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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-07
ERlCAN FUN.
A Professional FNumorist Discourses About
laugh Orator. in This Country.

A Professional Efumorist Discourses About
Laugh Creators in This Country.
II do not think" says writer in
Kate Fields Washington, there is a
separate kind of hamor for different
sections of the country; and really good
humor is iong-lived- Some of the carl
catures bY the Egyptians are as funny
as our best efforts, and certainly the
cartoons on the walls of Pompei COM
pei admiration even in this enlightened
century"
How DO women compare with men
rs humorists?"
Women have strong sense of hui
NOR, but it Is quite different from that
o. mex. As rule, women care very
little for political cartoons or for the
somewhat rough and boisterous sketches
which depict national peculiarities.
They enjoy the society fads-ight,
breezy, if not always particularly char
ncteristic. Women have 2 more refined
sense of humor than men. The comical
situations in sports, games and athlet-
les business and trade are better appre-
dated by the sterner sex than Is the
ielicate humor of the freside which
Nromcn enjoy.
Yet by an odd freak of nature our
best jokes Of the kind that men like are
supplied by women. | receive scores of
auggestions every week from women all
over the country fer comics on foot
hall, baseball, Wall street and 50 on.
Men. as rule. do not care for pretty
little parlor scenes and domestic inci-
dents in black and white. Presumably
they get enough of them in the original
Women criticise humor more intelli-
gently than men ] would rather face
the criticism of one hundred men than
that of one woman"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-07
Where He Missed It

Customer iylarirg al hinl-I find q
piece OF ham In this apple pie.
Clerk tat lunch counter, loftily-f-h es-
sir. II you wish something that hasn't
got any ham in il, sir, | can recommend
our ham sandwiches aicaxc
Tribune
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-07

END OF THE WAR.
The Last Blood Shed In the Late
Unpleasantness.
Low Three y1rstnians Tried to Do Battle
with Goo. Ston e,nan's Arzny-A scheme
to Ereak ve2geaocs on the victori-
PCS Hosts of the North.
fCoPYRDGH7, lec3.1

. a sVvampy,
country grave
yard, five miles
from Floyd
Court House,
are buried Viii
liam Bordunix,
J ohm McMas-
tiers and Owen
Lewis, on the
S p o f w h er e
u MO n bullets
laid them low.
Their graves
have sunk and
arc almost con-
csated by rank
cali.nos weeds.
Cut CD the face
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-07

"Poor man" exclaimed the warm
hearted woman Of the house, fnpulxive-
ly. VIVA. has reduced you to this pit
liable condition.
Grief, na'an.- replied the hollow
eyed tourist, wipinG the Jelly and bread
crumbs from his mouth with his Goa.
sleeve and beginning on the pi,. Grief
am the only man in Kansas that
wasn't mentioned for the senztorship,
ma am Chicago Tribune
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-07
Lie Insurance

hobbs, believing that fnsU-ance Vas proat
ao.. plzQ.
On his Efe one hundred taoasaO6 CELLARS car
ris0;
And must inior.e ;ae Judgment o. Rat very
pruteut man
For un,o bis charming willow no< U ear
RED
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-09-22
Chicago.
WEEKLY TRADE nNvIEyN..

NEW .YoRK, Sept. 1s.--R. g. Dun & Co 9
weekly review of trade says: Returns
from every part OF the country show de-
cided Improvement Hopeful fo0iGg pre-
walls money grows ABUNDANT ~ speculative
centers and some what easier for CONNER
cial purposes weekly failures have de-
clined about half i'm number and more than
half in amount of Liabilities. IhH NUMBER
OF establishments reported rs resuming
work still exceeds the number closing sc
that the hands employed have somewhat
increased. Tho number OF uneNlpioyed u
still very large Business Is pnlllng Itself
together and even the crop report has
caused little depression In stocks. The
government report was the most dismal for
many years. Tho decline In wheat pl oduc.
tion ufficed to cause rise OF NC The ln-
Jury 10 corn Is oiuclally estimated at 2l5,-
IDOIOJ bu. and the price rOee &c. though
western receipts largely exceeded those OF
last year. Hogs naturally advanced JUc and
lard &c per lOl lbs, and pork ~ cents per
bbl The trouble at lilo aiected the mar
ket for coffee, which advanced &c, but oil
declined lac. Industrial improvement Is
largely in cotton The failures reported
this week have been in tho United states
only pa, against 32l for the previous week
and 15I last year, and In Canada q asliNSt
D last year.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-09-22

