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2 iSEWfc.- KL2TfS!rsi ttfjoP- 4"-J $ftje fciclxita gailij flXe: nnan $Lovuivigr vft 25, 1886. ?i FASCINATING STEEPLE CLIMBINQ. How One May Get Accustomed to the Hanger Views of m Workman. With bated breath and upturned faces, a large crowd stood the other dav watcning a man who was alowly ascend ing tho steeple of an uptown church. He seemed to go over tho delicate scaf folding like a snail The crowd below expected every moment to see him When ho reached the end of tho scaf folding and stood upon a piece of frame work that looked in the distance as if it was about a foot square, he leaned far over and shouted something to another workman about half-way down. The spectators shuddered but could not take their eyes from the little climber who had left the scaffolding and was still go ing up the steeple. When he reached the top he remained for a few minutes, examined the steeple on everyside, and then retraced his Bteps. When he got safely back to the scaffold he waved his hand to the people and smiled. He went to the top of the steeple several times in the course of an hour, and every time a crowd gathered. " You think it hazardous ?" said the steaplo-climber to a reporter when he came down to the ground. Though he looked so small when in the air, he was considerably over the average height, slim and wiry, all bone and muscle, with a clear, steady eye and hand, and perfect confidence in himself. His eyes sparkled as if he was in love with the work, as Lc continued : "People who are not used to being at great heights, and who feel dizzy when a few feet from the ground, naturally look with wonder upon a man working high up in the air and think that he must feel as they would. I probably go upon more steeples and other ele vated places to adjust ornamental designs than any other man in the business, and I feel just as much at home standing on a narrow board 200 feet from the ground as I would on a rock. I feel a perfect sense of safety and never think of falling. , "But I was not always without fear. When I first began the business I always started up the scaffolding with trembling legs and a quaking heart, and many times I have not gone to tho top but returned with some excuse for not going up just then. "An old man who had been a climber in his day saw mo on one of these oc casions when my heart was weak, and gave me a bit of advice that cured my faintheartedness in time. He said, when starting up always to fix your mind intently on tho work you are going to do, and keep every thought of fear, or that something is going to happen, out of your mind. "This was just the thing, and I found from experience that it is think ing about f oar that makes a man afraid, and overcaution has given many a poor fellow a tumble, where boldness and seeming recklessness would have car ried him through all right. "There are only a few export climbers. Hundreds quit the business in a short time because they cannot overcome their nervouB dread. I have Been stout-hearted fellows who would march up to a cannon's mouth without a quiver, when they got to tho pluco where the scaffolding ends and from which point thoy would havo to 'shin ' to the top, try to step up, but a ton of lead had been hooked to their foot and it would not go up an inch. " I have known men who, when thoy got into a ticklish spot would havo black specks come before their eyes w hich would move up and down ana in a circle, and they would fall down and hug a plank like a long-lost brother. Their heads would seem to be in a whirl. This is where a man gets ' rattled ' and it requires the greatest exercise of the will to overcome this feeling. "I have felt this way many times, and even now I sometimes have a sud den debiio when on the pinnacle of a steeple to jninp off, but I always laugh at the idea and it goes away as quickly as it comes. "A man who drinks stimulants is out of place oil a steeple, wheie a false step will scud him headlong a hundred feet or more below. So also is a fat man, for a climber must be light, agile and muscular. Dark-hailed men with swarthy faces usually make tho best climbers. " "Does it prevent dizziness when go ing to a great height to keep tho eyes turned upward ? " "This is a popular notion, but there is nothing in it except that tho attention is turned from the idea of falling, and this will keep a man from