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Wichita eagle., 1888-05-24
In q japanese Theatre.

There are two tiers Of boxes, the lower
Of which is provided with sliding paper
doors, forming small rooms like bathing
machines. The pit is divided by low
cross bars into squares, reminding one OF
the cattle pens of old Smithfield, each
capable of holding four persons comfort
ably. A japanese family bent upon en-
jOyment engages a compartment for the
day in a position suited to the purse-in
the middle of the house if well to do,
nearer to the stage or to the back accord
ing to the scarcity of coin and, having
deposited clogs in the yestiaire, take up a
position with cushions, kettle, tea things,
smoking tray, and never move till mid
night, except to pay visits to friends. A
japanese theatrical performance COM
mences generally at early dawn and lasts
dozen hours.
The stage occupies the end of the build
ing from wall to wall. Oddly, the actors
do not make their appearance from the
side or back there are no Wings, but strut
along a narrow platform over the heads of
the pit by means OF just such boarded
footway as is used by European conjurers.
Faithful to the canon of no Illusion, the
performers stand ready dressed in an open
place off the entrance lobby, where all
who come in may see them; when they
hear their cue they push through knot
of loiterers and march to the stage along
the platform, acting as they go. Indeed,
important portions of a scene which de-
mands rapid exit are frequently gone
through upon this narrow footway and
not on the stage at all; and the effect is
apt to be unintentionally comic, when a
small Tarquin is seen staggering along
under a full blown Lucrece, while the
stationary chorus from their distant cor
ner are entreating him to respect her viz
tue.-Murray' Magazine.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-24
A Sneak Thiefs Dodge.

A new dodge in the workingman in dis
tress line. A keen eyed fellow, with a
most villainous expression, halted me at 2
in the morning in Madison square and de-
manded, civilly enough, if did not want to
buy his coat-which garment he proceeded
to strip off when stopped him. He was
q bookkeeper out of a job, he said. In
spite of his sinister and forbidding face /
was on the point of giving him the price
of his lodgings when he gave a shout and
started at a dead run over grass and seats.
He had caught sight of an approaching
park policeman. The officer told me he
had halted a number of persons with the
same plea as he had made to me and the
same offer and had got money from several.
He's a sneak thief, just down from
Sing Sing" said the officer. Didn't you
notice how short his hair was and how
yellow his complexion"
Here are signs by which you may know
Sing Sings pensioners, it seems.-Alfred
Trumble in New York News.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-24
chauncev M. pepew a. nomburg.

CuaunCcy OepeW Ht
'fWhere were you besides in Londons'
principally in Homburg. Everything
Is arranged in Homburg to make you
stay. On your arrival the landlord looks
at you sympatheticaily and says: It's
well you came when you did. You had
better see the doctor immediately
Everybody says the same thing to you
the man that stands behind your chair
and the man that brushes your coat.
Pretty soon you begin to believe yourself
that it is well you have come, and wonder
what's the matter with you Then, after
little struggle with your old, healthy
self, you give In and go TO the doctor. L
did it, and / haven't been sick for ten
years The doctor says you had better
stay at least three weeks and take the
waters. 1t is singular how unanimous
every one is in advising you to stay.
''Wel, you take the waters, and you
must take them just as you are told,
whether you like it or not. You really
don't like it at all, but you hardly dare
think so to yourself. AT O'Clock you
get up, go down to the spring, and drink
one glass. Then you walk quarter of a
mile and come back and drink another
glass Then walk half mile and drink
another. Then walk a mile and drink q
final glass, and you are done with that
part of the days toll.
''They won't allow you to commute
drink half dozen glasses at once and
walk couple of miles.
after the water servitude you take a
pine bath. That's a curious custom. 1t
consists of pouring pint of condensed
essence of pine sap into a tub Of water
and in wallowing around in it. The water
is as black as ink. You only feel happy
when you have taken another bath after
ward and washed it off."-NeW York
Herald Interview.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-24
Need of a Tachnical schnol.

