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SOCIAL ETIQUETTE.
Minor Manners Sometimes Neglected by
Geutlemen.

MINOR manners sometimes Neglected by
Gentlemen.
The word gentleman is so often vulgarized
by improper use that Mrs Sherwood. who ia
excellent authority, has called attention az
follows to the ways in which this frequently
happens in our country, as well as to some Of
the neglected minor manners of mankind:
When Tom on the ball field says to his gener-
GUS antagonist, "Horatio, you are a gentle.
man" he uses it correctly. When driver
says to his fare, IF you are the man who is
going to ride, I am the gentleman as is to
drive you," he uses it incorrectly When a
servant announces plumber as a Gentle
man to fix the pipes" she uses it incorrectly.
The word gentleman" one of the noblest,
sweetest grandest words in the language,
should not be used too much. Put in the
better word man, remembering that gentle
man implies much breeding, much culture, a
certain refinement of occupation, and moral
tone Of the very highest. la
And to descend to the lowest thing about a
gentleman, we should remember that his
minor manners must be attended to; he does
not swear in the presence of women; he does
not eat bis dinner in a hurry; he does not
crumble his bread about, making it into
pills; he does not eat his soup with Kissing
sound, or tip the plate to get the last drop;
he mends his table manners If they are bad:
he dresses himself well If his means will
allow; be he ever so poor he must be clean,
II he commits any little error at the dinner
table he must learn to be composed; he must
be deaf and blind to the errors of others in
society. But etiquette never means stiffness;
the best bred people are the unconscious.
So sudden are the rises in American society
that many man has been invited to dinner
party to eat his dinner off the plate which
he lately washed.
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Pyrethrum for Caterpillars.

Several years of experience seems to
warrant the statement that pyrethrum,
or, better still, buhach, is most beneficial
for smooth bodied caterpillars, such as
cabbage worms and others like them. On
the woolly caterpillars it has little or no
effect, and is not sure remedy for beetles,
although in confinement there is no trouble
about killing them. When worms are
secreted in the leaves, or in any difficult
place to reach by spray. the powder, if
strongly applied with bellows, will
usually reach them by floating among the
leaves. Pyrethrum loses it's strength by
exposure to the air. Buhach is preferable
to it when it can be obtained
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A Pleasant Warm Aromatic.
A Bigger Telescope Still.

Infinite space is something the human
mind cannot comprehend 1t is unthink-
able, but the marvellous discoveries by
the Lick telescope help little to expand
the mental vision. Now that the great
telescope has been thoroughly tested it
is time to plan one still larger. While
the Clarks are in the prime Of life
the work should be accomplished. The
government of the United States ought
to undertake the expense of the great ex-
pertinent. The next glass should be at
least four feet in diameter, and five, if
glass disks of that size can be secured.
The next generation may not be able to
construct such a glass. We are conf
dent that the Clarks can do it. But
there are such things as lost arts, and the
art of making exceptionally great tele-
scope lenses can be lost.-Rochester DEM
00,ot
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Hints for the Uninitiatef.

Remove the spoon from the coffee or tea
cup and let it lie in the saucer
When you are guest for one meal do not
fold your napkin. but leave it lying loosely
on the table.
Always break your bread. Do not cut it
with the knife, nor butter large piece and
bite into it.
Put bones or pits of fruit on the side of the
plate, not on the table cloth. At some tables
small bone plates are provided.
Do not, while waiting to be served, rub
your fingers on the edge Of the plate in front
Of you or feel around on the inside of the
tumbler. If your plate should be exchanged
for that of another, the person receiving it
would feel unpleasantly. Besides, such man
ners are childish as well as inelegant
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How's Your Liver?

The old lady who replied, when asked
how her liver was, ''GOd bless me, never
heard that there was such thing in the
house." was noted for her amiability. Pro-
metheus, when chained to rock, might as
well have pretended to be rappy, as the
man who is chained to a diseased liver.
For poor PrOmetheus, there was no escape,
but by the use of DIR. Pierce's Purgatfve
Pellets, the disagreeable feelings, irritable
temper, constipation, indigestion, dizziness
and sick headache, which are caused by a
diseased liver, promptly disappear.
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Happy ana Hungry.

