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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-15

| JOE JEFFERsoN's BULL UNDER GLASS.
were as exciting as the battles that
made us masters Of the City of Mexico.
But there was bull fighting without
going abroad; the boys and the bulls
Of our own country were, as they are,
forever at war.
This warfare goes on, and the jour
| na,s are often supplied with news Of
the engagements that so diversity ag-
ricultural experiences. Next to snake
and bear stories the bull fights have
an honored place in our literature.
Bears are departing with the buffalo,
and a fresh narrative of an old fash
toned encounter would be moro charm
ing if less favored with the suspicion
of antiquity. Still the number of our
fellow citizens who have stabbed
gigantic black bears to death just in
time is remarkable. The grizzlies die
slowly.
There was time when bear stories
were more important to newspa pers
than kilograms. The supply of snake
stories holds out because the snakes.
like great men, continue to sun them
selves while shrinking from the public
gaze. The bull stories increase in gen.
eral interest, largely owing to the ir-
ritable disposition of the Jersey breed.
The hlderncy cows seem to have all
the good nature in the herd
Rear the Jersey bull tenderly as you
may, and when he gets big he goes
bad, and he will gore his proud master
with alacrity and deadly violence. 1t
Is commonplace to read that some old
farmer fond of cattle has met his fate
at the horns and hoofs of his favorite
bull. especially if he has been indulg-
ing his fancy for Jerseys. The infor-
nation that the direct ducal descend
ant of Columbus was a breeder Of
bulls was an Introduction that gave
him the benefit of widespread SYM
patf1y. and it was sad indeed to hear
that he had lost his fortune attempt
ing to make bull fighting as popular an
amusement in Paris as in Madrid
Why did he not try it in America?
Joe Jefferson has, rs q farmer, had
experiences with bulls and in an
after-dinner speech gave modest re-
-t%NA'fi- Va Ill adventure lAldb
taken rs typical. Joe's farm was in
New Jersey. where there was 4 great
deal of gravel rather too near the sur
face, and gravel so situated that it
drained both ways. into the ground
and upward by capillary attraction.
Joe had great mishap. and he said:
1t was when my ,Alderney bull got ia:o
the greenhouse. There was nothing
to stop him but the cactus. He tossed
the dower pots right and left Talk
about the flowers that bloom in the
spring. WHY l never saw such a wreck.
and am fully convinced that there is
nothing that viii stop a thoroughly
well bred bull but a full bred South
American cactus. | went down to look
At the ruins and the devastation that
this animal had made and found him
quietly eating black Hamburg grapes
don't know anything finer than black
Hamburg grapes for Alderney bulls
friend OF mine who was chatting me
for my farming proclIvities said: ! see
you've got liz some confusion here. 1t
looks TO me from seeing that gentleman
therc-that stranger in the green he.nse
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-15
TALES OF TRAVELLERS.
Trial Size 10 Cents.

