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Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-15
Patients at Public pis,eusarv.

IL there Is any moro lnournful light af-
forded by the daily routine OF the great
town than the gathering at a public dis
pensary, | do not think that ] care TO be
introduced 10 it An hour in the dispensary
of one of our hospitals the other morning
was enough fer me. IL WIS a melancholy
crowd that appealed to the n;inistrations of
the pia c, but without exception crowd
made up of decent poverty The couple of
doctors were very business-iike, but neither
brusque nor inoonsiderete, and III several
specially pitiful cases exhibited decidedly
unprofessionai sympathy ard feeling
One OF the physicians informed me that
the creates. difficulty they have e. contend
with is TO get their patients to take meii-
cine intelligently. Their ignorance is al
most as dcpio:ab in most cases as their
misery. Where dangerous medicines are to
be administered the doctors are always
afraid of the results till tie patients turn up
again to prove conclusively that they have
not overdosed themselves. 1t is 4 custom in
the dispensaries TO charge for medicines at
their cost price-itself the merest tribe, gen
orally, if the patient can afford to pay it
The poorest people, SAYS my doctor, viii
always and willingly pay for prescriptions
il they can possibly scrape the money to-
ge,her: hut there are Others who can well
afford the expense vino try 10 wheedIe help
out Of the dispensaries when they should be
buying it at the drug stores Alfred Trum-
be in New York News
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-15
files said to Have a Language.

An English scientist has made the sur.
prising discovery that flies have language
of their own, inaudibIe TO unaided ears,
though, no doubt, distinctly audible to the
ears OF insects.
This is not the huzzing tone common to
all flying insects, which is produced by the
rapid movement of their wings, and is but q
mere incidental effect, asReaningless as are
the sounds OF our foothills while We are
walking and conyersing with a friend, but
it consists Of other tones made voluntarily,
no doubt for the purpose of limited COM
municItion with one another.
The discovery was made by means of the
newly invented microphone, while magni-
flying the tramp of a lily walking ON the
table, TIL it sounds AS loud as that OF
horse passing over wooden bridge. By
close observation during these experiments
other sounds We're heard different from
those of its footballs or wings, which proved
to be its trumpeting calls issuing from its
proboscis, and resembling somewhat the
distant whinnying of horse. Such are
some of the results Of that marvellous in
strument, which acts for the ear of man as
the microscope does for the eye.-Exchange
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-15
New Concrete wall. Built I'm Paris.

4 kind OF coEcrete, hard and solid is now
being used for building purposes in Paris
1t is composed OF eight parts c. sand. gravel
and pel.bies: one part OF common earth.
burnt and powdered; one part o: powdered
ciniers, and one and a half parts unslacie1
hySlrauic lime. These materials are thor
oughly beaten up together, their mixture
giving concrete which sets almost irimeii-
ateiy ard becomes in a few days extremely
hard and solid, which property may be still
further increased by the addition Of small
quantity, say one part, OF cement.
Among other constructions 70 which this
material has beea applied i house three
stories in height, 65xi5 fest, standing on a
terrace, having n perpendicular retaining
wall 800 feet in length and - feet high
Every part OF this structure was made of
the hard concrete, including foundations
wants. % cellars, retaining wall, ami all
walls, exterior and interior, as well as the
corn;cc-work, mouldings string oo,rses,
halastrades. parapets. and the building Is
without band iron. lintels OF wood through
oat.-c hicago Journal
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-15
THE LAST MAN BROTHERHOOD.
A Feast Where Many Were Prepared e
yh;fa m E.xr Cameo IN Iitstor--

