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Their Conversation Was Brief, but 1t Had a,
Awful Import


Their Conversation Was Brief, but 1t Had an
Awful Import.
Detroit 7ra5unel
The husband stood before the mirror with
bis face screwed into horrible grimace He
was shaving himself. The wife fingered at
the opposite side or the room with her mouth
full OF pins. She was Just finishing her toilet
MN -ump," observed she.
"Wsh- aw-ah-oo, m m" lie replied.
The husband took a new twist in bis lips in
order to stretch taut his cheek and facilitate
the work on hand. The wife removed one pin
from her mouth and put five more in its place
Boe-r-soo-r-r N -ump," she proceeded, with
careless air.
"R-nt-nt, N ump," he promptly rejoined.
There was moments silence, during which
time the fire cracked in the crate and the lace
curtains rustled gently. The wife was the first
to speak again.
Er-ah-m nm" she remarked, with some
animation; sh-ow-m-ump."
"M-ump," quietly answered he
The lady, standing there in her statuesque
beauty, hastily elected the pins upon the table
aud stared in evident astOnishment.
=" And you consent without mnrmur," she
exclaimed az last, and her eyes swan with
tears of Joy.
The gentleman, proud in the consciousness
Of strength, suddenly pulled his face into shape
and stared likewise.
Consent TO what?" he weakly demanded
as if with foreboding of evil.
To my having a new sealsllin. / had no
idea you would say yes so soon. o, yon dear
old darling"
She threw herself upon his bosom and got
some soap on her nose. He silently acquiesced,
but remained in fitful, moody abstraction for
hours like one who has sustained great and
unexpected blow through no fault of his own.
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NOS. 137-8-DrAAroNps.

I. A letter. 2. A sleeping place. B. A town OF
TransyIvani 8. Relations. 5. giver. s. A pass
ofthe Penninc Alps !. Dried on a metallic plate.
8. Crowded. 0. Hurt. (Obs) TO- A color. H. A
letter. MACK, Fresno, Cal.
1. A letter. 2. A cistern. 8. EneompAssed. 4.
Called. 5. The fiat cap worn by Roman Catholic
eccesiGstics. g. A division o. the cclaces iucadng
the right whale 7. a class OF parasitic worms
8. Clear. O. Held up by leading-strings or By the
hand tObs.) 10 The upper af;ermost corner Of q
fore-and-ait sail. II. a letter.
j. Z. W, Boston, Mass.
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entered the Pacific Busi-
ness College. and after one
years course at this insti-
tuition was granted q diplo-
ma. For the last nine
years he has been book
keeper for n prominent
firm In Gan Francisco. MIR.
A brahnm's first step into
the Mystic Arena was
through Crow Quilts"
IN the San Francisco ChroH-
iclc. To this department
he gave bis first original
puzzle, in lS7G-a numcrf-
cal based upon the name
of his birthplace. From
this date the bonds Of the
mystic sphere grew, and
be row feels IS il he could
never release himself from
its grasp, so strong are the
ties.
Dir. Abraham contributed
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No i16-CuAPsDE

FrRsr SECOND oH the old Gamp-gFound
In troublons days now long since pGss,
o, may this Nation ne'er be found
Again in wars mad clutches fast.
ONES constitution broken down
BY dread exposure TO the rain
OF heaven and carths artillery.
Was evidence 10 his mind plain
That he some other means must find
Whereby To earn his daily bread:
Wherefore cunning scheme his mind
Devised, which stood him in good stead.
But. lest some ruthless hand might steal
The product Of has brain away,
He must, with uudiminished zeal,
Lave it ENTIRE without delay.
ZENITH, Rochester, y. z.
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NOS. 434-5-DIAMONDs

l. A letter. 9. An island of Asiatio Turkey g..
society. 4. A specimen. 5. Commitment. g. A
book composed of material gathered from other
books. T. Leaping. 8. Wharves extending from
the shore. 8. Bestows in abundant manner
10. Hebrew measure of liquids. ii. letter.
SPHINX, Boston, Mass
l. letter 2. One OF the Cape Verd Islands. g.
A village of France in Lore-Inferieure. 4. The
watery vapor arising from newly drawn blood
g. One OF an order of elasnobranchs. q. Around
the notochord Z. fruit petrifed. 8. A piece OF
defensive armor. 8. Plants of the genus Zizyphum,
TO- To be in a careless, state. IL. A letter.
HAL HAZARD Baltimore, Md.
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Johns Song logged Her Memory.


