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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Congressman Peel, of Arkansas. has
been engaged as general attorney for
the Chickasaw nation at Washington,
to succeed Gen. Paine. The Office Is a
fat one, paying twenty-five thousand
dollars per year and ten per cent. OF all
claims and moneys recovered.
Helene Vacaresco, the young maid
of honor who was the heroine in the
sensation at the Roumanian court sew
eral years ago, when the queen, Carmen
sylvia, tried to make her the bride of
the crown prince, was married recently
to Roumanian gentleman of wealth
and good family, while Bucharest was
celebrating the birth of the crown
princes first baby.
Louise Grouse, full-blooded In
dian girl twenty years of age, is now
working her way through the normal
school in Oswego, n. Y, by doing sew
ing, scrubbing, washing or anything
else. Her mother died years ago, and
her father is a drunkard; but she has
worked steadily on in spite of many
privations, and is now struggling to
earn money to educate a sister. After
completing her normal college course
she hopes to take up medicine and thus
fit herself to work heipfully among
her own people. She has given some
lectures on life among the Indians, and
is a very clever teller of stories.
1T was on September 26, 1927, at
the Walnut Street theater, Philidel,
phia,'. says Mrs John Drew, ''as the
little Duke of York, in shakespeare
play o. Richard ILL., and with Juuius
Brutus Booth, the great elder Booth,
father of the late Edwin Booth, as the
crook-back tyrant, that ! began my
stage career; and as that was
sixty-seven years ago and as
have been continuously before
the footlight ever since, l may
Justly say that / have had longer
stage career than any of my contempt
raries. Though so many years have
passed, remember my first perfor
nance as well as though it had taker
place last night. The performance o.
the elder Booth as Richard made a
most powerful impression upon me
His dramatic force and magnetism
were like giant whirlwind, sweeping
oil before it."
-'Oliver Optic (Mr. William T.
Adams) is now seventy-three years old
He has lived in Dorchester, near Bos
ton, for thirty years, during which
time he has written a hundred anc
I twenty-six books and a thousand news
4 paper stories. ''Some time before the
war" he says, "there was play al tn,
museum in which there was bur
I lesque character named DR.. Optics
/ The name struck me as appropri
ate, and TO some doggerel verse:
which / wrote shortly after fol
a weekly society paper signeG
the name Oliver Optic, NJ D., membel
/ OF the Mutual Admiration society
/ then applied the name to books. which
/ had a great sale / had gotten tirec
( OF the name. and asked Mr.. Lee. ny
publisher, II he couldn't get rid of il
/ No, he could not think OF that, il had
become too popular Ny assumed nan'
/ had gotten the start of NE, and haS
! TO hang TO IL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26
The ahta nu EAGLE deduesay oruuo 9eeembcr 26 1884

your husband do?" Mrs Heavyplate-
'sHe chaises silver" Mrs Parvenoo-
$50 does mine, but he never seems to
be able to catch Syracuse Post
-.What is his profession" said one
girl. '.He's capitalist" replied the
other. He looks like an artist" 'Oh,
he is. he makes the capital letters
that begin the magazine articles
Washington Star.
"A middle Georgia man recently
smashed the globe of an arc lamp in
order to light his pipe He had never
subscribed to a newspaper, but his
funeral notice appeared in print just
the same-Electrical Review.
$50 she told you no when you pro-
posed" said the sympathizing friend.
Yes" replied Willie Wibbles, with q
sigh. ''It worries me good deal, too.
/ hate paradoxes-" WAS this one?'
81 should say so. You wouldn't mag
inc that anybody could be so positively
negative Washington Star.
Lady of the House.-'Listen,C Char
lotte, am going to give a party. sup
per and dance. Now, you will have
to show what you can do, SO as to keep
mp with the credit of my establish
ment" Cook-"With pleasure, ma'am,
but can only dance the waltz and the
polka. You will have to excuse me
from the quadrilles. "-Lustige Batter.
Mrs. Guf-"What might be the
matter, Mrs. McDuffer? Shure and We
look moighty puzzled" Mrs. McDuf-
fer-"And / am that, Mrs. Cuff. Iwant
to buy quarter of a pound OF tay and
a new glass butter-dish, and by this
and by that don't know whether to
buy nv tay at the shop where they give
away the butter-dishes. or to purchase
my butter-dish at the shop where they
give away the tay.-Half Holiday.
My good woman" said the learned
Judge, you must give an answer in
the fewest possible words'of which you
are capable, to the plain and simple
question whether, when yon were
crossing the street with the baby on
your arm, and the omnibus was COM
/ ing down on the tight side and the cab
/ on the left and the brougham was try
ing to pass the omnibus, you saw the
plaintiff between the brougham and
the cab, of whether and when you saw
/ hun at all, and whether or not near
the brougham. cab, and omnibus, OF
either, or any two, and which of them
respectively or how it was."-Philsdel.
! phia Times.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES

