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Wichita eagle., 1889-07-23

There has been little less than half
as many miles of new railroad built in
the United States during the first six
months of this year than there was fer
the same period last year, or !, 4l0against
1850. The roads have been kept too
busy this year watching each other and
IN hedging against rate cutting, etc, TO
give much time to extending lines or
making improvements.
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-23

Marsh Murdoch is in Colorado. taking
much needed rest Ali there, f. S. As
Salina Republican.
Yes, your E. S. A. no doubt feel a
sense of relief at NJ Ms absence. If
they do not they will when they read
the article on Women" in this issue of
rho L AGILE
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-23
EXCHANGE SHOTS.
Sedgwick's Cost S25O,OOO.

The commissioners of Atchison county
want a $500. 900 court house.-Wichita
EAGLE.
And the people of Atchison county
don't. A court house amply large
enough to meet all the business demands
of such public building can be erected
at a cost not exceeding ST., 000.-Atchi-
son ChamniOn
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-23
The primary election for selecting delegaleS 70 @
county and convention will be held at
the usual voting precincts on
2G1.a hIIGIrSTtl lss4

The polls will be open from to- .. ~ lnthe CITY
and from 10 p. IN. IN the country.
The,e will also be held in the CITY OF Cheeny on
Friday, August t. at p. NJ. delegate convention
for nominatinga candidate for the third commits
eioIer district The delegates to be chosen at the
same time and the mum Der to be per the bals TO
the county convention The members OF The county
central committee in the various wards ana pre-
cincts wi organize the election board and no one
Will be eligible TO such position but known RepuD
cans who will agree TO support the nominees OF su
convention. The several primary election boarGs
are hereby instructed 80 permit no one 10 vote AT he
election under their charge ess the voter IS he
publican, known to some member OF the BOARD T
who can establish the fact of his be Ing epuo4lSan
by a credtable witness. The members OF the prIil-
sry election boards also requested 10 forward 10
the chairman OF the central committee nst OF the
delegates SO selected their earliest convenience
p. N. DOWNING, Chairman.
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-23
Money VIII Be Plenty

Now money is scarce and
dry goods plenty. We have
too many and will make
prices 10 get the money out
or them. No old stock for
fall. Summer goods must go
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-23
A WIDER HABITAT.

In the contest for a national flower
that was started by a Boston publisher
and is now increasing in fury, the friends
of the trailing arbutus seem to be dis
tanced. We are content: for although
the pretty little flower has merits it has
not that overpowering strength, that
modest self-assertIon which ought to
characterize the floral emblem of great
people. 1t Is content to remain unseen
under cover of friendly heritage. While
we are content with the probable verdict
against the arbutus we by no means con-
cur with correspondent in The Water
bury American, who says: "The lovely
May flower or trailing arbutus has many
supporters for the high honor and would
easily win were 1t national flower. Ii
New England were the nation, none
would dispute the claim, but alas! how
small a part Yankee land forms of our
vast domain, and how very few Of our
10000, 900 of people ever saw May
flower. As Scotland has its thistle and
Ireland its shamrock, and as both are
parts Of the British Isles, why not New
England have its own floral emblem in
the lovely arbutus?"
New England cannot have the May
flower for its emblem because it appears
elsewhere. 1t blossoms on the top OF
Lookout Mountain; so that Tennessee
can also claim it. 1t can probably be
found in other localities and is more
national than is commonly believed.
The arbutus is improperly called ground
laurel, and perhaps may be hidden in
many localities under that name. If it
were made the floral headpiece Of the
United States, despite objection, it
would recall the laurel bays of academic
days-and represent the bays in high
degree Of evolution and spiritual refine
ment. But whatever happens let US re-
that it has a wider habitat than
New England, and the same can be
claimed for the loyal sunfower, as to
the said loyalty and indiginos-
ity extant giving it precedent over all
competitors for the marked distinction,
and prompts the EAGLE to renew its
nomination for the place of honor.
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-23
Wonderful Discovery.
Leavenworth Times.

In examining the last annual report of
the state board of agriculture we have
found that certain crops produce pre-
cisely the same in all parts of the state.
Take cotton for instance. Atchison
county in the northeast, Crawford in the
southeast, Barber in the middle south,
CHEYENNE in the northwest, and Morton
in the southwest, each produced laft
year 300 pounds to the acre. And wher-
ever IN the state cotton was grown at all
last year it yielded just 300 pounds to the
acre.
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-23
Another Indication of Rebellion.

