The Arrow from Wichita, Kansas • 1

GANDY KIT0HEB, THE BOR-TOR BAKERY 254 North Main Street. BSl25-1 North Main Street X.OIST HODINO. 1'UUMbltKH A Si) PROPRIETOR, WICHITA, KANSAS, FEBRUARY. 25, 1893. OL VIII.

NO, 3(; LITTLE AMONG THE SPORTS. TRICKS OF DIAMOND-SELLERS. How a Mail lluys One Jewel ami Gets Anot linr. "If you want to buy a diamond you must be curoful to go to a trustworthy house or you wlllgotuwfnlly cheated," said a young man to a friend who contemplated purchasing a diamond for his Christmas gift. "Do you see this ring?" ho added, extending one of his hutids, on which lino diamond sparkled and glittered in tho sunlight.

Well, thats a pretty nice sort of a ring and I had a hard time getting it. Thats why I like it and thats the reason I warn you to bo cureful where you go to get one. About a year ago I had a surplus one hundred dollar bill In my pocket, and, getting an idea that I would like to Invest In a ring, I went down to a jewelry store to make the purchase. There was in the show window on exhibition this diumond that you see ou my finger. It was marked for sale for one hundred dollars.

It struck m.v fancy and I asked the clerk to show it to me. After examining it with a great deni of care and finding that it would fit my finger, I decided that I would take it. I am sorry, said tlie clerk, but we are not allowed to sell "show goods, but I have tho mate to tho stone here and yon can liny it. He took the ring to tho rear of the counter, and when lie returned he had a perfect counterpart of the one which I desired. After the usual details I put the ring on my finger, took the guarantee which ho proffered and started up town, and luckily happened to meet a friend who is an excellent judge of diamonds.

I was proud of my ring, and, as you can imagine, lost no time in showing it to him. Thunder! he exclaimed, where did you get that chunk of glass? It looks as if it had been run over by a street car. I was highly indignant for a mo. ment, but a glance at the ring as 1 held it up to the light convinced me that he was right. It did look as if it had been run over by car wheels.

11 was a terrible-looking affair, without lustre or merit. I had been swindled. Tho ring I had selected was still in the store, but I had the guarantee, and I determined that on the following day I would have the stone changed, as 1 was sure that it was all a mistake. But next day I found out differently. They would not exchange the ring for the one that I desired, nor would they give me my money back.

They were will ing to exchange for something else, however, and I finally took a serpent ring with a diamond head which cost tlie same as the other ring. The clerk again gave me a guarantee and I went away trying to make myself believe that I was satisfied. The serpent proved to be a hoodoo to me. So in a weeks time I wanted the ring changed again, especially as the recollection ot the first one still haunted my mind Finally I resorted to my friend, the diamond expert, for aid, and he suggested that he should visit the store while I remained on the sidewalk, and after he had told the clerk that he wanted to buy a ring and had found one that was worth one hundred dollars he would take his handkerchief from liis pocket. This would be a signal for me to come in and take the ring and give the serpent and guaranty for it.

Well, he went into the store, ad when he found a ring that pleased him which happened to be the same ring that was shown to me he took his handkerchief from? his pocket as we-had agreed upon and I walked in like a little man. My friend asked me if that ring suited me. I took it and gave the guarantee and the serpent ring in ex change for it. The clerk made a ter rible rumpus, but I was desperate and could not be bluffed off. So here 1 have a ring which is cheap for one hundred dollars.

There are plenty of peo pie being swindled the same way every day, but if they will only insist on then rights they will come out all right in the end, but I would advise them to buy of a house that does not resort to tricks of that sort N. Y. Tribune. THE WORSHIP OF THINGS. FUNNY ANSWERS.

Unconscious humor is frequently the best humor. The funniest things thut wem ever said wore not thought to be funny by the people who uttered them. Tho answers given In school examinations are very often ludicrous. In a recent examination some boys were asked to define certain words and give a sen ten no illustrating the moaning. Here are a few Frantic means wild I picked some frantic ilowers.

Akimbo, with a crook 1 had a dog with an akimbo in his tail. Athletic, strong the vinegar was too athletic to use, Tandem, one behind the other the hoys sit tandem at school. Dust is mud with the wet squeezed out. Fins are lishos wings. Monkey, a small boy with a tail.

