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Wichita eagle., 1889-09-22

Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Smith entertained
mt their rooms on Market street last Tues
day evening. Evenings spent in these
quarters are generally known to be among
the most enjoyable in Wichita society, and
this evening WAS not below its precedent
The guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Fiulay Ross,
Misses Eva kanaga, of Urbana, O.. Mabel
Clements, Bessie Rider, Pearl skinner,
Ida Skinner, Minnie Skinner. Matte
Fabrique and Mamie Meade, Messrs. {.
Greenwood, i. c. Miller, Frank Russell,
Bunnie Meade. Harry Sheppard, Sherman
Skinner and Ii. {. Dunbar
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-22

Mr.. o. w. Smith, foreman Of the EAGLE
bindery, and Miss Sadie 4. Crabell were
married last evening by Rev. ). +. Milf
kan, pastor of Plymouth Congregational
church, at the reverend gentleman's home.
427 South Main street. They will be
at home, 1913 East First street, hereafter.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-22

Mr.. Foster Toler has gone to Kansas
City to attend dental school and the res
idents on North Topeka feel awfully lone
some when they don't hear his IL p. IN.
whistle
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-03

taken q bath The Minisser accoupSused
by the Khedive's sons embarked as these
very steps and wss rowed OF to the yacht
A merry evening ives spent oo board, the
whole ship being NuuinaAsd, and oooas-
ional snstodss of music and laughter heing
waited over 10 the shore. At about etsven
O'Clock the Khedive and both Princes re-
turned alone, leaving on board the Minis
ter with the two vice. regal chamberlains,
Mustapha Bey F. and Sani Boy Barosdi
Nothing more was ever seen in this
world of Mustapha Pasha Sadyk.
Son the next day a decree was issued,
stating that the Khedive had banished his
Minister of Finance to Upper Egypt for
having dared to Cypress his much-beloved
subjects etc., etc Four days later the
yacht returned to her moorings of the
Geziyeh Palace, and when the two cham
berlains above referred to resumed their
service, it was noticed that Sami Boy wore
a handkerchief round his throat as il to
hide some wound on his neck, and that
Mustapha Bey r. had his right hand n q
sling Nothing can be kept secret IN the
East, and is soon oozed out that SAINTS
throat had been lacerated by the nails,
and Mustspha's hand had been bitten
through by the teeth Of the unfortunate
Finance Minister, when they strangied
him with their own hands on the night of
the supper. Both Sau1i and Hustapha
were rewarded for their services by being
made Pashas. Sami, after being Prime
Minister at the time Of Arabi,s insurrec-
ton, is now in exile at Ceyion, while his
companion, Mustapha, after being en-
gagged to an English lady, who broke off
the marriage when she heard the history
Of his hand, is now Cabinet Minister.
Blum, the private secretary, an Austrien
Jew, who betrayed his benefactor and
master, was naturally also rewarded by
being made Pasha, and Is at the present
moment nder-Secrstary of State in the
department of which Mustapha is Minis
teri
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-03
GOSSIP OF THE GREAT.

KING JOHN of Abysslnia, whose death
was announced recently, died poor. His es-
tate, as figured up by the Philadelphia Press,
consists of eighty wives and three barrels
of vans.
THEgEmpress OF Austria is in q precarious
condition. She has abandoned all thoughts
of visit to the United States. Rheuma-
tism, which is no respecter of persons, has
her imperial body in its painful clutches.
NJ. CARNoT, President of the French Re-
public, is q whist player of whist play
ers 1t is the one relsxationIhe allows him.
self from the duties of his Office, barring
an occasional visit to the thester or the
opera.
PRINCE BISMARCK has had his two sons,
Herbert and William, promoted respectively
to the rank Of aforementioned and Ma
Ior. There is one thing about the old Chan
cellor-when he sees any thing he wants he
isn't diffident about asking for it
tbs artistic glories of the house of MARI
borough are said to be reviving under the
influence Of the American Duchess" who
is spending her fortune in q royal fash
ion. She is improving in English eyes,
and her toilettes are reported to be more
thoughtful and elaborate" than when she
first graduated.
CARDINAL HAYNALD, the Hungarian pre-
late, was leaving his hotel to go to his car
riage, lately, when child begged him for
aims He felt in all his pockets without
finding a coin. and, seeing a richly-dressed
woman passing beckoned TO her. asked for
her purse, and taking from it a liberal sum
bestowed it upon the child Then he thanked
the woman grsvely, and, entering his car
rage, was driven away.
MoLTKE's request to resign from the
Danish navy, addressed to the King Of
Denmark, is still 10 be seen at the Danish
War Once at Copenhagen. Moltke gave as
a reason for his resignation that he hoped
70 get on better in the German service, and
also asked for three months pay in order to
be able 10 travel to Berlin, which the King,
however, refused Moltke had TO go with
out.
a SMALL man, less than medium height,
but well made and with the dark hair and
eyes of his race, a pointed Van Dyck beard
of raven blackness-this is Abdul-Hamid,
Sultan Of Turkey. The mans gaze Is some
thing remarkable, at once soft and keen,
and while utterly frank and straightfor-
nnrd--EAx axnsAsaAa hath aAnhA=anA an>-
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-03
No Peppermint. for Uncle.

