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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-14
Curious Coronation Ceremonies.

When a chief is about to be crowned
king paramount Of the Swat nation, a
warrior Called an.impD is sent out to
hunt for lion, tiger, buffalo and a
large snake. This because part of the
ceremony at the coronation consists of
the king eating portions of the hearts of
the three animals, the oil of the snake
only being used. The medicine man rubs
the oil on the breast, temples and be-
tween the shoulders of the king-this to
prevent him being bewitched. The ami
NAL hearts are supposed TO act on the
liver and make his royal majesty brave
indeed. During the ceremony the. king
sits upon the skull of the buffalo, which
has been; placed upon the ground in the
heart of thegillage.
The exercises last three days. On the
first he Is clothed only in the skin of the
lion, on the second in the skin of the
tiger, while on the third the skull is in
the center of the buffalo's skin and
mounted by the king, who is perfectly
naked. In this situation he receives the
congratulations of his people, who hail
him as "Great Lion" "Great Tiger"
''Slayer of Serpents" and "Rider of the
Buffalo" By the above titles he is ever
after known to his people.-St. Louis Re-
public,
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The Congressional vernacuIar.

An old Indian fighter On one occasion
was called on to make statement con.
corning a battle to congressional com.
mittee, and he was requested to couch
it in language Ineligible to the states
men instead of using the vernacular of
che plains.
evil you be kind enough" said the
chairman, ito give Us an account of this
fight"
''Course; that's what I'm here for" he
responded. "You see, our company Of
a hundred men set in game with about
that many Injuns, and it was our deal,
fer we had slipped up on 'em. They
stood pat, right from the start. and we
filled and went in at 'em from behind
the rocks on a straight bluff, fer we
didn't know how many there wuz, and
they met us in the open and kivered our
ante, fer they thought they had US. 1t
was hot in thar, shore, and both sides
was shOotin and slashin and yellin when
night settled down and ended the game"
"What was the condition of the con-
testants at the closer asked the chair
man.
That's hard tellin," was the frank
reply. "All know is, after both sides
pulled out thar was pile of reds and
pile of whites on the fat, an nobody on
neither side had sand enough in his craw
to show up and claim EN-"
The members of the committee after
ward stated that more lucid and intel
ligible testimony had never been pro-
duced before, them.-Detroit Free Press
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Side Lights on the Labor Problem

