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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-09
Cholera Infantum is Reaping an
August Harvest.
Lactated Food is the Surest
Preventive.
It Has Saved the Lives Of Many
Infants.
Important That Parents Now be
Supplied With it.

"After using lactated food for five years
IT, cases of children suffering from cholera
infantum, and in facilitating or wasting
diseases, during which time 1t has never
failed me, have pleasure in calling the
attention of physicians to it, and In
recommending its use"
So says A. p. Grinuell, NJ. D., the dean
Of the medical faculty of the university OF
Vermont, and the statement is published
ID the Ladies' Home Journal.
The statement is of lnestimable value to
mothers if they will but avail themselves
Of Prof. GrinDelps experience.
More than one-third of all the babies
born die before they have lived year. and
two-thirds of the little uufortunates die
In the summer months.
Cholera infantum is. of course, The most
destructive cause. The infants stomach
gives out, and frequently the natural food
is not nourlshing. That is one reason why
lactated food is used. This food Is pleas
ant TO the taste, easily dlgested, and con-
tains the elements of strength that the
little ones so sadly need.
1t is what physicians tsrm predigested
food, and they consider it especially vaiua-
BILE in all weak conditions of the digestive
organs, not only for infants, but for in
vaiids, the aged and ali whose stomHchs
are weak. Thousands of packages are
prescribed every year by physicians, but
the greatest demand comes at this season.
Wells. Richardson q Co. of Burlington,
Vt, who put up lactated food, have proba.
oily received more heartfelt letters OF
gratitude from delighted mothers whose
babies lives the food has saved than one
could read in a month. Hundreds OF
photographs of little ones have been sent
to the company by grateful parents.
A child's life is too sacred thing to be
irf1ed with. Lactated food should be
used from now on through the summer
until the child is old enough to eat other
food with safety. 1t is not expensive; it is
not secret; it is prepared under the su-
pervislon Of no less man than Professor
Boynton of the Vermont university; it
prevent cholera infantum; it will save the
life of the child who is wasting away with
this dread disease. From every part Of the
country come the most grateful testi-
monials of It's value-frcm mothers and
fathers whose babies have beer saved and
from invalids TO whom it has given
strength.
Lactated food is net a medicine-it is
simply natures substitute for mothers
milk, and is a pure food that has saved
many little ones life. All reputable
druggists sell it, and at this season of the
year it Is of the utmost importance that
parents supply themselves with 1t.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-09
csGn~7
GEORGE ". PECK.

as many readers as "Peck's Bad Boy"
The future historian of the human
nature of the nineteenth century must
take account of it; and he may set it
off against the enforced decorum and
submissiveness of the Puritan boys of
| the seventeenth and eighteenth CEN
| turtles, including George Washington;
and reconcile the contrast according to
the laws of heredity and evolution
| if he can.
When, a short time ago, it became
known that the author of Peck's Bad
Boy had been chosen governor of the
state of Wisconsin, it is probable that a
good many people felt surprised. Ger
tain upright and conscientious authors
here and there may have declared
their establishment by glowing COM
ments upon the condition and pros
poets of a literature which permitted
the perpetrator of such volume to
hold one of the most honorable and
responsible offices accessible to Ameri-
can citizens. "What! the man who
concocted that tissue of vulgar absurd
tiles! To put him on a civic level with
Lowell, Motley and Irving? Our liter
allure is going to the dogs-not to
speak of the comedy" And they would
say, what was the use of writing beau
tiful poetry and elevated fiction, if the
purveyor of such abject rubbish was to
get the reward.
Now, no one pretends that the book
in question has not got plenty of good
healthy vulgarity in it, or that its
humor is not OF an obvious and bois-
ferrous quality. But then, there is
great deal of vulgarity in the Ameri-
can people, and a widespread fondness
for coarse practical joking. And the
book is popular because it reflects
what we are and describes what we
door would like to do, did opportu-
nifty and resource admit Peck's bov,
whatever else he is or is not, is an
American, and Americans wish to be
| told about themselves, especially if
they can laugh at the narrative.
At all events, improved the chance
which time and place afforded me to
make personal investigation into the
matter. Chicago. though rather far
from the Hub of the Universe. is
central spot, with sixteen lines of rail-
way converging on it; and first at
| present, owing to causes unnecessary
| to enumerate, it contains, in addition
! TO its proper quota of inhabitants,
| liberal contingents of citizens from
all over the country. Moreover,
Madison, the capital of Wiscon-
| sin. is less than one hundred
miles away, and Milwaukee is no fur
! Their; and in those two cities Gov. Peck
/ THEORETICALLY in the FIRST, and domes-
ticaily in the other. Finally, the gov
/ ernor, like everybody else, is interest
| ed in the fair, and in its every work.
There is Wisconsin state building in
the fair, the arrangements of which
are under the governors supervision;
and il is there that on certain DAYS he
! Is TO be seen. When / wrote to inform
him OF my designs upon him, he re-
! piled as follows:
/ My Dear Sir: have received your
letter. in which you state that YOU
hoped TO lunch with Eugene Field and
/ myself on a certain occasion in Chi
/ caSo. am very sorry that was not
| permitted TO display to you the wild
! western appetite which possess, and
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-09

