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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-04

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insanity are so frequent of late and
their manifestations SO strange that
they form an interesting study. Hav-
ing added that a very peculiar case in
terested him greatly few weeks ago,
he was induced to narrate it, which he
did as follows:
One of the most pushing and growing
of our western cities has recently put
tn a very excellent system of the over
head electric railway, and as it is some
distance from the larger cities the super
sntendent has experienced some diff
Guilty in getting men competent to take
charge of the cars.
Those acquainted with the overhead
system are aware that pole holds the
little trolley wheel against the wire
strung above, and this connects with
the wheels and the track and furnishes
the motive power whenever the cur
rent is turned on. By turning with the
crank in an opposite direction the mo-
ton impaired to the wheels is reversed
and the car will run backward.
While beginners were being taught to
turn on and off the current, reverse
suddenly, handle the brake properly
and run the cars, application was made
to the manager for position as mo-
tor-man. The applicant was stranger,
but claimed to be man of experience,
and as he showed thorough knowledge
of the business he was engaged.
He proved to be attentive, careful
and cSpa BILE, but no one liked him. His
fnil fo-1l ~ eel;
him, because he held himself aloof from
them, and he soon became known
among them as ''the car" because of
domineering ways.
Among the boys hanging around the
car-house, as in all such places, was
tough little specimen of the street
gamin called Billy, who was about
twelve years old, but who had
become thoroughly acquainted with
the rules of the company, the
manner of running the cars, the times
of the various runs, and the hours of the
various men. He was around the pow
er-house at all hours of day or night,
and soon came TO know more about this
wonderful fluid or mysterious force and
how TO handle it than anyone con-
nected with the business. 1t was the
JOY Of his life TO get with some good
natured motor-man out on a subur ban
trip and obtain permission to run the
car short distance. This he had done
SO often out on the Woodland Heights
line that he was, so far as that line
was concerned, as competent motor
man as there was in the service.
Billy and 1.-The car" had no use for
each other, and the former was never
found on or around the latter's car.
Several weeks ago, Billy was out in
one of the parks on the Woodland
Heights line late in the evening. and
was having great sport fishing, as be
had stolen his way into the park with
some fishing tackle concealed about
him He was playing in hard luck"
however. as he expressed it for the
proprietor caught him and contiscated
his entire outfit. With the Characters
tic light-heartedness of boy, however,
he consoled himself with the reflection
that he could ride into the city on the
next ear, as his special chum would be
the motor-man.
AS soon as the next car arrived, with
several cars attached to il in order TO
carry the ia-ge crowd back into tie
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-04

The Asid ION TIE barre j--Jais novel
q just too interesting: 7 shall stay In
this romantic spot until fnish g.
THE reSaer may see noshi1y funny
about this speech. and IN ,hla respect.
be Is very much Ike Br1~n, who Rad
SIGHT seeinsion unsIsr the barrel sshcs1
the maid hove IN sight Puck
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-04
HOMEMADE PLANT PIT.

It Can Be Successfully Heated by Proper
ly Arranged Openings
A correspondent Of Popular Garden
ing a few years ago gave al idea that
in many cases might be found decided
ly useful: as viii be seen it is = pit sunk
the depth of cellar. II this is kept
warm by proper openings 10 other
heating would be required In VERY
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-04

'.HsTe zen suvttstrz sor fsse ti1is r-soro-.
Ing. ma6z4ay- asked nnnyTT Hlgg11s 81
Hrs Gsznders-
Yea hare = nscc e1ke
20. thzzk yop vsEy rs1eA-
Bat l4s tramp fed when sAe han&ssd
hl1a cake ci hc@2--BsDoklyn Lie.
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"If you please, Mrs Covenhoven, !"
said child, presenting herself before
baek-door neighbor, mother wants to
know if you viii be kind enough to lend
her that bowl full OF sugar that you
borrowed and forgot % return tae other
dayr-IudnA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-04

''T0a eidn': get = prize - school. {
understand" remarked Louis father
No. sir. sad Lsoask. '+fhers Nss ssasy
one prize ard thirty boyx. snd ss2s
one Of lie tweutv~nine thai gyst lefs
wasn't b!i sesflzh- 7--E2rp~Ts Yoa5x
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-04

Ia - tS~ei S=sef 81 g-zessse.
la-s3sg seq zaoS = a.
Al - G5Y eoz1s .. ssszoss~
IL sure Esd 80 Ia azz
Bst ers 8 Tsss ss@si sa4gs yos -.
= a-sEfl@s wassaefs9 ses.
W. sorsH TsS - szoasrzs so ztxH.
TEzs really y1a ~sos'f ksoz-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-04
A Household Martyr.

