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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-22
Medical Inspectors for Schools.

Medical inspectors of schools are being
gradually appointed In all the civilized states
of Europe. The Hungarian ministry of edu-
cation has just issued an ordinance for the
appointment of public school doctors II
will be their duty to periodically inspect the
school buildings as TO their light, ventilation,
water supply, retreats, the number Of pupils
70 the cubic space occupied, etc; TO examine
each pupil separately as regards the general
health of body, more particularly the eyes
and ears, the capacity of chest, the teeth,
hair, skin, etc. They must keep special &C.
count Of those that are sick or convalescent:
in case Of infectious diseases the doctor must
zee the pa ants at their own homes. He
must keep a special account Of the influence
school life exercises upon the bodily health
and mental development of each pupil
Chicago News.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-22
The Charge of the Future.

Writing in 1873 on the conclusions to be
drawn from his study of the Russian cam
paign against Turkey, Capt. Greene United
States engineers, said: "Four hundred men,
garrisoning little redoubt of 100 yards on q
side, and firing both from the parapct and
the ditch, can now in twelve minutes easily
deliver "a, 600 shots, a veritable hail of lead,
each pellet Of of which, if it strikes vital
part, is fatal, up to distance of a mile and
quarter; and if but one in twenty Of these
bullets finds its billet, the defenders will
have destroyed ], 200 men during the time
that the assailants are passing over this mile
and a quarter, l. e., three times their own
number" In 1868 the possible destruction
was less than twelfth Of that in 1877. But
it must be allowed that the possible destruc-
ton in 1883 will have doubled that of 1887,
and tho defense will have correspondingly
doubled its power. So the attack will be in
the future weaker than ever, whether against
works or mere field intrenchments or rifle
pits-New York Times.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-22
An Old Time Prophets Warning.
A Ill % Coo3 Er;dov and ST. Eaoroes

An Old Time Prophet'S warning.
April %, Good Friday and st. Georges
day.
April 20, Easter day and ST. Marks day.
June "a, Corpus Christi and st. Johns day.
In the year 1886 occurred for the first time
in centuries that combination Of holy days
and saints days which Nostradamus predicted
would be the sign of the END of the
World" His prediction, made in Latin over
800 years ago, was that the end OF the world
would come in the year in which Good Fri
day came on st. Georges day, and Easter
occurred on st. Marks day, Corpus Christi
came on st. Johns day.
Nostradamus was a celebrated physician
and astrologer in France, who died in 1866,
aged 60 years. "His predictions have been
for centuries the subject of an immense
amount of illustrative and controversial
literature" In regard to the time for the
fulfllment Of these great prophecies, no
thoughtful observer will say that the astrolo-
ger was very far wrong, for the signs clearly
indicate the beginning of the end Within
the next century we may see the downfall Of
the old despotisrns in Europe; the desolating
wars; the great tribulation; the rule Of COM
munis1n, n:hilism and anarchy; the dissolv-
ing OF the British empire, the division OF
her landed estates following the confscation
of her church property: the fall of the Turk
ish power and the restoration Of the Jews
to Palestine -Courier-J ournaL
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-22
How They Move" in Russia.

Th.y have funny way of moving goods
In Russia. l remember one day seeing q
procession of men going through the streets
with the household effects OF well known
family. Four of them had the piano resting
on their shoulders, while range was carried
by two others. Then followed men in single
file with tables, mirrors, trunks, wash boilers,
tubs, bed clothing and other goods On their
heads Wagons arc seldom employed in
hauling articles from one part OF the city 10
another. A Russian transfer OF freight
man carries around under his arm head
pad about the size OF the crown OF large
can 1t is usually made of leather and stuffed
with hair or hay. 1t is soft end generally
four inches thick On plate attached to
his coat lapel is word Of Russian announc-
ing that he is an expressman. He has no
cart. horse or help.
This man, single handed and alone, con-
tracts to remove every character OF goods
as rapidly and safely as if they were IN
charge of the great express companies OF the
large American cities. He associates with
him, if there is heavy furniture or haste IN
the work, q number of his cOnfreres, and
the men, sometimes to the aggregate OF g
score, simply walk into the house. pick VI
the goods and carry them out and to theil
destination in a twinkle. There is no groan
ing, packing, raising and adjusting about
draws or wagons. When the men get theil
loads on their heads they start out in lndiar
file and make little procession through tht
city. They never go down an unfrequentee
street, as they would lose an opportunity O
advertising their trade. A Russian thinks
no more of picking up warm cooking stove
placing it on his head, and walking coupl'
of miles with it without rest than an Amer
can would of carrying an overcoat.-Phua
| delphia Times.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-22
DR.. Coan on Proper Clothing.

