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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-14
Accomplished Sea Lion.

A sea lion of the London Geological gar
den, who understands wonderfully well
what is said to her, even when the Ian
guage used requires that she should be
able TO count as far as six, is described by
a correspondent of Forest and Stream:
The intelligent creature was brought
from the Falkland Islands in 1879. She
does a number Of amusing things in ODE
dience TO verbal instructions. but her most
interesting feat is performed when she is
told not to touch a certain one of six fish
which are thrown to her
The keeper says to the spectators that he
holds SIX, or five, fish, and that the seal
will catch iG her mouth all that are
thrown to her except the one that any Wis
itor present will mention. Some one re-
plies that she is TO miss the second, or the
fourth, or the third, as he chooses to de
eide. The keeper says to the seal. You
may catch all but the -" mentioning
the number which has been decided on
The clever animal never makes a mistake
She remembers the number which has
been told her, and keeps the count care
fully.
After she has caught her five out Of the
six fishes she is told that she can come
down from her elevation, the chair on the
platform in the middle Of the pond. and go
after the fish which she missed She does
this with an accurate plunge that proves
that she was careful to observe where it
was thrown. Six FISH being as many as
the keeper can conveniently hold at one
time, her memory and counting ability
have not been practiced beyond that mum
Der
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carried her out yonder in the mornin' sun
and laid her under the old tree. Her Do
dug her grave, and with our hearts burstin'
We placed her In It No hands touched her
but ours, and we put her beside her babe.
Look out there under that tree. There shs
has laid these twelve years, through tia
rain and SHOWS, with Der pa beside her.
Yes, he died four years after her and am
left alone / watched him sink away, my
dear mani korty-two years we had worked
and loved toget her, and now I miss him,
Annie, miss him Just before he died
be said in = whisper, Dorthy. darlin'. we'll
be there waitln', US three and I knew
then he thought of the little one. think
Esther's death killed him"
And did yoa never hear Oft hiuYn
YES, child. he Is a great painter thew
say He is rich and honored. and stands
likely in the sight OF men. His victim laws
yonder, but what does it matter. child. AZ
ter all, He Is u bad man. but in heaven
all will be we'll l am alone now. but soma
day will 20, too. Who VIII carry me ont
there By my darlin' man and child don't
know, but some one viii Now, dear. dry
your pretty eyes and come in with me"
Annie Weston ross and threw her arms
round old Dorothy's neck. II love you,
Mrs. Barr. Tomorrow we will go down
there, and viii put some flowers on their
graves as my Offering"
Eyes, dear. But, child. have told my
child's story. Is she pure in your minds"
Annie looked into the withered old face
and said softly, AS pure as the angelsl'
The breeze sighed low over three graves,
and the old tree rustled gently. 'AmenP'
M. z. Ats in st. Paul News
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About Saving Pennies.

/ met a woman on the street not long
ago. 1t was raining, and there was blus-
tering wind abroad that made progress
difficult thing. Going to the train"
asked l.
Il wish I was said she. but expect
shall lose it. l have to go around for my
sugar"
Why don't you buy your sugar in the
store you pass on your way to the depot"
Queried I.
oh. can get it half q cent cheaper at
So and Sos" replied she.
/ passed on. musinC II that woman
buys ten pound Of sugar. thought /. she
will save five cents, but she viii lose her
train. set a late supper. and perhaps con-
tract acute indigestion. She will certainly
wear ont an extra cents worth of shoe
leather, aud she viii get wet and lose her
temper with the bufferiny OF the wind Is
ii true economy TO take such a course'
Would il not De better 20 let the FIVE cents
go. and cancel il with the gain il peace Of
mind and general comfort
Don't YOU know that there are hosts Of
people who manage in this same way
They viii chase all over the earth 70 save a
penny. and get a poor bargain AZ last
ALcN are Always uhAll4A~ at-ItitLs aA4N
cheap stores for special sales. Such people
tire me easily. They are very uuoomP7o-
missing in their disapp-oval Il you and q
me because we prefer 20 psy penny or
two more a pound for sugar and save our
poor old bon=s, and they ghiak rs exrravA
CANT because we are too wise 20 seek 70 buy
dollar value for dime. II the long run
sometimes think the weasel knows more
than the owl, although il may spPear les
wise on Grss and casual lnspectlon--E1
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EiuDed in the Bud.

