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Wichita eagle., 1888-04-28
Germany's Army Commanders,

The emperor Of Germany is the com
mander-in-chief of the army, whose motto
is For God, King and Fatherland." The
allied sovereigns, Bavaria, Saxony, etc. !,
appoint their officers of the contingent
which they furnish, but they have TO be
approved by the emperor. The minister
of war is Gen. Won Schellendorf He
superintends the different commands for
Prussia and the confederated states.
Field Marshal Won Moltke is at the head
of the general staff. which is made up OF
the officers of the different armies tempo
rarily detached. They form seven divis-
ions. The first three study each theatre
of war, the fourth occupies itself with the
railroads, the fifth devotes its time TO mill
tary history, the sixth studies geography
and statistics and the seventh geodosy
and topography. Field Marshal Won
Moltke can call to his assistance the most
distinguished civil engineers in the empire
whenever he wishes. The general staff
has library, begun in 1916, which now
comprises nearly 10000 volumes.-Berlin
Cor San Francisco Chronicle.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-28
Manted-in Endurahle Pen.

AS for pens, will mankind ever invent
an endursble penn The quill makes a
dreadful noise, as Dora found when she
tried TO keep accounts in the presence of
David Copperfleld. Indeed the advent
ures of Dora with her pens are only those
of less feather headed scribes The quill
splutters small shower Of ink, murky
drizzle, over the fingers, SIS over the lace
ruffies that Button wore when he wrote.
The descending drizzle dots 100 is where
no should be, nor indeed is, and per-
plexes printers. Meanwhile the steel pen
begins as badly as lame cab horse, and
rusts readily. After an hours work the
wretched instrument needs to be taken
twice over every stroke, otherwise it does
not mark at all. One OF its legs becomes
shorter than the other.
Paper is the only thing that has made
an advance on birch ba.k, sheets Of lead,
potsherds and parchment; nor can paper
bear comparison with the vellun Of the
past. 4 kind of pad" otherwise useful,
has become hairy, and the hairs cling TO
the pen. No fountain pen has yet proved
successful. You have to blow down
them, 70 thump them, TO humor them in
q dozen ways and they explode IN your
pocket and food you with ink The
SO much is written. Nature may wisely
desire TO handicap authors But Il is the
business of Silence to thwart nature and
TO invent and perfect tout &C Qu'l fault
pour enthusiastically Review.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-28
California Mummies,

There is in San Francisco a collection n,
newly found nulnmies, forming one of the
most remarkable discoveries ever made in
America. The nnlmnaies differ from Egyp-
tan ones in that they arc generally quito
naked, only few having a loose covering,
and they have evidently undergone no pro-
cess OF embalming. The flesh is so thoroughly
dried that it resembles parchment, and the
corpses are very light. The mumrnies were
found by party Of gold seekers in one Of
the numerous branches of the Sierre Madre
mountains, near the ella, IN Arizona. One
day the gold seekers discovered a cave, the
entrance TO which was closed with kind of
cement, very hard to break Forcing an en-
trance, the men found themselves in kind
of ante-chamber, thirty feet long, hewed out
of the living rock. This led into q large hall,
in which were lying a number of dried up
corpses. The discoveries at once set to work
TO transport the munnies TO the nearest
railway station, in spite of the opposition of
the Apache Indians, who soon heard of the
discovery and considered the remains to be
those OF their gods. All the mummies were
safely removed to San Francisco, where they
excite great interest in scientific circles
Chicago Herald.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-28
The Universal skeleton.

Hidden troubles, securely locked in the
breast Of many q man who goes about his
ordinary business with a composed face,
constitute a large part Of the tragedy Of
everyday life. The theme is one OF which
Thackeray. as his admirers do not require
TO be told, never became tired; and think
that the older one grows and the more one
sees and knows OF his fellOwmen. the
stronger becomes the impression of an
omnipresent skeleton IN the closet. like
the sturdy Anglo-Saxon nature which,
keeping the skeleton well within his closet,
turns the key on him and confrOnts the
world with a face which makes no sign.
Toward the more emotional characters, as
they are called, who yield 70 the desire for
expression and The craving for sympathy,
am afraid that l feel somewhat IS 90
those British barbarians who reSarj the
French as so many ''shriekinE, poor
devils. ';-Tayerner IN Boston Post
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-28
HE BEsTED MORRIssEY.
Jim Fisk's Office Boys One Round that
Led to His Success in Life.

