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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-12
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Office Boy-Doctor, you know that
prescription you gave Old Mr.. Lanks
last night? Well, he took it this morn
ing and died in five minutes.
DIR. New Tin disgust)-Ar-r-r-r! That
is Just the way luck runs against a
struggling young physician! Old
Lanlxs babe fair to be good reliable
patient for years to come. BY George!
/ believe I'll try to get elected coroner.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-12

There is no more beautiful attribute
than Faith; none stronger. And the
hypocrite who counterfeits Faith will
pay an awful penalty. And the pen
atty imposed viii be the lasting repu-
tation of hypocrite.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-12

With a stupendOus grasp of COM
prehension, the Kansas legislature
already appears to have decided that.
outside OF mileage and per diem, there
is, after all, little use for legislature.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-12

The prime requisite for a college pro-
feSsor at present appears 10 be a capac-
lily for writing arguments against
football. and at the same time allowing
the students to play it as much as they
want IN
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-12

The PrOhibi6onists will fight a con-
stitutiOnal convention. The Prohi-
bitionists will fight anything. They
are antagonistic TO everything, includ-
ing their own welfare.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-12

According to EskridGe of Emporia,
the reason that the Prohibitionists
were hurt over the Baker banquet was
that they didn't have to sneak to get
d drink.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-12
A Difficult Task.

$50 you are mind reader, are you?
said a very smart young man to an
adept at that species of mystery.
YES"
Indeed. Then read mine"
"Why didn't you bring it with your"
Detroit Free Press.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-12

They may not appreciate it, but
the Republicans all over the country
are just waiting for the Democrats
TO get out of congress in order TO
find fault with the Republicans
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-12

The Gaylord Herald launches this
threat out in the world: Bring us
more local items, or we will have to
I'll the paper up with poetry"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-12

1t is remarked by the Washington
Post that the thermometer dropped
down within hailing distance Of the
Democratic vote in November.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-12

Lieutenant Governor Troutman turn
ed his glass upside down at the Leaven-
worth banquet, and the Banquet went
right along as if nothing had happened.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-12

An insane Populist has already be-
gun TO write open letters to Lucien
Baker. But Populistic open letter
is acceptable if it insures Populistic
closed mouth.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-12

Next the Kansas legislature will
tackle profanity and provide deporta'
ton for q crossword.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-12
For the Eagle.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
February II, 1909.

AS, fortress-like, upon a wave-lashed
shore,
There rises, loftily, a rocky spur,
Resistant to the fury of the sea,
So rose this adamantine character,
When beat the surges of internal war,
Invincible in his integrity.
MARY z. NJ. RICHARDSON.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-12

That numerous gentleman named
Mr.. Constituent, is looking towards
Topeka with an expression that is just
about as scornful as it is weary.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-12

Du Maurier once offered the plot of
Trilby TO Novelist James and James
had too much sense to accept it
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-12

If there is plenty Of rain and plenty
of sunshine Kansas will set up the
golden grain standard next fail.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-12

Max O'Ren says: when 1 visited
America the first time heard a great
deal about the unmanageable surplus
see now that you have managed il"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-12

Adelina Patti in a letter TO the press
last week, speaks of 1.-THE late Rem
enyi." Not by long shot. Remenyi is
still on earth
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-12

The temperature on the sun is 10000
degrees Farenheit This may do for
the summer months, but it ought to
be increased in winter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-12

If Jerry Simpson wants to know how
he is regarded by the public now, let
him look at Waite And, by the way,
what has become of Waite*
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-12

What subtle touch with the future
has Bill Hackney? He got out Of the
state fully two months before the leg
islature prohibited poker.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-12

If the Kansas legislature wants to
do something practicable let them pro-
vide for a course in plumbing in the
Kansas public schools.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-12

The Emporia Gazette is willing to
make an even bet that the Cubbison
gambling law will not work.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-12

The country presented its valentine
to the present congress last November.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-12

Legislatures are necessary of course.
How else could the boarding houses
at Topeka make both ends meet!
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-12

Sweet are the uses Of adversely.
Bring on some pickles of prosperity.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-12