The HEloquence CT Solitude" Il Fully
Realized.
you have often heard the express
sion about the eloquence of solitude
remarked a traveller recently Il used
to think ! knew what it meant. but I
discovered l did not until one day
when had an alarming experience.
| have stood on mountain top and ex-
claimed: How grand this solitude"
! have been on the deck of a Pacific
steamer and watched the red sun set
ting. l have wandered over a deserted
battlefield, but the true feeling OF
loneliness and abject helplessness
never knew but once. / was strolling
along the beach at Brighton. England.
several years ago. and was much in
terested in my rambie. especially as
had never before seen those white cliffs
which have been written of so often.
So engrossed was I that did not no.
tice the tide rising rapidly. Suddenly
as the space between the water and
the cliffs grew extremely narrow the
fact was forced upon me and began
to retrace my steps l had strolled
along seven or eight miles and hoped
at least to be able to walk back to a
place where 1 might succeed in scaling
the cliffs Where | was they arose
either in perpendicular line or hung
far over. Then | came to point
where the water was deep and knew
that ! should have to stop. The situa-
ton was critical l could neither go
backward nor forward, SO l cast nv
glances upward High up on the rocks
could reach it, was a fairly we'll
elevated point, although there was
no hope of going higher. Well, / man.
aged to get to the ledge and seated my
self, waiting the turn of events. Swift
ly and noiselessly the waters arose and
and now the beach was covered l
raised my voice, but soon discovered
how useless it was to attempt to attract
attention in that isolated place. The
sun went down and the sea in all it's
calmness lay before me The tide made
not sound and all voices of nature
were absolutely hlshed A feeling of
great oppressiveness came over me and
and to my excited fancy l seemed the
sole dweller in the primal world; a
helpless being at the mercy Of stipend
Gus forces that worked so silently; the
only thing of life that had ever lived
and which was now to be eliminated.
Slowly the waters crept up, uttering
not sound. and yet that silence WAS
eloquent with unuttered menaces that
caused my soul to tremble and turn
sick / should not have been SO over
whelmed if the waves had leaped moan
ing at,my feet. but was like the vic
tim of weird dream, chained motion
less to a certain spot while the hand of
destruction was lifted over me, help
less to move, but with my thoughts
and imagima ton terribly active. Then
found my.voice again and called out
loudly ! was refieved by the appear
ance Of several fishermen on the cliff
above, and by the aid of stout
rope wasssoon out of harms way But
] never see the beautiful white cliffs of
England. wftho shuddering. "-Chica-
90 News
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much what he did so he could paw the
earth and roar like lion. overthrow a
fence when he liked. stand una6ashed
In the presence of dogs and hold up his
head before farmers sons in a hateful
way. expressive not merely of aggres-
sive independence, but of supercilious
scorn.
There was a stout boy whose duty it
was to be a sentinel, keeping guard
over his fathers field to see that the
town cattle did not damage the corn
on the hillside that was exposed to in
vasiOn from dense wood. The tawny
bull with the ugly eve and long tail
had an increasing notion of hooking
rail or two from the fence and helping
himself, making way for others. The
boy was kept so busy by the aggressive
brute that squirrel hunting and fish
ing were forbidden joys. and he be-
came desperate In spite of his vigil
lance mischief was done, and he was
scolded until impressed that the time
was at hand when the use OF firearms
would be justified. The bull despised
finger stones, and grew SO saucy that
when detected in stealing young corn
he declined to run. The boy did not
get scared at the bull; he got mad. He
did not mean to be bullied by any
beast, and prepared spear of wood,
the point hardened in the fire. Indian
fashion, and also equipped himself with
sling and smooth pebbles from the
brook, after the illustrious example
Of David. He was now on a war foot
ing for beth long and short range. His
ambition was to go forth armed with
horse pistol, but there had been
fines levied for shooting cattle. Still
there was no law against a boy pro-
viding himself with homemade weapons
for self protection when his duty
forced him into the society Of savage
animals.
He found his enemy one afternoon
on the top of a hill that sloped through
a scrap of woodland adjacent to the de-
vastated corn and opened fire with the
sling. The bull was not struck-for
the sling is not weapon exact in dis
charge-but only disturbed by the
whizzing of the stones. Presently the
boy resolved to settle the question of
precedence then and there, for life was
becoming burden not worth carrying
on the bulls terms, and taking the adj
vantage of the down hill he made
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Vain Regrets.

