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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-19

An Original Mind That Was Grez. In
Getting Ed of Rats

John kernsll, the well known comedian.
eslls a story that might very we'll be true.
RI never forget" said John in the
deep bass that is familiar 10 all fun loving
playgoers, "a kind of dramatic situation
in real life that occurred AZ Steve Brodios
place on the Bowe-y one night while Wa
In New York rehearsing.
We'll. while we were sitting in the liz
tie back room listening to the pianist a
stout looking old man came in and began
milkman from HObokep and the maddest
man in America
This is why I'm SORE he said Il
own nice little house, which / left IN
charge Of an Irish hired girl while my
wife and / were in Chicago. One day a
man came and asked the girl il there were
any rats in the house He said h Was a
rat killer by trade and would guarantee
10 rid the house of any number Of rats.
We'd never had any rats in the place, and
the girl told him so. He loitered around
awhile and then went away In a wee K
the house was alive with rats The man
called again and offered TO remove them
for $40. Tho girl wrote me simply that
the place was full of rats, and that the rst
killer would destroy them for $40. L sent
her the ten. the man came with - dog and
made bluif at Staying the rats, and she
gave him the money. She's never seen
him since, and I've never seen him Mt all
Our house is now hotel for rats 1 tell
you, gentlemen, If l could only lay my
hands on that rat mani
The HOboken man took big drink q.
whisky, and we changed the subject.
Presently in came aS hard looking
bum as / ever saw. He ordered whisky
and looked around at Us. Brodie knew
him and asked. What are you doing for q
living now. Muegsys'
"Nawtin, said the bum. Il don't have
TO work. I'm rich. played a new gag
dis summer. i went over into New Jersey
and stocked houses with rats and den went
back and made bluff 10 clean EN- out for
So Some places / got ten. Der was one
jay OF a milkman in Hoboken'-
He never got any further. The Hobo
ken man was at him with a wild yell, and
tire buns whisky glass struck the ceiling
For three minutes we could see nothing of
the milkman or the bum but q confused
mass of clothes, legs and arms rolling on
the floor. When the milkman was through,
he dragged the bum To the door, dropped
him out on the sidewalk, strutted up e.
the bar with his clothes in disorder and
cried out:
Have one with me, gentlemen Lice
worth living after all. Make it wine, bar
keepr '-Philadelphia Times.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-19
Their IAIRPlNS.
While One Girl Had a Unique Coiffurs
With One, Another Needed y Dozen.

Talking of bairdressing brings TO mind
hairpins. There is no one point on which
the average woman will be more crank
than in the matter of hairpins. Some
want them straight, some like the crinkly
Kind; one demands she'll, another silver.
one will keep up a mass of hair with n
few pins; another demands a full dozen
for single tiny knot.
A party Of college girls-were recently
relaxing their minds by talking over
''hair," and In moment Of confidence
each one pulled from her head its stock
of hairpins and laid them in a heap on
the table for inspection. After all the
stories of the ornamental pins had been
told, including one thrilling yarn Of how
a certain ivory dagger was saved from be-
ing confscated by one Of those young
men who like To make collections Of such
property for sdorning their bachelor ap-
partments, girl spread out II steel hair-
pins, each with peculiar twist in IL, and
electrified the company by remsrking:
There's unique collection I've worn
those pins for over IS months and now
should be worse than lost If one should
get mislaid. l know where every pin
goes. They are like the parts Of n machine
10 the working Of the whole Of which there
Is an important share contributed by
each. "
This was interesting, but IL didn't as
tODish so much as the las. contribution Of
all coming from little girl with a curly
mop of hair, apparently arranged in most
elaborate fashion She pulled out a sin-
gle tiny pin about two inches long shook
her head so the curIs fell on her shoulders
and remarked:
There's my all--the keystone 10 the
whole structure. Truly there are more
things in a womans headdress than are
dreamed Of by the ODservsr.-Pbilsdelph
Press
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-19
PEANUT IS DOOMED
4 MERCHANT SAYS THAT IS ONE Os
THE THINGS DONE BY THE WAR.
An Enormous Increase In the Peanut
Crop Due to the Old Soldiers-A Steady
Demand, No Longer Limited to Fourth
of July and Circus Days.

