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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-29

spirits. morose temper and the fear 81
approaching calamity. that are the
shadows OF a rundown nervous system.
Nerve-tired. Respondent enfeeoied
persons again enjoy living after their
feeble. shrungen nerves have been fed
by a grand restorative Ike Paine's cell
cry compound
Sleeplessness, usually due 20 an abnor-
mally excited. overwori<ed. but under
fed brain. vanishes with the coming OF
rich tide of nourishing blood.
Paine's celery compound purifies the
blood, stores the nervous system with
energy, and hurries along the replacing
OF WORKOUT, diseased parts By healthy.
active tissues.
Every city has men and women who
praise Paine's celery compound in their
homes. talk about IL 10 their nelghbors.
and rely on Il IN all cases OF threaten
ed or actual sickness.
All persons who keep abreast With the
achievements OF the day know the -
markable strengthening effects Paiue's
celery compound can bring about whore
the brain or the nerves need refreshing.
restoring. and regulating. Thousands
Of persons have been convinced of the
power OF Paine's celery compound TO
make them strong and well.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-29

visitors is worth all il costs in the lnftu-
ence it exerts upon our employees.
There is absolutely nothing IN the
story that we are Unfortunately re-
ducing the force. We would gladly
keep every man now in our employ al
steady work. We do not intend to make
radical reductions anywhere Bue we
are determined TO run the Santa Re on
as economical a basis as we know how.
There are a great many nice things We
would ike TO have. but We find we can
get along fairly we'll without them and
we do not hestitae 10 cut them on II
business continues to improve we shaH
employ increased forces everywhere.
simply mean TO convey the idea that we
intend 10 keep'our expenses down IN
every possible direction 70 the lowest
notch permissible with good railroad
ing
u have no favors 70 reward. There
will be no new blood introduced into
the company's employ. a great system
like this ought 10, and does have men
fitted 10 fill every place which becomes
vacant without going abroad for tai
ent.
LAS to a successor to General Auditor
GiHett, I am unable 70 say who il win
he The Indications now are that Mr..
C;iIIett Will remain with the Santa Fe
until Nav at any rate. We have had
so many other troubles to meet that we
have not taken up the vacant auditor
ship.
There will be no further reductions
in the shops a Topeka and Argentine,
so far as I know. We are not making
these reductions for the sake OF making
a record at the expense of good railroad
NJ civ, MI
lop off what we think we can get along
without. There has not been and viii
not be a program made for cutting in
every direction. When We discover
point where economy can be practiced
we will practice it, that is all.
81 have been away for a month and
am not posted as to the progress made
with the plan to reorganiZe the St. Louis
g. San Francisco lines, but 1 am inform
ed that it is going along all right.
THE appointment of a separate re-
ceiver does not mean that the roads
are drifting apart. Until we are all out
of the woods it is perfectly natural that
each tub should be made to stand on
its own bottom. When affairs are ad-
justed we will get together again, pre-
sumo"
President Ripley and party arrived in
Topeka about 1870 yesterday morning.
Their train consisted Of four cars anc
ran as a special
Besides President Ripley there was in
the party First Vice-President D. b.
Robinson, Third Vice-President Paul
Morton, General Manager Frey, Super
intendent Of Machinery John Player,
General superintendent H. P. Nudge,
and ex-President William B. Strong,
who has been with President Ripley
throughout the present trip.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-29
Rame for a Preacher.

A Georgia paper tells of rattle for
q minister that was recently held in
PARROT, GA, the loser being compelled
to take him. The Methodist congrega-
ton was having a revival which had
dragged its length along until the con-
gregation had become worn out with
church-going and providing for the
preachers, VINO came from all around
TO assist in the cause. The last preach
er that came was the straw that broke
the back of the dromedary. No one
wanted him, and a meeting of the
stewards was held to consider how
he was 10 be provided for. One of them
proposed to draw straws for him.
which was not agreed to. but finally
the question was settled by a PROPOSE
ton to rattle the minister off. and this
actually happened, the steward who
made the lowest throw taking the I'M
welcome preacher and providing for
his physical wants during the closing
hours of the long religious services.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-29