Led to His Success in Life.
C. n. White, chief paymasJer Of the
New York, Lake Erie and Western railroad
company for many years, has resigned.
He is succeeded by Peter F. Donohue,
who was Paymaster Whites assistant
When Fisk and Gould were in control of
the Erie, Peter Donohue was Fisk's office
boy. He was a slight-built boy, but his
eye was always on the right side OF
business.
One day Fisk gave orders to Peter, who
sat at the outside door Of Prince Erle'S
Office in the Grand Opera House building,
that he would be engaged in some partic-
ular matters, and must be out to every
applicant. no matter who it might be.
At that time John Morrissey and Fisk
were great friends, and Morrissey hap
pened to want to see Fisk that day on some
important business. Peter knew of the
high regard Fisk had for John Morrissey,
and the latter was in the habit, when he
called at the Erie building, of walking
into Fjsk's Office unannounced and with
out ceremony. On this day he was pass
ing, when the hree-foot-and-a-half office
boy rose up and told the congressman
that he couldn't pass.
s'How's that?' said Morrissey.
'NLr. Fisk is busy and can't see any
body" replied Peter Donohue.
He'll see me-" said Morrissey.
''No he won't" insisted Peter.
The persistence of the boy rather net
tied the x-prize fighting statesman, and
he said, testify, and taking step toward
the door:
do you know who I ann"
eyes," said Peter, coolly, you're John
Morrissey."
Well said Morrissey, 81 guess Mr..
Fisk will see me-
With that he swept the diminutive Of
fee boy aside and strobe toward the door.
His hand was on the knob but he did not
turn it. Peter Donohue sprang on the
broad back of the former athlete and
climbed up it like a monkey. He threw
his arm around Morrissey's neck and
gave it squeeze that shut the big mans
wind off, and forced him to give all his
attention TO freeing himself from the de-
termined Office boys grasp. He finally
succeeded, but when the novel struggle
was over the Office boy stood again be-
tween the congressman and Fisk's door.
"Air. Fisk gave me orders to let nobody
in there" exclaimed Peter. land you
can't go in. That's all there is about it. "
Morrissey's anger quickly gave way to
admiration of the boys pluck and faith
fulness, and, laughing heartily over his
defeat, he went away. He told Fisk next
day about his encounter with Peter, and
how the latter had "downed him" Moth
ing all Fisk's remarkable career ever
pleased him as much as the mill" as he
called it, between Morrissey and Donohue.
The boy was rapidly advanced by Fisk,
and one of the direct results of this affair
with Morrissey is his present place at the
head of the most important branch of the
Erie railways financial department. -
New York Sun.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-28
CULTIVATION OF COFFEE.
How 1t Is Done in VeneZuela-Bur NO
One Can Make the Beverage.


One Can Make the Beverage.
A coffee estate is a delightful place always.
and especially so in the Caracas region, where
nature supplements cultivated beauty with
grand scenery. At San Bernardino, which IS
almost within the city limits, we spent more
than one day under the shade of a noble ave-
nue. of Towering mangoes, or IN the cones
fields, almost under the towering saddle crest
of the Silla. 1900 feet up in the clouds, and
learned little of the art. There is needed
rich soil, plenty of water and perfect shade;
for the coffee plant cannot stand direct sun
rays any more than cold. just before the
rainy season seeds are planted in peculiar dl-
agonal lines, SO as to give about ninety trees
to the acre. and given over TO farmers care
for five years. He at once plants banana
trees beside them, which answer a double
purpose Of shading the tender growth and OF
producing quick returns. Meanwhile, the
slower growing bucare, which Is permanent,
is planted, and by the time the coffee is large
enough to bear, is ready to shield it for life.
The owner now takes possession OF his estate
and it begins to yield, continuing for thirty
years or more, with an average annual pro-
duct of ten pounds to tree. About the mid
die of March it is in full blossom, bearing a
pretty, white, daisy shaped flower, with half
dozen lanceolate leaves and a delicate va
nilla perfume.
The fruit or berry, containing two coffee
beans lying face to face ike chestnuts in a
burr, ripens early in autumn, when it is
picked, husked, washed, sorted according to
size and quality, and sent off to market in
sacks of from 125 to $50 pounds Its price in
Laguayra is, while We write, about fifteen
cents pound. Why it should be thirty when
it reaches the consumer, is one of those
mysteries of trade that writer cannot IN
derstand
Every one in Venezuela talks Of coffee,
raises coffee, deals in coffee, or owns coffee;
but not single soul appears TO know how to
make cup of the beverage fit TO drink-as
Americans like it, 1t is burned quite black,
thereby losing all aroma, and served as strong
as it can be made; in which condition it is a
nerve stimulant as potent as brandy, and its
excessive, constant use by all Glasses may go
far to explain the nervous tension of the ma
ton. Even the national voice partakes Of
this strain, being pitched in high key; but
that is perhaps due TO the language, which is
always spoken in loud tone-indeed. it Is
rare to hear Spanish in low tones, except it
may be the 'que linda Of mother to her
laughing child-Dr. W. F. Hutchinson In
American MAGAZINE,
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-28
Take Time Mt the Table.

