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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-13
A MAN OF OTHER DAYS.
George Rex Graham, the Founder OF
Graham's Magazine.

Forty years ago no man was better known
in literary circles than George Rex Graham
His name was household word. He was
the protector and owner of Graham's Maya
zine Although writer of grace and force,
Mr.. Graham never made any pretence to be,
strictly speaking, literary man, but he was
a generous employer, and in many instances
was also the discoverer of our best known
and greatest writer's He was the first Amer
lean publisher to pay respectable prices for
literary wares Bayard Taylor, whose earli-
est poems be published, was amazed when
Graham rendered him s25 check for two
poorly priced poetic illusions. For his
Spanish Student" Longfellow received $3.50
from Mr. Graham, and for "The Village
Blacksmith" $50. Fenimore Cooper once
called on him in answer TO a note. Graham
wanted him to write ten naval stories
al can't write for you," said Cooper, rather
contemptuously, adding, ''you can't pay me
enough"
"How much do you want for each storyp
asked Graham.
lone hundred dollars-in advance" was
Cooper's reply, pausing before uttering the
two last words, as if he thought they would
end the matter. Without moments hesita-
check for 81 900. The stories were written
and published, but Mr.. Graham believes they
did his magazine no special good. His fame
as large handed publisher spread, however,
and did him great service. His friends told
him MS liberality would ruin him. On the
contrary, it won him fortune in a. few years,
as he confidently expected it would.
Dir. Graham is now 75 years old. For three
years he has been an inmate of an ophthaimic
hospital. He had cataracts removed from
both eyes. For two years he was totally
blind, but thanks to good treatment his sight
has been partially restored, and he has left
the hospital to begin life anew. He has
made and lost two fortunes, and now at the
age of nearly four-score years he is about to
take up his pen and try to make new for
tune. He is not at all cast down, although
he hasn't penny to his name. The restora-
ton of his eyesight has made him as happy
as boy chasing a butterfly. This sudden
restoration to the light Of day, after period
of nearly five years of partial and total blind
ness, is like a new birth-it is being born
again; the happiness of early manhood is
being restored, and old age itself is unfelt.
1t is a renewal of youth and of hope for the
future.-New York Mai and Express.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-13

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BY any young man xtu make him = tez7rczsh
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keal study far foar boars . week VII have
the Tso<- astonishing rsszl.z In I've years
the student viii hare Isarned 80 s-s7ca iAas
he viii be inclined, u hEs ss.o1isess<rs ss
hirpseif, % tank be kDovx al t<srs II % 10
known, IN Ten years be waA k-sow VIA; b
dos not know of wts; - yes 20 b learned,
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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-13
Automatic Car lamp Extinguisher.

An interesting exhibition of an auto
matte pneumatic. car lamp extinguisher"
Is reported from Montreal \ reservoir
under the car is filed with air by The ac-
ton of tie brakes, and closed by valve,
connecting with pipes leading over the car
and into the chimneys Of The LAMPS. To
it are attached system of weights, SO ar
ranged that on the car losing its pcrpen-
dicular from any cause, accidental or
otherwise, the valve is opened and a cur
REM of air liberated, which at once,
through the pipes, extinguishes the Lamp.
Frank LesEe'S.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-13

FISH IN THE DEPTHS.
Peculiarities OF Deep Sen Denfzen.
They Garry Their Own Lights.

