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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-30

number ofsports of the better class and
has located its clubhouse at Newark,
in that state The clubs full name is
the New Jersey Amusement Company.
1t has been duly incorporated and is
differed as follows: President, John
Colyer; treasurer, 6. D. Miester; secre-
tary, and manager, John Conley.
In point of size the club is the largest
in the country. The building has been
reconstructed for the special purposes
of pugilism, and is amphitteater in
form. 1t will seat at present 5000
spectators. but its capacity can be
doubled in case of necessity.
In case the Crescent City and Coney
Island clubs cannot successfully Did for
the fight between Corbett and Mitchell,
the Newark organization will be right
in line. | do not know but that the
Newark people may be successful even
in the face Of opposition.
The proposed match between Dixon
and Plimmer at ia pounds, the men to
weigh in at ring side, viii test the col
ored boys metal. If he can fight at
this weight, which | doubt, and is sue
cessful with Plimmer, he viii be the
greatest pugilist at his weight in the
country. O'Rourke has frequently said
that Dixon can fight at liz pounds. We
will soon know if this statement is a
bluff or not.
Billy Madden has another world
beater. He has ceased to talk of God
dard as a champion. George Dawson
is the new man. Madden IS unique
and picturesque figure in sporting life
His cheek is so highly developed that
lovers of pugilism have ceased TO Won
der at it. AS pugilistic manager,
though, Madden has no equal He is
the nonpareil of his CLASSIFY odds the
first.
The year promises to be prosperous
one for all kinds Of fakirs in all kinds
Of sports. The Worlds Fair at Chicago
will be the stamping grounds of the
beneath the surface, notion he-level
sportsman
Already the oarsmen are getting
ready to gather in the dollars of the in
nocents. This species of fakirs should
be suppressed. He seldom if ever rows
on the level. and his matches are howl
ing farces. In the interest OF true sport
it would be better if all these cheap
oarsmon were made TO 90 20 work.
Base ball viii also have to be more
pure this season 10 make a success.
do not advocate the plan OF signing out
ot-town players on any local team. We
should encourage home talent- / am
also bear on the subject Of salaries.
Twenty-Five hundred dollars IS enough
10 give the best baseball player that
ever lived ARTHUR T. LUMLEY,
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fleeing man In the arm which he didn't
have with him. for he suffered no IL
jury and was soon out OF sight.
4 think-in fact. am almost sure. !"
said Filed. that we should be better for
a little lime juice and settler. We
shall probably see the cyclops and a
couple of centaurs before the evening
is over, and 1 should Ike to have my
nerves in condition to receive them
properly
Lime juice and seltzer is a good safe
drink in Chicago, because nobody
could be so foolish as to take water
with it. There's where the danger
lies. but such old-timers as these do
not fall into it. So it happened that n
little after eleven o'clock, when they
came out on the street. they felt much
better. But fate did not allow them a
single minute for congratulation for
they were no sooner in the open air
than Field grasped Hawkins arm with
a desperate clutch.
do you see anything there?n he
gasped.
Hawkins wheeled around with sud-
denness that made his bones rattle,
and he beheld man who was over
seven feet high and not over six
inches thick anywhere. He had just
come suddenly around corner and TO
Field he seemed an emanation from
the atmosphere, which. in that city, is
likely to produce almost anything.
is that man?" whispered Field.
cor the Saracen's head on pike?"
Before Hawkins could decide wheth-
er this elongated spectacle was real
or imaginary, it passed on, and its