WISCONSIN BUILDING-WORLD'S FAIR.
| of interest to the public. hardly
know myself how became governor.
It was one of those things that happen
sometimes, and which are liable not to
happen again. However, if l get an
opportunity to talk to you / may be
able to tell you what little know in a
couple of minutes Yours very truly,
George ". Peck
This communication came to hand
on the Saturday morning specified, and
lost no time in putting on my hat
and walking over to the fair grounds.
It was a fine warm day, and thousands
of people were scattered about every
where, and the pretty Wisconsin build
ing was full of Il presumed Wisconsin
people; the broad veranda which sur
rounds it was crowded, and the hand
Some hall and rooms were full. This
edifice, unlike many of the state build
ings, contains no exhibit of anything
pertaining to the state except its taste
and its comfort; and the result is one
of the most attractive mansions on the
grounds.
AS did not know the governor by
sight had recourse to young gentle
man writing at table upstairs. Was
the governor in? Yes. he was; he had
been in all morning. Would the young
gentleman kindly convey my card to
him? Yes, he would, if l would wait
little. l waited. and in few min
utes beheld my friend approaching,
and beside him man of middle age,
with an alert, capable look, whom I
OWNED to be the parsonage of whom I
was in search.
Physically he is compact, brisk fig
ure of about five feet eight. with good
shoulders, well-formed hands and feet,
short neck, ruddy visage, short
gray hair, thinning away from the
forehead, and a white Fmustache
and imperial. His head, without be-
ing larger than the average, is
well-balanced and capacious; the fore
head denotes quick observation and
humor, and the rather full setting
of the eyes and the twinkle that
abides in them spoke of love Of fun
and readiness of speech. Were re-
stricted to two words to describe him,
should say he was clever and jolly.
Not being so confined, will add that
his features indicate good judgment,
spontaneous insight into men and
things, a quick temper, modified by in
nate kindness and by knowledge of
the world and of human nature; fac
ulty of synthesis, of seeing things
in the mass, and a certain impotence
of mere detail.
Although 1 could not question the
truth of the governors assertion that
he could tell me ''all he knew in two
minutes" am distrustfu1 of my own
capacity to assimilate so much informa-
ton in so short time. But, after all,
the mystery of the governorship was
less abstruse, when you came tight
down to it, than it appeared at dis
lance.
eff I had known" Mr.. Peck OBJ
served, in response to my solicitation,
''that writing that book would have
made me governor / wouldn't have
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-09
THE "BADBOY" GOVERNOR
Julian Hawthorne Interviews the
Author Of Pecks Bad Boy.
How He Became Governor OF Wisconsin,
One of the Governors Sons the "Boy'
Gov. Peck's Doubles - Practical
Jokes Played by the Doubles.
icopYRIGHT. 1897

COPYRIGHT. 1873.
In the early part of this decade, a
series of articles began to appear in a
western newspaper, entitled "Peck's
Bad Boy"-or, at any rate, it was by
that name that they were spoken of.
They were about certain boy, and
they were written by a man named
Peck, who was the editor of the paper.
The boy was type; the kind Of boy
who is full of vitality and overcharged
with a boys sense of humor and fun,
which he expresses by dint of practical
jokes. The interlocutor of the boy,
and his more or less Involuntary play
mate, victim or fellow conspirator, as
the case might be, was grocer, the
owner of the cornerstone in the coun-
try town of which the boy was a native.
The father and mother of the boy were
good, commonplace American people,
with sundry little human frailties and
stupidities, of which their offspring,
with lack of reverence somewhat
passing the average even Of American
youth, failed not to take advantage.
The boy certainly made things very
lively III Ulldt WcS6cIA uOb O1llN
for his parents, for the grocer and for
the nhabitants generally, but also for
himself. The humor of his inexhausti-
BILE pranks won the heart and tickled
the risibilities of the great American
people. A weekly record of his adven-
lures was copied in newspapers all
over the country, and when they were
collected in book form, everybody
bought copy of them and chuckled
over them anew. There is probably no
other volume in our literature which
provokes more and more irresistible
laughter to the linear inch than does
the book of the adventures of Peck's
Bad Boy. There are three other books
analogues to this which will at once
recall themselves to the memory:
Being a Boy by Charles Dudley
Warner; the STORY of Bad Boy" by
J. B. Aldrich, and 'The Adventures of
Huclkleberry Finn" by Mark Twain.
Each of these is excellent: but doubt
whether all of them together have had
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-09
A vORkcious BLAcKBlRD.
It Killed ana Al. the sparrow II

