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Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13
Life In the City of Yokohama.

The amusements of this city are driving,
riding, skating, reading, concerts, dane
ing parties, racing, gossip, mails. Life in
the east is generally voted dull So the
foreign residents have to find entertain
ment in small things ofttimes As at
every port where there are Europeans, Yo-
kohama has race-course and few fine i'm
ported horses are seen here. The skating
rink also finds it devotees. A skating
pond is kept by select few at great ex-
pense. Last winter there were forty-two
days of skating, which was an unusually
large number.
There are here about ], 500 European
residents, the majority of whom live upon
the Bluff. The others dwell in the settle
ment' at the foot of the bluff, where there
are two good European hotels, foreign
banks and shops of all kinds, where one
can buy many things at large price The
cost of living in Yokohama is great
BituminOus coal is from SO to SIS ton:
anthracite English cOaD is SO. Flour and
butter come from California and cost from
one-third to one half more here than there
Yokohama Ccr. New York Tribune
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13
The Favorite rorpoisc Of Brunswick.

One OF the best known characters about
Brunswick is porpoise. Fer twenty
Pears he has been seen there, and now
even body knows him as ~Cutfin- This
name has been given TO him because his
,i's dorsal fin has been cut half away in
some cu;nbat with his rivals in the sea or
10y the attack OF some human foe But
"CUtiin" l. now safe at least from the
hand of man He is a universal favorite,
ana enjoys the attentions which are Law
ished upon him. He is so tame that any
fishing party that sails near Doboy can
tap few times on their boat with an oar
and he viii come up TO join them. No
matter where the boat goes. ~Cutfin- fol-
lows. lie comes up within few feet, and
thousand opportunities has he given
10 fishermen 10 kill him. but no mans
hand is ever raised against this remarka-
bic fish. lie is powerful fellow, fully
twelve feet long. He has been known
when accompanying fishing parties 70
swim around and drive fish into their nets.
No pilot on that COST is better known
than ~Cutfin.- and few are more highly es-
Constitution
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13
How East the Hand Travels.

It is not generally known that the hand
travels almost as fast, if not SO far, as the
foot. An ingenious calculator has been
setting down the record Of its progression.
a rapid penman writes thirty words q
minute, and in doing so-what with curves
and turns Of the pen necessitated by every
word, not to mention crossing his ~t'sr-
draws his. pen through sixteen feet Of
space. In forty minutes his pen travels a
furlong. Thus many persons who do not
walk on all tours progress 800 miles year
with their hands, or rather with one hand.
Frank I.eslie's Illustrated.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13
Some of the English Crown Jewels.

While speaking of jewels may add here
that the English crown jewels do not at
all compare with those of France, and Of
course do not come any where near those
of Russia and some other countries. Here
there is lot of filigree gold work, great
golden crowns, plain and bejewelled, and
the only two among all worth mentioning
are, first, the Queen Victoria coronation
bonnet, which is cup of purple velvet in
hoops of silver, surmounted by ball and
cross, Respondent with diamonds, and in
fine center OF the cross is the 'inestimable
sapphire and in front is the great, heart
shaped ruby said to have been worn by
the Black Prince.
The other diadem, called st. Edwards
crown, was made for Charles !. 1t is
mass of gold, brilliantly honeycombed with
gems of the purest water Of every species,
from the diamond to the humble tor
quoise. This bonnet has crowned every
English sovereign since Charles ii and
was stolen from the tower by certain
Col. Blood, who afterwards restored it
with many likewise stolen state docu-
ments, and who received in recompense
for his pains, a pension of ESQ year for
life to himself and heir male forever
after, a peculiar way of rewarding theft, l
should say. l wonder that there have
been any crowns left in the kingdom to
go on with-London Letter
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13

ere is nothing 81 rare as TO find humor
IL. IN official dispatch; and when found, as
Capt Cutie says. we should make note
of it. \ high official has lately died in one
of our colonies. and his deputy, inexperi-
enced. as l suppose in the literature Of his
calling, has forwarded to the home govern
ment an account of the funeral Of the de
ceased HE was beloved by all; all classes
We'd in doing honor TO his memory; and
am sure under happier circunst8' IS.
nothing would have given him n,
ure than 10 behold such universe st
Where does this gentleman II his
former superior TO bef-James Pa ia In
dependent
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13
President Eliot commends lawn tennis
as an excellent game for college use.
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A Place i'm the National Abbey.

OF Mr.. Briggs, who was member of
the last parliament, but was not re-
elected, it is told that his one great speech
was made in opposition to the Napoleon
memorial in Westminster abbey. He
came in that night in full evening dress.
and waxed eloquent over his subject. is
there not" he demanded, some eminent
Englishman who might more fifty take a
place in the national abbey Whereupon
Briggs Briggs roared the house with
one voice, and the speech ended.-Chicago
Times
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13
The Score, of tn. Alehem,s,s.

