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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-16
CALIFORNIA; Growth.

Forty years ago the harbor of San
Franc isco was filled with great feet of
shipsi.hat were lying idly at their anchors,
They had brought cargoes of men and
merchandise, but they could find no car
goes, to carry away. Many of these ships
never left the port. They were hauled
UP to the land, and the hulks furnished
temporary shelter for hundreds of pio-
ne ers. Today the docks are lined with
a great feet of merchant ships-a larger
number of sailing vessels, probably, than
can be found in any other port in the
Union These ships are nearly all dis
charging or taking on cargo. There is
hardly an idle ship in this harbor among
seaworthy vessels. Aside from wine,
wool, ores and lumber, there will be a
million tons of wheat for transportation
to foreign markets. The OK teams no
longer pb)d a weary way across the con-
tinent. But nearly every day a train
load of f,cuit is sent to the Atlantic states,
and these shipments will be rounded up
with the largest citrus crop, save that of
Florida, ever produced in the United
St;Ites.--San Francisco Bulletin.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-16
Drank from All the Glasses.

An eye witness at Spa relates as fol-
lows: During his stay at the Kurhaus
the shah one day wanted to take some
refreshments and member of his suite
ordered a glass of punch la Romano.
The waiter, who had probably received
similar orders from some of the other
guests, though of inferior rank, appeared
before Nasr-etLDin with tray contain
ing dozen glasses of the beverage. The
shah, smiling, took a glass, drank half
OF the contents, and then took sip out
Of each OF the other eleven glasses, so
that the waiter could not now hand them
round to the rest of the company. His
majesty thus tried to make it plain to
the water that shah is not to be placed
on level with ordinary mortals in the
matter of serving.-DusSeldorf An
ZeiCer
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-16
understood yet, and no one can ten now
long it will last. "-Exchange.
Child, Wife. Mother and Wild

About year ago Joseph Bloedel, a
17-year-old boy, of Huntington w. Va,
ran away with Agnes Jarvis, aged II,
the daughter of a wellte-do South Caro-
lima farmer. Agnes, being unusually
large for girl of her age, and seeming
older, consequently, than she really was,
had no difficulty in prevailing upon a
minister to unite her im marriage to her
boy lover Since then they have lived
together happily untillast Friday, when
Joseph died very Unexpectedly of ty-
phoid fever, just as his child wife was
giving birth to a girl baby. And so, be-
fore she is quite 12 years of age, Agnes
Bloedel is wife, mother and widow, all
three. A remarkable occurrence, sure
ly.-Exehange.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-16
A California Rabbit Drive.

The rabbit scourSe, which has reduced
such large 'Iyacts Of land in Australia to
barrenneS9, is now threatening parts of
California with similar effects. In Fres-
no county these verRin have become so
numerous. and destructive TO the farmers
that the wholesale determination Of
them is imperative. 1t is estimated that
five rabbits consume as much as one
sheep. They are particularly fond of
the grape vines. fruit trees, corn and
other grlin. A drive has been made by
stretching fine wire netting about three
feet high and seves miles III length. V
shaped. terminating at the smaller end
in circular corral. One OF the drives
resulted, in the death OF L, 200 rabbits
New Iork Telegram.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-16
WHAT THE GOOSE BONE SAYS.
1t VIII lie an Open Winter, if There's Any
Truth in the Bones Story.

1t Win lie an Open Winter. if There's Any
Truth in the Bones Story.
Henry SulIman, of Woodstock, is the
goose bone prophet of eastern Connecti-
cut. He gets his bone from a goose that
is Matched in May, and when Henry
Sillman is bending over his goose bone
to read the future each fall all Wmdham
county is Smashed, and it hearkens to the
prophecy. Virgins and De Voc, and
even Uncle Daboll. of Groton. who has
been getting out ''almanacks" yearly for
the past 1T years, may do very well
fumbling with the weather during the
rest of the year, but when the first fall
wind comes piping over the hills. and
the frost is,on the punkin. then Henry
Stillman sits down with the goose bone
and something happens that is "tolerabl
sartin."
Mr.. Sdllnan consulted the bone las
week, and mis- prediction has been pub
Iished orally all over the eastern end Of
the state. Prediction Is weak, narrow
word to apply to the proclamation. for
fr. Stillman doesn't predict; he deter
mines. 1t - going TO be an open winter.
ne says, and that settles II, says Wind
ham county.
The magic bone, hanging by the side
CT Ar. SUillman's kitchen chimney. and
by which he ciphers out the season
shows a row OF cots around its shank.
and those dots announce what TIE tenn
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-16
Natural Gas

