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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-06
SULLIVAN STILL IN TRAINING.

CuiiNdH Coutuueu MS training yesterday at
the Young Mems gymnasium-punching the
ball, using the dumb-bells, wrestling, and skip
ping the rope. Then he was walked miles,
wearing sweaters, and rubbed down on his re-
turn. He skipped the. rope a thousand times
without stopping during his exercise and was
not putting when he got through. Sullivan is
reported to be the only man who ever accom-
plished the feat The nearest approach to il is
$50 skips by man weighing 140 pounds. Sulli-
van perspired so profusely during this exercise
that the water fell from him in huge drops
Then, after a minute interval, came the dumb
bell exercise, consisting of three movements
upward as far as the arm would reach then
downward until the dumb-bells touched the
floor, then backward through the legs as far as
the arm would reach. This was repeated fifty
times. little ball punching followed. The
force and celebrity OF the blows amazed all who
witnessed them. They demonstrated two
things conclusively-(frst) that Sullivan can
hit as hard rs ever, and {second) that he has
lost none Of his old-time lightning rapidity.
Once he hit the ball SO hard as to break the
thin rope by which 1t was suspended; q second
time he split the tether. His back is covered
with prickly heat, which causes him no incon-
venience. however.
Altogether his friends are jubilant over his
condition and predict an easy victory.
The betting tonight is 10 TO 2 on Sullivan
When Kilrain and his crowd arrive, however,
there may be a change.
To-day will be the last day Of active training
Sunday will be devoted to absolute rest. Sulii-
van and his immediate retinue are comfortably
established at the private boarding house,
which Is directly opposite the rooms of the
Gymnastic club. He receives no visitors. Null
doom never leaves him for an instant. and
allows no one but Mike Cleary and Dan MUIR
ply, bosom friend to converse with him ex-
cept he u present Sullivan now weighs 2O2
pounds, and the severe training he underwent
before he arrived here has been abandoned all
though he will take more exercise than an ordi-
nary man could endure without complete ex-
haustion.
KnRAIN or rnE wAY
Kilrain and his party arrived at Chattanooga,
Tenn, all right Detective Norris, Of the Pink
erton force, was ON the train and the impress
sion prevails that he Il going to accompany
them to Mississippi and arrest Kilrain In order
to get the reward offered By the governor of
Aississippi.
A. expected each stopping place between
Cincinnati and Chattanooga was PACKED With
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-06

vented our passing by Finally We drew up
and were level with it. The driver of the rival
bus was rather poorly clad, and this TACT did
not escape the LYNX eye of the conductor. He
shouted to his driver: Il say, Bill what price
that suit o clothes? Z amt too Aashy in his
git-up, is 'e?"
20, 'e's all right, poor chap" retorted
Bill, with a pitying look at his opponent. 1T
amt his fault. His missus keeps second-han
clothes shop. and e's got to take the stock-ln-
trade out for an airin."
One cannot walk square in this great city
without witnessing many interesting incidents
and curious sights especially among the poorer
classes. Passing over Blackfriars bridge la
one night sadly counted fifty persons OF both
sexes endeavoring to sleep upon the cold stone
seats erected on the buttresses of the bridge
lhis Is common sight and it is sad refiec-
tlon that several hundred people are nightly
glad to accept the little comfort afforded by an
adamantine bed, outside the very doors of the
philanthropist
AN INTERNATIONAL TENNIS MATCH.
The contingent Of tennis and newspaper men
who came over in May for the purpose of in
ducing some OF the leading foreign players to
visit the United States this summer have been
partially successful in their mission. Negotia-
tions have been concluded for series of three
matches between MIR. Geo. Kerr, Irish profess
| sionai, and Mr.. Thog. pettitt, American profess
sional, and the former will return with Mr.. II
A. Dirson about the middle of July. MIR. Dit
son has perfected the arrangements with Mr..
Jackson editor of Pastime, the leading tennis
| organ of England, for these contests. The
| former has offered prize Of $3.50 for the win
ner. whether or not other players will ac-
| company Mr.. Ditson cannot yet be determined.
The all-England tournament at Wimbledon
Will occur early in July and the subject will
then be eanvassed- 1t is expected, however,
| that several of the leading players will cross
this summer and thus inaugurate international
| tennis contests. This will place the game in
| America upon a firmer footing and increase the
strength of our players. Should their under
! taking fail this year there is no doubt that the
| professional match between Pettitt and Kerr
will awaken such an interest In internafional
| contests that another year win witness its ac-
compiishment. H.W. s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-06

