davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-19
HORSEPLAY IN ENGLISH SOCIETY
Coarse Jokes and Risky Dancisg Bein. In
dulsed In bv Smart Girls.

Coarse Jokes and Risky Dancisg Being In
dulsed In bv Smart Girls.
Skirt dancing, high play and the per
petration of practical jokes seem TO be
the leading amusements of country
house parties in England, according to
recent chronicler quoted by the San
Francisco Argonaut. He says: "No-
vember is preeminently the month for
big shoots, and the country houses
are full to overfowing at that time
Of the year. In quiet houses mod
crate hours are kept, gambling
for heavy stakes is at a discount
and certain sobriety prevails from
sunrise to sundown. III other houses.
however, the fun wakes fast and fu-
rlous. No dancing is considered sport
unless it be of a nature imported from
the Galety, such as the unforgettable
pas de quatre. A few smart girls go
so far as to take unto themselves the
voluminous skirts of the serpentine
Lind's deXterities." After explaining
that the serpentine skirts are made of
no less than a hundred yards of the
very finest Chinese silk or crepe cut in
triangular pieces to give the appear
ance of an infinity of yards" our au-
thority resumes: 1T is reerettable to
add that under some roofs pretty heavy
gambling is indulged in. and baccarat
and nap with high stakes have as
many women as men votaries, to say
nothing of practical joking of sus-
picio,lsly rowdy sort. such as applc-pie
oed-malSing booby-trapping. A certain
most distinguished lady amused her
self one whole evening by standing in
gallery and throwing pillows on the
mems heads as they passed in and ont
IF the smoking ROOM
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-19

When a man las determination he
may do much; when he adds plenty Of
money to that he can do all things.
Within week had found q man who
knew a man who knew man WI no
knew Lawrence. A series of ''pro-
gressive introductions" made me ac-
quainted with him When his family
came home he invited me to dinner. I
accepted, went and had q thoroughly
enjoyable time, and found Miss Adele
Vinton, Mrs Lawrence's sister. the
most charming woman had ever met
1t took longer to get acquainted with
Mr.. Kingdom. There were more men
in the chain, consisting Of the man
who knew the man who knew the
man." etc. in his case On the whole,
however. liked him better. He was
genial. open-hearted. witty. quick at
repartee. l became almost as frequent
q caller at his house as at Jack Ather-
toms
Kingdom took me to his place of busi-
ness in the city cory little Office in
which he loaned money. bought and
sold real estate, etc Lawrence was
evidently a gentleman of leisure.
l found out nothing about the dia
monds-nothing You know couldn't
very well ask outright-or even hint
very strongly!
Well. one night in early winter.
when the double difficulties of my po-
sition had kept me awake until very
late, l was awakened from my first
midnight slumber by hearing some
body in the room. 1 opened my eyes
little. and got my hand on my revol-
yer. But really. 1 could not hre.
could kill the fellow. i remembered
how had felt when was = burglar
myself
He opened drawer after drawer. toss
ing my ongings about in . manner
that was, Offensive. and exasperatinr
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-19
ONE FAMILY PROVIDED FOR.
II Includes tho Monarch OF Every Eu
ropean Country.

Il Includes tho Monarch o. Every Eu.
ropean Country.
Intimately as the ruling families Of
Europe were allied by blood and mar
riage in the middle of the sixteenth
century, when Mary 1. was queen of
England, the prese Mt day displays still
more intimate and widespread connec-
tions between them.
Take the English royal family as the
starting point. 1t is connected. first,
with Germany by Empress Freder-
ick. The present emperor is Queen
Victoria's grandson. The uke of Ed
inburg married into the Russian fam
lily. The prince of Wales married a
princess of Denmark, which house is
also connected with Russia.
Denmark produced the present king
of Greece.
The representatives of the Victim
family have been, during the present
reign, the prince Of Wales, Ernest H..
duke of Saxe-Coburg: Leopold H., king
of Belgium; Ferdinand, prince Of Bull
garia; Albert, king of Saxony: the king
of Portugal, grandson of another prince
of Coburg, who, by marrying the queen
of Portugal, became king of that coun-
try.
The English family again is connect
ed with the Oldenburgs. thus bringing
III the Scandinavian family. The king
of Denmark S daughter is the princess
of Wales.
There are also George l., king of
Greece; Ernest, duke of Schleswig-
Holstein. the grand duke of Olden-
burg, and Alexander Ill, emperor Of
Russia. Alexander III. again is
ROmanoff
In other directions, again. the en-
peror of Austria enters into this royal
family, and on his side also the grand
duke of Baden, the queen regent of
Spain and her little boy king.
In fact, there is not royal family in
Europe at the present day which is
not more or less intimately connected
with the rest by kindred or by mar
riare.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-19

