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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-06
NORTHERN CAVE JEWELLERS.
Oaeer People That Are Pound Away Up
Ia Cold Alaska.

Benjamin f.. Miller, vino was on the
United States steamer Bear during her
recent voyage % Behring strait, says
the steamer stopped at Kings island. a
rocky islct half a mile square about
thirty miles TO sea from Port Clarence,
Alaska, and found IL inhabited By a
cave-dwelling tribe which had lived
there from unknown antiquity without
suspecting there vas any other world
but their o%n little islct or any other
people but themselves.
They live in caves followed ont in tho
sides Of a crumhling volcanic rock. and
in the bottom Of each was some short
native grass. forming bed on which IN
sleep. At the mouth Of the cave and
Just IN the interior fires are lighted aud
here they warm themselves la the win
ter. Skins Of different kinds are also
suspended outside 20 keep out the snow
and cold. In the summer the hardy
natives leave their holes and live in odd
houses made If poles constructed neat
al hand on the edge Of the cliff
These strange people are usually 40
strong and vigorous as can be found
anywhere. Moreover. they are entirely
conteuted and a. happy a. people in any
Of the great cities of America. They
have no government. no chief and M
need Of laws. Living in families ard
setting forth every day in their kisks
for the whale, zeal and walrus. on
which they 1--we. they return each night
% their caves or pale tents. caring moth
ing for the ca;sS5s world.
Odd % relate, however, the prestig.
Of the native = determined By the
clothes be wears. As these consist #
skins and constitute the wealth u The
ISLANDERS Il will be seen that they are
lot in this respect ~ much unlike civ
Lizsn people But The man with more
clothes than anybody else has no rnor-
authority. Re Is respected for his pa
gaciiy, DO. that - all
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-06
QUEER FREAK or A BULLET.
1t Lodged ia His Head and Played Havoc
with His Memory.

There used TO be hotel clerk in St
James. La, who had a remarkable
story Of the freak Of a bullet. says the
New Orleans Times-Democrat He told
il with great warmth and with such an
air of truth that il would be hard 10 be
lieve that he had fabricated II. The
story, about the way he used TO tell it,
was this:
Il got my memory back and bullet
on the tongue in a jify. Yes, sir. a
jify. Look right there between my
eyes; see that scar?
That's where the bullet went 10.
don't know how far in II vent, bat
know that IL didn't come ont; at least
it didn't for a long time. Well. went
ahead about my work with bullet in
my brain and felt pretty queer ali the
time.
II didn't seem 70 have much memory
and sometimes / felt pretty queer and
heard queer kinds Of noises One day
sat down 20 breakfast. / had been
feeling better for some time past. I
had begun 70 remember Of things 10
was just sitting down at breakfast, re-
ernbering things and eating buck
wheat cakes with strip, when I felt
something plump down on my tongue.
There goes that blamed eye tooth.
said l.
What's the matter, William said
my wife.
Eye tooth dropped ont, reckon
said J.
Then brought the eye tooth do7vn
between nv teeth and took IL out with
my fingers. Well, sir II wasn't 10 eye
tooth 81 al. but a ballet You hct.
was surprised. !. was The same ballet
that had gone in between M eyes.
Wei. il wasn't long after that be
fore imy memory having had = long
rest / could outrersernter anybody IA
St. james. And I'm Z pretty good re-
me-nterer Do7v. Here's he bullet I 81
WAYS keep 1t IN the rsart n ihe safe r.
served for gold, 20 il xiii be ~ ifseltT
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-06
FUTURE MilLiONAiRES.
The Tip Receivers of Gotham and 8
Messengers Soft Snap

