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The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03
TWO DOMESTIC TRAGEDIES.

From the Detroit Free Press,
They were sisters, these two, at the
moment in awful peril, and they were
alone in the house in their extremity.
Here, SAID the elder one, handing
her sister a deadly-looking dirk, lis a
knife. Bethink you you can use it?"
81 bethink me l can," replied the
younger girl with chattering teeth,
''but oh, Celeste, is there no way but
this?"
She had read ''Virginius.
"None; methinks 1 hear him move"
"S'do l. He is struggling to escape"
'Open the cellar door cautiously.
have oiled the hinges. 1 will stand
here and hold thelight. Courage, brave
girl! Histl can hear him stir"
Now may the fates defend us"
whispered the girl with the knife, "and
save me from death ignoble. What
vital part shall strike, Celeste?"
''Give it to him in the neck, sister.
But soft, is yonder light the jocund orb
of day, and has the night faded into
norrow?'
Nay, that is the electric light on the
corner which has just showed its hand.
l go now to kill him. Yes, have said
it, to k-kkill himr'
The brave, heroic, beautiful girl
plunged down the stairs into the
Opaque semi-darkness, and in moment
terrific shriek-Celeste at once rec
ognized the brand-told that all was
over.
Are you bringing him up?" asked
the girl at the head of the cellar stairs
in voice alike on both sides.
"Ies-by hand" came the ghostly
whisper.
The next moment he was dropped on
the floor, and the sisters threw them
selves into each others arms, while
shrek after shrek Glove the purple dis
tance of the night.
They had murdered n mOnse
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03
SEEKING A DIvoRSE.

From the Syracuse Journal.
He came into the office of one Of our
leading attorneys and plunged defect.
edly down into a chair.
Say" he began, ''are you tip-top
lawyer? Never fail in case?"
Il try to be- was the lawyers mod.
est reply. "What can l do for you?"
II want to get divorce
''Have you sufficient reason for sepa.
ration?"
You just bet I have"
'Well, kindly tell me your troubles,
and I will let you have my opinion"
Five years ago married a country
girl because thought I'd get sensible
one. Got that down?"
Yes"
"Well, things went nicely for two
years, then came the rub.
Yes
"The first thing she did was to go and
buy lot of Bertha NJ. Clay's love-sick
novels to find out how society in London
was carried on"
Yes"
81 didn't mind that, but after she had
nosed around bit she began to get her
highfalutin' ideas"
eyes"
'Well, she commenced with maxim
me get two servants. Then she made
US have breakfast off the mantelpiece-
that is, get up an help yourself"
Yes"
Then she made me belong to three
or four clubs, an made it hot for me if
I came home earlier than one o'clock.
Got that?''
Next, she made the servants cali
her milady. But she capped the climax
by sayin' one day that she was sufferin'
from enwe. / won't to a doctor an
asked him what the deuce that was,
an he told me it was French for that
tired feeling. That settled it. From
that on it was enwe an enter nong, an
bullying. an soloong, an parley VOC,
an'-well, then she went in for music.
She called Wagner 'Vogner,' Liszt
'Leest,' an ended the whole business
by calling me her charmangie. Say,
don't you think you could fix it up
right off, before she takes to run min
around with Italian singers and rum
min for school commissioner"
The lawyer smiled a sad smile.
''Fm afraid you can't get a divorce
on these things VIII you pay your
ten dollars for my opinion now, or shall
send in my bill?"
And the other took out ten silver
circles and went over to the police sta
ton and asked for nights lodging.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03
IT WA SN'T so ROT.

Throughout the month of January
every body was exclaiming and declar-
ing for its unusual mildness. People
simply forget. The Kansas university
records show that seven Januarles in
twenty-seven years have had higher
mean temperature. The temperature of
the first third Of the month was 2S 50,
or t. 10 degrees above the average: of the
middle third, 41..0, or 1886 degrees
above the average and far exceeding the
mean of the same period in all other
Januar:es: Of the last third, 1877, or
10 06 degrees below the average. The
10th was the warmest January day on
the record. Twenty-one January and
December days have been colder than
the 24th. Thus in the space Of eight
DAYS the thermometer varied 50 degrees.
range which has not been hiterio
equaiied al this station. The month
rainfall was again below average: the
sly was unusually clear.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03