Algy's weekly allowance is locked 70,
every misdemeanor al table and generally
leaves him in debt to his father. The fam
ly are entertaining vulgar but rich old
uncle-and expectations
Algy clearly initiating his ulotherl-
Uncle Jonsth', your table mannerths makes
me fairly thick Theresh's i've theRths fun
eating with your knife. Eve fur iiok1n' ii,
five fur-golly. You'll have to black paths
booth TO get thquare
Chorus from hitherto stupefad aders)-
AIgernon .-TIs
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-03

Wedding snd Party Invitations, en-
crsved or printed. al the Wichita EAsLE
Office. CO e
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-03
SCHOOL
So P ERIN T E N IN rs.

inst completed and for sale at this ofdce Record
Of Teachers Ability for by Superintondents and
Principals OF COMMON, CITY aud GRADED
SCHOOLS. Can be used in any city The book 10
OF convenient size to carry in the pocket. Bound
in Cloth. 80 cents; Flexible Back. sio Sent by mail
any address upon receipt Of cents for cloth and
81 o. for flexible binding. orders By mall will
ceive prompt attention. Address
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-03
plclon OF what 1t may md IN anotner's.


THE Emperor of Germany, not content
with getting up at four a. m. and break
fasting at half-past six with his family, has
now had a writing table, such as is used by
invalids, placed at the side Of his bed, and
it is his practice when he can not sleep,
which is frequently, to take pencil and
paper and begin making notes of the fol-
lowing days work. 1t is not insomnia that
keeps him awake, but attacks of earache,
which in severe weather are always
trou blesome.
THE latest romance about Alexander.
late of Bulgaria, is that while he was bein e
King there he was always attended by a
tall and handsome jaeger, who never left
him for a moment and who on several
occasions interposed between him and
danger at great personal risk At night
the jaeger slept in the ante-room of the
royal chamber, and at least one plot to as
sassinate the Prince is said to have been
thus frustrated. After the Prince left
Bulgaria the jaeger disappeared, and it has
since been discovered that the person was
a woman who was desperately in love with
the Prince and had sworn to protect him.
A Difference In Cigarettes.
A correspondent Of the Boston Transcript,
talking about cigarettes, says that "those
bought by our boys are quite another thing
from those comparatively innocent ones
smoked by Cubans and South Americans
that set the fashion. Wrappers, warranted
rice paper, are proven to be ordinary paper
whitened with arsenic. In the sixteen ex-
pensive popular brands, with one exception.
were found sufficient quantities Of opium to
create such craving as could only be salts
fed by an incessant use of cigarettes or re-
sort to opium alone. We see many cases of
lightning paralysis, insomnia, insanity, I'm
questionably so produced, and the whole
army of cigarette smokers show it in skin,
weak eyes and weaker manhoodn
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-03
MAY 4th and 9th

Free reclining chair cars are now running
on all trains on the c., K. & n railway,
Rock Island Route" between Wichita,
Topeka. Kansas City. St Joseph. Chicago
st. Louis 9tf
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-03
A. TAGG. Proprietor.
Cor. I'd and 5th ayes, Wichita

Manufacturer OF Steamengines.
Boilers, Pumps and all kinds Of
mill gearing. Architectural iron
a speciality. Iron and brass cast
ings made TO order. Estimates
made on all class OF Work and
orders promptly ATTENDED TO:
% ". h FONDA Supt
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-03

A Gridiron Gun.