tumbling. But the place for the eyes is upon the road to bo travelled to see that every thing is in position. A high wind some times renders scaffolding unsafe and if a man has his eye on tho sky he would never see it." "Did you ever fall?" "I've had many narrow escapes but only one good fall. This was about seventy feet. I had a sick child at homo and was thinking about her and was absent-minded. " I started off sideways between tho scaffold and steeple and in two or three seconds I was at the bottom. I thonght I would be killed, and in a second my whole life flashed through my mind and also the future of my family and how they would all look after the chil dren wcro all full-grown. "I knew that I was bumping against tho timbers of the scaffold, but there was no pain and I was overcome appar ently by a soothing influence and never had a more pleasant journey in my life. "It seemed as if I was falling for hours. I knew when I struck the bot tom and felt a shock at the sudden stop, but it was not disagreeable. I had enough pain afterward, though, and it took about six months to patch up my body, xtotli arms and one leg were broken. " I made up my mind to give up the business when I got well, but in a little while the old fascination came back and I went to climbing again.'' neat-Producing Foods. They havo sorao bright pupils in tho Tyugsborough schools. At tiie examina tion the other day a boy was asked : " What are tho warmth-producing foods?" His reply was: V.Cayermo pepper and Jamaica ginger.' A Dutiful Daughter. The p: etty maiden fell overboard, and her lover leaned over the side of the boat as she rose to the surface, and said: " Give me jour hand." "Please ask papa," she said, as she sank for the second time. A HISTORIC CLD HOUSE. Bailt ft Century Before the Rerolotlom. At tho foot of Webster avenue, Rft venswood, Long Island City, stands an ancient Dutch manor house, the prop erty of Dr. Woodhull, of Brooklyn. The house was built in 1GC9, five years after tho retirement of Petor Stay- vesant, the last Dutch Governor of the Provinoo of Now York. During the Eevolutionary war this houso was one of the outposts of the British army of occupancy under Sir Henry Clinton, and was occupied as headquarters by Lord Bawdon, afterwards the Marquis of Hastings. in the yard ore the remains of an old block-house, built for protection from tho Indians, and antedating the old house by years. In this house Washington Irving wrote his Knickerbocker's History of New York. Later Fenimore Cooper visited the place, and while there wrote The Water Witch. The scene of the celebrated chase of the Water Witch by the British gunboat was laid in the East Biver. The old house is characteristically Dutch, with low ceilings, and nothing of the imposing aspect which is notice able among mansions that were built in the Colonial period. Comfort, not style, appears to have been the object of the builder. The stones of the wall have darkened with age, and the brick work and many of the oak beams begin to show Bigns of decay. On the heavy iron front door is the crow's foot cut by the British on all property confiscated from the rebels. This door is as old as the house itself, and so is the great heavy iron knocker, which has thumped more than once under the hand of Peter Stuyvesarit, Sir Henry Clinton, Irving,' Cooper and a host of others long ago in their graves. The door is tho property of the Long Island Historical Society, which also owns tho fireplace, a veritablo curiosity. Tho immense chimney leading there from is almost large enough for a per son to drive a team of horses through. Across the fireplace is still stretched a long iron pole, suspended from which are iron rings, used fopholding pots and kettles, and roasting meat. The original proprietor was John Manning, a friend of Gov. Stuyvesant. The Blackwells, who were tho owners of BlackwelTs Island, came into posses sion of tho property through intermar riage or descent One CoL Blackwell served in the American army during the Revolution. From him the property was taken by the Crown. CoL Gibbs obtained the property from the Black wells, and Gen. Hughes was the next owner, and the Woodhulls succeeded. Until within five years, the house has always remained a private residence. It is now rented and kept as a publie house. Fay of Congressmen. When a member dies his pay ceases on tho day of his death. The salary of the