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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-10-28
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A pleasant. fair-sized country village,
g village embosomed in trees, with old
churches, one tavern, kept by . re-
spectacle widow, long, single-storied
farmhouses, their roofs messy, and
their chimneys smoke black, village
with grass and shrubbery, and no NOR
tar, nor bricks, nor pavements, nor gas
no newness; that is the place for him
who wishes life in its flavor and its
bloom. Until of late, my residence has
been in such place.
Man of cities! What is there tn all
your boasted ploasure-your fashions,
parties, balls and theaters, compared
with the simplest Of the delights we
country folks enjoy?
Our pure air, making the blood swell
and leap with buoyant health; our
labor and our exercise; our freedom
from the sickly vices that faint the
town; our not being racked with notes
due. or the fluctuations Of pricea, or tho
breaking of banks; our manners Of So
ciability expanding the heart and react
ing with wholesome effect upon tho
body-can anything which citizens pos
sess balance these?
One Saturday, after paying . few
days visit at New York, / returned to
my quarters IN tho country inn. Tho
day was hot and my Journey . Disagree
able one. had been forced to stir my
self beyond comfort and dispatch my
affairs quickly, for fear at being left by
the cars. As it was, arrived painting
and covered with sweat just as they
were about 10 start. Then for many
miles had to bear the annoyance of
the steam engine smoke, and it seemed
to me that the vehicles kept swaying to
and fro on tho track with more than
usual motion, on purpose to distress
my jaded limbs. Out Of humor with
myself and everything around me,
whom came to my travels end, re-
fused 10 psrtako of tho comfortable
supper which my landlady had pre-
pared for me. and rejoining to tho good
woman's look Of wonder at such an un-
wontsd event, and her kind inquiries
seout my health, with sullen silence,
I took my lamp and went my wayto
my room. Tired and head throbbing,
in less than half q scsee Of minutes af-
ter threw myself on my bed, was
STEPPED in the soundest slumber.
When awoze every vein and nervo
felt fresh and free. Soreness and irri-
tation had been swept away, as it were,
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and gathered fresh flowers, and dressed
both the oravea So aha knAxv that thu

and gathered fresh flowers, and dressed
both the graves. So she knew that tho
right one was cared for, even If another
shared that care. And lest she should
possibly bestow the most Of their testi-
mony Of love on him whom she knew
not, but whose spirit might be looking
down invisible in the air and smiling
upon her, she was ever careful to have
each tomb adorned in an exactly SIM
strange race, she said, it was like a
communion with her own people to visit
that burial mound.
eff could only know which to bend
over when my heart feels heavy" thus
finished the sorrowing being as she rose
to depart; then it would be . happi-
ness. But, perhaps, am blind to my
dearest mercies. God in His great wis
dom may have sent that / should not
know which grave was his, lest grief
over it should become too common q
luxury for me, and melt me away"
l offered to accompany her, and sup
port her feeble steps, but she preferred
that it should not be 80. With languid
feet she moved on. watched her pass
through the gate, and under the arch;
saw her turn, and in . little while she
was hidden from my view. Then care
fully parted the flowers upon one of the
graves, and sat down there, and leaned
my face in my open hands, and thought.
What wondrous thing is woman's
love! Oh, Thou, whose most mighty
tribute is the Incarnation Of Love. l
bless Thee that Thou dids't make this
fair disposition in the human heart,
and didst root it there 50 deeply that it
is stronger than all else, and can never
be torn out! Here is this aged way
farer, a woman of trials and griefs, de-
crepit, sore and stepped in poverty, the
most forlorn of her kind; and yet,
through all the storm of misfortune,
and the dark cloud Of years settling up
on her. the memory Of her love hovers
like beautiful spirit amid the gloom:
it never deserts her, but abides with
her while life abides- Yes, this crea
ture loved: this wrinkled, skinny. gray
haired crone had heart to swell will
passion, and her pulses 10 throb and
her eyes to sparkle. Now. nothing re-
mains bu. lovely remembrance, com
ing as of old. and stepping in its &C
cussomed path, not to perform IL.
former object. or former duty-but
from long habit Nothing bat that
Oh. is hot that a great deal?
And the buried man-he was happy TO
have passed away as he did The won-
an-she was the one TO be pitied. With
out doubt she wished many times that
she were laid beside him. And Eot only
she, thought /, a. cast my eyes on the
solemn memorials around me. bnt at
the same time there were thousands
else on earth who painted for the Long
Repose, as tired child for the night.
The grave-the grave-what foolish
man calls it dreadful place? 1t Is
kind friend whose arms shall compass
Us round about and while we iaT or
heads upon his bosom 30 care. tesapta-
ton. nor corroding passion shall have
power to disturb as Then the weary
spirit shall no more be weayy. the ach-
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Her SIDE OF II