At the present rate of progress in
applying electricity as force it will not
be long until the subtle fluid will be
employed to perform all the physical
service required of and performed by
man. The latest use to which it is put
is an attachment to the Gatling gun
which promises not only to more than
double the destructive capabilities of
that peculiar machine, bat to effect a
great advance in the efficiency of all
machine guns. The motor is detachable,
is one horse power, is very small,
weighing but trifie over fifty pounds,
and is placed in the breach of the gun,
amply protected. The motor increases
the present rate of firing, 1000 shots a
minute to more than 5000 shots a
minute.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03
.why don't you sell the farm if you


swhy don't you sell the farm if you
don't like it?''
'.Sell it, stranger" he asked in open
eyed astonishment- ''W'y, ther amt
ernuther es doggoned big fool ez am
in the whole country"
s.Then trade it for yellow dog and
kill the dog" said, making the old
gag.
II amt got no gun" he said with a
short laugh. 'I've got plan, though, =
he went on more hopefully. I'm go
in to wait tell that mule traded fer
the place. gets so old he's wuthless an
then I'm goin' to trade back"
''Can Won do that?"
Course I kim he said confidently,
then dropped back to the hopeless tone
again, ''but mules is sich continuerin'
critters thar amt no teiIin' how long
I've got ter wait" and he resumed his
hoe and went on up the mountain
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03
he WANTED a GUARANTEE.

From Chicago Tribune.
A man six feet high, with the side OF
his head wrapped in dry goods. went
the other day and sank wearily into a
chair. In response to the proprietor S
What can do for you?" the large
man said:
II have a toothache that is breaking
my heart, and / think that L ought to
have fang drawn; but, you see,
haven't been to dentist since l was a
boy and l want to ask you few ques.
tions before you go to work.
go ahead
81 want to know whether you prop
. mans jaws apart with an iron wedge
and then tell him to look pleasant,
please"
Certainly we don't"
81 want to know whe ther you fasten
one hand in the victims hair and brace
a knee against his throat, and then
draw his. tooth as though you were
pulling the cork from a beer bottle
with corkscreM.
"Why, that would be murder; you
feel no pain at all"
That's what the dentist told me
when 1 was boy. l want to know
whether you use a jimmy to draw a
tooth when the pinchers fail, and also
whether you will replace, free of
charge, any sections of the jaw that
may be removed during the opera
ton"
1--WE won't hurt you at all"
.'Then you may go ahead; but have
friend at the foot of the stairway
He is larger man than l am, and he
can punch hole through a stove lid;
and if yell once he is coming up here
eight steps at time to knock down
the ceiling with you. Do you want to
go ahead?'
81 am afraid not; you had better go
up street to the veterinary surgeon"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03

The baseballists have got ahead of the
theatricals IN bidding for Corbett. From
TIE start the ballis have made in their
efforts to secure him the chances are
that he will be able to get good living
salary out of the profession, and con-
tribute something like half thousand
to the support Of the governm ent
through the tax on his income. II Jim
can hit the ball as unerringly as he does
his antognist's head in the p-ize ring he
will become the champion of the
diamonds as well as the rlng.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03

If the injunction prayed for by the
Knights Of Labor to restrain Secretary
Carlisle from issuing bonds of the gov
ernment was meant to influence intend
ing purchasers not to tal-e the securities
by raising the question of the validity of
The bonds, the effort was miserable
failure. The prevailing lack OF conf
dence applies to the party IN control OF
the government, and not to the govern
ment. Uncle Sans solvency is unques-
toned
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03
WOMaNlY BEAUTY.
What II Consists of According to . french
Writer.

Grenaille, French author of the
sixteenth century, has written a large
and very scientific book on female
beauty and cndows his ideal OF female
loveiiness with the following attri-
butes:
YOUTH medium stature, chestnut
brown hair. symmetry OF limb, de!i
cate skin, revealing the blue veins,
rosy complexion. a smooth, serene
brow. uniformly arched temples. mar
row eyebrows, which do not meet: e!o-
quent, dark-brossn cyes; winsonie
smile. eherry-red lips. "A small mouth,
small unilk-yShite teeth, q sweet breath,
q soft agreeable voice; a chin which
does not protrude and Is graeed by
diEnpis; small. rosy ears, n slender
throat Of ivory wbiteness; small. sofs
white hands, nicely tapsring fingers.
graceful gestures. an even. 6igni1ei
walk; shining finger nails. smooth and
well curved: an even, pleasant temper
arnen;, good taste in dress, superficial
educa tion. ANAL, pretty feet. snd At
tentire ceneanor toward otherA"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03

The speeches of Representatives
Blanchard. Boatner, Cochran, Ryan and
some other Democrats in congress on the
Wilson bill indicated that the spirit of
revolt against the free trade policy of
that party might result in the defeat of
that measure, or at least its material
modification: but the vote on the final
passage of the bill shows that the de-
mands of the party are stronger than
the interests of their coEstit uents.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03
York and Lancaster Ko....

