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Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-02-17

The ball 10 be given by the Knights Of
Pythias on next Friday night promises to be
one of the social events of the season.
Creig's Rifle orchestra of Kansas City will
furnish.musie for the dancers, and the stage
will be fitted up with the psrlor scene for
those who wish &c enjoy themselves in other
ways. The supper is to be served q; 10
O'Clock, enabling those not wishing to stay
lsts 10 retire early.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-02-17

Immense bargains IN je.siry- Dont mis-
il, .; MoliniK & il5en's, als, commencing
February 70. ?. n All goods s1arsr;e-d
IS represented. dse-G
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-02-17

TIE Boston store sdversises fo- number
Of lady eaerks
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-02-17

There WIS considerable wrangling at the
meeting Of the members of the fair sssocia-
tisn held in the Beacon block yesterday af-
tsrnoon over the question of selling the
present grounds in West Wichita and pur-
chasing larger ones, but it was decided TO
sell. Twelve thousand dollars hiss been Of
fered but no proposition has been accepted
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-02-17

Judge Blackburn, of Anthony, was in the
city yesterday and said this town can't COM
pare with Anthony as corn market. The
price there, ne says, is 30 to 81 cents. Some
one in the crowd remarked that perhaps
there was no corn for sale in Harper county,
therefore the demand was grevter than the
supply. The judge thought the demand had
nothing to do with the price. The fact was
simply that Anthony WAS the boss market.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-02-17

The mud will soon disappear if these
bright DAYS continue.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-02-17

Captain Powell is now petitioning the
commissioners for extensions of his street
railway line into the surrounding country.
As Councilman Joe Allen remarked the
ether night when some forty or fifty new
additions were seeking admission to the city,
We hope some ground may be reserved for
agricultural purposes.
j. NJ. Wagman, one Of Nickerson's lead
ing citizens, was in the city yesterday. The
people Of that city have awakened to the
importance of Wichita as jobbing city,
and are earnestly desiring direct railway
connection with US. Mr.. W. Is wide
awake representative man who has sized up
the shadow of coming events.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-02-17

Speaking OF the boomers, citizen said
yesterday that if they had invested what
money they spent booming in Wichita real
estate, they would all be happy now. They
possibly thought Wichita too small for
them all and some may think SO now, but
it amt. There is room for several sddi-
tons between here and Newton, and Win
field, and kingman, and FL Dorado
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-02-17

The Santa Fe pay car come down yester-
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-02-17

The daily record of real estate transfers.
az published by the EAGLE. is an indicator
that ought to satisfy anybody and every
body that all :ha, this paper claims for
Wiehits and her properly is true. No
paper in the state publishes such list. aver
aging from twenty TO forty transfers per
day, and in"olsing the psymeu, of sums ag-
grega,ing from eight and ten thousand dol
lars daily up to thirty and sty thousand
dollars. The let yesterday morning sggee-
gated SO. 400, which was fair aver &c of
the amount of money daily invested in
Wichita property.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-02-17

In the report Of the \. NJ. c. A. social
last evening, the name Of A. W. Sickner
WAS accidentally omitted from the pro-
grsmtne. His piano solo was one Of the
pleasant features Of the entertain nsni,
receiving a hearty encore, in response to
which Chopin's Militaire Polorsise was
given in manner thai lef. no doubt in the
minds of the audience concerning his ability
as piznis;. Also the nsne Of Mrs G. c.
Shony should have resd Mrs. G. c. Strong.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-02-17

The Original
sTIRK FAMILY aud JOLLY VOYAGERS"
Ia their
BRILLIANT sPECIALTIES,
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ms OCARINO sEXTETTE !!

