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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-24
The Zulus' Military Tactics.

The Zulus are a war like race and their re-
cent record in the war with England showed
them to have an instructive knowledge of
military tactics best suited to their arms and
themselves. For ages they have held their
own against the other tribes. and rose TO their
higher point of power under the rule of tho
terrible Tchaka
In the native fights each man throws his
assagais at his enemy, catching his opponents
on his shield, if possible, then throwing them
back again. Tchaia had his soldiers asSagais
cut nearly through at the base of the shaft.
SO that although still strong enough to Kill 8
man, they would break if caught upon the
shield or ground, or upon the man falling
with one in his body; this expedient placed
ali the sound assagais in the hanss Of his Own
men, who then rushed upon their fees stab
bipg them without mercy.
A curious fact is that over 1900 years be-
fore harius, the Roman, in his war with
Cimbri, did very nearly the same thing
Their javeiin. called plum, had the rivet
far.hest from the point removed and q
wooden peg Inserted just strong enough to
carry it in its flight Tchaka also invented
the short or ssabbing assagai, and introduced
tie trick Of receiving the enernies' second
fire, which exhausted their sssag.is, and then
charging home with their deadly short one
He rutllessly killed every man who WAS
wounded in the back, or who fsile6 70 re.aia
his spear and shield after the batils-WiH
P. Pond IN brakes Magazine.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-24
Tobacco q euro for Group.

Although DR.. s. Leavitt, professor Of
Hahnemann college, does not use tobacco In
any form, he is never without small pack
age of fine cut in his pocket, and the reason
Of it is this: A gentleman Of the doctors
acquaintance told him how he had saved his
child's life after all the doctors had given her
up. She had membraneous Group, and while
the mother, from sheer exhaustion, had lain
down for few moments rest, the father sat
by the child. The hard, difficult breathing
of the little one, growing fainter and fainter
as the throat clogged up, was torture to the
father. Everything in the way of emettcs
had been used, bus without effect, but sud-
denly an idea struck the nearly distracted
father. He remembered how dsathly sick
be was the first time he chewed tobacco, and
having q cud in his mouth, without thinking
twice he opened the childs mouth and placed
the tobacco in.
The father knew It was a desperate act,
and he waited in terrible suspense for the re-
suit 1t came, and quicker than he could
have hoped There was a sudden convulsive
movement and the poor little thing was
nearly doubled for an instant, and seemed to
writhe in agony when, throwing herself for
ward, there shot from her throat a chunk Of
almost solid phlesm at least two inches long
and having through it passage no larger
than a small lead pencil After a few min
utes Of retching the little one lay quietly
back and slept calmly and sweetlv. and the
next day was playing around the house with
all her wouted vim. Dr. Leavitt remarked
that it was a tough remedy, but said be
would always carry tobacco hereafter. and
he does.-Chicago Herald
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-24
At Home, Sweet Home.

Bunker tat dinner tablel-Strangest thing
happened, my love, today. I met Charhs
Blazer.
Mrs Bunker-Charlis Blazeri Well,
never did, Johnny, take your elbows OF Tia
table. What did he have TO sayi More
coffeel
Bunker-Hah cup. We talked about old
times and-Thomas, don't rattle your fork On
your plate He said-
Mrs B.-Aane, leave the room II you
can't keep quiet Is he living in Boston yet
Bunker-No; he moved to-Tom. see who's
at the door, and If it's a beggar, tell him nc
to Portland, and he thinks he will
Mrs B.-Mercy On usi Kate, do be care.
full You nearly put out babys eye with
your finger. So glad to hear it Did you
tell him
Tom-Mau with . ton Of coal
Bunker-Must be q mistake; tell him to
try next door. told Charlie
Mrs B.-Excuse me, dear. / hear Mrx
Battles calling me over the back fence.
Bunker twfth sorgy)-H ever Try to tell
story again L (Chokes himself On hil
coffee md subsiias.} Free heA
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aails eagle
THE DIVINE POET.

