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Wichita eagle., 1888-07-08
The Interest In Atfiet3cs

The universal interest IN all these trials
of strength and dexterity and quickness
Is a feature Of the time The derided
baseball crank finds himself mum bered by
thousands In spite of all the mockery
leveled at him. in spite OF hippodromlng
and possible unfairness in results. in
spite Of the fact that players are but
somebody's hired men, and local en-
thusiasm farce. the grand stand and
the bleaching boards scarcely contain the
multitudes who gather to see the fun
Lawn tennis. an Importation of compare
lively few years ago, is now in national
repute Lacrosse holds it's own and
cricket is overcoming the objection to it
as a strictly English pastime which re-
fuses to be naturalized elsewhere Our
great races are few, and our prize win
ners have no grand prix" to fight for
But our breeds of running and trotting
horses are improving steadily, and a
larger constituency looks, day after day,
with keen interest, for the record of the
judges Every form OF outdoor sport
has come into distinctly greater favor:
and, although some of this enthusiasm
will undoubtedly efTervesce, it viii leave
permanent traces upon our life and modes
OF thought and habit of enjoyment
The result of the progress of what. for
want of a better term. we designate inter
est in athletics. will prove, we doubt not,
highly beneficial All these things have
their flood tide and their ebb The his
tory of intercollegiate contests epitomizes
theirs. The first college contests at bat
and oar were simple and friendly rival
ries. With the awakening of youthful
ambition and determination to win they
were carried beyond the point of wisdom
Or safety. Too much of value was subor,
dinated to their requirements, and college
authorities felt themselves obliged to in
terfero with the single devotion to ath-
letics that threatened physical as well as
mental injury Restrained within rea-
sonable limits, the intercollegiate games
and races will continue to play part
scarcely inferior, in their way, to the dis,
cipline Of ordinary college work So the
furore over general sports and emuse-
ments which now possesses the public
will pass away, as it ought.-St. Paul
Pioneer Press
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-08
sunstroke from Electricity.

TT Defontaine, the medical officer at.
tached to the French foundry at Creuzot.
recently cited severa! cases of sun.
stroke" from electric furnaces used at
these works to fuse refractory ores and
weld metals The luminosity of the fur.
mace Is expressed as of 100000 candle
power, or more. and though persons
standing in this intense glow feel no. un.
usual heat, they become conscious Of
acute pain. and for az hour or TWO after.
ward experience burning sensation and
pain In the neck. face and forehead. their
SKIN st the same time turning 4 coppery
red. Although it is customary to protect
the eyes with dark glasses. the spectator
Is blinded for several minutes in broad
daylight. and for nearly en- hour after.
ward the landscape appears of saffron
color The eyes feel gritty also, the ZACH
rymal glands are stimulated. and Sleep
lessness, with headache. sometimes re-.
suits. In ordinary sunstroke it Is usual
to blame the solar heat; but in this case
there Is little or no heat, and the effect is
apparently due to the intensity OF the
hght.-Detroit Free Press.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-08
Cap.aius Of Education.

We have captains Of industry and
finance. Why have We not captains OF
education-upen of leisure and culture.
capable Of enthusiasm and initiative,
ready to throw themselves into such =
cause and give Il their earnest consider
alton, their generous and active support
Among the Greeks. Plato. Socrates and
EpictetUs were among the teachers
Where shall we look for our great leaders,
masters, Patrons. even, WHO VIII see edu-
cation IN It's true light. and ferre Us to
recognize teaching as one Of the srandest
Of the s-ts-tAe art OF arts, fer IL goes 10
the building up Of the artist himself, and
Of even nobler types OF huIaaaitys-Ihe
Century.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-08

