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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-10-23

who seemed to have somernlng urgenI
upon her mind.
why, Stella" said he gayly, you
really look animated. Has the giant OF
boredom released You at last? And am
the happy cause? Yet-no. Icouldn't
interest you, even in the moon last night,
though it rose ont of the prairie like
Venus from the sea. Stay, was it Venus
or Diana now!"
You ridiculous manr' said the ad-
miral's daughter. How could / dote
over the moon when my feet were so
cold? But I've made the most charming
discovery-a perfect Maid Marian, with
a soupcOn of western slang thrown in,
for local coloring, suppose. She has
made me jealous already, my Philip.
There is your remedy against your rival
of boredom-cOntinue to make me jeal-
GUS A jealous person is never bored"
Maid NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. is all
this?" He looked playfully puzzled.
you will have to explain further be
fore put on airs
There is the sweetest, sauCiest, sad
dest chit of girl here, if you will know.
Yes, sweet and saucy, yet she impresses
me somehow as being sad. She wants
fto do securing, washing, sewing-work
of any kind. Had heard of my arrival
and thought the chance to secure some
would be better, suppose. But this is
not the worst. sir. She wants to see you
you! Modest little jewel that she is,
however, rather shrinks from appearing
before all these men of war"
This looked rather fictitious, seeing that
these two now had the parade to them
selves. But Stella-her gray eyes half
closed, tiny smile barely emphasizing
the dimples at the corners of her mouth,
her manner at once droll, affectionate
and inquisitive - surveyed her lover
archly.
1T must be Arizony," he said, putting
her arm within his own and slowly
walking her off. She's a good girl,
Stella, yet with lot of combustible
friends about her who cause US no end
of trouble. Where is she?"
"There-beholdr said Stella semitrag
ically as Arizony herself came in sight
from round the officers quarters. Seeing
Philip, the latter hurried forward.
Have you locked 'em up, leftenant?
she began earnestly. IF you have,
want you to let 'em out. l just heard
they was here and how it was. You
once said you'd do me a good turn if you
ever had the chance. Now you've got
the chance. l came over to see Miss
Oberly here, and saw 'em, and heard
you was going to lock 'em up, but you
won't keep 'em there? III make 'em stay
straight now-indeed will.
Stella's eyes were full of an amused
surprise. In her earnestness Arizony
had grasped Philips hand as an aid in
softening the official heart Stirling
hardly knew what to say.
You see they're such old trespassers,"
he urged in defense of his action. Yes
both of them-ahem! hardly see my
way to releasing either one. Why don't
vow give them uD. Arizony? You could
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-10-23
ARCHITECT AND CONTRACTORS

Are the best. judges of building
material and are unanimous in
declaring Alamo Portland cement
superior to any imported brand.
Can only be had at ALAMO CEMENT
Co., office and warehouse, POI and
2O9 Acequia street, telephone 81.
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-29
LOVERS OF THE WHEEL.

A oSE-LEGeEp bicylist rode all the
way on his wheel from San Francisco
20 Chicago. His name is (. S. Beedle-
son.
ELEVEN blind men lately rode in
company on bicycles from London 20
birmingham. a distance OF one hmm
dred miles
TEE winner IN the military ride BE-
tween Vienna and Berlin last fan cov-
cred the distance IN sevcnty-cne hours
and forty minutes Fischer, who won
the bieycle race over the same road,
took thirty-one hours 70 accomplish
the task The regular express trains
make the trip n sixteen hours
Mss DUDLEY. an English bicyclist.
holds the record for long-dissznce rid
inr bF women She made the distance
Of che hundred miles. between ui.ehia
and Lincoln, IN litsls more than seven
hours, or a. an average speed ri nearly
fourteen miles an hour. This. too n
regulation pet.ieoats. and not the Ie.
site =: wheeling trousers
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-29

was, of course, natter of the deepest
concern to Mr.. Aston, himself an &C
complished scholar, master of half a
dozen languages acquainted with the
sciences, and well versed in other de-
partments of knowledge 1t was but
q matter of course, therefore, that
young Waldorfs education, in every
branch of learning and art was care
fully planned The languages, music,
painting, science and the belle christie
divisions of knowledge were success
full BY this scion of the house of Astor
under the tutorship of experts in their
respective studies. That father and
mother became wrapped up in their
first horn as his attractive quail
ties of mind and heart developed.
stands to reason.
But two motives could exist for kid
mapping the heir of all the Astors-as
he then was. The hope of pecuniary
gain by the operation would seem the
weightiest and, indeed, was so well
understood that the detectives, who
usually reap their richest harvest in the
uneasiness entailed by the possession
Of wealth. had long before been in
btructed TO guard against the danger
therefore, wherever the Astor house
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-29

