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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-26
KNIGHTS OF HONOR.

The Dawes Fund and Kts Peculiar His.
tory-EotcS-
The total amount received by supreme
treasurer branch for the Dawes fund,
Knights Of Honer, has reached s., 6427e
Edward Dawesha been member of Bay
City lodge IN Michigan, and was suspended
in August, 1885, Tor 1neEpAyment Of assess
ment 1913. The following month the re-
porter of his lodge received money from
him to pay assessments 1913, 1e4 and 1856
Oct. 5, 1855, tho lodge reiaststsd him with
utrequhing him to submit to q medical
examination. The supserne treasurer re-
turned the money to the lodge, with in
struceions thatthe requirements of the law
for medical examination be complied with,
Dawes having been suspended for period
exceeding thirty days. He was then
regularly examined, but was rejected
by the state medcal examiner, Jan.
4, 1885. Subsequently the lodge be-
came suspended and its officers never
refunded the money for the three assess
ments paid,by Dawes, who died Feb. s,
1885. His widow brought suit against the
order.to recover tho boneht. The case was
decided against her, and asEnotion for new
trial everruied-, SheShen wrote to the sn-
preme reporter, stating her circumstances,
basing her claim upan absolute necessity
The letter was forwarded to Supreme Die
tator Crate, who, after comforting with the
grand dictator OF Michigan and finding the
widows statemeut to be Garrett In every
particular, laid the matter before the su-
preme lodge, with the Recommendation
that an appeal In behalf of the wi3ow be
issued to subordinate lodges, and the rec
ommendatien was unanimously adopted
The handsome manner in which the lodges
responded to the appeal is another sub
stantial evidence of the genuine spirit o.
fraternity which pervadesthe brotherhood.
OF the 6S deaths on the May call, IL were
in New York, f8, in Illinois. Hin Kentucky
(including'9 by the eyctone), and the bal
ance in u states, massachusetts having L
Twelve Of theleaths were from accident.
The average amount ofdeath claims paid
per month is S7e,oos. Total amount to
April Is was "a, 645, 04S.S5.
Past Dictator P II. Brennan has been
elected financial reporter of Massachusetts
lodge, made vacant by the death of Henry
McCurdy The total amount of benefits
paid to April Is was go, 157, o34, and the
membership on April vxss 1S2, G91.
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Royal Arcenum.

At the recent grand council Of the Royal
Arcanum 1880 Members were represented.
Twenty-Five new councils were instituted
in New York state duriag the past year.
A circular has beei issued by L. R.
Watts. supreme regent Of the Royal Area
mum, extending congratulations to the
members of the order The circular states
that one hundred thousand brothers are
now enrolled As members of the great fra
ternity, and applications for admission are
constantly being received. Supreme Re
gent Watts theTisurges the members not to
relax their efforts, but to continue TO labor
earnestly to still increase the membership
of the order.
From the quarterly report Of the su-
preme secretary it appears that the order
throughout the country has had re-
markable increase this year, as follows:
January. .oo2; February. 1875, and March,
9.0l4. making total increase from Jsnu-
airy l, 1890, to March 81, of 4,331 members.
The Royal Arcanum has a mem bership
of 100, 900 in the United States and Canada.
The 1O0.o00th man was recently initiated
in Chevalier council No. 1883.
Twenty-three new councils were insti-
tuted in New York state during the year,
makingI55 in ali: total membership, Is 500;
increase IN mem ershiD for the year, S7&.
Action was tax en- by tAeTecent grand coun-
Gil at Buffalo reducing tie per capita tax
from s. TO Is cents, and reducing the limit
Of age for applicants from IS years 70 50.
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A Suggestion.

l don't see why smart and strong wo-
man, or better STILL two of them, could not
make good living by upholstering," said
q worried housewife In the city the other
Gay. Here l have lot of furniture that
has seen its best days; the coverings are
worn and faded, butthe springs and frame
work are yet good and sound. If l send it
out to q regular upholsteFer the cost of
new material and his workmanship will
be more than l can well afford. If sell
them to a second hand dealer that viii be
little better than giving them away.
l could recover them myself at little
cost and with good effect if / had the time
and little more strength Now, if l only
knew where TO send for strong handy
woman to come to the house and make the
most of the material have, cutting it out
under my eye and working according to
my directions, would send for her at
once. The result would be that the work
would be finished much more quickly than
If | send the furniture away. Iwould have
the use Of it all the time, my material
would be economically cut, and l could af-
ford 20 pay her good wages and yet spend
less than in any other way.-New York
Tribune
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shrHfrl, Restaurants.

