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The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19

A young Vireinian in frocks b,d been
sco!ded by his grandfather for taking pre-
serves from the dining room closet with
out permission. The cid lady, with much
iInpreSsiveDess Of tone, told the little fell
low that it was wicked to take things
without asking for them, ard that al
though he might have thought there was
nobody near him when he took the pre-
serves God was really watching him and
keeping an account of his actions. The
boy looked solemn and made no comment
on the lecture. Later his mother saw him
standing near the back porch in an atti-
tude denoting meditation. The household
dog, big Newfoundland. was romping
near him He was not in a mood to play
and walked away from the dog, which
followed him. He turned, shook chubby
finger at the dog and exclaimed:
go way, Jack. It's bad 'nough to
have bod follering ne aroun, let alone
you. New York Sun.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19
ghc ea1ieha pay gaoe Tnesda orin gebruary IT, 1898

dozen, and one terrapin, when properly
cooked, viii make about three plates. 50
that the cost of dish Of stewed terrariu
must necessarily range from 81 to $3 so,
and whatever Is charged above these fg.
ures represents the profit. Many a man
who smacks his lips over the terrapin be
gets in restaurant doesn't know the diff
ference between that and . mud turtle,
which latter, / dare say, he often getA
Terrapin Is one of the articles In our busi-
ness which is an all the year round luxury
0Yd
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19
About the Fourth Finger.

The wedding ring is almost invariably
placed on the fourth finger of the left
hand and all because many centuries ago
the Egyptians believed that certain small
artery proceeded directly from the heart to
the termination Of that digit. In the AT
tick Nights" we read: The motion of this
artery may be felt by touching this finger
to the pulse, it being an index in cases Of
Gckness, or where persons are weary or
everlabored, always informing when the
heart is overburdened or offended" Far
ther on in the same article he says: "This
finger really hath gout on account of the
sympathy and neighborhood it hath with
the heart. 1t is the first finger that q new
born babe is able to move, and the last Of
which the dying man ioseth control. 1t is
also the one last TO swell when the vital
heat is abating in one that is passing
oyern
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19

In the old Spanish-American days in the
southwest marriage was matter in which
the contracting parties had little to say,
the question of choice and fitness being
settled by the parents of the couple. That
practice has fallen so mnch out of date in
the present generation that it sounds odd
to read now in published account Of a
recent marriage at Guadalupita, y. NJ, in
which a Mexican of IS years welded .
senorita of 16 years, that the compeDsa-
tion he was called upon to make for tbs
difference in their respective ages was set
tied at 80 varas Of land, an adobe house
and five apple trees, presumably paid to
her parents.-New York Sun.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19
ToPEkA,s CROCODILE TEARS

From the Lawrence Journal.
Certain Topeka papers are indignant
because Hughes was not appointed
adjutant general. and the Journal
wants TO say TO them and TO the state
just what was the matter.
While we do not know what Cover
nor MorrilrS intentions may have been
it is 4 fact that the people of Topeka
demanded that Hughes be not ap-
pointed, and virtually made his ap-
pointment impossible Why: Be
cause the Populists of the senate de-
ciared if he was appointed they would
tie up the capital appropriations.
The turning down of Hughes was
the price demanded by the Populist
senators for their vote for the capital
appropriation. The citizens Of To-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

