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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-05

of America. and John Gully, OF Eng
land, were probably tho most famous
pagilists of their time, and IN after
years acquired wealth and legislative
honUrs. Gully became a member of the
English parliament and won q fortune
on the turf and in speculative enter
prses- He lost The greater part of his
gains, however, in the latter part of his
life, and was constantly haunted by
the fear that he would die in the work
hoTse." He was saved that untoward
fate, and patrons of sport were highly
gratifed in consequence.
John MorTissey picked up,H 60 use
sporting phrase, more money than any
gladiator that ever lived, not eren ex-
ceptfng the renowned John L. Sullivan,
of Boston. Yet he died without a soli-
tarY silver dollar 10 giisten before the
expiring light of his eyes. After his de-
feat of Heenan and retirement from
Che ring, Morrissey opened up a gam
bling house on Broadway. and money
literally poured in ON him he won the
friendship and good viii of the hate
Commodore Vanderbilt, and the gruR
ola insncier let him into many a good
thing" MoSTissey "7pedged into the
lannon's Harlem corner which the
commodore engineered IN 1887, and
cleared 100000 by that operation alone.
At one time Aorrissey was worth So
00G, 600 and conducted the greatest
gambling houses in An1erica-one at
No SIS Broadway, New York, and one
at SaratO1S Spa Tho latter was world
famous as the Saratoga Club house
After Commodore Vauderbilt's death,
however, AIorF5sssy tlied speculation on
his own account, and from that time
his process OF financial disrntegration
began BE coBd not buck the Wall
street tiger with any degree of success
with such arch mani pul@trs as the late
jay Gould Leonard Jerome, Addison
CenInack, BACON WoerishoefTsr and
others equally expert in the fold. His
fortune gradually slipped away from
him, and when his estate was settled
Up afiar his demise il was found thst
the former Prince OF Eis4aua" had not
a nickel to his name. Indeed. he was
heels over head in debt. Nor does she
picture end here Sad to relate. MGR
rissay's widow. at one time one of the
most beautiful women ID America, gen
tie, accomplished, refined, is now eking
out bare existence IN a collar fac
tory at Troy, n. Y, the former home Of
her dead husband She earns about a
dollar day 1T her wearlsoulc labor, a
sum which SIC dispensed st least
dozen times dag in charity during the
era of her husbands prosperity. Once
she wore three hundred Thousand dol
lars worth of diamonds; now, poor
woman, she must be content with food
and shelter.
John Z. Heenan, the conqueTor OF
Tom Sayers, the champion of England,
and MorrisSeys fellow townsman and
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LOVELY GREEN EYES.
The s~A Serpent Has Them. for the Pas
scRgers of the Angola Saw Them