W. ". AsToR's NEW YORK RESIDENCE.
(''That he had lost his way" French
is strong point with the Waldorf
AstorS
The incident had some EN- barras sing
consequences A reporter or two visi-
ted the house but received courteous
denials of any reason for anxiety. Mr..
Astor smiled at the idea that his heir
could be kidnapped. There was no
possibility or reason for such a thing.
The whole matter had better be
dropped.
In this connection attention may be
drawn to the Astor tendency to throw
dou bt and uncertainty upon all Aston
movements When Mr.. Astor's own
engagement to his present wife first
became whispered a bout, the story was
denied Mr. Astor denied that he
meant to be minister to Italy and that
he would run for Congress He denied
the stories of his contemplated migra-
ton to a foreign land. The man of
millions seems TO have mania for the
element OF uncertainty. He denied.
after the death fake" had been dis
tldb ScSu Inter
viewed by reporter the day before
the story was ca bled from England.
He declared positively that he would
have nothing more to do with journal.
lists and journalism, and that no re-
porter would get anything from him
or his 4 week later he bought the
Pail Mall Gazette and actively super
vises its pu blication.
To resume Other matters were
pressing. Mr.. Aston was anxious 10
live abroad Various personal estrange-
ments had made the family peace al
most an armed truce For years, as is
well known, the Astors have been at
variance among themselves as to the
precedence OF the two family branches
The difficulty over the intended adj
dressee of letters directed to Mrs.
Astor" will be remem bered This is
but one instance of many such minor
miserieS Therafora when it was ran
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-29

of Baden with the request that they
be kept as museum for the citizens
and guests. There are many paintings
and tapestries besides the sculptures
by Kopf.
A ROMAN tomb has been unearthed
at Cologne containing the bones of a
man, a silver sword handle with an in
scription and an inkstand of bronze.
The sword grasp is inlaid with gold
and enamel, and the inkstand is rich
in decoration. A coin of Gordian III.
gives some clew to the period of the in
terment.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-29
TOUCHES OF ART.

TIE French government has bought
of ". T. Daunat, the American painter
in Paris, his Portrait of Miss E H, :"
shown at the salon OF 1885 and again at
the Universal exposition OF 1889. It
viii be placed at the Luxembourg.
TEE picture galleries OF Rome are 20
be illustrated by Braun photographs
with the carbon process A selection
OF paintings, three hundred and TWEEN
ty-four in number. viii be issued in
portfolios. with letterpress written by
Prof. Ventura. director OF the Royal
museum a. Rome.
THE German sculptor, Josef hopf.
who lives at Rome and has atelier n
Baden Baden. has presented the con-
tents Of that stadio 10 the grand duke
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-29
ETCHINGS.

OVER s10s, 900 was netted by the re-
cent sale in Paris of the collection of
pictures belonging to NJ. Coquelin
aine.
MISS SELMA HARRIS, of Frankfort,
KY, has been asked by the author of
"Ben-Hur' to sit for picture Of
Esther.
II the spring Of 1892 a Hungarian
Jew sent to Vienna paper grain Of
wheat on which he had written 309
words taken from Sissot's book OF
Vienna.
THE Stonehenge monument con-
sisted, when entire, Of two circles and
two ovals, the outer circle being com
posed of 90 stones, each from Is to 20
feet in height.
4 PRISONER in the Montana peniten-
tiary at Deer Lodge is quite an artist
IN wood. He carved upon a single
stick the heads Of all the presidents of
the United States, and the Ekenesses
are said TO be excellent
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-29
BOURGETS AxlOMS ON LOVE.
4 WOMAN is always grateful to yo

