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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-07-12
PICKED UP IN ENGLAND.


CHARINe Cross hospital, in London,
is in financial straits. It is proposed
to remove the hospital to Camberwell,
south of the river, and to sell the val
liable site on which it now stands.
BUCKINGHAM palace is to have a new
outside coat of paint, and its stone
work cleaned. It is thirteen wears
since the palace was treated to SINH
lar renovation by it's owner, her Brit
annie majesty Queen Victoria. e.
A FROG hung head downward in q
child's mouth till it dies is still used as
remedy for thrush in Shropshire,
England. One man boasts Il at his
little son had "wore out" four frogs be-
fore he died himself of convulsions.
CHAPERoNAeE is played out in Eng
lish society and there are no more calls
for amiable matrons to watch over
debutantes aftera.g5 they are once
launched. Society. mothers are not
laid on the shelf as early as they once
were, and their daughters cannot make
use ofthem to sit round at dances be-
cause the mothers do the dancing them
selves! = - ast:s-...'.a = Snvt
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-07-12
BARRACKS CHATTER.

APPLICANTS for enlistment in the
United States army are subjected to .
rigid examination, and only about one
in twenty-five is accepted.
THE mother of Vauban, the French
military engineer, was very skillful In
mathematics, and gave her son taste
for the same line of studies. m. ~
d, Boo, the exclamation used to fright
sn children, is corruption Of Bah, the
name Of famous Gothic general. 1t
has been used asS terror word for cen!
turies. NGsg
Our government has had fourteen
great Indian wars, wIiieh 6Fs estimated
to have cost it, not Ikski than siE0 OOe,
600, and as much more in private loss
W8s Sustained by individuals.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-07-12
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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-07-12
OAIlM INDE.PENDEAI1I E.
AN EVENING PAPER,

issued every day, Sundays excepted.
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-07

knows
"As well as you arc" was the reply,
"and he looks we'll
People say man cannot live without
exercise. The only exercise he gets Is 1T
his cell, walking up and down, yet no one
could possibly he healthier than he is. q
far as know. he has never known sick
day, and he has been a prisoner in absO-
lutely solitary confinement for IS years.
He is a great reader and student. lie
speaks three languages. He does not want
to work, but prefers his books"
Does he seem TO have any curiosity
about the outside wOrld.' l asked.
eyes, 1 presume so, although he never
asks. He does not ask privileges. Nc
doubt he realizes it would be in vain. The
only favor he has asked Of General Bridges
since he has been warden was permission
to keep the box his holiday things came in.
This favor had been granted him once be
fore, and he used the cover 10 hide a hole
he had dug in the wall.
eff he gets a penknife or a spoon, the
probabilities are he will begin TO dig. The
walls are so thick il is impossible for him
TO escape, and no doubt he does il 20 make
the prison officials uneasy more than any
thing else. He is a remarkably good look
ing man, a fine looking man, in fact. II
you should pass his cell, ignorant OF his
name, you would comment upon his ap-
pearance and select him as a man much
above the ordinary"
II is said that either his hearing is super
naturally acute or else he IS possessed q
some strange sixth sense, enabling him 70
know things that have tTanspired before
tho f-1rayf{s 'hor.,za1va
One instance Of this is related. a couple
of years ago the prisoners were ali Assem-
bled in the chapel waiting the annual an
nouucement Of the governor pardons.
Before the convicts' cheers which greeted
the lucky ones had died ont Prison Physi-
clan Mclaughlin had occasion TO attend
prisoner located IN the same tier as Pom
eroy. As the doctor passed jesse cell Re
called 10 the doctor. saying, $50 the gov
e.nor has Varioned two men, and giving
their names. The doctor has never BEEN
able TO understand how POInerUy knew Of
these names
Not half a dozen people have seen him
since he was a boy. and he has sacn no
woman's face but his mother since his
Observation-Disclosures Post
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-07
Manning the Armada

