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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-06-17
BICYCLE FREE

l will give a $50 bicycle to the
person under 20 years Of age who
trades the most at my store between
June 5 and July 81, 1898.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-06-17

Wedding cards of all styles, grades
and shapes printed on short notice at
this Office.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-06-17
r. *. HOOSE,
p. 0. BOOK STORE.

P. S.-Fishing Tackle, Base Ball.
Goods, Confectionery, Stationery, etc.
as cheap as anywhere. Jointed Poles
at cost.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-06-17

Leave orders rrre tor job work.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-07
Roman Cousuis,

The most honorable Office in the
Roman republic was that OF consul
Thsre were always two elected every
year-cne each from the Esatricians and
ple5elanx The consul must be af
least fcrty-ts1reo years old and mus.
have held the Offices OF qnacstor. Aedile
and practor- The corlsrIas we've tho
heads OF the republic, discilargilag al
public functions, sGCh us receiving azls-
bassaacrs or assembling the scnatc
Their insignia were those of 4 king,
except a crown- They werc always at
tended each by twelve Mclors, o. SER
wants. bearing the boxes or bundles Of
rods with an AK in the center. The
GcSors however, preceded only one at a
time, the lictors of the other following
him The year was named after the
consuls. and any laws passed at their rec
ommendation also went by their names.
They commanded the armies of the
repub bic. and when both were with the
same army they commanded on alter
nate days Under the emperors the
Office became an empty honor, though
surrounded with much greater state.
Julius Cesar, to CRAFTY 4 considerable
number of his political adherents, in
stituted the custom OF appointing con-
kuls for part o. the year only in order
that the honor might be the more fire.
euentay conferred. Under Commodus
there were often as many as twenty
five coHsuls in a year.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-07
DOGS IN BELGIUM.
An Caused Force Which Put to WcEk
Would BE of Great Advantage.

An Caused Force Which TUT 20 WOx1
Would BE Of Great Advantage.
The dog is an animal which, unlike
some others, has never been compelled
to work. 1t is true that it has been
used TO help the shepherd and tho
herdsman. and to guard the household,
but that is light labor. The hauling OF
sledges over the ice in Arctic regions is
work for which dogs have shown much
fitness
In England, meat is roasted before
open fires, after being hung on bar
called spit" And at one time dogs
were put in hollow revolving wheel.
like that seen in squirrel cages, which
was attached to and turned the spit.
Thus they were called ''turn-spits:"
but they never took kindly to the work,
and no doubt thought it an injustice
that they were not given a share OF the
roast.
The dog has really been made to
work in Belgium. The city of Liege il
a great manufacturing city. and en-
ploys as many horses as any other place
of its size in Europe: and yet, for every
horse, at least two dogs are to be seen
in harness on the streets.
Early in the morning women, with
brightly painted carts drawn by sleek
and well-fed dogs, hurry to the market
to sell their wares. The gardener. the
butcher, the baker, the grocer, the exc
pressman, all engage the services Of the
dog.
Its step is so much quicker than that
of the horse that it can in an hour 60
twice the distance covered by the late
ter, and draw a heavier load in proper.
ton to size. The dogs are driven in
their wagons single, double and some'
times three and four abreast.
The expense 81 feeding them where
number are kept, or when placed like
horses at livery, is from 1--WE to six
cents day, horse.fesh and black bread
being their food.
There are markets whore they are
bought and sold, and a we'll built and
we'll broken deg will sell. for twenty or
twenty-five dollars. When we think
of the millions At dogs there ere in, the
United States, the majority Of them
idling their time away, it can be seen
that there is a vast fierce running 70
waste which might be used to advan-
tage in many wAya-Gellen DayA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-07
He Overdid II.

Beggem ito himself,-I-e got around
that rich old great-aunt OF mine at
last. She's interested in benevolent
schemes. and I'm helping her night
and day to search out worthy objects
To-day she said I'd have cause Tor re-
joicing when her Will was read.
His Great-Anut ito herseift-I had
40 idea my granddaughter was 50 good.
II worries MIN almost sick TO see so
much misery in the world How de-
lighted he viIl be To End that all Iny
money J. to go to the support OF the
poor friendlcss orphans. ~. y.
Weekly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-07
FALLING LEAVES.