place was almost instantly taken by
another apparition about three feet
| high, and yard and a half wide. Field
seized Hawkins left hand with his
own right, and yelled: Flee" Hawk
ms was willing, but unfortunately
they started in opposite directions.
This agreement resulted from their
different views regarding the cause of
the phenomena, Hawkins believing
that they were due to too much lime
juice and settler, and Field thinking
that they came from too little.
As a result, one of them made
break for the art gallery from which
they had just emerged, and the other
for a church on the opposite side of the
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Hawkins stared az the man with the
corrugated skull TO the entire exciu-
sion Of the play upon the stage. ~
last, with great Simultaneous effort,
thev tore their eyes away from that
remarkable spectacle and turned them
firmly IN the opposite direction.
And there sat man with no lower
law q; all,
This settles il. ~ said Field: and he
arose aud left the theater
Amen" said Hawkins, aid followed
him Theg wandered about the streets
FOR an hour or more. yl1g 81 4lSpel
b. exercise the painful Effects 60! their
experience ia the theate-- bat on al
mos every corner they snet 5feggar
who lacked some important pesrt II a.
Tisy~ie structure Their nerves were
by tht> ifne Il condition IT tnznult-
Ehey USre INST turning corner snso
/, Claris street When a pistol s'a> dsS-
,-3I.. rL,ed three .ign,.s close to tAelr ears
lies selita ia unison saG jumped
ue.srlg avT,.,> the street EiseN. turning
10 ><- ,ylIzs issd been ae sa4 seer rAeE
,,eheI . sssaa ailh ou- lrs H"Vgsng
ruaag .m pursuit 81 Bsaa sits. oae
arm. ard Shooting a. every hop
--sr.----fv sha br1setl. I'll hi liz
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of life is not such as TO improve his
health l should not be surprised to
hear of his death at any time. His
weight. over ESQ pounds, is too great
for comfort and health ] have always
contended that if trained well and
faithfully for year Sullivan could Sc
| cure the return of a large part of his
old form. ! don't mean that he would
be the world beater he once was. His
age is against that. But he would give
good account of himself.
Sullivan, though defeated, is the ideal
pugilist He was the idol of the sport
ing world for twenty years-a recor
that in my opinion viii never be
equaled in the history of pugilism. He
has made a few bad breaks of late,
and these may tend to lessen his popu-
larity in certain circles, but with the
people he is still the ideal pugilist- His
audiences and the reception he receives
everywhere prove this.
Charlie Johnston, the hacker of Suill-
van for so manv years, returned last
week from visit to Hot Springs. He
is much improved in health, and weighs
ten pounds heavier than he did when
he left. / saw him at his place in
Brooklyn on the day of his arrival, and
he gave me a reason for Joe Goddard's
defeat by Denver Smith, now published
for the first time He met Goddard at
Hot Springs, where he had gone to Sc
cure treatment for an organic trouble
from which he (Goddard) was suffering
at the time, and of which trouble he
was not aware.
Goddard said he was i'll two or three
DAYS before the fight" Johnston said.
HE was weak and felt like sleeping
rather than working. He paid no at
tention to his ailment and thought he
would be all right on the night Of the
fight On that night he was no better
and was weak and nervous when he en-
tered the ring"
Johnston added that he had Goddard
examined by physician who told him
the truth He Immediately took the
treatment peculiar to Hot Springs and
is now on fair way to recovery.
Johnston was very much impressed
with Goddard He is a pleasant COM
panion, he says, and will soon be on
top again.
serious rival to the Coney Island
Athletic Club has recently sprung up.
1t organized in New Jersey among
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Quantity Versus Qualify.