witherby-Is this true, old man. that
your wife has left you7
Uppelate tsadlyj-I am afraid I. i. old
fellow.
witherby-Why. what's the troubl>-
or is il something you don't want 70
talk about?
Uppelate-Oh. no: it's no secret She
said she was afraid 20 sleep in the
house alone all night--S Y. sun
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and her length Of life had worn both
mind and body nearly to the parting.
Eyes, know" continued l mildly,
'but there are two graves. One is your
husbands, and the other is"
paused for her to fill the blank.
She looked at me q minute, as IL in
wonder at my perverseness; and then
answered as before: "My husbands.
None but my Gilbert's-"
''And is Gilbert buried in both?"
said I.
She appeared as II going to answer.
but stopped again, and did not Though
my curiosity was now somewhat ex-
cited, forebore to question her further,
feeling that it might be to her painful
subject. was wrong, however. She
had been rather agitated at my intru-
sion, and her powers fickered for .
moment They were soon steady again.
and, perhaps gratitied with my interest
in her affairs. she gave me in q
few brief sentences the solution Of
the mystery. When her husbands death
occurred she was herself confined to a
. long while after he was buried. Still
longer days passed before she had per
mission, or even strength, to go into the
open air. When she did, her first efforts
were assayed to reach Gilbert's grave.
What pang sunk to her heart when
abe found it could not be pointed out 10
her! With the careless indifference
which Is shown to the corpses of OUT
casts. poor Delarer had been thrown
into hastily dug hole, without anyone
noting il, or noicirg it, or remember
ing which it was subsequently, sew
eral other paupers were buried in
the same spot. and the sexton could
only show two graves to the disconso-
late woman and tell her that her hus-
band was positively one Of the twain
During the later stages Of her recovery
she had looked forward to the consola-
ton of coming to his tomb as TO shrine.
and wiping her tears there: and il was
bitter that such could not be. The
miserable widow even attempted TO
obtain the consent of the proper
functionaries that the graves might
be opened. and her aDxieties
put at rest, When told that this
could not be done. she determined in
her soul that at leas, the remnant OF
her hopes snd intentions should not be
given up. Every Sunday morning, in
the mild sesaou. she went forth early.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-10-28
Hot WATER for Headache.

Hot water is sovereign remedy for
certain forms of headache. 1t is es-
pecially useful for relieving occipital
headaches. A hot foot bath. accompa-
MED by hot sponge of the upper par.
of the spine, or in many cases simply
the apple alton of heat in the form of =
hot bag or fermentation to the upper
spine is most excellent remedy for
this fern of headache.-GoodH Health.
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history which had heard great while
past. She was q native of one of tho
West India islands, and, before I, who
gazed at her, was born, had with her
husband come hither to settle and gain
livelihood They were poor; most
miserabay poor. Country people, have
noticed, seldom like foreigners So this
man and his wife, in all probability, met
much to discourage them. They kept UP
their spirits, however, until 1t last their
fortunes became desperate. Famine and
want laid iron fingers upon them. They
had no acquaintances, and to beg they
were ashamed. Both were taken lis
then the charity that had been 80 slack
came to their destitute abode, but came
too late. Delarer died. the victim of
poverty. The woman recovered after
awhile, but for many months was quite
an invalid and was sent to the aims
house, where she had ever since re-
manned.
This was the story Of the aged erea-
ture before me, aged with the weight
of seventy winters. walked up to
her. By her feet stood large, rude
basket, in which beheld leaves and
buds. The two graves which had seen
her passing between 90 often were
covered with fowezs-the earliest hut
sweetest flowers Of the season They
wero fresh, and wet and very fragrant
those delicate soul offerings. And
this, then. was her employment
Strangel Flowers, frail and passing.
grasped by the hand Of ago and scat
tered upon the tomb! White hairs, and
pale blossoms, and stone tablets Of
death!
''Good morning, Mistress" said I
quietly.
The withered female turned her eyes
to mine and acknowledged my greet
ing in the same spirit wherewith it was
given.
MAY ask whose graves they arc
that you remember 80 Andly?"
She looked up again, probably catoh-
ing from my manner that spoke IN no
spirit of rude inquisitiveness. and
my husband's."
A manifestation Of fanciful taste,
thought I, this tomb ornsmenting which
she probably brought with her from
abroad. OF course, but ono of tho
graves could be her husbands, and lone.
likely, was that Of child who had died
and been laid away by its father.
''Whose else?" asked.
"My husband's," replied the aged
widow.
Poor creature! her faculties were be-
,oming dim. No doubt her sorrows
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Entirely suPernoops.