Then suddenly he caught sight Of the
/ box of diamonds. lie caught at it
frantically. He opened it frenziedly.
He gloated over the wealth in con-
tanned.
THE Fortescue diamonds again" he
said; they are mine again! I'll take
care they don't get into the hands of
some other of the midnight fraternity
utter this.
He spoke quardedly; he spoke low:
he muttered his words rather than ar
ticulated them. But knew his voice.
shut my eyes entirely. let the ras-
cal 90, unharmed and unchallenged
But in the morning wrote line or
two on my typewriter. l addressed it.
by means of the same machine, to the
chief of police. ! mailed it myself in
letter box, far from my OWE place Of
abode or any other locality connected
with the affair. 1t was an anonymous
letter and afforded no clew 10 the
sender But it told where the Fortss-
cue diamonds could probably be re-
covered The police acted on the hint.
The man, a professional criminal,
was taken at disadvantage. Never
theless he made brave fight. and the
officers had to shoot-shot him dead. He
had one hand on the box Of diamonds
when he went down, his own weapon
empty, with half dozen bullet holes
through him. His wife, a greater
criminal than he, il that was posi- BILE
was more fortunate; she killed one Of
the oficers who attempted her arrest;
she had the satisfaction Of killing her
self,
The Lawrenccs? BIZ no means. The
Kingdoms were the criminals
And Adele writes her last name Dan
ton instead Of Linton. And IL she ever
heard OF the Fortescue diamonds at all.
thing | sometimes think is exceed
ingly unlikely. since the police had
little to say regarding t.eir recovery
at 6 Terrace Park place, after the
tragic death of the tenant, she doesn't
suspect that they were stolen thTes
times and that she married the man
who was guilty once!
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-19
THE LECTURE NEXT MONDAY NIGHT.

THE LECTURE NEAL MoNDai nNhh'
The Young Peoples Society of Christian
Endeayor of the First Presbyterian church
is certainly 10 be congratulated on the
most excellent display OF talent it has pre-
sented in its winter lecture and entertain
ment course. AS lecturers it has already
piyen US Dr. Robert Nourse in his great
dramatic Grafton: '.Dr. JekyH aud Mr..
Hyde,'' and now it promises us with
another rich treat in the lecture to be
riyen next Monday evening by Dr. James
Hedlev. of Cleveland, Ohio, The Sunny
Side of life" This lecture, while 1t VIII
lie of an entirely different character from
the first, will prove equally as great IT
erary feast.
The following from the pen OK W. Clay
Huston, of Ohio. is but sample OF the ex-
pressions Of distinguished men regarding
the lecturer and the lecture:
"Dr. james Hediey gave us by lar the
finest number of our course, and 1t con-
sisted of Conweil, Vending, Powers, ana
the Lotus Glce Club. Personally, ! con-
slider his iniin;tabIe lecture The sunny
Side of Life the finest | ever heard. Our
people were charmed, and the entire COM
inittee in raptnres over its delightful mat
ter and manner"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-19
ORIGIN OF THE LIBERTY CAP,
known as the Emblem OF Freedom in the
Days of the Roman Empirc.


The liberty cap" that bag-shaped
head-gear SO often seen on the head of
the goddess of liberty, and which sur
mounts the national colors on nearly
all our silver coins, owes its origin to
the Roman empire, where il was given
to slaves as a sign of their manumis-
sicn. The principal significance of the
liberty cap to the American mind is
not. however. its Roman origin. but
rather its use as the official cap of the
successive doges OF republican Venice.
that model OF the most stable govern
ment ever frauei by man" In the
Doge's palace aFenice there is gal
lery full of porlrI>its of the men who
ruled the republic for seven hundred
years. and the conspicuous place oc.
cupied by the liberty cap" in
these portraits shows its i'm
portance as national symbol
of freedom. 1t rather heirhtens
the significance OF this ancient
symbol in the minds of good Americans
when it is remembered that Emperor
Frederick Barbarossa hum bled himself
before wearer of the liberty cap"
and that Andrea Dandolo wore il on
the fourth crusade and at the conquest
OF Constsntinople. II occupied a place
in the forefront of the advancing hosts
that IN the early part OF the fifteenth
century swept the Dalmation towns
and conquered the entire coast from
The estuary of the Po 10 the isle I'd of
Corfu While Columbus was dis over
ing America the wearers of the III ,ertv
cap were acquiring Zante and Cyprus.
and when the first half OF the half
starved settlements on the Nassachu-
setts coast were battling for existence
the republic from which we borrowed
'.lihArtr ~ ha~;~- ..,aaAasfnlly
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-19

resisted league of all tha kings of
Chris-cDinBl was at the zenith of its
glory. ! b liberty cap is not as con-
spicuous in or national signs and sym
bois as it was in those of the rulers of
the Adriatic, yet in modest way it
immortalizes the greatest republic Of
early times. es.-Philadelphia Press.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-19