"What is the Gridiron Club, at Wash
ingtonl" was the query propounded by a
California newspaper man. Are any Pc
culiar journalistic qualifications necessary
to membership" The answer Is quite
easy. In the first place, the newspaper
man who wants to be roasted on the grid
iron must not come around when the club
is full. The club is usually full Its num-
Der is forty, and no power on earth. under
the constitution of the Grid, can increase
the number. Ergo, no one can get in when
the club is full But when there happens
vacancy about forty outsiders want to get
In, and there are bailotings and debatings,
and one is selected. A good mem Der must
be an after dinner speaker, an ante dinner
drinker, a slipper during dinner, smoker
after dinner. a story-telier, but not liar,
an equipoised man without a temper, who
can talk against steam engine or brass
band, who can stand guying. and smile
One who is possessed Of good stomach, a
fair section of brain, good bank account,
or Monse-Cristo credit, with popularity in
society, and sobriety under most trying
circumstances, eau be mem Der In good
standing for lifetime
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-06-01
AN IRISH DuELIsT.
How the Famous Pat Power Possessed
Himself of a Gold Watch.

How the Famous Pat Power Possessed
Himself of Gold Watch.
Pat Power, of Daragle, was fat,
robust man. much distinguished for his
intemperance, and generally seen with
a glowing red face. He on one occa-
sion fought with fire-eating compan-
ion named Bill BriscO. When taking
aim. he said he still had a friendship
for him. and would show it; so he only
shot off his whisker and top of his ear
When travelling in England, Power
had many encounters with persons who
were attracted by his brogue and
clumsy appearance. On one occasion,
a group of gentlemen were sitting in
a box at one end of the room when he
entered at the other. The representa-
tive of Irish manners at this time on
the English stage was tissue of ig-
norance, blunders and absurdities; ana
when a real Irishmau appeared off the
stage, he was always supposed to have
the characteristics of his class, and so
a fair butt for ridicule.
When Power took his seat in the box,
the waiter came to him with a gold
watch, with a gentleman's compli-
ments, and a request to know what
o'clock it was by it. Power took the
watch, and then directed the waiter to
let him know the person who sent it.
He pointed out one of a group. Power
rang the bell for his servant, and
directed him to bring his pistols and
follow him. He put them under his
arm, and, with the watch in his hand,
walked up to the box, and, presenting
the watch, begged to know to whom it
belonged. When no one was willing to
own it. he drew his own silver one
from his fob, and presenting it to his
servant, desired him to keep it; and
putting up the gold one, he gave his
name and address, and assured the
company he would keep it safe till
called for II was never claimed.
On another occasion Power ordered
supper, and while waiting for it he
read the newspaper. After some time,
the waiter laid two covered dishes on
the table, and when Power examined
their contents he found they were two
dishes of smoking potatoes. He asked
the waiter to whom he was indebted
for such good fare, and he pointed to
two gentlemen in the opposite box.
Power desired his servant to attend
him. and, directing him in Irish what
to do. quietly made his supper of the
potatoes. to the great amusement OF
the Englishmen. Presently his servant
appeared with two more covered dishes,
one of which he laid down before his
master. aud the other before the per-
sons in the opposite box. When the
covers were removed there was found
in each loaded pistol. P over took up
his and cooked it, telling one of the
others to take up the second, assuring
him they were at a very proper dis
lance for a close shot, and if one fell,
he was ready to give satisfaction to the
other The parties Immediately
rushed out without waiting for a
second invitation, and with them sew
eral persons in the adjoining box. As
they were all in too great hurry to
pay their reckoning, Power paid it for
them along with his OWN. Y. Led
ger.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-06-01

Charms against almost any of the
ills and accidents of life can be OBJ
tanned in Burmah, of the Buddhist
priests. for trifing consideration. In
this respect the priests constitute a
sort of travellers accident insurance
company" One of them will furnish
a charm warranted to protect the wear
er against being shot, for two or three
dollars. One of these charms, obtained
by an English officer, consisted of a
small image of god, not much larger
than pea, carved on ivory. In order
to make the charm efficacious against
sword wounds, medicine made by the
priest, to be paid for extra, had to be
eaten.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-06-01
MEDICAL SCIENCE.
Doctors Don't Know so Much as some
Folks Think They Do.

