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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-08
LOST HIS GAME.
4 Farmers Experience With Wolf Sup
posed to be Dead.

4 Farmers Experience With a Wolf Sup.
posed to be Dead.
Ben amin Hammond, one of tho early
settlers of Paris, Maine. used to tell a
story of the times when wolves were
common in that neigh borhood One
winter they were especially. numerous
and troublesome. He set traps and
caught five OF the brutes. The pelts
brought fair price, and there was also
small bounty paid.
One winter afternoon I went out &c
inspect my traps. and found the fifth
wolf caught in them He was big
fellow and ugly enough he showed
his teeth and leaped fercely at me,
coming within three inches OF nv face.
! procured club, and after struggle.
succeeded in laying the old fellow ont
l had hurt my right hand in the scrim-
mage, and decided to lug the carcass
home and let my boy assist in the skin
ming.
/ seized the animal by the hind leg,
swung him 10 my shoulder, and started.
had gone bout half q mile when
heard wolf snarl behind me. / looked
around, but couldn't see anything. and
went on again. Pretty soon heard the
same snarling noise close behind me
Jumped, and turned quickly. for was
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-08
Table Decoration.

When flowers are not to be had IN
abundance, a suitable decoration for
both house and table for a Thanksgiv-
ing feast may be had by using oats
wheat or corn for the nsntels, over
pictures, and on dinner tables II
.ern Is used. both the husk and corn in
the ear, as well as the tasseled stalks
are very effective Autumn vines and
scarlet berries may be used with them
The decorations should be tied with
huge bows Of satin ribbon in orange or
scarlet Fancy gilt baskets may be
dsed on the table 70 hold the lunches
,f grain. Scarlet peppers give fine
touch Of color and are used with good
effect-Chicago Inter-ocean-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-08

A short, stout gentlemen, completely
enveloped in an overcoat and a heavy
shawl, walked through the gate at the
Broad Street Station the other evening
and proceeded to the sleeping car at
tached to the night express As he en-
tered the car he coughed slightly, ana
instantly six or seven men frowned
deeply at him.
Dropping his grip to the floor and re-
moving his shawl, the man dived into
his pocket and producing his ticket
said:
Gentlemen, we may as well have an
understanding at once. Here is ticket
that / bought and paid for. II gives me
the right to ride as far as Pittsburgh In
this car and in this car am going TO
stay l have got a frst-class cold,
know, and with it goes loud, hoarse
cough and that settles it. / thought
would let you know this in the begin
ming TO save you the trouble OF growl-
ing after we get started That's all"
And he made ready to get into his
bunk.
He coughed at intervals all night and
1t is safe TO say kept every body in the
car awake; but whatever their thoughts
may have been, not one person uttered
Q word -Philadelphia Press
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-08
rUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

-Clymer-"After all, society is boil
| low thing!" Cooley-"You don't seem
able to get into it.. though. ''-Life's
Calendar.
Your assistant appears to be prac-
| tically useless" "Yes, he's infected. :"
with what?" with the idea that he
is indispensa ble."
-''Woman's voice is best adapted to
the telephone, they say" $50 l have
heard She seems to find plenty OF
other uses for it, though. "-Indianapo-
lis Journal
Now isn't that perfect picture of
the baby?" asked Mrs. Noopop, display
ing new cabinet photograph. 81 don't
think'it is replied Noopop 81 don't
hear sound. "-Harper's Bazaar.
"A Head Line -He-"Whenever I
nave cold it is invariab bly, cold in the
head" She-"Exactly. Colds always
fly to the weakest part of ones body,
you know" Sudden collapse of the
subject. Comic
What was the most successful fun
eral you ever saw?' We'll. think the
best attended one was that of man
who had spent nost of his life practic-
ing the cornet with his windows open"
Kate Fields Washington.
The St Louis Girl. What would
you do if you were in my shoes?" asked
the perplexed Chicago girl of her st.
Louis friend. Change them for a
smaller pair" was the consoling reply.
Detroit Free Press
No Occasion To. Miss BECKER (of
New York)-"What is the sense of
holding the fair out west? Columbus
never heard of Chicago" Miss Porous
(of Chicago)-"Prob bly, not; he wasn't
a married MANN. Y. Herald.
That VIII Please Them.
81 have worked hard to please the
people. have tried everything in the
business. but they won't be pleased"
Manager-"Have you tried going out of
the ess?"-Brooklyn Citizen.
I'm Training.-''I believe that boy is
training himself to be a policeman, said
the woman who keeps the apple stand"
What makes you think SOP" asked her
friend: Because he hooks an apple
every time he passes. IN. Y. Press
-He-''What made you think that
picture in the academy was mine? You
must be a judge of style, because it was
unsigned" She (modestly)-"You fiat
ter me- l really didn't know it was
yours until I saw everybody laughing
at it Funny Folks.
-Cele brated Physician-'Whst can
do for you madam" Lady (haughtily)
j am won't to be addressed my lady"
Celebrated Physician-''Sorry, my lady,
I can not cure you of that disease.
Opening the door, William, anybody
else in the ?"-Browning
King & Co.'S Monthly.
-Local-'I am writing little notice
about the appointment of our friend
Lakwit to the position of Town A uditor.
He has really no fitness for the position,
and yet, on personal grounds, l am
obliged to treat him with some decency
How shall speak of him. Chief Editor
why, speak of him as man of rare
good judgment, l know of nobody in
whom good judgment is so rare. Dos
4nr, Cn,,r;ar
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-08
A Rats Queer Prison.