Whatever lacks purpose Is evtl; pool without
pebbles breeds slime;
Not any one step hath chance fashioned on the
infinite stairway Of time;
Nor ever came good without labor. in toll, or In
science, or art;
Il must be wrought out through the muscles, born
out Of the soul and the heart.
Why pillow in the stubble with plowshares, why
winnow the chat from the graint
All, since all Of His gifts must be toied for, since
truth Is not born without painl
He giveth not to the unworthy, the weak or the
foolish In deeds;
Who giveth but chat at the seed time shall reap
but q harvest OF weeds
As the pyramid builded of vaporis blown by His
whirlwindS to nought,
So the song without truth is forgotten; Els poem
Is man to mans thought.
whatever is strong with a purpose. In humbleness
woven. soul pure,
Is known to the Master Of Singers. He toucheth
it, saying, Endure"
Charles J. O'Ma1ley In Boston Post.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-24
A Canadian Settlement.

The colonial method of dividing the
lots of land into long narrow ribbons is
still followed throughout the province.
The houses all stand along the roads as
beads on string, with the church for a
crucifix and uniting point. The settle
ment once formed, the next step is to
make it into parish and endow it with q
church, the life and soul of this system Of
civilization. The church is well named
the peoples palace, for quite independ-
emily Of the deep religious comfort it
brings to them, it gives these peasants
their only sight Of material beauty and
art, their only taste Of intellectual life.
The settlers soon wish to replace the rude
log chapel with something more imposing
and ornate, and possess the permanent
satisfaction of resident priest.-C. H.
Farnham in Harper's Magazine.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-24
THE sENsE2oF SMELL

Concerning Its Development in the Beasts
of tho Field.
Apparently developed In much greater
degree than that Of horses is the seeming
power of cattle Most animals seem to identi-
fy their young by their smell The barbar-
ous custom still prevails throughout the
country Of placing the hide Of a butchered
calf before its mother to stop her mournful
lowing. It would be rating human acumen
rather high to suppose that a mother could
recognize her baby by its skin, yet a COW will
identify the bloody relic Of her offspring and
instantly cease her noisy grief. Yard fed
cattle nose their hay filed racks and bins,
and from the many varieties OF dried fodder
select only such as will please their palates
and nourish their bodies.
Cows eat many kinds Of fungi-the com
mon puhball when young, mushrooms, fairy
ring champignon, and some wood growing
toadstools, by which their milk is much
affected; but by far the greater number they
pass untouched with contemptuons sniff
The pig, from the well known and proverb-
ial length Of its combination nose, would
naturally be expected to have en-
larged olfactory sense, and SO it has
When its omniyorous appetite Is con-
sidered, and it is remembered that it seeks
the greater part of its food by blowing
under the surface Of the ground to obtain it,
where it cannot see and must detect it by the
process Of smelling before it can get it to its
mouth to taste it, its discerrInent Of the
edible and non-edible from the countless
things its nose encounters is, to say the
least, highly complimentary to that much
derided organ 1t Is said that Learned pigs"
they are worthy of capitals. are first trained
to their card playing accomplishments by
placing grains of corn under such cards as
they are afterward by zigns instructed to
move.
The ground mole, with fur covered eyes,
capable at the best of discerning bright Light
only, discovers and chooses food In its sub
terraneen cropping by Its long, delicately con-
structed nostrils. Sheep are even more dainty
than cattle in selecting their nourishment,
and, like all other animals, depend almost
entirely upon the sense Of smell Lambs,
after long separation from their mothers,
will seek them out in large herd But e1-
perience goes to show that sight and hearing
are auxiliary to scent in some cases, as lambs
frequently fail to recognize their mothers
after the latter have been shorn.-New York
Times.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-24
arhose used BY the better ca. Of erug.


gists,' replied the druggist, 'are, In re-
ality, composed of mixtures OF chemicals.
Some use bottles of colOred glass filled
with water, but these do not reflect the
light from the gas Jets as the chemicals
do. For red, the most common of all, we
mix iodine and iodide of potassium with
water. Some add alcohol to prevent
freezing. Blue is formed by mixture of
sulphate of copper, commonly called blue
vitriol, and water of ammonia. Plain BIZ
chromate Of potash in water forms the
yellow coloring, and green is made by a
mixture of the blue and yellow, or else
from nickel dissolved in nitric acid. A
pretty crimson color may be made
by combining alkanet root and oil
of turpentine, and lilac is the re-
suit of q mixture Of crude oxide of cobalt
and nitric acid. Royal purple, one of the
prettiest of the window colors, is made by
dissolving logwood or cochineal in am
monia or sulphate of indigo. Pink is
nitrate Of cobalt and seSqulcarbonate OF
ammonia, and amber Is formed Of one
part of dragons blood and four of oil Of
vitriol, filtered and mixed with water.
OF course, ell sorts of combinations of
these colors may be made, and other
shades produced, but those which l hare
named are the principal ones in use. The
first thing druggist Goes on starting in
business is to buy the chemicals needed
for his bottles. They are an important
item in the equipment OF his store. -
New York Evening Sun.
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yh ahita aalu eagle: Tuesdan m0ruiug gny "a, 1888