"rommy, what are you bowling
aboutP" asked Pete Amsterdam. who
had just entered his home IN Harlem
Mamma mas been licking me. she
says ] amt no good. sobked Tommy.
She is quite right
And that when / grow mp I'll be a.
big loafer as my father" added Tom
ny.
This last statement was not indorSee
by Hr. Amsterdam Texas S.ftinyA
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-19
One Point Ahead

u am sorry 70 have to tell you. sir. :"
that your leg has sustained com
pound fracture. II will confne yon 20
your bed for about six weeks"
That's all right, doctor. replied The
editor OF the spiketown Biixza-d.
cheerfuliy. IT'S clean scoop on tie
sguint-eysd. round-shouldered bald
headed old snipe that runs the Cyclone
He never had a compound fracture u
his leg in his life. darn himr'
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-19
Statesman npd Circus Rider.

Baron Won Bach. who has Just dIe3
at his castle of Schocnberg. near
Vienna, at the age of eighty, was celc-
brated not only as an ambassador and
as the one time all-powerfu! and des.
potic minister of the interior Of tho
empire, but also as the brother of that
Baron Christopher de Bach. who re-
mains on record "a the most brilliant
circus rider and successful circus man
ager Of the present century.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-19

A ventriloquist IN Lancashire
amused himself oy beating hand dbag
and mimicking the cries of dog until
sympathetic man rus he'd at him and
struck him so hard that he had erysipe-
las. for which he sued for damages.
The defense claimed that the mimicrv
was SO perfect that there was nothing
else to do, and the court sided with
him, not saving anything about costs.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-19
tNkind Trsinuxfion

For heaven s sake, Belinda, groaned
Mr. Outlayte. opening his sleepy eyes.
do stop your lecturing, I'll put my
fingers in my ears if you don't"
Il wouldn't If / were you. retorted
his wide-awake spos8>, You'll &c.
your fingers cauah: 10 the cogA Chi.
cage TripUuS-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-19

Mr.. StriuSer was hauling load of ,um-
Der along West Douglas avenue yesterday
morning. While his wagon WAS between
the tracks of the street Car line he at
tempted to get out of the road OF a coming
Car. In this endeavor the wheel went uu-
der aud the lumber was deposited on the
paving.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-19

any furniture that morning, and won
dered if he would have thought me in
sane if had asked him?
The box he had brought down to
show me still stood on his dressing
case. He laid his hand on it and called
my attention to it. "And l was out Of
the city last night" he said, ''and
thieves might have had their own way
with it." Out of the city! His room
unoccupied. HIM!
That settled the matter beyond any
doubt. Deceived by the night, the
storm, the appearance of the buildings
at the back. had failed to enter No.
z. / had robbed one of Jacks neigh
bors. / couldn't give reasonable
guess at choice between No. and
No. s.
81 suppose" / suggested, "that you
have made the acquaintance of your
neighbors"
Jack looked at me with an amused
glance, and with an air of superior
wisdom.
You're exclusive, are you? But
y yOu huOW luCiT udIncS. AhCU
respective lines of business?"
why. yes, l believe do know a.,
much as that. Kingdom lives at 6; he
has a wife; no other family. He is
private broker. l understand, and
rich
And at S?'
81 don't know so much Of them.
I &c = h, h1c 70
and three or four children. Another
woman, his wife's sister, think, lives
with them He comes of an old fam
lily, | understand. and is the richest
man in the row. I never heard of his
having any business at all"
IAN of them at home now?'
Bless you, no. Lawrence and King
don and myself are three in row
lonely and deserted bachelors. The
Lawrences are at the lakes somewhere
in Minnesota: Mrs. Kingdom is in the
mountains, and you know Amy is at the
seashore."
took leave of Jack soon after and
went home. The evening papers were
as silent regarding the robbery as the
morning papers had been. 1t puzzled
and troubled me. A sense of impend-
ing danger seemed to fill the whole
atmosphere. 1t seemed TO me, in my
fright, as though the work that must
be going on in silence would result in
finding the guilty much more surely
than any amount of noisy. newspaper
aided search could have done ! went
out, however, IN the evening TO call up
on an official friend Of mine, who
Torld be likely TO know If any secret
investigations were on foot II there
were not. that meant ct least respite
and delay. II there were, and he
talked freely TO me, il meant that SIS
picion was looking elsewhere, IL ne
wouldn't talk-well-that would mean
that the situation was very serious: IN
that event half believed I would cut
the Gordian knot by giving myself up.
Nothing new in criminal business,
be asserted, beyond the regular Ousi-
cess with drunk aud d;sorderly people
absolutely nothing"
l offered up a silent prayer, asking
that | might be as fortunate as the
fortescue rascal who had never been
captured Then / went home 70 think
the thing orer and the conclusion a.
which arrived was this: would get ac-
quainted with the Lawrence4 would
get acquainted wIth the Kingdoms
would End cut which family owned
those jewels TIA, reposed in the iuse-
curity of rny bureau drawer I would
End way for getting them back into
the house Of the owner again withou.
calling attention 70 myself in me
Uat.eE
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-19

