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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-08
Population Of s.. pee.r,Yurs.

All the capitals of Europe save one ara
Increasing IN population, and that one, our
readers will be surprised to hear, is st. Peters
burg II Constantinopls had shown falling
OF one would not have wondered, but it is
difficult to realize that the Russian capital
has IN seven years been reduced from go9 600
to 81, eco souls. So difficult is the fact on
realization, indeed, that the Russian authori-
ties refuse TO realize it, and arrangements of
the most stringent aud comprehensive kind
are now being organized for taking another
census of st. Petersburg In December. Dur
ing the last numbering Of the people many
families stayed ont oil night to escape enum-
Grafton, so in December number OF officials
VIII be told OF to deal with tie people found
in the streets The latter viii be stopped and
enumerated there and then; the chances
being that good many Of the citizens Of the
Russian capital VIII get put down twice over.
But the car is determined that his capital
shall show respectable increase in its num-
bers, and, OF course, his wishes must be
carried out.-London Public Opinion.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-08

OBJECT Evidently tho color Of the animal
Ves to pass through tho saIvs into the hair
In another place we read ct tho tooth Of
donkey dipped In honey being used for really
strengthening the hair; and the Ingredients
for an ingenious corzpornd are gfvsa for in
iuring the hair OF rival, and the counter
remedy to be used By those who think their
hair oil he's been tempered by suspicious
friend. Cakes Of sono composition which
absorbed oil were always placed on the heads
of guests at feas.s, and from them the oil
gradually trickied down through the hair.
A most disagreeaSle practice this may seem
to.us. but TO them it appears to have given
great pleasure; and with the Egyptians as
well as with the Hebrews oil was syInboiical
of joy and gladness
Rouge and other coloring substances were
usod by women Of Egypt to enhance, as they
thought, their beauty. The eyes had often a
green line underneath thena; the eyelashes
and eyebrows were penc;ied; and, as in mod
ern Egypt, the nails were always stained red
with preparation from the henns plant In
our museums we can see the little pots and
vases formerly filed with these unguents and
colors, and the pencils they used with them,
es well as various sorts OF combs and hair
pins; Of the latter there is very pretty set in
the museum at Boulak-single pronged
wooden pins with jackal heads, stuck into a
cushion in the form Of turtle which was
evidently one of the favorite dressing table
ornaments belonging to the deceased lady.
All these little essentials OF thu toilet were
placed in the tomb by the loving hands Of
friends and relations, for the use of that
spiritual body which they believed required
ell the adornment the lady had loved upon
earth.
Notwithstanding the elaborate care lavished
by the Egyptian lady On her personal adorn-
ment, she adopted simplicity OF dress suit
able to the climate in which she lived. Ex-
cept for the wig, the head was usually uncov-
cred, with sometimes q colcred band tied
round it. The queens often wore the vulture
headdress, but this was more as an official
ornament than as covering. In common
life also the women, both Of high and low
degree, went barefoot, though they had san
dGlS to wear when they were in full dress
These sandals were made of papyrus or palm
fiber, OF Of leather. They had straps to pass
around the foot and between the toes, and in
some u piece of the sole was turned up and
bent over the toes to protect Them in later
times some OF the leather sandals had sides to
them, which causes them very much to re-
semble modern shoes.-W oman's World.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-08
Van street /. csntur Asp.

A walk down Wall street in those days Of
Ica years ago. just ten years after the Decler-
alton Of Indspendsnce ard che year before
Washington Was sworn In as first presiten.
OF ths United States, ~e-id have been In
structi~e and amusing to tie nfluccatres
and specu,ators who rev uaks It their he'd
quarters II was not taen the great money
CENTER and main factor In nationl frsnos
that it now il, Bat onir an unfmpcrsans side
street leading 6e~n % fashionable Rsrorer
square. and inhahfas6 By snail Ehcp keepers
and tradssuen, many c< whom hvea In mere
arissocraticpcrtions q The city. he build-
inss we're small ard dark, q wood a,d
Dutch brick, asad many had ssaaH gardens II
front. Then as now Trinity cd-rrn ,ooxsd
down the strcst and to.d The easy going New
Workers the time Of day, but i. was q very
different building trcra tsat which Ola Trim
is low erieyx-New YORK G1pair
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American Coins less Valuable.