precise auromsnc regularity OF the hospital
service, the constant attendance Of the ply
sicians, the convenience CT arrangements,
and the society Of the nurses, together with
an infatuation for the excitement Of new
cases, and the universal love and gratitude
of the patients. endears hospital life to them
What the college is to the physician the
training school is to the nurse, and as only
through the CHASTITY horrors Of the dissecting
room Is an accurate surgical knowledge OBJ
tanned, so is 1t only through the experiences
Of the hospital wards this nurses learn the
strength. courage. skill, self reliance and
patience requisite for tho exigencies and
emergencies Of their chosen occupations
New York Sun.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-24
Bridging tho English Channel,

The scheme OF constructing bridge over
the English channel has just been completed
1t has been worked out by the Creusot engi-
neers and NJ Hersent, ex-president Of the
Society Of Civil Engineers. The progress Of
metallurgy makes the construction possible
of an immense bridge. thirty kilometers long,
with platform at the height of fifty meters
above the sea at full tide, and supported by
piles at distances of 500 meters. The height
allowed for the bridge over the channel
would allow large steamers and sailing YES
sells to pass freely. It would support four
railway lines, besides a road for carriages
and footpaths. This will be satisfactory for
those who dread sea sickness The only
trouble left them will be that of choosing
their mode of Observation-Disclosures by rail
way carriage, omnibus, cab or velocipede.
Places Of refuge, watch houses and alarm
bells viii be placed on each pile, with pow
erful light.
The authors Of this gigantic scheme believe
that the foundations may be constructed by
means of compressed air diving bells, the
depth of the strait between Calais and Dover
not beng, on an average, more than from
twenty Five to thirty-nine meters, and in few
places exceeding fifty meters. The bridge
will cost sOO,OO0,0O0 francs, its metallic
weight will amount to 1900, 900 tons, and it
might be constructed in six years The
scheme will shortly be submitted for e1ami-
nation to an international technical commit
tee. When this examination has been COM
pleted, the Channel Bridge society will apply
for concession to the French and English
governments, from which it will ask for no
subsidy. Under these conditions the con-
cession might be easily granted and the work
Immediately begun. In a few years tho
commerce of the two nations would benefit
from the simplihcation introduced into their
relations by the execution of a work which
might be considered as one Of the most i'm
portant of the century.-Paris Temps.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-24

Most famous people inferred In the West
Point cemetery have well marked graves, and
not a few have elaborate memorials. Gen.
Winfield Scott Hes here His monument is O
rough granite cenotaph that lies fat upon
the ground and h surrounded by an iron rsiL
ing that ought to Do removed. or, better yet,
ought never to have been placed here. The
inscription covers the entire north side Of the
huge cenotaph, and recounts the services OF
the old warrior, concluding with the observa-
ton that = faudntory inscription is unneces-
sary, because the desds Of Scott are engrsven
upon the memories OF mankind
Beneath a cenotaph almost exactly hke
that Of Gen. SCOTS lie the remains Of Col
Anderson, who commanded at Fort Sumter
when it was fsrst fred upon Col Andersen
lived until some years after the close Of the
war, dying at last In Italy, from whence his
remains we're brought to West Point for in
ferment The cenotaph is just across the
walk from chat over Gea- Scott
Nearly in the center Of the plot is Inferred
the body If George A. Custer. HIS monu-
ment Is q huge block Of rough granite, q
dozen or so feet in height The top Is per-
fectiy platn, bus upon the sides are four
bronze medauions, circular In shape, and
bearing appropriate Inscriptions Two Of
them recount his family history and the
tragic manner Of Clusters death in the battle
of Little Big Horn, and the other two are
symbolic, buffalo heads, Indian arruws and
maize being prominent
Other famous soldiers inferred here are
Gen Audenruid, Gen- Judson Fitzpatrick and
Col Thxyer, the latter tho father Of the
scad.ny, as be II aHectscnaae.y referred to,
and whose ufs die statue stands at the south
cast corner Of tie infantry plain md irnr,e-
diateiy In front Of cadet barracks Il Is tho
custom TO bury cadets when they die in the
institution IN the pretty cemetery here and
to give thsn fuIl military honorx This u
invariably done unless the family Of the de-
ceased cadet requests otherwise The LATER
is rare, and as . consequence . large part Of
tee cemetery is given up 10 students Theee
graves are generally marked IN mod~s
manner by small stones erected By c3ass-
mates of the dad cadet II Is said here that
following the custom se< BY Gen Win6esd
Scott, who asked to b inferred here, future
gsnArAls OF ths amy are 70 lie heN-W1t
Point Cor. PhijoIA2phk Tina
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= m. prurx,.s.. colored Jar.

