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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-06
SLEEPY GRASS OF NEW MEXICO.

From the New YORK sun
Over in Lincoln county, in this terri
tory, there is a peculiar kind Of grass
known as sleepy grass II has the
property of putting to sleep any animal
that eats of il. Sleepy grass grows
among the other grass and is eaten by
all kinds of stock readily. It's exist
ence was unknown for years after set
Elements had been made in Lincoln
county. Stockmen and others noticed
that animals would sometimes stand
motionless for an hour or two a. 9
time. but IL never occurred TO them
that the cause OF this apparent resting
was a distinct grass. The discovery
was finally made by one OF party OF
travellers going from San Antonio. =
small station on the Aschison. Topeka
* Santa Re railroad, near SOeorro. 20
the Pecos valley, in Lincoln county.
The trip is long one and a portion OF
Il i over some Of the toughest country
IN New Mexico. Water is not plentiful
along the route. and for miles there j,
hardly grass enough 20 feed q jack
rabbit. while on other portions Of the
route there is rank growth Of grass
II was IN one of those fertile places,
very table oasis n the desert that
the discovery OF sleepy grass was made
The party halted abozt noon for
luncheon and the team was unhitched
and pieketed out TO craze for Al hour
or % The horses commenced eating
with q VIII. for they we're hungry and
there Is 10 more tempting grass 20 q
horse appetite than The BLACK gram
M which Is 20 De found u nearly al
parts 81 New Mexico. They fed FOR
few moments and then suddenly
stopped. and holding their heads
about on level with their shoals er-.
stood a. TnotionlesS - 4 they were
CARED % stone This behavior wzs
not IN accordance with the IDEAS % oae
% the party ss 20 what hungry horses
ought &C Co De went 80 where the
he-ses we're standing and founs iaen
tas; asleep On sDe<k.az - ts>H "a
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-06
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL

According to the Catholic Herald.
there are about $4,000 colored Catho-
lies in the United States.
"A new porch and towers are to be
added to Trinity church. Boston, an
object for which the late Bishop Brooks
left s., 900.
George E. Hardy has been elected
professor of English language and lit
erature in the College of the City OF
New York.
The number of educational institu-
tons of one kind or another in India is
put down in Chambers Cyclopedia
Qs92) at $4,000.
Gen. Booth of the Salvation armv,
and his captains OF either sex have
been officially declared to be ministers
of religion within he meaning of the
law.
1t is claimed that college gradu-
ate's chances of obtaining affair degree
of eminence are as ESQ to 1 as compared
with the men who have not been at
college.
1t REQUIRES a sum of upward of &c.,
600 a year. voluntarily provided, to
MAINTAIN and educate the 500 fatherless
children of the Sturgeon orphans
homes, Stockwell.
DIR. Buckley says he once attended
service in a Presbyterian church
where every man present, except him.
self and the preacher, was asleep, and
every woman was awake.
"A striking proof of the growth OF
the missionary spirit is seen in the
fact that Australasia has recently sent
missionaries to Ceylon, Africa, China
and Japan.-Chicago Standard.
The recent parliamentary elections
in Japan have resulted favorably to
the friends of Christianity and the poll
cy of encouraging foreigners. The
fact of being a Christian has not oper-
ated unfavorably in the case of any
candidate.
"A sister of the late Mr.. Sturgeon
preached twice recently to crowded
congregations at the handsome church
in Hampstead road, in connection with
the service. Her manner is impressive,
and she bears personal resemblance
to her eminent brother.
The diplomas received by the re-
cent graduates of Radcliffe college will
some time possess great historic value.
They are the first to bear the signature
of the president of Hazard, which they
do in addition to that of Mrs. Agassiz,
president of Radcliffe.
gelist, thus sums up the results of his
recent revival at Bay City, Mich: Il
had over 5000 conversions, 1856 old to-
pers signed the pledge, $500 was raised
for expenses, $500 clear for Sam, and
{, 900 people were fed free meals"
The business college idea in educa-
ton, which has taken so firm hold of
the popular mind, is not a sudden
growth, but is natural development
of the industrial conditions and re-
quirements of our time. The fact that
our ordinary schools and colleges did
not prepare for practical business life
became apparent, and thus
the business school grew up to supply
the deficiency.
seven Chaldean priests from east
err Turkey have come to this country
to beg money for rebuilding a church
In their native land. Some showed
letter of introduction, in very bad
French, said to be from the bishop of
Others claimed to be
Presbyterians. One said that he came
from the city of Van, in Asia Minor.
At first there was some hesitancy about
them to land, as they APP
peared to be very like paupers. They
were, however, at last released.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-06
AMONG TIE WITS

