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Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-03-07

The chief roadmaster of the French gov
eminent railways says the best plant yet dis
covered for consolidating, 10y the inter
lacing of its roots. the loose soil of a newly
made embanlment is the double poppy. 1t
is more efficient for this puspose than any of
the grasses and clover usually employed.
While these VIII require several months for
the development Of their comparatively
feeble roots, the double poppy terminates in
a few days, and in two weeks grows enough
to give some protection to the SLOPE while at
the end of three or four months the roots.
which are ten or twelve inches long, are
found 90 have interlaced so as to retain the
earth quite firmly. Although the plant is
AN annual, it sows itself after the first year,
and with "A little care the bank is always in
good condition. la France the double poppy
is perfectly hardy, and can lie sown at any
time from March TO Noyember-Boston
Budget
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-03-07
CALLING BACK A DEPARTING SOUL.
A strange Instance OF Chimes Belief
and Pracfice-weird Voices

A correspondent OF the North China
Herald calls attention 10 a strange instance
OF Chinese belief and practice with regard
10 the human soul, which lately came under
his notice Lying awake at 3 n m he heard
in the street close TO his house two strange
answering voices. Evidently two PERSONS
were engaged in this weird dramatic per-
formance, one representing departing S,ul.
the other acting rs the friends and relatives
deprecating the departure.
The first actor gave low, prolonged cry,
which was answered by a low and earnest
"Coine, come After pause the cry and
the answering call were repeated: this went
on for about ten minutes, when suddenly the
inarticulate cry oeas,i The SECOND actor,
in an agony of distress at the departure into
the unseen of the soul he had been eIltreaiing
to stay, shouted loudly in a voice which he no
doubt hoped would reach 10 the confines
of the spirit world Return. return
come at the same time calling by name
Then there was another presently the
low cry WAS heard rs at distance. Come.
come eagerly responded the actor; and
now the cry and the answer followed one
another more rapidly till the cry seemed
close to the caller. ami In s,no;herei chorus
as Of welcome the performance, which was
probably directed by u TsoiS; nscromancsr,
ceased
IL Is described as being strangely inprss-
sive IN the stiffness Of the night, nctwith-
standing the grotesqueness Of the sipe-sti-
ton. but Of course ii was not known whether
there was actual death in this case, within
twelve hours of which the Chinese call for
the soul u return or whether i, WAS only a
case OF serious illness, fsinting. or collapse
This peculiar custom, it appears. varies in
different parts OF China Up the Yangtsse
it Is usual for two women 10 perform the Of
Zee. When man dies suddenly the women
walk through the streets, one calling out the
name OF the deceased and the other respond
ing Il am coming the idea being to prevail
ON the wandering spirit OF the dscea>ei to
return TO its material abode, which. il IS
presumed, il has temporarily abandoned
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-03-07
The Kindness Of n Policeman.

In Newark the work of killing dogs with
strychnine progresses rapidly, and already
over $50 have been dispatched a boy drove
a dirt cart along Belleville avenue yesterday
morning. and by the side of the cart ran a
yellow mongrel dog. Officer Lambert walked
up to the dog and gave it a piece Of poisoned
meat.
sliosh," exclaimed the boy in aInazement,
-are the cops feeiin' the now!r
YES replied the officer, with grim
smile, they are feeding them 10 keep them
from getting hungry and biting people.
You're gettin' awful kind of sudden
gratefully exclaimed the boy, rs he drove of,
The officer watched him as he drove down
the street About two blocks away the dog
lag down and died. The boy jumped down
from the cart and shook the animal vigor-
ously. Finally he threw the carcass into his
cart and drove of, much mystifed--New
York Herald.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-03-07

4 few nights ago gentleman was aroused
from his slumters by hearing NOSE ~ his
window. He immediately conclI;de-1 tina; be
was about 10 be treated 20 robbery. 22is-
tol or gun he had none, but he determined 10
defend his little property with his life. Look
ing around he found bottle cf ginger ale.
\ happy thought struck him As soon as
the burglars head came through the window
he pushed the bottle close TO his bad cut
the string, and bang went the cork, followed
by siuice Of ale into the face Of the man.
He fell back yelling, and the gentleman ran
out 10 find a companion who. telatei, hsd
gone around 70 spend the balance Of the
night. and thought he would enter without
disturbing his friend They swore s>rresy,
but the tale Was toe good TO hold. and we
give il 10 the public. Withholding names
An,ericus Ga Recorder
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-03-07
Conflict Between Trade and Ar.