Wife-Here / am roasting myself to
death cooking you nice steak. and you
making fun of me.
Husband-I was only laughing. my
dear. to think what an easy thing it is
TO be burned at the steak.-Texas Sift-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-04
A New Version.

o, for the wings Of dove,
Just for wee little week!
To 90 and exhibit myself,
And make big Pile as freak
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-04
Plenty of Elbow Room.

Ranchman's Wife-Drive over and
bring our daughter in. You'll have TO
hurry, because supper viii be ready in
an hour.
observation-disclosures is she?
Ranchman's Wife-She's swinging on
the front gate.-N. Y. Weekly.
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<(eAN4

lots of big plants like figs, aloes, ole
anders and similar plants could be nice
ly wintered and be capital plants for
the garden in summer. Indeed place
OF this sort could, for very little mon
ey and trouble, be made that would
winter over a very large number of
plants. To do this would not need a
temperature of over forty-fve degrees
artificial heat.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-04
-Bulfnch-"How are Nagaedat and

Naturalization are Nagaedat and
his wife getting along together"
Wooden-"Oh, I don't know; what
makes you ask?" Bulfinch-"Oh, moth
ing; only when they got married they
had one of those notices: God Bless
Our Home in the sitting-room: and
now he has it up in his smoking-room
with: AS Far as Possible written IN
derneath it. Boston Courier.
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did I understand you to say be
was a moderate drinker?" Il didn't
say moderate" l said modest He
never drinks unless some one asks him"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-04
The Revised Version

az like Mr.. Dolley well enough" said
Miss Blocker, of New York, 'but he
talks through his hat"
Eyes" assented Miss Emerson, OF
Boston. ''he is somewhat addicted to
the practice of conversing through his
chapeau. Judge.
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Wichita Book Go.

'sal- was Millicent Palmer Bsndmann.
from whom he obtained a divorce q
short tiEe ago.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-04
GettO McClung Boot and Shoe Go.

n n 81. Wichita,
he
sold Wholesale exclusively
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-04

YOUNG physi-
clan remarked
recent / Y t h a t
exhibitions of
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A man with a grown daughter! All Mil
lersburgh wanted him, but he wanted all
Millersb bnrgh-a drugstore. hotel, resi-
dence. But no one would give him so
much ground, and so without unpacking
he went half a mile farther on and
the same day staked out "city"
and named it after his daughter. Flor
ence. MilleTsburgh was never any account
after that 1t fingered along, and,
believe, still fingers on the railroad maps :;
but for 20 years not even Cbinaman has
inhabited it. Florence became the first
capital of "Idyho Territory"
The queerest place for gold In the
world. And such queer gold PERHAPS
a mile square would have covered nearly
all the gold field. OF course, l mean
only this first spot, on the south side
OF the black mountain. "Warren's dig
gings," Boise Basin" and dozens of other
camps came afterward in the line of dis
cOverles and were not so unlike other mines.
But this first great camp was unique.
For example this beautifully bright gold
which locked like wheat on thraShing
floor was entirely too bright. 1t was full of
copper. and coined less than half its appa-
rent value.
Many good man lost his fortune in buy
ing this dust and bringing it TO San Fran
cisco to be coined. Its real value was less
than $40 per ounce!
1t lay almost entirely on the surface; the
soil only few inches deep, the bedrock a
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"Dah-ya?

