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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-01
Car EilinG Eeforn the Var.

People who travel nowadays in Pullman
sleepers and buffet cars can't imagine
what railroading used to be before the
WAY in the west. Now the percentage of
deaths by accident on railroads is very
small. Then a man took his life in his
hand when he made a trip on the railroad.
The rails then were known as strap rails,
fiat pieces Of iron spiked down to the
wooden beams laid along the track Every
now and then wheel of a car would tear
one end OF rail loose and it would fly I'D
through the bottom OF the car and then
smash its way through, killing anybody
it struck and breaking the wood work of
the car all to pieces.
1 was an express messenger in those
days or road running between Cincin-
natl and Indianapolis. One day one of
these rails broke through my car, struck
my safe, and then came squirming and
twisting like q snake at me. | tried to
dodge it.. but it seemed to bend all over
the car in q second, and it caught nv
breeches, tearing them clear OF one Lee.
II it had struck my body ! would have
been nailed to the roof by it. as it went
on out that way. Sometimes these broken
rails threw the train off the track. but
generally the cars bowled merrily along
over the break, and the passengers were
SO accustomed to being shaken up that
they didn't know that anything eXtraor-
binary had happened until some one told
them.-Joseph Temple in Globe Demo-
cr2t,
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-01
Minnesota's Twin Cities.

One of the most impressive things to an
eastern man in both of them is their pub
lie spirit and the harmony with which
business men work together for anything
which will build up and beautify the city
i believe that the ruling force in Mime
apohs is Of New England stock, while st.
Paul has larger proportion of New York
people, with a mixture of southern: and |
have fancy :hatrthere is social shading
that shows this distinction. II is worth
noting, however, shat the southerner,
transplanted 10 Minnesota or Montana,
loses the leisser faire with which he is
credited at home, and becomes as active
and pushing as anybody. Both cities have
q very large Scandinavian population
Charles Dudley Warner in Harper's Maya
zine
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-01
Crossing the MUDDY Strent.

/ stood at a corner on Main street The
other day and watched the people making
their way across the muddy street Did
You ever notice how differently this is
done by different people
There is the lady who pauses moment
arily in disnay, then gathers her skirts
with one hand and daintily picks her way,
striving to step where some mans big
brogan has left its imprint, out failing be-
cause the brogan took such long steps.
Then comes the well dressed man who
never defornas his shapely feet with over
shoes. He glances down at his well pol
ished boots, mutters an imprecatfon about
the street commissioner, and walks across
on his heels, maintaining his balance with
difficulty and losing his temper altogether.
The old resident who is used to this sort
OF thing, and who would not feel at home
with clean pavement in the spring time,
does not permit the muddy crossing to
delay him, bud with SKILL born of long
experience, takes advantage Of every pro-
jecting dry spot; that the pavement affords,
and doesn't get very muddy after all
But the man who produced the strong.
est impression upon me. the man whom
you will at once recognize, was the man
whose unpublished boots and insensibility
to dirt enabled him to disregard the mud.
This man sets his foot down like pile
driver, or yanks it through the liquid mud
like snow pillow and literally bespatters
everybody and everything within radius
OF five yards. You have met him; every
body has met him. He has splashed you
with mud; he has splashed everybody.
He should be aSated as & public nut.
sance.-kansas City Journal.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-01
Light Denth of Arctic Shows.

The comparatively light depth Of snow
in the north frigid zone is tolerably easy
of explanation, but the difference in con-
sistency between it and the same material
further south is not so easy to understand
In the former case we really have but two
seasons when the snow falls-the spring
and autumn-the intensely cold weather
OF winter being as unfavorable for snow
storm seemingly as the summer itself; in
fact, / have seen snow storm every July
and August l was in the Arctic, while
there were a number of months in each
winter Of which I could not say the same,
The Eskimo plainly recognize these two
seasons of snow storms, and have two
different names for the spring and fall
SHOWS.
During the winter there may be high
winds, which carry the loose snow in
drifting packs, so that a person caught
out in such a gale would think at first
sight that he was in a first class snow
storm; but, nevertheless, none has fallen,
and although drifts have formed deeper
here and there, this has been picked up
from the ridges and hilltops and the
average depth is the same as before. For
this, too the natives have name, and
will inform you that at that temper
allure and that time of the year
no snow falls. In Greenland Oh
servations have been carried on for
many years by Danish meteorologists, and
DR.. Rink, the best authority on that
region, says that Sin north Greenland the
amount of snow annually falling is in
ferior to that of south Greenland" and
this Law seems to be general. In short,
the heaviest fall Of snow is not ia the
frigid no more than in the torrid zone,
but somewhere between the two.-Lieut.
Frederick Schwatka.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-01
Asking for o Light.

