The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-09-20

ting Me hear from you all You all will
gratefully Oblige Me Yours Resp
"Branchville Pc S CO
I was about to say that the last SEN
tence was rather striking, but as the
letter is all one sentence, sort of life
sentence, Will leave the remark un-
made.
Under the heading of "Curiosities Of
Literature" the following, Just taken
from the columns of a neighboring
paper, might be amusing and instruct
i've:
"MR EDIroR-Will 20 pleas to an
nounce thrue your columns by the ap-
pointment of the Sunday School con-
the county and the Different Sunday
Schools to Git on a uniformity of Books
& l am devoting my best Energies to
the caus Of vocal music and more Es-
pecially church music. ] Behave all
most Every One can learn to Sing and 1
beleave that Every one Should do so.
certainly all christians Should Sing in
be in church Sunday School Or Family
Worship they should sing Intelligently
With the spirit and With the under
standing Believing as do that the best
Way for the people to learn to Sing is
by having good singing School taught
in Every community at least Once a
year. offer my survice upon the fol-
lowing Reasonable terms Convention
of five Days $40 90 and Expences a
Singing School of ten Days for S25. 90
Dollars and Ezpencs Normal School
of ten Days 80. 90 Dollars and Expencs
Engagements Will be made in any part
of the country If you Want to have your
singing improved Or if you Wish to
have Normal SO that you may learn
how TO teach according TO the very best
methods write to me and I will take
pleasure in helping you
THOMAS VERANpA
"Aug. 81. 1895"
Feeling somewhat saddened last week
BY the loss of good 9-year-old heifer
which broke into the lawn and ate q
dozen and a half of new Chinese Ian
terms which we had just bought for use
in fate sham peter which was TO have
been holden ON my grounds this month.
ran my eye over the obituary column
of The Telegraph, and the last stanza
of z tribute there did much to cheer me
up. Even an obituary column, if read
in the right spirit, may be of great serv-
ice in sending sunshine into a sad
heart. 1t reads:
Dry up your tears and be context,
For George is with his Saviour dear,
And waiting for your merrinent,
Because he knows your titles clear.
When 1 write that kind of poetry,
get it briskly back with such dark blue
pencil marks on it that cannot use 1t
on another editor without much annoy
ance and delay.
The past week has been given up al
most entirely to the care of my smoking
tobacco crop. If can save IT without
any more rain on ii, the crop VIII go
pnite a way toward paying for the
puano used in encouraging Its growth
this season.
1t is not generally known by the
ehewers Of tobacco that land IN Its nat
ural state Will not produce tobacco. but
has 10 be stimulated by heroic treat
ment with guano, and as the soft
breezes across the blooming valleys of
France give bouquet to the sparkling
wines from that region SO the plug
tobacco Of the workaday world and the
dark cigars of Cuba some way remind
One. Of Peru
N y tobacco was planted early and did
we'll the early part of the summer, but
canno. tell, Of course, until II hssins
10 bear whether it will bring forth
smoking or chewing tobacco. AT present
1t seems 10 TEE mostly 10 vines. Some
how L fear that il was planted III the
wrong quarter Of the moon.
Tobacco leaves. when fresh, contain
she following chemicals. according TO
The analysis Of PusSett and Riemann ::
Of 10000 parts there ara of nicotine,
OF nlcotianine, 2S7 of bitter extract.
i14 OF gum, 26.l of gum rosin, 90 Of
sibuEen, i04. s of substance similar 10
gluten. OIL Of malic acid, ~ of malate
ii ammonia, 20. 6 Of potash salts, 40 6 of
bine salts. {. s of silica. 496. Q of hGnipa