Geo. A. McOmber, of Niles, was at
tackled by highwaymen. lie whipped
his mules and one of them kicked the
tramp, seriously injuring him.
General de Miribel, chief of the gen.
eral staff of France, is dead. In case
of a war with Germany he was TO have
had supreme command of the French
army.
John w. Bailey, vino has been in the
employ of the Michigan Central at
Battle Creek for Is years, and station
agent for 10 years, has been removed
No cause has been given. Mr.. Bailey
is very popular there and number 'Or
influential citizens will try to have him
reinstated.
A fatal accident occurred at cross
ing of highway with the Chicago II
Grand Trunk railway, near Lansing.
A buggy in which was seated Mrs.
Muzzy j. Gross, who resides near Pine
Lake, was struck by the westbound
express. Both the horse and Mrs. Gross
were instantly killed. Mrs. Gross was
ca years old and leaves three daughters.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-09-22
Rio Janeiro Fired Upon.

United States Minister Thompson
cables the state department at Wash
ington that the three rebel cruisers,
Aquidiban, Repubica and Trajano
fred upon the forts at the entrance OF
the bay of Rio Janeiro and upon the
arsenals and magazines in the Brazilian
capital. The dispatch is as follow
"The revolutionary forces BON barded
the forts, commanding the entrance OF
the harbor. and also the arsenal on a
wharf in the center of the city. A few
shells were fired into the city. A wo'
man was killed in her residence. Com
mercial kilograms have again been for
hidden. The Charleston has not yet
arrived"
Later advices say that number 81
houses were destroyed and several peo.
pie killed and injured although the
government says the damage was
small. The excitement was intense
and renewed attack was expected al
any time. The situation was very un
settled and the outcome is hard to pre-
dict, although it cannot be denied thai
the Peixotto government is in danger
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-09-22
OUR STATE CELEBRATES
MICHIGAN DAYS AT THE BIG
EXPOSITION.
Upper Peninsula Train Robbers Secure
$4,000 of Calumet & Heola Miners
Wages by Holding Up an Express.

The celebration of Michigan days at
the Worlds Fair was made great
event 10y the citizens of the Wolverine
state. Train load upon train load and
boat load upon boat load of residents
of the state poured into Chicago until
it seemed that there was nobody in
town but Michigan people.
Hon. 1. M. Weston, president of the
Michigan board of Worlds Fair man
ayers made the opening address. He
paid the residents of Michigan fitting
compliment by thanking them on be-
half of the board for their generous
responses to the call for financial aid,
and said that the board had received
all the money that was needed. He
then introduced Gov. Rich as the presi-
dent of the day. The executive officer
was equally as modest as Mr.. Weston
in the matter of making a speech, and
he stated at the outset that he did not
intend to make one. After compli-
menting the Michiganders on their
large numbers, he introduced President
Palmer, who, he said, had represented
his state in the Senate, and was better
known TO his fellow citizens as genial
Tom Palmer.
President Palmer then gave an inter
esting history of Detroit, and said that
the memory of the early French set
tiers who had so much to do with its
founding should be revered. He spoke
of the progress of the state in the past
and paid tribute to the women of
Michigan. He said that success in the
future must come through education
Woman suffrage and prohibition will
bring higher plane of politics and
economy. In concluding, President
Palmer said: "Alen, women and
children of Michigan, citizens of no
mean state, this is your day and mine.
1t is the elimination of an epoch of
progress never approached in the his
tory of the race. We may enjoy it
among these surroundings without
shame or fear of compariso n"
EX-Gov. Begole was introduced and
said he was glad to meet his friends
and fellow-citizens, but did not make
a speech as he had not done so in 10
years.
Gen. Alger made brief address.
michigan can be proud OF herself" he
said, ''she served her country and has
patriotic citizens | am glad that we
are interested enough to come here
and celebrate in the great city of Chi
cago. the only place where the fair
could have been so successfully held. "
Ex-senator T. w. Ferry, George H..
Barbour, j. j. Woodman, of Paw Paw,
and Gen. A. II. McReynolds also made
speeches.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-09-22
AMERICAN SKILL RECOGNIZED.
! Dr. Amick's Remedy Attracts the Serious
| Consideration of European MedIcists.

