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The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-14
POUNDED THE DOG TO DEATH
HOW Monkey Made Good Csc Of . Billy
Like . P0licaman's Club.

How > Monkey Made Good Csc Of . Billy
Like Policeman's Club.
Tho most novel fight ever wit
nessed," remarked a traveller to q
writer for the Cincinnati Enquirer.
was between a bulldog and monkey,
down in Cuba. A friend of mine had a
bulldog that had licked every canine
on the island, and he was very proud
of him. A gentleman from South
America said that he had a monkey
that could whip the bulldog and the
owner Of the latter laughed at the idea.
After some talk a wager of flve hundred
dollars was made and the only advan-
tage that the monkey was to have was
that he was to be allowed the privilege
of using baton. about the length of a
policeman's club, but not so heavy.
The fight was in public place, and in
pit that was surrounded by an iron
grating. There was big crowd out
to see the fight. OF course everybody
thought the dog would chew up the
monkey. After a few minutes, how
ever, the audience was surprised at
the sagacity displayed by the monkey.
The bulldog would make rush
ct the monkey, and the latter would
jump aside and allow the bulldog
to hit his head against the iron
gratings. This was kept up for twenty
minutes or more, and then the dog be-
gan to get tired. The monkey began
to fight. He would let the dog make a
rush and then jump on the dogs back
and strike him several times with the
baton. This was kept up for an hour
or more, and finally the dog fell on the
floor completely exhausted. and the
monkey actually pounded him to death.
The monkey would strike the dog sew
erai blows and then place his ear to
the canine TO see if he still brcathed.
Finally the owner of the dog agreed to
give up the fight, but the owner of the
told MIN that he was too late,
as the monkey would not quit until he
had killed the dog. This was one
of the peculiarities of the monkey.
They always kill their victims. The
owner OF the dog said he did not want
his dog killed, and insisted on taking
the monkey off. While they were talk
ing the monkey belted the dog several
times with his baton, placed his ear on
the dog, and with sudden jump
leaped on the shoulder of his owner
and commenced to use monkey Ian
guage. The dog was examined and
found to be dead. The people ap-
plauded the victory of the monkey,
and it looked as if the monkey under
stood it.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-14

Women are wearing nowadrrS Ser~~.
locking pins in the shape of swords -
asgRers. Tho si9hs ef 80 rnAuy> 81 sAess
pins Ia ta~ shop Window r~nxnds oas
that fashion r. fckls. ss& thsA not long
ago Other designs wer. entoy,ns tho
san1e favor tsst - now be&Sswed on
this one n h not z4Srs thsn fsur OF
FIVE y.srs ago that al bits 81 isw.iys
were taking tho FORM sst sshA .s.s sil~-s
hearts Eithrr sensiraent wrS rife ss
that time or hearts 1sre ieslng tksts
tender sym oollsnz. for th~y var. sslal1
made 10 ser-e svsyY ornamental occz<
sion They dsnzIes fiorr bracelets . -
neesiacs~. they u,rs ~ern on watch
ehsins and r'-istb<nes- TREY even stared
a, vos from the soui Fl yssr s-zxpoeza.
ana thsy were made !ktz ali kinds Il
brosehSA and se<rf-ysaz--E.sPsrs E-.s
zxr.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-14
IN ROBES AND ROYAL STATE.
How the Supreme Court Judges Pass
from One Room tn Another.

