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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-24

Don't want soap, nor pictures" said
the hard faced woman TO the strange
young man at the door.
I'm not peddler, madam said
the stranger; my business is o. an en-
tirely different nature. Do you remem.
Der a weary, ragged and hungry tramp
calling at your kitchen door about a
week ago."
She didn't remember.
LET me refresh your memory; you
were dressed in an old morning wrap,
tied at the waist with string; your
front hair was in pins, and there was a
dark smudge across your nose She
turned to slam the door. but his foot
happened TO be in the way
You had rolling pin in one hand
ard kettle of hot water in the other,
with which you threatened to scald the
poor wayfarer-"
well, didn't scald him, anyhow.
You can't get any assault and battery
against me-"
Nothing of the sort was intended,
ma'am. ! merely wish TO let you know
that / was that supposed tramp. The
bundle that l carried on that occasion
was lightning camera, and ! have all
ready been offered ten shillings by a
neighbor of yours for the picture of
you | obtained: but il you want it Tor
rs. Cd. il is yours.
He effected the sale.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-24
NAPoLEoN's APPRENTICESHIP.
IL Was Ended at the Close of the Ioulof
Campaign.

at this point Bonaparte's apprentice
years may be said 20 have ended; be
was virtually the man he remained tn
tanned the national sensibility and al
enormous power OF endurance boti
physical and intellectual. together
with the logged persistence found N
the medieval Ccrsicans. He was d.
voted with primitive virtue to HE far.
iy and his people, but was willing "a
sacrifice the latter, at least, to his am
bition. His moral sense, having never
been developed by education. and.
worse than that, having been befogged
BY the extreme sensibility OF Rousseau
and by the chaos of the times which
that prophet mad brought TO pass. WAS
practically lacking. Neither the hos
tility of his father to religion nor his
OWN experience with the Jesuits could,
however, entirely eradicate a supersti-
ton which passed in mis- mind for faita.
Sometimes he was a scoffer. as mary
with weak convictions are: but in ges-
eral he had formal and outward re-
spect for the church.
narrow and one-sided; but his reading
and his authorship. in spite of their ST.
perficiai and desultory character, had
given him certain large and fairly def.
mite conceptions of history and pol
ftics. But his practical education!
What polishing and sharpening he
had had against the revolving world
moving many times faster then than IN
most ages. He was a master in the
art OF civil war, for he had been rot
merely an interested observer, but an
active participant in it during fire
years in two countries. The victim Of
wiles more secret than his own, he h;,d
grown most willy in diplomacy; an ara
bilious politician, his pulpy principles
were republican in their character 80
far as they had any tissue or firmness
His acquisitions in the science of war
were substantial and definite. Neither
martinez himself nor tolerant in any
way OF routine, ignorant in fact %
many hateful details. among others of
obedience, he yet rose far above traji.
ton or practice in his conception of
strategy. He was percertibly superior
to the world about him in almost every
aptitude, and particularly so in power
OF combination, in originality, and in
far-sightedness. He could neither
write nor spell correctly, but he was
skilled in all practical applications of
mathematics; town and country. NOUN
tains and plains. seas and rivers, were
all quantities in his equations. I'm
trustworthy of himself. ne strove to
arouse trust, faith and devotion in
those about him; and concealing sue
cessfully his own purpose, he read the
hearts OF others like an open book.
OF rure minded affection for either
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n,eraue, the passions born Of divergent
opinions, none can deny to him many
of the qualities Of a great general.
There are English critics, besides some
on this side of the great waters, who
deny to him what they are pleased to
term strategic potency" These writ
ers, however, are by no means united
among themselves as 10 what consti-
tutes strategy, therein in no wise diff
fering with others who discuss the
character and conduct of military
heroes. What might be properly
termed strategy under given condi-
tons would prove utter folly when the
environment changed. Gen. Grant
was given a problem to solve and he
accomplished his task along his own
lines. Others NAV have worked it out
more quickly along differen. lines, but
the fact remains that all others who
undertook it failed
A man OF calm courage, ineffably
collected under all conditions. he was at
ali times man of action. Whenever he
was present idleness and inaction were
impossible Appointed TO discipline
and drill the forces at Cairo,
he soon made his historic move
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ORDINANCE NO. 1924.
published April 24th. 1861