Natural gas as a fuel has been in use
sbout fifteen years. There are now en-
ployed n its transmission for fuel pur-
poses 1850 miles of pipe mains. In
Pittsburg alone there are 500 miles, and
the consumption OF gas there represents
an annual consumption of 7,o00, 900 tons
Of coal The head Of a Pittsburg gas and
oil firm said recently, during . discus
sion OF this question: Eastern people
are still afraid that natural gas wiz play
out So far there is no indication of it,
though when We first commenced 70 Use
1t in Pittsburg four or five years ago
that Is, using il generally-there were
many people who did no: look for i 10
last more than six months or year.
Now that II has been il general use for
several years and the supply keeps right
up. there Is lot much apprehension a.
home, but l meet ii everywhere outside
The science OF natural gas j. not fully
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The Coru.. E..a arar.

A Baltimore dispatch 20 The Chicago
Herald says: 4 telephone message %
the Central station last night conveyed
the information that a man had been
killed IN the BalGmore ami Potomac
tunnel. and requeseed the presence Of
coroner a. Union sratlo-a- whence +hs
body had been taken. The cerpse wa
covered with mud ard din ard vas stiff
and rigid Police 0ergt- SS>bultze was
becoming impatient oEerthe -aon~arrivai
Of the coroner, and walked % toe door
20 sss whether he was coming. When
be returned, the bench was vacant and
the corpse ~as walking cui IL The dor.
Tbs sergeant started after his sgo5sct
but the latter. seeing him coming. made
haste 70 escape. Finally the policeman
reached him and insisted 81 his return
ing until the Coroner shouh arrive. but
the nan refused in the Enost p0sttiss
manner 70 let a coroner e 70 work On
him He was 4 I've man and therefore
not under that officials 3Trissiosss-i. The
sergeant cane to the szrae cOcclEEioa
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-16
Cutting Down Expenses.

The car has been cutting down family
expenses at a great rate lately. The
grand dukes and grand duchesses who
have lost third of their incomes under
the new dispensation are in an awful
fake about it. Poverty stares them in
the face They will be forced to keep
less establishments, to drop less fortunes
at cards, and TO forege the JOY of strew-
ing emeralds and diamonds at the feet
of favorite ballet dancers and prima
donnas. 1t is going to be very hard
winter in Russia's toploftiest social cir
cles, but the car had to ecopomize in
state expenses in order to keep the army
of Nihilists at bav. 1t Is expansive work
preventing observation-disclosures Her
o III
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perature Is gong TO De. Inc darker the

perature Is gong TO De. Inc darker the
spots the colder the weather is the read
ing of the bone. Then there are circular
marks which divide the bone into the
three winter months, December occupy
ing the space between the first partitions,
January the next apartment and Febru-
airy the remaining one. Mild, regular
weather will prevail in all the months,
and it will be milder than even that of
last winter. There will be few days on
which running water will freeze. The
coolest weather will be in the latter half
of January, when there will be some
frosts of considerable severity.
''Near the point Of the BONE" says the
seer, sis a marked discolOration, indi-
eating that the first day of winter will
give decided intimation of the seasons
change" Christmas will be q green one,
but it will be wet and cold. January
will step in warm and sunny, but soon
it will turn cold, though not very cold
The coolest day will be Jan. 81. There
is going to be ''regle Ter old time JIM
wary thaw,7 and February will have a
"thawy SPELL" too. October will be a
cold, disagreeable month, with heavy
rains and SHOWS. There viii be an early
spring, but February will melt into
March in disastrous thaw, in which the
features will be swollen mountain
streams and terrible floods.
Faith in the goose bone is invincible
in this part Of the state. and each year
many farmers are wont to take one from
the May goose, and it is dried and hung
in the front hall or against the chimney
10 the kitchen. There it bangles until
spring in the next year. The best bone
is taken from q goose that has trace of
wild blood in its veins. But not every
one can read a goose bone as Henry
Stillman Is able 10 do it.-Wi lhmantic
Conn Letter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-16
A xeu Article Of Commerce..