Irl Hicks, the brute, says that the
worst winter weather is yet to come.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-12

Next month the Republicans will
try to arbitrate between Grover CleVe-
land and the American people.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-12

What a howl there is in Kansas be-
cause winter turned out to be winter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-12

--Abyssinia was the land OF the
Abassins or mixed raceA"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-12

Only 400 Europeans are to be founo
in the immense population of 10000
souls. if we exclude the Eurasians who
occupy the No Mans Land, OF the Dor
ders of black and white This hybrid
race presents insoluble difficulties to
the political economist Craving for
the social recognition denied to CON-
munity which originated IN the vices
of the early European colonists, and
scorned alike By the pure-blooded
nations of east and wes. the
sins OF the fathers seem visit
ed upon the yellow children OF
this degenerate stock unto the
third and fourth generation By q
curious freak of nature, the Eurasiau
of Portuguese descent sinks step By
step in the scale of color until he be-
comes OF darker hue than the Hindu OF
unblemished race. and the hybrid
Goanese of the present day combine
distinctively European features with
Skin o. total blackpss> The unnA-.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-12

The kansas City legislature is still
in session in Topeka.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-12
Brandreth's Pills

are purely vegetable; safe anS
eEc-.:vs remedy for young and Cd
The Somerset reporter., 1895-12-10

When Lucien De Hem saw his last
bank note rakcd in by the croupier and
rose from the roulette table where he
had just lost the remains of his little
fortune, he felt as If the earth was spin
ming and as if he could not hold him
self mp.
Completely upset, he threw himself
down upon the leather covered settee
which extended around the room For
few moments he looked vaguely
had wasted the best years of his life,
realized that he was hopelesSly ruined,
REM mbered that commode held pts
tol with which his father, General De
Hem, then only captain, had used Sc
we'll at the attack ON Zaatcha; then,
overcome by fatigue, he fell into a deeL
sleep.
When no awoke, he judged, after
CHANGING at the clock, that he had slept
scarcely half an hour, and he felt an
imperious desire to breathe the fresh
night air The hand Of the clock showed
'iiht ~ W dh u quarter " -,
Rising and stretching out his arms,
Lucien suddenly remembered that it
WAS Christmas eve, and as if i'll irony
his memory carried him back to the
days of his childhood, and he saw him
self putting his shoes by the fireplace
before going to bed.
just at this moment old Dronski, IA
deyotee of the gambling table, came up
to Lucien mumbling something behind
his dirty gray beard.
Lend me francs, sir | have not
stirred from here for two days and i'll
that two days the ~ has not come up.
Laugh or not. as you please, but | would
give my hand if tonight at midnight
that number does not win. y
Lucien De Ham shrugged his shout
ders. He did not have enough in his
pockets to make the contribution which
the inmates of the place styled the
Polander's 100 sous" He went into the
cloakroom, put ON his wraps and de-
scended the staircase with feveIish
agility. During the four hours that
Lucien had been in the place it had
showed steadily, and the streets were
white. The ruined gambler shivered
under his furs and walked quickly
along. His steps were soon arrested by
a pitiable spectacle.
On stone fence covered with snow,
which, according to the ancient custom,
stood before the opening of hotel a
little girl q or wears old scarcelv COW
cred by ragged, black dress, was sit
ting. She had fallen asleep in spite of
the bitter cold in an attitude of fatigue
and abandonment, and her poor little
head and delicate shoulders were bent
in an angle in the wall and rested
against the icy stone. One of the sabots
the child wore had slipped off her foot
and was lying in front of her.
With mechanical gesture Lucien De
The Somerset reporter., 1895-12-10
General Miles.