Around me f1y the falling leaves
In vain their fate my spirit grieveA
Tor nature grants US no reprieveS
Throughout the.world she holds her SWAY.
Her laws must men and leaves obey,
From dust they spring. to dust decay.
Yet while this requiem we sing,
Our faith looks forward to the spring
That shall the Resurrection bring.
Back to the earth for earth's own sake
The falling leaves themselves betake,
But soon in beauty shall awake.
Awhile they mingle with the soil.
Till natures unremitting toll
Shall reproduce with nought OF moN.
AS fall the leaves our dear ones fall,
When comes 10 each the silent call;
Nor long the grave shall them enthrall
All, why begrudge them natures sleepl
Why deem the grave so dark. so deep,
Or tears Of hopeless sorrow weep!
For sleeping mortals comes the spring
And JOY with mOrn'S awakening:
Immortal life the day shall bring.
Fen death IS part Of natures plan.
And hath been since the world began,
Sweet death, unerring friend Of man.
Such are the thoughts my fancy weaves
With brightest hues of falling leaves
No more my tn oughtful spirit grieves.
Robert NJ OTord in n Y. Observer.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-07

The queen regent of the Neither
lands recently presented 10 to her
daughter. the little Queen Wilhelnina.
a number of wooden figures clad in the
uniforms used IL the army OF the Meth
erlands The future ruler, it is hoped
BY her mother. will be able 20 recog-
nize the grades of the real soldiers by
studying the wooden figures Her
majesty. it IS said, asked her mother
10 add figures o. women to her gift, as
the men would be lonely without
them
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-07
A RAPIDLY AGING TOWN.
The Decay Of tho Canal Street Region IN
New York.

New York.
1t is fact illustrative of the high
pressure way in which the city of New
York is run that the Canal street re.
gion already is old. In fashion that
would make European city dizzy. it
has dashed through all the phases
which mark the progress from youth to
age; and already, in no more than
mans lifetime, has passed on into de-
cay
Eighty years ago it was suburban
and obscure. Twenty years later, Hud-
son square having been laid out and st.
Johns church built, it began to be
fashionable. In another twenty years
the square being then surrounded by
the wide-fronted houses of which many
stately wrecks renain-it was one of
the most gravely respecta BILE parts of
the town; and for more than a decade
1t remained at this aristocratical high
water mark. Then began its slow de-
cline-which ended in sudden and ir-
revocable plunge, in the year 1869, when
the Hudson river Railroad Co. crushed
the region utterly, SO far as it's
fitness to be An abiding place of polite
society was concerned, by clapping
down four acres of freight station over
the whole of the luci1less park. Only
one man of position stayed by the
wreck, and even may be said to have
gone down with it. This was John
Ericsson, the builder of the Monitor,
who continued in his house for many
years on St Johns park, holding up in
that frowsy and busting region it's
traditional respecta bility, until he died
there only little while ago
To-day, the jewellers upon st. Johns
park are mainly foreigners; few Ger
mans, but more Naiians-as even a
blind man, possessing travelled and
intelligent nose, would know by the
presence Of several distinctively Neapol-
itan smells The sta tely houses, SWARM
ing with this unwashed humanity, are
sunk in such squalor that upon them
rests ever an air of melancholy devoid
of hope. They are tragedies in mellow
toned and carved woodwork that once
was very beautiful.
By an odd twist of destiny it is main
ly to the aristocratic houses on the
square that an evil fate has come. The
less pretentious structures therebouts
have sunk only to the level Of lodging
or boarding houses; and many Of them,
rs is manifested by their superior air Of
neatness, still are pri-
vate dwellings Thomas A Ja1yier. in
HarpeV's Magazine
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-07
An Active Industry.

The demand for skulls and skeletons
Is said TO be always in excess of sup
ply particularly at this time of year.
1t may interest our readers to know
what are the current prices in the
American market Half skeleton dis
rrtacsllated. in box, consisting of the
skull, the spinal column, twelve ribs.
relvis one arm and one leg-the bones
Of the spine, hand and foot are held to-
Eether by catgut-twenty-o dollars
Medical Record
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-07
A Compromise.