When new and novel idea is presented
TO New Yorker he first laughs at it, then
sets about thinking whether there is good
money in it and finally adopts it.
This was the process in the case Of the
top story Testaarants, which now promise
to become fashionable The first one was
built on Broad stseet, aud is pasxonized by
the swell nae1Sof she street. Another sur
mounts the Equitable building, and, the
Western Union campauy and Thes Trfibane
have them also far the beneffto OF thefr en-
ployes, inci1ding Jay Gould. whose meals
are hroHght downto Kim.
Many large affceSbuildings such as the
Standard Old, on lower broadway, have
restaurant accommodation OF some sort in
their upper stefses.
Within the yeaxspastrthe idea OF sky
kitchen has struck the elab houses thea
tres and not a fsw private houses, and
some of the new club buildings VIII have
their restaurants as well as kitchens on
the top floor.
The advocates claim that they have the
benefit-of' better air, fine scenecy, the alb
sence of the fumes of cookery, freedom
from bores and bunmers and chance to
rest. Persons who mount to the ninth or
tenth story for lunch or dinner are IN, dead
earnest about eatdng.-Cor. Philadelphia
Record
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KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs.
A Hard but Winning Fight in Utah-Nsw
from Many States.

A Hard but Winning Fight I'm Utah-Nsws
from Many States.
Pythianism in Utah, especially that part
of the territory where the Mermens are
the strongest, has had . shard fight, but the
Pythian banner Is stu waving, and the
boys say that it shall go higher. To the
motto Of the order they have added the
word Excelsior"
A new Pythian castle hall has been built
for the order in Toronto, Ont. 1t is sitV-
ated on the southwest corner of Queen and
Victoria streets, and is three stories in
height. The quarters Of The Canadian
knight are located on the second floor.
The lodges meet on the third floor.
The order of Pythian Sisters seems to be
finding much favor in the middle states.
New lodges are being constantly organized
in Indiana, Illinois, KANSAS and Missouri.
There are 416 lodges, with a membership
of 10, 291 in Pennsylvania.
The Grand Orient of the Knights of Pyth-
las was instituted by Contucius over 1900
years ago, and is now being extensively in
troduced into the United States. There is
at present a section in existence in San
Francisco.
uS VI L y VI LcOEO11, NcU.,
with Gyle Pythian enterprise, are to have q
castle building Of their own.
The Wyoming Pythian has made its ap-
pearance at Cheyenne.
The grand keeper of records and seal Of
Pennsylvania Knights Of Pythiss receives
a salary of 81 200. The per capita tax is 90
cents.
A lodge has been instituted at Madison,
Oak.
The citizens of Milwaukee are making
the necessary arrangements for the APP
preaching session of the supreme lodge.
Maine has two lodges which have a mem
bership of 800 and Ave with a membership
of 200 Knights.
The lodges Of Indianapolis have an ag-
gregate membership of nearly 1900, and
the lodges have all the work they can do.
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Title of the Gar.

The car Of all the Russias has title
that would make him uncomfortable wers
there no visions OF Nihilists, dynsnits and
other scary things 10 disturb mis- slumbers.
La a recent legal document be appears as:
Alexander III. by the grace ef God, en-
peror and ausecrst Panrlssian, Moscovite,
hievian, NlRdyiniriaI. Nergorodian- Gar
Of kazan, car of Astrackan, Polish car,
Siberian car, car of Cherscnesus, Geor-
giaI car. GcSudar of Pskof and grand
prince OF Smolensk, Lithuania, Vollhynia,
PeeSoha and Finland Prince of Estkonia,
Leivonis and Courtlaadt. Grand COM
mander OF the whole Northern Country.
Gosuca- CT Ioeria, karralinia, Armenian
territory and kabsrdian land. Hereditary
gosudar OF Carc2SSa and tbs HilanGda
provinces. Norwegian heir apparent.
Duke of Schleswig- Rolstein and Olden-
berg, etc-"-St- Louis Repu bic.
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Plaster Casts of Hsslstones.

DR.. David Genese sends for the city mu-
scum, seven casts of hailstones that fell on
Sunday, April %, 1890. They are nearly
fac-s1niles as to size and shape, and show
the peculiar irregular formation of the pre-
cipitated ice. The hxiIstones we're placed
upon slab of glass and r7axture of fine
modelling plaster was poured upon them.
Alum was mixed with tie plaster to make
it set quickly. Where the hailstone touched
the glass ssmalf sperearewas left. AS the
hailstones naslted the veteran out of this
opening. A solution was then poured in
to prevent adhesion, and freshly mixed
plaster WIS poured into the mould thus
prepared When hardened the outer crust
was broken away, LEAKING exact casts of
the hailstones. except that the keener edges
of the ice were lost slightly by rapid melt
ing caused by The heat that ives generated
by the crystalli zation Of Che plaster. The
models are neatly sifvsred The largest is
nearly two inches and fpe-eighths long
Baltimore Sun.
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How a Noted Traveller Cot q Pas.


