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Wichita eagle., 1888-06-21
Reading While In Bed.

As TO reading while lying down in bed
or on lounge. can see no objection to it
90 far Is the eyes are concerned, provided
the book Is held in such position that
the eyes do not have to be rolled down too
far. Unless the head is raised very high
by pillows. however. It VIII be found very
fatiguing TO hold the book high enough.
not to mention the danger of falling
asleep and of upsetting the lamp or candle
and thus setting tie bed On fire Many
persons permanently weaken their eyes
by reading to pass away the tedious hours
during recovery from severe illness The
muscles of the eyes pAstake Of the general
weakness and are easily c~erta1ed. Per-
sons IN this condition may be read TO, bat
should svoid the sctive use Of their own
eyes--Professoe David Webster, II D.
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-21
NEW THROUGH CAR SERVICE.
Missouri Pacific Railway

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 $40 "a III. Train leaving Wichita at 800
D. m, connects with the train at Geneseo,
Kan. For time tables, information and
reservation of sleeping car berths, call at
the city ticket Office, l27 Main street. or
depot office, corner 2nd and Wichita SITS.
f. r. BLECKLEY
d17-tf Passenger and Ticket Agent.
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-21
Successful Opening of the Great Ellsworth
Route.

(St Louis & San Francisco Railway
The new, the cheap, the most direct and
popular line to all points in Wyoming
Montana, Idaho, Oregon and Washington
territory. The appreciation of the un-
equalled advantages offered by this line to
the travelling public is amply shown by its
liberal patronage. Those contemplating
moving or making pleasure trip to any
point in the above named states or terri
tories should not fail to write or call upon
". d. Murdoch, passenger and ticket
agent, 122 North Main street, who will
cheerfully furnish maps, time tables and
any other general information desired.
d. WISHART
11G-tf General Passenger Agent.
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-21

A ShAkeress. With . meek face beneath
. large green bonnet, was fastening along
Main street the other afternoon, 50 6 not
10 keep the elder waiting IN the big wagon.
when she unwi44ingiy ran against small
nevshoy and sent bis papers IN al Hree-
tons After assisting the youngster TO
eolec. his wares, and dropping q nickel
into bis hand With the apology. I'm sorry
Tor thee and my careleesnsss, my son.
ahs fastened sway. The little fellow
gaaed alSer the retreating figure with
awe, and At last muttered 10 companion
the question; ''Say. Mickey, b that ths
Virgin NAUf--SWisgSsN neQuAn9R
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-21

We know Q child who has Q moreA pro
penstty to force huttona, beans, etc, into
bis nostsils. He keeps his whole family
In state bordering upon terror, for they
never know ct what precise moment they
may be called upon 30 perform an opW-
ton upan Master Hsrrys nasal aQpend.
ase. Pressnre against The empty nostr1
and quick. stEeag hasaAhing into he open
mouth xia dislo3ge The foreign substance
and send The sztfasag youngster upon b.
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-21
Notice to Work Poll Tax.

All persons who have been notified by
the undersigned 10 work On the streets as
per city ordinance, falling to appear at
the time and place specified in said notice
will on and after this date be promptly
dealt with according to law, and warrants
for their arrest be issued against them
without further notice J. " STONE,
Street Commissioner
Wichita, Kan. May Il, lS5S. ia Il
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-21
Alamo Park.

Street cars leave Douglas avenue and
Market street every hour from a n. 10 8
D. m, connecting with dummy for Alamo
park
dl5-3ot RIVERSIDE & SUBURBAN R'Y Co.
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-21

Take the new short line. c. E GE'
Hock Island route; 70 Kansas City, 81
Joseph, CHICAGO and ST LouiA U4E
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-21

There Is not Cross eyed baseball player
in the country 1t Is q general supersti-
ton that cross eyed man would ire
trievshiy hoodoo the game.
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-21

Each Township Treasurer should
have Treasurer's Record, Stray Record,
transcripts, Compiled Laws of 1885, and
full assortment of blanks. For sale At
this Office.
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-21
Occidental Hotel.