For over five years l was constant suf-
ferer with that most terrible and annoying
disease dyspepsia. After paying out hun
dreds OF dollars, the only medicine found
that would do me any good was SULPHUR
Bitters. Six bottles cured me. Now / am
happy and hungry.-[Editor.
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Sailing Winds.

A sailing vessel has a fair wind when she
can lay her course between her starting point
and destination without altering the position
Of her sails. A vessel is running free" when
she is going before the wind, with the wind
either directly astern or on her quarter. A
vessel is hauled on the wind when she has to
beat; that is, she has head wind and can't
make her destination without lacking. Then
her sails are trimmed aft and she is pointed
up in the wind
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The Lick Observatory.


James Lick, one Of the pioneers Of Califor-
mia. died in 1876 at an advanced age. He
went to California in 1647 with small cap
ital, and by investing it wisely soon became,
by the growth Of San Francisco and the de-
velopment Of the state, manifold million
aire. In 1873, at the age Of N, Mr.. Lick
conceived the idea Of erecting an observatory
and placing therein the finest, as we'll as the
largest, telescope in the world. For this pur-
pose he donated $780, After years of
preliminary work and detail the terms of tho
gift have been completed and Santa Clara
county, Cal, is the location of the finest in
strument ever made. The great telescope is
seventy-five feet long and has a thirty-six
inch refractor. As fitting climax to this
magnificent bequest, it may be stated that
the body of James Lick is deposited in the
pier upon which the iron framework of the
great telescope stands.
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Bucklen's Arnica Salve,

The best salve In the world for cuts, bruis-
es, sores, ulsers, salt rheum, fever sores,
letter, chapped hands, chilblains, cOrns and
all skin eruptiOns, and positively, cures piles
or no pay required. II Is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price 70 cents per box.
A. Il. CLARKE's Drug Store
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"A curious Case OF Lett HQndedneSes
A French physician mentions curious case
of left handedness. One child in certain
family was left handed, and second ap-
peared, at the age Of year, also to be left
handed Itwas then learned that the mother
always carried her child on her left arm She
was advised to carry her child on her right.
The infant. having its right arm free, began
to grasp objects with it, and soon became
right handed
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FIG. 2-FODDER CORN TIE.

In tying bundle stand astride of it,
press with the knee and pull with the
band till the buckle will slip into the
loop. When untying give the buckle a
half turn and slip it out of the loop. If
the band is used carefully it can be en-
ployed several times. Binder Irvine is
used for the ties, and old ties from the
straw stack tied two together with loop
In one end and buckle in the other form,
q band of convenient length.
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ENGLISH STALLION EsCAMIILO.

HNdLtSH SIALLION ESCAMILLO.
Escamillo's build is such as to refute
the objections often urged against thor
oughbreds for farm use. He is known as
one OF the shortest legged blood stations
OF England, and is SO compact as to ap-
pear smaller than he really is. He has
plenty of bone, is big in the body and
brown in color. Escamillo stands 10. 81,
and tapes 81 inches below the knee.
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Dicestibility Of Corn rodder.

Experiments at the Pennsylvania Agri-
cultural Experiment station, Professor
Armsby, director, on the digestibility of
corn fodder, that is, the stalks of field
corn after the ears are removed. showed
that taking the whole growth, ears and
all, the stalks alone contained 81 per cent.
of the total digestible matter. The prac-
teal meaning of this is that the farmer
who grows field of corn, husks it on the
hill and lets the stalks go to waste, leaves
over ~ per cent. of the food value of his
crop in the field and contents himself
with only 6S per cent. of its whole value.
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New York.

DR.. +. s. HUTCHINSON 4 Co., Dear
Sirs:-My mother had shock three years
ago and has been very poorly ever since.
with great trouble with her head A short
time ago she had another slight shock.
the advice of a friend she COM
menced to use Anti-Apoplectine and has re-
ceived great benefit from its use. can
truly say it is worth its price. and will do
all can to increase its sale. Yours in haste.
Mrs, ID. C.. McALLIsTER
HeWittville, n, Y.
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Saving Seed Corn.

