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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-18
FRANK MGOWANS ROMANCE.
In Colombia, Presumably to Find Beati-
ful Spanish Girl

NEW YORK. March 11.-Folger, who has
Just returned from the United States OF
Colombia, South America, where he was
engaged in dredging the Magdalena river,
reports that Frank MCGOWAN one of Ed
sons assistants in his laboratory at Or
ange, \. j.. is now at work on the same
dredging vessel, the Christopher Colon. Nc
GOwan is the man who went to South Amer
lea in search of a mysterious plant for
Edison to use in making carbOns for his
incandescent light. He disappeared Janu-
ary ID last He was last seen on his way
to the Christopher street ferry, as if he
were returning home to Orange. He had
81 500 with him and foul play was suspect
ed. Mr.. Folger says he (t'OlgeT left New
York on the Atlas steamer AthOs for
Savanilla on January 30, and he met
McGowan for the first time on the
same vessel. BY coincidence they
were bound on the same errand. Each had
signed a contract with officials OF the
Colombian government to take part in Ger
tain dredging operations in the Magdalena
river Folger said he had charge OF the
engine and McGowan and a man named
Quiglev, who went down with them. were
engineers proper in charge of the eXpedi-
ton. MCGOWAN, he said, had plenty Of
money and spent it freely. Two years ago,
when in the same county, McGOwan fell in
love with a Spanish girl and he promised
to return TO her as soon as opportunity of
fered FOlgcr added that McGOWan had
not seen the girl when he (Folger) left for
the north
FOIger returned because his duties com
PEELED him to remain on the river, and the
insect pests of the country We're too fond
of him.
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INTEREST Rate RFDucFD

DEs MONIES, Ia, March 1.-THE senate
today passed the bill reducing the maxi
mum rate of interest on negotiable paper
from 10 to per cent.
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EMIN WILL WITHDRAW.

LONDON, March IA report is current
that Emin Pasha viii withdraw from the
Egyptian service.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-18

There viii be a social at the class rooms
of the Baptist church tomorrow (Wednes-
day. evening of the young peoples bl
class to which all members and their
friends are invited
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-18
EIRE Al SENECA

SENECA, Kan, March IA fire tonight
totally destroyed Buchanans grocery and
Williams hardware store.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-18

Garfield w r. c. No. 10 viii meet in
regular session at Garfield hall Tuesday
March IS. at 30 D. m.
Mrs. NJ. F. DURAND. Secretary.
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ANNOUNCEMENTN.

The independent club of the north end
of the Fourth ward will meet opposite the
Exchange hotel this evening at 7:3Q
Il. J. CURTIN, Sec
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-18

The young ladies of the United Presbv-
terjau church VIII appear a, the '.Peak>s,'.
under the DIRECTION of Miss PettinRall. on
Wednesday evening of this week. The
church viii be found on the corner Of Ohio
avenue and First street. The ..Peaksss-
viii be there st 30 p. IN. and VIII be glad
TO >ee you and your friends.
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THE AUSTRIAN ESTIMATES.

VIENNA, March 1.-THE estimates for
$50 were presented in the lower house of
the Austrian diet today. According to
and the expenditures 545, III 200 florins
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-18
EORTNER OuT ON BAIL

MANHATTAN, Kan, March III. VI.
Fortner, Riley county's defaulting treas
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A Pr~tsy onaa

A new ard pretty T.s5cssEosk psttsrn for
quilts b saosu n tba arc1u1TsaIsTislg Lluztrae
tiou from Tee 5priasfald E0snaatzzd. Il i1
e Variation II re rers.ia- -'crsz-yr pattern.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-18

An Irishman was asked for his marriage
certificate He lifted his hat, revealing a
large scar on the head, evidently done with
fiat iron This evidence was to the point
Our certificates are the praises of those
who have experienced wonderful cures by
the use Of DT. Bulls Cough Syrup.
Salvation Oil is the greatest cure on
earth for pain 1t affords instant relief
and speedy cure to all sufferers from
rheumatism, neuralgia, headache, sore
throat, cuts. bruises, etc Price % cents.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-18