rotten and even granite; the grains of dust
all about the size and form Of grains of
wheat.
The first few months the more fortunate
ones weighed their gold only on butchers
balances, disdaining the ordinary miners
scales.
Did you ever hear of Baboons Gulch ?
My! That gulch had a little green carpet of
grass on 1T, and old BabOon rolled up that
carpet, and then heapcd up the gold that
lay beneath 1t on the rotten granite bed
rock as if it had been wheat on thrashing
fOorl
Poor old man: he had always had hard
time in California. He was hideously ugly,
having had his jaws crushed some way in
the mines. His real name was De Boon-a
Frenchman; but the boys had twisted his
name around to fit his distorted face, and
so it was "0e Baboon.'
And what time he had in getting his
gold out! Filled his gum boots and hung
the boots across our express ponies, while
he kept close along behind on foot with
q shotgun at full cock. Dear old
Baboon! He divided up with lots of
the boys down at Lewiston and sent them
home happy. One man with wife and lot
OF children, entire strangers to him, he
turned back to Oregon, giving the man
gold enough 10 buy big farm.
And then ''Old Bab0on" bought grizzly
bear. took it back to the States and turned
it lose in his dooryard. And they didn't
call him Babo0n after that.
JOAQUIN MILLER.
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sea, which showed itself by the water boil
ing up all around US and the vessel trem-
bling all over like tree vibrating in The
wind. We had also bit Of a chase after
an English trader. which our american
prize crew took for SLAYER, but found TO
be bound for Europe with palm oil. But
one thing occurred 10 the advantage of our
owners, l don't know why, but ! suppose
the commanding officer was talked over in
some persuasive way, aud nobody standing
by TO hear the argument finished. Instead
OF going TO Boston, as we had been ordered,
we dropped anchor at Norfolk, Va, and
that made all the difference for the owners.
At Boston condemnation would have been
sure and certain. in spite Of the fact that
we had no manacles among our equipment.
In TACT, we had not had time to get man
acies. But az Norfolk we had the ben
eht OF the public opinion OF a
slave State, and SO the court looked
upon our voyage as a very doveiike enter
prise IN the direction OF honest commerce,
and the Julia Dean was returned 10 her
owners. | suppose they had enough TO
grOwl at for they lost a good deal
by the failure OF the trip. Had
they got cargo of slaves they would
have been run down to Cuba and sold to the
planters. l have often wondered how they
managed to square il with the prize crew,
but it was lucky for them they did not get
into the hands Of the Boston aboitiOnists.
That knocked me out of the slave busi-
ness. and that | believe was the very last
voyage made in it by an American vessel.
When the war broke out | was in another
kind Of e-blockade-Tunning in low
lying, fast steamers, which had come out
from the Clyde, and were the very craft 10
show their heels to any of our cruisers.
Why, We thought nothing Of skipping
through the feet lying off Charleston The
bloCkade-TunueTs could steam Il to 16 knots
an hour, and that was a long way ahead of
any speed the men-0f-war could put on.
But we took no chances about being caught
by the guns of cruisers. We kept out of
sight until night came down, and when We
with every light out or concealed, and moth
Even the binnace was covered over with
canvas, and only little hole left in it to
peer down upon the compass. The hulls
were all painted gray, and we steamed along
silently almost within hailing distance of
the cruisers.
On one of the runners ! was on we worked
into Charleston while the firing was going
on upon Fort Sumter. The shot whistled
harmessly over our heads, but none of it
was aimed at US, aud We were soon out Of
danger.
Perhaps running the gauntlet of contested
primaries is as much adventure aud excite
ment as Mr.. Franklin at present cares
about, now that he has arrived at years of
discretion. He has an opportunity of study
ing the phenomena of such events in one
of the waterfront districts notorious for the
elasticity and vehemence of its political
WTangles
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MAN.OF-wAR ALONGSIDE.