IL few years ago said Chicago vocalist,
-Theodore Thomas WAS here conducting an
Apollo concert WAS 20 sing a solo part,
and as ! earn my living in a mercantile pur-
suit and my rehearsal YVES called for II a m
during holiday week it was only by the
greatest eIertion that WAS enabled 10 leave
the store 70 attend He was rehea-sins the
orchestra aud he paid no attention 10 me l
waited, with great IUpatieroe, for half an
hour pas: the time appointed, and then IN
the most respectful way possible asked him
il he wculd not hear me 1nS as could not
be spared from the store much longer. be
dropped his haton. and. looking over the
orchestra and score Of others who were
present, exclaimed IN des7air:n< tone and
the most insulting emphasis possible: Gen.
tlefrfs.n. we are IN the weS-che fa- west
where trade : Of more Importance than art
He then grumhiingiy began TO play the A.
Compartment
As | did not know his temper tie frss al
attempt at rehearsal WAS not 80 suc,-sfui Is
exclaimed; Young man, when you have
learned your music YOU can rehearse-nos
before BE and hai some hot words, dur
ing which took OCCASION "a tell him What
thought Of him l then resigned reaoe
was sfterward resumed, but refused 70 re-
hearse, and sang the part without having
beard the accompaniment previously. He .
just Ike all the oeherx He rails n the west
but If il were not for the dollars Of TIE ve<s,
where trade Is Of more Importance than
azt,' Thomas would Be saving vood-Chi-
1GUvkRaphler-
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-03-07

A third person of distinction - whom
was presented was Mr.. Rcscos Conklins
Instead Of being impressed the IBo:neI.
saw him with the recollection oi his species
in public life and his career a. a statesman.
was foolish and triiing enough % notice
the rars Sspphires in his shirt front and %
feel a sense of relief on finding cha. b. nose
had It's limits Inwariiy ssnt rlaledic-
ton on the caricaturists who have such
power 20 give lasting impressions with their
exaggerated pencils through such widely cir
csilated mediums a. tall and handsome A. his
friends have r.Trcs-nted him: but rs hair
and Vaniyke heard are snow white now
You can scarcely imagine how the deliser-
ate, dignifed eloquer; ssn;1nces fe!l on my
ear amidst the ripples Of laughter around US
and the many GLIB tongues al rafting On
es fss- as they could CHATTER. ! CON-
trasted the unkie o! many Ia bells
yeherssntiy ringing with The soun.s q
8 dep toned church bell bard atcye
them ell. Every deliberate sentsssce ~s
vel worth the clo-ess attention. for b spoke
70 ne of the fzrio,ss pane we keep Up n tbs
great tahel, Of The varied occupations Of our
Cav, and boz in pursuing oar svocs-sn<.s sc
ssoeEsi sserr are rushing through the air,
de>,eni again only 70 Re shot Up - the Up
q many stored h<Iiliins- Lei down
again. We are taken many tsochs IN the
srift~s. sGrfa,- CAN, he n~- Broadway
Er>, 4rA al tbs 30 scrosn;I tst one pArs u
Days wo<k-xrA Z B Cssssers IAeeR
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-03-07
Passage From the Modern shakspeau

Passage From the Modern Shakespeare.
"Andromeda and it were not that | had
sometimes gazed at angel fashion plates,
would assume / had an angel SEEM
There was a time WIENER thou gazed on
me, thou'dst swear such picture had your
vision met
And SO me heart attests thee even now
But with the eye material, me sweet-that
eye which but the outer guise reflects sew
what workings would an angel call
Aha! then thou attendest yestereve the
free lunch kettledrum at Mistress Claudio's."
Il did, egad, and there did tete-a-tete with
Lady Gaudiana Lucifer, an fore the gods,
if Solomon had seen this gentlewomans rare
accouterments, to Chatham street he would
have ta'en his gaud and bartered at beg
gary's per cent
WAS she so gorgeously caparisonedr
WAS she Indeed, Not Sitting Bull himself
e'er stood as rack for much blazonry. Upon
her head she wore an ecru red ingote gathered
at the chin with panel-draped GALLONS; her
bodice was one Of turkeys breath brocade
garnished with epitaphs of frozen null, while
from the wainscot's frail capote hung
tuelleries of spangled gaberine and slabs of
body-brussels bias cut.
20 gentle Oscar. that thou hast been here
to batten on this type of graciousness.r
Would that he had, for had he seen as /
the tout ensemble mellowing her train, her
jabote hung with desiccated plaques, her
mushroom quilted tunic, tadpole shape, and
cluny balmoral all overshot with pepper pod
veneer and herring scales, he would have
bowed him to you Yankee girls and said,
For tricks Of garb the cookies your "
Yonkers Gazetta
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-03-07
tt. Good That s-s.ier. De-.