Those familiar with Shakespeare re-
member that the two antagonis.lc
houses o: York and Lancaster bad
their followers distinguished By one
side carrying white roses and the other
red roses There Is in cultivation q
rose called the York sr.a Lancaster on
account Of striped white and red lines
pervaiing the pe.sls-fhese coiDrs. Of
course, represent the two horses
united just wba. particular species
Of roses were chosen has al~ays had
an interest for the critical student A
recen. notice In shc Quarterly Review
accadeS that the white rose az York
wss the English white rose, Rnsa
nrvensis. and warmly contends thai IL
was double variety Of this speeiex:
but IL thAt rose al all. IL was most Ike
~ 20 be pure wild form, for II wosl;a
be almost impossible 80 get double
eo~ers .or The thousands u .-sen xAe
.ayaS.d IN those hrostA
-k----zsz-------------
The Ca1sa ~ IA
snoxshy-wAat did ola DsTsa Trim
BE die Oft
DogshU-os b&s iri.islH-rsSSe
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03

Fusion in Kansas this year has been
given another body blow by the note OF
United States Marshal Neeley denying
that he had appointed q Populist as one
of iis deputies, accompanied by the
declaration that no Democrat Of fusion
proelivities viii receive anything at his
hands. 1t IS clear that attempts to force
fusion viii only produce confusion worse
ooufclID1ad
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03

1t may b. said, 10 The credit of the
secretary Of the navy, that he profi,e,i
by the Administrations experience IL
the Hawaii affair, and compliments,
Ben.lam on his actions ot Rio in deIen--
OF the interests of the United States, il
s,ead of condemning him aid attempt
ing 10 reverse him. Biount's break vii
no, be repeated, nor would il be sus-
.ained if it should he.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03

il Makes the Dems hot

sse.a The Lawrence Journal
Colonel Tom Moonlight has picked the
essilsian persimmon. one OF the bes,
bites of frust that viii be given TO Kan
sas. And there IS not a Democrat in the
state who is more deserving o. who
would do greater honor 10 the country
at foTessn court
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03

Burglar isoliloquziBgl--Yer nevsf
hear good word for . bousebreaker.
They never takes into eonsidsrztior.
that were Obliged 20 be out In al
kinds o. weather. an that most o. our
work has to be done while lazy felix's
Is sonnd asleep in their beda--Londog
Lid Etts
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03

The real reason why government bonds
are selling at a premium in these de-
pressed times is that, while they are
issued under Democratic rule, the
shrewd investor is dead sure they will
be paid BY Republican administration.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03
OUR EYE AND EAR
INFIRMARY.


The lodge men of Dodge City desire
information of the whereabouts Of j. ).
Carson of that city. who myslerIously
disappeared in Chicago recently. He il
32 years of age, has blue eye.. light
complexion, brown hair and mustacne,
scar on left hand near thumb.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03

England expects war. Gladstone feels
hat he csnnot go through the ordeals OF
n war administration. But if he retirts
and war comet it is a safe prediction
that inside of six months Gladstone VIII
De back at his old post.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03
The Kentucky legislature is tantali

The Kentucky legislature is tantaliz-
ingly silens as to its reason for oppos-
ing the confirmation of Judge Peck
hams appointment to the supreme
bench. In the alserce OF any Other
reason it must be that Kentucky holds
the administration responsible Tor the
.nroposed increase in the whisky tax.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03

Advices from Florida are scarce, but
Mitchell is still engaged in mighty
struggle TO get hold Of The hole and pull
it in after him.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03

II this free-soup administration would
only subside, and its cuckoo congress ad-
Iourn, there would be vastly fewer re-
csiverships and vastly more money,
fewer bonds issued and more gold in
he treasury.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03
exchanges EPfIoMEs.