Americans abroad who stop people in tire
streets TO ask for light for their cigars ere
more or less politely directed 10 the nearess
tobacco shop and advised to buy box OF
fuses This apparentincivility has its merits
At the Cortlsnds street ferry, last week,
saw a man with stump Of 4 cigar irnportur.
ing strangers for light The first stranger
gave him a match, which blew out. The
second reluctantly handed him a freshly
lighted cigar, bat the stump was ash-headed
and would not take the fire The third
banded over his half smoked weed. shrugged
his shoulders and walked of The apDljcsn,
had nov incomrroded three persons aaS
spoiled two good cigars Yet. as ne putFei
away contentedly At his stump, be doubtless
considered himself . gentleman YORK
Wgtd
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-01
The Approved Tragedy" Yell.

''1n the streets Of Cardiff writes Mr..
Leonard Boyne, Il once saw an Italian
stab another fatally. l was on the oppo-
site side of the road, and gave yell or
scream and rushed to take the knife.
That incident is always wildly before nv
eyes when see Tybalt stab Mercutio and
have ever since, when playing Romeo,
used the yell / have noticed dead
silence come over the house Immediately,
us if something beyond mere acting had
happened One of the audience told me
That the scream was So effective that he
thought the man was actually stabbed,
and he was completely carried away by
the scene" This seems at first sight like
perfect example of emotion recollected
in tranquility" But can Mr. Boyne re-
produce the cry, with certainty of effect,
in perfectly cold bloods" Does ne not de-
pend upon the emotional tension of the
scene TO attune him for the effort? l con-
fess to a doubt whether Talma himself
could reproduce in perfect tranquility the
''spaSmodic vibration" of voice which he
originally owed TO oyermas:erinS emo
Magazine.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-01
Daniel Webster'S Advanced Age.

Guest tdining upstairs at Revere House
to English waiter,-Daniel Webster has dined
in this hall lie hos made speeches here
English Waiter anxious 10 keep up pleas.
ant conversation and earn tipl-Yes, sir:
there was some talk OF him here this morn.
ing, sir.
Guest-Indeed, What was said Of hint
English Weitcr Considerably taken back
and exciting the guests suspicion that his re-
mark had been a bold. venturesome men.
dacityl-we,l. sir. don't know as could
tell you what was sad--but there was some
talk of him. sir
Guest devotes hinseH Is sis sende-oin and
remains silent.
English Waiter distressed by the miscar.
rage OF the conversation, starts on a new
tacS,-Ar. Webster must be getting along
pretty well in years now. sir.
Guest ('catches cn'1-Ees: Ishou|dn,. vxon.
der if he dropped off very soon.
English Waiter delighted ut the auspicioos
renewal of the conversatioal-Yes, sir: YES,
sir: all the great men are dropping off nova
days
Guest-Have You heard anything recently
in regard 20 M Webs,er's heaithi
English Waiter tdoubtfullyl-No sir.
nothing except what see on the bulle-i,
When get of at s O'Clock / will see the bull
letins again.
Guest-You must be sure to keep an eve On
the bulletin. Mr. Webster is great man.
and his dropping of this year will create
great sensation.
English Waiter-I knowit viii, sir: know
il will
Waiter scores tip and guest departs with
beaming countenance, which legitimateiy
accompanies the bestowal Of q benefactiou.-
Boston Post
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-01
The Contagiousness of Crime.

