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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-20

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-20

A. E. COOPER, D. P. A.
Wichita, Kan
EBEN MCLEOD a. C. P. & T. A,
Topeka, Kan.
FRISCO LINE DINING CAR SERVICE.
The Frisco Line has inaugurated din
ing car service on trains los and 1O6. This
car will serve breakfast and dinner on
train los, arriving at Wichita at 3:45 p. m,
and dinner and supper on train 100. leav-
ing Wichita at 1885 p. m. Meals served
a la Carte.
This service is under the supervision OF
Mr.. Fred Harvey. the celebrated caterer.
and great care will be exercised TO make
1t satisfactory. L. R. DELANEY.
Ticket Agent, Union Station
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-20

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Arizona republican., 1898-03-04

effect. The other features of the en- tertainment were contributed by J. H. Petit and Len Shepardson. MT. Petit showed his great versatility in assuming several difficult characters in short sketches. His seven China men in court was especially good, and all of his work displayed the ability of a trained artist. MT. ShepardsOn, who is also an actor of considerable talent, was decidedly entertaining, and the audience appreciated to the fullest extent his interpretation of Mary Had a Little Lamb," from the version of the "Dago" to the China man. He concluded his funny char acter sketches with a song and banjo accompaniment which brought him round of applause and hearty encore.
 Captain Mahony was introduced by Captain Lamson. His talk was lis tened to with rapt attention, and his forcib1e delivery thoroughly impressed the assembly of the importance of his mission to the United States and the condition of the people for whom he is working. The captain has had great deal of hard work during his visit | to this country, and he said he was about running out of stories, of which | he was well stocked when he arrived. He said he has endeavored to give new i incidents of Spanish cruelty wherever he has spoken, but he has found that | his supply was about exhausted. Il was asked in Phoenix today" said the captain, "bow 50,000 Cuban soldiers | could expect to conquer 225,O ,O0O Span iards." His answer was that the Gu bans are fighting for their homes, their children and their liberty, while the Spaniards were engaged in battle for $6 month, which he said accounted for the victories the Cubans had won over tremendous odds in battle. Cuba asks the United States for rec ognition," said he. "They want their belligerent rights, and when the island is given them there will be a call for volunteers which will be responded to from every corner of the United States.''
 Captain Mahony spoke for a half hour in the earnest manner which characterized his address on Tuesday night at the court house, and he was frequently interrupted with expres- sions of approval from the audience. He concluded by thanking the citizens of Phoenix for their generous contri- buttons of money for Cuba's aid, and he thought that especial praise was appointed to solicit funds, for his eff ficient work. A collection was taken at the close of Captain Mahony's re- marks. Something less than $10 was contributed by the audience.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-04
LITERARY NOTES.

To all those who are now waiting and watching the daily papers, issue by issue, to learn the adventures eX- perienced and the results obtained by the government divers who are now exploring the wreck of the gallant Maine, the concluding pages of F. Hop kinson Smiths story of Caleb West the Diver, in the March Atlantic, will have an especial interest. Writing from experience and full heart, long before the tragedy of Havana harbor occurred, MT. Smith takes his readers into the investigation, not of a sunk en ship, but of railroad train, plunged through an open draw into the slimy bottom of deep river; and he paints with the lifelike touch of a skilled expert the methods, details and results of the same skillful and ghast- ly work which is now going on amid the wrecked timbers of the Maine.
 Truth is stranger than fiction; but stranger still is it that fiction some times seems to anticipate and describe the most strange and unexpected facts.
 The only democracy in the world which can be compared With our own is that of the Australian colonies, and the comparison as drawn by E. L. God kin in the March Atlantic is both in teresting and instructive The main difference in method is that the Amer ican system is what he calls the presidential, in which candidates are elected under a written constitution for fixed terms of office, before the ex- piration of which no changes can be made: while the Australian is the cabinet system, with no fixed consti- tuition, and under it legislative ma Joritles and executive officers may be changed at any time.
 The cabinet system has the advap- tage of making all government officers more directly responsible to the peo- pie, who can call them to account sharply and promptly, if dissatisfied with their policy, and replace them by others who will execute the popu- lar will. It is not so well fitted to maintain a fixed policy; for the off, cials are always at the mercy of any sudden craze or wave of popular feel in, however ill judged, which under our methods would ebb or expend it. self before the next prescribed elec- tion.
 The consequence is, that while in the United States changes of policy come very slowly, the history of Aus tralian democracy is long record of successive changes and experiments in every possible subject of legislation; in suffrage, in land and building schemes. in public works, in finance, but especially in laws for the protec- tion of labor, which have been extend ed to the most extreme and minute paternal supervision
 MT. Godkin details at length the na- ture of these experiments, which so far seem to have been successful, and he looks for still further interesting and valuable developments, fostered by the general prosperity of the com munity and the wonderful resources of the country.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-04
THE GOOD TEMPLARS.
Housing Meeting Held in the Presby-
 terian Church Last Night.

