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Wichita eagle., 1890-02-07

less and untlrlng. The gulis particular
ly, with their hong, swift wings, realize
the highest powers Of endurance and fly
with ease against the severest storms.
Some say that these birds never visit the
earth except to deposit their eggs; other
wise they live constantly between the sea
and the sky. In fine weather they fly
high in the air, descending with great
rapidity to seize the fishes on the surface
of the water.
The symmetry and strength Of the
cuils are remarkable, showing how ma
ture has adapted them in every particu-
lar for the purpose of long fight. Their
pectoral or breast muscles are one sohd
mass of firm, hard muscle, and their
bones are hollow, having no marrow IN
them. Sleep is not necessary to them,
or, rather, they rest upon their wings
and allow themselves to be Graded by
the breezes, whose violence neither wor-
ries nor frightens them. On the other
hand, they seem 10 feel fierce delight
in the fury of the storm, which, con-
vulsing the waves, brings up the dead
fishes and moliusks.
Sailors are very fond of playing of a
joke upon the gulls which are always
lowering about the ships. They talse
three or four pieces of sail twine about
six feet in length. these are tied together
in the middle, and to the end Of each a
small piece of blubber or fat Is attached
tightly and then thrown into the sea- A
gull comes along and swallows one
piece; another then sees there Is plenty
to spare and swallows the next; perhaps
third bird takes possession OF another,
bat as they are all attached to the sal
yarns, whenever they try to fly away
one or the other is compelled to disgorge
his share, and this is continued 10 the
tantaIiMng suspense of the poor guiif
and the great fun of the passengers and
sailors.-Ocean.
Wichita eagle., 1890-02-07
THE COURTS.
DISTRICT COURT.

c.. r. Miller VS. John B. Otta ct al: iudg-
ment for plaintiff for 81, Sol. Bissautz and
Mathews VS. f. E. kellogg ct al, Judgment
for plaintiff for 1853 40, and on cross-peti-
tion in favor of Thomas Peters for sl4S- SO.
and in favor Leo Watt for S9l 81; also w.
H. Rand for $50 80; also 4. Bail for Sl06. %;
also for Bennett & Bennett for sSs4 o9;
also Smedley Darlingtnn for S203.50: All
VS. same defendants. Josephine Sanford
VS. Charles Sanford: divorce granted
plaintiff as prayed for. James Goodyear
enters suit against his wife, Sarah, pray
ing for divorce on the grounds of aban-
donment and utter refusal to return 80 his
bed and board.
Attorneys are notified that there will oe
a re-assignment of the docket on Saturday
the Sth. in the district court. A full at
tendance of the bar is necessary.
PROBATE COURT.
The application for appointment of a
guardian of estate of True q. johnson,
a minor, filed. One marriage license was
issued yesterday to an antiquated couple.
COMMON PLEAS.
George W. Bartholomew VS.. the River
side Land company. Judgment set aside
and case continued until next term ol
court. Several other cases were continued
| for cause and one dismissed at cost Of
plaintiff.
JUSTICE COURTS.
Fred Edick, charged with an assault Oh
one ]. Moore, pleaded guilty before Jus.
tice keenan, and was fined 81 and costs
S. r. Sears. charged with passing forged
checks before Justice Mosley, was given 6
preliminary hearing and bound over; bono
fixed at 81, 500.
POLICE COURT.
! VIM. Barker, drunk, was run in las
night, and number of licenses collected
Several whisky vags from the preceding
day had their cases continued. Last nigh
was good night for sleepers, and th'
calaboose accommodated about ten or |
dozen who were homeless and friendless.
Wichita eagle., 1890-02-07
MRS, RACHAEL EATON DEAD.

