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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-21
Singular " ayes.

Occasionally there appears 4 great
wave sweeping across the calm surface
OF the ocean in the fairest weather and
when no wind Is blowing There are
few pe-ils Of the sea more 20 be dreaded
than such a wave. Fortunately ;hev
are very rare. yet more than once a
shin has encountered one Only 4 short
time ago the E:-uria was met by a
wave Of This kind and breaking against
her sides, swept the deck with irresisti-
Ole force. killing one sailor ana SER
iousiv iniuriuy Others 4 smaller YES
sci might ne overwhelmed and sent %
the bottom by the blow The cause Of
these singular waves IS believed 20
b. some Gistur bance of vol
canic nature a. the bottom Of
the sea Volcanoes exist Z the ocean
q we'll a. on .and-iu fact nearly All
the volcanoes known are on or near the
seacoast- Its easv - see that az m
heava3 al the bottom u1ay start a uil5ovv
at the surface ~ the water. when we
rcLeu Der tina. huge waves have r-en
sent clear across the Faclhe ocsan 20
San Francisco Gv volcanic sbsk.Irs =
the earth cn TIE borders 81 Asia The
world under water : mol ou.v fATee
times as extensive as that which = Cow
erred only wita ar, bsss i posses-@s
many ~ IN SANE great phenomena on
d scale taat Is perhaps proportional, r
vast lFu, - whose sxlsfeuce eze are
made aware oalr br s1ch in6ic5 t5o-s
. the vol s-su5c OCEAN waves tsv-t yz.lDs
occasional g encounter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-21

being daily filed IN the land Office at
Gainesville Railroad. Canal and
Drainage companies are exploring the
possession. By means best kuown 10
themselves, Of such portions of them
a. can he forced into market
Two years ago the Florida legislature
created a commission empowered 20
treat with the Indians and turn them
into honetraders By settling them in
severalitv on greater sections of lana
THIS commission mas. however. proved
iuetF cient. and waits for the Indians 70
come 20 j.. while the latter. naturally
suspicious % white men s. methods. care
fully avoid the commissioners. and TINS
far little progress toward settlcmeat
has been made IN the meantime the
most valuable lands are rapidly being
grabbed. and ere long its originsl
uruprletors vii lse ou-,ed from everv
acre IL t3r cultivation when thst
time comes the IHdiaaS must De sap
ported a. public exps.use shot .tone5
- death. or killed ~ the equally GER
tain method u rcuo~al frczn their semi
tropica! birth pace, II anv easc J..
Wi - strange i: rer5o5 II desperate.
and or one s.d= d5E~acetaA GEAtsDg.
do--s not precca. me Enal -esest
The STATE AZ F.orjda has tAe uoze-
10 aver; the s-isr-sesaSd e5sas.~r tar-e
threatened. z-i 8: the sa-re tire -
make an A0rc--b.e reoJ-d for herzs.t.
bv ~ once SETTING arz-t for I1d.2a ue>.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-21
ENGLISH NOBILITY.

IoRD SHANNON, who before his suc-
cession to the title served on ranch
in Manitoba. is now known among his
friends as the Cowboy Peer.
The new duke of Bedford is as fond
of rural seclusion rs his brother was,
and has hardly been seen in London
since his return from India
PRoroUSD disappointment is reported
in English royal family circles because
the second infant of the duchess If
Fife is a girl. The prince of Wales and
the duke of York are still the only
male heirs 10 the throne.
LORD MoNKswELL has succeeded in
getting the approval of the British
house of lords for "A return that rs In
set forth what each peer draws from
the government in the way of salary,
pension pay or other allowance.
SIR JULIAN PAUSCEFoTE,s salary has
been increased from $50, 600 % s35, 900
in consequence OF his promotion u the
rank of Ambassador to this country.
This makes his compensation exactly
double that paid TO our ambassador 10
the court of 81. James
A Rockland fMe) man of the suspi-
cious kind. bought ton of Lchigh coal
the other dav that looked under weight.
He laboriouSly weighed il with n pals
OF small scales. little at time. There
proved to be two hods full over weight
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-21

