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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-29
HOW TO Deal With a nalkv uor...


1t is q common thing to ''see horses that
have been baked a few times turn their
heads and look hack as soon As they are a
little frustrated. This is because they have
been whipped and are afraid OF what Is be-
hind them. Again and again in his book
Mr.. Rarey dvells on the Importance of
being gentle with the horse; approaching
him gently and deliberately, SO as not 10
staFtle or excite him. He speaks of the
necessity of having entire control over
ones self, because the horse. being a timid
animal, is easily bewildered and fright
ened, and is thus made the more unfit to
understand what Is required OF him. Pat
ting and caressing have a quoting effect,
and are conducive to understanding the
animal and the man. The horse Is quick
to learn and quicker 10 recognize one who
can command him.
The baking horse should first be pacified,
and then his attention diverted from the
thing that made him balk \ good sug-
gestion is to lift one of his forefeet from the
ground and tap it gently several times
with a stone. Il have never" says the
writer, failed to start 4 horse in that very
simple way, and have on several occasions
had balky horses which would exhaust the
patience Of all former owners Another
method that viii often succeed when all
others fail is to unhitch the horse. lead HIM
a little way, then pun the vehicle 10 him
and hitch him up again. Never jerk or
pull at the bit of balky horse. by all
means refrain from whipping him. Those
methods only make him worse. Apportion
his load to the distance TO be travelled and
the condition of the road, and never under
any circumstances overload your horse
New York Times.
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ing TO reside at Cleveland and her husband
going to Lockport, n. Y. On his last visit to
Ohio Mr.. Cowles secured possession Of
Florence and fed with her to Canada. He
was followed by his wife and her brother.
Mr. c. G. Hale. The parties to the ditti-
Guilty met at,Montreal
After considerable argument Mr.. COwles
agreed to show where he had concealed his
daughter and the three entered a cab. AS
it rolled along the streets passers by were
startled by shot, woInan's shrek and a
struggle. Hale had sent a pistol ball
through Cowles' neck, the latter, he alleged,
having attempted to kill his wife The
wounded man was taken to a hospital,
Hale was arrested and Mrs Cowles found
quarters in hotel. Legal proceedings i'm
mediately instituted gave the mother Gus
tody Of her child. At this point there is a
temporary lull in the family quarrel. for
no further steps can be taken until young
Cowles RECEIVERS. Then, if he chooses to
prosecute, Mr. Hale must stand trial for
the shooting. II he declines, the other
phase of the affair-the dispute over the
property and the child-wiil doubtless be
settled in the Ohio courts
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fishermen found the body of a woman
stranded on the beach of an island in the
Mississippi, few miles above Canton, No.
About the same time hunters stumbled on
an empty grave in Crooked Creek bottom,
a desolate portion of Hancock county, Ills
The fishermen buried the unknown
corpse where they discovered it. A few
days later it was dug up, and proved to be
the remains of Ella CordeIl. The body bore
marks of violence, but whether they had
been received at the hands OF man or while
floating in the river is yet to be established.
Those who favor the assault and murder
theory believe that the tragedy occurred
in Crooked Creek bottom, and that the rs
sassin first buried the body there but af-
terward exhumed it and cast it into the
Mississippi One man toward whom sus-
picion pointed was taken into custody at
Keokuk, but afterward released for lack Of
evidence Before leaving home Miss Cor
dell borrowed a revolver of male friend.
This is now missing.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-29
4 Wedding Tour in a Coach.

Mr. Clifford TrimbIe Woodrow, lead
ing society man of Cincinnati, and Miss
Pinkie Tilman, daughter of Banker Til
man, of Louisville, KY, were married in
the latter city recently. The same evening
they started out on their wedding tour in
one Of the most remarkable equipages ever
seen in Louisville. Itwas huge four seated
carriage, painted yellow, with oak trim
mings, and covered with a yellow leather
surrey top" 1t was drawn by two horses
the one snow white and the other as black
as the traditional ace of spades, both hand
somely caparisoned in harness of fair
leather, with silver trimmings. In this
conveyance Mr.. Woodrow and his bride
made their wedding tour. They proceeded
to Cincinnati in leisurely manner, driv-
ing only between sunset and midnight.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-29
Photographlng a Rullct.