"Tou see" he explained TO the ingen-
nous young thing, as he showed her the
wishbone, you take hold here, and I'll
take hold here. Then we must both
make a wish and pull. and when il
breaks the one who has the biggest part
of it viii have his or her wish some
time" But / don't know what to
wish for" she protested "oh, you can
think of something" he said mo, /
ant" she replied 81 can't think Of
,nything want very much" But we
mustn't spoil the fun that way" he ex-
lained. IN wish for you "WiIl
,ou. really" she asked Why, yes. if
you can't "Well. then, there's no
Use fooling with the old wishbone. +"
she interrupted with a glad smile
You can have me Boston Herald
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.swha; do Won do with yourself on
rainy days. Abaerg asked a visitor.
.-oh. havr little arguments with
mamma returned. tie boy.
What about
.sssayin' in an lseep;n' dry.~ said Alb
-Harper's Ycuag Peoole.
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der forth in the darkness, had been be-

der forth in the darkness, had been be-
lated in returning. and was now per-
picked to find its coffin house again.
Curious to know what was the wom-
ans employment, / undid the simple
fasteninss of the gate, and walked over
tho rank wet grass toward her. As
came near recognized her for m old, .
very old inmate of the poorhouse.
named Delarer. Stopping moment.
while I was yet several yards from her,
and before she saw me, tried to call to
recollection certain particulars of her
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Young urSband-wha.7 Yon A.
twenty-five years old so-esy7 Why. yos
told me year ago. jus. before tbs
wedding. that goa were only twenty.
Young Wife lxear1lyb-i have sgsd
rapidly since I mA<r.ed-Dernorsst's
Aaays.xs
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Dir. Jurydodger-Your honor. I'm not
Sit TO be a juryman.
,Judge-You are the best in the panel.
1urycodger-But | can't make head
or tail o1t Of what these LAWYERS say.
Judge-Neither can I. Take your
Aeat IN the jury box.-Texas Siftiprs
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Mr. Ligh;ns;n4 fensxissiy 20 Tozny)
Did your sister sag she VA glsd ~sss
-ozi told her eaiIesi7
Tommy liite-ailyt-so. she sssd sae
dLdn'i expect Any hing else. to-day o~sns
Fri6zy and the 18th Of shs rzcDia-
Chicago News Record
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lives rather than climb to the topof the
tower and look. The restless Aneri-
can is the emily one who tries 10 solve
the riddle He visits the tower, pom
ders long on the landscape. goes forth
to search and never finds the mine. st
Louis Globe Democrat
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III. Deserved tho Quarter.

Fisitor-Now. Fred. If you can tell me
what isle is noted for its great internal
improvements viii give you quarter.
Fred jtriumphantly) = Castor OIL
Boston Globe.
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With . ting, ting, ting,
And ling, ling, ling,
And The register recording in q sort OF Runic
The account
And amount
o. The purchase every time
What Christianizing influence is that which
gladly swells
From the bells bells. bells, bells
Bells, bells, bells
Prom the thinking and the blinking of the hellsl
Hear the many modern bells
Divers bells
What tale Of disappointment all their rim cling
telisi~
Merry ferry bells
How they mock, mock, mock,
As the boat reoedes from shore,
Leaving you upon the dock
Leaving you and many moro
Standing there
In despair,
Swing ODDS unto the army which in Flanders
used 10 swear.
And the bellies.
Summer bellies
How they rtEgle, gigCie, giggle
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A E@f~s.sssoa.