II would surprise enc not in the business to
sss the number of people who come TO US
with coins to ascertain il there is not pre-
MUM on them. OF course, the large ma
jority OF these ere American coins. There
arc but few American coins that have any
value 90 coin collector. These are mostly
OF date in which year but few were
iSs.led, and for this reason they have q value
above their denomination. Pieces of money
Of al extremely cid date ere valuable, of
course, bu. this does not apply to American
coins. The fact IS, coias become valuable
when they are rare.-Collector in Globe
Democrat.
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TWO LITTLE OLD LADIES.

Two little old ladies, one grave, one gay,
In the self sasne cottage lived day by day.
One could not be happy, because, " she said.
$50 many Children were hungry for bread"
And she really had not the heart to smile
When the world was SO wicked all the while,
The other old Lady smiled al day long,
AS she knitted, or sewed, or crooped a song.
She had not time to be sad, she said,
When hungry children were crying for bread.
So she baked, and knitted, and gave away,
And declared the world grew better each day.
Two little cid ladies, one grave, one gay;
Now which do you think chose the wiser way?
st Nicholas
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CURIOUS TOILET RECIPES.

Ingenious Corapsgnt,s Used by the Ladies of
Ancient Egypt Personal AdoruE.ent-
Ca-lous hair recipes occur ON sos3e OF the
T91-ri, some Of whica arc very absurd. One
= .1ve;,s che hair from turning gray directs
t--a s->!Ye s.oyld be made from the blood
G q .c.cis cat cooked il oil: il another, that
@ = Lla.k b9Il Is preferred for tas sane
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-08

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Reg. registers fgg sale az tbs oszsos-
CsrSers ksy EzssI Viii rsessse yr9rnEst 4ixsa
N. Address lis ~ scr.sA E4sGE. WGels-
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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-17
Int md DnIi 10 .ItA.

The obesity OF the queen OF England has
been bequealhed 10 all her feminine descend
el.ts. 1t is difficult for the average Ameri-
can TO reconcile royalty with fat, but it must
be done. When one hears or a princess, who
is daughter or granddaughter Of the
queen, dumpiness rises at once TO the mind.
1t is rather odd that none OF them inherits
the late prince consorts trim figure. The
queens daughters, including the present en-
press Of Germany, are heavy, almost shape
less and red faced women-the youngest,
Princess Beatrice, is now approaching the
unwieidy. She is an uniovabie contrast 10
her much ridiculed husband, the slim and
Well formed Prince Henry of Battenberg.
Even the daughters of that slim and re-
markably handsome woman, the Princess of
Wales, have come in for their grandmother's
heavness OF face and figure. The oldest Of
them looks like a heavy witted and dull
young woman but she is good natured and
loves her parents The other three grand
daughters of Victoria OF England passed this
morning, while was stroliing in the park, in
a carriage with their royal mother, Victoria
Of Germany. They are nice homelike look
ing girls, with puffy cheeks and weak chins
1t is not particularly gracious thing to do,
this dwelling on the physical characteristics
of Queen \ictoria's feminine descendants,
but the facts are very impressive to sightseers.
IL destroys all the charm and romance Of
royalty, in spite OF the most vivid imagina.
ton, this remarkable tendency 10 obesity in
the Victorian era.-Blakely Hall in New
Vorl, SIN
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THE STEAMER EUREKA.