Nothing is too difficult for the expert
menter to attempt-witness the photo
graphs of rifle bullets in nfotion, obtained
recently by two Austrian officers. Scien-
tiflc journals Of high standing considered
this feat 50 difficult that at least one Of
them ia Nature, Of Paris refused 10 be-
lieve that it had been done, even after the
publication Of the pictures. and discredited
the conclusions drawn from them by the
officers. Yet on examining the original
photographs (which were not. as large rs
ones little finger nail, and SO had to he pho
tographed on q larger scale when pub
lished) the editors had to confess that they
were not only genuine, bat the results Of
wonderful knowledge Of photography and
skill in manipulation. The condensed
wave of air in front Of the bullet could
plainly be seen, and from its shape inter
esting deductions can IL made As 10 the
proper shape Of rife bullels.-New York
Saturday Review.
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IOWA'S BIG METEOR.
1t Had Commercial vaI-e to Some
Lucky Farmers.

1t Had a Commercial vaI-e to Some
Lucky Farmers.
On the evening of the ID of last May the
farmers living three or four miles south
east of Norway, Ia, saw in the heavens an
elongated pear shaped mass of dazzling
whiteness. 1t seemed ''bigger'n a mount
AIM to their excited vision, but intelligent
observers agree that it was probably about
900 feet long and 400 feet in diameter,
with tail of twice that length and much
narrower across than the solid body.
While the farmers gazed and wondered
"the thing bust" and they sought shelter,
fearing all sorts of direful woes Hardly
had they gained their protecting roof trees
when patter, bang and boom came the
most tremendous shower on record in that
section. No one went out to investigate
till morning. Then the natives saw that
for space three miles long and a mile
wide the ground looked Like an immense
board into which gigantic fowling piece
had impelled load of buckshot While
they gazed and wondered some scientists
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-29
p.srnan a,ra IIsr PnrasoI.

During che warzs month";. VIXEN thsy
carry suushaelss, H0Enssu haze = special
way of beLng kIszs. ISVy an EluaEs
right into tisc uEldxt = n erssss5ssf street.
holding tiAeir pzssssss5Is cB0sss over their
heads. sseer1tug s,hoiy ~ f0TEEs how -
shuts of tsseir v5sr and eslshzHgz-ra to
safety Of thar transit Our dzy "a Bread
way, but Tor ths tIzseiy izstersargnoe q
q man " 10 wa craszging. a woman
would have basn traEsples1 IEntfsr the
feet Of q cart hozze. ssas13y bee3asr 500
was trying % Ct aero@s tss4n issr TssssaeI
tilted carslesszly ever her sA5Fskios- a.- an
angie that entirely sfsxt 81 kszs ngyracx xIsrrg
q the street Ard b<eAzAe she eoaid nas
BE il she peeEued - asrszaslT rsgzczxaagaoas
as an ostricn that Ell he S1ssE% thsrs uzz
not inz1ee istgly 40 TIE lsour and III ~
be~. Even a. ~. rssk q getting q. hr1ls
heated 10 erossIr1s. TIE ssxrs+ "a ~ gine %
the srzn Z would " n-fss for sv~-y worlau
10 eioes Der par4sel wbez sks o0z1es - =
place vhers abe uzs1 Tisk hrr hfs~-@eS
York Egeniag SUI
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Across the Llamas. Country.

Mr. Rockhiils successful journey across
a hitherto unexplored region in the coun-
try of the Llamas appears 20 have been at
tended with no little peril. His servants
were more often in chains than ont Of
them, and Mr.. Rockhill himself only es-
capped death by series of fortunate
chances, so determined were the agents OF
the Llamas to Illustrate any attempt To ex-
plore the mysterious and jealousy guard
cd district between Silinfu aud Tatsienlu,
in the Province Of Dcrge. Manager Wet,
Vicar apostolic of Thibet, pronounces the
feat of crossing without an escort the i'm
naepse steppes in that land If grass, where
the habitations Of men are more to be
dreaded than the solitude, as the most diff
ficult and dangerous that has been accom-
plished in Asia during the present century.
The district is described rs teeming with
natural riches, and Mr. Rockhill is stated
to have mapped out a route of p. me i'm
portance for commerce.-London News.
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THE WEEPING WILLOW.

