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OK near anything in particular to give
it value.
Bostonian investors were badly BIT
ten in the downfall Of the boom. Ono
of the boom settlements near Chatta-
nOoga has all the street names picked
out Of the Boston directory except two
Mississippi avenue and Sewer street.
| know a real estate Spectator.
pretty decent kind of \ chap, too, who
used 10 own an iron working plant, Z
rolling mill or something of that kind.
There were good many carloads Of
machinery and he moved It from place
to place. he tells me. more than a
dozen times. Unprincipled boomers
would hire him 10 exhibit j. 'in full
operation" az Some paper city, until
enough town lots had been sold. when
he would move to another corner OF
the wilderness and the same bunco
game would begin again. This sort OF
thing was bad for the south. II has
stopped. and the people down there
pray that it may never begin again.
Things are at z standstill now. bat the
vast possibilities of the south are still
undeveloped. DAVID WEcEsLER
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-22
"IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED"
TRY
SAPOl; 10
SLEPT FOR FIVE MONTHS.
The Burning of n Torsu Cares = Strange
Case Of Lcthargic sleep.

Case of Lcthargic sleep.
A curious case of lethargic sleep
which lasted for FIVE months has Just
come to the attention OF the Hypnotic
and Psychological society in Paris,
which both they and the doctors are
unable to explain. A thirtesn-year-old
girl of an excellent provincial family is
the subject OF this curious experience.
While Ut boarding school she was sud-
denly frightened and became i'll She
was examined by the celebrated Prof.
Charcot and admitted TO the insane
asylum of DR.. Raffegeau at Vesinet.
At this time the girl uttered a series of
hoarse banks, and her wide-open mouth
disclosed a highly swollen right tonsil
Every Ave minutes she was seized with
n spasm, during which she rubbed her
left eyebrow so hard with her left hand
that she nearly wore it away. She was
completely unconscious. and had 10 be
nourished artifeially by means of n
stomach tube. Three days after reach
ing Vesinet she fell into syncope. which
it was impossible to disturb by any
physical pain. Massage and hydro
pathic treatment produced a visible i'm
proveneut. but il was not until few
days ago that the proper remedy WAS
discovered. Dr. Raffegssu cauterized
the swollen tonsil with redhct iron
and at the same time treated the mus
cles under the jaw with massage. The
girl gave little scream when the iron
was applied. Some hours later she was
induced TO repeat the vowels after tho
physician. Next morning she suddenly
awoke, asking: Where am l?' She had
absolutely no recollection OF what had
occurred about her. She is now more
lively than before her Illness, talks in
cessantly and seems anxious To make
up for the time she had los: by her
amusing herself as much as possible.
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pard and wears wise-loolEing spectaclcs.
but these cannot blind me to the fact
that he is too young yet to be elected
president Time viii mend that fault
in q year.
In other words, he is thirtyfour.
When Mr. Barrett left college he ap-
piled for a job Oh one Boston paper:
stating his expectations as TO pay ut
five dollars per week, may add. His
application was refused. He tried at
another office, had better luck, became
a Washington correspondent. then ed
itor OF the Advertiser and Record,
speaker of the house and all sorts Of
nice things. He has his eye on ths
senate and who knows what besides?
When Barrett wants anything in
particular whole lot of rcspecta BILE
Bostonians ret up and howl virtuous
negatives, but he usually arrives, Soon
er or later.
The whole trouble seems to be that
Barret's ancestors, instead of coming
in the Mayiower and stopping in
Massachusetts, came in 1888 and lei
surely trundled on to New Hampshire.
and that he himself graduated from
Dartmouth instead OF Harvard. This
IS something not to be forgiven on Bea-
con street.
All the same, Mr.. Barrett and Gov.
Russell--or, rather, GOV. Russell and
Mr. Barrett-are two young fellows
worth watching in opposing political
camps.
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nature Of the business in hand. Every