A little amusement is to be got once
in awhile out of the vexed question of
labor and wages. A New York employ
er, whose operations are on the northern
edge of the city, says that English
speaking men seldom apply to him for
work, and he believes that he has never
received an application from a native
American. Italians come to him in
droves, and they are good natured and
philosophical when employment is de-
MED them. A dozen or more came 70
him one day with an interpreter. ''Tell
these men," he said to the interpreter,
shat I cannot employ any of them. :"
The interpreter translated the announce
ment, and none of the men showed any
disappointment. One laughed and said
something which the interpreter trans
lated. HE says" the interpreter said,
chats all right; he likes to stand around
and see your men work, and maybe by
and by you have job" Not so cheer
full under disappointment was newly
engaged clerk at Belfast, Me. A shop
keeper paid him four dollars for the
first week. At the end of the second
week the lad was surprised when he re-
ceived only three dollars, and he asked
the reason of the cut down. why" re-
sponded the shopkeeper, ''you know
more about the business now, and the
work must come easier to you" The
clerk, fearing a continued application
Of that unique theory. resigned.
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the use of a COW, dozen hens and six
turkeys for one year. AT the end of
that time she had accumulated enough
money to enable her to purchase mod
est printing outfit. Then she devoted
several months to the work of acquiring
the rudiments of the printers art.
When she considered that she was
sufficiently proficient she went about the
neighbOrhood soliciting orders for Job
printing. Her Office was located in one
end of the woodshed, and when it be-
came known that she was trying to get
together enough to enable her to study
medicine she received more orders than
she could execute, and money flowed
into her Golfers. AS soon as she had the
necessary funds she paid her uncle for
the use of his cow and fowls. When she
was eighteen years old she began to
take the seminary course, attending the
school during the winter and spring
and working in her printing Office
throughout the summer. She sets the
type, runs the press and delivers the
job work herself, and she Gas accumu-
lated snug little sum which will en-
able her to begin the study of medicine
shortly. She has charming manners
and IS therefore immensely popular in
New Haven county.
A woman who possesses the attributes
OF determination and business sagacity
in marked degree is Mrs. Joseph E.
Mcdonald, widow Of the distinguished
ex-Unlted States senator from Indiana.
When 'Old Saddlebags" died he left all
his earthly possessions to his widow,
who was many years his junior. In
cluded In this devise was a certain piece
OF real estate which the senator's chill
dren. by his first wife, alleged that he
had intended to leave TO them. The
Will was typewriter and it was claimed
that several sheets referring to this prop
erty had been taken out and others in
serted. This allegation was made the
basis of a contest. Mrs. Mcdonald. who
Is a well preserved woman of distin-
guiShed appearance, won the everlasting
gratitude of the newspaper reporters
and correspondents by insisting at the
preliminary hearing that they should
be admitted. When the opposing coun-
sci demurTed, she and her attorney de-
cl2reo that unless the proceedings We're
to have the publicity which could be
gwen to them only by the newspapers
they would refuse to remain. After a
protracted discussion and consultation
the defendant carried her point.
Bloomington, Ills, has Just had a cam
palSn III which the determination of a
number of women to carry out a pet
purpose played an important part. Two
members OF the school board were To h..
elected. and as it was the first occasion
IN Bloomington upon which women had
been permitted to vote without obiec-
ton. the contest naturally attracted 3
great deal Of attention. especially as the
talr voters were engaged in a campaign
upon the issue that more male teachers
should be employed in the public schools. .
The ladies held mass meeting a few
days before the election at which every
point was thoroughly canvaSsed and dis- I
cussed. All questions bearing upon the I
Law OF woman suffrage were referred by ,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-14
Confusion of Names.

A superfuity of names is often the
cause of serious mistakes, particularly
in the cases of towns. For example, a
person who desires to visit Corinth or
Palmer's Falls, n. Y, gets off the train
at solitary station house in the woods
known as Jessup's Landing. But this
instance isn't in it with that OF vii
lage of Westchester county between the
limits of New York and Mount Vernon.
Washingtonville is its ancient name,
but many people call it Mount Vernon,
while others give it the name of South
Mount Vernon. The federal govern
ment, disregarding local usage, names
the local postoffice Wakefield. Pack
ages go astray in hopeless confusion be
cause the local passenger station is
Washingtonville, while the freight and
express station is Mount Vernon When
ever the people of Washingtonville seek
10 extricate themselves from this con-
fusion they are admonished to be patient
until they can be swallowed by New
York or Mount Vernon.
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be placed. AS long as the world wags
along comfortably for her, the average
female never gives any indication OF the
remarkable aptitude for taking care of
herself which she undoubtedly possesses
But once let the necessity present itself,
and the promptness and confidence with
which she will rise to the occasion, be it
ever so lofty, must compel the admira-
ton of the sterner sex. Perhaps the
most pronounced latent quality possessed
by woman is determination. To set her
heart upon a thing is to have it; to
wish for a profession is to acquire it
and, in majority of cases, to shine in
it in after years.
Miss Grace Wells, whose home is in
the western part Of New Haven county,
Conn, exemplifes in her own person
the correctness of this proposition. Miss
Wells seven years ago, when she was
only fifteen. was anxious to be permit
ted to prepare herself for the study Of
medicine, which it was her desire to
take up when she had reached the age
of eighteen. Her uncle, who was also
her guardian, discouraged her by in
forming her that he could not afford to
pay even for the preliminary course at
the seminary. Every one except the
girl thought the accomplishment of her
desire an impossibility. But not so Miss
Wells. She borrowed from her uncle
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the convention 20 Miss Life Henderson,
particularly bright young lady, who is
at the head of her class in the law de-
partment of Wesleyan university She
will begin the practice of her profession
In Bloomington during the present year.
Miss Henderson was moving around in
cessantly on election day, and had any
attempt been made to interfere with the
rights of her sister voters she was pre-
pared to resist vigorously. 1t might be
just as well to mention that the Bloom
ington women carried their point and
triumphantly elected their two candi-
dates. They were not interfered with,
and all Of Miss Henderson's opinions as
to the intent and practical operation of
the law thus received unqualified vindi-
cation.
Mrs. R. L. Stebbins. who calls herself
a Christian scientist, is locked up in
Chicago on a charge which is decidedly
out of the ordinary. Mrs. Jennie Mich
OILS died short time ago, and the cor
oner's jury in its verdict said that life
would have been prolonged under prop
er medical treatment, and we recon-
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n a ~ & q s.