Dr. Coan spoke of this go-as-you-p please
climate, and said that proper clothing was
one of the greatest precautions to health. The
scheme ought to DO how to keep warm ard
not too warm, and to vary the weight Of the
Undertaking worn not by the month or sea
son, but according to the temperature of the
day. If one dresses too warmly in the dog
days the skin becomes tender, and then when
the fall and winter blasts strike him be goes
down before pneumonia. To 60 without over
coats like the Anglomaniacs is equally fool
hardy, because the frame is weakened and
then comes bronchitis and pneumonia. The
doctor thought that every man who could
afford it should follow the Duke Of Yelling
ton, who had thirteen overcoats, picked out
the right one every day and lived to DO 81
years old Woolens and flannels, no matter
as to the color, are the only Undertaking
we should wear, and all Of US should have
three thicknesses. In the winter they retain
the heat after it has left the body, and in the
summer they absorb the perspiration and
permit it to gradually evaporate.-New York
Sun
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-22
Origin OF tho Sandwich.

OF the millions Of travellers who have par
taken of the luscious sandwich as they
Travelled through life and 6ined at the
gorgeous railway lunch counter, few prob
ably know where this hunger annihilating
Wand got its unique name. 1t was not from
the islands in tho Pacific ocean, as some sup
pose, nor from the sand (Which" is found in
some OF them. The sandwich is the inven-
ton of Lord Sandwich, an English aristo-
crat, who was such an inveterate gambler
that he would not leave the gaming table,
and had slices of meat placed between slices
of bread (which he devoured during the prog
resS of the games.-Hotel World.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-22
Fortune Hunting Fair Ones.

New York is filled with widows.
There are over fifty widows herewith in
dividual fortunes ranging from 81 900 600 TO
sl5.oOo,0 900. A majority of them married
old men, some Of them had been married be-
fore, others yielded to the inevitable at a
late period Of their existence. Generally
speaking, the women thus married had spent
the early portion Of their lives in teaching,
in housekeeping, or in the marriage state
with other men. Circumstances gave them
a hold upon millionaire this, that or the
other The hold became grip, and the grip
developed a tenacity loosened only by the
hand of death The surrogete's court has
been burdened by contested wills. Wills
made by venerable men Of fortune, who sue
cumbed to the destinations Of women in tie
late hours of their lives and disregarded the
claims of children, the tics Of affection, left
toe bulk Of their fortune to women who all
too often have been deemed simple fortune
hunters.
The records are humiliating.-New York
Cor. Globe-Democrat.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-22
Tho Contents Of Your Stomach.

Just for the fun Of it examine your stom-
ach and its possibilities
Take huge glass receptacle and put into
it precisely what you put into your stomach.
Throw in your morning cocktail, your oat
meal, your fish and bacon, your buttered
roll, your coffee, your water, your four or
five drinks Of whiskey during the morning
hours, your pigsfoot and ale, with bread and
butter. your drink or SO during the after
noon, your hearty dinner, oysters, soup, hsh,
rosst, vegetables, sweets, claret, bread,
champagne, few nuts and half a dozen
raisins and little bit Of cheese. Add to it
two or three drinks taken during the even
ing while at the theatre, and top it AL on
with your Welsh rarebit and nightcap, hold
inr it for examination land study on the fol
lowing day.
What then,-Joe Howard in New York
iIreDhic p. ~
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-22
Theatre Booths of Olden Times.