81 had great luck to-day" safd
Muggles. How was that?" Il went
10 the races and left all my money
home in my other trousers. Wash
ington Star.
Why He Left. - Cleverton - 81
thought you were going TO stay no in
the country another day" Dashawsy
~ was; but they wanted me to go to
q Sunday -school picnic. Judge.
-Author-'Sm troubled with insom-
mia. ! lie awake at night, hour after
hour, thinking about my literary work. Z"
Friend-"Why don't you get up and
read portions of it?"-Tid-Bits.
Called Down.
= Il love yeu-I-a college boy
With rosy flush and dimpie."
The sweet lips answered, $50 IL seems
fresh man, pure and simpIel"
Puck.
Inside Facts.-Mrs. Willowsnap
calling on Mrs. Wangle)-"Your
mother has a lot of new furniture,
hasn't she, Willie?' Willie-Yes IA,
and the man comes here every week TO
collect the bll."-N. Y. Sun.
-Admiring Mamma don't think
you have quite caught the expression
OF Evangelines nose" Artist-"Ma-
dam. Raphael couldn't do better than
that" Admiring Mamma-"Why not7'
Artist Because, madam, Raphael Is
dead. It'll Bits.
Would Try 70 Master the Problem
Unable, dear Mable, said the young
man in passionate tones. do you think
YOU could learn 20 love ne?' II don't
know, George" said MabIs, thought
fully, but I'm willing 70 apply myself
studiously for the next few weeks and
see. Chicago Record
Mr. Bloobumper after the return
from church)-''Dr. Thirdly must take
us for fools" Mrs. Bloobumper ire
proschfully)-"o. no, Harry" Mr.
Bloobumper-''Well. you know q word
10 the wise is sufficient, but the doctor
breaches for almost an hour at
stretch Harlem Life.
What like about a college edues-
ton. said Marlove. us that menisarn
10 express themselves A college boy
learns how TO put things" Don't he,
though said Dawson, with snthusi-
asm- MY boy learned 20 put the shot
some thirtv-three feet when he was Ia
college "-HarPer's Bszar
-Asperity, Thy Name Is Man
Hawkins who has packed MS vaiiss, 20
Mrs Il. who has packed nine trunks
and d hamperi-"Confound Il, Maud.
cant see Why you make nae DO al this
packing. II Just wears me out. and
UNITS re for everything. You women
have no consideration for anybody
when you once get hold Of whIn- -
Hsrpers BazAr
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-06
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.
WILLIAM Ross.

The Republican convention will be held
| in Norman today.
Ia Okarche last week 135 loads of wheat
were purchased on one day.
Colonel Ellis, Guthrie man. has opened
a variety theater in Chicago.
1t is now lawful to kill quail in Okla
Roma, if you are good shot.
Enid will tear the welkin open with a
big celebration on September 10.
People who know Ralph Beaumont say
that he speaks volumes for the Populist
party.
Oklahoma should try and avoid the
deadly microbe of the politician
malady..
There is Choctaw Indian in Guthrie by
the name of Pullman. He ought to get it
changed.
The county court house at Newkirk, it
is said, viii pay for itself in four years by
saving rents.
The dog-killer presented a bill to the
city council of Newkirk last week for
months work.
The Pawnee Republican has issued no
tice that @ county shall hereafter be called
Pawnee county.
The Agricultural college at Saltwater
has decided to keep file of all the Okla
homa newspapers.
At Newkirk recently one man sued an
other for killing his bird dog. He re-
ceived So damage.
One of the restaurants at FL Reno ad-
vertiseS con spicuously the fact that it has
no ''star bOarder."
A man OF Medford is engaged in the
vain search for scheme TO make a bull
dog loosen his hold.
The Guthrie Leader advises Mrs. Van
derbilt TO come to Oklahoma at once aud
get rid of her husband.
The Enid Wave is the only daily paper
published on the Rock Island route be-
tween Wichita and Forth Worth.
A girl in white dress always looks
pretty, but it is said that in the Oklahoma
atmosphere she looks prettier than any
where else.
The Norman Transcript says that the
Logan county Populist who sold his wife
for $500 is still bowling about the low
prices of live stock.
Everybody who knows George Laing of
Enid will be glad to hear that he is
married, and only wonder that he has so
long managed to escape.
This time last year there was e good
many people hanging over the side of the
Cherokee strip and debating with them
selves as to whether they could be sooners
with safety.
When the Rock Island depot was up in
the senate John Sherman said that he was
in favor of making every railroad III the
country stop at station of over a thou
sand in n hitantS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-06

