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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-15
THE TRUTHFUL PREVARlCATOR.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
Sam Jones delivered one of his char
acteristic lectures at the opera house
last night.
He has just recently returned from
California, and the subject of his lee
ture was California and Californians"
Il always thought" he said, that
Atlanta was the hub of the universe,
and that when the Almighty created
the world He must have been very near
here, about where the artesian well
stands. But when I reached Los Ange-
les, Cal, all these thoughts faded away.
When got there the whole west was in
full bloom, and Los Angeles was my
dream of fairyland."
There is one peculiar thing about the
climate out there" he said, land that is
q fellow always has cold, or rather he
takes new one about twice day-it
lasts about six hours, sort o like drunk
and your nose will run all day long
without winding up. Then the cold
makes you have such queer feeling.
1t makes you feel like you had stolen a
sheep and were about TO be found out
the meanest feeling in the world. But
the thing that ratified me most was this:
One day I was out riding with friend,
going down a steep hill, it looked like to
me. My friend asked me which way
we were going, and l told him down, of
course. He then told me to notice the
horses traces. did so, and they We're
as tight as could be and the horses were
pulling hard, too. That ratified me
worse than / ever was by John Barley
corn, and felt like a fool-natural for
once in my life, / reckon. | afterward
saw water run up hill, though, and that
made me feel still worse"
In speaking of the religion of the
people In San Francisco, he said that
they hardly knew what il was, and that
| when Mr.. Christian, minister there,
told him how things were, he never felt
so much like getting drunk in his life;
| that if he had been a Presbyterian he
would have done it, but being a Metho-
dist he was afraid.
The people in California viii gamble
on anything-they Will bet on anything
from cigarette TO wheat fields. Even
the ladies bet They will bet their
diamonds on horse race and their seal
skin sacques on q dog fight, and pay
them, too, If they lose.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-15

Authorities seem TO differ as 10 whether
this distinction rests with Sweden or Eng
land, the registrar general having given bis
opinion in favor Of England, while that great
health authority, Mr. Ed Chadwick. Ia bis
Health Of Nations" says that with con
tinued attention TO sanitary science England
might DO made as healthy a. Sweden" Null
hall gives the death rates % Sweden and the
United Kingdom in the decade % ls1l-o0 Is
1874 and 2l.o respectively. The death rate
for England and Wales was 2O.5 per LOO Ia
1881, and in 1851 !, was reduced 70 ls.s,
which seems % bear out MT ChGdwieks
views, and 70 show that England, II not ~
a, present, sooE will ho the bealthlest Ia Eu-
ropa. The sick" population Of tbs United
Kingdom is estimated Ct sc per cent, that
Of Sweden 40 per cent, these two countries
showing lower percentages than any others
in Europe. Str Robert Christison, dlSsin-
guished consulting physician, d reported 10
have oI.ce said that the bsalthiest place Ia
the world WA tie prison at Perth, In soos~
land New York Telegram
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-15
DEATH TO BED BUGS,

Benzine finely sprayed with a hand
atomizer will penetrate the minutest
cracks and is sure death to the bed-bug
in all its stages, including the egg. 1t is
certain remedy and used thoroughly
will destroy every bug in house. Ker-
osene is almost as good and is. a little
more lasting in its effects Many pre-
ventives have been advised but none are
permanent. One of the best formulas
for substance with which to paint the
cracks IN a bedstead or the wall is one
ounce corrosive sublimate, half pint al
cohol and one-quarter pint spirits of tur-
pentine.
There are always beginners and mex
perienced persons to be informed; other
wise it were supererogation to advise the
experienced housekeeper to pay partic-
ular attention to the belongings of n ew
servants, and even to the bag
gage of refined and clearly guests
who come from the south or west
and have stopped on the way at hotels.
Indeed we feel that little of practical
nature can be written of this insect that
experienced housekeepers will not know
already. 1t may not be out of place,
however, to say that the bed-bug has
been found in the woods under the bark
of trees and that therefore in country
houses in certain localities the occasion
al presence of the bugs is not necessarily
mark of uncleanliness.
1t may be we'll also to say that there
exist other allied bugs which possess
much the same odor and whose bite is
even more severe than that of the true
bed-bug. The blood-sucking conenoee
(conorrhinus sanguisuaga) is one of
these. 1t is found occasionally in beds
as far north as New Jersey and Illinois,
but does not habitually breed in such To-
cations. Its bite is very painful and
it will absorb considerable amount of
blood-Good Housekeeping.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-15
A QUEER psYCH1oAL sEANcE.
The sudden and tragical ending