The safest way of caring for seed corn
is to be sure that it is thoroughly dried in
the fall. Then store it in q dry place in
temperature above freezing during
winter and out of reach of mice Wooden
frames covered with wire netting and
hung in an attic or other place kept warm
by chimney is one good plan.
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A jew Eligible.

A Jew is eligible to the presidency Just as
much as Presbyterian. The last clause Of
paragraph of article vi of the constitution
says: "But no religious test shall ever be re-
quired as a qualification to any office or
public trust under the United States"
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A recipe for preparation to remove
wrinkles is going the rounds. It is a sub
stance derived from the wool of sheep by
stepping the clippings in hot alcohol. By
this process a yellow grease is precipitated
chemically identified with an element found
in certain vegetables. as peas and beans
When applied with rubbing it passes directly
through the skin, and in this way acts as
nutrient to the fatty tissue beneath. Thus it
has the effect of smoothing out the wrinkles
produced by the attenuation of these tissues
which come with age. One antiquated fash
ion belle is said to have nearly removed from
her temples the footprints Of thousand
fgurative crows by six weeks use of this
marvellous unpuent
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The Pope's Cathedral.

The church of st. John of Lateran. at
Rome, founded by Constantine, is the Episco-
pal cathedral Of the pope. st. Peters church
is often enormously called cathedral, owing
to its immense size and grandeur The term
isproperly applied, however, only to church
containing a bishops throne or seat
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A Famous Prize Stallion.

The stallion EscamiIlo, of which The
English Live Stock Journal furnishes the
Illustration and description here given, is
a notable example of a fine horse and a
winner of many premiums. He was bred
IN 1882 by Mr.. Joseph Pickersgill, from
Bonny Mary, sired by Pero Gomez, and is
owned by Lord Middleton.
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Queen Cousins.

Elizabeth and Mary were second cousins.
Elizabeth's father, Henry VIII, and Mary's
grandmother, Margaret, were brother and
sister, children Of Henry VII of England
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represents a piece
of gas pipe long
enough to reach
through a shock
of corn; B. an eye
attached; G,
t h r Q e-ei G h t his
inch cord tied to
the eve. ID. n hook
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The total length of the Hoosac tunnel, at
North Adams, Mass, is 25,031 feet or four
and three-fourths miles. It istwenty feet in
heiGht and twenty -four feet in width From
it was excavated 1900, 600 tons Of rock. Its
entire cost was s14,O0O,0O0 It is soon to lie
lighted by electricity.
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Flour is a great absorbent of odors. Do
not store near it onions, fish or other strong
smelling substances.
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A farmers institute is to be held once
each month at the North Louisiana Ex-
pertinent station, and free transportation
has been promised by the local railroads.
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SCIENCE AND PROGRESS.
POPULAR SCIENCE NEWS FROM
MANY SOURCES.

A New Summer Sport In the Form OF .
Marine Toboggan Slide which Has
Proven Exceedingly Popular Among the
Batllers at Seaside Park.
Tobogganing has become such a fIvorite
winter pastime that the idea occurred some
time ago to resident of Bridgeport, Conn.,,
that it might be adapted to the summer
months also. In 1887 he built q marine to-
boggan slide It is an adjunct Of the large
bathing establishment atjSeaside Park, near
Bridgeport Following is description with
illustration taken from Scientific American:
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TIMELY TOPICS CONSIDERED IN A
PRACTICAL MANNER.

Homemade Devices for Tying Corn Shocks
which Many Farmers Have Found Use-
full. and Which Are within tho Reach
Of All.
Numbered with old time devices for
tying corn shocks, still used. however. by
many Is the one shown In the cut. A
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-09-07
PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE.