A. n Deming has leased and taken possession OF
the Occidental, March /. VIII put it in good shape
and will be glad his old frie nds and all ether
disposed to give him call. d9I-tf
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-21


learn to read7 Their fathers and grand
fathers before them had never learned,
and the ways of their fathers were good
enough for them"
Now here was Tara learning to read,
and write, and sing, and embroider. It
was delightful for her-infinitely better
than the Sassu's house, where she would
be obliged to work SO hard
The magistrate and Lessib Ssfrib wrote
to Hydersbad and Baroda, but no answer
came. Little Tara could give no direc-
tons for writing. She only knew that
her brothers name was Limbaji. son Of
Ramji, but there were many Limbajis and
Ramjis IN Hyderabad, and the letters
never reached the Lambaji for whom they
were intended. Her husbands name was
Lalu, and be lived In Baroda, but more
abe could not tell. and Lalu received no
hitter So Tara remained in the school.
and as she was diligent and stuious, she
made good progress In her stuies-
Years passed, with no tidings from Hy-
dersbsd or Baroda. and the time had come
when Tarais class was to graduate from
the school 1t was great day for those
young girls The hall was crowded with
the native gentry of the city, for It was
stis novel sight to see girls reading and
writing.
A few years before they had said,
when you can teach donkey to read
then you may try to teach our daughters.
And here were hundred girls who could
read and write and sing and embroiderl
1t was all very wonderful. and they came
out in full force to see with their ewes and
hear with their ears And the European
officers from the camp, with their wives
and daughters, came also.
As it happened. native chief was lust
then spending a little time In the cty.
He had been on pilgrimage to the holy
city OF Benares, and was On his way back
to his nrcsinca In tia, South Mn.asha
Milford chronicle., 1888-07-20
n1rs. EIizahet,, cadr stnnton.

If y years and pure white hair mean age,
then Mrs Stanton is an old lady, but If a
fresh complexion and softly tinted checks,
which arc unfarrowed by either tiino or care,
and an unfailinS interest in men and things,
OF rather women and things, are indications
of youth, then Mrs Stanton is enviably
young.
Her father was a man who lived to be Sc
years old, and sat on the bench as jldge at
Sf-unprecedented in the annals of law and
lawyers. Ills capacity to throw dull care to
the winds the moment the hours for rest and
recreation arrived was one Of tho secrets Of
his good health and long life. Ills dIugh-
ter relates of him that even with most i'm
portant case pending, when he had twenty
minutes leisure he would be able to take
fifteen of them in the soundest of sleep With
him she advocates this balmy restorative, if
such thing be possible, at no matter what
hour Of the day drowsincss may appear.
''Wouldn't 1 like to get together all the
women Of my acquaintance who work. said
she, ''and tell them how much hcalthful,
regular lives and bit of philosophy thrown
in would benefit their future
Brought up as she was, what else but vigor
of mind and body could have been the RESULT
Ono Of five daughters, whose parents be-
lieved that girls were as clever as boys, that
they needed as much education and as much
good hcalthful exercise us boys, and that
they should be as well prepared to fight the
battles of life, she was trained accordingly,
and found herself equal to every emergency
thai came Born with a spirit Of freedom
and Independence, the desire TO see others Of
her sex in the same state was tho natural Sc
quencc. She has lived TO be able to look
back On fifty years Of labor toward the full
fllmcnt of that desire and with results that
can but be most gratifying York
Press Every Day Talk"
Milford chronicle., 1888-07-20

An Albany family has a 9-year-old boy,
whose bump Of mischief is phenomenal His
mother took him in his carriage to market
and bought some potatoes, which were put in
the carriage at his feet As she had walked
along conversing with another the boy had
dropped them all out unnoticed, and the fact
was not discovered until they were home.
There are number of warm sulphur
springs in ElsinOTe, Cal, and citizen OF
that town is utilizing them for incubating
purposes. He puts tin pail full Of eggs in
a spring whose temperature is 102 degrees,
and in three weeks the chicks como out. As
the temperature Of the spring does not vary,
the eggs require no attention. This beats tho
patent incubators all hollow.
Tho latest touch Of realism in newspaper
work is to print all the oaths used by tho
people figuring in an anecdote. Often these
oaths are but the outcome of a thoughtlesa
habit, aud add no point to the anecdote.
The custom seems to have originated in those
papers which are conducted ON the plan OF
finding out the lowest intellectual level OF
their readers, and then going lower
A man of s., with face smoothly shaven,
with the exception Of a pair Of small side
whiskers, dressed in n modest suit of gray
tweed, stood in the betting ring at Jerome
park tho other afternoon and checked off his
mutual tickets with lead pencil. He had
nothing Of the swagger and loudness so prev
alent on all sides of him. It was W. K. Van
derbilt. He was practically unknown in that
throng Of gambling men.
Milford chronicle., 1888-07-20
worI. on the NIcararua. Canal.