Some time ago. druggist OF Putnam,
Conn, threw lot OF empty bottles into
the back yard of his store and recently,
while he was strolling there, he heard
one bottle climbing against the rest in
a peculiar way. The bottle rolled
about as if it were bewitehed The
druggist picked up the locomotive bot
tie and was astonished TO see rat gal
livaEting inside it He was big gray
fellow. while the bottle nozzle is
scarcely big enough to LEI a man thrust
his finger into it The rats body IS
more than three times larger than the
oritice and the mystery is how did the
rat get IN the bottle The druggist
placed the imprisoned rat on the conn
ter in his store aud scores OF people in
spect 1t daily II Is the conjecture of .
scientific Putnam citizen. who j. iamii-
lar with the habits of rats thai il
crawled in the bottle when young. and.
since il i known that rats help esen
other in tribulation. that the animal
mother has visited the bottle daily and
contrived 20 thrust food into IL The
rat appears 10 be in excellent health
and apparently is happy aud eoatsnied
---Szn Erzneixno Chronicle
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-08
Mf|lI l,;a19lf
SUPPOSE.

When through the long hours Of the night
ratless vigil oft keep,
And ponder, till the morning light,
On all the cares that Danish sleep.
There sits upon my tumbled bed
A teasing demon at my head,
And whispers in my tortured ear,
SO loud 1 cannot choose but hear,
a dreary catalogue Of woes
That all begin alike-'Suppose!
Supposed Suppose! :" he whispers first,
suppose the kitchen boiler burst.
Suppose the doctors say the worst
OF poor rheumatic Jimmie's case?
Suppose you never sleep again?
Suppose you get that norrid pain
You had last winter in the face;
Papa is looking rather pale:
Suppose his splendid health should fail:
Suppose the govt attack his toes?
Suppose! Suppose! Suppose! Supposed
Suppose the landlord raise his rent?
Suppose your Charles his luck abuse
To speculate with every cent
And all his hard-earned fortune loses
Suppose the horses run away
(On, on. the teasing urchin goes1
upon Virginia's wedding'day?
Suppose! Suppose! Suppose Suppose ~
A. last I answer, once for all:
Suppose Suppose the sky should FAM"
The bed is soft, and warm and wide;
] turn upon the other side;
With quiet breathing, long and deep
] try to cheat myself 10 sleep;
Yet still the demon interposes
TO rouse me from my sweetest doze,
Ia ike TO smother in the closes
That Wretched little imp Suppose,
-Danske cambridge, in ST. Louis Republic.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-08
certain there was wolf close at my

certain there was wolf close at my
heels.
looked and looked, but there wasn't
a thing to be seen or heard. I.was puz-
zled. But the next moment the wolf
on my back, which had supposed dead,
began to squirm and snarl in way to
leave no doubt where the other noises
had come from.
J. was taken completely unawares,
and before / could manage to get a
frmer hold, the creature had squirmed
right out of my hands to the ground 1
turned and tried to grab him, but he
was too quick for me. and / had the
pleasure of seeing my dead wolf make
clean run for freedom. Youths Com
Panion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-08
Polite.