the wars OF Queen Bess. Anything that
way was considered good enough TO trade
for black human flesh.
One night while we lay at anchor down
came thick fog, in which we could not see
a fath0m ahead of us, and when that fog
lifted IN the morning we had q sight that
warmed US properly. There close along
side of US an old American slOop-of-war,
the Nincennes, had crept up, unseen and
unheard, and we were fairly c0rnered. We
had our anchor down and could not bulge.
Ii we had tried TO slip cable we should have
been 0Yerhauled or shot at and compelled
TO heave to; but if our sails had been full
and all ready, l believe we should have
made the effort TO run to sea, for the Julia
Dean could almost beat any vessel and had
nothing 10 fear from a slow-going craft like
the VIneennes. But we only knew our
predleament when 1t was too late, aud you
bet we all looked blue when we saw the
boats OF the sloop-of-war drop from the
daVits and pull alongside in a jffy. Our
captain and the SpaniaTds wore an express
sion OF innocence on their cOuute-
nances about as placid and serene as they
could muster, but bless you these fellows
know better than TO take soft professions for
gospel, and down they dived into the hold
and turned over everything for proof that
we were nigger-hunting. The rum gave great
satisfaction TO some of the men. They fell
foul of it and were soon in rollicking con-
dltion, quite transported beyond notions Of
discipline and likely TO catch cTa6s when
next they had the oars in the rowlocks.
However. their hilarity did us no good. A
guard Of marines was put on board and the
rum was hoisted up by block and tackle and
confiscaied. We had no hand irons on
b0ard-nothlng beyond the rum, beads cali
Goes and muskets to show what were our
marauding intentions, but putting one
thing and another together, the captain of
the Vincennes concluded we were lawful
capture and put a prize crew Of 80 officers
and men on board. The officer placed In
command young fellow. who was ordered
to take the julia Dean to Boston, Mass.
aud We all went back with her as prisoners.
most Of Us, Of course, only for the purpose
of giving evidence.
Nothing Of much consequence happened
on the voyage. We had an earthquake at
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than election battlefelds, and when ia tho
mood TO be talkative. which generally is the
case when he meets a friend, he can reel Of
yarn Of adventures In early life as thrilling
as IL be was the hero OF a dime novel. One
o. his early experiences was on board slav-
eF perhaps the last of the American YES
sells engaged in the negro trade. That v0y-
age was unfortunate and young Franklin
saw nothing OF the hardships Of KIDNAPPING
negroes. In fact instead of puckalowing
Africans for the sugar-cane plantations OF
Cuba the crew were puckalOwed them selves,
and were brought back TO the United States
as prisoners. But the yarn had better be
given by Franklin himself.
About two years before the secession
war, said Mr.. Franklin, / shipped as
cabin-boy on the bark Julia Dean, very fast
sailer, which had register tonnage Of 100,
and before this voyage had been engaged in
the fruit trade between MentOne, on the
Mediterranean, and New York. We went
after another kind of fruit this time but, as
we found out, the cargo didn't pay so we'll.
From New York We went down to Charles
ton, S. G., where we laid in lot Of agusr-
diente, or Spanish rum. the proper COM
modify with which to barter for blacks. We
shipped an American crew OF sixteen hands
and We had an American captain and two
officers, but in addition We had Spanish
captain, who was supposed to be passen-
ger, and a Spanish supercargo and steve
dore. They really were the owners of the
bark. Besides the fiery water In the hold
We slowed away quantity OF barrel slaves,
which could easily be Knocked together into
barrels Any body would conclude that
these slaves were wanted for Water-easks,
but as asnothng fell out they were not need
ed. or course, the officers said nothing TO
show what the object of the voyage was.
We gave out in the NEST assuring, innocent
manner that we we're bound on trading
voyage along the African coast for palm
oil and ivory. and anything else not contra
band useful for a cargo.
Well, VIC got away from Charleston un-
suspected and made for the west coast Of
Africa. We put in for short time at the
Canary Islands. and then we reached the
coast and kept along it at distance Of 10
or 10 miles. The natives came off every day
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in canoes, bringing fruit and fish, which
they offered TO trade. l enjoyed the run
down the coast very much-the land looked
so beautiful and all was so pleasant, except
when the fogs came on. never could un-
derstand why there should be so much bad
weather there, but suppose 1t is owing to
the fogs which come off the land. The
next time we dropped anchor was at Cape
Elmira, which was then a Dutch settle
ment. Here we hoisted over the side some
Of our rum and obtained In exchange a
quantity Of beads and fancy callcOes and
prime old muskets, warranted not to be
dangerous except to the bold people who
fred them. That was another light
on the kind Of cargo our owners
were In search Of; bur, as cabin-bov,
knew pretty well what was the intention,
having my ears open to the conversation
which went on at the table. Once we were
chased by an English ketch, a topsail
schooner but she was no match for US in
sailing qualities, and after pressing on can
vas for eight hours we dropped the English
man clear out Of sight BIT our time had
come, fast as VIC were, and it was something
that bOwled every body over with downright
surprise. We made for Cape Coast Castle,
an English settlement, and here we parted
with more rum and added 10 our stock of
beads, gay-coloTed calc0es and antiquated
muskets which might have seen service in
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"old Baboon" leaving the mines.