AuOtLer InulCdCIOU OF LNeUClIIOI.
Troy Chief.
1t is the regulation thing now, when
an appointment Is made to a federal
office, for the defeated aspirants to say it
is all right, they don't feel sore; they are
ready to pull of their coats and pitch in
for Republican principles. Yes. When
a man has been deliberately and outrage
ously lied to by two or three senators
and half dozen congressman, and as
sured that his chances are bright, and
the very next day along comes the APP
pointment of another, it has an inspiring
effect, and one feels like sitting down
and singing revival hymns.
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-23
Corset Sale.
Ladies' LiSle Thread Vests,
Only afew-reduced from 81 90 to Is cents.
Great Bargains in Hosiery.

misses 4oc and
Is
pair
black
. c
the best in the worldfo seems
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-23
REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONVENTION.

WICHITA, Kan, July %. 1889.
A delegate convention of the Republicans OF Sedg-
wick county is hereby called TO meet at CARRIED
Hall, In the city OF Wichita, on
SATURDAY, AUGUST II, 1882
At 10 O'Clock a. n to nominate Republican ticket
20 be voted for at the ensuing election. as foIioWs
One County Treasurer,
One County Sheriff.
One County Register Of Deeds,
One County Clerk
One County Coroner.
The basis Of representation will be as follows
One delegate and one alternate from each ward
and precinct for every twenty-five votes cast, and
delegate for each major traction, as tSt Ior
Timothy Mccarthy for secretary of state at the gem
eral election in 1855 delegate at large for
each voting precinct. -, , .,.,,
The various wards and precincts Will be entitled
70 the following delegates viz
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-23
WHEN CORN IS king

Dry Goods Will be high. Corn
viii Oe king, Buy your dry
goods now, when We give you
10 cents worth or dry goods
for 3 nickel
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-23
Dress Goods Sale.


good
0ceutpa II
n
for
tom ysdh the
a
Remember this Opening Of Fall Costumes
will be on Tuesday Afternoon Next.
Carpet Department Bargain Week.
fall We will
hall
We
Only rolls Extraordinarily
The evening world., 1889-01-26
THE WORLD: SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY %, 1889.

making money ont of it. Manager Holmes, OF
Holiness Museum, not only gives n drama for
ten cents, but offers additional entcrtainmentin
q wcll-stocked museum hall, containing curios
from all portions of the globe, ranging from the
skull of wCll-known, murderers to a BIBLICAL
painting. Next week, in the theatre. Tho
Scouts of the Yellowstone will he cncamped.
one Of Hoyt's earliest successes will he at
ProCtor's Criterion Theatre next week. and the
cosy little playhouse. should be well filled Mt
each performance. The comedy IL "A Bunch
of Keys, and its faculty for unlocking the gates
of laughter il too well known tn admit of quCs-
tion. Realizing the. fact that to present a
comedy properly, and bring ont all Its. most
humorous points, a company perfect in all parts
should. interpret it, Manager Boetner has
secured the services of some NJ the Clevcrest
specialists in the business. Louise Sanford, M
Teddy Keys. has been seen here before and was
favorahly received. A bright member Of the
company il BERTHE Conway, whose Dolly Dobbs
il n positive creation.
One would naturally think that singing every
night, except during the Summer vacation, for
two years the public would tire of one particu-
lar vocalist and welcome more heartily those
who come and go with each succeeding week.
Such il not the case with Minnie SCHULZ. tho
bright particular star of Xipp's Casino, whose
| popularity, instead of diminishing, seems ever
on the increase. Miss Schult ia a clever little
woman and though she is aware that Casino
audiences want her, she also realizes that they
want new songs, and almost every week they get
them. Her latest and perhaps most pronounced
hit il I'm a Chappie from Over the Wattah. ="
in which she appears in male attire and reaches
the limit of encores at each rendering.
The evening world., 1889-01-26

