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The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-08-11

Assignee Sale, Jackson's Music Store
Everything goes at cost.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

But to his bitter disappointment he
was unable to gain access to that part
of the house. There was door at the
head of the stairs and it was locked
upon the other side.
The diningroom was accessible
however. 1t was wonderful apart
ment with great fireplace in the old
style, and table with curiously carved
legs. But there was no food. Sam
drew a chair to the head of the table
and sat down. He simagined that he
had ham and eggs. After disposing Of
this breakfast, he decided to sit right
there and have dinner, so he ordered
turkey with cranberry sauce, and con-
sumed the entire bird. Having de-
voured two meals. mentally, he be-
came SO hungry that he nearly fell out
of his chair. He decided that he pos
itively must go out and skirmish for
something TO eat.
But how was he to get out? If he
took the way he had come in some
body would certainly see him, and he
would be arrested. He peeped out of
front window. On the other side of
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

from the street. Three-quarters Of his
and he believed that by iudicious
system of revolving on his axis, he
might worry through the night.
Sam climbed the steps. inserted his
slender frame in the crevice and almost
immediately went to sleep, standing
mp and leaning against the glared lat
tice behind him. He awole suddenly
and in terror. Selling the woodwork
on either side of him just in time to
prevent himself from falling backward
into the house. The support behind
him had given way. He instantly
wheeled about to investigate the dam
age and compute the probable sentence
which the law would infiict upon him.
10 his surprise he discovered that he
had not broken the glass. The lower
part OF the lattice had simply opened
like door. lie pushed it further omen
and the warm draught upon his face
WAS like hospitable voice SAVING
come in" He promptly accepted the
invitation.
lie CROPPED his way to the stairs. and
assembled. On the second floor he en-.
tered chamber. Here he dared 70
strike his match. for he knew that -ba
bilnoS were drawn. The light revealed
so much magniicence that the boy
stood dazed and let the match burn his
fingers But it had lasted long enough
TO show him 4 luxurious bed. and in
the succeeding darkness he made
straight for that. His scantv clothes
We're discarded in a minute. Then ba
urew down the covering of the bed and
made leap for it.
When Sam awoke next morning he
wouldn't believe it He hlinl,ad a.
white and gold dressing table for
while and then he muttcred: "Ob no.
yer can't fool me- and went 10 slear
again. But the second time he rn.
membered- He sat up in bed and
looked around
Say he said. this suits me to
death. I'm 4 millionaire's son. an,
Pretty soon me mother will come an,
say: Sammy. dear. it's six o'clock
Get up an. have breakfast with ver
father before he goes to work Then
We'll eat off of gold plates. an after
that me father viii put on his overalls
an go round 10 the car stables. Hold
on, m for cttin' were rich"
he lay there long. between sleep and
waking. and many times rehearsed the
breakfast scene with the gold plates:
out more and more the thought of
what they would contain in the way Of
1000 gained prominence over the mere
elegance of the service. Sam WAS
simply dying of hunger.
III forced him out OF bed and into his
cio'hes' and down the stairs to explore
tne house He had faint hone tina,
Saere might be food in the kitehe,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

Of the spectacle before him he heard a
a noise and turned around. There
stood tall. thin man wearing a long
chin whisker. and armed with an iron
poker. Behind him was a nice old
lady with a nightcap on her head.
'You varmint!' said the farmer,
when his eyes rested on Sam.
Now, these, of course, were Sammy's
grandparents. or wouldn't have told
the story. But they didn't know him.
nor he them. Now, the question is,
what did they do with him? He was
clearly burglar. and the countryman
hates the housebreaker
1 honestly didn't know what to do
with him myself when Igot him as far
as that-whether to give him roast
turkey or ten years in the Elmira re-
formatory. So I'll make you guess.
And if l can also make you see the
tears in the eyes of the old lady with
the nightcap, while Sammy is telling
his story, you'll guess right
HOWARD FIELDING
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