"John," said loving wife, az wish you
would sing two or three lines of song for me, {"
"What on earth do you want me to do that
for?"
There is something / want You to bring
home and I've forgotten what it is, but think
I'll remember it if you sing"
The good-natured husband complied and
the charming wife said:
! remember now. It's file want"
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NOS. 431-2-pIAMoNDs.

/. A letter. 2. A kind OF stockaded intrenchment
3. Hills a. Variegates. 5. A genus of polypetal-
ing illuminating gases 7. A genus of perennial
herbs 8. A sculpin. 0. A fragment. (Obs.) TO-
A bristle of barley. FL. A letter.
SAMMY SNUG, Somcrvile, Mass.
/. A letter. 2. Mothers. 3. Plants of the turnip
kind. 4. cup given a prize TO tile victor in q
race. s. A fire. backed pheasant. q. One who
covers walls with paper hangngs. 7. One of sect.
g. An orthodox Mahometan. 9. A fountain at
the foot of Mt Arganthus. (Smith.) TO- The unit
of value in Japan. II. A letter.
--GuIDoN, Washington, D. q.
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NEW PUZZLES.-NO. 40.
NO. 427-DECAPITATIoN.
tn RnrniInrH ]

NO. DIFFERENTIATION,
10 BarnydrdD
Play on, dear child. and will ONE mine eyes
And listen dreaming to thy fiuting clear
The years roll back-Apolos Tyre hear,
Beside Maeander meath clear sapphire skies;
Amid the brown reeds Marsyas' notes uprise,
The contest and the fatal hour near.
The dark haired Maenads wait i'll doubt and fear
For loving Marsyas-now his last strain dies.
Fair-faced Apollo strikes his lyre-a hush
Fails on them ALL and when his dying note
We TWO in silence and the MUSES. cry:
Apollo, thou last won !" the visions fly
For from thy flute did Marsyas' music float,
Apollo's Tyre is yon brown, bright-eyed thrush!
BEECH Nut, Newburg, n. 7.
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and solved regularly 20 the leading puzzle depart
naents and papers until 1881, when business duties
crowded puzzle work aside. In lSS! he was elected
Corresponding Secretary of the Golden Stale Puz-
Zlers' League" and in the subsequent year was
made mem Der Of the Credcntial Committee. These
offices lie held until The Leagues final disbandment
in 1856. At the reorganization under the name OF
X wiz Klub" in April, 1880, he elected Secre-
iary hcinc. reelected for three succeeding terms,
and holding the Office at the present time.
Mr. Abraham has q warm spot i'll his heart 10.
Puzzedon, it having been the means OF making
for him hosts of friends both personal and CORE
spending. IT affords him much pleasure to READ
letters from distant puzZcrs. These he preserves,
and they will always be instrumental iii holding
old memories should he at any time be compelled
to sever his connection with the mystic fraternity.
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NEW PRIZES.

seribner's Magazine for May WI! &c given for the
first niplee list.
Two bound books will be awarded by lot among
those sending more solutions 10 this issue,
who have "a prize In this department:
within the last two months.
CO. Answers. sOivcr5 and prize-winEer will be
given in six weeks.
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NO. 430-CHARADE.

don't care FIRST for your gooseberry pies,
Or the puddngs delicious you iaud to the skies;
All that you can mention, know cannot beat
Our Polly's fine ToTAL-a wonderful treat.
Hurrah for our Polly! Long, long may she reign.
The hearts of her hungry retaiuers 10 gain;
May her joys be rs thick rs the SECONDS we see,
And her dark days THIRD as her crusts ever bs.
She's fair, fat and forty; but, whisper it low.
IT'S her LASTS that endear her to US, don't you
know,
And we'll keep the right side of Polly tits CLEAR
AS long as the FIRST SECOND season is here.
VIOLET, Davenport, Iowa.
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Memorial Day Exercises.

