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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-21
HAD NO USE FOR MONEY.
How q Texas Farmer Preserved the In
tegrity of His Chicken Coon.

How q Texas Farmer Preserved the In
tegrity of His Chicken Coop.
A farmer who lives about four miles
from Houston noticed a stranger in his
front yard one afternoon recently, act
ing in a rather unusual manner. He
wore pair Of ducking trousers stuffed
10 his boots and had a nose the colo,
of an Elgin pressed brick. In his hand
lie held sbarpened stake about two
feet long, which he would stick into the
ground, and after sighting over it at
various objects would pull il up and &c
through the same performance at an.
other place. The farmer went out OF
the house and inquired what he
wanted.
Wait just a minute" said the stran.
ger, squirting his eye over the stick
at the chicken house. Now, that's
it 10 I. You see, I'm one of de ad.
vance corps OF engineers what's run.
min de line OF de new railroad from Co
lumbUs, o., TO Houston. See? OATS
what l am. De other fellers is over de
hill wild de transit and de baggage
Dere's over million dollars in de com.
pany. See? Dey sent me on ahead &c
locate place for a big passenger depot
to cost So, coo. De foundation viii
commence right by your chicken house
Say, you charge 'eIn high for dis land
! gives you a pointer. Sec? Dey'n
stand $4,000. Cause dey's got dc
money and dey's got to build de depot
right where l says. has an uncle what
amt dom notbin' but buying up all
de stock in de road that he can. Say.
he's over dere wild de surveyin' gang
now. He's big man wild a diamond
ring on his left hand. See? Say, I've
got to go on to Houston to record
deed for right of way and 1 never
thought to get so cents from de treas
urer. He's a little man wild light pants
You might let me have de so cents and
when de boys come along in de morn
in tell 'em what you did and anyone
of emil hand you q dollar. You might
ask 'em S55,0Oo, if you"
you throw that stub over the fence
and get the ak and cut up exactly hall
cord of that wood, stove length, and
I'll give you a quarter and your sup
per-" said the farmer. Does the propo-
s;tion strike you fayorably?"
: and you are goin' TO t'row away de
opportunity of havin' dat depot built
night here and selling out"
yes, need the ground for my
chicken coop"
J You refuse to take $4,000 fer de
grounds then?"
Il do. Are you going to chop that
wood or shall i whistle for Iige?''
Gimme dat AK. mister, and show me
dat wood, and tell de nlissus to bake an
extra pan of biscuits for supper. When
dat Columbus e. Houston Grand
Trunk railway runs up against your
front fence you'll be sorry you didn't
take up dat offer. And tell her 70 fill
up de molasses pitcher, too. and not to
mind about putin the dish of coolin'
butter on de table. Sec ?"-Houston
Post.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-21
UNCLE WILLIAMS WISDOM.
OracuIar Observations by n Solomon In
the Rough.

OracuIar Observations by n Solomon In
the Rough.
IF was lool<in' for "a sucker I'd hunt
for the feller who is alluS braggin' that
he's nobody's fool.
1t has aIlus seemed TO me to be a
mighty thin consolation fur a poor
man to declare that riches don't make
happiness.
Somehow or other we don't appear
to extract as much comfort out of this
life as we really orter. Perhaps it's
because my naybur hain't the man he
should be.
The f6'ler who mortgages his land to
buy a pianer for his house has TO try
awful hard to find any music in the
strings.
! believe in loving my naybur as my
self until he begins killing off my hens.
Then I'm goin' TO buy lace curtains
feel as bad as he possibly can.
The feller who figured that clothes
line would last six weeks longer IL
taken down every night was all right
as fur as he went, but he might have
also figured that il would take jest IL
weeks off'n any mans life to do it,
Things is purity nigh right without any
hgurin' at all.
1 once knowed hank president who
didn't chew, smoke, play keerds, attend
boss races, drink beer or use cuss
words, but he cleaned out the institu-
ton and went to Canada jest the same.
I'm alters leetle bit skeery of angels
who walk around on airth-
Even if we never say word TO him
about it. it is only human natur' to feel
sort o tickled To know that our nay.
bur's fence is two foot over our line and
that we can raise row any time we
want 70.
] never yit went 70 man and asked
him to give me his advice without had
my mind fully made up 20 believe him
a fool if he didn't think as how / did
about it, II he was lawyer. however,
and charged me ten dollars, why that
uttered the case.
I've heard heap o. men talk about |
luck in my time, and so fur as I have
been able to keep track Of individuals, |
the ones hoein' corn at a dollar a day |
instead Of talkin' on the grocery steps !
got ahed the fastest.
Now and then you meet a man who 1
has soured on the world and can't see .
no good in nuthin' nor nobody. In sch .
cases jest size him Up and you'll find a 4
chap so ALFRED mean that a yaller dog
wouldn't foller him.
] have anus admired a hoss-hy In one
Tertickler. He don't hang around Oh
his relations and wait fur sumthin soft
and tender and juicy 70 turn up TO give
him a Job. but tackles the fus1 thing
that comes along and Is allus ahead Of
the garne.-Detroit Free Press.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-21
ALITTLE NONSENSE.

