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Wichita eagle., 1888-11-17

The fear of contracting disease has to a
great extent done away with the use Of vac
cine virus taken from the arm of a vaccina-
ted child, and caused physicians, oftentimes
against their Judgment, to confine them
selves to bovine virus. That this latter virus
is not always innocuous is we'll shown by q
report OF the royal bureau Of hygiene at Ber-
lin. Virus which was obtained from a vac
cine farm at Eberfeld produced in those who
were vaccinated with it eruptions of the
skin, and in some instances pustules formed.
Among children, several deaths occurred In
one Of these cases post-mortem examination
revealed an abscess. Considerable constitu-
tional disturbance followed the occurrence Of
the eruptions
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-17

Here is slight contribution to that anus
Ing collection Of things which one would
rather hnvo left unsaida Gossip sSigns the
authorship to the wife Of one Of the most
prominent leaders in the house OF representa-
tives She was entertaining number Of
friends at her house, the other day, when a
gentleman entered the room, closely followed
by another, whom be led up TO where the
lady Of the houss was standing, with the
words:
Mrs c., permit me to present 70 you 9
particular friend Of mine, Mr.. -, Of Dene-
rara.n
so glad to 80 you, Mr.. -,"replisd Mrs
c. promptly, so glad 70 see you" and with
an evident desire 10 say something graceful
and at the same time something that would
make her new acquaintance feel thoroughly
at homo, she added:
II have q parrot that comes from Demo
rara.n
Imagine the startling effect Of such aspeech
upon an unsuSDscsing s.ranger!-Naw York
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-17
SOCIAL ETIQUETTE.

Hints for Those Who Are to Be Chiefly
Concerned at q Morning Wedding.
What is in fashionable parlance morning
wedding is one occurring at any time before
6 o'clock p. m. On such an occasion the
groom does not appear in evening dress. even
though the bride be in full dress toilette. His
proper costume is black frock coat Tor q
cutaway, in favor of which there is strong
movement just now, light trousers, paten8
leather shoes, white gros grain four in hanil
scarf. pearl gloves with pearl or black stitch
ing and silk hat. The best man and ushers
are similarly attired, but wear either pearl
or lavender gloves with broad black stitching
on the back The bride is in full dress white
toilette or travelling dress, according to pref
erence.
Gaslight is extremely becoming, and there
fore much used at day weddings
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-17
The Power Of the Imagination.

A hospital physician wishing to test the
power of the mind upon the body, gave a
hundred patients dose of sweetened water.
Fifteen minutes after, entering apparently in
great excitement, he announced that he had
by mistake given a powerful emetic, and
preparations must be made accordingly.
Eighty out Of the hundred patients became
thoroughly i'll and exhibited the usual result
of an emetic; twenty were unaffected. The
curious part of it is that with very few ex-
ceptions the eighty 'emeticized' subjects were
men, while the strong minded few, who were
not to be caught with chaff, were women.
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-17
Union of Severed Parts.

Among remarkable instances reported Of
the union Of severed digits is the following,
accredited to The International Journal of
Surgery: A boy while splitting wood cut Off
part Of bis right thumb. 1t dropped to the
ground and he ran into the house. The
mother hunted up the father, who went to
the barn, harnessed the horse, found the sew
cred piece OF thumb, wrapped it with the
stump in cloth and drove nearly three
miles to the doctor. Fully an hour and q
half elapsed before the doctor saw him,
when he removed the cloth and found the
thumb lying loosely in the bandage and COW
cred with sand and dirt The doctor cleaned
it and secured it to the stump. 1t united
promptly, and two years afterwards it was
hard to tell which thumb had been injured.
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-17
Points Small but Important.