For the benefit Of Posts and Corps sending
in applications for Memorial Day exercises, in
which the young people and children can par
ticipate, 1.-THE Memorial of the Flowers" and
Guarding the Flags" have been printed in
neat pamphlet form, and are ready for distri-
button from The NATIONAL TRIBUNE Office,
al % cents apiece
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NOS. 429-9-DIAMoSDs.

l. letter. 2. English Admiral. b. 1873. 3. Span
ish priest, d. 1918. d. Exaits. 5. Mitigating g..
Secretary 7. Diminished. g. Arterializes. 8.
PerpendcuIars. TO- quid II. letter.
ALEXANDER, West Gray, Me.
l. Aietter 2. The rock dove. g. Balls of thread.
4. Celebrated in song. 5. Was wastefnl. 6. An
artifice opposed to another Z. The act of cleans
ing. g. A ringworm. 8. The duyllerbok. 10. To
put IL. A letter.
-ARCAEUs, Iowa City, Iowa.
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Unlimited Credit.

LtaOGk J1uTH1t
Merchant regret that / can't have these
goods charged, IS ! don't know who you are.
Mrs Mcter-My husband is the plumber who
is repairing the leak downstairs now
MeTchaat-l beg your pardon, mSdam- Your
goods viii be sent homo at once.
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no. 433-TRANsPosITIoN,

ITO NyaS.)
He studies Hydrologic lore
And ONE TO study it much more;
OF TWO fire. worshipers he knows
All that their records will disclose;
Reads, in his helerodox divinity,
The THREE of India's mystic trinity;
In Egyptology takes part,
Has Thoth and Pasht, and FOUR by heart
Now. all of these might do butO
He dreams of ancient Mexico,
With deities whose names, l fear,
Would give one FIVE to speak or hear.
M. &. s., Springfield Ill
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Teacher-In China criminals arc frequently
sentenced TO be kept awake uctiI insanity and
death results. Now how DO you suppose they
keep them from falling asleep?
Little Girl eldest Of a small family guess
they gives 'em baby to take care Of
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and all the boys in the neighborhood is 'er
gwine."
This was in 1862 and the first time the good
old lady had heard of the war. But the con-
script mill kept grinding on and on for months.
10 be continued.
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A Foreigner.
VI III

Mr.. Vonderkase-Vy you call me foreigner,
Ell? no more foreigner dan yourselis."
Mr. NcCork-Hear tn shpalpeen? Anyone
moight think he'd been born in Oirand
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JOHN BULL
and Ills HOME,
characteristics Of Our English Cousin
as Observed by Our Special Cor
respondent.
LIVERPOOL. ENGLAND. April %.

obtaining such q
large population as Eng
land does, one naturally
expects to find it one
vast, cultivated garden.
Yet nothing could be
further from the truth.
Here are found in abund-
ance vast estates the like
of which cannot be
found in America away
from the great plains of
the West. These estates,
ranging from ten to a
hundred thousand acres
in extent, are presided
over by the landlord in
almost royal state. They
are held By entail and
are passed down III fixed
succession in the same
manner as "a crown. Per-
mission to sell must be
obtained from Parlia-
ment, land that is granted
only in extremely rare
cases. Many landlords
are land poor, and would
be glad to dispose of
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MYSTERY.