Stars aro tho moons eggs. Circumfcrance is the distance around tho middle of the outsido. THE GORILLAS BRAIN. Dr. ,11.

U. Chapman contributes to tho latest installment of the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, a paper describing observations on tho brain of the gorilla. He says while the fissures and convulsions are disposed in the brain of the gorilla in the same manner, generally speaking, as in that of man or of the chimpanzee or orang, it is never the less a low type of brain, being much less convoluted than the brain of man or either of the two other anthropoids. If it were permissible, in the'nbsonce of living links or sufficiout fossil remains, to speculate upon tho development of man and the anthiopoids from lower forms of simian life, Dr. Chapman thinks it might be inferred from the character of the brain that the gorilla had decended from some extinct macaque and gibbon-like forms and man from generalized simian form combining in itself the characteristics of existing anthropoids.

Twentieth Century. Farmers and bicyclists should bo good friends. The hump-backed young man with knickerbockers, curving himself like a watch spring over the handle bar of his wheel, is not a handsome picture on the landscape but if his lungs aro compressed his voice is loud, and if ho does frighten tho horses he is a power for the improvement of the country. The present agitation for better roads was started by tbe bicyclist. His cry was taken up; everybody heard it and joined in the shout.

The result will no doubt be improved roads in the country all over the United States, and therefore the farmer should always have a little brown jug ready for the thirsty bicycle crank when he alights perspiring and thirsty at the door. Field and Farm, The Eagle criticised the amateur actors who lately produced the "Merchant of Venice" in a rather rough way. It said that they were better adapted to Uncle Tom's Captain, "Handy Andy or "Ten Nights in the Bar-room. It also remarked that one young man walked across the stage like a fellow trending a This kind of criticism is calculated to make the Wichita actor steer clear of the stage, but well bet they will stay with her and do better in the future. "That must have required considerable preliminary practice, said the tenderfoot, as Blizzard Bill shot the ashes from the cigar his partner was smoking at a distance of forty feet, "Practice said William.

"1 should twitter. I guess I spiled nioren two dozen Chinamen learniu that there trick. Teacher What is a noun Willie The name of a person, place, or thing. Teacher Giye an example. Willie Organ grinder.

Teacher Why do you choose that. Willie Because its the nnme of a person who plays a thing. King. Henry I. had an arm thirty-six inches long.

That is why the English and American yard is its present )ength--a little fact which many students have learned and forgotten. The Chicago milk Shippers association has assigned. It is presumed that the freezing weather which disabled the pumps had something to do with it. Yon gilded horses which appear Hitched to the sulky weather-vanes Run westward when the day is clear, Eastward when they feel the reins. Alexander Pope sent over from England a slip from which it is said tbe weeping willows of America all sprung.

Mr, Tatgenborst is the proud paternal relative of a bouncing boy. Ohioken thieves are among us, and the dogs are muzzled. WHISPER THE NEWS. S'linsh I It Is now whispered that Mrs. Cleveland Is going to have a hush 1 It Is said she has gone to Buffalo to tell her mother that s'hush! If the charming report be true It will bo tho first time that the White House has ever been tho scene of a shush Good news travels like wildfire.

Everyono was talking yostorday afternoon about tho possibility of tho popular president-elect boing again a s'hush I How empty the honor of naming a cabinet compared with the bright prospect of naming a shush Only one cause for regret, though, and that Is, how may Baby Ruth regard her little -s'hush 1 Cupid flies everywhere. He hovers In and out among the kitchen pots and kettles as merrily and often as ever, and around the etngres and grand pianos in a drawing room. In Pennsylvania lie lias just distinguished himself by tossing a love romance of most sensational character into tho lap of a humble cook. She is a poor girl who works hunt hi a hotel restaurant cooking hum and eggs and chasing up cockroaches with alternate swiftness. A few days ago she takes an outing on a train, meets a two-millionaire who says she looks like his first wife, and insists on mnrriug hr forthwith.

Tableau, She will spoiul the two millions, and Cupid will go smiling on his prankish way. Two Germans met in San Francisco recently. Affectionate greeting, and the following dialogue ensued "Fen vnu said you lief arrived "Yesterday." Yo came dot horn around No. Oh I see you came dot isthmus across "No." "Deu you hef not arrived." Oh, yes I hef arrived. I come dot Mexico through.

