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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-17

The mother Of Little Lord Fauntelroy has married
again. and this time her senographer AS the
advances who them secretaries often
win their employers this Mans prospects not
altogether cherries.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-17

The United States senate considerably though
it would like Senator Quay without
the senate having the responsibility Of deciding that he
ho1ld STA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-17

Roberts 10000 behind him and Joubert
opposing him has 10000, And Joubert more
activity than he has make Beers equal Eng
lshmen
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-17

There IS not one European nation which does not wan
interfere the war European
nation that afraid OF old England.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-17

France win interfere the Boer war. France
pokng around in the dark with club trying h
/ dvnau1ita
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-17

Tom Sharkey. Friday finished OF his opponents in
thrty-eght seconds This may De taken official notice
Of the fact that Mr. shareys anatomy has together
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-17

Up to date the finder has dlscov
tariff matter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-17

Commissioner schurman The former Philippine con-
also landed the jaw Rico tarin
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-17

How Rudyare Kpling likes slip in q sentence occs
sionay that he IS dead sure no one can understand
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-17

there European approaching probably has
TO do with Russias designs ConstantaapIe.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-17

Russia and France are pov engaged in setting Up =
scarecrow for England to shy al
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-17

The Empress Dowager of China hiring psooss to
the retoruers.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-17

The little brother was Cd enough =
obey Leftia's commands 70 keep quiet.
but the baby sister w2s screaming last5-
T. II order 10 smother her crsas. Lstitia
enoksd the poor. wes tang Until ~ tlny
throat was b.zek. AID blue for days az
teTwzv5
TIE Csmanches once past Gar herelns
made her way en- foot through the woedz
70 the neares: Nose. whs-e SIZE said
;EIl hsr father could 1se brought Bur the
Indians gat poos Bsss ard tie beasfEfal
new saddle.
whsa tae girl Eao had scrasesed up
taat same saddle heard e ~ Ehst rad
happened. ste said ! sender shether
+ tne Indians we're after EeT. Lssiti4
Murray would have hoped 6eEn from
her seat n heaven * G1tcE IS sae at9
from Asr sis3e-ssds.e-
TIE wzy mat ! ceE1s = kBoz the story
was thaF Let1s9a NGTrzy asFsesf now
. woman wsth daughters g Ter ass
whehave si1e-sa8dIss, to.6 y . nsa not
lang aSo ~ Texas. Ard taaz . Sras
tale.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-07-07
BARONESS BURDErT.CouTTs
Enjoying Perfect Health at Seller
Young Husband,

The famous millionaire philanthro-
pist, the Baroness Angela Georgina
Burdett-Coutts, of London, celebrated
her eighty-sixth birthday on April 81,
says the New York Commercial Adver-
tiser. She is enjoying almost perfect
health, and says she hopes to live for a
century. 1t was in 1881 that the Baron
esS married a native of PHILADELPHIA
who had become a British subject
who had been for some time her private
secretary. The Baroness was then 81
years old and her young husband 20.
In this marriage custom was re-
versed. Instead of the brides chang
ing her name the bridegroom changed
his By royal license, bearing date Of
May 10, 1889, the Baroness husband
had his name changed to William Leh-
man Ashmead Bartlett Burdett- Coutts.
The Baroness is the daughter of Sir
Francis Burdett, who married the
laughter Of Thomas Coutts. When she
inherited her grandfather's vast prop
arty she assumed the additional sur
name of COutts. In 1871 she was Gre
ated a peeress. The Baroness is one Of
the co-heirs of the baronies of Scales
Latimer and Badlesmere
Queen Victoria, it is said, never for
gave the Baroness for marrying the
American, and snubbed her at garden
party soon after the wedding. Mr..
Ashmead Bartlett Burdett Coutts'
brother is Sir Ellis Ashmead Bartlett.
Their mother died in London a few
years ago.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-07-07

had as dish what was known as Bruins
wick soup or stew. The name probably
arose from a desire on the part of the
Virginia householders to suggest that the
kingly house of Brunswick was Tin the
SOUP"
III the staid land of steady habits, Con-
necticut, in the town of Hartford it was
the custom for years to have n great
dinner lin the field" A newspaper Of
100 years or so ago gives an account Of
one of these dinners and list of twenty
toasts. The crack military companies of
the section were in attendance at the
dinner.
The Boston official dinners on Tndepen-
dence day were held in the hubs cradle
of liberty, Faneuil Hall. Edward Everett
Hale tells OF one of the earliest Fourth Of
July celebrations Of his remembrance.
1t was that of the year 1893, and on that
day for the first time a great chorus Of
school children sang my Country, IT'S
OF Thee"
Character of Celebration Changes.
1t was just about this time that the
character Of the celebration Of the ami
versary of the birthday Of American in
dependence began to change. Parades
wsr~ held a. usual. but noise bGgan to
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-07-07