ais Sir..
] naa Eira y a~xsexs
Is.s<et tst h-sr "a tssr toe,
Sax ase's . Aerc the sstises grow
Name CT l1=scE yess fsszy S2os.
Ix.ra-Fa-ra~rxzta1z-
-fsfzes weil Essczrs,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03

The bond-issuing leaders of Democracy
nsed TO talk as loudly about repudia,lng
the national debt as they now talk about
tariff reform. The cuckoo is change
stle bird, but il sings as il flies.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03

So far the advocates of single state
hood have not asserted that Oklahoma
without the Indian territory would not
De large enough to furnish the requisite
number of candidates.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03

"But. E,hei, how do yon know ths.
this Young man is~es you7 Has be told
rou so?'
'-Oh. no. mamma. Bat IL you eouid
snly see the way BE looks =. 70. whea
am not looking at him.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03

Tie Democrats were the cause of this
country issuing great many bonds TO
meet expenses from 1861 TO 65, and they
will repeat it during the next year or
two
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03

''The name of the next Republican
nonnnee for president" says Henri Wat
erson, sis William Mckinley" And
he name of the next Democratic nomi-
Gee is Dennis.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03

ffela tEt lf6FskFsFs-as1s ssEflzs5s
We arHbnrs by the fact that we lsase
supported 20 many small men for cfEsrss,
30 many demasogues. 20 nsa1y srias-
ners, 30 manr pDlsticzi westheE-cecks
and - many shyssers.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03

The government may be forced to give
the war-like Howling Wolf of Oklahoma
"A big drink of whisky in order TO get
him to surrender.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03

Answer to correspondent: No, there
was no ground for Benhams action' IL
was ON the water.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03

1t was General Artz who tried some
Apollinaris water at Kansas City one
day and said, in answer TO a question,
that it tasted like his foot was asleep.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03
PHELPS COUGH, COLD AN0
GROUP CURE.
onser Of KrxerIssrR TINES. ,
kf..fiSh2r ..ksa. n,.t.. Il. -.

Nessrs. ,vcopwnrsi Fexon & Co. Kansas cay Mo:
Gent efae5l.-f believe n my duty to write you
line il, rr.sri 10 the bsns ca effects OF your -Four
Remeslysr so far lls I am p rsonsits concerned
a week ago ia>l Thursday waf taken wish very
sayere attack OF Ia grippe. aad In short time be-
came 80 no re con.lt noi speak above a whisper
Twas sopsusst T. my bel the greater part Of sever
al csys Having susf gotten up ~a~ si'fIs-- In
the once OF tse KIN fisher hcteL. IL being as'ou.
issssr when Mr. l. Il iirrshe r--r. az the a. N yc
L. IL Rics>erker Cigar Ca Kansas ~, Mo- ssss
IN, he beng 90 4 tf.,Nelsng tour. and new nS we
asked whlI tie matter. s4a hthz hssi -
-'.rin" wsr-eapoa iie weat 10 hi vaiise And toox
aai "A brute ef Sosr &c gseme.iy aud tod rso -
tlss snoenf.i OF lt. which dil as ae sstaa V
had relieved hr t,n.ost instantly OF the ssi1e euo
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03

Mrs. Leases exposes may not amount
% much, but every time she gets near
one of the statehouse crowd lie begins to
think that he ought to increase his life
nSuranCe.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03

The trouble with the Democrats Is that
they can't master the real practical diff
ties of calculations and they do just as
they are told to by designing persons.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03

There may be some question as to the
"reap discoverer of America, but there
is no question as to who has done the
most to injure it.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03

Mathematical lie: The whole is great
er than part. Cleveland is part Of
tie Democratic party, but he is bigger
than that party.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03

Minister Willis, by hard, unfiagging
energy, still manages to sep on himseit
at least once day.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03

The cuckoos voted on the Wilson bill
Yesterday without slipping cog, and
with The same unanimity that the fifth
ward in New York votes the Democratic
,irEpt
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03

If Corbett accepts place in the Balll-
more ball club the umpire will become
lhe real hero of the national game.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03

If that which happened to Mitchell is
TO be denomlnated "a knock ou''
where's Cleveland
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03

Gladstone's retirement means trouble
for England. Things appear to be COM
ING Bill Hackney's way.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03

An eastern paper says there is no such
thing as a ground hog. Some people
will never get through making fun OF
sausage.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03