Two Bell Tablesi Two Sets oil Beiis'
Four Great Coraedtansi
Two Companies, u Speciality Artists.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Reserved seats on sale at santa Fe Office.
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rEasoNAL AND LOCAL ITEMS OF NEWS
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Used bv this Company is the only complete set
of ocarinos used in America. Imported by
MrWil. l. Smith, from Vienna, Austria.
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Largest Organization of Ii. kind in the World
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Commencing Tuesday. February lc.
Matinee Wednesday at 2.
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TURNER'S OPERA HOUSE.
l. II CRAWFORD, MANAGER
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THREE NIGHTS,

TURNER'S oPERA-HoUsE.
i In. CRAWFORD, MANAGER
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Allen Plat TO Frank V Greavea and
II c Greaves, lot II Dodge ave, Mar
tinson's second add 10 West Wich-
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One Night Only.
Saturday. February 10th,
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-02-17

'eymore Cunningham TO Parsons
and OBrien, lots So, -, 81, Pattie
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Supported ny frst-class musical company
and uniformed silver Comet Band and Or
chestra.
Prices &c, SC and sGc
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-02-17

REQ i. Rouse and Frank Williams TO
Thomas Blakeslee, lots 10 10, blk s
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-19
ALACHUA LAKE.
Something About One of the Curious
Freaks of Nature Near Gainesville.

Freaks of Nature Near Gainesville.
From the Daily Ad0ocate.
The celebrated Alachua lake, sometimes
termed Payne's prairie, lies directly south
of Gainesville about two miles. 1t is
nearly nine miles long by four miles wide.
Its borders are lined with some of the
most extensive and profitable vegetable
farms and orange groves In the whole
State. At Rocky Point, Biven's Arm and
at the Sink numerous citizens Of Gaines
vile own extensive and valuable possess
sions in the shape OF vegetable farms,
orange groves and fine hummock
lands. Fish are exceedingly plentiful
in Alachua lake. Trout are caught
weighing % pounds, black bass weigh
ing 10 pounds, while among the other
species are the silver fish, the brim, war
mouth, catfish, jacktsh and hickory shad.
A few years ago what is now known as
Alachua lake was large and beautiful
prairie, known as Payne's Prairie. 1t took
its name from King Payne, an old Semi
mole chief of the early days. This prairie
was the great grazing ground for cattle
belonging to the Indians, and in later
years was devoted to like purpose and for
tillage by the whites. In To Ose days thou
sands of cattle and sheep could be seen
earth here supplied. The overflow of
Newnan's lake. which lies to the north of
it, formed stream which wendell it's
way through the prairie and emptied
into one of the largest of those
characteristic curiosities which is
described as sink; thence the waters
were lost in a subterranean passage
whose mystery has not yet been solved.
This sink became clogged and the water
was forced TO remain upon the surface.
1t Overflowed the prairie, covering roads.
cultivated fields, grazing grounds and
homesteads, creating another lake in the
county, which is now one of it's natural
curiosties. The locality where the waters
became clOgged is still known as the Sink,
and 1t Is one Of the most romantic picnic
grounds and pleasure resorts in the State,
situated about three miles south of
GAINESVILLE, on the line of the Florida
Southern railroad. About this prairie
and among the lakes in this region was
the favorite hunting and fishing
grounds OF the Indians. On either side,
about equi-distant from the prairie, at
what are now known as Micanopy and
Newnansville, was an Indian settlement.
Toe site of the home of old King Payne is
situated at the fork Of two roads leading
to Micanopy, about mile and quarter
east from Wauberg Lake. Here, too, old
Micanopy, an old noted Indian chief, and
the noble young halt breed chief, OsceOla,
reveled in their palmy days in all their
native pride and glory. The sink at
Payne's prairie was called by the Indiana
''Alachua," meaning ''big Jug" into
which the waters continually flowed with
out filing thence the name of the coun-
ty, Alachua.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-19