The s~a Serpent Has Them. for the Pas
seEgers of the Angola Saw Them
The officers, passengers and crew OF
the Liverpool mail steamer Angola de-
clare in positive terms that they have
seen "the marine mystery, the sea ser
pent," off the west coast OF Africa, de-
clares the Pail Mall Budget. They are
said TO have signed q paper in cold ink
and tphraseoiogy 70 this effect. While
steaming along the coast between Bay
Beach and Lagos long moving mass
was discerDed about q mile from shore.
A close examination showed Il 10 be an
immense sea serpent. The attention Of
the whole of the officers, crew and pas
sengers was directed 20 the monster.
There were no fms or Sappers % be
seen, but the Ievisthan was proceeding
along At the rate Of Eve or six miles an
hour By an uudulating. wriggling mo-
ton. II was travelling IN an opposite
direction 70 that in which the steamer
was going, and Il was kept IN sight for
more than ten minutes IL was esti-
mated that it's length would Be about
two hundred feet. The water At the
time was as smooth as . mill pond, 50
that an unobstructed view Of the mon
ster could be bad. At one time IL
raised its enormous head and looked IN
the direction Of tae Sbi ,. showing two
tremendous green eyes, as II glaring a.
the steamer. II was broad daylight at
the time, and when first seen the cTes-
ture was within easy distance. being
readily discerned with the naked eye.
and the glasses which were used Only
confirmed the opinion that il was q ses
s.rrrnr.
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inches in his day and generation, Is
frequently recalled by war-worn vet
Grams who followed the prize ring a
quarter OF a, centEry or more 500 suf-.
sivan. whose real name was Frank Am
brose Murray, after his successive de-
feats at the hands Of Tom Ever aud
John Morrlssey, sought 70 mend his
fortune in that section where Horace
Greeley in later years said 'the star Of
empire" lay. He migrated to Cahfur-
MIA toward the waning deys of tho gold
fever. The famous vigilance commit
tee Of San Faalcisco was then in ex-
isterae and ruled the embryo municip-
nl3ty with an iron hand. Yankee
being fighter was arrested as sns-
picdcus character and hurled into pris-
On 4 few nights after his incercera-
ton be- was murdered in his cell while
resisting with might and main the fate
his captogs had endearOred to nlete out
TO him Sullivan had been suspected
Of an alliance with gang OF burglars
then operating on the Pacific slope. but
no proof of his guilt was adducsd at
the time.
II Is matter of history with which
many people of the past generation,
but few of the present, are familiar
how BiN Poole, the skiing of rough and
tumble fighters" rnSt lis fate. Poole
and Tom Hyer were recognized as the
leaders Of the American or Know
Nothing" fCction which dominated New
York from 1850 10 1888, and were unre-
lanting Ia their opposition % she influx
upon American soil 81 foreigners. whose
political power they had begun to
dread Pu9ilist John Morrissey, IN
after years state senator, Congressman
and prince Of gamblers, was the leader
Of the element opposed TO Poole. A
6stic battle naturally followed
The principals agreed TO meet at the
foot Of Amos street dock with bit one
attendant esoa- Aiorrissey kept his
WORD. lut Poole violated his. Norris
sey was accompanied BY his trusted
friend and lieutenant, johnny LYONS
" bile Poole had a retinue Of three huE-
dred followers. Morrissey was fear
fully pummsLed by the mob and barely
ESCAPED with his lie. This was On tie
morning OF July -, 1855. The friends
Of Eorrtssey svvore vengeance. The op-
portGnitT came on TIE night n Feb
rua-v "a. 1855. Poole was staining 81
the bar Of the Stau~iS Hall. No. SO
broadway. when Lew" Baker. Pan
gene Mclaughlin. Jim Turner, Char
hey Van Pelt. Cornelius Lyon and John
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-05
HUMOROUS.

'TT's all very WELL" said the grave
digger, 'to advise young man to be-
gin at the bottom. and work up, but
in nay business it amt practicable. -
Life
MANAeER-"What in the world is all
that racket about out in the back
room?" Helper-"It's time for the four
footed girl to eomeou and she can't find
her other two feet. Inter Ocean.
CuRoMANr1C AND BoMASTfC.-She-
do you believe ones fate can be read
in the hand as the palmistry people
say?' He-''To certain extent Give
me Your hand, for instance, and l can
tell that my fate viii be sure to be a
happy ne."-Chicago News Record
Il was getting measured for suit of
clothes this mawning," said young Mr..
Sissy TO his pretty cousin, land just for
joke, v know, awsked Snipem if it
really took nine tsilors 10 make man.
He said it would take more than nine
tailors TO make nof some people l
thought it was quite clevah-"
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~. -
GREAT PUGTLISTS.
The Mightiest Champions OF the
Fistic Arena Die Poor.
Corbeee L. Thrifty - Many of the Best
Prize Fighters Have Come at Last
90 Poverty, the AImshouse and
VioSens Deaths.
too1YrssHT, lsp2.1

There Is one fighter who won't go
broke
Champion James J. Corbett gave ut
terance 30 this CHEEKY sentiment d fort
night ago az he poci1eted a deed for a
large strip Of land on the choicest Sec
ton of the boulevard. Thrty-three
thousand dollars was the amount in
vested, which, taken with fourteen
Thousand dollars more oIt{aid in
pretty piece OF property near Asbury
Park. n j.. in October last. represents
the tidy sum the youthful Californian
has garnered since his hstic Argument
with John L. Sullivan at New Orleans
three months ago.
This expression. indicative OF the
champions hard common sense. was
drawn from him by an observation
made by Phil Dwyer, the famous turf
man, CoybettAs friend and counselor, TO
the effect that fighters, no matter what
money they may have accumulated dur
ing the period Of their earlier success.
generally die penniless-
A glance at the careers of the great
gIadiaboTs of the pest proves the truth
of Mr.. Dryers assertion. Not only had
the tickle jade EoTtune ceased to smile
upon them toward the termination of
1Re's Journey. bas their last hours were
oftsn enbittered by the deseTtion OF
friends and patrons vino We're but TOO
willing to pay tribute 10 hrawn when
the SUI OF success snone upon ats effort
and gold and glory followed in its
wake.
Yes, desti1utien and despair have
fnarzad the eliminating period of most
of fighters lives and frequently the ele-
sneut of tragedy entered mto-it. Who
does not remember the sad ending of
Ned O'Baldwin, the Irish giant tbs
clever Titan whom Jem Mace, the
wizard % the prize ring" was afraid
TO battle for the worlds championship
O'Baidwin was deliberately murdered
In West street dive by a man who had
once been his friend and the recipient
OF his bounty-shot IN the back by a.
coward who dared not face him, even.
with gun" 10 bis hand OBaldwin
would have been buried in potters
6eld had not kind-hearted sportsmeu
subscribed to give his poor body Chris
sian iateIEent.
The fate of Yankee Sullivan, the
greatest fighter of his weight and
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-05
TeNDERFoOT AND TARaNTULA.
How He Proved Himself 90 Re . Brave
Man, NeTerfhebess.

