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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03

plainly bailoon-bUt their balloon and
attachments are so very ingenious that
scientific men say their plan appears FEAST
bile, and much may be discovered, even
though they do not reach the desired goal.
The projectors are " Besancon, aero
naut, and Gustav Hewrste, astronomer,
both active members CT the French school
of aerial navigation Professor SLIDER
mann in 1870 and Professor Sivcl in 1874
presented elaborate cslcTiRt3Ons showing
that it was theoretically possible to reach
the pole by balloon, bat the TH-esent pro-
jectors have adopted plans different from
shose Of either.
Their balloon is to be perfect sphere
with a diameter Of nearly 100 feet, and
containing about 10000 cubic yards, and
this is 10 be inflated with pure hydrogen
gas, which viii Insure a lifting power of
l6, 500 Kilograms (about &c, 900 pounds. The
material is two thicknesses of the finest Chi
nese sill, vanished with a new preparation
of their own invention, which VIII, they
think, render it absolutely safe. So far
the design is old, but they will have a
smaller balloon inside Of the large one,
cigar shaped in its ordinary form, but with
flexible sides; and 10 Gil this they will have
a small generator in the car below, and
with it 2n automatic arrangement register
ing every variation in the force of the gas.
AS this smaller interior balloon can be eX-
banded and contracted at viii, they expect
by it TO correct all the deyiations of the
larger globe.
The deviations are calculated upon the
established facts that for each rise of 9, 500
feet or thereabout the rarity of the air in
creases sufficiently TO nullify one-tenth of
the lifting power of the gas, and many
minor variations must be expected from
changes OF temperature. In addition
twenty little globes, or b8lloouettes, will be
attached TO the rim Of the car, which can
be filed at will. The car is to he wonder
fully complete structure, capable of &C
commodGting i've men and eight dogs,
with provisions for "a month, and water
casks, which are to be prevented from
freezing by chemical coating. To it are to
be attached n sled, boat, guide rope and
other necessary articles, and in it are to be
Photographic and other scientific appar-
Htus.
These particulars indicate the plan. Ar
rived on the southern border of one OF
those great ice cliffs. or breaks in the ice
showing open waIer. which no explorers
have been able TO pass, they will form
camp and set their balloon in order. Sc
cured by the guide rope, they viii ascend
say 5000 feet, and remain till they have
thoroughly surveyed and plotted all the
area within sight. i practicable route
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03
NOT CONSuMMATEO.
A Tale from Arkansaw of True bu
Tfunfd Lava

Tale from Arkansaw of True but
Timid Love.
During several seasons young Parks had
BEN a constant visitor at the house of
Abemleich Morrison. Sunday after Sun
day the young fellow would come, and
after sitting nearly all day stealing glances
a5 Sookey, old Abenleich's daughter, he
would 20 home. he was so bashful that
when the time came for his departure he
would glide out the door, jump over the
fence and run like a jack rabbit. Last
Sunday he took his place as usual.
SAM" said old Abemleich, "whut's
your daddy doin'?"
Maxim Nv a steer yoke, uh, huh, huh"
'Whut's Lige doin'?"
Amt doin' nothin'. Dun gone to meet
in with gal, uh, huh, huh"
''Whut's your mother doin'?'
Got sorter behind on her quilt an is
cardin' Nv her bats today"
made your plant bed yit?"
"We've made one Nv them, but we amt
made the big one whut we lowed to
make"
SAM"
eyes, sar."
whats the usen actin SIGH blame
fool. You love SooL:"
NO, 1 don't, uh, huh, huh"
"Yes, you do"
81 don't nuther"
eyes. you do, an you wenter marry
her."
II don't now, no such NV thing, uh,
huh, huh"
Eyes, you do"
would you give her to me eff wus ter
wanter marry herr"
eyes, you may have her Come here,
Sock" calling the girl.
What do you want, dad?" she said, en-
tering the room.
Hold on, Sam, come back, you blamed
fOolr'
Sam bad jumped over the fence and was
running like a jack rabbit. Old Abemleich
says that the marriage may take place as
soon as Sam ken be hemmed up an fott b
to the house. '-Arkensaw Traveller.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03
EXTERIoE or THE az.

