The Wichita daily eagle. [volume], April 01, 1894, Sunday, PART SECOND, Page 10, Image 10

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HJST BLACKWELL
EHE OF 1HE GREAT CITHS 0? THE
TAB TAWED CEEEOIEE STEIP.
Centrally Located iu the Very Heart
oftlieFiuest Agricultural licgion
of the Southwest Its Growth,
While Wonderful, is Sub
stantial Ko Contest, "No
Petty Quarrels. But
Everything Har
monious Ti
tles Good.
Civilization is constantly shifting the
Scenes of eartb. Primitive nature is taken
from the hand of God aud transformed in
the hands of man.
Mini iudepeudent, thinking, progress
ive, BRKiehsive, impropriating all things to
his own use beholds a prize it is free to
the firbt comer heiuns for it secures ic
somebody else wants it he sets a
price hirishtis valuable the property
is more valuable still another man wants
it buys it sell it there are a thousand
such prizes there is buyhur, selling
building rush crush excitement.
But through it all, serenely smiles the
land potent, yet impassive uwaiting the
plow, the teed time, the hat vest. .Neither
wild prices nor croaking can change the
realialne of tbe laud it U solid jou do
the work, it will do the rent.
K county, Oklahoma, contain some of
the finest laud in the Miidsippi
valley. 1c js jnst as fertile, in
ns fine a climate, and has as
cood seasons as any of the rich counties in
Kansas. It would hnve been developed
just as soon had it been opened to settle
ment at the same time. Now it has a
thousand more advantages than it would
have had then for the home maker. The
hardy pioneers of Kansas had no railroads,
few neighbor", risked their livei, fought,
worked, staived. contended with hardship
and conquered. Here at the border of J
that beautiful prairie state, upon soil of
the same substance, warmed by the same
sun. bathed m showers ftom tue same rain
clouds, a community of American people
is gathered to open a new field, to build
new homes, to create new spheres for their
children.
When Payne, the famous "boomer," was
determined to found the New Jerusalem
in beautiful Oklahoma the site whera
Blackuell is now located was the notut in
his mind's -ye. What a pity be could not
have lived until now to witness the realiz
ation of his dream.
Blackwell or Parker is located on the Chi
kitskia river at the mouth of Bitter
creek, at Ivickapoo lord, or "Boomers"
cro-sing fourteen aud one-Hair miles j
s-outh of the Ivausas state line; thirteen I
utiles west of Kildare station, on tho I
Santa Fe; twenty-eight miles from Arkan-'
sas City; eighteen miles from Hutinewell,
and twenty-five miles from Caldwell ou
the Rock Island.
Four months ago, Blackwell bnt what
matters it how the chiid was bom ? The '
L-ronii man is more lmnortaut the town '
as it now stands firmly looking iuto tbe I
future, :h the animated subject of this
sketch. Blackwell today lo a town of 1.200
inhabitants; it L incorporated with a full
complement of officer:, peace aud ordernre
preserved, aud people are so Uusy ma&iug
historv that thev have little time for look- I
lug backward. '1 he town has a board of '
trade, composed of over fifty of the lead
ing business men W. A. Brown, cashier
of the Bank of Blackwell, is president of
the board. Ho came from Indiana, in
which state he was widely known, hold
ing large property aud luflueuce.
Blackwell Has:
One grand hotel.
Nine restaurants.
Four hardware dealers.
Oi:3 brick yard.
Tive'stoue quarries.
Seven livery stables.
Six saloons.
One fiist-class bakery.
Two drug stores.
Three4)oot aud shoe stores.
Two clothing stores.
One laundry.
One J-hoemaking shop.
Five blacksmith shops.
A fcchooi and church.
Three uewspapeis.
One bank.
Eleven attorneys.
Twosiun painters.
Three insurance ugents.
One furniture uud undertaking estab
lishment. Two dry goods stores.
Three coal aud feed dealers.
One exclusive fljnr and feed store.
Four lumber yards.
One second baud store.
Two novelty stores.
Two milliuers.
Four butcher shops.
One excluvsive tin shop.
Fourteen grocety houses.
Throe phy-iciaus and one dentist.,
Three baiber shops.
Two harness -hops.
One pump aud wind-mill company.
Sixcupenter shops
About seventy-five working carpenters.
1) uly stage hue and mail service.
Tune eighties of the land upon which
;he town is bui ding weio allotments, se
cured by the town comp my through Rob
irt Owen and W. D. Wisdom: and with
Iho e.ception f ex-Cluef Bushyhead's '
own, iilHckuell is the first town in tho
Cherokee strip to is-uo warranty deeds for ) Short Bros, filled a new felt want by es
lots. The patents for these three eighties tabhshiug a brick Yard, where they are
he been recorded, and the signature if turning out as good brick as made any-jrovec-
Cleveland assures thedoubtful that ( w here in the territory.