Enough consistent. trustworthy testi-
mOny. always Of the highest character,
is today in every ones possession 10
convince any doubter Of one exists of
the remarkable power of Paine's celery
compound 10 make the sick well again
President Dole was born in 1913. He
graduated from Norwich University in
the class Of 1869. and became professor
of political science in the university. In
1895 he was unanimously elected presi-
dent to succeed eX-Secretary OF State.
Hon. Geo. Nichols. He has held, as the
public good required. nearly all the pub
lie offices in the gift Of his townsmen.
In a recent letter, he says:
Il have used Paine's celery compound
for several years, and find it an excel
lent remedy for nervous exhaustion, es-
pecially that caused by long continued
mental work.
The use of Paine's celery compound Is
soon followed by an increase In the
quantity of active. rudy blood. quick
in us rounds.
Dyspepsia, neuralgia, and rheumatism
are routed from the body Diseases due
70 deranged, under-fed nervous tissues
are rapidly cured. and good spirits.
hopefulness and an eagerness to get
well takes the place OF melancholy, low
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-29
1T WILL BE BUILT
strstton to Build Another Road to Cripple
Creek.

Denver, Feb. 2S.-And still another
railroad from Colorado Springs to Grip
pie Creek This one IS to be named
the Colorado Springs. Cripple Creek
and Western and looks likely to adj
vance beyond the project stages. Its
hackers are such men as Winfield S.
Stratton, owner Of the Independence
mine, James F. Burns, president of the
Portland Mining company; Irving How
bert, William S. Jackson, Thomas S.
Edsall and Frank G.. Peck of Colo
RADIO Springs. and James L. Lindsay
cashier of the First National bank of
Cripple Creek. None of these gentle
men are connected with the Colorado
Springs-Cripple Creek Railway COM
pany, incorporated over week ago,
despite a statement TO the opposite eff
feet published in a morning paper.
Yesterday W. S.StrattOn, Irving How
bert, W. s. Jackson. Frank G.. Peck
and Thomas II. Edsall filed the arti-
cles in the secretary Of states office
Incorporating the railway company for
a term of fifty years from date. Cap
stal stock is 1000 900. non-assessa bic
TO be issued in 10000 shares at $40 each
The board of directors consists of Win
field S, Stratton. James +. Burns Irv-
Ing Howbert, William :. Jackson and
James l.. Lindsey.
The incorporatorS set forth in their
Incorporation certificate that they will
operate a steam or electrical railroad
from Colorado Springs to Cripple Creek
thence westward through FL PasO and
Park or Fremont counties to Salida.
with termini al Colorado Springs and
Salida. Spurs. branch lines, extern
sions and a telegraph lines will he
constructed as the board Of directors
may deem advisable The company
Is authorized to operate in Fl Paso,
Park. Fremont and Chaffea counties
Main office viii be located IN Colorado
Springs.
Many other interests besides the mer
running Of an unimportant Colorado
railroad are involved in the improve
ment outlined above. In the first place
tie Colorado Springs. Cripple Creek
and Western road viii handle the ore
from most Of the richest mines in the
Cripple Creek district. Already it has
been assured of the Independence. Port
land. Anchria-Leland and Washington
output. As the bulk of its stock is 10
he taken up in Colorado Springs other
Cripple Creek shippers viii doubtless
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-29
TURNS A NEW LEAF
IF. MDoWBL, FORMERLY OF WIOH-
TIA, BECOMES A SALVATI0NIST.