Justice Field. Of the supreme court,
takes deep interest in the electrical inven-
tons of Mr. Edison. Il would not be is
reported as saying, @be surprised any day
10 hear that he had discovered the secret
that the alchemisfs searched for so long,
and invented some method Of keeping the
vital spark alive forever. The vital spark
is nothing but electricity, after all Kan
sas CITY Journal
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13
The Deepest Bore-Hole Ever Made,

The deepest bore hole believed to have
yet been made is one AT the village Of
Schlsdebach, near the railway between
Leipsig and Corbetha- II was pierced with
diamond drills for the purpose Of ascer-
tanning If there was coal below. The
depth is $3.50 feet, and some three and a
half years have been occupied in boring il.
The cost Of the work, which was institu-
ted by the Prussian government. has been
5000. The temperature at the bottom Of
the bore il IS degrees c., q fact which
tends to confirm the observation that the
temperature rises rs we descend into the
earth.-CasselIs Magazine
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13

Charlie (striding up and downl-It's ter
rible-terrible l owe money and can't
pay il.
Jack-Why not let the other fellow
walk, Charliei
Charlie-Let the other fellow walk,
wish ii was some other fellow. But it
amt. It's an Irish washerwoman and
she'll be here in ten minures.-New York
Times
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13

In the province Of western Prussia spot
ted fever, supe-iraduced by famine, Is deei-
mating some Of the Polish districts In
the Berent district some Villages have lost
more thaa q quarter OF their population
The dead are buried on the spos, without
religious ceremonies All schools hsve
been closed for several months past--Csi-
ear,n Trihrlra
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13

God help the stranger that is taken sick
there writes an officer of the United
States steamship Galena. speaking Of As
pinwall at is not uncommon for people
10 lie down in the street and die in broad
daylight, and when dying receive no offer
Of assistance. even in answer to an appeal
for drink of water. The people appear to
be heartless, a. il their familiarity with
death had made them callous. tx
chauva
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13
The Flower Of Paris. Garden.

The patriarch OF the JarJiin dies Plantes
in Paris Is fat old pig tai baboon. who
has survived the fail Of his patron. the
Emperor Napoleon. who used to pay him
q weekly visit He is IS bald a. Nor
mon elder. and so jealous OF his rivals, .
pair Of pet spider monkeys in "a neighbor-
ing cage. that he rarely misses a chance TO
reach out and pull their protru6ing tails
-Eo-rie-r after
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13

The nrys homestead bill va. presented
TO congress by Andrew johnson. O. Ten
nessee He pushed j: 20 passage IN the
thirty sixth congress, and !; Was vetoed
by Buchanan Andy kept ~ il. however.
and il passed again in iS2, fes days
ate. he len the senate to becu-ne military
governor Of Tennessee
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13
Experiment with a Pair of Pair Of Lizard

A St Louis doctor is credited with hav-
ing cut off the tails of two lizards and
united the animals by sewing the stumps
together, thus making a species of Sianese
twins. The object of the experiment was
to ascertain if blood could be transfused
by this method; and one writer maintains
that if, for example, a weak and bloodless
invalid were attached in this manner to a
strong and healthy animal the result must
be favorable 10 the invalid DR. Russell of
Paris is said TO have met with encouraging
success in such an experiment -Exchsnpe
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13
The VIII OF Commander Hayward.

The will Commander Hayward, United
States navy, who died recently in Egypt,
provides for the cremation of his body,
and adds: 81 desire that my ashes be
placed in suitable urn of copper in her
(his wife's) grave, at her feet. II it were
possible, | should insist that they be placed
inside her coffin, in which case should
not wish them to be inclosed, but that
they be strewn over whatever may remain
If her precious body."-Chicago journal.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13
The strong Old German Empress,

Those queens and court women over in
the old countries have to be almost as
strong as tugboat. As aged as the en-
press of Germany is, she wore a train of
purple velvet, trimmed with ermine
twelve feet long, ut n state function the
other day. True, four boys served as her
pages, but the weight must have been
several hundred times greater than the
festhery tail of the peacock.-Chicago
Iraroll
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13

A little New York boy, whose conduct
made his mother say that she feared he
did not pray. replied: Yes. l do; l pray
every night that God will. make you and
pa like my ways better.'-Shoe and
Leather Reporter.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13
Just Pooling Teentv hit.