(fuplSNeI April -ttH. ANSof
An ordinance fixing the salaries OF GER
tain named city officers and repeal
ing ordinance No. less. relating 10
salaries of officers:
BE il ordained by the mayor and coun-
cilmen of the city of Wichita.
Section /. That from and after the
expiration OF the present term OF office
the salaries OF the city officers of the
city OF Wichita hereafter named shall
be as follows:
The salary OF the city treasurer shall
be six hundred dollars per annum.
payable in monthly installments OF
fifty dollars per month, at end OF each
month.
The salary OF the city engineer shall
be one thousand dollars per annum,
payable IN monthly installments OF
eighty-three and thirty-three and one
third hundredths dollars per month at
end OF each month.
The salary Of the city attorney shall
be one thousand dollars per annum.
payable in installments Of eighty-three
and thirty-three and one-third hun
dredths dollars at the end OF each
month.
The salary OF the city clerk shall be
enc thousand dollars $4,000 per an
num- payable in monthly instailmeuts
of eighty-three and thirty-three and
one-third hundredths dollars ut this
end of each month.
The salary OF the street commission
er shall be seven hundred and twenty
dollars per annum. payable in monthly
installments Of sixty dollars at the end
of each month. And in addition 60 said
salary the street commissioner shall be
allowed the sum OF one dollar per day
for the use OF a horse. buggy and har-
ness FOR the week days of the year:
said one dollar per day to be paid At
the end OF each month.
The salary OF the fire marshal shall
be one thousand dollars per annum.
payable in monthly installments OF
eighty-three and thirty-three and one
third hundredths dollars at the end of
each month.
Section 2. That Ordinance No. f03s.
published April 18th. 1891, relating 10
salaries be. ana the same is hereby re-
pealed.
Section 3. That this Ordinance be IN
force and take effect from and after
its publication In the Wichita Daily
Eagle.
Approved April 2sd. A. ID. 1895.
J.. NJ. cox. Mayor.
Attest: c. 6. SMITH.
City Clerk.
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MONIES ana nreSIucS. iT-uc. UranJ haC
the advantage of numbers, but it is
also true that he was at the disadvan-
tage, usually, OF acting on the offensive.
Gen. Grant realized at an early day
in the contest that the recUperative
powers of the south had their set limita
tions-that the southern armies could
not recruit new. men continuously, and
that its resources might he exhausted.
He recognized the fact that after each
heavy blow of battle the strength of
the south wared visibly, and like the
trained athlete ne followed up blow
with blow in quick succession. Con-
fession of these plain facts is no dis
credit to the people or the leaders OF
the section which was overcome. That
they made a skilled. energetic and
heroic attempt to establish their cause
a IN admittc1 fact Of history. which
is only strengthened by admission of
the sagacitv and skill of the general
through whose leadership final victory
was brought to the union arms. If he
was deficient in what Europeans term
strategy he was abundantly supplied
with strong common sense, an apt
appreciation of the energy. courage
and skill of his adversaries and an in
vincible tenacity of purpose in the exc
cution of his plans. He could not be
persuaded that the issue of single
battle determined the strength or
weakness OF an army, but with
tentative energy looked TO the cumula-
tive results OF many battles. The
Wilderness was, in his eyes. but
scene in the act OF the great war
drama. and he shifted il within week
for another great bloody presentation
so before Petersburg in the great final
act. day after dav the work OF slaugh
tering went on. while the enemy
steadily and surely grew less strong to
resist Hence it may almost be said
without exaggeration that his move
ments during the war presented an al
most continuous arrav of force against
force and a ccSnst:1It clangor OF death
dealing arms Finally he accepted
peace as the most blessed boon OF
common county and rejoiced that the
sound az war was heard 40 more mall
the land.
The time has not yet arrived 70 prep
erly estimate the military character
and work OF Gen. Grant. The events
in which lie 50 prominently figured ara
Of too recent cate. and too many Of
the movers IN them are nov living 70
expect that justice shah De dealt ont Ia
hiEa. His former foes are not likely
TO forget the magnanimoUs terms he
gave 10 Lee al Appomattox- nor his de-
tc-niHed purpose OF resistance Z their
behalf when misguided chief csecu-
tive soon afserwerf sought to SCI ASIDE
those conditions by srrestIlg aIE bring
ing 20 trial these To whom he had
pledged protection The subll---e and
pa .hesie manner q his dying contrib
uted 70 ile al.syiar Of much u The
feeling that had been cherished against
hiu- and TIC expressions Of kir.ily r.
gard and sympathy that poured IN -
slsG sunlight after q seaSn. a4-c-~,o j
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-24