In 1892 the people voted with full
stomachs. Hereafter the bread and butter
question will be an issue.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03

The American PROTECTIVE association
has not struck Kansas yet. This may be
because our climate has got about all the
birthstone it can stand.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03

A mistake occurring IN an esteemed
contemporary demands special notice.
Admiral Benham is referred to as Ad
mirable Benham.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03

Granting that Cleveland is better than
mis- party, what must the Democra'io
party be like?
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03

Young Astor scooped all the London
papers with the news of Gladstone's re-
tirement. Even snobbery can not wholly
bury the spirit of American industry.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03

The income and not the income tax is
what is bothering the majority OF the
people.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03

Benham can take his place next to Ben
Hur in the characters that are admired
by the American people.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03

A majority of the members OF congress
would rather be Democrats thah oe
ripht
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03

twas very kind of William to over
look the aged indiscretions of Bismarck.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03

The senate has rejected st. Gaudens'
medal. Senatorial prudery is as big
fraud as senatorial courtesy.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03

There is not even shadow OF douDe
about the ground bog yesterday.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-03
co M B IN e y

The kaESaS State AIedifal and
Surgical Institute and Sanitar!um,
DR.. ferrill President, and the Wieh
ita Medical and Surgical Institute
and Eye and Ear lnfrmary. Dr..
Purdy Proprietor and Surgeon in
chief, have combined the two lnsti-
tuticns which will he known here
after as the TerrilI-Purdy Medical
and Surgical Institute, and Eye and
Ear lnfirmary
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-08
HE WROTE THE LETTER.
Believed Another Party Would Con-
troll the POStOlfiCe Patronage.

Mr.. Greene Does Not DENY the Au-
thorship of the Letter Published by
Mr.. Doyle-Says 1t Expressed His
Sentiments Exactly-He Says He
Will Swear That He Dictated All bis
Charges and That No One Assisted
or Aided Him in the Matter.
Mr. Henry Greene, who has preferred
charges against Postmaster Jos. f.
Doyle, which have been under investiga-
ton before the postofice inspector. says
his absence from the city Saturday was
the only thing that prevented his reply
ing at once to Mr.. Doyle's charge that he
had written the letter published in Sat
urday's MORNING News. In regard to
the letter Mr.. Greene makes the follow
ing statement:
'The surprising part of the letter will
be taken away when l state that in a
conversation with MIR. Doyle, soon after
it was written, he asked me if l was the
author. l told him yes. and then and
there he told me his hands were tied and
he could not do as he liked.
HAS NO REGRETS 20 EXPRESS.
81 have no regrets for being its author,
especially as it expressed my sentiments
exactly. 1 feel hurt, however, when the
assertion is made that they prove me to
be good Harrison man. This will be
news to my friends when they learn that
l have become good republican. Mr.
Doyle, by leaving the blank spaces, con-
veys the impression that 1 have
| used blasphemous expressions in
it's composition which is incor-
! rect. The reasons which actuated
me in writing it, while acknowledging
| that was wrong in writing an anony-
| nous letter, though it did not harm any
! body, were that it was reported, and
! believe with truth. that a certain other
party would control the patronage of the
| postonice. Knowing, or at least guessing
! the probable results ifsuch were the case,
| wrote the appeal.
| LAS to whether my fears were correct
or not, the public can best Judge by
| simply reviewing the postoffice roster
since Mr.. Doyle took charge. Parties
who have been appointed and resigned
must be included.
| SAYS BE WILL SWEAR TO ALL his CHARGES.
Mr.. Doyle asks if will go before no
| tary and swear that I dictatated
and wrote the charges against him
and his subordinates | say most
emphatically, will, and propose to 20
| further and swear that l have not al
lowed any person to assist, dictate,
| influence, or in any manner whatsoever
aid me in compiling these charges The
continued insinuation, that there
is somebody behind me is bosh.
| l wish to say here that
l have refrained from bringing per-
sonalities in this controversy and for
that reason 1 deeply regret that Mr.
Doyle has either prompted or allowed
two or more employees of his Office to in
troduce testimony duplicating a gentle
man as the party assisting me, when the
person mentioned has for years regarded
Mr.. Doyle as a warm friend and has done
nothing whatever against his interests
l assert that the parties who made these
charges will be held responsible fol-
| them"