Don Quirote. when h -; out on his *
petition and forgot money and a change q
linen. was not in o state q wilder ez1lia-
ton than Catholic EGrupe az The sailing q
the armada livery noble family In Spain
had sent ore or other of its sons 10 fight
foi Christ and Our Lady.
For three years he sfrcaT1 ~ praTer had
been ascending from church, cathedral or
o-ato-y. TIE king had ernptled bis treas
urv. The hldalgo and -hs tradesulsn ilad
offerei their contributions. The crusade
against tho crescent Itself bad uot k-ndlfsd
a morc intense or more szc-ys4 enthusiasm
All pairs were taken % make The cIpS-ci-
ton spiritually worthy q IL purpo=e- No
impure thinz- espccialiy ID islTurc Won
an. was % a7F7uach the yards o. saiQs-
Syreszlrc- guarding. gambling, tve-r pro
hihiiesl under terrible pes4al,ses-
Tie gallons 1e-e n..rned gztE< III srF's-
ties and saints. 20 TrI1ose charge they we
committed and every sczElzn z-.a solc-as
e5nss-ss-sl and q nrzGnicztes4 On soiI-s o.
hoard Tie ship boyz ., ssnr-s, ve7c 20
sing fhrir B1s1os DIS" * the fox q
the rrasuruzst ar.l their =" Ave Mara a
TIE sun sax into the ocsaa- Or tbs TN
r-e-sal faut-- We eFEstI-o.o-p1 tlls sl.sl-res
u Chris AID lis IzlofbeE- and q = rrfsfo
the haugAsy fslls J1s-z q Cares
xss .c1lsoed VIII TIE nsorr z--1s z~o.r.-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-07

or women VINO naG never seen bargain
day in their lives. -
Therefore, Mr.. Irving says, they were
very slippery, and not having received
calls from these gents they left word
that they We're not III or not dressed and
then lit out with wonderful alacrity.
The men became curious and ran after
them like a lot OF guests from a burning
hotel But these mysterious sprinters,
these strange living pictures, couldn't be
caught. They We're too agile and eely.
So they hired some men with rough
and leprouS palms to overtake and Sc
cure some Of these smooth yet evasive
girls. -Four were secured, and they be-
come the mothers of our race. Ihaye al
ways been clear on the origin Of our
forefathers, but Mr. Irving has now set
my mind at rest regarding our four
mothers
This origin of the Easter hat, as may
call it, may be found in almost the same
language. except where I have taken the
liberty to soften down and correct the
harsh language in Irving Life Of Co
lumbuS, volume l, page 42l.
Alexander SAYS in his History Of WO-
men, ;" volume !, page l, The HindO0s
have legend which says that men We're
created with tails, and that. the affair
being rather ugly, and also in the way,
catching in doors. and painful when the
better classes got 70 docking their slaves.
the Creator cut of these tails. and not
wishing 10 throw away anything IN
the great economy Of nature he fashion
cd, with man s consent, these nubbins Of
the gifted yet charitable man into wom-
an.
So they felt as one does who has tried
TO sit on mallet handle arranged on the
top Of a croquet post IN the early fluff
and bloom of Ife'S young springtime.
In those days physical force ran the
world, and. as Copernicus once said in
speech in the grove back Of his house,
woman cut no ice wild him. +"
No man bnoweth whence came v-om-
an The rib roast that the press has
given her Is wholly unworthy Of her
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-07

ana WIN req eyes-eyes Iun "a 1890
tears
As soon as I could get my laundry
went home "a little piece at time),
pausing now and then to help some busy
farmer.
learned in later years that my fail
IRE with the great question was that
there was no negative 20 1t.
The question, Perry, Is not shall We
or shall we not allow women to vote.
but about how much longer shall we de-
prive her of that right?
But perhaps do not quite understand
your question.
You say, Il VIII pay you any reason
able price to write me out or give me
any infamation where / can get some
good argument on the negative" etc.
The spelling at your college is so
quaint that 1 have had to prune it q good
deal, and possibly where you speak OF
getting inflammation you mean to secure
some highly injurious or defamatory
points against women generally, and OF
course including your mother and sisters
with the rest. But, seriously, you mega
tive chaps must spell better or you can
not get the full benefit of your more
powerful arguments, and it is hurting
the rising generation on your side, too,
if the young student buys his argument.
What would your mother say if she knew
you wrote me to prepare an abusive ar
ticle about her, maybe while she's pray
ing for you?
For your stupid and ignorant letter l
pity you. For your insult and misjudg-
ment of me despise You, and for the
sake of the mother who bore you here
by conceal your name from the world
But times have changed now and the
negative on this question. The ablest
orator of our country said the other day,
1.-THE meaner a man Is the better he
considers himself than woman.
In the early days you viii find this
legend existed, according TO Washington
Irving: AT first there were no women,
but wandering on one occasion by dis
tant lake these pure and happy little
gillies, fresh from the hand of the Gre
ator, living on a purely vegetable diet
and free as a bird. came uDon c0yey
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-07
JUMPING FRENCH CANADIANS.
a Nervous Affection of Which Practices
Jckcrs Take Advantage.