Long years ago had ny chance Thought
thoughtful Thought it was, as all agreed
And when in its tOtality twas caught.
I sat me down TO frame il in screed.
Now bvevity men say, : the soul OF wit;
And hence I sought, in writing, to be brief
Ii four long lines I made ny fancy tit
And sent il out-and came, alas 70 grief.
For years the unsp0reciated verse
Lay in my desk uphee ied-nay, forgot
But yesterday took that quatrain terse
And once more cas-; il in the smcltirg-pot
l wrote six hundred lines all fcatly rhymcd,
Ana then an enyoi holding sixty more;
The selfssme thought was there that once I'd
timed
So that twas clear IN seconds three or four.
A gain sent it forth. This time success
My Efforts crowned. to my exceeding gleei
Vet was saddencd somewhat. ! confess,
To note the public love for quantity;
And when a reader wrote TO me To say:
There's lots of stun in that You've made .
HIT
l. made NE vince 20 hear Il put that way,
For as to stuff" the rhyme was full o. e.
John kendrick Bangs, n Harper's Magazine
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Twilight Bridge.

s know a little fairy bridge that spans tiny
stream,
And there the sky is ever clear for life is like
dream
AS the silv'ry stream goes ripping, running on
ward TO the sea, .
While the little birds are singing In an ecstasy
of glee.
The path one side the tiny stream is bright and
busy day.
And night, forest dark and drear, lies Just
across the way;
But the fairy bridge called twilight, clasping
hands between the two,
is the brightest, dearest spot on earth mortal
heart e'er knew.
For when the day has passed away meet my
sweetheart there,
While in the ripping stream beneath throw
away my care,
And just the falling shadows and the sunset
glow above
Watch DER the little twilight bridge and wit
ness to our love.
Edith L, Crazy, in Judge.
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street; and their hands being clasped
together, they remained perfectly still.
The tall, thin man and the short,
square man were followed by boy
with three arms, he by woman with
a long, black beard. Then Field and
Hawkins came to an agreement about
which way they should run. They ran
to Fields house. where they slept in
one bed with light in the room, and
each accused the other of saying his
prayers before going to sleep. This,
however, ! do not believe.
1t was not till the following day that
they remembered a certain dime mu-
scum, whose stage-door was just
around the corner from the establish
ment where they had obtained the
lime juice, and in sober daylight it
seemed more reasonable to attribute
the appearances of the night before to
the museum rather than to the medici-
nal fluid. But neither of them ever
passes the spot without shudder or
looks upon the pleasant juice OF the
lime without suspicion.
HOWARD FIELDING.
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AS LUMLEY SEES IT.
General View of Pugilism By the
Famous Sporting Writer.
has the Coney Island Clubs $40, 900 Purse
String Attached TO it?-Corbett's In
popularity and the Reason for It
Els Chances With Mitchell.

Copyright, 1898, by Bachelor & Johnston
Syndicatel
Naturally the eyes of the sporting
public are turned to the Coney Island
club. for it is there that the Cor bett and
Mitchell fight may be pulled off. The
word may is used with a mental
reservation. 'Twixt cup and lip there S
many slip While the gymnastic and
aggressive Judge Dick Newton has
signed Corbett, he has not the sigma
ture of the elusive Mitchell. 1t takes
two to make a bargain and fight.
From present indications it looks as
though Mitchell would be signed, but
- Well, we'sl wait.
Sporting men are seldom easily
fooled. AS class, they are shrewd.
Being frequently thrown down they
are always on the alert for the double
cross. When s45, 900 was offered for
McAuliffe and Burge the sporting
world gasped. What? A fortune for
two fighters? The Coney Island Ath-
letic club was princely, they said.
But when they recovered from the
shock and thought the matter over
carefully they hesitated to believe the
offer was made in good faith And
when the string which was attached to
the $40, 900 offer was discovered, they
said, Bluff. told you So" BY means
of this offer the C. /. a. C. secured much
advertising and gave the officials of the
club an opportunity to see their names
II type,
But the withdrawing of the offer.
Then the cry of insincerity was raised.
Who knows but that the $40. 600 offer
for the Cor bett- Mitchell mill is the
same kind of a jolly and an advertising
scheme? Shrewd thinkers of sporting
life look beneath the surface and dis
cover the truth beneath the veneer OF
fake.
But here's another proposition.
Granted, for arguments sake, that the
offer is on the level and the Coney ISL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-30
A Little Too TrYinC.

The late William Young Sellar. whose
books on the Latin poets are so widely
known and so much valued. was pro-
fessor at the University Of Edinburgh.
He was much beloved by his pupils. and
had generally an exemplary patience
with dizziness and stupidity. We are
told. however, that one day the per-
verse impenetrability of Il blockhead
was so intolerable that the professor at
last cried ont: "Sir. in translating that
passage you have made more mistakes
than the words admit Of. Youths
Companion.
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Over the Way.

From over the way year ago
The sound Of wedding bells, sweet and low,
Came floating 10 me in the purple dusk,
And heard the music of Money Musk,
While the dancers, to and fro,
Moved swift as they circled out and In
And music mad grew the old violin,
At the touch of the resined bow.
From over the way a tiny cry
Went floating up TO the starllt SKYE
Two days ago and babe crept in
To its mothers arms and world OF sin;
A babe with look half shy
Laid its little head on snowy breast
Like bird that sought place to rest,
AS the angel OF Life passed by.
Just over the way tonight there lies
A baby asleep, whose lidded eyes
VIII be opened on this earth never more:
But over the stream on the other shore,
In the gates OF Paradise,
The rustling sound "a CT tiny wings,
VIII catch the ears OF the King Of Kings,
For the soul to its Maker flies.
Chicago Dispatch.
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Earth TO Air.

