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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-13
The Girl of the Period.

It is depiorabe to think that our BOYS. who
have SO much desperate hard work before
them, will have no better helpmeets than the
girl of the period, who can only strum the
"Boulanger March" on the piano, whose idea
OF bliss is to sing some trumpery music shop
ballad without expression or taste. and whose
idea of a gentleman is one who does not work
for his own living. ] heard a conversation
between one of these sweet creatures and her
father one evening recently 1t was de-
cent middle class household, and the parents
had been giving a small carpet dance to
please the youngsters. For pianist they hired
young Lady from q neighboring music shop,
who had gladly come to play vaIses and
quadI1lles for the modest remuneration of
half sovereign Before the end of the
evening the father, very courteousIy, as I
considered. wishing to place the young lady
on an equality with his guests, asked his wife
TO play a valse while he offered himself as a
partner 70 the relieved musician can con-
ceive nothing more graceful But it did not
appear so 10 his daughters, who soundly
rated him for dancing with dependent.
why, Sis is nobody!" screamed ono i'll bred
young girl; "she is not q lady Why, she
comes to this house for ten shillings and her
supper. The idea OF your dancing with her,
pspar-London Cor. America
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-13
90 rar raIKer He can, by practice, learn

oe rar raIKer. He can, by practice, learn
to present his ideas consecutively, clearly and
in what you may call form" but there is as
much difference between this and an Grafton
as there is between skeleton and living
human being clad in sensitive, throbbing
flesh. There are millions Of skeleton makers,
millions of people who can express what may
be called "the bones" Of discourse, but not
one in million who can clothe these bones.
You can no more teach a man to be an Or
ator than you can teach him to be an artist,
or poet, of the first class When you teach
him there is the same difference between the
man who is taught and the man who is what
he is by virtue of a natural aptitude that
there is between pump and spring-be-
tween q canal and river-between April
rain and water works. 1t is question of
capacity and feeling-not Of education.
There arc some things that you can tell an
orator not to do. For instance, he should
never drink water while talking, because the
interest is broken and for the moment he
loses control Of his audience. He should
never look at his watch, for the same reason.
He should never talk about himself He
should never deal in personalities He should
never tell long stories, and if he tells any
story and that he k,fsw the parties. This
makes it a question of veracity instead of a
question Of art He should never clog his
discourse with details. He should never
dwell upon particulars-he should touch uni
versals because the great truths are for all
time.-New York Mail and Express.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-13
The Science of Electricity.

The last twenty years have seen more adj
vance in the science of electricity than all
the 5000 historic years preceding. More is
discovered in one day now than in a thou
sand years of the middle ages, SO that, liter
ally, "a day is a thousand years" We put it
to all sorts of uses. We make it carry our
messages, drive our engine, ring our door
bell and scare the burglar. We take it as a
medicine, light our gas, see by it, hear from
it, talk with it, and now we are beginning to
teach it to write. The question naturally
arises in contemplating this subject: "What
is it?" can imagine the last man on the
last day asking this same question: what
is it" At one time, not long ago, it was sup
posed to be fluid; by some two fluids, a
positive and negative But in this day
there are few who DO not believe it to be
simply mode of motion; not matter, but a
condition Of matter; and not q mechanical,
but a molecular motion. By mechanical
motion is meant motion Of the mass, and
by molecular motion is meant a motion Of
the ultimate particles of which the mass is
made up.-Scientfic American
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-13
Singing in the Public Schools.

The system of singing now taught in the
public schools is productive Of wonderful re-
suits. The children are not taught from
song books, as was the old style, but they are
first made to sing and understand the notes
Just as in other studies the text book has
been superseded by the oral lesson, so, too, in
this case 1t is too, in fact, an object lesson
in vocal music. In the movable do system
which we use the child is made to appreciate
the full value of every note, and they learn
to read music at sight in a remarkably short
time. In one year, under the present method,
a child advances as much as it would under
the old method in three years Then, too,
the lessons soften and modulate the voice and
render it more flexible for Evolutionary pur
poses The orators OK the coming generation
will have sweeter music in their tones than
the orators of the present tims.-Nicholas
Ravold in Globe Democrat
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-13
sTUFFING THE MEMORY.
That Faculty Cultivated in Our Schools 1t
the Expense of Other Powers.