OSANAo AShS ho'~A--ots
"Did you ever see jumping French
mani" asked Horace Nelson, the Water
vile horse breeder, of a New Yorker WHIT
visited him TO look over the stock a. sun
nyside, where the stallion Nelson Is kept
The two were seated liz the Office of The
City hotel, when IA stockily built, bronzeC
faced man in the garb of woodsman en-
tered and began looking over the register.
The newcomer had suggested the ques
ton, which the New Yorker answered ir
the negative.
Watch me, F" said Nelson in a low tone
"and you II see some fun
With this parting caution he stepped VI
behind the man. gave him a sharp slap OIL
the shoulder and shouted:
"Striker'
Instantly the Frenchman drove his right
fist against the clerk writing desk, split
ting the board that formed one end OF il
wide open. The Glow barkod every knuc
kle on his hand, but he had hardly turnei
round 10 face his Svengali when Nelson
again shouted:
Jump"
The effect was marvellous. Big as N
was, the wOodsman went up in the air a
high as the counter. He seemed thorough
~ mesmerized, and when Nelson ceased
his commands he looked as sheepiSh as .
bashful schoolgirl.
"They are the greatest curiosities ever
saw said Nelson. Take them unaware:
and they will do anything you tell then
to. Just before the gangs went into tn,
woods last fall we had one here that was &
corker He staggered in with skate or
,fr l.ol-aI and Eoafpe
no one in the billiard room sneaked il
there The clerk was watching him. Ths
moment he got inside he pulled long
necker from his pocket and was just tip
ping it up for q drink when the CLERK
rushed in and yelled:
Throw itP
''He banged It 10 the floor rs i; the con
tents had scorched him. The bottle was
smashed, and he glared at the clerk Ike g
wild beast. As usual thing, they don'i
get mad, but when they're drinking it.
just as well TO let them get a sSig befors
yelling throw or drop it.
A logging camp or drive without II.
jumper would be like certain play with
out the principal character The nervous
ness that plays such a part in stealing the
will power seems to be a popularity OF the
French Canadian. A child showing this
sport making quality is at once beset by
all his companions, VINO never fail to WORK
him for the fun limit of fun Those 81
afflicted become SO accustomed TO obeylna
a startling command that they never out
grow it. Care, though, is observed In log
glng camps to see what the jumpers hav.
in hand before any one yelis throw. "
They will sling ak, knife or anything
when the word is given, and there are in.
stances where the tormentors have suffered
serious injury.
On the Kennebec drive last year the
riverInen had u jumper among them who
would go overheard every time any one
cried Jump" but, as he was fighter,
the Joke Wa rare for he want OF man
t. - Vow 1C~E
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-07

1t Is in Egypt that the lentil crop Is OF
the most value, for in the land of the
pharaohs the lentil forms one-sixth Of the
food of the people, besides being extensive
~ exported TO other countries It is wei!
suited to the soil and climate, as il re
quires little irrigation save what the Nile
provides. The Egyptian lentils are reputed
the best sn2 most nutritious in the world.
From Care - AsSouan the farmers OF
the Nile valley regularly rotate the crop
with wheat Or maize, gathering it in
about the end OF April Every peasant
grows enough for his own consumption,
making it into porridgc, which he finds
both wholesome and sustaining and lhe
cheapest food he can obtain. In Cairo.
Alexandria. Isnailia, Suez, Port Said and
the other towns the consumption in soup
Is very large. Most of the export goes 10
London, there TO be converted into invalid
or patent" food, under some fanciful
name at a fanciful prioe.-Chambers' Jour
nal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-07
Notice TO Owners Of DOGS.
City Clerks Office,