The story of the rise OF the drama to its
present position of respectability certainly
shows a remarkable number of hard knocks,
and the reward won by perseverance and en-
durance on the parts of the pioneers can not
be envied them. This is particularly true
with regard to what IVES then generally de-
nominated the strolling player. Travelling
then was not what it is now, and travelling in
this country was not what it was in England.
There were "stocks," or permanent compa-
MES, Just as there were in the earlier days on
this side of the water, but there also was
found the strolling player in all his glory.
The appearance Of the old caravans, then a
familiar sight, would now be distinguished
novelty. This old English plan was known
as tho booth. The caravan of those days bad
very much tho appearance Of the present
circus street parade. The wagons were
planned differently inside, but there was no
marked outward difference between them
and the circus wagon. In these wagons the
companies travelled, lived, slept and played.
They were made SO that the ends and sides
would let down, forming q temporary
theatre.
When tho company made stand, the
wagons were placed in such position that
they would form an inclosure, and over these
was stretched canvas; a floor could be put in,
at an elevation, and also swinging gallery,
presenting complete theatre, provided with
seats similar to those now used in the circus.
| The number of the wagons depended on the
size and financial condition of the company.
! The business was largely conducted on the
! commonwealth or cooperative plan, though
there were a few managers who employed
players and became responsible for all obi
cations The ordinary company was COM
! posed of twelve to fifteen persons, with ono to
! half dozen or more wagons, each drawn by
| four to six horses. Such companies would
! put on plays of the character Of Macbeth and
Hamlet, while Richard III was a great
favorite These they would present without
any scenic or mechanical assistance, but with
marked ability. Some Of the best actors the
world has ever known started out in this
style-among them Gustavus Brooke, Ed
,nund Kean and Campbell-St. Louis Globe
/ Democrat,
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-22
GARlBALcI AND ANITA.
The Great Rough Soldiers Irioo'e 70 his
Brazilian Wife.

Tho Great Rough Soldiers 1ri'1'e W hlis
Brazilian Wife.
rh,d r.e, ~ some human being who would
love me. Without such one neaI me e1-
istence was becoming insuppoa E"oie' az
though not old, knew men we'll en'usn "
know how difficult it is to find real Irlsno.
But a woman. Yes, woman; LOT na..
ALWAYS considered them the most perfect OF
beings, and, whatever men may say, It Il
infinitely easier to find really loving heart
among them. was walking on the quarter
deck of the Itaparica, wrapped In my SAD
thoughts, and, having reasoned the matter
in all ways, finally concluded to seek wife
for myself who would draw me out OF this
depressing and insupportable state OF things.
Nv glance fell by chance upon the houses
of the Barra, little hill thus caiied at the
entrance Of the Laguna (of st. catherine, In
BRAZIL. on which are some simple out pictur-
esque dwellings With the aid OK my glass,
which habitually held in my hand when on
the quarter deck, saw young girl l Or
dered the men to row me ashore In that direc-
ton, and disembarked and made for the
house which contained the object OF my voy-
age: but could not find it, when encoun-
tered person Of the place whom l hao
known on my first arrival. ne invited me
to take coffee at his house. we entereu, anu
tho first person on whom my gaze 1eii was
the one who had caused my coming on shore.
1t was Anita! The mother OF my Children.
The companion of my life and good and evil
fortune The woman whose courage nave
so often desired We both remained IN an
ecstatic silence, gazing at each other, hke
two persons who do not meet Tor the nrs'
| time, and who seek in each others inca
ments something which shall revive remem-
berance. At last Ealuted her, and said,
'You must be mine" spoke but little Portu-
guese, and spoke these audacious words IN
Italian. However, l seemed to have some
magnetic power in my insolence l mad tied
a Knot which death alone could break
Autobiography OF Garibaidi
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-22
Lemon Juice for Nose Bleed.

DR.. Geneuil writes to Tho Bulletin General
de Therapeutique that, after having tried
various means to arrest epista 1is in children,
he tried lemon juice, and for twelve years
has had from its use tho best results, with no
failures. His method is, first to wash out the
nostrils with an ordinary urethral syringe,
and then, having removed all clots, he in
iects with the syringe the juice Of the freshly
squeezed lemon. lie found that almost al
ways one injection is sufficient to stop the
bleeding in two minutes. He did not get
such results from using citric acid.-Popular
Science News.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-22
Rich, Poor. and Middle Class.