A goodly audience greeted Frank c. Reid of Flagstaff last night, and lis tened to very eloquent and convinc- ing address. MT. Reid Is young man of good voice and address, and so thoroughly imbued with his theme that his utterances carried conviction to his hearers. He began by saying that temperance advocates used to confine their addresses to denuncia- tions of the saloon keeper, and telling what hideous monster he was. Then a little later the pendulum swung to the other extreme, and lecturers de- clared that they had no quarrel with the saloon keeper, but with the law makers who enacted license laws, that the saloon keepers merely compiled with.
 "But," said he, while I have no quarrel with the saloon keeper indi- vidually, I have with his business Because the law permits men to do wrong and harm their fellow men, is no excuse for doing SO. The act is voluntary and the responsib lity must rest upon the man who sells strong drink and thus drags men down to ruin and destroys the lives and happiness of women and children"
 He said if young ladies would refuse to keep company with young men who tipple, there would be fewer drinkers and so greater safety for the young men. He told how singing in saloons was abolished in Flagstaff. The city council was petitioned to fix the li- cense at $50 per month, which was prohibitive until the Fourth of July came around with it's attendant cele- brations, when a saloon keeper paid the license and hired some singers who were great attraction especially to the young men. Again the council was petitioned to increase the license to $500, which was done, and since then there has been no music to en- tice the young men into the saloons. He thought their little mountain town ahead of the metropolis in this re- gard.
 He deprecated the habit which some had fallen into of laughing at drunken men and making fun of their foolish talk, for, said he, if it was brother, a son or a father in that condition it would not be a laughing matter, and somewhere there were hearts that loved the poor drunkard, and hearts that ached over his downfall and ruin.
 MT. h0lQ s llIuSITdtlOuS were apt duU to the point. For instance, when speaking of the saloon business and it's effect upon the community he re- lated that a boy saw a drunken man lying in the gutter in front of a sa- loon, and calling the proprietor out informed him that his signboard had fallen down. Before the lecture Miss Plank sang a beautiful solo, and Miss MapsOn gave a select reading in a very impressive manner.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-04
MORE CUBAN SYMPATHY.
A Lal SC Assembly Gathers at Gardiner
 /. Hall Last Night.

e appearance on the streets of yn0enix for the past week of two gal lant young men wearing the uniform of the Cuban army has thoroughly aroused the latent patriotism of the people. It found uncomfortable ex- pression at the meeting held Tuesday night at the court house, and again last night it was renewed at the as sembly under the auspices of Company B at Gardiner's hail.
 The hall was well filled when Cap tain Lamson of Company B called the assembly to order with the announce ment that they would be treated to an address by Edwin s. Gill, who made a decided hit at the meeting held in the court house. He was greeted with ap- piause, and his stirring words were received with cheers. He concluded his address by recitation which was rendered in a manner to stir every heart with a thrill of patriotism. He was followed by F. H. Couch, who rendered recitation with excellent
Arizona republican., 1898-03-04
KITCHEN HELPS.