Under the title the "Contagiousness of
Murder" NJ. Aubry has published an
elaborate thesis, in which, among other
things, he argues that the relation of a
crime, reproduced with minute details by
the press, frequently leads to a series of
crime, the means of execution of which
are copied fr0m the same ''crime type. I"
He believes these cases to be cases of
veritable initiative contagion.
OF course the plea of insanity cuts it's
usual exaggerated figure in this disgust
ton. But the four principal elements
necessary to constitute an epidemic Of
murder are given as suggestion, iinita-
ton, heredity and contagiousness. Moreau
de Tours proposes the following preventive
measures: /. A healthy moral individual
hygiene. Q The moralization of habits.
3. A restriction of the publication of
crimes. A more logical severity in the
judgment of criminals. News.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-01
Ancient GauI's Curious Coin.

'There is curious shaped coin," con-
tinued Mr.. Proskey, placing on the table
a small bronze affair sembling 4 diminu-
tive horseshoe or a letter L. 1t was about
quarter Of al inoh thick and two inches
across. The ends were oval and fiattened
at was in use in ancient Gaul,n ex-
planned Mr.. Proskey, "about 1000 years
ago. 1t is said to have been used in Africa
and Ireland. 1t was very convenient
shape. you see. You could string dozen
of them on stick or carry them in your
belt or hook a lot of them together There
are not many of them found, but there is
no demand for them, and specimen is
only worth about S10.-New York World.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-01
Ethics of the Barber Shop.

"Bay rum
So spoke barber in a well known shop on
Nassau street. The proprietor glanced up
quietly and significantly, but said nothing.
When the customer had gone, the barber was
called to one side, and received, as far as
could be gathered from the whispered tones, q
sharp admonition.
II never allow my employees" said the pro-
prietor in response to an inquiry, "to ask my
customers whether they want anything. and
l fatter myself that this is one Of the methods
by which I have built up a business. A
customer is pretty sure to know what be
wants, and if he comes in for a ten cent shave
he does not care to have it advertised that be
don't feel able 10 indulge in a fifteen cent
operation. Even if, in order TO keep up ap
pearances, he says Yes in reply to Bay
RUM he grudges the five cents and viii avoid
the shop afterward. Yes, sir, l believe the
main secret Of my success is that none OF my
BARRIERS are allowed to say Bay rump"
"Don't you lose some custom, that way, OF
people who would take bay rum if reminded
of it!'
Il don't think 50. II the customer wants
bay rum he is pretty sure 70 have it in mind,
and TO say so, and then IL he wants It all the
time he will say 50. New York Sun.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-01
sc.oro, Mexico, leviss a tax of So on
every child born there.
Exciting Cau!,es of Malaria.

Exciting eau res of Malaria.
The circumstances under which malaria
prevails as local disease though suffi-
GENTLY marked are yet in some degree
complicated and perplexing. 1t is certain
that the exciting cause Of the disease is
something present in invisible effuvia
from the surface Of the earth. It seems
almost as certain that decomposing or
decomposed vegetable matter is the source
of the infection: yet the appearance OF
malaria in such a place as the rock Of
Gibralter, which is char acterized by an en-
tire absence Of vegetation, presents an ap-
parent exception which prevents US from
definitely deciding that vegetable matter
alone can produce the malarial Infection
Moisture is necessary 70 produce the
poison; vet moisture alone, or ever with
the necessary degree OF heat, Is not suf1i
Gent; on the contrary il appears that If
only the soil whence malsTial eftluvia have
arisen could be kept permanently soaked
with moisture there would be no in
lection.
The soil must first he for while sod
den with moisture, then dried. before the
invisible effiuvia--the marsh Hiasma-
become dangerous. The heat necessary
to produce the poison must be somewhat
greater than GO deGs. and somewhat less
than SO dogs; between these limits, but
not outside them, heat does its poison
generating work We have in these con-
ditioas alone certain power OF infuenc-
ing malaria as has been shown by re-
peatei examples. A Proctor il
Inter Ocean
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-01
Decay Of Different Wood.

Tests have been made to determine the
variations in the length of time that il re-
uuires to produce decay in different kinds
of wood when buried under the surface
of the ground. The birch and aspen were
found TO decay in three years, the willow
and horse chestnut in four years, maple
and red beech in five years, elm and ash
in seven years; the larch, juniper and
arbor Vita were uninjured at the expira-
ton of eight years. -Globe- Democrat.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-01
A Relic Of the War.