signals Of the shipwrecked sailors. Capt.
Quick, OF the Eurefa, says that the steamer
Hudson, which had come up to the Benson
to render her assistance, towed her away
without apparently caring whether the crew
of the steamer Eureka had gone to the bottom
or not. Anybody who has not been to sea
cannot readily understand the feelings Of n
lot Of sailors who have lost their vessel and
are floating around in small boat at the
mercy OF a resistless element which is liable
to swallow them up in the course Of few
days, but, fortunately for the crew Of the
Eureka, they did not long experience the
sensation for shortly after the disaster oc-
CURED the brig Gray came along and picked
them up. They were transferred 10 another
steamer and got back TO Philadelphia little
the worse for wear, but still on deck. Thus
endeth another chapter in the history Of
marine disasters. The poor Eureka lies off
the coast, with her sticks looming up out Of
water-an illustration of the precarious ex-
istence of Jacl, Tar.
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"Cowlicks" and Mnstaohes.

II would not advise You to have your hair
cut la Pompadour,' remarked the barber
because the chances are you will havea cow
lick when you make up your mind later on to
part your hair again. If you once contract
a cowlick you Will never get rid Of it, There
are some people who have cowlicks from their
earliest youth, but most of them contract the
disagreeable irregularity in the hair by hay
ing it clipped or cut Pompadour. a change
in the parting is also likely to cause cow
licks Yes" he continued, I'VE observe a
good many queer things in handling 80 many
different heads Of hair and boards venture
70 say, for instance, that ninety nine out of
a hundred people who wear mustaches will
have the experience that the right side grows
faster than the left. For time | thought
that the position of the body in sleeping had
something to do with it, but have learned
that it cuts no figure. Men who sleep on
their left as well as those who sleep on their
right side will find that the right side Of their
mustachc must be shortened from time TO
time because 1t grows faster than the LETT
Chicago Herald
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-17
Anecdo.e of Roscoe Coni,lin..

He Deliberately offended people, or h. de-
liberatcly pleased people, according to the
wbim of the moment or the necessities OF a
case [ recall a very marked illustration OF
this. which occurred during the Indiana
cubernatorial campag.. when the fate Of
Garfield and Arthur and Hancock aud Eng
lish was in the balance. He had been speak
inc before an immense audience in the III
terror OF Indiana, i'll building erected Tor
the annual assemblare of the Quakers who
are very numerous in that part OF the state.
Intending TO convey compliment, | wired
the paper with which was then connected n
story Of the wonderful gathering and an in
teresting speech made by the senator, and in
the introduction said: "All Quakerdom
turned out TO do him honor Between the
telegraph and the types it was made 10 read,
"All Tuckerlom turned out TO do him honor"
Having occasion to speak to George Gorham,
left my rooms, which were across the hall
from those occupied by Senator Dorsey and
George Gorham. and there found group Of
gentlemen. among whom was Mr. Conkhng,
who Immediately, In the most brutal fashion,
commenced to invegh against the writer OF
the dispatch 70 The New York Herald
He was in towering passion, and made
use of his renaI kable vocabulary. When he
finished ! very quietly told him the facts Of
the case. No one i. the room quicker than
he recognized the absurdity Of his rage, no
one quicker than lie saw how absurd pict-
ure he presented Quick as a fash he asked:
'Whore are your roomsi' said "Immedi-
ately opposite III 90 in there and take
glass of wine with you," be rejoined. That
settled it.
In other words, he was perfectly willing,
anxious, indeed TO quarrel over what seemed
to him an aIront, and on the other hand he
was quick 10 do what in his judgment would
be an Indication Of regret for having spoken
hastily and judged unfairly. Joe Howard
in Boston Globe
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SALES REPORTED To SECRETARY.
Ma -kei steady
Tobacco Market.
RICHMOND. W