Mrs. Rachael Eaton, wife Of Mr.. George
L. Eaton, died last night at 10:4O. at the
residence of Mr.. John Ratliff, SIT South
Market street. For three weeks she was
quite i'll and was moved to the city from
her home ten miles north for treatment.
The husband, two daughters and son, w.
A. Eaton, of Kingman, were at her death
bed.
The deceased was 62 years old, of In
diana birth and lived many years in Cass
county, Illinois, moving from there with
her husband six years ago to farm ten
miles north For fifty years she was a
member OF the Christian church.
The arrangements for the funeral had
not been completed at an early this morn
ing but it is thought the remains will be
buried tomorrow on the home place. 1t is
thought it will be impossible for the
daughter living in Scott county, Kan, and
another in Virginia, H., to be present at
the funeral services.
Wichita eagle., 1890-02-07
LIST OF NAMES WANTED.

The immigration Bureau is anxious to
get as many names as possible of people
living in eastern states to enable the as
sociation to send advertising matter to
them. At present about ten thousand
names have been sent to the secretary and
it is desired that each county organization
make up list and send the secretary.
Equal consideration will be given all and
the advertising matter sent out in abun-
dance. The bureau hopes by this means
to have many hundred thousand names
within a few weeks and full line of ad-
vertising matter prepared by the state
bureau will be sent each person. The adj
vertising prepared by the state association
will be for the interest of Kansas A pam
phlet having something in it from each
county will also be included and sent out.
The bureau will also handle advertising
matter for any county as prepared by that
county and to whatever states it is desired
m Sand it
Wichita eagle., 1890-02-07
THE sEE-sAW RATE.
Railroad Man Thinks Temporary Relief VIII
be Given on Grain Rates Before An Extra
Session Forces 1t : The


railroad man who spends his time
with long and short hauls, said yesterday
that his information from headquarters
were that the temporary relief asked by the
farmers alliance by way OF reduced rate
on grain would be given. He believed
that the demand was becoming so strong
that the railroad arrangements would
concede that it would be good thing to
conform to the wishes of the people in
general. The demand is being made as
expressed, not only by the farmers, but
the people in the towns and cities make
lively seconds to the motion. As urgent
appeals are coming from this source as
from any other, and is explained by the
fact that business IN the towns
and cities is good simultaneous
" with that of the country; that
the two 60 together, and what is good for
the farmers is good for the towns and
cities. and the reduction Of freight on mer-
chaudfse is also reduction of cost to con-
sumers: the rule working both ways He
thought the freight associations would
make the arrangement, in his Judgment.
without any call for an extra session OF
the legislature, and might be glad to do it
az they might afford the amount of relief
desired, or what would satisfy the people,
while legislature. fresh from bowling
constituency, might mark down lower
than what would really satisfy the people.
In his Judgment the railroads would
try and head off an extra session
| for this purpose but the session might be
called to consider other matters and the
freight rate question would In all prob
ability be included in the call
! The restoration of rate on grain to Gal
weston; or in the language of railroad
man the rate after the 18th inst will not be
demoralized and in the language of the
farmer after the 18th inst the rate will be
demoralized, has created somewhat of a
stir among the farmers. In their judg-
meut the decentralization commenced again
or is resumed on the 18th inst on the date
they commence to pay more for shipping
| grain south.
Wichita eagle., 1890-02-07
Adultrrxled Cans3ies.

