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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-02

face of Mr.. Bodkin's opinion as to the
integrity of his employee, detected a
crafty thief in Andrew Hartigan. If
he was wrong the laugh would be
against himself, and he would earn the
enmity as well as the contempt of all
who might chance to hear later on of
his early suspicious. But if he was
right he would score triumph.
That's miserable old wheezy bel
lows he exclaimed, after a long pc
Rod of cogitation. He stopped sudden
" as he said the words and snatched
the bellows from the deaf old woman's
hands. See" he went on, taking a
sharp-loolsing knife off the edge of the
dresser, 1T wants little more air let
into it TO allow it to work properly
The old woman rose, terror plainly
written in her wrinkled face. Then she
uttered a piercing cry and threw her
self on the floor. With a motion Of the
head to Mrs. Murphy Consta ble O'Ruarl,
swiftly set to work and cut open the
leather sides OF the bellows and shook
it vigorously. To his intense delight
few bundles of notes fell on the floor.
Il thought there was something
wrong with the working of this ma
chine" he observed, addressing him
self to the wife of his fellow constable
Nov come here and attend to the I'M
fortunate old lady"
AS Mrs. Murphy moved towards the
PROSTATE woman Hartigan and Con-
stable Murphy appeared in the open
doorway Of the room at the back of the
kitchen.
Quick" cried O'Ruarl, as Hartigan
made swift spring Put the darbies
on him. He means mischief"
The butter buyer was Immediately
seized from behind III the strong en-
brace Of Constable Murphy. What his
intentions were when he beheld the IN
earthing of = treasure the willy
ORuark neither knew nor cared. He
hattered himself he had performed
very good Saturday mornings work
made very good guess.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-02
A NEWSPAPER ITEM.

"a man fell off from house to-day"
The shudderirg cir
Saw fearful stare
AS a soul rushed out Of the rended clay.
You read the item, and so did 1,
How q toiler trod,
With heavy bod,
All day from earth 20 the shining SKY.
He dreamed, perchance, little humble dreams
OF a household dear,
OF the evening cheer,
OF weekday clouds and OF Sunday CLEANS.
Mayhap he wondered if this were al:
Ever labor grim,
Evernore, for him.
Building the rich mans stately wall
While an humble shelter, poor and rude,
Was for such as he,
All I homo could be.
Fer the patient wife and the hungry brood.
And SO toiled on til set Of sun;
TIL throbbing head
Had betrayed the tread
Ard his last days work on earth was done
We read the line. mid the other news
OF the fail Ia gold,
or the houses sold.
About politics and the boating crews
And maybe thought, as we read: 'Alasl
II was very sad"
And then-were glad
lie was not akin, and lei pass.
And yet somebody, somewhere, weeps,
When lie comes no more
To the humble door,
Nor hears her wGiling but silent sleeps
Ethel Lynn, in y. Y. Ledger.
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do what the law requires about your
mother. 1t is only matter Of form.
Search us" exclaimed Hartigan.
with more Indignation in his voice than
anger. That's hard lines, surely"
Its all in your own favor. Nothing
must be lett undone to clear you of sus-
picion."
And who suspects ne?"
II don't know; but people will be
sure TO talk. Here come Constable
Murphy and his wife. Nc one will
know OF the search if rop 7on't speak
OF it"
81 suppose it's I'll -: The best" "
groaned Hartigan. with .. si- ~ -asir-
nation, 'but it's r.y5 aa 7e-
cent people.
Constable Murphy .5 mas rta Low
entered the room, auz aartigan con-
veved 70 his mother that she should re-
tire behind with Mrs. Murphy 10 the
room where the old woman slept Mrs
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-02
AN EVIL SPIRIT.
How Bolivian Indians Were Taught to
Respect the Electric Light.


The Bolivian government" said
Amos J. Thomas. as recorded by the
Washington Star, recently attempted
to establish telephone line between
Lapas and Lake Titicaca, forty-dve
miles apart. II was torn down and de-
stroyed so frequently by the Indians
that the government was compelled To
abandon it. The electrie-light plant
in Lapss was preserved by adopting
an ingenious method of oYerawing the
natives. After the plant had been in
operation but few nights il happened
that there was an eclipse of the moon.
The superstitious Indiana believed
that the electric light was absorbing
or swallowing the moon. They gath
cred in IA large body at one quarter of
the town and moved upon the plant To
destroy il. II was saved only by tile
intervention of large body of troops.
The government the next day sSiected
several representative Indians, took
them to the power-house, shocked
them severely, then took them out
along the line and shocked them again
with the wires and informed them that
the electric light was an evil spirit, and
that they had better leave il alone
Since then they have had no trouble on
that score"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-02
why Trees Are MASCULINE Gender.