Il don't suppose there are many people
who know that the ever popular peanut
came originally TO this country with the
first cargo of slaves that landed on our
shores, said dealer in nuts and fruits,
but such is the interesting fact. The
peanut is a native of Africa, and in its
wild state is as full of oil almost as fat
possum. Cultivation and change of soil
have greatly reduced its oleaginous quail
ity, although the nuts raised in North Car
olina secrete enough oil yet TO make them
in demand in France, where they combine
with their African progenitor and cotton
seed TO make great deal of the olive oil
we find in our restaurants and groceries
And / don'e believe there are many
people outside of those who have il who
ever heard of the peanut habit. You don't
like raw peanuts, do you, / thought not
No one does until he acquires the habit,
and then he wants his raw peanuts just as
regular as he wants his tobacco, provided
he cbews or smokes, and if he has the
peanut habit the chances are he is not
tobacco chewer. The funny part of the
peanut habit is that it prevails only among
veterans of the late war who served either
lima. These are the states where the bulk
OF the peanut crop is grown.
Perhaps you can remember how things
were before the war. II you can't, will
tell you that the peanut then was chiefly a
holiday luxury TO the great mass of people
in this country. The day when the circus
was in town, or when the county fair was
showing its pumpkins and four minute
horse trotS, or when the great and glori-
Gus Fourth of July had come around
again, were about the only occasions when
the popular yearning for the peanut was
in any measure satisfied On these mem
orable occasions the nut was shucked and
masticated until it couldn't rest. 1t was
only in the towns and large villages that
the favored few could have peanuts with
them always. Before the war there wasn't
a peanut roaster in the whole country out
side of the big towns and cities, and the
rural dealers bought their stock already
roasted and delivered to them in big,
coarse bags. Today every crossroads from
Maine to California has its peanut stand
and its Wheeling steam roaster and the
great American nut has no better stand
ing on circus day or Fourth of July than
it has on any ordinary day of the year, ex-
cept that there is greater concentration OF
energy as to its shucking and chewing on
these red letter DAYS
Now, then, a large proportion of the
soldiers who went to Virginia, Tennessee
and North Carolina were from the rural
districts of the north. SO when they got
among the peanut patches they were
metaphorically speaking, right in clover
At first they roasted at their campfires the
peanuts they pulled from the patches, but
it wasn't long before they not only &C
quired taste for them raw, but actually
preferred them that way. The result was
that the bows discovered after awhile that
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!. l. NJ. Cox, mayor Of the city Of
Wichita. Kan, by virtue of the power
vested in me by law, DO hereby make
proclamation TO the qualified electors
al said city of Wichita, that there will
he held on Tuesday, the Ind day Of
April, A. -. 1895. an election for the
purpose Of electing the following Of
1icers tOWot.
\ mayor in place of L. NJ. Cox, term
expires.
term expires.
\ city attorney in place Of r. r. Yer
million, term expires
4 city treasurer in place Of George
w. Adams. term expires.
one member of the council from each
ward and one member of the board of
education from the First. Second.
Third. Fouth and Fifth wards, and
two members from the Sixth ward.
Done at Wichita. Kan. the 10th day
OF March 1885. l. NJ. cox, Mayor.
Attest: c. 5. SMITH. City Clerk.
1
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unoer the management OF Mr.. Burns, an
accommodating gentleman of the eau
casian race.
This is great sponge depot, and those
who do not sponge living on land do
it at sea. The sponges are not SO good as
those which come from the Mediterra-
mean sea, but do very we'll, especially in
pugilistic circles, where they are found
to be very suitable for throwing up at
the close of the fight.
The Nassau dog is worthy of fast
deoaying community. He may be ever
SO proud and ambitious when he arrives
here, but he soon gets up later and later
in the morning, begins to postpone till
tomorrow that which should be done to-
day, does those things which he ought
not to have done and leaves undone
those things which he ought to have
done, and there is absolutely no health
In him
He has corrugated back and con-
cave stomach. He has insomnia and
heas when no man pursueth.
He makes good watchdog in some
eases. He will watch your dinner till
you get out of sight and then eat it him
self
Nassau was once the home of enter
prising pirates. They are not so enter
prising now. Years ago they gave one a
chance for his life. Now ''Chuck me a
penny, boss is the general cry.
The climate here is very fine, but you
must beware of it if you ever hope TO
grow up and be IA good man. 1t is Sc
duotive TO the last degree and robs one
of his ambition as the poppy of the orr
ent, bluDting the senses and stealing
over the better impulses for progress
like a ruinous drug. You say on your
arrival. Il will go at once and get my
luggage from the wharf" If by even
ing 1T has not come, you ask at the Of
fee and let it go at that. By and by
you say, well, I'm going home in
couple of weeks, and I'll let it remain
there at the dock, so that it will be
handy"
The Nassau hog is trifie more mea-
ger than that of Florida You can read
long primer type through a Florida hog,
but here you may read nonpareil through
this one. In fact, think that he rather
magnifies the letters trifie. Some use
the Nassau hog in cases of weak vision.
We have just visited the phosphores-
cent lake. 1t was very dark night, and
every ripple sent forth brilliant blue
fame. Our boat disturbed thousands Of
fish, each one leaving a track like a
rocket as he got away from our boat.
carried cane and stirred up a phos-
phorescent display that would enable
one to read the Nassau Guardian through
in three minutes. l think that this lake
is the most remarkable thing about.Nas-
sau.
We had swimmer native accom- ,
panying the boat-and the whole body
was outlined in fire. / never saw any
thing like it in my life. Stirred by a
wild burst OF generosity, 1 opened my
heart and gave her large English cop
per as we babe her goodby.
This is no joke. She was cute little
darky girl who swan like a porpoise
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-19
DO You Know