Blackucil titles are absolutely good aud Dr. C. G. Eliot's family ii holding down
reliable. One eighty of tho towusite is a claim, fonr iniles from town, wuile he,
government laud, and will be proved up uns an office in Blackvdl where he nm
under the regular townsita laws. , be found, day or night, rernir to attend the
Blackwell is tho result of revolution Uck or injured. Ho is a graduate of St.
ai:chiui;up with evolution a phenomenon j Louis Medical college, and his certificites J
based on natural causes. Her advantages ' to practice in Ohio, Jll'tuo , Missouri, !
sie all that the plain, practical enterpris- I Kaunas and Oklahoma,
ing business man wants. The possibilities J. W. Howe & Co. own tho store cilled '
of agriculture in this section aro uusur- j "Headquarter.-.," and carry a fine stock of J
Hashed by any regiou on earth. The soil i drv tuods. groceries, queensware, etc.
s fertile as the valley of the Nile, with all
;iie neauties oi a prairie country,
ever chat giug with the misty cloud-.
nd shifting euushme. You gaze until
hu vision is lost in the mirage of distance,
sn I marvel that it could be possible,
through all the deendts since the west
ward course of empire made its way to
'lie ootxiersoi sucn a spot, that the wild
birds aud the coyote should have heeu al- j
'"' uuummicu noses'-iou, except lor
infnquent raids of hunter-, iu bearch of
wily game that has now bsea driven to
ihoiuvensihly remote who kuows where?
Blackwell is in the Geographical center
of the hest county in the strip, and ha- no
zontizuous town to sap her vitality. There
not another town within twelve mils
it Blackwell. Hoads are graded, streams
re bridced. and everything w Iteiug pre
psred to accommodate tne farmers who
are plowing, have -ovn wheat, w ill plant
oru, leap and gather a ciOp next season,
sud buy their Mipphes in Blackwell.
2'ho country norm, s-outh, e.ist and '
iveat is thickly tettled, and ihe I
toil is from three to ten
feet m depth inexhaustible. The coun-
try is abundantly watered, and has fine '
timb-rnlouj; all the streams. Immediate t
markets are here to receive the nroducts
of the territory. Old Oklahoma Irom the
south, aud K n-as from the north, ex
tend their hands to i urth isa the rich pro
duce of the strip. Bounded on two sides
by countries alreaay far advanced, the
strip will experience uoue of the disad-
vau
iiiagis oi isolation. Sne is au i-thmus t
iu tiie ocean or commerce, reclniaied to i of rich K county farms aud valuable
unite the broken waves in a billow that I BlNckwel- nroperty will soou be bte to
shall sweep around the world. . build residences tnat demand elegant far-
Blackwell is a town of youuc men. with ! niture.
enough experienced lCer business men to '. C. W. ClarH has sold his barber shop
direct tueir euthusini iu proper channels. I ondbnth rooms at Winfield, and i now
0:1 meu for counsel, younj; men for exe- devotinc hi- entire time tu the Blackwell
cut Ion, and ncli, new country for both. shop. He wiii pi.t una building especial v
I iduk 1. Berkey, secretary of the town , for hi-, shop and hstu room,
company aud city U?rk, wh the prime j The Riudalt Grocerv comoiavdoesa
mover In the orgamzmon of the com,iany. wholesale and retail business. "Colonel
and the establishment ot Blackwell V. D. Myers of Knn-as Citv is interested
in a locality where tho nntural ad- in the sto're and hii -on Harry Is employed
vantages are uusurprtv.nl. Mr. Bcrkev therem. J. W. R.in?all, principal owner
was a town builder in the aud mxnnser, hails from Kan vis, nnd ha
days when civnizttion was transforming the true western et there gnit. He will '
the vast expunge o virciu prairie of Krtu-1 soon have a trade equal to any in the ter-
aas into cultivated farms, with orchards, ntory.
I groves, gardens and beautiful homes. He
had been the leading real estate dealer of
Cowley couuty, Kansas, for many years
lie nns worKea n.iruer tnau aay other mu
to bring capital and energy into Black
well. He is one of the men who always
get what tliey go for, and is a great force
in creating confidence. ILs knows a goad
thing, aud can prove it. .Mr. Berkey is one
of the moit active, most reliable all round
hu-t.ers in. the west. He is associated in
real estate and insurance business with
Stewart M. Decker, who practiced law in
Guthrie aud was for thiee years in the.
land office at that pi tee.
A. J. Blackwell president of the board
of town tru-t-es, is a large property owner
and is spending His money for the upbuild
ing of the city, making uch improve
ments as attract the outside worlj. He
has a whole block of store aud office
buildings, ami erected the three story ho
tel Biackuell upon the principal corner.
He is building an opera houie and a sub
stantial brick church which will ba free
to all denominations. Having access to
i tie territory before the opening, JMr.
Blackwell cut thousmds of tons of hay
from the luxuraut grasses of the Chitaskia
valley, and still has enough hay on hand
to supply all tho horses of the viciuity un
til 'pnug.
J. '. Eeatty, trustee from the Second
ward, came here from Harper county,
Kansas, where he had made his home for
eight years. He is a civil engineer by pro-f-ssion,
having ppens fifteen years laying
out railroads. He came to Blacuweil ten
days after "the run," and with his brother
13 eugaged :a the grocery business on
South Iam strct. He is a level-headed
man, well qualified to serve a new town iu
the projection of live interests.
J. (J. Pnelps, trustee from the Third
ward, had been engaged for teu yeara in
the drug business at Dexter, Kau. He
mns theleidlng diu .store of Blackwell,
has built a resilience and brought Mi wife
to make a home. Mr. Phelps has i-ccumu-lated
home money, aud is investing in
Blackwell oroperty. He is a creat lover
of fine stock, has a number of fine horses
and will probably stock up one of K
county's ferule farms
E. M. Remolds, trustee from the fourth
ward, came from Wiufield. aud is a firm
and judicious busiuess mau. He has three
fons who will toon become factors ia the
unbuilding of B acuweli. Mr. Reynolds
established the first livery stable iu the
town.