the most important strikes ne at TINS
writing. 1t relates to the referee and
his functions In the progress made IN
the sport of fighting and the comfort
and facility in which boxing contests
are now brought off as against the dis
comfort of years ago, many things are
lost sight Of The game as at present
conducted is so easy that the old timers
arc glad they are alive to enjoy it and
the newcomers know no better.
For these reasons the functions of
the referee are not clearly known Com
ing down to first principles: Why
should the referee be permitted in the
ring at all? Or, modifying the word
permitted" why should he enter the
ring? If he is privileged to enter the
ring. why should not all hands inter
ested in both men be accorded the same
privilege7
Let us take retrospective glance at
the prize ring, say fifteen years ago.
This was the age of the London prize
ring rules when everything went, and
when to win fight q pugilist had to be
possessed of great skill and endurance.
Il was not only necessary in those days
TO be a scientific boxer. The successful
man was obliged to be clever wrestler,
and. in fact, a rough and tum bic fighter
with certain foul tricks barred.
During such battles-which have
gone down into pugilistic history as
the greatest of the century-the referee
always stood outside the ring. TO go
into the ring in those days was to take
mes safety into ones hands. Fighting
is, as every oldtime sport knows, ac-
cording to London prize-ring rules,
necessarily much rougher than the
Marquis of Queensberry rules. London
rules place the referee in position of
great danger. Their no moment
during a fight, under nese rules, where
the referee can be assured OF safety. a
change in the position of the men,
sudden movement by one or the other,
and the referee finds himself mixed up
on the floor between two enraged pu
gilists. 1t is just as well that the Lon
don rules have been succeeded by the
more recent Marquis of Queensberry.
just why the referee should enter
the ring, and by SO doing mix himself
up with the combatants themselves, is
not clearly understood by those who
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-21
IN. Florida seminole lives we'll. and

The Florida Seminole lives well, and
is never su bjec: to those periods of semi
starvation that are of such frequent &C
currence among his northern brethren
For meats he has veuison, bear. coon.
possum, pork. terrapin, turtle, gopa-
ems. and sometimes beef HIS iarder IS
well supplied with chickens. Wild tur-
key. quail. ducks and many other FOWL
In their season he procures quantities
of turtle eggs from the sea beaches, and
an inexhaustible supply OF fish Is to oe
had for the spearing. He raises sweet
potatoes, squashes, melons. beans,
corn and sugar cane. anu has
scattered groves OF guaras, oranges,
lemons, cocoanuts. paw-paws and
various other fruits He exchanges
plumes, alligator hides. deer skins, and
starch, for -four. coffee. sugar, tobacco
and many another luxury OF civiliza-
ton; but limits his intercourse with the
whites 10 the necessities of trade. avoid
ing them as much as possible on all
other occasions His women are for
hidden to so much as speak TO n whits
man. and their chastity, so far as he Is
concerned. IS secured by death PEN
atty rigidly enforced.
On the whole the Florida Seminole is IS
independent Of the whites a. human
being can well be of his neighbo-s> and
asks no favor Of them, save Ia be let
alone in the enjoyment Of such priv
leges is are accorded by the creator to-
all men He meets them in trade like n
man. expecting TO be paid for what they
take from him, and paying without
a murnur, the exhor bitant prices
charged for everything he receives He
is more self-respecting. decent and law
abiding. than half the voters of the
state in which he lives and is NJ the
same time, wholly through his own
exertious, better fed than they. and
better provided with worldly goods.
Yet, so thoroughly does might make
right in this case. that any worthless,
low -down. white man, whose life Is an
outrage and disgrace 10 civilization.
NAV legally drive the Seminole from
MS home and establish himself in II,
take possession of Indiau-feld and
harvest crops planted By Indian hands
This done he curses the redskin toT not
having builded better house, or cult
waited more acres. certain that his sorry
wit will be appreciated by those who,
under protection Of the white mans
laws. are engaged in similar scheme
of plumber with himself
KIRK MUSR0K
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-21
Graudmother's Granddaughter.