That Che Santa Fe route est Louis and
san Francisco railway is positively
the only line running two daily through
passenger trains from Wichita to ST.
Louis, without change, leaving Wichi-
"a az 1910 a. m. and 1885 u. m. arriy-
Ing in st Louis at ESQ p. n. and $50 a.
III. The equipment Of these trains is
first class in every particular. consist
ing of elegant reclining chair cars tseats
free} and Pullman Palace Drawing
Room SleCDcrs
II you are going beyond st. Louis re-
member that connection with all lines
tor the east. northeast and southeast is
made il the magnificent new Grand
Union station. St Louis. she largest and
handSUmest passenger station in the
world.
For sleeping car berths and all infor-
NATION relative TO rates. routes. etc
call at Santa Fe Route ticket office. IS
North Main street, or Douglas Avenue
station. G5e-tf
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Homesoekers' and Land Excursions Via the
Missouri PACIFIC RaIIMnX

on February Il. the Missouri Pacific
railway company viii sell tickets to
Lake Charles, La, to all points in Ar
kansas and Texas to Colorado, Utah,
Wyoming. Idaho (east of and includ-
5ng Market Lake and WeiselD to Dem
ing. New Mexico and to Phoenix. and
Prescott, AriZ., at rate of one fare plus
81 for the round trip. On March ),
and April ?, same rates viii be made
TO all points in Arkansas. Texas and
10 Lake Charles, La. Tickets Will be
limited TO twenty days after day Of
sale. Stop-over granted ct all points
south of CoffeyVille. Wherever tick
cts read over foreign lines stop-overs
viii be governed by local conditions of
lines over which tickets read For fur
1her particulars cali on or address
T.. +. BLECKLEY
L. and r A ia North Main
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they hankered after their peanuts pretty
nearly as much as they did for their to-
bacco, and after they got home they
brought the longing with them. What
has been the consequence? The demand
for peanuts increased so much Immediate
" after the war that the crop didn't begin
TO supply il. Wide awake farmers saw the
point and garden patches where peanuts
had been grown for nobody knew how
long were abandoned for broad fields,
which were planted with the popular nut,
and today Virginia. Tennessee and North
Carolina are growing something Ike
5000 900 bushels of peanuts year, re-
suit due almost entirely 10 the civil war
and the contracting Of the peanut habit
by the soldiers of both armies.
Naturally the returned soldiers loud
call for peanuts soon placed the nut within
their reach, and that Of the rural popula-
ton to the further limit of Way Back, and
the nut ceased forever 10 be simply a holt
day luxury. The floor Of the backwoods
grocery is now Uttered nightly with the
shucks Of peanuts hot from a revolving
rooster as thicl.ly as il ever was on the
Fourth of July In the olden time, and the
old soldier can get his supply OF raw pea
nuts at Way Back Corners Just "a fresh
and regular almost as If he were still on
the old camp ground, yanking tho nuts
from their native soil.
while the Virginia peanuts are the
best. their popularity was threatened a
couple Of years ago Consumers began 20
complain OF their having peculiarly dis
agreeable taste and smell, and they did
too What caused this was a mystery 70
the trade for long time. Finally II was
learned that sometimes the shells OK
growing crop are CiscolOrcd bv prolonged
spell of wet weather. and. as one thing
that recommends the Virginia peanut as
a favori;e in the market j. it, clean. white
glistening she'll. q process Of cleaning the
damaged crop was invented In IL certain
chemicals were used that impregneted the
meat Of the nut while cleaning the shell
When this was discovered. the artificial
cleansing q peanut shells was disCon-
tirued until the difficulty in the process
