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The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-16

This much can be said-that some of
she theatrical pictures exhibited on bill
boards in Wichita. involve a shameful
waste of good paste on mighty poor art
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-16

Calling Queen Victoria ''most gracious
majesty" is like calling Lewelling ''your
excellency." Victoria is as ungracious
gs she can be, and Lewelling never ex-
relied in ANYTHING.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-16

Mr.. Hoch should remember that it is
al right for the office 10 seek the man,
but the man doesn't want to take more
than ten feet the start.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-16

1t can not be said that there are no
dies on the United States senate, partic-
ularly when the senators have their
hands full of sugar.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-16

The Wilson bin in lis present shape Is
an attempt TO apply the free trade Sec
ton of the Confederate constitution to
the north.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-16

An Oklahoma preacher refers TO the
cherry tree incident in Washinston's life
as lone of the miracles" This is rough
On George, indeed.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-16

The effort of the average Democrat
pewspaper to apologize for Cleveland re-
minds one of an ossifed man practicing
Delsarte,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-16

Da Gama's flight ends one of the
greatest civil wars in history. 1t was
almost too civil for a war.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-16

In less than three weeks Artz has be-
come more of reminiscence than
Brown-Seeuard's liquid.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-16

A Yale scholar objects to the word
"cyclone." The WORD Is all right. He
ought 10 see the cyclone itself.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-16

The Republicans of Kansas VIII win
the battle this fall, and they will grant
amnesty TO the Populists.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-16

P. P. Elders address has for its inteu-
lion the defeat of the Republican party,
but it is really a brutal attack on the
English language.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-16

Levi P. Morton has had his big toe
smputated. But, politically, Morton is
In position where he does not have TO
toe the mark.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-16

Grover should take a precedent from
himself and hire substitute to run the
government.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-16

We read in novels of how the hero's
face fell. This sprobably the same time
when he cracked a smile.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-16

Speaking of Breckinpdges moral tone,
it is apparent that it is beyond the help
of any piano tuner.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-16

Ed Hoch wants the Office to seek the
man. The gubernatorisl chair in Kan
sas needs the services of an optician.'
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-16

Labouchere uses pretty good English
for an Euglishman.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-16

All Enid wants now is the gentleman
with the funnel-shaped imagination. 1t
has the tar and the feathers.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-16

The nuns have Withdrawn from the
Pittsburg schools, SO that if the A. P. A.
wants to yell, let it blaze away.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-16

Labouchere's action is all the more
strange, as it is reasonably certain that
he was not formerly of Kansas.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-16

The Wichita fire department broke the
record, yesterday, by hitting the ground
only once very three blocks.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-16

If Miss Pollard viii just keep on weep
ing with sound like a mountain brook,
her case will come out all right.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-16

A delegate convention OF the Republicans
of the seventh congressional district OF the
state of Kansas is hereby called to meet IN 'ne
oity of Newton on Thursday. May Sra losf' az
I2m.. for the purpose of nominating a cahoi-
date for congress.
The basis of representation IN salo conroh on.t,
ton shall be one deiegate-at-large Ior 49, ~
COUNT in the district, and one deiega..e sl. ~.
each 2Oo votes and major fraction thersoi 80 80
for Chester J. Long for congress IN !os-' pnIo pIo
yiIed no county shall have less than Two ueie
gates under which rule delegates are aPPoi-
Iionet to the several counties as .. Iollo"s-
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barton r...-.-s..... o.N., o
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The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-16
PROMINENT AND PERTINENT.

n. Carnot completes his term of Office as
president of the French republic on De-
cember next,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-04-13
HARk FROM THE TOMBS.
Conviction OF Voters Who Came From New
FORKS Doleful Prison.

Conviction OF Voters Who Came From New
FORKS Doleful Prison.
Three men were convicted in the court
of oyer and terniner on Monday 1.-TWO Of
them pleaded guilty. of the offense of
voting from the Tombs in violation of
section of article 2 of the state consti-
tuition, which declares that "no person
shall be deemed to have gained or lost q
residence by reason Of his presence or
absence while in the service of the Unit
ed States. or while kept in any aims
house OF other asylum at public expense,
or while confined in any public prison"
Tss case of the defendant Cady, who
was found guilty by ajury, was pseu1isz.
he had voluntarily resided for seven
years. without commitment for any Of
fense, in the Tombs. He had no other
home. He was not qualified to vote from
any other domicile. He registered and
voted from the city prison, from which
he readily obtained egress. and he was
tried and convicted. Judge Barrett an
nounced, however. that he would give a
certificate of reasonable doubt, so that
the question whether a man without q
home, except such as he obtains for him.
self in a city prison, is actually and to-
tally disfranchised. might be decided by
q higher court. The situation is certain
ly an odd one.-New York Sun.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-04-13
A WEiGHTY YOUTH.