A WOMAN is always grateful to you
for having thrown you overheard.
THE only person who can cure one
of a woman is that woman herself.
THE only way to get the upper hand
of woman is to be more woman than
she is herself.
One may make anything out of an
old love-even new one-anything
except friendship.
THE surest way Of making IN IN
happy marriage is to make up ones
mind to marry happily.
THERE is only one way of being hap
py where the heart is concerned, and
that is to have no heart.
To TRY to cure ones self of woman
one loves by leaving her is like trying
to cure thirst by refusing to drink.
ONE never loves as one is loved, and
so the art of being happy in love con-
sists in giving all and asking nothing
in exchange.
THE morality OF a woman of thirty
is the morality which she had at eigh-
teen. less what her experience in life
has taken from her
IDEAL happiness IS found when two
lovers love each other equally. Next
to that the best happiness is when they
both cease to love at the same time.
The worst thing which can happen
TO a mailman is not TO be entirely mad:
the worst thing which can happen to a
lover is to reason about his love.
IN every heart which really loves
either jealousy will kill that love or
love will kill the jealousy. The con-
trary is true when passion alone
speaks
WHAT provesthat experience N af-
fairs OF the heart is OF no value is the
fact that at the end of our old love af-
fairs we do not hesitate 70 plunge into
new ones
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-29
A WIae Provision.

Mr.. Baldie-I have discovered that
badness is wise provision of nature.
Philosopher That's a discovery,
surely.
eyes. You have noticed, doubtless,
that am bald as billiard ball as far
down as the rim of my hat, but below
that the hair grows as luxuriantly as
ever"
eyes, that is usually the case"
Exactly. Well, now comes my dis
covery. Barber shops are often draugh-
ty, you know"
Every frequently"
''Too true. Sure to give folks influ-
enza, pneumonia, and don't know
what all"
"Draughts are always dangerous"
"That's it. Well bald-headed man
can have his hair cut without removing
his hat. IN. Y. Weekly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-29

americas rent reeeivin G Croesus into
his present splendid exile.
Connected with the chief aggrava-
ton were a host of lesser miserles
Baked in political ambition, longing
for distinction in literature and in art
and growing feeling that In New
York he and his were becoming more
and more the prey of the designing
and am bitious, filled the measure OF
Mr.. Astor's unhappiness to the brim.
A bout three years before the Wal
dorf Astors sailed away, there began
to arrive the first of those threatening
letters foreboding the abduction of the
heir of the house. Like all the other
general correspondence, these epistles
passed through the hands Of the Aston
agents Of course people of their
wealth have all kinds OF mail matter
sent them. Therefore the commuica-
tons, which at first took the form of
Noncompliance with certain pecuniary
demands received little attenti But
gradually the writer's, while not
throwing aside their anonymity became
more specific, until the abduction of
young Waldorf was tegorically
threatened.
This boy Waldorf is one of an inter-
osting trio of children. His education
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-29

easures to protect his family, was the
fear that another set Of schemers would
take up the plot wherever one set had
been forced to drop it.
This state of affairs continuing, it is
not to be wondered at that even trifiing
anxieties connected with the young
Waldorf were magnifed into exquisite
fortunes. On one occasion not many
years ago, when the boy still wore long
curls, velvet knicker bockers, lace col
lar and the other details of Little Lord
Fauntleroy costume, he disappeared
from his guardian during walk
through Central Park. His absence
was not noticed for some time and his
tutor naturally dreaded returning until
the youth was found Then began an
anxious search. Streets, byways and
lanes were visited, but the boy could
not be discovered. The hours passed
and meanwhile parental alarm was
awakened. Mrs Astor was nearly dis
tracted. Much further delay would
certainly have resulted in one of the
most sensational general alarms ever
sent out over New York city.
But at dark the boy appeared. Amid
historical embraces and reproaches he
told his parents he quill s'etait egaire"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-29

resented to the head of the Waldorf
Astors that England was the place for
him, that there he could satisfy his ev-
cry am bition and escape an uncongen-
ial social and political atmosphere at
the same time, he determined to make
the experiment What followed is
well known. William Waldorf Aston
transferred his Iares and penates tc
London. A town house was leased for
the season, letters of introduction to
exalted social deities were advanta-
geously placed, and the career that has
risen from one climax to another and
has made this rich American a British
newspaper publisher. a British land
owner, British nabob and prospect
i've British member of Parliament is
the sequence that is at present dazzling
the Yankees" as Mr.. Astor now
cheerily styles US
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-29
Total Deorsvfty.