DR.. c Keller, of Zurich, claims that
spiders perform an important part in the
preservation Of forests. 10y deferd.ng the
trees against .ile depre ia;ions % aphides and
Insects BE has examined "A great many
nlsny spiders, both in their vis,ers and by
feeding them in captivity, and has found
them to he soracious destroyers of these
pests; and b. believes that the spiders in
particular forest do more effective work Of
this kind than all the insect-eaiing birds that
inhabit it. he has verified his views by OBJ
servations on conifercns trees. few broad
leaved trees and apple trecs-Boston Briss.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-03-07

Brer Buzzard an Brer Hawk sot on a
high linn Nv a dead pine tree an talk an
talk, an Brer Hawk sez sezee:
"Brer Buzzard, whuf-fur max you so
lazy!'
Brer Buzzard look down side wize on Brer
~, sezee:
~Whuf fer you call me lazy, Brer Hawke"
"Cayse you jis' sot on &c high linz an
wait fer sumpin ter cum long, an die fer
you ter eat EN- Now, when | wants ter eat
| don't wait fer muffin ter die. jis' up'n
.atches 'en, fresh
Jis' den a little blue-jay, Gurus an
screechin' an peekin' roun' whar he done
had no bizness tail. cum by Brer Hawk he
dash down after him lax fury, an de jay
bird dodge, an Brer Hawk cum hap agin
de tree an bust out he brains, an fall down
dead.
Den Brer Buzzard he stretch out he wing
wide in de sun an laf an sing:
ats good fer ter wait on de Lawd"
Den he fly down an eat up Brer Hawk ter
de las bone, an when he done be fly up on
de ole tree linn and flop he wing big an sing
loud:
sits good thing
Ter wait on
De Lawdr
An dis am why de Buzzard am called de
piousest oh all de creeturs. Free
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-03-07
PUPILS MODELLING IN CLAY.
How Artistic Operations Are Conducted In
the Chicago Public schools.

How Artistic Operations Arc Conducted In
the Chicago Public schools.
Since the commencement of the present
year several novel exercises have been intro
duccd into the lower grades of the public
schools. One of them is called by the various
superintendent and special teachers in the
department of fine arts modelling in clay"
but the children who have been compelled to
lay aside their readers, spelling books, and
arithmetics for the purpose of engaging in
this new occupation call it making mud
pies" A few little girls belonging 10 the best
families, who never had an opportunity 10
play in the mud of our cutters, enjoy the
sport hugely, but most of the other children,
especially the boys, have a sublime contempt
for it.
A visit TO n school where the plastic art is
practiced viii show hos operations are con-
Quoted. At n given time all the books,
states, and paper are removed from the
desks, and each pupil is furnished with a
paper plate, a lump of soft mud, a string,
pencil, knife, and several short sticks The
teacher, with manual before her,
takes n small lump of mud in her
hand, and proceeds to fashion it in the form
of marble. which she informs her pupils s
q sphere. Her pupils then follow her exam
pie, and present their balls of mud for exam
ination. If they are nearly round they are
directed at given signal to slap the soft hall
with the palm Of the hand and TO construct
an isosceles triangle or an equilateral triangu-
lar prism While engaged in this operation
their minds are presumed to recall, if their
mouths do not utter, the words Of one of
Mother Goose's melodies:
After the pupils have been taught to form
spheres, cylinders, and ellipsoids out of clay,
they are expected TO bring apples, bananas,
tomatoes. cucunlers, and other fruits and
vegetables to school and TO reproduce their
forms in plastic mud. They are also TO make
models of mu;fs. rolling pins, stove-pip and
strSeet-rollers. Another new exercise intro
duced in schools is that of ~IayinS Sticks
or. as the children call it, playing with
jack-straws. Still another one is that Of
folding paper" or, in the language Of the
pupils, making paper dolls The drill in
playing with jack-straws- and making pa
per dolls is expected TO precede or follow
that Of making mud pies The manual
calls for a drill in each of these exercises
every day.-Chicago Times.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-03-07
All, dear Love, nowhere on earth
LONDON AS AS A SOCIAL FOREST.
Wherein the Great City Differs from Ber-
lin-A Comparison,