time his graphing iron failed to bring
up what was expected, he was visibly
depressed by the toughness Of The
luck. and thiS would start him telling
some entertaining story of al occasion
when he had dragged for missing peo-
pie and had got 4 boat load in less
than half an hour. Bat Hot Hole
p2. . yielded him nothing, and he was
at length forced to reel up" judged
from the tone Of his conversation that
he held Rev Mr.. Truesdcll 10 be much
to blame for his disappointment.
Meanwhile, ] had done all that I
could to help in the search. | had run
around the pond ten or a dozen times
and had given much valuable advice to
everybody who would listen. About
a hundred Soinesville people had
assisted me in this useful occupa-
ton. When we were not advising we
were discussing Mr.. Truesden.
learned that he had had trouble in his
church, and also that he had none. l
was toi3 on good authority that
scandal had crept after him
from his lase place Of residence. and
that he was thought to have eleven
wives in different parts Of the country.
1t was rumored that few of these
neglected women had traced him to his
iair in Somcsvillc, and that he had
probably gone up into the woods TO die.
As n man of the world, | was disposed
70 iln Of OLE
wives. 1t is a curious coincidence
that the Somesville reor who were
certainly not men of the worid-fa-
vo-cd the same Jew. OF course, no
one expressed this view openly. But
we decided to scour the woods with
unanimity which showed our belief
that Mr. Truesdell had hidden his
guilty secret there.
II would be an inaceuracy to say that
a searching party was organized. It is
true that we heard plans outlined by
various leading citizens, after which
we all went off and did as we pleased.
On one subject alone were we agreed,
that If Mir. Truesdell were found alive
he would be suffering from cold for it
cAS ofS Oh LU'DSc I'd" dDti
spring days which are SO much colder
than winter, and therefore every man
Of US put . quart bottle of ancient and
honorable ''rod-eye'' whisky into his
pocket before starting out on his meian
choly errand. This provision was made
entirely for The comfort of the MISC
ing man, but when we all got out into
the cold woods with the last remnants
of the winters snow stopping around
our ankles. we decided not 20 save all
the warming fluid for Mr.. Truesdell.
The chill was too personal for our gen.
crosby. We had recourse 20 the red
eye" on or own account. The co1se-
quence was that as the shadows of
evening began to fall sixty or seventy
inebriate.i citizens of Somesville might
have boon seen struggling about the
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woods, totally oblivious of their GRAND,
though dimly conscious that something
out Of the ordinary had happened.
As for ne. in the earlier hours of the
day had come to the conclusion that
was the man 10 ind M Iruesdell.
A person experienced in the crimes
and mysteries Of great city should
certainly be far better able 10 solve
this simple affair than the ruSticS OF
Somesville. With this idea in mind, |
separated myself from the others al
most as soon Is we struck into the
woods. Ny plan was to make nv way
across % little way station on 4 rail
road that avoided Somesv!Ne 3v mile
or TWO. and there make some inquiries
about the object OF our pursuit
Whether the 'Ted-evc. " 10 which ! was
wholly unaccustomcd. or nv general
lack Of familiarity with the couutry.
iaterfered with my plan, am unable
to say. but the fact j that within one
hour / was dozen times more lost
than Mr.. TrueSGeli. This possibility
had not occurred TO ne. had sup
posed that with the woods full Of men
iShould only have to hit up my voice to
bring Immediate assistance. ~. when
/ perceived that WIS advancing along
the circumference o. Z circle. and had
climbed he same rail fence four times.
] decided that it would b. wise to veil
oEee or twice b. way Of experiment.
Il Was disastrous failure. rot
scared al the vaStness OF the silence
around ne. and. starting up, plunged
ahead through the shiny underbrush.
Twenty minutes later I was sitting on
Q small but very cold stone. which I
remembered having passed several
times before ! was chilled 50 thor
oughly that the separate Pteces Of ny
epinal column knocked together with
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-22
Moral Sulsi0U.