The school land receipts since last July
have been about $4,000.
Arapahoe is talking of branch line of
the Rock Island TO that town.
The Bean trial is at last ended and Ok
lahona is through with big expense.
A car load of cedar logs was shipped
from FL Reno last week, consigned to
Hamburg, Germany.
In the opinion OF the grand jury of FL
Reno, Charles Beacon is not the only one
of his kind in Oklahoma.
Hetty Green, the crank rich woman Of
New York, is said to be interested IN OK
lahoma railroad building.
The expenses of jurymen, witnesses, etc.
in the average perjury trial costs the gov
eminent about $1,000 day.
The woodward papers are out for A G..
Cunningham for clerk in the lower house
of the territorial legislature.
Mrs. Judge Jennings, prominent lady
Of Woodward, was recently stricken
speechless for twenty-four hours
The Norman Transcript says that in Ok
lahoma criticizing a public official Is con-
sidered worse crime than murder.
The Kansas University Glee club is 60
ing to invade Oklahoma. Now there is a
chance for Bill Cook to be Of real service.
In the Blanchard perjury case in Okla
homa City, one witness drew S266 in fees
and mileage. He was from Washington
state.
The Oklahoman of Oklahoma City. is In
favor of a big state" Favoring a big
state" comes very near favoring single
statehood.
The women of Guthrie edited the daily
Leader entire the other day. Some of the
subscribers haven't got through all the
poetry printed yet.
Judge Burford last week sentenced
Henry Sparks and Johnny Craig, two
boys of Canadian county, to three years in
the Maryland Reform school.
Governor Renfrow. while in Washing
ton, it is said, took pains to call on the at
torney general and protest against any
proposed removal of Judge Scott of Okla
homa.
Old man Blackwell makes fun of the
newspaper reports of his trouble while
imprisoned. The Eagle has a letter de-
failing some of those troubles and IL was
written by Blackwell himself.
If the present plans for statehood pre-
vail a lot of Oklahoma people on the
eastern border of Oklahoma are going to
wake up some fine morning and find them
selves located in the Indian Territory.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26
HefpIess Thinxf

Just as the papers say. there are
great many things a woman can't do
keep a secret, climb tree, etc, etc.
Here are few things man can't do:
Take pin BY the head and put II in
20 a cushion without pricking himself
Light FIRE in cold kitchen-range
wit bout burning himself before he is
through
Tie anybody's necktie but his OWL
Hold baby.
Open hot boiled egg
Carry more than one item OF memo
rauda in his mind at q time
Find anything that he looks for
Madeline OrTis. in Judge
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26
AMONG ICE WIS.

-He-.'Darling. viii you love me
when I'm gomez She-''Yes- II you are
Tot too far gone---Tit-Bits-
-Custoner-"What have you IN the
shape of oranges?" Grocer Well we
have basebalis-Hariem Life
-Jiuson - rs Jackson making
money! Bilison-'I guess so He has
begun calling his customers his cli-
enteIe N. I. Weekly
-Tom-'DidMaud tell you the truth
when you asked her her ageT Jack
Yes Ton-"Whas did she say
Jack-aShe said il was none OF ny
business Blade
Mrs Parveroo-"An ws.f does
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26
ARKANSAS WOMAN.