Dr Amick's Remedy Attracts the Serious
Consideration of European Medicists.
A London dispatch says: Among
the subjects which were scheduled for
consideration at the international med
zeal congress called to assemble in
Rome next month, but the indefinite
postponement of which has Just been
announced, was the treatment of the
cure of consumption by DR.. AmiclS of
the United States, which is attracting
great attention among the medical
| fraternity of England and continental
countries. In its current issue u lead
ing medical journal says that as a re-
suit of the postponement of the con-
gress party of prominent physicians
of England, France and Germany will
| leave for the United States the last
week of September, and after a brief
! visit to the Worlds Fair, will proceed
to Cincinnati for the purpose of per-
sonally interviewing the discovercr.
Some of the English physicians con-
cerned and who, like the majority of
| their profession, are inclined to regard
any new discovery hailing from the
| United States as open to suspicion OF
quackery, some months ago induced
one Of the largest wholesale drug
houses in the metropolis to enter into
correspondence with DR. AmiclS with
the alleged view of becoming the Brit
sh agents for his medicines Their
guns were spiked, however, by the re-
ceipt last week of a letter to the effect
that he corresponded only with regis
tered practicing physicians and that
his discovery could not be put on, the
market for indiscriminate sale. At a.
meeting of the Paris clinic of physi-
clans last week one of the speakers
coupled Amick's name with Pasteur's'
as benefactor of the human race, and
| paid a high tribute to the medical pro-
! fession in the United States.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-09-22
A NEW EMPIRE.
The Oh srokee Strip Now "a Popuious Ter
ritory-The Rush,

ritory-The Rush.
The "boomer' is strictly an Amer
lean institution. When Uncle Sam has
large tract of land he wishes to dispose
of he notifies his people, sets day for
the division, lets all have an equal start,
says the word and then stands aside to
watch the fun.
Thus it happened that the fertile
strip of country in Indian Territory
known as the Cherokee outlet was sur
rounded by something like 100, 900
people waiting TO start on their race
for a home. For over a week the
crowd had been gathering and when
at high noon the cannon was fred
there was a terrific scramble, horses,
buggies, wagons, bicycles, ponies, rail
road trains and every possible means
of rapid transit was brouget into play
and before the shades of night had
fallen that strip of country, which at
dawn had been a sun-scOrched plain,
was territory containing 10000 souls.
Tented towns sprung up as by magic
and the homesteaders cast their tents
I and for the first time looked around
upon the promised land. Then it was
that there was wailing and gnashing of
teeth. The entire strip, excepting the
eastern end, was as deSolaJe ana par
rem as any part of Uncle Sans domain
unless it be the alkali plains of the
southwest. Old Sol and the prairie
fires had burned the grass and nothing
but dust, dust, dust was in sight.
Water was an impossibility. II did
not take many hours TO undo the
boomers dreams and the next day
hundreds were as eager to get away as
they had been to get there.
Numerous fights in disputes over
claims were reported and northeast of
Orlando one murder was committed.
James Reardou, of Milford, Mass, was
found dead from knife stab. w. ID.
Blake, of Gainesville, Texas, was shot
dead. Madeline Granger, of Terre
Haute, Ind. was found on the prairie
and she evidently died from excitement.
Many serious accidents, also occurred.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-09-22

A fire supposed to be of incendiary
origin burned out 81 business houses
and two dwellings in the center part
of Manstique. The total loss is close
to $780, 900 with only light insurance.
John ]. Ingalls, says he will not be a
candidate for governor of Kansas, but
he will contest with Senator PETER in
1896, his chief ambition being to defeat
the man who relieved him in 1890.
Twenty-six buildings in the center
of the town of Spencer, Mass, includ-
ing a number of the principal business
establishments were destroyed by fire.
The loss is between 100000 and $780,
600.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-09-22
France VIII Oppose England in siam.

The Paris Figaro says. that the
French government will decline the
British demands for the creation OF a
buffer state in Siam. but will revert to
the first idea Of forming n kingdom at
Luangpra bang. France would thus
create a realm rs big as Camboda did.
The paper expresses the opinion that
the whole of Laos should belong to
France. the journal DIES Debnts says
that an agreement exists between
England and Germany concerning
Adamewa contrary to the rights ae-
quired by French explorers.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-09-22
Ex-Lndre Durand,s Honor.