sno~agrass--Jsysaiih % lTiag io~
tiese dAys
Snively-Tha. Is . grsai change for
him
snoderx~-Ths. DO zoe mean?
enive!y-G~n~raiiy be 10 dsiSg ssDs
tai lyinS.-Tru:h
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HER OFFERINGS.
Why q Poor Woman Decorated
Two Pauper6 Graves

Hef Dead Husband Occapaed One g
Then. hut Which Onef-Aa Affection
That Was Finally Transferred
60 . Bright Reward.
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11e East Douglas Ave, Wichita Kans.
Wholesale and Retail Gun Dealer.
Sporting Powder in lots Of four Kegs
s. IS per Keg. f. y. b. Wichita.
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And they hold you IN the spells
OF their charms
TIL the autumn, when they wriggie
From your arms,
~ proceed across the ocean where they we'd
with titled swells
Mid the ringing OF the bells,
Bells, bells, bells. bells,
Bells, bells, bells
MA the ringing and the singing OF the bells
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Hear the racket Of the bells
Modern bells
WHIT a tale Of heiter-skelter ell their ClattoY
tells. 49,,
How they jangle j2ngie, japgle,
Everywhere throughout tho towni
Cars and wagons in a tangle,
Men and women in a wrRngle,
Strong ones bearing weak ones down,
While the ding, ding, ding,
And the ping, ping, ping,
Like q sort of Runic rhyme
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OF the hook and ladder mon
Tho police patrol, and then
Hah . dozen other dangers
Which bewider timid strangers
With uAsir bells. BELLS bells, bells
Belle. bells, bells
viii tAe pounding and the sounding Of their
bells
Hesr the oash recording bells
Telltals bells
What q world Of honesty their melody compelsg
Hear than tinkle unkle, tinkie;.
See the sorrow Of the clerk
That the boss has found wrinkle
Which assistants cannot work
Fer the dimes. dimes, dimes,
Which in better olden times
They could pocket
eoe the smile OF the proprietor who notes the
clerk unlock il
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Yanked and twisted out Of time,
Ell tho atmosphere with clansor which mani
scally wells
From the bells, bells, bells, bells
Bells, bells, bells
From the clAnginG and the banging Of tho bells.
Hear the loud alarm bells
SUndry bells
What q scene Of scampering their warning tone
fereteie
How they rattle, rattle, ratt1ei
See the droves of human cattle
Clear the track.
Pressing back back. back,
To the jingle Of the bells
Street car bellsi
How the driver with delight
Moves the aged woman's fright
A. his horses barely miss her in their mad. dis
astrous flight!
And the bells bells, bells,
And the yells, yells, yells
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And the bellies.
Summer bellies
How they giggle. giggie, giggls
As you WOO them in the cells
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12
TosCANELLo HELPED coLuMBUa
A Florentine Doctors Belief That tn
Earth Was Round Was an Inspiratiou.

A Florentine Doctors Belief That the
Earth Was Round Was an Inspiration.
1t was during Columbus residence at
Portugal that the revival of learning In
Europe, caused by the discovery of the
printing press, began. Toscanello, Flor.
entine doctor, advanced the theory that the
earth was round, and that there was a west.
erly route to India In 1474 Columbus
wrote to this Florentine scientist, and an
extended correspondence took place
between them. Toscanello was at this
time. nearly n and q firm be-
lever in the sphericitv of the earth,
says the ST. Louis Globe Democrat
The story of Atlantis was a favorite one
with Columbus 1t was supposed to be an
island situated in the Western ocean,
directly across from the straits OF Gibraltar,
and, according to Plato, there was an easy
passage from it to other islands, which lay
adjacent to a large continent exceeding in
size all Europe and Asia. The works of
Marco Polo, the Venetian voyager, who
had successfully reached China overland,
also caused excitement among the Medi-
terranean navigators China was then
known as Cathay, and it was the common
belief that there lay near this great country
a large island known as Cigango 1t was
said to abound in riches, and it was this
island of Clgango that Columbus desired to
reach.
1t is probable that the letters of Tos-
canello made greater impression on the
mind of Columbus than any other informa-
tion he possessed
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HE CLUNG TO HIS CHAINS.