A. O'Harra, trus'ee from the fifth ward
is a blacksmith, of iron will, enterprisiug
and sensible. He is leader of the water
worKs movement
W. H Bowen, town treasurer, litely i
took charge of the Hotel BUckwuIl un-
questionally the most commodious hotel
iu the strip, ne is building up a good
trade, nnd has a welcome, good food and
beds for all vi-itor. He had lived for
feven years in Colorado before coming to
Blackwell.
City Marshal J. C. Robinson is a quiet i
menace to evil doers. He has spent thirty
years iu the Indian Territory, Kaus.is and
Texas. He helped lay cut the
old "Chishclm Trail," nmlc irries several
marks of experience with desperadoes.
mere is not a tougu ia tue icrriiory wno
dares to defy him.
Frank V. Potts, assistant cashier of the
Bank of Blackwell, is the fortunate- young
mau who staked the "government eighty."
He sold his claim to tho town company,
reserving certain lots as part payment.
Ho was lately married, aud settles down
in Blackwell to enjoy his happiness, with
nrosnects of a prosperous future.
H. Beck ruus the "Wichita Home"
saloon, one of the most orderly, well kepi
resorts of the city. He is formerly of
Wichita, henco the name of his place.
Peckham, Brown & Pond is the name of
natrons 1 iw firm having othces at Bl.ick-
well and New kirk. The members are all
joung men, but have a wide experience.
Van it. Pond, who has charge of their
business in Blackwell, had beeu
making a specialty of corpora
tion law of Arkansas City for a num
ber of years. Ho h city attorney of
Blackwell, and has drawn up a set of con
cise aud comprehensive ordinances for the
city government.
L. S. Bibler has a fine stock of grocer
ies iu his own building ou North M tin
street. Mr. Bibler is about twenty-five
yeais of age, and has been brought up iu a
store. He knows how to buy and how to
sell.
Smock & Son commenced selling gro
ceries in a tent, upou the day of the open
ing, and have since erected a good build
ing 25x00. They carry a large and well se
lected stock. Mr. Smock is an active old
man, and is framing up his two sons for a
business career. Tho eldest son had been
engaged for the past two years as :i clerk
in a large clothing house at St. Lmis,
whilo the younger is miking his first ven
ture. The father is director of tho district
school board, and is working iu many
ways for tho social and business mterests
of the city.
Dr. W. II. Padon, proprietor of the
"Bluegrass" drug store, is from Kentucky.
He is a graduate of Louisville Medical
College, and practices medicine in addi
tion to running tho store, nis buildiug
is one of the neatest and bet in the town,
and is occupied by the Blackwell bank,
the postufiice, aud drug srore, besides
having four comfortable office rooms in
the second story.
Snodgras- & Strong commenced selling
lumberiu Bluukuell S-pt 10. 1SJ3, and they
are still selliug. They cany ever thing
found in any firstclass lumber yard .ud
are doing a blir business.
Lem Sears ha purchased the interest of
hi partner iu the Fiouear saloon, aud is
now perviug 'em hot and cold. .
Day Brothers are two young meu estab- i
Iished in the hardware business on the
corner of Main street nud Blackwell
av-uue. Their latuer is owner oi tue
principal hardware au;
nf Wmfinlil. Kan., mih
a implement store
1 thev have both
hnon r.rntmd nn m the business !
Colonel D. C. Watts, ot Independence,
Kau.. is the silent partner who manages j
the store. Mr. Howe is travchug sales-!
man for a St. Louis hous. ,
The Bank of Blackwell is a thriving in- I
stitution. The president, J. Tawter, is
largely interested in the banking business,
being also pre-ideut of the Bank of Com-1
merte, of New Kirk, and vice president of
the Farmera Bink of Arkatis-is City.
Charles Schmidt, wnouoiststne prize
prttzel of 0vl ilioma, runs the Cnik.iskt.i
saloon. Hh two tons also hiva a bborf
order lunch counter aud bar room on
Xorth Mum. They nave money invested
iu Blackwell property and take an acute
part iu public affairs.
Clar. & Allen, the crocers, are hustlers.
They ue have much to say but that is
alwavs to tne poiut.
B. F. Shous.e hold lots in the covern
meut eighty, aud has a large store buiid
ius of his own, well stocked with groceries
and hardware. He is also ordering a stock
of boo's and shoes.
L. S. Potion the dentist, is onto the
Racket th t i. he runs a store of that
name, besides pull l nil teeth. He and his
father, of HaWtend. Kan., own adjoining
lots on Xorih .M un street, and will erec
a brick building roverin both lot.
Seig Bros , undertakers aud furniture
delts. have so far had no work in the
fmtline, but tb-y are doing a fairbnstne-s
in 'elhng furniture.
They are preparing for future demand-.
It dors uot n quire much furniture to fit
up the average claim siiauty but owners
V. W. Stephenson o Winfield has just
opened a stock of groceries in the Whiting
building.
A- McNeil and R. F. Sunday run two or
the best blacksmith shops iu the territory.
F. B. Walters came Irom Iowa for his
health, and runs a restaura.no for a living.
Ht- expect- to go to farmiug iu the spring.
