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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-14

as at b, through another suspended
from the top of the framework, and
finally through pulley at ID and to
the whiffietree. The horse can easily
raise the dirt which Is shoveled into the
box or other carrier, as at Il, after be-
ing lowered. Two in. boards are laid
rs at III II in the cut. + l. are also in.
boards, fastened ut one end and loose
Mt the other so they can be spread
apart to allow the box Il to descend into
the well. When 1t comes up loaded
they are again placed as shown in the
illustration and the box rests upon
them. The track, X, Is of plank and
convenient for drawing the box over
1t to be emptied. A small truck can
be run under the box after 1t Is raised,
over the track X and on the cross pieces
+ r. This makes unloading much cas-
Ter. A short sled, built after the fash
lon of a stone boat, has also been found
convenient for dragging it away by
horse.-Farm and Home.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-14

Tom-Think the heircss win accept
Jack?
Dick-No; bnt think that after he
proposes he will have rich sister
New York Journal.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-14

Perhaps more good might be ACCOM-
plished by ringing curfew for grown
people. New York Press.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-14

Some men cannot consider them
selves truly religious without making
other people rtable.-Trush
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-14
Planning for Selling.

1t is very rare of late years that a
season is found when there is good
pasture all through the year. Usually
the dry spell comes late In summer or
early In the fall, Just the time when
the best soiling crops are ready to help
out the deficiencies Of pasture. The rea-
son why more farmers do not SOW soil
ing crops In spring Is because their land
is not ready to produce the crop that
viii make soiling profitable. Prepare
tons for soiling ought to begin at least
the fall or winter before. Draw out
and spread good coating of manure
on land to be drilled with corn next
spring, and 1t will do far more good
than II the manure were applied then.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-14
PINGREE'S MESSAGE.
OUR NEW GOVERNOR SPEAKS
TO THE SOLONs.

Makes Trusts and Corporations the
Special Feature and Dweiis ON Their.
Evils = Trusts Destroy Competitions
and Throw Thousands Out Of Work.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-14

There are already very many small
farms where the expense of keeping
two horses Is greater than the profit
from the land will stand. As popula-
ton becomes more condensed the num-
Der OF such farmers is sure to increase.
with light plows suitable to be drawn
by one horse n good deal Of blowing
may be done. IL still faster blowing
is desired, two farmers, each working
q single horse, may unite their forces
Tbis II the way that French farmers do,
and we Fave seen the same practice
nssr some American cities. 1t Il chisAS
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-09-16
TOMMY WAS A sTRATEoIsT.

How He Recovered His Drumstick
from the Bottom OF the Well.
A little boy dropped his drumstick
into well. In vain he entreated his
parents, the gardener, the footman, the
goodman, the cook, the housemaids to
go down into the we'll to rerover his
drumstick. In his distress. says the
London Telegraph. a brilliant expedient
occurred 10 Master Tommy he secret
ly carried off all the plate from the
sideboard and threw it into the we'll.
Great was the CONSERVATION when the
plate was missed, and an active search
for the robbers took place. In the midst
of the alarm and the confusion Master
Tommy ran with the news that he had
found the plate. "Where?" was the
cry. "Down the WELL" replied Tommy.
81 saw it quite plain shining ut the
bottom-spoons, ladies, bread baskets,
salyers and all" The housemaid hur-
ried to the we'll, ut the bottom of which,
sure enough, the plate was seen. a
ladder was procured, a servant descend
eel and the plate was brought up. just
before the last article was ftshed up
Master Tommy whispered to him:
John, please bring up my drumstick
when you go down for the soup ladle."
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-09-16

A dispatch from jackson Missis-
sip j says that city is completely de
moralized and business ID at stand
still, as a consequence of the yellow
fever prevailing there The people
are pouring out and the dispatch
said that by night two-thirds of the
people would have been gone.
The Elko County assess neut roll is
out. The rate Of taxation is Sl.87 on
each 800 valuation. Taxes payable
November LET. The real property
valuations foot somewhere in tho
neighborhood Of S5,000,O00 and the
pers onal property at about Sll5.dN0
which should bring to the county a
tOtel assessment of something like
$95,00O.
A Washington dispatch IT the 14th
says: The Secretary of the Treasury
and the Postmaster General, after
consultation with the President. have
decided to Oh inge the col ,r of the
current two cent postage STAN ps from
carmine to green of the sha le now
used on Government notes. The ten
cent postage stamp, W i.h, is no
printed in green, will be change to
some other color, possibly carmine.
1t is thought that green ID a more
desirable color than carmlne. best les
saving the Government about $4,000
in the difference in cost between the
two inks.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-09-16
COOP snoo1,na. lleTowM