! The sudden and tragical ending O
Bishop, the mind-reader, short time
ago, seems to have given fresh impetus
and zest to the world of necromancy
| and to have revived speculation anG
theorizing of the how of such perform
ances. Whatever may be the true solu.
ton or theory, the performance of j.
Randall Brown, a mind-reader of local
celebrity in New York the other night,
seems to dispose of the muscular read
ing" explanation. His feat, if it may be
so termed, is described of follows:
A copper wire was stretched from the
stage of the Biiou to the Western Union
Telegraph office, at Thirtieth street and
Broadway, and over this wire, several
blocks long, Brown was apparently able
to read the mind of thoroughly trust
worthy gentleman-Professor Cromwell.
the well known lecturer. The professor,
escorted by the treasurer of the theater.
proceeded to the telegraph office
and placed one end Of the
wire to his forehead. Brown,
blindfolded, put the other end to his
brow on the stage, and after a few
minutes of hesitation he wrote the
figures .'742" on a blackboard in front of
him. When this was done message
was sent to the professor that the ex-
pertinent was completed, and few
minutes afterward he returned to the
theater and stated that the number he
had thought of was the one put down by
Brown. The subject stated that he had
not thought of the number until he
reached the telegraph Office, when he
fixed his mind upon it intently, with
out, however, repeating it aloud. On
the stage with Brown at the time that he
performed the experiment was reliable
committee chosen by the audience, COM
posed of Alexander Salvini, the actor;
Horace Wall, the well-known New
Haven theatrical manager; William
Gillig, Benjamin Teal and Alexander
Brown, all of whom were completely
carried away by what they saw.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-15

Let the bald assertion heretofore so
boldly and Unfortunately flung at the
present national administration that it is
unfriendly to the negro race and had set
its face sternly against it, be forever
hushed, for it is not true as is proven by
the appointment to position in the in
terror department at a salary of $3.50 ayear
Of the negro porter on one ofthe trains that
was caught and wrecked by the Cone
maugh flood in Pennsylvania two weeks
ago. If any further explanations are
needed it were perhaps only necessary to
state that the wife and child of Private
Secretary Halford were on the train
aforementioned.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-15
HOW TO ACT ATA FIRE.