Tourist Operator Bogardus Is known to
telegraph operators in every city OF i'm
poTtance throughout the United States.
'Bosy," as he is Familiarity called, has
Travelled all over this country and Europe,
and mostly ON the contributions Of his
brother key Founders and the passes ofper-
sistently importuned railroad officials
"Bogy" hasn't done stroke Of work for
an interminahle length of time, simply be-
cause nomadic life is preferable.
Hundreds of stories are told of 'Bogy's 8"
persistency in applying for railread passes.
The best of these is, perhaps, his fnPIrta-
nate demands for pass from General Man
ager Williams, of the CiEcinnati, Hamilton
and Dayton road After declining three or
four successive visits, Mr. Williams indig-
nantiy told Bogardus never to call at his
Office again for pass. An hour later
'Bogy" popped his head into the general
managers Office and remarked:
Mr. Williams, haven't called for a
pass; just want one of your time,cards
I've concluded to walk. and 1 want a time
card SO as to keep out of the way of regular
trains"
Mr.. Williams bit his lip to suppress an
incipient smile, and ordered his clerk to
write out pass for the persistent apph-
.-Chattanooga Times.
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fasher-diz though but 8 yearsSza
at the tinae Of his death- She~was asked
conserving xhessrush orsfaisity Ct 4hestste-
ment OF somewoman iiy9Hgin 'eAssozth,
to the effect f4Rt her fzther was not dead,
but chat anozher1Dan. had beAnr shot on
thateveuAfnl morning more than twenty
five years ego. Sha emphatzeaaEaff affirmed
that her faslssx is dead, that heswas shot
at that tins, and that st,stssw his body q
numbered times Ssfnre the eurial.-Cor.
Pittsbzrg POST
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Ml(f!il :agle
PHANTOM ARMIES.

The heareasTeep. the natlonas dead
ElesP sHent ensath the sprfaRy sod:
But Ia cur hearts their cadenced tread
Sounds maFohtAesSR to God
The kmgles, f5eand -reiling drum
Areidle as tl1e sleepers' hands;
But on ehe spirits stacy and dumb
A mighty army,standS
Again the hand that swayed the sword
Clutch flE1 IT'S handle as Of yoTe,
And4eaHL dead eyes so lang adored
Take light andtkfe once more.
Flash hghtRtug9n the,hattle's br71nt
Mirror the rays from Heaven that fen
And pressing holdlyto the front
Court Deafh nsrhshoegnd shell
The vslorouseye from Desth set free
Again seem Eice'ty<o proclaim,
Then sinking down. grim Death, to thea
Go siIeat sstley cana
a mighty aFEly--in che brain
OF each who knew and lgxed them here;
Unchangedshy FiH1s and frssfrom strain
The lesIens grand appear.
Deathisss, for death relentless laws
The memory never can attain,
And those who died in honor's cause
Shall live Elelr lives again.
In many asnind, N many cline
By gFzndsire unto grandson told,
Their deeds shall tread the halls Of time
La sa1dal-sAorn II gold
Buffalo NewA
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with ali nus Strength ana poured . stream
Of niekefs IN the cspscicns stos &er the next
ten minutes with no result but grieyous
loss Of temper and two pounds of his re-
centlyseczuizsd .ayoirduPois.
The hatekc4eFkh had themachine repaired
next day, and notfEad. his elender guest OF
the fact sslst evening after dinner.
tits been >fxed, ehfp~ said the guest.
THAT'S good. Much Obliged But what
about all those nickelsf pHt IN last night"
The clerk thought tkey had goReate swell
the dividends of the weighing machine
COMPANY, and intlmatedtha the gnest was
not acting In the wiScst possible manner
when he put his money into broken ma
china
well, maybe I wasn't" said the guest.
'ebut I'm going TO get quare just the same. y
So he wandered down to the basement,
borrowed hammer and thin nail, drove
a hole IN q nickel, begged bit of thread
and tied it therein and then visited the
weighing machine He lowered the nickel
until 1t touched the spring to set the ar
rangement in motion and then pulled it up
again in safety. He weighed himself q
dozen times aud weighed everybody else in
the lobby until he thought he and the me-
chine were ct financial dead center and
then let ths nickel, thread and all, 90 into
the strong box of the inssrGRent--New
York Times.
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My opinion aboat the intelligence Of
blooded aniraAlsreCeiEea blow the other
day that hEven't ret recovered from A
prominent cog fsncier said to me that he
had noticed that the bzaser bred dog wa
the more Intelligent and easily Taught be
was. He also follow ed up his statement
by saying he had several TIMES inquired
the pedigree Of the intelligent. ssnimals one
sees On the stage, and found that with few
exceptiozsSthe o~1srs oscleFed them to be
in popular. parlnneesa Cross between bull
bat and window shut oT" This State
nent ut1erly>upsetmy i'd eAs On the subject,
and am busy nov gathering facts 70 see
If the assertion VIII extend to horses and
other four footed be2ists.-Philadelphi
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wilkes Reoth,. nanrht.r.