DEaPery for French Windows
Our chs represents lzrge curtain IN graz
blue plush lined wiki old gold surah siIz and
raised up en the sids with a cord and txsssls.
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srnTrI.H - Nls.nNRY

Elmo Lodge Of Perfection No q. \. & \.
Scottish Rite Ma~ons meet at their hall on
East Douglas avenue this evening ar :
O'Clock for work: fourth to fourteenth de
grees. +. GOLDBERG. '. N
D. 4 NI-TrHrII. Sec
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! tion for membership be at once placed IN
the hands of all those who are not already
| members of the Grand Army, with a re
quest that he either sign II or return 1t
with statement of his reasons for not
doing so. In order to accommodate those
living at a distance or who are unable, on
account of age or infirnity, to attent post
meetings at night, 1t IS recommended that
at least every alternate meeting be held IN
the afternoon. This will give all an OPP
portunity to join with us IN further
cementlng the bonds OF fraternity which
blnd us together as comrades.
Those posts which do not have as auX1I-
iaries the Womans' Relief Corps and Sons
of Veterans should at once take steps to
secure such organizations. They VIII De
found to be of incalculabie benefit IN pro
yIdlng social entertainments and IN caring
for and relieving the sick and distressed,
and thus infuse new life into those posts
that are struggling for an existence, while
at the same time they will lessen the
burdens that naturally rest upon our or
ganIZation.
Comrades. let us one and all go to work
earnestly to build up our order. No
grander organization was ever instituted
among men and every honorably dis
charged soldier and sailor should be en-
rolled as a member. With more than
eighty thousand old soldiers and sailors
within the borders of our state there Is no
reason why we can not have at least thirty
thousand enrolled in the Grand Army by
the time the national encampment meets
at Boston III August next II every officer
and comrade viii do his duty. We pride
ourselves on being the great soldier
state" of the union, yet our Grand Army
membership is below that of even our
sister state Of Missouri
Kansas is noted for its advanced position
and leadership in every movement for the
the amelioration and betterment of man
kind. In this we feel commendable
pride. Then let us not be behind in our
great work of extending and perpetuating
the great principles upon which our order
is built and upon which rests the hope of
our country
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In the spring take Hood's Sarsaparilla
Do not put it oil till too late. Sold by all
DRUGGISTS
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Ola Hang Sing Lee.

Old Hang sang Lee VISA a hsathen Chinoe
OF q most respectable class,
And he fell IN love with an almond eyed girl
and styaightway ay sang tss 70 The Las.
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YOuMGI BUCHANAN ROLIND OvER

Ayers Sarsaparilla is just what you want
for a spring medicine-superior to all
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-18

That sense of extreme WEAKNESS indi-
Gates disordered blood. Ayers Sarsaparilla
purifes it.
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The commander of the department has
also issued the following cirCular:
Post commanders and other post officers
are u-gei to make special efforts 10 r-cr1sit
and tilI up rhe ranks Of the q. \ r. during
the ensuing year There j. scarcely Is post
IN the department fut could sl-Bo>z double
it, present membership within the next
ssy months # proper efforts are maCe IL
j. earnestly recommended thar eaeE posi-
c1UTaander p-ocu-e frora hls coau-y clerk
a copy oi the official eBroIlueay ~ the old
. 1ldiers II the county, sud that al sPplioa
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-03-08
FAR HINTS.

GARDENING always pays, and that
ought to be encouraging to the farmer
who certainly is not making much else
pay. 1t pays in this way; 1t furnishes
good, healthful food to the family.
IL planting red cedar seed it should
be remembered that but comparatively
few Of the seed terminate. and that
sometimes the seed will lie in the
ground a long time before it will germ
mate.
THE value of fax as a crop is about
three times that of hemp. Both crops
require preparation before marketing,
and for that reason are not as exten.
sively cultivated as they would be but
for the extra labor required after the
crops are harvested.
FLOWING and preparing the ground
for corn may be done at any time when
the ground is not frozen. The better
the preparation of the ground the more
plant-food available for the young corn
in the spring. Flowing also permits
the frost to pulverize the clods.
PLANT food in the soil is that which
san be utilized by the growing plants,
and the more soluble and available the
plant food the more rapid the gro with Of
the plants. But the soil may contain
unavailable plant food, which may be
rendered available by cultivation and
the application Of fertilizers that assist
in changing the combinations Of mat.
ter. Hence, In using fertilizers they
should be credited with the value Of
their chemical influence in creating
available food from that existing in the
soil as well as for the plant food they
! contribute. :
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EATING BEETLE lARVE,
When Roasted in Ashe They Taste Bette
Than "a European Omelette.