EtheI-Thsre goes that wicked mar
tina. divorced his wife
Laura-W- licked?
Lthel-Yes-
Laura-Weli. -isT diin't she sc. a
divorce from him. thea?
Ethei-IFhy. she would hare 6ore Sc
BIZ. he got his proofs frzt-Tru:A~
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-29

When our babe he goeth walking in his gardel.
Around his tinkling feet the sonbeans play;
The pOsies they are good TO him
And bow them as they should TO him,
AZ fareth be upon his kingly way;
And birdlings OF the wood 20 him
Make music. gentle music, all the day.
When our babe he goetb walking IN his garden
When our babe he soeth swinging In his crs-
die,
Then the night It look-th ever srcerIy down.
The little stars are kind 70 hira,
The moon she hath mind 10 him
And l2yeth Gu his head golden crown:
And siageth then tie wind to him
.ong, the gentle song 81 Bethlcn-to~a,
When our babe he goeth swinging in bis eTatia
Chicago Eecord
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-29

WHY YOUNG TOR
Is AN EAGLISHMAN.
Real or Fancied Dangers. and the
Precautions That Were Taken.
Il Million Cares Ea-e Millionaires The
HAir TO Scores ~ Millions, 1t Was
feared, Might be Kidnapped
and Held for Ransom
Copyright, 16o3.l

Copyright, 16o3l
For the last few years Of the great
American land owner Astor's residence
in his native city Of New York, the
prospect that his son Waldorf might at
any moment fall into the hands of
kidnaPpers was constantly the family
sword of Damocles. Threats, darxly
made in constantly arriving anony-
nous letters, precautions, the more eff
ficlent because their necessity and very
existence were denied, and longing to
escape the gaping publicity incident
TO his riches, com bined, finally, to drive
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-29

Brown-That is the wealthiest man
In town, and he made it all by writing
poetry.
Green-lmpossfble,
Broyn-It's so. A rich widow who
dotted on poetry became infatuated
with the stuff he wrote and married
him.-Puck.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-29

cLIvEDEE HOUSE (ENGLIsH REsIDENCE).
Til the family counsellors concluded
that former servant was implicated
in the plot that threatened the family
peace.
That the Astors should have enemies
is not surprising. It is well known,
among certain social set. that VIM.
Waldorf Astor. prior to his marriage
with Miss Paul. of Philadelphia, had
given rise to a rumor that he would
wed young lady who then lived in an
entirely different part of the country.
Moreover, Mr. Astor had occasion
shortly after his wedding to dismiss
more than one trusted servitor in view
of certain disclosures connected with
domestic finances. Could his hours of
uneasiness respecting the kidnapping
of young Waldorf, and his early per-
sonal unpleasantness be attribute BILE
to the same set of persons? Many cir
cumstances indicated that such was the
case.
For numerous reasons, however, a
summary disposal of the whole matter
was not to be thought Of Mr.. Astor
personally breads notoriety and pu blic
attention. Besides, an objection to the
general interest sure to be aroused by
the publicity attendant upon legal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-29

when Baby ras s;ck, re gave her castoIia-
Wlac. she VS. = Child, size cried for C-Sto-ia.
When she became Miss, she chung to Casto7ic-
Uhcr she had chi dren, she save them Cassoria
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-29

Bert 10 his youngest brother. who
10, helping him ia the gsrdenl-I, -
beginning 20 rain Isn't that good. al
II will save us the trouble of Watering
She plants any rnora--Harper's Young
People
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Tor sale n Wichita by oZAEsE I DYE
xsss
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-11-29

II Il
fresh Dir and proper food, help to
keep a woman in good condition.
It's insufficient for some, weakened
or borne down as they are by the
ailments and Irregularities peculiar
to their sex.
They're easily helped, though;
there's a remedy in DIR. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription-that will build
up and cure every enfeebled woman.
It's the prescription of physician ;
has been tested in thousands of
cases, and never found wanting.
The only risk that's taken is that
of the manufacturers who promise
to refund the money if no benefit is
experienced.
This "Prescription" reaches the
origin of the trouble. Dizziness,
fainting spells, and nervous disorders,
such as sleeplessness, chorea or St.
Vitus's dance, depend upon the if
Irregularities and displacements of the
special structures, the " Prescription ="
cures by regulating and correcting
these functions and organic changes
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-11-29
THAHKSGIViNG.