The Listener witnessed recently an in
teresting little ceremony-the removal OF
three charges from an old revolver, which
had been borne, and evidently used, by
an officer on the field Of Cedar Creek, on
Oct. ~. 1854. On that day, Capt. G. F..
W, OF the Thirtieth Massachusetts,,
had, as he charged with his company the
stone wall behind which the Confederates
were entrenched, drawn this old FIVE
shooter, of the most approved ante war
type, which looks about as much like the
ordinary Colt or Smith & Wesson of this
day as revolutionary firelock does like
the latest pattern of magazine rife. The
revolver was loaded. but the captain had
discharged two shots from it. Then he
was himself shot through the heart, and
fell. The men pushed on: the Confeder-
ates were driven from their position, and
defeat turned into victory; but when Gen.
Sheridan rode before the reformed line,
and complimented the troops upon their
bravery, the gallant captain lay back
upon the field, among the dead and
wounded.
His revolver. with the remaining three
charges in it, was sent home to his family,
and from that day to this the charges re-
manned in it, like sheathed weapon ready
for service Occasion had arisen, how
ever, to pass the old pistol on to still
younger hand, and it was deemed best TO
draw the old charges at last. So the three
percussion caps, that looked as old fash
Toned as flint lock itself to this genera
ton, were removed. The bullets, with
their. paper cartridges, were carefully
drawn; and the powder fell out of them,
some of it as bright and doubtless as
energetic, if one were to test it, as when
the captain loaded his revolver before the
battle of Cedar Creek. To one who was
there, the sight of those old cartridges
must have brought back grim and NOV
ing spectacle of as gallant charge as the
war had known. Boston Transcript
Listener.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-01
CARLYLE and His Cigar.

An English paper declares that lone Of
the saddest domestic tragedies in modern
literature was largely due 10 no other
cause than that Mrs Carlyle had DO.
learnt 70 like q cigar Carlyle was leav-
Ing once for Scotland. in 1871, and went
TO his wife for parting kiss with 4
lighted cigar in MS mouth she resented
this Though Carlyle constantly fell oEI
With his wife. he never fell out with his
mother. simply because the old lady had
been brought up on tobacco, and mother
and son always smoked their pipes 81
pace together III the kitchen--Nev Yak
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-01
The Civil War.

Some time after the war Gen. Crittender
met three ex-Confederats officers at dinner
and they became very friendly.
Major" said Gen. Crittenden to one OF
them, where were you bornT
well, said the major, getting little red.
II was born. sir, in Nantucket, Mass, but you
see, lived ten years in the south, and mar
ried southern lady, and as all my interests
were in the south, of course fought for them.
And where were you bornF hs asked the
second
"WeIl. sir, was born in Nantucket, Mass
hut Ia lived il the south twenty years, and
Of courseH-
Il SEE said the general, turning 70 tie
third. ~ColHsl where were you born7
II was born in Nantucket, Mass, too, hui
I'd been thirty years in the south, and
That's curious. isn't i:r
"Teli me, general, " said one OF them, Hrheu
were you bornT
We'll, was born Ia Huntwell, Ala, but ]
lived h TIE north for many years, and J
fought for the Union
Then they drank FL sround-San Fran
cisco ChronlciA
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-01
Cocaine for Seasiclsness.

The empress Of Austria gives the strong
est denial to the assertion recently made
by eminent physicians both in this coun-
try and in Europe, concerning the efficacy
of cocaine as a remedy for seasIckness.
She declares that, notwithstanding the
fact that her medical attendants admins
tered il TO her in large doses during her
recent yachting trip to Corfu, she suffered
more from sessickness than on any prev
ious occasion.--New York World.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-01
She Tnderstood the Situation

"Didn't you meet father in the hall last
night as he went out?'' she asked, in cold,
sarcastic tones.
NO" he replied. sadly, AZ didn't meet
him. We were going the same way, and
i was only short distance in front of
him."
''Ohr' she said, with cruel. signifi-
cant smile, and sailed away.-Washing-
ton Critic
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-01
At the Ball.