Nntn iNot>ttu III Asnts lntS ld-te Better
Than a European Omelette.
One night we spent in a cave neal the
brook, says q book entitled Among
Cannibals." The cave was not large,
and was low, cold and damp, and thus
not very inviting. We had but It's naked
stones for a couch, for there was of
course no grass to be found in the scrub.
a big fire was kindled; outside it was
pitch dark. My blacks had found in
a large fallen tree some Larvae of beetles
(coleopteral on which we Toasted. There
are several varieties of these edible
Larvae, and all have a different taste.
The best one is glistening white, OF the
thickness Of a finger, and is found in
the acacia rec The others live in
the scrubs, and are smaller and not
equal to the former in flavor. The
blacks are so fond Of them that they
ever eat them alive, while they pick
them out Of the decayed trunk of a
tree-a not very attractive spectacle.
The Larvae were usually collected in
baskets and SO taken to the camp. The
Australian does not as a rule eat raw
animal food, the only exception | know
of being these c%oleoptera Larvae. The
large fire cracked Justify in the cave,
while we sat around it preparing the
Larvae, We simply placed them in the
red-hot ashes, where they at once be-
came brown and crisp, and the fat fairly
bubbled in them while they were being
thus prepared. After being turned once
or twice they were thrown out from the
ashes with n stick, and were ready to be
eaten. Strange to say, these Larvae were
the best food the natives were able to
offer me. and the only kind which |
really enjoyed. II such a Larvae Is
broken in two it will be found to consist
of a yellow and tolerably compact mass
rather like an omelette. In taste it re-
srmbles an egg. but it seemed to me
that the best kind, namely the acacia
Larvae, which has the flavor Of nuts,
tasted even better than a European ON
elette. The natives always consumed
the entire Larvae, while | usually bit off
the head and threw aside the skin, but
my men always consumed my leavings
with great gusto. They also ate the
beetles as grecdily as the Larvae, simply
removing the hard wings before roast
inp them
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THE ETRUSCAN ClST.


A Word Applied by the Ancients to Every
Species of Basket or Box.
The word cist was a common term EN-
ployed by tho Greeks and Romans to
designate every species OF basket or box
originally a Greek word, 1t passed with
out transformation into the Latin. At
first the cist would seem to have been a
basket or box made of willow and in
tended for country use for holding
Vegetables or fruits; like our own affairs
of this sort, il was sometimes round and
sometimes square. From this limited
use the word came to apply to boxes and
caskets of all sorts. We find them
represented very commonly on medals
and coins and in pictures; they hold the
money Of a private person or of a society;
they were used for carrying manuscripts
or papyri, votes were deposited in them:
they were the precursors in the sacred
mysteries Of the pyx or box which
guards the wafer on the altar of the
Roman Church, but their most usual
employment was a domestic one; they
held the toys Of children and small
articles OF the toilet.
There have been found in them all
those objects which made up what the
ancients called the woman's world
Stimulus N,1jsbris, mirrors, hairpins,
combs, perfume bottles, sponges, pomade
boxes and the rest, 1t is by no means
uncommon TO find ivory dice in these
boxes, and indeed the miscellaneous
contents of the modern feminine work.
box, which is the analogue Of the boys
pocket. are often prophesied, as it were,
in these ancient receptacles.
The cists that have CONF to US are
found in tombs, and by far the greater
number of them have come from the
metropolis Of Praneste (Palistrina) or
its neighborhood. where they are found
incloscd in the sarcophagi. or in the
small boxes made Of tufa, which served
to hold the bones and ashes gathered
from the funeral pyre. Sometimes the
cists themselves contain bones; this was
not their purpose; it "a merely an oc-
c%asional employment dictated by con-
yenience. We owe the preservation Of
many Of these objects to the fact that
they were of S}ronze, but it is possible
that many more may be lost to US from
having been made Of the osier twigs that
were the material of the original
baskctS.-Studio.
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GIRLS IN THE o
Their Peculiarlties as Students-The CUES
ton Of Race.

