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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-24
LlGH- AND AIRY.

The Happy Farmers Life.
He rose At dawn. washed on q bench
Just outside by the pump,
Then fed the horses, COWS and pigs
And himself on the Jump
Then worked I'll room upon the farm.
And hurried home 70 eat
And al be had was pie or mush,
With very seldom meat
His afternoon was Ike bis morn;
TheD supper was tbs cry.
And II eXhausfed be still Eel:
They filed him up with pia
he WORKED tn dark TO fed hts stock:
Then took his tzIicv hight
And when ~ ju~ beEin 70 I've
sad 70 the world. Good night
-Bos.on Courier
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-24

darkness for eaec,, later caused Ell ths
lights 20 bs burned 20 full blast during
some Of the most sentimental moonlight
scenes, aud Of course this made the lovers
Of the heavenly maid fairly Wild with In
dignAt!on. How the matter wound ~ I
don't remember.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-24
An Intelligent AnImal.

Cautious DAne-Ars you sure this horse
Is suitable for a lady 20 drfvet
Livery N4n-Y@'m. Hs'sA ve-y inteIli-
gent hoSs, nun. and won't let you run
him into anything Street & Smiths Good
News
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-24

The famous Hindoo god. Iiazn,a. i
now owned 0Y an English Centlernan
named Spencer, WHO pad 81 600 for i al
Al Gu1tlon sale II London in 1854 Tha
curious relic stands but - inches hlSa
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-24

The coming season st the Metropolitan
Opera house in New York promises 10 be
even more brilliant from an artistic stand
point than was that OF last winter. Ger
man opera will again make up the pro
gramme, and although Alyary, Frau
Lehmann-Kalisch and Frauleins Matten
Sucher and Loisinger viii not be among
the singers, a company Of great merit has
been formed
Herr Gudehus, the famous Wagnerian
tenor, is among fha now nannla Ia IL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-24

not well known in
the United States,
but in Dresden
and at the I'M
perial opers, in
Berlin he has been
for several years a
favorite. AT Bey-
reuth his Parsi-
fal has been high
~ praised, and in
Tannhauser he Is
said 10 be almost
unequaled.
Frau Ritter
Goetz, an OF b er
new acquisition, is
"A magnificent con-
tralto, who h as
already made a
reputation for her
self abroad. AS has
Frau Antoine
Aiielke, a dramatic
singer OF great
ability, and Frau
Scholler Haag. re-
Gently n leading
prima donna and
lyric singer in
Munich. who have
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-24
Within Ea9le
FASHIONS OF THE TIMES,
1oLIvE HARPER WRITES OF FASH
IONS FOR CHILDREN.
Styles for the Little Ones Grow More and
More Simple. and That is Surely Good
Thing-SOme Samples That Prove the
Statement.
Especial Correspondence

IDPO-IdI OOIIVoDOnutnCe.J
New YORK, Sept. 1.-THE styles for
children's dresses grow more and more
simple, letting the brightness of their
sweet young beauty shine undimmed by
an overshsdowing mass Of fuss and
feather.
The big sister puts on her first long
dress- 1t is tan colored Australian crepe,
made In the plainest fashion, also the
neatest, and garnished only with self
covered buttons. Her pretty brown hair
is brought low on the back of her neck
and tied in catogan braid. No rufles,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-24

company, Herr Lugenstein, base, -
from Dresden. where be has an enviAbls
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-24

both been engaged by Mr.. Stanton, the di-
rector of the Metropolitan Opera house.
The morning call., 1890-07-22
TIE rENrH-srREEr BLOCK.