All the tramps in the territory at pres
ent are travelling south.
There isn't negro in Blackwell. and
yet the town has trouble with chicken
thieves.
Oklahoma are rapidly improving in ap-
pearance.
Bishop Meerschaert will lecture in
Newkirk in March on ''The Church and
the Bible.''
The FL Reno Eagle says that the Ok
lahoma climate has gone to Italy to
| recuperate.
The house has passed the historical
collection bill and the senate is said TO
be all right.
Several people in Oklahoma are going
around with clubs hunting for the back
bone Of winter.
Arapahoe and vicinity are having nice
hot scrap all to themselves over the ques-
ton of free range.
AS soon as the legislature adjourns the
county offices of Logan will be moved
into the University building.
If horses get much lower in price it
will not be possible to send a man to the
penitentiary for stealing one.
The city campaigns have already begun
to sizzle throughout Oklahoma. The
hottest one will be at FL Reno.
The sweet girl graduate has already
read her essay out in Beaver county.
School doesn't last long that far west.
At the Millionaire clubs masquerade
at Enid the other night no one had the
audacity to take the part of a millionaire.
There is never day that Grant county
does not give an admiring glance in the
direction of Guthrie and "Shoestring"
Smith.
candy-pulling at Enid was post
poned the other night on account of
the weather. This is the first case of the
kind on record.
During the recent editorial associa-
ton meeting it is said there was not a
drunken man seen in Perry all day long.
And most of the editors were able to see.
The track where the head-end wreck
occurred Saturday night, south of Guthrie
is said to have the sharpest curves on
the Santa Fe road outside the noun
tains.
The editor Of the Cross Resident roasts
John Seaton, the Kansas statesman, be-
cause Seaton once picked up cigar stub
which Lincoln threw away, and pre-
served IT.
An Alva man hunted five days for q
reward he was to get if he found an
owls gizzard. He caught an owl at
last, and discovered that owls are car
nivorous and do not have gizzards-
Guthrie Capital: When st. John of
first made his appearance
in the house he had two buttons on the
back of his coat. Now he has none.
This seems to be the case with most of
the members. What has become of the
buttons?
The Yukon Weekly is responsible for the
following: A darkey appeared at the
window of the cashier at an Oklahoma
City bank and made an application to
borrow small sum of money. He said:
Il don't in gineral buy on credit, but at
dis particular conjunction 1 would like
10 get a little resistance on thirty days
return"
Amarillo Northwest: Bob Keene of
N. NJ, held up a stage driver
near Amarillo the other day, OBTAINING
him about a quarter of an hour. Keene
snt a particularly bad man and did not
want to rob anybody, but he had been
drinking and wanted to have some fun
with the driver. And now he will have
20 go to Dallas to answer to a charge of
the United States mail, and
won't feel near so funny when he gets
through with the job.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19
TOUGH ON IMMIGRATION.

The Kansas City Gazette, in editor
tally referring to the conflicting emo
tions which snapt the link connect
ing the heart and gray matter of him
who presides over the ambitions and
destiny Of the Eagle on reading his
OWN garbled review Of a sermon, adds
on St Valentines Eve, we said of the
young Romans that at their mid-Feb-
ruarW festival they 'clad their bodies,
but not their heads, arms and legs
with goat skins and run through
Rome" but bodies was most in
decorOusly printed 'ladies."
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19
Gum Chewing.

The visible working Of the jaws In chew
ing gum is no, pleasant sight, and ths'
is exasperates sensitive people beyond
measure is not unnatural A Buffalo
coachmsn lost good position the other
day because hewould persist in chewing
gum on the box while driving The sever
est criticism leveled az certain regiments
Of the Massachusetts, national guard st q
recent inspection was that many priEates
and some officers ohewed gum on parade.
The only persons who really ought TO ee
allowed 70 chew gum are pciioe1aen, on
night service only. and members OF foot
bail teams in actual coaaict-BuSalo alo
Commercial
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19
no ANTHONY AND HupsoN.