Wherein the Great City Differs from Ber-
lin-A Comparison.
London is large social forest, marked
everywhere by the rich, struggling freedom,
unregulated variety, and indefinite limit
which distinguish forest from an artificial
garden or walled orchard; And. like a
great forest also, it has not few free green
places scattered here and there, TO let in the
light and give currency to the breezes, while
the long lines of streets which we have men
toned are like the green walks through a
forest, which enable the woodman to use his
ak freely, and to transport the fruits of his
labor with ease and expedition to their
proper destiny.
The opposite style of this rambling charac
ter Of London may best seen in Berlin. Thn
magnificent capital of Prussia-or now,
rather, of Germany-has more the aspect of
manufacture than growth. The streets
run rank and file, like the battalions of
great army. They are utterly without the
freedom, the picturesqueness, and the ever
changing diversity which is the great charm
Of London-of course, we repeat here, OF
whole districts of London which are as bald
as the most prosaic lines of streets in Berlin
or Mannheim, and as destitute of any dis
tinctive feature as feeble curate's first ser
mon, in which the skeleton of some Preach
er's help" has been tricked up into the Gus
tomary proprieties Of the pulpit.
But these long rows Of tasteless monopoly
in London are only parts, which in other
cities would make the whole, and are, more
over, largely relieved either by a grand
sweep Of the adjacent parks or by those fire.
quent green squares of open ground which
add charm to the most prosaic architect
ure of town, similar to that conferred By
the bending river on the moaotony of a
wide campaign
As TO England generally, the presence Of
this fresh and fragrant green-not in strips
only here and there, but everywhere, IN
large, interminable swamps-gives a charm
10 the landscape with which neither Italy
nor Germany nor any fairest continental
country can vie, so in London the glory of
green trees, wildly fresh among the dullneSs
OF old bricky courts, and beneath the pail of
a frequently cloudy sky, brings the memory,
50 to speak, and a certain afiiatus of the
country into the town, just as the arms of
the sea on the west of the Highlands run
with graceful willfulness up TO the root OF
the bens, bringing the strong breath of
ocean along with them. This strange and
combination of contrary things
till the eye with changes of a pleasurable
surprise-Cassel's Family Magazine
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-03-07
American Trotting Horses In Europe.

Our Vienna correspondent makes IA sug-
gestion which some Of our enterprising
hcrsemen should take into thoughtful con-
si,leration- There is a large market for
American trotters in Europe, if the field is
properly worked. European buyers stand
ready to pay large prices for good horses,
ard they must be good to develop anything
of market. What foreign exporters want
arr representative American trottcrs, with
breeding, size, speed and soundneSs. We
have parted with several good specimens Of
our raising. but the highest type Of the trot-
tirg horse has yet TO make his way across
the Atlantic.
A well selected string OF trot.ers that can
show speed and style, would sell readily in
Austria, especially if adapted for breeding
purposes. The Austrian branch Of the great
Teutouic race show more enterprise, from
the standpoint Of the trotting turf, than
their neighbors. The performances of Am
Der and other American horses have inn
parted 10 the Austrians realizing sense Ut
the possibilities Of the trotter, and they are
ready 10 enlarge the interest which Is now in
its infancy. All that il wanted Is the right
material, and that must come from this
country. Here is field open to American
breeders, that only requires judiciOus opera
tons to Weld n profit Spirit Of the Times
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-03-07
Iufa,,ible Plan for Detection.

~rve heard of women wearing mems clothes
and being 50 sleek about it that they 60 4
long while without being detected, said the
conductor, as he glanced at the passengers NJ
clinng in their seats, "but let me tell YOU
I've got a rule that catches EN- every time
on my train. No woman can masquerade a
a man if she rides with me. I've got an infal-
lible plan for detecting their little game, and
il works to a charm
@How do YOU manage to discover then
secretr
"Ry watching their feet II anything wear
ing mems clothes fails TO put its fee; ON the
seat in a railway train. We immediately con
clude that something is wrong, and telegraph
ahead for an officer
Strange TO say, fourteen PASSENGERS IN
male attire at once took their feet OF the com
rany's upholstering CHICAGO Herald
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-03-07
Aou,., Rector, from p,sr,.,,.