bomb cover or the quality of the exploding
material within. The wheel may be either
vertical or horizontal and when carefully
prearranged wiz last long time Out of
the wheel grew the cobweb, the ball of
stars and the spider and web The last
named has been so developed that now
when the bomb e2;plodes a vast cobweb is
seen on whose surface is q gray object, pre-
sunably fly, and over it a brown one or
spider The latter is the heavier and falls
faster than the former, overtaking and
mixing with it before it falls below the
surface of the web.
By having the exploding force drive out
slow burning solids as well as its own
smoke what are known as the umbrella,
jelly fish, tree and weeping willow designs
were created. These are exquisitely beauti-
full The outline is a series Of parabolic
curves and the lines are mass of delicate
waves.
Another type is the loop In this the
smoke moves in irregular curves, but pro-
duces very picturesque effect. No one in
this country understands how these loop
curves are made. japanese experts, how
ever, have a thorough knowledge. and
claim to be able to make 500 varieties.
To bomb and balloon alike parachutes
are attached. These in the simplest form
are pieces of bright colored paper or other
tissue whose ends are bent over by a
weighted string similar to those made by
every American boy in his childhood. Be
yOnd this is the paras0l or umbrella, made
of the lightcst and G..-lstcst materials.
Beyond there u an endless number of
odd shapes, cut out Of tinsel paper and
other light stuffs and fashioned to resem-
BILE or suggest everything in heaven, earth
and IN the water beneath the earth. The
effect of the contrast between these and
the smoke figures is sometimes more than
startling.
Thus far we have only begun to utilize
the pyr0technics of Japan. OF what has
been described and suggested hardly
tenth has yet been brought across the seas
to be seen by our own people. Judging
from the Increasing popularity of the Jap
anese who are settled here and the increas-
ing prestige of their goods and, wares it is
highly probable that the next five years
will make their fireworks as familiar here
as they are in the capitals of the east.
WILLIAM E. S. FALEs.
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nese were enjoying frecrackers from those
Sno larger than match to the monstrous
ones which weigh five pounds apiece
bombs, Roman candles and Bengal lights.
at the same time the Japanese were send
ing up balloons in Thousand shapes and
developing their wonderful system Of day
fireworks into fine art
Of the two races the Chinese were by
l0ag odds the first in point of time. Their
annals show that the familiar irecracker
was known to the people Of the FIowery
Kingdom at least 1150 B. c. On the other
hand there is no direct proof that the Jap
anese were able to manufacture fireworks
of any sort prior to 1910, some twenty-one
centuries afterward.
But the Chinese seemed satifed with
what little progress they made in the early
age, and have never gone beyond what they
then accomplished. The Japanese, on the
contrary, have never been stationary, but
have kept up experiment and research to
the very present moment Many who read
these lines will recall the invention ofpyro-
technic novelties and improvements by the
Japanese and their supplanting older but
lss attractive pieces as soon as brought
over to the United States.
In discussing the remarkable success of
his countrygnen in this Industrial art
member of the Japanese embassy at Wash
ington said to me recently: "The secret of
our prosperity is not as simple as might be
supposed. In the first place we have a
trade system something like the guilds Of
Europe. A good fireworks maker brings
up one OF more of has sons to follow him in
his profession and teaches them every little
trick or discovery he has made or that has
&peen handed down to him by his ancestors
here are many families home that have
been fireworks makers for more than CEN
Jury, and who seemingly have a natural
ind of genius for that vocation. In Yoke
na / know one manufacturer whose
siness has belonged to his family for
et generations, and whose employees can
1t back as many generations during
eh their ancestors have been employed
e same place.
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A FRAGMENT OF TIE METEOR.

who had been tracing down the locality of
the phenomenon rode up and explained
that the light and noise had been caused
by a meteor and that within the queer
holes that pepper boxed the fields and
meadows lay fragments of the vagrant OF
the skies. These if secured would prove
valuable primarily to the farmers and per
manently to the astronomers. Briefly,
the visitors offered s. pound for pieces Of
the meteor.
The owners of the soil dropped every
thing else to close with the new bargain
and since then have been making large
profits digging up stones and sellin' 'em
for greenbacks." The fragment Of greatest
size yet unearthed is shown in the accom-
panying illustration. It weighs sixty-six
pounds, and was sold by its finder for S132
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SHOT DOWN IN A CAB.
Tho Sensation Which Recently Agitated
the People OF Montreal.
A fighter child that eliminated IN a

