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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-11

CAIRO, Egypt, Aug. 5.-Since Stanley
has told OF the race of dwarfs he met in
darkest Africa there has been much inter
est manifested in them here. 1t is a pity
that none Of these Lilliputian warriors was
caught and brought back 10y the explorers.
So far as / know, none of these little imps
was ever put under the scientific micro
scope. The nearest approach to this was
made some sixteen years ago, when two of
them were brought to this city from a dis
trict distant more than year from khar-
toum, and were examined by several gen
tlemen- The older was decided 10 be about
20 years of age, and was found 70 be IS
inches high and to measure % inches
around the breast. He weighed about 65
pounds. The younger did not seem to be
more than 10 years old, and was As inches
In height They both were of a light
brown color, had woolly hair, fat noses
and well developed brains. y more thor
ough examination of this curious race
OF pigmieS, which had already won q place
In history 1900 years ago, is much TO be
desired. Is would have been 10 the ever
lasting disgrace OF Mr. Stanley, however.
if he had, for the sake Of any such sci
entific curiosity, given TO one of these wee
prisoners a place IN his ranks which his
own disabled men were refused
CAMDES NJ CoBCRS.
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a uU11u men U=IUre Uney coulo nave Ueen
captured or slain Said Hanlon after his
return to prison:
I'VE didn't care to kill anybody, but it
was case of life or death to US, and what
could any one expect but that we should
sell our lives under the circumstances as
dearly as possible? l was sent here to serve
a sentence of seventeen years Wouldn't
you rather be dead than have to stay here
that long? Now, when the guard on the
white horse had his animal shot from
under him it was not the intention 10 shoot
the man. We just wanted to shoot the
horse so that he would not head US off, and
would be on foot the same as we were and
take the same chances. At different times
we dropped a bullet near some of them
who were gaining on US. But there's one
thing sure. If the wind had been blow
ing we would have escaped, for then the
guards would not have heard us going
over the leaves. We tried it once, and
found ourselves looking into the muZzle of
a shot gun. And don't you know that it
makes fellow feel lonesome TO look into
one when he doesn't know it will go OFF,"
Older and nearly as nervy as the out
laws already written of is Wash Water
man, the octogenarlan horse thief of Kan
sas City. He has served innumerable
terms of Imprisonment, has fought the
authorities and raised hob generally along
the border line of Kansas and Missouri.
Only the other day he was released from
the jefferson City penitentiary, and within
twenty-four hours word came back to the
warden that the old man had stolen a
team of horses and buggy, tried to shoot
Sheriff Morton and had been locked up in
the Jail at Leroy, Kan. f. X. WHITE.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-11
Eecantura of a Conrict.

A Georgia convict working on the i'm
provements at Cravfish Springs broke his
chain and managed to escape from camp
the other day. Bloodhounds were put on
his trail, but lost il in a few miles, the cum
ming rascal having stolen a mule and
mounted it. After riding short distance
he was thrown of by the animal He sue
ceeded in eluding his pursuers, but was
captured by a citizen on Missionary Ridge,
who hearing noise as Of hamnering fol-
lowed ii, and found the convict sitting on
a rock pounding the fragment Of the chain
still attached 10 his ankle 4 neighb0r
came to the scene armed with pistol. and
the criminal was captured he now wears
a secured chain attached 10 his neck
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-11
THE PACE THAT KILLS.
Tho Fierce Rush to Win Various Styles
of Championship.

The Fierce Rush to Win Various Styles
of Championship.
The championship" business seems
slightly overdone. Not week passes with
out the announcement that some athlete
has trained too fine" and broken down,
or that somebody has been carried off a
football field with fractured legs and
smashed head, or that some ''pugiliSt" has
met death in the prize ring. The latest
fatality arising from zeal to win doubt
full distinction is announced from Boston,
where Charles Mccartney sought fame
and found death.
McCaffrey, who was known as the Cana
dian bridge Jumper, climbed to the top Of
the shears at the Atlantic works. East Bos-
ton, the other afternoon. The shears are
two gigantic pillars which meet at the tops
and are built obliquely over the water at
an angle of about 20 dogs. They are
used to step the masts of vessels, which &C
counts for their great height. They are
about $50 feet above the surface of the har-
Dor, dizzy height, and'about 3 feet higher
than the Brooklyn bridge railing. AT the
point where the pillars meet a flagstaff
stands Mccartney chung to this pole before
he made his terrible leap.
He appeared to make a good leap, but
when he got nearly to the water it was
seen that he had turned. He struck on his
back, and probably he was killed instantly.
The men who were with him fed
Some men in yacht tried to rescue him,
but the body, which rose to the surface
once, soon disappeared and was seen no
more.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-11
The Inventor of spectacles.