O. JT. Hamilton, attorney, came here
from Kearney, Neb. He is an old soldier,
a good lawyer, and has formed a partner
ship with A- H. Lee in real estate, insur
ance an I law.
J. E. Johuson justice of the pence, is a
young man graduated last summer from a
Chicngo law school. He has uot had much
experience on the frontier but is gaining
good practice and la giving good satiifac
tiou olfieially.
Colonel S. M. Z nt came from Hunting
ton, Indiana, and has established a tin
shop. Ho will build of brick mid stone for
the purpose of bundling hardware and im
plements. Cummings & XeiT are attorneys who
make a specialty of criminal and commer
cial law. J. V. Cummings was admitted
to the bar two years ago at Wichita, aud
has practiced ac Kimifisber and other
points in Oklahoma. R ibert A. Nell, the
other member of the firm, is also from
Wichita. He has beeu eugaged iu a great
varietv of work, traveling all over the
United States. His peisonalit aud ex
perience make away wherever he goes.
Captain E. R. Rickey, couuty comiuN
fcicner, latent Carlisle, Ark., has purchased
the Eagle, aud will uphold the principles
of Democracy. The Times i- a live lie
publican paper owned by D. M. Walker,
formerly of Kansas. The Record is an in
dependent pper owned by H. S. Chambers,
who boasts of beiug the youngest editor iu
Oklahoma.
J. C. Stith of Latham, Ktn., manages
tue Central lumber yard. He was busy
when the reporter called, and .ia-iired him
tiaC as long as the lumber bu-iuess con
tinued as good as it is now he would still
be busy.
Colonel William Whiting owns two cor
ner lots upou Alain street and Blackwell
avenue. He hon-stly won tho title of
colonel, and is still ia active service work
ingor lighting if necessary for his heme
in Blackwell. Credit should be given him
j for tne bridges over all the streams fto
here to the railro id. He is engaged with
Ins son iu the real estate busiuts, and
s investing largely in Blackwell property.
He was captaiu of the company that re
peated ly drove payne, the boomer, off this
towusite, and had his eye upon the spot
for years.
The city schools are m charge of Miss
Jerome, who is an experienced and sue
cesiful teacher. Tueie are IIS pupils eu-
rolled, ami nearly one hundred in at
tendance, all progressing rapidly. The
school loom is fitted up with the best
modern furniture.
Members of the L O. O. F. hold weekly
inlormal meetings to Keep up the interest,
..d will organize as soon as their new hall
js completed. H. W. Swan, tho first drv
goods dealer, is providing for lodge ac
co m mod itious in the second story of his
new bu Idmg.
The Masonic order is taking steps to
ward orgaizatiou.
The M E. church is organized with Rev.
J. R Henderson as pastor. The Christian
church has also nearly completed arrange
menti for orgauizttion.
W. W. Evans of Nashville, Tenn., has
rented a room in the Blackwell block, and
will put in a stock of clothing, boots and
shoe".
Master & Son of Arkansas City, are
making arrangements to open a large
stock ot clothing aud gent's furnishing
goods nt Blackwell. Both geutlemeu aiu
expe ienced as wholesale und retail sales
men. At a meeting of the board of trade last
Monday eveuiug the matter of water works
aud electric light plant was discussed, and
committees appointed for ascertaining m
formatiou ami placing the conditions be
fore tho town trustees, requesting the
board to cull un election for voting bonds.
There is no doubt tbe plants will be
established, aud the town will own them.
Two largo implement houses will be
ready for business iu the spring.
Work is progressing on the new steel
bridge acro-s the ChiK.tskia liver at the
foot of Blackwell avenue. The bridge
will be completed April 1.
Seven new stora buildings and about
tiveuty-fivo residence are now iu course of
construction.
A railroad compauy is being organized
to secure right-of-way and build a railro id
from Arkausas City via Blackwell to eith
er Poud Creek or Enid. A charter will bu
apnlied lor in a few days.
Business pervades the atmosphere.
Everybody is Jjtb on business aud to
make a nome. a no population is com
posed of that class ot American people who
push out on the frontier, subdue the
wilderness, build towns make fot tunes
aul devote them to developing the raw re
sources of their beloved country.
Still there is room. Blackwell grows
naturally. Not under class, with rail
road and land office heat but
in the open air with God's unshiue aud
the succession of seasons. It is no hot
house blossom, but a hardy perennial na
tive shelter aud good pi int. It depends
upou uutural resources which areas sure
as the endurance of earth, air aud water.
If Yoa Want
A good location, come to Blackwell.
To do business, come lo Blackwell.
To keep healthy, come to Blackwell.
To be in a rich country, come to Bl ick
weU. E egant building sites, come to Black
well. Good pure wnter, come to Blackwell.
To head the procession, come to Blick
well. If you don't know what you want, fol
low the stages aud wagon trains of mer
chandise to Blackwell.
Busy Ulackwell.
Buy scene of crowing homes
Busy saws dissecting wood.
Busy hammers dm ing nils
Bousing songs well understood..
Tell of the valo where verity thrives.
Where the swish cf the push and the rush
Awoke Mow senses from slueg'sh repo-e
To the dash lor a place ia the crush.
Broad grten fields of summertime.
Turned in wiat. r to farms o Bod.
Covered with wheat for next year's harvest
Captured from Waves of grass and foam of
golden rod.