How He Proved Himself 90 he . Brave
Man, EeTertheBess.
Lieut.. Enerson, of the regular army,
who was IN command of a body of
troops during the late Wounded Knee
unpleasantness, relates the following an
his first experience in frontier life:
Directly after his graduation ct West
Point he was detailed to jain squad
near Fort Reno, L 7. 1t was his FIRST
experience in the wild and woolIy west,
a fact his comrades fully appreciated
Around the camp fire tho night Of his
srrival they related hai-raising stories
of escapes from Wild animals, the dan
ger OF rattlesnakes, tarantula and scor-
pion bites, and anecdotes not calculated
TO fasorabfy impress a tenderfoot with
his Surroundings
The lieutenant, with several fellow
officers, was CHARTERED IN deserted iog
ca bin. and when he dozed off beneath
his army blanket it was with thoughts
of myriads of scorpions and tarant,las.
Suddenly he was awakened with the
knowledge that something was crawl
ing over his face He cozf3d feel the
perspTation start from his forehead,
but he dared not move. The object
passed along the blanket, when, sud
denly.a sharp pain in the middle finger
of the right hand warned him he was
bitten.
Arising he struck light and found
two little spots of blood on the wounded
member. His worst ears were realized
His first impulse was TO arouse the post
surgeon, but 50 quickly does the poison
of the tarantula act that before the hos
pital could be reached he would be be-
yond human aid Then through his
mind flashed a story lie had read the
day previous of an Indian boy, who,
while splitting wood, was bitten by
tarant1la, and without hesitancy cut
off the injured member.
Quickly he grasped the lighted candle
and thrust his finger into the fame,
with Spartan fortitude, holding it there
until the flesh fairly cracked.
When the operation was finished his
frst thoughts were for the intruder.
His attention was attracted by a
scratching sound neart windows, and
there he found his deadly ene1ny-a
rrouso. The animal had crawied on his
blanket for warmth during the night
and en- movement of the hand had
retaliated with a nip. The lieutenant
bore the pain without murmur and
his companions have not yet discovered
the cause Of his mysterious injury
Chicago Nail
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JOLLY THOUGHTS.

A DrvoEcE lawyer likes domestic
broll done ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Repub-
Ecsn-
The Office boy who was taken on trial
was let 60 because he proved too much
of one.-Puck-
MANY man has been betrayed by
kiss after taking drink Of whisky
Binghamton Republican
MUDGs-"Thompeon called me an
idiot" Yabsley-''Iou needn't mind
that. Thompson always does exag-
geratc more or less "-Indisnapolis
Journal
At The SOUTHERN WETER REsoET.--
''When did you first discover that you
loved ne?' When / found out that
you were the only unmarried man in
the place. Boston Transcript
THE HARD PAsT.-Prcprietor-"Did
you let the lady know it was no trouble
to show your wares?' New Clerk
Yes sir. I told her that selling them
was where the rub came in Life
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-05
FACTS FROM FOREIGN LANDS.

THERE are over seventy miles OF tun-
nels cut IN the solid rock of Gibraltar.
THE famous dish Of VitelliGs was Of
phessants' brains, nightingzles' tongues
and fish liver.
BRITISH INDIA has f0.sIT shops
licensed for the sale Of opium. They
supply a population of -. 0oo, ooo.
A YoCSs woman in England has been
convicted Of administering pins % a
baby under her charge The cuiprits
name vas Cushion
IT viii interest some persons 20
know. II connection with the French
military operations IN Dahomev, thzs
the language Of that countryside Pope
or Dohomi-has already been pressed
into TIE service q Christianity.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-05