Tie neighbors of Mrs. Maria Smith
agreed among themselves that she had
very peculiar ideas about the training
of children. She had gone TO the nor
NAL school for one term before her mar
riage. and it was commonly supposed
that some of her oddities We're due to
that ceuse.
well, now" said Reuben Day, rs he
came home to dinner, "Maria Smith is
queer one, and no mistake. She is
bringing up that boy Of hers on mighty
original principles. What do you sup
pose heard her say TO him this morn
ing:"
I'm sure I dunno" said Mrs. Day.
There's no guessing-she says SO many
queer things. What was ito"
why. Won know Joe Smith cut his
foretinger half off yesterday with his
new tangled hay cutter, and this morn
ing, as was going by, l heard Maria
say:
Now, Joseph. she always calls the
little scamp Joseph, though the old man
has never been anything else but joe
now. Joseph says she. you must be a
very good boy, for your father has hurt
his hand. and il you are naughty he
can't whip you!' Youths Companion.
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pulling. Think of playing tennis in
crinoline," said dealer in sporting
goods.
Il cant think of it." was my reply.
'Thats just it." he said, viciously
kicking his heels against the counter,
you can't do it. It's a fact that max
ers of lawn tennis goods have re-
stricted their output greatly this year,
waiting to see which way the cat will
Jump, and sales are dull all along the
line. Same, suppose, with side sad
dies, rowing boats, canoes and every
thing that would make girls stronger.
happier and better wives and mothers.
What's one mans meat is the mex
mans poison, isn't it!
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Mr. Iruesdeurs bosom had for years
been loaded with remorse.
We hurried to Hot Hole pond. It is
a round and lead-colored pool, which
derives its name from its reluctance to
freezing. Only the severest cold can
skim it over, ard SO it offers to suicides
the great convenience Of guarantee
that there need. be no postponement on
account Of weather. After few days
residence in Somesville, | wondered
that mere people did not avail them
selves OF this offer.
The pond is neither large nor deep,
and moro than half Of it had been
ragged when we arrived. A veteran
fisherman was superintending the
operations, AID the instinct of his class
could not be repressed by the tragic
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-22
NEGROES IN BARBADOS.
Life Among the Blacks of the SVsst Indian
Islands.

IN Barbados the chief enemy Of the
black race is consumption, az which
many of them die. though is prac-
tically unknown among Europeans.
/ TIE cause il simply that the negroes
Theoretically seal up their hu.s al night.
partly fror1 fear Of mysterious ghosts
or ''duppies," and partly IN keep out
mosquitoes and partly again because
they wish 70 keep out cold For. strange
a IL may appear, tho Datursiized Yves.
Indian negro shivprs in 2 temperature
Of seventy-four degrees. and on one oc-
casion in winter when the tenn
perature falls 10 seventy de-
Qrees he is blue with cold
and almost inca FACILITATED for work
No doubt he is warm enough
in his hut al night, with every shutter
closed and every chink and Granny
stuffed with rags, but nature avspgss
herself for this seclusion Of her purify
ing oxygen b. colds and coughs. Tho
negro has quack remedies and balsarns
bv the dozen for thes-, but they do not
save him from the tn bercle that sOon
forms in MS lungs and Eats his life
away. After all. he j. little missed. ne
has had short life and a pleasant one
His relatives will feel pride in cov-
ering ,heTnse yes with crap. for Grape
is de r'gueu. among the negresses -
Berbado-s He viii protsa bly leave after
h n .ix or seven children. nostlv iileyIti-
mates, sine. the black ladies' have
strong objections - the bond ef mstrs-
mony- Put here the question IT
pounds. shillings and pence ices not
intruds Itself .. il doc al ho1ss Il
costs 80 little % bring ~ eisrz y OF
that there j. really no rFzsoB hat
ever for ia parents % consider - fu-
ture- When L grows up al hours
work dsy wfl keep & n food and
clothes -. IN The streets o. Bridge
town IKE h&ppF I.ssl. back i=ps
s-ara. ike s.es and he sand has 1As
deaBest population per square alsis 0.
any place Il ne known -0-la that =.
I, what they ,sv aooEIt CEin-ss stats
tics - true-wavsriy Magazine
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writing profession in America. If we
had a national academy like that of
Franco he would be the first member
admitted from the great dramatic ele-
ment a quiet, unassuming man,
scholarly and retiring, he kept the
American drama up to respectable
level when farce comedies and leg
shows came dangerously near dividing
the American stage.
Have we an American drama now?
Indeed we haze, thanks to no one more
than to him.
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MflIIl gayle
ON A MAN HUNT.
Fielding Joins Country Searching
Party and Roams the Wildwood.
The raire OF Grimes and Casualties as
Means OF Recreation to People Liv-
ing in the Rural Dis
trio
COPYRIGHT. 1892.