Tho Prison Trusty," a bright and spicy four-column folio, published at Lansing, Kansas, by the inmates of the penitenitary, has found a place on our exchange list. Their motto is the pen is mightier than the sword. In one of columns it lias the railroad time-table with the "leave anil "arrive," only those up there are anxious to leave and lint many aro hankerin to arrive with the sheriff. Omaha bakers have been having a a merry war. The ammunition was the ordinary live-eent loaf which hurled through the air in a manner designed to wreck the enemy.

The public, lias not been heard to complain. When thirty-six live-cent loaves can be purchased for a dollar the wolf does not need lb bo chased from the door. He turns tail voluntarily and scoots. Oh I knew her very willful But I always thought her skillful In all her dressy manners that are taking with her beaux, But 1 never dreamed of finding Her out walking and not minding That she wore her silk suspqnilers on the outside of her clothes. Chicago News-Record.

In early times Scliohairie county, New York, was bought of an Indian chief for a barrel of whisky. If the Indian drank one-half pint a dav, how lohg did it take him to swallow the whole comity As the county contains 256,000 acres, and the whisky was valued at fl a gallon, what was the price per acre In 1792 there were only 4,000,000 people lu the United States, and one-fifth of them were negroes, many of whom had been brought from Africa in slaveships. There was not a law school in the country, although young men learned the legal profession by "reading as it was called, law with some practitioner. There were only two schools of medicine in all North America. "Ma, said the newspaper mans son, "1 know why editors call themselves we.

WhyP "Sos the man that doesnt like tho article will think there are too many people for him to tackle. Plans for capturing the "Kid, the renegade Apache, seem to lack principally the co-operation of that dividual. Otherwise they are quite admirablo. However they are not wholly useless, for they serve to amuse tbe Rid. His Honor What made you steal this ffentlemans door mat Prisoner-Sure, yer honor, it snid "Welcome on it in letters as long us your arm- Flynne What do you do to cure the blues, Flamrae Paint everything red.

Priston Trusty, MAMMON AS 000. A NoN-SKOHETA RIAN RKItMON. 11V I.ON HODINO. I make the assertion am (irmly aland hy it, Though few may acknowledge and many deny It, That here in a country of Bible and preachers, And eluirohes, Bitd horde of morality teacher. Where muster to battle transgression To follow a meek and lowly" profession Ambition ami folly have led astray Until we have lost and forgotten the way Humanitys heroes so valiantly trod Till we ns a people make Mammon onr God.

The age is enamored of splendor and wealth, Whilst honest simplicity, comfort and health, Are lllv considered. The torture of life Is but a distraction a clamoring strife For money possession of which is a pass any society np to that class Whose altitude captivates mortals be-low Amt spurs their ambition till onward they go At brain-racking, nerve-straining, dangerous speed, Till Soul is devoured bv gluttonous Greed Till Conscience is robbed of its puncturing prod And bends to the. worship of Mammon as God -Give us this day our daily bread, Is a beautiful prayer, and is frequently said By men with a lifetimes provision in store. Who worry, ami hunger and struggle for more As eager to gratify miserly lust As the beggar is hungry, who pleads for a crust. (For after the love in our being is sold, The seller would starve in a palace of gold.) This truth is apparent, and yet we applaud, I And make saorihees to Mammon as God.

"First seek ye the Kingdom" the Martyrs injunction Has suffered a change, and with little compunction We first seek the Dollar, and when were possessed Of what seems sufficient to purchase the rest. We search Follys market our souls to regale, But find that contentment is not there for sale Still, bright imitations bedazzle the eye And selfish Pomposity's willing to boy, For the gratification of showing when bought, Some mockery of happiness others have not. Yet wealth Is the object we eagerly crave In our feverish transit from cradle to grave, And not till we enter a door in the sod Do we rest from our service of Mammon as God. A PRAYER. Thou Author of systems, and father of all The beings who dwell on this rotary ball, Thy great condescension we ask and implore Take from us our greed and imbue us with more Regard for the noble and brotherly plan Of life in this life Mans duty to Man.