A Virginia Boy Who Is Only Fifteen Years
Old, but Weighs 635 Pounds.
Wythe county numbers within its
population the greatest man in the COM
monwealth, if one considers his dead
weight-Melvin Grubb, whose wondrous
girth and ponderous limbs make him the
daily wonder of his neighbors. He was
born something more than 15 years ago
and has ever since that event kept his
neighbors wondering at his growth.
Each year since he was 10 has seen from
30 to 100 pounds added to his weight,
until he is believed now to be the heav-
lest youth alive, and should his avoirdu-
pois appreciate at the same rapid rate he
will soon break all the heavyweight rec
ords since Adam. At 13 years of age
he weighed 40 pounds; at IA, 45O, and
now at Is the scales creak at 535 pounds,
and the end is not yet.
Grubb is not merely a mountain of
flesh. but an active and intelligent boy.
He can follow plow all day without
unusual fatigue and is bright and in
telligent pupil of the public school near
his fathers farm at Walters Bridge,
81 miles west of Observation-Disclosures
Times
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-04-13
Heavily Insured Monarchs.

The crowned heads of Europe seem to
take a great deal of stock in life insur-
ance. 1t is announced that the king of
Portugal has just taken out $500, 900
policy on his life, but that is an insig-
nifcant investment compared with those
of some of the other potentates. The
late Emperor Frederick of Germany was
insured for $4,000,000. The queen re-
gent of Spain has her life insured for q
large amount in behalf Of her two little
daughters, following the example Of her
husband, whose death mulcted the vari-
GUS companies in which he was insured
for $5, ,0O0,000.
King Leopold of Belgium's life is heav-
lily insured, as is also that of Queen Vic
toria. The queens husband, the late
prince consort, was insured for close up
on S., ,O00, 600, the income of which has
been enjoyed by his widow. About the
only sovereign in Europe who is not in
sured is the czar of Russia, the companies
regarding him as too unsafe a risk on ac-
count of the nihilists.-Boston Herald.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-04-13
Faults In Conversation,

Dean Swift once said: There are two
faults in conversation which appear
very different, yet arise from the same
root and are equally blamable. I mean
an impatience to interrupt others and
the uneasiness of being interrupted our
selves. The two chief ends of conversa-
tion are to entertain and improve those
we are among or to receive those bene-
fits ourselves, which whoever will con-
slider cannot possibly run into either of
those two errors, because when any man
speaketh in company it is to be supposed
be doth it for his hearers sake and not
his own, SO that common discretion will
teach us not to force their attention if
they are not willing to lend it, nor, on
the other side, to interrupt him who is
In possession, because that is in the
grossest manner to give the preference
to our own. good sense. New York
Commercial Advertiser.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-04-13
A Many Named ROYALTY,

The extra two characters Chung
hsi" containing the name which Is to
be given to that already greatly benamed
parsonage, the empress dowager Of
China, in honor Of Fl. /. Ms sixtieth
birthday anniversary next year, accord
ing to Peking letter, have been ordered
by edict to be presented to the imperial
lady in the middle of the eighth moon Of
next Chinese year (September, 1S94).
As it Is, her majesty has already 2
names Of IA characters which ministers
at court have to labor through whenever
mentioning her majesty, but with next
September one has to go painfully
through the long list of Tze-hsi- -Tuan-yu-
K'ang j. Cbao yu-C Chuang- ch' ENG -Shou-
knng Ching hsien Ch'ung-hsi Huang
fai-hou. or dowager empress. before a
bystander could detect that her majesty
Is meant.-North China Herald.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-04-13
THE MYSTERY EXPLAINED.

Frank Hatton Reviews In Facetious Style
Senator Morgan's Hawaiian Report.
Some day, in the sweet by and by per-
haps, we shall know exactly what Sena-
tor Morgan's report on the Hawaiian In
vestigation really means. We shall knoy
whether it is intended as manly dem
onstration of American sentiment or a
suave and servile whitewashing of dis
creditable blunder-whetherit is shrek
Of the noble bird of freedom or the still
small warble of the lowly cuckoo. >-
For the present we are able to Olsen
tangle from the bewildering labyrinth OF
its language one isolated fact of mo-
meQt-the fact that Mr.. Morgan and a
majority of the committee with him be-
ieve in the annexation of the islands.
Out of that wild and tossing sea of rhet-
oric we have succeeded in snatching
this lonely derelict. But all the rest Of
it is enveloped in tender haze of volu-
bility, which, while it accomplishes won
ders In the way of stimulating guess
work, Is valueless as guide to definite
conclusions. The utterance appears to
be confused with howevers and notwith-
it an opulence of ''if SO, why not?" pro-
fundity that battles exact analysis.
According to this astonishing docu-
ment, everybody connected with the
Hawaiian incident behaved like states
man, a scholar, hero and a patriot.
Mr.. Stevens was correct, and so was Mr..
Blount. President Dole is a great man
on the right track. and Liliuokalani a
perfect lady, if somewhat in distress.
The United States authorities acted
wisely in recognizing the queens down.
fall, and the administration has kept
well within its lawful powers in trying
to set her up again. In word, the re-
port furnishes common ground upon
which all men may meet and where all
sorts Of opinions can find encourage
ment and sympathy.
As we say. there is just one downright
proposition to which the bewildered citi-
zen may cling, and that is the clear, un-
equivocal and unmitigated declaration
by seven out of the nine parties to the
report that they favor the annexation Of
Hawaii by the United States.-Washing
ton Post.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-04-13
MAY eRooKYN,s sUPERsTITIoNs.