Mr.. o. NJ Dickinson left for Colorado
Springs on Tuesday morning via the
Santa Fe, after pleasant visit with his
sister, Mrs. J. F. Mcmillan.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-19
ATTENTION, KNIGHTS TEMPLAE.

Mt. Olivet Command .ry No. Il, K. T.
will meet this, Friday, evening at 1:30
o'clock sharp, in regular conclave. Work
in the order Of the temple. A special in
vitation is hereby ex ended to ali knights
Templar to be present.
ii. l.. GORDON, E. C.
j. A. HOLLINGER, Rec
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-19

Jecnie West owned by the ,Iewett Farm.
Cheney, Kan, foaied fiily hy Patchen
Wilkes, 1850; Oh Jan. Is. This youngster
is n full sister to Henrics, 2:l5. Mary West,
2:2ld and JulIana 2:S1
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-19

"Wha. was the ROMANCE connected
with Hat;on's grandmother 20 which
te 80 constantly out vAgueiy reters7-
Her lover jilt>d her and she ps, rat
poison IN his beer judge
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-19
ST JouN's ALTAR CHAPTER

The Altar Chapter OF St Johns church
will meet at the reSidencc OF Mss Ida
Rodolph this afternoon AT 3 O'Clock.
Every one requested to be present. I'm
portant business.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-19

Mr.. Waller withdrew the attachment
yesterday VT bich he had filed the day be
fore against Baker * Baker, implement
dealers on South Maia street, for the re-
c0yery of wages.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-19

Next Tuesday night the Tigers and the
Hurricanes are again to play game of
basket ball at the y NJ. {. \ These are
the same teams that contested AT the
New Years social Jan Pad
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-19

Mr.. VI. w. Levy got home from ST. Louis
yesterday morning looking as sound as a
dollar and feeIing better than he has for
time For two or three months he has
been applying himself too unremittinyly
To his varied business interests and to the
bank and il had commenced TO tell upon
him and so his brief rest and prescription
from an eminent physician has aboat
Atrais shtened him ont.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-19
An NOUNCEMENTS.
NOTICE WICHITA MUSICAL CLUB.

NUIICE NICHIIA a MU U,ICAL GU %.
Every member OF the choral department
who expect to take part in King R-ine"
is requested to be present at club rooms ut
Ais this afternoon.
Mrs L. w. CLAP,
Choral Sec'y.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-19

Issac D. Dunn of Jasper county. lndi-
ana, is visiting his son. John e. Dunn. He
will remain in the city a few days.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-19

@ John Thomas of the Rock Island Lum-
ber company returned to the city yester.
day after a mouths absence to Moline on
business for The firm.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-19

Miss Alice Kerr of Wellington, is visit
ing her sister Miss Nellie, of the Water
bury shorthand school.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-19

Miss Grace Thomas leaves next Tuesday
morning for Wilson, Iowa, for an extended
visit with friends and relatives. Miss
Grace has many friends here who will be
sorry to learn of her leaving
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-19
eagle
MUSIC AND DRAMA.