Live men boldly from poor land come.
Wearing tho hope that is real nnd stolid;
Coming away from defeat and despair.
To start with new bottoms, all solid.
Gkokgk a. Puckett.
A SOCTHEKN- DISEASE.
First Moonshiner So ole Si Piunkitl
Sled mighty sudden, eh? What wa
the disease?
Second Moonshines- B3d eyesight
Ee shot at a revenue oScer and missed
him. Jndra.
Drew the Line a: Thai
Mr. Moneybags Xp, my chad, I
don't want you to marry a duke
3Eiss Go&ie Moneybags But, papa,
you aid I eould have anything &at
momtjr GSJiQbuyv Puck
Jm iffl
JILTID BY W.WIE
HE GIVE3 THE PRINCESS ANGELINE
NOTICE TO QUIT.
And Adris Her to Send Back Her Crest
and His .cttcrs A Spcecli by tho Hon.
Mackenz : Bowell Biding Over the C,
C F. and i. Road Nye as a Brownie.
Copy: 7ht, 1S04, by Edyir W. Nycl
Ex Ville, Sic Tra-sit. )
Dj iel Deronda, March, 1594. J
Before eginning this letter let me
briefly am ranee that my alliance with
the Prince s Angeline, eldest daughter of
King Seat le, emperor of Paget sound
and duke t Puyallup, has been broken
off.
This is t tturally a private matter, but
so many c nfhctmg reports are abroad
regarding t that I am compelled to give
PBIN'CESS ANGELIE.
a correct leport to tho public or suffer
from garbled accounts now at large ev
erywhere. Since the sad story of the Princess Co
lonna, the daughter or stepdaughter,
rather of my old friend John W. Mac
kay, I havebeen given a great big pause
a pair of i hem, for that matter as re
gards the union of wealthy Americans to
titled but unfumigated foreigners.
The Prince Colonna has gambled away
a quarter of a million francs at one timo
belonging to the princess, and now she
has had to steal away from her home in
Italy with her three children to escape
him.
In this I do not wish in any way to
reflect on my own royal fiancee, who has
borne a good character for over OOyears,
but she is poor and is said to be a gam
bler, having spent two years recently
catching fish enough to pay the poker
debt of one evening at court.
Excuse me for appearing cold and stol
id to the charm3 of the princess, to whom
I promised my hand in marriago so soon
ns times should pick up, but aside from
being a royal gambler, and sometimes
even a royal fldsh gambler, Princess An
geline is said to allow her socks to sag in
summer time and to pause during tho
music while dancing the oxford to whoop
them up.
No one knows how I hate to give this
fact to the press, bnt royalty, and espe
cially royalty that has demonetized it
self and is out of a job, gives me that
tired feeling so noticeable in the spring
of the year.
Scan carefully the picture of the prin
cess copied here from a portrait now in
the Vatican. Note the low, retreating
forehead and the scornful curl of the lip.
Take a man with my style of long suffer
ing and forbearance, and you can see
that I would experience a hell on earth.
Regard tho safety pin in the shawl!
"What poor tasto in a court costume!
Even in a court of oj'er and terminer
that would not go! Safety pins aro a de
light; but, like the truss, they shouldnot
bo worn on the outside.
Notice the wide sweep of nostrils, de
noting longevity and a hellish temper
from away back behind the centuries.
No, Princess Angeline. If you say ap
peal to the courts, all right, but I feel
almost certain that if I married you I
would go right on lecturing and hfro j-ou
to stay at home. I could not lovo you as
a person or your size uugui, iv ue uneu.
I never could love a woman who could :
not read fine print and boil eggs.
I wjis a fool to ever make this promise
to tho princess. Sho was so plain, how
ever, that I thought sho must bo good,
and she admired my writings and said I
ought to have a monument; 97 feet high.
REJECITXG THE IT.nCCESS. j
And then she has such eyes! So free i
1 from nnv emressionl So bright and red .
with unshed and woodshed tears tears t
j that are bred by a smoky tepee:
2o, Angehne. Take back your crest
andgiveitalittleairandawhisk broom.
Send back my letters, and l win return
your nose ring. In fact, when I met
with you I forgot to say anything of it,
but I.had been happily wed over 17
years, and the only title I want is cure ,
that I can read good and clear to man- ,
sions in theskiesand not be greeted with j
the cry of "Louder!
Princess Angehne, here oar pathways
seem to fork. I will take whichever fork
is left after von have trotted down the
' other. And now a long farewell, Angle. J
i I will send the noss nng to yoa at the ;
agency or in care of the roadmaster on
tne warpath, as you direct.
At Toronto the other dav we were pre- j
ceded by Hon. Mackenzie Bowell o !
"The Great Advantages to Be Dtrrred
From a lieciprocal Trade Eetween Aus
tralia and Canada." He is a good speak
er and fzs very carefully listened to. I
hadkntwn a family of that iao9 at
Compassion, Ohio, years ago, and mee:
inj: him after his lecrare I VRntured to
ask him if he might be related zo tfc$
Bewails of CbmpassioB, asi he tamed
on his heel with freer fiance at ne
.,
that almost cave w SHMBftoma.
I hate to be jwwfrsAisthat war. -x-k
I am unconscious of saying a de trop
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thin"".