That Faculty Cultivated in Our Schools 1t
the Expense of other Powers.
We have seen a certain class Of educational
experts" who attached more importance
concerning the knowledge Of the authorship
Of some musty, dusty, rusty, long forgotten
book than they did to giving child any
amount of practical knowledge The educa-
tional premium is now for stuffed memories.
That faculty and organ is cultivated at the
expense of other powers The "smart" boy
or girl is the one who can repeat the most
Names dates, words and sentences-and for
get them year afterward. 1t is no indica
ton Of bright, comprehensive mind, quick
to see and quick to act, that it can repeat the
dictionary 'by heart" after a few weeks
study, or commit to memory thousand SEN
fences in six months.
Such over stimulation Of memory dea6ens
other faculties This is often proved The
smart scholar in after life very often be-
comes the literary drudge to the very man
who when boy at school was called stupid
because he wouldn't learn his lesson. So far
as certain practical success in life is con-
cerned it was fortunate for him that he
wouldn't or couldn't make of his brain a
stuffed mental sausage case full Of names,
uGttS, OOUiN4d1 les, dSllllllOLlS 1lu1 ScuUcuCtS
Of whose real meaning df there was any he
knew next to nothing. Had he been thus
turned out the premium prize essay memory
cramIned scholar, the mental rag bag, full
Of shreds OF information, he would have been
loggy and top heavy with the load, slow to
see chances, incapable of an original plan or
idea, and afraid or indisposed to execute
anything unless it was previously learned
out Of book. Garfield never spoke
greater truth than he did in saying that
ANY child was fortunate who escaped the
abuses now rampant in our public school ed
ucation."
An intellect is not mere memory. It is
power to do and accomplish results through
ideas generated out of itself, and the MEM
DRY is one factor to pick up and hold what
it needs for the time to carry out such re-
suits. Educatiou-from educo, to draw out
indicates the drawing out and exercise of
the powers and talents inherent and born
with a mind, and not the examining Of a
certain department Of that ulind-Prentice
Milford in New York Star
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-13
Santa Fee Route.

Colorado and Utah excursion rates com-
mencing April lst, 1888 and continuing
sale until September S0th, 1888, unless 9TH
erwise advised, the Atchison, Topeka s.
Santa Fe railroads will sell tickets TO the
following summer resorts, viz: Denver,
Colorado Springs, Pueblo and Trinidad for
$>233 round trip; Salt Lake and Ogden SIS 10
round trip, tickets good for three months
from date of sale with a limit of thirty
days going and returning with stop-over
privileges The Santa Fe is the only line
having morning and night trains TO these
points. also the only stone ballast line be-
tween Wichita and Denver. Its bridges
are all iron and stone, making II the
smoothest. safest and most comfortable
route TO the west, besides saving from eight
to ten hours in time. For further infor-
nation about side trips etc, call at Union
ticket Office, 122 North Main street. Union
depot, Oak street and Douglas avenue sta
ton. W. IL. MURDOCH,
left Passenger Agent
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-13
Marking Goods at Odd Prices

dealers to mark their goods at some odd
prices, such as %, a or % cents Said
Broadway dealer the other day: "You would
be surprised to see how much Of an induce
ment these markings are TO purchasers The
return of two or three cents ii change seems
a small matter, but long observation has
taught me that many person VIII buy an
article for q cents, for example, which he
would not buy if it were marked . cents.
The principle also extends to comparatively
high priced goods, which are often marked a
certain number OF dollars and an odd number
of cents The odd price is almost invariably
SO fixed as to be slightly less than the value
of some coin In common use. the idea being
to tempt the purchaser by the return Of the
small amount of chanZe-New York Sun.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-13
Jokes Of COLLEGE Students.

Cornell students and Jeremy Smith, q
neighborina land owner, are again on the
war path. The bone Of contention is the
right Of way over Smiths pond This right
has been contested every year for some years
post Once in g while the body of water is
tapped at the siuice way. Smith is very
particular how the students shall pass his
domain In coming to the campus The
students are not This leads to threats on
one side, and practical Jokes on the other
The trouble began in the side hill potato
tish OF Mr.. Smith. His wagon started OF
aimlessly toward the bank No ono was in
sight, but a crowd of concealed students were
hauling rope While Mr.. Smith went to
the rescue Of his wagon, some studauts at
tached long wire to ths NOV and he'd It
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-13
The CoIonels MONOPOLY broken.