Clean brooms by dipping in and ou; of ammonia water.
 If oyster shells are occasionally placed in kitchen stoves it will be found that clinkers will never appear.
 Throw some salt on the kitchen stove if grease is spilled on it and odor will be prevented.
 If an oil or gas stove is used box of sand should be kept handy in case of ac- cident, as it is the best thing with which to put out fire.
 To prevent the wick of a candle from smoldering hold it higher than the mouth when blowing it out and blow upward. If lamp wicks are soaked thor oughly in vinegar before being used they will not smoke.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-04
ALMOST AN ARIZONAN.
President D. B. Robinson of the St.
 Louis & San Francisco in Town.


 President D. B. Robinson of the St. Louis & San Francisco railway arrived night. He was accompanied by Mrs. Robinson, his son, MT. J. B. Rob- inson, and Col. and Mrs. A. H. Sellers of Chicago. He was met at the M. & F. depot by a delegation of friends. for MT. Robinson is so nearly an Arizonan that his visit was re- garded rather as a home coming. Soon after his arrival President F. M. Mur- phy, with a party of S. F. P. & F. of f1cials and friends, came in from the north.
 MT. Robinson and party will spend and will then go on to California. He was seen at the Hotel Adams last night in company with President Mur- phy, who alluding to the fact that Mr. Robinson had been the first pres ident of the S. F. P. & F., said that it was possible that but for the energy and Influence of Mr. Robinson the road would not have been built. "He made the great reconnaissance" con- tinued Mr. Murphy; ''he travelled over  port was so favorable that Diamond Joe Reynolds made the building of the road possible"
 ''Mr. Murphy and I were together in those preliminary days" said MT. Robinson, "and we used to sws at blood"
 After all the difficulties were out of the way" resumed Mr. Murphy, fh1 him.
 MT. Robinson takes a keen inte- est in Arizona affairs, concerning which he is thoroughly acquainted, and one of his most valued sources of informa- tion is The Arizona Republ; ca n, which reaches him daily at his St. Louis office.
 President Robinson and his party, accompanied by President Murphy and his friends, will leave for the north this afternoon.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-04
KANSAS BARRIERS.
Resolve to Make Themselves Felt at
 the Polls.

Topeka, Kan, March 3-The new State Barbers' association will take hand in politics this fall and try to accomplish the defeat of legislators who will not pledge themselves to vote for the barber bill next winter. The barbers have a special grievance against Representatives Clem Fair child, populist of Kingman, and they propose to use every influence at their command to retire him to private life at the first opportunity. It was Fair child who killed the barber bill last winter.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-04

serss e ss & ssee and me of Washington and Center streets, and one and hslf block from car line, or will sell you one-half it.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-04
ROAD PORTER KILLED
Struck by an Express Train and Hurled
 Before a Way Train

New York, March 3.-Just as an ex- press train on the Ninth avenue ele- vated road was rushing by the Eighty first street station at about 7:45 a. m. today way train was pulling into the station. Both trains were bound down town. David H. Allen, 22S Nest SlXty-fourth street, colored DOT i<r in
Arizona republican., 1898-03-04

the employ of the road, was crossing the tracks at the time, and failed to get out of the way of the express. The locomotive struck him, and, throw ing him on the track in front of the way train, he was run over and killed.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-04

Wo n&c to sell two twenty-acre tracts, To- W oiIl0 cated at Glendale, upon terms of
 payment to suit the buyer.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-04
YELLOW FEVER IN BRAZIL.
Seven Persons on Vessel in Port
 There Catch It and Will Die.