terminated, the Indians starved, then
fought and were defeated and located,
| and now the announcement is made that
they have taken lands in severalty and
the rest of their reservation is to be
thrown open to settlement.
There are 2,131 Cheyennes and 1,137
Arapahoes in the Indian Territory, and
after each one has had his or her 100
acres set off there will still be farms fol
few thousand boomers, as there are
5000, 900 acres in the reserve. 1t lies
west of the settled portion of Oklahoma,
between the Cimarron and the north fork
of Red river, and is generally good agri.
cultural land. On the tracts cultivated
last year twenty-three bushels of wheat
per acre were raised and corresponding
amounts Of oats, corn, etc. 1t is not sur
prising therefore that at least 10000
land seekers are already on the border
waiting hungrlly for opening day.
The Indians were paid with princely
generosity. Besides the 100 acres which
each Indian gets, which he cannot sell
for twenty-five years, they receive $780,
OOV StAoii, p~OO,OVO W NC DSl1I LII INfOlo anu
other goods, and 81 100000 to be placed
at per cent. interest, and the interest
to be divided among them annually.
Thus, as there are but 3,26S Indians,
each one will have good farm, S76.4j
in cash, $76.45 in goods and pension of
$3.50 yearly. The statement is made
that hundreds of young white men OF
good standing have married Indian girls
of the various pensioned tribes within
the last two years, and so the number OF
such marriages may be expected to in
crease.
The secretary of the interior was kind
enough 10 furnish $4,000 maps showing
intending settlers where they could legal
ly locate, but, just the same, troops
lined the border to keep them off till the
word was given. A dispatch from FL
Reno, o. t., says that 5000 men in
''prairie schooners" are :amped there
and several thousand negroes are COM
ing. After that it was scarcely neces.
sary for the reporter to add, Trouble
is apprehended"
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"Jack," said a pretty girl to her
brother, the other day, 81 want you to
do something for me-that's good fell
low"
"Well, what is it," growled Jack, who
is the brother of the period.
why, you know that wig and mus
tache you used in the theatricals?"
"Well?"
"Well, won't you just put them on
and go to the concert tonight? Reginald
and l will be there, and, Jack, want
you to stare at me the whole evening
through your glasses"
"What! You want me to do that?n
Eyes; and as we come out you must
stand at the door and try to slip me a
note; take care that Reggie sees you
too"
"Well, l declared"
Because, you see, Jack. Reggie likes
me, know, but then he is awful slow.
and he's well off, and lots of other girls
are after him, and he's got TO be hurried
mp little, as 1t were. London Tit Bits.
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No. tn. wor.. Cir, in IN. World

Professor Chapman, of Bowdoin col
lege, told the following story at an
alumni dinner: Il feel like the little
daughter of friend of mine in Port
land. She had just mastered the art Of
expressing herself in intelligent sen
fences. One day she had done some
thing for which her mamma had to re-
prove her. The lady gave her daughter
sound lecture and then told her 10 &c
up stairs. alsne, in her room. and ask
God TO forgive her for her error.
I'm few minutes she was surprised
TO see the baby come down stairs again
appear in the sitting room and stand
back with a great deal Of seriousness.
"'Well. ddd you go ny and do what {
told your asked the fond mother.
90 Yes replied the guilty one, and
God said, Great Scott Elsie Murray
I've known great many worser giri'
than you "'"-Bostou Herald
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She Was Srunathetio.