could be rernedied. which has been done.
Norfolk i tia greatest peanut cen
ter IL the world about 7 0c0, 900 bush
els being handled there during the year
II is pretty sight 20 80 a peanut pIaDta-
ton when the vines arr n blossom The
blossoms ara a bright yellow and ;he vInes
a vivid green. No. the Eut doc not grow
from the blossom. 4 coon a. the blossom
appears. though. a lne branch forms on
the vine and shoots down into tie ground
The pas. a. the nuts are called Oh TIE
plantations. form on the shoot beneath tie
ground Ike potatoes. When the crop i
gathered in October the vines sre plo"e1
up. and the nuts hang - their rro-s-
WINS and all are piled n cocks IN TIE
feId. and IN 20 DAYS the nuts are r1zsdy .
=. puIiea q. placeLl IN bags and taken %
the fsc-orios. There they ar cleansed ~
dirt ASSORTED into different grsdes and
uo.f-he5 in revolving cyIinds-s- when they
an res.dv for The consumer whether he -
fF.- old solder wiki til cCnhrrosa PEANUT
hshi- - ti.e love- q The nuf sinokinz h0i
finn ~. rr.--s- New Yc-k sun
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and cut ~ IA tne waller ike everything.
/ asked her what she would take to
come to America and act IN my house
hold rs French maid. She said that she
did not care to go TO America, where
people did nothing but follow industrial
pursuits.
The colored people of Nassau are di-
vided into Cd males, who do nothing,
and (2) females, who see that future gen
erations shall grow up to take the bust
ness off their hands.
With them Incidence is an inheritance
and industry a nightmare. Tomorrow Is
their day for doing everything, and the
tomorrow they refer to has never yet
been foaled.
The thermometer yesterday was down
to OF, which is the coolest Cor so years.
and some of the colored people had to
put ON an extra potato sack to keep
warm. None of them wears shoes, with
rara exceptions, and saw middle aged
person selling tomatoes one day who
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-19

Will to Dunmore town, a little hamlet
on Harbor island, and were met by all
the inhabitants, who asked me to lee
ture.
As we approached the island we could
See the tall cocoanut trees waving in
the soft February breeze, temperature
like June at the north. Mr.. Jacques got
q piazza full of cocoanuts when we
landed, and all for 25 cents. We had a
big native cut the ends off these green
nuts, and we drank the juice. There is
as much difference between a cocoanut
just off the tree and one that has been
plucked several months as there is be-
tween the new laid country egg and the
dramatic or stage egg.
do not like the grocery store cocoa
nut nor the desiccated truck which IS
sometimes sprinkled over frosted cake,
but a iuicv green nut lust off the tree IS
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AxA AW
Ii EIf PiAre-

Tommy" said Nj Fig ste-nly. Il
hung a motto in your room 70 the eject
that little boys should be seen and noa
heard "
Yes, sir
Il find that il has DISAPPEARED -
Yes sir
What did you DO with II
"I-Itock /. down 70 the def and dumb
o-pban ASsInrn -IndianspoIis Journal
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Cnanro orTrme on ui,sour, ,,,..n.

Commencing Sunday. Nov. -. a new
time card Will 80 Into effect. The most
Important change Will BE- III train No. 454
winch Low leaves Wichita for the east AZ
q clock y, IN. This train Will leave Wich
TIA Nov - at ll:45 a. m. arriving al -
Jonis next morning ut ESQ. II will make
direct connections ut Yates Center with
the through Hot Springs train from Kan
SIS City. arriving at Little Rock next
morning at o'clock and Hot Springs a,
ti;io a. m. Other changes in the time
card VIII be shown III local time card IN
TINS paper
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Notice,
NOTICE.
TREASIrRY DEP