Notwithstanding that so many vessels had
been sent TO different parts of the coast. there
was still in Portsmouth Harbor II large num-
Der OF war vessels of various classes, all in
commission and ready for action. The
greater part of these had received orders to
cruise that day in the Channel. Consequently
it was still early in the morning when around
the eastern end of the Isle of Wight there
appeared a British feet composed of fifteen
of the finest iron-clads, with several gunboats
and cruisers and a number of torpedo-b boats
1t was n noble sight. for besides the war
ships there WAS another feet hanging upon
the outskirts of the first, and composed of
craft. LARGE and small, and from both sides of
the Channel, filled with those who were
anxious TO witness from afar the sea-fight
which was to take place under such novel
conditions. Many of these observers were
reporters and special correspondents for
great newspapers. On some of the vessels
which CAM up from the French coast were
men with marine glasses of extraordinary
power, whose business il was to send an early
and accurate report of the affair to the office
of the War Syndicate in New York.
As soon ms the British ships came In sight
the four crabs cast off from Repeller No. II.
Then with the other two they prepared for
The evening world., 1889-01-26

Congressman Wise, of Virginia, ia q noted
fancier OF dogs, on which he is an au-
thority. He has been President Of the
American Bench Association and his work on
dogs is in high repute.
Gen. Ben Lefevre has the reputation Of being
one of the most fastidious epicures in Congress.
As a carver he is without a peer, his skill in
dissecting a bird or a steak being such that
no non-professional carver dares compete with
him.
Kit Carson's son BILLY, who was killed by
the accidental discharge of a revolver at Fort
Garland, Col. a few days ago. was almost the
last of the famous Carson family, having but
one surviving brother, who is in the cattle BUSH
ness in Colorado.
The evening world., 1889-01-26

action, moving considerably in advance of
the r~ereller. which now steamed forward
very slowly. The wind was strong from the
northwest, and the sea high. the shining tops
of the crabs frequently disappearing unde
the waves.
The British feet came steadily on. headed
by the great Llanguron. This vessel was
very much N advance of the others. tor know
ing that when she was really in action and
the great cylinder which formed her stern
guard was lowered into the water her speed
would be much retarded, she had put on all
Steam, and being the swiftest war ship Of her
class she had distanced all her consorts. II
was highly important that she should begin
the fight and engage the attention of as many
crabs as possible while certain Of the other
ships attacked the repeller with their rams.
Although il was now generally believed that
mutor-bombs from a repeller might destroy a
man-of-war, II was also considered probable
that the accurate calculations which appeared
to be necessary to precision of aim could not
be made when the object of the aim was in
rapid motion.
The evening world., 1889-01-26
Undeservedly Laughed AT.

The unthInking are prone to make game OF nervous
ness. Yet this is a very real and serious affection, tho
harnssing symptoms of which are rendered all the more
poignant by ridicule. The stomach is usually responsible
for these symptoms-it weakness and disorder find a
reflex in the brain, which is: the headquarters of the
nervous system. As a nerve tonic and tranaullizer. we
believe that not one can be pointed out 30 effective as
HosTETTER's STOMACH BlTrERs. In renewing vigor-
Gus digestion. 1t strikes the key note of recovery Of
strength and quietude by the nerves. Headaches,
tremors in quiet sleep, abnormal senEitiyensss to unoG-
pected noises-nll these modify and ultimately disap.
pear as the system gains strength from the great tonic.
Dyspepsia, bilousness, rheumatism, constipation and
idney complaints are subdued by the bitters.
The evening world., 1889-01-26

for the rest of the fleet was coming on, and
there was great work for the crabs.
Against these enemies, swift of motion and
sudden in action. the torpedo-boats found it
ships and the crabs we're so rapidly nearing
each other that a torpedo sent out against an
enemy was more than likely 10 run against
the hull of a friend. Each crab sped Mt the
top of its speed for a ship, not only to attack,
but also to protect itself.
Once only did the crabs give the torpedo
boats n chance. A mile or two north Of the
scene of action a large cruiser was making
her way rapidly towards the ~repeller, which
was lying still, almost motionless. four miles
to the westward. As it was highly probably
that this vessel carried dynamite guns. Crab
@. which was the fastest of her class. was
sienalled to go after her. She had scarcely
begun her course across the open space of sen
before a torpedo-boa was in pursuit. Fast
The evening world., 1889-01-26