tered. as he walked away "roor fedE
When Mrs Price returned home a
few minutes later she found the library
unoccupied
Uncle Asa Is always impatient!
Surely he could have waited q little
| longer" she said.
He promised to wait ten minutes. but
! Pm sure he wasn't here more than Eve,
explained the servant
Il am very sorry that missed him. I"
said Mrs Price
She did not know what Fred had missed
by that early call of Uncle Asa's.
Fred wondered why he did not receive
the promised books, but concluded that
his uncle had forgotten them He had
greater cause for wonder when, after the
June graduation. be heard that his cousin
Henry had been taken into his uncis's
store
81 can't make it out. he said tc his
cousin 81 was sure Uncle Asa intended
to give me the place. He always appeared
to like me better than be did you"
ut was great surprise to me. con-
fess. Henry said He seemed so vexed
with me about that old book l chose. you
remember He hardly spoke to me the
next time met him: but he Is very pleas
ant to me now"
Il wish the matter could be explained
/ would like to understand it.
Fred understood it very soon. One day
in the beginning of July he received a
summons to his uncle's Office The inter
view did not last long. but perhaps Fred
suffered moro during the ten minutes his
uncle talked to him than he had in the
whole of his hfe before.
1T is only right you should know why
my choice fell on Harry" said the old
man, for | intimated to your father that
should choose you The knowledge may
be Of permanent benefit to you and infu-
ence you for good in a similar case. should
one ever occur. | gave you book two
months age with which you seemed I'm
mensely pleased Meeting you ON the
street week later asked you if you had
read it. You said you had, and praised it
highly was pleased with you, and con-
cluded that j had better settle at once the
matter Of your coming here. after your
graduation, to learn my business Invent
to your fathers house and your mother
being out, spent a few minutes in the
library. There saw the book had given
you. Some impulse led me to open it.
Frederick. you know the discovery made
The volume was roughly bound and
cheaply printed and the leaves were IN
cut Do you understand knew at
once that you had not only been guilty of
deceit, but of deliberate falsehood |
want in my employment no one whom
cannot trust. and my trust in you was
destroyed forever when left your fathers
house that day"
Fred tried to speak, but there was
lump in his throat which prevented his
doing So
You may 60 now" said his uncle,
but remember, my lad. that no matter
at what apparent COST it is always better
to stick to the old proverb, Honesty is
the best policy"
As Fred walked out of the Office be felt
the truth of his unc!s's words. -Philadel-
pEia Call
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-08
He prs.r. th. r;tv Girls.

There is certain Independence. sa1g
f!oid. daring 'chic. as the French express
it. that distinguishes New York giri from
her country cousins not only in the
street. In the cars and in the drawing
room. but alse under the tortnre of the
surgeons knife" said a noted oculist, as
he dismissed nervous patient at the
close OF a simple operation The coun-
try girls come in quaking with nervous
dread. and scream at the sight of sn In
strument and shrink from the smell Of
ether, but the self possessed city maiden
seats herself nonchalantly submits quietly
to hsving the cocaine put in her eyes. and
whatever operation follows she benrs with
the same dignity that she displays on all
occasions. and when it is done she
smooths on her gloves and quietly makes
her next appointment as coolly rs she
would make arrangements for drive or =
dinner Why. those little. slim. fra1
women viii bear things without a sound
that would send man flying out OF the
chair and dancing all about the place
with pain.
But the country women make great
time over the least little thing. especially
If she has little money Why. l had
patient over in Jersey, or. rather. didn't
have her after all, who kept writing to
me and making appointments and setting
times TO come, but never appearing, to
have her eyes Strengthened. Finally she
set DAY, then her husband wrote another
letter, and finally she started and some
one telegraphed the train she took. etc l
suppose shs expected to find coach and
four at the depot and the Office decorated
with flowers. OF course. it was nothing
unusual TO me and | didn't make much Of
time over it. said the cord would
have to be cut, and at that she few out
Of the chair, exclaiming Cut my eye.
guess notl wont have it doner and
she few out of the chair and flounced out
Of the Office. and I've never seen her from
thas day to this. The New York tailor
made girls are the girls for me; they are
correct and proper and always to be de-
pended upon as the rule of three. New
York Sun.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-08
lam myself 80 deaf that common con.

an myself SO Geaf that cC-rlcn con
versation is tnau6ible to ne when in g
room where there is no other noise. but
when there is singing CT instruments
playing can hear as well as any one, and
when ON board OF railroad cars in motion
! have frequently heard conversation
from the seat behind ne that those on
the seat with me could not hear. have
known a number OF people similarly
affected SIN 20 yeas CT age. aod have
been deaf for more than fifty years.
Charles Stone IN Scientific American
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-08
T11e eagle
ErAU DuHMANTE.