CA great deal OF nv money" sighed
Young Ardup. looking over his bills for
ice cream and cut flowers seems 20
have been Miss-spent =
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rush with the Indian spear. When the
bull felt his sides scratched he was
surprised, and made of down the
slope at a heavy trot, showing
at the same time unmistakable
independence. The boy charged
again, encouraged by the steady
though grumbling retreat Of the enc
my, and this time grasped the long
tail of the marauder and gave it
desperate twist that increased the
speed of the foe. The young farmer
had travelled on a canal. and as he
chung to the tail and passed on at long
,lepe between small trees quickly con-
Guided to 'snub" the bull, canal boat
fashion, and quickening his run to the
utmost leaped close to the animal. and
with the long hair of the tail firmly in
his grasp dashed beyond a slender but
stiff ash, and the bull, now fully
alarmed and running like buffalo,
was caught by his appendix, which
twinet about the ash and chung to the
rQugh bark. and with sharp report
like the breaking Of rope the tail
snapped and the bull with the bleed
ing stump curled like an inverted com
ma, beloved with pain and did not
t0uSC III MS HShtHicls5 uIS III Until liz
reached the village, mile away.
where his dilapidated condition was
the wonder of all beholders. The con-
'queror, bearing the trophy of his power
and canal boat science, fastened
home and encountered his father. who
asked with pcremptory incredulitv:
Where did you get that?" ''Get it,"
.said the hero, why got tired of that
brindle bull, and caught him and
pulled his tail Off; that's all!' The old
farmer said: Come, come. tell the
truth" and when the tail, still warm,
was placed in his hands, Amusement
was on his countenance. The exact
statement that followed did not dissi-
pate the surprise in which the hired
man" by that time participated, but
the details were soon understood to be
extraordinarily funny, and the Incl
dent was presently decorated until it
became Incredible, and so was spoiled,
and has been distorted in its growth
for half q century The subsequent
proceedings on the farm interested
the brindle bull no more. He was
humiliated. His pride seemed to de-
part from him and he sought other
pastures. 1t is a proverb in the coun-
try that stump tailed bull has a bad
show for the pursuit of happiness. and
will allow himself to be put upon. 1t
is different with hog: the more you
cut his tail off the greater uis conf
dence in himself. but hog fighting,
though interesting. does no. rank in
history with the battles between boys
and bulls. MURAr HaLsIEAD.
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that you're trying to raise early bulls
4

that you're trying to raise early bulls
under glass"
1t is tolerably clear that this great
mishap on the sandy soil of New Jer-
sey drove jefferson to Buzzard's Bay,
caused his amiable acquaintance with
President Cleveland, and changed the
current of history. Many things would
have been very different if the Alderney
bull had not been attracted By black
Hamburg grapes rather than to Mr..
Jefferson himself. One of the conceits
of the average farmer is that he is per-
sonally supreme over the beasts Of the
field and the stable. He will caution
others about his bull, but as for him
self he takes club. or at utmost
pitchfork. and with such q weapon
risks his life and sometimes loses it on
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his own land, which, to the agricul-
tural mind, is an additional exaspera-
! ton. Once in awhile there is splen-
did combat between bull and ram.
| One instance shows the uncertainty Of
the fortunes of war.
! A heavy ram with silky fleece and
fine curling horns met an evil-minded
bull in clover field, and the attention
of the two animals being called to each
other, it became necessary to ascertain
on the spot which was boss. The bull
was shade contemptuous. and yet did
not like the independent way the ram
looked at him and jumped stiff legged,
instead OF recognizing superior force
and getting out of the way. The bull
snorted, shook his head, placed his
fore-feet widely apart. and put down
his head SO that his nose was in the
clover blossoms. This seemed to the
ram an invitation, and with a sudden
rush and spring he butted the bull
square between the eyes and knocked
him down. 1t was almost another case
of David and Goliath, and those were
the pet names of the animals as long as
they lived. Goliath got upon his feet
with extreme establishment and STUN
bled away. Sheep were to him dreaded
objects on the face of the landscape.
He never hunted rams any more.
David was boss and he knew It,
The literature of American bull
fighting would be more voluminous if
the choicest combats were not as rule
out of the regular range of reporters.
Only when a Texas steer breaks forth
in Manhattan, tackles the police. the
butchers and the newsboys, is justice
done the entertainment.
The street tournaments are irregu-
Tar. On the farm there is life close TO-.
nature. The f1ercest struggles be-,
tween men and the alleged inferior
animals are in the fields The patient
horse takes his beatings from his ex-
acting master with little resentment,
only once in awhile kicking him or
running away with him, or with MEM.
bers of the family, scattering the har-.
ness and wheels. The solemn ram
with curling horns occasionally (as
we have given an illustrative incident)
rebels and plunges headlong against
the common enemy. The boar is killed
before he grows tusks to carve the legs.
of the farmer or his horse. The dog is
the ally of the agriculturist, and is
petted until he is suspected of illness,
when he is msssaored for y mad dog.
Only the bull with daggers fitted to his
head, hoofs like iron and voice of
thunder, really asserts himself habitu-
ally against the tyrant man, and goes
roaring when he has on his mind vi
sions of vengeance and destruction.
There were many villages long ago
land few now situated in rich agri-
cultural districts where poor people
kept COVE that were expected to pick.
up living in the fence corners of the
green lanes, and by excursions into the
fields where they did not belong. There
was generally bull or two with the
airs of superior creatures, and educated
to take advantages. They were not
enterprising as they ought to have
been in fighting each other. Town
cattle" is the country name for the ma
rauding herds, and the land owners re-
gard them as a private menace and
public wrong. For miles around one
Of the pretty towns whose cattle infest
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-15
BULL FIGHTS AT HOME.
How the Exciting Sport Goes Mer-
rily On in Rucolic Neighborhoods.
Pastimes In the Pastures and War In the
Woods-Joe Jefferson's Bull Under
Giass-Thc Ram That Was Boss
in the Clover.
rCoPYRIGHT, 1893. I