loud tone they both awoke'and COM
pened. They had eaten only a few
mouthfuls when both We're sound
asleep again. They were aroused. but
fell asleep as before. By this time the
remainder of the party had become in
terested. The horses were awakened
several times only TO fail asleep after
each successive arousing.
None of the party had ever seen
horses act so and all agreed that some
TO sleep. Each of the party began 4
search, and the plant which is known
In Lincoln county as sleeping grass
was discovered. The story was related
by the travellers to an officer of Lin
coin county, and since that time the
effect OF this grass on animals has
been observed by many persons
Horses, after eating of II, in nearly
all cases sleep standing. while cows
and sheep almost invariably lie down.
1t has occasionally happened that
travellers have stopped TO allow horses
TO feed in places where the grass grew
pretty thick and the animals have had
time TO eat considerable quantity be-
fore its effects manifested themselves.
In such cases horses have gone 10 sleep
on the road. They fall asleep while
being hitehed up, and it often requires
sharp cut with the whip to rouse
them They start off at a good pace,
which gradually slackens until finally
the heads droop and they come TO
stop, sound asleep. A loud word viii
sometimes suffice TO start them again,
but oftener the whip is needed. The
effect Of the grass passes off in an hour
or two and no bad results have ever
been noticed on account of it.
If horse be allowed TO sleep until
the effects pass off he appears To be
very much refreshed and will travel a
long distance without apparent fatigue,
but if urged 10 go during the period of
drowsiness which follows ting sleepy
grass he seems 10 be wearied even after
the inclination 10 sleep has passed
away.
Cattle on the ranges frequently come
upon patches of this grass, where they
feed for perhaps half an hour, and then
fall asleep for an hour or more, when
they wake up and go 70 feeding. The
programme is repeated perhaps dozen
times, until thirst Obliges them to go
to water. Sleeping grass is found in
several localities of Lincoln county,
but has never been reported in any
other part of New Mexico. Whether,
like the poppy, it contains opium. or
whether its sleep-producing property is
due to some other substance, has not
been determined
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-06

run after one. when one of the others
would bite him on his heels 1t was
laughable to see him. He did not
know what kind of a Jackpot he was
in Finally he thought 1T was getting
too warm for his rear end, so he sat
up on his launches That was the OPP
portunity we were waiting for. We
both turned loose" with our 1880
Sharps, and the bear tumbled all in a
heap. We skinned him and found
where one of the bullets had broken
his neck, and the other his shoulder.
had never seen such an animal be-
fore for size. asked d. what it would
weigh That was the first bear 1 had
ever wanted TO weigh. ID. said he had
no idea. but we could try and pull him;
we could just move him; he was lying
on snow that was pretty solid. We
had a stick through his gambrels, so
we had a good pull at him. Both of US
were over six feet tall and weighed
over two hundred pounds, SO we were
not very weak. We talked about the
weight of the bear. and we thought he
would probably weigh eight hundred
pOuntiS- LIS oACAA oNAtttAACI
measured ten feet three inches from
tip of the nose to the tail and was eight
feet pine inches wide. When we went
down in the spring we showed the hide
around, and old hunters said that il
was the largest bear hide they had ever
seen.
We killed sixteen bears that spring.
but none of them was as large. by one
third. as the big one. / do not believe
that the big one would weigh at the
very most nine hundred pounds, and
he was very fat. l think he had not
been out very long, as it was in April
when he was killed. Now my notion
is that all these bears that weigh from
one thousand five hundred pounds up
have been killed around camp fire. /
would like to hear from any one who
ever saw bear weighed that tipped
the scales at one thousand pounds. A
person who had never seen bear run
ming wild would say on seeing his first
that it was the biggest thing ever
wrapped up in hide. The first bear i
ever saw looked as big as a mountain,
but after had killed him he shrank
down to a small black one could pack
him all around he was so small
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-06
SIZE OF GRIZZLY BEARS.