''In is very good pronoun, but it should
be kept in reserve.
According to the etiquette Of the best So
ciety knife and fork are left on the plate
when passed for a second supply.
The spoon should be allowed 70 rest in the
saucer when one drinks from coffee or tea
cup.
A guest unable to attend wedding sends
two cards ito arrive on the day Of the we'd
ding, one addressed to the brides parents,
the other to the newly welded pair.
No harm viii come 20 girl from the com
partnership of nice and good chaperon-her
mother, il possibia
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-17
Things to Be Avoided.

Through mistaken notion Of politeness,
many people indulge too freely in the use Of
the words 'sir" and madame" in converse
ton. The old etiquette which required chill
dren always to say Eyes. sir" "No, ma'am,"
ETC., to their parents and elderly relatives is
out of vogue. Young people are now taught
to reply, "Yes, papa" mo, mamma" with
accent on the second syllable of papa and
mamma), "Yes, aunt" mo, uncle" and
the like.
Neither is 1t quite elegant for grown people
to use the word please" with much fire.
quency. "Will you oblige me" evil you
have the Kindness" or a similar equivalent
should be oftener heard.
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-17
KHAN OF MERv AND HIS MOTHER


OF all the great cities which once dotted
the fertile sections Of Turkistan, but a few
portions remain; the great Tartar empire has
fallen to pieces, and separate sections are
ruled over by their respective khans Among
these the khan of Merv is now an ally, sort
of honorary subject Of the Russians. The
engraving represents this khan and his
mother In front Of their humble summer
residence. Once this city Of Merv was one of
the four imperial cities Of the Persian sui
tans, and was place Of power under the
Seljuk dynasty. Nearly a hundred years
ago it was sacked by the Uzbecks, Tartar
race who destroyed the remains of the old
empire, and has steadily declined till its pop
ulation is but little over 5000
Turkistan is now only general name for
the vast tract Of highland, mountain and
valley, stretching eastward between the
Russian dominions and Persia and India to
the south, and containing 10000, 900 people.
The Russians have already annexed the west
ern part, and will doubtless annex and civil
ize much Of the rest. Their railroad is an
enterprise much like the construction of the
Union Pacific across western America, and
runs through regions very much like Utah,
Wyoming and Nevada, but the summers are
much warmer and the winters colder in the
valleys. There is said to be vast wealth Of
gold and coal in the mountains, and if the
Russians succeed in their enterprises Merry
Will once more become place Of great i'm
portance. The khan is not despot, though
his power is paternal, as the nomadic habits
OF the people require large degree of per-
sonal liberty. The Russians insure tolera-
tion To ALI forms of relipiOn and Mohauma-
dan, Boodhist and Shaman worship in peace
under their rule; yet they are organizing the
people in European forms as fast as possible,
and the khan, whose picture l send with
this, holds Russian army commission.
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-17
Novelties in Watches.

A new and peculiar class OF timepieces has
lately been brought before the public in tho
form OF what are called rock crystal watches
These watches are of ordinary size, with
cases and plates of Brazilian pebble or rock
crystal, thus rendering the watch transparent
and exposing to view the wheels and other
portions of the interior mechanism. In
some of these watches the dial is made in
the form Of a skeleton Of gold. Above each
hour mark is a diamond, and between the
diamonds there is a ruby for each minute
There is fancy now with many Of having
portraits reproduced in miniature ON the
inner sides of gold and silver watch cases.
A novelty of European origin is the fan
shaped watch. Shell shaped watches occur
among the decorated silver ones when on
chatelaines
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-17

AfEUl Khan, the father Of Abdurrahman,
was OF that time governor of Balkh, or
Afghan urkistan Abdurrahman was re-
lated to the ameer Of Bokara by marriage
Afzul Khan and his son, Abdurrahman, In
Gugurated a conspiracy against Shere Ali
This caused the outbreak Of civil war in At
gbsnistan IN 1864, In which Abdurrehman
played leading part against Shere Ali. In
1865, 1896 and 1861 he won several battles,
and the grea. victories of Khelat-i-Ghilzai
and Shaikhabad were mainly due TO his
leadership. He was made governor of Balkh,
and made himself popular By marrying the
daughter Of tho chief of Badakiham
In 1855 his cousin, Yakoub Khan, son Of
Shere Ali, defeated tim and d: owe him from
the country. Ultimately reaching Russian
territory, be was permitted TO reside at
Samarcand He was also allowed a pension
Of q, 900 roubles year.
In 1879 he made his way to the Cabul from
tier Then followed the Afghan var, in
which the English took so prominent part,
and which resulted in placing Abdurrahfaan
on the throne HENRY ALTON.
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-17
A Man Of SIN.

