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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-26
MISSISSIPPI HoUsE-BoATs.
The Slow ana Primitive Methods Used In
Moving Them Up Stream.

ne SLOW ana fTsmtttSe Hetho0s Gsc0 IN
Moving Them Up Stream.
The households, it appears. are Il
survival Of one among many kinds of
boats which were very much n ore nu-
merous upon the great river before the
era of steam navigation than steam
boats are now. Among the earlier
forms of boats were the famous Ken
lucky flats" or 'broad-horns." and
IA mily boats of this pattern were an
early modifica ton of their general
plan. which was that of a strong
hulled ark, long and narrow. and COW
cred with curving roof | have read
that family boats of this description,
fitted up for the descent of families to
the lower country, were provided with
stove. a comforta BILE apartment,
beds. and arrangements for cornmodi-
Gus habitancy and in them ladies. serv-
ants. cattle, sheep, dogs and poultry,
all floating on the same bottom, and on
the roof the looms, plows. spinning
wheels, and domestic implements of
the family, were carried down the
liver" Fulton's Clermont, which
proved its usefulness as the first prac-
teal adaptation of steam-power to
quickly copied on the Mississippi. for
in one list of nota BILE passages up that
river | have seen a note of trip by a
steambo in 1914. But long after that
the barges, skiffs. horse boats, broad
horns. and family boats must have re-
manned very numerous. They fioated
down stream with the current, and
were pulled up again by means of
wheels worked by horses or cattle,
and by the toilsome and slow processes
known as warping and bushwhacking.
A boat which was warped up the
river kept two row-b boats ahead
of her, carrying hawsers, which
were made fast to the trees on the
shore. and then pulled in as the bigger
vessels were thus hauled along. When
the length of one cable had been pulled
in. the other boat had fastened the 9TH
er cable far ahead. and SO the vessel
''inched" along against the fve-mile
current of the stream a little more
quickly than a house moves when its
owner has decided to move 1t down q
country road to q distant cellar he has
dug for it. 1t took day to 60 six or
eight miles bv that method. Smaller
boats were propelled against the cur
rent by rowing, sailing or polling them
along; andcuwhen the water was
high and overflowed the banks, they
bushwhacked up Istream-that is, they
pulled the vessels along by haa,ling on
the bushes that brushed the sides of
the crafc.-Julian Ralph, in Harper's
Magazine.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-26
DIED OF LOVE-
. Travellers Pathetic Account of an Incl.
dent in Bird Life.

. Travellers Pathetic Account of an Incl.
dent in Bird Life.
DIR. Junker, scientific explorer,
travelled through Africa without armed
escorts, accompanied only by his ma
tive attendants and carriers. He had
brought from west of the Makua pair
of red-tailed gray parrots. Their wings
being clipped, they were allowed to go
about freely in the Enclosure: but the
queen, who was specially attached to
DR.. Junker, would perch half the day
together by his side.
Unfortunately the pair came to a
tragic end. The kingbird had some
how fallen from the perch and received
internal injury. Seeing him on the
ground, bleeding at the beak, brought
him to my couch and laid him first on
one side, then on the other, to give him
a little ease; but all to no purpose, and
in about an hour he lay dead, with out
stretched wings
Meanwhile the queen parrot, which
had probably witnessed the accident,
extraordinary manner. First she imi-
tated to the life all the movements of
her dying consort: then she crouched at
some little distance, changing her posi-
ten whenever he did, signing. laying
her head now on one side, now on the
other: in short, acting exactly as If she
were suffering from the same injury
that had befallen her mate.
/ kept my eyes riveted on the in
separa bic pair and my amazement soon
changed to feeling of deep sympathy.
The paroxysm of impulsive imitation
lasted long enough to produce a
marked effect on the organic functions
of the little creature. Her grief, or
whatever inexplicable influence it may
have been, caused so profound a dis
turbance in the system that the vital
action suddenly ceased while she was
vet mourning the loss of her compan-
ion.
Without needing the risk, she had
drawn so near the fire that | was
obliged at last to move her to place of
safety. But the end was not already
az hand She refused the most tempt
ing morsels and within twenty minutes
of her partners death she had breathed
her last gasp.
What are we to make from this far
from solitary case? BY what name
shall we inscribe the puzzle? Inita-
tive impulse, instinct, heartbroken sor-
row for the dear one-what shall we
say caused the death of our little gray
parrot?-ChicaCo Post.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-26
The duehta gueslau Horune 4ember IS 1898
nan innovations with which he is still