"Iucog." which is bill d for tho Craw-
ford ON Monday night date. has been can
celled on account of sickness in the COM
DaDy.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-19

Professor c. II. Blume is look ng mourn
ful in consequences of the fact that Mrs.
Blume and the children are visiting with
friends this week IN Wellington.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-19

Mr.. George Ross is lying seriously III :
his home on North Topeka avenue. Il
disease is the trouble.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-19
HARD TINE BALL

The First German Ladies society of this
city VIII givea hard time balI' Jan. p,
M the Red Mems hall, 5l6, North Main
street Prizes Will be given to the persons
wearing the most appropriate costumes.
Everyone should attend as this viii be a
ncvel and interesting affair, and go-d
time is insured for all.
A. the performance of 'Jewelp' Shaw's
full orchestra played late overiu= enti-
tel the Midway Piaissnce," which made
quite n bit with the audience. The
overture has passages from all the
oriental and foreign airs heard in this part
OF the great fair, and its rendition WAS de-
cidedly success. The piece gives ample
scope for the traps man OF the orchestra.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-06-06
TO RECEIVE THE GOVERNOR.
Citizens Meet and Arrange to Ten
der Him Public Reception.

This morning the State Board ofAgricul-
pose of transaciing important business re-
lating to the farming interest of the State.
Eminent citizens from all parts of the State
will be present, chief Of whom will be
Robert f. Patiison, Governor Of the Com.
N onwealth. Il has been a long time since
the people of this county have had their
Chief Executive Officer for their guest
and all will unite in extending him q cordial
welcome. The other dignataries expected
will be accorded an equally cordial Somerset
county welcome by all of our citizens.
The present meeting of the State Board of
Agriculture promises TO be one of unusual
interest, and as our people have always
heretofore eyinced an eagerness TO be present
at conventions held in the interests of the
pursuit on which We are all more or less de-
pendent, we feel that they viii be greatly
benefited by the sessions of to-day and to-
morrow.
A meeting of citizens was held at the office
of John II. Uhl, Esq, yesterday afternoon
for the purpose Of taking action looking
towards the reception Of Governor Pattison
aud the other distinguished guests, who will
arrive here this morning. Gen. A. II. Cof-
froth presided. After the object Of the meet
ing had been stated the following committees
were named.
Reception Committee A. II COfiroth, A..
J. Colborn, John Bills, John A. Lambert,
A L. g. Hay, W. Fl. KOonlz. John o. Kim
mel, Isaiah Good, Jesse BIker, f. W. Bic
seeker. F. ]. Kooser, ]. NJ. Cook, H. NJ.
Berkley, W. H. Ruppel.
Committee of Arrangements John II.
Uh:, l. c. Colborn, c. ]. Harrison, Edgar
Kyle. and Edward Hoover.
Committee on Decorations e. o. Kooser,
Jas B. Tredwell, F. P Say lor, y. b. McGrif,
VIM. Gilbert.
The Committee request all citizens TO dec
crate their homes and business houses in
honor Of the distinguished guests.
Arrangements will be made to tender His
EKcelleney public reception at the Somer-
set House tonight.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-06-06
LIGHT FINGERED GENTRY AT
MEYER5DALE.

FE Hall and John Wallace, two llsged
Johnstown crooks, were arrested at Meyers
dale last week charged with picking the peck
cts Of the unwary who were in attendance
at the Brethren meeting Both were granted a
hearing before E'q1ire Floto and in default
Of bail were Temanded to jail for trial. Sat
urdsy Hall vas released from jail. gentle
man from Westmoreland county giving
bond for his appearances at the next session
Of criminal Court. Monday a postal card
signed by Hall and addressed 10 John Welsh
was received at the jail. The card was mail
ed at Johustown and ii is evident from the
address that Wallace has given the officer an
assumed name and tina, his alleged confed-
ate could not recall his alias when he wrote
the card.
It is claimed that Hall approached John
Mckenzie, of Sand Patch, at Meyersdale last
Wednesday and asked him to change a dol
lar bill. Mckenzie was unable 10 accom-
modate him, but in few minutes afterwards
be found that his pocket book containg S32
was missing. Several parties had seen Hall
made known his loss they secured Halls
arrest.
The same day L. Z. Berkey, OF Shade
township, caused the arrest OF Wallace,
charging him with the theft of watch, razor
and pocket book; all to the value of $40
Wallace is still in Jail.
Persons who have seen the prisoners say
that they were both in Somerset prior to
going to Meyersdale and that while here
they were soliciting aid for the JOhnsiOHn
strikers. 0ne gentleman who claims TO
have known Wallace in JOhnstown by the
name of Gore addressed him on the street,
but the prisoner declined TO recognize him.
A number of pick pockets were intercept
ed by the Pittsburgh police on their way to
Meyersdale. Several detectives from that
city attended the Annual Meeting for the
purpose Of keeping lookout for any Of the
rogues who might escape the vigilence Of
their fellow officers in the city.