tCoPYRIGHT, 1891
The green valleys of the springtime
come back to us as enchanted in our
autumnal years, when the frosts stop
the songs of the prophetic katydids,
the roasting ears harden. the apples
mellow and the fish swim with the cur
rents of the rivers.
1t was many and many year ago in
a kingdom of the west-before Edgar
Allan Poe had written Annabel Lee
that the boys of smiling land, half
woods and half corn, heard there was
war with Mexico. and Texas was to be
ours. Some persons thought it wrong
to go to war for Texas, but Andrew
Jackson was in favor of the annexation
of the Lone Star republic. and that an
swered all objections.
We can hardly understand now, so
far away then was the gulf of Mexico,
what a mystery was the Mississippi
river, what tales came from the re-
mote south of the monstrous stream,
what an attraction it was to go on
steamboats, and ships bound for the
halls of the Montezuma, how certain
it was that the Mexicans were to be
whipped, what romance the history
of the conquests of fernando Cortez
was and how familiar Gautemozin on
his bed Of roses seemed,
Our politicians builded wiser than
they knew when they gained imperial
Texas-the France of America on the
American Mediterranean-and golden
California. 1t was bad politics, per-
haps, but good craftsmanship, and tho
somber Jackson was wiser and greater
than the brilliant Clay.
There was a chill on the air when
letters came that told some of the
boys were dead of camp fever on the
Rio Grande, and others had been killed
in battle with copper bullets. Some
of the cripples came home from Mon
terey, and there was a poem written
by Capt. Cutter who brought back the
pistols of young Harry Clay. speared
by the Mexican lancers, and gave
them to his father at Lexington. and
the poem began:
On Buena Vista's bloody field.
A soldier dying lay,
His thoughts upon his happy home,
Two thousand miles away"
The returning braves were stored
with stories of the Spaniards. and the
strange mingling of races in the lands
Of the sun, and the bull fights that
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TIE TAIL CANE OFF.

the roads more than they do thou
sand hills. the farmers sons are watch
ful and wrathy, and when the town
cattle are seen bent on errands of mis-
chief. they are pelted with showers of
stones. and dogs are turned upon them,
and if there is stubborn resistance.
pitchforl,s are used, until, when the in
vaders disappear in cloud of dust.
there is a feeling that battle has
been won.
Once it would have been sad story
for a fellow citizen elected to west
ern state legislature if he had intro
duced bill to compel bulls and cows
and all domestic animals 10 DE kept
within the owners Enclosures. Why,
the ministers, the wagonmalSer, the
rocery-keeper, the blacksmith. the
shoemaker. the school-teacher. the
huckster. and all the widows keep
cows.oThey have to have milk. do they
not? What kind of q country would it
be to deny the widow and the father
less the comfort of COVE There were.
however. troubles that approached
tragedie. growing out of keeping cattle
forced to pick up dishonest living
They were expected when the grass
grew dusty in the roads, and the corn
stalks were tall and green, and the de-
veloping ears milky, just before the
frost was on the pumpkin and the tod-
der in the shock" to break through the
fences and help themselves
Once upon time in a coy valley in
the Western Kingdom. in the midst OF
which there was cluster of nice
houses, and all the roads were grassy
and much woodland unfcnced offered
free food. there were cows that yielded
milk that WIS repeatedly skinned.
and there was "a tawny bull with ugly
eye and glistening horns and a very
long tail. ard he did not seem 20 care
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A Parallel ava.