tChoioe original contributions and 5outionssolio-
tied from every reader OF THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
Write puzzles side of paper, apart from
other Communications. Address everything per
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, Washington, d. C.l
NOTICE: Our authorities the International
Dictionary, Lippincotts Gazetteer and Phillips
Biographical Dictionary. Words outside of these
books must be properly tagged. Definittons fol-
lowed by asierisk tf) found in the Una
bridged Dictionary.
"Quiet. calm delibcration
Disentangles every knot"
THE GoSDoLIERs-
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PRIZE WINNERS.

j. Nix, Washington, d. c.
2. Assero and Elijah, Philadelphia, Pa.
3. Kate K. Collins.
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The latest fad is TO turn the back of the
piano away from the wall and toward the room.
If the performer could now be induced to turn
her back 10 the piano all would be well.
The National tribune., 1892-05-05

Mr.. Abraham was born on Dec. 80, 1854. at
Moore's Flat, mining town i'll Nevada County.
Cal. 10 September, 1869. he removed to San Fran
CISCO where he has since resided. After gradual
Ing from the Lincoln Grammar school In 1850, he
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The Proper Time.


Teacher-What is the proper time to gather
apples?
Pupil-When the big dog isn't in the
orchard
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fD ex-RQbQl'S
War PeeoIlQ0tioDS.
More About The Workings Of the
Rebel COGscript Act.

HOSE who read my
first article in this
paper Will bear in
mind that the con-
script camps had just
been established, and
various subteTfuges
were therefore resHrted
to by those who wanted
TO evade what they
termed the great OPP
preston /; also by this
time there was passed
by the Confederate
Congress at Richmond,
or if not passed, was
greatly agitated by the
Southern papers, q law
cxempting the owner
of so many slaves from
military duty. But
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Complete Lists: Sphinx. Stocles, 10 Mullins,
Alexander, Assero Eittah Xiphias Horizon,
Zenith, Z T. Did. Damon, Il. Yer, Phonog Ko
Rect, +. Aitchell. Mrs. G.. 2. &c.
Incomplete Lists: Urania; Il. %. Chester, Lucille,
Nyas w. ID. j., HeiantI,,is, Rosebug. Ben Trovato.
Memo C. Lam, Nix Mediker. EOlleby, Mack. As
piro, e. Whizz, Merry Mack, Harry. Pat Riot,
Odoacer Kate X. Collins, T. Lucy Date, Junius, t.
Hiniser jock O'I.antern Ellsworth, VIII L. Smyle.
ii. G. S.-29 Total, Al.
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T.. T. Lee Monticello. ILL.,: The General Mana
gers of the grand Reunion and Encampment of the
surviving cid soldiers North and South 10 be held
ut Chicago during the Worlds Fair have decided
that there will be only flag wave over that En-
campment be used by those attending it. and
that will be the Stars and Stripes of the Union.
The meeting will be great National volunteer
greeting between the old soldiers who faced each
other on many a weil-fought field ard will be at-
tended By thousands North and South who love
peace and good will to the whole country. and eli
will he welcome underneath the folds of our Ma
aI harp
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SOIVERS.

Authors of above forms A. r. Holt, Hal Hazard
Alexander, Arcanus, and J. H. W., respectively.
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PENNSYLVANIA.
WISCONSIN.

c. X. Pier, Secretary. Milwaukee: IAt a joint
meeting of members of the lst Wis. three months
and three years., held at Madison during the
cent q, A. K. Encampment. 1t WAS decided to hold
a Reunion of the survivors of the two or2ani.a-
tons at Milwaukee Garden, Gu the old Camp Scott
grounds, July 2. Future notices and copy of all
future proceedings including historical roster, per-
sonal "reminiscences and incidents of camps and
campaigns will be sent free 10 all members whose
addresses with company and service, are furnished
to the Secretary.
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OHIO.