Folks Think They Do.
The disagreements among physicians
on points in their profession, that by
this time should certainly be so well es-
tabished as to be irrefutable were
medicine an exact science, has led many
intelligent people to think that, outside
of anatomy. doctors know but little
more than other folks.
Doctors disagree not alone in dag
nosing or attempting to cure diseases,
but also as to the means for prevent
ing them. Almost every article used
by man for food, drink or raiment has
been both recommended and condemn
ed by differing medical schools, and
frequently with no consideration for the
varying natures and environment of
men.
Not many years ago there was great
pother about the habit, among both
men and women, of holding up certain
articles of clothing by snugly fitting
waistband, and all sorts of cOntrivances
for this purpose were invented for wo-
men, generally patterned after men 5
braces, the design of which was to shift
the weight from the hips to the Shout
ders. Now comes an English doctor
with a series of cases of consumption,
chief among which are this: braces
are another curse Of civiIization-by
suspending the weight of our clothes
from our shoulders instead of fastening
them in the savage and natural way,
by girdle round the waist" In this
as in other things people pay their
money and take their choice" being as
sured that whatever they do they will
have some sort of medical authority to
back them.
The most damaging testimony against
medicine as an exact, reliable science
comes from its own great practitioners.
Thus the famous Dr. Abercrombie said
that ''Since first cultivated as science,
medicine is fraught with the highest
degree of uncertainty. We can not
properly be said to act upon experience,
as we do in other branches of science. ="
Sir Ashley Cooper, the celebrated sur
geOn, said in hospital lecture: 1.-The
art of medicine is founded on conjec-
ture." DIR. Hoffman. the most cele-
brated physician of the eighteenth CEN
fury, wrote: LAS regards most med
icines the physician is deceived as
their true properties are quite unknown,
and we know of no general law OF
nature for their remedial employment
in disease" And our own DR.. Oliver
Wendell Holmes holds pretty much the
same view, as he says: IF all drugs
were cast into the sea it would be so
much the better for men and so much
the worse for the fish.
Perhaps a great advance has been
made in the science of medicine since
these great professors wrote and spoke,
but it can not yet by any means be
classed among the exact sciences,
Many new remedial agents have UNI
doubleday been added to the phar-
macopmia, and some of them are, no
doubt, good in curing disease or allevi-
ating pain, but tho professional gentle
men who prescribes one of them OF
half a dozen of them in combination is
never perfectly sure as to what the re-
suit of their administration to patient
will be Pittsburgh Chronicle
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-06-01

Mrs. Mary Arndt, a lady about
thirty wears old, living at Calhoun,
Ind, small station on the Lake Shore
road, was taken sick recently and was
confined to her bed. The second night
of her illness her hair, which was jet
black. began to whiten, and by morn
ing it had turned completely white.
The woman recovered and became an
object of considerable interest.
Colonel j. w. Porter, OF Bangor,
Me-, lately dug up something Of inter-
est to astronomers, it being the fact
that the first observation Of an eclipse
of the sun ever taken by scientific men
in America was taken on Long Island
(Penobscot Bay) on October ~ 1850.
On that occasion a party from Harvard
College. headed by Rev. Samuel Will
liams Hollis, having obtained permls-
sion from the British General COM
manding at Castine, landed at Bounty
Cove, and made the house OF Shubael
Williams their headquarters Inc TO-
talfty of the eclipse was visible only
in Penobscot Bay, and great interest
was felt in the result OF the Harvard
peoples Observance thereof, which was
very successful.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-06-01

Her Majesty receives as Queen an
annual salary, termed the Civil List,
of 81, 925, 600; as Duchess of Lancaster
she draws annually $4,000 and a
pension of $4,015 lin lieu of prisage
and butlerage on wines imported into
the duchy," whatever that may mean.
This sum of s.. 900, 600 odd is almost
all clear profit. Her Majesty does not
even have to be charitable out of her
own pocket, tos Parliament grants
every year an. - q. 900 toH-ayal chari-
ties and
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-06-01

A California Chiuaman has found use
for the bugs and beetles which are attracted
and killed by the electric lights. He gathers
them and pickles them in brandy. Heap
good for cold" he says.
A cat fell into a well at Akron, O., and in
fishing her out the owner brought up a
sachel and $500 in cash The clothes are
not very good fit, but the greenbacks set as
comfortable as an old shoe.
Pearl Jones and Florence Reese, of Geor-
gia, drew up bucket of water from the
well, and as they reached out for the bucket,
they discovered a water moccasin wrapped
around the rope, which they had drawn
from the bottom of the well
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-06-01
A PECULIAR TRADE.
The Delicate Work Done by an Old Ger
man Doll Member.