Tomorrow will be observed through
out the union as Thanksgiving Day.
We could not ask more suggestive
title or one which makes sweeter music
in an Americans ear. This occasion is
different from all other national holidays,
since 1t gathers them all up into one, and
with them unitcs every mercy of the dy-
ing year, the bounties of its harvests,
the manifold gifts of white-winged COM
merce, the preservation of peace and
prosperity, and recognizes each and ev-
erv one in a gratitude o'erfowing with
festlvity and mirth.
Thanksgiving! A word. with which to
conjure happiness into the most dismal
and detected spirit. The personal asso-
Citations of this festival are, perhaps, its
greatest sources of attraction. The faith
er and the mother, expecting John flom
the city and Mary from the school, will
recall the dear old days when they, too,
came home to roast apples before the
bla zing logs, and watch the rnddy glow
glinting across the polished mahogany,
while
"Half-hidden in quie. nook serene of
look and heart,
Talking the old times over, the parents
sat apart"
And what times they were, famous for
corn-huskings unknown to this degener
ate age, for moonlight straw rides across
the glis tening snow, and hoary ghost le-
gends of Hessian troopers. hence,
Thanksgiving comes with redolent mem
oues of past joys, blended into the best
and purest moments of American life,
its homes and its hearts.
Let fair summers robes pale and die,
and the frosted leaves rustic beneath the
tread. What cares Thanksgiving Day
for winters stern heralds? In fact, we
welcome good November day that the
cvld without may form contrast with
the warmth within.
1t would disturb the eternal fitneSs of
things to eat the time-honored birds and
the national pie in the long, bright days
of leafy June.
MOI The wise gobbler may ccnteE-
plate perch upon the crescent of the
moon, if he secs fit, but he must needs
die, and, tianked by cranberry sauce
and the constant pumpkin pie, present
himself to our view on the last Thursday
in November, and not day earlier,
please
Then, as we cluster around the fire
and bid defiance to the elements, let us
remember to make Thanksgiving home
day, where all the dear ones will gathe",
and eyes look love to eyes which speak
again.
1t must also be happy day TO every
body, from grandmother in the corner to
the cat slumbering at her feet. A day
for devout worship, joyous festivity,
kindly deeds, old feuds healed up, new
friendships made; in short, glorious,
old-fashioned Thanksgiving.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-11-29

News Notes.
A six-legged girl is the curiosity at
tra3ting attention at Albany, New
York.
A whole family of Oklahoma boomers
were frozen to death last week. They
were camped under their wagon.
A terrific storm swept the coasts of
England and France on Friday, carrying
death and destruction in its path. Near
ly hundred vessels and over three hun
dred lives were lost.
On Nov. the republicans swept the
state of Iowa in splendid victory"
And fourteen days thereafter a man WAS
lynched in open court, under the eyes of
the Judge, sheriff and bailiffs.
The sheriff of Allegheny county,
Pennsylvania, is likely to have novelty
in the way of hanging at his Jail short
". A murderer on trial at Pittsburg
killed his wife ssand attempted to commit
suicide by cutting his throat. Doctors
saved his life by inserting a silver tube
IN his throat, through which he
breathes. He will be convicted. Should
he 60 to the gallOws it would be neces-
sary that his neck should be broken by
the fall, otherwise ne would continue to
breathe through his silver tube; he can
not be stranged.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-11-29
state Specials.

DR.. Z. W. Warren, one OF the oldest
and most beloved Baptist ministers IN
Georgia. died in Macon Sunday morning.
DR. Warren was an uncle OF MI. Z. Nj.
Harris. of Herod, and Mrs. E. g. LasSe-
ter, of Dawson.
The arrest and jmnrisonment OF two
Adventist preachers IN GAINESVILLE tor
working of on the sabbath, has caused
much excitement in that city.
The Brunswick epidemic has slowly
but surely died. Tomorrow bruins
wick's cause for thanksgiving will be
complete.
The ordinary has ordered an election
ON the whisky question in Il ndo!ph
county for the first Tuesday in January
next.
The legislative committee on the asy-
lum has recommended an appropriation
of $4,000 for a new building for ne
groes.
Five thousand pounds of soap is to be
distributed among the Brunswick peo-
pie for the purpose of cleaning up.
Tho Ryan failure was bigger than ever
this time Steve failed to so to jail.
See?-Aloany Herald.
If every day were pay day for the
state legislature would there be 50 many
"no quorum reports?
Now that the turpentine men Of
Georgia have dissolved, the trade will
get in better spirits.
The one thousand mark in the num-
Der of yellow fever cases at Bruins wick
has been reached.