II killed ana Ate the sparrow In
A remarkable occurrence. the killing
and devouring of sparrow by black
! bird, was witnessed the other morning
by large crowd Of business men and
street pedestrians The blackbird was
Srst noticed standing on limb Of q
tree near its nest. A few feet below.
on another limb, was perched the spar
row, which every moment or SO would
fly toward the blackbirds nest, as u to
invade it.
The blackbird, with a fiuttering Of its
wings and a few shrill notes, would
rush to the defense OF its nest, when
the sparrow would retreat. The spar
row, however, was not to be scared
away, and. with the impudence charac-
teristic of its kind, it was no sooner set
tied down safely on the. limb than it
was again threatening an attack on the
black birds nest.
This continued for probably ten min
utes, which the biackbird. greatly ex-
cited unable to longer control its an
ger, flew down toward the sparrow as
the latter assembled, catching the back
of its neck in its bill and bearing it to
the pavement. Reaching the pavement,
the blackbird released its hold and
dealt the sparrow blow on the side of
the head, turning it over on its back.
1t then placed its foot on the sparrow
breast and tore it to pieces, devouring
the flesh with great avidity and evil
dent relish.-Philadelph Press.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-09

written it. But the idea didn't happen
to occur to me-"
Perhaps" suggested, lit was not
entirely the book that did it,
WELL" said he, sit was frst-rate
advertisement, nd doubt about that.
guess a good many people saw those
articles. When 1 first began writing
them, didn't know they would turn
out the way they did. It was just a
notion that l thought 1 would fill a
column or two, and l started in on it.
After awhile l found the papers were
copying them. The ones that weren't
copying them were abusing them,
which was just as good for me, and
perhaps better. So l kept along"
insisted that there was, never
theless, no apparent logical connection
between the book and the governor
ship.
well, you see I'm pretty well known
where live" quoth Mr.. Peck. I've
lived there about ali my life, though
was born in jefferson county, n. Y,
and had a paper over in Kansas be-
fore l started PeclS's Sun. But the
people round in Wisconsin got to know
me pretty well outside OF the book.
and | guess that may have had some
thing to do with it."
'.And SO you are Jefferson county
man?"
They say all the statesmen come
from jefferson county" rejoined the
governor. with a chucl1le. Il was
born there, anyhow; but got out here
pretty young"
1t had occurred TO me that possibly
Peck's Bad Boy was "reminiscences OF
the distinguished authors own child
hood: but when gave an intirnation
of my conjecture. he shifted the re-
sponsibility.
I've got two boys" he said, land
either of them might hare been the
bov. One Of them is married, and has
a child eight years old"
..You must have begun family life
PRETTY carly" remarked, CHANGING at
his fresh and rudy face
I'm fifty-two." be replied / made
0 rarid mental cairnss-:.n- Saw G.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-09
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