A member Of various social organiZa-
tions, General Miles yet takes much
more pleasure III home than in club life
He has the happy art of making strong
and loyal friends He has always enjoy
ed outdoor sports and athletic exercises
and did not miss, you may be sure, be
ing at the America cup races i'll Sep
TENDER. He is fond of horseback riding
and appears TO great advantage mount
ed, but has come to prefer the bicycle
and III his daily spins on the wheel has
daughter or his son, lad about to enter
his teens, is often his companion. He
likes to have pet animals about him, es-
pecially good dogs, land his pets, " as
a friend once said, "are the pets of the
whole family.
In manner the general is quiet and
self controlled, but none the less affable
and courteous, and it has been remarked
that he never refuses to see anybody who
calls upon him. Perhaps it is u system
attic method in routine work, with a
habit of beginning as soon as possible
whatever has to be done, that gives him
this abundant leisure for visitors. The
members of his family have access to his
library in his working hours and never
seem to disturb him. He is free from
Alterations and presents no eccentrici-
ties or angularities with which to point
q character sketch. "--George E. Pond
in McClure's Magazine.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-12-10

Shortest Knockout l ever saw, said a
balldlng inspector. Eight, nine, ten
out - said the referee.
They took him back to the dressing
room and sat him on a chair His eyes
opened, AID he rose to his feet.
Iii say, hisn't hit time Hi was goin
to III ring? he queried.
There was IA smoker.
No, you re through for the night, "
grinned his second
"W'at: Ave III been boxin?"
mo, son - cockney! T'othel
mug been boxm"
IVY: Nat's 'appened? Wat ave
Hi been doin:'
"Ah, e'Wm Yea We been doin clog
dance an Suue ground an lofty tum-
bin, groWled his second. The English
man looked around him in dazed, un-
certain way and mechanically took the
money-,ho ser's end--which was
handed to him Then he dressed and
went out into The night, shaking his
head and thinking many things. Chi
cago News.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-12-10
HIS 100000 BANK ACCOUNT.
What Happened When a Capitalist Su
denly Met His Banks Paying Teller.

What Happened When a Capitalist Sud
denly Met His Banks Paying Teller.
A paying teller of down town bank
tells an interesting story of Cuban OK
perience Of his. II shall never forget, y
he said, chow | nearly sent man into
fits one day last winter, all because
met him unexpectedly.
~ had been planning little jaunt
down to Cuba for some time. As it was
doubtful when | should be able to get
away from the bank | said nothing about
Ii to my friends or the banks customers
I had been instrumental i'll getting "A
good sized account for the bank-one of
those 100000 ones that are hard to
pick up nowadays and worth quite "A
good deal of money to us. | knew the
head of this concern, and, in fact, had
got the account through him. He told
us when he gave it to us that he was in
q hurry to get it fixed satisfactorily be.
cause he was about to go to Cuba.
AS soon as | was able to get away |
sailed for Havana. | staid in the island
nearly month, having a most delight
full time and keeping one eye open for
my friend of our new account. | was
just about ready to start for home when
met him, quito by chance, i'll one of
The Somerset reporter., 1895-12-10

An old fishWite, enc Of The order that
was moro frequently seen dozen years
ago than today, and who runs about
barele2ged III very lref tartan petit
coat, with creel ii fish upon her shout
ders, had been often promised ly an ally
i'll the servants hall that she should
some time see the young duchess in her
own home. She WAS therefore posted
one day i'll Il distant corner of the hall,
from which she looked ont in Obvious
discomfort as the lady and her guests
filed III to dinner When the dining
room door had closed behind them, she
was asked what she thought of the
duchess
1.-The duchess" she repeated in the
shrill tones Of supreme disdain. "Dinna
ye try for to make NE believe my ain
Teddy was there. / saw muckle Draw
wives trlcked out in shining stones and
feathers, each with her mon by her side,
but my bonnie duchess waspa' wi them.
Ma, ma, dinna ye try for to max me be-
lieve that. -
1t then transpired that she was look
ing out for a tall, willowy form, clad
III simple homespun, with a sailor hat
poised lightly en- dainty head, such as
she saw when she trudged to the rear Of
the castle with her creel. and that she
would not have the tiara and satin train
at any cost. - Madame
The Somerset reporter., 1895-12-10
DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS OUT.
The Surprise Which Struck an English Pu
gilist In Chicago.