From Forest and Stream.
have hunted and trapped Tor years
in the Rocky mountains and Coast
ranges, the home of the grizzly, just
for the money L made by it, and in all
my experience L have never killed nor
even seen a bear that thought would
weigh half as much as some l have read
about, and / have never known any one
who ever saw a bear weighed that
tipped the scales at one thousand five
hundred pounds. Nine out of every
ten bears that are reported as weighing
all the way from one thousand pounds
up to two thousand three hundred
pounds, were killed many miles from
the pair of scales.
The largest bear l ever killed, or
rather helped 20 Kill, was when my
partner and were hunting and trap
ping on the Yak river, in northwestern
Montana, in the winter of 1889. We
had had very good luck with beaver,
marten and lynx and other land fur.
Along toward spring we took pack of
grub and blankets on our backs and
went up creek that empties in the
Yak. We intended to hunt in that
locality for bear: and as we always
take the easiest way TO hunt,
we xiii an elk. deer or any
kind Of game we run across for bait,
then wait for the bear TO come. We
had lots of bait up that creek. and
killed some more on another creek.
Then our grub was about out. and we
had to 90 back and pack up enough TO
last Us through the hunting. When we
got through packing our grub, we be-
gan TO see where there had been bear
taking the bait. warm Chinook
wind al that time did the work. for we
were killing one now and then: we had
traps and guns set for bear, also two
good dogs apiece, 50 we were kept
hustling taking care OF the hides.
had not been up 10 the furthest bait
for several DAYS; when | had time 70
90. D. said that he would keep me com
panv. as he wanted 70 raise a cache OF
traps he had made IL the fall when
trapping for beaver. We had got al
most up TO the bait when I told D.
that most likely the old boy was handy
around the bait, for the tracks were
fresh When we came in sight Of the
bait. the bear had either heard or smelt
Us. for we saw that he had been eating
on the bait. We put the dogs on the
track and followed sftersthen a. fast
Is we could travel over wind-falis and
through underbrush. with snowshoes-
We have sheeing way into the spring
in the mountains We had not
gone more than half mile when
heard one OF the dogs howl Then l
knew that the bear was our meat We
went down 20 where the dogs were.
and there was bear that was The
grandpa of all the bear either % us had
ever seen II was bald-taee grizzly
He was lighting the dogs Ee would
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-06

gether at Topolobampo to establish
model colony. perhaps there never was
people collected together more unified for
any undertaking on earth than these peo-
pie were for cooperation. But enough OF
this at present. What l would have to
say about it would fill a book l might
say though, that the principle causes OF
their failure was an over abundance OF ldl-
otto wisdom. for too much mouth per cap
ita" and prevailing dishonesty among the
officials.
10 an American, this city of
MaZatlan Is perfect curious
Ity. The sidwalks are from four
TO five feet wide. and the streets bet weeD
the curbing from ten to thirty feet. Ihey
zig gag off anywhere, and wind around III
circles. Most OF the buildings resemble
prisons more than anything else, and the
market place at sunrise is worth going iUO
miles to see. Cocoa palms are growing all
about the town, some of them bearing as
much as ton OF fruit. To look at the
town from the harbor one would take 1t
for place of 100 or 1900 inhabitants,
but they say it has 1906
WILLIAM Ross.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-06
RErGHT OF ABsURDITY.