The crimes and misfortunes OF our
neighbors are fer more numerous III
the city than in the country, but we do
not get anything like so much fun out
OF them. For instance, the man who
lives in No. is, right across the street,
comes home intoxicated five nights in
the week, but what satisfaction do get
from that? | do not know the man.
He may be squandering his patrimony
and bringing his wife and their two
interesting English pug dogs to beg
gary, but not even Maude can find cut
whether he is or not. He could reform
tomorrow without doing us any injury.
But in the country man like that
would be worth something to us. We
should know all about his wife and his
debts and any other follies or afiiic-
tons that might have helped drive him
to drink could pity his wife. while
Maude pitied the pug dogs; and then
she could go over TO his house and tell
him about it, thus furnishing him with
an additional sorrow to drown III the
cup But in the isolation OF a crowded
city these JOYS are denied Us.
recently had an opportunity of es-
tinating this great advantage which
the country offers. Jimmy Carter in
vited me out to his suburban residence,
about sixty miles up the state. The
invita- ton surprised me, for we are not
intimate friends. know Jimmy we'll
enough to cut the pack when he deals,
bat otherwise we have little in com
mon. and expected no great pleasure
from my visit He said that we might
possibly go hunting; but ! had no idea
that we should pursue such interesting
game as Rev. Cyrus Iruesdell Of the
First church in SOmesville. Yet we
had that pleasure. Mr.. Truesdcll was
kind enough to disappear on the very
dav Of nv arrival. II he hadn't ! might
have lived all my days without nnding
out how much fun there is in country
searching party.
The papers have been full Of this
amusement recently. An unusual num-
Der OF persons have taken it into their
heads to wander away from their
homes, to the deep and real sorrow Of
their families and the delicious excite
ment of all their friends and acquaint-
ances But the thing should be seen to
be appreciated.
The news of Mr.. Truesdells disap-
pearance was brought to Mr.. Carriers
house by fat and cheerful youth, who
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champagne cocktails in Broadway, and
a very tall and very frothy schooner of
beer with free lunch for three cents on
the Bowery.
You can pay one thousand dollars
over the counter for an ordinary stock
piano lamp or any sum you like for one
built to order. or you can live on seven
cents day and no one the wiser.
The beggar and the millionaire meet
at the street corner.
The three richest men and estates in
the world. bar one, are represented GA
Fifth avenue within one mile. And
out of million and a half people. d
million and quarter are living in
tenements and cheap flats, absolutely
unfit for human homes.
What monstrouS ard uncomfortable
thing is 4 great city.
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eiors as room decorators, partly be-
cause thev aren't % original. ana more
because they haven't the moneT-
Give 4 ran S5.019 or $4,000 gcar IN
New York and the chances arc he'll Re
jusc ass enough - suppose that ne
can't get married CT that lie Fyltl
hire bachelor quarters for about 800
q month. share them with another
young man 81 kindred tastes dine a.
an expensive restaurant and blow ia .
considerable surplus in art decorations
81 ore sort and a1otAsr until g ne
expiration u sozle years the rooms
arc narve,ously r-etty.
Thc Rooms OF young magazine ed
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Policeuau-What for?
4 Host.

He irapturously) Tell me. ny owr
before you promised 10 be mine were
you ever kissed br anyoue9
She Darling, can no: tell lie. !
fear was.
He-Quick. what Is the name OF the
riIlaia9
She-No. dear; j; : better FOR ro1
net 10 know. He might be too many
for yeu.-JudEe.
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against bronson
II o W a + q and
he'll Il 4 S w { + {:
''B0sh!'
7 h i 5 t a | K
a b on t plagiar-
ism in dramatic
matters is get
t in g tiresome.
Bronson How
ard stands ad-
mittedly at the
head of the play
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Not a .I.iliners Rusin.ss.

Hc-I an ~c~v glad. my dear, that
you nave r.1illinez II The house to-day,
because there az Q couple q b1ttons
OF zly coat. and she car sew them on
FOR me-
slse-But, Pail. ron surely don't
think taa, a ladies tailor i1noEs how 10
sc77 battCas OF geDslemen's ccats?-
S-halE
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extra workmen
and women, for
" h i C h o Q
should be thank
FIJI, as one of the
& o o q { h n e S
u n j h dri + t
about even in an
Ill wind.
But what a
long ia C G t b e
dealers in ath-
Ietic goods are
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App-Ocri=fe.