One of the organs of the poultice ring
made an especial appeal Monday to the
Board Of Supervisors to oYerrule the re-
port Of the Street Committee in favor of
accepting a block on Tenth street which
has been paved with basalt stone without
the concrete foundation, which is ALSO
Iulply necessary to make that kind of pave
meut so expensive that it cannot serve to
keep down the price Of the poultice pave
mrnJ The poultIce organ says the pave
ment in question was laid long after the
order requiring concrete under basalt was
passed. but admits that the contract was
drawn under the old specifications. In
other words, the street was paved in ac-
cordance with an order in operation at the
time the contract was entered into. OF
course the refusal to accept the block would
throw the pavement back upon the prop
erty-oWners. The contractor cannot be re-
qUired to provide a concrete foundation
that he did not contract to provide. So far
as is known he has done the work as he
agreed to do it, and if the city refuses to
accept it because since the contract was en-
tered into a new condition has been added
to former requirements, the properly-hold-
ers will either be required to keep the block
III IL A'ftiA az iLNiA Nh4i O-NbNAoNB u AhAAA
the additional expense of doing the work
over again. Apparently the poultice organ
does not care how much expense the prop
erty-holders are forced to incur. Its object
is to get as much poultice laid as possible
before the uuftness of that material for
pa vement in streets OF heavy travel is
demonstrated beyond cavil. The organ has
but year or two TO work in. The poultice
is going TO pieces more rapidly than was
predicted. 1t may make nice pavement
for outside streets, to take the place of
macadam, but it is unfit for streets sub
jected to heavy travel The life of the
poultice pavement is but about two years
unUer favorable conditions, and from the
present appearance of the trial specimen on
Kearny street it is less than one where
travel is heavy. In the face of the numer-
Gus examples of the unftness of the poul-
tite for pavement, the effrontery of the
organ of the poultiee ring in insisting that
contracts shall be disregarded in the in
terest of the ring is without parallel. The
proach to a parallel is the lament
Of b1oz y's nephew over the insufficient
appropriation for the Industrial School in
the face Of an appropriation equal to fifty
cents day for the support of each pupil.
1t is ah time that some of these voracious
f -..ters should be relegated to back seats.
The morning call., 1890-07-22
CENTRAL AMERICA.

The exact condition of affairs in Central
America cannot be known at this distance
from the scene Of action. General Barrios,
who is now in this city, does not attach
much weight to the report of Thursdays
battle, in which the Guatemalan army was
reported as defeated. 1t appears probable,
however, that Nicaragua and Costa Rica
ale acting with San Salvador against Guata-
mala and Honduras. The motive for this
alliance is an apprehension that should
Guatemala succeed in oVerpOwering San
Salvador it would become the dominant
power in Central America and in time
carry out the purpose of the late President
Barrios to bring about union Of the States
through Congress. This may seem a harsh
policy, but it would be better in the long
run than constant state of petty warfare.
Wise rule on the part Of the general Gov
eminent would soon reconcile the people of
the several States to Il loss of State indie
pendence. As separate State it will be a
long time before Central America will take
rank among nations.
The morning call., 1890-07-22
TIE FAVORED sPoT.

California seems especially favored by
the elements this year. In Europe, with
the possible exception of Russia, the gen.
eral grain crop is light. Harvest time IN
England has been much like seed time IN
California in respect to rain. A week ago
English crops were reported as nearly
ruined, and the last week has been the
worst since 1873. Taking the last six weeks
together. it is said TO be the worst since
1873. Possibly this picture of ruin is over
drawn, but with all reasonable allowance
for exaggeration the English will be much
heavier buyers of wheat than usual. Cali
fornia WILL in consequence, get good prices
for her wheat surplus. and if our crop falls
below that of the most favorable years, 1t
will be a fair average. In fruit the failure
of the Atlantic crop has given California
the run Of Eastern markets. The Eastern
demand is so great that with the usual sup
ply the home market shows less fruit than
usual. The best Of all varieties goes East.
Thus it appears that we profit by the short
grain crop in Europe and the short Irult
crop in the Atlantic States.
The morning call., 1890-07-22
OLD WAR RELICS.
Cannon Balls Embedded in q Church
Wall

Wall.
Symbols of peace and war have curiously
met in the outside brick wall of quaint
old St. PauPs Church in Virginia, Va
The church is 151 years old. In the Revo-
luton the British playfully sent small
cannon ball skipping over the town. An
angle of the church, which juts out toward
Church street, was in the line of projectory
and the cannon ball was stopped by it. 1t
half buried itself in the brick, half way up
the roof and close to the cornice. 1t is still
there. Ivies have crept over the old edifice,
forming an impenetrable green mat, through
which not square foot of brick is visible
except in q little circle about the iron ball.
In the luXuriant ivy thousand English
sparrows nest and fill the neighborh0od's
ears with their shrill chatter. The cannon
ball is handy thing for them to sit on.
Not less than half dozen cling like bees to
1t in the warm sunshine constantly.
So thrifty is the ivy it is hard to restrain
it from encroaching on the space about the
cannon ball, but the sexton is thrifty, too
he knows the money value of the relic to
him, for many people visit the church to
learn its history. The sections little black
eyed daughter leads the way into the cool,
dusky, lOw-ceiled sanctuary. High-backed
and narrow are the uDpretentl0us seats,
and there are many pluDging and cramped
little gallery lofts. The sections daughter
has two Rotations Tor the sanctuary. She
halts before one of the pews that TANKS a
side of the altar.
"This is the pew Robert E. Lee occupied
when he was III Norfolk for few MONTHS"
she says. SIT is pew No. Il"
There is curious tenderness Of tone in
the way they pronounce the name of Gen
eral Lee, as if it might be the name of a
sweetheart No Virginian says General
Lee as n Northerner calls Grant General
Grant, but always says Robert E. Lee. To
Virginia children Robert Z. Lee evidently
is what Abraham Lincoln is to Northern
children. In another part of the church is
a queer old-fashioned chair in which no one
sits.
This is the chair" says the child guide,
in an old recitation tone, sin which John
Hancock sat when he signed the Declaration
Of Independence. II is the property Of the
parish"
1t is a common old-fashioned armless
chair of hardwood frame, with stuffed seat
and covered with a fading crimson cloth
like pluSh.-N. Y. Sun.
The morning call., 1890-07-22
EFFECT OF THE SILVER LAW.