This doll that ! am working on now
has received an injury which is a very
difficult one to treat You notice that
the poor thing has had her eye punched
in, and I've got to take off the top of
her head to get it out First, you OBJ
serve | warm her haxen hair over this
heater, which melts the glue or cement,
and allows me to scalp her-thus.
Then | punch a hole in the back Of her
head and shake out the eye, put on a
piece Of plaster, replace her hair and
cement her eye into place as good as
new"
The doll member says that so many
of the modern toys are made Of iron
that his business has been greatly in
terfered with; these toys being indie
structible. they never require his SER
vices. In the dull season the toy
member mends china, glass and wood
carvings From this you will see that
toy mending requires delicate touch
and much patience, besides a certain
artistic sense. A few years ago a lady,
calling, upset table on which was an
almost priceless set of coffee-cups.
They were very valuab e in themselves,
and were made more valuable because
a gift from a very dear friend. What
was to be done? There lay the pieces,
not one larger than five-cent piece.
Every cup and saucer was different in
decoration from every other cup and
saucer, and it seemed hopeless to think
of matching them with the pieces all
mixed up. Every fragment was care
fully picked up, and taken to little old
shop where was little old man famous
for mending delicate objects. He grew
very much excited when shown the
pieces, and said he could mend the set
if not all, at least some. A few weeks
later the set was returned, every piece
perfect to the eye. and the only way to
discover that they had ever been
broken was by holding a piece up to
the light; then there were seen dark
lines running in every direction. What
wonderful kill and patience it required
to do that worA!-Christian Union.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-06-01
Palace Hotel

at PULLMAN. are so happy. To them
life is really worth the living. The cur
sine is par excellence, md tile tables are
always supplied with the best obtain
able III the market.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-06-01
THE TRUE" IDEA

Of making person happy is to supply
him. or her. with all they can ear.
Thus is why the guests and boarders at
the weil-known
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-06-01

"A Baltimorean recently dropped
asleep on a park bench, when, his head
falling forward, he unconsciously
choked to death over the stiff edge OF
his celluloid collar. A dog died in II +
nois the other day from drinking the
water in which flannel shirt had been
rinsed. A st. Louis man died of cry
sipelas contracted from a verdigris brass
collar-button eating into his neck; and
a man in Chicago was roasted to death
by the firing of his cotton undercloth-
ing as dried before an open CRATE
In cuIuurei Boston they do not hiss an
actor or public speaker when they wish To
express their disapploval of his efforts
Instead the audience simply exclaims "Boom
in loud and denunciatory tones A promi-
nent preacher was thus "Booed!p the other
night at an indignation meeting in Fanuil
hall and has felt very bad over it ever since.
The art of proofreading has been brought
to a high degree of perfection by
The London Times Five years ago Lord
Winchelsea made bet that he would find
so misprints in six numbers of The Times
The stalles'were $500 and $50 additional for
every blunder additional, more or less. Sir
numbers were taken at random and three
misprints were discovered. Lord Winchel.
sea lost nearly 5000
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-06-01

The natural soap mines of Owen s
bake Cal, are thus accounted for by
one of the company now working them.
He says that the waters of the lake
contain strong solution Of borax and
soda. In these waters there breeds a
grub that becomes a fly. The flies die
IN the water and drift ashore, covering
the ground to depth of foot or more.
The oily substance of the flies blends
with the borax and soda, and the result
is a layer of pure soap. These strata
repeated from year to year form the
soap mines, where large forces of men
are now employed. This soap miner is
quoted in a San Francisco paper as fol-
lows: There is another queer thing
about the waters of these lakes. You
shoot a duck there and fail to get it,
and in a little while, when it drifts
ashore, you will find that its fat breast
and sides have changed to an elegant
toilet soap, and you can chip it off and
use it and it is just as nice as any re-
fined soap. IN. Y. Sun.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-06-01
The Livery Stables!

connected with this House will furnish
tnrnouts at reasonable rates, and guar
antee that for