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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-05
/ BEECHAM'S PILLS
81 ACT LIKE MAGIC
/ ON 4 WEAK STOMACH.
8 IS Cents a Box.
q OF ALL DRUGGISTS.
OF ALL DRUGGISTS.

nao rather SIT uy an ooen car e1noow ana
dose and dream than get into the upper
berth Of close sleeper l was enter
tanned during tie night BY the cor
quest and usurpation OF seats By some
Of the passengers. Unlocking the
seats they would throw ons back visa
Wis one man thus being cuabled to stretch
his legs, occupying foarsests. Three men
in this way confscsteA twelve seats. One
woman for herself and children occnuied
eight seats As PasseaGers dropped IN sc
the way stations during the night
they would wander h0pelezly along
the aisle, but not 3 sleeper budged.
Nor did a conductor trouble himself to
give the seaslsss seses. About In the
morning a rough. hs-nm scarrR chap en-
tered with a bulgIng, ctre8p vaiisc as large
as asnan trunk. lie sized up the slespers,
gave it 1p Is bad JOB, and. carfed up on
the coal box, remafking, well. this viii
about do for me. " ThecondRceor punched
his ticket, and offered no aid to give him
s seat. But the top of the coal box refused
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-05

THE WESTERN UNION BUILDING ABLAZE.
by fame. fed to the roof, and there amid
smoke and heat awaited the result. Some
of the group grew almost frantic, but one
of the females, hardly more than girl IN
years, kept her senses. From the top of
an adjacent building ladder was run up,
which failed by forty feet of reaching the
roof A fireman climbed to its highest
rung, carrying a coil of rope.
"Throw r to me- shouted the nervy lass
above. ''Ill catch it" And catch it she
did with sure and untrembling grasp.
Swiftly she made one end fast TO proJec-
ton. and uD the line swarmed the firemen,
who soon placed the imperiled party out of
the reach Of danger.
The property loss by the fire, roughly es-
timated at half million, did not, of course,
include more than a ,tithe of the actual
damage The building might be termed
the heart of the Western Union service,
and when the wires went down, and the
enormous switchboard disappeared before
the consuming heat, the telegraphic serv-
ice of a large part of the country was tenn
porarily suspended. That great loss con-
sequently ens1ed to business interests
goes almost without saying, but the total
amount sacrificed through the unexpected
interruption of wire communication will
probably never be ascertained.
The damaged building was considered
fireproof, but its interior construction in
clUded great deal OF wood, which fur
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-05
BREAD SUGGESTIONS.

In days gone by bread was used as .
charm against witches
1t is said that if loaf parts in the hand
while being CIT it BODIES dissensions in the
family - the separation Of husband and
wife
II has long been a widespread belief that
the whereabouts Of a drowned body may
be ascertained By floating loaf OF bread
down a stream, when it win stop over the
spot where the body lies.
Amongst beliefs current among our own
sailors is the notion that it il unlucky 20
turn loaf upside down after helping one
self from it, the idea being that for every
loaf 50 turned q ship VIII BE- wrecked
British Baker and Confectioner
Many housewives mark their loaves Of
bread with a cross before putting them in
the oven One explanation given for this
custom Is that 1T prevents the bread turn
ing out heavy" Some, again, maintain
that the sign Of the cross keeps the bread
from growing uoidy-"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-05

Erskine Williams. q london, England,
the child lightning eartoonist, - IL a YER
liable prodigy X taxes him less than a
minute 10 draw splendid political car
toon- He exhibits his power. IN the music
halls, where ihe managers call hiln a great
draw"
Jay Cooke, the Philadelphia broker,
Owls several country places. but bis favor
lie resort j. hls farm a. Chelten Hills, 5
few miles out from Philadelphia. Here be
spends nearly every afternoon giving per
sonAl attention 70 all the necessary details
OF practical farming
With the solid silver dinner Ssrvice Of
% pieces that has been presensd 70 S.zB-
ley by the ErniA PAsha aelief com Enitses =
the following inscription: -Heury N. stan
Lex. on bis wedding dsy To commemorate
d. aooly done and g-sa, enterprise
x2lsudldly achieved IL Darkest Africa "a
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-05

The champion hard boiled egg eater q,
the world Is Mr. Louis Ledger. OF NeT
York That dyspepsisdefyinG young MAJ
has eaten thirty hard boiled eggs in fifteen
minutes. This triumph Of appetite over
hard boiled eggs was v-on AZ a contest Il
the Bowery.
Half an hour after Nr. Ledger had Tn
iShed the thirtietb hard boi,ed e-E b
walked into restaurant and complained
OF being hungry. Ee hs6 consumed sixEg
as1nceS ~ szGS or -As lzan1TAl@a= OF sAtan
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-05


to make him an easy bed. SO he got OF,
fshed great dingy overcoat from his Va.
lse, laid it down on the car floor near the
stove, and went to bed on the overcoat.
He looked Is he slept there as if he had
tumbled down III drunken fit But he
didn't care for appearances. Conductors
came and went, looked at his ticket
stuck in his hat band, and still
he slumbered on, and 50 did the monopo-
hzers Of seats about him. / admired THAI
man for his pluck and Independence Of
public opinion, but had / been the con-
dUCtOr it seems to me that | should have
made il my business TO have made one on
two men take up with fewer seats and not
allow a seatless man 20 lie hike drunk on
the car floor. In tine early morn tho GALL
niyper train boy walked through the car,
and shot glances Of contempt and icrision
at the man cUrled UP on the floor. But the
sun rose "a 3 last 80 usual = sTnaing alike the
Just and unjust. and when che --ain stopped
at a breakfast station we got out and paid
y cents each for what we ceuld, by dtnt Of
reaching and scratching and imploring
fellow passenge for breed and milk get
from table from which the walters had
either fed or been swept OF the face Of the
earth by pestilence.
PRENTICE MULFoED
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-05

