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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-28
HARRY'S RAILROAD TRAIN.
It Is Made Up of Vslocipede. EXPIRES
Wagons and a Doll Carriage.

It Is Made Up of velocipede. Express
Wagons and a Doll Carriage.
Harry is his own engineer, conductor,
brakeman and fireman. His train is all
made up ready to start
At the head of it is velocipede upon
which he rides when the train is in mo-
ton; for how could an engineer take
the passengers through safely without
seeing the track ahead?
While it is not the usual place for the
brakeman, in this case it IS very con-
venient, because ne can put on the
brakes at the same time that he is at
tending to the duties of the engineer.
The engine must be some new motor.
for, look as carefully as possible, we do
not see any smoke. That really does
away for the need of fireman
The most inconvenient part of having
to attend to so many duties is when the
tickets are TO be taken. Even that is
not so bad. He stops the train. and
then goes back just as all conductors
do, and when he has taken the tickets,
returns to his engine and continues the
trip.
1t is not very long train. Follow
ing the engine is an open baggage-car.
something like boys express wagon.
II is loaded with baggage of various
kinds.
Back of this is another car. similar to
this one, and in it are two ladies
They are no doubt going on a long
journey.
The last car very much resembles a
dolls carriage. in which are two
ladies, elegantly dressed. This must be
a palace-car.
This train has no smoker Indeed it
is not needed, as all the passengers are
ladies'
The track is not like an ordinary rail-
road. 1t is made wholly of stone and
is very smooth. At little distance
one could not tell it from stone side
walk Mrs J. S. Lowe, in Our Little
Ones
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-28
A HOLY PLACE OF ISLAM.
Tho Famous Hadschar-e or Black
NJ

! The Famous Observation-Disclosures or Blacl
Stone, at Mecca.
At the northeast corner of the Kaa ba,
near the door, and four to five fee
above the ground, is the famous Had
schar-eLAswad, or Black Stone. It i:
an irregular oval, says Burckhardt,
about seven inches in diameter, with
an nndulating surface. and seems tc
be composed of several stones of differ.
ent sizes cemented together It i.
worn to its smooth surface by the mill.
Ions of kisses and touches it has received.
The Moslems say it was originally
white, but has become black by reason
Of mems sins. It is surrounded by a
border of cement rising a little above
the surface, and this again by broad
band of silver gilt Burton said the
aperture in which the stone is measures
one span and three fingers long. Burck-
hardt describes its color as a deep red
dish-brown. approaching to black. 1t
appeared to Burton black and METALLIC,
and seemed to him a common aerolite.
with a thick shaggy coating worn and
polished 1t is not improbable that the
stone obtained its sacred character with
the pagans on account of its meteoric
origin
Round the Kaaba is a fine pavement
of granite polished like glass By the
feet Of the faithful. descri hing an ir-
regular oval. It is surrounded BY iron
posts supporting cross rods from which
hang green glass globe lamps which
make faint illumination. Indeed, the
thousand lamps of the court make little
impression on the gloom of night Be
yond the poles is second pavement
eight PAGES broad. little elevated, and
round that another, higher and broader.
The ceremony of Tawaf. or cIrcum-
smbulation, is performed on the inner
oval pavement Of polished granite. It
consists in circling the Kaaba seven
times, calculating the proper prayers
a. the proper points. and kissing the
black stone The first three circuits
are made al quick step pace, called
running, the four latter slowly and
leisurely. Usually IN the Hadj the
crowd shout the Kaabs Is 50 great
that it Is dificult to reach the
sacred stone to kiss or even touch
1t Burton. by the aid OF q dozen
stout Meccans, literally fought his way
through the enraged Bedouins, and
while kissing and rubbing the stone
carefully examined 1t for two inmates.
and decided that il Is big serolite
After that ne repaired 70 the well lem
gem took a copioHs drauEht OF the -
rs n sd 1afr.-~asE
with three skinfu.s OF 1t dashed upon
him in order 20 wash away MS sins Re
dos not saw whether pretense OF prayer
and adors tior IS sin.-Chsrles Dudley
Warner. IN Har0er's Magazine
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-28
CHEAP HOSPITALITY.
How . NORMANDY Mixer Covered the Cost
ofa NsEalfiesas Disn.r.