man innovations with which he is still
unfamiliar. Each one Of the three
hundred parts which comprise bicy-
Gle will be shown in all its variations.
The display promises to be rich in
tires, upon which the speed of bicycles
so much depends. There will be some
novelties. too, in lanterns and pedals
The bicycle costume has also been
made special subject of study. Suits
for women will be among the most
startling innovations. There are the
divided skirts and an unspeakable
array of those more daring adiuncts
which makes the girl of to-day so diff
cult to distinguish from her brother
when she is a-wheel.
There will be no trick racing during
this exhibition. although there exists
an erroneous impression to the con-
trary. However. there will be more
attractions than ordinary fancy riding.
The stage will be eight feet high and
unusually spacious. while the arrange
ments have been such as to preclude
crowding of exhibitors stands by q
press of persons anxious to see special
attractions. The platform is erected
directly in the center of the arena and
the seating capacity will be over 5000.
One of the objects of the present
movement is the perfection Of trade
organization. A trade committee
meeting will take place in the concert
hall at ten o'clock on Wednesday dur
ing the show week. 1t will arrange,
among other things, for union with
amateur and professional wheelmen
in the interest of good roads all over
fuence of bicyclers has wrought an
immense improvement in the condition
of country roads throughout many
states. Patent pavements and road
beds have been widely introduced.
Nevertheless much remains to be done
in this line and for the first time it is
designed to inaugurate an agitation
that shall be national in its scope. 1t
is recognized that the bicycle riders
have accomplished more for the cause
Of good roads than all other influences
combined.
1t is hoped. too. that the present ex-
hibit and its successors may diminish
the prejudice that exists against bicycle
riders in some parts of the country.
This feeling is largely due to careless
wheelmen, who have neglected ordi-
nary precautions in the management
of their metal steeds, and have thus
caused injury or risk to non-riders and
to themselves The non-riding public
is as much catered to in the present
show as the cyclers are. For this
reason the more spectacular features
of the occasion have been decided upon.
The fancy riding. thus, promises to
be very elaborate. Backward move
ments, flag drills, flank riding and
original evolutions will be witnessed.
Intricate figures will be traced by the
bicycler with his wheel on the plat
form stage. Those feats popularity
associated only With the horse of a
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-26

planned for the week beginning on
January s next There will then be
opened formally in Madison Square
garden, New York city, national
exhibit of cycles, cycle accessories and
sundries Not only will the entire
trade throughout the country be repre-
senteG, but riders in every class are
to participate. During the six days of
the show there will be witnessed, in
addition to the array of wheels and
accoutrements. such variety of per-
'ormance in trick riding and racing
as will Guido all previous records of
the kind. Yet the true character of the
occasion is not to be lost sight of.
Heretofore bicycle events have been
mostly trials of speed and proficiency
for individual championship honors
The coming show is designed to repre-
sent mainly the present supremacy of
a machine in those capacities usually
ascribed to living steeds alone.
1t is the Metropolitan Association of
Cycling Clubs which has fostered the
present undertaking. The exhibitors
now number considerably over one
that even railroad rates from the most
distant points have been arranged for,
while apart from the regular exhibits
there are to be displays of expert riding
by men who have won prominence at
every meet, including the trick riders
w. S. Maltby and Sidney Black. The
garden itself is being especially deco
rated, and the exhibit platforms are so
arranged as to leave aisles of ample
width. In the center Of the amphithe-
alter will be a stage, with an area of
5000 square feet six feet above the
floor. Upon this will be done the
fancy riding to the accompaniment of
afternoon and evening concerts. The
show opens at eight o'clock on Monday
evening and continues each day there
after from two until eleven p. m.
and banquet will bring the affair to
an end on Saturday evening. A. Ed
mund Hildick, of the Riverside Wheel
men. New York; Frederick keex. of
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-26
Firms AND RUSSIANS.
Lutheran Churches and No Saloons for
the Unaffected Finlander.