Does Scribbles write many
Etories?" We'll should say so; be has
to use an incubator to hatch his plots. !"
Chicago Record.
II don't mind getting caught said
the fox, bitterly. "What grindS me IL
that they set this trap fo- a Esbbit!-
Chicago Tribune.
The Chicago-"And do you hnd the
water here SO very bad?" The Else
where-~Oh, no. With salad dressing
it is not at all bad-"-Detroit Tribune.
How is your daughter getting on
with the piano, Numson?' 'FirsS-rate.
She can play with both hands now
She says she win be able TO play with
her ear in six months "-HoOsehOld
Words.
Its all right, we suppose, 10 sa :
that man Is homeiy enough TO stop q
train, but he'll find he's not homelg
enough to stop it If he has arrived at
the station minute after Il hasseArted
-Yonkers Statesman.
-Mother-'I hear thattbe4b<1fenanI
had the impudenee Ia kiss you ut the
station. What did you dor Daughter
-"0h, think Kissed him. too. so al
10 make people think We were rela
tives."-F1iegende BIaetter.
-He-''Why do you Ike the Wae-
merriam operas so much better than those
of the Italian SCHOOL," She-"Oh.
Wagner operas make so much noise
that you can talk all you like through
the performance, and nobody can heai
you."-SomeFvilfe Journal
Mr.. Billiss is such a nice young
man." said the elderly aunt That's
oil you know about it" said the young
niece; "he is nothing of the sort. He
is just the tolliest company imagin-
able. "-Indjanapolis Journal.
An old Highland sergeant In one od
the Scottish regiments was going his
counds one night TO see that ell tn (,
lights were out in the barrack-roo1nE
Coming to a room where he thought he
saw a light shining. he reared out.
Put cot that light, there" One of the
men shouted back: Its the IBune, ser
yeant!" Not hearing very well. the ser
geant cried, In return: Il dinna care
a Jacket what it IS Fut il outi"-Tit |
Bits.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-21
SLAVE RAIDS IN AFRICA
More Than a Hundred Villages Destroyed
fu One CaxppzS1Q.

AS we approached the falls we saw
that the river banks had been depopu
lated and the villages were in ashes
We passed dead bodies floating in tbs
river. Canoes were standing on enc
like followed columns, crowds of fugi
tlves were afloat. and hiding among tbs
reedy islands. These were all signs of Z
general terror, but we could get no In
formation of its character. Vague ideas
of an invasion from some savage tribe
came 10 our minds, and now and then
we had a misgiving that there must b
Arab slevers in the neighborhood.
Continuing our ascent, on the third
day we came in sight of huge Arel
camp on the right bank, and before
very long we discovered that the Arabs
of Nyapgwe (Livingstone's farthest
point, having heard the most exag.
gerated reports of our successful de.
scent of the Congo in 17ss, had FASTENED
after Us to reap harvest of ivosy and
slaves. They had been too successful
Over 11s villages had been destroyed be.
low Stanley Falls alone, rich plumber
Of ivory was in their camp, and several
hundred slaves, old and young, were
herded like goats and heavily fettered
IN the slave-pen. Itthen appeared thai
while we had been negotiating with the
negro chiefs along the river, making
roads, building stations, and haulina
steamers overland, the Arabs of Ny
aDgwe had been coming down the river
laying the country waste. We had al
lastnet, about so miles below the falls
A glance at the scenes Of the camp was
sufficient to reveal what future await
ed the Congo valley had we not con.
ceived the project Of opening the river
to civilizing Influences. There was moi
a moment to lose. We had no authority
to open Gre on the miscreants. They
were subjects of the prince of Zanzibar.
who Yves protege of England, and to
plunge into hostilities with them might
possibly involve Us in serious compiled.
tons. But while we dared not use force.
we believed that by continuing the same
system we had POUNDS so successful with
the native chiefs. We could check the
audecity OF the slaves by our mere
presence among them. After some DAYS
spent in cautious and friendly negotia.
lions with the Arabs, we were permitted
to establish station at the falls. and
after seeing 1t weliadranced we turned
the proves of our steamers down river
toward Leopoldrille.-Eenry NJ. Stan,
ley, in Century. -''----
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-21