How the Supreme Court Judges Pass
from One Room tn Another.
Another innovation has made it's ap-
pearance at the capitol. 1t is worth
while, according to the Washington
Post, to make trip to the building
just before twelve o'clock every day to
witness it. The room in which the
supreme court justices adorn them
selves with their flowing silk robes is
Just across the hall from the chamber
in which the court meets. Hitherto a
few moments before noon the door of
the attiring-room would open and
forthwith would emerge the solemn
justices. On one side of the corridor
which by the way, is the main passage
way through the capitol-would stand
a court official and another man would
be stationed on the opposite side. Be
tween this guard the justices would
walk and a moment later would disap-
pear behind the heavy door of the en-
trance to the private corridor to the
bench. But this simple and modest
method has been relegated to the past.
1t is different now When the JUS
tices are now ready to leave their at
firing apartment four court messen-
gers appear. They bear two pieces Of
plush-covered rope. A man stands on
each side of the two doors, and across
the corridor they stretch their plush
covered barrier. Through the avenue
thus formed the the black-gowned JUS
tices walk, the brilliant plush cover
ing cleaning like a streak of fire
against their somber robes. If the
justices are little slow the crowd
must possess its soul in patience. Not
until the last black gown has disap-
peared are the plush-covered ropes
taken down and the ordinary course
of travel allowed to resume.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-14
IN A HURRICANE.
Story of q gu, Thing That Happene
In tho East.

Story of gu, , Thing That Happened
in tho East.
A story comes by mail from the far
east and tells one more of the wonder
full things which happen to those who
have their homes on the great waters.
The story concerns the big four
masted iron ship Lucipara. She halls
from Glasgow. and recently made a
voyage from Sharpness to Sydney, n.
S. w. While sailing along between
the Cape Of Good Hope and Australia,
the ship ran into hurricane, or was
ov. rtaken by one. about midnight.
Suddenly the sea, which had been dan
gerously high, became calm, and to
those on the ship it seemed as if the
jected to An enormous pressure, by
which the waves were estilled. Without
warning the men were almost blinded
by sheet of flame, which enveloped
the ship from stem to stern, and
reached half way up the masts.
This wave of flame surged back and
forth. fore and aft, for a few seconds.
aud was then snuffed out as suddenly
as it had appeared, leaviA9 captain
and crew cropping about in intense
darkness, The binding glare was ex-
tremely painful to the eyes, but caused
no damage either 10 the men or to the
ship. Capt. Witt said it was his first
experience of the kind, and he hoped
il would be the last
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-14
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
BY Telegraph.

ST. LOUIS. Jan. 12.-CATTLE - Receipts,
zoo: shipments. 400: market active, steady and
unchanged; fed Texas steers, 50 e0a3 90; grass
COWS, 81 6la2 10. HOGS-Receipts. 1000; ship
ments. $500; market l0a,Gc lower; top, s. 30;
bulk, S. 00a5 80. SHEEP-Receipts. none:
shipments, 500; market nominally steady.
KANSAS CITY. Jan. Receipts,
&Oo0: shipments, 300; best cattle steady,
others weak to l0c lower: Texas steers. 81 -
a3 90; shipping steers. S4 00a5 a; Texas and
native cows. 81 40a5 40: butcher stock, 50 l5a
4 Is; stockers and feeders, 81 6ja3 20. Hogs
Receipts, 1900; shipments, l6O0; market 5a
Joe lower; bulk, 81 l0a5 20; heavy, packing and
mixed. 81 95a5 %: lights. workers. and pigs,
81 9Oa5 ~. SHEEP-Receipts, 200; shipments,
none; market slow and weak.
CHICAGO, Jan. Is. - CATTLE - Receipts,
1000; shipments. 1860; market slow and a
trife lower; no extra steers here; nominally
S. 5ta5 -; good 10 choice, 81 .5a5 p: others,
81 ,5a4 40. HOGS-Receipts. 3l,000 shipments,
5000; market active and 10al5c lower; rough
and heavy 81 90a5 p, packers and mixed,
81 9ls5 p; prime heavy and butcher weight,
s. 00a5 IS: prime light, s. 00a5 b. SHEEP
AND LAMBS-Receipts,: 200; shipments ....;
market steady; top sheep, So 0Oa3 20; top
lambs, 81 5Oa5 90.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-14
ghe duhia Daily Eagle Sunday zHor1iuo gauuary 1884
as if he thought she might at any mo.