The Board of Trade Journal Of Port
land, Me-, is authority for the statement
that about 6, 900 tons of terra alba were
recently imported through the port Of
New York alone. The only use for terra
alba in any quantity is N the adulteration
OF candies. and when these two facts are
put together they become very ssgnrb-
cant. The substance ia mineral, utterly
insolub,e in the saliva orthe gastric Jsircs
and the result OF eating candies aduiser-
ated Cannot be otherwise than excessively
injurious. The der2fshness of the use Of
such stuff in candies il. all the grratrT
for the fact that most Of the'caudies tia;
are aduf.erafed with IT are -zsed by chii
drer OF tender years. Theexteut to which
it exists in certain candies may BE- sur
missed by an incident which occurFed
within the experience Of the editor o!
The Nationzl Druggist.
A Wholesale grocery horss of ST
Louis made a claim againss the South
Shore line for damages done certain
lot Of lozenges mseufactured by Boz
ton houre and shippci IN barrels ever
that line. The general agent Of tho line
procured some Of the ''iozsnges and
brocgh. them TO the writer for sxar1sna-
ton. The result CT cur in~est1gatson
showed them 20 consist entirely Of terra
alba bound together with httte gsaztine
or gum I'VE have forgotten vnschl
Further investigation Developed the fscs
tiEaa they were simply blocks or forms
TO be used in preparing cheap iozenges,
the method OF use beng sirzp,y TO ,zn-
rnerse them for few momentum syrups
asTored with peppermint, winteryreen,
etc. The agent, armed With these fscts,
refused 20 pay any damages ard tns
concern, rather than risk Ii. expsurs
incident upon law suit, droYPcd the
ciaim- Druggist
Wichita eagle., 1890-02-07
DARING ROBBERY.

Last night the residence of Mr.. R. P.
Murdock was burglarized and the thieves
made pretty rich haul. They effected an
entrance through the back door by means
of a skeleton key and evidently went di-
rect to the room occupied by Mr.. and Mrs.
Murdoch. Here they deliberately rifed
the clothing. taking two gold watches, the
diamond studs from the shirt trout and
other articles of value. This was between
twelve and one o'clock at night. and al
though Mrs. Murdock was awakened by
the noise, she thought it prudent to lie
quiet and not arouse her husband while
the burglars were in the room. As soon
as they left Mr.. Murdock was awakened
and followed them down stairs just in
time to see the last of the gang making
good his escape over the fence. Not being
armed he was unable do do more than
scare them off before they had time to
complete their work. As far as could be
learned last night the other parts of the
house had not been visited and it is proba-
BILE that they knew that the household had
been alarmed and made off with what
they had.
The police were at once notified and
owing to the light fall of snow will proba-
bly, be able to to do something in the mat
ter. The parties are suspected and the
officers think they can secure the stolen
property and thieves as well.
LATER.
Just as the EAGLE goes to press the three
burglars are arrested by the police. Off
GERS Mcnamara, Harmon and Ely, who
were soon at the residence after the occur
renee, measured the tracks in the yard,
and by means of lantern tracked the
gang south on the alley in the rear, event
ually locating them in house
on Mosely avenue between Sec
ond and Third. The prisoners gave
the names of John Murphy, j. Thomas LIE
Branch and e. j. White. They claim
their innocence alleging in their defence
that they knew too much to tackle job OF
that sort on snowy night. They were
well armed but no valuables were found
on them. The officers returned immedi-
ately and feel confident of securing the
booty.
From a remark made carlessly by one
of the prisoners it is supposed that they
hid it on the way down.
Wichita eagle., 1890-02-07

To turn to that feature in Lord Chester
fields life which has impressed itself
most strongly on the world at large-his
relations with his son-we find that, for
the last quarter of his life, LORD Chester
field lived almost entirely for hisson tthe
issue Of haison with French woman
of the name of Du Bouchet). This young
person is much to be pitied. He is one
of the most eminent victims of parental
ambition, the determination that Ia, to
make son what you think you would
like him to be, hot that he was born to
be. What Philip Stanhope might have
been, we need not waste our time 10
guessing. Nothing very striking, prob
ably. At best he seems to have shown
signs Of being an inferior Gabbon; his
father is always telling HIM that he
spends too much time over his books, 50
that probably he had real taste for cru
dition. But that was not at all Lord
Chesterfeld's idea of a man. The clos
tered pedant,5 the iiliberal pedant, Is
the object of bis uneesssnz scorn- de
determined thar his son shocid lead TIE
same sort of life that he had led, but b
20 much more successful IN that beshouid
have had the advantage Of all Lord Cnes'
ter6e3d's experience.
Unfortunately, the scheme Of educa'
ton which be devised was far from well
adapsed to carry out these ideas Al
its root there was fundamental e1ro
Lord Chesterfield held theory, Of which
he fattered himself he was a Irving ex
ample, that everything except poetry car
be acquired, and, as In one place he
thanks God that neither he nor has sor
was born TO be poet, for practical poT
poses he may be said to have believes
that everything, lot merely facts, 6ui
feelings. not only outward HABITS, bai
frames OF mind, only waited for vigor
ons will to summon them and take pos
session. This was radical error OF his
b,,t he believed it witfyaIl his heart anc
aoal. II is wrong. but nevertheless i
NAV be highly useful lesson 70 tssct
while the mind Is In Its ac4uisIsIve stage
Then i. may act as powerful stinsofzs
| bE,t il NAV be abused. and lord Chester
aeid certainly abused ii--Temple Bar.
Wichita eagle., 1890-02-07
A Prosperous Begxar.