The work on the Nicaragua canal will be
begun in September Of this year, and will be
finished in 1898. A careful calculation Of the
cost Of the enterprise puts the amount at
S5O,OOO,O0O, and the company is bonded for
Sl0O,OO0O0O. Fortunately, the men who are
in the work are able by themselves to find all
the money needed, and we will not have 10
ask anybody for anything. The Nicaragua
route is the only practical one No matter
how much money tho French may raise-and
they have already spent $500, 100000 and will
have to spend the same amount more-thoy
have not got the natural road betweeni the
two oceans-and We have got it. Our canal
can be built for S50O00,O theirs will cost
eight times as much. Our route has natural
lake with thousands Of feet OF water at the
top Of the divide they have nothing of the
sort. We can raise the money and they can
not. Besides this, It stands to reason that
the United States will not let any foreign
power control the canal when it is built, and
that is factor which you must consider.
Despite the tremendous expenditure of
money at Panama, We in Central America
have no faith in tho canal there. De Les
seps cut through Suez, but that feat had been
accomplished twice before. The Suez canal
had twice been opened. Panama, however,
is new ground, and practical engineers DO
not believe in his work or his conclusions.
The proposed Tehauntepec ship railroad
(Eadss schenel, now being pushed by Col.
Andrews, is met with equal incredulity. As
long as it costs S25,00O to dry dock a vessel
like the Servia we may be pardoned for re-
fusing TO believe in scheme for taking YES
sells out Of the water for an ordinary com
mercial toll.-Edward James Letter
Milford chronicle., 1888-07-20
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

bits Of Good Reading Clipped from the
Newspapers-stray Paragraphs.
Mott Haven, n. Y, has a female horse
shoer.
The latest freak among Englishwonen VINO
go to concerts is to sit and knit.
Switzerland advertises accommodations
for about 10000 guests over night during
the summer season.
Large volumes of smoke are seen to issue
from the summit Of St. Helen's, Oregon.
In Altoona, Pa, they can build a loco
motive in eighteen hours and Hfty-fve
minutes
"The Kings Daughters" now number 90
600 in the United States. Tho society is to
have a monthly paper.
The Burns county, D. T., commissioners
have this season paid bounty of three cents
each on 67,Oo0 gopher tails.
We are importing onions from Egypt.
They come in about thirty days via Liver
pool, and are Of superior quality to the Ber-
muda.
California is going in for silk culture with
enthusiasm. The state board Of silk culture
sent 10000 mulberry trees and cuttings to
silk cultivators, and this season will put out
$1,000 more.
Tho French are acknowledged TO have the
finest guns and projectiles in Europe. Their
Ferminy shell has been shot through an
armor plate twenty inches thick, and come
out with its steel point uninjured.
A resident OF Sorrento, Fla, who recently
recovered from a severe illness, has since re-
fused TO eat meat unless it is raw. He fire.
quently kills a chicken or a rabbit, and do
YOURS it almost before it becomes cold.
A low down chap is travelling through
Georgia and softly laying wagers that no
one in the crowd can name the twelve apos-
ties. Chaps put up $40 that they can, but
few arc able TO name over eight or nine.
The Indiana statute contains an act which
forfeits, after March 0, 1890, all land in the
state held by aliens who have not become
American citizens. Years ago an English
gentleman named McDaniels accumulated
considerable property in that city.
1t is strange that the devisers of open air
shows cannot think Of something else than
the destruction Of something to repro
duce on their immense stages. Babylon,
Rome and Pompeii have been used in turn
Tor these pyrotechnic dramas The list may
be exhausted soon, and then they may work
in another field
The announcement that the home Of the
late Louisa NJ Alcott, at Concord Mass, is
to be sold, leads to the suggestion that it be
bought by subscription and appropriately
converted into home for poor children as
memorial to the anthoress 50 well beloved by
young readers
Milford chronicle., 1888-07-20