How NsTmssdv Mixer Covered the Csss
Of a NsEal1ssHs DiBHsF.
A miser. residing In a little town IN
Norm ndy. could not bring himself TO
return the civilities Of his friends. con
sequently, one day bis name waa
dropped from the list 81 invitations
To recover the loss q 80 many
sumptuous repasts. he would have 10
entertain his hosts 10 bis turn, and the
very thought of It completely stag
ssred him. A. last be was struck by =
brilllan, idea. and &c sen: out iis cards
Of invitation. In The middle % n,
banquet, which was on n magnificent
scale. horrible crtss were heard ard
our smphitryoa ran out 20 ascertain
the cause Soon afterwards be re-
turned pale. excited. his hands covered
with blood.
What has hsppened7- exclaimed Ell
the quests
IA unfortunate workman. th- poos
father % a family. has ben run over
just opposite ny do0T,"
And without saying another word.
the miser. obeyinz = generous iznpulss.
Enatcaed up q pla'e. IN which he PLACED
few Louis sna. handing u round col-
lectsd about az hundred francs. ybleh
he asstsns1 % deliver 20 the Interesting
suffer- Next dav. o. making isqai-
ri-z. The gaests found thai The socsdsst
vas a myth invented ~ ts~ mss~r "a
recoap himself far the cost % bta tis-
1-r. --IaEkse Bisas.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-28

sidered an additional token of triumph
TO unfurl on this an-important day.
Vainly did the servant who had fol-
lowed him to the window plead with
him to desist No Master Tad, the
pet of the White House, was not 10 be
prevented from adding to the loyal
demonstration of the hour.
To his surprise. however. the crowd
viewed it differently. Had it foated
from any other window in the capital
that day, no doubt it would have been
the target Of contempt and abuse: but
when the president. understanding
what had happened, turned, with a
smile on his grand plain face, and
showed his approval by gesture and ex-
preston, cheer after cheer mt the arr
1t was, surely enough, the expression
of peace and good will which, of all our
commanders, none was better pleased
TO promote than the conmander-in-
chief
Tad, as he was called at home. was
his fathers idol and constant COM
panion. Scarcely day but he could
be seen trudging along the ceuntTv
iudOS near JAciE summer nome or 4
the city itself, his small figure in com
cal ontrast to the presidents tall lanll
form In these walks they had chats
which were TO the boy as precious
memories His early death was
calamity. for on his return from Eu-
rope he promised everything fine, man
~ and noble his father had hoped for.
A characteristic incident, which he
himself related to the writer. occurred
day or two after his entering, tenn
porarily, foreign school A rather
snobbish young gentleman of rank. not
knowing who young Lincoln was, in
quired, as boys will of each other, who
his father was. Tad, with the slow,
reflective smile which was his sole point
of resemblance to his father. answered:
"A wood-chopper."
'Oh, indeedr was the rather sneer-
ing answer. And for day or two the
high born lad turned the cold-shoulder
to the new boy"
Judge of his feelings when, very soon,
the American lads prestige being
known 10 all the school, he found that
ne had made himself ridiculous. Tad,
however, was too much of a little gen.
tleman not to accept the friendship.
however tardily offered. -Harper's
Xouncy peoDla
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-28
AS 70 BALLOT REFORM


The editor OF the Ashland Journal is
nor favorably impressed with the Aus
tralian ballot system of holding elections.
He makes this practical comparison OF
the present mode in vogue in his town
and county and the much vaunted inno-
walton; 1T costs about $500 to hold an
election in Clark county under the
present laws. With the Australian ballo,
II cost the county in Indiana from which
we came s., Co.,"
The question Of cost is a serious one.
though II the new method accomplished
anything worthy the increased cost of
its adoption that should not, and would
not stand in its way. But. instead of
working reforms IN the matter Of purr-
ing elections OF Irregularities and in OBJ.
waiting veXauous contests and uncer-
families In the results OF elections. il has
rather promoted the conditions. to the
extent OF practically DISTINGUISHING large
numbers OF qualified votes in some of the
states where il has been adopted. Our
elective system unquestionably needs
reformation In some particulars, but the
Australian ballot has not been demon
strated TO be the Sine qua non in that
connection.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-28
A QUARRELSoME PLACE.