While a reporter was talking with sn
uptown druggist the other evening little
fellow, clad in q blue suit, entered and
bought postage stamp. After getting
the stamp he said:
Say, mister, what do Jon put in them
big Jars in the Window"
''Colored water" replied the druggist.
smiling. and when the little fellow had
gone he added: every now and then
some little child asks rs about those
globes
''Weu, am curious myself What is
thu fun recinaS' said shA rArortAA
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The Occasion Finds the Man.

Great emergencies call forth the
great soul. War in the twinkling of
an eye turns village drunkards and
pettifogging lawyers into generals and
statesmen. Love transforms Cymon
from brute into a man. Necessity
makes Shakespeare dranlatiSt; acci.
dent reveals Scott his true powers,
says a contributor to LippincotfS Hagd-
zine. The most commonplace men
and women have passed through the
fools paradise of love, when they were
divine beings worshiping divinity. and
in that FOOLS paradise they for a brief
moment found their true selves, saw
deep into the soul of their consort.
That fitting dream was in truth an
awakening, the brief opening of the
spiritual eve. When the world of facts
has passed away, our dreams may re.
main. The man of common sense ask
for realities, the poet knows that only
illusions are true. Look You, the man
whom you hate are there not women
who worship him, children who look
to him? Who sees the true man-you
who hate him, or they who love him?
Love is n divine delight: it reaches out
over and around its object into the il
limitable; it is part of the over-soul, of
the infinite. of God. Hatred is pain
full. 1t strains and racks the body, it
blinds the vision, it makes man con-
scious of his moral limitations. Love
sees the virtues that are of the soul;
hatred only the diseases of the skin"
'All men have their faults, aud steal
ing was Bits said Il weeping widow
over the corpse of desperate shot
i'll attempted burglary. Aud grotesque,
ludicrous as the expression may seem,
she was right. She knew that not in
the robber. the law-breaker, the out
cast, did the real man shine forth, but
in those rarer moods of kindliness and
generosity when he was true friend
and husband. Perhaps when two
enemies, who have refused to see any
good in each other on this earth,
meet, hereafter in another world free
from the muddy vesture of decay
which clogs their vision here. the first
thought of each will be: us this the
beautiful soul that | maligned and
hatel2n
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EASTWARD.

+Daily.
Connections at Gallery junction with North
ern Division Trains:
No. for Butler.
5, for Butler and Fox burg.
" 2, gets condection from Foxburg and
BuGler.
from Clsrion, Foxburg and Butler.
Through Sleeping Car between Allegheny
and Chicago on Nos. and 6. daily.
LAKE DIVlSI N.
PainesvIlle and Youngstown Mail daily, ex-
cupt 81 ndays, Lesres Painesvilie 80 g. N !;
oLar on 66 East CIaridon $50: Burton SIS;
MiddleHtl Id 46; West Pennington BIO; WsT-
rem $50; Miles 10 04; Girard 10 l5; a. riyes at
Youngstown 1880. returning, leaves oungs-
town 81 d. m t5irard So; Niles 06; W arren
a32; West Farmington + 3 "a; Middiedeld ~;
Burton "a; East Claridon 3. IS; Chardon Ue /;
arrives Painesyille a. 40,
J,T. JOHNSON, sup't.
O, w. BASsETT,
General Passenger gent:
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STEAM SHIP LINES.

yTlICKETS on the following Steam Ship Lines
can be purchased from the undersigned:
On the North German lloyd-THE RED
STARTHE AMERICAN, THE ROYAL MAIL
and TIE FLORIO RUBATINO an Italian line
These lines carry passengers from New York,
Philadelphia and Baltimore to any OF the pIin-
cipal ports ON the European coast, and from
said ports to New York, Philadelphia and Bal
timore. Connected with these lines are Rail-
road transportation to any points In the inte-
gtor.
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The Thrifty Boston Woman.