the street several servants were sweep
ing the snow from the steps of houses.
Sam decided to go up to his bedroom
and wait.
There must be somethin' to eat in
this house." he said, sit mustn't be
wrong to take it. if there is, because it
would spoil anyway with the folks out
o. town.
In the dining-room, despite the dark
ness, he recognized change The
big table where he had eaten imagin-
airy turkey had vanished. In his search
of the house in the morning Sam had
found some matches, and he now
struck one.
The first thing Sam saw by this
illumination was small table, with
plate on it. The plate contained some
thing and of course it must be food.
Sam grabbed a piece and thrust it into
his mouth. 1t was a 'jawbreaker,"
sort of candy very popular in the rural
districts, because one can buy it for
cent and suck it for week. 1t is more
nourishing than a glass marble but not
much. Sam had never encountered
one before.
This is a little tough" he said, "for
a Teller that's out o. practice, but I'm
gamblin' that can down it, if yer give
me time"
A minute later he removed the Jaw
breaker from his mouth and remarked
in a husky voice: I'll just call time on
you for a minute while | timber up on
some pop corn. Then down yer go.
see?'
He lighted all the candles within his
reach One tree became blaze of
glory. Then Sam saw under the tree
a dish of such dimensions that peck
of popcorn did not inconvenience it in
the least. There was another contain
ing little crackers made in two pieces,
with honey between.
Sam drew a big chair in front Of the
tree for himself and another for the
provisions. Then he lay back and ate
popcorn and honey biscuit and sighed
between whites with contentment
AS matter of fact the explanation
of the occurrence was very simple. The
house was the property of an farm
er from the wilds of st. Lawrence
county, who had inherited it and bar
rel of money from brother whom he
had supposed long dead.
The old farmer and his wife had
moved from their queer little farm
house into a mansion. At first they
had looked upon it as fairyland They
had wandered delightedly through
the rooms and then its size began to
Cypress them. They had gradually
contracted the area of their occupancy,
until on the night when my friend
Sammy effected an entrance so unex-
pectedly, the old couple were living in
two rooms in the basement which they
had furnished to look as much like the
rooms at the farm as possible Having
no relatives but grandson whom a
dozen high priced detectives were pre-
tending to try to find, they had felt
very lonely and especially so at Christ
mas. SO they had prepared that tree
for a lot of poor children, and were to
entertain them on the evening of
Christmas day.
Now it happened when Sam had med
itated some minutes upon the beauty
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24
ALL SORTS OF SERMONS.
Bishop of Wakefcld's Classification o
Pulpit Eloquence.

Bishop of Wakeficld's Classification Of
Pulpit Eloquenco.
One does not look to a prelate for
frank fun, but the bishop of Wake
: field, unasked, has veuchsafed some
preaching says London Black and
White. He has clearly made study
of the art, and he divides the modern
sermon into seven species. Thus we
have:
THE Sesquipedalian-Big words hid
ing little thoughts
THE Wishy-Washy-No explanation
required.
The Pyrotechnic - Blazing with
nd finishing with faint odor Of gun
powder
''The notwithstanding with sto-
ries-some of them good enough once,
but gone bad by keeping.
The Flowery-In which rhyme is
of more Importance than reason.
"The Mellifuous-With calm, un-
broken flow.
1.-The Paregoric-Aaainst which the
powers VI WdhcluIucbS ldli, ike d TOll
of ribbon, so much alike at all points
that yard can be cut off anywhere
Who does not know each and all of
these? This is form of pastoral which
congregations, as rule, do not disap-
prove.
In connection with this severe epis-
copal utterance there is story on the
other side going the ecclesiastical
round A clergyman prepared to
preach few Sundays since, and gave
out as his text: 1.-The devil like
roaring lion, goeth about seeking
whom he may devour" In the same
breath, before beginning his dis
course, he continued: My friends,
you will probably have heard. that the
bishop of Manchester has announced
his intention of visiting every church
in his diocese, and consequently we
may very shortly expect to see him
among u.s."
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