When the Pittsburg father of bright boy
wishes to make Of tho lad man skilled in
mechanical matters, a mechanical engineer
competent to be his fathers right hand man
In the big workshop or factory or mill, the
boy mus q 70 sent 500 miles from homo to re-
ceive thN Neducation desired. This busy,
industrial city is fuu of men with muscles
and ewes trained to mechanical work. But
their knowledge is superficial and their
brains have not been developed as have their
muscles and their eyes They can carry out
but not evolve mechanical ideas That
power must be conferred by institutions way
off at Troy, at Boston, or at New York.
There is not even a good industrial school in
Pittsburg, a place where the sons of mill
owners can acquire practical knowledge of
the processes which in after life he will be
called upon to superintend, or be set down as
knowing less than the cheapest mechanic in
his employ. There are bright boys whose
fathers do not care, for many reasons, to
send them to distant institution. The al
ternative is to let him go right out among
the workmen, and there plant his feet firmly
upon the lower rounds of the ladder leading
to mechanical expertness.
One such boy, few months ago, deter
mined TO OBTAIN a practlcal mechanical edu-
cation, and was encouraged by his father in so
doing, and his first weeks experience was
among colored workers in steel mill He is
now foreman of one department. Most BOYS
would find this a debasing companionship,
and most fathers would find il impossible to
permit a son 10 acquire information in such
a way. Meanwhile, home Institutions teach
boys everything except practical knowledge
of their fathers business. They can, leaving
adjacent colleges, boast Of thorough knowl-
edge of the dead languages, but they do not
know the difference between crucible and
Besserner steel, and to design an improved
furnace or bit Of machinery would be harder
for them than the integral calculus. The
founder of a school of technology in Pitts
burg would rear unto himself better monu-
ment than if he gave a costly library build
ing to each city.-Chicsgo Bulletin.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-24
D. G. RuRNS. Buffalo. n. 7.

In 1884 was land up with Infiammatory
rheumatism, pros rated from week to III
days ct first. My limbs were greatly
swollen and l suffered pains so excruciating
that it was impossible to sleep l had the
first attack in the fall, and the second at
tack in the wister and then the following
spring had another. Each time it'cane on
like stroke Of lightning. would go home
and be laid up in the morning l went
through the summer OF 1885 all right, but the
following fall, about September, | was again
prostratet. had been treated by the best
physicians; while obtaining temporary re
lief, there was no cure. Having taken 80
bottles OF Warmers Safe Cure and Pills
felt completely well, better than had IN
years Ny physician said that he considered
II one of the good proprietary medicines and
If it was helping me to continue Its use IN
the spring of 1887 had another attack and
then took 90 bottles, which completely cured
me, and | have not been troubled since
Lithographer with Cosack & Co.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-24
MEDICINE FOR THE IMAGINATION.

How Paralysis May be Cured-A Hypno-
tized Subject-Paraplegia.
We must be permitted to dwell for a mo-
ment on this mediciRe for the imagination,
which is entitled to the name of suggestive
therapeutics. The process is as follows: In
6uenced by a persistent idea, suggested by
external circumstances, paralysis is devel-
oped. The physician makes use of his au-
thority to suggest the idea Of an inevitable,
fncontestable cure, and the paralysis is cured
accordingly. This cure, as well as the devel-
opment Of functional disturbance, was di-
rectly effected by an idea. An idea may,
therefore, be, according to circumstances, a
pathogenic and therapeutic agent. This
notion is not new, but, since it was misinter-
preted, it has remained unfruitful
The most important Of the organic disturb
ances produced by an idea is an experiment
on vesication, performed by Focachon, q
chemist at Char1nes. He applied some post
age stamps to the left shouler of hypno-
tized subject, keeping them in their place
with some strips of diachylon and COM
press; at the same time he suggested to the
subject that he had applied blister. The
subject was watched, and when twenty hours
had elapsed the dressing, which had re-
mained untouched, was removed The cpl
dermis to which it had been applied was
thickened and dead and of a yellowish-white
color, and this region Of the skin was puffy
and surrounded by an intensely red zone
1t was in 1869 that Russell Reynolds first
noted the existence of motor and sensory
disturbances, developed under the infsenoe
of an idea The motor disturbance some
times consists in spasms, in ataxic or inco-
ordineted movements, and more frequently
in paralysis which affects the upper limbs
Erb gives to these symptoms the name Of
imaginative paraplegia. The type of this
paraplegia is afforded by Reynolds first OBJ
servation, which concerned q young woman
who was affected by paraplegia under the
following circumstances: She lived alone
with her father, who htd undergone a re-
verse OF fortune, and who became paralytit
in consequence Of protracted anxiety. She
supported the household by giving lessons,
which involved long walks about the town.
Influenced by the fatigue caused by SO much
walking, it occurred to her that she might
herself become paralyzed, and that their sit
nation would then be terrible Haunted by
this idea, she felt a growing weakness in her
limbs, and after e while was quite unable to
walk. The pathology of the affection was
understood by Reynolds, who prescribed
purely moral treatment. He finally con-
WINGED his patient that she was able TO walk,
and, in fact, she resumed the practice.
Binet and Fere in Popular Science Monthly
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-24
W nv N-en Are Bald.