ALL THE PEOPLE WANT TO SEE THE MIL CONE
orF-suLLrvAN srfIL IN TRAISfye-rHR
BArTIE-oRouyp AND THE REFEREE STILL uN-
sKrrLKp-KIIRArS aKAcHxs CHATTANOOGA
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-12
ORGANIZED POACHING,

Consul General Stevens, who repre-
sents our government at Victoria, 3. c.,
has investigated the illegal sealing traf-
fic which has its headquarters at that
port and the results OF his work are very
interesting just at this time. 1t appears
from his report that poaching upon
American seal fishing grounds is an Or
gained industry. Hesays: 'There are
some twenty-one vessels, varying from
twenty-siX to 1876 tons register ian ag
gregate tonnage of 1877 tons, employ
ing 45S men and valued at about %l26,-
600, engaged in hunting the fur seal.
These vessels, some of them having
steam power, leave here about the first
of January and proceed southwark, re-
turning in May and landing the skins
taken, some of them as far south as
San Diego, Cal, and along the coast up.
They then leave again for the
north, going as far as Behring
Sea, returning in September. The
total catch for 1888 amounted to 26,720
skins-much smaller than for recent pre-
yioussyears. OF these, 1887 were re-
ported as the "Behring sea collection"
the distinctive name given those taken
far north in the neighborhood of the
Aleutian islands and claimed to be finer
furs than any other. These skins are
sold here IN bundles, sailed to preserve
them, and they may be kept many
months in that condition without injury.
Ordinarily sales are made at so much
per skin for the lot. Sometimes, how
ever, they are sold in assortments of
males, females and pups, the average
price of the latter being IS per skin.
They are shipped to London, where they
are dressed and dyed, paying a duty
when they reach the United States las
they mostly do Of 30 per cent on their
value. or about So. 50 per skin"
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-12
WELL PLANTED, HALF REAPED.
From the Kansas City Times.

From the Kansas City Times.
Farmers. railroad men and the rest of
western humanity whose business 1t is
to watch the signs Of the crops predict
"a good wheat yield next year as a result
of the late general rains in this section.
They cite the farm adage that wheat
we'll planted is half reaped. The rains
have put the ground in fine condition TO
receive the seed of the planting season
which will soon begin. The prospect IS
that the young plants will come up well
and get a vigorous start.
The distribution of moisture which
seemed for three years to be under the
influence of a combination of clrcum-
stances adverse to Kansas crops has ap-
parently changed to combination as
remarkably favorable. The bountiful
harvests of this year have been an I'M
petus to farm values and to the trade
which is dependent upon them. Open
ing conditions for the next year are
pointing to a repetition of the feat just
performed of leading the country in
average profit on farm investments.
European demands for wheat will
probably exhaust the surplus stock and
will carry the era of well sustained
if not high prices well into the
next season. The Kansas wheat
crop, nalf reaped now by the good
planting state of the ground, will not
meet low prices at any time next year
unless the production of eastern Europe
and India should be something phenom-
email.
Kansas farmers understand the i'm
portance of thorough preparation of the
ground. MellowneSs from moisture and
other natural conditions is part of the
good planting which promises good
reaping, but the mellowness of assidu-
Gus cultivation is part, too, and not
the smallest part. If Kansas farmers
have fault it is carelessness in this di-
rection. They have so much faith IN
their soil that they do not give it the til
lage always which turns the strength of
the soil into the strength of the plant.
The encouragement of the seasons ought
to redouble their attention to all the
points of close farming. Wheat put into
thoroughly prepared land stands the for
tunes of the winter and spring and bet
ter repays the cost of cultivation. West
ern farmers have had a. few bitter lessons
upon the cost of crop failures. Less
trouble and labor are required to start a
crop well than to repair the damage of
not starting well. Stir up and pulverize
the soil until it is ready for the feeblest
roots TO gain strength to feed the plant.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-12
COUNT EDISON, THE WIZARD