On and after March 1, 1886. the follow
! ing prices viii be charged by this COM
pany to gas and electric light consum-
ers:
Gas for lighting-s2OO per thousand,
less ) per cent If paid before the 10th
of each month.
Gas for fuel, heating and power pur-
poses-S1.50 per thousand. less per cent
if paid before the 10Th of each month.
Arc Lights o'clock circuit { six days
per week. and until u O'clock on Sat
urday night, per month 5000.
i O'Clock circuit (seYen days per
wsell) per month $500.
Saturday night circuit until IL o'clock
per month $500
Arc lights used for less than Is days,
burning until u O'Clock each night, per
night 81 90
Incandesent ughts-16 c. P. lights, Z
o'clock circuit six nights per week. and
Saturday night until 2 O'Clock, per
month % cents.
is c. P. lights, o'clock circuit (six
nights per week and Saturday night
until y o'clock, per month s1.0O.
is c. p. lights, Il O'Clock circuit Csev-
en- nights per week. per month sl.50.
is c. p. lights, all night circuit (sev-
On nights per week. per month S1.75.
Incandesent current registered by me
ter VIII be charged for at 1 cent per
lamp hour for commercial business and
IA cents par lamp hour for resi-
dence business.
No charge whatever for current reg
istered by meter to be less than 90 per
month
WICHITA GAS, ELECTRIC LIGHT
AND POWER COMPANY.
II. G. Scott, president SILT
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-21

The habits of ants, bees, moths, hies
carvings, and all creatures that creep
and crawl and wriggle.
President Kruger. of the Trans
raaI republic. has been q remarkable
man physically. 1t is said of him that
IN his youth he could run for half day
and keep pace with a horse Now at
he age of 10. he shows little sign Of
having lost any of bis physical or men
tai vigor. he is rough uncouth, opin-
donated man. but possesses the cTuder
qualities of statesman
Mrs. Mckinley, whose husband has
Just retired from the governorship OF
Ohio recalls the fact that during the
term of President Hayes she and her
husband occupied the white house fox
len DAYS by invitation to keep house"
there while the president and his fam
ily were absert- She says she had a. ]
of the white house she ever cared fo' :
having had ''all its pleasures with nor p
Of its woes"
Douglas Jerrold was sometiu rs
wittv at the expense of his wife. &c
cnce told her, when she was no lon. PEI
Young. that he wished wives were Iss
ank notes, SO that one OF 40 could De
exchanged for two of 20. On anot' ses
occasion he was asked whom his Va lie
was dancing with: Some member OF
the Humane society, I suppose" he re
Piled.
DR.. Thomas Augustine Arne, the
composer of England's famous nat lOu-
81 hymn, Rule Britannia" was once
called upon TO judge between two Fery
bad singers. After patiently hes ring
them. he said 20 one of the contests nts:
You are the worst singer ever iea7d
in my LIE" ALI" cried the CFtAer,
exuitingly, then 1 win" No ss.fi
DR.. Arne; you cant sing az ALL"
"A. Kruger. of Phoenisvine, Pa, a
cousin of President Krager, of thu
Transvaal republic. denies the ssory
that Paul Kruger or his parents ever
lived in America The presidents
parents he says, were born and lived
all their lives a few mikes from The
Hague, IN Holland, never having been
outside their native country Their
son, who is now president of the South
African republic, left Holland about 90
years ago, when boy, and went direct
to South Africa, where he has since
li,.eJ-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-21
WckEDEsT PLACE ON EARTH.
immortality Holds High Carnival ut Port
Said on the suez Canal