The Actress Kept In Her Room What
Seems to Be List of Omens.
In Miss Brookyn's room were writings
which attested her superstition. The
name of a ''test medium and psychome-
trist" of this city was on card which she
kept. In her handwriting was what ap-
peared to be list of omens. It began
with an incomplete account of what the
months had In store for her. This was
as follows:
Feb.-Avoid o. 8.
June-P. l.
Aug.-Good.
Below this was statement of what
the letters meant. This was as follows:
Hood; deal freely.
E-Not so good In woman as man
O-very bad.
s-Unpleasant news from distance sur
prise.
A-Good; male or female.
P-Good.
livery good; male or female.
K-Good; new friend.
V-New friend: good: fair man.
Don't marry in ga: go good.
$50 81. SOS
BIS very good; deal freely.
W-Proposition; good for Irritation; never
marry.
Good; male or female.
M-Better woman.
T-New friend; good.
G-Fery good.
Mot quite so good; be careful
She had drawn rude circle, and there
were dots in it as if pencil point came
down in many places. The supposition
Is that the letters were placed inside
circle, like the numbers on the face of
clock. and she then let the pencil held in
her fingers drop wherever chance brought
it. The letter on which it hit signifed
the outcome of whatever she might have
been thinking of. In this manner doubt
less she found whether the months were
to be good or bad for her.
She had marked February as month
to avoid and with the letters 80 S." Ac-
cording to the mystic dictionary, 20"
meant that February was very bad for
her and rs" that she would receive un-
pleasant news from distance Curl
ously she did get some news from New
York lately, which is presumed to have
been unpleasant, and February proved
to be the month of her grievous exit
from the world.
A spdritua1istic doctor fingered around
tho Baldwin theater yesterday until he
could tell Mr.. Presbrey, manager of the
Palmer company, that he had received
knowledge of the reunion of the souls Of
Lovecraft and Miss Brooklyn. The spirit
uaiistic theory is that when her efforts
to establish communication with her low
er's spirit failed she felt the necessity of
taking exactly the same terrestrial route
that he had journeyed on. To employ
any other poison than carbolic acid might
serre to keep them parted forever, and
se she Submitted herself to the scorching
bqsid She bought the deadly draft in
Columbus, O., On Nov. 20 and treasured
k satR sae feN impe1led to pot the bs$-
Hs b her ups.-San Francisco Chronicle.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-04-13
High Praise For the landlord.

Two well dressed strangers came to
the Virginia hotel four days ago and reg
istered from Louisville. They left yes
terday, leaving their bill of $17 unpaid,
and the following note:
"Man's inability to successfully por-
tray his thoughts, his mental powers be-
ing incapable to correctly define his
meaning, is why will not endeavor to
burden you with an attempt at express
ing my thanks for your treatment SO
gentlemanly, etc., during my stay. E1-
tend to your menials also my thanks.
May your shadow never grow less, and
may continued prosperity shine in un-
clouded warm rays on your benevolent
head. ."5Staunton lVa.l Dispatch.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-04-13
In George WashinCton's Arms.

In DR.. Mines volume of reminis-
oencee, " A Tour Around New York"
the author devotes a paragraph to the
attractions of Battery park and adds
pleasing little story of time before his
own,
I remember a dear old lady who
loved to talk about this park and tell of
the people she had met here and the
scenes she had witnessed, and of these
one man and one mornings adventure
stood out most prominent.
A little thing in white, her nurse had
brought her to the park to witness a
civic ceremony, and the crowd prevent
Cd her from obtaining good vitw of
shs pageant. -...-
As with chiA's impatiencee che tried
to press through the throng tall and
handsome elderly gentleman, clad in a
aask Of black velvet and with dress
sword at his side, stopped down to her,
inquired pleasantly about her trouble
and then lifted her upon his shoulder
and held her there until the procession
had passed.
Delighted with what she saw, the
child thought little about the gentleman
who had brushed away her trouble, but
thanked him when he released her with
a kiss and set her down upon the ground.
AS he moved away the nurse in an awe
struck voice asked the child If she knew
whose arms had held her and then told
her that it was President Washington.
The little eyes watched him out of sight
and never forgot his stately appearance.
think dear old Mrs. Atterbury was
prouder of having been the heroine of
this incident than of all the social hon.
ors that afterward fell to her lot
Youths Companion.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-04-13
The Khediye's Favor.