A couple Of Detroit men were talking
abolit their respective wives the other day
ar the club.
'Xou have a very sympathetic wife, J
should say" remarked one.
Il don't know about that, +" hesitated til,
other.
well, l only judge by what saw from
my house the other morning when you
slipped and fell on the steps as you were
coming out with her. Why, saw her &C
tuaily crying over it."
The other man didn't look pleased at all.
Yes" he admitted reluctantly. "Sht
cried, but not over my injuries. l sat
down fiat on that COMPOUNDED dog Of hers. :
Indeed! didn't hear him howl"
We'll, / should say not The dog weighs
or did weigh-two pounds, and l weigh
200."-Detroit Free Press.
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Has No Need of WORKING.

There is said to be colored man hy-
ing near Rutledge. Ga, whose whole
body, including his face, is covered with
long, thick white wool. The wool on
his body, 1t is reported, appeared when
he was twelve years old. and was per-
tectly white then. He has special
fondness for sheep and often sleeps in
their pen. The wool on his body grows
so rapidly that he is sheared twice a
year. and his fleece is sold.-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
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An Old EnrIish CnStn,,,

At beautiful Wensleydale village
the old custom of the blowing of a horn
each night in winter is still carried ont
Its purpose was TO guide belated travel
ers IN the forest, just as the foghorn
guides the mariner who is nearing the
coast.-London Tit-Bits.
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a Possible Cause.

Harold Is very indignant with you,
Maud. What have you done to him?"
Nothing that know of-except that
when he told me last night ne never
hshed for compliments told him he was
wise, because he didn't have the right
kind of bait. "-Harper's Bazaar.
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Returned the Papers.

A well known gentleman in this city
moved into house that had been pre-
viously occupied by another gentleman
who was a subscriber to one of the even
ing papers. The carrier of course con
tinued leaving the paper for a space Of
a year, never having been notified of the
change. The collector recently went
around to collect for the paper, the bill
being made out in the name of the gen
tleman who had subscribed. When the
collector presented the bill the gentle
man of the house said:
"Why, my dear sir, that mar has not
lived here for over a year. You are at
the wrong house"
"Well, has not the carrier been leav
ing you a copy of the paper all the
timer
eyes, sir. But | did not subscribe
and l told the boy to quit leaving it
But he never did So"
"You have received the paper every
day, haven't your
Eyes, sir"
"Then you ought to pay for it"
"Weu, excuse me moment" and the
gentleman went into the house. Re
turning in moment he lugged out a
stack of newspapers half as tall as him
self. Here are your papers, sir; have
no use for them"
He had read them and carefully filed
them away until the bill should be pre-
scented.
The collector sent transfer wagon TO
haul away years accumulation Of
papers, the pay for which he failed TO
get, because one man returned them and
the man never received them.-Chatta-
nooga Times
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A Terrible Loss.