successor commences the day after the decease of the former member, though tho election may not occur for several months. Tho new member, in other words, draws pay for the time ho never served. A member is allowed twenty cents mileage each way, or forty cents a mile one way, and he can check for the full amount of both trips when he takes his seat. Ho is allowed 8125 a year for stationery. Tho most of this sum is pocketed. Tho members draw their money in different wavs. There aro probably twenty of the present House who let their salaries run into nest eggs. There are a couple of dozen of mem bers who always overdraw, or, rather, borrow from the head of the bank. They borrow or get in advance sums ranging from $10 to $300, and at the end of the month they have nothing. Tho great majority of the members draw all that is coming to them at the end of each month, particularly those who havo their families with them. Some of them never see an outside bank, but let their monthlv salaries remain and draw it out in small sums. Others take out their salaries and place them in other banks. But this is not done as much as formerly. A number of them got caught in the Middleton Bank that broke some time ago. Most of the members do all their financial business over the counter of the Congressional bank, and some of them pile checks up as high as S60,000 in a single session. Washington Hatchet. Faying Investment. One of the best paying investments wo Lave heard of in this region in a long time is that made by Henry Aldrich of Galena. A year ago, being out of health, he leased twelve acres of land for a year for $220. He planted it with peppermint roots at a cost of $480, and cultivated and distilled the crop at an expense ol $164 more making the total outlay $644. In return he had 363 pounds of pep permint oil, which he sold a few weeks ago for $4 a pound, or $1,452 for the whole yield. Then he sold all the peppermint roots on the land at fifty cents a square rod, or $718 for the whole. When he closed tho books a short time ago ho found that his total receipt were $2,170, and his total disburse ments $S64 leaving a profit of $1,306 for his little investment one year age and a few mouths' labor. Lyons (N. Y.) Republican. A Good Definition. One of our lawyers, in an argument be fore tho jury last week, very aptly de fined a bully as : "Amanwno is bravo whero there is no danger and would insult a womaa." Seliiia (Ala.) Times. Taking His ricnsnres Sadly. "How is this, son-in-law; you went to' the ball last night and here it is scarcely two months since you lost your wife?" " I acknowledge it, belle mamma, but then you know I dance so sadly 1" Frenchr Missing. Mother : " Why aro you so late In get ting homo to-night ? I've been feeling very anxious about you." Mabel : " Oh, I missed, and had to stay after school." Mother: "Missed! What, your spell ing lesson? You spelled it all correctly when I heard you this morning." Mabel: "Jfo, I didn't miss a single word of that. I went above Sammy Wnite, and left off at the head, too, but Sammie was so mad that he made up an awful face at me. Then I threw my book at his head, and missed hitting it, so the teacher said it was a 'grave misde meanor, and I must be kept in alter school." PROTECTING MiLLSGi.'AJRES. How Oar Richest Men are Defended. The private service for the protection of the Vanderbilts, Astors, and Gould was organized three years ago, and is ostensibly separate for each family, though the men who defend the Van derbilts and Astors-are provided by thq same establishment, and practically work together. Patrol duty is done, says a New York correspondent of the Indianapolis Jour nal, night and day, and twenty detect ives are exclusively employed for the purpose. There are four Astor residences and five belonging to the Vanderbilts, all in or close to Fifth Avenue, between Thirty-third and Fifty-second streets. The spies are on watch eight hours each per day, and the beats are so ar ranged that the nine houses cannot be approached unseen by one or more of the guardsmen. William H. Vanderbilt was the orig inator of this system, and he was inclined to it by the large number of cranky letters which he received. He professed to have no fear of rational evil doers, but was apprehensive that maniacs might attack him or some member of his family. Since his death tho mails have been laden with all sorts of appeals, demands