at may be a fact" says an Arizona ex-
change, that tie Western Union Telegraph
company is giant and grasping monopoly
as charged in some quarters but it neverthe-
less remains that the building of line of
this company TO Bob Cat City has broken up
one of the worst monopolies that ever in
tested our city. We refer to Col Bolo, who,
possessing the only tree in town with large,
strong limb at the proper distance from the
ground, has been in the habit of renting 1t
out to lynching parties at IS per meeting.
1t has, of course, been sn inspiring sight, and
one that spoke volG.nes for the get up and
ge. Of our citizens, to see the colonel standing
on his well kept lawn, and, when business
was brisk, hear him shout: Cut down the gen
tleulanl NextF But nevertheless it has been
rather extensive and be could have well
afforded to have rented the tree as low as
twelve bits or s.
1.-The Western Union Telegraph ccnpany.s
plant has, however, done away with all thus
Last night One Eyed Smith was adjusted to
tho cross bar Of the pole in from: Of the post
office by the Willing Workers Vigilance COM
mittee, while Yankee Bunker, Pizen Pete and
another gentleman, whose name we could
ooe learn, were suspended from the next
three poles to the north under the auspices Of
The Western Improvement society 1t IS
rumored that prominent citizen Of Paradise
Valley was seen securely attached to another
pole four miles north Of here. II 1t is true
the North Side Higher Plane association
must have commenced operations, as we
trust it has. there being q loud demand for
such an organization in the valley. This
makes Bob Cat City independents Of the
colonel's trea BE has put up fine swing
fer his children from the historic limb,
which. Of course. pleases them, though Mrs
Solo, being fond Of society, finds is some
VIVA. lonely at Hemp Retreat since the
various associations stopped meeting there"
New York Tribune
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-13
Sponge Industry Of the bahamas.

Or the Neapolitan coast and in other parts
of the Mediterranean, where these elastic
articles are found, diving is the approved
msthod OF getting sponges In the clear,
white water of the Bahamas however.
cranes are used Cranes are long poles,
varying in length from twenty to thirty
eight feet, with curved prongs at one end,
end are employed to detach the sponge from
The rock to which it clings and to convey it
to the boat In which arc the fishermen So
clear Is the water that, with the aid Of q
water glass, pail or boz, With glass bot
tom, fishermen can easily distinguish sponees
from other forms Of marine plant life at the
depth Of fifty or sixty or more feet When
first taken from their Businesses sponges ap-
pear and fed like pieces of raw, soft liver,
bang slippery, elastic, ugly and repulsive. In
color they range from dirty purple to dull
chocolate
Having bean brought to the deck Of the
6ahermons schooner the spongee are washed,
rubbed and dried They are then strung on
k3Eands, dozen q a ssEand. and are washed
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-13
Cheap Rates

Via the Missouri Pacific railway, the
new short line to all Colorado, Utah and
Pacific coast points. Commencing April
lst and continuing thereafter until Sep
TENDER 30, round trip tickets will be sold
via this line to Pueblo. Denver. Colorado
Springs and Manitou at 81. 90, to Ogden
and Salt Lake at Si5. 30 and other points in
proportion. Tickets good three months
with limit of thirty days in each direction
allowing stop overs at any point. Leaving
Wichita at 1920 p. IN. passengers have
choice of elegant new free reclining chair
cars, (the only line having this service). or
Pullman buffet sleepers to Denver. From
Geneseo through to Denver without
change Quickest time and finest road.
For reservation of berths or any informa-
ton call at city ticket Office, No. 127 North
Main street L. f. BLECKLET,
l20tf Pass. and Tkt. Agt.
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Dissolption Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the firm of
s. c. Heyman & Co., composed of S c.
Heyman and L. Ackerman heretofore do
ing business at No. 152 North Main street,
Wichita. Sedgwick county, Kansas, in
millinery and notions, is dissolved. s. c.
Heyman retiring, and the other member
of the firm, l.. Alderman, succeeding TO
said! business. The said L. Acker
man, assuming and to pay all
the 4 liabilities of said firm and TO
collect all credits and accounts due said
firm. :. c. HEYMAN,
l.. ACkERMAS.
The said l.. Alderman, successor of the
above firm announces TO the public that
he intends to continue the same business
at the old stand and respectfully solicits
former as well as new patrons for his share
of their patronage. l.. AChERMAN.
H41-2t
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A Plantation Of the Present.