over the ice clils may be discovered. or
they may iiud that the open wGteris narrow;
in either case they viii cross 70 the north
with sled or boat, and proceed rs before. II
not they will try st some other point until,
If necessary, they have surveyed and map
ped cut aA the northern edge OF the attain
able region.
But tAey are confident no insupersble
cliffs or open water Wal be found. On the
contrary, they have demonstrated TO their
own satisfaction last where OCEAN and.
wind Will suit them and have published a
map of their inteRded route. They will
reach tho asztAera point Of Soitzbsrgen in
July, proceed pheIce strEight nerth 10 the
pole, and ksspiRg exactly straight on ICON
sequently gSiBg south trssn the pcle) they
viii arrive on the inhabited coast Of Alas
ka, or the opposite coast of ASa-in few
days. 1t is to be hoped ehey may. And
really IL the wind Is favorable their esti-
mate Of ton days at the fsrthest is not I'M
reasonable, for frorz the hast early attain
able point on the one side 10 the first on
the other is but LOO miles or so: but cou--
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03

! ing from TIE most northern points reacne,.
the interval is much less.
The unknown north seems to possess
terrible fascination for many minds, and
the records made by daring men in trying
to explore il are enough 10 give the ordinary
reader a chill. 1t is certain that Norwegians
and Icelanders sailed far up the west coast
of Greenland over $50 years ago and soon
had fourisning colonies there and in Spitz-
bergen. In 1890 the Zeno brothers, Vene-
tians. went north of the most northern Ice
landic settlements, and in 1897 John and
Sebastian Cabot got 2s .ar north as 81 degs.
before deciding that they could not sail
around America by that way. The idea of
northwest passage TO Asia was then
taken up and pursued with great ardor for
over three centuries. Expedition after ex-
petition failed, crew after crew persisted,
but new men were always found eager to
make the attempt.
In 1853 Sir Hugh Willoughby sailed for
Nova Zembla, but ne and ali his men were
lost. Ia 16Sj-S1 Davis explored the strait
that bears his name. Next Hendrix Hud-
son beat all previous records by sailing up
TO latitude so deSs., but on q subsequent
expedition was lost All the inlets of
Hudson's bay were searched by English
men, who insisted that it had an opening
to the Pacific, and the Russians struggled
as desperately from the west, but all failed
and many persisted. In ls2O-23 Won
Wrangell made his celebrated sledge ex-
petition and reported 'an open polar sea-"
This set all the explorers on a new tack
AS late as 1743 the British parliament
offered a reward of $50 coo to any one who
should discover passage westward from
Hudson bay.
After a dozen expeditions had failed
Capt. Parry and Sir John Franklin took
up the work of searching for the northwest
passage From 1918 to l648 they and their
numerous associates were the heroes of
Arctic exploration, and Sir John and all
his men became its martyrs Capt. Parry
invented the beat sle3ge, with which he
reached s. dogs. IS min, the most north
ern latitude attained by white men before
1888. Wintering on Melville island, he es-
tablished theatre and newspaper to
amuse his crews. The pathetic story of
Sir John Franklin and the many search
expeditions on his account are familiar to
the public.
Private and public expeditions of every
kind multiplied till the whole northern
coast of America was explored, and still
new and more eager projectors came for
ward to seek the north pole. On May IS,
1861, DR.. Isaac ]. Hayes and one compan-
ion, Herr Knorr, reached a point of land in
latitude 81 deCs. 81 min. and longitude 20
dogs. 80 MIN, but could go no farther, as
the rotten ice and water would support
neither boat nor sledges. Yet DR.. Hayes |
insists that he saw stretching far away the !
open polar sea, and in it mountain. ''the |
most northern known land on the globe"
Many other expeditions got nearly az far |
north. and finally Capt. Charles Francis |
Hall, of the American Arctic expedition" /
on Aug. q, 1871, reached latitude 81 dogs. |
16 min.
The Greeley expedition was the last to
excite general interest, and in at least one |
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03

D. A. GREEvER-CUARLES CLIFFORD.
jury save from shock. 1t is almost super
huous to add that Miss McMullen is now a
prisoner charged with murder.
Equally tragic is the case reported from
Kansas City. David A Greever was
wealthy and well known stockman of that
place who had figured Of late in various
sensational proceedings, chief among
which was a divorce suit instituted by his
wife.
One afternoon recently he went to the
Hotel Andrews and entered the apart
ments occupied b. Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Clifford. Mrs. Clifford was alone at the
time, and, rs she declares, received insult
ing propositions from her visitor. While
the two were engaged in excited converse
ton Mr. Clifford entered and attacked
Greever. The latter ran into the hall, fol-
lowed by the irate husband, who fired
three shots at the fleeing stockman, all of
which reached their mark, and from whose
effects Mr.. Greever soon afterward died.
The Cliffords have been held by a coro-
ner's jury on a charge OF murder, and it
will remain for a trial to decide whether
the killing was inspired by jealous wrath
or was the elimination Of futile attempt
at blacBmaiL. Mrs. Chfford's story of the
tragic affair, as told b. her to a reporter
for one OF the Kansas City papers, has
some dramatic touches about it. She
claims that while sitting by the window
reading there was knock st the door and
she said Come in" Mr.. Greever. to whom
she bad been introduced by Mrs. Ball, the
landlady, and whom she had met several
times at the table, entered, and throwing
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03