Admiring Mamma pointing to her
daushter,-Don't you think that Mamie
looks so much better in that dress, Mrs.
Greene, than in any she has ever had?
Mrs. Greene with mphasis)--Why, my
dear Mrs. Scott. l don't think anything
could improve Nannie's appearance.
1t was meant as a compliment, but the
fond mamma took il otherwise. and now
they don't speak.-Rarper's Bazaar
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-01
Shrine at st. Petersburg.

In the monastery Of st. Alexander New
ski, in st. Petersburg, is a massive shrine
Of pure silver that weighs two tons. 1t is
pyramidai in shape, decorated with the
most beautiful chased work and is sur
mounted with angels the size Of a man
nodded of solid silver. The monastery
also contains the crown of ST Alexander
and the bed on which Peter the Great
6ied.-New York Evening World.
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Daily - Eagle
SONNETS.


1cannot love thee! Though we owelled apart
Leagues upon leagues of endless sea and shore.
Though through long years no message came
that bore
or thee glad tidings, telling where thou art
Still thy dumb absence could not bring smart
To my brave soul. for from its inmost core
Springs the fine band that knits us evermore.
hopeful patience, foreign to the heart
Wont to rush forward all too eagerly.
Goes with me day and night. faith sublime
As deep as life more strong than death or time,
Till what divides us now, the sky and sea
Themselves seem to repeat the blest refrain <
So sure as God lives we shall meet again!
~
cannot lose thee, Though between thy heart
And mine a legion of black phantoms lay
Like a grim host or foes in wars array
In vain the bristling lance or swift winged dart,
To strike my dauntless soul bleeding smart.
No earthly power my eagerness could stay
From cutting through ten thousand leagues
away
That should unerring lead me where thou art,
Armed by the faith sublime that thou and
Are knit by bands that time and death defy,
Invincible as to my ear grows plain
What must ere long toll forth a loud refrain,
Swelling to heaven from Joyous sea and shore
So sure as God lives we shall part no more,
Stuart Sterne In Beyond the Shadow"
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-01

Three grammes daily of antipyrin for
three DAYS before embarking and the same
dose for three days following, is said by a
French scientist TO be syre preventive
of seasickness.-New York Tribune.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-01
Chicken Cholera for Rabbits.

NJ. Pasteur's plan CT exterminatins
rabbits has been tried in field near
Rheims, and Is said 10 have succeeded
The field IS walled in and was full Of bur
rows. The gun and the ferret had been
vsinly tried. " Loir, nephew Of 81
Pasteur, went down and poured on truss
% hay some broth .ui Of the microbes Of
chicken cholera The geIt day nineteen
dead rabbits were found and two days
later twelve more. n some OF h. bur
rows were discovered families OF dead
rabbits, and not one living rabbi. has
siuce been sssla-I<oacoo Lines.
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FOR SALE.

Improved and Unimproved City Property
on the best improved streets in the city.
Lots on the in side on street car lines and in
outside additio MS. Suburban lots on the east
side in Maple Grove addition.
Business lots and business blocks for sale
at special barga ms. Several fine tracts near
the city for SUBJ dividing and plating.
Improved farms and grass lands in all
parts of the county; also ranches in this and
adjoining counties.
All parties wishing to buy would do we'll
to call and examine my list before buying
elsewhere.
W. A. THOMAS,
The Oldest Real Estate Agency In Wichita
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-01

Always listen TO advice. It's way
other people have Of disclosing their
own mistakes
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-01
Recipe for Ginger I,eer.

The following recipe for making q very
superior ginger beer is taken from the treat-
ise of DIR. Pereira on diet The honey gives
the beverage peculiar softness, and from
not being fermented with yeast it is less
violent in it's action when opened, but re-
quires 70 be kept somewhat longer time
before use: White sugar, five pounds; lemon
juice, quarter of pint; honey, one-quarter
of pound; ginger bruised, five ounces;
water, four and half gallons. Boil the
ginger in three quarts Of the water for half
an hour, then add the sugar lemon juice and
honey, with the remainder Of the water, and
strain through a cloth; when cold add the
quarter Of the white Of an egg and q small
teaspoonfui of the essence of lemon. Let the
whole stand four days and then bottle; it
VIII keep for many montha This quantity
VII make 100 bottles. Transcript
Somebody has figured out that the fe.
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