The New York Commercial Bulletin re-
marks that securities do not respond to the
rise in silver bullion. If silver rises in
market value it will realize the expectations
of the advocates Of the Silver Bill. All Sc
curities payable in gold, if they do not be-
come payable in silver, will be subject to
the condition Of a market in which the
value of commodities is measured by the
aggregate of the money of two metals in
stead of by the money of one. Securities
payable in gold will not rise in market
value in consequence of this addition to the
volume Of metallic money in the country.
In fact, one of the objects expected OF the
Silver Bill was to put stop to the rise in
securities payable in gold. The farmer who
has a 5000 mortgage on $4,000 farm has
complained that the maintenance of the
gold standard has caused the money value
Of the mortgage to appreciate III value
while the farm itself deprecated in value.
The restoration of silver 10 its use as
money viii tend to check the rise of secur-
tiles ana to improve the value Of real
prOnpTfV
The morning call., 1890-07-22
5IANACLEs ON AMERICAN COM
MERGE.

a free-trade contemporary says: "Con-
gress will have to strike the manacles from
American commerce before our flag can
hold the position it held in the days of
freedom" Our free-trade contemporary
evidently confounds foreign commerce with
the ocean carrying trade. The two industries
have but a remote relation to each other.
A nation may do a good deal of carrying
and yet have little commerce OF its own, or it
may have large commerce and do little car
rying. The foreign commerce of the United
States is large in comparison with its ocean
carrying. That trade being done on free
trade principles, has passed into the hands
of nations that could do it at the lowest
cost. The ocean carrying trade is large in
comparison even with England's large for
eign commerce. England has done ocean
carrying not only for itself but other ma
tons. Several reasons combined to give
England more than natural share in the
ocean carrying trade. The subsidy bills
the Senate has passed are designed to afford
the protection to the ocean carrying trade
we afford other industries. 1t is expected
that with this protection we will do much
of the ocean carrying trade England has
done for us,
The morning call., 1890-07-22
WHAT THE DEMOCRATS WILL DO.

The Portland Oregonidn says that ''the
next House will be controlled by the Demo-
Gratis, and when they feel the responsibility
Of control they will not all vote for silver
monometallsm." We do not coneede the
next House TO the Democrats, but agree with
our Portland friend that the Democrats in
control would not pass free coinage bill.
There is more danger that they would repeal
the law just enacted. The Democrats in
the present Congress made little show
Tor free coinage for effect. They thought
that II the free coinage bill passed the
PRESIDENT would veto it and thus give them
an issue with which to 60 before the people
IN the coming Congressional elections. A
Democratic platform with a free coinage
plank in it and either Cleveland or Hill
standing Oh it would be little too ridicu-
Inns
The morning call., 1890-07-22

SOMETHING IN A NAME.

The Board of Supervisors have decided
officially that there is something in a name.
When representative of that portion of
the Democratic party which does not wor-
ship at the Buckley shrine appeared before
the board and asked permission to extend
banner. bearing the words Regular Demo-
cratic Committee, across Market street, he
was informed, that his party would have to
change its name as condition Of obtaining
such permission. Probably if the designa-
ton of the Irregular Democratic party
The morning call., 1890-07-22
Chamber of Commerce.