A Feast Where Many Were Prepared FOR
While but Few Came-Curious History.
Six men upon whose faces the hand Of
time has carved those lines that indicate the
meridian of life has passed, walked into
dining room no town the other evening and
sat down TO a table that looked like that of
the feast in the parable where many were
hidden but few came Il was set with
plates and chairs for thirty three persons
The eldest of the six strobe quickly 10 the
head Of the hoard and sat down, while tae
Others found seats near him No one looked
at the twenty-sevea empty chairs and, -
the meal MAS immediately served, it
seemed as though the absentee guests
were not expected The dinner was
curiously quiet one. and but little was said
as it progressed 4 gentle melancholy
seemed to pervsde the six, and if perchance
a laugh was raised it was quickly hushei,
and a hurried, Apologize look cast at the
vacant chairs When the meal was enaei.
and the coffee and cigars cams on, the
chairman of the feas; placed upon the table
a bottle whose many layers OF cobwebs told
OF long years in a musty bin
The history Of this bottle is. indeed. q
curious one and well worth the telling
Thirty years ago. when it was new and
fresh ami its label bright aud clean, It oe u
pied tie same position on the table at which,
like the one on Saturday night, there were
thirty-three chairs. bat this Tins each chair
was sisei with a merry faster, and song
and story and merry jest Kept tia table i'll
roar.
The thirty three were ali men in the prime
OF life and the dinner WAS the first banquet
of a society they had just organized. They
were all compositors on morning papers in
Philadelphia, and, inspired hy a popular
drama OF that day, they hal resolved 70
meet together on the third Saturday Of Feb
ruary in each recurring year No additions
were ever to be received - thair nuaaber,
and when death took away member his
chair and plste were TO be set Tor him As on
the first night, exoep; that the survivors
moved up Little nearer the chairman The
bottle was also 70 make its appearance a.
each Of the succeeding feasts until the day
came when but one msn was ief. Of the
original number. Then lie WAS 20 uncorS
the Task, AMI in memory of his departca
comrades drink its contents Thea the
Las. Man Brotherhood, as il Was cailssi. WAS
to he ar an end OF the thirty three, death
has taken away twenty, and seven could not
attend because Of various reasons Last
year made unusual threads on the member
ship-Phiiadelphi Call
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-15
whore Goush First Signed the Pledre

Where Cough First Signed the Pledge.
1t was in the old town hall, now the city
hall. IL was Monday night, stormy and
uninviting out of doors. As he walked
down the center aisle all eyes were turned
upon him How well many remember that
pale, haggard face, the long, flowing, un
kempt hair of raven blackness, which
Cough nervously pushed back from his fore
head as he entered the meeting His coat
was buttoned at the top only. A crowd Of
those who had laughed ut his Bacchanalian
songs, his wonderful powers Of mimicry,
and his groteslue dancing had followed him
into the meeting. As he nervously affixed
his signature to tie pledge Ealf-suppressed,
sneering laugh was heard by those in the
rear of the hall. Cough heard it also and
as he laid down the pen he turned suddenly
upon those assembled with, why do You
laugh. Am l not Hlan.7 The meeting
was silent in an instant, and then followed
one of those iinpassionei temperance ad-
dresses which in after years made him fore
most among the most effective workers of
the temperance CAUSE. IN ali his after life
he never moved an audience more than in
this, his first temperance address Tears
were brought to the eyes of all, and it was
q sight never to be forgotten by those who
witnessed the scene.-Worcester Spy.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-15
DUKE DE MoRNY's WILD DAUGHTER.
Spoiled and Petted Beyond Measure-A
Steeplechase After Pleasure

Spoiled and Petted Beyond Measure-A
steeplechase After Pleasure.
Sophie Mathilde Adele. Marquis de Bel
beuf, is not quite twenty-three years of age.
Those who expect 20 find in this grand
daughter of a queen and daughter of
princess any Of the naughty grace, the Sc
we're reticence, the strict attention TO the
rules Of high-breeding aud etiquette tina.
one naturally associates with ones ideas OF
royal or imperial blood, have only to look
at her portrait published by Dentu, to
find themselves undeceiyei A small head,
covered with short chestnut curls like thoss
Of a boy, irregular and saucy features. ar
arm planted akimbo on one hip, soft felt
bat in the other hand, a goose-heai UNI
bre!la leaning against chair as accessory
to the picture, all go to make up a type
very different from the imagined reality
The bar-sinister on her escutchson, ira ell
there by her paternal grandmother, seems
to have exercised 4 baleful influence over
Ter life
She has been spoiled and petted beyoal
measure ny her mother, whose darling size
has always been She was a mers INFANT
when her father disi, and her pet name OF
-Bebe' seems to have chung t. her, half ex-
cusing the eccentricities OF her existence.
She is said by her intimate friends to haze
the best heart and the widest head in the
world Her life is s:eeplecbase in pursuit
of pleasure She cares little OF hing Tor
the more formal amuseineats Of o iety,
finding local balls and operas and ev5 ming
receptions anything bu: amusing. Her
dogs her horses, her drives in the Bots ar5
varied by her artistic labors, for sac is de
voted to painting
She is an accomplished billiard player
and n crack shot with the pis-o, a grace
full fencer and an excellent musician, her
favorite instrument icing the yioiin though
the piano, harp and guitar are not neglected
By her. But OF ali heg occupations she likes
best to drive herself in the Bots with her
little low English wagon filed with her
favorite pooi,as, OF which she possesses a
great number. Hsr latest FREAK was TO
import from Spain a noted dog -shearer to
keep the coats of her canine darlings in cool
order.-Paris Letter
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-15
London. Improved po.,., service.