Americans live at too high pressure.
No man has any business having func-
tional dyspepsia Organic dyspepsia is
different. That is due to cancer or some
other specific disease of the stomach or
other internal organs. Rapid eating
often grows out OF the habit OF eatin z
alone. Pleasant company at table and
good food are excellent preventives of
rapid eating. Eat slowly, enjoy your
food. take plenty of time between courses
and let your teeth do their share Of the
work instead OF putting the whole job on
the stomach If you don't enjoy your
meals take vigorous enough exercise 10
make you hungry Hunger is the best
sauce That is the way TO prevent dys-
pepsia if you haven't it, and the way TO
cure it If you hsye.-New York World
Interview
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-28
SAVING The TEETH.

IrTeparabIe Injury Done by So Called
Dentifrices-A Dentists Prescription.
what should man use to clean his
teeth" was the question asked Of well
known dentist recently The dentist replied
at once, Nothing but water. There are
more good teeth ruined by so called denti-
frices than by all other causes in the world
put together. The object of the makers Of
these dentifrices is, CT course, to produce q
preparation that win, with very little rubbing
of the brush, make the teeth look perfectly
clean and white To accomplish this they
put punice stone, and sometimes strong
alkalies, in their preparations. Pumice stone
VIII unquestionably take ell the tartar off the
tooth, and 1t VIII also, Just rs unquestionably,
take al the enamel with i. An alkaH will
make a yellow tooth ike white in a few
seconds, but before a week has passed it viii
have eaten away nearly all the enamel and
utterly destroyed The TOOTH.
an walking along the street you often see
'falir,' BY way Of advertising his patent
dentifrice, call d small boy from the crowd
near by and opening the boys mouth rub the
dentifrice on his dirty teeth, and in a minute,
almost, take OF ell the tartar and make the
teeth look perfectly pure and white. Now, a
he has forever destroyed that boys teeth.
Els preparation, composed Of a powerful
alkai, Is eating away the enamel Of the boys
teeth, and in a few months the poor young
ster win not have q sound tooth in his head.
The dentIrices composed chiefly Of pumics
stone are not as bad as those containing an
alaali, because thcywill not destroy the teeth
50 quickly; but if used habitually they will
as cc-fcfrll-- DESTROY +nay,, =,,
Il should advise man by all r1sans to use
no dentifrioe Of any description, unless it be
prepared chalk. Ii this Is used not oftener
than once 4 week, 1t VIII not injure the teeth
and may help TO cleanse Them but it should
on no account be used every day. OrTis root
does the teeth no harm, and gives pleasant
odor TO the breath; and If al our dentifrices
We're composed sinply'o of or1is root and pre-.
pared chalk they would be harmless enough,
If not beneficial Ny own plan is to use a
moderately hard brush and plenty of cold
water, and nothing else, and my teeth are in
excellent condition. If people would only
pick their teeth carefully after each meal,
making sure that not the slightest particle of
food remained near the gums or between the
teeth and would also, before retiring at night,
run a piece of soft thread through their teeth
they would not have any necessity for a dem
thrice. OF course sweets and candies are bad
for the teeth; SO is smoking, or taking either
very cold or hot drinks; but, bad as all these
undoubtedly are | really think that the worst
enemy the tooth has is the so called denti-
frice. Take the advice of a dentist, and never
use anything for your teeth but a brush and
good cold water Boston Saturday Even
ing Gazette
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-28
5ssSNALlz~
Daily - eagle
The SHIP,

king, pope, and kaiser and queen-moss
fair was She
Went sailing, sailing, sailing, over a sunny sea,
and amid them sat a beggar, churl Of low de-
gree;
And they all went sailing, sailing. over the sunny
And the king said to the kaiser and bis comrades
fair and free:
Let us turn adrift this heggar this churl Of low
degree,
For he taints the balrny odors that blow to you
and me,
AS we travel, sailing sailing, over the sunny sea- :"
The ship is mine said the beggar, that churl
Of low degree,
And we're all Of Us sailing, sailing, to the grave.
DER she sunny sea;
And you may not, and you cannot, get rid OF
mine or me;
No, not for your crowns and scepters-rny name
Is Death quoth he C Mackay.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-28
RenortinC Prince Iismarck,s speeches.