There will be special meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce at 3 o'clock this
afternoon, at which the following subjects
will be considered:
The building of the sea-wall to Van Ness
aYente
A memorial to Congress advocating the pas
tie Farquhar Bill ia. K. Bill No. 1861 for the
encouragement of American shipping in the
foreign trade.
Request of The Chamber OF Commerce OF Port
Townsend for aid in obtaining an appropriation
for the Government telegraph connecting Cape
FlatleIy with lie United States Custom-h0use at
Port Townsend.
The improvement Of the Sacramento RIVER
The morning call., 1890-07-22
THE MUDFISH.
a Queer Denizen of Certain African


a Queer DeniZen of Certain African
Rivers.
Africa is the home of many extraordinary
animals, but there is no more remarkable
creature than the mudfish, which inhabits
certain Of the rivers of Western Africa
and, as its name implies, it turks at the
muddy bottoms Of these rivers. At pres
ent, however, it Is not necessary to so to
Africa to see this fish, as it can be seen by
any one who has the time in the reptile
house at the Geological Gardens. At first
sight there is, perhaps, nothing especially
striking about this animal; 1T looks very
much like an ordinary fish, except for its
curious, long, slender FMS.
A visitor who knew nothing about the
creature would probably go away with the
impression that he had seen nothing out of
the common. When the fishes arrived each
one was encased in a ball of dried mud,
lined with mucuS from its body aud perfor-
ated by a small aperture to admit of
breathing. This Cocoon" as it is some
times called, on account of its analogy to
the earthern case fabricated by many cater
pillars in which to undergo their metamor-
phoses, on being placed in warmish water
was dissolved and the fish liberated. The
habit which the mudtish has of making an
eaTtheD chamber Of the mud at the bottom
of the river is a most wonderful provision
VI HdIult lOI lHt tAiStDClto VI tiit CilIHdtt'
The rivers which the fish iuhabit are liable
to periodical drOughts. When such 4
drought is imminent the fish retires TO deep
water and eXcavates q pit, in which it lies,
covering itself over with a thick layer of
mud. 1t can suffer with immunity the COM
plete drying up of the river. But the most
interesting fact about the creature is that
during the time of its voluntary imprlsOn-
ment it breatheS air directly through an
aperture left in the cocoon, by means of
lungs, just like land animal. When the
returning rains dissolve the mud and lber-
ates the fish it breathes by means of gillS,
just like any other fish.-Leisure HnurS-
The morning call., 1890-07-22

Henry Smith and Jack McAuliffe, ar
rested last week for robbing an elderly
Frenchman named Pierre Labaeutte on
Pacific street, between Kearny street and
the water front, were held yesterday by
Police Judge LAWYER for tria! in the Supe-
rior Court in bonds of $4,000 each for rob-
berry. McAuliffe is brother of Joe Nc
Aulitfe, the pugiliSt.
The morning call., 1890-07-22
EIectric Light Directors.

The California Electric Light Company
held its annual meeting yesterday. The
followng-named gentlemen, comprising the
old Board of Directors, were elected for the
ensuing year: p. b. Cornwall, Alvinza
Hayward. Gustav Sutro, George Ii. Roe.
John II. Spring, William Kerr and Ramon
L. Wilson. p b. Cornwall was elected
President, George IL. Roe Secretary, and
the Bank of California Treasurer.
The morning call., 1890-07-22

While gang of drunkards were being es-
eorted from the City Prison to Police Court 8
in the upper floor of the old City Hall yester-
day, one Of them named Allen Wright made
a leap over the baustIade, but was caught
in time by Bailiff Wallace. The prisoner
was suffering from the effects OF his pro-
tracted carousal and was scarcely respor-
sible at the time. He would have fallen
about 80 feet upon a brlck-pa area had
not Officer Wallace caught him.
The morning call., 1890-07-22

SIeSAL SERVICE. L. s. ARsfY,1
DIVISION OF THE PACIFIC.
San FKANCIsC0, Jolly p, 1890
p H.-Iacife time.
Synopsis far the Past Tygenty-four Hours.
Tie barometer is highest on the northwest coast
OF California and Oregon ana lowest in South
eastern California; the temperature has generally
risen except slight fall the coast from Eureka
t. Fort Ciuby; the weather has been fair in all
districts except light rains at Keeler, Cal.
Forecast Till p. NJ, Tuesday.
FoT Northern California Fair weather, variable
winds; nearly stationary temperature
For Southern CaIiornis-Far weather. westerly
winds; stationary temperature, except cooler at
l~IIga.
Tor oregon TAR weather; northerly winds;
cooler u tie western portion; stationary tempera-
t.re III the eastern portion.
Tor NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. weather: north to west
wiads: cooler in the western portion, except sta
tiouary temperature at Fort Candy and stationary
temperature III the eastern p0rtloG
JOHN P. FINLEY
Lieutenant Signal Corps gin CHARGE.
The morning call., 1890-07-22

maps fixed up with North and South Dakota be-
fore the Brazil revolution knocked South
| America endwise, and now wyoming and Idaho
| over every six months, and the latest and most
serious change of all is in this German English
| arrangement to knock out Heligoland from the
a. IA natNtra
The morning call., 1890-07-22

should be adopted by the anti-Buckley
Democrats they might get permission to
stretch their banner across the street. 1t is
clear that Mr.. Buckley proposes to lead the
regular Democracy through the coming
camDaipn
The morning call., 1890-07-22
IRE CALLS CALENDAR.
JULY, 1890.
notice.!