Said on the suez CansL
If the experienced globe-trotter OF
the present day were asked to name the
wickedest spot on earth he would al
most certainly nHme Port Said, and he
who would validity contradict him would
have to discover . very wicked spot, IN
deed il would be quite safe to say
that there is no evil feature of human
life that is not in some degree repre-
scented in this parched-up weyside III
ferno. The sco1rings of every CONT
nent on earth, TIE very dregs of human
society, are to be found there in their
nost FepulsiFe forms. The Green and
the Arab, the Italian and the Armenian,
the Frenchman and the Turk. the
American and the Malay. are all there
jumbled together in motley mass OF
cosmopolitan iniquity. They are all
the worst specimens of their respective
races and among them Is, of course. the
ubiquitous Enghshman as bad as any.
Naturally it is not intended 70 imply
that there are rot respectable people
in Port Said, because there are some,
}
two of compulsory residence there
would be taken as the equivalent of
very considerable sojourn in purgatory.
for it is certainly eof the worst spots
on earth, II not absolutely III worst,
Cor an honest nun to fall into. To be
gin with, the climate is simply deadly,
and from the beginning of May TO the
end Of September il is little better than
a fever den, in which H is supposed u
he impossible to keep both sober and
healthy. It has been said by those
who ought to know that FIVE out of every
six average men who go to live at Port
Said die of fever or delirum tremens OF
SOME other excess within a few years
financially as well rs physically ruined
Drinking, gambling and general in,
EQUITY form either the amusement o.
The occupation, when they are not the
livelihood, of four-fifths of the popuIa
.ion.-Pearson's Weekly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-21
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL

The once famous Louisa Payne
WHO was one Of Enzlsad's faTor1te o.
trstic and oratoTio Singers. is suffering
n great poverty. Lsdy Buriett-Coutts,
SIR Arthur Sullivan and Mr.. Charhes
Stanley have JoiDsd N an appeal for
money.
John VazzEsker Is credited with
having done nore than any other per
son 20 bring about the settlement OF
the great trolley strike II PhilAdei-
2hia. he has enorraOts infuSuce
sruoav the vorlIing1rsn. and. though
an extensive employer OF labor. he has
never had q strike.
Among iiiusfrious pers0usges With
cssser fads must Dc numbered Prince
LuitpoId. % B4vz-h- rs collection ~
beetles + he rlost extensive an com
ulete IN the worId. and the pr1nre - :
...-l.sul e-tanoLn.GL<s aAs1ir xzs-~d an
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-21
PROFITS OF CHESS PLAYERS.
Professionals Never Make Fortunes NJ .
Heanlf of Thar aLiIl

Professionals Never Make Fortunes "a .
Result of Their Skill
Professional chess players, consider.
Ing the laborious nature of their work.
the character OF mind. and the long
preparatory study required. ere prob
ably Us i'll paid as any kind Of intel
lectual worlers- The professional
chess player who earns by his play
more than decent modest living Is 3
highly successful man. An expert
may be hired 10 run q chess sutorna t.or
and play with all Corners at a salary
less than some tyPewrftsrs earn. There
are IN all the world probably less thar
half hundred highly skilled profes
sional chess players The Hasting.
convention brought together q. aaG
the number was notable.
a few professional chess players ar,
men Of means. but for the most part
the passion for the game leads the pro
sessional player 70 put aside n1stsTia
considerations in order 20 follow his
bent Some Of the best known player
dress shabby and live plainly. 1hs
Eblest and most successful usually eL.
out their incomes made directly frU1
the game By writing on chess. discuss
ing problems and the like Books On
chess succeed one another rapidly. btt
none has = large sale. They are cosiis
To produce. and the stereotype plate
are Of small value. The aggregate o.
considerable prizes offered In chess
contests throughout hevorld amounts
N any ons year 20 only few tAOsSazs /
collars, aud a stake Of 81 go il . Iar,-t Z
che Amateurs. who far ostuunDrs 4
the professionals. provide toe pursef 4
ard meet the exp>-nses % the match .
games So Petersburg - an important 4
obess cenpe-. and there tbs travelling 4
trpenses Of the PROFESSIONAL are asc. 4
up by the lccal clubs
Professional ehesz players arr rzrsiy 4
men % literal edCczt8cn. and assaAliy d
men OF osae idea Chess hzs hen IT, 4
diversion q great and brq&6ln incsd I
Ken. bgf Il e commonly The btssine-s I
q men desoted % che idsA- The pro
chess player seems tlreIess
IN ne pursuit q TIE game One xAoss
duty y Wa % ElAy - kS.E.s d. !
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-21