A member of the Official stenographic
corps of the reichstag, in writing of Bis
marck as speaker, says: 1T is not the
speed with which he speaks that makes
the reporters task of taking down his
words an especially difficult one, for there
are swifter takers than he; but Prince
Bismarck speaks at a very unequal rate,
and as rule il is quickest at those very
places which are most 10 the point. Not
unfrequently, too, he interrupts himself
with intermediate sentences; and he has
a peculiar style of his own, with quite I'M
expected turns Of speech; in addition to
which he often interweayes quotations
sometimes in foreign languages-with his
remarks, and occasionally, toward the
end of a sentence, speaks so low as TO
make him difficult TO be understood at our
desk, although it is in the immediate VI
cinity Of where he stands. And then the
stenographer cannot altogether get rid Of
the feeling that he is working under the
pressure Of the weight and Importance Of
what he is taking down, as we'll as under
the consciousness that he is preserving
the words OF the man at whom all Europe
Is looking. John p. Jackson in New
York World.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-28

Mark Twain's participation in hall
game in ElElira surprised great many
persons who did not know that he has for
many years made that place his summer
home. Il was there that he married the
daughter OF very wealthy coal operator
named Langion, who died several years
ago Mark built himself house at some
distance from the hesrtof EiInirs on CON
siderable elevation called Quarry hill, and
though the townsfolk usually say they
would not like TO live there because il Is 50
far from town, be likes ii because he gets
cool air and sufficient privacy from intrud-
ers TO be able to do most OF each year 1t
erary work there. Ills horse and carriage
soon nut him in town when he wants 10 90
there. and the rest OF the TINE re spends
with his wife and friends, or around his
billiard table, or far pp stairs in the airy
cupola that he calls h1s woEkshop.-The
ArGoCaUE
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-28
PYGMAtiON.
An. were the legend of Pygmalion true

an, were the legend of Pygmalion true
think my hand would clench the cnisei SO -
That all my soul would TO my fingers dow
Till they would bring my Utmost thoughts 70
view,
As should from the shapeless marble hew
form that, like your own. should surely gro"
Sotrue that meath my carving hand would sno"
Ny souls ideal-the counterpart of you
And not as stone should there unbreathing lie
4 soulless shape wrought by the sculptor
knife;
For would voice my soul with such cry
That it should hear and rise, my breathing WIFE,
Breaking its sleep with loves awaking sigh
When had loved it into pulsing life
Ben D. House
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-28
Warranted Not to Fail

A correspondent of The St Paul Pioneer
Press wrote. asking if there is any prep
eration known that viii turn hair gray,
and the editor answered no" without
trying the effect Of printing portrait Of
stS snbscrihe-. --ExchanGa-
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-28
Evening Amussmeots-

Or. Norvln Green, president Of the Western
Union Telegraph company, thinks that a
great many men break down from overwurk.
He believes N evening ADJUSTMENTS that tsse
the mind away from the shop after work Is
done. he seldom works ct nigh: and tries
lever TO do so.-ChicaFo Times
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-28
The Cleaner of Pines,

II IS the custom in Turkey 10 have one
servant in the house attend 10 nothing hut
the pipes OF his master He keeps th.Sn
clean and sweet and thoroughly rirses them
after each smoke. = New York Evening
World
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-28

The National Building, Loan and Protective Union.
Loan on Improved city
and
money Office: 122 NORTH MAIN STREET 50
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-28

First Medical Student-Aw-doctor,
what is the subject selected for discussion
at our next meeting of the Medico Scien'
tifico society," Dye know, doctor
Second Medical Student-Aw-le.-n
see, doctor. Aw-yes:
Resolved, That II a boy falls from 8
second story window and breaks one leg,
wouldn't he break two legs If he fell from
8 fourth story windowY'-The Epoch.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-05-05
FlFTlETH CONGRESS-.

IN the Senate. on the 25th. Senator Voorhees,
speech on President Cleveland's Tariff message
was the principal feature Of the days proceed
ings.. In the House tnri1 speeches were
made by Messrs Bynum. Brown and Dockery.
THE marked features in the proceedings OF
the Senate. on the Goth, were the notice OF Mr.
ingalls, that he would, on Tuesday next, reply
to MT voorhees, attack on him of the 18th, and
the debate on the Land Forfeiture bill In
the House, the Tariff bill was discussed at
length by Messrs. Buchanan, aemphill, Os-
borne and Hudd.
THE Senate was not in session on the 27th.
49,. In the House the debate on the Mills
Tariff bill occupied almost the entire days ses-
sion. An evening session was held, devoted to
private pension bills.
THE Senate was not in session on the 2Sth.
80. In the House, consideration of the Tariff
bill was resumed, the chief feature Of the de-
bate being colloqu al discussion respecting
the question of labor. and the bearing OF re-
yised tariff thereon.
IN the Senate, on the 3)th, the discussion on
the International Copyright law was the lead
ing feature of the days proceedings. Several
bills for the erection OF public buildings were
taken from the calendar and passed. In
the House the proceedings were confined prn-
cipally to the discussion OF the Tariff bill,
Messrs. Grosvenor, Henderson and Gallinger,
opposing, and Mr. Raynor supporting the
hill
Huntsville gazette., 1888-05-05
CARL SCHURZ IN EUROPE.