A beggar, who for thirty years has
been familiar figure IN 81. Peters, at
Rome, has Just died suddenly from apo
plexy. The Roman correspondent OF n
London daily reports some curious cir
cumstances in connection with this man.
whose name was Pietro Marcolini. He
was the only mendicant who WAS per-
mitted to follow his calling within tho
church itself. Pins TX having granted
him that privilege. Leo XIII confirmed
It, and also, like his predecessors. grantrd
an audience to the beggar, who was hIne
and afflicted. When Marcolini was re-
ceived by Plus TX he complained Of the
cold he felt within the church. where
upon the pope bestowed upon hum an Old
warm dressing gown Of his own. This
garment, however, the begsar wore only
on great occasions, and the more solemn
festivities of the church. lie had been
repeatedly offered large sums for IL by
foreigners. but always refused TO part
with it. Marco,ini left an estate worth
50, 900 francs.
Wichita eagle., 1890-02-07
PERSONALS.

Mr. H. Dean, Marion, is the city today.
Mr.. p. L. Soper. Topeka, was in the city
today.
Mr.. E. P. Green, Winfield. is in the city
today.
Mr. w. NJ. Kelly, Monett, is in the city
today.
Mr.. w. H. Hawly, Oswego, n. Y, is at
the Carey.
Mr. A. Derst, Topeka, was in the city
last night.
Mr.. f. A. Mcclellan, Fort Worth, is at
the Carey.
Mr.. James E. Wells, Chicago, is at the
Metropole
Mr.. John B. Ottawa, St. Joe, was in the
city last night
Mr.. E. johnson, of Topeka, spent yester-
day in the city.
S H. Hayward, of Chicago, spent yester-
day in the city.
F. A. Moch. of st. Joe, will be in the
city few days.
Mr.. C. II. Peterman, Arkansas City, Is
in the city today.
Mr. z. Nickerson, Arkansas City, was In
the city last night.
Mr. T. f. Marshall, Unionville, was in
the city last night.
r. r. Hudson, of Dodge City, will be in
the city few days.
Mr.. E. G. Wood, Chicago. will be in the
city for several days.
Geo w. Smith, of Kansas City, is stop
ping at the Metropole.
Mr.. r. A. Strand and wife, Kansas City
are at the Manhattan.
A. NJ. Going, of Salina, spent yesterday
among friends in the city.
r. r. Morton, of Lawrence, was calling
on friends in the city yesterday.
Hon. r. J. Hukle, of Hukle, Kan, was
in the city yesterday on business.
Geo. Moch, of St. Louis, arrived yester-
day and is stopping at the Metropole.
Mr.. P. F. Burnett, of Topeka, was look
ing after Santa Fe passengers yesterday.
H. 2. Smith, of Wellington, was looking
after some business in the city yesterday
Mr.. James Clinton, of Mulvane, spent
Yesterday in the city attending to business
matters.
J. w. Sanders, of Wellington, spent yes
terday in the city looking after some busi
ness matters.
Wichita eagle., 1890-02-07
MORE COUNTIES.