In lecture before the Society Of Arts,
London, Mr.. A. w. G. Ghean gave the
following concise and simple directions
| how to act on the occurrence OF fires:
Fire requires air: therefore. on its ap-
pearance every effort should be made TO
| exclude air: shut all doors and windows.
By this means, fire may be confined to a
single room for sufficient period to en-
able all the inmates to be aroused and
escape, but if the doors and windows are
thrown open. the tanning of the wind
and the draft will instantly cause the
flames to increase with extraordinary
rapidity. 1t must never be forgotten
that the most precious moments are at
the commencement of fire, and not
single second Of time should be lost in
tackling it. In room, table cloth can
be used as to smother large sheet
of flame, and cushion may
serve to beat it out; coat or any
thing similar may be used with an
equally successful result. The great
point is presence of mind, calmness in
danger, action guided by reason and
thought. In all large houses buckets Of
water should be placed on every landing,
little salt being put into the water.
Always endeavor to attack the bed OF a
fire; if you cannot extinguish fire shut
the window and be sure to shut the door
when making good your retreat. A
wet silk handkerchief tied over the eyes
and nose will make breathing possible
in the midst of much smoke, and a
blanket wetred and wrapped around
the body will enable a person to pass
through sheet Of fame in comparative
safety. Should lady's dress catch fire
let the wearer lie down at once. Rolling
may extinguish the fire, but if not. any
thing (woolen preferred) wrapped tightly
round will effect the desired purpose. A
burn becomes less painful the moment
air is excluded from it. For simple |
burns, oil or the white of egg can be
used. One part of carbolic acid to six
parts of olive oil is found to be invalu
able in most cases, slight or severe, and |
the first layer of lint should not be re-
moved till the sore is complete, but satur
ated by the application of fresh outer
layers from time to time. Linen rag, |
eoaked in mixture of equal parts of |
lime water and Gnseed oil, also forms a
good dressing. Common whiting is very |
good, applied wet and continually |
aampened with sponge.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-15
WHITE : HOUSE
INNF'S & ROSS.
Popular Goods on Sale This Week.

Special offering In white goods, checks.
stripes, null cords and large plaids as 10.
These always rstaii at u y and l5c yard,
Our White Goods department. cannot be
eQualied In Kansas
We are showing a specially attractive
variety in India linen, exquisitely hne
quality, Persian lawns, plain and figured
Swiss, linen cambrics, tuckings reverinss.
A large assortment Of Marseiiles, linen cam
brics, vie lawns, nainsooks, etc. We are
certain OF pleasing every one in this de-
psrtmsnt.
New linen dress ginghams equal TO silk In
appearance and very durable, fast colors
just the material for travelling dresses ard
ch,ldrens waists aud blouses
Back Goods. New ami exquisitely soft
nuns yelling. plain and bordsred black
batiste for summer wear
A fun hne Of PriestIeys black goods, silk
warp Henriettas, Tanise, Surahs Royals
etc, etc. They are The best made, warranted.
Mohairs and Brilliantencs are becoming
more popular every day. A new invoice
comprising the summer weights In plain,
stripe and plaids are being sold We v rapidly
Only few novelty pattern suits left We
are Offering the French novelties at prices
that those in need Of high grade stylish cos
tunes cannot Withstand.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-15
1T Pays to Trade
WHITE HOUSE
INNES & Ross

devil? Oh. I'll bet he has many times
relented and in sack cloth and ashes has
sorely repented, because with good
thing he became Disconnected. And
like all fools his head wasn't level"
A Wellington clergyman tells this
anecdote: Early in life, while occu-
pying another charge, he invited an
other clergyman, whom the unregener-
ated would call conceited and dull. 10
preach i'll his pulpit. During the sermon
our Wellington preacher dosed away IN
the sweet old way until he was suddenly
called on TO conclude the service with a
prayer. Accustomed 70 regard himself
as the humblest Of his Creators instru-
ments and forgetting that he had not
delivered the sermon he began with:
1--WE beseech Thee TO accept the feeble
effort that has been addressed TO Thee.
and more richly endow Thy servant in
the graces he SO greatly lacks
Minneapolis Messenger: William Sim
mons, who lives on the old FoOte place.
while coming home from Delphos on last
Friday night with his little child, it COM
menccd to hail and he put the child un-
der the seat in the bottom of the wagon,
and when the storm struck them vlo-
lently and the team becoming fright
ened, and crossing the ruts IN the road,
threw Mr. Simmons out on the ground.
The horses ran on home and took their
place in the shed out of the storm. The
child crawled out into the house and Dir.
Simmons soop came up, but was badly
stunned and bleeding from his fall and
the peltinG from the hail stones. He
was compelled TO send for neighb0rs,
who waited on him the balance Of the
night. For awhile IN the storm It was
perilous position for Mr. Simmons. The
next morning, however, he was able to
be out, and went back 10 look for his
wagon seat and hat The hat vas pretty
well riddled with hail stones.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-15