A woman who appeared to be an excur-
sionist was walking up and down Wood
ward avenue with mans hat in one hail
and large calfskin wallet in the other,
and an officer finally approached her and
asked:
Madam, are you looking for any one?"
ooh, no." she replied, Il know right
where he is"
Are you in any troubled"
mo, sir. l never allow anything to
trouble me-"
"But you-yOu"-
"It's just this way, sir. Ne and my hus-
band came in on the excursion. After we
got here he began 70 frisl- and cut up, and
proceeded to nip him in the bud. He's
over there on the city hall steps, hareheaded
and without cent, while hold the key of
the position. "-Detroit Free Press.
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record or the past expression upon Il, uus
| he was watching her eagerly. Mrs. Ran
doinh and Adele had moved away to speak
to the servants Emile drew nearer.
'sYou surely will not desert US now" he
| said In low voice.
Please don't" she said vaguely; Pm
so worried" And pushing quickly past
| him she hurriedly joined the two women.
They were experimenting the erection
Of a long tent or marquee in the garden,
hastily extern ported from the awnings OF
the veranda and other cloth. Mrs. Ran
dolph explained that although all danger
was over there was the possibility Of the
recurrenceof lighter shocks during the day
and night, and that they would all feel
much more secure and comfortable to camp
out for the next twenty-four hours in the
open air.
"Only imagine you're picknicking, and
you'll enjoy it as .auch as most people usu-
ally enjoy those horrid al fresco entertain
ments. don't believe there's the slight
est real necessity fer it, but" she added in
lower voice, ''the Irish and Chinese serv-
ants are so demoralized now they wouldn't
stay indoors with US. It's a common prac-
tice here, believe, for a day or two after
the shock, and it gives time to put things
to rights again and clear up. The old one
stored Spanish houses, with walls three
feet thick and built round "a courtyard or
patio, were much safer. It's only when the
Americans tried TO improve upon the old
order Of things with their pinchbeck shaus
and stucco that Providence interferes like
this to punish them"
It was the fact, however, that Rose was
more impressed by what seemed TO her the
absolute indifference of Providence in the
matter, and the cool resumption by nature
of her ordinary conditions. The sky above
their heads was as rigidly blue as ever and
as snilingly monotonous; the distant pros
pect, with its clear well known silhouettes,
had not changed; the crows swung on
heavy, deliberate wings over the grain as
before the trade wind was blowing in its
quiet persistency.
And yet abe knew that something had
happened that would never again make
her enjoyment Of the prospect the same;
that nothing would ever be as it was yes
terday think at FIRST she referred only
to the material and larger phenomena, and
did not confound this revelation of the in
security Of the universe with her expert
ence Of man Yet the fact also remained
that TO the conservative, correct and, as
she believed, secure condition TO which she
had been approximating, all her relations
were rudely shaken and upset. 1t really
seemed to this siup pie minded young woman
that the revolutionary disturbance of set
tied conditions might lie something in the
style of divine right also.
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In season.

The early settlers OF the west were not
men TO yield tamely 10 injustice or to be
easily discouraged BY obstacles An Incl
dent related in The History Of Macomb
County" Michigan. affords a good illus
tration Of their spirit Jacob Crawford
had located IN Ray township, and shortly
atterward a land speculator appeared &C
his house and made no secret Of his inten-
ton 10 secure the very land 70 which Mr..
Crawford thought he held prior claim
First come, first served you know. IL
the rule at the land office, % was the mans
reply 20 Mr.. Crawford's objection.
The stranger spent the night at Mr..
Crawfords cabin. After he had retired
the pioneer said 70 his wife. ''Pve got 20 go
10 the land Office at Detroit and get ahead
O. that Teller
you can't do IT," his wife answered de-
spondently Hell u start in the morning,
an he's got a smart pony. an all you've
got is your oxen"
But I'll start tonight, and I'll beat him
on foot. too
He set oat at once. and made good prog
ress until, Just south Of Mt Clemens. he
sprained his ankle But he was not 70 DO
conquered by such an accident; he cut two
these as crutches proceeded on his way.
The next forenoon, when within six
miles OF Detroit. near q tavern. he heard
hOrsemau coming lie stepped aside aud
concealed himself iu the bushes until the
horse and rider. who proved 20 be the land
Spectator, passed 10 hiS satisfaction he
noticed the man ride up % toe tavern and
diSmount from his pony.
Mr. Crawford passed around the house
unnoticed and pushed rapidly on to Do
troit. He reached the land Office. made his
claim, paid over his money. received his
certificate and was ia the act OF leaving
when the spectator entered.
You hcre.' he demanded. in surprise.
Yes, I'm here" the settler returned
dryly It's first come. first served you
know, az the land Office, an reckon I'm
all right 80
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A COUNTRY coURTSHIP.