The Study Of Mathemssics an Apparent
Preventive Of Brain Disorders.
As eminent authority a. Dr. william A.
Hammond Is reported a. affirming that anx
iety causes more brain disorders than any
other agency he knows Of, unless It be love-
DR. Hammond says: II IL well for us to
know that the emotions cause more unhappi
NESS and crime than any other function OF
the brain Human beings are governed by
their emotions, and 1t Is well that they should
be, though it Is the emotions that wear away
the brain, and not honest intellectual work.
Very few people suffer from intellectual
work, and II my memory serves me do not
recollect ever having mathematician for a
patient It IL not intellectual work that
causes nervous dyspepsia, but the emotions,
such as anxiety, fear. sorrow and love. l
consider that eight hours are sufficient for
man to use his brain, because II he exceeds
that time he becomes nervous and fretful, and
an exhausted brain Is an irritable brain. You
may not feel the evil effects Of the stress OF
brain work at the time, but you will sooner
or later, when it Is too late The men that
work at night with their brains are the ones
that expose themselves to danger and death,
which will surely come unless the strain on
the mind is lightened
A Pleasant Warm Aromatic.
Essence of peppermint is q pleasant warm
aromatic; comfortable 10 most stomachs; not
quite so strong as cloves or ginger; good for
collie and sick stomach. Dose-ten drops for
grown person. For infant, one-half to two
drops in q teaspoonful of water. Add one
drop to two teaspoonfuls of water and give
ono teasnoonful of this
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-01
TORTURED BY ROBBERS.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, Jan. SIN the
Kimishi mountains, Indian Territory last
night. five masked men went to the house
of Reuben Williamson, a wealthy cattle
owner. living about six miles from Spring
station, seized and bound him, entered
and, arousing Mrs Williamson, demanded
to be shown where the money was con
cealed. Williamson had early in the week
returned from Kansas City where he had
sold about $4,000 worth OF live stock and
the cash was supposed to be in the house.
Failing in their efforts to get either Will
hanson or his wife to tell where their
money was, they tied Mrs Williamson in
a chair. took her husband and, after build
ing a fire in the stove, held his hands over
the hot metal. After he was rendered I'M
conscious Mrs. Williamson told the out
laws that all the money but $500 had been
deposited in the Merchants bank of Kan
sas City. She turned over the deposit
check and cash on hand, after which they
left. Williamson's injuries are thought to
be fatal, as he is nearly IS years old and
the shock to his system is very great.
The settlers and ranchers in the neigh
borhood were soon aroused. and strong
party are on the trail of the flying out
laws. II is hardly likely they will escape,
and if captured they will certainly be
lynched.
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-01
FIRES,

ST. THOMAS, Ont, Jan. 31.-J. J. Black
mer & Co.'s hardware and house furnish
ing establishment was burned today
Loss $4,000, insurance $1,000
Atchison's hardware store was badly
burned and Foster Il Co. S drug store was
damaged by smoke and water
RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 3i--Soon after )
O'Clock this morning the building OF the
Virginia penitentiary, leased by the Davis
Shoe company. of Boston, and operated as
n shoe factory, was discovered on fire The
buildings Were totally DESTROYED. The
loss 10 the shoe company is estimated at
Slf,50o. The amount OF insurance is not
Yet known. soon after the fire broke out
the bells in the city sounded the military
call and in a few momentes about 30
soldiers were on the ground TO guard
against any outbreak OF prisoners, but
everything was entirely quiet.
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-01
THE SHARON CASE SETTLED,

san FRANCISCO, Jan. 31-T'he supreme
court today filed its petition in the cele-
brateo Sharon divorce case, in which the
lower court granted TO Sarah Althea Sha-
ron divorce from the late United States
Senator William Sharon and allowed ali
mony and large amount OF monev Us
counsel fees. The supreme court atfirms
the decision of the lower court. but re-
verses the order relating 70 counsel fees
The amount OF counsel fees allowed was
s55, coo, and the amount OF alimony was
$. 800 and an annual allowance OF X. 500.
The supreme court fixed the alimony At
81, 800 and the annual allowance at $500
Three of the seven judges filed dissenting
opinions, finding that Sharon and Sarah
Althea were never legally married.
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-01
ST. PAlJl,S CARNIVAL S.