and threats directed to his sons. Jay Gould's self-protection is more secret and characteristic. He does not entrust it to a detective agency, but hires his own body-guard. For years he has been always accompanied by a stalwart young fellow. But that is a safeguard against Wall street enemies. Cranks who might cut up capers in or around his home are under the view of spies, whose quarters are in a room of the Windsor Hotel across the way. That is additional to patrol duty done by a separate set of men. "These employees of the millionaire families, whose names are poor people's synonyms for wealth, are kept informed as to every new demonstration by a crank, and they are alert to descry and drive off the monomaniacs who attempt any exploits. During the Western strikes Jay Gould made the trips between his home and office in a cab, instead of Elevated car, as formerly, and it was observed that a ring at his bell brought a sauntering watchman to the foot of the steps about as quickly as it did the servant to the top. One of the defenses in Gould's case is against those who would write an tagonistic sentiments with chalk on his sidewalk and steps. Men and boys are frequently caught at it and com pelled to desist. A specimen of that class of revolu tionists seems to be a poet, and a wild one, judging by the description of him. His chalk was bright red, and he rap idly wrote: " The rich may shirk, The poor must work " before he was collared; and then, as though determined that at least the terminal rhymes of his verso should be emblazoned, he added at what would have been the end of the third lino, " labor," and right underneath " EPifrfibor." The lest remains unknown. The American llaby. No doubt Grover Clevebnd 49 Sum mers ago was a fat baby in a pink calico sun bonnet, earned about by admiring female friends, and theie is little doubt that the neighbors scoffed at the idea of his being Resident when a fond grandmothtr declined that she felt her bones a-tiuglo with such proph ecies. Abraham Lincoln couldn't have been a pretty baby, and Ueechcr was only one of the feeble infants over whom nurses solemnly queued if it vaa " worth while to try to raise him." A baby is a good deal like an apple sprout. You can't tell what sort of fruit it's going to bear, and if a good deal depends upon the rtock no less depends upon the caie it pcta. a man simply locking at the grow-ug p;p can't tell what it's eommr to You may ten years hence pick juicy Port.. i fiom it, and in foi ty odd ytjtis j uu 01 . oni bons may be In prgmg that pug-iiOacd baby for a Pet Oiliee. Nobody kiio".s what the Amciiean baby -nill turn out or vLom 1 l turn out, but we'll cme Luna n. ue and a good sord wherever u m &' Lira. "May his lungs never be vcaker, LL legs never less sturdy, or his iinL less full. Heaven bics him '. LIston (Me.) Journal. Ho Let the Blessing Stand. A young man with horse-blankot trousers and a mild blue eyo was stand ing on the corner of Park row and Beek man shortly after midnicht. An old beggar with a red nose and fluent diction camo up and said : " Kind sir. I starve and am sleepless. Out of thy bounty grant me two cents." Tho young man gave him a dime. Tho beggar said : Noble gentleman. May your cup of happiness always be full and ever over flow on your head. May your purse con stantly bo replenished. May you live long and have noble posterity." He bowed low, and still holding the ten-cent piece In his palm, crossed over under the electric light, looked the dime over carefully, and then bit it to see if it was good. It was, and ho did not lecall bJs blessing. Sun. Throwing Bice at Wedding. Vhy do people throw rice about at weddings? Some persona seem to think that rice is an emblem of a future family or of future plenty, others that "the throwing of the rice is a symbolic at tack on the bridegroom by the relatives of the bride. Tho same explanation is given of the throwing of old shoes, but that is done at the commencement of any expedition, and has nothing hostile in pretense or intention. As to the rice throwing, this, it seems, was an old custom in Macassar. While the marriage service is going on. says Gervaise, in "De scription du ltoyaume de Macacar," (Paris, 16Sb), ""one or two of the men servants secretly open a window and keep throwing rice out into the air till nightfall, to divert the attention of the devil, according to their ac count, and prevent liis coming and interfering with the amusements of the wedding." But why the devil's attention should be so easily distracted is left unex plained. Colored Women in Jouraaltam. The only newspaper in tho United States conducted by a colored woman is the Virginia Lancet, published in Petersburg, of which Miss Carrie Bragg is the editor. J. M. ALLEN &' CO., (Successors to le -: and -: Wifc C, O. DAVTDSO President. 