Driving the COWS from the upper meadow
Beauty and Brindls and Ee<s-
Now IN the sunlight, DOW in the shadow,
And now in the Winds cafess;
With song es sweet a. at morn the staring
Is wont to the skies 10 tr1l;
hollie, the farmers daughter and darling.
Comes tripping adown the hill
Purple and black are the braided tresses
Her dainty temples that crown;
Light Is her step On the sward 1t presses
As fall Of the thistle down
The squirrels peek from the wayside hedges
As the maiden moves along,
And count It chief of their privileges
To list 70 her jocund song.
Down where the alders and slender PUSHES
Border the riv.Ilet's banks,
And the widened sweep Of the water gushes
Under q BRIDGES broad plankS
Whistling love song in broken snatches-
His hat pushed back from his brows-
Robin, the miller awaits and watches
For the coming Of the COWS
Up to their knees in the stream the cattle
Drink deep Of It's crystal flow;
Little they care for the lovers prattle
Or the bliss the twain may know;
Their heaving sides with their draughts dis
tended,
They enter the path again.
And crop the grasses, with heads low Bonded,
On either side of the lane
The shadows deepen; the dew is sprinkling
With diamonds all the meads;
And faint and far in the distance tinkling,
The sound of the bells recedesA
Still on the bridge where the water glistens
As the moonlight on il falls
The miller talks and the maiden listens.
But the cows are in their stalls.
w. D. Kelly in Ladies' Home Journal
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Aliens I'm Enrone.

The alien thrives elsewhere as well as in
America. 1t would be hardly fair to call
Won Caprivi an alien, for although the
German chancellor is Of Italian descent he
was born Of naturalized German parents
Count Taafe. he prime ministerof Austria.
is an Irish peer. The Russian chancellor.
De GierS, Is Swede. Prince Malcolm
Khan. Scotchman, was until recently the
Persian ambassador in London. An Irish
man tO'Donnell was thrice prime min
lister in Spain. and that noble Celt, Mac
Mahon. WAS president Of France Won
Mohrenheim. a German. j. the Russian
ambassador NJ Paris. Wsddington. the
French ambassador in London. J. an En-
GlishmRn. De Laun8y, the Italian ambas-
sador in Berlin, IS "A Frenchman. Wood
PaSha, the chief consulting admiral Of the
Turkish feet, Is Al EnClishman, 80 was
Hobart Pasha, late admiral Of the feet.
The most notable of Er-l.Shmen at the
present time j. HenryM StanleT. an Amer
ican.-Eugene Field in Chicago News.
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maL.. On. Think Of Bprp.

Every square yard u Dumtries town II
aglow with SONS touching reminder %
Burns HIS memory is the very breath ot
life in the place There j. but one stain on
its surpassIu NJ tenderness That forms an
insult % the whole world In permitting his
tomb the property BY actual subscription
and CONN heritage ~ all nationAlitles
and men. 20 lapse into a mercsuary show
place. in the clutch off'vo t-2garly hruts@,
lacking thc common placid and kindly nat
ure and sIIlz-Dce ~ ordinary animals.
Thee two creature, man and wife. stand
guard with 'o~k ard key with tiger llks
claws and rgfla1iy demands for coin. and
thus secure. f. ifs said. from 400 % k7Oo
annually from revsreut pilgrims q this
sacrsd shrias " hethsr the gh0uls rob
f1r thrrrE~ ree rr f1r more latch gent hu-
man byerrs behind thefa the dssscrasion
s. the Fan~ Burns was starved and bull
lied into bis grave BY a. iofsm0us system
and environment, con PEELED 20 DO ths
Tnrk - half dozeu men a. from 40 %
40 PER year. Sr9tenncn "a scotland and
The world over riIl - IAekirZ IA The D.
blsst ~ Scotch qualities uufil This revolt
ing defamation - Tia iilustr0us dsAd ~
abolished -Cor Ser York Commercial
Advert ser.
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Amateur Photography.