Messengers Soft Snap
The extent to which tipping pre-
walls, as q concomitant to the eating
and drinking business, becomes more
apparent every day. The waiter in 4
restaurant who does not receive his ems
tomary largess now feels distinctly
maltreated. He displays his rage at the
implied insult when he places the finger
glass before You by an indignant flap Of
his napkin at certain unvary crumbs.
No wonder that some Of these reStau-
rant bondholders are buying lots over
in Jersey and betting big money on the
races, Even the embezzlers have got
no such pull. These men are the future
miilionaires OF Gotham. these silent
croupiers at Delnonico's. And yet how
unfairly are things distributed. in this
city Elevator boys. as class, are
rarely tipped, and yet their service is
much more onerous, their eyes anu
hands becoming severely affected there
by. Musing over these things coming
down in an elevator the other day, l be-
came attracted by the conversation of
two messenger boys near by" says
writer in the New York Recorder.
g That's mighty fine gentleman,
that Mr. Jackson said one. Hes just
'looloo.''
'''He is, hey?' came the response.
Why 50, Tim? Does he give you a pen
ny for cigarette now and them?
'''Does he? A penny. hey? What
you tallsin' about? Why, he gives ME
a dollar an a half every time / take a
note to his girl. She lives in big fat
uptown an when git there she always
gives me fifty cents, too-an' an orange
So, you see, amt out much! She's
mighty nice lady, with great big dia-
monds in her ears!'
The other boy whistled express
lively.
well, you have got soft snap
said he. Two dollars every trip, clear
profit Then he added, astutely:
'Betcher life she's some other fellows
wife, that girln
For cold Thackerayan cynicism COM
mend me to the New York messenger
bov!'
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-06
FAR OFF ALASKA.

The annual report Of Governor Knapp
CT Alaska, contains statistics which will
surprise that class which has been in
clined TO look upon that territory,
bought Of Russia by Secretary Seward
twenty-five years ago, as an Improbable
and unproductive acquisition. The ex-
ports from Alaska last year reached
nearly S9,00G,000, while its imports,
consisting of machinery and merchan-
disc amounted to only $4,000, 900, ieav
ing handsome balance in favor of the
territory. The population of the coun-
try, however, is sparse, aggregating
only 81, 900, most of which is Indian
blood. a number Of Indian schools has
been established at different settlements
which promise good results in the future.
It abounds with gold, lumber and coal,
and its cod, salmon and seal fisheries are
perhaps unsurpassed anywhere on the
globe. With a sober and industrious
population Alaska would be a source of
vast wealth TO the United States.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-06
a GIRLS RUN FOR LIFE.
Daring Adventure of "a Eo-der Belle IN
tho Hustler War.

tho Hustler War.
For years TO come the war between
the eattlemen and rustlers will be q
fruitful theme for story-writers, for, &C
cording to the Fort Worth Gazette, it
was filed with many incidents OF dar-
ing adventure and romantic hardihood
But there is one story which VIII proba-
bly, be told oftener than all others on
account of the participants IN the incl
dent which is its groundwork
When the avenging army OF cattle
men came across the border there was
one man who was especially wanted, as
he was supposed not only to be the head
OF the rustler organization, bit his
house was the headquarters OF all the
men who were known as being opposed
TO the big cattlemen who owned stock
by the thousands.
This ranch was especially favored by
the cowboys on account OF the presence
Of "a daughter of Harvey Williams, the
owner. She was the belle of the Dor
der, and her nerve and daring many
times put TO shame the cowboys who
shirlled duty or trouble on bad nights
She had only to say go and all would
go, vying with each other in their eff
forts to win smiles from the young
queen of the prairies.
When the invading band came into
the country Harvey heard of it, and, as
he was unable 10 get his family away
before they came down upon him, he
barricaded his home and determined to
fight it out, hoping for the arrival of
some of the boys from the range to help
him out.
His daughter Sallie said that she
would soon bring the boys. and despite
the pleading of her parents she slipped
to the stable, and before the invaders
were fully aware of what she had done
she was on the back of one of the fast
est horses in the country and flying
away to where she knew number OF
cowboys were camped.
Futile pursuit was made by the cat
tlemen, for they could have as easily
caught the wind. When the pursuers
saw her heading for the cowboy camp
they realized that she had gone for re-
Inducements and beat retreat and
called off the besieginP force, as they
could not risk battle at that time.
To the shame of the invading cattle
men it is told that they fired several
shots at the flying girl, two bullets strik-
ing her clothing and one wounding her
horse in the hip slightly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-06
Too Cunning.