Miss May--I think that papa will
let me marry George, after all
Miss Maude-Why, thought he was
bitterly opposed to the match What
has caused him to change his mind?
Miss May-Why, you know George is
q physician, and after he had sent in
bill demanding two dollars and City
cents for every visit he had made at our
house, papa thought it better policy TO
withdraw his objections -Pharmaceu-
tical Era
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-08

Lived in Boston, of Course. Hicks
--"They tell me that Browns wife Is
quite literary" Wicks-' Decidedly.
She's writing letters from morning 20
night, and when she buys new article
of furniture she makes sure that Il cor
responds with everything else IN the
house Boston Transcript
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-08
Lake Palmyr. is a part of the Mis-

Lake Palmyra Ii part of the Mis-
dssippi river At high wster, but at pres
emit its bottom is dry, with n thin upper
crust Of dry earth and deep layer II
soft mud. half-witted negro who
tried to walk across 20 an island broke
through the crust. IN one day he sank
to the waist, and in two DAYS 70 the
neck. On the night of the second day
he was pulled out
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-03-23
u. K. LAND OFFICT

V. N. LAND OEfit t.
 Frt~cotf. Arizona Februar3 iu Isse2 NOTICE is hereby given thA; W A. Clark hy ~ Henry , Allen his attorney in fact, Whoss Tssiot'ies Ssidreps l. Jerome Arizona. has this day tied his application for a patent for four. is.n huRdr.i and ttyflSe fltas linear feet os tho oddfty mine or win tearing copper with sur fac. ground six hundred eco feed ia width sifn- aled In Verde mining district. county of iAyapsi and Territory of Arizona. and designated hy tho teld nots and official plat on e in this otice Ns lot numtrr ts, the description of said lot No t- being as follows
 Beginning al initial monument st NE corner oi claim, where is sss granite stone surrounded with a tnonnd of stones and marked l N c. No. l. ,ssnle corner is uaArEei II No. for NV eosnsg to Hermit M C. Lot No. s.l . S Mineral Monument No teags \ ai deg 55 min W 2hsa fsst. Thence sI tiegr r. ilss feet where is ret granite stone surrounded with mound ei si"is~ siti marked O No. :. Same stone is niarksSt hlll for >W corner to Hermit M C Lo; No N Thence a3 des; W so feet to \ end cen ter to whero is st granite stone surrounded with mound Of siOneS AId marked p. No. tsAnie coarsssl 6oo feet to where is sat a granite stone surrounded with a mound of stones and marked 0. No, [. Thence \ 5s deg W ts : feet to where is marked u No Son F end of granite, boulder and mound of s,ones Is bailt on said boulder. Thence \ l7 deg 90 min W i4sa feet to where is st . granite stone surrounsled with a mound of stone ant marked O. No. 6. Same stone is marked ID. No for SW corner Co Daisy NJ, t Thsnoe aS deg + ios feet to |. M. O, No. l, place If beginning. Magnetic variation IL deg l3 min E, containing i2 60 scres
 Inc location and relocation of this mine is recorded in the kesnrder'r olhee of Nayapai county. Arizona Territory in books 2s and sI of nilns~, The adjoining claimants are the Lnitsd Verde Copper Company with the Hermit M C on the East, and the Azure Southeastern M C. on the west
 Any and all persons claiming: adversely any DOT ton of said oddity mine or surface ground are required e fle their adverse claims with the R.eister of the United StSte= Land Office at Prescott, in the County of layapai. Arizona Ter ritorf, daring the sixty days period of puhlica- tion hereof, or they will he harred by virtue et the provisions ot the statute.
 J. C. MARTIN. ReCster. Firs; publication February 10. Is9i
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-03-23
How Some Men Made Money.

Peter Cooper had a hard time of it getting an education. He was born in New York 100 years ago, and at the age of seventeen was apprenticed to a shoemaker He tried his hand at sew erI trades, and got together com fortable fortune of about St, GOO, 900 through unremitting toll, conscien- tious devotion to duty and economical habits.
 August Belmont came to New York poor, and lived to be worth some mil lions. Prudence. acuteneSs and Sagac- ity were the instruments by which his wealth was accumulated. His success ful career is an illustration of the fact tunity for the intelligence, thrift and industry not only of native Americans but of the republics adopted citizens.
 Austin Corbin began in moderate circumstances. He took up the study of the law, but soon forsook that field for the financial world He is a man of strict probity, energetic and genial He has piled up his millions by con stant effort and attention to all the ht- tie details of his profession.
 Cyrus w Field has been termed a locomotive in trousers. The simile serves to convey an idea of the indefat- igable energy of the man.
 Vice President Morton received bis business training in the dry goods trade. Then he became a banker. In his youth he had to shift for himself Ne ceSsity is the stimulus that men of real ability require. Henry Clews in Ladies' Home Journal.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-03-23
Lamenting Society.