e When you 20 through an Indian
camp you can see -ed and green sacks
standing against the sides Of the te-
pees. carried on the backs Of little
girls by means OF "A blanket which u
fastened al the vast with . bread
leather belt. or being rocked 20 and FRO
b. the wind "a the b0uzhs Of the cot
toayxood trees TEes~ sacks are In
dian cradle Sometimes. /: the camp
is gong CD long journey IN ssA-ch q
game Or for water. or 20 escape war
psrfv. two q these sack. are fastened
together BY stout straps and swung
oves re hack OF pony, one osoFling
on each side. Ike tac baskets OF pack
r1ule. But g . rue the hoTses are l@ft
for Ire rneE and boys % riGs, and he
papoosez are either carried ~ nc girls
o. packed away On -;Tarolse, wh!Ga
b the only wagon tie Indians Lava.
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PROUD OF THE DOG
He Aided the Police in QueIling Q
Terrible Riot
New IL . Prime Favorits Of the Popaiaes
OF Fairhaven. WASH, and Even the
Tough Element Respects

There is a DOG in Fairhaven, Wash,
that by resolution passed unanimously
BY the common council of that city Is
dinanees that apply to ordinary CANNES
so long as he shall live. He is not
handsome animal, and his name is not
Indicative of good breeding or respecta-
bility. They call him Hobo. and he has
but one eye. His left hind leg is almost
useless also. and his body covered with
the scars of many a conflict In some
spots the hair viii never grow again,
and his outside looks like an old fur
garment that has been the home Of
moths. But his heart is right and he
has retained the respect of the entire
community ever since the labor strike
up in the Puget Sound country three or
four years ago.
Nobody knows where he came from,
says the Chicago Record. They say
that he drifted in with the tide of hui
mainly that flowed that way when
everything was prosperous Nor has
anyone claimed ownership. He lived
In the street until he became famous,
and since then he has made his home
at police headquarters, where he is
treated with the greatest consideration.
There is no dog in all the country that
has more friends than he, and his be-
havior is such as to indicate that he
wants to keep them. During the labor
troubles there was a narrow escape
from riot. Several thousand railway
'laborers of all nationalities, crazed with
drink and passion, threatened to loot
and burn the town. and they gathered
in one OF the principal streets 10 listen
ito incendiary takers who advised them
to do so. The leader of the mob was n
worthless, drunken fellow who had
never done an honest days labor in his
life so far as anyone knew, but had
gift of CAB, and spent most of his time
making speeches to the strikers and
stirring them up to mischief.
1t was he who promised 10 lead them
in the destruction of the city. The
chief of police was brave fellow, and
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careful training in one of the best mil
itary schools of the age. where, if his
scholarship was not brilliant, he GER
,tainly excelled in all the qualities that
combine to make good soldier. Later
he took creditable part in the Next
can campaign, following which he rem
dered efficient service as an officer in
the trying frontier service. He resigned
from the army finally, not because he
wearied of soldierly duty, but for the
reason that the routine life in times Of
peace afforded no opportunities for the
display OF the martial spirit that SO
prominently stamped his character.
The life at Galena was merely an ep-
isode In his career. brief season of fit
full resting, out of which he gladly
emerged to enter upon a work that was
destined to be crowned with immortal
ity of fame.
Whatever may be said of his admins
tration as civic ruler, and it should
not be forgotten that time softens the
asperities of political strife as well as
Il subdues, if it does not altogether OBJ
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Ehe acha nairu Eagle aaeduesay Hlornine apr "a 1895