'It. S. CATES, Ixamlncr. The Davidson Loan Company PAID-UP CAPITAL, $60,000. Money Always on Hand to Loan on Improved Farm and City Property. Have Loaned More Money in Southern Kansas than any Company in the State. OFFICE WITH CITIZEN'S BANK. Northwest Corner Main Street and Douglas Avecue. J EB.D. ALLEa", Notary Public. ALLEN, GRAHAM 1 CO., (Successors to Wichita land and loan Company,) Negotiate Loans, Sell Lands, Place Insur ance and Make Collections. TAXES PAID FOR NON-RESIDENTS zrzCORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED ROQl-aVEB ISRAEL WWigR "WICHITA, EAS. SNIVELY & WILHITE, The Restless, Sleepless and Reliable Real Estate, Loan, Insurance Firm. Go to them for bargains. They drive their own team's, keep kockI tarriaes, and show their property chetrfulli , and they sell It too. Write Insurance, do Conveyancing, Rent Houses, make Collections and Pay Taxes. -WICHITA NURSERY. C. H. FTNK & SONS, of the old established and reliable nurseries at Lamar, Mo , would respectfully- Inform the public that they have made arrangements and will start a branch nurstry In Wichita. Also that they are now taking orders for uurseo stock to be supplied f rom their nunwries at Lamar, Mo . until they can grow the stock in their branch nur sery at Wichita, and hope to receive the patronage of the citizens of Wichita and Sedgwick couutj . Mr. F. M. Miller, General Agent, will represent the firm at this place, at Commercial Hotel. MONEY TO LOAN On (MM Mortgages and City Property, IN SMALL OR URGE AMOUNTS. SHORT TIME AT THE LOWEST RATES Hta Banking Company 116 WEST DOTJGIAS AVENUE. J. It. HOLLDAY. J. R.:HOLLIDAY I CO., Wichita Grocery, Succcon to MAJOR & IIOLLIDAV. Da!crs In STAPLE and FANCY GROCERIES. No. 22TE. Douglas Ave., Wichita, Kan. ZIMMERLY'S Now is the time to buy lots in this addition while they are cheap. ONE MILE SOUTH ON LAWRENCE AVE. Street cars and large brick School house in connection. For further in- ' formation call at 61 1 S Market st. ASHBEL WELCH, LOANS Real Estate and Insurance Broker. Farm Loans. Chattel Loans. BEST RATES AND PROMPT ATTENTION. Do not fail to o FFKE IX EAGLE BLOCK. MONEY TO LOAN -ON- City Property, Chattel Mortgages AND PERSONAL SECURITY. -LOWEST -:- RATES! L. B. FRANCIS TIERNAN & CO., CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS OF Water and Gas Works PARTICULAR ATTENTION GIVEN TO CITIES IN -KANSAS. OFFICE X WCOK. 5TH ami HAREET STS. ST LOCIS. OFFICE W COB MAI" md VOVGLXS AXESUZ. Correspondence Solicited. Allen & Tucker.) Retail rs. H. W. GILUAX, Yloe-Fre 'hua. X. H WICHITA, KANSAS. G. W. GRAHAM. Office and Farmers Banking Co., G. WILBUK. ADDITION. call and see me. WICHiTA, KAN NO-:-DELAYS! BUNNELL & CO. VI CHITA. KAN. m i i EAGLE Town-Site -A.T WICHITA, KAK,, Have for sals, on line of WICHITA COLORADO RAILROAD north-wsst of Wichita, town lots MAIZE, 9 Miles COLWICH, 14 U ANDALE, 20 MTHOP.B; 26 HAVEN, 33 Trains are now running1 regularly on Railroad from Wichita to Mount Hope. v These towns are in the best portion of Sedgwick County, Kansas. Maps of Towns and Prices can At Wichita, call on N. F. Niederlander or Kos Harris; At Maize, call on H. F. Rhodes; At Oolwich, T. H- Randall and W. S. Mackie, THE "EAGLE CO." HAVE ''Junction Town Company" Addition to Wichtia. This Addition is at junction of Ft. Scott and W. ft O. Railroads one-half mile west of Bridge on Big Arkansas river, and are very desirable lots. Street cars will be in operation, connecting this Addition with the east side of the river in 1 886. Price List of this Addition can P. G. SMYTH & SONS. Wichita. N. F. NIEDERLANDER, ANGLO-AMERICAN Loan Office. 9 y Company at nsw towns of. from WICHITA. WICHITA. WICHITA be had as hereinafter set forth : call on Go. W. Bteenrod; At An Dale, call on J W for Mt. Hope lot. ALSO FOR SALE LOT3 .: be peen by calling on: K03 HARRIS, Wichita. P. V. HHALY, " O. MARTINSON, Resident on said Addition. 5 r I l V J 1 I M h i n r a 'I I- 31 i It I 1 ?1 rv ) viHuaut- ivtu . i rw- -"JKSt"