A few weeks ago Mr. Ilderton, OF this
city, left for visit among relatives In
England. Mr.. Campion, the real estate
man, gave him horned toad to present
With his compliments toa brother Of Mr..
Sellers, his partner. A letter iustreoeived
from Mr.. udsrtons2yst that he has not only
had a jolly good time, but thinks he has
discovered a new.eOurce Of revenue for
San Diego county, and especially for his
friend Carnpion. He found Mr.. Sellers
brother az Nottingham and presented
hin with she horned toad, which was q
great curiosity in that country. To pos
sess the handsome "varmins" became the
desire Of several Of SellerS t0s1ds. and
= lively bidding ensued, and the resut
was that Sellers disposed OF it for the
snuv SUN of ei0-s50-spd writes for
more toads. eaupisn says tna. until
real estate picks Up he VIII 20 into the
toad business, and ne has about 500 Of
the product stuffed, and expects 20 start
a large shipment OF Englisa sola toward
San Diego in the near future
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-16
gh aalieha Daily gayle saag gornime auu 1890

1t was three days before the villagers
homes. All was quiet then. and they
spent the days tilling their fields around
the place where they had lived. AT
night they slept in the jungle, as they
feared a night attack. They were MOI
without fear for moment, but they
still fingered around their fields because
their food came from them.
One day, after they had led thi.
wretched life for about three months,
gang of slave hunters suddenly rushed
upon the village, beating their drums
and firing guns. kayembe's father
threw spear at one of the slavers
wounding him in the shoulder. The
wounded man then shot the father dead
and cut off his hand as trophy. Kay
embe dashed into the jungle with sew
eral men after him. They caught him,
and he was dragged away with other
prisoners to neighboring villages, where
the slavers killed the men and captured
many women. The little children whom
many of the women carried in their
arms were snatched away from them
and thrown into the bushes, there to
perish miserably. Some of them, how
ever, were struck dead or were stunned
by blow from a stick. Others who
attempted to follow their mothers were
struck with switches and driven back.
In about ten days the slavers, with
their captives, reached Nyangwe, and
the poor people were soon scattered far
and wide, their owners taking them in
all directions. Kayembe's master took
him 300 miles down the Congo, where he
sold him to Zanzibar Soon after the
boy had an attack of dysentery, and his
new muster, thinking he would die, sold
him fol: song to Housoa soldier in the
service of the Congo state. The soldier
took him 900 miles further down the
river, to Leopoldville, where Sir Francis
de Winton set the boy free and put him
in chiTge of the Baptist mission.
He has learned the language of the
loves: Congo, and Mr.. Bentley writes
that he is a bright and interesting boy.
But the tragic events in his old hOme
are craven in his memory. He wants to
return I'd his own country when it is safe
to do so and the missionaries have prom
ised HIM that when they are able to
start a station far up the Congo, where
he CAME from, he shall go there with
them.- london Telegram.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-16

Among the Angjo-Saxons every por-
ton of the human body had a recognized
monetary value, and amy one injuring
the person Of another had to pay his VIC
tim the legal price for the damage done.
The parts of theiface were more highly
valued than THOSE of any other portion
Of the body, showing how much in1por-
lance was attached by our Saxon ;anCes-
tors TO their personal appearance, If a
man III those days knocked out one of
the front teeth of his neighbor, he had
to pay him six shillings as a compensa-
ton, but if he destroyed his beard he
had to hand over no less than twenty
shiIlings. lie might, however, break his
countrymanis thigh bone for twelve and
his ribs for three shillings apiece. He
was allowed of course, to smash up the
members of an outlaw or of an enemy of
his country gratis.-Exchange.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-16
Tom BIS Found at Mines.

An important discovery has been made
in the envrons of Mines. Some work
men engaged on excavations for the con-
struction 'of an aqueduct have lit upon a
couple of Gallo-Roman tombs, which are
to be removed to the local museum.
Meanwhile it has been decided that the
surrounding ground shall be carefully
searched, it being thought that it may
contain other antiquities of rare and
interesting character.-Paris Cor. Lon
don Telegraph.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-16
Parted Forever by Bleachea Hair.