: Carisd up and sitting on berfeet
Within the windows deep embfasur4
Il Lydia; and across the street.
A lad with eyes OF roguish azure
Watches har buried IN Ter book.
In vain be srie0 to van q look.
And from the treilis ovel there
Blows sundry KISSES through the afr.
Which miss the mark, and fail unseen,
Uncared Tor. Lydia is thirteen.
Il
Ny led, you. without abuse.
VIII take advice from. one who's wiser.
And Dun his wisdom to more use
Than ever yet did youI adviser;
If you vii let a. none will do,
ADother's heartbreak serve for two,
You'll have a care, some four years hence
How you lounge there by yondsf fence
And blow those kisses through THAI screen
For LYDIA viii be seventeen
t. B. Aldrich In The Atlantic.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-08
rnd<rsta6yf.e Hes Sisters HsiA

ss' are yos Sosog rOvT aid ocs
sct-es& 70 pert sozbrs-ts when a.s Esrs
In dramatic agency
well. an s2<<rzsrsytng III s.s.sys
role a. sweesiear. WA :as half s-Ti-
cas-. hAls toezis- rey.y. ~fes SEE. Vel IS
easHx,d 10 rtck dudA ~. she do>zas
Ike ass a al. ara thinks sf .hrovsnZ Cd
tee ssse .. sseroeesd wife. Ia lie .ezrs-
time an making nyElf snisd with
The fellrv. 90 sAss II sister gives IN
shal bs ready 20 sep lcso The psxC
ies.ex rezfscA aad With al The tqae1
- - Ysez -
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-08
A New Slang Dictionary.

The new slang dictionary. Of which
Charles G Leland Is one Of the editors. Is
announced In London 1t Is a complete
compendium of unconventional phrase
olegy. embracing English and American
slang and eli the recognized vulzarisuas-
IL is probably SIS complete g gEies 10 con
verssVion il polite circles as can be found
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-08

A battle ak ef great s,rs that was oncs
the property Of scrce prehistoric chief-aiu
vas recently drg u7 Eear Bradford. o. IN
& neighboTbood tlzt IS ricA Il indian
relics. TAs az is made G. = gigantic Elk .
horn. and. singzlarly enough, there Is ca
g-zred On II the date i461-a-aesT yearz
before the discovery Of arzsrica 81 Co
iG2bus. The 81 Is elabcT2Ee!y ard beau
tifuHT carved. gas furnisae. an interest
ing szzzls 20 ths Local En-4S1A-iss--hsv
YORK Evening World
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-08

II Is said there e. . single ceunty Of
Iowa that Rises r.ore wheat each yezr
than al toe New Eay.xEc states
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-08

Vices. Ike misfortunes. seldom, X ever,
come sinclv III cle Essex
zen. bouianger enjoys being an author
but it Is suspected that he would ssshe-
be president than write
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-08

Every Few bosk OF arr p-oz..reace L
at cncs se1t 20 QUEEN VrSscrs-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-03
OrcheStrOne.

We have received the sole agency of tie
new instrument called "OrcheStronen 1t
in the shape of a regular parlor organ, and
operated by two foot-pedals; plays any tune,
and any one without the least music Il in
struction can play it, 1t produces the most
difficult fantasies, Overtures sOnates and
the popular music of the day. The Comb
nation Orchestrone Organ, with regular
key board, can either be played by itself, as
any other parlor organ, or as an accompa-
nlment to the OrchestrOne. No words can
describe 1t it must be cen and heard. 1t
is superior to all other instruments of this
class. We will sell it at special low intro
ductory prices. Call and see and hear it.
Also, new stock of Steinway and Gabler
Pianos, selected in person last week in New
York. SCHREINER's Music House.
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BUILDING IN MARCH.
Twenty-six Permits Issued by the City
Last Month.


There was quite boom in building last
month Clerk Of Council Rebarer issued 26
permits, mostly for dwellings. Among the
number, however, are several large build
ings and business houses, notably the
Whitfield building, the Guckenheimer
building, and the Parsons building. The
permits were as follows:
r. d. Guerard, six one-story tenements
at Zubly and Farm streets
John Harrington, two two-story dwell
ings on Huntington street.
w. d. Bearing, frame residence at Hall
and Barnard streets.
s. Guckenheimer, four-story brick store
at Bay and Jefferson streets.
John f. Carpenter, two-story building,
Henry street lane
George Turner, one-story frame tenement,
Waldburg street.
Andrew Mccormick, two-story double
tenement, New Houston street.
ID. A. Altick, two-Story frame house, Bar
nard street
William Cleveland, frame residence,
Duffy street
Annie Demers, frame tenement, Indian
street lane
Mrs. A. Minis. frame tenement, Hunt
ingdon street.
Mrs. S. NJ. Parsons, two-story brick build
ing, at Price and Liberty streets.
Union Society, three-story Whitfield
building, at Whitaker, State and President
streets.
City of Savannah, engine house. Wald-
burg street.
j. B Floyd, two frame tenements, at
West Boundary and Canal streets.
NJ. A. Mcneil, frame tenement, New
Houston street lane
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omething the Public Should Know.