ISCoIAhltieS % ASCSR $50 ASCnAASAES
They Garry Their Own Lights.
'sWhat an odd fshg'
An old member Of the Maritime Exchange
was exhibiting ina bottle one OF the queer
est submarine monsters that the fancy could
paint. Itapparentiy had no. beginning and
no ending One could hardly tell where Its
outlines left of, and the alcohol in which it
was preserved began II was hike jelly
lit must be remembered" explained the
owner, that at the depth Of 900 fathous,
the pressure upon . fish or any other body is
equal to a ton to a square inch. These fab
by looking fishes, that can be tied in knot
at the surface, at such depths are firm bod
led and vigorous When fish, apapted by or
ganization TO these depths, are brought TO
the surface, frequently their bodies are rup-
tured, their viscera protrude, their eyes
start out and they present the appearance Of
having suffered friShtful death When the
fish ascends and the pressure upon his body
becomes less and less. the gases in its body be-
gin to expand, and the expansion causes the
denoralized appearance Of the fish II the
fish could be popped up out Of the sea in an
instant, it would probably explode with a
bang when it reached the surface
JUSs lOuh AZ tdWs, SAHfk1uuc<l tue eA-
hibitor. When the fish are brought to the
surface most Of them appear to be soft, PUPPY
masses. The bones and muscles appear TO be
feebly developed The tissues seem thin,
weak and easily ruptured These conditions,
implying muscular weakness, are apparently
inconsistent with the powerful shape Of the
jaws and the rapacious looking teeth Of some
of the predacious fishes"
''How do they hvef
THAT is hard to say. To the absence Of
light is due many of the most wonderful
peculiarities Of the deep sea fish Some of
them are totally blind, having no eyes at all
or mere rudimentary eyes. Others have
huge eyes, so organized as TO collect as many
light rays as possible Sunlight, it is said,
does not penetrate to depth of 300 fathoms
II there is any light there at all it is the
merest glimmer, and below that depth there
is absolute darkness.
snow these deep sea fishes being cut OF al
together from the sunlight, many of them
furnish their own light. They have no or
ganized gas companies, but each furnishes
his own light-carries lantern or torch
around with him They have organs that
emit phosphorescent CLEAN and shed light
on their path. Some of them carry little
torches in the form of tentacles that rise
from the tops of the heads. Many of them
have regular symmetrical rows Of luminous
spots on their des"-New York Mail and
Express
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-13
A Phenomenal Accountant.

There is 8 bookkeeper in a New York
wire factory who has merely TO glance az
broadsides Of figures, row after row, FILL
ing whole sheet OF legal cap, and de-
clares the result instantly. He doesn't
know how he does it, nor does any body
eLse.-Cbicago Herald
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-13

Come to think about it, some OF the Young
men who make ''nashes" are very small
potatoes New Orleans Picayune
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-13

Two large firms of japanese nurserymen
are introducing into California the Unshin
or dwarf orange tree, and ind many custom
erS Tor the tree because It can be grown in a
very small space.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-13

Among the curiosities OF the National mu-
scum IN Washington is q book bound in
human skin
, 1888-12-23

1t is a fact worth noting that most
of the families who were raised to high
positions and profusely gilded by the
First Napoleon are extinct, and that
those which still exist are represented
chiefly by women. The first empire
and its wars did not play havoc with
the dukes and the princes who sprang
up around its head. The harm was
done by the second empire, whose
ideal was faire bombance. The higher
class Bonapartists ate, drank and were
nearly all guzzlers, and managed to
soak any amount of fine wines at their
lunches and dinners. The fashion in
their time came in of having as many
w~ineglasses at each plate as there are
hues in a great stack of chimneys.
When the appetite palled, the sorbet
russo was brought in to act on the I'M
fortunate stomach as a tonic, and en-
able it to go through as much more as
it had gone through already. One of
the reasons why Marshal Bazaine
could not get quickly out of Metz, to
bar the way against the Prussians,
was that the emperor started before
him, and so the road was blocked with
service de Ia bouche and the wagons
carrying tho belongings of his i'm
perial majesty, which were truly i'm
pediments. When the ~Israelites were
under n theocracy, and the chief
priests SONS ate as do city of London
aldermen, the Philistines routed them.
Likewise Marshal de Soubise was i'm
mortalized by his sauce for mutton
chops and disgraced by his defeat
Cor. London Truth
, 1888-12-23

DIR. Alexander Zoroastroff, of Be-
lostok, emphatically recommends to
all military men, sportsmen,. and
others, q grease for boots which is
said to entirely prevent sore feet, and
so protects pedestrians from the whole
train of familiar affections caused by
that minor accident: The ointment is
made of four parts of lard, four parts
of olive oil and one part of c~aoutchouc
(raw RUBBER, which are melted together
on q slow fire. Having moistened the
sole of the boot with water, the inven-
tor warns the boot in a stove or before
a fire, and then smears tower with the
compound. The boot is said to become
soft, pliable, shining, waterproof and
even moro durable.-Frank Leslie's.
, 1888-12-23
Tho German Hotel Porter.