In brief that seems to be the story OF the
recent Cowles shooting ARRAY at Montreal,
an affair that lacks none of the elements Of
sensationalism
in 1879 Eugene 81. Cowles, son of the
proprietor OF The Cleveland Leader, mar
ried Alice Hale, the daughter of q wealthy
Ohio banker. The couple lived happily
until about five years ago, when Mrs.
Cowles began to suspect that her husband
had engaged in an intrigue OF this it is
said she later on secured absolute proof,
but reconciliation was brought about
through the Intervention of the husbands
father, Mr.. Edwin Cowles.
Promises Of reformation were followed
by fresh lapses, and when Edwin Cowles
died he showed in his will the evidence OF
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-29

important civic Of HON. LhtaA Z VITA
fees. He II The presideRrof the National
bank at Portsmouth Bor fo1Er years b
WAS judge of the corporation eo1-t oc
Portsmouth, and fer Eassy ycS.rs has. hesa
the president of its eOTSnciI lie has been
several times . presidential elector ofsNir-
GINA upon the DeneocrstIc ticket.
lie has fer nore thaa ten years bern =
devoted member Of thesorder A ehsArrex
member of Portsnogsis council. No. ~.
instNuted Jan. S, iSTe he becssas, It's first
regent lie was a member Of bisSgrs1nd
council in the year 1850, and vsas s.s.sutSx3 IA
1852 as supreme repFsrhtsstiv I'VE, and WAS
reelected in iSS3 In 1876 he was I'M
sniInoRsly eleoteti supreme orator. and
was promoted from that Office by I'M
Gnimous election IN 1887 20 che osfsre %
supreme vice resgea5. and AZ the last session
Of the supreme council was selected, by a
vote of entire and hearty Inaairr1ity, as the
leaeser Of the Arcanum hosts for the year
ISSe-QO
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as If alive. With two Ieadeu fuses Jnc
movements of a fish are beautifully imi-
tated
By the employment of similar ingenious
articles bird balloons are made to appar-
entity fly, monkeys TO nel and climb, ser
pents to rise ike carksrrews, man and wo-
men to involve as If dancing, bats TO slowly
flap their wings and dragons to open and
close fhsir jaws as if eating. Another fea-
ture which shows to advantage inthe night
time is trail of fireworks attached to the
balloon and which when ignited pour down
silver and golden rain, freballs, stars,
flame leaves and spark bursts.
Corresponding to these fire trails are
what may be called smoke trails. The
trail is charged with some infammsble
substance like pitch, which is so treated as
to give out great volumes of heavy dense
black smoke, which fall slowly away
from the balloon and leave long wavy
line in the air to indicate the varying cur
rents and eddies of the atmosphere. Some
very expensive balloons have trails SO ar
ranged as to give lines Of smoke in two,
three and even four colors
AS for the Smoke effects" they are so
marvellous that one must see them to be-
lieve what may be told. In its simplest
form the firework is a simple shell which
explodes in mid air, producing a globe of
smoke. Its next step is a ring similar to
those made by locomotives when the ex-
haust is turned on at starting Beyond
this again is the wheel, which is produced
either by alternating the strength of the
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which his unfortunate grandfather once
attempted to reign.
1t required the shooting of two emperors
to convince the world that Mexico proposed
to rule herself through the medium of pop
ular government and had no use for king
craft. Now that her attitude is thoroughly
understood she Furnishes offenders more
leniently, and 'Prince" Augustin de Itur-
bide, instead of being executed, goes to jail
for the space of tWelvemonth. In con-
nection with the trial. which was for the
publication of seditious matter, the jurors
were asked to decide six questions, which
are given below, with their answers: SIS
the prisoner guilty? Yes unanimously.
Is he educated? Yes Unanimously. Did
his crime cause a scandal to the army and
nation? Yes Unanimously. Was the &C
cused formerly noted for good conduct or
was he meritorious as asoldier? No (unan-
inously). Did he confess his fault? Yes
unanimously. Did he act believing his
conduct based on rational motives and
himself to be using a legitimate right? No
unanimously"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-29
: Strange Inspiration.

A View Yorker famous n TIE world OF
letters awoke one night from s0and
sleep So far as be knew he had not been
dreaming. He composed himself again
and was sinking into siurn5sr when there
came into his mind, a. though CIT q TIE
darkness. two lines % verse, rhyt hnical,
but senseless. They kept hi-1 awake. and
after z time tsgo lines me-es equally sEnu0tb
and absurd. presented themselves 70 lis
consciousness X seemed 30 AlEu g. tEolgh
some one were debating Tozlsssnsical dog
gerel 70 him from the shadows u tie night
T-naFsla - sfzaa Ar .~ezss ard AK C07T1
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al PYROTFCHNIc - rPHANT