He was Known Here as a Brilliant Writer
but a Pronounced InfideI and Could
Curse the Salvation Army by the Hour
In Arkansas He Gets the ChiIis and
Later Religion and Joins the Army-He
Wore the Longest Whiskers of any Man
in WIchita-Be is now Praying for the
Conversion OF Simpson and Cone.
The following stem taken from the
Eirard Press. will be read with interes.
nv many persons in Wichita, who will
remember the man who manipulated
the scissors on the PoDulist weekly OF
this city. during the time the proprietor
was serving in the capacity Of district
clerk The item reads:
y. Frank Mcdowell, a former well
known Kansas reform" editor, is now
color sergeant in the Salvation Army
and carries the flag somewhere in Ohio
There is hardly a man in the city but
what will call to mind spare built
man, with massive whiskers all over his
face and who was a gO-between, IN ap-
perance, between Senator PETER and J.
c. Milton, only he had more CAB than
any six men in the city.
When the Reform Forum was started
az ST. Louis Mcdowell was given a posi-
ton on the editorial staff, and was not
only a good paragrapher, but double
dyed-all-wool and a yard wide AnaT-
chist from way back. Besides all the
rest of Macs failing he was a pronOunc-
ed infldel and gloried in his ability TO
misquote Scripture, and could cuss by
h l,a1I G.s,1, +sr.,,
Army go by.
Mac left the city and went to Arkan-
sis, where it IS said, the ague got hold
Of his emaciated form and shook it 20
such an extent that his whiskers got
caught between his toes one night and
before he could extract himself from his
predicament he had nothing left but
huge BurnsiGes.
This so enraged Mac, as the story goes,
that he entirely went through all the
known vocabular of cuss words at his
mishap and completely emptied himself
Of all the vile epithets and when the
Salvation Army went by he could not
curse as was his custom, and all he
could do was to follow and make faces
at the SalVationistS with the poke bon
nets.
Mac drew near and one of the sisters
pointed her honey myers at his lacreat~
ed chin exclaiming: while the lamp
holds out to burn, the vilest sinner may
Ceturn."
BY gum said Mac, "that means
me-"
He followed the Army 10 their bar
racks, and that night was sworn in and
1t IS said that the little be-whiskerebe-
deoIzed man Of Wichita IS now a full
fledged soldier in the Army he used to
love to cusS
What lesson this should be for such
men as Rufe Cone and Jerry Simpson.
If Mac was saved and has reformed IN
fact, instead Of by mouth, there is yet a
chance for them and what an interest,"
ing sight 1t would be to see Rufe march,
ing down Douglas avenue beating a
bass drum, while Jerry nimbly handled
the tamborine. Such a sight is not an
lmpossibility, and all should take new
encouragement that even these may yet
be gathered in by the Army before il
shall go assuuder. What a chorus that
would be on the platform with red shirts
Mcdaniel, Jerry Simpson and Rufe
Cone,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-29
PRESIDENT RIPLEY TALKS
He Speaks About the Necessity OF r
trenehment on SANTA lie Road.

Topeka. Kan, 2S-President T. =.
Ripley and the party % Santa Fe Off
Gals left Topeka yesterday. They went
70 Atchison. and from there viii in
spect the company's property a. Leay-
euworth. going then 70 8, Joe Before
leaving Topeka. Mr.. Ripley sumbltJ@d
"a the following interview by a reporter.
The president said.
I really do not know anything %
intrest 70 the public in connection with
the Santa Fe The most important or
der I gave while I was out vast vas
for the re-esta Enlistment % the railroad
reading rooms az the ends % all dlv3-
siols. These reading rooms had been
closed By my predecessor and : deem
them or the greatest importance % our
employees. TIE fellows cut ;here can
hardly help feeling lonely when Of 6u-
- and q losfiRg place where good lit
erature is placed n the hands 0: the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-29
Ancient FnrlIS, Rridre-

The triangular bridge at Crovlaud
II Lincolnshire, which was proba b.,
intended as an emglem of the Trinity
is the most ancient Gothic strucrur
remaining entire in the kingdom. ;
was erected in the year ef on l.nr.' er-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-29
We
Are
Printers.


Our series Of ads, with prices,
has been the cazse of a general
reduction On TIE prices of print
ing in az the printing houses in
tom. We always lead ia re-
forms of this kind.
While re employ nothing bit
the best vorknen, our prices are
lower tnaz the fellows who kick
4 press, up Stairs n some DARK
Toon, aad who have not credit
enough 70 buy a Eeaza Of wrap.
ping paper.
The Eagle pays more l. sal
a-ies each week than a. the other
houses co=bizs6 pay il month.
You, as Z merchant, receive the
benefit of ihese pay rolls and He
ask that yoa patrorize IS 80 iong
as re give yoE The best IL 20
nzrket to- Tire sane Scz z-e -ay-
ing fo- ire inferior grades.
THE EAGLE PRESS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-29