as If he thought she might at any mo-
ment drop it.
After awhile she turns austere and
soured-why not? Perpetually as
sailed by little caustic jibes and
sneers, grim resentment grows with
her a second nature. Whenever the
son-in-law speaks to her she has tart
retort ready for him. He has taunted
her into this course of conduct; he has
brought it upon himself. ''Shes for
ever snarling at me-" says her injured
foe to his wife. ''If I mention the
state of the weather it's an excuse
for her to snap my head Off" But the
son-in-law superbly forgets that he is
merely reaping the harvest which he
himself has sown. It is he who taught
her to be sarcastic and irascible. Now,
it is all very well for him to pose as
maltreated parsonage but he should
remember that every unamiable SEN
tence which leaves those once gentle
lips his own unjust and loveless begin.
nings have been accountable for. He
decides very often nowadays to deport
HiuoCIl Will DuG IL 10 LOO
late. Long ago he had his chance of
winning a devoted friend. he flung
away this chance, and for the un-
kindled eyes. the naughty and sus-
picious bearing, the alert, snappish
repartee, he has simply his own past
fOolishncSs to blame
At this period her opportunity for
vengeance not seldom greets the moth
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-14

man, he always got in his work OF me
first. So I'd spend my money, and
then the miser would get hold OF me.
If the influence of those two ancestors
had been turned the other way, what a
time ] might have had.
well, they have had their fun with
me and now it's my turn. People talk
good deal about what we owe To our
ancestors Very good; I'm the first man
who ever tried TO settle the bill I'm
going about abusing them I've chased
one fellow TO the furthest visible Fixed
star To inquire what right be had 70
decorate me with ears that stick
straight out from my head. / rather
enjoy IL, on the whole
And yet" | ventured, 81. strikes
me. Amos, that il shows a revengeful
disposition.
Am responsible for that? No. sir
I've located il. Old Sir Daniel Cross
tree; English; Wars ofth Roses One
year it would be York. and Daniel
would live in hollow tree. The next
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-14
Stories AhNuf LOt'a Wife.

There is a legend as old as the Bible
itself-in fact, it has a Biblical basis
(although it is doubtful If the transla-
tions concerning that remarkable oc-
currence are true to the ancient text
that Lots wife (leeing from Sodom)
looked back from behind and became
pillar of salt" Prof. Meter of the
order of st. Benedict, who wrote at
about the beginning Of the eighteenth
century, tells us that that wonderful
salt statue still stands on the shores Of
the Dead sea and must ever so stand
as a perpetual memorial of dis
obedience. Ghleard, the monk who
visited that Holy Land in 1873, also
mentions seeing Lots wife. and adds
that her dog, also a statue of rock
salt. still crouches at her feet That
hits is all myth and legend there is not
the shadow of doubt, modern travel
ers only mentioning il in order to get
an excuse for quoting from old-time
ant hOrS
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-14

Judge Killen was for many years q
police judge of St Louis. Anohi Irish
woman wa. often before Hmm inc onse-
quence of her great foDdness for,
whisky. One Monday naornin0 she was
called up and the clerk read thechArgea
Mary o'Brien, found dunk on tho
street" What plea do you want 20.
enter, Mary?" said the judge. We'll.
yer honor" said Mary, "f'il NO. be-
pladin' At all TO that charge; It's TOD
gineral it don't say what s%vate.' Tha
court had the charge anne nded. afteys
inqniriDg of the policeman who made
the arrest what street be had found
Mary on, and Food-huaorcdiy LIST he's
OFF with small fine as "a compliment
to her knowledge Of pleading. aequire<
BY her long experience ia his court
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-14