With the Boston Comic osera COMPANY
Is an actress whose name and family con-
nect1on lmp&Fs great 6egBee of interest
in her - Uae geaerRi pnbllc. Her maiden
r2ne waszKssaa Booth, but she Is low the
wife Of AR. Henderson, the director of the
company. AEs.- Booeh-BeHaeCso says SIZE
Is the dsugheer q J. Wilkes Booth. the
assassin Of Lincoln. She rsnsanbA.s ks-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-26

On June = and - the Missouri Pgcifc
railway viii sell round trip Tickets 70 Teu-
yer and return a. oze fare fOF the round
trip good for thirty days Pear ia mind
that he train Via the shOr-e~t and offick-
ext route 70 Denver leaves the depot ~ the
corner Of Second and Wichita streets -
so p. n daily. arriving - Denver 81 Z 80
. n next dsy Elegant chair CARS thrv7I -
10 Denver. Berths In Pullman sles .xr
can - reserved by calling a. CITY of4ce-
No. Isl y Main street.
r z BLECETET.
I-tt Passenger ard Ticket Ag-
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REVENGE IS SWEET.
Even II L, Is Only secursd Against
Ucs-ain~ Nacssilra-


Weighing Machine
In one Of the largest Of TINS ety's hotels
there stands pgosztRe1s IN the lobby q
ickei-in-the-sloS weighing machine OF
massive proportions anS ert&csag appear
snce. 1t ordinarily 6ees the wo<& bGnestIy
throwing cut card with the date and
weight printed on il, and throwing in q
sweet snatch Of operate melody. But It's
internal anatomy became aiszgFapged a
few days ago jGst as very t1ln patron Of
the hotel, who is under Treatment with q
view 90 attaining comfortable and slightly
plEmpness, came n for his daily weigh.
He dropped the nickel IN and lseppe2 MIN
bly, upon the platform, bat no strain Of
music met his ear and no card showing e
pound or trse ef development dropped into
bis expec1alt hand. Eethen jumped hight
" up and down upon tAs platform few
times 70 see If the thing would start, and
put another nickel iS the slot Still the
machine remained mute and the disap
paiassd shiA rAp rsHa6ed On tkz RisstsExa
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REAL ESTATE AGENTS.

We eAgrr a cozrists H5e = a. kizEs GO Esess
Grd zlsnfx such arr uSee b. Hz1l Esss1s A<~e4tE
Ger ssEttng 81 pe~as, EoTzg&Ees AaStxsxRs EsSs ,
EosEE, Sots Boeks, Pest hezsztsTA FSts~F Pgs5s1
Eseor3s ard SlAnk2. Contrast Ea2S&. Paesez y -
Kstzfs Bo1Es fo- FzrrE Ard CITY PropeFsy s1c- ET
acrz 81 RAJ BTSzaDt1Y attsE4se -. A1drs-s
THE WICHITA EAGLE
WICHITA Kansas
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-26

A wastetul slaughtered moose Is said 70
be carried On upon the upper Ottawa river,
in Canada The animals are killed mersly
for their hdesand their cArsassas are lsts
u the woods
The sun., 1890-05-30