Tom, who had been forbidden to
climb trees IN his new trousers, had
disobeyed, and was receiving a lee
ture from his father for injuring his
clothing.
Fearing that fogying was to fol-
low, Tom sought to create a diversion.
Pa he exclaimed, my teacher says
some plants are masculine gender and
same feminine. Now,1I know which
trees are, do you?'
The fathers curiosity was excited,
be was fairly trapped ''No, he said. Il
certainly do not: which are they?"
Masculine, said Tom. cause they
wear boys trousers" and for that time
he escaped.-Troy Times
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-02
THE s4RaKs OR BUTCHER BIRD.
Tales from Florida Showing It's Great
Skill and Cruelty

skill and Cruelty
The shrike bird is very common
here in Florida. SAYS n letter to the
Springfield (Nassl Republican. and
generally known by the name OF butch
er bird. It IS y most cruel and vinaic-
tive bird. and Il seems, TO have the
same traits north or south Most varie-
ties OF orange trees, especially seed
ling trees, are covered with thorns,
often three or four inches long. 1t -
common 10 find beetles, grassho2pers,
l,atydids, and the harmless chameleon
impSlcd on these thorns. md enc often
surprises the bird in his cruslties-
was once taking dianer with a
friend in town The windows were
open and in the room was canary
bird N its cage Suddenly n butcher
bird darted N n window and few
around the bird cage. The poor little
canary seemed fascinated and drawn
70 the side OF tho cage, when the cam
uibal thrust its head in between the
wires and, with most dex.erous
twist, took off the head of the canary
and. dropping it on the dining table
near my plate, few out of the window.
SO quickly was il done that, though
seven persons sat ut the table, none of
Us realized the catastrophe until the
helDless little head fell on The table.
Only couple of weeks ago | came
across two boys on the road who had
killed n blacksnake, some Ave or six
feet long, which they were stretching
across the road. While standing look
ing at the snake, and within a few feet
of it, a butcher bird pouneed down and
almost as quick as lightning seized and
twisted off the end of the tail and flew
away with some inches of il to ornsr
ment some thorn on an orange tree.
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His slang.

A Detroit boy uses slang and hi.
father doesn't ike it. The other day
the boy was talking
you say" interrupted thc father,
that Jones was dred?'
Yes. sir"
Don't you mean discharged2T
ayes. sir
Then why 10. say 50? = gun Is
fred. not man
We'll" said the boy. stamped for q
moment, JONES was q son q : GIN: |
hc2cj tie cid MN sly So AID re
father retired =, E.oTtls~-;ioa--De De-
,roit Tree Press
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A Coarinelns Argument.

She-Do yoG lore me a. much as
when we first became engaged?
He-As much? Why. my darling. I
lore you thousand times more.
She lanxiouslrl i don't know.
George; wish ! were sure Of that.
he-Tou can h.. dear Just think
a oil have inveato, IL vou-Ju-y.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-02

''Whv. Johnny, what made you late
this morning." asked the senool-tsach-
e. % wee boy n ICil.s.
Had 70 eat nay supper"
supper IN The morning. Johnny
Oh no. you forget; now what's the ET.t
meal you est every morning
'-Oat-uealf" replies Johanv: that's
wha, ] cats for IL supper every Hern-
ing HsrDer-s Young People
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-02
THE PEABODY NAME.
Interesting Account Of Its Origin in Al
cienG DAYS.