81 did SO. We talked for a few minutes,
and then started 10 20 away. When she
insisted upon my staying l said, No; my
time is up, and | must CO. just then
Clifford stepped into the open window, re-
volver in hand, and said, You -
-, throw up your handsr said, No, l
won't throw up my hands Clifford then
fired the shot which struck me in the back,
and fired four other shots l think the
whole thing was a blackmailing scheme
planned by man named Charles Fagin
and another named Smith. can account
for it in no other way except that they
wished to get money out Of me-"
1t now remains, rs said before. for the
courts to decide whether Cliiford's muir
derous act was that Of an insanely jealous
husband Or of baifled b!ackmailer
y suit for divorce, apparently the result
of mutual distrust and lack of domestic
harmony, is now pending in Nsw York
city. The plaintiff is Mrs Henrietta
BrinckerhOff, who seeks her freedom on
statutory grounds. Her husband. Daniel
d. BrincIerhoif. has recently filed an an
swer to his viie's sworn charges, in which
he accuses her of the most shocking mis-
conduct. IL half the allegations advanced
by either party to the suit are proven when
the case comes TO trial the affair will OBJ
tain permanent fame in the records OF
legal scandals
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03

Lovers stationery" has been intro
duced among romantic circles in the
United States. The paper is Of delicate
pink, and the watcrmark consists of two
hearts pierced byan arrow. At the bottom
of the last page is a round blot about the
size Of a quarter-the kissing spot-where
the writer presses his or her lips and sends
a loving salute TO the receiver. who is
bound TO kiss the same spot. a thin coat
of aromatic gum covers the place devoted
to OSCILLATION.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03
rs hat and 1850 on tne lcun-.. stenned

MS nat anC oNcrcOSt OF tAe lounge, stepped
up close to her.
why, Ar. Greever," she exclaimed,
whom 10 you wish to see. Mr.. Clifford or
me-"
Il want 70 see you. and alone" she says
be replied, AID a55od. i've been waiting
to see you for some time"
GO away" SIZE told him, for my hus-
band may come in .ay minute"
q don't care for your husband be re-
Piled; Il an as big as You and him put to
gether.n
Suddenly there WIS footStep in the hall
outside and hand tried the door knob.
%rs. Clifford believed IL was her 4-year-
old bcv. and was not UuGeceive1 tiiI
size heard a step on the bsicouy outside the
open window, and the next instant h-T
husband leE2e,i into sEs rsson.
WHY. she SAYS h exclaimed, is this
the wny yoa treat me when AN away
Eclie, who's That mani
Dent accuse me, Charley. before you
hear r. aii she answered. This man
came into nE roon a2d locked IAe door "
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03
Ought to he Used 20 II.

lie had just kissed her for the tirst time
According 70 the census they had already
taken OF each others love they had NUT
ually broken ground in that respect for
the first time
See how Eido closed his eyes when
kissed sou. darlingf"
Yes, I've noticed hirn doing Il before. I
thought, however. by this time he'd be
used 70 1t. '-Pb!l2de!p;lia Tines
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muted his sentence to Imprisonment for
life
As often happens in the case of brutal
men, though ever SO rugged, as soon rs he
was imprisoned Blythe began to decline
in strength, and within few weeks after
communication he was an incursble con-
sumptive. Within less than four months
trom the day set for his hanging his atten-
mated corpse was delivered TO the medical
men, as his wife in Richmond, Ky, was
not able to have it shipped
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03

attention, for Jack" was noted travelled,
and had interested many. His owner was
Mr.. T. G. Moore. 4 stationmaster at Lewes,
England. and after the dog had taken a
few trips on the rail he became passionate
" fond of it, and would travel far, always
returning 70 his master, however. All the
railroad men knew him and gave him free
passage, and Lady Brassey was so interest
ed in him that she introduced him to this
Prince and Princess Of Wales and other
notabilities. He possessed three ''presen-
tation" collars and a silver medal, and was
a universal favorite with railroaders.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03