Any of our patrons who fail to find
THE MORNING CALL for sale by
train-boys will confer favor by mott
flying this Office of the fact, naming the
date and train,
The morning call., 1890-07-22

Henry Brewer, proprietor of the Central
clearinghouse. 5 Market street, left home
ON the 1st inst. and has not been heard
from since by his friends. who notified the
police Yesterday of his disappearance.
Frank Skiffinger, a carpenter, % years of
age, has been missing from his home, 1928
Folsom street, tor three weeks. No reason
can be assigned for his sudden and strange
diSaDnGarancn.
The morning call., 1890-07-22

The pr0perty-owners of Alta Plaza met
yesterday in the real estate office of Tevis
& Fisher, and discussed with Superintend-
ent of Streets Ashworth plan for the i'm
prOyement of the plaza. Superintendent
Ashworth said he was of the opinion that
the Supervisors would adopt proper sug-
gcstions by the property-owuers regarding
the work a committee, consisting of Myer
Ehrmann, Albert Gallatin, A. n. Drown,
James NJ. Wood and Z. j. de Pue, was APP
pointed TO prepare plan for the proposed
Improvement.
The morning call., 1890-07-22
REPRESENTATIONS EATEs =:

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NAL. postpaid: 10 cents per week or 65 cents per
calendar month through carriers. DAILY CALL five
copies three months So % SUNDAY CALL twelve
Iasesl, 81 80 per year, postpaid. SUNDAY CALL
and WEEKLY CALL 50 so per year postpaid
WEEKLY CALL eight pages, 81 % per year. post
Laid. Clubs Of ten (sent to one address,, $40
The morning call., 1890-07-22

An inquest in the case of Captain j. 81.
Douglass, late Superintendent of the Oceanic
Steamship Company's Dock, who died from
the result of injuries sustained in an acct
dent on East street, was held yesterday at
the Morgue. The jury found that he came
to his death by being thrown from his
buggy in a collision with team of horses
of the Sutter-street car companY.
The morning call., 1890-07-22
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Wanted in Vallain

William Anthony, young man about 20
years of age, was arrested on the water
front yesterday by Officer Eagan on war
rant from the Sheriff of Solano County.
Anthony is wanted in Vallejo on the charge
of grand larceny.
The morning call., 1890-07-22

s25 Montgomery street, near Clay, open until IL
oTclock p n BRANCH OFFICES: 10 Market
street near Kearny open until u O'Clock midnight;
sac HAYES street, open until $3.50 O'Clock; 6eS
Ia1km street, open until $3.50 olock, and 251S
Mission street opeu until O'Clock p. N.
The morning call., 1890-07-22
Br a Drunken Man.

James Crombugghe. boy Of 10 years Of
age, was treated yesterday at the Receiv-
Hospital for fracture of the right thigh.
While standing Oh the sidewalk of New
Montgomery street he was jostled off by
drunken man and fell upon the curb.
sustaining serious fracture.
The morning call., 1890-07-22

Passengers en- route East can secure accom-.
modations with the l. o. Q. F. tourist excursion.
leaving the 29th inst. OF take ADVANTAGE of tbe
q. A. Il. round-trip rate to Boston, Sll0 SO (frst
class. good for sixty days, on July a sr IN
August 9th. Choice OF routes VIII be given both
east aud west of Chicago. Remember the Union
PAcihc daily tourist cars 60 forward on the Fast
Limited Mali, making the time to Chicago in
days. For rates, sleeping car reservations and
general Information Call or address W. H. Huri-
burt, Assistant General Passenger Agent, i
Montgomery street.
The morning call., 1890-07-22
SPECIAL NOTICE FOR THE SUMMER

Subscribers who intend going to the country dur
fl The summer months can have THE DAILY CALL
mailed to them fer a week longer at regular sub
siptiou rates l5c per week. Give order to carrier
q send to business once
The morning call., 1890-07-22

The ice trust has had soft thing for many
years in this city and II VIII be hard for them to
lose it, but people will have the best ana are now
getting their ice from the Distilled Water ice
Company, 420 Eighth street.
The morning call., 1890-07-22

ScRoFULA, boiis, pimples, hives and other humors
liable to manifest themselves at this season.
Hoods Sarsaparilla expels all humors from the
blood and yitalizes and enriches it.