NJ. Spoon, in his Researches, Curieueses
d'Antiquite," fixes the date of the inven-
ton or discovery of spectacles between the
years 1880 and 1911, and says that Alexan-
Dire de Spina, having seen a pair made by
some other person who was unwilling to
communicate the secret of their construc-
ton, ordered pair, discovered the secret
and forthwith made it public. Italian
antiquarians say that the person to whom
Spina was indebted for his information
was Sc-f7ino, who died in 131S and quotes
from an ancient manuscript his epitaph,
which says: Here lies Salvino Arnota de
Armati, of Florence, the inventor of spec
tacles. May God pardon his SINS"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-11
How He Escaped.

One Of the Passengers on the Colina-
which arrived in san Francisco recently
from Salvador, was DR.. A. Z. Melendez,
the supporter Of Rivas. who managed 20
escape from Ezeta While the soldiers
searched his house the doctor stepped from
trap door be had cut in the upper story
Of the Belgian minister's house next door,
and when they searched the Belgian min
ister's house he stepped back into his own
When they searched both houses together
he suspended himself by a rope between
At night be escaped % the mountains and
boarded the C5lirna az Acsiulta
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-11

ton high up on the ridge, from which they
had clear view OF the entire mountain
side and the outlying country, and from
where all the pic&ets were in plain view.
Their position was situated about fifty feet
from the trail.
They had selected place in the middle
OF clump OF pine trees, and built barri-
cade by piling logs three high and forming
hollow square. Pits were dug inside this
square, and in these the men stood waist
deep. This brought their heads on q level
with the middle log on either side, and the
shooting was done By pushing their rifles
through the interstices, while their bodies
and heads were sheltered behind the logs
The foliage between their fortress and
the trail was 50 thick that It was irnpOssi-
Die FOR them 10 Be seen Intrenched with
in this fortress, IL the men had possessed
provisions they could have withstOcd an
assault IL long as their AMMUNITION held
ont. They gave up on the stipulation that
.theIr punishment should De simply ten
days solitary confinement. Those par
tlcipattnS IN The hunt assert thar had they
so desired the tugisives might have killed
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-11

and documents generally secured him the
cash. The amount demanded was always
either S49s or S99S.
Lee, who is 40 years of age, was first ar
rested in New York city ON April %, 1882,
for swindling about thirty ladies. He was
tried and convicted and sentenced 10 the
penitentiary for two and half years. The
persons who testified said that while they
were getting the money he would sit down
TO a piano and sing and play Nearer, Ny
God, to Thee" After his release he went
to Baltimore, where he was arrested and
sent up for three years. He was released
in 1887.
The principal mark Of Identification on
Lee is the naval coat OF arms tattooed on
his right arm.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-11
The Rabbits Foo. a. a ransm.n.

The legends of "Br'er Rabbit" among
the negroes, his clever devices in out
whiting his natural enemies-the dog, fox
and wolf-and thwarting every scheme de-
signed for his own punishment, are almost
without number From these legends of
the preternatural sagscity of the living
rabbit came the idea that the dead rabbit
had certain magic powers. The negroes
believe that to carry a rabbits foot in the
pocket is not only a talisman for good
luck, but is a specific for diseases. The
left hind foot of the rabbit is believed to
have the most efficacy and if it be taken
from rabbit that runs in graveyard its
supernatural properties are believed to be
quite irresistible.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-11