Once Disrael and his wife were at a dinner
where Bsrnal Osborne sat t.ss;s.e Mrs Disrseh
After the ladies hal withdrawn Osbo--e.
who had the raannsrs Of al orsng-oGtan.,,
called OUT, Good Sod, Disrseii. wha; so~-
sessd VOC 10 marry that woman AZ this
speech dead siienoe Of susf.nse and disunay
fen upon all ST the table Disraeh looked up
and said quietly: Partly. Osborne for
rsasoa you are incapable Of understanding
eratitnie.- No one ever conIaerci tbs Szs1r-
nine Hebrew he dominated the Anglo
Saxon :aatrre-The Ar-ouau.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-03-07
A Patent Paper-Making Process.

Some of the leading paper makers, after
having carefully examined all other pro-
cesses for the manufacture of sulphite, pat
ented lately in this country and in Europe,
have concluded to adopt the Mitscherlich
process, used largely in Europe. This pro-
cess seems TO give the best results in regard
tn fiber, and also in regard TO cheapness OF
production and plants A syndicate, repre-
senting some of the largest paper mills, has
purchased the patent rights for its territory
for the manufacturing of sulphite after that
I~ocess, and will erect large works under
the supervision of an engineer, to be sent
here by Mitscherlich from Europe-Boston
ku,iaspf
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-03-07
England In George III.s Time.

siIealIing Of the England Of her youth, in
George IFS youth, Miss Berry says: NO
's'.sn intending to stand for his country, or
,iesirous of being popular in it, would have
permitted his table at his country to be
served with three-pronged forks, or his ale to
lie presented in tankard TO which every
mouth was severally TO be applied. Sofas
conveyed ideas of improperly, and baths
aal every extra attention to cleanliness and
rarity of the person Were habits 10y no means
supposed TO refer to superior points OF mind
lr manners --Exchange
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-03-07
G.,..,. :: n. rypho.a !. nr..aI,,.

one good r,szil; Of the trpAoii fever .n<-r
IN Brooklyn has c1-ne 20 rA@ Ihe p2zr.s-
ing IN a. Isas- GO ho1ss> has hsea found D.
fertsve. and rrfAin have t-en crsersd Il
Is % diAmr
ss ao4 foal air TIA: vel-
known sanitary exp-r. Attributes Es1ch q
he ryr.bost type q seser- Defective paznb-
snS AID uatraine. cs1an N parcczias he
THINKS d-<-vi-S 1 stsentaon he o<heT
cazS< % which The cUthrVsk d BrooAlgn
has t.-ea attributed b 2s<nisa - zzvo<.hy
a c1ns1iera.son II b sSrt<a.f that be
iodors= the oS<nsoa a D.. Jscevsy shAs the
tyT6o&i hAcil.us cAn Ind - vay tcso ths
system by means of Tie ~ - wei - shrv1st
contaminated vas1 a ni1k- Nsv Yost
THh1re
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-03-07

kosciIslo Murphy proposed to Miss Es-
merelda Longcoflin one day last week She
replied: Il want you to distinctly under
stand that refuse to be your wife" Now,
don't say that-at least not yet Wait until
next Saturday before you say positively that
you viii not marry me-" "Why wait until
next Saturday," Because before You re
ject me | want YOU 10 see me in my new suit,
and III get it from the tailor Friday night
Just wal. till YOU see me in them lavender
pants Texas Siftincs
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-03-07
First an N. r. H. Then an VI. p.

II is noted that British electors, whether
Wing or Tory, view with a kindly eye a can
,'iiate who keeps peck Of hounds for the
pleasure Of his neishborsl More than ore
man really owes his return as an N. p 10
icing an NJ =. r. gInasser Of fox hounds
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-03-07
Accidents While Crossing the Alps.

The Echo des Alpes publishes summary
o. the fatal accidents that have occurred
since lS5a in climbing the Swiss Alps. Dur
Ing this period there have been 50 such acct
dents. whereby lsi persons lost their lives
pf these 80 were guides or porters, ~ tour
lists, > monks of St Bernard, II were WORK
men journeying over the mountains. and
was a crystal s.seker-Exchanere