Magistrate TO Uncle Ras-usl-This police
man, Uncle Rastus, says be caught you steal
ing chickens last night
Uncle Rastus-Yes, sab, an tole de gen.
man when he rested me dat de minister was
comm ter dinner de nex day, an hadn't q
scrap oh meat Ia de hccse Yoi see, Ssh, il
was matter Of religyur VIII me II roaldn't
do ter disappint one Oh dc Lawds elect.
Maststrase-And what did the policeman
sayi
Uncle Rastus-He said "Rate.- sab. Now,
ger honah. dat man hain't got 'ruf respec'
70 de rchgjus Gde Oh lie ter be ey,n 1nctely
connected vii d majesty OBJ de law.-New
York Sun.
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-17
Artistic DESIGNS In Dress.

Dress this autumn and winter promises to
be as much an artistic study as it has been in
the past. Evening dresses are exceptionally
pretty, young girls wearing them in bright
colored stripes in surah and soft Radzimir
A handsome dinner gown for married lady
is of light blue faille and brocade, the front
covered with tulle, having tiny gold frosted
spangles Gll over, a broad and handsome de-
sign In gold at the foot Tea jackets, which
can DO worn with any skirt, open with revers
over lace fronts, having square Louis XIV
pockets, are very stylish and pretty.
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-17

The present craze for the empire and di-
rectoire styles is being somewhat overdone,
Yet, judging from the number Of charming
costumes seen, we could hardly resuscitate
any modes better suited TO the materials Of
the season. A very distinctive dress follow
ing this style is rich corded dark brown silk,
trimmed with quite new and very soft
wooden stuff, resembling the old fashioned
gray and white shawls. 1t is bordered with
a design in darker tone, of beige in soft
cream. forming plated panels secured by
larce buttons
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-17
some plsadvantage. of Fault r,nd,nr,

Don't find fault, that is, in the flaw pick
ing, grumbling way. 1t not only makes you
look and seem and feel disagreeable at the
time, but it permanently mars beauty. About
the mouth there is certain to come a cluster
of lines 20 tell the world at large Of the peev-
ishness Of its owner. It makes the eve
smaller, because they contract at the time,
and the lips grow extremely sensitive from
continual biting
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-17
New Patterns I'm SILK

Black sparse floral patterns and conven-
tional designs, with the empire laurel on
greens, grays and new pinks, are novel, and
make up very handsomely. Some of the
newest appear on Burgundy red ground,
with all the warm brilliancy of lie de vim
Coral patterns are introduced in the bro
cades with peau de sole grounds; and broad
black satin stripes, with three inch periwin-
kle gray, are most fashionable On some Of
the satin grounds detached sprays of conyeo-
tional flowers are finely wrought
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-17
PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE,

A Peril Which Winter Brings to Unwary
Travellers and Helpless yisitors-
With the coming of cold and damp weather
arises the remembrance of a peril ever pre-
sent and by no means small, il we accept the
statement OF writer who claims that "a re-
spectacle proportion of the deaths that occur
during the winter. season are directly or in
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-17
Baseball Injuries.

For the swollen and painful baseball
pitchers arm" is given, according to physi-
clan, the hot bath-water at ITO degs and
sun heat is what is used for injuries that
thicken the joints-put the finger or arm
right in the blaze of the sun, having the
limb held up by rest.
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-17
IN FAR AWAY ASIA.
A London Correspondent Writes Of the
Transcaspian Railway and Other Things.