Although by no means a recluse those
who know Mr.. Edison, the great electic-.
al inventor. most intimately say that it
is seldom he has been induced to talk
about his inventions. He has been 50
busy making them that he has not had
time to talk to the ubiquitous reporter.
On his trip TO Europe, however, he has
been more at leisure and the Partisan
reporters have been able to get more out
of him than the New York Newspaper
men ever did. IN talking with them
about his most marvellous invention, the
monograph, he SAYS of its very newest
development: II can obtain a sound
powerful enough toreproduce pkrazes of
a speech that can be heard perfectly by
a large audience. My last ameliorations
were with the aspirate sounds, which are
the weak point Of the graphophone." An
instance of the terrible labor necessary
to success in the perfection of en- inven-
ton IS given by Edison in the following
simple phrase: For seven months l
worked from eighteen 10 twenty hours
per day upon the single sound specia. >"
Edison would patiently and persistently
say to the instrument. "Specia, and
the instrument, like 4 child learning
to talk. would with equal persis-
tency answer him with "specia.' He
says that it was enough to make him
crazy. but he stuck TO it until he sue
/ ceeded. Now, he remarked, you NAV
read a thousand words of a newspaper
At the rate of $50 words per minute and
the instrument viii repeat them 10 you
without an omission. You can i'm
/ agine." he explained to his Partisan IN
/ terlocutor. 1.-The difficulty of the task
/ that | accomplished when | tell you that
/ the impressions made upon the cylinder
/ are no more than mlflionth part OF an
/ inch in depth. and are completely IN
visible. even with the aid Of micro
scope" Mr.. Edison confirmed the report
that he has nearly perfected an inven-
/ ton which viii allow a man in Wall
street, for instance, to telephone 10
/ friend III Central Park. and and to see
! the friend at the same time. He has
already succeeded IL reproducing images
! AT GlSt@iACe VI bAoNSahu ieSI. 1t
would, he thought, be ridiculous to
dream of seeing any one between New
1 York and Paris. The round form of
/ the earth, if there We're no other difficulty
in the way, would make the thing i'm
possible Mr. Edison says he has given
a great deal OF thought TO the problem
( OF aerial navigation. and he adds that
the chief development of electricity viii
come only when we have found a more
economical manner of produciagit.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-12
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.
Poetry from a Guthrie damsel:
Earth to earth aud dust TO dust,

Poetry from Guthrie damsei:
Earth to earth aud dust TO dust,
If TO heaven you don't 20, old boy,
To the other place you must
Oklahoma then, or bust.
Reno City is becoming favorite resort
for the officers and soldiers from the fort.
The ice factory at Fort Reno W i'll soon
be suppl ying the surrounding cities and
country with ice.
Public schools are being organized in all
the town and many country districts
throughout the'territorF.
People down in Oklahoms are casting
away the boomers blankets and acquiring
bed stegds, ticks. covers aud bedbugs.
More hay has been harvested in Little
River county than IN any other portion Of
the Oklahoma territory. Adj
vance
A new post Office has been established
on the public road leading from Edmund
mistress. Il Is 70 be known as 'Oda" post
Office.
To even have that compassion icoutaiued
in the expression the Guthrie girls ring
ing laughter" a true one. It VIII Be neces-
sary TO mend and swing the great bell o..
Moscow
4 sad chapter from Oklahona lie: OF
ali the sad and unfortunate Gases that pen
or tongue have told IN which tie brutality
CT man 5 forcibly illustrated perhaps the
saddles: OF them al 5 = case TIA. hzs re-
Gently come 70 light near this city. II
little old hut Of rude construction. on q
claim about two miles south Of the city.
there lives Swsds family By the name %
Lewis The fore part q the week she
neizhboys. in passing the Lewis place.
noticed tbs. & appeared % be deserted AID
that the roof WAS covered with q la-.e
number Of buzzarjs. Little vas thought
Of ,he matter ior days x hsa % last fhars-
6ay Ole Lewis TIE owner q the claim
was found n the city - eas 81 the mega
bors on a grad bender The .neiSE Dor
asked Lewis what he ras doing In town
and received the reply that he had come 70
town for nleG.ciae 20. h4s u.oiasr, Tne
uesShbor-psrsrA6sG Eswsx &c ac1oa ,auT
him home. wAi-a ke lid When sE.y
reached the house Lewis assghte1 and en-
>ssEea he 64zgy cd EGl. lie cd Est reszA.a
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-12
THE SANTA FE's NEW PRESIDENT.