Pensacola, Fla, March 3.-Captain Wilhelmsen of the Norwegian bark Herman, which arrived at quarantine from Para, Brazil, reports that while the vessel was at Para six Of the crew and his daughter were attacked with yellow fever and that all of them died in the hospital ashore.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-04
Last and Special.

ante the opportunity and privilege to A''to give you estimates upon anything that you ID ay need in sheet metal work, plumbing, pipe work or any thing else within the scope of my business, and your patronage, if can do as well by you as others. It Is my aim to do better for you. In regard to this, please don't forget he place,
Arizona republican., 1898-03-04
MINING MACHINERY,

One complete mill, including rock breakers, grizzlies, pulverizer engines, boiler, pumps, pipe fittings, tools, fine Vanner concentrators. Also mine equipment, drills, picks, shovels, hoists, wire cable ore cars (iron), 1000 feet of rails for tramway
 For further information call on or address Wade H. Rulings, Phoenix,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-08-24
Too Much for the General.

Emperor William of Germany dis
likes nothing more than to see his
officers excited or in the least ruffied at
a parade or maneuvre. He frequently
had occasion to criticse old General
Won Meerscheidt on that account, and
at u recent review in Berlin the Kaiser
reprimanded him for losing his self
possession at a trying moment.
"If Your Majesty thinks that am
getting too old beg of you to allow
me 10 resign"
"No, no." replied the Kaiser; 'you
are too young to resign. Indeed, if
your blood didn't course through your
veins quite so fast you would be more
US. ful army leader"
On the evening of that day the Kai-
ser and the General met at Court ball.
The General was talking to some young
ladies who, for lack of room, were not
dancing.
"Ah, Meerscheidt,n cried William,
"that is right, get ready 10 marry.
Take young wife; then that excitable
temperament of yours will soon van
ish."
The General bowed low as he retort-
ed: 81 beg to be excused. Your Ma
jesty, young Emperor and a young
wife would be more than I could pos
sibly stand.-Ladies' Home Journal.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-08-24
1t shOrtens the Laws Delays.

"An office with a west front is q great
thing in the justice line these days"
said Clerk Sturgis, as Justice Haw-
thorne disposed Of a half-dozen eases in
half an hour yesterday afternoon.
"The advantage comes in the fact
that room fronting the west gets hot
ter than any other. and becomes un-
comfortable for the criminals, the Court
and the lawyers. The criminals give
up the truth more readily, and the
Court is more rapid in its decisions;
but the principal advantage is in the
time gained on the lawyers. When
they are little bit more uncomforta-
BILE than usual it Is surprising how they
forget to delay the proceedings, and
how they can facilitate business. Now,
this room is admirably arranged, hot
in summer, and cold as the mischief in
winter. Ii makes business go with q
dash and hustle,-and we officials get
away the same as the rest Of them
when 1t is over. You know, we are on
salary now, and only have to do what
we can not get out Of any way"
The courtrOoms Of most Of the South
Side justices are on the east side Of the
street. and 50 located that they are un-
comfortable almost any time IN the day
when courts are usually held.-Kansas
City Journal
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-08-24
War Brings Reunion.

In. 1861 John Swackhammer, Sus-
quehanna county Penn farmer, at
his country's call, shouldered a gun
and went to the front He followed
the varying fortunes Of the Army Of
the Potomac, and by faithful service
rose to the rank of sergeant.
After the disastrous battle of Freder-
icksburg Swaekhammer's name ap-
peared on the long roll of the missing.
Months and years followed, and no IL
dings came from the sergeant, and his
wife and little ones mourned for bim as
one dead. A few months ago the young
est of Swackhammer's sons left the old
farm and enlisted in a Philadelphia
regiment to help whip the nons.
While at Camp Algtr, Falls Church,
Va, a few days since, the young soldier
entered little restaurant il g little viii
lage near by. He entered into cOnyer-
satiOn with the proprietor of the place,
and soon learned that he had formerly
lived in Penpsylvania- The soldier said
that was his home State.
"From what county do you oOme >"
inquired the old man.
"From Susquehanna county," was
the reply.
"Do you know the Swackhammers
up there?''
81 should say did r. was the reply.
"My name is sStephen Swaekhammer."
"What was your fathers name?" ex-
eitedly cried the old restauranteur.
"His name was John Swaekhammer.
He was killed in the War Of the Re
beIlion.n
any GodI I am your fatherv' cried
the old man as he tottered to chair.
After he recovered his compOsure he
said that after the battle of Fredericks-
burg he Ianguished in the rebel prisons
at AndersonvilIe and Florence for q
long period, during which he was
wrecked in health and mind. Then
followed years that are dead blank to
him. When memory was partially re-
stored, he had forgotten his own name,
his family and the State from whence
he came. Within a month all the va
ried happenings of his life have passed
in panorama before MS troubled vision.
The young soldier viii get q furlOugh
and accompany his father back to the
lonely ones among the rugged hills Of
Susquehanna county. = Kansas City
Journal.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-08-24
The Champion Liar.