Marjorie went 70 the masquerade,
Dressed 81 her grautruothe-'s old hrocade:
She WIS gayfy powdered, and patched and laced,
Win very long skirt. and very shoT. vast
To the strains Of the music We danced swayi
The Old gown rustle6. and seemed 70 say:
'Ycsns man am older by far than YOU
Pray listen 20 me. and III tell you true
'Hov No-i0ris's ErRnGmsmma. years ago,
Served many = wIscrd and powdered beau
she would SIT ca the stairs. aud cut Ggai-tl,es
She had promised 10 cailsuts - satin aud iTlls
she dirt with tl6se or a captain or tory,
Asa each would tel her The old. old story.
As with r1aideuly AT. size sat below
The suow-white berries Of mis;ie,Se.
80 beware ~ the granddaughter vcunc a-a fair
" hat grandmother di5. she'll also dare,
Don LEI her ~ilos enSasre ycu. zoo.
Tor women are women, the-age through"
Marjorie wore r.Y roses tsir
In fne guam; co-Sage and golden hair:
Bui sA- s-3Sv7red No 10 nv love .ha. -sSh.
And rcefc.ly poadered: "O.d gown. you're
right
--Ecgus-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-21
THE SEMINOLES.
Only Tribe of Wild Indians in
the United States
They Still Dwell in the Land of Their
FOTefathers Now Bele3:uered
by White ihieves-kIk
5Ioo-ce's Views.

Copyright, 1S93. by Bacheller & Johnston
SSndicate)
CocoASUT GROVE. DApz COUNTY, FLA,
April -, 1898
By wild" Indians ! mean those who
have never been subjected 10 the tam
ing processes of q reservation. and of
the quarter OF a million OF Aborgines
still 10 be found in the United States,
the Seminoles of Florida alone can lay
claim TO that distinction. Although to
those unacquainted with the situation
IL may appear strange that the only In
dams still roaming at viii over 4 large
part of their original territory, and
leading to-day. in Observation-Disclosures
the life of their fathers, should be
found in that portion OF the Union fist
settled by white men, the apparent
anamaly IS easy OF explanation. Flor
ida is the largest, and al the same time
the most sparsely settled state east of
the Mississippi. The 10, 900 square miles
of its territory, OF which some 800 Sem
inotes are almost the only occupants,
comprise the vast swamps of the Ever
glades and the Big Cypress. These are
unsurveyed, almost UNEMPLOYED, and are
well nigh inaccessible save in canoes By
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-21

I'm one Of the guests at mansion,
Where beauty and fashion resort.
I'm simply invited nv reason
o. what I'm supposed 10 report
The voice OF society papers
I'm quite at home in the set.
How Strange that these peoplesshoold WELDON,
fashion reporter in debt
TN not sItoge Their bad looking;
Ny face, like my coat, il wdJi cut.
Zone has 10 dress well for the business,
Or doors OF society shut 3
Ny lord is delighted 10 see me,
Ard called me "old chap when,we met
Ard he is the heir 10 Il million,
And I'm reporter in debt!
] mix with society bellies:
I'm dancing with one OF them now.
She shines with the rarest attractions I
That veal tn can make nature endow.
We firt just q little together
But what can such flirting heget, "
Since hers il a necklace OF Jewels
And mine is a necklace OF debit
She thinks | am one OF the party
Because am faultlesSy dress'd-
I'm rich. like the ocoers-ss wherefore
The gift OF that rose from her breastr
feel mus tell her love her
Hut steady. must not forget
That she society lady
And In poor fellow in debit
st Paul Globe.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-21
Out OF the City.

Out OF the city, hor- blue the sky
And dreamy deep,tlil0e nlaiden's eye'
Springs the grass with its vivid green;
Darts the wing withits Aprihsteen;
a.
Purls the brook DER its psbDleclbed:
Mods the aowr with its spotAssthe2d =
Ont OF the city. how the breeze
Lisps and laughs in the tossing trees,
Cools its wings IN the crystal lake,
BorrOus odur ofibloom and brake!
Out Of tho city 3 smoke and SCOT
Hasten pilgrims on wing and foot;
Little birGs from, The parks and towers
Lads and lasses tagathcT flowers.
Where's :he heart that can answer nay
To the whispered Gomez" OF an april day'e
q the longing OF nature fboTn.
To brush the deW and tol5resthe the morn
To plunge the lips in someglidingS brook, &
APO lie full length in a sunny nooki {
Happy he OF the childlike heart
Whom nature wins with her artlessfart;
Who fain Of the woodland folk would be,
And speak the language of brook and tree.
James Buckhan, in Youths Com panion
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-21
He Had Eight of Them.