In grandmamma's kitchen things got in q riot:
The cream in pot on the shelf.
Where everything always scanned peaceful and
quiet,
Got whipped-for heard it myself
And grandmamms ssid-such queer thing To
say
That IT made some things better to whip them
that wayl
Some bold, naughty eggs, that refused to b
eaten
On toast with their brothers may be.
Were stripped Of their clothing and cruelty
beaten
Right where all the dishes could see:
And grsndmamms said, though the poor thing.
might ache.
The harder the beating, the lighter the caksi
Inc bright golden butter was petted and patted
And coaxed TO be shapely and good;
But it finally had to be taken and spattsd
Right hard with paddle of wood;
When grsndmamma carried tie round balls
away
The buttermilk sulked and looked sour all dsy.
The water declared that the coffee was muddy,
But an egg settled that little fuss:
Then the steak and the gridiron got in bloody
And terrible broill such a nussi
And hatiron spat at grand ma in the face
And ran away from the uuarrelson1e pIacs
Ella Wheeler Wilcox in Wide Awake
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-28

The Garden City school board have
made tender 10 the state free the use
the South Side school building in that
place for a term of years, providing a
state normal school shall be located and
maintained at that place. The building
referred to is an elegant brick structure
and would accommodate the proposed
institution for number of years. The
Santa Fe Monitor says if Kansas doesn't
accept this munifcent offer probably
Coronado will. 1t will be some time
before the latter is ready for that or any
other sort of business.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-28
QUEER nUcAL STONE.
spitefui Act of n NohIsman Endowed with
Scant Nobility.

scant Nobility.
In shady lane near Totnes the at
tention OF visitors is attracted by at all
cross of the finest Aberdeen granite,
which. together with a ponderous slab
of the same material. occupies the cor
ner Of field. On il is inscribed tho
name and arms of the late duke Of
Somerset, with the following extraor-
binary lines at the foot; The twelfth
duke was the Sheridan duke He de-
frauded and nearly ruined the Seymour
family.
This stone was prepared by Trio
thirteenth duke in his lifetime, and was
erected here in pursuance Of his ex-
press directions" 10 appears that
the duke. who died last year, suffered
all his life from an idee fxe concerning
some imaginary wrong done by his pred
ecessor, and the obnoxious maidstone
was refused admittance 20 Berry Pom
eroy churchyard, though a fund was left
in perpetuity for It's maintenance. and
it cost over one hundred pounds ster-
ling
AS a matter Of fact The twelfth dulss
was a man Of considerable talent Tho
Miss Sheridan he married figured az tho
queen Of beauty IN the Eglinton tour
nament, and in no way deserved the as
PERSONS thus cast upon her by this in
excusable act Of posthumous spite Tho
Somerset stone" was visited during
the summer By thousands of tourists-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-28
ONE WAY 10 escape TAX.

1t is announced from Albany that
there is likely TO ensue an interesting
suit under the inheritance law in con-
nection with the Jay Gould estate. In
disposing of his vast personal property,
Mr.. Gould set aside s., 1000, 600 to his son
George, as compensation for services
rendered 10 the testator in the last few
years of his life. The possibility is fore
seen that the recipient of this large
amount may claim that it is non-taxable
under the Inheritance law, because it Is
not left to him as legacy, but is paid to
him as accumulated salary.
The tax or the amount would be fully
$50, 600, sum which the comptroller is
not likely to forego without an effert to
collect it. 1t is clear to see that if Mr..
Gould can establish the no-taxabilitv of
his alleged back salary at his fathers
valuation of his services. all he has to do
to dodge the Inheritance is to call his
requests salaries for scevice Heretofore
unTewarded and fix the rate of compen-
sation high enough to absorb his entire
estate.
The law, as recast last winter, is be-
ginning to work smoothly in all ordinary
cases, but it will have to pass through
The courts frequently for decisions on
disputed points like the behest to George
Gould
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-28

Secretary of State Foster will resign
his portfolio before leaving for Paris.
where he goes 10 act as agent for the
United States before the Boring Sea ar
bitrators, WHO are to meet February %.
The Washington Post says that as only
three weeks will elapse between the
date of the secretary's departure and the
end of the present administration, the
vacancy will not be filled. Assistant
Secretary Wharton will act during the
interim
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-28

In sixteen days, mp to December II,
money orders amounting in total to
about 81 900, 900 were sent to Europe by
the mails, the loving remittance of inn
migrants to their kindred at home.
The highest average in amount was the
Italian, being S27 a hundred thous-
and dollars day tells well for the con-
dition of the workers, more doubtless,
than ever was sent in this way in the
same time before. No better refutation
could be possible of the campaign false
hoods, about gaunS and plundered
workers that were lately as thick as
autumn leaves.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-28
A Favorable Omen.