Lutheran Churches and No Saloons for
the Unaffected Finlander.
The stations at which the steamer
halts consist of only few wooden
houses, but the passengers who come
and go are we'll clothed and prosperous
looking, and often quite smartly clad.
Their politeress is admirable, and az
they part one peasant bows TO another
with courtly grace. In this respect,
however. they are not superior to that
patient and good soul, the Russian
moujick. whose simple and unaffected
politeness leaves nothing to be desired.
The same can not be said for his sobri-
ETY.. Here the FinIander stands a
world apart. The latter goes to his
plain, unadorned Lutheran church on
Sundays in his best black coat, and out
wardly. at any rate, keeps his religion
for the Sa bbath.
The Russian is forever bowling and
crossing himself before gilded pictures
of Our Lady and the saints, and is con-
tinually passing in and out of the ever
recurring Byzantine churches, the cup
olas OF which rise from the vast plain
of his native land like mushrooms from
a marsh Whether this be religion or
superstition l leave to wiser heads to
decide: but it is beyond doubt the
greatest centripetal and concentric
force in Russia The Russian again is
often in the LIQUOR shop, but the Finn
generally has no liquor shop to which
to go.
Within twelve hours after leaving
Lahtis the handsome wooden houses OF
Jyvaskula and its two very tolera bic
stone churches crown gentle emf
nence at the head of Lake Paianne.
One gentleman alone IN this little town
speaks English: no one speaks Russian.
The only linguist. the captain of the
steamer, hospitabie and kindly. ar
ranges for bed and board in house of
spotless cleanliness, the linen of which
would have done credit to Partisan
laundress The beds at first sight are
rather a puzzle. They are all of the
same size, shape, height and never
more than three feet Long. Luckily at
nightfall, or rather at bed time for
just now there is no night, they dis
cover a capacity for being extended to
double their original length.
The table at breakfast is spread with
anchovies, butter, bread, cheese,
bologna sausage, slices of cold beef,
radishes in and out of milk, collops of
salmon, and bottles of schnapps and
yodki This, with one hot dish to fol-
low, forms the usual breakfast, and
with the additions of sahp and pud-
ding, the ordinary dinner or Finland.
The hotel has telephone. National
Review
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-26

the Hudson County Wheelmen, Jersey
| City, and Henry L. Saltonstall, of the
Elizabeth Athletic Cyclers, Eliza beth.
! n j., form the committee of manage
ment.
| Not the least among the matters Of
! interest to wheelmen in connection
with the show is the question of per-
manent museum of cycles. The coming
national exhibit is essentially modern.
! The latest devices are to be given the
places of honor. To the taste of indi
vidual exhibitors will be left the
question of showing what are now
merely curiosities of the trade. 1t was
proposed to have a model Baron Won
Drais famed celefire. or speed maker,
the real father of bicycles. The baron
designed it about 1910. he being
horticulturist in the employ of the
then grand duke of Baden. The quaint
machine was a two-wheeled object
which the baron invented to expedite
the going of his professional rounds.
In 1876 counterpart of the article was
publicly exhibited, but not until fifty
years later did the first real bicycle
come into use. The exhibitors at the
/ coming show have no counterparts of
these old affairs. Only pictorial repre-
sensations of them can be shown.
"Lallemert's velocipede" is the gen.
,ral designation of the continuance of
1866. Pierre Lallemert was n French
nan who established cycle business
IN New Haven, Conn. years ago.
His machine was shown abroad and
patented in this country, but being a
crude arrangement propelled by
,ranks on the front wheel. it never be-
came popular. The feet of the rider
were his principal support. The days
IF steel in place of wood. of rubber
tires and OF springs were all in the
future. But in 1869 there was great
improvement and the two-wheeled
velocipede was in general use 1t had
been intended TO exhibit these old
machines in operation at the show, but
the design was found TO be impractic-
able Even what is known as the
modern bicycle, that used in 1850. IS
practically obsolete, although we'll
remembered. Even the reversed de-
sign of the original modern machine,
that in which the small wheel was
placed Immediately before. instead Of
immediately behind. the huge one. has
become unfamiliar with the steady
development ofthe cycle
Yet the coming event is not his
torical exhibit On the contrary II IS
meant to show even the EXPERT wheel
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-26
.Iayane4e Music.

The Javanese musical instruments
are made mostly of bamboo They
also played upon a pipe, or whistle,
which was about three feet long and
six inches across This sounded like
the hollow roar of lion. Another
was q bundle of tubes OF different
lengths. which covered the small boy
who carried il like big saddle. 4 log
hewn out with two strings stretched
across IL served as a drum 4 either Of
sixteen strings and mandolin OF two
completed their outdoor band, while
inside one could hear other music made
by gonCs of wonderfully pure and
beautiful tone.->t- Nicholas
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-26
KING OF THE GULF.
The Resident and His Home Among the
Motley Crowds of BushIre.

Motley Crowds of Bushire.
Bushire is the capital of the English
protectorate in the Persian gulf Here
our resident lives, who may be styled
king of the gulf, and before whom all
the petty potentatGs along its shores.
be they on the Arabian or Persian side,
bow down. He has his steam yacht
and his steam launch provided for him,
British man-of-war is appointed to
be always in readiness To do his bid
ding, and the British residency. with
its flagstaff and extensive compounds,
Is by far the most conspicuous build
ing in the town, says the Fortnightly
Review.
Bushire is a truly horrible place,
built at the edge OF split of sand run
ming ont into the gulf. Its population
is very mongrel-Arabs. Persians. Hin
docs, are all hopelessly mixed up there
in. 1t has an English bank. What
with its English residency, English
bank. English telegraph, English
steamers agents and English men-of-
war. Bushire is as English as could
well be wished. Lawn tennis may be
seen upon the quavs, ladies may play
and ladies may ride without mourning
more than an ordinary amount OF star
ing from the Moslems.
1t is confidently asserted that, if the
karoun route is opened out into the
heart of Persia. Bushire viii cease 10
be the seat of our resident, aud the cap
ital of our Persian gulf protectorate
will be removed TO Fac or some other
spot which has not Yet got name. If
that time ever comes. and Bushire
ceases TO be the chief outlet for the
Persian caravan trade, the place Will
not long survive, for it has no preten-
sions whatsoever to call itself har-
Dor. Big steamers have to anchor at
least two miles OFF land outside sand
bar, and,i the sea is very rough. landing
Is next to impossible. Bushire chances
TO be the outlet for the roads across
the Kotals, and il it ceases to be that its
reason for existence will cease also.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-26
Somewhat severe