The Amnestied Exile Banqueted in Berlin
He Euologizes the Departed Hohen-
zoIlern and Expresses Pride in the Inn
perial Chancellor.
BERLIN, May Hon. Carl Schurz was
entertained at a banquet at the Hotel
Kaiserhorf Sunday night. Many promi-
nent Germans and Americans were pres
ent, including Count Herbert Bismarck.
Professor Gneist introduced Mr.. Schurz
in an eulogistic speech, which Mr.. Schurz
replied to, that he was q simple American
citizen of German birth. While
German Americans, he said, love as
a bride the great commonwealth Of
America, there is no lessening of
their affection for their old mother, and
they had enthusiastically greeted the
union of the German Fatherland under
the leadership of the brave Hohenzollern,
and we have also viewed with pride how
the Imperial Chancellor has iraised him
self like a colossal figure in the world
above all the statesmen of his time, plac-
ing Germany as star of the first magni-
tude in the family of nations while main
tanning peace among the peo-
pie of Europe. The preser-
vation of friendly understanding be-
tween Germany and America is dearer to
German Americans than anything else.
If differences with reference to CONNER
cial interests shall occur it is hoped that
wise measures on both sides will over
come them.
Count Herbert Bismarck, in the course
of his remarks, gave assurance of in
creasing endeavors on the part of the I'm
perial Government TO further the friendly
relations of the two countries.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-05-05
LATE NEWS ITEMS.


A TERRIBLE tragedy occurred at Jack
son, Miss, on the 1st, the principals to
which were Gen. Writ Adams, postmaster,
and Mr.. John Martin, editor OF the New
Mississippian. Both were killed.
THE Union Labor State Convention of
Arkansas on the 1st instructed delegates to
the National Convention to vote for j. A.
Streeter, of Illinois, for President, and L.
V. Powderly, for Vice-President. The Con-
vention nominated w. K. Duval, of Pu-
laski, for Chief Justice, and G. w. Terry,
of Nevada, for Secretary of State.
THE decrease in the public debt during
the month Of April was S9,3OO,0OO
TIE Comptroller of the Currency has de-
clared second dividend of 20 per cent. in
favor of the First National bank of Pine
Bluff, Ark.
THE President on the 30th sent to the
Senate the nomination of Melville W.
Fuller, Of Chicago, to be Chief Justice Of
the Supreme Court.
A PEANUT TRUST was formed at Norfolk,
Va, on the 30th, embracing firms engaged
in the peanut trade in st. Louis, Cincin-
natl, New York and Norfolk, Petersburg
and Smithville, Va. A president and
board Of directors have been elected.
THE Postmaster General on the 30th sent
a communication to the Senate that showed
there were 1901 cities in the Union whose
postoffice receipts in some one of its~past
three years equaled $4,000. OF these sew
enty -eight already had public buildings.
Tennessee has but sixteen suck cities.
THERE was sleighing in Sioux Falls, Ia,
on the 30th on che three inches of snow
that fell the night previous.
DISPATCHES from the City OF Mexico
state that six of the eight men who re-
Gently burglarized the house of Mr.. Bril-
lianti and secured $4,000 have been cap
been recovered.
AFTER three days of rain it began snow
ing at st. Paul, Mimi, oD the Goth. Spe-
cials from st. Peter, Minn., Yankton aud
Canton, Dak., report a damp snow at those
places. This is the latest snow OF any
spring for five years in South Dakota.
WHILE the Cherokee authorities were
attempting to arrest Jack Hawk and Bill
Beaver, two celebrated outlaws, they re-
sisted and were shot dead after long
fight from behind barricade o. horses
They were two desperate characters, and
had long been wanted for murders cover
ing series of years.
OKTIBBEHA COUNTY, Miss, on the 18th
failed to vote $4,000 of her bonds to aid IN
the extension of the Georgia Pacific. The
citizens of Starkville are very mucn
wrought up over the matter, and for Tear
that they will lose the road they will in
all probability either subscribe that
amount or vote another tax on the town.