Il NRaa, Years Ahoek 80 The 1D0G
wA0 tls4 T1eaaary 1u1la1AG.
Some years ago" says an old gun
ner, according to the Warrington
Star, 81 had fine sport in pigeon shoot
ing on Fifteenth and F streets, north
west. i do not wonder you look sur
prised. was employed in the treasury,
at the time-a little before the war
and the pigeons that roasted on the cor
nice and about the capitals of the
colonnade had multiplied and they
were so numerous as to Inconvenience
the employees. To those particularly
who were in the upper stories OF the
building they were an iutolerable nuis-
ance. The superintendent of the
building secured from the mayor n
suspension of the law prohibiting the
use of firearms within the city limits
so as to allow cunning about the build
ing before seven o'clock in the morn
ing by such persons as, he should desig-
nate. I having had the reputation OF
being good shot and with q mouth set
for a pigeon pie dinner secured permits
sion to shoot. One mornings shooting
was enough for me so far as the bird
PIC u1AhSA "oS SohCSiheu' lot soIue oI
Ihe birds were so aged and tough that
hide and feathers were too much for
the lead; and many Of those killed who
found their way to kitchens were too
lnuch for the teeth The sport was
kept up for several days, more to the
benefit of the department in contract
ing the circulation of the birds than for
the pleasure of eating the game secured
and thousands were slain.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-09-16
THE CHINESE IN NEW YORK.
Industrious, Temperate, Peaceful and
Charitable to One Another.

Charitable to One Another.
There is Chinese population of near,
ly 10000 in New York city, but it is a
rare sight to see any Chinamnn apply
ing for help at any of the public charita-
BILE institutions of that city, says a
Gotham exchange. The Chinese are
always ready to assist each other in all
the emergencies of life. Most of them
belong to societies of mutual assistance
on the Chinese plan. When one of them
is penniless he can borrow money.
When one is i'll nurses furnish the
needed service and if he dies the ex-
penses Of the burial are always easily
obtained. Several hundreds of them
hive become we'll off through the bust
ness of their washhouses. There are no
loafers among them; they are all noted
for their Industrious lives. Few of
them are addicted to the opium habit,
though many of them occasionally in
dulge in the fumes of the drug. 1t is
mainly the wealthy men among them
who enjoy the l'lXurv of Chinese wives,
but others who desire to form white
matches find no difficulty in doing so,
as far IS obtaining mates is concerned.
AS a rule the children born of these
unions adopt the American style of
life. The Chinese of New York boast
that they produce proportionally fewer
criminals than any other element of
the population.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-09-16

For the outcome. each individual is
responsible, each free to draw his own
conclusions of both doctrine and the
DRY as written III the Divine Book,
and each Is as much authorized as
the other to read and interpret those
doctrines and theories according to
his own lights.
Dictation is thing to which Amer
leans especially have always refused
to submit, and the feeling against it
is not only from the body polite but
in the breast Of single persons ss well.
Advice is ever matter for Thought
and respectful attention, but dictation
and threats are against those princi-
pies which made OF liz a nation. To
human law we are amenableE accord
ing as its force has been approved
and proven; to divine law we are also
presumed to be amenable, but every
individual may make his own deduc-
ton from Divine laws. as to the ex-
tent to which amenity goes.
Law, human and Divine. though
differing in execution and in presen:
force. are brothers in endeavor and
sisters in effectiveness for good, and
that is why Elko is exceptionally
strong, having the entire buiwark To-
Gated upon adjoining property. a
terror to crime and u warning to
those who are conscious evil doors.
Sin unity there is strength"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-09-16
DclEium,n Forenta.