Many people who are not fin sas siety" arc given to declaiming vigor ously about the snobbishness oi members of the Four Hundred near est them and from whose charmed circle they are excluded. But l had an illustration the other day that snobbishness is no more confined to one social caste than 1t was when Thackeray wrote A woman dispar. aged to me. while we were waiting for an elevated train during the dull hours. a suburban village where the ''sassiety" ispopularly supposed to be very select.
 This woman held 1t to be just the reverse, and the principal ground of her complaint was that there were ''so many common people there, so many manufacturers have moved out, that they have injured the tone" You think, perhaps, that wo- man was the descendant of a long line of lawyers or doctors or clergy menl If she is never heard of it, and know her husband not so many years ago was stonemason. But l don't think she knew that knew it. Brooklyn Eagle.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-03-23
DRoPosAIs FOR REEF AND uryr

| TON.-Headquarters Department of Arizona. Office Chief Commissary of Sub, sistence, Los Angeles, Cal, March Is. 1892
 Sealed proposals. in triplicate, subject to the usual conditions, will be received at this l office. and at the offices of the Acting Com missaries of Subsistence at the following named posts, until F o'clock noon, on Mon. day, April Is, 1892. and then opened in the presence of bidders, .or furnishing and de livering on the block, such quantities of Fresh Beef and Mutton as may from time to time be required at Forts Apache. Bowie, Grant, Huachuca, and Thomas, San Carlos and Whipple Barracks, Arizona; San Diego Barracks, California: and Forts Bayard, Marcy, Stanton and Wingate, New Mexico. from July |. 1892, to June S0, 1883. Contracts made un
 der this advertisement shall not be con strued to involve the United States in any obligation for payment in excess of appro- priation granted by Congress for the pur- pose. The government reserves the right to reject any or all proposals. Full informa- ton will be furnished on application to either of the above-named offices. Envelopes containing proposals should he marked Proposals for Fresh Beef and Mutton,- or for Fresh Beef only" (as the case may bel at. and addressed to the A. c. &, of the post bid for, or to the undersigned W. A. El4DERkIN, Major and c. $. c. $. Army, Chief c. $. Department of Arizona. Los Angeles, Cal. m2s-SDa6-l3
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-03-23
A Story of pisraeli.

Lord Dufferin tells the following story about his mother and Disreai:
 My mother was among the first of Disraeli's acquaintances to recognize his great ability, and she saw great deal of him when at Mrs. Norton's when he was young man about town. She did not see very much of him after he had once entered upon his political career. Here, however, is little anec- dote which is very characteristic and amusing. My mother had a great ad- miration for the ''Curiosities of Litera- ture" and was anxious to make the ac- Quaintance of Disraeli's father, but there was a difficulty about, this, as at the moment he was not on good terms with his father.
 However, he appeared one day with his father in tow. As soon as they were both seated, Disraeh turned round and. looking at his father as if he were a piece of ornamental china, said to my mother: Madam, have brought you my father 1 have become reconciled to my father on two conditions. The first was that he should come to see you; the second that he should pay my debts"
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-03-23
No. sss. Application for q Patent.
us. LAND OFFICE, PErsoorr. AHzosa.