The plantation is not quite thing Of the
past The ''Bellan,y place, down near Quit
man. Ga, has 5000 acres undsr one ow ner,
is cultivated by l5o plows, has upon it moro
than 500 negroes of all sizes, about 800 OF
whom are able bodied men, each Of whom Ia
personally known to Maj. Bellamy, the
owner and r1anaser-who delights above all
things II good work, good stock and good
crops-and In the wide, substantial, airy
mansion house keeps up style OF living
tina. does not suffer BY contrast with Before
the wars-New Orleans TimeSDsmoCst
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Fvcrvhosv Talps II

The Chicago, Kansas d Nebraska rail-
way (St. Joseph 4 Iowa Railroad Co,
iesseeJ, is the best equipped line west Of
the Missouri river. Our equipment was
built expressly for this line by the Pull
man Palace Car Company, which Is a guar
antee - the travelling public that Il -
strictly first class. You will find all Of our
coaches elegantly unhoistered and very
comfortable in every particular. IL you
are going To any part OF Kansas or Nebras
ka. or 10 any point east, remember you will
never regret having started right, by tax
ing the Chicago, Kansas Sc Nebraska rail
way. fRock Island Routel. For further
particulars address Jno. Sebastian. G. T. e
=. A., Topeka. Kan to-1
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AL persons who have been notified By
the undersigned 20 work on the streets as
per city ordinance, failing 20 appear at
the time and place specified in said notice,
will On and after this date De promptly
dealt with according TO law, and warrants
for their arrest be issued against them
without further notice j. y. SToyg.
Street Commissioner
Wichita, Kan. Nay Is. 1854 ia Il
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We Offer to Close.

Gown wlJn DucKeUs or sea water three times
day until the schooner reaches one Of its
crawls- Crawls are large, half submerged
stockades of saplings, generally sapodillas
and unfamiliar sub-tropical growths, bound
together with MANILA and palmetto FIBER
The catch is deposited in these, and kept un-
der water until the vessel makes its final
round and draws its deposits preparatory to
taking them to Nassau-Cor. New York
Sun
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DON'T BE ncceixei

You can buy OF US just as we advertise;
- lbs. granulated sugar, 81; "a lbs. extra
sugar, 81; hams. 13c per pound: break
fast bacon, PC: dry salt meat, l014c; prunes,
sc; Arbuckle or Lion coffee at pc, and all
other goods cheaper than any house in the
state. John ~ Jewett & Co., 107 East
Douglas. 46 st
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-13

The following are the transfers OF rea
estate filed in the recorders Office yester-
day
Abram Tice to K NJ R'y Co. right of
way through Sc or, 10, %, Wv. ...-:s ooo
S Armour to X NJ R'y Co, right OF o
way through NV Or s. %, 2w....... 4oo
A Lafferty 70 J r Taylor, lots 50 to
95, avenue II, 2nd Sunnyside add 5000
T w Barnett to Dunkin q Speer,
lots q and %, Hendryx Ave, Glen
dale add. Observation-Disclosures. 52O0
T w Barnett to Dunkin & Speer,
lots II and 10, Hendryx Ave, Glen
dale add. .--...;; 3OO
A T Ebey to S r Roberts, lot %, Sd
St, Valley Center. ......-......... 400
o q Smith to c Alexander, lots Ii
and Is, blk Z, Woodland add. 500
c F Coleman to J Stoner, lots 100 and
102, University, Lawrence's 9th
add. .-.-.-.--.-- ooVO
J l. Mead to L Jacobs, lots 9 to 10,
block B, Princess add. ......-. 1900
AL Woods to B P McNair. n w or
and n u 8 or, 10, %, 2 w...... 5000
l. Davis to Reynolds & johnson, 10
acres in 10, q, 3 e.................. $500
A Edwards to Geo Edwards, lots
IS and 81, Oak st, TelliDghast's
add. 1000
r Pittinger to K NJ Ry Co; 4 15-100
acres in 28, % 1e................. 200
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astray. By the time The plow and the
wagon were corralled, the buggy was Oh
served disappearing over the edge Of the
bank. The irate proprietor followed a sus-
pected student to recitation, and demanded
an introduction to the teacher The student
introduced him to an older student as Pro
fessor Jenkins, who exhibited all kinds Of
righteous indignation, and promised, if neces-
sary, to expel the whole freshman class
The Argonaut
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-13