ghost if his name was Crosstree.
made some enemies in that way, but
by and by 1 located the individual.
Been dead since the reign of George l..
No question about his being the man.
His hairs the exact shade.
81 said to him: Mr. Crosstree, do you
call this the square thing? 1t would
be idle, under the circumstances, to in.
quire what / had ever done to you
And for similar reasons / sceuit you
of personal malice. But, sir. must
hold you responsible. A man who sets
spring gun on the dark side, of his
woodpile may do so thoughtlessly and
in general way, but he is legally liza
BILE if it goes off and shoots his grand
mother, when she gets up to build the
kitchen fire. She can sue for damages
if she survives. And in the same man.
ner, sir, this hair was trap set in our
race, and l am the innocent party who
found out it was loaded
my dear SIR said he, "allow me to
congratulate you. That is the finest
head of hair that has been on earth
since / was taken from a large circle OF
mourning friends"
The shade of Amos Crosstree ran his
hand through his fiery locks in a very
despairing manner. 1t was habit he
had while with us.
well, Howard" he continued. 81
will not worry you by reporting our
conversation in full. That man was a
type of the self-satisfed ancestor.
find q great many OF them There's
Fielding up here with the original of
your nose and he thinks it's a beauty"
1T isn't the worst nose in the world,
if you come to that" said /, with con-
siderable asperity.
There you 90. there you 60" Amos
rejoined. That's just the way some
of the Crosstrees talk. Instead OF
recognizing a thing like that and stop
ping it right there, you allow il to go
on. That's just what old Zenas Gross
tree said when / asked him about nv
liver. Why. Zenas has been dead two
hundred and eleven years and he's yel-
low yet He hasn't word of apology
10 make to me, and yet if il wasn't for
him ! probabl wouldn't be here No;
that regret it, Oh, no; but think il
would have been decent in Zenas 20
acknowledge the facts.
Then there's the ancestor who
didn't know it was hereditary. Take
the settled Aelancholy of my disposi- |
tion Is an example. You used 10 say
it was all my fault Wouldn't look !
on the bright side, and all that Don-
sense. Wei. I've traced n 20 oh-Be |
Joy ful Crosstree, Al Englishran Of The /
time Of Cromwell Served in old NoIl's /
army and all that sort of thing Why. /
the gloom Of that mans ghost reduces i
the star of Zebulon. where he lives, 4
from the first 20 the thirteenth nagni- /
tude. said TO him: 'Oh-Be-Joytul, +
didn't you know that somebody was
bound 20 suffer for that Bu. IL seems .
that he'd never though, OF L. Hadn't 4
given much attention 20 the subiec. OK .
human happiness Believed, in gen I
erzi way, that il was sinful Just re-
member this. Howard You're not ever 4
cheerful yourself"
Speaking Of that, Amos said 7, IN
q cold, hard tone, "can you snd the
person up there from whom inherited
M disposition?"
Il can. but I won't. said Amos Il
continue TO be n little hi, careful
AbQgi 81. associates. -BEI s1eAk.nz
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-14
Vitality of the Horsefiy.

The vitality of the small horsefy
after decapitstion is as remarkable as
that of the snake that has undergone
the same process He does not use his
wings, if the behead;ng has been done
neatly, SO as not TO injure him other
wise, but walks about, stopping now
and then for a dry wash, rubbing his
legs together and cleaning his wings.
If touched. he will side off. If blown
upon he viii cling tightly to avoid be-
E ing carried away. This performance
he win continue for p quarter of an
hour or "a.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-14
AMOS PAID HIS DEBT.
A Brief Discussion OF What We
Owe Our Ancestors
Howard Fielding Reports . Conversation
Between Himself and the Shade OF
Amos Crosstree. Late Of East
Sangus. Mass.
COPYRIGHT, 1894. I