Wehave noticed an article going the rounds
OF the papers which says: "a Poughkeepsie
barber says that eight out of ten men are
bald nowadays, and he..attributes it 10 food
adUiteration-' Il is nothing of the kind 1t
IS the wool hat first worn when Kossz.eh first
came to the United States, and which was
never MT for man 10 put on his head. II is
bot and air tight. causes headache and loss
of hair. The plug hst' IS airy. and It's roof
Is so high that the action of the sun ispo. an.
TO Immediately affect the brain 1t is the
most sensible hat yet invented, unless it bs
straw hat for sumner--Idahn StatAsun..
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-24
Severe Tests for Firearms.

''Do the arms manufacturers have any
quarrel with Gen. BenetS''
''No. He tries TO burst all their arms
in order to turn the business into the
Springfield arsenal, where they make q
breech loader also. AS Sandy Hook is q
perfect graveyard for men who are shoot
ing off big cannons, so Springfield is a
graveyard for inventors and their assist
ants in small arms. The tests required
are terrific There is the rust test where
they let gun get rust equivalent 10 lay
ing out three years in the rain and dew,
and then try it TO see if the parts viii fit
and If II will still shoot. You would be
astonished to find that we make rifles
which could stand that test also. George
Alfred Townsend in Boston Globe.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-24
A Case of Absent ,rinaedne.,.

An amusing incident illustrative Of
absent miudedness is narrated Of the last
session OF the German reichstag. Herr
Nichmann was calling the ron of mem
bers, when. upon reading out his own
name, he naturally received no response.
lie called the naI1e the second time, in a
louder tons, and finally roared it out Ike
Il healthy luaged bull. But 81 this june
ture the laughter of his colleagues showed
there must be something wrong, and soon
realizing the ludicrous situation. he joined
in the hilarity and marked himself pres
eat.-Tle Argonaut.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-24
A ,fi,Iiouafre's Besinujpc.

John " Macksy does not appear TO be
made Of the common cisy Of which most
uiillionaires are composed a writer In TIE
Salt Lake Tribune ouce heard the bonanza
king say when strike was threatered in
Virginia City: II am sorry thaa these men,
who are receiving 81 ezy, DO no. save more
OF their money. l rolled rocks IN Yuba
river fourteen hNrs day for months at a
time, and went 20 camp every night soassd
to tbs bone, aad did not average 81 q day.
but no ever found ne qu;te broke or ever
beard me complain Chicago Tribune
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-24

bismarck is fast breaking up said an
observart physician Il have read in the
medical papers that he has lately taken TO
sustaining himself on brandy This is q had
sign. When German at home ceases TO be
stimulated by beer and has 20 drink alcohol
bis physician begins 70 think there is some
thing seriously the matter with him. This,
taken with the fact that some Of his late
speeches have been almost incoherent, makes
me believe that he is in danger OF soon fol-
lowing his great master."-New York Press.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-24
WHAT rs THE NATTER?
WHY DO AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
STUDENTS LEAVE THE FARM2