A London Correspondent Writes OF tho
Transcaspian Railway and Other Things.
Especial Correspondence
LONDON, Sept. 26.-The Russians are push
ing forward their Trauscaspian railway
with remarkable energy and success. and
have already given the traveller easy access
to dozen places celebrated in the history OF
the ancient world Already the detached
and isolated colonies Of Aryans. left in the
westward and southwark progress Of that
race, are connected by rail with their west
ern hnsmen; and soon the tourist can ride
in comfortable cars to the very valleys and
plains occupied at first by the Aryans-the
original white men, the ancestors Of nearly
all the progressive races Of mankind.
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-17

was ruled by three
brothers, the ablest
Of whom was Dost
II o b a m m ed In
1888 England de-
clared war against
Afghanistan, at
tempting to set up
for a ruler Shujah,
whom they pro-
fessed to regard es
the rightful heir to
tbs throne. But
their project failed.
D ost Mehammed
died in 1858, and
his son, Shere Ali,
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-17
FIG. PARIS CAPoTE.

Paris capote, as shown in Fig. l, gives a
bonnet with soft crown in pale primrose, re-
leved with a band of jetted net, which is
edged with gold lace frilling. The butter
fly bows are in vieux rose ottoman silk,
short, with pale yellow and striped with gold
tinsel The strings correspond in color and
texture.
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-17
BFNTOV'S HAIR GROWER.


All who are BALD all who are becoming BALD.
all who DO not want to he BALD all who are
trout led with DANDRUFF, or ITCHING OF the
scalp, should Bentons hair Grower. Eighty
per cent o. those using it have Grown hair. IL
never fails TO stop the hair from failing Through
sickne and fevers the hair sometime falls of In
q short time and although the person my nave
manned bald for years. II on use Lenton's Hair
Grover according 20 re,t!ons you are sure of
growth OF hair. IN hundreds OF cases we have pro-
duced a good growth o. hair on those who have
been bald and glazed for years. We have fully sub
stantiated the following facts:
We grow hair il every case; no matter how long
bald.
Unlike other preparations. it contains no sugar
OF cad. vege tabie or mineral poisons-
1t is specific Tor falling lair, dandruf AMI
itching OF the scalp.
The Hair Grow err IS hair food and Its compost
ton is almost exactly like the oil which supplies
tie hair with its vitality
II your druggists have not got it, we will send it
pref d On receipt of price, s1o0. Sold by
RETTINGER BROS. and
IS ALDRICH BROWN. Wichita, Kan.
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-17

WATER TRAIN, TRANSCAsPLAN RAILROAD.
The nature of the high plains traversed by
the road may be conjectured from the view
here presented Of the ''weter train" Some
Of the tanks are like those of an American
oil train and not very unlike those employed
for O time on the Great American DESERT"
others are set upright on short platform cars.
These are necessary to supply the depots on
the desert, as the distance between streams is
greater than in any portion Of the west ex-
cept in eastern Nevada. The engineers
directing this great work are French and
Russian, and their achievements fairly rival
those on the Pacific railways
A checkered career Is that of Abdurrah-
man Kahn, the ameer Of Aghanistan. whose
death was falsely reported recently. He is
the lineal representative of Dost Mohammed,
the founder of the Barukza dynasty, who is
the eldest son Of Afzul Khan, who was in hin
turn the eldest son Of the Dost, and he is thus
nephew to the late Amer Shere Ali.
Abdurrahman is supposed to have been
born about 1880. At this time Afghanistan
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ACCUSED OF ROBBERY.
A Steamboat Hand In Court On q
Serious Charge.