RICHMOND, Va, May 10.
Taking the market as whole and com
pared with last week, il has been better
for the past three days in the several
grades offered, though there is no dis
tinct improvement in any but good dark
filters and good sun-cured old. In the
latter large private sale is reported.
This grade is very scarce already, and re-
ceipls are very light
The Executive Committee OF the Ex-
position granted the Leaf Tobacco Com
mttee the sum asked for for premiums
10. day, and the lists will soon be ready
for publication, and it is hoped will
arouse the spirit al rivalry AID bring
much of the finest tobacco of all States
there this fall
Messrs. p. II. Mayo x Bro. have the
Government navy contract for 100000
pounds of plug At 3sc Navy plug or
iginatei in their fathers factory, and the
contract is now only where it belongs.
They made il famous and always made q
bieh grade. Severe storms doing much
damage to tobacco plants and barns and
other vegetation are numerously reported
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ANOTHER MARINE DISASTER.
The Steamer Eureka. Which Lately Went
to the Bottom in n Collision

The steamer Eureka. Which Lately Wont
to the Bottom in Il Collision
As long as fogs exist accidents are oound
to occur Mt sea, and the captain Of each vessel
will as usual he blamed for the disaster, The
recent collision which occurred or Cape
Henry, in which the tramp steamer Benson
sent the steamer Eureka b the bottom, Illus
tratcs the ordinary run of marine disasters
which occur IN foSs. The Eureka WAS
beaded on her course due south, and the
BENSON was headed east when the accident
happened The fog was 50 dense that You
could not see your hand before your face,
and, perhaps, under these circumstances,
nobody can DO justly blamed, but at the
same time it would seem as if, after so many
years of these dreadful collisions and the loss
Of life which almost always attends them,
that some system of signals could DO devised
which would guard against repetition Of
them Perhaps the most curious part Of the
whole matter was the fact that after the
Eureka had sunk and the captain and
crew had taken TO the boats the captain
Of tho Benson, which was lying to short
distance away, apparently did not notice the
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-17
SILK .tihboBSi

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Division of and la California.

The big ranches Of California are disap-
pearing with great rapid.y. They will soon
be among the things OF the past. Until very
recent years tie big ranches of California
were in the nature OF public calamity. The
owners could not or would not cultivate
them; nor would they subdivide and sell
them TO persons who woaid cultivate. The
payment of reasonable taxation was skill
fully and successfully parried The big
ranches constituted for many years barrier
to the development of California Most Of
them, which i'll many cases embraced leagues
Of land capable OF furnishing profitable en-
ploylpent to large population, constituted
the field Of industry Of a few vaqueros But
the day came when the holding of large I'M
cultivated tracts OF land became too expen-
sive, owing to the natural and unavoidable
Increase of taxes. Then began the era Of
their dissolution, and one after another the
princely domains granted under Mexican
rule to the dons Of that period have been dis
appoariuR. -San Francisco EchoeA
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his way upward, entered tho army in 1852,
became n lieutenant colonel bore an honor
able part in the campaign which ended with
the capture Of Vicksburg, and was brevetted
brigadier general for conspicuous gallantry
at the battle of Salkehatcbie. He was once
appointed comptroller Of banks for Wiscon-
sin, and held that office for five years. IN
1870 he was elected to congress, in 1882 was
elected governor, and now declines to aSain
Ike II candidate While in congress he was
chairman OF the committee on pensions, and
was offered tho place of charge d'alfaires to
Paraguay and Uruguay, but declined. Dur
Ing his term as governor there were serious
labor riots in Wisconsin, and lis action to-
ward the rioters attracted much attention at
the time. His highest military rank was
brevet brigadier general, so he is Familiarity
known as Gen. Jerry Rusk.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-17
ENORMOUS OIL GEYSeRS.
Russian Wells That Produce More ina"
"a Whole American Field.