tCoPYRIGHT. 1894
"1f you please, madam" said I to
the medium. II should like to confer
with the shade of Amos Crosstree."
No sooner had spoken these words
than we all heard deep sigh in the
cabinet. Then tired voice said: well,
Howdy. what do you want now?"
A tall, thin spirit emerged from the
cabinet and sank into a chair.
Amos" said l, 'are you happy?"
In putting this question ! was aware
that was subjecting the hereafter to
q very severe test. In the first place,
Amos came from a portion of New
England where it is no, considered
good form to be happy; and. second.
he was not naturally what would call
enthusiastic. 1t was, therefore, joy
full surprise to me when he replied:
''Well. all things considered. I'm hav-
ing middling sort of a time"
What do you do, mostly?"
''Oh. I've been hunting up the family,
and that sort of thing, you know"
Il thought all your immediate fam.
lily were living, even your four grand
parents"
$50 they be. I'm going back of them.
People never saw, you know. Couple
of hundred years back and more"
:"Very thoughtful of you, Amos.
We owe great deal to our ancestors"
''You bet we do"
'Do you find the occupation pleas
ant?"
well, it gratifes my sense Of jus.
tice. 1t is duty rather than a pleas.
ure. You see, Howard, it's this way:
There were good many things that
noticed in myself before 1 came up
here from East Sangus. and I'd made
mp my mind to find out where got
them. mean things that inherited.
Take, for. instance, my red hair.
Perhaps you've forgotten how sensi-
tive used to be about that. There's
no telling the sufferings I've been
through on account of that hair. The
bow-legs weren't to be mentioned along
side of it. And the worst of it was
that nobody had ever heard of a red
headed Crosstree. Nor it wasn't re-
membered on my mothers side, either.
Well, the first thing l did up here was
to look back through the Crosstrees
for that hair. l asked every red-headed
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-14

ture. She generally begins well
and with a perfect sense of fair
ness, whatever contrary judgment
may be urged against her by song,
story and drama. She unquestionably
means well. But it is the son-in-law
(far less frequently the daughter-in-
law who postulates at the commence
ment that she means i'll. Her least
movements are watched. She gives
her daughter piece of advice, and il
is instantly resented. She hints that
she would like to see certain play in
the young couples company, and the
son-in-law promptly yawns She mur-
murs to her treasured ''Lucy" or "Fan-
ny" (whom she can't in a motherly
way "give up" because of passionate
and beautiful love that has lived on,
straight from the girls babyhood until
now, past her bridal-day) that this
special wrap is imprudently slight or
those boots arc imprudently thin, and
the son-in-law swiftly longs to make
the wrap slighter and the boots thin
ner. She tells herself meekly that
she will try to propitiate John" or
George" and speaks to him with
new note of kindness and courtesy in
her tones. He at once detects ''some-
thing strange" and informs his wife
that her mother is acting queerly,
assuming peculiar airs, and on the
verge of giving him some sort of odious
lecture. Naturally the lecture follows,
and then the son-in-law responds with
mighty groans of disgust. ''She says
snub her and treat her with disre-
spect!" he exclaims to his wife. What
does she want? The earth, the moon,
and all the other bodies of the solar
SYSTEM" A vague rumor of this re-
volt reaches the poor lady. She sue
cumbs, meekly wondering why she has
been SO misunderstood. She longs to
''mxke it right" with the son-in-law,
and watches her fortunate moment.
When it arrives, or when she thinks
that it has arrived, she puts forth deli
cate little aDtennae of Precipitation.
They are ruthlessly repelled. "How
subtle and satirical woman your
mother is!" now rings the son-in-law's
Il never could understand
her peculiar ways, but now 1 confess
that they battle me more than ever"
There are numerous cases land strict
veracity must cite them to her credit)
when the mother-in-law shows herself
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-14

secuted mothers-in-law The amount
of shameless abuse heaped on these
poor beings would amaze an expert
statistician Of social abuses In all nv
observation of men and women l have
never met with more distinct piece
Of impudent fallacy than that which
depicts the mother-in-law as usually
an ogress. We story-writers, be it re-
membered, must study life or per-
ish. And the more one studies the
mother-in-law the more one finds that
she has been heartlessly traduced She
is indeed, for the most part, vic.
tim of the son-in-law, who is him
self very often an insupporta BILE .crea-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-14