Interesting Account Of Its Origin in An
cient Days.
In tho general digging among the
ashes Of the past that has been going
OH since the organization of the socie-
lies Of the Colonial DANES and the Sons
and Daughters of the Revolution, many
curious and some very interesting bits
OF family history have been brought to
light. One of these Of especial interest
10 BaltimoreanS is that concerning the
uame of the great philauthropist,
George Peabody.
According to old family records, the
name of Pea body dates back to the
time OF the early Britons and originated
Us follows: Roadie, near kinsman Of
Roadicea and patriarch of one of the
tribes, upon being surrounded in battle
10y the Romans. cut his way through an
overwhelming force and. VIII the rem
nant of his followers. esta led him
self in one of the mountain IF Wales:
hence the name Pea. the ancient Cam
brian name for mountain. and Boadie.
man. signifying man. or great man of
-he mountain.
FROM MS secure retreat koadie sailed
sorth from time to time To wage a sue
cesstul warfare with the enemy. In
one OF these forays he killed tie power
full Roman officer. Gastul. and bearing
away with him the helmet and armor
Of the fallen foe. these trophies were
preserved for several centuries Nv the
descendants of the conqueror.
Upon the helmet and armor was said
TO be engraved badge Of honor. CON
sisiing of two suns proper in bardure,
and also q miniature likeness of Pop
psoa. wife of Nero.
The heraldic device of the Roman
was afteTavard adopted in part bv the
tanlily of Boadie. hence the Peabody
arms-a party perfesS nehuG. the two
suns proper. with a crest. scroll and
motto.-Ba Itimore American.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-02

Lemon .ielly.-Seueese the juice Of
half dozen lemons into "a quart ~
water. dissolve an ounce OF gelatine In
little cold water and add with q pound
OF sugar; boil five minutes. strain. color
with fruit coloring and set on ice
home.
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Extract from a brides letter of
thanks: Your beautiful clock was re-
ceived, and Is now in the drawing-room
on our mantalpiece, where we hope to
see you often"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-02

Did you hear the story Of skin-
flint having to leave his trunk for
board bill?" Yes. but don't supposs
there's anything an it."-Inter Ocean.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-02

Miss Speedily hat particular Gus
tom OF the United States struck YOU
first Lord DcliveruS $50 Thc-aw-
duty paid on NE diamonds. Chi
ca-o Mail
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-02

Mamma, please gimme drink OF
water: I'm 50 thirsty" No YOU are
not thirsty. Turn over and so 20
Sleep. q pause Mamma, won't
You please gimme a drink? I'm 50
ihlr>ty. If Won don't turn. over and
go 10 sleep, III get up and spank you.."
tAncther pause Mamma. Won I You
please gimme drink when you get up
TO spank me?"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-02

Copyright, 1868,
by the Author
7 is a very Sc
rious matter
for me. I as
sure you. Two
hundred 4 n q
sixty pounds
is a great deal
more than I
can afford to
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-19
CHAPTER vi.

Nelly had returned from her dreary
visit to old Miss Swayne after a dull
formal century of worsted work and
tedious commonplaces, dull dinner par
ties, and insufferable visits to the haunts
of fOgydOm. She was sitting at des-
sert with her father i'll the twilight,
her head half turned from the table,
and looking Wistfully out toward the
beech avenue. The figure of a man
had just come in sight-a TALL stalwart
tigure-and she watched it curioylsly.
So few men ever came to the Hall.
Presently her pulse began to quicken,
her knees to tremble as the form
came near enough to lie distinguish
able. A great terror took possession
of her. She sat quite still, unable to
stir; her breath coming thick, her heart
bea ting quick and loud through the
silence. Voices in the hall, footsteps,
then the door was thrown open, and
the servant announced: -" ".%.@-
Lord Langholme!'
Nelly sprung up with an ir1 epressible
cry. Mr.. Huntingdon faced round with
naughty stare, and Adrian WELLESLEY
Langholme came forward with slight
flush ON his handsome face, but in no
wise disconnected or abashed.
Il must apologize for my intrusion, y
he said, looking full at Mr.. Hunting
don; and then he went quickly toward
Nelly, who stood terrified, agast,, as
if she saw some terrible apparition.
''Lord Langholme" she muttered, her
white, trembling lips almost refusing
their Office
"Yes," he answered. taking her hand
but it fell cold and nerveless from his
grasp.
May ask some explanation of this? p
said Mr.. Huntingdon, white to the lips
and speaking in that icy voice which
was more terrible to hear. than the
fercest burst of passion.
ITO Re COntinupd) ...
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"If he never had an unkind thought
Of or wish to harm any of your fam.
lily, why should you object to sec him 2"
Because hate bin, without even
knowing him. / suppose it's sort of
instinct. I would not speak to him for
all the world
But suppose" said Captain Wellesly,
a smile playing round his lips and just
visible under the curve Of his chest
nut mustache- suppose it had been
Langholme instead Of me the other
dayy'
II should have died Of shame" cried
Nelly, impetuously, "and if I had died
of the pain, too, should not have
let him touch me-" Then she glanced
up at him with sudden misgiving.
"Oh mol" she whispered, with reas-
sured smile; Lord Langholme isn't the
least bit in the world like you"
well, then, Miss Nelly, we won't
talk about him any more, only do try
to think a little more kindly of him,
for my sake, won't your
1t would be very sweet to do any
thing for his sake, thought Nelly, and,
after all, she had no great personal Oh
nifty toward her neighbor.
And so the young people chatted away
| together, and the time sped on as
swiftly as it always does when one
would fain have it lag and linger; now
! ing UP all the bright, glad-hued flow
ers with ck-fashing scythe, and
grinding slowly and painfully over the
plowed burrows of pain and WEAKNESS.
| ut is half-past sevenn' cried Nelly,
starting up at last, after a glance at
the little gold toy hanging by her side.
Il must go at once. Ood-byew she
said, stretching out a little ungloved
hand; Il don't suppose I shall ever see
you any more" And the lovely, inno-
cent eyes, all amused to concealment,
grew quite humid at the thought, and
the red mouth quivered perceptibly.
Don't say that" cried the young
man, with a quick flush. You won't
be so cruel, Miss Nelly? Do give me
something to look fol ward 'to-only say
you'll cCme again tomorrow"
II dare not" murmured Nelly, with
frightened eyes,. Papa would never
saw us and told him! I think he would
shut me up all the rest of my life"
"But he cannot think you are always
I going to stay with him. A-t>~
II don't suppose he thinks at all about
it," said Nelly; land, Of course, shall
be an old maid''-this quite crnphat
ically.
"Oh, no, you won't! You are much
too sweet
But 1 never see anybody, except
papa and Sir John Swayne."
"Who is he?" asked Captain Welles
ly, jealousy.
''An old bachelor with wig and false
teeth" laughed Nelly.
''Ah! then / shall not be afraid OF
him. But promise me to come again
Tomorrow and she promised. Was il
fancy, or did he whisper under his
breath. You darling? Nelly could
not be quite sure, but she went in tt
dinner very happy.
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(To Be Continued.)
Under the SDOut.