take the place of speeches and in the
larger towns of the reading of the declar-
alton of independence, which had always
been feature of the celebration. The
opening Of trade with China brought in
the small frecrackers and American fac
tories soon found the means of making
big ones. Noise assumed the scepter and
has reigned ever since. There is a strong
desire on the part of many people to-day
to change the character of the celebra-
ton of independence day and to make it
like unto that which it once was. All
sorts of plans have been suggested for a
more orderly and 1s5lemnly impressive
celebration of the republics natal day.
The effort to change the methods of the
days recognition are being exerted in a
virile way, and it may be that the pres
ent generation will live to find something
more in the Fourth of July than picnic,
the explosion of pack of crackers under
a tin pan or the rush of a rocket which,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-07-07

Alexandria, Va, with large company
of civil and military people of Fairfax
County"
Things were not particularly bright for
the colonial armies on the first anniver-
sary of the declaration Of independence.
The soldiers at Morristown heights. how
ever, under Washington's command each
received an extra gill of rum with his
ration in recognition of the day. The
third anniversary of the signing of the
declaration was made memorable by the
issuing of an order by the commander
in-chief that all military prisoners under
the sentence of death should be pardoned.
Perhaps the most enthusiastic and
heartfelt celebrations Of Independence
day did not take place on the day itself.
News travelled slowly in the year 1916.
and 1t was some days before New York
knew that the country had been declared
rree, When the pleasing information did
reach there, however, the town went
wild. The kings statue was pulled down
and melted up into bullets for the Ameri.
can armies. Two or three DAYS after
New York had given vent to its enthusi.
asue feelings Boston celebrated. A Brit.
ASH army oficer who was a prisoner in
me hub at the time wrote an account of
us re,oicings OF the "deluded people"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-07-07

He was escorted b va band of patriots
to see the 'goings on" and confesses that
he enjoyed the occasion as a break in a
rather monotonous life Of captivity. The
crowd of Bostonians tore down the lion
and the unicorn from the old headquar-
tiers of the British Government, after
ward the old Massachusetts state house.
1t was not until after the signing of
the treaty of peace with Great Britain
that celebrations Of Independence day
were held regularly in all places. Dinners
were favOrite features Of the day. Ev-
erybody was invited and it was seen to
that there was enough for all. The citi-
zen sat down at the outdoor table with
out any fear that a cannon cracker was
to be exploded under him before he had
finished his first course. Pandemonium
had not as yet come into general use as
synonym for the features of the Fourth
of July. All through Virginia the public
and private feasts on Independence day
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-07-07
A CLEVER BEAT.
He Was Caught Dead to Rights and
Begged for Pity.

He Was Caught Dead TO Rights ana
Begged for Pity.
eve had a variegated experience
with hotel beats in my time" said a
veteran bouiface who was in town on a
visit the other day, according to the
New Orleans Times-Dem ocrat, "but l
believe the funniest incident in thatline
that ever came under my observation
occurred some years ago when l had
charge Of house at sister city not q
thousand miles from New Orleans. One
rainy evening shortly after the arrival
of the Eastern trains tall, cookbook
ing chap walked into the office swathed
from neck to heels In long cape mack
intosh. 1t was as handsome a raincOat
as l ever saw, and his fashionable hat
and the expensive alligator-skin valise
he carried in his hand completed the
outward picture of gentleman of
means. He wrote his name on the reg
lister, and, remarklng that he was thor
oughly fatigued and not feeling very
well, asked to be shown at once to his
room. The clerk assigned him to quar-
tiers on the third floor, and one of the
bellboys picked up his valise and led
the way to the elevator. When they
got out the elevator man slammed the
door rather suddenly and kept on going
up to answer a call in the next story.
1t so happened that the long skirt of
the strangers macintosh caught on q
slight projection on the iron work of
the door, and as the car shot upward
1t stripped the garment off his back
very much after the fashion of skin
ming an eel, leaving him, to the blank
amazement Of the bellboy, clad In moth
ing but suit Of red flannel underwear.
l was coming down the hall just as the
accident happened and l took in the
situation at glance. The fellow had
expected to gain his room without de-
lection, and in the morning would have
claimed that somebody had stolen his
clothes with heaven only knows how
much money in the trousers pocket and
probably gold watch In the vest.
Anyhow, he was caught dead to
rights as the saying goes, and he was
taken so completely by surprise that he
couldn't invent any story to account for
his condition. He begged piteously not
to be arrested, and l finally told him
to get out, but before he could leave
the house he had to have some clothes,
and he snapped his elegant vaiise for
pair Of greasy overalls and blue cot
ton jumper belonging to the engineer.
l heard afterward that he had caught
several big houses on the same game"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-07-07