money Millionaire George Law was
many a thousand dollar note, besides
placing" him in advantageous business
spots One night in drunken frenzy
Coburn struck his benefactor and from
that time began his trfbulations. Law
never forgave him and he went TO the
"demnition bow vows"
The history Of the English ring Is re-
plete with even more heartbreakng in
cidents. Eli Perry, the Upton Slash
err for many years champion of Eng
land, died in the poorhouse at West
Bromwich, Staffordshire.
Tom Sayers, Perry's conqueror and
John G. Heenan's subsequent opponent,
died in great poverty at Camden town.
near London In his lifetime he had
squandered $50, 900. The last SIS, zoe he
possessed, a purse given him by his ad-
mirers after his battle with Heenan, he
lost by investing in a country circus
Billy Edwards, once lightweight
champion of the world, had at one time
SO, 900. He made it in lucky turns"
in Wall street. The bulk of it has gone
back there. Arthur Chambers, Ed
wards great rival, at one time could
proudly point to an $4,000 bank &C
count. Now he is broke" The horses
got it.
Of all the active pugilists before the
public-Corbett, Sullivan, Jackson,
Goddard, Choynslri, Maher, Mitchell,
Slavin, McAuliffe, Griffin, Dixon, Fitz-
simmons and HaIl-but three have mon
ey. These are Corbett, Mitchell and
Fitzsimnons. This is a thrifty trio
They hold the coin" They let their
admirers spend it. Every dollar these
cute gentlemen capture remains a pris-
oner.
Sullivan, Jackson, Maher, Slavin,
Choynski, McAuliffe, Griffin, Dixon.
Hall and the majority Of other fighters
are not thrifty. They ARE good fell
lows and are consequently broke"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-05
GATHERED ABROAD.

IN the southern provinces OF Russia a
drink resembling brandy is obtained by
distilling the juice of waternelons-
IT has been discovered that a manu-
factory of relics" has been in opera
ton in Edinburgh, Scotland, for some
time. Relics OF Burns were the staple
product
DUEISe the eleventh century a fash
ion OF embroidering the initials of the
name and the family arms on the gar
ments began in Italy and spread al
over Europe.
IT Is claimed for the new magnesium
fash light for Lighthouses, introduced
experimentally in Germany, that its
ability 20 penetrate almost Opaque at
mosphere exceeds that OF any other
known light.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-05
THOUGHTS READY FOR USE.

TEARs are sometimes better hsppi-
ness than smiles
TIE letters Of propriety should be
worn as an ornament Tot chain
TINE. that writes wrinkles on the
face, snoothes away tie wrinkles from
Life
We love the body for the souls sake
but never the soul for tie sake OF the
body.
Nor ''out Of tue turness OF the heart
the mouth speakesh-" for the fullneSs Of
the heart IS of:el silence
TEE more we study human nature the
less we kno- about It. Each new dis
covery i contradiction 10 the as.
TIE soul has depths that Joy can
never tathom. Suffering i the lead
that sounds the deep waters. Mary
Ainze De We're. n Ladies Home Jour
EzA
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People who wait for a chance 70

PEOPLE who wait for a chance 70 do a
great deal of good before they begin
never do any.
THERE is one thing God cannot do.
he cannot make saint out of sinner
without his consent
PERHAPS no man ever fDds.out Just
how hard his wife is to please until he
begins 20 build house
THE man who never makes any mis-
takes misses a good many splendid
chances to learn something.
If some men were as tender In heart
as they are in pocket what great things
they would do for the Lord
WHEN the devil sees man get re-
ligion right be tries his best To persuade
him 70 keep still about it.-Rams Horn
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-05

A French Priest (cateohisiaE young
Eter}-'Hovv mary s1cysncatz are
there" There we're seven. bat nov
there arr only six How Is that
Why oily six ''TTsIl. heard para
say % mamma that - hRd found or
tina, peni.eoce and 1aarTiags were o3s
aod tie sane. ~. I. Herald
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-05
EnseeutET HaStA

''I think it is al outrage for Snod
grass 20 marry again so soon after his
wite's DEATH remarked Berry, the IN
derteker.
six months, isn't it?''
well, It isn't the exact time I object
TO SO much as the fact that he hasnt
paid me vet for her funeral
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In the Near Future

Old Friend-And SO both Of your chill
dren are studying professional
HoeteSs-Yes; my daughter is in .
polytechnic college, studying nechaa-
ical engineering, and M son jsin Paris,
learning dress1aa4cing.- Y Weekly
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-05

The BzsEEal LoTer-Eiss kindly. T.
er-5eTE
She ssveetlyf D. voE- VI Mann
dear Now. gsssst yD8 Ike - t9su
oEr sewing society Harper B@zAs.
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SKY Not-

Timid Tcuth-Sha-shaIl re 70 and
81 under that w-w-xillorT, Miss
Ethel?
Deuure M2iGen-Why not under that
't'Y kzzr1
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A Poor ,JudEe.