with dark hair, rather i'll shaped whiskers
and decidedly Hebraic cast OF countenance.
Henry Cary, of Key West, Fla, has a
novel shaped potato. Standing at a distance
Of six or seven feet, one could not tell it
from wild duck which had been deprived
Of its body feathers. and to make tho delu-
sion more perfect he had inserted a few tail
feathers
There is sad news from Munich concerning
tho poor young mad King Otto, who wan
degs about his big, lonely palace outside the
city. Ho has abandoned his last distraction,
that Of peeling potatoes, and has no pleasure
left, but spends all his time hiding away in
n dark corner, thinking every one wants to
hurt him.
Kojiro Matsago, one Of tho graduates OF
the Yale law school this year, is u son Of the
Japanese minister Of finance and is of royal
blood. He has been in America four years,
sud speaks English, Latin and German. He
viii return to Japan two years hence
Mr. Joseph Pulitzer, editor and owner Of
The Now York World, is blind, and has gone
to Europe in the hope Of having his eyesight
restored by rest and expert treatment His
vision is practically gone, for he can only see
a confusion Of black spots The disease is a
complication Of myopsis and paresis Of the
optic nerves, and it has resisted the efforts
Of the best oculists in America, who can
give to him only the faintest confidence Of
benefit from foreign trip.
The Prussian officer, Maj. AIeckcl. after
deyoting three years to the reorganization Of
the military system in Japan, has suspended
his LAHORE and returned home, the term Of his
contract having expired IN addition to his
regular duties, he made extensive journeys TO
all parts OF The realm in company Of prince
ly personagcs and of officers, in order to
make a complete survey of the strategic CON
ditions prevailing. The successor of Mai.
Nickel is Maj. Wildenbruch.
Milford chronicle., 1888-07-20
MEN WRITTEN ABOUT.

Lord Shrewsbury has made big thing
out Of his noisaless tire cabs.
Senator Hawley has just patented new
projectile for riled cannon
Frank Leslie, Of san Francisco, has worn
a silver winipipe for twenty years.
The Prince of Wales recently appeared
with bright red waistcoat with white spots
NJ de Lesseps persists in the promise that
tho Panama canal will be finished in two
years.
Sir Morell Mackenzie is afflicted with asth-
ma and smokes stramonium cigarettes to OBJ
tain relief therefrom.
A pipe smoked by Gen. Jackson while he
was president has lately been presented to
the New England Historical society.
Shaw Lefovre has introduced bill in the
English parliament to prevent the gathering
Of wild flowers.
Thomas a. Edison, the inventor, will send
to each crowned head Of Europe a perfected
phonograph. Such present will speak for
itself,
Mr.. A. W. Longfellow, brother Of the poet,
is q well known resident Of Portland, Me-
He is nearly 70 years old and bears a strong
resemblance to his more famous brother.
An early portrait of the poet Browning,
soon to be published in a collection Of his
poems, IS said 20 represent a youugish man,
Milford chronicle., 1888-07-20

fingers there was a ScarabRus ring engraved
with hieroglyphics and attesting the rank Of
the wearer. This hand and ring were Of
priceless value. OF rare books there wero
many \ Guttenburg Bible, Mexican
catechism worth its weight in gold and an
Egyptian papyrus were among the treasures
that the owner priced almost as he did his
life.
Early in the fall Of 1887 he went to Eu-
rope, and in order that no sacrilegious
thieves might break in and steal, he put his
house in charge of family, receiving nom
inal rent for the occupancy Of tho premises.
Hecame home in April Hewent to his house
He found that the young ladies Of the fam
fly had turned his Gutteaburg Bible into a
scrap book. The leaves-the precious, price
less leaves-were all pasted over with poetry
of the period and love stories His Egyptian
papyrus was doing service as a cover for a
stovepipe hole. His Mexican catechism had
disappeared altogether. But the mummy
hand-horror Of horrorsl It had been given
to the children as u plaything. In their in
nocence and Ignorance they had cut off the
finger containing the rOre ring, and, as one
Of the youngsters confessed, he had sold it to
a ragman for 10 cents and a stick Of candy
The antiquarian tore his hair and fed from
the house. Today he is a desperate, despair
ing man. He becomes frantic if Fifty-sec-
ond street is mentioned within his hearing
New York World
Milford chronicle., 1888-07-20
Curlous IncIIent of war.