The balloons are always of moderate
size, the great majority being about six
and but few exceeding ten feet in length
They are made Of strong and durable
paper, are printed in coloYs and usu-
Vly retouchea with the brush Or the arti
sans Of the east before they are allowed to
leave the workshop. So far as shapes are
concerned there Is almost endless variety.
The commonest kinds are these which imi-
tate the domestic animals Next to these
81 popularity are the SHAPES OF birds, fish.
fruits, reptiles &nd '-~soHa Beyond these
and mach less economical. Z noe less pop
ula-, are human figures. These arc of Sill
Eorts, ranging from adaiuio to a grotesque
head.
1t Is difficult to estimate the number Of
shapes torncd out By Japanese pTrotech-
nistsy One concern In yeddo keeps ovar
1850 dnersnt binds ca has, gi1ileanother
houseip YokehaGas bEs stock OF 1900 va
ricties, These fssttosns sra 50 Weighted as
TO aiTegs keep nGtzzzaal position. In some
cases Thy sreayecialiy weighted with fine
pieces OF metal hsi6 81 a slow burning
fnse. As tho asSeSfEconsnmedit releases
fro-a ttesae 70 time weight. As this il
lioass--sd the b1iloon viii sDplng Upward
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The yaIne of Esncfience.

A good story IS told Of a candidate for
the assembly nomination IN this county.
He is also an oil producer. About year
ago a man applied 70 him for contract To
drill a well Have you ever drilled any
wellss" asked the oil man. No, " said the
applicant. We'll, sad the OIL man, Il
must have a man Of experience
These two again met, aad our oil pro
Queer who had never held an Office. ASKED
the driller 70 vote for him Have you
ever had a seat In the legislature" was the
driIler's query No, said the candidate
well. - said the dritler. I'm going 20
vote for some man who has had expert
ence. 3-Venango Spectator.
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In 1754 Virginia rassed a law prohibiting
students IN william and Mary college
from having - On with horse races or
keeping fighting cocks
Colorado sus'aIns tHree state collsg5afe
instIturious-the university u Bouider
tie agricultural college ~ Fort Collins and
the school q mines 81 COHEN
Illinois hiss the mos thoraug ~ y equipped
Ftate normal university. probably. IN tbs
country l. ~aS established Fec. Il. 1857
The legislature mas appropriated as. 90
for buildings and eguipmerts
john Harvard. TIE ssa u Bobe-< and
Kssherfns fKoga-y Ha1var5 was bors IN
Southwark, LoE41on, Nov =. 1907. aud
graduated from EznEnAloeI college. Gam
bridge, Ia Isn lie Vas . dlsseug3rA TX eisx-
syu1an. and caEss 70 AEazerlsa ir lG-g7.
Yale lad its origin IL lBss whsa tn
churcil Iss6ers abolE Mex HAven decided
20 hare @scaOo! = TIE church Ia losg
ten principal clexE-rTsen were selscfsd a.
trustee, il l7oJ they organized q soeissy
for tha1 pGrpose. and szcH tEzs0.ee brugss,zt
a nuEz4her q books and iald theta ap1n .
table. eaeL sz.ygEg IN sE2ta.znces Il gtss
these books for tae foHadiag Il = oallegs
r. this so1astg e-u were fertT voi 1IE.sss.
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vhx We DON'T "a. Hors. Flesh

The prejudice against eating of horse
flesh among English speaking peoples has
8 religious origin. H1rse eating was prac-
ticed as a sacrifice 10 Odin. The early mis-
sionaries who Christisnized England pro
hibited horse easing By their Anglo-Saxon
converts. The prejudice thus created soon
became sngrstned, and eatwined itself with
a prejudice in favor Of the horse engendered
by the Nornans' love for equestrian exeF-
-
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The Columbus ouater-Centenarv.

The celebration in 1892 of the quater-cen-
tenary of the discovery of America by Co
lumbus viii form grand display both in
Spain and Italy. The Spapiards will keep
the anniversary at all the towns where Co
lumbus lived even for shert time and
erect monuments there, while Madrid will
hold a grand exhibition. Genoa, as the
great discoverer's birthplace, proposes a
historic naval exhibition, g geographical
and historical congress, regattaS reproduc-
Ing Gencese maritime life in the time of
Columbus, and grand opera OF his career.
The house where Columbus was born is to
be restored and other memorials erected.
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home at Industry,
Ills, to visit rela-
tives at Bowen, in
b e same state.
She was last seen
alive at Golden,
W h er e she pur-
chased a ticket for
Keokuk, Ia. AS
the term of her
absence lengthen-
ed her family grew
alarmed and be-
G an a s e arc h.
While this was in