Little Henry's father and mother
wish him to be French scholar, and
knowing that a foreign language is
most readily acquired in childhood,
they have given him a French Cover
ness. with whom he is expected to talk
French. Henry gets along pretty well,
but is not vet to be mistaken for a ma.
tive Partisan. The other day he dis
covered that the barn was on fire He
ran into the house quite out Of breath.
80 mademoiselle," he exclaimed.
rushing into the schoolroom Il don't
know whether it's Ia feS or-e fen, but
anyhow there's big blaze in the
barn.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-14

a woman of spirit. She is not to be
treated as If she were q nonenity or a
domestic sharpshooter, lurking gnerril-
la like. at the border-land of her dear
child's household peace, and she says
SO with frank, indignant assertion.
Forthwith to the son-in-law her revolt
becomes the most vicious of scolding
assaults. What furious temper she
has!" the son-in-hw says to his wife
81 wonder. my dear, at your arniabi
ty, considering she brought you up
But kept my temper. merely smiled
now and then. in q kind OF tired way.
/ couldn't help remembering what
other men have told me about the can
tankerous qualities OF their mothers
in-law."
And 50 protest and appeal go for
nothing. In year, or longer,
the first grandciild comes The mother
in-law's heart yearRs toward IT, Ex-
perience and affection combine TO
make her its most valuab BILE friend. She
knows far more about the tyrannic
need and demands OF its pink-ard-
white little personality than the moth
er who has just brought It into the
world But every protective and whole
some idea that she proposes receives
from the son-in-law an arrogan. shrug.
If she hints peppermint she is de-
nounced as old-fashioned, and If she
makes the vaguest reference to sooth-
ing sirup. she is called antediluvian
She beams upon the child in its cradle,
and the son-in-law bites his beard and
furtively scowls at her. as though he
had secret convictions that her ewes
were petrifyine. like Medusa's; she
handles the child in her praciiced and
Adept arms. and. the sQ1-ia-.aw loola
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-14
In the Austrian Army.

The polyglot character of the Aus
trian army was abundantly shown the
other day when the ancient custom of
solemnly swearing in the recruits in
the presence of the troops was revived,
after having been discontinued since
1865. In Vienna alone the formula of
oath to the colors had to be admins
tered and read out in nine languages,
to-wit: German, Hungarian. Croatisn,
bohemian. Polish. Ruthenian, Rou-
msnian. Servian and Turkish, while
the religious part Of the ceremony was
conducted by Roman Catholic. Greek
Catholic and Greek orthodox priests.
Protestant pastors, Jewish rabbis and
Mahometan ulena.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-14
Something MisainE.

Huggins - Did your fancee's pres
ent please ysu7
Kissam-It was very fne. She made
II herself, but there seems to pe some.
thing missing.
Huggins-What?
Kissam-A diagram explaining is
use-Jndge-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-14
Kansas City Grain and Produce.

KANSAS CITY, Jan. 13.-Wheat lc lower:
No. hard, 5234c; No. 2 red, 81. Corn 4c lower
3ls4c. Oats unchanged: No. 2 mixed 2saaslsc;
No. white. 29a29lsc. Rye, steady; No. 2. Joc.
Flaxseed. irregular: 81 23al "A. Bran, firm:
5Sa60c. Hay steady; timothy. SS 00a9 80: prai-
RE, s. 5oa6 80 Butter steady: creamery, l9a
DC; dairy, 15al6c. Eggs very dull, 13c
Receipts-W Wheat, 5000 bushels; corn, 10000
bushels; oats, bushels. Shipments
Wheat, 1900 bushels; corn, 10000 bushels;
oats, bushels.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-14

s.Rpls-raiDdsaaess :. enc - he
chsrseter-sties sf the cC3oz~d p-sy., os
the et1T, esp sally these whs haTs
been sp n0FtA sEly a sAor, time. 70
was only the osass eay In /. hsxse rar
that tvro fairly gss<-losxlag ,eIar.s
girAs we're disenssisg taeir future pro%-
poets IL a vssy lsat sen@ o, vsse,. al.
tes,y ohlirisas 81 sse people "a 20
car
u he.b 20 gsine 20, married. szi5
Sne.
''fzss 'sp~s<a Ia
Fho. ysu sy.ss 10 get married
to-
coat hno~. sorse sne y@zns
sess sse. eaznes ssesag s-I4stt-r~s fos.