Canada the past month has been filled
with gayety, and winter sports have
been at their full height. Canada, like
the state of Maine, does not mind paving
$1,500 or $2,000 for a good driving horse!
not for gambling or racing, bnt just so
that the owner can snowball the rest of
the town.
We rode the other dav over the C. C.
F. and S. railroad to Kent from Cleve-
Iand. Alltheemploveeswerehappvaua
polite. Something unusual seemed to
i
I said to the brak&nan: "Is this Wash-
ington's birthday or the Fourth of Jnlv?
You all seem so unnaturally gay." "
"Well, it's better than any of those
davs," he said straigbtwav. "It's pav
, " , t C it ..-.. xt v.
day! For five months tne road has been
I absentminded and forgotten to pav, but
t , ,3 1...-'
now we are nappy on, so uappyr
The road, which by commercial men
is known as the Oh, Gosh, How Late
I Am and Southern railroad! is quite
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rough and at times where the rail is
, & i- tr t. wii
loose slips off at a crossing and follows
r , . - , ,& . -
a farmer s team off into the country for
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miles. It reminds me of tho Big Four
road, which undertook last spring m the
own of Lafayette Ind., to go down
tough an alley of the town. It cut off
the whole corner of a brick depot and
in a moment was wrecked horribly, the
poor engineer beingunder his engineand
three cars ma few seconds.
An examination snowed that it was
impossible for the engineer to control his
engine, as a rat had built her nest in one
of the pipes and then frozen to death,
which clogged theachonof the airbrake.
Tins seems almost criminal, when the
life of the engineer could have been
saved by the use of an oil stove in the
cab to keep that end of the engine warm.
A friend o. mine ndmg on tnis same
bo feeble and debilitated that the only
way they could get water into her flues
vi.... .... . .-. .... ...- ... 0 .
was to take advantage of a down grade,
stop and let the water run forward into i
the pipes, then gather some bark by the
roadside, fire up and run till that water
had been used, then catch another down
grade and repeat the job.
He wrote the manager that his engine
wasn't warm enough to cook a dividend.
The manager admitted in reply that he
had been sadly put to it recently, and
that he knew his motive power was not
up to standard, but hoped that changeof
scene and rest would bring ont the stock
in sufficient shape to go through this
' winter. Ho was very 6orry, he said, and
would promts that the engine Ehould bo
looked through.
That was easy enough, for a man could
look through it anywhere,
An old man was Eittingin a seat across
the aisle. He was very much interested.
"Is the Big Four not a proprietary road?"
I asked.
"Waal, no," says tho old man. "I
judge from what I can hear it's like old
man Buglehovn's nose it rnns itself."
With that he slapped the leg of achap-
. b his gide wJth lee and went into a
L .-,., ., ,,, . f .-.!,
i mild, red faced fit of mirth,
By my side there sat a week ago a
quiet man about 13 years of age, who
put his grip in the wall pocket overhead,
and then adjusting himself soon went to
sleep easily and breathed liko a child a
croupy child. Soon he gave a start and a
kick, when, to my amazement, both feet
fell off. The road was poorly ballasted,
and so I attributed it to that, but he
wokeupand baid: "Excuse me, but those
feet are adjustable. Do not bo nervous.
I generally take them off in the car any
way, but tho road is a little rough' as
his valise fell from its perch and shut up
my $3 silk hat like a Chinese lantern
"and so thev have detached themselves."
They were an odd arrangement and
ver comfortable, I would think, coming ,
up ; iu uw u. cue, , . "ib ,
nrA Vt,. I-Iust- worn haht nr I rnnln Tnr 1
make ont.
Speaking of these things, I wonder al
most that a man who lose3 a limb should
make it a subject for a poem, but I gave
a half dollar for the following on a New
York train in February. It shows that
the writer, though a little green, had got
hold of the raw material with which
the poet works viz, sympathy, love, my
Lhildhood's home and a bright immor
tality awaiting each and every one:
THE APPEAL.
In sadness now do I loot back
Upon thoie brcone daj s
Vnes I "Jras happy all day low;
In boyinh sports and wars.
Bst now I'm forced to xaale ray way-
A cripple, a? yon e.
TboM boyish sporu and Rood old day
Will coac-w) izore to zsa.
I little thoasht as Uaie flew ty
ilisfonaars thick and fast
VToekl sea xne fall and m&zo me go
A cn?jle to the last.
Ssch is nsr lot. Wealth can't atoso
Por the los of niy liab to tse.
Caasbt and crashed, the detd was dose
A railroad !r co more III be-
Asd now ray Utoobu of tea retcra
To ay bd buodS hippy hooe
And to tbe M rasfikir hacau
law hick I loned to ro&s
I oftea vriMh I ralat rctsra
T r ld home oace tsore.
My ir ei.U are wee HI try to live
Tj.- tbea oa j oa abort.
And bow, dtxr friend. Tas. i ycc t
Voaz, hclpibft. aad aieaez
So otit? jrar u cara my bread
Win yoe eivi boy my tocJ
Tats Is a? htATZteil yrarer.
Aad by aad by nsxy -.'" Eift
la re3jx& Jest over there.
n ii. vif f.. I
The- poems are sold to the punlic for J
the purpose of buvinz & bright ce leg
from those unrivaled artist, Messrs.
Limber & Leggett, who make probably
the cutest leg at les cost than any other
house in the world, with freckles ca
same if desred.
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He Had t Go.