It Is well to be on good terms with the
khedive of Egypt. This young monarch
has lately presented a beautiful bracelet
to a young English woman who took bis
fancy, the value of which is beyond CAL
culation. 1t is gold set with scarabei,
and each stone is upward of 1000 years
old. Some of these belonged to high
priests in the days Of the pharaohs, and
the inscriptions on them relate to magic.
Alexandria Letter. --.-.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-09-26
FARM MORTGAGES.

]
Washington telegraphic News an
nounces the issuance from the Cen
sus department, in that city, OF
three officials bulletins, showing the
land ownership and debt in the
States of Kansas, Arkansas and
Alabama, The figures of Kansas
are more interesting than many
other states because it has been
pointed out as the state where the
debts and mortgages are more bur
densome than all others.
The bulletins show that of the
farms in Kansas 81. 03 percent are
hired and 8.97 per cent owned by
the persons cultivating them. OF
the farms 55,5 per cent are incum-
buried by mortgages. The mort
cages on farms amount to S73, 759, q
283 which is 35,99 per cent of their
value This debt bears an average
rate of interest of 8.14 per cent, the
average annual interest charged to
each family owning on encumbered
farm is worth on the average S37l9
and subject to a debt of Slips. OF
the houses 1876 per cent are hired.
OF the number of owned houses
60,84 are held for emcumbrance.
Real estate purchasers improve
ments causes 52.01 per cent on the
farms owners to incur 81 per cent
upon them.
In Arkansas 1894 per cent of the
farms are owned and 90.82 per cent
owned free of encumbrances. On
loaning farms there are encum-
brances amounting to 81, 932, ,345,
which is 44,85 per cent of their
value. The average interest charge
is 935 per cent. OF the homes
85 per cent are owned and of
them 94.15 per cent are free of en-
cumbrance.
In Alabama 43. 10 per cent of the
farms are owned and $3.50 per cent
of the farms owned are free of en-
cumbrances. The debt On owned
farms amounts to $1,907, 1893, and
is 33.47 per cent of their value. The
average interest is 8.91 per cent.
OF the homes 22.88 per cent are
owned and 97,01 of these are free
of encumbrance.
\ This showing does no discredit to
| Arkansas which is only slightly be-
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-09-26
To Close the Season.

The international Route will, on
September goth, run the last popu-
lar excursion Of the season to Gal
weston. Tickets on sale for trains
arriving at Galveston Saturday eve
ming, Sept. goth and Sunday morn
ing, Sept. 80, limited to- Tuesday
morning, October End, train leaving
Galveston at 1856 a. m. Rates from
Longview, Mineola, Tyler and Hen
derson, 81. so, Palestine and Trinity
$500, Huntsville, 1926 and other
points in proportion. Don't forget
this is the last of the season. See
large bills for particulars.
D. j. PRICE, G, p. A.,
Palestine, Texas.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-09-26

considered as a we'll balanced young
woman, who is merely spending her
time at the hospital as a visitor or
transient boarder. When seen in
her daily life by a casual observer
this impression naturally arises, but
the sad fact still remains and is
brought forcibly to those who are
her daily intimate associates that
Miss Mitchell is demented, and no
error was committed when the in
vestigation of her terrible deed was
cut short by the justification of her
plea of present insanity.
She very often gives manifesto
tions of the defective mind. 1t is
poorly developed, and the same alb
straction often takes possession OF
her that was so marked when last
seen in Memphis. Physically she
has improved since going to the
hospital, but as much cannot be
said of her mentally. Alice Mitch
ell is a demented young woman, ano
whether her defect is to be perma-
nent, or will, under the care and
treatment of her present physicians
pass away, cannot be stated now
She is silent about her crime, and
gives little evidence of that awful
event in her life, which excited ma
-wide-interest and puzzled the
medical profession. She is kind
hearted, but very high-tempered
and nurses ill-will, seeming never
to forget ill-feeling and the cause
of enmity against any one.
Such are the condition, life, and
surroundings of Alice Mitchell to-
day.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-09-26
Winter 4 SChOtt.

hind Alabama in the large per cent
of home farms free from incum-
brance and ahead of the State in
the number of farms owned by the
cultivator. In both respects these
two States present a pleasing and
prosperous contrast to poor mort
gage ridden Kansas. All honor to
Askansas usury laws.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-09-26

Carries a Fine Line of Jewelry,
Diamonds, Watches,
Silverware.
OLD dOLD-BOUGHT.