In German hotels you como in con-
tact only with the porter and head
waiter. The porter is usually selected
for his intelligence, for his ability as
linguist and for his size-height rather.
You make all inquiries of him con-
corning the hotel, about the arrival
and departure of trains, the sights of
the town, etc., and you invariably get
civil and intelligent replies to all your
questions. The SC called porter (por-
teri, however, in no sense corresponds
to the American idea of a porter, nor
is he called upon to do the slightest
physical labor. He receives guests,
sees them depart and makes himself
very useful in many ways; but as for
lifting a trunk or carrying a satchel,
this is entirely beneath his position
and his dignity. The actual porter
performs this labor, and both of these
officials expect and receive a fee on
the guests departure. In paying your
bill at a German hotel you see neither
proprietor, manager nor porter neither
will receive it; you are obliged to pay
the waiter, who thus makes SUI of
his fee.-Home journal.
, 1888-12-23

Russia employs more men to pro-
duce less corn than any other coun-
try. When the serfs were emanci-
pated in 1861 a portion Of land, from
eight to nine acres per head, was al
lotted throughout Russia to the peas
ants who occupy themselves with the
cultivation of their own ground.
Since then the condition Of Russia
seems to have been growing worse
and worse. The amount of territory
given up TO the serfs by the emanci-
patton act of 1861 was about one-half
of the arabic land of the whole en-
pire, 50 that the experiment of cutting
up the large properties of a country
and the formation Of u landed peas
antry has been tried there for more
thai . quarter. of a century. No
doiat Alexander / meant well toward
his SUBJECTS: but at present Russia
seems 10 &c in the worst possible on
diuon- Con Boston Herald.
, 1888-12-23

The postal authorities say that the
amount of postal matter received I'M
der the frank of congressman is SO
small as to be of no importance in con-
n~ection with the work of the office.
Occasionally after some important
speech a number Of Congressional
Records will be forwarded to Boston
or to other points in New England.
Outside of the departments of the gov
eminent and the members of congress
the franking privilege is enjoyed by
agricultural colleges and the widows
of the ex-presidents of the United
States. A circumstance not generally
known is hat all mail matter adj
dressed to Sarah Polk, Lucretia r.
Garfield and Julia d. Grant may be
sent free of charge. No signaturo or
mark is necessary to the free carriage
of mail matter to either of the above
named persons. The address is sufh-
cient. These ladies' not only have the
privilege Of sending their mail matter
for nothing, but their correspondents
enjoy the same privilege. Boston
Transcript.
, 1888-12-23
Instruction. n. Interpreted.

He was a night reporter on a daily
paper and it came in his way TO inter
view two worthy ladies connected
with one of our benevolent institutions
on a subject of some importance. The
city editor told him to use tact and
make himself agreeable. AS the mat
ter was not wanted for the next edi-
ton he could take his time and not
hurry the ladies in their recital.
These were his instructions: at s p.
m. he appeared at the institution, the
inmates of which had just been called
to prayers. The rest Of the story is
best told in the words Of the elder lady
herself.
"He seemed a very nice, agreeable
young man, and we thought he had
known some of DUR patients, or had
some idea of adopting an infant from
the children's ward. My assistant,
Miss -, she is a young lady, was .
little nervous, as we have so few calls
from gentlemen But we asked him
out to see our house service, and he
sung and read q chapter, and was very
nice. Then we went back to the par
Tor and Miss - wanted to excuse
herself, but / would not let her leave,
and the young man 1 thought would
soon go.
81 wish you could have heard him
talkl He told us all about himself
and what q checkered career he had
gone through, and Miss - became
quite sympathetic, but we were
both dreadfully worried. We did not
know what he wanted, and he gave us
no chance 10 ask. / was so sleepy for
a while that the smile froze on my
face, and 1 saw double. Then he made
me tell. the history of the institution,
and that is my weak point. Every
time my assistant, Miss -, would
attempt to go 1 would frown at her.
We both knew that everything in the
house was going wrong. 1 could see
the clock, but the young man sat with
his back to it. At last it struck 81
Then he asked what time it was. /
told him it was 2 o'clock in the morn
ing, and then he let the cat out of the
bag at last. He told me who he was.
1--WE fellows just consider this the
shank of the evening" he said. You
see, I'm an all night man, but 1 am
afraid L have been keeping you ladies
up.
1--WE both said: oh, no, no, no.
for we were almost stupefied, and much
too sleepy to tell the truth. But we
both wondered what his business was
with us, and, do you believe it, he
told us in less than five minutesl He
simply wanted to know if statement
in the evening paper of the night be-
fore was ruei"-Detroit Free Press.
, 1888-12-23