AIh'NI' Gus agents With
this coat, which is always worn buttoned,
are worn gray or brown trousers, in light
shades and very fine patterns. The necktie
should be a four-in-hand Of white silk or
crepe. Loud patterned trousers or fancy
neckUies with black Prince Albert pro-
claim the badly dressed man.
The three or four buttoned cutaway will
be the popular garment for afternoon wear
this winter. IL is permissible az any time,
except upon those occasions where strictly
full dress is required. For semi-dress it
must be black, or very dark blue, green or
dregs Of wine black. The material should
be diagonal of fine rib or some tightly
woven worSted, never smooth cloth; light
trousers Of quiet pattern so with this coat.
The skirts are medium length, a little
more cutaway in front than last year. and
the collar and lapels are small, with sharp
corners. For a semi-dress garment one
breast pocket but no side skirt pockets viii
be used
For less formal occasions, for business
and morning wear the cutaway still holds
the call Dark rough cheviots and similar
goods with a very pronounced nap viii be
much worn IN solid colors, and trousers in
fancy stripes and small checks having a
rough, woody finish are the appropriate
combinations Here, again, comes in the
question of judgment and the sense of the
eternal fitness Of things Rough goods
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-11
Nicknames of LINCOLN and Grant.

Abraham Lincoln had several nicknames,
but the most appropriate one, the one that
always chung to him, was Honest Abe.
Gen. U. s. Grant also had several His
mother called him useless Grant" be-
cause he was so dull and unhandy when a
boy. He was sometimes called 1.-THE Ga
lena Tanner" because his trade at Galena,
Ills, was that of tanner. His school
mates at West Point called him Uncle
SAM" and after the capture of Fort Donel-
son he was known as Unconditional Sur
render Grant"
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contest every point, even to the verge Of
Staying. In attempting robbery they had
committed murder, and they knew that ar
rest meant life Imprisonment, if not hang
ing They failed in their struggle for lib
erty because all men were against them,
and so the law was indicated, and these
dangerous freebooters now drag out TIE
remnant of their lives in the Minnesota
penitentiary.
AS Is we'll known, the law was vindi-
Gated by highly illegal methods in the case
of Jesse James. another hunted criminal
of note. who fell beneath the bullets of
supposed comrade. 1t was thought that
his death and the seclusion of the Youngers
would end the activity of train robbers in
Missouri, but subsequent happenings have
proved that the belief had small founda-
ton. The only thing closed out by the
double event was the existence of the two
most daring and INSCRIPTIONS bands of
outlaws ever known to American history
bands that had battled successfully
against the authorities for years, and
whose long trail of crime fairly dripped
with blood.
A Chicago man not long ago furnished
an example of ferocity in contending with
the police that, if exhibited elsewhere and
under other conditions would have made
him an eligible candidate for admission to
the coterie either of Mr.. Jesse James or
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-11
From GreenIand's lev Mountains.

The hymn From Greenland's Icy
Mountains" was written by Reginald He
Der about 1909. He was, according to the
story, as told by The New York Sun, stay
ing with his father-in-law, the dean Of St.
Asaphs cathedral, when gentleman pres
ent who was to preach missionary SER
mon said he would like to have a good
hymn for the occasion. Heber went aside
and in a short time returned with three
verses of the hymn, which he at once set
to music He added the fourth verse, and
the hymn was sung the next day. Heber
became bishop of Calcutta, including In
dia, Ceylon and Australia, in 1923, and
died in 1925
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-11

FRIEZE ULSTER AND LORD CHUMLEY.
conservative, that is the reason that we
have been unable to modify the dress coat.
1t is not beautiful garment, but conserva-
tism will not sanction any radical change
The dudes who make spectacles of them
selves on the streets are not well dressed,
as a rule. The model Of good form in mat
ter of clothes is the well born, wealthy
young Euglishman Of leisure, and have
given you an idea of the way in which he
will dress this winter. Any departure
from these general lines will be eccentrici-
ties, not fashions" ALLAN FoRMAN.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-11