to Virginia, there resulted greatest
possible activity, not only where he
commanded in person but also in the
western campaigns. whose directions
were in all cases dictated BY him.
1t mas frequently been charged that
Gen. Grant did not show proper regard
for human life, in that his battles in
variably were stamped by great slaugh-
ter This implication he himself brushed
aside with the explanation that all war
is bloody and that that general is the
best friend OF peace who hastens it to
its end. He further stated that the
commander who hesitated to dislodge
an enemy from desired point because
it might demand the sacrifice of life
scarcely deserved TO win a victory. War
was to him the sure road TO lasting
peace, and he sought by every means
In his power to make the journey
short one. 1t was his fixed conclusion
that the briefest war showed the few
est casualties and the least amount OF
human suffering.
Common fairness should suggest the
injustice of comparing Grants cam
paigns with the memorable ones OF
Europe. for the plain reason that the
conditions of the former were utterly
dissimilar to those Of the. latter Ours
was civil war. OF vast proportions,
which brought into requisition every
possible energy of all the sections OF
the country. There was very good
reason why the contest should not be
protracted indefinitely, and in this
Grant was leenly alive to the situation.
1t is SANDER against brave and noble
people to underestimate the beset-
Inents of the commander of the union
forces. BY common consent there was
fair reason for honest difference as to
the right of a state to secede from the
union. Unquestionably the south
maintained the secession view with en-
thusiasm. Her people were thoroughly
united, courageous and fred with pa
triotic determination to resist all in
vasion and coercion. to the shedding OF
the last drop of blood. The leaders of
the southern armies were experienced
soldiers, thoroughly equipped for their
stations and well qualified to inspire
conidence and obedience in their fol-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-24
Rock Island and Pacific Railway New
Train spryis~

Commencing April 9Th Oh. Great
Rock Island viii run through two solid
trains between Kansas City and Fort
Worth daily. Train 3 leaving Kansas
City at s. 40 p. IN. and Wichita at t.zz
a. m. arriving at Fort Worth at 90 D.
III. In time 70 make connections with
all diverging lines for all points in
Texas. This train viii carry a through
sleeper 10 san Antonio. Texas. zlH1
through sleeper 20 Houston. Arriving
At San Antonio the next morning az
zs. making the run In - hours. IL
hours quicker than any other line. Ar
irving at Houston at 5-S5 the following
morning. making TIE run Ia IS hours
Train number ] leaves Wichita at ~
y. m, arrives az Fort worth the Dert
morning at 10. making direct coEnrc-
tiOus for all Pacific coast points. slsc
for Houston. Dallas. Galveston snd
New Orleans For further Information
call at ROCK Island ticket ofScs. coyn-e
Main and Douglas. J. II. PHILLIPS.
lss-if City Ticket Agent
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MIsuke of Hnrsn Power.