A special dispatch from Chicago on
Monday says that on that day President
Marvel officially assumed charge of the
Atchison system. There were in con-
ference at the transfer ex-President
Strong, Vice-President Goddard, General
superintendent Sands and President
Winslow Judson, of the st. Joe, St.
Louis & Santa Fe. General Solicitor
Geo. r. Peck was also present, but no
legal formalities were necessary.
President Marvel could say nothing
more concerning mis- policy than has
been quoted in the Giobe-Democrat.
There is no question, however, that MIR.
Marvel will give his early attention to
the Atchison's membership in the Inter
state Commerce Railway association. 1t
comes from a perfectly reliable source
that the old management ana the
directors are satisfied that membership
in that association cost the Atchison
very dearly. The Atchison undoubt-
eddy kept the agreement honestly, and
by so doing made itself the victim of
roads which they claim broke the agree
ment and the law every day. 1t is be-
lieved in the Atchison offices that the
road will withdraw before the middle of
October
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-12
q REUNION AT KINsLEY.

The announcement is made public
that there will be a grand soldiers re-
union and midsummer's night carnival
at Kinsley on the oath and % of Septem-
Der. There will be a camp fire, bean
supper, etc. Capt. Henry Booth, Gems,
Harrison Kelley and A. b. Campbell
will be the speakers. Mother Bickerdyke,
Sherman's famous hospital nurse, will be
present. The bill says:
"a grand feature will be the singing
of Marching Through Georgia" by a
chorus of 5000 voices. The Larned
Coyotes and Kinsiey Grasshoppers will
enliven the occasion with a number of
old time army songs. besides many Of
their best selections of the most popular
modern music.
The reunion will be opened by the
grandest procession ever witnessed in
the west embracing trades display, in
Guiding every product of the workshop,
farm dairy and garden. Horse racing,
base ball, slow mule racing and various
other amusemenrs have been provided
for. A prize of SO. will be paid in cash
to the oldest man on the ground who
served in the late war on the Union
side,
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-12
Made the Parrot Weary

Special Dispatch 20 Rae Gipts-- psuptsat
OMAHA. Neb., sept. 9-IIarry White
house has a parrot named jun which lao
prizes very highly. Heretofore Jim has
bad the open sesame 20 every part Of tho
house and has been the honoTed guest Of
every occasion Of social Importance.
But hcnceforth Jim viii be Teiegated 10
the woodshed when guests arc enter.
tanned at the Whitehouse home. Jim Is
said 10 be the most proficient converse
tionalist Of the entire Nebraska parrot
family. and be spread himself yesterday.
A gentleman called ON Mr Whiteh0use
in the afternoon. Tho minutes flow by
and became hours, and still the visitor
remained. The Rentiemans special
hobby is the tariff question. and he dis
cussed IT yesterday % his hearts con
tent. As the sun began 70 sink and
there appeared 10 b. 10 prospect Of
termination % the long wiuded debate,
a shrill voice wac heard from one corner
Of the rooms, the tones Of which were
clear and distinct. foated % the ears Il
the host and guest.
Times up. partner was the BRET
but suggestive remark. and y brought
the tariff talk % a Close. The visitor
biushed and reached for hss hat, wHil9
Mr WhItehouse CIRCULATED ssmethnI
not exactly appropriate FOR sunday.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-12
CHANGES ON THE MISSISSIPPI

4 From the New=York STAR
Theodore Benton, who has been trav-
cling through the west and south in
|sspecting investment properties for some
foreign capitalists, stopped few days IN
thecity last week while on his way to
visit relatives in New England, prior to
Ehis return to Earope.
Il have noticed" he said to me, more
hthan anything else the many and great
changes here during the past thirty
years. Twas here before the war, and
travelled considerably between St. Louis
and the south, along the Mississippi. |
came up by boat from New OrleaaS a few
weeks ago, and scarcely realized that I
had been over the ground before. l
made friends with the pilots, and spent
much of the time in the pilot house,
where | could get view of all the sur
roundings. When we landed at Vicks-
burg had to ask the pilot where the
town was. We landed below the town
at village connected with Vicksburg
proper by dummy railway. didn't
see mvch, for we were there but a few
hours, but saw an old warehouse that
Grants shells poked few holes in dur
ing the siege, and when | inquired why
we didn't land at the town itself, the
pilot said General Grant had dug canal
during the war which was now the chan
mel of the river, and that the Mississippi
river commission were trying to turn the
river back to the former channel. Dur
ing the trip l was surprised to learn
from the pilot that the town of Napo-
leon, where l had stopped few days on
tone of my former trips. was entirely
washed away. l could hardly believe
him until the captain assured me the
statement was true. You have a won
fderful artery of commerce in the Missis-
Isippi river. From New Orleans, for
some distance up, you travel through a
country which seems to yield nothing
but sugar. Further up one sees nothing
but cotton, then comes belt of country
where tobacco is everything, and above
Cairo there is wheat and corn. That is
distribution of products | never saw
along any other river. | stopped sew
eral days with friends at Memphis and
found many improvements there that
were wanting before the war. 1t is now
one of the most thriving and go-ahead
towns in the south. | asked the pilot to
tell me when we passed Island No. TO-,
where so much fighting was done dur
ing the war. When we passed there ne
said: ''See that little strip of sand there:
That's Island No. 10. If you wait an
other thirty years to see it, you won't see
it at all. | don't believe | will, either,
for there's hardly enough of it left to see
now"
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-12
HOG CHOLERA" REMEDY.