Yrs. Bingo-Oh. dear! Charles. I
wish could find good name for
bahr-
Cha-les-VIIy not call hin Atlantic
Oceaug~
Mrs Bingo-Whst for7
Binzo f7Feariiv}--Becaase he never
dries up-Truth.
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q year for an
apartment in the
Navarro Il q IS,
or four dollars a
month for one
sublet corner of
a room ia Cherry
street. And the
8 NJ g Her room
pays tho larger
profit.
NOn can get
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Mrs. WitherEp's Wish.

What do you think of this portsrai:
Of me. nv dear?'' asked Witherup.
1T is very smiling and pleasant" said
Mrs. Witheru.s Then she added. visit
fully: a. wish you'd look like it once in
awhile, John. "--JudCc.
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cans ar Chicago
more about our
eelsI5 rLan any
OF rs know.
There are q
g o o d II 4 ny
Americans who
know all about
the Swiss lake
jewellers a u q
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Tenn, iilustrat-
ing the rise and
fall of the south
ern land boom:
1856, $50 an acre;
1890. 500 per
front foot of a
city lott" 1893.
$50 an acre.
This was Ordi-
nary farm land,
not built upon
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DR. Hawkins "a aas rakn. Yes
shoald ss1d f0- him Why. hs can
.peak ;weaty dsHerc1. language
Mercy sad The sex rssr- Il
v~azG 20 - cured. ncs t-ans.zte4 -
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THE GOSSIP OF GOTHAM.
The Two Big Young Men OF Mas
SachuSettS.
A City of ontTasts-Rampant American
ism-BacheloT's Rooms-TeIinis in Grin
line Plagiarism? Bosh! - In the
South-Notes from New York.
icoPYkIGHr. 1891

o one knows that
Hon William E.
Barrett. Of Mas
sachusetts, is q
most eXtraordin-
airy young man
better than my
self. ! knew him
when he was q
sohoolboy with
a peach bloomy
cheek. How he
is bearded like 4
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2 y cbl4t! NOT
fail 20 note those
touches of home
d = Z ora OF
which none but
a n 4 c uline
hand can give"
The girl bach
elors simply
aren't n i with
-Ha mon hzrA-
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A vast difference.

his trunk will do.
Clerll-But il IS only half the size o,
the one you got for yourself before
Vinterset-i'm married now-Judge.
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Understood His Ru<ine<s.

Fruit Wonderfully You notta tella
me move ono
PoIiceman-Your cart is not in the
way there.
Fruit Ncnder-Den l put tia in da
way, and ! wanta you tella me move
on.
rolicenan-Whatf for?
Fruit Nender-Dat maka big crowd
and l sella banan.-N. y. Weekly.
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Circumstances Alter CAGES.

Doctor" said the solicitor. II wish
you would do some advertising with our
paper"
Couldn't think of IL, sir. The idea
is prcposterJus. Z is against the ethics
of our profession. BY the way. here's
an item about man | attended this
morning. Take it down 70 the Office,
viii you? And be sure 70 sec that my
name is mentioned. "-Buffalo Exuresa-
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Diu-i- What wzs sh@ nsos. togses-
In play yoa cyc- Sas7
rsway-'fLen5 TIC Five snili-sA
-1ysA
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Lie IS. after -. nothing but
dream. said The mora iizer
.cn wake up, retorfed the de-
---4 f1zcr Puck
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The Proper Book.

Barber - What would you like 20
read. sir, while am shaving you7
Briegs-Fox's Martyrs. Brooklyn
Life
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In the delightful novels Of orr youth
we used 70 read about tie feminine
touch in room decoration
The old order chGngeth.
The novelist o: 1896 viii write: in
Fitz-James DArcy's apartments the
m ost careless !. -
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Plagiarism? Bosu.

Ask q thea trical man what he thinks
about the charge OF plagiarism laid
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What Contrasts.

What city Of contrasts is this.
You can pay five Thousand dollars
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IN the South.

Here's comparative Genealogical
price list of some lands near Hartman,
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Us Americans.

A modest scientist, Prof Putnam, Of
Harvard, is going to show US Ameri-
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Tennis in CrsnoliI,e.

Crinoline. if it comes, will give en-
plovlneut to one hundred thousand
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Tho Differences.

C-umner-Tkere is one marked diff
ference between the city and the
country.
Gilleland-What is ito
Crummer-In the country they call
fun wickedness and in the city they
call wicleduess fun.-Liie