February 18th, lss.
 Notice Is hereby given that Blackberry Mining Company, by C, E MILLS its attorney in Tact, whose postotiiee address is Ria Bus, Arizona. has this day hled its application for patent tor iso linear feet ot the Boggs mine or vein, bsering coppor gold and silver with surface ground 1oo feet in width, situated in Rig bng Mining District, County of issapai, and Territory of Arizona, and designated hy the field notoe and official plat on nle tn this office lot No sI. the exterior bolt- dArlss of said lot No. Sl being described ss fol ows, to wit
 Beginning st initial monument at center of claim. where ie set porphyry rock marked | M. K No. |. U, \ Mineral Monument No. bssrs \ sl dsg 9 min Vi sSD feet Thence is des min W sa1 feet to center end of claim where is -st s porphyfy rock marked B, No q Thence \ s5 ,isg 70 min w aO fesst to where ls sat slate sions marked h No. S. Thence \ t3 dex SO min E i.sD Thence Il dew A min k ao feel la N. center end of claim Shera is srt sain stone marked R. No. 8. Un faes 10 where is ~ct slate stone marked k No. C. Thence l2 ass so min M Iso0 frs to whers is set quartz rock marked R. No !. Thence \ s5 deg D min VI Sg feet to \ center end of claim. tmonanieni s No. 9 place of t-aSlanins on out bsqndAris~ of claim.
 Msgnetic variation is deg S min Eaz, contain tnE aAn6 arreS.
 The location of this mine is recorded in the Re corsiet office of fssaJzi coanty, la the Rock si of Mines. Any and all t,ersons claiming aiver.sly any portion of said lt,sss nine or surface ground ars rs-arirssi 10 ls tlelS adsers claims wIih ths afgsster of the U. s Land ofics st Prescott ln the county of lasspzi ArtxoaA, during tlse sixty dAls EerisSi of publication hereof, or they VIII te tsarrui by the virtue ia the provisions of the tsfute J. c MARTIN ilssfi.sef
 firss Publication February tl. ls1.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-03-23
No. zee. Application for a Patent.
T. <. LAND OFFICE

U. S. LAND OFFICE | Prescott, Arizona. February lO isSsa. Notice Is hereby given that w. A Clark h, l Henry J Allen his attorney in fact whose post othce address IS Jerome Arizona, has this Cla, hundred and seventy four ClS5I linear feet Inf the Fraction mine or vein. haaring silver and copper, with surface ground three hundrVd and nine tSsl feet in width, situated in Ver,la territory of Arizona, and desisnsts, Ai1S b, the field notes and official plat on hie in this office as lot No. ai. The boundaries of said tot No. 5i being described as follows. ia wit: "
 Beginning at Initial Monument marking east
 crly side line of claim. where is set a sandstop,. snrr'nnasst with mound of stones and marked l. M- r; No l. :. Mineral Monument No. | bears ? deg W Sasi feet, Thence x SS deg W gaO feet to where is set sand stone surrounded with 2 mound ot stones and marked F No ?. Thence S '2 deg 1 min w i60 feet to where is set a sand stone. surrounded with mound of stones and marked '. No !: cedar 10 inches diameter hrs S II deg W iS,i feet; Thence SO deg , E sSa.s Thence S I2 deg 90 min w lI9 feet interss,cts K side line of Gift NJ c lot No sS. wher,, is set a sant stone s9rrounded with mound of stones along side line of Gift NJ C. Lot No SSl iCsn feet to where Is set granite stone surrounded wlth mound Of stones and marked F No. 6. Saine stone is marked \. N No for NV corner Co Azure NV No. M. C. Lot No. la Thence N .2 deg Sn min F tline along end of said Azure M. e ssi feet to where is set a granite .soS S s tt witH a Ihouflt ot stones and marAeu F. No. (. Same stone k marked S n No for SW. corner to Smoke House NJ ~ Thence N SS deg w line runs along west side of said Smoke House NJ. @ asl feet to monument and stone l. M: E. No. 1. plai e of beginning. Magnetic variation l4 deg IS min E, containing 9.6l acres.
 The location of this mine is recorded in the TO- corder's ohice of iavapai county, Arizona terri tory, in the Book Ss of mines
 The adjoining claimants are on the cast bv ths Sih9ke S honse Inine, on the south by the Azure N " No l, lot No. i2. on the west by the Gift Lot
 Any and all persons claiming adversely any portion Of said Fraction mine or snrfass s,,1,Y are reluired to hle their adverse claims with tha nesister of the United States Land Office at trescott Tn the county of lavapai. Arizona terri tory. during the sixty days period of publication hereof, or they will be barred by virtue of inc provisions of the statute ' '''V
 rp; J; C. MARTIN, Register.
 lflrst publication February 10. fse2 l
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-03-23
A Destructive Parasite.

The department of agriculture is trying to discover means for com batting a parasite which causes loss of nearly 8, 300. 900 year in cattle slaughtered in Chicago. It is the dreaded heel fly, which lays its eggs on the backs of the animals, the worms matched from them boring through the skin and remaining buried for several months in the flesh. On emerging they fall to the ground and form the chrysalis condi- ton. come out as perfect flies. ready to lay their eggs on the backs of other cattle, that being their only method of reproduction. If hide at the market has more than five holes made by the worms it is rated as of second quality, and the meat sells for one cent less a pound in gross Washington Letter.