safely through dangers that would
sadden an American Indian, only to
find one situation funnier than the
preceding one; that this commander
had such power over men as to make
Afghans his personal admirers and
collies his friends, and, not knowing
these things, CronJe began the siege.
Few men are as versatile as the
hero Of Mafeking. His accomplish.
ments are described by an English
writer, who knows him well, as those
of f1rst-class sportsman and polo.
player, a crack shot, an admirable &C.
tor, fine singer, forceful and clever
writer, and an artist of great power
With all this he Is modest and kind.
hearted and is the idol Of his wife and
his pretty daughter.
The unconquerable colonel Is 4o
years old. He entered the army in
1876, and most of his active service
was seen in the Zulu war, during
which he reconnoitered 600 miles OF
the Natal frontier In twenty days and
absolutely alone. Whatever the fu.
ture may hold for him, it Is not prob.
able that he will record a nobler per.
Torrance than that he has accom-
plished in the defense of Mafeking.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-07-07
Lost Brothers Voice in Photograph,

AAOSN . FOACO
On the 18th of May, 1881, George
Remington, a brother of Peter Hem
ington, of Galesburg, Mich, enlisted in
the regular army and disappeared.
Persistent inquiry failed to discover
his whereabouts, the only fact to be
ascertained being that of his discharge
for disability soon after his enlistment.
Three months since Peter was In
Kalamazoo where, by chance, he took
In an exhibition of which photograph
formed part Among other features
was fragment from the play, 1.-THE
Three Guardsmen," during the render
Ing Of which one of the characters de-
veloped a peculiar and scarcely notice
able stammer. Upon the request OF
MIR. Remington this part was repeated,
and that gentleman became convinced
that 1t was the voice of his long-ab-
sent brother, who had a precisely SIM
liar impeachment In his speech. Since
the above occurrence the clew has
been persistently followed, and re-
Gently the two brothers were reunited
after nineteen years.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-07-07
A Strange Pacific Island.

The report that Lots Wife, perhaps
the strangest island in the Pacific, had
been damaged by an earthquake is de-
MED, and the claim made that the lone
some rock has been seen by recent nav
igators of that portion Of the Pacific
Lots Wife Is In latitude 29:47 and
longitude 140:22;30 east, and is south
east Of the island Of Neppon, the larg'
est Of the Japanese group. Meares, the
explorer, ran across it in 1888, and at
first mistook ii for ship. He called II
Meares' rock, but it had very likely
been discovered in advance Of that time
by Spanish explorers who charted 1t as
Fela rock. The United States steamer
Macedonian passed 1t in 1854, and she'
too, mistook 1t for sail. Its ruggeo
peak rises nearly 300 feet above the
sea, and it can be seen for twenty-five
miles. There is a great cavern In the
base Of the rocky pinnacle and the sea
roars through 1t with a voice Of thuh'
der. The diameter Of the water line Is
about fifty feet, and it stands as an im'
pressive monument to the force OF Ma
ture in CONFUSION.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-07-07