George II. Durand, ex-supreme JUS
tiee of Michigan, has been engaged as
associate counsel TO assist the United
States district attorney at Portland
Ore, in the prosecution of the cele
brated customs ring unearthed by
Special Treasury Agent Edwin o.
Wood, of Detroit. The honor of being
selected to assist in these cases is much
appreciated by Durand's friends. The
case was that of Collector Lotan ant
Is other high officials and prominent
citizens who struggled over 1880 Chin
ese and several tons of opium into the
United States in the Portland district
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-09-22
cANADA's NEW GOVERNOR.
Earl and Countess of Aberdeen Arrive
From England.

Earl and Countess Aberdeen arrived
mt Quebec and the swearing in of the
new encouragement took place in
the council chamber.
John Campbell Hamilton Gordon, the
seventh Earl OF Aberdeen, was born In Ia.
He succeeded to the title on the death of
his brother in $50. In the house OF lords he
was "a liberal. In lNi6 r. Gladstone APP
pointed him lord lieutenant of ireland,
with the mission of carrying out the home
rule policy of the GOV ernmcnt He was inn
mcnsely popular in ireland. In 1877 he
married the Youngest daughter of Lord
Tweedmouth. They have had five children,
four OF whom are living
The countess OF Aberdeen Is prominently
known for her connection with philan-
throplc enterprises. She has been particu-
larry Interested In the opening of channels
for the employment OF women In ireland.
She was the prime mover and organizer In
getting up the Irish village and the exhibit
tion of Irish women's handwork which
have been successfully opened at the
Worlds Fair in Chicago.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-09-22
Maccabees at Grand Rapids.

The great camp of Michigan Macca-
bees held its thirteenth annual session
at Grand Rapids. The second city"
was filed to OVERLOOKING by the sir
knights and lady maccabees and their
friends. The first day there was big
parade, for which the principal streets
had been splendidly decorated, and
over 1000 members of the order
marched. There was also band con-
test in which the Grand Rapids City
band won first prize; Farrand ~ Votey S
band of Detroit, second, and Muskegon
City band, third. Valley City tent, of
Grand Rapids, took first prize for best
appearance in parade ana Stevens tent
of Detroit, was awarded second prize.
The report of Great Record Keeper
y. ;. Boynton was complete through
out. 1t showed: Assets, S5l, 079. 60;
liabilities, ST., 40i, 900; total member
ship, SO, 173-making it over three
times as large as the next largest ben
eiiciary society in the tie; death BEN
etits paid during the year, S344, SIG;
deaths, 227; old age and disability dis
bursements, S4,2jO.
The officers elected were as follows:
Great commander, u. ID. Aitken, of
Flint; utenant-commander, Thomas
Watson, of Roscommon; finance keeper,
Robert j. Whaley, of Flint; record
keeper, n. s. Boynton, of Port Huron;
medical examiner, E. o. Tibbals, OF
Port Huron; chaplain, Henry M. Carey,
of Manistee.
The great hive of the Lady Macca-
bees was also in session. The officers
report 400 hives and $4,000 members in
Michigan. They elected the following
officers: Great lady commander, Mrs.
Lillian Hollister, of Detroit; lieuten-
ant-commander, Miss Bina West, of
Port Huron; great record-keeper, Miss
Emma Il. BoWer. of Ann Arbor.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-09-22

The Turkish authorities have Az
rested and will prosecute the natives
who assaulted Miss Melton, Presbyter-
ian missionary from Iowa, at Mosul,
Turkey.
A bolt of lightning threw Peter
Julian 10 feet ~ Flat Rock and Sc
verify injured him. Two hens had
their skins torn completely from them
by the same bolt.
Fred Mono, Jr., German farmer
in the town of Sanilac, while driving
load of pressed hay into his barn,
was caught between The load and the
timbers and badly crushed. lie can
hardly recover.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-09-22
Wreck mt IieIIevue.

At Bellevue westbond tram, in
charge of Conductor. Mckay, ran into
the rear of freight in charge of Con-
ductor Smith ard totally ruined the
caboose and freight cars. Fire caught,
threatening the destruction of the
entire train. The Bellevue Fire com
pany quickly responded and subdued
the flames. The passengers were badly
shaken up but not seriously injured.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-09-22
burglars Get $4,000 From Uncle sam

Burglars entered Mackinac Island
postotfice blew open the safe and took
the contents. Loss of stamps and cash
is estimated at about 81, 900. A strange
yacht was anchored near there late
that night and disappeared very early
in the morning.
1t was only few days before that
the Cheboygan postoffice was looted in
o similar wav.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-09-22
pobbers' Big Haul---Omoers' Ditto.