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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-15

Labor Commissioner Betton after inves-
tigating the industries at Wichita hkens
that city Ito hen which n boy set on
twenty-one eggs just to see her spread her
self 1t is better to hatch half dozen
than like Wichita to be unable to keep
twenty-one eggs warm.-Topeka Capital.
The trouble with you in this case is
that you size mp Wichita's ability to
spread by your own. Wichita never
fails to keep her good eggs warm and to
hatch out thrifty chicks; but a close dis
elimination in the quality of the eggs
put to incubation contains one impor-
tant secret of the success that always
follows
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-15
RECORD BOOK.

County Superintendent Penee's class
ifacatiOn register Is the most COM
plete thing Of the Kind ever published.
John Mcdonald, editor OF the Western
School Journal writes: If examined
Superintendent Fences Classification Reg
lister. and was much pleased with IL. A
number of superintendents pronounce II
superior 10 any other now before the peo-
pie. and they are OF the opinion that the
Register should be placed in our county
schools There is no reason why Kansas
money should be going to distant cities
when we have better article In our own
state. Address X. =. MURDOCH.
MANAGER EAGLE
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-15

The Hopping, now that the question of
leadership has been fully decided by the
Democratic national committee, will be
wholesale and rapid. Henry Grady has
found it necessary to define his position
more clearly. He declares that he
would rather see Mr.. Randall president
of the United States than eat, or words
to that effect, but as MIR. Randall doesn't
happen to be among the 5000, 1000 who
have ''got together" he believes the
party can be united under Mr.. Cleve-
lands leadership--and united and wisely
led it will assuredly win the next presi-
Dental fight.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-15

There was produced in 1888 in the
United States, of coal, 142, 037, 73j tons,
valued at 1904, 221 800; of coke, $751;
$50 tons, at S14,000,000. Petroleum
yielded 27,346,01S barrels (of 40 gallons
each) valued at S24, 59S, $50. 1t is esti-
mated that the amount of coal displaced
by natural gas in the United States in
1888 was IA, 1863, $50 tons, valued at S22,-
662,12S. Nevertheless this one product
affords an exception to the general rule
wherein the price of an article is con-
trolled by the supply Of and demand for
the same. The price of coal is main
tanned whatever the vicissitudes of the
commodity
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-15

Los Angles inaugurated her new cable
car line on Saturday with joyful cere-
monies. The new line is over twenty
miles long. and cost over $2,000,O0 The
local papers made it the occasion for the
empIoyment of doubled leads, scare
heads. profuse illustrations Of the plant,
machinery, andsoforth. But 1t was
worth the effort.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-15

More news from Stanley. The great
explorer seems to have been for some
time engaged in sort of hide-and-seek
game with Emin Pasha. 1t is crafty
ing to be assured that ''if Stanley has
reached Unyara by water, which he
could have done, the main difficulty of
the enterprise whatever that means,
"has been overcome" This is all most
assuring and entirely satisfactory. Now
if we could get just word from Jim
Bennett everything would be lovely.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-15

The railroad lines extending into the
Territory seem to imbibe the general
spirit of enterprise and progress that per-
vades the country. Both the Rock Is
land and Santa Fe are headed for King
fisher and promise TO have their lines
completed and in operation to that
point by August 1. The stop there will
be only temporary. Other lines no less
interested in the development of that
country, though not talking any for
the public ear, are by no means idle as
to planning for the early invasion Of
that domain.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-15

The Atchison Champion ventures to
assert that a full investigation of the
Cronin murder will establish the fact
that Cronin was killed by Irish cranks.
who had no orders or directions from
any one, but who got into their crazy
heads the notion that Cronin was an en-
envy of the cause of Ireland, and ought
TO be removed. Further, it has no doubt
that Cronin himself was as wild crank
as the men who killed him Our guess
is that the whole miserable business was
quarrel between few irresponsible,
Anticipated cranks." And our notion is
that the Champion is about right in the
assertion. Nevertheless. the cranks that
did the killing are none the less murder
ers and should be made to suffer for their
crime if they are ever discovered and
convicted, which last we very much
doubt will ever occur.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-15
commodity