There are a few prominent Republi-
cans in Kansas, editors and statesmen.
who owe it to their party 10 read Up
on the money question. They are not
abreast the spirit of the people They
are Il would rather be right than to
be president kind of men. The
trouble with them they are not right,
neither have they any show of being
presidents. Among the number we
just now recall are ]. X. Hudson, state
printer, and George T. Anthony, in
surance commissioner. Neither of
them is Il banker, nor will either OF
them ever operate a mint. probably;
nevertheless they are inclined TO tinker
with public opinion and to mold where
they can't coin. The financial doctrine
which they preach not only will not go
| down, but such doctrines are not up
+, to the silver standard of the under
standing of the enlightened masses.
Their single standard of gold is too
limited and circumscribed TO meet
the eXigencies of enlarged opportun-
tiles, or TO equal the necessities of the
multiplying and ever increasing
chances to get there. Besides in Il
single idea based on the money mong-
pinches, including the one that makes
tramps and causes strikes. commonly
known as the pinch of poverty. The
biggest trap of all history has been
set 1t is of the dead-fall variety.
loaded down with gold and the pres
sure on its trigger is about up to the
danger point. The president is pull
ing. When it comes down there will
be found under it the worst fiattened
out lot of victims, and more of them,
than were ever caught in Il single
snap before, and they will be found To
be in all probability, the goldbugs. If
not them, then it will be all Of the
great majority with all their interests
and concerns. Joseph l.. and George
L. are two Kansas Republicans who
have been fooling with that trigger,
Also one of them an eX-greenbacker,
and we are not certain but that the /
other had strong leaningS in that di-
rection. At least in those days they |
both SWore by each other in every
thing. Now as they both are a part !
of the same Republican administration 1
we beg of them, for the sake of their !
party, to read up. For Major j. X.
we would recommend COINS Finan-
cial School, as q primer starter. EX- |
Governor George might commence /
with the open letter to John Sherman,
found in the current number of the
Arena. The one is a statement of
facts, the other Of conclusions. There
are other Republican leaders in Kan
sas, including editors, who might do
the patriotic thing by simply opening
their eyes and catching on. If Wall
street is right and that right triumphs,
then goodbye all the social, all the
political and all the industrial condi-
ti6ns which have been characteristic
Of America for the past one hundred
years, and all hail the coming days
Of the ''head and tall from which the
body and soul of things will have been
eliminated
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19

Il doubs II there are a hundred first
class judge Of terrapin in the United
States, = remarked a well known dealer in
game ana dsh- Il know this because tie
clubs, restaurants and hotels Use vas;
quantities Of Texas. Florida and ether
common rsrrapin and ser.e them rs ho,s
fde diamond hacks TIE finest cisrnCDd
backs xsnSa in xs-iea fsns- $40 = s. . =
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19
G-fiIu~ PiS Roy.

Every man has his price in England. as
b shown by an advertisement that sp-
peared recently in a newspaper, which
read: a beautiful boy for adoption Gen
tleman going abroad. Would give his boy
20 lady or gentleman for the sum Of $500. "
The Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
to Children Investigated the matter and
found that farmer who had lost lis wife
and intended 10 enierste was actually Try
ing TO dispose OF his child Cincinnati.
EnofIirep
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19

A Michigan professor has tried 2
new scheme in hypnotiSm. He hyp-
notices some one and then has \
piece played on a piano in his hear
Ing. 1t is said that the hpnotized in.
dividual viii feel, not hear the notes.
and viii enact every motive that in
snired the composer 10 write il.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19

A great truth it is that European
stockholders in American raiiv,a,-s
are unloading their holdings simplv
because there has been so much dis
honesty in railroad management II
takes hard times to prove the policy
of honesty.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19

Senator Martin of Kansas. is said
TO nave a chance Of getting the Mexi-
can ministerShip, but it is the same
chance that bubble has in keg of
nails rolling down hill.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19

The beauty about all this monetary
discussion is that occasionally a man
viii realize the force and yiror of
phrases that he has been using for
years without knowing that they were
fOrcibla
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19

George Washington did not want to
tel Il lie, of course, but why didn't
he say that he cut down the cherry
tree for fear some one might eat the
cherries and get a pit in his veriform
appendix.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19

Leavenworth should not have put
VINE on the table at that banquet.
1t only makes our Legislature fretfuI
because it cannot elect a United States
senator every other week.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19
Not Rare.