When completed these buildings Will cost

When completed these buildings Will cost
about $4,000.
Work has been begun in earnest on the
new sugar refinery at Kissimmee. The
ground has already been broken, and the
work will be rapidly pushed forward, and
ON Jan. next the factory Will be ready.
The company is represented by Messrs.
Hansel and Sandys, of New Orleans, who
state the capacity of the factory as suth-
cient to turn out $4,000 pounds OF sugar
every twenty-fOur hours. The site on
which the building is to be located is on
the bank of the beautiful Lake Tohope-
kaliga, accessible to both steamboat and
railroad transportation.
John Owens, County Superintendent OF
Public Instruction of Nassau county, has
given up the manufacture OF Scuppernong
wine on temperance principles. Mr..
Owens has some six or seven acres Of
vines in bearing, and has made the manu-
facture OF this wine quite profitable in
past years, its fine quality being known
all over the county. He sacrifices profit
to principle with commendable zeal.
This year mis- grape crop will prove there
fore nearly total loss, but next year he
will make preparations to manufacture
his fruit into jelly on large scale.
The Roman Catholic church is vet in it's
infancy in Gainesville and vicinity, but
ARRANGEMENTS have been made for the
erection during the present fall of a
church edifice and convent in Gainesville.
The services of priest have been Sc
cured, and from Oct. / next regular SER
vices will be held. The building of a
! church and convent will add another at
traction to Gainesville's inducements to
immigrants, and doubtless will be the
means of augmenting the population of
the city considerably. The church
membership in Gainesville numbers about
fifty, and in Arredondo, six miles distant
from Gainesville, the Number of Catholics
is twenty With the new church and
convent to stimulate renewed efforts, it
is believed that the church will rapidly
develop strength and its field of useful
ness be materially enlarged.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-19
BY A FLASH OF LIGHTNING.
Miss Lillian PauPs Picture TakeI
on a Tin Tray.
Fro1n "a Neae Nork SNn.


A silhouette OF pretty Lillian PauPs
profile, fixed by flash OF lightning with
out human aid on lacquered tin tray a
few weeks ago, has excited very great in
terest in Plalnfield since some account of
the phenomenon has appeared in the
newspapers. Photographer Langhorne,
OF Plainfield, took a negative of the pic
tured tray yesterday for exhibition.
A heavy thunder storm visited Plain
field on the night OF July Is, accompanied
by rain and hail, and many telephones
were burned out by the lightning. Lillian
Paul, daughter of Mr.. g. d. Paul, set up
late that evening in her iather's house in
West Fourth street TO await the return
of a belated servant. The vivid lightning
caused her some uneasiness az she sat
alone in the parlor. but she is not tlmid
girl.
After all the other members Of the family
had retired Miss Lillian went out into the
dining room for a glass OF water. In a
bay window looking out toward the north
was a small stand, and on this lay a
cleaning tray about which reflections
from the lighting flashed necessarily, all
most like flame. Miss Lillian was
startled by the spectacle, and as she
reached for the tray TO remove IL there
came flash of extreme brilllancy, which
caused her TO stop and turn partly away
blinded 10y The light. Hastily selling a
table spread the frightened girl threw it
over the tray, and, thus covered, she put
IL under the table and hurried out Of the
room. The record of that one dazzling flash
was found next m rning when the tray
was uncovered, for it bore upon Its centre
arfimage Of the girls face.
Electricians are busy with the problem
thrs presented TO them. Leo Dat, the
inventor OF the electrical motor which
bears his name. has examined the tray,
and now proposes 10 try some experiments
with electricity upon a similar tray, TO
determine, II possible, by just what
chem cal action this curious effect has
been produced. The tray is OF TIN, about
fourteen inches in diameter, and 10
slammed in imitation OF alligator hide.
IL il heavily lacquered to resemble brass,
and IL has a high polish. Miss Lillian's
profile appears in an entire change in the
surface OF the yellow lacquer. In color
II is a light bud, and 10 ~ without the
gloss which covers the other parts OF the
tray, Tie edges Of this discolored sur
face are softly but distinctly outlined,
especially along the lines Of the wayy
hair and about the shoulders. A curious
feature Of the picture is the fact that
where Miss Lilian's eve would naturally
be placed in portrait, the lacquer 10 I'M
touched BY the lightniDg's fash.
The nrst thoorY entertained was that
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-19