Small talk is the small change of
life; there is no getting on without it.
There are times when a little nonsense
is very palatable, and gravity and Sc
dateness ought to be kicked down
stairs. A philosopher cuts o poor
figure in a ball oom unless he leaves
his wisdom at home. We have met
with men who were too lofty for
small talk. They were above such
tritling; i'll other words, they were
above making themselves agreeable,
above pleasing al above being
pleased. The wo9li IS made up OF tri-
les. and he who C.. uifle elegantly
and gracefully is :aluab!c G-quisi-
ton 10 u,cul:inG. ia = Corirl ian
column tIIhe fal..I,t so"iety.-Now
Norl; Ledge.
, 1888-12-23
h Dreams of n Hasheesh Smoker.

Science describes the experiences Of
a gentleman who placed himself under
the influence of hasheesh. He smoked
it until he felt a profound sense of
well being, and hen putthe pipe aside.
After a few minutes he seemed to be-
come two persons; he was conscious of
his real self reclining on n lounge and
of why he was there; his double was
in a vast building of gold and marble,
splendidly brilliant, and beautiful be-
yond all description. He felt an eX-
treme qualification, and believed him
self in heaven. This double person
atty suddenly vanished, but reap
peared in a few minutes. His real
self was undergoing rhythmical
spasms throughout his body; the
double was a marvellous Instrument,
producing sounds of exquisite sweet
ness and perfect rhythm. Then sleep
ensued, and all ended. Upon another
occasion sleep and waking came and
went 70 rapidly that they seemed to be
confused. His double seemed to be
the sea, bright and tossing as the wind
blew, then a continent. Again he
smoked a double dose and sat at his
table, pencil in hand, to record the
effects. He lost all conception of time.
He rose to open a door and it seemed
to take a million years. He went to
pacify an angry dog, and endless ages
seemed to have passed when he re-
turned. Conceptions of space retained
their normal character. He felt an
unusual fullness of mental impressions
enough to fill volumes. He under
stood clairvoyance, hypnotism and all
else. He was not n man or two, but
several men living at the same time in
pations. lie could not write one word
without hurrying to the next, his
thoughts flowing with enormous rap
idity. The few words he did write
meant nothing.
, 1888-12-23

1t is the enormous and inestimable
value of Greek literature that gives
the Greek language a proper right TO
its eminenCe as IA feature of n col
legiate course, and if the Greek litera-
tufe is TO be put TO one side and the
students are to be taught Greek out of
newspapers, then the study of the
language had better at once be rele-
gated TO the position of n collegiate
side issue of nc interest or Importance
except TO specialists. We do not doubt
in the least that, after u. certain fash
ion, the study of Greek could be made
o interesting-more entertaining
would perhaps be n better phrase-toa
great many students, than it is by the
customary hammering away at Homer
and the poets. But tho young fellow
who can't get interested in Greek "
cept through some such a device as
this had n good deal better let it alone
altogether. He can certainly put in
his time at college n good deal better
IN obtaining q reading and c%oiloquial
acquaintance with French, German or
any other foreign language, than he
can by fooling with newspaper Greek.
We admit the force Of al the Missis-
sippi professor says about the cncour-
agement a student may get by the
knowledge that Greek is n living Ian
guagc; but all the same, if he and his
fellows let go in the least Of the idea
that it is a sympathy with antique
Greek culture that they are seeking to
drive into the heads of the young fel-
lows under their care, they will do the
cause Of classical culture vastly more
harm than has been done by all the at
lacks of the modernists. Philadelphia
Telegraph.
, 1888-12-23
A WOMAN ON CREMATION.
She Believes n Higher Civilization WIN
Abolish Grave Yards