A sensational suicide and the rom
Scranton, Penn. A very fascinating
Lawrence girl q few years since was
married to Charles Cross of Emporia.
Her parents were well-to-do, and
Charles, who was well off in
his own right, has succeeded to the
estate of his father Colonel n. c. Cross.
About a year ago Mrs. Cross was
divorced from her husband, by mutual
consent, the husband retaining their
only child, he allowing her round
monthly sum in the way Of alimony.
Mrs. Cross as wife was cratic and
inclined to the stage, with some pre-
tense to literature. 1t was said that IN
addition to her alimony that she had
come into a good round property by
inheritance and that she had taken up
her residence in Philadelphia for the
purpose of pursuing her histrionic
studies. She was. it is certain, still
very beautiful woman when she left
the state The following account of
her subsequent movements and the re-
sulting romano, and suicide, from q
Scranton, Penn, dispatch, will prove
more than ordinarily interesting read
ing:
There was a most sensational suicide
near Factoryville, this county, last
night reports of the event not reaching
this city until this evening. About
year ago Mrs. Kate Cross came from
Emporia, Kan, and located in lonely
cottage near the Factoryville tunnel,
on the Delaware. Lackawanna and
Western railroad. Mrs. Cross is the
wife Of an Emporia banker. She
brought with her an elegant outfit of
furniture, and was in receipt from her
husband of a monthly allowance of
$500, which was more han sufficient
for her purposes in that lonely place.
Why Mrs. Cross separated from her
husband has not developed, but the
women of the neighborhood soon
found that she was an educated and
companionable woman and a talented
artist. She did not seek their society
and never returned their calls. Shortly
after her arrival here Mrs. Cross Sc
cured, more as a bodyguard than as
StINdHt- Il VI tIc
named Benjamin c. RosencranZ, and,
as might have been expected, he
quickly fell in love with her. Just what
passed between them may never be
known, but his friends learned that,
while the refined lady had really con-
tracted a warm regard for the uncOuth
young man, she speedily informed him
that there were obstacles to marriage
beween them which could not be over
come. In vain the young man pledged
his love and devotion to her, but she
was obdurate, and he conceived the
idea of suicide. Though Mrs. Cross
had purchased for him an elegant sill
ver-mounted revolver, in taking his
own life he made use of an old, rusty
44-caliber weapon given him by his
father. The shooting was committed
late last evening, and Rosencranz
! evidently intended to send ball
through his heart, but missed the
vital organ, the ball tearing a fearful
hole in his chest. He lived for two
hours, and died without disclosing to
anyone the exact reason for his crime.
His last words being expressions Of
the love and devotion he felt for the
woman whose refusal to become his
wife had driven him to the deed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26
Making az.

How 1. law nader asked the in
structor ia United States history in =
private school % one Of the young girls
Of his clssS
oh replied the maiden, cheerfully.
''the senate has 20 rststy u, and then
the president has io-has 20 veto Il. and
then the house Of representatives has
to she hesitAted for uaosoent. AID
knit her pretty forehead Ca, yez-
remember now she sad The house
OF Representation has to adjourn anti.
the next session!~-Iorths oEnpznB',E-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26

An American who has been practic-
ing law in Toxic for the last seven
years has just returned home to New
York absolutely in love with Japas
and its people He says the nation de-
serves TO win in this war with China,
precisely as civilization deserves to
follow barbarisIn, and must always fol-
low it, according to the laws of man.
No one who is not in direct contact
with the japanese can appreciate the
.feryor and indomitabie will that ami
mate every man at this period OF the
lcountry's enlightenment. 1t seems to
move like an electric current through
each class of the realm from the high
est to the lowest. This gentleman fur
Their says that thoughtful men in the
center Of this struggle watch the de.
velopment of the japanese with feel.
fng akin to anazement: progress usuel-
ly proceeds with slow step. but in
the new Japan it goes NTH leaps tina,
San be felt and seen.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26

a right to hold among themselves as
many meetings as they please, but
they have no right to arrogate to
themselves things they have no bust
ness with. They are elected by the
people to attend to the duties OF the
county office; whenever they transcend
their official duties they throw them
selves open to suspicion and reprehen-
sion by the people.
Again if the county clerks are not
satisfied with the present mode OF as
sessment and requirement of the office
they should step down and out; but no
through 1nercenary motives, they Will
nera mhulate over every county and
buttonhole every voter for no other pur-
pose under the canopy of the vaulted
heavens than to clutch the salary
which the Office affords.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26