Bostonians when street after street OF
stores and warehouses, whose granite
substantially of appearance was looked
upon as an emblem of incombustihiity
melted like butter before the advancing
flames; when the stone which has been
called the "ohild OF the fire" crumbled
before its sire2
Who can forget the feeling of dis
enlargement, of despair, which for the
moment took possession of the people
when thus suddenly bereft not only OF
their property, but of the faith which
had hitherto been their dependence and
their glory?
But the surprise was only momentary.
Our people were quick to see the force
of the costly demonstration, and their
despair was but a passing emotion.
The city lost no time in vain regrets,
but it pulled itself together with true
New England energy, and, while thank
full for proffered aid, it insisted upon
working out its own regeneration. IL
was dreary winter that followed the
fire. and, although the work of rebuild
ing began Immediately, it was long
time that Boston's mercantile center
Law a desert waste of ashes.
II has acknowledged a "confagr9
ton section" ever since, but from these
ashes of % years ago there has arisen a
handsomer, a more artistic and impos-
ing city; one which furnishes accom-
modations which its predecessors never
could have supplied. From the present
point of view il was a blessing rather
than a disaster. materially speaking,
that the old structures We're swept
away TO give place to buildings that the
changed conditions of things rendered
uecessary-BostOn Transcript.
The clock in the church tower struck
the hour Of three. Three in the morn
ing.
\ haggard and weary man softly
laid a bundle Of linen. surmourted with
small red face bearing traces Of tears,
within cradle.
An object on the mantel caught his
glazing eye. He picked il up and read
the inscription:
To the qu;etest and best-behaved
baby Shsgworth's Baby Show. 1895"
Laughing bitterly. he crushed the
fragile silver mug with his slippered
heel. kicked of the slippers and wear
iiv sank into bed--Cincinnati In
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-29
BOSTON'S BIG FIRE.

Destruction a Blessing In Disguise But
Hard to Realize.
Twenty-three years have passed since
"the great Boston FIRE" which occurred
on Saturday, November 9. 1872. Who
can forget the amazement and the dis
NAV which seized upon all classes OF
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-04
SANCTUM SENTIMENTS.

Has Mckinley found out that
Evans martyrs crown is made of
brass instead of gold? and is this the
reason why the cabinet makers are
rejecting this promising piece of
Tennessee material?- Chattanooga
News.
If Mark Hanna's head were radi-
ographed we should see the entire
new cabinet.-St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch.
The cry of fraud in elections has
become SO common as to make "a sem
sible man sick at the stomach. Let
a fellow be defeated and he yells
Fraud! fraud I'll contest! I'll
take it to court" We would like to
have a rest from such stuff.-Fay-
etteville Observer.
1t will not be considered out of or
der if some gentleman will rush that
wave of prosperity on this way
Birmingham State Herald.
w. J. Bryan carried more States,
and more electoral votes than any
defeated candidate for the presiden-
Oy III Jul lliobOl NOl
much of a landslide in that.-Law-
reDceburg Democrat.
Patterson knows exactly what he
is talking about. Look how specific
his charges against Carmack are, p"
say the frieDds of Josiah who are
supporting him in his contest for
Carmack's seat III Congress. He is
indeed specific; remarkably so.
Who else but a man of Josiah S
marvellous accuracy could have dis
covered that he had been cheated
out of a round even 1000 votes in
Fayette county," and who but he
could have ascertained that he was
unlawfully deprived of another pre-
else 1000 ballots. in Shelby"
Specific! Yes, indeed; astonishingly
so! Carmack had as well fork over
that certificate of election to the
Colonel, and betake himself again
to pencil and paste pot, for he can't
possibly stand against man whu
makes such wondrously specific
charges" as these.-Chattanooga
News.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-04
DISTRIBUTING THE PIE.
Governor Taylor Begins to Scatter Bread
Upon the Water.