ends 1t was about ten feet in diameter and
strongly braced inside. II was suspended by
chains from two davits which projected over
the stern of the vessel. When sailing this
cylinder was hoisted up to the davits, but
when the ship was prepared for action it was
lowered until it lay nearly submerged abatt
of the rudder. In this position its ends pro-
Jected about fifteen feet on either side of the
propeller blades.
1t was believed that this cylinder would
effectually prevent q crab from getting near
enough TO the propeller or the rudder to do
any damage. 1t could not be torn away as
the stern jacket had been, for the rounded
n smooth sides and ends of the massive
cylinder would offer no hold to the forceps of
the crabs; and, approaching from any quar-
ter, 1t would be impossible for these forceps
to reach rudder or screw,
The Syndicate's little fleet arrived in British
waters late in the day and early the next
morning it appeared about twenty miles to
the south of the Isle of Wight. and headed to
the northea st as If it were making for Ports
mouth. The course of these vessels greatly
surprised the English Government and naval
authorities. It was expected that an attack
would probably be made upon some COM
paratively unprotected spot on the British
s6aboard, and therefore on the west coast Of
tions of the most formidable character mad
been made 10 defend British ports against
Repeller No. II and her attendant crabs.
Particularly was this the case in Bristol Chan
mel, whore a large number of iron.clads were
stationed, and which was TO have been the
destination Of the Llangaron If the Syndi-
Gates vessels had delayed their coming long
enough to allow her TO get around there.
That this little feet should have sailed
straight for England's great naval stronghold
was something that the British Admiralty
could not understand. The fact was not APP
precIated that it was the object of the Syndi-
cate to measure its strength with the greatest
strength of the enemy. Anything lSas than
this would not avail its VuJpose.
The evening world., 1889-01-26

Even among the men on board the Syndi-
Gates feet there were signs of doubt and APP
prehensions of evil. 1t had all been very we'll
so far. but fighting one ship at a time was a
very different thing from steaming into the
midst of a hundred ships. On board the re-
peller there was now an additional reason for
fears and misgivings. The unlucky charac-
ter of the vessel when it had been the Talla-
poosa was known, and not a few of the men
imagined that it must now be time for some
new disaster TO this ill starred craft, and If her
evil genius had desired fresh disaster for her,
1t was certainly sending her into a good place
to look for it.
But the Syndicate neither doubted nor
hesitated, nor paid any attention to the
doubtsa and COMBINATIONS which they heard
from every quarter. Four days after the
news of the destruction of the Cragleyin had
been telegraphed from Canada 20 London, the
Syndlcate's feet entered the English Chan
mel. Owing to the power and speed of the
crabs, Repeller No. II had made a passage OF
the Atlantic which in her old naval career
would have been considered miraculous.
Craft of various kinds we're now passed,
but none Of them carried the British flag. In
the expectation of the arrival OF the enemy.
British merchan men and fishing vessels had
been advised TO keep in the background until
with the vessels Of the American Syndicate,
As has been said before the British Admir-
atty had adopted a new method Of defense for
the rudders and screw propellers OF naval
craft. The work Of constructing the new APP
pliances had been pushed forward as fast as
possible, but so tar only one of these had
been finished and attached TO a man of war.
clad of the same size and class as the Ada
mant, and to her had been attached the new
stern defense. This was an immense steel
HVlinder. entirely closed and rounded ct the
The evening world., 1889-01-26

as was the latter, the crab was faster, and
ton of great danger, and her only safety lay
in keeping herself on n line between the
~torpedo-hoat and the gunboat, and to shorten
as quickly as possible the distance between
herself and that vessel.
If the torpedo-boat shot to one side in order
TO get the crab out Of line, the crab. It's back
sometimes hidden by the tossing waves, sped
also to the same side. Whom the torpedo
the gunboat. a deadly torpedo flew into the
sea. but a tossing sea and a shifting target
were unfavorable to the Runner's aim. 1t was
not long, however, before the crab had run
the chase which might 80 readily have been
fatal 10 it, and was so near the gunboat that
no more to pedoes could be fired at it.
OF course, the officers and crew Of the gun
boat had watched with most anxious interest
the chase of the crab. The vessel was one
which had been fitted out for service with
The evening world., 1889-01-26

Mrs. Gen. Tom Thumbs midget troupe is at the
Grand, and 80 are the - Six Yankee Girls in the
Wood-Sawing Contest" There are a number of
other worthy features.
Manager Doris, of the Eighth Avenue Museum,
he has known. lie. promises an excellent bill
for the coming week. In the curio hall will be
with all the characteristics Of the leopard fam
ily;' Sol Stone, Admiral Dot and j.. SulliVan's
nnuuhnN nnlnnnnN
The evening world., 1889-01-26
COPYRIGHTED ALL RIGHTS REsERvEDl
THE GREAT WAR SYNDICATE
Remarkable Story Of Hostilities Between the United
States and Great Britain.
How a Wonderful War Was Waged by Contract Near the Close o
the Nineteenth Century.
BY FRANK r. STOCKTON,