"This amateur photography business has
knocked legitimate photography higher
than kite" was an expressive remark Of
dealer. People all over the country are
crazy to push a button and take picture,
but they don't care to do anything else
Very few amateurs do their own develop
ing. We sell dozens of S12 outfits, where
before we used TO handle $500 machines
The manufacturers OF amateur supplies
ere from three &c six months behind in their
orders.
1.-THE amateur camera craze is one that
grows upon the victim. he usually begins
in modest fashion with a S13 machine.
Then he throws that aside for one costing
say S25. he then becomes an enthusiast
on lenses, focues, developers, pro-reagents
and all that. He buys $50 machine, per-
haps one for SIS His equipment is con-
stantly increased from time to time as his
skill develops, until at last the subject
who started in SO rrodestly with So out
fit suddenly finds that amateur photogra-
ply has cost him from Sl25 to 500. 1
know one clubman who has an outfit
worth S6OO."-Detroit Free Press.
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no BE CONTINUED
Progress of Dentistry.

Wonderful improvements have been
made in dentistry in the last few years, and
it is very well, too, for with hot and cold
things at meals, and a disregard of the
care of teeth, there is much more work
for the profession. Years ago a dentist
would fit in a single tooth on pivot. This
was done 10y filling the broken tooth even
with the gums, killing the nerve and ex-
tracing it and then fastening the crown
Of a tooth TO the root by means of hick-
DRY peg The wood absorbed everything
in few years and made the breath offens-
i've. Now threads are cut in the root Of
the broken tooth, a silver screw screwed in
and the crown fastened and filled from
the back with amalgum. This fills up the
tooth, and with ordinary care it will last
lifetime. One, two or half dozen teeth
can now be put in in the same way.
i know a dentist who can tell by simply
looking at a persons face whether false
teeth are worn or not and even tell
whether they are on gold or celluloid. He
says there is something in the shape Of the
mouth that gives it away. He told me
that he can always tell whether an actress
on the stage wears false teeth by observing
her from the audience. Some people have
the lines of the mouth filled out by having
teeth made to suit, and he told me of one
in particular.
The lady had grown quite frail and
there were wrinkles forming about her
mouth that she didn't like. She went
north and had a set of teeth made with
plumpers attached. A few months ago
the teeth fell out of her mouth during a
fit of laughing, aud the plumpers were
broken. She carried her mouth works to
this dentist friend Of mine and he made
her a new outfit, or rather Unfit, and so
pleased was she that she had an extra set
made by him that she might not be incOn-
venienced by another accident.-Macon
(Ga) Telegraph.
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rr.peh and American c.riui.sa.

Some pec1liarities eistin luish ths naann-
fsrsurs - American csii1!041 from ths
French rr ethod = prutu--ion- T. ths la
ter casa tbs material is aaauufseturri from
paroryla'-d pap~r treated ~ alcohol then
n re1 wt-h canphor ant 81 United %
ccusid-rz1ls pr-sz1rs 4 se-i0ss Ira ~hArk
> IL s1scsy.lb 10y % .zrlfton- IT, o01n.
bl.stl9n taxes pla1e wa zrsai virlrlty az
= temp~rk.1re q 80 60Va O. Moro
over. cg.Ialod f1ag - es-ofnpos~d il.
"a s.Adsn rran1rr uEtsT he actlsu 4 heaf
TIE os-e-vsd t~-sGsrzturs g HEl-h sab
r,sortaoeoua dessgrHt4sn fAksa plAos IL
o1f-nrrls~d bs.7--cn 10 znd lao eess Z,
f8r tss psiss csllElold. 81 that vhich en-
tnius % ro.ertng fusttsr. aze Dos "a rlss
ator- - esgs q fsr egAqrs e.llulaLa.
wfl~s e9ntas - = Whit "a hnsan-s ruH4s AZ
rsae srd ra-i0us ooisrfnR rns.segu. Tls
dsaAEraf.on - always very asatlye. AluAys
irstAntanso-s. ard aoo- at spp-&r % -
an-oaapat-lssi ~ light. A. IN 49, 49, q
crvs BAY eofton pgwdsr bsst tha sir-urn-
srarl-- e regarded - 4us - ths Abandant
disc E-gsEs-rt q r2fit4ut vagorz. sooCra.
parsed ~ task. b.sek snake. r-sai;lnE
from la es1AEr1t.es- Sew Og.sAss Pa
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-14