an even thing. There were a great
MANY charitable organizations which
would have provided food and shelter
for the ragged hero of this tale, but he
knew nothing about them. The police
man standing under the electric light
with shovelfui of snow on each OF ms
broad shoulders could have told little
Sam all bout them. but Sam didn't
know that the policeman had kind
heart and big club. but Sam was sure
about the club alone, and he took nc
chances. He could not even trust in
Providence. because he had never
heard of it. He had heard of 1.-The
luck" but he had never heard any
good of il. and SO he simply trusted in
nothing at all, and plodded along
through the snow.
twas curious paradox that too much
exercise made his legs ache, and too
little made his stomach ache. He was
thinking of remarkably good dinner
that he had three years before, and he
had got SO confused in thinking about
it that he couldn't remember whether
he had anything since. 1t was about
that time that the people who had
taken him on the sudden death of his
mother had grown tired~of him. and
had suggested that the police should
be asked to find his grandparents. Sam
overheard that He had a vague de-
lightful recollection OF his grand
mother. and, believing that she was to
be arrested because of her relationship
to such a nuisance as himself, he sim
ply ran away, to destroy the evidence
against her.
Sam had been kicked out of all the
doorways on Sixth avenue, and was on
his way across town to try his luck on
Third avenue. He was on a street
lined with fine houses. They were SO
large and brilliant that they gave him
a distinct impression of the vast ag
Cregate Of warmth and shelter around
him in contrast to the exceedingly
small quantity of which he stood hope
Iessly in need. Among them was one
house that was wholly dark. 1t was
an old-fashioned. high stoop house,
with a deep recess on each side of the
door. 1t seemed to Sam that he could
crush himself far enough into one of
those recesses to escape observation
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

With nothing but pair of shears and few
postage stamps? Listen and we will tell you
how it is done
Sights and Scenes Of the World consists
Of a magnificent collection of $40 photograph
views oHxI3 inches in size, of famous
places In all parts of the world. With each
view is very interesting description, giving
historical and other data, intended to con-
vey thorough understanding of the subject
represented These Photographic views are
bound IN parts, there being twenty parts al
together, each one containing sixteen views.
These several parts may be obtained by our
readers by sending to our office three cou-
pons such as may be found upon another
page Of this issue, together with four two cent
postage stamps or eight cents, upon receipt
of which the part called for will be mailed by
us to the address given
You never took more agreeable trlp.than
this No trouble, slight expense; you don't
even have to pack your trunk.
By the way, here is list Of the pictures
that mill appear in Part 3. the coupons for
which will appear this week. Look them
over They are beauties. Each one is we'll
worth frame.
1. The Casino at Monte Carlo.
2. The kremlin in Moscow
5. Houses of Congress, Santiago
4. Place de la Concorde Paris.
). The Rock of Gibralter.
6. The River Jordan.
7. Unter-den-Linden, Berlin
s. Royal Palace at Charlottcnburg. Berlin.
9. Castle Of Heidelberg.
10. Imperial Opera House. Ringe Strasse.
II, Correggio's Holy Night" Vxnna.
II. The Roman Pantheon.
IS. City of Palermo, Sicily.
II. Panorama of Pompeii.
Is. | he Leaning Tower of Pisa.
10. he Champs Ulysses. Paris.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24
Japanese Lacquer.

A frst-class piece of Japanese lac
quer-work can scarcely be scratched
with a needle. 1t requires almost the
lifetime of native artist to bring it
to perfection. Hundreds of coats Of
thin lacquer are laid on at consider
able intervals of time. and the value
consists not in the choiceness of the
spent
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24
A MiSdAm eAn0P.

Mr.. Hogan (whose wife has a temper)
want me wolfe arristed for carryin' q
concealed weapon, yer amer.
His Honor-What's the nature of tho
weapon?
Mr.. Hogan-Faix it's blamed Sharp
its her TONGUE, yer anner!-Judge.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24
Money Makes the Mare Go.

AS the old saying has it. We all need mon
ey, not only during these hard times, but up
on all OCCASIONS and at no time does a man
have to put his hand in his pocket so often or
SO deep as when travelling. The money goes
like water through cheese cloth
But did you ever hear of our new scheme
for travelling
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24
NII|'I ! s5ale
SAMMY'S TREE.
a Cheerful Christmas Tale of Mag
nificence and Misery.
Fielding Relates the Adventures OF New
York Waif Who Played at Being
Mflliopaire's Son and Missed 1t
by One Generation.
COPYRIGHT, 1893. !

n OLD saying is:
what you don't
know won't hurt
you" This looks
like a merciful
provision of ma
ture until one
re ects TIL a t
what you don't
know won't help
YOU. either. It's
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24
WAY AROUND THE WORLD