Reuben-Mamma, will you give me
q cent to buy nice big green apple?
Mamma-No, Reuben; green apples
are very dangerous.
Reuben-Thcn. mamma. give me the
cent, please. and l will buy red one
-Harper's Young People.
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The Broad Rrs-

lis there no hope for me. Miss
Edythe? Can i never hope to be closer,
re2rer to you than am pow?" said he.
NO" replied she, softly: mo. Mr.
Smith. not unless you take OF your
hat"
And he dij.-Truth.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-07

When Princess Anne, afterward
queen OF England, was married she
wore headdress two yards high and
three yards in circumfere nee,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-07

Passenger elevators were in use in
Paris in the seventeenth century under
he name Of flying chairs"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-09-14

over me and then Of hot strength-noth
ing less than the strength of despair
and, thank God, it carried me through.
l shall never forget that ride. The
horse was fresh-the pick of the best
posting stables in Worcester-and / had
much to do to keep it in while we
breasted Redhil to the level of the Lon
don road. Then | gave it its head and
tip from tie heels, and away we shot
like two mad things. Seeing nothing
but the yellow road before me, counted
every spring of the animal as he
skinned along, scarcely seeming t.
touch the ground with his light hoofs.
and flying faster and faster as he warmed
to it and heard my cries of encourage.
ment
For half an hour let him 90 till we
came to n stiff hill not three miles from
Ranston. Here l pulled him ND and
made him walk before the final rush in.
He was impatient to get on, so was |,
for from the top of the hill | knew
could see the church, and maybe some
Of the gathering people; but Iheld him in
and took out my watch. My heart sank
it was ten 1ifty-eight. leased the reins
with shout, and in three bounds we
were at the hilltop and away again. /
could Sc the church now across the val
ley and the flag at its tower and the
pigmy forms moving about the yard.
But there was still hope, still chance
to snatch Doris back from her peril-for
such was my purpose, and my dream
had made me desperate. ] set my teeth
and let the good horse go.
1t was all over in ten minutes, and it
was Doris dongs as much as mine. She
could not help ii, maybe, and it was
rather sudden to jilt a man just as the
vicar was asking whether she would
have him or not But so it was, and
had no sooner shown myself at the YES
try doorway which | had entered than
she saw me and with Il "Oh. Jack. jack"
stumbled toward me and fell limp in my
arms and lay there like u cut lily and as
specifies. | had carried her into the
vcstry and was bathing her temples with
the parsons drinking water before the
wedding party could realize what had
come TO them. He was the first to rush
in. as was natural perhaps.
HpN L NplllA llOb IdN = ldIlllt-l MN
just then for all his wordy spleen if he
had not laid rough hands on me as he
tried to force me from my place. But
when the shock of his touch went through
me laid Doris head down for one mo-
ment while | sprang to my feet and
catching him by the collar and the small
of the back pitched him out Of the open
door with such goodwill that he fell on
the grass "a dozen yards away and lay
there, a huddled heap Of blackness on the
! green.
When Turned round Doris was open
ing her eyes and looking upat her moth
er, asking where She was. | knelt and
| looked down at her. She stared while
you might count three, and then her
arms We're around my neck, and l raised
her in mire.
He declared his love here at this
wicket, as You had, dear, before him."
But the letter. | said.
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"Oh, how could you believe it, Jack?
The letter was my second refusal, sent Il
week after he had taken to his practice.
He must have forwarded it to You in the
cover of one Of mine, How cruel and
wicked of him! And you She looked
up, and there was such reproach in her
eyes that | turned mine away, not dar-
ing to meet them.
jealousy made fool of me, Doris.
How can | tell You? You see, the letter
was so worded that, coming after Your
silence and Oh top of my knowledge that
he was still at Ranston, =
WHO told you he was still here? |
avoided the subject for your sake"
IN news travels fast, buc don't let
us speak of it. He allowed the parcel
to reach you--what did you think when
you opened it,"
when | was able to write | wrote to
you, asking what it meant" she said
simply.
And | never answered.
NO
| gazed at her nearly choking, What
had my suffering been to hers;
ana, on, / was SO NlelCHcu, JACK,
she went on in her naive way, land
when he came third time, full of sym
pathy, and Offering TO relieve poor moth
er Of the debts which had nearly brought
the old home to the brink of breaking,
i said yes, feeling that had no will
that it was n duty thrust upon me.
But it is ali past now, isn't it,
Gladness made her sigh, and | could
feel her sweet breath as she looked up
at me.
"Do you forgive him, them" said |,
looking away and thinking of his abiect
figure as he writhed under my whip an
hour ago.
"Yes, yes, Jack, and you must too.
You have punished him enough, and he
has promised to go away. Let us forget
him-let w look upon it MS bad dream.
Oh, Jack, my heart nearly runs over
with its gladness surely yours has
naught else in it now"
"God bless you' said |.
"And you, Jackl' said she.
And then we joined hands and turned
10 the house, becoming one i'll love and
charity, Doris and l.-Chambers' Jour
! nal,
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CHAPTER IL