Charles +. Brown. better known rs
s'putehy," deck hand. was arrested yes.
,erday on the charge Of roAhing John
Harvey. a ledger at the 81 Elmo hotel, Of
$40 and watch ard chain. The ease was
partially tried in Justice SodeEherSs court
last evening aud continued until this
morning. Harvey testified that Brown foi
lowed him upstairs when he retired and
told him that be occupied the adjoining
room. Harvey put the catch % his door
aud put his trousers under his pillow.
When he awokc la the morning. the door
was aiaf, HIS trousers lay on the iloof. and
his money aud vsluables Acre gone, l, Is
claimed that brown did not occupy his
room the night TN question. The prisoner
denied that be followed Harvey M stairs.
hut said he was up there whcn the. latter
went up. and he showed Harvey 70 The
room assigned him He denied AL con
neetion with the robbery. but acknawi
edged having had considerable money the
next day. He claimed, however, that he
won II gambling. bni could nos remeaitsr
where. His story was rather Disconnected
/ and uu<atis factory.
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SENT no STEILACO0M.



Charles 4. Brockaway was tried before
the following iary yesterday for insanity;
Richard Pickering. W. y. Lite. NJ V. Miles.
stephen Berry. Fred Minsek. J, +. Meclel-
Ian. y. TIN, chas. yaaDngan. r. D. Me
ciintock. x. G. Crawford. Louis Kidd and
Amos Brown. He was wild and violent
when taken to the court room. bat was
more quiet during the proceedings lie
was adiudged insane by the Jury and was
taken 10 the steilacoom asylum In the
afternoon. Bfockaway recently ran away
from his home aud spent several days in
the woods without food under the impress
sion that someone was pursuing him and
Intended 10 take his life. When first taken
into the probate court several days ago. he
seemed quiet aud rational. He was then
thrown Into Jail pending au examination,
and almost immediately became more yio-
lent. A physician examined him and de-
elared that he was suffering from brain
fever, and expressed the opinion that II he
did not receive proper treatment he would
not recover Stlii be was allowed 90 ~
main In iaii until yesterday. vixen he was
taken into court, adjadged insane and hust
led OF TO the asylum. Those who saw him
taken away were of the opinion that he
would not 1--we the week oH;, and declared
that he was not In az physical condition 10
he moved. IL Is even asserted that when
first taken Ia charge and a physician de
eidsl that he was suffering from brain
fever. he should have been taken TO the
hospital where he could have received the
best OF treatment, and not thrown into the
oser-erowded Jail. with lot Of noisy crirn-
inais, whore there are no suitable accom-
motlatious fof n sick man ami where the
sanitary arrangements are 50 defective that
a well man Is liable To fall III. The jail l.
80 packed with prisoners, including u
cinnamon, that the atmosphere Is foul la
the extreme. and without doubt these
conditions greatly aggravated BTockaway
Illness. which some weil-tnfurmed persons
positively assert resulted from nothing but
brain fever At any Fate his condition has
iecome 50 had that he will probably not
survive many days
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OFF FOR SPORT.
A Jolly Camping Party Bound for
IIood's Canal.

The yacht White wings, with Jolly
crew ON board. left for Hoods Canal At
o'clock Yesterday morning. under sail.
The marty consisted of II. II. Lewis. Ed l.
Terry. |. :. Bscth. W. L. i.edgerwoed. VII
liam carkcek aud william Jones. aud will
he Joined later ca by D. \, Howari Two
oxpcrieuced men went along to sail the
yaeht, pitch the tents. do the cooking. and
lock after things generally. The party Is
well supplied with provisions. guns. am
nuusilnn and fishing tackle, and antici-
nate having a mos. enjoyable time. They
will cruise along the canal. casting their
tiles In the many STRAINS coming ON or
the olympic range Headquarters VIII hs
established al the mouth Of the Aiiiewaup.
and several members Of the party VIII Nisii
Lake cushman and the i1llewsup rats,
The Yacht reached Port Gamble a. eiock
YESTERDAY afternoon. having made the run
10 that point TIA eieht hours This morn,
ing. unisss the wind II favorable, she III
he ,awed to Scateck by the steamer -.
HafrkFk
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BKEyTTTKs.