A letter was received from Allen county
Yesterday making inquiry about the I'm
migration Bureau and wanted full line
of instruction. and gave assurance of
wanting to be represented in the state
movement.
Elk county sends in delegate, ID. l..
Hamar as director. An auxiliary assocla-
tion has been formed in the county.
A meeting held Wednesday at Hutchin-
son was we'll attended, and those from
Wichita presend were, General Murray
Myers, p. A. Rohrbaugh and Hale Cowley,
secretary of the State Bureau. To attend
the Omaha meeting on the llth inst. were
selected, l.. A. Bigger, w. L. Beard. 5.
Burdette, II. c. Hutchinson and DR. l..
Cain.
Wichita eagle., 1890-02-07
GETTING READY FOR THE. SEASON.

The Crystal Ice company has some ex-
perts at work repairing the plant and they
are getting along nicely with the work. 1t
is thought the plant will commence work
for the season in about two weeks and be
better prepared for business than ever be-
fore. There are over fifty towns IN the
territory around Wichita with orders
placed for the summer. The plant on
starting up will make ice mostly for sur
rounding towns and it will be shipped to
various points desired and stored for use
during the hot season. There will be no
question this year or trouble experienced
about demand The demand" is already
arranged for and the plant will be worked
up to its full capacity from the time of
opanjno
Wichita eagle., 1890-02-07

terror beamed with beauty and pleasure.
The transformation was wonderful and the
effect was quite as striking as anticipated
by the committee who arranged the mat
ter. For beauty the ladies of the A. o. u.
W. carry off the palm and no eyes could
have beheld them last night without a
complimentary glance.
The pleasure of the dance was enjoyed
until late hour and the evening passed
away only too soon.
The evening was replete with pleasant
little incidents that will endear the
memory of the occasion to all that were
present. In future the ladies will choose
stormy nights for their entertainments as
the hall will not nearly accommodate the
guests on fine evening.
Wichita eagle., 1890-02-07
THE wOMAN'S COUNCIL.

The regular monthly meeting will be
held on Saturday afternoon at o'clock in
council hall, No. 213 South Water street.
Every person in the city is cordially in
vited to be present. Topic for February
Philanthropy.
Roll call of delegates.
Music-Miss Sharpe.
Selectlon-Mrs. Taylor.
Recitation-"The Boys" Miss Nora
Boyd.
Music-Miss Mabel Ayers,
Original paper-Mrs. Priddy.
Question box conducted by Mrs. Du
Bois. Question-"What phase of philan-
.hropy at this time should most engage
the attention of Wichita women" BY
order of PRESIDENT.
Wichita eagle., 1890-02-07
DIED.

Robert Caldwell died yesterday evening
at half past o'clock, at the residence OF
his son, C. s. Caldwell. The funeral SER
vices will take place this afternoon at 3
o'clock at the United Presbyterian church,
corner of Ohio and First streets. Friends
of the family are invited to attend.
Robert Caldwell had just past his sew
enty-eigthth birthday. He was born in
Green county, Ohio. He has been con-
sistent member of the United Presbyterian
church for many years. He was kind,
gentle old man, whose quiet disposition
and pleasant Christian character made for
him warm friends and admirers among his
acquaintanceS.
Wichita eagle., 1890-02-07
REVIVAL MEETING AT OAK STREET
f~rry-usrIr

Special meetings are in progress at the
Oak Street Presbyterian church, conducted
by the pastor, Rev. Mr.. Doole. Rev. j. c.
Seton. the Sabbath school missionary,
and Others. Some twenty or more persons
have come out so far, and the meetings
continue to increase in attendance and in
rerest. This harvest is believed to be the
result of good seed sown in the Sabbath
school, as most of the converts are chill
dren OF the school
It's desired that every Christian who
rejoices in such work, and who reads this
note, will offer prayer that the Lord S
work may not be hindered or stopped
antil many souls are saved
This church is weak mission church,
that is working hard TO grow and live, aud
any assistance by your presence or by cash
donation will be blessed By the Master.
Wichita eagle., 1890-02-07
ENTERTAINED.