need not dwell on that period. II
lies in my memory more like IA hideous
dream than so many weeks and months
of actual life, and, like a dream, there
are only portions of it which stand out
from tho ws-adVentures, Incl
dents, scraps of scenery, seen III clearer
moments. 1t is enough to say that !
came round gradually and began TO see
things as they should be seen. But the
hate was all gone, and love alone was
left. Yes, love was left, though badly
nourished, having no hopes with which
to diet it, and got accustomed TO think
Of Doris as one who was dead and yet
living, and very lovable withal, even as
Beatrice was to Dante.
So a year passed on and left me minus
some thousands of dollars. ! had found
my way into Colorado and was miner
at one of the great Joint stock claims
which have taken the place of the old
fashioned diggings. The rough work suit
ed my humOr, and there was life and go
III the town and much distraction in the
game of faro, Of which more in its
place. For Zine months had not heard
from Canada and had ceased to think of
the place. My father had taken kindly
to his new life, which was all needed to
know. | wished to be and was Il soil
tary in the world, though | mixed much
with men, finding more isolation in i.
crowd than i'll lonely places. But | was
beginning to be restless again and to
wish for another change, when some
thing happened which | had not looked
for, but which makes me always thank
full that | played faro that night at
Midas.
1t was nothing more than quarrel
and whipping out Of revolvers, and then
sudden lane of rough figures looking
on while the two fired from either end.
heard the low thud of the bullet as it
struck Black Jake, and | caught him in
my arms as lie fell backward with sud
den limpness and whitening face. | had
only seen him once before, and he had
reused vague recollection which made
Inc look again at him, wondering what
it was about him that was so familiar.
He had been at one of the far tables, or
perhaps his speech would have given me
the cue. NOW rs lie opcHeu MS eyes ana
stared up into mine he turned his lips
from the flask and said, God forgive
us--its Master Sedley!"
That's so, Take a pull at this and
tell Inc who you are, said |, surprised
at my own name.
The liquor was Of little use, for his
heart was slowing every moment, but it
brought flicker to his face and n word
or two more to his lips. "Gi'e me yer
ear--closer," he whispered. Bob Hill
! ton-Ranston postman-aye, yo know
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me now. They want me-want mo for
robbn the bags. Tell 'em death has
got me, an tell young doctor chap as |
hopes to- He Earned me the beginnin
he Your letters-Miss Doris
stopped EN- His money Hope no
harm done, sir--I-Christ save His
eyes glazed, a tremble went through
him and he slipped off without another
word, leaving mo staring at the dyed
whiskers and dissipated features with
ringing ears and n thousand thoughts
and feelings all set loose together to
the overwhelming Of my wits, which
seemed quite undone.
Long after they had carried him away
and the noise and confusion was spent
! stood leaning on the bar counter star
ing vacantly through the smoke of the
saloon, seeing and hearing nothing, but
conscious of growing fiend within me
and tightening Of my teeth as | reck-
oned things up and saw III all its clear
ness the perfdy that had come between
us. The letter--was not that part of
it? Could Doris from her hearts heart
have written such letter at all? 1t was
forgery, trick, and had been a fool
to be duped by it-nay, a villain in very
truth, for had doubted Doris and given
her pain and misery perhaps "A thousand
times worse than my own.
Yet the letter was clear enough, said
the ghost of Doubt; it was in her own
characteristic handwriting, said Mem
ory, and there was no forging that, put
in Doubt again.
Then a resolution came to me. and |
walked out into the open air and breathed
it in with a long inhalation, as men do
at sudden relief or when stirred with
new purposes.
There were evil things in my heart,
but there was one little corner where
hope stirred, as if after II long sleep. |
could feel it as looked up to the heav-
ems, where the stars We're twinkling
down at me as if they knew a thing or
two, having seen Doris only few hours
agone.
Next morning | started for New York,
and in four more days was on the Allan
tic gazing at the last point of Sandy
Hook as it sank lower and lower, till the
horizon was an unbroken line and Amer
lea nowhere,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-09-14