The maladies which have more or less
seriously affected swine in this country
have usually been spoken of as cholera
whatever has been the nature of the dis
order Many preparations have been
proposed for prevention or cure of
hog ailments, and these troubles have
been ascribed to various causes. Mr.. Z.
?. c. Webster, of Marysyille, Kan,
in writing to the Kansas City Live Stock
Indicator, assumes that the hog "chole-
"a" is due to worms in the animal, which
can be removed by treatment. his prepa-
ration also being calculated to prevent
such disorders. The great benefit Is at
tributed to the work of preventing the
Development of worms in the animal,
bv giving the remedy every six weeks or
two months. and being diligent about 1t.
Mr.. Webster urges that hogs should not
be neglected because they are seemingly
we'll. He publishes the following for
mula:
Half pound wormseed, half pound
SIENNA leaves. two pounds tobacco, three
gallons sorghum molasSes for
forty hogs. Increase or diminish
the amount OF each according TO the
number to be treated, but don't get it too
weak; better get it too strong than too
weak, for there is no danger Of weaken
ing the hogs, but be sure to get 1t sweet
enough.
How to prepare for use.-Boil the
wormseed, molasses and tobacco to-
gether in two gallons of water. Steep
the SIENNA in a gallon OF boiling water
but don't boil it much. Then make
shorts slop enough IN quantity for all
your hogs to get some. Then stir in all
the medicine and mix well.
How 10 administer You should have
two yards. one to pat them in where
you can hold them of feed and water
for twenty-four to thirty-six hours till
they are empty and hungry. Then when
they eat the remedy the worms are
hungry too. and they eat some. Now
let in your hogs and shut them IN there
until they have cleaned IT sN up Now.
If YOU have done this as directed, you
need not fear your hogs dying with
cholera until they get wormy. And II
your hogs are not worusF and you give
them thls dose they viii thrive enough
better after il 70 pay yen fer your
trouble.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-12
DEEP WATER CONVENTION.

The Wichita EAGLE never refers to the
deep water movement except tothrow cold
water on it. But the movement has
reached a position now where it is not nee
essarry to insist on the aid of the EAGLE.
For its own sake, however. our advice to
the EAGLE is to fall into iine.-Capital.
At least twenty thousand readers of
this paper know that there is not-a word
of truth in the above charge. Within
the last three years the EAGLE has pub
lishen two columns to the Capitals one
on the subject of deep water port, its
editor making a trip to the Gulf to post
himself, and the Wichita board of trade
sending delegates to two or three con-
ventions. AS for the convention called
for Topeka, the EAGLE has published all
the calls, circulars and memorials sent
it by the committee, and at least twenty
,commendatory editorial notices. AS to
falling into line" Wichita is already on
two Gulf main railway lines, one OF
which is completed to the Gulf
and the other making i'm that direction
at the rate Of mile and a
half per day. The Capitals advce
doesn't cut much of figure with the
EAGLE or its patrons. Southern Kansas
and Oklahoma are more interested in
deep water port on the gulf than any
country Or any state, save Texas, as
time will demonstrate to the satisfaction
of everybody, the Capital possibly &C
copied
Finally, the editor of the EAGLE is a
member of the regular standing commit
tee chosen by the last two conventions
and when the matter of fixing place
for the coming convention was up, the
EAGLE said, as between the towns and
cities talked of, it was most emphatic
ally in favor of Topeka.
The Capital is probably afflicted with
the mulliorubS,