''Are you used to serving roast beef
rare'" said a lady who was endeavoring
TO learn whether she suited the new cook.
mo, ma'am," was the loftily spoken re-
ply. up to me prisint imr.oyment Olive
been used to serving IL frequent. Wash
ington Star
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19

peka demanded of Governor Morrill,
that he pay that price.
Hughes was slaughtered by his
friends and in the house of his friends.
If blame there is, it certainly does
not rest upon Governor Morrill,, and
Topeka is the last who has a right
to criticize the appointement.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19

1t is only justice to say that a great
many settlers who have been roasting
Grover Cleveland did not know ut the
time that the ministership of Mexico
was going TO be vacant
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19

Observation-Disclosures are now paying
$50 barrel for -four They have just
had Democratic administration up
there and panic.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19

Eskwhat-a-wa, brother Of the orator
Tecumseh, was prophet among the north
west Indians. He had a hideous couDte-
nance, with one Cyclopean eye, which ex-
erted fatal fascination over MS followers.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19

Germany in providing for an inter
national monetary conference should
also stipulate that England shall run
lt-that Is if Germany wants the con.
ference TO be success.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19

Russell Sage stored away ST.
cOo,0O0 in gold last week to wait for
premium. But the goldbugs will
break their necks just the same.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19

The free silver advocates are get
ting worked up to u pitch where
they want to relegate gold to the
dentist and the jeweler exclusively.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19

With gold at a premium Wilson
should rush for England at once and
congratulate her.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19

Wall street is said TO be locking I'D
Its gold tight. II gold goes to a
premium, Wall street will of course
be surprised and pained-in n horn.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19

A New York paper quotes that ''God
made the country and man the town ~
And the devil must have been the
architect of Wall street.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19

Pugilist Corbett is down with the
grip, and the grip did not have TO
go into training to do it either.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19

People are getting so familiar with
Napoleon Bonaparte that they are get
ting TO call him Boney.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19

people are in sore need, that the party
soon to be in power are on trial and
will be held responsible for results.
S. z. JOCELYN.
Wichita, Kan. Feb. II, 1895.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19

1t may be monometallism with the
"mono" meaning silver.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19

Gold is at a premium of y per cent
on Wall street, and the rest OF the
world still moves.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19

Men who have just S4,001, and do
not want to pay an income tax, should
drop the extra amount in the contribu-
tion box next Sunday.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19

The steamships are said to be carry
ing great many people to Europe
Probably it is the original Cleveland
men trying TO escape.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19

People in debt are beginning to dis
cover that their notes read: payable
in gold.'
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19

With gold going to a premium Cleve:
land will write more than one letter
TO congress.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19

1t is about time for Miss Pollard
to write another letter to the world
reminding it that it should forget
her forever.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19

The young crowd" of Kansas is
very much inclined to get out its com
pass and find its longitude and lati-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19

1t is a wonder that England hasn't
had the cheek to try to make the Elbe
owners pay for the damage TO the
Craithie.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19

Bill Doolin informs his friends that
his health is broken. He should con-
graduate himself that it is not his
neck
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19

An Oklahoma exchange announces
that local company viii play Shakes
peare's great tragedy "McBeth."
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19

Thomas keene is now trying to play
Hamlet, and the rendition is said TO
have a pathos about it that Shakes
peare never dreamed.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19

With gold creeping to premium the
Almighty dollar wants to be all mighty
careful.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19

Jay Gould was worth SS1 100000
when he died. But he wouldn't be
worth that today if he were living.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19

The veterans in Oklahoma want no
special legislation. The veteran is in
a majority in Oklahoma and he can
do as he chooses.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19

The Douglas house would like very
much see the portcullis Craze Marmlon
MorrilFS whiskers.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19

VIII the New Woman last: And if
not, can the New Woman be re-
newed.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-19

Next fall at Kansas fairs pumpkins
will be at premium.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1895-06-22
NOTICE.
cHATTEL MORTG ,CE SALE
First Publication June s.