! uscd to live in nice long box
= tissue sheets they wound me;
But now hang in u wardrobe dark,
And dusty gowns srround me.
Ny white silk lining Is soied and gray
Most gadly heckcd am |;
Ny rufiles Of chiffon fall in shreds-
Oh, parasol wrecked am Il
Quite often this summer a man carried me
He kissed me one time, too,
Then with my point wrote in the sands,
My dearest, love you'll"
And since that day my life has been
A we9risone, endless blank,
Except when -he hauls me ont and says,
You helped me capture Frank"
Chicago Record.
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IhCn me paper dfOppCd rom my hdndS.
Doris unfaithful-it wasn't natural.
Our souls had grated and we We're one;
we were two streams that had met to
turn the same mill wheel together; cur
hearts were bound with hgaments of
their own growing; there Vas no undo
ing what nature had so willed. Yet
there was her handwriting, her own
words in good black ink telling white it
was a liar.
Then all at once, through the rush and
swirl of it, came the thought of the new
doctor, and queer GOODNESS went
through me as If | had been turned To
clay before my time. The life seemed 10
go out from me. and | could scarcely
move my feet as, half staggering, went
indoors and dropped into chair. Again
l read the note, though every cursed
word was burned in my bSain forever:
cannot marry you, d9r-i it is impossible.
like you-I am fond OF you, as told you in the
orchard that evening, but | cannot be your
wile--I cannot indeed. Oh. wish l had told
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hppl1 tlI
what nirht q man do in that time with
an nmpressiopable voung girl who had
the best evidence that her lover WAS I'M
faithful? They were cousins and had
been together in earlier wears. He was
n highly educated and coutrasted with
me a brilliant. perhaps n fascinating
man. He had secured his diploma. but
the arduous study had broken him dOWn.
and to recruit himself he had left his
London home to pass some weeks among
the breezy hills Of Worcestershire. the
guest Of his fathers sister. the daily
compauion no doubt of Doris. He had
seen her beauty, her Young susceptibilitv
to the Influences about her. and he had
wormed his way into her heart and cauk-
cred il as prnhs do roses. So hatred
brouoht it all M and made me feel AS
murderers do. God forgive me. tits all
nasseJ now and il WAS loves DOING with
all tbroe of ms
# was nos- midnioht when I arrived
after fen DAYS at Worcestny Tho old
civ was slnmberino and the ,rea+ catha.
dral wac watching over il and tallino
ont tha hours IN IT'S deaf oars os tbe Nv
rnmhlad noisilv to the hotel where /
had ne,force To STAY tin davlioht enabled
mo +o continue NV Journey Inv the early
train
AsJlov like q loo in he'd and tba hours
went ON till all IN the CITY but myself
corld hear tho cathedral ciocl, rim Them
ont soma ,,art Of NV brai, ynI,a nm
and fndinr reason stll a slugrard
started etraio,hfwav a-drea,ning saw
tbat Stood in a crowded cbnrcbvard
IN all +bo soft sheen ~ SUMMER
,norning I rnbbed NV eve. as tha neo.
Ma ,novnd ohout some toward rho wood.
-, ,,o,.oI, ir,, ,,l,c., 80, tha,,,+h
in +Inora ,,.as az, ,vanro ~ .,nilino faco.
ond ono sl;,, frrra foIlou.ad b,, ba,
maids yerdiro slowly throroL ali
II u,os Drris all whit. anI heartifr,
in h,;IaJ vestmonts bnt her. Golden head
,,,as Lon+ ana tbara wa. heoyira.. in ba,
49, A.;f sl,o ,ra,a ON, a,,i,,,, COMO ,,,iso,
Lons, na,.ar 80 lnov, El,or,,. a,,a;m .,,
,,ansod ~ +ho n,rcb aud lnnl.a5 In,,, and
,,,;e+f,,l,, 1,,.o1i into +ba. s,,,sI,;,o
NJ ,avor belia,,a j., droar,s hr+
co., da,,,, - l,raol,f.,e+ ,,,,oa.,, a,,1 ,,,itl
o,,4 anna.;+, IooLino IN ot tIo+ do.,,air
inr, w,bito coca with a rrnwin', sante o