tional freedom and deplore as we'll the
fact that the rising generation speaks of
the coming Fourth rather than of I'm
dependence day" a name so pregnant
with meaning. Perhaps the people who
"deplore' are right.
One of the signers on that famous
Fourth of July, 1916, declared on his
deathhed that he would like to sleep a
century, then wake up to find out how
future generations were celebrating indie
pendence day. If the old gentleman's
wish were to be granted, when he heard
the fish horns, the multitudinous snap
ping of John Chinaman red wrapped in
ventions, the reports Of the dangerous
torpedoes and dynamite crackers he
might be willing enough to hurry back to
the tomb.
When some stad New Highlander finds
fault with the present method of cele-
brating the nations birthday the noise
making small boy may with good grace
tell him that New England's patron
saint, John Adams, recommended that
the day be recognized by just such din
as young America is making 1t is true,
howevet that President John suggested
that the early part of the day should be
given over to solemn acts of devotion.
Then he said the day should be comment
GRATED with pomp, parade, games,
sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illumina-
tions from one end Of the continent to
the other for evermore" OF the first
celebration of Fourth of July by the
continental congress Adams in writing to
his daughter said: THE people shouted
and huzzahed in a way to strike utmost
terror to every lurking tory. There was
A splendid illumination and while a few
surly houses were dark the show would
have given King George heartache."
Hessian Band Played.
On this first official celebration of
Fourth of July by Congress that body Sc
cured music for the day and at the same
time afforded the people great chance
for amusement and laughter by forcing
the Hessian band, which was captured
by Washington at Trenton the December
previous, to play in the public square all
day long. There is on record fairly full
account of an Independence day celebra-
ton which George Washington attended
as the guest of honor. The celebration
was held at the Spring gardens, near
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-07-07
COL BADEN.POWELl.
His Defense of Mafeking Has Ma.
Him an Idol In England

His Defense of MafekinE Has M.
Him an Idol In England.
Col. Baden Powell's gallant and ~.
cessful defense of Mafeking has ~
deared him to the popular Env,,.h
heart and set him upon pinnacle ~
be pointed to as one of the great load
ers Of the South African war.
Col. Baden-Powell was the mo,.
cheerful person in the besleged town
and was the force that sustained thn
weary and worn and hungry peonlo
His spirits never dropped. Whom
Cronje and his 1000 warriors invested
Mafeking on Oct II, 1899, they did nor
know that there was in command ~
the garrison a man in whom "neyer GOV
die" was literal fact. They did nor
know that Baden-Powell produced tbs
opera Of Patience" In Kandahar alto,
the siege; that his first act after reach.
ing India was to marshal around him
all the children he could find and teach
them to sing 1.-The Girl l Left Behind
Me-" that Baden-Powell had secuted
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-07-07
Money in a Famous Name.

1t is estimated that the fame which
attaches to Stratford on-Avon because
of the fact that Shakespeare was Dorn
there Is worth 100000 to that town
The charges for admission to the poets
house, to Anne Hatheway's cottage 70
the church, to the memorial and to inc
grammar school net $4,000 yearly
a sum which Is equivalent to an income
Of per cent on the $5,O00,0O0 capltai'
This calculation does not take into ac'
count the income to the railways from
the pilgrims to the Warwicksnire
mecca, and there Is no estimate OF th'
profits of the Stratford tradesmen' "p0
do a good business in photographs
pamphlets and trinkets relating TO 'n'
town and the great bard.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-07-07
like too many Independence day celebrs
tons, ends in ''stick."
Value OF Patriotic Celebrations.

1t is sometimes hard work and a good
deal of expense, especially in small and
not well-to-do communities, to get up
Fourth of July celebration; but every
gathering of this sort pays the largest
kind of interest on the investment in the
cultivation of the spirit of patriotism and
the proper education of boys and girls in
the theory and practice of Fourth Of
July celebrations and similar observances
that shall mean more than a simple good
time.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-07-07
Good Reason.

Parson Goodman-Little boys, do you
know just why it is that you are shoot
ing off that cannon and those giant crack
ers?
Boy-Sure! The old slob wot lives In
that house hates boys and can't stand
noise and won't let US play ball in his
lotl-puck
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-07-07
IN THE OLDEN TIME.
CELEBRATION OF lNDEPEND-
ENCE DAY LONG AGO.
Hessian Band Furnished the Music
for the First Official Jollification-
Noise in the Early Days Was Given
Secondary Place on Programme.

n ye olden time they cell
ebrated Independence
day" and not the
Fourth of July" The
change of name came
with the change in the
manner of celebrating
the anniversary of the
signing of the declara-
ton of independence.
Many people deplore the
present method Of show
ing appreciation of ma
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-07-07
Fourth or July Night.

Mr.. Mulcahey-Begob, an thin Ro-
mans moosht hov loved excitement az
they used thin things fer candlesENsv
York Journal.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-07-07

At what age in a woman Is it "
longer discOurteous to entertain a SUI
picion that her teeth are too good 70
natuxal1
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-07-07
Muns.

NUNS were first used by doctors
keep their fingers soft, and were adop'
ed By ladies about 1850.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-07-07

South Carolina Homicides.
Homicides In South Carolina have av.
eraged aver 200 year for the last I've
years.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1900-12-13
@tr iperbcm alt.