city Clerks Office,
Wichita, Kan. April %, 1895.
Notice is hereby given that in ac-
cordance with the provisions of ordi-
ance No 1884 any person owning or har-
boring a dog of the age Of three months
or more within the city Of Wichita must
appear at this office and have such dog
registered and place upon the neck of
said dog suitable metallic or leather
collar To which must be attached a
metallic check 10 be furnished by this
office. and FOR which shall he charged
fee Of 81 FOR each male dog and s. Tor
each female dog. This said ordinance
provides that any person owning. keep
ing or harbOring any dog contrary 10
the provisions of said ordinance shall
upon conviction be fined iu 4 sum not
more than 500 nor less than s.. or by
Imprisonment not exceeding thirty DAYS
or bo>h such fine and imprisonment
Al registration Of dogs expires on the
3oth day of April each year.
14l lot &. :. SMITH, CITY Clerk.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-07

Jr., thought enough of me to send cigars
to me, probably On his fathers account,
for Ihad been one of his fathers stand
ing room only" at one time.
In the flash of the eye the foreman
had the little note out in the composing
| room and the printers-the foreman and
small soiled boy--took several of the
cigars, and we were quite merry, yet /
felt that was doing a wrong, for the
man who owned the paper was away for
much needed rest and change of scene
eating wild meat up the canyon and cor
responding with the sheriff regarding a
criminal act on the part of the editor by
means of which he had thoughtlessly re-
duced the Democratic majority and then
''fiew as bird to his mountains"
But it was the beginning of my fall
I had also turned when trodden upon
some weeks before by being sent to
board out a bad account, which sowed
the seeds of gastritis and things. So I
began to be less technical about wedding
cake and other little acts of kindness
which any child may show.
L
those cigars were all gone and Brignoli,
Jr. came and turned out to be great
big coarse horse with hoarse voice and
no expression to it. Then we printed
some full sheet colored work for him and
got So for it, and through our literary
influence the horse was sold for $500
more than he was worth.
Since that time l have fallen over
and over again. My life has been COM
plete somersault.
But lately l see on the municipal press
a gross being with blue pencil, and he
marks out beautiful word pictures re-
garding hotels and railroads that pass in
the night Does the business manager
see in my work paragraph that dwells
with tender sentiment on the beauties of
the Christian life, he pulls out big blue
ship carpenters pencil, and marking out
my noble paragraph he calls up the tube
TO the editors room and says:
''Is Eczema there, the man that did
our soap work last year?'
''Yes, he's here, reading paper.
well, send him down here want
to see if he can't go to the Throne Of
Grace for two column adj Nye speaks
highly of it. -
That shows that the business manager
suspects me paid visit to the presi-
dent few weeks ago and spoke kindly
of him and his family 1t was cut ont,
and in week the position which had
thought some Of taking was given TO
the business manager 5 niece.
cannot, therefore, write up your ar
gument for the press or otherwise, Per
~. for 1t will not appear. It Is said that
kind words can never die, but if III the
business managers Office on a warm day
you viii notice something that Is not a
dead letter 1t will generally be some
kind word that / have said about a
scenic route, " or the toothsome yiands
at some hotel where have tarried
There is more dead matter" and
proud flesh In the waste paper basket OF
the average great metropolitan paper
than along the tail of trolley car.
That is not al, Perry. Do not rush to
the funny man or the reputed funny
man TO get argument against the legal
rights of women / was ON that side of
the question once while at Yale. l sat
up all night with Blackstone and Coke
sns she constitution and jug Of milk
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-07
IN THE
North American Review
YOU WILL ALWAYS FIND
THE RIGHT TOPICS.
By TIE LIGHT MEN,
AT THE RIGHT TINE.

The Topics are always those which are
uppermOst in the public mind-In re-
iigi1u. morals, politics, science. liter
AZURE. business. finance. Industrial
economy. social and municipal affairs
etc.-in short. all subjects on which
Americans require and desire 20 bs
informed. No magazine follows 81
closely from month 20 month the
course ~ public Interest All sub
jects are treated OF impartiaIly on
bOth sides.
The Contributors 20 the Review are
men and women 10 whom the world
looks Tor the most authoritative state
Tn@uts on the subjects ~ the day. No
other periodical can point To such a
succession OF distinguished writer's.
The Time when these subjects are treat
a Of b. these contributors IL the
very' time when the subjects are 81 the
public mind-not a month or two after
people have ceased to think q them.
The prpmptness with which the t.
view furnishes its readers with the
most authorize tive Information upon
the topics ~ Ire day is one u i;s
most valuable features
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-07