ST. PAUL, Jan. 3l-With sunny skies
and temperature far above the freezing
point the vast crowds lining every side
walk saw the parade of the carnival clubs
this afternoon under exceptionally agree
able conditions, while the display itself
was fine, every club turning out its full
membership, and the numerous floats
laden with pretty girls in picturesque COS
tunes attracting all eyes. The mildness
of the weather called out the juvenile
clubs and there was great aggrega-
ton of chubby children on chubby ponies.
Tonight Il new feature was added to the
carnival in the mardi gras festivities on
Third street. The snow had been scraped
off the street from Sibley street to the
bridge square, ropes stretched across the
side streets, and here from I to 10 p. NJ,
uuder the beautiful arches of colOred lights
and viewed by dense crowds on the side
walks. hundreds of maskers, in groups and
single. cut all the pranks possible to their
fraternity. There were many notable eff
fectS among them: IA chain gang of a
dozen men with escorting guards, two
enormous champagne bottles arm in arm
and an eastern dignitary mounted practi-
cable camel, etc. AT 1880 the naSkers all
repaired to the armOry and Turner hall,
where masked balls were held To-mor-
row the great industrial parade will take
place.
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-01
A DESPERATE KILLED.
FRANK BURNS SHOT BY A DODGE
CITY POLICEMAN.
The Officer Assaulted in the Police
StatiOn---T0O Quick for
the William.
A Father and Son Commit Most Brutal
Murder in the Town of Wallace.
Missouri
Robbers Fiendishly Torture an Gid Nan
and His Wife. in the Indian Terri
tory-0ther Grimes.


Especial Dispatch TO the Daily Eagle.
DODGE CRY, Kan. JAN 31-This morn
ing, at an early hour, Policeman j. l..
Horton shot and seriously wounded one
Frank Burns. Horton was seated in the
police station with his back to the door,
when Burns entered and picked up his
revolver which was lying on the table and
said he intended to kill him unless he
would agree to resign rs position. Horton
quietly put on his overcoat and at the
same time drew another revolver from the
inside pocket and fired three shots two OF
which took effect. Burns cannot recover.
He has served term in the Colorado
penitentiary and has been considered a
bad man. Horton is under hail:
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-01
IMMIGRATION CONVENTION,

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Jan. 3l.-The Ar
kansas immigration convention convened
at II o'clock today in the state house
There were upwards of four hundred del.
egateS present, and nearly every county in
the state was represented. Fifty Thousand
dollars is to be raised in the state to pay
the expenses of the work, the same to be
raised by voluntary contribution from
each county by pro rata assessment The
railroads doing business in Arkansas are
all represented by their chief officers and
they are the guests OF the convention.
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-01
EXAGGERATED, AS USUAL,

of the Pioneer Press, is authority for the
following: Since the snow blockade was
raised on the Browns Valley branch of the
fthe Manitoba road, reports from all
stations on the line concur in saying that
there was no truth whatever in the news
paper rumors that they were suffering
from lack of fuel during the blockade
Diligent inquiry has failed to discover a
single case of suffering or hardship from
the blockade anywhere on the line or it's
vicinity, \ train load of fuel had lain for
a week within two miles of Beardsley
where the suffering was reported, without
an applicant for relief
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-01
PRISONERS lOAEING

SING SING, n. Y, JAN 3l-Tomorrow
! 200 merSwill become idle in the state
prison here, and will be locked in their
cells The same condition will be true of
$50 convicts in Clinton prison. The men
will be confined in their cells for twenty
two hours daily until the senate passes the
bill making an appropriation for manu-
featuring in prisons. One million dollars
has been turned into the state treasury
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-01
THE BOOMERS NEW ORGAN.

WELLINGTON, Kan. Jan. BIZ. ID. Leahy,
formerly editor of the Caldwell Times, and
noted agitator of the Oklahoma question,
will issue, next Thursday, from Kiowa,
Kansas, the first number of the Oklahoma
Commonwealth, a new newspaper to be
published in the interests of the large class
of people who favor of the opening of that
portion of the territory.
The outlook for crops generally is more
favorable in Sumner county at present
than for years. Melting snow and four
day of steady rain and drizzle have thor
oughly soaked the ground TO depth of
over five feet
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-01
RUSSIAN CONVICTS

ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 3l.-The officia,
messenger announces that the senate of
state crimes condemned TO death seven
prisoners whose sentences were afterward
committed as follows: Petrowsky, and
Sigida, citizens, penal servitude for life:
Alexandria, Il nobleman, eighteen years
Imprisonment: Tcherooff. fifteen wears: a
woman named Trinitatskaja. wife of au
official, twelve years: woman named
Sigida, wife of a citizen, eight years, and
woman named FeoGorowa, eight years
The prisoners were members OF a secret
society having bombs