Little Belgium has severa, frst-clnss
fortresses; Antwerp, and the fortified
towns of Dendermonde and Diest, on
the Mense, Liege, Huy and Namur, and
on the French frontier, Mons, Tourney
and Ypres.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-09-16
OUR SUCCESS

Has passed our expectations.
Our friends have appreciated thd
concessions we have made.
The consequence is that in tho
last two weeks we cleared out abou1
a hundred suits and are now pre-
pared to show up as fine line o.
new Goods in
y
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-09-16

This is the trademark
is on the wrapper sal
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-21

be commissioner OF internal revenue
William p. Nixon, to be collector OF Gus
toms Of the district Of Chicago.
Williams p. Williams, to be assistant
treasurer at Chicago; john C. Ames, TO
be marshal of the United States for the
Northern district OF Illinois; J. 5. Spear.
Jr., to be surveyor OF customs az San
Francisco.
John H. Waikenhorst, 10 be appraiser
Of me.ciandise at the port OF St Louis.
Mr.. William P. Williams, appointed
assistant treasurer OF the United States
at Chicago. had the support Of Secretary
Gage in his candidacy and also OF all
the bankers Of Chicago. He is secretary
of the Union League club.
Hon. William Penn Nixon has been
identified with the Inter-Ocean as eii-
tor and part owner for many years,
running back beyond 1850. when he was
staunch supporter OF General Grant
for a third-term nomination There
we're opposing candidates for the office.
Senator Cullom asked for the appoint
ment OF Mr.. Nixon soon after the eiec-
ton Of President Mckinley.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-21
APPROPRIATIONS PROGRAM.
How the House is Going to Work Off Its
Bills


Bills.
Washington, Dec 1S.-The program of
the appropriation bills to be reported to
the house has been outlined in a general
way. The appropriations committee will
go 10 work on the District OF Columbia
bin just before congress convenes after
the holiday recess and it will be several
weeks before ii can be put in shape for
report. The next bill the committee will
take up is the fortifications, and the sun
dry civil bill will be brought up late In
February, or early in March, as now in
dicated. Meantime, the urgency deficien-
cy bill will be taken up and put through.
All these will originate with the appro-
priation committee. The army bill viii
be reported to the full committee in the
first week after the recess and will go 20
the house probably early the following
week. 1t will carry a large decrease from
the estimates, though an increase over
the last yeas Appropriation. The agri-
cultural bill will be finished by the sub
committee the first week after the recess
and will be reported Immediately. The
naval bill is now pending the considera-
ton OF the subcommittee. The postof-
flee appropriation bills may be called up
Monday the subcommittee Is here then,
but at any rate will not be reported un-
til the middle Of latter part of January.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-21
THE FAVORlTE GAME.
A Little Rough, but a Good Test
of American Endurance.

Football has grown in favor IN Ameri-
ca until today it occupies most proni-
rsnt place IN athletic sports
Twenty-Five thousand people recently
witnessed the game az New Haven be-
tween Yale and Princeton
The work il t-eufer 3o1s and requires
young men o. powerful physique and
good strong hearts and lungs
The trainers quite universally forbid
the use ot coffee because OF its effect
on the heart
A majority OF the best and most care
,uI trainers are pronounced in ts1eir
recommendations os Postum Food Coz-
Zee beca1 Use Il gives TIE eShlstes q warm
deslcious beverage sSi eette<< Saan that.
IL supplies in Iscuti f5rm the selected
food clements. stlica nature USES a
auHi II as<vs ard u<Uz,e.
TIE careful seIsction % food fo- p5x-
s-fEl athletes fa--ziSsoes less5E II the
less poxzsally built BRAN WORKER WHO
reilly needs a15-e care N ths seie-sion
Of food <7sa does the strong man. Eno
can make pretty goc9 s.seEaot a; ii
gess.ns aiaos: aay SOFT :: .ood.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-21
Told in Fewest Words