VI every evil JlOuS5BO VI JllilS IudO ever
brought anguish to the brain of a wronged
or overcredulous human being.
.Iealousyi
Sometimes it eliminates in murder;
sometimes in scandalous litigation. Often
it is causeless, but in the larger number of
instances it is based upon the shameful
foundation of detected wrongdoing.
The strangest and most shocking case
of jealousy that has come to public notice
in recent days is that of Sarah Ann Nc
Mullen, girl Il years of age, residing at
Akron, n. Y. 1t seems that this young
woman, whose occupation was that of a
domestic servant, had conceived a wild,
unreasOning and unreciprocated passion
for her employer, man Of the name of
Corners. This passion took the active and
insane form of jealousy Of Mrs. Corners,
and to show her hatred of her unoffending
mistress the McMullen girl one day not
long ago beguiled to a trestIe bridge Mrs.
Corners daughter Ella, aged II, and her
little playmate, Della Brown, aged g.
1t is not known that she had any grudge
against the Brown girl, who seems to have
been the chance victim Of a crazy woman'S
freak, but be that as it may, Miss McMul-
len, after cnticing the children to the CEN
trail part of the trestle, threw them to the
bed of the creek, seventy feet below. She
then returned to the village babe good-by
to her friends and going to another bridge
jumped off with suicidal intent. Her con-
tact with cold water evidently brought her
to her senses.
At any rate, she called for help and was
rescued unframed. The Corners girl was
killed by her terrible fall. but. remarkable
to relate, the Brown child received no in
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03

1t is said that wood pulp not only pro-
duces good printing paper, but also high
class OF writing paper, and other superior
kinds Of paper can be manufactured from
II without the addition of rags. The wood
from which it is made is the usual white
wood from Sweden aud Norway or Finland.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03

New York is n good plsce-for ore who
has speciality. let HIN be master of some
one thing, even though il be the violin or
banJe, and there is place for him. Bat
ne must be thoroughly the master of IL.
For mediocrity in all lines New York Is the
best place in America o stay away from
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03

ktb AhC dtAalaN VI
the shocking muir
der of DR.. A. T..
Jones, of Cincin-
natl, when inter
est is revived by
the death of his
murderer, the col
ored man. Charles
Blythe. He was,
Us will be remem-
bere d, sentenced
TO be hanged on
the Goth of last
July, but Govern
~ Nn.,,nkNa11 49,,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03

TWO DARING MEN.
They Will Use a Balloon to
Reach the Pole.
PLAN OF FRENCH SCI gNTISTS.

An Arctjb Expedition from WI ich Great
Results Are EKPected-The Air Ship
Which Ie to Solve the Problem of the
Ages-F reviOus Disasters.
lCopy7ight by American Press Assoc iation.l
What is at the north pole-land ID, ice or
open water? To sofSe this probe u many
Starring men have lost their lives, nd now
two ingenious Frcnchmen propos to try
the solution by a new process. Tn ey have
secured the money. perfected thej plans
and set the laburers to work on The ma
chinery, and now announce that they will
start for the pole early in May. 1892.
In strictness of language their plan is
not new. but is a new application of an old
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03
High Art in the kitchen.

The genius Of fashion is evidently pene-
trating into the culinary regions. An Ip
town domestic recently informed her mis-
tress of a new wrinkle in her department.
She had been reminded that the range
needed polishing, and the reminder was
the cause of her saying:
Did you know, Mrs. Blank, that it isn't
fashionable now to polish stoves? The
correct style is TO smear on the polish and
!eave a dull BLACK. Highly polished stoves
are now considered quite lacking in re
fined taste. Sun and Voice.
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OF Course.

Indignant Maidcn--What did you mean,
sir, by trying to kiss mes
Commercial Youth twho was going to
pop)-Business. " is customary 10 sample
goods before bidding on them.-Life.
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4 Much Travelled Dog.

Railway Jack" was only a dog Yet
his death the other day at the good old
age-for a dog-of 10 years excited much
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03
Released by Death.

The public has scarcely had time to for
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03

rsiooUaisrso WITH TIE oEoosspsY o. re coUsrsV vHi
OBTAIN MUCH IMPORTATION FRos sTUpp % r,as sAp 90 ~.
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In strctneSS OF language Jheu plan IS
not new, but is a new application of an old
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