som eJnlng Jne HuDllC should Know.
The articles, anonymous and otherwise,
appearing from time to time in the news
papers, making unfavorable reference to
Clevelands Baking Powder, are from a
rival baking powder company These arti-
cles are intended t. counterfeit, if DO Ssible,
the letter to the public from Gen. Hurst,
late Ohio State Dairy and Food Commits
sioler, in which he states that the Ohio
Commissions investigation of the baking
powders, based upon the State Chemists
analyses of thirty different brands, proves
that CIeveand's is a strictly pure cream of
tartar baking powder, entirely free from
alum, ammonia, lime, etc, aud that il is
absolutely the best and mo desirable bak-
ing powder manufactured: also that the
baking powder made by this rival com
pany contains ammonia, and that the Clevc-
lands is superior to 1t in every quality of
excellence Another object sougIt by our
competitors in the articles referred To is to
divert public attention from q scathing
but well merited rebuke administered to
them by Gen. Hurst Tor falslfying his Off
cial report i'll their efforts TO DO ster up their
baking powder when it compares 50 I'M
favorably with Cleveland's powder
1t is quite time that the public is made
aware Of the deceptive character of the
advertising of the baking powder company
Using their powder they have shrewdly
concealed their Use of ammonia in its man
ufacture and have persistently maligned
Cleveland's powder.
Cleveand'S Superior Baking Powder has
never been made of anything but purest
grape cream of tartar, purest bcarbonate
of Soda and IA small portion Of wheat -four
or starch, and has always been Absolutely
free from adulteration This is attestei by
the loading tbpmiStS N a tfarnut f,nt,tN of tb.N
country from analyses made of our powder
purchased 10y them in open market in their
respective localities, as shown 10y their GER
titicates in the circular accompanying each
can. We ask the public 10 show its disap
proval of the desplcable advertising meth
obs referred 10 by extending its patronage
TO Cleveahd's Superior Baking Powder,
which mas f1r eighteen years been first in
point of merit as pure, efficient and health
full bread leayening agent
CLEVELAND BROTHERS.
Albany, NJ y, March, 1855.
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HARDEN's HEAVY HAND.
Six Offenders Sent to the Camps for
Offenses.


The City Court was in session yesterday
with very full criminal docket, and Judge
Harden salted the offenders pretty heavily,
only two escaping severe penalty. Before
adjourning, the court adopted the Standard
Time, and fixed the hour of converting next
Monday at $50 O'Clock a. m. The follow
ing cases were disposed of:
State VS.. Joseph Artope. Simple lar
ceny. Stealing two tomatoes from William
Jones. Six months
State VS.. Henry Miller. Simple larceny
Theft of ten barrels from Theodore RAIDER
lex. Six months.
State VS.. Robert Holmes. Simple lar
ceny. Theft of rubber coat from Robert
G. Erwin. Six months.
State VS.. Brooks Owens Simple larceny
Stealing brass from Savannah, Florida and
Western railway depot. Eight months.
State vs. James Elliott. Assault and
battery upon Matte Johnson Acquitted
State VS.. James jefferson Wife-beating.
Nollied by request Of prosecutrix upon pay
ment of costs by defendant
State VS.. James Elliott. Misdemeauor
Resisting and obstructing Deputy Sheriff c.
Hansen in executing warrant from Justice
Mathews court against defendant Six
months.
State VS.. Berg Williams. Simple larceny.
Stealing brass from Savannah, Florida and
Western depot. Four months in the county
Jail.
State vs. John Anderson. Larceny from
the house. Stealing bacon and rice. Sent
up from Justice Patterson'S court. Six
months.
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He Had the Receipt for It.