The expression, "Vox populi vo1
Dei"-the voice of the people is the
voice of Goa-was used in the writings
Iof William Mal,nesbury, who was born
A. u. 1075 and died about 1142. He
tquoted the expression as proverb even
lin his time sufficiently well known.
Miss Helen NJ. Winslow, of Boston,
kreasurer of the New England Woman's
Press association, who is well known
as a writer of short stories, sketches
and poems, has entered the ranks of
lthe novelists. Her book, which is much
talked about, deals with certain phases
ief the labor question.
-Honore MERCER, ex-premier of the
province of Quebec, has been paying a
visit to BOSTON. where he has been en-
tertained' by the Canadian societies of
the city. He is to lecture throughout
the New England states on the proba-
,ble future of Canada. He thinks indie
pendence or annexation inevitable
AIR. J. w. Holden, of Otisfeld, Me-,
has gone down to Boston to convert
that town to his belief in the mon
revolution" of the earth. He has hired
zone of the public halls of the city for
this purpose. Prof" Holden is de-
scrihed as a farmer, proprietor of a cir
bculas saw-miH. selectman. town agent
and lecturer, and is said strongly to re-
kemtle the late Daniel Pratt.
Austin Dobson is described as look
Ding utterly unlike ones idea OF a poet
He is the type of the common, sensi-
Able, middle-class Englishman He is
stout and of medium height, and has q
ffierld compexion, pair of shrewd,
kindly. bluish-gray eyes. an acquiline
nose, a moderate quantity of dark
Forown hair, and thick bushy mus
sache'
M. James Darmstetter, orientalist
and professor in the college of France,
has been awarded the prize of eight
hundred pounds in the gift of the Aca-
loemie des Inscriptions ct Bellies Let
tres. for the author of any work or in
irention calculated to do credit or be
useful to the country within the last
ten years. n. Darmestetter gained the
votes of the academy by his transla-
tion of the Avesta
hSEt -ie-hCl, Wncre PRESIDENT Car
not intends TO spend short time. is
situated a few miles west of Paris on
the bank of the Seine. 1t is noted for
hts pretty country house. in one of
(which. the chateau Mes Delices." the
president Will reside. As a private
wire connects the chateau with Paris
the chief of the republic will be able
10 transact all important business lust
as easily as though he were at his Of
fetal residence in the French capital.
Mrs. Ann Longfellow Pierce. sister
of Henry W. Longfellow, has presented
ITO the Maine Historical society the
lLongfellow homestead on Congress
street, in Portland. in which the poet
lived during his youth, but not the
ihouse in which he was born. The
property is valued at twenty-five thou
sand dollars or more, and among Mrs.
Pierces requirments are that the two
front rooms shall be forever kept and
known as the ''Longfellow Memorial
Rooms" and that n suitable library
hall shall be begun six months after
her death.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-09

She-Will you give me kiss, Tom
my?
Tommy-Not much! The next thing
you would be suing me for breach OF
promise, suppose.-Judee.
Sleep is Deaths younger brother,
and so like him that never dare trust
him without prayer.-Sir Thomas
Browne. fa-.sas.
Rev. DIR. Samuel Hart, professor
of Trinity college, Hartford, and secre-
tary of the house of bishops, has been
elected bishop of the Episcopal church
in Vermont.
Rev. Henry Herrick, of Woodstock.
CT, is the oldest living graduate Of
Yale university. He and Rev. DR.. Ed
ward Beecher are the last survivors Of
the class OF %.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-09
True Courage.

It is courage, more than anything
else, that the world has need of at the
present day. 1t has brains enough, but
not enough of valor, and for the lack of
that valor much of the worlds best
thought goes to naught 1t has viii
enough, but not enough of the heroic
spirit. Too many men still fear to bat
tie for the truth. They palliate their
cowardice by naming it prudence, y
conservatism, discretion. Disdre-
ton may at times be the better part of
valor, but the worlds greatest bene-
factors have oftenest found valor to be
the best part of discretion. The poet
says that faint heart never won fair
lady; the historian proves that faint
spirit never won truths victories. The
golden age of which all the world is
dreaming is realizable. but not through
dreaming but through doing; not
through wishing but through daring.
Dare, and it is thine. Dare, and chains
fall and prison walls crumble away
Detroit Free Press
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-09

to become acquainted with You. Tex
pect to be in Chicago on Saturday of
this week, and may remain over Sun
day. You say that you want story
out Of me-something about how be-
came governor. do not know that
could furnish anything that would be
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-09
Reminiscent.

Blashers-I enjoyed your after-din-
ner story, Mr.. Raconteur, very much.
Raconteur (fattered)-Ah, thanks.
Did you find it humorous?
Blashers-N-no, not exactly. But
hadn't heard it for so long, you know,
that it brought back memories of my
happy youth-Chicago Record.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-09
Attorneys Pocket Docket.

The Lawyers wade Necum," can be used in az!
State and in any court The most complete and
convenient pocket docket ever published, with two
in1sexes-an alphabetical index and diary index;
shows at glance just what date lawyer has case
in court; keeps complete record Of of the case.
Handsomely bound in flexible back, convenlens
size to carry in the pocket Endorsed by attorneys
everywhere. Price of Docket s1.O0. By mail post
paid to any address upon receipt Of &1D7.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-09
Notary Seals.

Seals for Notares Public, Corporations, Stock Com,
panies, Lodges Etc Orders filled promptly. Also
Stock Certificates for Corporations and Stock Com
panies, either printed or lthographed'
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-09
Why They Smoke.