Mr.. and Mrs. j. C. Rutan entertained Il
few College hill friends at their residence,
1926 East Douglas, in a most enjoyable
manner. After the supper the evening
merged into delightful Conversations
Amongst those present were Prof. and
Mrs. Kemp, Mrs. and Miss Huss, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hutchings, Miss Pond and Professors
Young, Miller and Haller.
Wichita eagle., 1890-02-07
Recorder.

Regular meeting of Wichita lodge. No.
90, this evening at 7:30 in the ball on north
Main Work in the initatory by the de-
gree staff. Sojourning brothers invited.
FRANK DUNKN, K. a. SPEARS,
SECRETARY. ~ e.
Wichita eagle., 1890-02-07
MASKS AND FACES.
The A. O. L. W. Masquerade Ball 1hronged-
Grand Social and Financial Success.

In spite of the dreary evening the A Q
7 W. hall was filled to overflowing last
evening with merry guests, who came to
pass the evening in jollity and masquer-
ade. Originally these entertainments
were gotten up expressly for the members
of the Degree of Honor and a 0. l. W,
but they became so popular that outsiders
were admitted, and now an A q. I. W.
bail is anticipated with pleasure by all
The ladies and many of the gentlemen
were costumed in a style significant OF the
order, which of course was only under
stood by the members. but casual OBJ
server would have been struck with the
originality and beauty of the costumes.
The effect of the light on the tinsei and
the masks was weird in the extreme
Shortly before twelve the masks were re-
moved and the beautiful faces that had
thus far been hid behind grotesQue ex-
Wichita eagle., 1890-02-07
FIRST NJ z CHURCH

Notwithstanding the inclemency Of the
weather there was a very interesting ser
vice held in the First NJ. E. church last
night. Rev. nellie, of the Troy conference,
gave a very interesting and touching
chapter from his personal experience. The
regular prayer service this afternoon at j
o'clock. At the service tonight the Rev.
S. F. Millikan, pastor of the Plymouth
Congregational church, will preach. The
service begins at 7:30. A cordial invita-
tion extended to all.
Wichita eagle., 1890-02-07

One-armed Jack, as be IS familiarly
known to the police, vas taken with
cramps last night and came very near
dying in the cooler. Ii seems he had very
little to eat during the day, not having
been locked up until night, and after being
in the warm room for awhile be took big
drink Of cold water. His stomach re-
belied against water, bur fortunately DR..
Antrim had some ten rod whisky which
cured him in a triee. Although the occur
renee is lauShable, yet Jack had pretty
close call.
Wichita eagle., 1890-02-07

Arthur Carpenter, C. V. Ferguson and
Fred Bentley left last night for Kansas
CITY. As part of the crowd was John
Hume and Emmett Callahan, who had
rusiness for a day in Topeka. The last
two will return tonight. but as to the Kan
sss CITY crowd no one was able to make
uuess when they would return.
Wichita eagle., 1890-02-07

Faihsz>-Aha. 81 yuu ran away from Fem
day school TO 60 skating and broke tAsoaEh
the ice, did yous
Son-No. dsstnt. i fell sxlscp In church
and got iookae In.
Ystber-But bow did you get 80 ~s.'
Soo-Tmss~ from the searS Shed wben
walked up.--Bmgtsszason aspubEcan-
Wichita eagle., 1890-02-07

Spsnn-r-W-hati You say the general h
an cid time frieDdf Why, he Is Mensnn,
and has lived In hs own country ali his hfa.
GrinIer-Ho, hs hasn't. When 1 wss .
boy no came with his father % Bostcu and
visited ou pexs door neighbor. lie gpt mo
TO look through a hole IN the fsspoe, sbnp
sGueezed a lemon In my eyo.-Hstiosai
Wccriy