A man and woman found themselves
wedged in a crowd in one of the streets
of New York, says the Herald. They
had come out to see the parade-it may
have been at the recent Columbus cele-
bration--and as things were they could
see nothing. The man had a bright
idea. when ! give the word, Julia,
you scream and faint" Julia waited.
The signal came, and she Topped over
into her escorts arms. Give me air, ="
she gaspcd. Air! airr' cried the man.
The crowd parted, and the man and
woman emerged at the front. The
woman revived, and the pair made
ready to enjoy the show just then,
however, an ambulance dashed up.
Some one had turned in 4 signal. "You
can't be too careful about these cholera
cases" said the surgeon, with a wink
I'D better take you both along for il
spection." And they did not see the
parade
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-06
TOLD OF HANNIBAL AAMIIN.

He Had Ne Use for Five Ihousaad-D Dol
lar Check, But Accepted a Box OF Cigars.
Once while Mr.. Hamlin was vice presi-
dent OF the United States cow was
sent To him from Carmel, and he came
to the yards for her personally and led
her TO his house through the streets of
Bangor, dressed in his traditional swat
low-tail, says the New York Evening
Post
An amusiDg incident was his expe-
rience at some place in Italy when he
was minister 10 Spain. on arriving at
the hotel the landlord very obsequious-
" conducted Mr.. Hamlin and his wife
to their rooms, which consisted OF a
whole suite on the lower floor, and
ushered Mr.. Hamlin into one set of
rooms, saying: Here are monsieur's
rooms and then took Mrs. Hamlin
into the other rooms with the state
ment: Here are madaine's roorns.'
upon which Mr. Hamlin took him aside
with this remark;
These are all very well, but haven't
you got IA comfortable room upstairs
somewhere which would be less expen-
SANt si4At WHICH W. III bbti P'IuliNs
4 gentleman, well known in this
state, who has been in the wholesale
liquor business in san Francisco. moved
to New York and established some
where in that state "a refinery and dis
tillery. and after awhile special agents
of the internal revenue service made up
a ease against him for, as alleged. eva
sion of taxes, of which he claimed he
was innocent. They finally entered q
suit against him in the name of the gov
crnmcnt, and il was continued along
for some time in the hopes of settle
ment. Finally the gentleman got Mr..
IIamiin interested and he took IL up
with authorities at Washington, and
eventually settlement was reached
satisfactory 10 both parties. This gem
tlemdn happened to be- visiting friend
in Bangor soon after and called upon
Mr. Hamlin one evening. and ON leaving
laid a check for five thousand dollars
on the table. The next day, however,
Mr.. Hanlin met the gentleman on the
street and returned the check TO him
with the remark:
Here, ! am osuch fellow, but IL you
have any nice cigars in your store you
may send me bog
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-06

If the secretary of the interior should
finally determine 10 adopt the lottery
scheme for securing claims in the strip
and the other Indian lands that are to
he opened simultaneously to settlement,
il will be altogether unnecessary for him
10 establish new land offices, although
the act providing for the opening OF the
lands also provides for such new offices.
The land offices already established are
more accessible 10 the intending settler.
being reached by rail, and situate where
necessary accommodations for tenn
porary lodging and living may be had.
And, besides, the office force is familiar
with the work of making enteries, and
have plenty Of time 10 do it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-06

The Equitable Mortgage company
which has been doing an extensive loan
ing business in Kansas for many years,
has withdrawn its agencies from the
state for the reason that the new mort
gage law prohibits the gold clause in
the mortgages. Without criticising or
defending the new law, we may be per-
mitted to observe that the company will
be the great loser by Its withdrawal.
Kansas is all right; her mortgage indebt-
which is not half, in the aggre-
gate, that of some other states that are not
as we'll off as we in any respectfully be,
is being, met and paid, dollar Cor dollar,
in every instance where the deal was
fairly made. Yes, Kansas will continue
to do bushes, Just the same.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-06