They were talking of a rising author,
and one of them said: Il think his
Tale of Kicking Horse is his master
piece, don't you?'
His master-piece?" exclaimed the
other.
Yes; do you think of any better
work of his?''
Nav; but he has written at least
eight of them.
Eight of what?''
Masterpieces, He's no SLOUGH of an
author who's satisfied with one
Judge
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-21
ESKlMOS AND FUEGlENS.
The Former Exhibit Much More Intcili-
gerce Than the Latter.


The Eslzimos, although living in a
far more desolate and rigorous region
than the jewellers of the Straits, and
having less opportunity for contact
with civilized man, yet exhibit greater
intelligence and ability in providing
for their wants than do the Eueg ians-
Why this should be it is impossible TO
conjecture, says DIR. Il. n. keely in his
era phic narrative OF the voyage of the
Kite in Arctic Seas All travellers
agree in placing the Fuegians the low
est in the scale of humanity. lnha bit
ing as they do a land in which rain,
sleet, and snow are of constant occur
renee, and day OF continuous sunshine
almost unknown. they are yet too ig-
norant to clothe themselves. potwith-
standing an abundance of fur bearing
animals.
They scarcely make an attempt at
protecting themselves from climate
that is more trying to the health of hu-
mainly than any encoun tered beyond
the Arctic Circle. The Fuegians that
have seen were absolutely without as
constituent at anything that was
shown to them, and had not the slight
est conception of the use, effect. or add
vantage of firearms. The EskimOs, on
the contrary, show considerable skill
in the construction of their stone huts,
weapons kayaks. sledgeS, etc, and the
tanning and control of their dogs are
remarka BILE. They also appeared to
express much establishment and won
der at the sight OF Caucasiaps, and
were evidently aware of the superiority
of the white man. They exhibited
special delight when shown our fire
arms, many of which We're of.such a re-
cent and improved mechanism as to have
rendered it impossible for them to have
ever seen the like before, yet the uses
of which they understood and apprec-
ated.
The Eskimos were also excellent
mimics, both of sound and gesture, and
would repeat with accuracy the words
and actions OF mem bers of our party.
On one occasion DR.. Hughes was
wanted. and the natives. about dozen
in number, hearing his name, began
mimicing and calling Hughes. Hughes,
Hughes This provoked a laugh in
which they also joined, as if also enjoy
inc the Joke
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-21
HAPPY DAYS.


oh, the frost king : reign Is overi
See the pink ana plumy clover,
Snd the daisies in the grasses
NodGing 80 each breeze that passess
Watch the bee and butterfly,
Hum and buzz and futter by;
Stopping now and then TO s5n,
From a blossoms dewy lip!
Apple houghS are all a-blowinG, :
Silver streams are AL Allowing:
Nielets open wide their eyes,
IL 4 raptUrous surprise.
Lilies dream beside the brsots,
Hidden in the meadow hooks;
And the birds, gone wild with glee,
Fill the woods with melody.
Winds are soft and fields are fairI
Blue the sky and sweet the air;
And the happy, blushinc EARTH :.
Laughs al every roses birth'
Golden days and silver nights,
Hours abrim with calm delights; !
Lilies chime and blue bells ring:
. Welcome, welcon.e'to the spr'ngr'
Golden Days
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-21

hose familiar with their intricacies
Most of these watery lands come under
the head of Swamp and OverflOwed,'
and as such belong to the State of
Florida. Until recently they have been
considered SO valueless that no white
man has coveted them. This is. of
course the prime reason why the Sem
inoies have been allowed to retain I'M
molested possession Of them for so long.
Then, too. these Indians are the imme-
date descendants of OsceOla and those
other desperate fighters who, in defense
of their homes and outraged rights,
waged against the United States the
longest, blooaiest and most costly of
its many Indian wars. To undertake
their removal by force would be to in
stantly precipitate another similar
struggle. SO. by virtue 81 a verbal
treaty, by which the whites regard
themselves as in no wise bound, and
which the Indians consider to be fully
as good rs any of the solemnly signed
and sealed documents that failed to
protect their fathers from being dis
possessed and murdered, this uncon-
guered fragment of the Seminole tribe
maintains to this day its independence
in the wiids of South Florida.
But this state of affairs cannot last
forever. A rcsistless tide OF white i'm
migration is steadily pushing south
ward the northern boundary of Indian
hunting grounds; while on the
east, settlers occupy the entire
coast to the southern extremity
of the peninsula. and new corners are
casting anxious eyes at the fertile Ever
glade islands on which the Seminoles
make their homes Already a mum Der
of these, containing hundreds Of acres
of the lands tiled by them for genera
tons are occupied by hometraders.
w lie claims To Of hey. Indian Enlls az
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-21
The songs of Yesterday.