Plant brotherly love in our bosoms, and then Well give Thee tho honor and glory. Amen The liquor dealers association met in Dallas, Texas, last week and the mayor in his words of welcome said "It has been my pleasure since 1 was elected mayor to welcome many conventions to this city, but I know of none more welcome than you. A New York drummer has been held up and robbed in Chicago by four wo men. if female foot-pads arc to be added to the other iniquities of the breeez.y city, it is not to late to have a Worlds Fair In some locality of comparative safety. ooddards record, Joe Goddard, of Australia, known as tbe Barrier Champion, was born at Plymouth, New South Wales on Nov, 2C, 18G2.

His first appearance as a boxer was at Iiurrv Dooley's Hall, Sydney, while a pupil of Dooleys. He then boxed with Tom Taylor and Peter Jaekson. Goddard stands six feet in bis stockings and fights at about 195 lbs. He arrived in Amerioa on May 11th, 1892, The following are bis principal fights, 1889. Defeated Ned llyan in 5 rounds.

Beat Ryau in April in 9 rounds. Beat Jim Mullins, of Tacoma in June. Beat Owen Sullivan, at Melbourne, in 11 rounds in August. Beat Jem Fogarty of Sydney in 4 rounds. Defeated Charley Dunn for tbe championship of Australia, and $5,000 aside in 13 rounds.

He next fought a draw with Jim Mullens. 1890. Beit Luke Keegan in 3 rounds at the Crystal Panics, Melbourne, June 2d. Beat Mickey Dooley 21 rounds iu one hour and 23 minutes at Sid ney, Oct. 20th.

He fought an 8 round draw with Peter Jackson, at Sidaey. Beat Mickey Dooley October 21st, 7 rounds in twenty-seven minutes at Melbourne, 1891. Defeated Joe Clioynskie in 4 rounds at Sidney, Feb. 10th, Beat Tom Lees 5 rounds, April. Beat John Tulson in 3 rounds.

Beat Joe Choy-niskte in 3 rounds at Melbourne, July 20th, for a purse of $2,000, De feated Jack Asbton in 8 rounds. 1892. Knocked out Ned Ryan in 4 rounds. His first fight in America was with Joe McAuliffe before the Pacific Athletic Club, of San Francisco, on July 1st, for a purse of $5,000. Goddard won in 15 rounds.

He next undertook to knock out Billy Smith in 8 rounds before the California Athletic Club on August 25th, but tbe police stopped the encounter. He beat Tom More, the "Hiulem Cyclone, in 3 rounds. Defeated Joe Butler at Philadelphia in 3 rounds. Beat Peter Maher at the Coney Island Club on December 8th, in 3 rounds for a purse of $7,500. Geo, F.

Sprague. DOG AND GUN, Parkerson and Friend went to Cairo, on the 20tb, Bert McCormick is hunting on the lakes west of town. W. Howard, of Burrton killed 90 ducks one day this week. A boy living north of town has killed 40 ducks this season, E.

Hutchinson and Jennings went to Patterson Monday. Williams, 119 East Douglas Avenue, is selling a great many dog muzzles now. John Merril has returned from the Big Slough and reports good shooting in that district. W. W.

Witt, a sportsman of Bum-ton Kansas, was in the city this week and purchased a large supply of ammunition from Williams, the "gun man." In the Griffin-Buchanan fight Griffin butted his opponent in the head till the latter fell unconscious to the floor. Tbe tight was given to Buchanan. Mitchell has put up a $10,000 forfeit to fight Corbett. lNow wait for the crash, dash, smash, etc. Let her go 1 Mr, John Brightenfield is preparing his fleet footed steppers for the oom-ingraciDg season.

"Maxy B. the promising gilding, who won so many races in 2-year-old class last year, has been entered both in Missouri and Nebraska. Hon Rodolph Hatfield is in Topeka where he will remain next ween as special counsel of Emporia Normal school. Eunice Goodrioh will appear at the Crawford Grand in Wanted a Husband, Tuesday night. CashjHenderson, of the New York Store, ie in New York purchasing spring Goods.

Mrs N. A. English is very ill at her home, on the oorner of Lewis and Topeka avenues. In mailing a lettor this week we made a mistake. We put the Sedgwick County Reporters supplimont on it In place of Columbian postage stamp, The auack of tho mallard, tho "conk of the goose and tho "caw of tho crow is the sound over head.