clergyman with entire propriety the
privilege of having his uucontradicted
say, the pacing of the sentry up and
down just beyond, gave certain official
and military confirmation 10 the word
OF God When Onward, Christian Sol
diers, was given out and the men found
the place in their little hymn-bool<s and
the voices all rose in the staIwart
rhythm Of the words there mingled
with the music 4 most positive touch of
pathos. due one scarcely knew to what
some unanalyZed sense OF the con-
trast probably; apathos not perceptible
TO those to whom il was all a matter of
routine, but evident enough to the I'M
accustomed looker-on."
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-06
Che ddehita ailu Eagle ghnrsiau gfore. april lsa3

folly of their efforts to right what they
no doubt believed to be wrongs by COM
hitting another wrong 1t shows that
the honest and conservative element CT
our population have no sympathy with
political shystering and adventures.
proves above all the truth of the axiom
the declaration that you may fool all the
people some times, and you fool some of
the people all the time: but you can't
fool all the people all the time. Kansas
has had enough of political foolishness:
she has decided to get down to business,
and those who have been affording the
diversions will take the hint thrown out
Tuesday, if they are smart a little bit.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-06

Salina Republican: The Wichita EA-
GLE says: Can it be that Democrats IN
Kansas are so lost to justice and devoid
of spirit as to endorse directly or indi-
rectly l. p. Lewelling and the follow
ing of which he is the head, in the face
of his duplicity and deliberate insults to
them:' The EAGLE surly does not
think that the Kansas Democrats who
endorsed Lewelling before could be in
suited by any thing the governor has
done or said, does il: Lewel!ing NAV
he an Inscriptions and designing man:
he may have a great desire to Insult the
Democratic fuslonists, but he will not
lie able to do so. There are some PEG
pie who cannot be iusulted. If there is
n prospect of there being anything in II
the Democrats VIII no doubt endorse
Leweil;ng again" The result of Tues
days election shows that some Demo-
Gratis appreciated tie uncalled for al
front Lewelling offered them and in re
sentins il at the polls also performed
patriotic duty 10 the state.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-06

it, ard when one day the stage brought
q pale-faccd young attorney to Big
Bow he found a plump. rosy-cheeased
Dakota girl and homestead worth
three thousand dollars waiting to re-
ceive him. He is now the leading
lawyer and one of the wealthiest men
of the state, and be owes it all to his
wife. Every man for two hundred
miles around is in love with that
woman. and would crawl on his hands
and knees through briar patch to
serve her"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-06
SHE PREEMPTEO HEARTS.
The Paie-Eaced Boston Schooima'am Also
Took Up Homestead Claim.

Took Up Homestead Claim.
'The pluckiest man ever saw was a
woman,' said one of d crowd of story
tellers, according to the st. Louis Globe
Democrat. With the first big rush TO
Dakota came pale-faced young Boston
schoolmarn. who looked as though she
had one dainty foot in the grave and
the other lowering on the verge. She
took up a claim, and the boys saw that
she got the finest piece of land in the
county. Then we set to work and built
her house Every mothers son of us
proposed to her before we got the roof
on She was Just the sweetest little
blossom that ever set fire to the mascu-
line pulse. and she had a way of speak
ing 70 every man that led him 70 believe
that he was all the world and part OF
Coney Island to her.
After we got the house built she got
up a little supper Tor us-seven great,
rough bears. all Of US clear gone
Wen. sir, after she'd fed u, aad made
much Of rs. and thanked rs in her
sweet way Tor her eozy little home. she
told US that she was already engaged
70 a poor devil OF law stldeut back in
New England, who Twas working his
way thro' college. We all felt pretty
blue. but re swCsre wed look out for
her until her dude wen his spurs. and
we did. Ne broke land Tor her. planted
and harvested her crops. and She repaid
Us by gathering Us about her evenings
and reading - Us and singing old home
songs that seemed 10 Us holi.r anthems
than ever rollei through TIE marble
a;sles O: q grand cathedral.
'For TWO years she lived there alone.
experimenting her farm and improving
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-06

The supreme court of Colorado has
done a wise and wholesome thing in dis
barring lawyer who advertised that he
would obtain legal divorces, ''good
everywer Every quietly" The divorce
craze has been an open scandal upon the
American community, and the facility
with which they are obtained is a trav-
esty upon one of the most important, to
the human race, of the divinely appoint
ed institutions.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-06

There is again proposition to tunnel
the British channel, which the Gladstone
ministry will not oppose. The PROPOSE
ton, which has come from the French,
has been rejected heretofore several
times, because the Britons were afraid
the French might use the tunnel to in
wade the island kingdom unawares.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-06

The state bank examiner, j. w. Breid-
enthal, saws there is rush of applica-
tions to establish banks, and that he is
kept busy answering calls from all parts
of the state. The rush is on, all along the
line, all over the state, and the result of
Tuesdays election is great, big, soul
full huZzah for Kansas.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-06
Never Anything but "Wheez ers."