Governor Taylor Begins to Scatter Bread
Upon the Water.
Governor Taylor, to relieve him
self of much worry and the appli-
cants Of much anxiety and suspense,
is making known his appointments
just as soon as he makes up his
mind, and has given out the follow
ing for publication:
John II. Essary, of MorristOwn.
will be the next Commissioner of
Agriculture. Mr.. Essary was Assis-
tant Commissioner OF Agriculture
during Gov. Taylor's former admin
istration, and is familiar with the
duties of the office. He is promi-
nent member of the Democratic
State Committee, and is power for
Democracy in East Tennessee, He
is a close political friend of Gov.
Taylor, and his appointment to this
office has practically been conceded
ever since it was known that he
would be an applicant. Mr.. Essary
is at present Internal Revenue Col
lector for the Eastern Division.
Charles Sykes, the present Adiu-
JduJ O6u6EdlN WuO Is ullluS OuO IIIS
uneXpired term of Judge John A.
Fite, will be appointed to succeed
himself.
DR.. E. Y. Salmon, of Lynchburg,
Moore county, will be the next ply
sician of the penitentiary Or. Sal
mon is physician of high standing
in his community, a worthy eX-Con-
federate soldier, and halls from that
banner Democratic county which
polled fewer Republican votes to the
thousand than any county in the
State in the last election. He has
never before received u State APP
pointment.
Sam B. Williamson, Secretary OF
the State Democratic Committee,
will be appointed to fill the office of
coal oil inspector at Nashville.
William M. Caswell, of Knoxville
will be the next coal oil inspector at
that place. Mr.. Caswell is a mem
ber of the Democratic State Com.
mittee for the State-at-Large, and
aniearnest worker for the welfare oi
Democracy.
w. H. Bringhur5t will be the coal
oil Inspector at Clarksville.
w. w. Glass will look after the
kerosene for the people at Newborn
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-04
Aiding the Blind to See.

BosToN, Nov. 29.-An expert
ment to determine the value of rays
in aiding the blind to see was made
to-day upon DIR. James Richard
Cook, of Boston, well known
scientist. DIR. Cook has been blind
since birth.
When the electric current was
turned on, DR.. Cook said: "Ah, /
get something; there is certainly a
sensation. 1t is Undesirable"
"Was it light?" was asked.
81 don't know what light is" re-
piled DR.. Cook. II never saw it,"
A number of tests were made with
objects being passed before the light
and in every case DR.. Cook was able
to describe them with some degree
of accuracy.
DR.. Cook said that the impression
made by the rays were vibratory,
like a general cerebral sense and al
most like the PERCEPTION of space.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-04
NOTES OF THE POLITICIANS.

James Turney, son of Gov. Peter
Turney, is "A candidate for Clerk of
the Middle Tennessee Division of
the Supreme Court. He comes with
a strong Endorsement from the Win
chester bar.
The Lebanon Democrat says Capt.
Ellis Harper will be an applicant for
Superintendent of Prisons.
J. p. Baldridge, of Crockett
County, wants to be Sergeant-at-
Arms of the House of Representa-
tives.
Those who have announced their
candidacy for the offices that will be
filled by the next Legislature are:
For COmptroLer.-James A. Har-
ris, present incumbent; w. l.. Wal
lace, of Lewisburg, and Theo. F.
King, of Dyersburg.
For TredSurer.-E B. Craig, pres
ent incumbent; NJ. f. House and
Granville Lipscomb, Of Davidson; !;
@. H. Bailey, of Montgomery H. c..
Burnett, of Gibson.
For Secretary of Stdte.-W. s.
Morgan, present incumbent; j. w.
Morton, of Davidson; f. j. Bonner,
of ObiOn.
State Li6raridR.--Mr Irene In
gram, present incumbent; Miss
Pauline l.. Jones, of Woodbury. I;
Mrs. w. H. Petway, of Nashville.
The candidates for speakerships of
the Senate ana House are:
Sendte.-L. II. NJ. Canada, of
Shelby; Seid Weddell, of Obion
John Thompson, of Davidson, and
w. b. Smithson, of Pulaski.
House.-W. NJ. Brandon, of Stew
art; NJ. G. Fitzpatrick, of Trousdale;
E. Jarvis, of White; Thos. B. John
son and j. w. ByTns, of Davidson,
and J. ID. johnson, of Chester.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-04

PERRY, OK, Nov. 30.-News
reached here of destructive
cyclone at Ralston, small town on
the Arkansas river, fifty miles north
east of Perry. There is hardly a
whole house left in the town. Mrs.
Dorman and two small children
were killed and many were wound
ed. After doing it's work at Rails
ton, the storm crossed the Arkansas
river and struck the Usage Indian
nation and for twenty miles north
east took everything in its path. 1t
seems to have gone to pieces there.
The path of the storm was about "a
quarter of mile wide.