THE girl would make a better stu
dent in our public schools and colleges,
said one OF the prominent educators OF
New York TO = Times man, If h had
the same incentive, the same motive
that the Young man has. The young
man who goes to the publich schools
and colleges feels that he is TO be q
brcad-Ninner. lie has this for a clear
purpose in getting an education. But
it is not so with the girl. With her mo-
tive is every thing, and, not having the
motive, She does o study to her full
capacity, She looks TO getting married
some day and having some one else pro-
vide the bread for her,
OF course this is generally speaking.
We hear a good deal about woman's
power of application as compared with
man'S. but my experience has been that
il q girl knows what she is after, II she
has a distinct purpose, in nine cases out
Of ten size will display st.adfa,tnesS
Of aim that is quite equal to that of any
boy.
Much has been said about the capac-
ity Of the female intellect for mathe-
MATES. but | can say that the girl e1-
GELS in pure mathematics. Girls are
exceedingly fond of history and litera-
ture, and invariably stand high in those
studios.
The best students are Hebrews.
That IS, they carry off the honors. But
this is not always a fair test OF intel
lcctual capacity. The scholarship OF
the student is determined quite as much
by her home influences, by e%rsurround-
ings and associations, as by her text
books or instructors. As a rule the
wealthy Hebrews avail themselves OF
the advantages of the public schools
and colleges for their children, while,
generally speaking, children OF Chris
tian parents in similar financial circum,
stances 90 to private institutions. This
makes it particularly difficult to insti
tute race comparisons in the public
schools.
The colored girl has great initiative
powers. She does not evince ordinarily
a high degree Of intellectually, but II
all subjects in which the initiative fac
ulty plays a part in progress she usually
does extremely well. She is especially
quick at drawing, penmanship and thu
like. But when it comes to such sub
jects as require tine higher faculties o
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1t was when | was q young girl, and
here on a visit to your Aunt Ellen, Rich
ard. Your grandfather induced me e
climb through the little d cor, and then
he fastened II behind me. He called 70
NE that he would not let me out until
had promised to marry him. But come
We will take Miss Pqschall through the
little side door OF the library and she
viii be at home in a moment" said the
old lady
There was a time when | was In
hopes you were n ghost too, Richard
said TO Polly. as he held the door opep
for Pclly 20 pass through.
aWhy?' asked the girl,
80 that l might hope for further as
siStance in writing my stories he
answered, with a smile
Not many months had passed, how.
ever, before he was telling her he could
not write without her-that he could
not live without her,
We'll, | suppose | must make the
sacrifice and marry you Richard, dear,
Polly answered, If for nothing but 10
preserve y0H from manufacturing such
heroihes as your first was before | re.
deemed her. "-Philadelphia Times.
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A ALIENS RIDE