Statistic, of the oil business in Russia have
inst reached this country, and American "''
men are studying them with great deii vi
anxiety. The output OF many oil 'he hu'
ian wells is prodigious, and far eclipstss any
,hino ever heard of in this country IhefS
il ma hotter way 10 bring this fact TO them
than by a few comparisons. TAKE Wen ~
p,lu called the "Wet Nurse" IL has been
vieldiue, oil for twelve years, ana IN that
i'm, has averaged $1,000 gallons day
Thcec n.surcs are amazing to an American
al nr,1ucar. They mean that the well has
,rolrced lOOGj. 900 gallons OF OIL, or over
. mn poD bqrrti, These figures are startling
;, the neonle Of this country when they turn
+, fine statistics OF their owhfndustry and
G,I tb,, This one wei. has produced three
time, rs much os Pitholc IN year oil us
wonderful business. IL lacks less than 4oo,-
900 barrels Of producing as much as the IL
mon, Oh Creek district produced in 1"o', ITS
mos, r,oliflc year. The Washington district,
anon fine richest ever discovered IN Amer
loo in 1881. its banner year, produced but
. ,no oo3 barrels ThA is but .U,UOO barrels
more than thsscutput Of this. one wei ~
RussIa. The wonderful Trra Greek pool in
Bu,ler county. produced In It's best twelve
months but rs. 900 barrels more than this one
Russian gu,her. The "Mir2oeh No D. also
at Baku. has for six years produced 4oO"
Gallons day. This is above 1000 barrels,
and the production Of Cooley. Tarkiil ard
Ped Valley three prolific Venango county
pools produced but ,915 barrels in 1885, their
best year.
The recc-i is given OF a well driven by the
Nobel profhrrs. called the "Droojba we'll
II cost 81. 800 to drill. The record OF the well
is thus stated:
This well spouted for llj days, tho yield
heino- 100 tons dav for forty-three days,
900 tons for thirty and 600 tons for eleven
DAYS The well was then plugged ana the
supply Kept under ground for further wants
The total amount OK oil spOuted by this well
according 10 the lowest estimate. was @,OOJ
tons, or 100000 gallons; according to the
highest estimate, 10000 tons, or 2j.OO0OOD
gallons"
The spray from one of these geysers was
blown through the air for eight miles. Five
hundred wells have been sunk in the Baku
districts. POO of which, irrespective Of the
enormous fountains, IRE now producing 30),-
100000 gallons Of oil every year 1t IS tho
opinion Of American operators now IN that
field that this flow could be increased ten
fold or hundredfod "-Titusville pa Cor.
Globe Democrat
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| am ii my seveniy-lhri year, and for
ff;v year, OF that time have been a
great sufferer from indigestion, constipa-
lion and bliiousnc,s. / have tried all the
remedies advertised for these diseases and
got no permanent relief About one yea:
ago ! grew much worse, the disease as
suming z more severe and dangerous
form became very weak and lost flesh
rapidly, until In November commenced
using Dr. II Mozley's Lemou Elixir.
gained twelve pounds ia three months.
Ny strength and health, my appetite and
my digestion were perfectly restored,
and now feel As young and vigorous As
| ever did in my life.
J.. J ALFRED.
Jasper, Ga, March ,, 1887
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SOME rAy0RITE SONS.
REPUBLICANS iNoORsED FOR The
PRESIDENTIAL RACE.

BENJAMIN Harrison. Of Indiana, Judge
Gresham. william Walter Phelps, Of
New Jersey, Russell a. AIger. Of Michi-
gan, Jerry Rusk. of wisconsin.
BENJAMIN Harrison. Judge Gresham, Will
lam ". Phelps Ex-Governor Russell A. Alger
and Governor Jerry Rusk have each received
the Endorsement Of "a state for the Republican
presidential nomination. Two OF these men
Harrison and Grcsbam-originally hailed
from tho same state. Indiana, hut when
Gresham was appointed to the United states
judgcship made vacant O. the death OF JuCge
Drummond, Of Chicago, 1t made an lllinoisan
of an Indianian. As both Harrison ana
Gresham lived at indianapolis, both arc he
pubhcans, and both prominent candidates Tor
nomination to the presidency. their names
have been a good deal linked together. Ben
iamin Harrison is a very good lawyer, ana
pockets a snug $4,000 n year In the practice
II his profession; while Gresham sits on
bench which Is considered one Of the highest,
If not the highest, judicial support in the