One of these women went into big
dry goods house the other day to buy
material for gown. She selected.
after good deal of fussing,a gingham
costing II cents yard.
'How many yards are there in the
piece?" she asked.
There are eleven,u the clerk
answered after counting.
II will take ten," she said.
He suggested that she take the
whole piece, but she insisted that he
should cut off ten yards. and this was
accordingly done.
That's a remnant, supposeP" she
said lnterrogatively, taking up the odd
yard as he folded the goods.
Eyes, ma am"
You sell remnants cheaper. don't
you?"
Sometimes" the clerk said laconic-
ally.
What will you take for thisP"
Twelve cents"
"But that was just what paid for
the piece"
"Yes, but haven't any authority to
mark goods down.
Couldn't you send the cash boy to
ana the man that does mark them
down. so as to see what he would
take?" the customer asked, anxiously.
"Just now," the clerk replied, with
wicked wink to brother clerk, ''he
is at his dinner, and don't think he'll
be in today"
"And you couldn't mark it down
yourself and tell him about it?''
NO" the clerk said, smiling aggra-
vatingly. Il couldn't, really"
''Well, the woman said with sigh,
then I'm dreadful sorry 1 had it cut,
for I'll have to have that yard anyway,
even if do have to pay II cents for it.
Ten yards wouldn't possibly do. But
l amt used to paying full price for
remnants"
The clerk put the odd yard in and
what the women told her dressmaker
IS unfortunately not on record.
Letter IN the Providence Journal.
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How to Hitch Horses.

Joseph Howard. of this town, has
given us II new and. as he says. Il most
Ilsful hint in the art of hitrhing horses.
Instead of the usual head or neck hal
Ter he carries in the wagon short
piece of half-inch cord. loOped. When
he wishes To leave his horse this cord
is used To tie the fore legs together just
below the knees, and when so tied you
are always sure to find your horse just
where you left him. The horse doeSn
dare to move, the cord is easily ad-
iusted, and the case often occurs that
YOU wish to hitch horse where no
post is found, as in II having field OF
city street. Besides. it soon teaches
the horse 10 stand without being
hitrhcd at all.-KcHnebec J0Hrnnl.
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Penn'a Agricultural Works,

Steam Engines, Saw Mills. Hay Presses.
Stump PuIlerstand Standard a Agricultural
Implements generally. send for Catalogue
4. r. FARQURAR
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LEGAL. NOTICE.

LAURA A. BALL,
THOMAS g. BALL,
H1HE defendaat. Thomas G. Ball. is hereby
i notified that on the 9th day of August
1888. the said Laura A Ball filed her petition
in the Court of Common Pleas for oltage
County, Ohio. praying to be divorced from him.
anu for the care, custody and control uf their
three minor children alleging IL Il cause. ha-
bitual drunkenness. gross neglect of duty. and
extreme cruelty towards plaintiff for more than
three years last past. Saiu petition will be for
Sfth day of August 1873. Said defendant is al
so noti1ed that on Friday. the 14th day of Sep
tember. 1898 dispositions will pe taken IN this
case at the residence of Mrs. Krnthaup. corner
of Pearl and Butler Sh eets, Cincinnati, Ohio,
between the hours of O'Clock a m and
O'Clock p m. and continue from day to day
between the same hours, until completed.
LAURA A. BALL.
By j. H. NICHOLS. her Atty,
Ravenna, August 10, 1sss. 1Q44-6w
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No "stop-over" allowed up On Local Tickets.
L. p. FARMER. G. P. A New York City.
W. e. RINEA kSON, A q. p. A. Cleveland, u.
e. b. THOMAS, III Vice Pres. Cleveland, o.
j. K. SHARP. Aget,
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English SPAWN Liniment removes
all Hard. Soft, or Calloused Lumps
and Blemishes from horses, Blood
SPAWN, Curbs, Splints. Sweeney, Sti-
fes, Sprains, Sore and Swollen throat.
Coughs, etc. Save $50 by use of one
bottle. Warranted. Sold by Beldine
& Gibbons. Druggist. Rayenns, O.