All Indian names, with scarcely the tra-
ditional exception, throw accent heavily on
the middle syllable; thus Dakota, Iowa,
Sh0-ShO-nee, AlpOlg.a, Pe-td-ha, I-dd-hO
O-md-ha, and so on.
know the new, or rather the old and
proper pronunciatiOns may strike you as
strange and awkward at first. but say them
over dozen times or SO and you will begin
to see how much softer and sweeter Is the
sound of Idaho than IdyhO!
Say it over and over again and see how
much sweeter Is the sound of O-md-ha, as
LOngfell0w insisted on pronouncing il, than
0my-hdto. Or TO put the matter to test
more clearly, take Dakota and pronounce
il Da-kO-tdWi
Indian names is probably centuries older
than any rule to be found governing our
Saxon nouns, from DR.. johnson down, and
1t Is folly to despise it.
Thirty years ago Ike Mossman, now OF
Oakland, and l rode pony express from
avoid robbers. Our strong, swift ponies
kept the old Nez-per-ce buffalo trails with q
precision that seems remarkable to tell
They never missed their footing; never
once lost their way, even In the darkest
nights.
Now these buffalo trails we're not made
by this beast at all. There never was a
buffalo west of the Rocky Mountains,
although you may read about them In
books of travel and see them in pictures, in
the circus, tO0-all over the continent. But
the trails, centuries old, worn so deep, a
dozen or so side by side, that we always
wore heavy tapaderos to protect our feet
were made by Indians going to and return
Ing from the annual hunt On the head
waters of the Missouri River.
The first 40 miles of this tortuous line OF
trails was over high. open and grassy hills.
with great round black mountain to the
right as we galloped on toward Or0fno.
the sun burst full into our faces almost at
the same point each morning all that hot,
hard and toilsome summer-a sudden and
feTvid sun. And so /: was a great point
to get over all the open ground possible and
into the pine woods before the heat ef the
The morning call., 1892-05-22
A NATURAL INQUIRY.
The Question Suggested by the Stories
of Veteran.

New \ ork Times.
z bright little boy, whose home is 10 a
neighboring city, numbers among his adult
friends Grand Army veteran whose name
for storytelling purposes may be called
Rose. The boy had listened eagerly and
with absorbing interest to Mr.. Roses de-
Seriptions of the battles that he had helped
to fight during the war of the rebellion.
The story-teller, although not braggart,
had the true storytelling instinct, and he
did not forget to mention the con-
spicuous part that he took in the various
battles. The conflict of which Mr.. Rose
loved best to talk was the battle OF Gettys-
burg. 1t was in that conflict that his
own prOwess shone to the greatest advan-
tage. AS his own recollection ran, he took
such an important part in that fight that. in
the imagination of his impressionable young
listener, his personality dominated the his
toric scene. Not long ago the boys father
took him TO see a realistic panorama of
Gettysburg. The boy was all eyes and en-
thusiasm. He scarcely heard the terse de-
scriptIon that his father undertook to give
him OF the famous battle, but after feasting
his eyes upon the scene. he turned to his
parent and inquired: ''Pa, is this the place
where Mr.. Rose worked"
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move. he must continue to play until his
opponent can move.
8. Should both players persist in making
a set Of moves that give neither any ad-
vantage, and bring the game practically to
a standstill, either may call for an account
ing. and the one who could then reach his
goal in the fewest moves. if there was no
obstruction, wins.
Law needs no explanation.
Law is provision against blocking the
game By surrounding checker and keep
ing it from being moved, after all its fel-
lows have reached the king-row.
Law is to prevent the possibility of n
drawn game. III, for instance. each player
has placed all his checkers but one in the
opposite king-row, one player might per-
slst in simply ObstIucting the other without
any gain 10 either. unless lie could be called
TO an accounting.