Some interesting information with refer
ence to very curious incident which oc-
Cured during the Franco-German war has
just come to hand. In 1870 three French
visitors established themselves at hotel in a
well known German town, where they re-
mained several months. Being then in want
Of funds and unable to pay their bill thoy
were compelled to leave package which
they had brought from France in the hands
of the landlord in satisfaction OF his claim.
This upon examination was found TO contain
a sumptuOusly designed state chair The
name Napoleon was embroidered upon tho
silk covering of the lack and seat, and, on
the occupant pressing his hands upon the
finely carved gilt arms, a musical air was
played by an instrument concealed within
the upholstery. The care Of Nliz remarlla-
BILE piece of furniture seemed the only occu-
patton of the strangers, who are supposed to
have been awaiting the advance Of the French
army, and, in the event of its proving vic
torious, would doubtless have conveyed the
clair TO Berlin, where, it is presumed, it was
to have been used as a throne by the Emperor
Napoleon. The chair remains in the posses
SION Of the widow of the Frenchman's Lost.
Cor. London Times
Milford chronicle., 1888-07-20
Flock Of pomsstleatsa crnnes.

Among the curiosities of Harbor View, on
Charlotte harbor, are number Of domesti-
Gated cranes in the possession OF Judge De
Coster and Grove Cochran. Judge De Cos
teris flock consists Of one largo white crane
and four young blue herons. They have be-
come very tame, walking around the yard
with the chickens and into the house at every
opportunity, and it is truly amusing to SEQ
their noisy demonstrations as they beg for
their dinner. They are not confined, but
roam the place at large and seem to have no
desire to fly away. The cranes Of Mr.. Coch-
ran, which he has had but few days, con-
sist of one large silver gray heron and four
very young ones. These cranes when grown
are next to the ''sandhil" in size, standing
nearly as high as a man, and no doubt will
be as easily tanned as those of the judge
Savannah News.
Milford chronicle., 1888-07-20
Pooling the Conductor.

Considerable amusement was afforded the
passengers on a Walnut street car last even
ing by the successful efforts of four young
sweIls to retain their cigars, lighted, until
they reached their destination The studied
method by which the rules Of the street car
company were broken was as follows: Ar
ranging themselves, two on each sido of the
conductor they alternately attracted his at
tention. While the two on one side would
question him ON some enSrossing subject
their comrades would puff furiously at their
cigars until the 'latent spark became a
fame" when the proceedings would bo re-
versed When the car reached Broad street
they locked arms and disappeared in the
direction Of the League, each with n lighted
cigar in his mouth and victory in his air.
Philadelphia Press.
Milford chronicle., 1888-07-20
Looking ON the Bright side.

I envy those people who live continually in
the superlative degree, as it were. Those are
the ones who always seem 10 look on the
bright side of everything, and make the most
of all their advantages, however slight
have a young friend, for instance, who is not
remarkably endowed with this worlds goods,
but what he has lie is deeply grateful for
You would suppose, to hear him talk about
his belongings, that he was in possession of
everything il the way of clothing and per-
sonal comforts that heart could desire. The
little three by six trunk in which lie lives he
calls his 'sarHtoga;" :" Lis well worn pepper
and salt sack coat his Prince Albert his
broken crowned hat is his "Dunlap;" the
cowhide boots upon his feet are his patent
eathcrs;n lis cats eye pin he invariably
compliments with the appellation of dia-
mond, i.nd tho little seantiiy furnished purse
which he carries in his trowsers pocket he
iliudJs to as his safety deposit vault" He
IS always talking this way, and 1 doubt not
that he is quite as happy as if all his things
were III reality what he grandiloquently
chooses to designate them-PioneeT Press
- listener
Milford chronicle., 1888-07-20
FI.hInr for mother Of pnar,.

Twice year the fishers set OFF for the coral
reefs in the Red sea. A feet consists Of about
three hundred open boats Of from eight to
twenty tons burden and with q single lateen
sail in each. The crews consist almost en-
tirely Of black slaves, who receive two-thirds
of the ''catch, whilo the other third goes to
tho owners Of the boats. When the sea Is
calm the fishers anchor the boats near the
coral reefs, and, going out in canoes to the
fishing grounds, dive for the shells The
slaves are all ages from 10 to 40 years, and
are remarkably strong and healthy. The
mother OF pearl shells are sold at auction In
the market of Jeddah, and from there sent to
London and Havre. - American Agricul-
turist.