seams are going out, and will not be seen
this year on first quality garments.
1.-The novelty of the season will be the big
storm ulsters in Irish frieze / made sew
eral last year for customers of mine, and
they are so comfortable that already have
a number of orders booked for this winter
They are cut very long, very rOomy and
are provided with cape, belt and hood, all
detachable, and only used as occasion de-
mands.
1.-THE Inverness coat, or Lord Chumley'
coat, as it was called last season, is the
most sensible, most convenient and there
fore the proper thing for eyening dress.
They are made of dark broadcloths, tri-
cots, GRANTEES or closely woven cheviots,
and are lined with silk or satin"
you have mapped out very conserva-
tive policy" ventured.
Young man" he said, ga well dressed
man is always conservative, a gentleman
never goes to the extreme of fashion, and
extremes never last long. Good taste is
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-11

ing at residences
of wealthy people
and informin g
them that a pack
age bearing their
address was at the
custom house and
would be sold I'M
less the charges
were paid imme-
diately. As Lee
formerly held a
custom house po-
sition, and knows
the details Of the
business. his talk
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-11

Rural Child wish Aunty Brownstone
didn't love Us so much.
Mrs. Hayseed-Ls sakes! what a funny
wish! Why -
Rural Child-'Cause asked her why she
didn't take us 20 the theatres, and parks,
and parties. ana operas and such places
wen we visited her in tn city, an she said
it was cause she loved US so much she was
perfectly oontented 10 sit around home
with us.-Street s. Smiths Good News.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-11

Mr.. Cole Younger. Dyer Scanlon is the
fellows name, and he is now wearing
stripes at Joliet. When, after a long
search, the officers surrounded his hiding
place in tenement house, he ''stood them
OFF, for hours and only surrendered after
his ammunition had become wholly ex-
hausted In fact it cannot be said that be
really did surrender. for he fought till he
was overpowered and beaten into insensi-
bility.
At one time during the contest he might
have made terms with his besiegers, but he
declined all compromise. In that respect
he differed from the men who recently
gained an added notoriety by their sensa-
tional escape from the California peniten-
tiary at San Quentin. These convicts are
w. II. Hanlon and Charles Manning, stage
robbers under sentence of seventeen years
each from Mendocino county, and Abra-
ham Turcott, life prisoner for murder.
They broke out the other day and fed
across country under a fusillade of rifles,
pistols and Calling guns. They secured
Winchesters and ammunition, and when
close pressed took refuge in dense thicket.
There they built breastwork of logs, and
from that stronghold defied the small
army that surrounded it. To show what
they could do if they chose, they shot a
mans horse from under him and put ball
through the right arm of another.
Without food or water they kept their
hunters at bay for twenty-five hours, and
when they capitulated they did SO on terms
granted by the prison warden and guaran-
teed by the sheriffs of Marin and Mendo-
cinO counties The MendOcinO sheriff Mr.
Stanley, acted as mediator When he was
permitted to visit and talk with the con-
victs he found them intrenched in posi-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-11

people are trying TO Introduce the closely
woven worsteds. The shell jacket or tall
less dress coat is growing in popularity,
and is finding its place in the wardrobe of
every well dressed man. There has been a
howl against it, but that was because it
was worn at Inappropriate times. There
are some men who il corduroy jackets and
fishing boots should become 5he rage would
appear in them at the opera. A well dressed
man must know not onlywhat to wear but
when to wear it, and what combinations
are permissible No gentleman would
think of going to a dinner in a dress coat
with light tweed trousers and four-in-
hand tie, but we see combinations just as
absurd.
For example, take the covert coat, which
had such q run a few years ago. 1t was
designed especially for fox hunting men to
wear TO the meet. 1t was made short, and
had the two cuts up the back seams so
that it would hang easily over the saddle.
When the hounds were thrown of and the
hard riding began the covert coat was
thrown to a groom in a dog cart, and was
resumed when the rider logged easily home
after the death. 1t was not pretty gar
ment, but it served its purpose admirably.
1t was no more appropriate for afternoon
or evening wear than spurs or riding
breeches. But for some reason it caught
the popular fancy, and men who never sat
on a horse appeared in covert coats on
Broadway. Then it grew cheap, and well
dressed men avoided it. So unpopular has
it become that il is safe 20 assert that the
man who appears in the street with one on
has no other top coat.
Now as TO the shell jacket. It is
purely an informal garment, designed for
use in the club or at home. 1t is appropriate
at stag parties, at small card parties, or a
gentleman may wear it at the theatre when
not accompanied by ladies. 1t should
never be worn at reception or at the
opera, or in fact upon any occasion of
formality. During the summer season it
is permissible because a certain informal
ity prevails, but in the winter il should be
kept as sort of compromise between the
regulation evening coat and a smoking
Jacket.
Except for afternoon weddings and
strictly formal functions which take place
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-11
MI(l!il Eagle
FASHIONS tvR HE MEN.
THE TENDENCY THIS SEASON WILL
BE TOWARD MODEST STYLES.
The Dress Coat and the Shell Jacket.
GETAWAY and Double Breasted Sack.
Prince Albert and Fall Ovcrcoat-Frieze
Ulster and Lord Chumley."
Isnecial Corresnondence.l

NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-The tendency this
year in mems fashions is toward modest
patterns and less noticeable shapes, said
fashionable tailor the other day. Loud
stripes and checker board plaids are all
very well for travelling suits and summer
wear, but for business and semi-dress in
town the styles will be quieter in material
and cut. OF course there will be no marked
change in full dress; the conventional
'clawhammer' or swallow tail as it Is
variously called, still reigns supreme, de-
spite various well meant endeavors to SUI
persede it by something more attractive or
graceful. II is yet rather early in the sea-
son TO indicate with any certainty the pos
sible notifications which may be made in
its cut. The shawl collar Will, however,
be the most marked new feature Dress
wcistcoats viii be double breasted
and cut fairly low, but will not
show the decided shield shaped open
ings of two years ago. BroadclOth
will be the popular material, though some
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-11
Frederick the Greats Curioua win.

In the first volume Of the "Wa<sof Fred
erick the Great" just published in Ger
many, there is the following will written
by Frederick during the first Silesian war
In 1741: II am only king SO long as 1 am
free. If they kill me wish my body to be
burnt in Roman fashion and my ashes to
be inclosed in An urn at Rheinsberg In
this case Knobelsdorf (his architect) shall
construct monument for me like that Of
Horace at Tusculum."
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-11
Her Regrets.

Daisy (aged 7)-Mamma, don't like
Kitty Smith, and don't want to go to her
old birthday party. What shall l do2
Mother-Why, send YOUR regrets.
This is what Daisy wrote: "My Dear
Kitty-I am very sorry that you are going
to have birthday party. Daisy Jinks."-
Lawrence American.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-11

Wife-Aa' did re have an answer ready
for the hlagEsrds
Husbsnd-Yes, Della. had tosne an
swsr ali ready for him. but couldn't Ind
ss-A~- I u-Aat4A "a z-A 1E-JznksA Rlade
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Dangerous Petty swind1er.

One of the most dangerous petty swim
dlers in the country was recently arrested
at Cincinnati. His name is James Lee,
and his speciality is the "custom house
racket" He has made his living by call
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-11

be fore 6 o'clock
the double breast
ed frock or Prince
Albert is going
out. 1t is cut me-
dunn high in
front, with four or
five buttons. is
lined and faced to
the button holes
with twilled silk,
and is made Of
tightly woven di-
aGonals and cork
screws. 1t is a.
W a Y 5 b Ia K.
Prince Alberts in
colors are re le-
gated 10 the SEN
sation loving gom-
meauN and vari-
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will be very popular this faii, out they
should on no account be worn on Fepnl-
dress occasions, and rough trousers should
never be worn with a smooth coat.
'For strictly morning or business suits
the variety of material is infinite. Still,
the tendency is toward rough goods. The
double breasted sack, with medium large
Iapels, faced to the luttonholes with silk
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-11

Maen Baby was sick. we gave her Castor1A,
Whsn she was Child, she cried FOR CastcriA
When she became Miss. she chung to CAstoria,
When she had Children. she gave them CAStoriA