word came to Van Allen that Mabel was dy.
Dear Mabel his darling. the Joy of his
heart,
That Wasted and worn on her coucn sb. vas
And into the Silent Land soon would de.
part.
Thai Word was enough Bring the steed
from the stablei
Vault into the saddle with hurrying breath
For quicker than message by wire or cable
Speeds the one Who is eager to intercept
Death.
He sees not the ~neighbors, who throw wide
the shutters.
And cry: whats the matter; Why off in
such hasteY'
He heeds not, he hears not; nor one word he
utters;
For Mabel is dying-there's no time to
The trees in mad dances go whirlins and
whirllng,
The sky and the grass in one color.line
blend.
And sunshine and shadow their flags are un.
furling-
He sees bat the road and the house at the
end
One thought, one desire, fills the heart of the
rider,
Who hIes with such speed past the dwell,
ings and farms
n Is to see Mabel, to kneel down beside her,
And clasp the beloved one again in his
arms.
They had qusrreled one day, and in anger
had parted;
For rivals, twas said, at such break had
connlved;
And now she was dying, perhaps broken.
hearted.
And oh, then, how quickly his old love re.
vived,
with a prayer in his heart, on he dashed still
faster
All never a courier galloped so fleet!
And the steed, who this moment is part Of
his master
Flies on as II Love, too. lent wings to his
feet
They ere nearing the goal, and Van Alien, all
breathless,
Springs light to the ~turt-dashes in through
One torturing fear in his bosom that, nath.
less,
He has come to the rescue one second too
late.
she knows not, she hears not, the movements
around her;
Afar she is roaming, through regions Of
space,
With the angel, AzraI, who Whitley has
bound her,
And let the imprint of his kiss on her face
Van A,en ne'er waits for a word nor a greet.
ing,
But careless of warnin g-unheeding
alarms
He SEXES his Darlington, rapturous meet ng,
To find his beloved once more in his arms.
-Ion have killed herr they cried. "You
have crushed the fran MOS 0m'
Too fragile, alas for a cold world like our
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and out at four small tubes in
the pan, so that the air will get warmed
before it comes in contact with the
eggs. The v|entilator tubes q, y arc >
inches in diameter and Il inches long.
Any lamp that burns coal oil will do,
and make the heater to suit. If the
lamp takes a 3-inch chimney, make
the heater 50 that a 3-inch tin
chimney will slide inside of it, and run
plaster of Paris around it to keep the
cold air from chilling it down. The air
chamber under the egg chamber is ,
inches deep, and extends the whole
length and width Of the machine. The
tube 3, one at each corner of
the machine, acts as a draught,
and If too much, close one
up, and ii not enough, make a paper
tube and add it to 3, so as to make
it longer. The tank is 8 inches
deep, 49 inches long, 1915 inches
wide, and the two ventilator tubes
make a good brace for the tank,
and they 20 a little from the
center, so as to allow the hot air tube
to pass through the center of tank.
Put a stop-cork at one corner of the
tank, so as to allow the water to be
drained off when the incubator is not
wanted. Ohio Farmer.
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center Of tank, 9 inches in diameter, and
continues down the end Of the machine.
through the packing, in . space made
under the egg chamber, and up through
the tube or chimney, up through and
out at the top, the hot air from the lamp
heating the water in the tank. and the
surplus heat going around the egg cham
Der to eyaporate the water in the pan
for moisture, and serving to keep the
heat in the incubator more regular and
even.
The pinch tubes pass from the egg
chamber through the tank for cooling
the eggs in cold weather, and not ex-
posing them to cold draughts. These
tubes are fitted on top with caps. |
took the cover of a baking-powder box,
and they were a nice tit. In the illus
tration Zig. p, 9 is a 2ls-inch tube,
with a cork float to operate a valve on
top OF the heater to keep the water in
the tank from getting too hot; I, !, are
yentilating pipes. / inch in diameter, to
admit fresh air into the egg chamber.
The eyaporatiug pans are raised a little
by pieces soldered at each corner,
to allow the air to pass under
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THE FARMING WORLD.
INCUBATOR.
A Good Machine, and Any One Can Build

A Good Machine. and ANY One Can Build
H..
We have obtained from the Farm and
Fireside the two cuts illustrating an in
cubator constructed by j. Grant, Of Cat
lettsburg, Ky, which combines the ad-
vantages of a tank with a lamp, the OPP
orator being enabled to control the
draught and moisture. Mr.. Il, describes
it as follows:
The length Of the machine is 4 feet :
inches, = feet . inches wide, and 81
inches high. 1t is made Of dressed lgm-
Der l inch thick. The egg drawer is 20
inches long, Is inches wide and . inches
deep, with coarse muslin for bottom,
with Stats. The machine is put togeth-
er with 2js-inch screws, SO that 1t can
be taken apart when wanted for repairs
or to be altered. There are 4 inches Of
sawdust packing around it. tits heated
BY lamp, with an air tube through the
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Hoard is fitted to cover the arrangement,
so no poultry can get inside of the feed
box and this box is raised two or three
inches from the ground on rough legs,
so that the birds can o scratch dirt
into the feed. The cover is made loose,
so it can be easily removed to clear the
box or add fresh feed. The birds stand
up to the trough and put their heads be-
tween the Stats while eating. Thus no
food il wasted