An exchange prints story which
may De commended 20 the attention o:
all public speakers who hare the dan
Cerous gift Of fueucy. A Young law
ger talked for several hours to jury
in Indiana, 20 the WEAKNESS Of all
who we're obliged 70 listen A. last
be 50, down and the opposing counsel
a white-haired veteran rose 20 reply.
Your honor said ne. Il viii follow
The example o: mr. young friend who
has Just finished. and submit the case
withou. argument" With that ne took
his seat aud the silence was oppre-
sive.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-26

-Philanthropist-' wish to found q
great university on talis site. Is it de-
sirable?' Expertus (doubtfully)-'It
will take lot Of grading before foot
ball can be played there"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-26
Most Decidedly.

Jinks-I don't believe that critic
reads half of the authors book he
criticises.
Binks-The author is moro consider
ate. He reads every word of the critics
criticism-fuck
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-26
A House Divided.

cts very happy little family. isn't
it?"
"Oh. dear, no! her husband is jeaf.
Gus Of her poodle, and the poodle il
jealous of her baby, and the baby cries
for its father all the time"-Vooue.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-26

Trotter-What's the matter, ChoIlyf
Cholly-I don't know don't feel
like myself to-day.
Trotter-Why, cholly. let ne con.
graduate yoqn-Brooklyn Life
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-26
What They Wsrn 20,

Mamma-What do those holes in your
new shoes mean?
Rupert suppose, mamma they
must be meant 20 let the squeaks out
-Harper's Young People.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-26
Not Appnreot-

Visitor standing or Clark stree.
hridseI-Wh that's that underneath?
Officer-The Chicago river
Visitor - Nonsense. Where's the
0ater?-Chicaro Record.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-26
A Nicer Bird.

The other day Tommy WAS lost in
deep dream; suddenly he looked up and
said: Papa, dear"
well, Tommy"
Wouldn't the turkey just be nicer
bird if he was only all drumsticks?"-
Harper's Young People.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-26
Not Much Time to Lose.

Little Boy-You1l have TO hurry,
papa, or mamma viii be ready before
you are.
Papa-Indeed?
Little Boy-Yes, she's trying on her
bonnet Guess you better begin to
dress pretty soon.-Good News.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-26

When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung 70 Castorsa.
When She had Children, she gave them Casic-ia
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A SHOW OF BICYCLES.
The Big Display Opens Shortly in
New York.
Greatest Wheel Show Ever P1anned-A
Week Of Exhibiting and Fancy
Riding In Madison Square
Garden.
iCoPYRIGHT, 1881

OF since the rise
of the bicycle
to its present
Importance as a
factor in every
day life has it
been put upon
parade, SO to
speak, in SO
elaborate a way
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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-12-07
Granville.

Mrs. George Farr is quite i'll.
Mrs. Matte Maynard and daughters are
in Rochester this winter, keeping house
for John Campbell.
Mrs. Mary Swan died Sunday, Dec. 3, of
dropsy Her funeral was held Tuesday, in
North Hollow, Rev. 2. b. Wheeler con-
Quoting the service.
Miss Josie Lewis, Harry Hubbard, Joe
Lamb and Cora Maynard are attending
school in Rochester this winter.
There was a Thanksgivin ball at Blair's
hall, which was enjoyed ty all.
Mrs. Bowen of Rochester and Cora Der
by are at work at w. l.. Ford's.
e. q. Ford of Ludlow was called to town
last week on account of the Hines of his
mother.
Miss Katie Lamb has gone to Bellows
Falls to teach school
Miss Addie Hemenway has returned
from her trip to Chicago and Washington,
ID. e.
Miss Minnie Stoddard has finished her
labors at the Central House and returned
to her home in Warren.
Mrs. w. L. Ford is somewhat better.
r. Nj. Hubbard is failing.
Miss Katie Lamb closed her school in
Dist. No. 3, North Hollow, instead OF West
Hill as reported last week.