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Office of Comptroller Of the Currency.
Washington, ID. c., Jan. 10. 1885.
Notice is hereby given to all persons
who may have claims against "lhe
Wichita National bank of Wichita"
Kansas. the same mutt be presented to
w N Ewing. receiver. with the legal
proof thereof. Within three months
from this date, or they may be diSal-
lowed. JAMES II. ECKLES,
Comptroller of the Currency.
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REMEMBER THE MISSOURI PA
CTFIC RAILWAY COMPANY

T
is the only line that runs strictly
Wichita Kansas City train. Leaving
ichita at 9.05 p. m. arriving at Kan
SaS City next morning at 100 This
train is made UP at Wichita. and there
fore always leaves on time. Nice
CHAIR ears and Pullman sleepers.
Notice the leaving time and the next
time you 20 To- Kansas city take the
Missouri Pacific. Always on time
Never late. Fine equipment. Leaves
Nichita at q reasonable hour and ar
TiVes at Kansas City neither too late
nor too early. Ticket office III North
Main street. Depot corner Second and
~ iChila StreetS.
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HOMESEEKERS EECI-RSTOHS

SANTA - ROI-TE

On March .. and April >. the Santa
r. houte VIII sell tickets 10 Lake
Charles. La. and - all points in 7'e>-9s
except Il Paso) At one fare pllis 3
for the round "trip. ticket limited ~
days from date Of sale For further
particulars call at City Ticket Offca
1aS North Main street. or Douglas avenue,
station iAGG X CARSON.
City Ticker Asarlts
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IleEait ~eclin.ms. chair cars on all Trains AMI
Pullman s'eepers from Wichita "a Kansas City aud
chicago wiiho 1T change night trains. Tickets
sold and has Iage checked through to all points
north. south. east and wess. aid steamship tickets
sold To all European points at lowest rates. Ctv
.ckei Office lB0 East Douglas avenue, corner Main
street. passenger station corner Douglas and 5iead
ayenuvs. Telephone 1873.
III. PHILutPs Ticket Agent
/ 80. SEBASTIAN u a & A.. Chicago. H.
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wore nothing bat wooden leg and
lock of chastened melancholy. 4 shark
had met him nine years ago in the har-
Dor while on his way 10 lunch-the
shark, I mean-and had participated
about IS worth. considering the darky
10 be worth SO.
This l. true.
Also some other things which have
said in this letter. Next week / viii
show up the joys Of a winter in the Ba-
hamaS
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Hack Line.

Exchange stables at Orlando and Still
water, We make a speciality of carry
ing passengers between these points.
Travelling mems patronage solicited.
SHINELY, VANWYCk & SHIVELY.
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Registration Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the regis
ilation books of the city of wichita
will be closed on March % at O'Clock
y. m, and remain closed until after
TIE elction to be held April ?
94-I3t c. S. SMITH, City Clerk.
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Fresh Buitermilk

You can get your prescriptions filled
at Waliace's drug store at any time OF
,be dav or night. 69-tf
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ADVICE TO MOT HERS.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
should alyaws be used for children
1eething. 1t soothes the child, coftens
the gums. aliays all pain, cures wind
collie. and is the best remedy for
diaTrhoea. Twenty-Five cents a bot
1le. Used by millions of mothers.
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Registrafion Notice.

Wichita. March Z. 1895.
Notice is hereby given that the books
for the registration of voters will here
after be kept open till 6 o'clock p. m.
March -, 1895. {. :. SMITH.
dg6 12t City Clerk,
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Registration Notice.

The registration books of the city
will be open for registration of voters
until p. m. on Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday evenings, closing at s
p. m Friday. c. S. SMITH.
Cjty Clerk
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-19

All the standard medicines, surgical
appliances and toilet requisites at wal.
Iace's drug store. oJ-u
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The registration books for the Third
precinct Of the First ward will be
opened at the corner of Lawrence and
Lincoln Tuesday, March 10. from i
TO p. IN. c. S. SMITH.
City Clerk.
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JuI>oN says he doesn't see why there
should be any objection 70 women entering
the legal profession. Don't YOU see that
nine cut u every ten married men know
very well that her word Is law. - Buffalo
Courier
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Election Proclamation.

For sale every day at Lewelling
Creamery, l20 North Market street.
Il.
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WIS. make ycu ;hink that t.its4 VII
nerer look fsTo-shIy @ GTeorse s1its
Booause her parents s5se8> ~ h4shiy o'
kf-r Wash31sson STAR
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Seeds of all kinds at w. T. Plcketts,
iI9 West Douglas o'-u