Never Anything but Wheel ers."
From an Exchange.
1t is usually supposed that tie faint
and squeaky hand-organs played by
woeful old women seated on curbstones
and wrapped in shawls, are decrepit
from long service in the cause of art.
That is not the case. Their builders in
tentionally leave out notes, so that they
shall sound more mournful and touch
more quickly the sensibilities of some
people. Organs of this kind are known
as wheeZerS.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-06

At the November election Wichita
gave the Republican state ticket a ma
.ority OF 500. At tuesdays election the
majority for the Republican ticket was
just double those figures, of 1000. At
thatrate of increase by the next election
the Republican party in the Peerless
Princess will include pretty nearly the
entire voting population.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-06

Governor Lewelhng has gone down to
the gulf to listen for time to wtat the
wild waves are saying, but he will prob
ably not remain long as he will find that
they sing but the same sad song, with
the monotony of which he ought to be
pretty familiar by this time
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-06

Evidently, if the elections Tuesday had
been general throughout the country the
result would have been a regular, old
fashioned Republican tidal wave that
would have swept all opposition before
Ii in a confused mass.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-06

The London Statist repeats the oft ex-
pressed belief that the great outpour of
gold from this country during the past
six months was in response TO the de-
mands of Europe in preparation for the
greatest war the world has ever known.
Everyone of the continental military
governments is scrambllng for the
precious metal.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-06

The Topeka Democrat quotes DR..
O'Brien, secretary of the state board of
health, as saying that he is receI'ing re-
ports from all over Kansas that the
cities are cleaning up. Cholera will find
little to entice it in this state. The gen.
eral health of the state, he says, is good
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-06

Contrary to the rule that righteousness
and truth have arrayed against them the
combined power of the world, the flesh
and the devil the World was Oh their side
in the local contest in Lawrence, Tues
day, and of course they prevailed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-06

IF Mr.. Lewelling las any regard for
the sentiments of the people Of the state,
as expressed through the ballot-box last
Tuesday he Will disregard the clamor Of
the Doodle gang for an extra session of
the legislature and abandon that notion
at once and for good.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-06

1t is possible that there will be one
Republican appointed under the incom-
ing Harrison regime in Chicago. and
that is Steve Douglas, who was kicked
out of the Republican councils OF that
city for openly supporting Harrison.
Carter Is pretty cute, aud he will, no
doubt, Try to confirm Stephen in the
Democratic faith by recognizing him.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-06
a Fight in the Open

From Tue FElIade pima RECORD.
Senator Germans introduction in the
senate of the caucus resolution 10 provide
for the reorganization of the senate staff
(or, in plain English. for the redistribu-
ton of the senate plums on the majority
must-rule PLAN has transferred that fight
from the underbrush to the open field
where it belongs. Mr.. German has the
reputation Of making the fights on the
winning side
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-06

Of the eighteen women candidates for
mayor III Kansas, not one 50 far as we
have heard, was elected. The one in
Kansas City, who it is said, really
thought she had dead scinch on the
Office, received Just forty votes.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-06

;Tate Old Gentleman from The eoun~
vi a5slI neyer esll on those TognS
,sr.4gs again.
syEspata4zing Frserd--Aol TkT7
lra.s Old Gcutleulzn--Thsy DID noe
Lsk zls 70 rzrxoye zZs lat Life
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-06
A nc.peras. Criminal.

''Ils struck nc in he brad with q
traL station yesterday. pointing 70 .
prisoner in the box
That wa . case .. congealsd deadly
weapons" otserved the magistrate
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