The Explorer Kept Them as Memsntos
and Had Them When He Died.
1t was Bobadilla who first put Columbus
in chains Power intoxicated him, and he
soon set up tyranny in the New World.
As fitting conclusion to his shameful
abuse of power, he ordered the arrest Of
Columbus and his incarceration in irons
The severity of this order caused revolu-
tion in the minds of the people, but, with
great shrewdness, Columbus submitted with
appsrent meekness, yet it must have been
apparent to him that this last act would
hasten BobadilIa's downfall, a. it subse-
quently did.
During the period of his Imprisonment
Columbus greatly feared for his life, and it
was welcome day when he was conducted
on board of caravel to be returned to
Spain. The master Of the ship treated him
with every mark of respect and veneration,
even suggesting the removal of the irons to
give him greater ease.
'tNo," replied Columbus, "their majesties
commanded me by letter to submit to what
ever Bobadilla should order in their name;
by their authority he has put upon me
these chains shall wear them until: they
shall order them to be taken of, and will
preserve them atterward as relics and
mementos OF the reward of my services"
He kept his determination, and the
chains were always by his side. When he
died he requested that they might be buried
with him. In the famous picture of tho
deathbed of Columbus these chains are
painted as hanging on the wall near his
couch.
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THE BOAT IN WHICH HE SAILED.
Reproduction Of tho Santa Maria for e,
hibition nj tn. Fair

Reproduction of tho Santa Maria for Ex.
hibition at the Fair.
An officer of the United States Navy Il
now in Spain experimenting the construc.
tion of caravel whicn is to be fac-simile
of the ship in which Columbus made his
first voyage of discovery, says the Youths
Companion.
1t is to be equipped after the STYLE of the
original, and manned by Spanish sailors
dressed in the costume of the fifteenth GEN.
tury. 1t will be completed and brought to
the United States in time to participate in
the naval review at New York in April,
1893.
On the termination of the review this ves-
sci will continue her way through the lakes
to Chicago, where she will be moored off the
Franciscan Monastery of La Rabida: or
rather off reproduction of that hallowed
shrine, where, 400 years ago, the good father
Juan Perez, confessed Don Cristobal Colon
and his fellow adventurers After the ex-
hibition which is to close October 1, 1893
the vessel will be sent to Washington, to
be permanently moored in the Potomac
south of the Executive Mansion.
The Santa Maria-for such was the name
of the flagship of Columbus-will be as
faithfully reproduced as the most careful
studies in naval archaeology can secure
From her tall masts will fy the great Ad-
mirals flag, as we'll as the yellow royal
standard of CASTLE, whose sovereign, Isa.
bella, contributed so largely to the success
of the first voyage.
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MESSAGES SENT ADRIFE

Columbus Action to Preserve His Fame
During the Return Trip Storm.
School histories are correct in the story
of the sealed messages to the world sent
adrift by Columbus during his voyage home
after his great discovery Happy in the
thought that they would soon sight land the
mariners saw the sky suddenly overloaded.
A storm soon burst with fearful violence.
Their small vessels were tossed like corks
on the angry seas, and two days later an
other tempest broke upon them that exceed
ed in fury anything that Columbus had ever
seen before. 1t was trightful waste of
angry, wild waters lashed by the fury OF q
tremendous gale.
The lpless ships were driven before this
mighty tempest until even the stout heart
of Columbus began to fail The supersti-
tious sailors thought their last day had
come, and with the custom of their times,
they Immediately made vows of penitence
They promised, in the event of their safe
deliverance on land, they would make pill
grimages to the shrines of their tavorite
saints. Lots were drawn for a representa-.
tive Of the crew to make those pilgrimages,
and it is a singular TACT that Columbus in
variably drew the marked number. Super
stitious as ne was before as to his own di-
vine preferment, these omens only con-
frmed his belief
As the storm grew more violent he re-
signed himself to his fate, but his greatest
anguish was the thought that, should his
vessel perish, his discoveries would be un-
known to the world. Under these difficult
and trying circumstances he wrote a brief
account OF all that had occurred, and en-
closing the manuscript in wax, he sent it
Irif -,
placed in cask on the poop OF his vessel,
so as to be washed away in case the vessel
sank. These precautions in some measure
mitigated his anxiety, and he was still fur
ther relieved when, on the morning of the
10Th, the wind had moderated and the mar
liner in the top gave the glad cry of land.
1t proved to be the island of St. Mary's
and after doing penance at the church on
shore, be again set sail