10 you mean To say, grocer, That
you are going to charge me for the
few crackers and raiSins that my boy
Eats whilst You are taking nay orders?"
Well. III he fair. ma am. Ii when
you goes to book shop to buy n set o
novels the bookseller don't charge YOU
ior the picture books your boy hooks,
! won't charge neither. can't say ms
more than that. "-Harper's Bazaar.
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nboyc Mercenary Motives.

fer Father-IIave you considered.
young man, that you are comparatively
poor, while my daughter is very rich?
The Young Man-Yes. sir. But. be-
lieve me, sir. would not for al instant
allow that sordid consideration TO
stand in the way of our happiness
Chicago Record.
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Unsuitable Homicide.

Mr., ,Brown-Eerrible tragedy at a
bargain counter The woman who
had secured the last five yards of cheap
silk wasAshot by another woman who
had been>waiting from midnight with
out having'a chance to get any.
Mrs. Brown Poor thing! Surely
they won't do anything to her. will
they john BroOklvn Life
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Didn't WISH To Hurry Him.

She-Papa has had bad luck lately.
and says that Il You marry me now,
YOU must take me just as am-
He-Ah, ny angel. he does me an in
justice. am not one of the selfish.
inconsiderate. now-or-never kind
can waltz. Y, Weekly.
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The Courage of His Convictions.

She-Papa says it is the duty of the
rich to economic in these hard times,
if only to set the poor good example.
He-Does he practice what he
breaches?
She-Yes: he has discharged half the
hands in the factory-Puck.
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Total DcCravity.

''Just think of it," exclaimed Mr.
Lushly's wife. Just think of it,
Just think ofwhat?" asked Lushly
This newspaper states that in Bel
gium there are $50, 900 saloons and ), 900
schools
Lushly was silent IN thought.
What do you think of that?" asked
his wife.
"Why-cr-ain't that a good many
schools for such. a small country?"-
Washington Star.
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Notary Seals.
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-01-07
BeXar Field Trials CIuh

The BeXar Field Trials will mold its
third annua run on January ard 10 in
Wilson county five miles from FlOreSvile.
There is now some 30 or 40 dogs entered.
OF which some have come from Michigan.
Indiana, Louisiana, Ohio. and from ali
over the state. The trials had to be given
in Wilson county, on account of the
scarcity OF quail in this county. There
will be large crowd of spectators from
all along the liue of the Arkansas Pass r
H., and also great number will leave
here on Sunday afternoon at 3:15, while
some will go on Monday and Tuesday
mornings.
Any one wishing to go can leave here
on either the 500 a. m, or the 3:15
p. m. trains on the Arkansas Pass railroad
and on their arrival at FloresvilIe they
can lind all the necessary transportation
to the grounds. For further particulars
apply to e. A. Chabot, secretary and
treasurer Il. L. T. club.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-01-07
FpwOrth League Officers.

The mem berS of the Epworth League
OF Trinity church held meeting last
night for the purpose of electing officers
for the ensuing year. The meeting was
called to order by President Hite, and
after devotional exercises and routine
work, the society proceeded to elect Off
GERS, as follows:
President, Benjamin G. Hitn.
First vice president, chairman of the
committee on christian work, Miss Lizzie
Schreiner
Second vice president. chairman mercy
and hel p committee, Miss Elsie f. Wilkins.
Third vice president, chairman literary
department, Miss Alice OStrom.
Fourth vice president, chairman of the
entertainment committee, Miss Laura
Van Aiken.
Secretary. department of correspond
ence, 5. Briant.
Treasurer, Miss Carrie Dean.
OrganiSt. Miss Rosa Morley.
The meeting then adjourned until Fri
day, January ~.