"How did You break Off your front
teeth:" asked visitor of the same small
boy Il didn't break EN-" replied the
youngster, Il was just fooling a teenty
bit with horses tail in the street up at
c.. The man that picked me up got his
hands and vest awful bloody 1t wasn't
my fault Boston Record
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13
E,;sode of the Sord.n C.mp.tvp.

One of the most remarkable pictures in
the Paris salon" this year will be an cpl
sode of the English campaign in the Sou
dan. Ii represents the mahdi seated in his
tent receiving the homage of his chiefs,
who have brought with them load of
British soldiers heads freshly dccapitated..
Foreign Exchange
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13
THE SECRETS OF rAxlpERMx.
ses an Easy Trad. to L..rn-Ri.ks of the


I'VE will undertake to preserve and fix
up any kind Of bird or animal, from q
humming-bird to an elephant said tax
icermist to reporter recently, sand I
might just as well add, from bee to
mammoths."
Are there many in the city who pursue
your arti"
about twenty. Too many altogether
for any of us to do any DECEIT business. 1t
is not an easy trade to learn Some
times man may accomplish it in a few
months; sometimes it will take a much
longer time. 1t depends on the natural
good judgment and dexterity Of the pupil.
A little carelessness or want of skill often
spoil job. In the preparation Of our
subjects we use large amount Of arsenic
in powdered form. During the manip-
ulation this powder is shaken into the air
and is inhaled by the operator. As ar
senic is an accumulative poison it will re-
main in the system until there is enough
to cause serious results. Very often
man is compelled to quit the business in
order to save his life. Life insurance
companies hesitate to take risks on men
engaged in our business. Arsenic is used
to preserve the skin, fur, and feathers of
the birds and animals. Several substi-
tntes for this poison have been tried, but
none of them have been found to be any
good
what do you most work on;r
I'VE drive a thriving business in the
canary bird line. People bring their little
birds here to have them stuffed. The own
ers are mostly ladies, and you can imagine
what comfort it is to have their little
feathered pets preserved in such a manner
that their beauty and form Of feather can
be seen and admired long after their sweet
voices are hushed.
"Love-birds are preserved in great num-
bers. Cardinals are somewhat rare, and
their plumage is SO bright-colored and
beautiful that when they die they are sell
dom thrown away There is always q
ready market for them, and we will pay
good prices for them. Love-birds are
brought to US in pairs. 1t is customary
when one of these affectionate little things
die to bring its dead body and the living
mate to us. We kill the live bird and pre-
serve the two together
Gould the skin of a man be stuffed.'
Certainly; in the same manner that
monkeys skin is. Iwould undertake the
job, but it would cost a great deal Of
money They say that the human skin is
very much like the skin Of hog, and that
II subjected to tanning process it would
be very thick and strong-the same as the
hog leather which is used for saddles and
runks.'-New York Mail and Express.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13

Judge Tourgee says that he read over
several hundred of actual letters which
a school girl had written in order 20 get
the spirit in which young girl wrote
home. SO that he might faithfully compose
a girls letter that was to take its place in
one Of his Eovels.-Baltimore Herald
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13

The pathway Of life b full q difficulties.
be; Origins says he hes ahop' made up
his mind that orc Of the haris<; things n
the world for n:sa to do b 20 admit 20
his wife that be has been In The wroue--
Chicago LessSey
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13
Game in yel,owston. Park.

There are more elk, deer. and mountain
sheep in the Yellowstone national park
this winter than for several years past.
Four bands of elk, over 200 in all, have
been grazing near Swan Lake.-Inter
Ocean
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13

The Quakers are perhaps the wealthiest
class in England. They are well repre-
scented in the legislature, but while
Friends have reached the privy council
and baronetage aQuaker peer has yet to
be created.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13
The Time Nav Vet Come

The Popular Science News asserts that
the average length of life is constantly in
creasing, and the time may yet come when
persons 100 years old viii excite no more
curiosity than one 50 years old at the
preSeut time
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13

Nearly everybody has one story he
always likes to tell. Some people have o
great many, but there is generally one
favorite. ! knew one man once who was
the most effective fellow on bores ever
met. He was the most genial OF men
good-hearted and full Of fun, never tire
some himself, but his greatest enjoyment
was meeting bore. When we found q
fellow at dinner inclined to tell long sto-
ries and stupid ones, especially about
himself, it was the richest possible treat
to turn our friend loose on him. He had
one story of which nobody ever heard the
end, and we knew it had no end, because
long before the conclusion had come the
bore would be silenced and the converse
ton would have changed.
1t was a story about when he was
attacked by brigands. He never saw .
brigand in his life, didn't know what they
were like, or how they carried on their oc-
cupation, but he could make this story
string out just as long as was necessary,
and / only remember once we had to come
to his rescue, for the bore was getting
quite interested and excited, and the poor
devil didn't know where he was getting to
with the brigands. He was the most in
valuable man at a dinner party 1 ever
met. -Brigands' was the cue, and when
anybody made remark on that subject
purposely he knew what it meant and he
fired away. i San Francisco Chronicle
"UndertOnes"
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13

My son, when you run for Office remem-
Der that lump Of sugar viii attract more
flies than can light on il. This is the first
great lesson in American politics
TELEGRAPH
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13
Senators .sd Their Under.sandins.