A young woman who has been visiting
Saratoga. for the past three years, and
who has. it is said, an income of $4,000,
has left that town, leaving about 81, 900
worth Oh debts, so goes the story, and
one broken heart in the breast of a young
man who "clerked it" in Broadway
shop during the past season. 1t is re-
ported thai the cause of her sudden de-
partuue Was the fact that he failed to
agree with her regarding the color of her
hair, which is said to have been bleached.
Albany Express
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-16
A SLAVE BOYS STORY
Strange Vicissitudes That Led Him from
Central Africa Down the Congo.

Strange Vicissitudes That Led Him from
Central Africa Down the Congo.
A letter from the Congo tells the story
of a slave boy from Central Africa who,
by series of strange vicissiudes. has
recently come into the possession Of Mr.
Holman Bentley, the we'll known mis-
sionary, and is now living on the river
near the west coast. The boys name is
Kapembe, and he lived near the Congo.
about 1900 miles from its mouth. A
while ago large party of Arabs from
Nyangwe and their Manyema slaves at
tackled the village adjoining that in which
Kayembe lived. They heard the shoot
ing and saw the nlarauders Selling wo-
men and children. Then they fed into
the jungle, and the Arabs, coming over
to the deserted town, burned 1t to the
ground
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jus. IIls Human B.ang..

4 Canadian farrnrr NAMED Woodtres
went into he stall the otAer as1 90 feed
his old isoTse. and Ees 20 bitten that his
life u dsspsirsd o. lie had Owned ths
horse nineteen years, and bad never
known him % even show his ts-sEh b.
fore Horses are just like human b.
ings IN many respscu- You may 90
along with a zsaH All night for t~@1ty
years. and tssn get knocked down for
joking him about the ooIor q his noss-
Det-ol. Free PreAz
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-16
a CORONER WHO UNDERSTOOD.

4 Death That Was Not Unexpected BY
Those Who Fad Observed.
They had lifted the body out Of the
canal, and q dozen O. US stood around II
when the coroner cane. he glanced at
the face, asked who first saw the BODY,
and then said:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-16
SPRAY YEAST.

The quickest. strongest and purest
Dry Hop Yeast on the market. viii
keep Il year in any climate.
Price, 5 cents per package OF Z cakes
For sale by all Wholesale and retail
grocers.
Manufactured by Corner & Farnum
factory corner Kellogg and MOsley
Avenues.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-16
DEPOT.

c. Eisenmayer Sr. Milling and Elevator Co. of
HaIstead. Kan. carry = fun line Of hard and soft
wheat -four az their agency ia this CITY. send for
prices and Eample--
OTTO WEISS. Agent. ~ Main. wichita
and allowed the CORPSE 20 go. IL was
afterwards ascertained ta1at the mans
name is James Lacy, and that he fell
from freight train and lost conscious
ness for almost an hour. He had been
temporarily psralyzed-by-the shock.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-16
Nj1II|la Eagle
THE STORY CT A Song.
SIMPLE ORlGE& OF SOME OF THE
POPULAR DlTTlES.

History of s'whe re Did You Get That
Hat?'' and How 1T Came to Be Written.
Other Well Know n SODgs-One Written
with Finger Nails 4 N a window Sill.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-08-12
To Measure the Speed of Trains


An ingenious contrivance for. Indicating
the speed Of railway trains,is 4 French in,
vention. The apparrsa consists of simply
putting IN Ply cord giving a normal mu-
slcal rS9e. Connected with this is an arm
carrying stylus which marks its vibra-
tions upon piece of paper covering CYL
inder which turns by it's own weight. All
this mechanism is in a small box which
can easily be placed among the ballast be-
tween the sleepers, and which begins to
register the moment train reaches it and
begins to pass over it. Additional features
consist Of tubes secured to three wooden
pedals placed along the outside of one of
the rails. When the wheel passes pedal
little cork button placed in hole in the
pedal is forced down, and the air which is
compressed raises a valve and sets a spring
vibrating.
The wheel acts similarly upon the other
pedals, and the result is that three marks
are made upon the cylinder, which indi-
cate the beginning, the middle and the end
of the operation. The three pedals are two
meters apart, SO that there is space of six
meters covered by the system. The speed
of the train is then determined by the
number of vibrations indicated, which,
through the known number of vibrations
per second given by the musical note, can
be readily ascertained, as the more rapidly
the train runs over the distance between
the pedals the smaller will be the number
of vibrations traced on the cylinder. Con-
venient tables are prepared showing to the
practical observer the exact relation the
readings Gave to the speed. Philadelphia
Record
Los Angeles herald., 1890-08-12