Gen w. :. KosecraAs will rissf shs soand
ssgrfly.
Hpfner 4 Disssoa are offering .osae s,y.s.
n<ss property Tor SALE.
stssitos & Armstrong hare fsr sale q
very valuable wafer front ios lff
Esin commenced 70 fagi 81 : . clssek yes-
tesday mofaiEs. and continued aasii fin
the afteragpu-
4 marriage irsuss was Issued y.sferffss
10 Aistrf lxiadin and Asss Aaus Eacknas,
Of Msnat Vernon
The steamer Esanssl Il Essslax sosae re.
pesr made to hsr machinery. rAe viii b.
pat IN good repair tHfsre she egzgn goes
Into service.
The ladies' Of the secassd prsxhyssrsan
church viii give sseixi IN the Dad Eel
lows hall. NORTH seattle. this evening. Ice
creasa and cake viii BE- sessed
The steamer Daisy l. undergoing .
thorough sycrhsaiinx- Her boiler has
been Hxed up and she will haze . new
wheel and other improvements when she
comes out
The West csssf improvement conrans's
bridge acrs,@s salmon BAY IL cornpiefed and
the track across IL Wit Sc laid by fsner-
row. The company has 5Esi let . contract
Tor z.900 moro tsss-
The city fund receipts Tor June uere 81.
7-i.zl and for the Grit twelve days IL he
present month s1sfI.eD. This IL stie larxes.
auy4nt ever ftt*5ttl III t1f same t2uEfn
OF time Ia the effs's history.
The seattle Rod and Gun club win send
team 10 cns5pets in the shooting sourns,
nNnf, 10 be he'd ~ waiIa wsiia August Il
10 II inclusive. Gardner Kellogg has be-
come member 81 The club.
The pilot commissioner fes The Puget
Sound district. Captains Waite. Deiaob aud
Crosby, VIII meet In seattle ss-morrow
10 appoint rilsfs Tot the waters of
Puget sound aud fhe Straits of Fnca
III. ship Otago. Captain Collins. loaded
with z.lc0 tons Of Gilman coal for San Fran
cisco, was towed 10 sea yesterday, by the
tug Biakciay. This IL the third cargo of
coal shipped By the Seattle Coal and Iroa
Company.
The eases against L. A. Gardner. for
smuggling, In New York. which were com
rieneed last spring, have been postponed
nnfil fall Nj. Gardner has gone East, but
his attorney. Col. Haines, win not 90. Ii st
ali, until some time ia september
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SUIT OVER A LEASE.
Mrs. Harmon ua. q Lot Of Trouble
with Tenant

II will he remembered that Margaret
.iarsnon recently brought suit in The dis
,riet cuur, ta have lease corTeeted, she
cissr,ae,i that She had Intended to lease %
Henry Robbins the portion 81 let !. block
. n. :. Maynarsi's plat, an which the y
E.ino rsstsursat stands. al! that thFonsh
me ,mrclrSssssSs % the attorney no sireu
he papers the whole ~ the ios was ia
elutis~i In the ieass, waisr sc hs1 ~
,,.a,Siy SID a portion Of IL aud leased an
nfh.r ssasfion She sigss her name with 9
e-,s-x. snd alleges that she l. - 'lliisTs,s
that the eAnnei Rad wrltla< ai'd S,iuisi ~
,herefore se avase # the error when shs
sissaeti the lcsse.
Yesterday she fiicd 50 the aissTse; esfsr'
AN Hpg,iieais0n far an infahgtseaa. restsale
ms nsasbins frufa tearing stosH s5ah1s
hnifafar an the partition Ct tie icy Ns'tSA
~ elxiTsss she did No, tntessd % iaclsiis Y
ihs, lease IL hiFa. kssseiss, = i ufisstfsss-,d
rnaiutaias that II was understood tust =
VS. ~ have tir Whole If the lot. and d
iutenEss 10 sight the tatax % t'e end