The 9th, s9th. 43d, and 63d Ohio (Fuer's Ohio
Brigade) will hold their annual Reunion in Masonic
Hall at Piqua o., at 10 o'clock a. N.
The survivors oftbe old Rousseau Brigade
quested to meet nj Pqua May H. 1892, with the 1st
Ohio Association at its annual Reunion, and to send
their addresses 20 w. W. Peterson, Secretary,
Piqua, o.
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Wheat in this County looks fue Prospect
for good crop.-R. C. GARNEs Coronado,
Wichita Co., Kan.
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The prospect for Fall wheat in Lafayette and
Saline Counties is good. Z. NEwKIEK,
Blackburn Mo.
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IOWA.
MIEHIGAI
MISCELLANEOUS.

John Dean, Litchfield: Reu
Litchiield June 81. Send add
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ABE ABRAHAM.
" MERRY MACK. "

Di5entangles every knot"
The GoSDoLIERS
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NOR sAAz:-PowerfriI Field Glass Cost $50 for SO
4 Address Post Es0x 3srs. CINCINNATI Ohio.
Mention The National Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-16
a PITIA BILE CASE.
something Should be Done in the Interest OF
Alice NcCormack.

something Should be Done in the Interest of
Alice Mccormack.
During the past week or two there has
been a young woman in the city named
Alice Mccormack whose condition is GER
tainly sad enough to appeal to the heart OF
somebody who has the power to assist her.
She is young woman % or % years of age
whose mind Is certainly too much impair
cd tc permit her to take care of herself ia
the streets Of this city for in the streets she
Is living at present. At nights the police
find her lodgings in some boarding place
while she depends upon the generosity
OF strangers TO get her meals. She ap-
peals prlnclpolly to the officers for a dime
OF Two TO get something to eat with and
usually gets it. While there is no doubt
that she IS mentally unbalanced neverthe-
less she Is not dangerous, although she is
Ilaoie TO become so at any moment. She
was IN terrible rage last night and was
hunting everywhere for gun to kill some
imaginary person. This was the first
time she was seen in a rage while here,
being usually very gay and jolly She is
very much given to talking and is not very
choIce about what she says either
While she affords merriment to MANY
and Is not especially obnoxious vet the
streets and public houses of Wichita are not
ht places for her considering her weak
ness and she should be taken care of by all
means by the authorities. She claims she
has friends at Newton, but if she has they
either do not care for her or else she is
beyond their control The latter is prob |
ably the case from all indications. She |
was IN the asylum once and it would be |
much better for her if She was there now. |
large majority of those who know her |
reat her decently, because large major
ty OF the men of Wichita are decent. but |
here are some scamps in this town as well |
Is everywhere else who have no respect for
themselves or compassion aud sympathy
or the afflicted and unfortunate.
She should be cared for at once at either
uollc or private expense. for her condition
5 truly pitiable. More so than even the
verage man who knows her can estimate.
Mess he is thoroughly acquainted with
er true condition
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-16
CHRISTMAS IS COMING.
Many Indications That the Holiday Season Il
Near at Hand.


Near at Hand.
A large number of people from sur
rounding towns were in the city Yesterday
shopping Evidences of Christmas mr.
chases were on every hand. Nearly every
one met on the street carried bundles
from the stores and on all the street cars
Were seen packages, many of which were
large enough to crowd the platforms and
| doorways, while about the depots and ex-
| press Offices all was hurry and hustle with
the employees handling the usual large hol-
| Iday shipments.
On street car yesterday coming down
town were half IA dozen young ladies' going
shopping The fact that they were going
shopping was easily learned. They were
talking of it when they got on the car and
Kept on talking about what they were
going to buy until the street was reached
where they got off, and, womanlike, thew
all talked at once and named so many ar
ticles that bill clerk would be lost in try
Ing to list them. Among them were
dressing gowns easy chairs, slippers,
smoking sets and cigars, while other arti-
cies mentioned, and evidently classed as
expectations, were diamonds, gloves, silks.
urS' DOCKS, pictures, and from a young
miss came the whispered word piano.
But what a different scene was wit.
messed on the other side of that same car
A lady poorly dressed, evidently a widow,
was talking to the lady beside her about
Christmas presents too, but with the ma
ternaI love light shining in her eyes as she
looked on the two children on the seat
with her, and who were just old enough
to begin to talk of Santa Claus, said she
feared she would hot be able to buy much |
Tor the darlings Christmas as it took SO |
much to buy fuel and pay rent.
Many farmers were making Inquiries at |
the railway ticket offices about rates and
ne departure OF trains. With them their
busy season is over for awhile and MANY
OF them are going east to spend the holt
days at their old home. 1t is their an
nual recreation.
The stores are all filed with holiday
goods, attractively displayed and the
merchants are enjoying good trade. al
though the rush Is never expected until
the last two or three days before Christ
mas.
The charitably inclined people of the
elty-and Wichita has many of them-are
already looking about them to see where
needed kindness can be extended at the
season Of the year when all hearts should
be glad and many poor street urchin.
who now looks longingly into the windows
d the well filled shops, will not be forgot
.en when Santa Claus arrives.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-16
THAT DOODLE DEPOSITION.
Inc Latest Now Is that Confession OF Guilt
Has Been Made.

