II
was by steam. he preferred steam, for it
kept up regular supply Of air, When it
was done by hand. if diver wanted more
air they were liable to pump too fast, and
If he signaled this was 50 they very likely
sent 1t down too slowly. He told OF trick
he once played on water pipe boss who
went down to inspect the pipes on the bot
tom of Toronto bay. The fellow was a
tyrsnnical EnglIsEman, and was hated BIZ
all the men Oae day when the boss was
under water a workman remarked that
he'd like 10 shut of The air for awhile.
Mr.. Lit;lefeld said that was wicked. bat
asked the workGen 70 light their pipes
and smoke near the pump, saving that
would do Us vel as shutting OF the az
They didn't ali see why, but they did ii.
A pump sucks up everything IN the air
at its orltlce, and very shortly i was car
ryins down tobacco smoke by the cubic
foot Two minutes elapsed. and then the
boss gave three wild pulls TO be taken up
He arrived at the surface very sick and
frightened out of his wits The first thing
be asked was If the pump hadn't got afre.
Mr.. Littlefleld said he guessed II had. and
ordered man - pour water or the bear
ings- This satisfied the boss. and the men
went into tiSs behind his hack The man
would never go down after that; he said
be thought he had had an attack OF heart
disease ideace Journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-26
STORIES BY A DIVER.
HAIR RAISING EXPERIENCES UNDER
MEATH THE WATER.

A Young Mans Encounter With 3 Wan
Eating Shark-How the Pumps Act
When Man Is Over One Hundred Feet
Below the Surface of the Sea-
Mr.. Edward H. Littlefield, native Of
Block Island, but now keeper OF fish
market Oh Fountain street, sixty-six years
old, was diver for twenty-four years, in
all spent forty years under the water or
upon it, and has tackled wrecks from Lake
Superior to Niagara Falls aud from Maine
to Port Royal He nearly lost his life ten
years ago while getting the cargo out of
the schooner Warren Gage, of the east of
Narragansett pier, and has since that time
preferred to stay above water.
my first experience" said be, was in
Seaconnet river in 1859. hunting for Cap
tain Ben Taliman's son, Jerome. Ii was
in the month Of August, and Jerome Tall
man had been in the water eleven days
They'd dragged for him, but couldn't find
him. | was shipnan for Captain Charles
Herbert, the wrecker, then, but one daT
the regular diver took sick, and as they
had an agreement giving Captain Herbert
$500 If he found the body in three DAYS aud
$500 if he did not, with the idea of working
at 1t all the time, | was picked ont TO go
down. 1t was right off Gould's island. and
Invent down at 7:30 o'clock IN the morning
/ wasn't used to it, so took sick about $50
O'Clock, but got some cid Cognac brandy
to drink and went back about H. The first
thing | saw when got down the second
time was swarm Of bluefsh. l went
through them. and then came lot of dog
fish
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Wichita Wholesale 4 Manufacturing Houses.

The line ss0 n
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-10
IT Was AN IDEAL SUNDAY.
Immense Crowds at Golden
Gate Park.
More Than $4,000 People Scattered Over the
Grounds, thoroughly Enjoying the
Pleasures Of the Day.

The glorious sunshine and the fresh in
MIGRATING breeze OF yesterday drew thou
sands of the citizens out of their homes to
the parks and other resorts in and out Of
the city.
1t was an ideal fall day. The welcome
showers of Saturday night made the trees.
flowers and grass look their very best and
nature seemed reYeling in all its pristine
beauty.
Golden Gate Park never looked better
than yesterday. 1t was estimated that over
thirty thousand people-men. women and
children-were in the park during the aft
ernoon. From 2 to 4 o'clock there was a
constant stream Of people passing in at the
Haight-stTee entrance.
The people were scattered all over the
park, and each center of attraction had a
full complement of visitors.
AT the music stand every available seat
was occupied and thousands HE'D TO the adj
jaeent walks to listen to the band concert.
The place reserved for carriages WAS filed,
every conceivable vehicle being represented.
After each selection the carriages were
driven along the main roadway and pre-
scented stirring and novel sight. squad
OF policemen was on hand TO look after
pedestrians at the crossings and they had
their hands full.
The ehildTen's playground was a pretty
sight. The little tots found plenty Of
amusement in the merry-go-rnund, swings
and other means devoted specially to their
use.
Large crowds surrounded the deer glen
and buffalo park all afternoon The buffalo
seemed 10 take especial delight in having
their big. wOoly heads rubbed, and kept
their heads close TO the fence apparently
for that purpose.
1t WAS amusing to listen to the remarks
passed upon these noble products of the
plains. Young America had an Unsuitable
desire to know all about them, and parents
were often driven 10 their wits end 10 give
satisfactory answer.
The aviary was also crowded and the
children seemed to be loath to leave it.
At the boys backgrounds three or four
and exeitemeHs of youth.
In every portion of the park people were
stretched full length on the green swaTd,
basking in the genial rays of the sun.
One OF the policemen remarked to re-
porter of The CALL: This is one of the
biggest crowds have ever seen in the park
on a Sunday. Two weeks ago we had also
an immense crowd, but / think to-day's
beats IL. Everything has gone on smoothly
and we have had no trouble whatever"
After o'clock the rush for the cars was
tremendous. No sooner did car appear
in sight than movement was made toward
il and almost before people had been able
to leave it, it was filed, and hundreds were
waiting to repeat the same tactics
The Cliff House beach was well patron
lied. and large numbers visited the resorts
across the bay.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-10

similar festivals. but IL was a new thing
here and its patrons were doubtful whether
the San Francisco people would take kindly
to the innovation.
1t was found that the Germans OF this
city sympathzed with the movement, and
the patronage was far greater than even the
most sang uine of the promoters Of the eele-
bration had expected it to be.
The great success of the first celebration
made the German-Amerieau day perma-
nent annual event at once, and In due
course Of time arrangements for this years
festival were made.
1t was decided to divide the festivities
into two parts.
One was TO be q musical, literary and
terpsichOrean entertainment. to be held on
October 9. and the other was in considera-
ton OF it being Columbus year. to be a cell
ebratiOn in honor of the discoverer of
America, two weeks later, October 81.
Yesterdays entertainment was very
largely patroniZed.
WoOdward's Gardens, where it was held,
looked fresher and greener on account of
the rain of the night before. and thousands
Of people enjoyed the invigorating air ana
and rotundas.
The pavilion, where the exercises were
held, was crowded.
A promenade concert by Won der Meh-
dens's Band was the first part of the pro-
gramme.
1t contained twelve weIl-selected num-