With nothing but pair of shears and few
postage stamps? Listen and we will tell 20,
how it is done.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

the street several servants were sweep
ing the snow from the steps of houses
Sam decided to go up to his bedroom
and wait.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-10-25
FLORIDIANA,

The Florida Central and Peninsular
railroad company has purchased the en-
tire capital stock of the South Bound
railroad company, amounting to $685.
90, from the Saw annah Construction
company and assumes the control OF the
property at once.
Oysters are fine, and quite trade is
carried on by the dealers. In the North
the people msy worry as to how the
poor shall be fed, but with us they have
only to 90 fishing and get all they want
ofthe inestfsh and oysters in the world.
st. Andrews Messenger.
The big dredge "Mantanzas'' is cutting
into the marsh below the foot of Lake
Worth at the rate of from Is to 100 yards
per day, while the dredge "Biscayne"
that started in at New River to work
northward and met the "Mantanzas,"
has made about four miles Of her way.
There is never day in the year that
the people of Florida could not have all
the fresh fruits and vegetables they use,
and to spare, yet Florida consumes as
much Tor more) canned fruits and vege-
tables as any other State in the union.
Laziness, not hard times, affect most
people who complain of their lot.-Juno
Sun.
The census bureau at Washington has
issued a report she wing the amount of
mortgages on farms and homes in Flor
ida. 1t puts the amount of per capita
mortgage indebtedness in Florida at $40,
which is much less than the average of
the States thus far reported upon. A
bulletin which accompanies this one
shows the per capita indebtedness of the
State of New York to be $26S-Or over
six times that of the State of Florida.
All three of the saloons were closed
Monday until about four O'Clock that
afternoon. Their licenses bad expired
on the last day of September, which
was |: st Saturday. and they had to sus-
pend business until the county COM
missioners could act upon their petit.
ions for license at their regular meeting
on Monday and grant them permits.
The commissioners attended to this
business first thing on their assembling.
-Titusville Star.
All the employees OF julius Ellinger &
Co.'S cigar factory went on strike this
morning. The exact cause of the strike
has not been learned, and it is doubtful
if the cigarmakers themselves know what
they have struck for. Some of them
claim that the proprietors of the factory
demanded that they should reside id
West Tampa, but the proprietofs say
that no such demand was made. 1t is
thought that the strike will be very easily
settled.-Tampa Times.
A KANSAS woman. who has been
elected police justice of her city, has
adopted novel solution for the tramp
problem. The first tramp who was
brought before her for Judgment was SEN
fenced to two baths day for ten days. and
to hard labor on the stonepile, with the
order that he be fed if he worked and
starved if he shirked. The prisoner sur
vived the ordeal, but now the first
question tramp asks on approaching
Kansas town is whether police Judge
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-10-25


government printing G. flee at Washing
ton and secured samoa snug berth of
five hours work and Sc pay. Pat, here
is our hand.-Ocala Banner.
Tampa's wholesale fish business
amounted to more than 100000 last
season, and the prospects are good that
the figures will be much larger at the
end Of the present season. The whole
sale fish dealers report large increase
in their business this week, and the
season is now considered fairly open.
Within the past ten days there has
been an organization founded which
will make Orlando their headquarters.
The Seventh Day Adventists' Of the
State have so gained in membership and
financial strength as to warrant the Or
ganization of a State conference. Elder
L. II. Crisler Of this city is president,
and Elder j. w. Callie also Of this city
is a member OF this executive committee.
Orlando Reporter.
Clayton w. Smith. foreman at Ba-
ker's mill four miles north from here,
was seriously wounded by razor in the
hands of Ed Taylor, &C lored man who
works at the same mill. On last Wednes-
day morning Smith reproved the
negro for idleness, slapped him with his
open hand and turned to walk away.
Just as he turned the negro drew a
razor and struck at him, cutting cash
an inch deep from the back Of his neck
to the center OF his throat. DR.. Hanna
dressed the wound and says Smith will
recover, but he certainly had a close
call. The negro escaped.--Jaspe News.
Sunday morning in LaVilla &C lored
family named Barney built fire in the
yard for domestic purposes, and the en-
tire household we're engaged in work OF
different kinds around the premises.
The mother finally told one of the
younger children to 60 into the yard and
replenish the fire burning there with
additional wood, and thought no more
CT the matter until she was startled by
scream. It seems that the child in en-
deavoring to build up the fire got too
close and its clothing ignited, or it ld
in, at any rate, when it's mother arrived
it was in the midst CT the blaze, and
though the flames we're Immediately ex-
tinguished, the burns are serious and
may be fAtAI.-Times Union.
Senator Call has introduced a bill pro
viding for the removal Of the United
States barracks at st. Augustine, Fla,
and their establishment on Anastasia
Island. The bill provides that $500, COO
shall be appropriated for the erection of
the barracks on Anastasia Island, TO he
expended under the direction of the
of war, and that such sum shall
be Immediately available. It further
provides that before any part of such
money shall be expended the attorney
general of the United States shall exam
inc the title of the United States to the
land on the island selected for the bar
racks and report to the president whether
the title of the same is clear and indis.
putable, and if the title is found TO be
bad and doubtful, such part of said sum
of money as shall be necessary to make
the title perfect shall be expended and
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-10-25