They study Law or Medicine, Engage
in Mercantile Pursuits--Some of the
Reasons why They Learn to Dislike
Farming.
A gentleman who had been invited to de-
iver commencement address at an agIi-
cultural college, in which he had once held
professors chair, recently told the writer
OF this article that he found it impossible to
select a subject We suggested several topics
more or less connected with farmers and
their calling, but the ex-professor shook his
head ''It is useless to talk to the young
men about agriculture he said, 1.-The fact is,
when the students leave the college none Of
them 60 TO farming"
Seeing our bewildered look, the eS-profes-
sor went on TO say that although the students
went from the farm to the college and took
an agricultural course. they al left the insti-
tuition 70 study law or medicine, or to en-
gage in mercantile pursuits.
THEY GET HIGH NOTIONS.
II don't know how it is he said, "but
they ali get high nosioHs in their heads, and
they think that farming is too slow and IN
profitable TO suit them During the whole
lllliG N4S dt Nt2c NOlAe$S- LANNGA hAA-N N'As-
out Of the hundreds Of students TO return 70
the farm
All this was said in deliberate, matter Of
fact wsy, and we at once jumped to the con
clusioa that if our agricultural schools were
simply used TO turn young farmers into law
yers, doctors and merchants, there was some
thing wrong somewhere.
Ii these facts have not been unconsciously
overstated, the advocates OF agricultural ed
ucation Will very naturally feel inclined 10
ssk few questions. Are the teachers, as
rule. men who have a fancy for the learned
profeSsionSl Dothe students IN their debates
discuss literary and political subiectsl Are
they allowed TO devote much time tareading
novels, poetry, history and the newspapers:
An affirmative answer 10 these questions
viii explain much tAst is now mysterious
THOUGHTS WHICH LEAD AsTRAT.
The young agricultural student who finds
sss professors always talking about great
LawverS, writers. and Successful business
men. viii fall into their way OF thinking
Political debates viii fire him with the ambi-
zion 10 distin1aiSh himself at tie bar or N
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-24
beautiful Sunset phenomeno..

Following the disappearance of the upper
limb of the suns disk at sunset, there has
been observed the phenomenon OF beautiful
green ray, IT'S fash being as rapid as that Of
lightning. and only visible under rare con
dftiuus OF clearness Of the SKY. The heexp;ana-
ton offered for its appearance is that Of the
simultaneous contrast of coIors, the theory
propounded originally By 81 Chevreal-
Globe Democrat
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-24
REV, ARNOLD. Camden. Tenn.

REV J. P. ARNOLD, Camden, Tenn.
In 1874 was taken with an abcess on the
lower part of the abdomen. had three NJ
DIS to wait on me, but with very little
benefit. Two attacks between IA and SO
also Frustrated me for weeks, In 1850 l had
my third attack, in the early part of 80, AID
suffered no tongue can tell how much l en-
dured, and 1 finally despaired of ever re-
covering In March, 1880, l began Warmers
Safe Cnre and Waruer's Safe Pills By
July was fully we'll, and now at this date
feel no effect of the disease.-Aged II;
Baptist.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-24
-nsSMilA~
Daily eagle
MOTHERHOOD.

Bhe softly sings, and PAGES to and fro,
Patient, unwearied, bearing in her arms
The fretful sickly child, with all its harms,
Deformed and imbecile, her love and woe,
Croons, with caressing intonation, low.
Some sweet, old minor melody, that charms
The ear that listens, and the sufferer Gains,
And her own sorrow soothes with silver how.
D holy tenderness of motherhood
Most pitiful and patient to the child,
Foolish, unlovely, seemingly defiled
by powers of death and darkness. The An Good
Alone SO loveth and remembereth,
And. Like tender parent, pitieth.
Abby S. Hinckley In The Century.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-24
T,R PRICE. NJ D. Hanover G. e., Va

Ia 1882 was q great sufferer from Brig Mt s
Disease In despair l tried three proficient
physicians, several alleged specifics, and the
celebrated waters, and still got no relief l
then used Warmers Safe Cure, and in few
months was entirely cured, never having
had the slightest symptom Of my old and
fearful trouble. 1t is four years since | used
War; er's Safe Cure, and I consider myself
DarfectIy cured
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-24
MRS G. A. Fry. Wathena. Kan.

In 1882 | was given up by my physicians
to die with Bright's Disease. Had been
sick for a year. l used Warmers SAFE Cure
and Warmers Safe Pills. The effect was
like magic. Ny family and friends consid-
cred me as given back from the grave.
Scores Of my acquaintances can vouch fer
the truth OF my niIracu Gus recovery.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-24
Alahana.s Hcmes.eae,>.