The deposition of John V. Mofitt pub.
llshed in the EAGLE yesterday morning,
charging seven members of the council of
1917 with corruption IN office, in the mat
ter OF the Jasperite paving deal. was the
topic or discussion everywhere about the
city yesterday They talked about it in
the courts. in the hotels, on the street cor
ners. in business houses, and even at the
opera last night. Many of the councilmen
were spoken to on the subject, but no one
seemed TO be willing to talk very much for
publication, but expressed their intention
of having something to say when the case is
no for trial. When that time arrives the
people may look for some startling disclos-
ures. 1t will be fight for "barl" of
money and everything will be done to
bring every fact bearing on the case out.
There Will be some surprises, it is evident,
If the sly winks and knowing headshak-
lngs OF the gentlemen interested in the
case count for anything. The latest is that
one Oh the councilmen who Is alleged to be
IN the $4,000 "divy" has made full con-
fesslon under oath and that it is under
lock and key and adequately guarded.
VINO this one is there is no means of know
ing. The indications are that there Is fun
ahead and lots of it. An Associated Press
dispatch from Chicago yesterday after
noon gives the denial statement OF Con.
tractor Wilson, which is as follows:
CHICAGO, Dec 15.-Robert Wilson, the
contractor, charged with having brbed
the Wichita city council, is member of
firm of Wilson & Thatcher of
this city. Wilson denies the truth of the
story told by Mr.. Mohitt on the witness
stand at Wichita
Il have never received a cent of money
to be used in purchasing the members of
the city council in Wichita" said he "and
SO far AS know there has never been
cent paid TO any one. The contract for
paving rs, Geo yards on Douglas avenue
was given in March, 1890, at the rate of
81 % yard and the property owners refr1s-
ng to pay for the work, | brought suit to
recover the money.
The testimoney given by Moflit was in |
'hese suits. The only connection / ever |
lad with Mofiitt was the employment of |
colonel James Hallowell, my attorney, on !
rs suggestion. Hallowell was Jerry |
simpsons opponent for congress in 1890 !
md he used 500 paid him for election
expenses, / beiieve"
1t was also stated yesterday that two of |
he councilmen failed to get their money
rom Wilson, having neglected to use the
recautIon OF securing it before they voted.
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Up AT Valley CENTER


VALLEY CENTER, Kan, Dec. Il, 1892.
Editor Daily Eagle.
The people Of our city were last night
treated 10 an entertainment by Miss Opal
Street of your city. snd it would be an in
justice 70 the young lady TO pass uanouc.
ed, such al evening of pleasure as she
afforded Us. Although the evening va.
cold and roads very G>d, good audience
greeted her and the opinion Is general that
this was the beSt entertainment OF the
kind ever given in our city. Mis-, Opt.
possesses rare ability as an eiocutionarv ar
list The naturalnes5, gracefu!uess and
innocence of a child, combiae with
splendid expression render her a most
agreeable entertainer and If she ever comes
to orr city again she will be sure OF a cur
dial welcome