GOOD conception or the needs of tie
negro. Originally, he was opposed 10
the wholesale emancipation of the COL
ored race-to placing these untutored
people upon their own resources TO gain
livelihood. He was opposed TO their
return to Liberia or any African coun-
try. because they had been thrown in
contact with Anglo-SRxOn civilization,
and If the same methods Of civilization
should be used by them in Africa they
would starve
MIR. Lincoln proposed to colonizs
them in Central America, where the
Anglo-Saxon civilization existed, where
fruit and cereals could be raised in
abundance and without much labor,
and where the climate suited a race
which for a thousand years had lived
under the piercing rays of the sun at
the equator. Mr.. Lincoln was dis
tI-ustful of the border states, because
many OF the most prominent residents,
Including members of congress, We're
opposed TO the emancipation of slaves.
That weS the situation IN 1861 and 1852.
When the war broke out Dr.. Charles
A. Leas, Of Baltimore, was consul al
Cronstadt, and sent TO the state depart
Elent much valuable information bear
ing upon the fitting out of privateers in
European ports for confederate service.
These reports ultimately reached Mr..
Lincoln, who was much impressed with
them. In 1852 Dr.. IGns returned tc
America, and was summoned to Wash.
ington by Mr.. Lincoln. The doctoH
during the administration OF President
fierce had been stationed as consul at
one Of The princi. al lor.s N Central
America and was thoroughly familiar
with the character and habits of the
people. To him Mr.. Lincoln intrusted
the delicate duty of negotiating the
PURCHASE of sufficient territory in Cen
trail America for the colonization OF
the colored people OF the border states.
Of course, he had nothing TO do with
the cOlorad people of the southern
states, for those states were then ar
rayed against the union. DR.. Leas
went upon his mission, but the plan
was n failure, because the war assumed
more serious phases at that time, and
because every Collar that could be
raised had 70 be expended in equipping
rnd maintaining the army then in the
field
Just think Of the possibilities of
DR.. Leas' mission" continued DR.. Nor
ris. Had it turned out successfully we
might not now have among US here
In Maryland Il single native colored
man, woman or child. 1t is true, they
might have come TO us from the south
after the war, but if Mr.. Lincoln'sidees
Lad been carried out to a successful
issue, as would have been the case but
tCr the pressure OF more momentous
events at the time, the tideof negro EN-.
sgration to the Central American states
would have been fully established, and
there is no doubt that the cOiored peO-
gle of the states in arms against the
union would have followed those of
their race from the border states"
After the war DR.. Leas was for
time a health officer of Baltimore. and
OF the house of refuge
Re married MISS Freusch. He died ten
years ago at his home at Glyndon, Bal
tIInore county-BaItimore Sun.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-21
Watch Case.

Cut n pasteboard horseshoe about si1
inches in diameter and cover with velvei
or plush and trim with silver or golc
tinsei around both edges and place i'm
itations of shoe nails of tinsel around Il
-four on one side and three on the
other). Now cut out. BY the same pat
tern, another horseshoe in outline
leaving the solid center. Cover this latter
with silk or satin. and face the wrons
SIDE with cambria or silk. Put thu
horseshoe covered with velvet on thi.
foundation aud the solid back will serve
for background. Before you faster
AZ on. however, make a small ruffled
pocket, size OF watch. and place on the
center. Now fasten on velvet horseshoe
which viii hold pocket firmly. Put two
bows on top of case and suspend witt
ribbon Ia inches wide and bow on the
wall. / made one OF blue satin. black
velvet, silver tinsel and blue ribbon. ano
1t was called suScess-N. y. World.