"Speaking about the peculiar uses to
alann clocks have been put,; said
a gentleman yesterday, "I know of none
more ridiculous than a case that I mt-
"? .su? T"?1 of l aU
fnends who. 3f,m in ltlle Smc of ??"
SLnowanQ tb.en- ?ame TZSuaU-V
becomes more interesting than we- es-
?' soTaI1 liiaitati0aS f ,Vme m
aslds:J a11 ver; weU ioT. -
ed fellows to get home at 4 o clock
e trains, bat one of the number
had a little wife waiting patiently for
Jim: and fQ s!ie pot opposed to
J"? ha3 f"end ZCt
JLef occasionally she did object stren-
" to his coming home at .such hours
' ja miration in all things.
The other night we were all deenlv
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tamed respectable nronortions. when
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.?? "T ff by f"
ti g- dl, the sound p-
e j "finS J onr mea
mends pocket. He threw down his
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hand with a laugh, and delving mtc his
n . '.' , ?i ,
coat pocket produced a small alarm
-,,.,. rt- i - . i .
clock. We lookeu on in amazement, but
onr Benict frend ,vas couvnlsed th
h Finally the boll stoppel ring-
fa - fl hQ .B f to teli
yoaaboatit I tried to explain to mv
how tha great interest 1 took in the
fll maflo m(j f tful of time
&sanexcvlSQ for my late home coming,
hen t0 mv rise hho WeS
George, if you can't remember when it's
tQ com0 h rve fc a tQ
of it ShQ nQtnine
moref bnfc wheQ j left the hQUSQ
, evenin sho t thia ularm dock fa
, . t . ..r;wrc,(i Vvn Rn. ,f f
half j think that.a lat0 enough
for anyinans0 tbere fa n0 exenseto.
nJ hV Qf conrsQ WQ all joincd m the
. laughbuti did notlast long, for George I
nt. trmn Tno jofiiA. K.nvin'r! pi .
Ow- ""X' --- -, . 0. .. -t
boys, I'll have to be off. There's no ex
cuse tonight.'
"Inasmuch as George was in $75 on the
g3me, this information caused all our
faces to grow long. But George went,
notwithstanding our strong appeals for
him to stay. When we wero left alone,
we passed our views upon a wifo who ,
could invent such a scheme as that, es- I
pecially when her husbaud was win
ning." Pittsburg Dispatch.
Settled the Difficulty.
He had given her the engagement ring
and was telling her fairy stories about
the trouble he had experienced in secur- '
ing a puro white, flawless stono when
he saw a sad look creep into tho eyes but
now fired with joyous mirth and glad
ness. "What is it; my own?' he whispered
in her left auricular appendage.
"Oh, Harold, supposo"
"Yes, sweetheart,"
"Suppose we should get married!"
"We will, my dearest," ho hissed, with
a $10 a week nerve.
"And I should loso this ring in the
fluff of our velvet carpets?'
For a moment he was dazed. Then a
decorative possibility rushed athwart his
prophetic soul, and ho said firmly:
"Wo will havohard wood floors." De
troit Free Press.
lie Knew.
They had been talking of the different
occupations of men and of men in Ren-
eral when tho teacher asked tho head or
tho class if ho know what a wag was.
Failing to givo a satisfactory answer, tho
little boy spoko up. "I know, mam."
"Well, what is a wag: "A happy dog a
tail, mam," said the boy promptly.
Boston Courier.
Airakinf; to the Grim Reality.
j Mr. Saphead (during the honeymoon)
j When did my little dnckie darling first
discover that she 1ovh1 me?
Bride (sweetly) When I found myself
getting angry every time any one called
vou a fool. Tit-Bits.
The Only Obstacle
VS
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Advance Agent (in Oklahoma) What!
only one dressing room in this theater?
You Enrely don't expect a dramatic com
pany of IS ladles and gentlemen to dress
in that one room, do yon?
3Ianager Dinks (of the Spread Eagle
theater)-What's the matter? Baia'tthey
oa gpgatia terms?-Puck,
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HEALTH IN LONDON.
rinctnatlonm of the Death Rat la th
Elchteeotb Centarr-
From 1700 to 17.r0 the dath rate in
London was so high that the popula
ion stagnated. In the former year tbe
nhabitants numbered 065.200, and in
.he latter year 553.900. During thh
acriod the deaths were in the ratio of
a. bout one per thirty pcrson living.
By lc-01 the population had crept up to
rrr.OOQ, and the deaths had fallen to
sne in forty-one per'.oa living. Thi
freat improvement in tbe fctatc of pub
lic health in London was not. except to
1 1 rifling extent, the result of sanitary
egisiatton. People were becoming
nore enlightened on many matter
iSectinjf their health, partly owing to
i more general knowledge of chemiv
ry. pkvsolocy. and other sciences re
atlng to man and 1m surroasdingi.
"ihen thoie iatruMed with the con
flict of pablicaffair became atvare horw
Toacb the health of the people win af
"ccted by bad water. bV foal esac
4cms. ana eTen cesspool, and by tot
rreat a denwty of populatioa, tkey be
jan to ftccnrr aapplics of pure water.
'jo construct pror r haevs draini and
itrect sewers, to remove systematically
31th from houses, and to widen stir!.
rhe promulgation of the natural law
?f health preceded the enactment of
taws of health by the ttate. Jcnncr"
ilOTery of propeyiaxia in emallpos
aad lor its corollarr the vaccination
irt3- tae cneaicu aija g. wiw
wrfiaaent re-
attng to water and rivers. Caarlc
Cameron, at Sanitary Congress.