He was Observation-Disclosures least he
said he could fight at 1873 pounds al
though he looked as heavy and clumsy
as Sussex pig. He hadn't been over
the water very long, and His his We're
omitted and inserted ON system that
left no doubt Of his origin and ancestry.
The fighting game Vt very good
in Chicago when he arrived and he had
to cool his heels in idlcness until his
eyes had keen, inquiring look and
some Of the surplus beef began to disap-
pear from around his waist band.
One night he managed to hypnotic
saloon keeper who frequently brings off
little affairs Of the kind the English
man wanted, and the boniface agreed to
get him go. - IL seemed quite long
time To the Briton, but match was
finally arranged. He and French Cana
dian gentleman of some little fame were
to furnish the wind up at the next
Monday nIght's carnival Of the Cormo-
rant club.
The hours never went so slowly AZ
they did during the week that the Eng
lishman waited for the night that was
to bring him glory and a settlement Of
his board bill, Al last the fateful even
ing came, and the man from across the
sea HE'D HIM to the saloon where in
big back room the mill was to be de-
cided.
He stood up in the center of the ring
and bowed gracefully as a seasick ele-
plant The L lister of ceremonies bel
lowed, Mr.. Bill Lambkin of Birming-
ham, England, and then, "Mr. Henri
Pijette of Montreal E" Somebody hit
gong, and the carnival was under way.
The Englishman swung his right
aloft, but it never landed. There was a
duck, swirling fist flying upward. The
man from Birmingham sprang straight
up into the air as if lifted by dyna-
mite explosion. Then he fell and lay
very quiet on the padded floor.
Lovely uppercut, said as alderman.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-12-10

Astronomer Pickering of the Howard
observatory at Arequipa, Peru, has late
ly been making some interesting OBJ
servations relative to the presence Of
water on the moon. A writer, quoting
from bulletin of the French Astronom j..
ical society, says that over 30 narrow
ravines on the moon S surface have been
catalogued, and these are all regarded
as beds of rivers from their resemblance
to terrestrial water courses. There is no
reason to suppose that these formations
contain water at the present time, but
the observer argues that the presence of
certain degree of humidity on the sur
face of the great satellite seems proba-
BILE. The observer affirms that no other
satisfactory explanation than the exist
ence Of water or a partially thawed fro
zen region can account for the dark
patches in the various craters or Gre
vases. That vegetation exists is not vet
The Somerset reporter., 1895-12-10

the Havana shops When he saw Inc he
jumped back about five feet, rs If he
had been shot from out of gun.
God bless my soul-you here? he
said. Why, wha-t?' He seemed struck
all in a heap. You here? Good heav-
ensP | had to laugh, and laugh hard at
that, for | knew what was troubling
him. He was thinking of that 800, 600
balance, and worrying about it-a little
You see. as | was the paying teller of
the bank, the thought naturally flashed
through his mind that | had skipped
with the banks funds and "a large slice
of his hundred thousand.
"Of course, as soon as he saw me
laugh and his excitement had cooled
down a little he began to see the fun of
the thing and that he and the bank were
safe, after all, We found out we were
going home Oh the same steamer and
ten minutes later we walked over to the
American consuls office together and
got our passports vised. And we had a
jolly time of it back on the boat. -
New York World.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-12-10
and she did not awaken.

and she did not awaken.
How soundly one sleeps at her age -
He pressed her against his chest to
warm her, and seized with a vague anx-
iety he was about to kiss her on her eyes
to awaken her. Then he saw with ter
ror that they were half open, and that
they were set and CHASTITY. A horrible
suspicion crossed his brain. He put his
mouth close to the child's. No breath
came out
While Lucien was winning fortune
with the gold louis stolen from the
child she had died died with cold.
Choking with anguish Lucien tried to
cry out, and i'll the effort be aroused
from his nightmare and found himself
lying on the settee in the clubroom,
whore he had dropped asleep shortly be.
fore midnight, and where the porter,
the last to leave i'll the morning, had
left him undisturbed, out of sympathy
for his misfortune.
The December morn shone through
the frosty panes. Lucien went out,
pawned his watch, took bath, ate his
office, where he enlisted as private i'll
the First regiment Of African chasseurs
Today Lucen De Hem is il lieutenant
He has only his salary to live upon, but
it is sufficient as he is prudent anG
never touches "A card 1t seems that b.
even saves something. A few days az
comrade who followed him distano
in the steep streets of La kasbah saw
him give aims to a little Spanish girl
sleeping in IL doorway and had the in
discretion to see just how much he had
given to poverty. He was much sur
prised at the poor lieutc 'ut's gener.
osity.
Lucien De Hem had placed gold
louis in the girls hand --Omaha World
Herald.
DIDN'T kNrNN HE WAS nIIT
The Somerset reporter., 1895-12-10
Finding n Verdict.