At the "hot corn symposium Of the
Teuderloin club rho NOISY method adopted
by the members % expires. their approba-
tion caused Jn acUt, sTtSm os Indignation
IN the breast Il one az tle most entertain
ing of the guests l.r w.l, "a young man
posse, ad cog excellent clocutionary and
mimctic power. .at mon urgent solicita-
t.9I le bait or..i Co entertain tho
jolly a--cuuiy.. ..fu ara imitation 81
s,us,t bln-au .. 1d has best. but was
a-to1nded vucu 800 ti~ finish a storm %
misses burst upon him. lie Razed IN be-
w.idtrment around the room, and although
he saw many friendly faces. the possessor 81
each face was apparently doing his best to
add 90 the volume OF tue misses
What doe. this meant he finally asked
half angrIiy half tearfully.
This h our method Of applauding." eI-
planned the president since some % our
neighbors complained Of us for making too
much noise we have resolved 20 cOnfns
ourselves 20 the repressivs hiss as our only
mode Of expressing appreciation. New
York Times.
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He Consented.

CLARA" said the old man, that young
fellow can't have you. He smokes cigar
cites, l know, for smell them when he is
around"
Papa" said the dear girl, "he never
smokes them, but he owns cigarette fac
tory"
80? Then, my darling, he can marry
you when be will There's money in the
business. "-Harper's Ba7ar.
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A Marine Railway,

York Beach, Ne, has ready for use
marine railway, the invention of one of the
prominent residents of the town. Il is con-
structed somewhat after the style of truss
bridge, only that the bottom and lower half
of the sides are planked up so that it can be
filled with stone to prevent its floating or
moving about. A floating device for bath
ing is attached to the extreme or water end,
where persons who cannot swim may 90
into water many times over their heads
without the possibility of an accident
Chicago Herald.
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Sweet Revenge.

Two Joneses lived next door TO each
other, and having TO call on one Of them
Brown of course went TO the wrong house.
A Grabbed servant answered the bell, and
on Brown asking. is this Mr.. John
Jones'?" she replied snappishly, as if she
had been bothered with many such inquir-
les, "No, it amt" and slammed the door
in his face. Brown walked OF hundred
yards or so when bright thought struck
him. He returned at once and rang the
same bell again. Again the crabbid serv-
ant appeared "Who said it was'" asked
Brown triumphantly, and instantly walk
ed away.-San Francisco Argonaut.
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For getting on in the world a CHEEKY
laugh is valuable ally. We are apt to
think well of and to befriend If necessary
the man who never fails to see the point Of
our witticisms and gives loud and hearty
evidence Of his appreciation. A grave man
is a bore; to be taciturn and uniformly
serious one should have no need of the
worlds good opinion or assistance. To sit
in gay company dumb dog, unable to
say good things ones self, or to cackle me-
lodiously or otherwise at the good things
Of ones neighbors, is considered a crime,
which no moral or intellectual virtues can
xpiate.-Gentleman's Magazine.
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diseases or childhood. besides producing a
general tendency to defective vision and a
letting down Of the general health.
The increasingly minute division of Ia
Dor, so beneficial in some respects, must
have a belittling effect upon the laborer.
AS one said many years ago, the manufact-
ure of pin by the divided labor of several
different persons gives US excellent pins,
but poor mechanics. and worse yet, poor
men and women.-Youth's Companion
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A TraIt of the PRINCES.

The Prince of Wales, usually exceeding
" liberal, seems to have been caught in a
petty meanness. He has refused to pay
the 800 due for his eldest sons tenancy of
apartments in St. James palace. His eX-
cuse for this is that the young man was
absent in India and that his tenancy was
therefore broken temporarily! n other
words the apartments must be reserved
for the prince at all times, but paid for only
when occupied! The treasury department
will not prosecute the claim, but good
deal of indignation has been expressed by
John Bull at large since the story leak ed
Out-Cor Chicago News
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Anxious to Go.

Aunty-So your papa has decided to send
you to boarding school?
Little Boy-Yes IN, and I'm goin' to study
awful hard, so can go to college.
Aunty-I am delighted to hear that. Yon
ara anxious to go to college, are you?
Little Boy-Yes, indeed. love to row.
Good News.
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Danger from Imnrnrrm.nt.

II manufactures give rs cheaper and
cheaper goods they do 80 az "a large exDenCi-
ture OF human health and life At the
same time they crowd the great centers
with population hari 70 sssirnilate ard
pervEGed with its OVID unhealthy aud Vi
cious tendencies.
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II has been lately observed that winter
purified a. much ~ possible. and standing
only short time in contact with the air.
showed next day continuous decrease %
conductivIty, which gradually disappeared.
giving p'soe % the normal unavoidable in
crease Professor PfriIer concludes that
Is duo % micro organisms coming into tho
water and absorbing tne conducting sub
stances present.