Bow to neocal Os.
Xedders Thats a boa mot?
fTr ' ' mrs
fiasU- i
,vi . , 7 a?fin,s. tr 'cept supportia of Jofes. aa.
ao"Lt,t s to r.-cbiill-,. xi,-5Ssi catis
aiowitz Something yoa
always
DKAWSLIKEAPLAT
Highly Dramatlo Liko Every Otbsr
French Event.
flioasaada of Carlonlty SHrr Fin tHe
Pise de la Koqattte Whrncrer X.
Diblcr Call the CutllottB
into ReqnUUion.
The French are nothing if not dra
matic There is not a pujre in their
history that does not supply a stage
picture- Their everyday life is full of
situations. They arc. says tho Illus
trated American, boru comedians and,
like members of old-fashioned stock
companies, are fully capable of play injr
tragic roles when called upon.
You recognize this dramatic instinct
on the prize day at the Lycee, when M.
d Maire crowns tho most deserving
pupils, and all the relations, with tear
pouring 'down their cheeks, embrace
the lucky youths. You see it when tho
outgoing rosiere tears off the wreath
that has been hers for a year the mo
ment another wreath is placed upon
the brows of her successor in virtue.
The dame de (a halle may use as bad,
nay, even viler language than her sis
ter of Billingsgate, when sho is paymg
eomplimcnts to a rival market woman,
but then she docs it so much more pic
turesquely. She never forgets what
she owes to her audience. The states
man in the chamber of deputies or ia
the senate plays to the gallery. Tho
:riminal on trial is continually strik
ing attitudes. And should it happen
that he be condemned to death, he has
the consolation, at least, that his last
moments will be spent in the midst of
most dramatic tmrroundings.
The president has refused to exer
cise executive clemency. The criminal
confined in the "Depot desCondauincs
of the prison of La Ro-juctte must dia
in a few days.
A rumor spreads early one morning
that "Monsieur de Parh," his assist-
nnts, and the well known wagon con
taining the implements of death, have
appeared on the Place de la Roquctte.
It spreads like wildfire. Tho rabble
arrives and finds that barriers have
i been raised at the ends of tho streets
i that run into the place. Infantry lines
j the avenuo that runs between the
j "Depot des Condamnes" and tho
t "Depot des DctenuV' the prison of
t those who have been tried and con-
, demned and of those still awaiting
trial.
There is a heavy tramp of cavalrvand
a troop of the splendidly mounted
Gurden ride by. Some take their places
at the debouches of the place; others
draw up in two lines opposite the guil
lotine, raised on four stones placed
crosswise.
The very simplicity of the guillotine
adds to tho effectiveness of the scene.
t contrasted as it ia with thouniformsof
the cavalry and the htill more brilliant
uniforms of blue nnd silver worn by
some officials who hover about the in
strument of death the whole dimly
lit up by the gas lamps. A carriage
drives up to the gateway, and a judge
in his official roben descend. For a
brief moment a hush falls upon thoie
within the barriers for even they have
not been abovo coarse badinage. In a
few minutes the victim will be aroused
from his lumbers, and be told to pro
pare for the last toilcLU and death.
The dawn breaks gray and cold.
The gas man turns out the last lamp.
Sparrows twitter in the trees or hop
about the guillotine. Tho crow of a
cock in the "Depot dea Detenus" is an
swered by one from the "Prison of the
Condemned." and all the coclci of the
neighborhood join In. M. Dciblcr, tho
executioner, in black frock coat and
tall ftilk hat, comes out of the prison
and tests the guillotine. Vben be it
satisfied that it will work all right, ho
returns. Presently the gateway opena
and tho procession of death is seen.
The cavalry draw their Rabeni. tho in
fantry present arms, and all hats aro
raised as the prisoner, in his nhirt
with the collar cut off. hb hair close
cropped, hia arms bound behind hla
back, and hi feet tied together so that
be can only hamblo along, appears.,'
A priest, walking by hla aide, holds a
crucifix before him. The guillotine a
reached in a few second. The pris
oner 1 embraced by the priesL Deib-'
lcr"i two aide cize him by his pin
ioned arms, throw hira against tho
UitcuU (&ec-saw), which swings Into
place; the tvJietU falls and stretches th
neck; "M. de Paris" tocchea a spring;
&orrn come tho weighted knife; tho
bead falks into a banket, a great stream.
of blood shoots from the trunk; tha
body U rolled into a box; ba&ket and)
box are placed la a vrsron; the cavalry'
wheel into- line, and "IL do Pari'
latest victim is carried aS lo Ittt.
It has teemed a lon;r qnarter of ur
hour between tbe moment that thV
pri'oner first appeared and that wheal
the proccwlon started for Ivry. We
haTc timed It with a stop watch. Mr
vw exactly forty-two seconds.
rreaeb Kfrat frosa Sfoaeow.
On the retreat from Movrow tha?
French lct aad threw away over 60,-
000 Biuaketa. "
Thm OU feeBttav
What's John dollar coyrT
"CoUeee."
uAad umr
"Lawyer."
"Aad DIckT
"PreaeaJa'.-
Asd the old asaar
'Well, he ala't svdola' of aath!
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IU y ?kv. fit (9
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