But the rich are happy, Is they judge hap
piness.
That is, they have good clothes, boxes at
the opera, diamonds, teas. dinners, and
idiotic chatter They miss no creature COM
fort. Imean, they arc warm and comfort
ably housed and experience no flesh and
blood discomfort.
And the poor, the very poor. are happy
that Is. with their idea Of happiness
They have the humbess fare: they have
their pipes and beer; they care nothing for
the noisone ssenches Of their unventilstions
they don't worry about furs or laces and
precious stones, and being used to discomfort
AMI accustomed 10 the indeicacies and rude.
nesses Of low existence, get along very nicely.
But the middle classi
But the middle class who don't know the
rich we'll enough to ask for help and are re-
strained from joining the lswsss and poorest
by q thousand and one repulsaens-oh, how
they suffer II is the shabby Genseel gar
rnent through which the wind penetra,es.
Joe Howard in New York Graphic.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-22
Daily eagle
A NEW YEARS SONNET.

I stand today as on mountain height.
About me throng the ghosts of persisted years:
Some wreathed in smiles, some touched by pen
sive tears
Some bent in weakness, some crowned by might:
So old are some their locks CLEAN snowy white.
And of these eidolons, each phantom rears
So wan forehead, it half disappears,
Like star shadow, dying into light.
And now, with voices soft. mysterious, low,
The phantoms whisper round ne, and seem
To hear life's blended memories come and go
In strange ethereal music fltfully:
The wailing sweetness of far winds at sea,
When twilight steals above the waves that
dream!
Paul Hamilton Hayne in Youths Companion.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-22
A MEDICINE MAN SUPPRESSED.
The Amusing Story Of . Powder Explo'
sion in an Eskimo Village.

The Amusing Story OF Powder E1PAo'
sion in an Eskimo Village.
There was another episode which these Pc
culiar people seemed to consider as huge
joke, which will explain as briefly as posi-
BILE, to show what the native people consider
as funny in the frigid zones. One of the
Eskimo men had painfully disfgured face,
to which he pointed SO often that one OF the
party was finally led to ask him the cause
He most cheerfully assented to explain, amid
the grins and suppressed laughter OF the
others When he was young boy he was
one of small band Of natives that came
upon the remains of Sir John Franklln's I'M
fortunate parties that had starved to death,
and they found many curious things among
the scattered material at the site OF the sad
scene.
One, which Immediately took his boyish
eve, was red fattened can that he found,
full of 'black sand" as he expressed it. The
"black sandn was of no possible use to him,
and on the first occasion be had to utilize the
can which was one winter evening when he
was sitting by the lamp in his snow house, he
poured this useless material out on the plat
form of snow that held the lamp, and in do
ing so Some Of it splashed in the fame There
was an instantaneous explosion, which he
tried to explain by yelling ''boom!' until
thought the top of my head had been knocked
of, and when some Of the shock had passed
away be found that the top Of his snow hut
had disappeared in the dark night, the stonc
! lamp was broken into pieces, and tho kitchen
utensils and parlor furniture all mixed up.
| He was a medicine man Of the tribe-that
is, one supposed to cure sickness by magic,
incantations, etc-and at the time the pow
! der can exploded patient was visiting him,
who disappeared in the confusion, and his
whereabouts was not known for q month or
two afterwsrd, when he turned up in another
! tribe farther south, whose doctors, he
claimed, were not of such q pyrotechnic
school Of medicine.
The medicine man said that his own nerv-
Gus system was badly shattered for long
time, and his hands and face were fearfully
SCARED as evidence Of his story, but If his
appetite was at all injured he had moro than
recovered, for he was the most enormous
eater, savage or civilized, that ever saw in
my life, and could easily dispose of q rein
deer ham at lunch whenever he came
around to repeat his story, which was alto
gether too frequent; but we luckily found a
good plan of Kidding ourselves Of him by the
apparent careless handling of powder can.
Frederick Schwatka in Woman.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-22
Irirn Alrrn for HnrSeR.

A New Yorker has invented a method of
saving horses in case OF fire The device Is
to be worked by either electricity or hand.
When the temperature rises to q certain
point bell rings. At tho same moment the
stable doors fly open and the horses are au-
tomatically unhitched, while two streams Of
water squirt from the wall at the right height
TO strike the horse in the face. To escape this
he backs out of the stall and perceives the
road to safety through the open doors.-Chi-
capo Times
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-22
1eslanders Going to Manitoba.