From the Omaha Bee.
From time immemorial it has been re.
garded as peculiarly favorable omen to
Christmas to fall upon Sunday, while it
is thought an equally unfavorable one
for it to occur upon Saturday. A quaint
old poem of the middle agest: almost IN
prehensible at the present day, by
reason Of its obsolete medieval words
and spelling, alludes to this superstition:
Lor dinges / warn You al beforn.
Yet that day that Cry5te was borne,
Ealle upon a Sunday;
That wynter shall be good par far,
But great wyndes alofte shalbe,
The somer sbalbe fayre and dry,
What chyide tnat day borne be,
A CRETE lord he shaIbe.
YET Crystemasse on ye Saturday faile
That wynter We to be dredden ale
Hyt shal5e soc fulle OF CRETE tempeste
Thatyt shall sic both man and beste.
And chyldren that be borne that day,
Wythiu halfe yere shall dye par fay.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-28
Che dehta Daily Eagle zorlne. Is 1892

laughing stock. Indeed it seems to me
high time that the people. if not the
government, did something both imme-
date and effeetual as a matter of self-re-
spect If not IN self defense. Ii some
thing better than my scheme can be de-
vlsed by all means lei ii be adopted.
am not particularly proud of its paterni-
~ bur believe it will Withstand more
substantial criticisms than Mr.. Jobes
brings forward. S. E. JoCELYN.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-28
TAD LlacoLN's PATRIOTISM.
Why II vasz't Appreciated Cafn His rs
Their lad Appreved OF II.

why II vasa't Appreciated Catn Hi. Pa
Their Eaa Approved Of II.
One OF the prettiest incidents IN the
closing days % our civil war occurred
VIXEN he troops marching home
again passed IN grand form. If with
welI-voru uniforms, and tattsred hunt
ivy. before the White House. Natur-
auy az immense crowd had assem- Ri ~
on The streets. The lawns. porches- bal
couies and windows even those 81 the
executive mansion Itself being crowded
20 excess
\ central figure was that Of the pres
ident, 4 Abraham Lincoln. who, viva
barred head unfurle.l and waved oar
nations flag in the midst OF Tasty
cheers Bat suddenly there vras an
unexpected sight small boT leaned
forward and sent streaming 10 the ar
The hammer Of the bovs IN graz. u vas
an old flag which had been captured
from the contederates, and wiaieh the
urehin. the presidents second son- Tad.
bad an-~sa@l r-n~<s@slaan al ana en-a-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-28
The Church Is Progressing,

From the chicago Interior
TIE church is not going backward. It's
prosperity is measured better by spiritual
than material results, but it is neverthe-
less interesting to know that church
property in the United States has in
creased 621 per cent within forty years.
In 1850 it amounted to S67 600 In
1890 it mad reached 1851, 000,0 00 If to
this is added the immense property of
Christian institutions, such as hospitals,
colleges, publishing houses and the like,
some conception may be derived of the
immense intellectual and moral forces
which Christianity is exercising on the
life of our people.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-28
ri as Jerry.


Hicks bit it to a dot. Away with
Jerry Ruski He can't predict the
weather twenty-four hours after the re-
turns are in. Old man Hicks can sit
down in little old ST. Louis with his
chilblains in shellac and brown paper
and make more weather in month than
Jerry can use in year, and when it
comes to prophesying Hicks can tie both
hands behind him and beat Rusk. And
now let the man who has pull with
Hicks be given a cabinet position with
the explicit pledge that he will keep the
old man in a good humor for the next
four years.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-28