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Travelling Pasenger Agent,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-07-05
For the Light.
Thinklets for the Thoughtful.
BY ALI BEN HASSAN.

ID ALI Il-N'DFo-N-Ns
Within the human heart, that
struggling, prisoned captive, there
dwells, in bestial bliss, the hideous
serpent Lust, seeking through
guileful means it's victim to en-
snare.
Here also meet and mingle the
rivers, Hope, Fear, JOY and Grief,
emptying themselves into Emo
TONS stormy sea.
Here PASSIONS prowling panth-
ers have also made their lairs, and
lie in wait, with fevered breath, to
spring upon their preys But-hap-
ply thOught-there also dwells
within these wondrOus, pulsing
walls that subtle something men
call Love, and bards have deemed
divine.
The church is the cradle in
which lie side by side the twin
babes, Salvation and Damnation.
Nursed from the chronological bot
tie" and pampered by society, they
naturally become the pulled and
pillared influences of that DER
pompOus institution.
Piety is a mask that many a
villain wears.
A man is not necessarily a hyp-
ocrite because he is Christian,
but often one in spite of it. Not
infrequently do we find these
pious pretenders posing as the pill
lars of the church. And still the
church has the impudence to say
to him who differs with her, "ThOu
base infidel ~
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-07-05
See the Worlds Fair for Fifteen
Cents

Upon receipt of your address and fifteen
cents in postage stamps, we will mail you
prepaid our Souvenir Portfolio of the
Worlds Columbian Exposition, the regu-
lar price is Fifty cents, but as we want
you to have one, we make the price
nominal. You will find it work of art
and thing to be priced. 1t contains full
page views Of the great buildings, with
description of same, and is executed in
highest style of art. If not satisfied with
it, after you get it. we will refund the
stamps and let you keep the book. Ad-
dress II. E. BUCKLEN & Co.,
Chicago, Ill.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-07-05
ENGINE FOR SALE.

A 7-horse Van Duzen Gas and
Gasoline engine, almost new, in
first-class condition. Cost to run
about six cents per hour. The rea-
son for selling is the purchase of a
larger engine of the same make
For further particulars address,
Il. B. JOHNSON, LIGHT office.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-07-05
It Should be Noted.

To receive the sparkling and
beneficial effect of the Champagne
beer it must be kept on ice and
even colder than ordinary beer.
Particular attention must be paid
to this fact or mutual satisfaction
will not ensue. 6 II I'm
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-07-05
HARDWARE,

IF you need anything in the
hardware, tinware and stove lines,
it will pay you to call on Thos. B.
Wren, No. 513 E. Houston. His
goods are all new, nice and fresh.
No old stock, prices very low. Give
him trial. Telephone 800. 6 22tf
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-07-05

the Mexican National railway,
came in from Laredo Tuesday
morning, and will go south to-
night.
Mr.. p. NJ. Dodge, the travelling
auditor of the Monterey and Mex
lean Gulf railway, has been APP
pointed agent at Monterey, vice
II. Harkley, resigned. EDMOND.