the electrical bolt had burned the Young
girls profile in the lacquer, but il is
argued that current of such power
would have burned the tray and stunned,
lift had not killed, the fair sitter in Jove's
studio. Then. too, If the image had been
burned by the direct influence OF the cleo.
trical current, why would not the sur
rounding parts OF the tray have under
gone the change, and the profile in the
centre been left in FURNISHED lacquer?
Electrician Daft has this explanation
of the phenomenon to offer; He believes
that the picture was produced by oxidiZa-
ton under the intense electric light. The
lacquer on the tray undoubtedly contains
among its ingredients bichromate of po-
tassium, sometimes called dragons blood,
upon which the intense light may have
had its effect. He holds, in fact, that the
picture was printed by light and not by
heat, and that the flash was reflected from
toe face TO the inside of the opposite win
dow pane, and thence thrown upon the
tray, producing an actinic portrait such
a change in the appearance OF the lacquer,
containing in its coloring matter ingre~
dents sensitive to light, might take place
in the course OF long time over the whole
surface of the tray from the effect Of diff
fused light, and this curious flash of Jer-
sey lightning has, according to this theory,
simply done in a fraction of a second, by
brilliant effort directed TO a small spot
on the tray, what the rays of the sun would
have taken months to accomplish over the
whole surface. Both Mr.. Daft and Mr.
Burr, of the Scientific American, who
lives in Plainfield, will try by expert
ments TO produce similar effects on lac
quered trays.
Miss Lillian, who Is about Is years old,
is now In Canada on a summer visit, but
she will have a photograph Of herself
taken there, while she stands as nearly
as possible in the posture in which
| the flash OF lightning caught her. On the
night of the storm she wore white dress,
with light folds of tulle about her shout
ders, and this may explain the certain
vagueness Of outline in the lower part of
the picture. Her hair, which is dark, IS
short and curly, and is brushed up and
back from her forehead. She does not
wear, it tied in a knot behind, as the pic
ture would seem to indicate, and this is
explained by her own suggestion, that
while reading in an easy chair before 60
| ing into the dining room, hor hair may
have been mussed and pushed up as shown
by her electrotype.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-19
The Mummy of Ramcses II.

Rameses IL. was unbandaged some two
months ago in the presence OF the khedive
of Egypt, and the official description, as
reported in che London Times, gives a
pretty clear idea OF what the ancient
King looked like. The head is long and
small In proportion to the body. The top
of the skull is quite bare. On the temples
there are few sparse hairs, but at the
Rpoll the hair is quite thick, forming
smooth, straight locks about five cent?
meters IN length. White at the time of
death they have been dyed light yellow
by the spices used in embalming. The
forehead is low and narrow, the brow ridge
prominent; the eyebrows are thick and
white; the eyes are small and close to-
gcther; the nose is long, thin, hooked like
the noses of the BOurbons, and slightly
crushed at the tip by the pressure
OF the bandages. The temples are sunk
en-; the cheekbones very prominent; the
cars round, standing far out from the
head, and pierced like those off woman
for the wearing Of earrings. The jawbone
is massive and strong; the chin very
prominent; the mouth small but thick
Tipped, and full Of some kind Of
black paste. This paste being
partly cut away with the scissors,
disclosed some much W oTn and very brit
tie teeth, which, moreover, are white and
well preserved. Tue mustacne and beard
are thin. They seemed to have been kept
sbayen during life. but were probably al
lowed to grow during the Kings last III
ness, or they may have grown after death.
The hairs are white, like those OF the head
and eyebrows, but are harsh and bristly,
and from two to three millimeters In
length. The skin is Of swarthy brown,
splotched with black. Finally, it may be
said tine face OF the mummy give a fair
idea OF the face OF the living King.
The expression is unintellectual,
perhaps slightly animal, but even under
the somewhat grotesque disguise OF
naturalization there is plainly TO be seen
an air OF sovereign majesty, Of resolve
and Of pride. The rest OF the body is as
well preserved as the head, but in cOnse-
quence OF the reduction Of the tissues its
external aspect is less lifelike. The neck
is no thicker than the vertebral column.
The chest Is broad the shoulders are
square, the arms are crossed upon the
breast, the hands are small! and dyed with
henna. and the wound in the LETT eide
through which the embalmers extracted
the yiscera is large and open. The legs
and thighs are feshless, the feet are long,
slender, somewhat fatsoled, and dyed,
like the hands, with henna. The corpse
is that Of an old man, but Of q vigorous
and robust old man. We know, indeed,
that Rameses III. reigned for sixty-seyen
years, and that he must have been nearly
100 years old when be died.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-19
HOW TO SLEEP.
A Medical Suggestion That Very
Few Will Act Upon.
From the Medicd1 Recori