II is said that Senator Beck. Of Ken
lucky. has the largest foot in the senate.
He wears broad eleven, OF calf Senator
Voorhees,. Of Indiana, can stand No. 10,
il broad at the toe, while Senator Butler,
OF South Caroli-.a. has the smallest foot,
excepting Senator Malone, who wears n
No. of the finest kid--Commercial
C.-a,fa
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13
Flint-Lock Mu.kets for Africa.

birmingham, England, still makes flint
lock muskets for use in the interior OF
Africa, where percussion caps or any fixed
ammunition would often be impossible to
obtain, while powder can always be made
and fiints picked up in the desert.-Chicago
Times
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13
rr;,,,n. rouua IN wild swine,

The discovery has recently been made at
Oranicnburg, GsSmany, that even wild
boars are not free from trichine. 1t is the
first case Of the kind officially verified. and
steps are being taken at once to extend
the inspection. Chicago Herald
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13

In both America and the Antilles green
turtle soup is. extensively put up in her
metically seated tins, and sent to all parts
of the world One mandatory NJ Key
West in Florida, prepares over 80 600 cans
ysarly.-The ArCouaut.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13

The man who persists in remaining
single istoo economical by halt-Burling
ton Free Press.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13

The first binocular opera glasses were
made by an optician Of Paris named
Chorez and presented to King Louis NH.
in lf2n
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13

Two of the most important offices in the
new English cabinet secretary for Irelsnd
and home secretary are filed By Journal
sceS
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13

In recent experiment NJ Teller raised
2.5oo quarts of water in an hour from a
depth of twenty feet, with a power
generator, simply by the natural heat Of
the sun.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13

The people whom we never contradict
are those whom we either love most, or
respect least.-Marie Eschenhach
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13

A Vermont school boy, who was asked
what was the longest day in the year,
promptly answered Sunday
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13

Mark Twain's long, bushy hair is said
to make him look ike an unkenpt miller
with plenty of flower sprinkied over him.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13

The late Rev. DR.. Chaplin, referring once
to & time-stained newspaper, called it a
p-nnans fluttertng at the masthead q .
submerged generatiaa.s
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13

You hired me- said the laboring man
-and now want You 70 higher my wages.
-Philadelphia Call.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13

Squander nothing even in the midst Of
plenty. Attach TO every atom in life
whatever that atom may belts real
value.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13

HaIle-. the scsensiss. has kers paper
psrfumei with single grain ~ A1na>r-
eEis forty years. and there vas 70 sp2se-
eiahae dimtnutioa In IL strsssfA u sAs
0ak.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13

1t is said that the fat from wild ducks
got only makes leather pliable but thor
oughly water proof
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13

Book learning, without practical sense
is about as much use as a saddle without
q girt-Our Country Home
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13

a single locomotive recently drew III
cars in q single train across Louisiana at
an average rate Of ten miles an hour
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13

1t is sometimes pleasant to consider the
different notions which different persons
have of the same thing.-Addison.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13
A breakfast for Norwegian Cod.

Professor Huxley says il would require
nearly ,0oo, 0oo barrels Of herring 10 sup
ply the cod ON the Norwegian coast with
one break fast
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13

A man in New York has the distinction
Of tooth in his nose. He is now ready
for museum orders.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13
AN ATTACK ON THE TURKEY.

The re-arming of the Austro- Hungarian
regiments with repeating rifles will cost
aho,t, So lss) GOO
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13

A Philadelphia tramp who obtained soup
at the first house, two boiled potatoes at
the second. ard cold pork az the third said
he had obtained a progressive luncheon.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13

Kaiser Wilhelm and his sons when
travelling by rail pay for their passage the
same as other people.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13

The Modern Crematist Is the somewha;
odd name Of a new monthly magazine
published In the interest Of cremation
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13
Penny Dinners for the Poor.

Penny vegetarian dinners for poor chill
dren in London have the following daily
menu: First course. vegetable soup and
wholemeal bread, sd lib; second course
(sweetsl, slice of whoicmeAl bread and
treacle- The average attendance each
day has been 100. ani the children seem to
find the food palatahle.-ChicaSo Herald.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-13

New York and New Jersey furnish
most of the tropical Atkins for ladies'