Aahor Of" Ruddr Grange" " The Lady or the Tger,' The Late Mr.. Null" Tn
Casting Apdy OF Mrs. Leks me Mrs. Aeshine' &C., &c.
rUBLnHEDB BY srEuALA ANaEM WITH MR. p F. COLLIER. u " OMEGA wEEAY
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SYNOPSIS OF INSTALMENrS III

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WnpTuye PALACE MUeEUM
WUh } I4th st. MUSEUW
The 0SSlFIED
MAN.
A Living Man Turned to
Solid Bone.

~ you think you are pleased
with an extraordinary amount
Of patience, or that you arc
persecuted with more than
your share OF this world'strou-
hles, come and e this living
man who Ia almost completely
turned to solid bone and has
not moved . muscle for thirty
years, and yet possessed OF =
cheerful and eyen happy dis
position. Medical mon ad-
mitted free.
IN CURIO HALL.
Mons. h Nine. Huber. Charlie
and Mime. Logrenia, with Edu-
c.ted Birds and conjuring \.
r. Cody and wife, pistol shots;
Mrs. VolkmAn, the fat lady
Irene Seymour. tattooed lady
John Nets, the man with the
small head.
ON FIJI STAGE,
The vsntinAs, hat spinnerr ;
Powers and Hall. skaters;
Dave Reed and family, f.. q.
Edwards. Title Frank, Slider,
tho magician Herr Carl
Miohaels, George b. Leslie, IN
Irish speciAlties, and the EI-
~oelsior Combination Company.
stage shows Hourly.
Sacred Concerts sunday.
The evening world., 1889-01-26

A SAFE, sure cure for coughs and colds. ApAMsoH's
BoTAHIc BALsAM. KINsMAH. 25th st. and 4th ave. -
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NO. IL.

REMARKABLE ENCOUNTER WITH A MIGHTY BRITISH SQUADRON IN THE
ENGLISH CHANNEL.
The evening world., 1889-01-26
CHARMING GIRL STRIKERS.
THEY TAKE TURNS On MCKET OUTSIDE
THE FEATHER FACTORIES.

Other. Read and Gossip Mt the Rooms Of
the workinRwomen's Association while
Waiting for Cohnfeld and the Other
Bosses to Give In-Generaless Ida Van
Etten Is Their Leader.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-01
HailstUnos as~ Large ns Tencups

A resident of Bowraville, about twenty miles from Nambucca Heads and 349 miles north of Sydney, writing to rela- tive at North Shore, gives to the Tele- graph the following account of a hail. storm on the Nambucca river:
 | will try to describe to you remark able storm. or hurricane if you like, that visited us on Friday, December if, about midday. No one up here has ever seen d
 torn to equal 1t, and I certainly have never seen any thing lile it, especially in the size of the haiistones, or more prop erly. blocks of ice, that came with the storm. The storm came from the south west, and for about quarter of an hour before the sky was intensely black in that quarter. The first notice of it's ap- proach was the roaring of the wind, which we could hear for fully ten min- utes before 1t reached us in it's fury The force of the wind was terrific while it lasted, which fortunately was not more than twenty-five minutes. Huge trees were snapped off or torn up by the roots and carried bodily to some distance The thunder and lightning last the whole 7 evening; indeed, there seemed to be a succession of violent thunder storms The lightning was grand and the thun- derelaps would frighten any one, but the chief feature of the storm was the i'm mense hailstones. At Bowra we got a great many larger than a large hens egg, and next door to us they went clean through the iron roof into the kitchen.
 In another part of *he district they were very much larger and almost square in shape-some of them as big as tea cups. The roof in MT. Mackay's house in that part Is just riddled with holes. I need hardly say that such storm has done great damage to the crops; the corn was Just tasselling, and now much of it is levaled to the ground. The roads are blocked with fallen trees in all direc- tions. A man might just as we'll take his chance on battlefield as be in the forest here while such Q storm is raging and large trees and limbs falling around him. Since this storm we have had thunder storm every day--Sydney Telegraph.