The total population OF Iceland appears to Be
threatened. 4 scheme has been set afoat in
Manitoba to transport IS 900 Icelauders still
remaining in their native country, together
with their focks and herds. This would be
an exodus as complete as was that OF the
children Of Israel from Egypt There has
been a steady flow OF Icelandic emigration
to Canada for the last fifteen years, yet the
population is said to be still too large for the
resources Of the island Several nouriahiny
towns peopled by Icelanders are already
found in Ganitoha-Chicaco Herald
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-22
what Becomss of the Antlers.

DR.. {. A. White, of Harrisburg. thinks he
knows what becomes of the antlers that deer
shed every year. Although the antlers when
the deer is killed before they are removed
will withstand all weethers for years, it is
very rarely that a pair that have been shed
gre found DIR. White asserts that he has
discovered a small insect that attacks the
antlers, and within short time after they
are shed destroys them by burrowing through
and through them.--ChicaGo Herald.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-22
4 Irnnical Climate.

Perspiring Stranger Ito policenlan)-I say,
officer, can your direct Inc to a clothing
storel
Pol,ceman-There is one just around the
corner.
Perspiring Stranger-Thanks. I'm Just in
from Dakota and | want TO get linen
6uster.-New York Sun
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-22
Nest Popular LsnRuaee.

Professor Kirchon, to decide a bet. recently
stated that Chinese was the most popular
Language in the world. II is spoken BY 400, :
OF, 200 persons; Hindostani by upward Of
loo, 900 900: English by more than 100, 600 600;
Russian BY mcre than 20 ,ooo, 600: German by
S, ooe, 900: Spanish by y. ooo, 600, and French
by 20, ooo, oOO.-New York Sun.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-22
Theatres and Their Employees.

The theatres of England number $50 and
they give employment oo'slo,ooo people
There are In the United States about 400
playhouses, giving employment to an army
The sums paid for amusements IN this coun-
try aggregate 81 zoo, 900 dsy, hutdnanaSeTs
complain that most of this goes to the rail-
roads.-Publc Opinion.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-22
To Remove Particles from the Eve.

Among the almost nunberless methods OF
removing PARTICLES from the eye, the follow
ing is recommended as an efficient means:
Make loop by doubling horse hair. Raise
the lid of the eye in which is the foreign
particle; slip the loop over it, and placing
the lid in contact with the eyeball, withdraw
the loop, and the particle will be drawn cut
with it.-Scientific American.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-22
Men More Liable to Consumption,

DR.. Mays has collected statistics for many
of the American cities, and also for other
countries, and finds that, so far as they go,
they establish the fact beyond doubt that
in civilized life the malo sex is more liable to
pulmonary consumption than the female
Popular Science News.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-22
A New Repeatfpg Gun,

said to have made a new repeating gun called
the ArChimedeS. which requires peither
powder nor compressed air 1t is an arrange
ment Of extremely powerful springs, and is
said TO carry quite as far as any ordinary
army rifle. Chicago Times. 'F
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-22
Tnfoue Kind OF Torture,

In cartain larg. west end shops the female
assistants are all doomed 70 a uniform size in
waists, varying from eighteen TO twenty
inches. Tall girls and stout girls. al must
conform to q measure six inches a. less
below the natural size-Pau Mall Gazette
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-22
He Forgot to Fix Himself.

Nebraska Hostess lat her evening party.)
You look somewhat distract, Mr.. Blizzard.
Do YOU find the party dull2
Mr.. Blizzard-Oh, not at all, Mrs Cyclone.
am enjoying myself bully, but find myself
q triie nervous
"How SOP
Il left Inv shooter at home Texas Sift-
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-22

Russian newspapers state that negotiations
are being initiated for the construction ct
three grest RuEoChinee railways, one be
tween Semipalatinsk and Shanghai, another
besweeu Chita and 4eEiS
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-22

It would be good thing if every news
paper would print sub title at the top Of
the first column of every page
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-22

1t takes every year /, ooo, 900 horses tails to
keep q Pawtucket halrcloth factory in run
ming order.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-22

Robert Louis Stevenson says that the poet
is in every man And the editor exclaims:
s.Ah, there! Stay there!'