from bHt MGIaCuG ISCOTu,
Few persons, we suppose, sleep without
a pillow or rest of some sort to elevate
the head little above the level OF the
body, and very few. If any, would think
Of habitually going to rest with the feet
raised higher than the head. Yet, il we
are to believe the writer of an article in
Pfuger's Archiv, Nos. and s, 1886, the
latt er Is the only rational and proper po-
sition during sleep. DR.. Meuli-Hilty is
the advocate Of this plan. He was en-
gagged in studying the physiological eff
fects of such reversal of the
normal position of the body, and
found, among other results,
that the circumference OF the neck was
increased nearly two inches, by reason,
chiefly, of a swelling of the thyroid gland.
He frequently fell asleep while in this pO-
sltion and occupied in his studies. and
found that he always woke earlier in the
morning, felt greatly refreshed, and was
capable OF much better work during the
day than after a nights rest was taken in
the usual way. He has now slept with
his feet higher than his head for the past
four years, and his experiences leads him
to commend the method moss highly He
says in this way the brain receives a
more plentiful blood supply, and is conse-
qUently better nourished, while there is
no danger Of so much blood passing to
the cerebral structure as to cause con-
gestion. This danger is obviated
by the enlargement of the thyroid
gland, which holds back a certain portion
of the blood in Its dilated vessels, and
which also acts as regulator of the cere-
bral circulation by exerting pressure
upon the carotids, and thus diminishing
their calibre. Another advantage which
DR.. Meuli-Hilty claims for this method
is that it is prophylactic against pulmo-
nary phthisis. The apices OF the lungs,
being dependent, receive more plentiful
blood supply, and are thus rendered
stronger and less liable to become the
point of origin OF tubercular disease. The
writer's assertions may be correct, and
his method may, as he claims, be the only
rational one, but it is likely to be long
time before he can induce mankind TO re-
gard pillows as useless and harmful
part of bed furniture,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-19
FREEHOLD INSTITUTE,

FREEHOLD, N. j.. 43D YEAR,
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privately taught. Place healthful. grounds
ample, base ball, foot ball, military drill,
bowling alley, gymnasium.
Rev. A. q. CYLINDERS. PrlneInal.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-19

The Buffalo Lithia Springs OF Virginia,
the most noted OF all waters Tor the cure
Of Rheumatism, Gout and Kidney
troubles, are said to have the finest cui-
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Barclay street, New York.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-19
Wesleyan Female Institute,
SpAUNTDN. VIRGINIA.

OPENS September 22d, 1886. One OF the
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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-19
UNIVERsITY SCHOOL,

UNIVERSITY SCHOOL,
PETERs BURG, VIRGINIA. The Twenty
second Annual Session Of this School for Boys
begins the first Monday in October. Thorough
preparations for University OF Virginia, lead
ing Engineering Schools and United states
Military aud Naval Academies; highly re-
commended by Faculty Of University OF Vir-
GINA: full stan Of Instructors; situation
heathful. Early application advised. as num-
Der Of boarders IL strictly limited. For cata-
Master