SSir weroen olt.-Wtam iebe aui bic SGume,
Gnttdrbnn9 bat 9ebra6t beS Scoes Sau6:-
93neu gebt baS eeben III oas &eib Der
SrGlIme.
Die Sfan;e tommt unS sebt. go iit'S @es
bralld.
NGt ibrer &Grme bGlt i6pu ein Die COME /;
Sin frolt'9eS S6ittelu ;iebt onrb Die Natur.
Galo 1T oabiu beS Sriiblin9S frobe @onne,
&a!o 1T perl6ueit OeS ridden SebenS Spmr!
SSir weroeu alt.-So lit eS au9ei6rieben
0t!t allen Salten, Die ihon I'M @elibt.
Ger ib0ue SrIibliu9 $50 ut er 9eblieben?
IS fommt Die 9fnbt. @S i6pinoet bin bas
9i6t.
Us iatocn an Die @lieoer 81 erfalteu, E-Es
ga, AM Dem lNolIpt, ba sisbt'S i6ou weiBen
S6nee.
Ser g&juter fommtl" 90 i~predben matt Die
Ilteu
Ser 2Stnter?-Sa nit ieiuem ab uub gSeb !
SSir wsroeu olt,-O. last ms rebIi6 irasen:
SSaS babeu mir getbau III uui'rs .Seit?s
Weroinen. lprid - Na6 Sabren, gSo6en,
Sa9en,
Rommt cine @ruts iir Die Gpisfeit.
9&0S Sober iG't i'll ieirer iriibeu Suseno
SnS erutet er III Ieinem Serbit 9emiB;
Sei IS oaS Safer ODER iei'S bic Slleeno:
Eo5 &oru bleibt 10, mie IS ben Salm perllet.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1900-12-13
Cine fbamerlitbe Stattifif.

Gins Der bi iter1ten &apttel int &C.
BEN unlerer Nation entbdlt bic Statt=
fit iiber ale i'm 9aufe bes perfoiienen
sSabres in ben Ser. Staaten besanse=
men Morbtbaten. IS lit cine l9auerz
lide, aber fir bas Stubium bes gerz
bre6ens burdaus n~otbmenbise Statt=
ittt. Mus berielben sebt suna4f ber=
Dor, baB lber 1O, 900 Perionen ibr
9eben auf semalttbdtise 8eiie perz
loren. cine fur@tbare i3abl, wenn man
bebenft, bab int gerlaufe bes sansen
ipanii@=a &rieses bur6
@unben ODER &ranfbeiten taum etn
Orittel berielben auf amerifanii9er
Settle babinseraft murben. Sn ei1tem
ctpiliitrten 2anbe lit ferner bic 3abl
ber peribten Worbtbaten perbdltnibz
mdbis aud nur anndbernb 10 srob,
als in ben Ser. Staaten. SIS muB
bier tn6eiien erfldrenb btnsusefist
merben, baB bic ibermdlttsenbe Mebrz
sabl Der Worbe ni9t porbebadter
Watur warenj ionbern i'm Iffeft BE,
san9en wurben. unb ba Itnb es benn
por aIert aud bic Staaten, in benen
Der &euolper unb bas 8owiemeiie r ale
Streittsteiten entl9eiben, mel9e In
bieler Statiittf bte beruorrasenbfte
&oqe ipielen. Eeras gum 8eilptel,
obglei9 es faum ben 20. She'll Der
8ewobner bessanbes umfaft, itebt nit
1,021 ueribten Morbtbaten obenau.
Seem Yort folst nit 512; Miiiiifippt
nit 461 California NIT 1873 Sennelz
fee nit 4OS; &entudp nit 1913, etc. ;
Sainois, nit ca. 5000, 900 8emob=
nerrt, peiit muir 315; Ohio, nit iiber
1000, 900 Semobner, 332 Morbe
auf. germont nit 1etnen $50, 900 Be-
mobnern itebt nit 6 Worbtbaten sar1s
unten in Der Site, mdbrenb Neuaba
nit faum 60, 600 Semobnern 80 sa
uersei9nen bat. Die Staaten, in
benen bic Ourdi6nitts : Snteaisens
am niebrisiten unO bas Srasen por
S6uBmaffen Sebermanns Sa9e lit,
iteuen bas Bel meitem sr0Bte &ontin=
gent Der MOrber.