peared. Then Sheriff Aguirre set him
Mexicans. These men worked indus
triously in the fields during the day, and
for that reason suspicion had never rest
ed upon them, but the Sheriff ascer-
tanned that they were away on horse
back considerably at night. Mr.. Aguirre
says that he very soon discovered what
took them away after dark, from their
homes, and that it was cattle-stealing.
He processes to have dead case against
the men and that the evidence against
them and one or two others who will be
arrested to-day, is overwhelming. On
Monday, the 4th of this month, the
Sheriff and Joseph Gilbert, manager of
the Laguna Rancho Farming Company,
went to the District Attorneys office and
had prepared a complaint charging Pc
dro Mungia and Jose Reyes with grand
larceny. Armed with a warrant OBJ
tanned from Justice Savage, Aguirre
started on hunt for the two Mexicans.
one of whom lives at Los Nietos and the
other at the Ranchito. Mungia was
bagged at Alejos saloon near Los Nietos
on Friday, and Jose Reyes at the Ranch
ito on Saturday, on horseback.
Both claimed to be entirely innocent
when arrested. They were brought to
the county Jail and locked up.
Yesterday morning the two, who are
swarthy, heavy-set, bearded Mexicans
were brought, handcuffed together, into
the Township Justices court, to be ar.
ralgned. Bail in each case was set al
$1,000, which they were unable to give
Neither OF the prisoners can talk En-.
gllsh. Their examination will take place
on Thursday afternoon. Sheriff Aguirre
VINO Is very much elated at his capture
lett town again yesterday afternoon fol
the purpose of finding others who are
implicated in the affair. The cattle, az
soon as stolen, were taken to certain
butchers, who slaughtered the animals
and made haste to ship the hides. Fur
ther developments may be expected
Los Angeles herald., 1890-08-12
A LOST RATA.
Leads to Two Very Important
Arrests.
Sheriff Aguirre Captures Two
Expert Cattle Lifters.
Thieves Who Have Long Preyed on
StOckmen.

vaqueros who were Skillful in Wrong Do
ing-Their Many Exploits-More Arrests
to follow.
For several years cattle have been
stolen at. intervals from the ranches ly-
ing east and south of Los Angeles city,
but the thieves covered up their tracks
so cleverly that it was impossible to OBJ
tain a clue to them. E. j. Baldwin,
Dick Garvey, the Laguna Ranch COM
pany and others have suffered from
these larcenists repeatedly, but for want
of clue it remained unknown by whom
the animals had been stolen, what had
become of them or who the men were
who ''lifted them.''
About five months ago clue was at
last obtained. The thieves were out on
a night foray on the lands of the Lagu-
ma ranch. A steer was lassoed who man
aged to break away from his captors,
carrying away with him the RATA encir-
cling his neck. The animal was hunted
by the men during part of the night
but eluded them and in the
morning the lasso was found by the en-
ployes of the Laguna ranch, still around
the steers neck. The RATA was taken to
Sheriff Aguirre's Office who kept it as
a clue and ever since has worked on the
case.
self at work exclusively on the case anc
never rested until he had secured enough
evidence to warrant the arrest Of twt
Within a short time two punches O
eight steers each were again stolen iron
the Laguna Rancho, and totally disap
Los Angeles herald., 1890-08-12
IN CoLoRADo's FINE CLIMATE.

P. BRENNAN, Denver, Colorado, writes:
"Some weeks ago was attending to work that
exposed me to cold and wet, and the result was.
l was down on my back with a severe cough and
fever. had terrible pain through my lungs
and back. didn't know what to do. l. sent to
the druggist, friend of mine, telling him my
symptoms. He came right over himself and
brought with him some ALLCocKs Porous
PLAsTERs, which, he said, would cureme. He
applied one to the upper part OF the chest and
throat, and two more below that on the chest,
and one between my shoulder. blades. began
to experience relief almost instantly and, to nv
great surprise and satisfaction, in two hours or
less the pain in coughing was gone, the cough
ing itself on occasional, my skin was moist,
ana generally was pretty nearly all right;
only remained in the house the next day, al
though keeping the plasters on for some ten
days later, and was well''