The Ward line steamer Saguranca,
which arrived in New York yesterday
| from Havana, brought S82 bales Of leaf
| tobacco.
Owing 70 the destruction by fire of an
asphalt factory at Bacaioca, Spain, five
persons were burned to death and thir-
ty-six were injured.
Stephen Buckingham Sturges, one Of
the founders of the Northwest National
bank of Chicago, is dead at his home in
Brooklyn, Of apoplexy, aged 20 years.
1t is understood in Paris that prelimin-
ary inquiry into the charges made
against Count Esterhazey has resulted
in mis- committal for trial by court mar
tial.
Lewis Leland, one Of the famous fam
ily of hotel men of that name, died in
New York yesterday. aged 65. He, with
his brothers, has been among the most
prrninent hotel men in the United
States.
Hon. Charles Daniels, who for twenty
eight years served on the supreme bench
of New York and also represented the
Thirty-third congressional district, was
stricken with paralysis in his office in
Buffalo, yesterday. His death is only
question of z short time.
Late Saturday afternoon the boiler OF
the engine Of the Bear Creek Milling Co.,
at Evergreen, Ala, burst, killing three
men instantly. fatally injuring one
other and wounding three more. Two Of
the killed are Jack Clipper and Monroe
Sullivan
At Barbourville, KY, yesterday, Isom
Lawson, an 1S-year-old boy, was given
life sentence IN the penitentiary. Law
son killed his parent, who was minis
ter, by striking him on the head with
hoe. because the father had corrected
him for some misdemeanor.
John E. Redmond, NJ. P, the well
known Irish leader, is coming to Ameri-
ca, al the invitation of prominent work.
ers in the Irish cause to speak on the re-
beIlion OF 1898, to arouse the enthusiasm
Of Irish-Americans in the pilgrimage to
Ireland next July to celebrate the ris-
ing.
Two pasteboard boxes filed with cellu-
loid combs came IN contact with the
steampipee of a car on the Sixth avenue
elevated railway, New York, yesterday,
and exploded with great force, while the
train was standing at a station Two
men were hurt by the explosion. The
car was wrecked
In the Italian chamber Of deputies yes
terday the Marquis di Rudini announced
the formation Of the new cabinet and
the debate on the subject was opened.
Signor Colombo, former minister OF the
treasury, submitted a resolution of want
Of confience in the new government, but
the chamber rejected it by vote of 200
against 1S4.
The British steamer F1oridian, from
New Orleans, has arrived at Liverpool.
and reports having passed in latitude so
and longitude % the British steamer Ap-
pomattox, from London for Newport
News. The Appomsttox signaled that
her shaft was broken The British
steamer Virginian was preparing to
| take the Appomattox in tow.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-21
NOT THE LABoRER's FRIEND.
Railroad Workers Glad Mckinley has
Shelved Paxson.

Railroad Workers Glad Mckinley has
Shelved Paxson.
Peoria, Ill, Dec. 1s.-Great satisfac-
ton is expressed at the headquarters OF
the railroad brotherhoods in this city
ever the fact that the president has
withheld the appointment of Judge Ed
ward NJ. Paxson as a member of the in
terstate commerce commission and may
not name him. Chief Sergeant, of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen,
recently visited Washington 20 protest
against the appointment in benaif OF the
railroad brotherhoods. Said one OF the
chief officials thereof this morning:
Judge Paxson has been bitter op-
ponent of organized labor. He has so
expressed himself whenever ne has mad
an opportunity. He is connected with
the Reading company. and he refuses to
let any one work for that road VINO is
connected with labor organizations. One
million voters are against his appoint
ment."
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-21
Christmas PhOtOS...

Why not have photographs for Christ
mas? Many Of your friends would wei
come q gift from you Of this character.
II they are good photographs, they VIII
ne all the more valuable, and twenty
five years dn the business has demon
strated the fact that our pictures never
fade and are not equaled by any Pho
tograpner in Kansas. THE MATERIAL
USED IN OUR PICTURES Is THE
BEST MONEY CAN BUY. We have an
able lot OF assistants and will be able
to get out all work on time. Our prices
are not duplicated.
GENUINE PLATING, new
FINEST ENAMEL, or
Glossy Finish ........ ! so per doz
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-21
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM BILL.
VIII Undertake to Divest the Commis-
sion Of Usurped Power.

VIII Undertake to Divest the Commis-
sion Of Usurped Power.
Washington, Dec. 1S-The Republican
members of the house who are framing a
bill to reform the civil service law, have
not'yet got together TO draft their meas
ure. Chairman Hepburn, of the special
committee having the matter in charge,
says he expects the bill to be matured
soon after the holiday recess closes. Thus
far, however. ne and his associates on
the special committee have not discussed
the form that the reform measure is TO
take. Representative Tawney. who Is
chairman Of the committee TO look up evil
dence Of the maladministratio of the
present law, is making an elaborate col
lection OF the material calculated to show
defects in the law and its enforcement.
He will supplement this with a careful
review Of the law in the case. the pur-
pose being to show that the original law
never contemplated the wide application
which it is given, and that the powers ex-
ercised by the civil service commission
are supported only by usage and not by
law Mr.. Tawney says the powers exer-
cised by the commission have stood mere
ly because they were not contested by
any legal process which would secure a
strict adherence TO the law
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-21
brokers who are unwilling to give u

brokers' who are unwilling to give up
their principals. But even this trick
cannot be pEactised long, since the temp
tadon is strong for the broker to take
advantage Of his principal, particularly
If the information is wanted by the fed
e-al authorities. But, as I said before,
it is easy enough to smuggle diamonds,
and it is only question with importers
whether they prefer to be honest or dis
honest. am glad to say that by far the
larger number come in the former
class -
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-21
HOLIDAY EXCURSION RATES