One Of The isst official acts CT Lord John
Manners as postmaster general has been 10
sanction the introduction Of an improve
Inent in the postal service which viii confer
no little benefit upon Loadoners and their
correspondents in the country. A new cob
lection will BE made at midnight from the
piliar-boxes, ard letters for the country
pos.ed up 70 TIA, hour will be dispatched By
the early newspaper trains, and will be
delivered in the forenoon Of the following
day in many provincial towus-ChicaSo
YSv;hr-a
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-15
pescrIption of the Hawaiian Volcano.

Mauna Loa pronounced as if spelled
Mowna Lo-a, accented on the first syllable
Of each word, and signifying the Long
mountain IS the largest in bulk Of the
volcanic cones of Hawaii, its hight being
1860 fee. above the level OF the sea, or l55
feet less than that of Mauna Kea ,Aay-ah,
signifying the White mountain, and its
base being co-extensive with great part OF
the island. Its crater pit or caldron, called
&okua wsoweo tMo-Soo ah-way -o-way o.
accented on first, fourth and sixth svllables,
and signifying the Red island, is elliptic in
shape, its long diameter S.091 fee5 ami its
short 5000, and its depth about 500 feet
itS irruptions, which occur st Irregular
intervals of three, four, ven. eight and
eleven years or so, are Z 5ae grandest
proportions known, the voiaTne of Laws
ejecte,i, as estimated, ranging from l. &c.,
ooa,o TO $1,000, O0o, oeo OF cubi- feet The
largest outburst occurred in lSS,-lsSI.--
Detroit Free Press
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-15
THE srArloN-House LopolNo-Room
Newspaper Man Seeks . Bit Of Expert
ence-fSAka En- ,fr

Newspaper Man Seeks Bit Of Expert
ence-Gets Enough of It.
This way" said the doorman He led the
way up one Of the fight of steps and the
newcomer followed him tremblingly. There
was little platform at the top and q heavy
door. It stuck for a moment, then opened
with a jar and the visitor staggered back
before burst Of warm air that seemed to
come from the depth of a sewer. In you
60" said the doorman, cheerily. The young
man braced himself and stepped into the
place and the door closed behind him with q
clang. With loathing which no string Of
words can portray he stood face to face
with the sight he had come to see
This was the station-house lodging in full
blast This was the haven to which men
come when their pockets were empty and
the air withoui was too biting to sleep in.
Was it better than freezing to death. Per-
haps SO. They say that death is bitter
thing when you come face to face with it.
A small apartment, say at hazard ten
by twenty. Across it, stretched on a huge
iron frame, row of stout planks, slightly
inclined from head to foot On one wall q
row of pegs and single gas-jet; on the other
side a couple OF open sswer-traps This is
one of the four rooms devoted to lodgers-
two for men and two for women There is
nothing very terrible in the place itself 1t
Is simply bare and chee-iesS But, oh, the
inhabitants. Stretched upon these planks,
side by side, row Of ragged men Some
have taken of their coats, to be used AZ
pillows Some have added their damp boots
to the pile All of them have on damp
clothing, which in the warm atmosphere
sends out a vile steam The air is siclxen-
ing. 1t is 1lled with the fumes of vile
liquor. The spirit which brought nearly all
Of these people here broods over them and
drives a decent stomach to rebellion
Luckily many Ct the men upon the shelf
are smoking violently at pipes and cheap
cigars and gutter-snipes picked up On the
streets The tobacco smose, dense and
choking though it is, is a comparative bless
ing here, as it is in the dissecting
A few shaggy heads bob up in curiosity
when the newcomer first appears, and then
drop back again and the desuItory CONVEX
sation is resumed The subjects are not in
spring ones-bread and rum. Nov and
then there is reference to work But
dodgers Of the work. Kind are apt to be
the silent ones. Here and there tough
customer SHORES comfortably and forgets his
misery while the air grows thicker and more
noisome
For few minutes the new loiger stands
looking upon the shelf OF m;s-- Then his
gorge rises and opening the oor he rushes
out into the fresh air. Sergt every smiles
when he reaches the desk once more.
Il thought you would get enough" he said,
laughing And thanking him for his
courtesy, tho reporter came away.-New
York World
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-15
Crre,tyof.n orp,,ho,.x,.,.