how they charm us more and more,
These songs Of yesterday!
O how We ioay 20 hear sung DER
Bach simple household lay.
IT'S not because OF their great worth
In sentiment or strain,
Nor yet because they had their birth
In some gigantic brain
But It's because they take Us back
To childhood's sunny hours.
Pevealing once again the track
BastTevn with dewy flowers
Again We hear the trembling voice
And sec the love-lit eye.
Again our beating hearts rejoice,
Again our Sasoms sigh.
All, this Is 1hv We deeply love
The soass OF AUD lang syne;
They seem 70 come from heaven above
Win influence divine.
&C. W. Crofts, IN Inter Ocean
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-21
IAN Unhappy Exception.

The world is fill of chaages.t there is nothing
here abiding.
All things are evanescent. Affecting, tran.itory.
gliding.
The earth. the seattle sky,Sthe stars, wheoser
the fancy ranges,
The tooth Of time forever msrs-aL life tsIfUu
of changes
Like sands upon the oceans shore they arer br-
ever drtilng.
So a,rthe fading scenes of earth necessarily are
shifting
Change rulcs The mighty universe; there isIno
power A. block it.
There's chauee in everything, alasi except
fellow pe .cket
Williams Literary Monthly
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-21
DVertioInC II.

Tomlinson-Gooa-hy, Miss Elcnoxa.
Miss Elenora you've already
said good-by TO me. Mr.. Tolnlinson.
Mr. Tomlinson twho is always ready
with some pretty speech Have /.
really? one can't do a pleasant thing
too often, you llnow.-TeXas Sift.ngs.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-21
A Chance Missed.

She-It's no use, Mr.. De Tone; in my
present state of mind would not ac-
cept the best man living"
He very coolly)-No, l see you
won't; but, at any rate you viii have
the satisfaction OF knowing that he has
offered himself
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-21

"What very disagreeable thing It
must be to be disappointed in love"
said Miss Shattuck.
Yes" replied Mr. Henpeck. "but IL
is infinitely worse to be disappointed
in maria -e. JUDGE.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-21
An Imperative Call.

Little Darky bursting suddenly into
the ball room Look here Rastus,
you come straight away home from dis
yer dance. De gent am done send for
his shir.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-21

That's bright boy of yours"
do you think so?
81 do. Has he any particular bent?"
He has. He is bent most of the
time over a safety bicycle.
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Also Revision of Weight LimIts-How q
Dishonest Eeferee Can elk" a Fighter
When Allowed in the Ring
Three Fighting Machines.
Copyright, 1888, by arnes ". Johnson.)

y pugilism, as
in many other
lines OF sport,
reform is abso-
lutely a neces-
sity. So many
reforms suggest
themselves that
it is Il difficult
task to begin to
e n II n e = a t e
them. One of
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-21
The IareesI Diamond.

Teacher in mineralogy class: Johnny,
give me the name of the largest dia-
nond" JOHNNY: The ace
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-21
az = zsEs eaAaI sf
WstlSt:s5a &'s5sk
SONGS BY THE POETS.

SONGS BY THE POETS.
Patience.
Sometime, somewhere, svee thesrt
All Will be made plain
Why evil came OF what sseened'geoo,
Why our loss was gain:
Why the prize VIC fougm TO win
Another won in play;
Why the grief we hoped'to miss
Net Us in the way
AL the things mysterious
TIE cross, the Christening rod,
We shall know the rnsanio g, dear
Among the hills OF God,
Among the hills Of God, Sweetheart,
Whore We shall soon abide,
How we shall suiie at alEI past doubts,
Wandering SIDE by sid3
How short, amid eternal toys,
VIII seem ttis.life Of ca re-
An ". shall fpdjts meaning out
Sometime, somewhere.
9Th and Worlza
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-21
NEEDED RING REFORMS.

Arthur Lunley Wants the Ref
cree to Keep Out Of the Ring.
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Copyright, 1S93. by Baeheller & Johnston
S5ndicSte.)