I oh1 DCAAtNNs y AhEht WIN
Abolish Grave Yards
II has been the custom to attribute
TO women a sentimental conservatism
regarding reforms in our methods of
burial, which has retarded, hitherto,
the movement in favor of cremation.
Their antagonism, it is claimed, is not
based upon any hygienic or economic
views entertained by them, but to dis
inclination to interfere with usage.
Custom Is the fetch which the masses
of m are charged with worship
ing, and undoubtedly the accusation
is true of the order of women who are
swayed by emotion and whose jude-
ment has not been trained by educa-
lion and enlarged opportunities. Many
women of the higher type have given
the subject no thought; others secretly
approve it, but keep silence through
dread of shocking the prejudices of
those about them. Some American
women-from dispassionate contem-
plation of the subject-are earnest adj
vocates of cremation as n necessity of
the age, made manifest by injury TO
the public health through the over
crow ding of grave yards adjacent to
large cities,
Justice TO the living will ultimately
be the factor which will lead the ma
jority to accept the conclusions of the
minority regarding cremation. But
right ideas will not prevail univer-
sally until the costly show grounds
now held in veneration-are proven TO
be pest places. Then sanitary influ-
ences will overpower the sentimental
ignorance which continues the coloniz-
ing of corpses in ~graveyards which are
already within the limits Of our cities.
A higher civilization than ours will be
ashamed of the vulgar and ~ostentatious
display manifested in the name of the
helpless dead. Cremation, by increas-
ing our respect for our fellow beings,
viii mitigate this evil, and it will cor
rect another of which Americans seem
to enjoy a monopoly-that of travel
ing corpses over the country to the
discomfort and humiliation of the liv-
ing. Surely it is debasing to our ideas
of this Immortality of the spirit To pay
such honors as we do TO l~ifeless flesh,
even though it be clothed for q brief
space in the likeness of a loved one.
Could we be A.duced TO reflect how
brief a space i is in which the body
remains as we put it away, most as
suredly we should prefer its speedy
dissolution by i~ncineration. When a
human body is no longer animated by
the life giving principle that individu-
allied it, is it not merciful to swiftly
resolve it TO dust by the purifying ele-
ment of fret So claim many who
consider our burial customs heathen-
ish and utterly inconsistent with our
ethical, spiritual and sanitary views.
So think the women who herein as
sumo the responsibility of uniting to-
gether in the interests of enlightened
public sentiment in a symposium on
cremation. Laura G. Holloway in The
Epoch.
, 1888-12-23
A New Axle Boz.

Some Prussian railways are expert
menting with axle boxes fitted with
bearings of vegetable parchment in
place of brass. The parchment is
strongly compressed before being used,
and it is thoroughly dried to prevent
subsequent shrinkac An emulsion
of water and oil, any of the mineral
oils, is used as lubricant. The parch-
ment soon becomes impregnated with
oil, and is able to go a long time with
out q renewal of fabrication. Superb
GRITTY to metal is claimed for it.-Chi-
cago Herald.
, 1888-12-23

The motto of California means. l have
found it. Only in that land of sunshine,
where the orange, lemon, olive, fig and
grape bloom and ripen, and attain their
highest perfection in midwinter, are the
herbs and gum found, that are used in
that pleasant remedy for all throat and
lung troubles. Santa Able the ruler of
coughs, asthma and consumption, DIR.
w. n. Hunt has been appointed agent
for this valuable California remedy, and
sells it under a guarantee at 81 a bottle.
Three for 81 SO Try California Cat-R-
Cure, the only guaranteed cure for
catarrh. 81, by mail 81. 10.
, 1888-12-23
A woman. pI-covery.

Another wonderful discovery has been
made and that too by a lady in this
country. Disease fastened its clutches
Upon her and for seven years she with
stood its severest tests, but her vital or
gans were undermined and death seemed
imminent. For three months she coughed
necessarily and could not sleep. She
bought of us a bottle of DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption and was SO
much relieved on taking the first dose
that she slept all night and with one bot,
tie has been ~miraculously cured. Her
name is Mrs. Luther Lutz Thus write
w. G. Hamrick & Co., of Shelby, N. c.
Get a free trial bottle at DIR. w. N.
Hunts Drug Store.