Judg-what value do you put On the
boots that were stolen from your
witness-You see, my lord, they cost me
eight marks when new, then had them
soled twice, which came 70 three marks
each time-to.al. fourteen nzrks-Buch
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ladies already referred to, the career of
Mrs. Stebbins shows a degree of deter
mination to resist what she conceives to
be an infringement of her rights, which
goes to demonstrate the force of the
proposition enunciated in the beginning
of this article. OCTAvUS COHEN.
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so 1T is TRUE
Here's friend who says that sorrow
Comes today or comes tomorrow;
Here's lOngface who is moaning!
Tell him death is far away!
Let dull age go weep and pray:
Heed not grief, the CHEST there. groaning,
Who would cloud the jocund dasi
An, they ssy that anguish found them,
Men cut down with battle round them
(Hear the boys there gayly singingo
In some region far swayl
What care we who laugh today?
Bring no tears, whate'er you're bringing.
Honor to the jocund dayI
What's that sound that cools our laughter?
What's that form that follows after
Funeral music sadly sounded
One more man is turned 10 clay
Let dull age go weep and pray!
Youth by death was ne'er confounded-
Long shall shine our jocund day!
Oh, my dear one. to my weeping
Marble silence sternly keeping.
Lying there in breathless blindness,
Death is never far away.
Even youth can weep apd pray!
Lips that loved have lost their kindness;
Dead are they this bitter dayl
Rose Hawthorne Lathrop in ScribneT's.
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mend that Mrs. R. L. Stebbins be held
to the grand jury for undue influence as
practicing Christian scientist physi-
clan and healer" Mrs. Stebbins has not
been frightened by her incarceration,
and is as impassive as if she were free to
go and come as she wished. She has a
kindly, motherly face, and does not ap-
pear to be at all apprehensive as to the
outcome of her present ENHANCEMENT
with the law. She insists that she has
done no wrong, and her determined ma
ture prevents the fits of depression which
usually come periodically to persons i'm
prisoned for the first time. A very good
index of Mrs. Stebbins' character is af-
forded by her response to the question
of a reporter who wished to know
whether she had yet employed law
yer.
Lawyer" she asked. "What do
want with lawyer? Has Jesus asked
us to hire lawyers? Did he not say,
Take no thought what We shall say, for
in that hour will be with your" Mrs.
Stebbins objects to being called faith
healer. She says that she is a Christian
scientist, and was in the last class taught
by Mrs. Mary B. G. Eddy, of Boston, the
leader of the sect. While differing in
its main lines from those of the three
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Miss Fortiod-Dear me, how you are
freekledl | should feel awful 20 have my
face ike that
Miss Noung-But there is no danger Of
being freckled when one IS on the shady
side.-Boston Transcript
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Olivia-Ssy, Lily, | saw Fred Har1up
going into a pawnbroker's Yesterday
Whatever could he be doing there's
Liiy-Oh. ! Gont kuow-pasS;ug his
time away, maybe.-Suith. Gray q Co. 5
Monthly
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Algy-Why do you-aw-buy those lit
tie common packages of cigawettes. OF
man?
Cholly-Aw-don't yer see: can-aw-
smoke two packages while you smoke one
large one. That's now l made my wecord.
New York Sun.
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She-Oh, yes. l quite believe there's 8
fool in every family. Don't your
He-NelI-er-my opinions rather BIZ
ased, You see, I'm the only member OF
sUr fauily.-Drake's Magazine,
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He Searches the Scriptures.

DO you read the Bible, Waido,"
"Oh, yes, almost every day" replied the
little Boston boy. Scarcely day passes
that in my reading do not find some ref
erence to it which requires yerihcation-"-
Indianapolis Journal
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Killing Or the 50 uirrels-

Game abounds in the state Of Wash
ington and squirrel hunting finds lots Of
devotees. a party of Whitman county
Nimrods bagged 547 Of the lively little
fellows the other day.
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When Baby was sick. we gave her Castoria-
Hhec she was a Child. she cried for Castoria
when she became Miss. she chung 70 Castoris
sben she had Children. she save them CaStoTiA
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LANDS IN SEVERALTY.

More Indiany Gravel the White Mans
Road"
1t seems but yesterday that the Chey-
ennes were among the widest of wild
Indians, and the Arapahoes, though
hardly so warlike, were probably little
lower IN savagery. But railroads trav-
ersed their country, the buffalo was ex-
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A London shopkeeper, having a stormy
discussion with his better half. put tbs
shutters up and affixed the following no
tice, "Closed during alterations"
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BE DAUNTED.
IF A WOMAN WILL, SHE WILL, AND
THAT SETTLES IT.

The Determination Recently Shown by
Several Bright American Females.
Praiseworthy Perseverance.
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The woman of today seems to have
the faculty of taking care of herself, no
matter in how trying a position she may
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W. y. CoLER. Jr Priest CoLER I. SIN V Pres
CHAS. Il. Pool. Css.ler.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-12-21

If you feel weak
ard al worn out take
BROWN S IRON BTTTERS
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-12-21

Coughing Leads TO Consumption.
Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough al
once. Ask your friends about it