For Christmas and New Year Holi-
days the Kansas Midland will sell ex-
cursion tickets on Dec. 23rd, oath, 25til,
31st and January 1st, bearing final re-
turn limit of Jan. 4th, 1898, at rate of
one fare for the round trip. For further
information call at City Ticket Office,
13S North Main street, or at Passenger
Depot, corner Mosley and Douglas ave-
nues. G. NJ. WHITNEY,
P. and 7. Agent.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-21

THE Public School System as an In
strumentality OF Social Advance is the
subject Of an address that will be de-
livered before the Kansas State Teach
ers' association at Topeka, December 80,
1897, by E. B. Andrews, president Brown
university. Be sure to come, as the rate
Is low, the Santa Fe making a rate of
ore fare for the round trip from all
points IN Kansas, including St. Joseph
and Kansas City, No., and Superior,
Neb.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-21
REVENUE OFFICERS TENUREs.
Papers in the West Virginia Cases Filed
in Supreme Court

in Supreme Court
Washington, Dec. 1S--Tne papers in
the civil cases from the West Virginia
internal revenue district were filed n
the United States supreme court today.
The cases come to the supreme court on
an appeal from the decision OF Judge
Jackson of the West Virginia circuit
court. He issued a writ permanently
enjoining the collector OF internal revs-
Iue from removing from officer gaugeIs
ard storekeepers, employed by his pred
eeessor, contrary, as was alleged, to the
civil service law. The cases are the on
ly ones involving this feature Of the
civil service law that have ever been
heard in the supreme court. and the de-
cision VIII oe looked forward to with
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-21
Douglas Avenue Sta
J. w. LINGENFELTER,
City Ticket Agent.

After hearing some friends continually
praising Chamberlains Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy, Curtis Fleck of
Anaheim, California, purchased a bottle
OF ii for his own use and is now as en-
thusiastic over its wonderful work as
any one can be-. The % and so cent sizes
for sale hv druggists
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-21
>BaIdWin~
LEADING ARTIST,
lis East Douglas ave
Notice.

Please take notice that the comptroller
Of the currency of the United States.
has directed that all just claims now
subsisting against the Wichita National
bank, must be Immediately presented 90
the undersigned for consideration and
allowance and if not so presented on Or
before the 31st day OF December, 1897,
that they will be forever barred.
w. n. EWING,
Receiver of the Wichita National Bank.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-21

Wichita, Kansas. December ., 1897.
The annual meeting OF the stockhold-
eTs of the Fourth National Bank Of
Wichita, Kansas. will be held at their
banking house. No. 200 E. Douglas ave,
between the hours of ten O'clock a. m.
and four o'clock p. m, Tuesday. Jan.
nth, 1895, for the election of seven
directors for the ensuing year. and the
transaction Of such other business as
may come before said meeting.
RespectfulIy
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-21

Your boy viii caten al the rats and
mice about your place at one cent per
mice and two cents per rat, if you will
buy him a trap. The best traps are sold
at Pages Hardware Store, SIS East
Douglas avenue. 30-2t tu-th.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-21

Through :ckets. baggage checked.
maps. time tables and fun Information
about the Santa Fe Route and Frisco
Line can be obtained from their ticket
office at Douglas avenue station. which
is open until 1910 p. m every day. Al
questions cheerfuliy answered
L. n. DELANEY. Agent
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-21

suitable present for a gentleman
which is always acceptable, meer-
sclsum or briar pipe, or a % box OF
cigars. TIE cigars are made OF the
finest Havana tobacco. and sell from one
10 two dollars per box. Special invita-
zion to ladies. \. c. Husey, 2O6 y.
Main. 9S-et
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-21

E1cha,ze Stables a. OrizE6o so5
srnzats- H4ke q specially of eaFry-
ing passengers bef-e~a these pointa
Also ID q general livery business. Trsy-
eH5x rnsn's pzfFonezs s1Isci.st
eHIyELY, VAN wTzE & EHTvELY.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-21

Goods advertised in this newspaper
are for sale in this town. You can get
them without trouble il you refuse sub
stitutes and press your demand for gen.
uine articles.