NY ears deceive ze.- be gssped-
The girl had Just crusned al hope
from MS hollow chest By refusing has
p-osere6 srit. wa. .n,t ssiis,led with
her terrible work. bot must laugh
eddy.
They 5oa't deceive anybody else,
al. observed. with = steeiy glitter in
her Iussrozs eyes Ears are only oss
uars Of the animal. anyway
lie eoziS 0aly visa la, be nigAs
ss.-Defross T-soaEe.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26

There are curious subdivisions both
Of moral and physical courage Mar
snaI SAKE, the victor cf Phiiiipsburg
and Fontenoy. had az absurd fesr Of
zsszssination.snd n his fortified palace
OF C.anbord kept two eonstzeses Tor
the parpose OF .scrufiBizinx e~ery IN
known visitor. The duke Of Alrs got
nervous AZ the mere sight Of a dog and
during his residence - Chen. ordered
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26

DIS patrols 10 snoot every unmuzzled
specimen of the obnoxious quadrupcds.
There are men whose actions defy the
wrath of public opinion, but who turn
pale at the thought seeing their names
in the local newspaper: and others who
advance fearlessly To the brink Of q
precipice. but shudder at sight of a spi-
der-Lippincott's
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26

For four weeks the streets Of Wichita
have been crowded. For four weeks
the stores Of Wichita have been jam
med with out-of-town people. 1t is not
incidental that for four weeks the daily
Eagle has been packed with Wichita
advertisements
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26

When trade began to pick up last No
vember the merchants said that the
holiday trade had begun rather early.
When the life and boom kept on and
constantly grew, they came TO the con-
clusion that it was the best trade they
had ever had
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26

The state of Maryland talks of send
ing a train load of corn to the sufferers
in Western Nebraska. In 1884 Sedg-
wick county sent Il train load of corn
10 the food sufferers Of Ohio.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26

1t is a smart trick for the so!lth to
send charity corn to Nebraska. but it
is in imitation of Wichita. Wichita
was the first town to do anything of
the kind. sending a train of corn to
Ohio sufferers
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26

No one ever lived in Wichita without
loving the town. Now when they hear
that Wichita is looking up again, the
absentee Wichitans will begin to troop
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26

The New York police captains have
proved better financiers than the aver
age Wall street man. Hard times cuts
no figure with them.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26

Eastern papers are full Of the hyp-
motto case in the Sumner county courts.
If hypnotism is to be the fad, you will
find Kansas in the swim.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26

The expression that has been heard
in Wichita most frequently during the
last month is: "Where did all these
people come from?"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26

jack sa- Jour ensneee the o.hsr
isy
To-o-Dsd ycr7 Did she send sae ary
message By y0s7
JAek-So; bus sAs sezs soa . dos<a
liEscz Judge.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26

The gold reserve has never decreased
so fast as since he last bond sale. The
longer the present administration is in
power, the greater their ability to
progress backwards.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26

The entire revenue receipts were S4,-
OOO. 900 less for November than they
were a year ago. which is in keeping
with everything else.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26

The fact cannot be denied that Wich-
tia never had a more prosperous holi-
day season. What does that argue ?
Does it argue that Wichita is dead
fown
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26

Southern Kansas and Oklahoma
form the garden spot of the west.
And Wichita is the King Bee among
the flowers.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26

Grover Cleveland is the boss alb
sentee. No sooner does congress con,
yene than he takes vacation. His
salary goes on just the same.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26

It is safe to calculate that there will
be no legislation for the promotion OF
prosperity until the Republicans have
control
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26

Two fads are now running side by
side-the fad Of endorsement ana the
fad Of Hypnotism.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26