Mr. Newwed-Um, seems - ne, nv
angel. this hash has queer taste
Young Wife - Hash? That's fruit
calSe-N Y Weekly
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-05
WRINKLES.

II al alligator couId tax r. world
probably decl2ra tAzt &c had a ssz2-l
mouth
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-05

When Baby was sick we gave her castoria-
When she was Child. she cried for Czstoria-
When she became Miss, she chung TO C'lstosiA-
Wien 2hs lad Children, sh. gave them Casto.ia
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sao0Sgy reliable They furnished ed
hg
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-12-13
WHARF AND WA We.

The American bark Coloma, Cap
tain G. NJ. Noyes, was anchored
outside yesterday afternoon, %
days from Portland, Oregon. She
experienced little rough weather
along the Coast, but pleasant wea-
Their set in soon after passing the
meridian of San Francisco. The
Coloma calls here to procure 1000
gallons of water. She has on board
500, 1000 feet OF lumber and $50 big
spars in transit for Hongkong, for
which port she will probably leave
tomorrow.
The Hawaiian bark Mauna Ala,
Captain T. Smith, arrived in port
at noon yesterday, "a days from
San Francisco, with a full cargo of
hay and grain for the California
Feed Company, and 20 mules, 10
horses and pigs on deck, for J. n.
Wright. She had fine weather the
entire passage. During the first
fifteen days out she made only $50
miles. On the twelfth day out she
passed ships jibboom with all the
gear attached to it, which appeared
to have been recently broken. 4 4
Captain VIM. Smith, of the bark
Mauna Ala, who has been enjoying
a vacation at Sydney, may be ex-
pected here tomorrow by the Mari
posa.
The barkentine Wrestler will
probably leave ON Saturday for San
Francisco. She has commenced |
loading sugar for H. Hackfeld &
Co.
The schooner Kawailani went on
the Marine Railway yesterday, and |
the schooner Mary z FnstAr u,ill nn
up this morning, :. f,e Gear 90
The brigantine Consuelo left San
Francisco for Kahului on Novem-
Der 9th, in company with the
barkentine Geo. G. Perkins. The
barkentine S. G. Wilder was the
next vessel to leave, about Deem
Der LIST.
The extension of Brewers wharf
is nearly completed. The depth at
that wharf is now % feet, which is
10 feet deeper than formerly.
The bark which Captain Mas
of the G. G. Perkins sighted o.
December 4th. was the Coloma.
The signal letters were - Fl NJ Gp'
which answers to the Coloma's
signals.
The Mariposa, from the Colo
MES, is likely to be in this evening.
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General advertisements

How often it has been said by
the croakers that there is no
business, everything is dead,
times are hard, and everything
is going to the bad here in
Honolulu, but the Cali
fornia Feed Co. are not built
that way; we say business is
good and getting better every
month. And to prove what we
say we have had to take larger
and more commodious ware
houses. We have just com
pleted arrangements with Mr..
J. +. Colburn, whereby he
gives up his old stand, corner
Queen and Nuuanu streets.
We take possession on Novem-
Der 10Th. Our old place at Leleo
is too small for our fast increas-
ing business, hence the change.
We expect the Hawaiian
bark Mauna Ala TO arrive
here again in a few days
with her fourth full cargo
of hay and grain bought
by our Mr.. j. n. Wright who
will arrive on the bark. We
prefer to select our merchan-
disc ourselves rather than have
others do it, which means
that we get better goods at n
less price.
We thank our many friends
for their liberal patronage for
the past three years, and hope
by strict attention to n bust
ness we thoroughly understand
to merit the patronage of as
many more.
We intend to keep n large,
we'll selected stock of the
very best hay and grain to be
had in the California market,
and we are going to sellit.
CALIFORNIA FEED co.
gERg-Iv
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ATTEMPTED INCENDIARISM
Someone Tries to Fire China
mans House with
Peanut Oil.

Early yesterday morning, d large
heap of straw, saturated with pea
nut oil, was found in the rear OF
Sing Logs store on King street,
below Maunakea. It was evidently
the work of an inexperienced in
cendiary, who did not know enough,
to use kerosene or some other oil
that would burn. The house adj
joining Sing Logs was also set on
fire the same night; but, beyond
the burning of a mosquito netting,
no damage was done.