a great deal has been said, the past
two or three years, about farm mort
cages in Kansas, the burthen of which
CAB has been detrimental to the states
good name and credit. But that this
mortgage talk has been to magnify the
true condition has been no less eXasper-
sting than true will not be denied,
though every effort has been made to
contradict the falsehoods and counterfeit
their harmful effects. by publishing the
facts from the records in the various
counties IN the state. And not until the
Indebtedness that did exist began to fall
due and was promptly met with cash
payments, was the prejudice that had
been created against the state success
fully met and dissipated. Now that the
facts Of the situation are understood we
hear no more about Kansas mortgages,
and the matter is only interesting as a
Renaissance. The census bureau has
just issued an extra bulletin, No. 80
which gives a statistical statement OF
the farms, homes and mortgages of
Massachusetts, from which it is seen
that there is a larger proportion of land
owners, and with less debt, in Kansas
than in Massachusetts. vet nothing Is
seen in the prints about the depressed
condition of Massachusetts farmers on
account OF mortgage Indebtedness.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-28

literate the results supposed to
have been attained bv a resort to arms
during the war A loyal Populist in
the senate just now would be preferable
to any kind of a Democrat who would
be forced to do the bidding of a King
Caucus, no matter what might be his
own feelings on the subject-and the
edicts of that monarch in the Demo
cratic kingdom are all prepared south
of Mason and Dixon's line.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-28
EXCHANGE SHOTS.
The Latest Project.

From the Lawrence ltecord.
4 monument to Adam is the latest
project of the managers of that museum
OF odds and ends, the Colu m 5ian exposi-
ton. As a contrast to Columbus the
father of the race deserves this honor.
He lost world while the other found
one. In each case there was a woman
'.in it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-28

Oliver Wendell Holmes who re-
Gently became eighty-three years old.
had the good fortune, the distinguished
homer, as he terms IL. OF being born tho
same year with Gladstone, Darwin.
Tennyson ana Lincoln. The genial
doctor philosopher and poet WIS very
smart" and active when his last birth
day was celebrated. His eye was bright
and MS mind clear. and his SENSE Of
humer as keen as whsn the ''autocrat"
was Young The only literary work
which he now has in hand Is q volum 9
"reminiscences, to which he devotes q
brief part Of the morning. The re-
mainder Of the day is given 20 the en-
joyment Of life and the preservation Of
his health
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-28

Senator Washburn of Minnesota, gives
it as his opinion that the anti-option bill
will pass the senate soon after the as
sembling of congress, by vote OF two
TO one. He also says it will pass the
house by a large majority.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-28

In speaking of the ease with which
Canada could get possession of the st.
Lawrence river in time of war and de-
stroy our commerce through that vast
water-course, Captain Thomas Sharp,
Z. S. A., outlines a plan of warfare on
snowshoes which it is claimed has the
merit of feasibility. The Canadian
forces, being habituated to the use of
snowshoes, can move into formidable
offensiveness before the American forces
could reach the border. AS there is at
present no snowshoe practice in our
military service it would seem to be
worth the while to strengthen our de-
tense in that quarter and keep ourselves
in a state Of permanent readiness for re-
pulse Of otfenseS across our borders. To
some of the land lubbers who footed it
half over the continent through snow as
well as mud, during the late war in the
states, the scheme may sound like
the yerriest folly, but it is as feasible as
the proposition that is being seriously
considered of mounting all the foot
soldiers of the regular army on bicycles.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-28
Toumy's Answer.

A Kansas City mother who was much
occupied in good works, needed rest
She took her children 70 one Of the
southern winter resorts. One day she
thought she would attend a little to
teaching her own little boy at least TO
find out if he knew the catechism.
What is the chief end of mani
The boy answered: The head
The mother laughed, when Tommy
said:
II did not know you were asking me
riddles Wide Awake
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-28

Grated horse Tadish eaten at intervals
during the day and at table is said to be
efficient in removing the cough which Is
one Of the most annoying sequelS OF
,yrippo
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-28
Jerry II Fool 'em, II He Can.

There is suspicion abroad to the
effect that the willy Jerry Simpson is
working the Populists in the interest of
John Martin. He certainly promised 10
do that before the election. And on the
strength OF that promise Martin carried
more than one county Of the seventh
district. But Jerry Will fool John, and
take the plum himself if he sees a
chance.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-28
Kansas Wheat the Favorite.
m the TfvernnoT Milling

The Kansas winter wheats which have
recently arrived here are fine wheats in-
deed, some of them weighing sIx'y-fve
pounds to the bushel, ana have found
much favor with millerS and their
customers, the clear, strong, granular
-four produced from them being
especially popular, having the strength
which is always passport to the favor
of the north country baker.