experizasnsed On a -yello~hamner,- Or
golden winged woodpecker, by reaching
into the hole and roob;ng hsr nest every day
Of all but enc egg. TIE poor bird, de-
ter1ninea 70 r.ise q brood, kept on laying
until she had laid thirsy-six eggs on -
many different days then she rested ona
day and went a. it again. and finally -
acsnAuy laid seveaty-ocs eggs In that o.
Trustworthy nes&-ChicsSo Hmsa
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-15
sar,,, Rcrnhardt ., n D,c,i,e

Mime. Bernhard has grown thinner than
ever--ste is now nothing but skin and bone.
Anxiety for her son Macrice-for Sarah is
a most affectionste mother, AID the young
man is i'll with consumption has had much
to co with breaking down her stToagth aud
her nerves She looks now like haggard
elderly woman, under tire paint and the
r;ngless of her Louis XIII costume rs
Marion.-Lucy Hooper in New York World
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-15
Csr,a,n stream. In Northern Texas

Attention has been called TO the fact that
the streams in certain cultivated portions of
northern Texas now run during the part OF
the year when they were formerly dry.
This is not attributed 70 any change IN the
rainfall, but to more oven absorption Of
water over the cultivated areas Exchange.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-15
He was Called ,,,c l.ate Mr.. rry.

What is your nanle.' asked the sheriff Of
an Old negro who had como in 10 pay his
tsSeS
Jim Fry, sab, foder q do late Mr.. Fry
How long has your son been dead
He amt dead, do late Mr.. Fry amt
Then how can Co be the late Mr. Frys
Case be's neee- on tins-slius late. sab
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-15
In Hts Free and Easy Way.

Miss Rose Elizabeth Clevelaniis getting q
reputation for bon mots, such as this: A
western visitor Remaining in his freeRnd-
easy way, You hail from Buffalo, l believer
sl,s replied, Yes, We hail tom Buffalo, bu;
We reiga Lere,"-V ashington Letter.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-15
an Uncertain Treachcrous Drug

At recent meeting OF the Cincinnati
Academy OF Medicine the uses Of 'chloral'
as a remedy were pretty thoroughly dis
cussei- The experience Of the profession
seemed to he that ~chloral was an uncertain
and treacherous remedy Some persons are
more effected by dose of four grains than
others are by dose Of twenty grains.
Cases were reported where zoo grains per
day had been given, and one case reported
by DIR. Beck, OF the Baden army, where 40
grains were given in three and a half hours,
the patient s,ecping Tor thirty hours ami
recovering
The profession also agreed that choral
can not successfully be administered hypo-
dermically. There were cases reported also
where death was caused by the adsrIinistra-
ton OF ten or twenty grain doses, and where
dangerous symptoms resulted from single
five-grain dose. Such remedy can not be
regarded less than dangerous in any except
the most skillful handS-Inter Ocean
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-01
YOUR KIDNEYS
HERE'S A CASE.