There is one apology which Demo
cratic papers and speakers are making
for the non fuIfillment of the party's
promises for tariff reform which is not
an apology. 1t is even without the pale
of ordinary practical jokes. 1t is so de-
| void of reason and common sense that
IFS highest function is to produce spon-
| taneous guffaw-an involuntary, vocl-
ferrous horse laugh. 1t is nothing less
than charging their defeat TO Republic
can votes. The charge is SO silly and
unreasonable that, to talk about it,
seems like treating an unthinkable
proposition. 1t might be worth while,
however. to dismiss the monstrous
feature of the joke long enough TO
ask: Is there a Democrat in or out of
Congress, who is BOBBY enough to be-
lieve that any Republican member of
that body would, on any account, give
his support to measure, not only ruin
Gus 10 the business of the country, but,
in its very essence, subversive Of Repub-
ican principles? If there is such a fool
at large he should. as matter of public
safety, and for the credit Of his party,
be locked up or banished. When black
and white merge into sombre gray,
when day and night come simultane-
ously and when good and evil con-
solidate into a tangible entity, per-
forming the functions of either or
both, then, and not till then, Will
Republicans help the Democrats to
wage war on protection to American
industries. Great armies. in order TO
avert wholesale slaughter, might capt.
ulate and treat for peace, but for the
party which has fostered and built up
the greatest commercial policy known
to history, to surrender that policy, and
accept another, the very prospect of
which had paralyzed all business, to
come over to its support, would be an
abSurdity too incredible for belief. The
wonder is that any one with preten-
sions to common horse sense would
make the charge.
If it shows anything it shows the pow
erty of excuses for the course the party !
has taken. 1t shows that the hybrid is
an i'll conceived piece of PATCHWORK,
growing out of months of Democratic |
hair pulling, both in committee rooms |
and in open session. 1t is a fact that |
members of committees were |
not consulted nor allowed to see
the draft of any provision of this bill till |
after it had passed the Democratic |
caucus and received the endorsement of !
Cleveland and his advisors. 1t IS Demo- |
cratic in spirit and essence. It was
passed by Democratic votes. and what |
ever failure or blunder the party has hit !
upon, is directly chargeable to its own |
representatives. The incident that the |
unsavory dish is made less paIatable /
by the Presidents dumping in a sauce of |
''perfidy and dishonor" will only make |
it the more disagreeable to the taste. Its !
further complications with the sugar
trust, involving the infamous sellout,
the magnitude of which has no parallel,
will make it none the sweeter. Repub-
lican speakers will see that it is served |
up in liberal quantity, and there will be
no change in the bill OF fare before the
November election.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-06
PERSONAL AND IMPERsoNAL.

Giuseppe Bandi, the Leghorn ed
itor who was killed by an anarchist
poniard in revenge for his denouncing
anarchists in general and the assassi-
nation of Carnot in particular, was one
Of Garibaldi's thousand heroes of Mar
sala," who conquered Sicily for the
Italian people.
The king of Italy has sent one
thousand francs to the chairman of the
committee in charge of the prepare
tions to erect monument to the MEM
DRY of Marshal Nc Mahon. The contri-
button was accompanied by letter eX-
pressive of his majesty's admiration of
the great Frenchman.
Prince Louis, of Bavaria, heir to
the crown, takes deep personal in
terest in the agricultural affairs of his
country. His ideas, have been called
''childlike," much to his disgust. Re-
Gently he made speech protesting
against the criticism and asserting his
earnestness in al things affecting the
public welfare.
An Augusta, Ne, clergyman
walked into the store of a merchant,
wet TO the skin by thunderstorm.
The merchant had some exquisite old
brandy of which he was proud. He
offered the dominic some as joke, not
dreaming that his guest would accept.
The minister not only took big drink,
but he put the bottle in his pocket.
Queen Victoria's actual view of
her empire has been limited to Great
Britain. Her brief continental trips
have led her no farther than to parts
of France, Holland, Italy, Germany
and Belgium. She is well represented
in the European countries, as four of
her fifty-seven descendants are or have
been sovereigns and nine are heirs-ap-
parent.
So far as the audience was con-
cerned. Won Bulow always made a
point of doing exactly as he pleased.
On one occasion, when Leipzig audi
ence insisted on recalling him. IN spite
of his repeated refusal 10 play again,
he came forward and said: Il you do
not stop this applause. VIII play all
Bach's forty-eight preludes and fugueS
from beginning 70 end
Col. Thomas J. Piclzens. who died
in his eighty-seventh year, near Pen
dleton. ). C. last Monday. owned ex-
tensive cotton estates in Alabama be-
fore the war. and in refinement. good
manners and hospitality was typical
southern planter OF the old school
Col Piekens was a grandson OF Gen
Andrew Piclens, of revolutionary fame,
and a first cousin of the wife OF John
c. Calhoun He was an intimate friend
of the South Carolina statesman
Ida Lewis, the life-saving heroine,
who Is the only woman lighthouse
keeper in this country, receives as a
yearly salary seven hundred and fftv
dollars and TWO tons OF coal. She Is as
alert and strong a in her youth al
though she i over fifty years Of age.
and the department thst employs her
comedies that her charge. the Lime
Rock lighthouse. ct the south end OF
Newport harbOr. is better cared fo<
than any other lighthouse along TIA
coast.
Mrs. Philip Sheridan is said 20 be
almost the only widow OF a great'vVzr
chief who has absolutely declined
purses funds and anT such testimonials