Kansas wants no carloads of charity
corn from the south. Kansas Is aple
to take care Of herself.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26

If only the candidates would adjourn
for the holidays the pie counter Would
get a needed rest.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26

Watch Wichita. The prosperity OF
the last month is not due alone to the
holidays.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26

Dead springs do not follow live holi-
days. Keep your eye on WIchlta untli
about next April.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26

Wichita is not only wholesale trade
center. but is growing very popular as
a shopping center for the southwest.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26

John Burns doesn't like our institu-
tons, and thinks that a man who by
his Adustry has accumulated a fortune
should be sent to prison for life.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26

The merchants Of Wichita today are
the living witnesses to the fact that
Wichita is all right
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26

The Magic Mascot of the Meridian Is
creeping up towards the zenith again.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26

After seven years of pOst-boom col
lapse, Wichita is again coming 10 tne
front-the best city in the west.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26

The retail merchants never had SO
large an out-of-town holiday trade as
they have had this year.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26

Does it mean anything that trade in
Wichita this month has surpassed that
of any previous month for years back!
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26

The boom in Wichita came after the
grasshopper scourge. Another DOOM
will follow the Populist curse.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26
Manhattan Shoe Store
$50 T.. Douglas Ave.


II notice TIA: sh@ proprietor of TIE
restaurant ped door ds2lsys tsr
choicest eatx and ;8s nssx; desacsous-
ioo<ing vegetables ga .rot; AZ The air
ro-s ia his ~intS~-
Yes. be evidently likes % give sAe
people food for rr>sc.z0a- "--is1ge
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26

The man who thought that Wichita
was dead, has suddenly ceased talking.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26

The Peerless Princess Of the Plalns
feels better, thank you.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26

The stockings hung up drew largely
from the stockings that were hid away.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26

--la Gr4Db-sr s:iii 0se % the brixas
rolisEcsl ilye.s here Weller. ye..
wtses he az. rzsssa deWa"-gasss
SS<AA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26

MAN bows 10 fate. but not as matter Of
essrtesy.-Galyesto N0Ws.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23

Grand Opera House Stock company.
plays Moths week commencing
Dec. "a.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23
NATURAL GAS.
sIains VIII BE to Main street in
twenty Days.

sIains VIII BE to Main Street In
twenty Days.
THE natural gas mains will be laid TO
Main street inside twenty days re-
marked Colonel H. L. Driver, secretary
Of the New American Natural Gas COM
pany last night.
Since we started excavating on
Thursday last we have completed three
and one-half miles OF trench. We have
100 men employed and despite the
kicks made by some fellows, who will
not work when they get chance,
about our price of ~ cents per foot.
there Is not a man making less than
81. 70 per day, while there are those who
make as high as 81 90 We have not a
MAN working who has expressed the
least bit of dissatisfaction; in fact we
have more applications for employment
than we care to take care Of
Pipe laying will begin as soon as we
get what we have distributed along the
trench. Transfers are now engaged In
the work and we expect to begin right
away. We will have the gas burning
on Main street in thirty day at the OUT
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23

Men and women to work at home. I
pay S. to $16 per week for making crayon
portraits; new patented method; any one
who can read or write can do the work
at home, in spare time, day or evening
Send your address. l send work at once.
II. a. Gripp, Germ an artist, Tyrone. Pa
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23

Judge Powers. counsel for Mr.. Null
vaney in the case against Mrs. Null
vaney and Charles Valentine, was
asked by at least a hundred people
yesterday Il there were any new de-
veioprneifts N that now celebrated case
TO all OF them the judge had the same
sterotyped reply: Nos nothing what
ever new When piled with the same.
question by The Herald reporter. at s
O'Clock last evening, the Judge had lit-
tie mere to say; except that he hadn't
seen Mrs. Mu,van.sv and 4,,o. s,,a -
,,t,.ssors ,,sa,.s.- - -
tssfeisitauils ioofanS 10 4 return Of Null
ea'ey = properly mad not progressed
any further and would not in all prob
ability dc SO until Mr.. Murphy. the