Tho mouth of the Kaw (caw The crows bill. Sineo "Bohn has lost his reputation for "Immmorin and Kansas jumps up and produces a "George that knocks out everything even door panels. The days aro nice, Tho chickcus ruckle And it makes us think Of our fishing tackle, Nails should bo sold at auction. They go well under the hammer. So do doors in Topeka.

Whether George Douglass chews tobacco or not lie will always remom-bor "old sledge." "A wiry thing the telephone and lire system. "The Christian at Work a preacher digging a cellar. The war is over and both houses will have tiino to go fishing anil await the action of the supreme court. "The only way to prevent whats past," said Mrs. Muldoon, is to put a stop to it before it happens.

PERSONAL MENTION. If you want to go to the Worlds Fair, young man, join Company A. A most rigid and thorough cleaning up of tiie city is ordered by the authorities. Washingtons birthday was not celebrated Wichita, but wait till bock beor day comes and youll see the difference. Tho npw policemen have bad a good opportunity to show their marksmanship and test their revolvers.

Several canines have been already bagged. Editor Davis, of the Towanda Herald. was in the oily Tuesday. He savs his journal lias reached its VIII volume and is still holding. iU own.

The Editor of the Arrow has had a severe tussle with la grippe. This is not very important as a piece of news, but we are glad to be able to pencil it. The Old Settlers ball was a great success. About 150 couples attended and they all had an evening of pleasure. The Old Settlers always give their annual hop about this time of the year and are always well attended.

Why dont some of onr esteemed contemporaries say something about the Wichita Board of Trades petition against the anti-option bill? Did the Board really do it, or was it done by some one or two of the officials? The movement on the part of the Populists to remove the Capital of the State to Kanopolts must cause grent uneasiness among tho Topeka property owners. They have been spoiled by the advantages which acrue to a Capital, and instead of feeling greatful to the rest of tho state, they became siiff-neckcd and stuck-ed up. Let em squirm. HORRIBLE I It was a dark murky night. The streets had been deserted by all good hard-toiling people, and no one but the policemen, tbisves and prowlers were out, The clock in the court house tolled three and the mist came down like a blanket of gauze before the eyes.

Tbe eaves shed the dripping moisture and the tin-spouts kept up a continued rattle as the water trickled ibrough them. It was disolate. Suddenly a dark form was seen hurrying across the muddy avenue, and a moment latter the crack of a rifle was heard, followed by a groan. People thrust their heads from windows above and gazed on the form below lying in its own gore. What Who was it It was only a poor dog without a muzzle.

The Republican City Convention meets to-day, The late war" at Topeka has put the Republicans on their metal, and they propose to fight it out henoeiorth on principal from Ward to Nation. They will select a good responsible man for Mayor and push the campaign to a victorious finish. We have had a special invitation from J. J. Ward, of tbe Cowskin, to visit bis place when the fishing season arrives and Ibe first spring day is likely to tempt ns.

The Department Encampment of the G. A. R. at Pittsburg, Kansas, elected Hon. Bernard Kelly commander of the department of Kansas.

B. Geraw of Atchison was elected senior vice oommander and Ira D. Brougber of Groat Bend was elected junior vice commander. L. Barrett of Wiohita was elected a deligate to the national encampment which meets this year at Indianopolis.

A.J.Wrigbt of Garden Plain cla ms to be the youngest ex-soldier in Kansas. He has quite a record. Born in 1845, Enlisted in November 18G1 in the 2d Iowa infantry; discharged in April, 18G2; enlisted in July following in the 19th Iowa regiment, but his parents objected to his further service and he drove team until June, 'G3, when he enlisted in the 1st Iowa Cavalry, and served faithfully until February, 1866. Comrade Wright is now Commander of Tincber Post 352 at Garden Plain, and his heart is thoroughly in the cause of Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty. POPULISTS ENJOINED.