1.-THE American Executing Company"
has just been incorporated in Chicago.
1t is not dressed beef concern. but a
company with capital stock of S25. 900
which proposes to make a business of
killing persons legally sentenced to
death. The Kansa City Journal suggests
that doubtless the bungling execution of
the Bald knobbers in that state con-
WINGED the men composing the new COM
pany that there was an opening for their
enterprise, which is plausible enough,
but there is no inducement for them to
come to this state. Executing criminals
is not the proper mode of treating them
in Kansas, as q rule, and when the ex-
ceptions arise the people do not need
electricity TO expediate the matter.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-15

The adoption, by state courts, OF the
national pension law as a basis for
awarding damages for personal injuries,
as in the case of Kier against the X. G.,
Fl. s. & G. railroad, mentioned in yes
terday's dispatches under date of Sedalla,
Mo-, will no doubt be generally accepted
as equitable and just. 1t will also have
the effect to strengthen pension system
in the popular estimation and lead to
more liberal views on that question from
everybody.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-15

Tho coffee plant ~ns arEt INTRODUCED into
French GGiana, north q Brazil. IL i75o. azd
into Rlo do Jaheiro Ia i77A Tie GTst coffee
shipped from RIO ~Es ten sacks Ia 100, and
the second twelve ia 1873 IN 1874 Brazil ex-
ported over ~, ooo GO pounds at a averags
Of rs cents per poand, which paid al sT-
port duty 20 The torne gove-nsnsst, ct per
cent. O. nearly ZOO. 900 Aors than 800, .
90, 900 ponds Of this was iEnpor.sd ka.o Ito
United States, ard f.s Highest ard b1~sss
quotations 10 View York raArkSt were gx
and I5s. oea.s PER pound during tbs ysss
named -Airnoaf Barre<
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-15

The iron and steel workers of Penn
sylvania iron district have rejected the
new scale of wages proposed by the Car
negie mill people, but whether this will
result in a general strike among the
operatives or shut down of the mills
remains to be seen. 1t is hoped that
neither expedient will be deemed neces-
sary, but that a fair adjustment of the
differencewill be effected. The great
calamity that still shadows that region
is surely burden enough for it to bear at
one time.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-15
A Sensible Explanation.

Newton RepubIlcan
An editorial on desertion from the reg
ular army appeared in the Globe-Demo-
crat some time ago, urging upon the
president the ACCESSIBILITY of granting a
general amnesty. The article called out
a variety of opinions from officers and
privates as to the causes of desertion,
and suggestions for checking it were
also ventured. Privates are unanimous
in their condemnation of the treatment
they receive at the hands Of hair-brained
egotistic officers. Poor food, insults, a
hundred petty punishments for trivial
offenses combine to render penitentiary
sentence for desertion cheerful in COM
parison. Those who have seen the
method of our military upstairs will be-
lieve all the privates say.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-15
Longing for the Millennium.

r.oE-
Il have sometimes thought said q
prominent citizen yesterday, ''that !
would be willing 10 give as much as
$50 to see q meeting OF some state
organization, held at some place where
the citizens didn't deem it necessary 70
fire off at the gathering dreary and
superfiuous address Of welcome and de-
mand from some person connected with
the convention an equally duh and I'M
necessary response.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-15

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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-15

Chicago merchants are complaining OF
determinations against that city by the
railroads to the northwest, alleging that
outside points are accorded rates on
freight less than half what Is charged
them. If Chicago don't know how to
secure a remedy for the evil, let her step
down to Wichita and she can learn some
points that will be Of value. There's
nothing selfish about the Peerless
DrincncG