Young Woman lin open street carl
don't see why some men are bound to
smoke every moment they are on a
car.
Ola Woman 1oudly)-Oh, let 'em
smoke, poor fellows. I s'pose their
wives won't let 'em smoke at home
N Y Weekly
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-09

Old friends are best. no doubt. but
q young friend of the other sex. if she
tie beautiful and anna BILE, is very
good substitute for an old one-N. Y.
HrcsA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-09
JULIAN HAWTHORNE.

Mistress-Who rang the bell then,
Katie?
Katie-A boy, mum. lookin' fur the
'onG number.-Judge;
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AlaSauArla q gzGtts.
THURSDAY EVENING. NOV is. 1898.

A MYSTERIOUS CLocE.-A dispatch
from Winston, n. c., says some
thing not only strange, but remarkaple'
comes to me from Yadkin county. An
old clock, owned by farmer named
Peter Shermer. was years ago set aside
as a worthless piece of property, IT mas
not been known to run or strike un ll!
quite recently, when, to the very great
surprise of the family, it struck twice,
and lust two weeks from that day "a
member OF the family died. A lev
months later it struck twice again, ana
in two weeks another member OF the
family died. Shortly afterwards ii
struck twice again, and in Two weeks
the third member of the family passed
away. 81
Not only the remaining members OF
the family, but the neighbors are
alarmed over the singular occurrence,
and cannot solve the mystery, unless IL
be a token of Providence. The story, Is
told by one of Yakin's best citlzens,Who
vouched for its truthfulness."
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Onening and CLOSING of the Mails.

Northern nails close at 30 and 8 so q. m.
aud - 80, 6 80 and s As p. III. Open al
OOa. H., II 90 IN. and 80 p. m.
Southwestern mails via Charlottesville,
close at : 90 and il 90 i. m. and 40 y.
M. Open at s 90 a. N. and 3 90 p. IN.
Chesapeake and Ohio mails close at 90
p. III. and 5 As p IN. Open at S 90 a. ~ and
3 90 p. IL.
Southern mails via Richmond, close ut
10 40 a. m and 3 30 and s 45 p. IN. Open
nj 5 90 a III and ] > 30 p. III.
Manassas Division mails close at so a. M.
snd 4 so p. III. Open at 8 90 a. IN.
Alexandria and Round Hill mails close at
& 40 a. M. and 90 p. m. Open at 90 Am.
and . 40 p III.
Western mails close at 945 a. IN. and
- so p. IN. Open at s GOA. IN. and - 90 III.
Washington mails close at 30 and 8 so a..
IN. and II 80 4 40, 30 and 8 As D. IN
Open at 5 90 and 10 90 a. m, IL 90 IN. aud
\ 30 and 6 30 p. m.
Office Hours-Open at s 90 a. IN. Close at
S 80 p. m. Open at & 80 p, ~. Close at Z 90
y. m.
Sunday Hours-Opcn at 9 90 a IN. Close
at 9 30 a. III.
Carriers Schedule-Colections made at
6 30 and 10 90 a. m. and II 20, 3 90 and
8 40 p. m.
Deliveries made at s 90 a. m, 10 90 m and
900 p. m.
Sunday-Carriers' window oren st 8 90 and
close at 8 80 q. IN.
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WASHINGTON AND NORFOLK,
FINANCIAL.
ALEXANDRIA BOARD.

A local Board of THE EASTERN BUILD
ING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION. of SYRIA.
cuse, N, Y, has been organized in the city OF
Alexandria Va, and the local business is I'M
der the supervision Of the following OFF,
GERS and DIRECTORS:
OFFICERS-I. C. O'Neal, President; +.
Ballenger, Vice President; Thomas II. Bayne'
Secretary and Treasury, and Leonard Mar
BOARD OF DIRECTORS-I C. ONeal, of
O'Neal & Lunt, Real Estate, No. BIZ King
street J. A. n. Curtin and Calvin Butts, OF
Curtin 6 Butts, Iron Founders. cor. Royal
and Wilkes streets; Leonard Marhury, AT
torney at Law. 212 King street; F. 5. Bal
leuger and P. NJ. Bradshaw, OF Ballenger x
bradshaw, Shoe Merchants, $40 King street
A. A. Wartield, General Insurance Agent, sou
King street; Thos. II. Bayne. Real Estate,
Insurance. Building & Loan, BIZ King street.
For full particulars apply to any member OF
the Board. or
THoS. H. BAYNE, Special Agent.
Office: 81 King street, Alexandria, Va.
OctlO