A little worm on branch Of gray
Began his work one summer day.
He planned and built, he wovc and spun,
Until his tiny house was done.
He laid tho walls with leaf-green rails;
He set the roof with golden nails;
He wove a sheet of softest lace.
And in its folds himself found placA
He slept, and in the dark Of night
Upon mis- sides grew wings OF light
The shining house became veil,
And gone was every golden nail.
Through the thin walls OF gauze spied
The rainbow wings he had not tried.
They Graded close and folded tight
His velvet body, strong and light
On sped the hours till sleep was done, p
Wide swung the doors TO LIES new sun
He wol1o,-he lopged his wings 10 try,
And found himself-a butterfly
No longer measuring slow his way,
No longer shut from light OF day,
lie does not toll with creeping things
But floats with birds on happy wingsi
Dear symbol of immortal years.
Thy lesson banishes our fears;
For we, when done with earthly things,
Shall find, like thee, our angel wings.
Lydia Avery Coonley. in Christian Union
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long career Of newspaper writing,
with the habit of telling the truth, ex-
cept in print. Very few of us can hope
/ to do as well. I mention the fact to
account for his telling the story in
stead Of writing 1t; there is no fun in
it except as record of genuine coin
/ cideocss.
/ happened to hear it in this way: We
| mad just finished a game of billiards
and Hawkins was engaged in extract
ing two greenbacks from corner Of
the table. In this painful moment my
eye fell upon a man who was playing
pool at the table next to ours. He had
an ear the size of my hat. 1t looked
more or less like German pancake.
| | have very little of that sensitive
ness regarding deformities which
makes the sight of them for some peo-
pie at once fascination and misery.
But Hawkins has that feeling in re-
markable state of development. !
knew that if | made him look at the
gentleman with the freak ear he would
dream about it for seven consecutive
nights. Therefore. I gently touched
him on the arm and said: Your friend
over there
He looked up instantly and turned
pale.
'Howdy," he said, Elf you ever show
me thing like that again Ill break"
But at that instant the man with the
queer ear calmly removed it from his
head and laid it on the table. Hawk
ms fell backward into d chair. My
own knees shook at this prodigy but l
gathered strength to advance and ex-
geniously made of paper. There was
nothing the matter with the man who
had worn it except instructed de-
sire to be funny.
Hawkins was good deal relieved by
the natural explanation of this phe
nomenon, but it had set his mind run
ming in grewsome channels. and pres
emily he told me the story of a weird
and grizzly evening which he once
spent with Field in Chicago. The poet
has also a peculiar horror of freaks.
Naturally, therefore, when he and
Hawkins were together they delighted
to play upon each others terrors.
On the evening in question they were
sitting in theater when Field whis-
pered: There's gentleman over
there who wants to catch your eye"
Hawkins instantly looked in the di-
rection indicated. and there sat a man
with a perfectly bald head. 1t was
not very good head. but apparently
the gentleman was in luck to have any
at all. considering the usage to which
it had been subjected. Along the top
OF it ran deep indentation like val
ley, evidently caused by collision with
some rapidly descending object. The
depth of this depression was about
two inches, and it gave his head some
thing the appearance of an underdone
Parker House roll.
Hawkins looked at this object and his
spinal marrow became very cold. But
it i the peculiar iniquity of this feel
ing thatit compels person to keep his
eyes fixed upon the thing which he
doesn't wish to see. Both Field and
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FIELD AND THE FREAKS.
Showing Some Wonders That Will
Not Be in the Fair.
A Story of Remarkable Condolences and
Strange Experiences in the City by
the Yellow River-Many Queer
, Things Seen by Gasiight.
tCopYRIGHT. 1893.

] heard an amusing story the other
day about Eugene Field. the gentle
poet laureate of Chicago, whose at
tainment5 are of SO high an order that
they are frequently compared to those
lofty buildings of which his city boasts
structures so tall that even their
foundations are one hundred feet above
the solid ground, the intervening space
being filed with darkness and mvs-
terry. The story was told to me by
Willis b. Hawkins, who shared its
events with Field. Hawkins, now ed
itor OF Brains, has emerged from a
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Wji}I{tl Eagle
A COLUMN OF VERSES,
HOuSe-Cleaning.