executive authority. In q word, there Is at
present no kind Of government, general OF
local, In Brazil except that exercised by the
successful conspirators against Dom PEDRO
II. and by their agents Since 1891, when the
Brazilians first obtained Constitution, they
have never been subjected TO regime so
unquallhedly autocratic as that which now
exists. The worst feature OF the situation is
the probability that 1t will be indefinitely
prolonged. unless the Provisional Govern
ment Is overthrown by force. Some time
ago FoNsECA and his colleagues retracted
their original promise TO call Convention,
to which tho framing Of a Constitution
should be intrusted. Their latest official
declaration on this subject was that the
functions OF the Convention would be re-
stricted to accepting or rejecting a scheme
| Of organic law drawn up beforehand by the
actual posssssors OF power. Now, as we
have said it is reported In Rio de Janeiro
that even this pretence OF consulting the
people will not be made. The Brazilian
people are to have just such Constitution
as will best serve the ends Of the Provisional
Government, whose manifest intention is to
retain authority.
1t is sometimes said that the tacit ac-
quiescence OF the Brazillans affords moral
warrant for FoNsEoA's usurpatons and
that the Government cannot be a bad
one, since it Is universally obeyed. We
must bear in mind, however, that the
whole military and naval force OF Brazil
is in the hands Of the Provisional Govern
ment, and that any severe criticism Of it's
proceedings renders the authors amenable
10 martial law. Besides, the name OF re-
public has long exercised potent spell on
the Brazilian imagination; and until the
non-republican purposes OF the usurpers are
fully disclosed, the people will look forward
to asserting their will at the ballot box. 1t
will bea mistake, nevertheless, to count on
the continuous supineness Of the Brazillans.
The history Of their country shows that,
however disproportionate to their own re-
sources may be the military power
Of their rulers, they cannot be prevented
from revolving when they are once convinced.
that their liberties are in grave danger. In
1923 they drove out the Portuguese, al
though at the outset OF the struggle the
latter possessed a great preponderanoe Of
strength on land and sea. In 1881 they
forced Dom PEDRO /. to abdlcate although
all the officers Of the feet and army we're
his creatures, and although he had large
political party at his back. The whole mill
tary force at the disposal Of Gen. FoNsEoA
does not exceed $4,000 men, and this would
be entirely inadequate to suppress deter
mined simultaneous rlsings in the northern
and southern provinces. Besides, 1t is by
no means certain that he can rely upon the
unanimous fidelity Of the army. Only the
other dav n c0nSDiraov waa dSnoperad In
the garrison of Rio de Janeiro in which
Col. SoLoN, one Of the most conspicuous
revolutionists was implicated. Pro-
visional Government, which owes its ex-
stence solely to standing army, is pretty |
likely, sooner or later. to be overturned |
BY it's creators.
The sun., 1890-05-30
A Pe.sImistic Preacher.

The Rev. DR.. PARKHURsT Of the Madison
Square Presbyterian Church has felt it to
be his duty OF late to preach with great
earnestness on what he regards as the fear
fully low state OF our American politics,
municipal, State, and Federal.
According to him our elections are bought
and sold In the most shameless way, and the
political morals Of tho republic In all
respects are thoroughly depraved. Vice
rules and virtue tamely submits. Therefore
he thinks that the time has come for the
pulpits to sneak out and spare not.
Yet never before has there been time
when tho number OF church members in
active political management was so great as
it Is now. In DR.. PARKHuRsT's own congre-
cation are two OF the most prominent Of
the politicians Of the town. They are Col
lector ERHARDT and the Hon. THOMAS G.
PLATT, the Republican Boss If there is any
thing going on in the way Of political cor
ruption, they must know OF 1t. even II they
are not concerned in the wickedness them
selves.
They arc typical politicians OF the period,
and II the state OF the republic is as bad as
DR.. PARKHURsT describes it, they must be
unworthy to be numbered among his parish
ioners. II our elections arc bought and sold,
they must be engaged in the business. They
know all about the handling Of campaign
funds and the arrangement OF political bar
gains. They gee tho inside OF politics, and
are both cool and intelligent observers, who
can give DR.. PARKHuRsT full information as
to what is really happening.
He Is maniiestly very much In need OF
such information, or he would not take SO
pessimistio view OF the situation. They
will tell him, IL he consults them, that this
talk about the purchase OF elections Is all
nonsense; that the ways Of politicians are
as fair and honest as the ways Of ordinary
business, and that the tendency Of political
methods is toward improvement. 1t is
better now than IL was in the earlier days Of
the republic. The exposure OF fraud comes
more surely. Corruption has less chance to
hide itself.
AS to our municipal administration it has
been growing better steadily during the last
generation. Taxes have decreased and the
public work is done more efficiently. Elec-
tions are purer, there is less crime. and the
order Of the community is more carefully
preserved. DR.. PARKHURsT will not find a
great capital in Europe where vice is kept
under as 1t is here in New York. He will not
find public sentiment anywhere more
strongly on the side Of good morals.
But unfortunately he has been hum
bugged by men who ars trying to misrep-
sent the condition OF the town for political
effect or because they are narrow-minded
observers and social cranks. Rather than
having occasion to lose heart about our
politics and our political progress, DR.. PARK
HURST has abundant reason for rejoicing.