Nearly twenty years ago two broth
ers purchased each a team of Canadian
ponies for work upon their farms: they
were as nearly alike as two teams could
be. and under the same management
would nave lived and done service an
equal length of time One brother al
ways drove rapidly and would
reach his home-f0ur miles distant
from the railrOad-in fifteen or twenty
minutes less than mis- brother.a.though
he lived quarter OF mile beyond his
brothers house. The other brother
never urged MS horses off a walk i: he
had load on II the horses chose TO
trot down the lower slope OF a hill be
would allow them 70 90 50 In guiding
them he s.rove 70 avoid all stones,
heavy rl:s and bits Of X nd u seemed
10 De his constant aim 10 husband tbe
resources Of his team The result was
that after tvselve years OF constant
use. tbe slOv and careful driver still
had the same team. and a good team
too Meanwhile the other brother had
had eight different horses and spent
over Zine hundred dollars IN borss-
Ee,h-Dumb Animals
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when none of the patrolmen dared go
into the crowd and arrest the agitator
he decided TO do so himself. He forced
his way through mob Of more than
three thousand men, grabbed the
drunken orator by the collar, jerked
him off drygoods box from which he
was speaking and said: Come along
with me-" A thousand fists were
clenched, thousand revolvers were
drawn, a thousand men had stones or
bricks or clubs in their hands, and the
uervy policeman stood alone among
them. Bot he chung to the collar of
his prisoner and tried to drag him
along. Then came a scene of indie
scribable excitement A rufian arose
before the chief of police and ordered
him to release the orator. and when he
declined started TO attack him. just
then huge dog seemed TO spring out
of the earth No one noticed him be-
fore, and no one saw where he came
from. Providence sent him TO dispense
that mob and he did il. With q roar
like that of wild beast he sprang at
the throat of the rufilan who was inter
fering with the chief Of police and
fastened his fangs IN his flesh. There
were a tremendous outcTy and con-
fusion. Everybody ran from the POI
liceman TO release the ru1ian from the
dog for the two were rolling over and
over in the street, covered with blood
and dust. This enabled the officer 10
slip the crowd with his prisoner and
tip him into a hack, which drove has
thy away before they were missed
The man was finally released from
the dog, but not until he was so badly
bitten that he had TO be taken 20 the
hospital, and with many kicks and cuffs
and bruises from clubs and stones the
enterprising brute managed TO get out
of the crowd. But the diversion broke
up the mob and drove out Of their
minds al thought Of arson and plumber,
and they did not stop talking about
the incident for several days
II was a good illustration Of the
peculiarities Of human nature thu, the
mob gave the dog more sympathy than
they offered 70 the man. and from that
day there vas nothing too good for
him. They tried 70 teach hizn 20 drink
whisky and beer, bat he a. vars re-
fused, and, vhile.he accepted the s:ten- /
tons Of the ''toughs7 with dignity. he I
kept his distance and remained with I
the lzw-and-order party 10 the end
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men o2 women he hao SO far SHOWN
only little, and had experienced in
return even less; but nc had studied
the arts Of gallantry, and understood
the leverage of social forces To these
capacities, some embryonic, some per-
fectly formed. add the fact that he was
now a cosmopolitan, and there will be
outline, relief, and color to his char
acter. Il an in that frame of mind,
he said OF himself bout this time, ''in
which men are on the eve OF battle,
with persistent conviction that since
death is imminent in the end, TO be TN
easy is folly. Everything makes me-
brave death and destiny; and if this
goes on, l shall in the end, my friend,
no longer turn when a carriage passes.
Ny reason is sometimes astonished at
all this; but il is the effect produced on
me by the moral spectacle OF this land
Zee pays-ci. not patriel. and by the habit
of running risks" This is the power
and the temper of 4 man of whom an
Intimate and confidential friend pre-
dicted that he would never stop short
until he had mounted either the throne
or the scafoid.-Prof. ". NJ. Sloane. ia
feuTrTf-y
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ORDINANCE NO. 1895.

published April 9th, 1887
An ordinance to confer upon the city
engineer additional duties now en-
Joined on such city engineer:
BE it ordained by the mayor and coun-
ciimen Of the city of Wichita:
Section /. That in addition to the
duties of city engineer, now provided
by law, ordinance or resolution, such
city engineer, shall from and after
June 9th, 1895. have fun charge and
supervision over the city sewers in
said city Of Wichita and shall see after,
flushing said sewers, cleaning out man
holes, oversee making connections
with the sewer and all disconnections
with the same, keep proper record of
all connections, keep the sewers in re-
pair when and wherever needed. and
generally do and perfom all such work
and labor as heretofore performed by
and enJoined upon the sewer inspector
OF said city.
Section :. That this ordinance shall
take effect and he in force from and
after ;ts publication in the Wichita
Daily Eagle.
Approved April Odd. 1895.
L. NJ. cox, Mayor.
Attest: c. s. SMITH,
City Clerk
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Do Non know


That The Santa Fe route (St Louis and
San Francisco railway is positively
the only line running two daily through
passenger trains from Wichita to st
Louis, without change. leaving WIGHT
"a a 1910 a. m. and 1885 q. m. a-riy-
Ing in st. Louis az $50 2. IN. and $50 a.
III Tie equipment q these trains is
first class III every particular. Consist
ing Of elegant reclining chair cars (seats
fTeel and Pullman Palace Drawing
Room Sleepe-s.
II you are going beyond St. Louis re-
member that connection with all line,
Cor the east, northeast and southeast is
made in the magnificent new Grand
Union station. St Louis. she largest and
handsomest passenger station In the
world.
For sleeping car berths and all ;ufo-.
nation relative TO rates. routes. etc
can AT Santa Re Route ticket Office -
North Main street. or Douglas Avenue
station G5s-tf