Sir George Campbell records in his
Indian Memoirs a very strange habit
of native mothers in the neighborhood
Of Simla. He seems inclined to recon-
mend it's adoption in England, but per-
haps he is speaking in jest. ~
I wonder not to have seen more no.
tice Of the curious practice of the hill
women of putting their babies heads
under a spout Of water to send them
to sleep and keep them quiet. When
the new cartroad was first made, there
was a village at a halting place where
rows of such children might be seen
in a grove close to the road.
The water Of a hill spring was so
adjusted as to furnish a series of little
spouts, each about the. thickness Of
ones little finger. Opposite each spout
was a kind of earth pillow, and a little
trough to carry away the water. Each
child was so laid that one of the water
spouts played on the top Of its head,
and the water then ran off into the
trough.
I can testify that the process was
most successful There never were
such quiet and untroublesome babies
as those under the spouts. The people
were unanimous in asserting that the
water did the children no harm, but
on the contrary, benefited and invisor-
ated them. In fact, they seemed to
think that child not subjected to this
process must grow up soft-brained and
good for7nothing.
Certainly their appearances showed no
signs that this singular method of brac-
ing the intellectual part, of their bodies
had done them any harm.
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papers, which eTerc profuse1y illus.
trated, contained elaborate reviews
of Chicago, and especially descriptions
of the great fire. So unprecedented
was the demand for these papers
that from early in the morning they
sold on the streets &C premium,
and by afternoon people were paying
as high as fifty cents copy for them.
At the downtown terminals the crush
all the morning was appalling. At
the steamboat landing. the Illinois Cen
trail and the elevated stations there
was a jam the like Of which has never
before been seen here, while along the
line Of the cable cars the people were
packed in a black mass for blocks.
At the grounds the. steady stream
seemed to increase rather than dlmln-
| ish towards dark, as thousands OF peo-
| pie who had not thought Of going out
during the day were fastening to the
grounds to see the night display.
seven Hundred Thousand.
Tonight the worlds fair officials cs-
innate the total ATTENDANCE at 72o,oOO.
| The official count will not be completed
until morning.
| Mrs. John ticker of Red Bud, Ill,
had hardly passed through the gates
| to-day when she called for aid. She
was quickly surrounded by a crowd Of
women who looked after her until the
ambulance took. her to the hospital,
where she gave birth to Il son.
The indebtedness Of the worlds Co
lumbar exposition, regarding Which
such dire forebodings were made at
| the opening, has been wiped out. The
check calling for $1.565,31O has been
signed by A. Il. Zeberger, treasurer,
and countersigned by William X. Ack-
erman, auditor. It was made payable
to President J. J. Mitchell, of the Hi
nois Trust and Savings bank, which is
the trustee of the holders Of the exposi-
ton debenture bonds. OF the amount
called for by the check 1921 800 is for
interest. and 81 $780, 333 $50 is for the last
installment due on the issue Of $4,000
600 fioated to insure the completion Of
the fair
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'sYou will do as I desire" returned
Mr. Huntingdon, so stelnly that Nelly
dared not appeal any further against
bis command. So the poor child Went
to her room and sobbed bitterly, and
all that night she scarcely closed her
poor swollen eyelids. She could not
let Captain Wellesly know, and he
would think all kinds of dreadful things
Of her, and when she came back from,
her hateful, miserable visit to that.
prim old maid, Miss Swayne, he would
be gone, tired Of waiting for sher, and
she would never see him again. Oh!
the miserable blank and dearth in her
life henceforward for everInore, after
having once tasted ht w sweet it might
be made. But there was no help for
it; go she must; and accordingly the
next day, heavy-hearted and heavy
ldded, the poor child got into the car
| rage, and was driven off to the Lar
| ches
The days went, and Adrian WELLESLEY,
going every day to the brookside, and
never finding the little white rose who
lad grown SO dear t0 him, was almost
beside himself. Men bear the thwart-
| ing of their loves sc much worse than
| women; the latter accepting suffering
| as their doom, and learn patience soon
enough. How should he live without
this pure. Innocent darling?' he asked
himself 4 thousand times, with bittec
Impotence; this little tender flower,
that was so infinitely sweeter and dear
er than any woman he had ever seen
in his life before?' If she could but
be his own-all his own! And why not
Was her gloomy old boolworm of a
father to shut up this sweet treasure
all her sweet life long, making an I'M
utterable dearth for some man who
would be willing to give up all lie pos
sessed for pearl OF such price. No!
he told himself resolutely, with quick
CT heating Of his strong and young
pulse; he would go to her father, and
ask her at his hands. Why should
he be denied?
Captain Wellesly never doubted in
his own mind but that Mr.. Huntingdon
had heard of the meetings by the brook
and taken measures to prevent their
seeing each other again. He pictured
to himself thousand times his poor
little darling, with wan, white face
shut up in that gloomy house, looking
out wistfullys toward the path leading
down to the brook, and crying perhaps
crying bitterly.
Il can't stand it any longer" cried
the young man, half mad with pain
and longing. Il will go tonight
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A Question.