A Texas paper says that i'll one of the
earliest tria's before colored jury il
Texas the IL gentlemen We're told by
the judge to retire and find the YER
dict. " They went into the jury room,
whence the opening and shutting of
doors and other sounds Of unusual COM
motion were presently heard. At last
the jury came back into court, when the
foreman announced: 1--WE hab looked
ever 'whar, Judge for dat verdict--in de
drawers and behind de doahs, but it
ain nowhar i'll dat blessed ROOM y
The Somerset reporter., 1895-12-10
THE PINK WILD ROSE.
An old log house in the pasture stands,

An old log house in the pasture stands,
Shattered forsaken and brown,
1t X windows gone, its broken door
And its doorstep tumhlrd down,
But u spirit fingers n"al Tho spot
With a sweet old time reposc,
For III the tangled MASS, round about
Blossoms the pink Wild rose.
| gather Il bunch Of the fragrant flowers,
And a picture seems t. rise.
| stand in the past hundred years
And see meath the sunset skies
The housewife stand BY hcr spinning wheel
Telling at twilight close.
An old brown jar on the window sill
Il filled with the pink wild rose.
The husband sits on the doorstep there,
With the childron playing n,ar,
And then time marches with silent tread
Till it passes year by year,
And the old log house, deserted is
a prey 10 the rams and SHOWS,
While the only voice of the days gone BY
Is the voice Of the pink wild rosc.
Florence Josephine Boyce
The Somerset reporter., 1895-12-10
The Most Curious Known Animal

The most peculiar and remarkable
animal in the world is the Ornithoryn-
chus paradoxus, the famed esg laying
mammal of Australia. 1t ia shaped like
an otter, has fur like beaver, Is web
footed like a swan, has bill like u
duck and Il tail like that of fox 1t is
the only known fur covered creature
that lays eggs. a corresponding oddly
among feathcred bipeds would be bird
that brought forth its young alive st.
Louis Republic.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-12-10

The volcanic island of Tanna, one of
the New Hebrides group, has been for
many years in II constant state OF erup-
tim, emitting column of fire by night
and smoke by day, which is clearly
seen at II great distance. Such is the
certainty with which this flame appears
that vessels in the vicinity are instruct
ed by their sailing directions to look ont
for it just as they would do were it an
ordinary lightf
The Somerset reporter., 1895-12-10
WHY {?
W2ICLy3IVsJ-f9sI1,S%-cCCS5
(yselD-<n1t<oscA3.Sslryst1'C-ea
A CYNICAL SUMMARY.

This world Is but fleeting show,
And little joy he CLEANS
Who curiously undertakes
To look behind the scenes.
II is not what the play7r does
That in the long run tells
In rounding out his baseball fame,
But what the umpire yells.
Tho fleetest racer sometimes fails
The victory to claim;
TITS not the horse that gets in first,
But the one the judges name.
And 80 it Is with all success
That human life may see;
TITS not the man that counts, but what
Tho man is thought to be.
Washington Star
The Somerset reporter., 1895-12-10
OF ANY STORE IN THE KENNEBE(

U in held AUCTION SALE of ten
evenings enable buy later styles for
trade goods lower figure than befC
~ oueny can give customers better bargains.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-12-10

demonstrated, but the observers regard
such "A discovery as by no means unlike
ly.-Reyue Scientifique.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-12-10

The attachments of mere mirth are
but the shadows of that true friendship
of which the sincere affections of the
heart - ".-"oa Burton.