Judge llazen, of Topeka, Rules lu Favor of the Republicans. Toi-eka, Feb. 18. Judge Z. T.

flazcn, of the district court of Shawnee county, has sustained the motion of the republican house for a permanent injunction restraining the state treasurer from paying any warrants issued by authority of tho legislative appropriation bill passed by tho populist house last Tuesday, but his decision is not final for the case ivas at once appealed to the supremo court. The question turned largely upon the decision rendered by the supreme court of Ohio, wherein it was hold that the journal of tho legislature was conclusive evidence of the existence of that body, and that the courts were bound by the recitals of the journal as to any matters of fact that went to make up the enactment of a law. The judge, however, held that the Ohio case was not applicable, for in the Kansas instance the existence of the defacto body was questioned. Here there were two bodies, each claiming legislative powers, and the courts must of necessity determine which is clothed with those powers. Judge Hazens decision was oral and he said the question at issue was one that might be raised in any court and that he had investigated in the public interest as to who was the Then it became a matter of fact on which the court might hear proof.

If in fact the appropriation bill was invalid, these state officials had no authority to pay out public moneys under it, and the court had jurisdiction to determine whether or not the appropriation bill was invalid. The decision in brief is that the appropriation bill is invalid because it is not signed by the speaker of the house of representatives of Kansas. It bears the signature of Speaker Dunsmore of the populist house to be sure but Judge Hazeu by inference says that Mr. Dunsmore is not speaker of the house of representatives of Kansas. WEARY OF WAITING.

A Movement on Foot to Invade tlie Cherokee Strip Tired of Waiting For Congrest to Act. Arkansas City, Feta. 20. Cherokee strip matters have taken a new and Bomewhat sensational turn here since the publication of the fact that congress is not likely to ratify tho treaty in time for homesteaders to put in crops this spring, and the advice to them to rent farms in Kansas and Oklahoma out of which to make a living during the coming year. The utter disregard of congress for the necessities of the people has caused great indignation here, and a permanent organization has been perfected with the determination to go upon and occupy tlie lands of the strip immediately without awaiting the action of congress.

A general mass meeting of all "boomers has been called to meet at Cale, just over the line, south of this place on next Wednesday at 12 oclock, to set the day for the invasion, and to perfect a systematic plan of procedure. The thousands of boomers waiting here are very much aroused over the dilatory tactics of congress and they have fully determined to go upon the lands in utter disregard of the consequences. What the result of such action will be is not known, and the majority do not care. They have been waiting here, some of them, for years and have disposed of their former homes and spent the proceeds so that they are not able to rent farms. The misery and want that will be the result of tlieir not going upon the strip in time to make a crop has been fully discussed, and they have made up their minds to go ahead without asking the consent of congress.

few people have any conception of the condition of the people who are waiting to find homes in the strip or of the suffering that will ensue if tho lands are not opened this spring in time to make crops. Tlie people are desperate, and at the meeting next Wednesday they will certainly decide to go upon the strip, put in crops and await the consequences. Go to Cole Jones for clothing. It I the Great Fault of Many of Out American Housekeepers. Things are iu the saddle And ride mankind, says Emerson, and one can not avoid a suspicion, that with all his absorption in high philosophy, he had in his mind when he wrote, some of our American good housekeepers.

The worship of things is a passion that carries all before it. Not the fashion devotee to her gowns, the bookworm to his folios, nor the collector to his postage-stamps or his pictures, is so absolutely a slave to his idol as the woman who worships her things and is called for politeness sake, a thorough housekeeper. We all know how she lives. She keeps her house, miscalled a home, in spick-and-span order from front steps to hack shed; her brasses shine, her carpets smell of the wareroom, and one can see his face in her mahoganv; she shuts out dust and flies, and with them sunlight, fresh air, and all her family. She does allow the latter under stringent restrictions to eat and sleep within the walls, but it is at the cost of nearly every comfort, and in the poorest parts of the house.

One whom 1 knew, kept her nine or ten immaculate rooms breathless and dark, and lived with her four children, wintei and summer, in one low room over the kitchen. Naturally, the husband and father finding such few attractions there, stayed in his place of business till bedtime. Olive Thorn Miller, in The Chautauquan. Small Flats Come High. Little Boy Mamma, I guess I know why they charge such a big rent foj this flat.

Its because its so smalt. Mamina -Hum! Why should that make the rent high? Little Boy They know there isnt room for a servant girl, and if you dont have any wages to pay youll have more monev for rent Good News..