A very good story is told Of a Valdostan
who took fancy to a Savannah brand of
cigars and ordered a box by mail The
order was not filed because the money did
Tot accompany the letter. The Valdostian
came to the city the other day and was
very indignant because the cigars had not
come to hand. The dealer told him the
reason The Valdostian said that he had
sent the money and could prove it, for he
had the postmaster's receipt for it. He
dived down in bis pockets and triumphant
ly exhibited his ''receipt," which proved to
be postal order. He thought all the cigar
man had to do was to go to the post office
and get his money, and that he should hold
the order as the receipt Where ignor-
ance is bliss tits folly to be wisen might well
apply to this case.
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easy as Mathis, he would go four or FIVE
hundred miles further South and never
| come back
Mathis further says that Bird told him
two different stories about tho two men.
One was that he knew them well, and had
worked side-by-side with them for twelve
months, and that they had told
by the white folks and that
they had walked forty miles that day. At
another time Bird told him that the men
came from about Whitesville and had
beaten their way on the train. 1t will be
remembered that Bird gave still another
version to a MORNING News reporter the
day he was incarc9rated in the jail.
Detective Wetherhorn did not have
Mathis locked up, but he is under sur
VIGILANCE. He has made two trips as a
trucker on the st. Nicholas to Fernandina
and return, and has shown no disposition to
get away.
BIRD TELLS ANOTHER STORY.
A MORNING NEWS reporter had another
interview with Bird in tho Jail last
night. Bird said that he could prove by
Henry Mathis that when the latter threw
down the sack containing the
two fore shoulders, that the liver
fell out, and that Mathis said
''dar's de liver" and that he Bird picked
it up and put it in the bucket. When told
that Mathis denied the truthfuTness Of such
statement he seemed to be considerably
shocked. Bird said last night that when he
heard the shot Friday morning Mathis had
gone to work. He denies that the two visits
were paid to him Friday night, as Mathis
alleges, and says there was but one, and
that was b. Mr.. Douglass, and not by Mr..
Oliver. Sird says that both barrels of Joe
Gill's gun were empty, and he denies that
he told Mathis where he would find the tell
tale muSket Bird was not told of the
arrest of Mathis until he had been
thoroughly sounded, and he repeated the
statements of the liver, which are shown to
be false.
THE DETECTIVES THEORY,
The theory is that during Mathis absence
in Savannah on Thursday the killing of the
beef was planned and Friday
morning Mathis was sent on to
work, Bird and Sam with one or perhaps
two, accomplices, killing the beef, Bird tax
ing the liver and the other the heart and
lights. Sam was left behind TO keep
watch out on the beef. The accomplices of
Bird went at night to get the beef, Bird be-
ing too smart to accompany them, as he sus-
Dected something from the action of Joe
Ferrill, who had met him that afternoon on
the dirt road. Birds story of meeting two
men that afternoon, one of whom had
gun, is the purest fiction, and the
two strange visits to the cabin
that night after the killing Of Joe
Gill, was to learn the result of the shooting,
and at one of which interviews Bird was
told where the musket could be found. De-
tectlve Wetherhorn believes Mathis story
to be much nearer the truth than the one
told by Bird, and Birds action in the city,
making no effort to find any such men as
he described, deepens the conviction of his
knowledge of who committed the crime.
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THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE.
Lucky Haul of Officers Neve and
Cronin Last Night.

Lucky Haul of Officers Neve and
Cronin Last Night.
Officers Neve and Cronin tried their hand
at the wheel of fortune last night at 8
o'clock, and made lucky haul. In fact
they drew all the prizes, capturing an iron
mounted, twelve-glass-paneled wheel of for
tune, with the blackboard upon which the
drawing was being registered and thu chart
of numbers, as well as the owner, white
man named t. w. Arthur, his colored assist
ant, James Green, and four negro patrons
OF the lottery-Fred Allen, Peter Cashier,
Thomas Brooks and NJ Middleton.
The blackboard had a placard attached
upon which was registered that the drawings
would take place each day at 2, and s
o'clock p. m sharp.
The wheel was being operated in Bay
lane near Barnard street. and the numbers
were in the wheel. All the parties were
lodged in the barracks, the first named two
charged with violating the laws of Geor-
gia, in running a wheel of fortune, and the
four last named charged with gambling.
The outfit is q costly one and was taken to
the police station,