House-Cleaning.
From cellar unto attic, al is clean:
Nothing there is that need evade the eyer
All the dark places, by the world unseen,
Are as well ordered as what open lie.
From winters revelry and summers ease,
Souls seem to get as foul as houses dc;
Each spring each autumn revolution sees:
And they are swept and garnished all anew"
Spirit, how is it with those rooms Of thine!
What front the world look very clean and
fair:
THY curtains are so white, thy windows shine,
Are dirt and cobwebs hiding anywhere?
Ali souls are houses, and to keep them well,
Nor. spring and autumn, mourn their wretch
ed plight,
To daily toll must Vigilance compel,
Right underneath Gods scrutinizing light
Charlotte +. Bates, in S. s. Times.
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4 p.e.ty young ztrl vas corrected ere i-v
Fer tapping her foot on tA@ aoc-
While an o-taestra played aud the p-e'r-
-iri l4gSe3
Al the speaker 2ut t1oi-- lt AlEE h7-e.
Cd c.-- 3 understand shy p@spla aasc5
IT'S justified sure on rEc whole
T'.- v..2t esr1h.y eoy-l - the EE 81 hesr
Unless appe2, 10 n-r -s.e-
Bss,o. = 1gst
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Mabel-That was such a funny story
You told me yesterday about a donkey,
Mr. Sharp.
Sharp-Do Won think 50?
Nabel-NeS indeed. After this.
whenever ] sec = donkey. It viii re-
mind me q you,-Des Noines Argo-
Gaut
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4 Candid Administer.

Retired Milkuan Nou VIII excuse
Ene. but j can't bear % shake hands.
New Acquaintance - Indeed. Why
not?
Retired Milkman weeping 1t al
ways reminds me of the movement of
the old pump was associated with in
Ey younger days.-Texas Sittings.
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Totherby 49, Have voa seen LoTa
Z.odl~l,r.s American Notes
Vfp.er-No. AnyrtsiIs- ia en-
Botae~br Ye~ Hes 70. th~ stats
tsrz 81 -zl@s Eave }uzn a. sie club that
night about ,he rassl-~- - ieotfaes q
-s<stb stasl Philadelph5ssE@ sse 0n their
n.rble a~7r =.eps every year AsrT-sT s.
-
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The Sparrow's God.

,. hearts that break er all the world,
o wronged and lonely ones that weep,
Take heart and think what he has said,
Who every promise made will keep:
10, I, who watch when sparrows fall.
Thy sorrows know, know them all"
And when so long and dark the road
You faint, and hope and faith seem dead,
Look up, and hlindly trusting, think
What He, who faileth no;, has said:
" 10, I, who time the sparrow fall,
Thy Criefs VIII heal, will cal them all"
NJ. Stewart, in y. y. Observer
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The fair patient had described her
symptoms with nuca volurility and
ruiug;eness, but paused 3 moment for
breath
Madam. " raspe5 he Doctor. please
lef me ~t,s your tongue Thanks
0b3ige ne bv holding Il IA fhat position
while write . pCesczIlg5 lson- ''--'- iiscz 90
'Ir.trne.
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Spring Is Here

The winds OF March al last are blown,
And winter rule Is overthrow.
The birds are singing in the trees
AS softly croons the April breeze.
The buds burst forth IN loneliness,
And maids come forth IN newest dress
While al the poets. small and biz.
Writc verses OF the Gentle Sp-ig,"
Thus showing IN their pretty hymns
That spring aud colds are syuony ms
--EsrNer's Harar.
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No Wonder It Hroke.

s'Do you really believe that she died
Of a broken heart after the divorce was
granted
Il honestly do. You see. ne failed q
short timc after and could pay no more
alimony. Indianapolis Journal.
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A Bad SpeIlJ

Mary Jane sat alone with her beau
For six hours. with the gas turned down leau;
When he SAID he must geau
1t affected her seau
That she wept and exclaimed: Eau, neau,
peau."
Truth
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Hear. Growth.

IN early days we passing fancies take,
Our love Is changing, and our hearts untrue
AS butterflies that fit from flower to flower,
For fckle childhood ever seeks the new.
But as the years go by come to feel
That scenes and faces strange, and all the
rest,
Gan never be the same as those we've known,
And that ''old tunes are sweetest, old friends
best"
.-Cornelia Redmond, in Ladies' Home Journal
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An Intricate PIerr

"You have heard Prof. De Faddell's
latest fantasia. have you not?"
Yes, the other night"
''What do you think Of it?'
at IS exceedingly intricate"
'That is true. You sec. his two
favorite cats got into 2 fight on his
piano when he happened to be in the
next room: he heard the music. let EN-
fight. and wrote out the notes. Pitts
burgh Chronicle.
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Quite Arr2rrDf.

Old Schooler-They did things dit-
ferently in the father OF our country's
time.
Young Anerica-But our country's
got a step farther since then.-N. I.
Herald