Elegant free reclining chair cars on all
trains and Pullman Palace sleepers from
Wichita to Chicago and Kansas City
without change. Also sleepers on all
trains to Fort Worth, Houston San An
tonic and New Orleans. Tickets sold and
baggage checked to all points rorth
south, east and west. Steamship tickets
sold to all European points at lowest
rates. City Ticket Office 100 East Doug
las avenue, corner Main street. Passen-
ger station corner Douglas and Meade
avenues. Telephone 199.
JOHN SEBASTIAN, j. H. PHILLIPS,
q. 7. & =. y. Ticket Agent
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-07

subscribed for her, and she came.
But what would you think of party
like Chrysostom, a man of standing in
his time, too, going on about women
this way:
81 pronounce woman to be necessary
evil, natural temptation, a desirable
calamity. a domestic, deadly fascina-
ton and a painted i'll -
If Chrys had lived in these days and
talked that way, his Christmas tree
would have looked like q holocaust in a
hoopskirt factory. did not intend to
say q word ON this subject, but if you re
ON the right side it S real fun TO do it
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-07
@4x AW
A Hopeful Outlook.

"Well, my dear madam, and how
are you today"
sob, doctor, have terrible pains all
over my whole body, and it seems i'm
possible TO breathe. OF course can {
sleep at all, and haven't particle of
appetite.
But otherwise you feel all right,
don't you" Siftings.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-07
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 at 1910 a m. and lo:sS p. m. arriv-
ing in ST Louis at $50 p. m. and $50 q.
m The equipment OF these trains 10
first class In every particular. consist
ing OF elegant reclining chair cars (seass
free) and Pullman Palace Drawing
Room Sleepers-
II you are going beyond St Louis re-
member that connection with all lines
Cor the east. northeast and southeast Is
made in the magnificent new Grand
Union station. ST Louis. the largest and
handsomest passenger station In the
world
For sleeping car oerths and all infor-
nation relative 10 rates. routes. etc.
call at Santa Fe Route ticket Office. i5y
North Main street. or Douglas Avenue
station. dSs-tf
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-07
THE
North American Review
Is the only periodical 81 it, class which
has a recognized place as
! FAMILY MAGAZINE.

This IL because Il devotes much at
teution % subjects that are ~ special
interest 10 women. Among such sub
je~rts recently discussed are;
Mark Twa.ns Defence OF UaFTiss
Shelley.
The Renaissance ~ Woman.
Woman Suffrage "a Practice
Sarah Grand, Author Of The Heav-
emily Twins" on
The New Aspect OF the Woman oues-
ton.
Tho Modern Girl.
The Men Of the Moment
The Financial Dependence 90 Women
The Servant Girl % the Future.
The Amateur Surse
The Tyranny OF the Kitchen
Good and Bad Mothers.
American Life and Physical DeterfoTs-
ton.
Is Alcoholisu Increasing Among Amer
team Women
British Women and Local Government
TIE Lack q Good Servants.
Domesttc Service IN England
The Servant Glri's Point az View.
T'radea-uni1rs for Women.
Women in Engiish Politics
Cooperative Womanh0of IA ~
State.
The Future Marriage
Why More T;lr1s d no: Marry.
F.FiiE q Parry Marriages
Rescue Work Among me Fzhsz
Women. etc. etc. &C.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-07
JESSE POMEROY.
How the Murderer Spends His Time Ii
Close Confinement.

How the Murderer Spends His Time II
Close Confinement.
have been within ten feet of JESSE
Pomeroy.
Immured deep in the vast gray walls OF
Charlestown penitentiary, the strange,
warped human being who once bore that
name is hidden away from the sight OF
man forever in living death, unknown
by the coming generation and forgotten by
the passing one.
He has double cell, muph larger than
the ordinary cell, into which the sunlight
streams. His room is neat, and he him
self is the very personification of neatness.
Upon this he prides himself. He wears q
beard, which is kept neatly trimmed. He
changes the style of it occasionally 10 suit
himself and displays as much taste and is
rs we'll aware of what is becoming as the
most exquisite man of fashion.
But is he well:'' / asked of the one who
gave me this information. and one who