FIRST fuDllcdtlOn June >.
Notice is hereby given that by virtue
OF chattel mortgage. dated on the 10Th
day OF April. 1895. and duly filed in the
Office of the county clerk of Lancaster
county. Nebraska, On the 10Th day Of
April, 1895, and executed by j. T.. Howe
to Nj. l.. Thomas TO secure the payment
Of the sum OF $500 and upon which
there is now due the sum Of $3.50.
Default having having been made in
the payment OF said sum and no suit
or other proceedings at law having
been instituted to recover said debt or
any part thereof, therefore | will sell
the property therein dercribed to-wit:
One oak roll top desk, one oak ice
chest, two eight foot maple birdseye
show cases. three counters eighteen
feet in all. ten feet If shelving. one
square oak card table. one square
black walnut card table. one four gallon
water cooler, eight high back chairs
four Of them cane seat and four wood
seat, one six foot rustic oak seat, one
soft coal heater rounu sheet iron drum
six electric light burners and all other
furniture and fixtures belonging to
said j. f.. Howe and kept at number
ITO north 18th street at the time said
mortgage was executed, at public
auction at number 1877 o street in the
city OF Lincoln, Lancaster county.
Nebraska on the 18th day Of June,
1895 at one o'clock p NJ. Of said day.
NJ. L. Thomas, mortgage.
Bye. s. Rainbolt. his attorney.
June 22
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1895-06-22
June

Of the condition that it shall not be an
nulled or broken except by an act OF
God.
That il society, so called, adopts its
use because its good form" commends
it, it should be prepared to accept with
it all that it expresses, and thus help
the church to lift the institution OF
marriage itself, on which the family life
is based. to the highest plane Of moral
beauty and excellence. At any rate it
is difficult to conceive how a man and
woman, understanding all that this
ceremony expresses, can fail to find in il
at the very beginning Of their new
relation az husband and wife. an in
centive to lead a sober, righteous, and
godly life To use it merely for the
purpose OF being in the fashion, is TO
play with divine institution. and to
degrade the estate to which it is the
introduction.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-11-27
.41@42c
CLOSING QUOTATIONS..
Articles of incorporation.

The following articles of incorporation
office:
The Blanchard Company. Principal
place of business, San Francisco. Capt.
Henry BohIs, Henry Mohr. Charles
Nonneman, Henry kirchmann, Fred
erick Hopper of San francisco, and ID.
Tiedemann of Alameda as directors.
The Golden Belt Fruit Company.
Principal place OF business, Fullerton.
Capital stock, $1,000, with w. f. Bots
ford, L. w. Phelps and j. B. Toombs of
Los Angeles, William Crowther and w.
NJ. gladden. of Placentia, +. X. Buck
ley and w. l.. Hale OF Fullerton as d.
reCtors.
The Stockton Land Association. Princi-
pal place Of business. San Francisco.
Capital stock, 100000. with Herman
Kohlberg, NJ. Israel, William Wolf and
David Saltield OF San Francisco and John
ID. Gall OF Stockton as directors.
The Painter-Cornell Company. Princi-
pal place of business, San Francisco.
Capital stock, $4,000, with Walter NJ.
Painter, Edgar Painter, Jerome B.
Painter and Il. d. Harrison of Alameda
and w. +. Clark of San Francisco as
directors.
The Pacific Beach Mining and Dredg-
ing Company. Principal place of BUSH
ness, Los Angeles. Capital stock, 81 ,000.-
600, with Anthony McNally, Thomas j.
Mccarthy, Thomas J. Darmody, ID. A.
Moriarity, J. E. Lane, II. F. Parker and
George d. Blake of Los Angeles as di-
rectors.
The California Northern Land Com
pany. Principal place of business, San
Francisco. Capital stock, 100000, with
Sol Wangenheim, Simon Newman. Juda
Newman, E. Rochat and j. Fred Schling-
man of San Francisco as directors.
The Gridley Canning Company. Prin-
cipsl place OF business. Gridley. Capital
stock, $50, 900, with J. Ross Trainer, Geo.
w. Harvey, S. c. Trayner of Marysville
and f. f. Biggs and T. ]. Long OF Grid
ley as directors.