kssA. ssI Greer wsss Tee sAsssz us.s.
asmSt . ia ne Las.
Each township trastes should hare q
irus.ses reoord, rad record. poor r.eorsi
AID full sst Q. township records Ard other
blanks worth a. isASt e. AIso same s.sr
tsoosry.
Each township treasurer should kav. a
tr~aeurers record
Zach tcvnssi , clerk should have clerks
record and warrant book
Zach justice Of tie peace should tavs .
eivi4 Gocfet. criminal 6ockss. stray record
trsnscyspfs. Compiled l4~s Of is1S. AID Q
III! a1scr-rEso, Of blanks
Zach conx-aols scould have a Aksort-
nent OF blnnka
Eaen road oYerseer should bar. q roaG.
oversee-x aceorn. bock. rrceiys took fer
labor, rscss,. took for eTtrH work ard .
rece.Y. book for material used
The above saonid b~ .araass>6 70 "a,
officers Of each well regulated tcwnahio AZ
the expense u tbs sowBa.sip
Fer sac a. the EA1Lx ossce. Orsss-n
promptly a.led 81 nal or exyrsss prepaid.
81 wiz
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LORENA, Kan, July IL, 1888.

Sealed proposals will be received by the
school board of district 81, at Lorena, Kan,
up to July ii, 1888, when the bids will be
opened) for the purpose of building a
school house 30x40 feet, twelve-foot story
House to be completed within sixty days
from the letting of contract. Plans and
specifications with the board. The con-
tract will be let to the lowest and best bid
der. The board reserves the right to re-
ject any or ali bids. Spot cash will be
paid for the work and material.
,JNO. S. MCKINLEY, d. j. REBER,
4S St Director Dist elk.
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Fast Train to 81. Louis and the East via the
Missouri Pacific Ny

Composed of day coaches, elegant free
reclining chair cars, and Pullman sleeperS,
leaves Wichita at lbs a. m. runs
through TO St Louis solid, arriving there
at 640 a. IN, next day This is three
hours quicker than any other line and the
only other line running both reclining
chair cars and Pullman sleepers from here
through without change. City ticket office
127 Main street.
+. r. BLECKLEY,
d140tf Pass and Ticket Agent.
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To my friends in Sedgwick county hereby wish
"a .sy that am a candle for the State Senate,
subject to the win of the Republican county con
yention II 1 receive the nomination i snail be
grateful II elected / shall labor for the best in.
terests Of my district and the state at large II
some OF her gentleman shall be the choice OF the
Conyenrion fshall say amen. and roll up my sleeves
and work for his success. Yours truly.
~ dz} Z. P. FORD.
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NEW THROUGH CAR SERVICE
u. Colorado short Line TO Pueblo and Denver
Missouri pactnc R.,lrayl

Commencing today, Sunday April l
solid trains composed Of coaches and Pull
man buffet sleeping cars, will be run daily
between Kansas City and Pueblo and Den
YER via the Missouri Pacific railway and
Colorado Short line Leave Kansas City
at $50 a. m Train leaving Wichita at 3.2o
o. m, connects with the train AT Geneseo
Kan For time tables, information and
reservation Of sleeping car berths, call at
the city ticket Office, III Main street. or
depot Office, corner md and Wichita Sts-
E. K. BLEcELET
diff Passenger and Ticke, Agent
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-13
swab& Closer, TaiIors, 2o6 Main ST.
c&fuun

The G. K & " Ry., Rock Island
Route, are now running the most elegant
chair cars between Wichita and Kansas
City that are used in Kansas This is the
only line running chair cars on morning
trains to Kansas City. This is the only
line running chair ears through 10 Chi
cago. This IS the only line running chair
cars to Topeka and 81. Joseph. This is
the great line between Wichita and all
points north. east and south Call a; No.
so e Douglas avenue tif
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Mile Comes Out . winnsn

Mile was inst entering her third sz1mn-r,
and her auntie was trying 10 teach Der her
letters The little midget got along nicely
until she came to ". Now say ". double
you, d-o-u-b-l-eu,n trving to make 1t plain
Double me- persisted the child, apparently
understanding it so. Auntie grsw tired and
discouraged, and finally said: Wen, then,
say double me-" Double auntie,' quickly
exclaimed the triumphant little nuissrce, and
ran screaming and laughing swny.-DeEois
Free Pres
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-13

A New and Important Book for Kansas
Lawyers.

kansas Pleading and Practice in Civi
Cases, with forms. by Irwin Taylor, of
the Topeka bar, author of 'Brief-Digest."
Annotated Code" etc Octave 60
pages, 81 Let. Sent postpaid on receipt OF
price. The WICHITA EAGLE,
Wichita Kan