There ere Ia.noooo acres CT excellent
government land yst Gnsosd Z Alabama
Much Of tlis land can Re p1rchsssi o4lrighs
at sI.25 per acze. 1t is also susjec. 60 hone
stead entry.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-24
John COLEMAN, New Haven. CT.

Ia 1873 began u run down until l had
Bright's disease. The best physicians gave
me up. l then began Warmers Safe Cure
until myself and my family have taken
about 200 bottles. For nearly year have
not felt the need Of any, and am able to at
tend to my business most Of the time. am
now in my 5lst year. give Warmers Safe
Cure the praise. and take every opportunity
to tell the afflicted with Bright's Disease
what Warmers Safe Cure has done for me-
100 Grepory ST
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-24
THOs. MORRE. PHILADELPHIA. Pa.

Mary Evans, aged Il, my grandmother,
suffered for ten years with kidney disease
and irritation of the bladder, She could not
walk straight nor could she sleep ten min
utes at time. Several doctors failed TO
give her relief. She took about six bottles
of Warmers Safe Cure and several bottles
of Warmers Safe Pills. She has been cured
for four years.-373S Center st.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-24
W T. CRAWFORD, Richmond, Va.

Several years ago was In the death agony
from kidney disease, convulsionS and
Bright's disease The best Philadelphia
specialists in such diseases pronounced me
practically dead and incurable. Every
thing else failing, took Warmers Safe Cure
abundantly and regularly, until was fully
restored to health, and now after lapse OF
many years l am as sound as dollar, with
no symptoms of my old trouble. owe my
life to Warmers Safe Cure.-Proprietor ST.
Charles hotel.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-24

The French ard English rIi!frary s1.hori-
ties have ce-eru,ined 20 rrohibft all telc-
graphic correspoudenee fruu tbs iield dzzr.1 .
TIE next cauQssED
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-24
HERMAN URBAN, Cincinnati, O.

| began four CT five years age 70 be very
nervous and restless. unable TO sleep. From
the nervousness there came gradually a
letting down of the entire system. l could
not point to any specific disease, yet l was
gradually going down hill, and the con-
sciousness OF this fact added to my nervous
ness Doctors doing me no good began TO
use Warmers Safe Cure, and from that day y
this -four years ago | have never required
the use Of any medicine whatever, have
been perfectly well ever since, and the effect
Of Warmers Safe Cure was decidedly per-
manent-MacNeale & Urban Safes.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-24
THE ROYA ROAD.

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ofp diebe becauseth
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the kidneys are inactive and
of and
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WARMERS "SAFE' CURE
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Wichita eagle., 1888-05-24
Occidental Hotel.

A. y. Deming has leased and taken possession Of
the Occidental March /. VIII put it in good shape
and will be glad his old friends and all others
uosed to give him a call. dyl-E
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-24

Leave Wichita II o'clock noon
arrive in st. Louis GAO next
morning.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-05-17

about with any thing like certainty.
We had, think. about $50 men. and
we always supposed until now that
they had at least five hundred men,
and l had an idea that we captured sew
cral of their wagons and few Of their
men; but as long time has elapsed.
and he seems TO have kept diary, |
have no doubt he tells it correctly.
l remember all about the ambush.
the bear and wagon, and the death Of
poor Crnmp. and with the aid Of the
soldier carried his body strapped on his
horse to Mrs Baldwin's house (the
mother OF &. A. Baldwin. cotton factor.
2l8 Graviet street,. buried him in the
garden. General Jackson and myself
officiating at the grave.
Crump was a talented man, was .
writer Of some distinction, and had
written some poetry, | think. He was
one OF the smallest men in stature
ever knew, and was a noble man in
every respect. gentle rs woman. and
rs brave as one of the knights of old.
This was the time that Sherman,
finding that Forrest had destroyed w.
Sooy Smiths cavalry. hurried on back
to vicksburg. think the occasion Of
the little scouting party was to 60 into
Canton. or as near as possible, and sec
II Sherman's army was moving on. We
had headquarters ut Canton before
that, and it is true was then engaged
to my present wife, and intended. il
could do so. to make my way into
Canton. But the main object was to
ascertain whether Sherman's army
was moving on or not-N q. Plea.
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