Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-16
4 GENERAL TUMBLE.

WOMEN carpenters have appeared in Lon
don.
BosToS sold &c, Ooo, 900 pounds of wool less
in 1887 than in 1856
President BoGRAN, of Honduras, now
serving his second term, is only thirty-eight
years old.
SIR THOMAS MORE wrote in his journal II
make it my business to wish as little as ]
can, except that were wiser and better"
The English and American Episcopalian
missionaries in Japan agree to cooperate,
and VIII educate their clergy in one theo-
logical school.
A VERY useful polishing powder for
metals and glass is made of very finely
ground glass mixed with small proportion
OF dried soda ash.
A NOVELTY is an insole made of horsehair
on a felt foundation. The felt absorbs the
moisture, while the horsehair keeps the foot
warm by constantly irritating it.
Nor only do we not know God without
Jesus Christ, we do not know ourselves
without Him. We know neither life nor
death without Jesus Christ.-PaScaL
CLERK-''I worked of some Of that
packed butter to-day" Grocer" Indeed |
Blank, around on Dash street. Grocer
"Great guns, Why, board with her"
THE controversy on predestination has
not yet spent its force among the Luther
ans of the synodical conference Division
is proceeding at an alarming rate in the
Norwegian synod, from which more than
fifty churches and many pastors have with
drawn.
Ten tons of Texan cotton seed were re-
Gently shipped from Texas to Zanzibar, At
RIGA. An experienced planter accompanied
the seed for the purpose of instructing the
natives of Zanzibar in the cultivation of the
cotton plant. This event marks the intro
duction of the cotton plant on the eastern
coast of Africa.
A FARMER near Chebanse, Ill. having
an OK that did not obey orders, concluded
that the animal was deaf and bought an
ear-trumpet, which worked with great sue
cess The animal had lost its appetite, but
with its return of hearing ate heartily The
e2r-trumpet is fastened in place by wires
around one of the horns
BREATHE not with YOUR lips the prayer,
LEAD US not into temptation" and defy
your God in your lives by seeking the
temptation you ask Him not to suffer to fall
into your way; be not tempted of others,
and be very sure that you tempt no others,
and especially those that are weaker than
yourselves.-SL Aadrelos' Cross.
ar Boston wedding the other day the
officiating minister sneezed four times while
performing the ceremony, and ali the old
women present pressged dreadful things in
store for the bride and bridegroom The
minister did not couatenence any of these
superstitions. however; he knew why he
sneezed; he felt the big draft that was in
the bridegroom s pocket
THERE is an alarming scarcity Of water in
many of the large towns Of Great Britain,
and Liverpool and Manchester are threat
ened with water famine. In view of this
state of things it is proposed 10 bring sea
water In pipes from the coast to the inland
towns. the sea water TO be used for baths.
closets. watering streets. flushing sewers
and extnguishing fires. The scheme meets
with much favor
TIE village of Little Chute, near Neanah,
Wis, is settled almost entirely by Hol-
landers, the majority of whom make their
living by manufacturing wooden shoes, and
all of whom wear them. Several times .
year they have dance, which lasts three
days, and In which every body joins, old and
young. These dances are always held IN
the daytime, the people believing that dane
ING al nights immoral