Some good men are naturally such
teachers and so full Of benevolenee, es-
peeially toward the young, that they
can not help spreading wisdom wher.
ever they go. That the seed may fall
on stony ground is proved by a story
which gentleman who went hunting
far into the interior of Nova Scotia tells
in letter.
The hunter was carried sixteen miles
at night by boy sixteen years old and
a horse fifteen years old. The ride was
tedious, and the boy driver was inclined
to go to sleep. The hunter, therefore,
thought to interest him in something.
~ see we are going due west" he
said.
"HOw do you know that 81 asked the
boy. "Were you ever here before?"
''No, but there is the North star"
"How do you know it's the North
starr"
"Why, there are the pointers"
"What pointeFs?"
The hunter explained, and told the
boy how to find the North star. Then
he pointed out two of the planets. The
boy seemed wide awake now, and the
hunter went on to give him his first
lesson in astronomy, telling him how
Jupiter was l, 800 times as large as the
earth, and how Mars showed changes
of seasons-how it had bays and appa-
rent canals, and so forth, and how it
was supposed by many to have inteili-
gent inhabitants
When, after his hunting, the stranger
returned to the town where he had
hired the conveyance and the boy, he
found that the people seemed to have a
certain humorous interest in him. IL
was so evident that he was the object
of some curiosity or joke that he made
inquiries, and finally found man who
could tell him.
"Why,D said his informant, you've
made a great reputation for yourself
around here.r
am what way?"
"Oh, the kid that drove you over
to--the other night came back the
next day and told all the settlers at
the hotel that Of all the liars he ever
heard, you were the slickest"
"What lie did I tel him?"
"The boy said that you pretended to
know the number Of miles to the sun,
and that you pointed to star that you
called Jumpter,' and that you said it
was 800 times bigger than this world,
aud that you pointed to another star
that you said was one where folks
lived"
80 said the boy, you just ought to
hear hint He's peaehl Old Haskins
amt In il with that feller for lynn. j
tell you he's the biggest liar in Nova
Scotia III point him out to you when
he comes back. +"
The boy had pointed him Out, and he
was at that moment enjoying reputa-
tion Of the champion Of all the liars
who had ever come to Nova Scotia
Country Gentleman
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-08-24
Robbed the Grave.

A startling incident, Of which Mr..
John Oliver of Philadelphia, was the
subject, is narrated by him as follows:
81 was in a most dreadful condition.
My skin was almost yellow, eyes sunk
en-, tongue coated, pain continually in
back and sides, no appetite-gradually
growing weaker day by day. Three
physicians had given me up. Fortu-
nately, friend advised trying 'Elec-
tric Bitters;' and to my great joy and
surprise, the first bottle made decid-
ed improvement 1 continued their
use for three weeks, and am now well
man. l know they saved my life, and
robbed the grave of another victim. f"
No one should fail to try them. Only
so cts. per bottle at J. n. Snyder's Drug
Store, Somerset, Pa, and g. w. Bral-
lier's Drug Store, Berlin, Pa