Bobby-Fa, do breaking waves cost
much? so.
Pa-Why, pshaw! Bobby, they don't
cost anything.
Bobby Yes. they do, pa. Here's a
piece Of poetry that begins, The break.
ing waves dashed high. "-Judgc.
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The Episcopal View of Heaven.

l..
Probably every man has at some time
or other asked himself the question,
speculated or wondered what heaven
is What may we believe with regard
to it? Very few words win suffice to
tell what the Episcopal church has had
to say on the subject. 1t is not one on
which she has spoken definitely or ex-
cept in a very general way, and for the
best Of reasons. There is little definite
~ revealed. Ii we turn to the two
great symbols which she has adopted as
the expression of her faith, the Apos-
ties and the Nicene Greed, all that we
shall find there are the articles: q be-
lieve inrsGod the Father Almighty,
Maker of Heaven and Earth. . He
Jesus CHRISTI ascending into heaven
and stitch on the right hand of God
the Father Almighty, from thence he
shall come to judge the quick and the
dead. II believe in the communion of
saints, the resurrection Of the body and
the life everlasting" These in the
Apostles Creed. and in the Nicene the
additional clause: "Who for us men
and for our salvation came down from
heaven and the somewhat different
phraseology of the closing sentences:
4 look for the resurrection Of the dead
and the life of the world to come II
we turn to the Articles of Religion we
discover absolutely nothing but the sin
| gle sentence in Art. ~. answering al
most exactly to the language OF the
| Creeds: .WhereWith he assembled into
heaven and there stitch until he re-
turn to judge all men at the last day
In her Prayer Book are constant and
beautiful references to heasan.-Rev
r. w. Howe in the North American
Review.
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Natives Of the Solomon islands think that
hurricanes are caused by the Tapping Of
the wings Of some monster invisible bird.