The copper country in the neighbor-
hood of the Calumet IL Hecla mines,
near Hancock, 1oughton and Calumet
in the upper peninsula, was greatly
excited over the successful robbery of
an express train which carried S75, 900
of currency to be paid to the miners of
that region.
The Mineral Range railroad is about
Is miles long running from Hancock to
Calumet anu passes through several
small stations where ore from the sur
rounding mines is loaded.
About S75, 900 had been placed
on the morning train at Hancock to go
over the Mineral Range road to Calu-
met. At the lonely station at Boston
the train was tagged and as it stopped
two masked men wearing linen busters
boarded the engine and covered the
engineer and fireman with revolvers.
Two others jumped on the platform of
the combined express and baggage car
and smashing the door in with a sledge
hammer covered the express messenger
and baggage agent with revolvers.
They took their revolvers away from
the latter and forced the express mes
senger to take the contents of the safe
and dump them into a bag. They
backed out the door. fired several shots
and ordered the engineer to "get to
- ont o. this, Needless TO say he
did and at the first telegraph station
wired the news of the robbery. Soon
the country was being searched far
and ~ide for the bold robbers.
-Four men, Jack King, the Cornish
wrestler; John Kehoe, a saloonkeepcr
of Red Jacket; Jack Chellew, keeper of
a house of ill-fame at Ishpeming, and
two snen named German, and Butler,
strangers in these parts, were ar
rested in Hancock and held on suspic-
ion.
Later.-George La Liberty, formerly
a fireman on the Duluth, South Shore
81 Atlantic railway, was arrested at
Marquette on suspicion. IL did not
take long TO get confession from him,
but the officers keep it secret. How
ever it is known that the plot was con-
cOcted at Marquette and in conse-
qucncc of La Liberty's confession the
police have arrested John and Michael
Shea. saloonleepers; Moses Longtime.
brakeman on the passenger train;
Tom Winters, baggageman; ID. w.
Hogan, express messenger on the
Mineral Range train; Ed Hogan, a
bartender, and Wesley Shoup. hack
driver. About Sl4, 900 of the money
was found in Shea's saloon. The
officers say the guilty ones are in
''hoc,s" but the mystery is what has
become Of the balance of the money.
The Pinkerton detectives are hard al
work on the case.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-09-22

James Callahan, a Niles teamstcr
tried to suicide by taking arsenic in
his beer. The doctors saved him.
The sale of the remaining assets of
the defunct National bank at Marshall
has been postponed till November Is.
Tawas City has two school superin-
tendents One was hired by the old
board while the new board has Sc
lected a man of its own.
While acting as a peacemaker in n
row at Iron Mountain Rosario Dotaro
was stabbed in the neck by Nicolo
Merante, and will die. Merante is in
Jail.
John NJ. Porter will remove his
starch factory from Dorchester, Mass. ,
TO jackson. II. II. McNaughton, of
jackson, has united with Porter and
incorporated the Porter manufacturing
company.
A hot fire consumed S3s, 900 worth of
lumber and damaged John Welch's
dock property St,OOTat West Bay City.
The latter's mill was barely saved.
Myron Hall was arrested on suspicion
OF having started the conhagration.
The Washington bee., 1893-12-09
NEWS OF INTEREST.

"A novel idea is the decoration of the
cock dial American made clocks are
both good and cheap, SO it is easy to
buy clock, and an hours work by
anyone with artistic ability will trans
form this necessity into a be utiful
ornament. A professional decorator,
Frances E. Fryatt, painted her own
clock-face with f rget-me-notS to
serve as an ever present reminder to
wind it up.
Bridesmaids souvenirs are quite a
feature of the modern b idal, and to
be CONNIE il faut the element of novel
ty is indispensable. The bridesmaids
at a recent wedding were the recipients
of lovely pa OILS o. delicate white
null, beautifully embroid red and
mounted over white satin, with white
porcelain handles on which were their
individual monograms in gold.
Women are employed as tenders at
railroads witches in H lland, and have
been fund thoroughly trustworthy.
Not an accident has occurred since the
women were installed to their unique
Office.
Fifteen thousand wome" ty'e riters
are employed in small region in the
city of New York, between Worth
Street an the Ba' terry, where many of
the large wholesale houses are situated.