For six long dreary years have been a great
sufferer from a complaint of my kidney, which
failed to be cured by physicians Or advertised
remedies.
Ibegan to feel l could never secure relief, as
had spent two hundred Ind fifty dollars without
success.
The disease was so excruciating tina. it often
prevented me from performing my daily duty.
was adv sed to try the efficacy of B. B. B., and
one single bottle, costing 81 gave me more re-
lief than all the combined treatment l had ever
received. Its action on the kidneys is simply
wonderful, and any one who needs a real, speedy
and harmless kidney medicine should not hes
itate to give B. i. b. a trial. One bottle will
convince any one.
G. II. ROBERTS,
Atlanta Water Works.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-01
HERE'S ANOTHER.
G. II. ROBERTS,
Atlanta Water Works.

nm a merchant OF Atlanta, and am near 60
years of age. My kidneys have been inactive
and irregular for many years, attend with ex
circulating pain IN small OF the back. At times
1 became too nervous to attend to business.
My case had all the attention that money could
secure, but only to result in a complete failure.
L. B. b. was recommended, and to say that its
action on me was ma ical would be a mild term.
One bottle made me feel like a new man Just
like | was young again. In all my life never
used so powerful and potent a remedy. For
the blood and the kidneys it is the best I ever
saw, md one bottle will force any one to praise
II IA
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-01
destructive Fire at Newburyrort

Destructive Fire at Newburyrort.
NEwBURYPoRT, MASS, Dec. 90
Early this morning a fire broke out in
Boardran's grocery, in the Adams
block. Georgetown, and extended to
the Masonic block, Equitable building,
Tenny's shoe factory, and the private
residence of G. J. Tenny, all of which
were destroyed, causing a loss of
$50, 1000. partly covered by in
surance. Thirteen business places
burned out and $50 hands
thrown out of employment. Engines
were sent from Haverhill and New
~buryport, ard but for them the entire
centre of the town would have been
destroyed. During the ire Joseph Ills
ley, IA fireman, aged "a years, unmar-
ried, and George A. Chase, aged %
years, who leaves a widow and child,
were both instantly killed by falling
walls. Clarence M. Clark, q baggage
master. employed by the Boston 4
Maine railway, had his left leg badly
CT crushed. Fred Goldsmith, Arthur
TUcker and Charles Williams, iremen
Of Haverhill, were also injured, Will
liamS probably fatally. Z. A. Yeaton
and another Georgetown fireman had
their arms broken. The fire is a severe
blow to the business inter est Of the
town.
y .
Dead.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-01

Next morning Isawt the advocate Sapinaud,
ond told him Of the now evidence in Raoul's
favor. He advised mo to say nothing, in the
meantime, to Raoul.
Let us wait, D lie said, until Blery returns
and tells US the whole story. Then, If the evil
dence he has found proves what you saw it
proves, l will frame a statement and lay it
before the Imperial %procurator. After that
Girard will no doubt bo released from deten-
ton, either with or without bail"
Next morning the detective arrivedin Paris,
md sent mo a message asking Lie to come to
him at the prefecture of police, and TO bring
Sapinnud also. I was fortunate enough to
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-01

Hero PTottn stopped, , II he had rn
down.
SIS this Benoit availf bic as a witrsaP
asked sapinaud, who like myself had listened
with close attention to Pilotin's narrative
"M. do Bourbon says that he viii live"
answered Plotin tersely.
"Messieurs," said Blery, 'you have boards;
now YOU shall see-Pilotin, fetch a cab. We
are on tho eve Of q discove
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-01
CHAPTER XI-

After NJ. Blery's departure, I naturally suf.
fered a reaction from the excitement of the
last few days, and the hopefulness Of my in.
terview with the detective. 1t was difficult
to remain inactive and not to dospond. But,
for the sake of Mile. Duraaine, whom saw
every day, l strove to be cheerful. l also
wrote to Raoul, and, without raising his
hopes unduly, limited that things vera begin
ming to wear a more favorable aspect.
Tho days passed without any word from
NJ. Blery, end each day deepenodmy anxiety
At last tho fourteenth day carac, and every
enc Of its hours seemed to me as long as O
month. Idared not 20 TO Gabrielle; l could
not have concealed ny dizquietrde.
But in tao evening there camo a telegram
from Blory, tho most joyful message 1 haze
ever roceiyedi in ny life, because it assured
Inc thatm ny friend was safe. M. Blery tele-
graphed from Rome: II have.succeaded; the
dagger is found. L return to Paris direct
Iran at once with tho telegram to the Rue
dc FOdeon, and spent tho rest of the evening
with Nine. Duraine and Gabrielle, explain
ing the discoveries we had made, ard listen
ing to tho ou~tpouriags Of their Joy.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-01

DUBLIN, Dec. 26.-The archbishop
of Armage Is dead.