The london lanes, az Ensiish medical
publication, tslis q on extraordinary c1ll d
recently brought % tbs ao1os d Sc1EDt4Ac
people lie Il Gov b~t~osn Axad ysarS
Of age, and - q the following einssnsiorN;
Esisht. fset, Esigtzt. III p9uzleis, ctcrm-
ference 81 sbda-9s1. RI tnches, ebess. ~
ilschss. r.sok. - Fu~aes. krad. II fnchss.
thizh. - ipcbes. arm. III t-schas: fore
an. 10 inches. Hs p pery beAlthy, sats
al cay i91R ard = tairly intsihssut. The
g1-suts s1d tAssF otEsT ohIl1rsa are q Or
I-~.---e
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-05
DON'T Toy with Your Eyes.

Many people are troubled with itching
eyes and try all sorts of washes. The eye
is Que Of The most valuable organs OF the
body. Unfortunately for careless human
ity it is also one ot the most deicate. II
does not pay to t,itie with it. The best
way to treat itching is 10 use cool, weaS
salt water wash every few hours. If this
does no good go TO physician who makes
5 speciality Of eye diseases.-Exchange.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-05

Dr., Talmage receives $4,000 year from
his Brooklyn congregation, $l2,JJO from a
firm for the advance publication OF MS ser
mons, s, 800 for his contributions 20 Fe-
lcious journal. besides what he earns on
the lecture platform and from general
literature work he would lose money If
he traded his income for that OF the presi-
dent Of the United States.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-05

notable feature Of PROF. ". r. GARRETT.
the meeting OF 1890 was the display made
by the manual training departments of
schools in all parts of the country. Almost
everything that can be made Of hard or
soft woods, cloth and all light materials
with the use of small tools and light run
ming machinery could be seen at the exhi-
bition rooms. Those exhibits were the
best possible evidence that discipline of
the hand is coming TO be a very important
part Of school work in the United States.
Il may be worthy OF note here that manual
training was first Tried in the schools Of
western states.
Professor William r. Garrett, of Nash
vile, Tenn, Is president of the association
for the ensuing year. succeeding J. II. Can
field, OF Lawrence, Kan.
The annual meetings Of the association
have been held in al parts Of the United
States, from Boston 10 sun Francisco and
from st. Paul to Nashville. In 1859 the
teachers gatheredi in Washington. ami fea-
ture OF the session was reception by PTesi-
dent Buchanan and his cabinet. In 1853 a
pilgrimage wsS made to Harrisburg, Pa,
and the association visited the Battlefield of
Gettysburg, which at that time was hardly
cleared of the signs Of fighting. In 1870
President Grant and party called on the
teachers at Cleveland while they were N
session. In 1882, 1888 and 1885 IL > meet
ings were held at Saratoga. and in 1855
those who could afford to DO so went all
the way TO San Francisco.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-05

Unea oroppea Il On me piaUI0ruI. as Bur
dette was instig2ted to his rash act by
woman, the question arises whicn of the
two most nearly represents her sex? Who
will anSver?-St. Paul Pioneer Press.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-05
An Army of Teachers.

Thirty-four years ago a hundred or more
school teachers met in Philadelphia and
organized a national association of teach
ers. Meetings OF the association have been
held every year, except in 1861, 1862 and
1873, and the membership has steadily in
creased. The society is now known as the
National Educational association, and the
thirty-fourth annual meeting recently
closed in St Paul, MINI. More than 1900
teachers were present, the largest attend
ance in the history of the association, ex-
cept az the Chicago meeting OF 1887, when
5000 teachers were registered and the
membership fees amounted to about $50, O00
The aggregate attendance this year from
the south and southwest was much greater
than from the north.
Many colored men and women teachers
went from Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi
and the Carolinss, and Georgia sent WILL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-05

ana nan pounus CT Uee1sJeak, IN ii quar-
ter of an hour. and half an hour later he
wanted coffee and squads on toasJ.-New
York Journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-05

. i
nished ample food for the flames. The
lesson first taught by the great Chicago
fire was again emphasized on this occasion,
for the brick walls of the huge structure
stood unframed, while the stone trim
mings crumbled into sand almost at the
first touch of heat.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-05

when Baby WAS sex, We gave her Castoria,
When she was a Child she cried for CaStoria,
When she became Miss, she chung 10 CaStoria,
When she had Children. she gave them CastoriS,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-05

lam d. johnson,
of Athens, who is
secretary of edu-
cation OF the Afri-
can NJ. Z. church.
The largest dele
cation of teachers
from any one state
probably was from
Iowa. Her mem
bership in the reg
istration book :
went above LOO.
Perhaps the most
Omaha daily bee., 1890-09-02
The Intelligence of Toads.

Toads, in the presence OF snakes, usu-
ally remain perfectly still, says Forest
and Stream. In this is their only safety,
for did they make the least movement
they would Immediately be caught. /
have known a hungry snake TO lie wait
ing for over an hour for frog to move,
and even push with the nose TO stir him
up. This has been called snake charm
ing" and indeed it looks like it, but the
toad is the charmer and the snake the
charmee. / remember one day |
dropped a toad in the midst of
pit OF snakes l had in my back
yard. He at once became perfectly still,
though surrounded by more than dozen
hungry snakes. There was a circle of
fierce heads and glaring eyes around
him, but he would not move. The circle
narrowed until the protruding tongues
almost touched him, yet he was immov-
able. just then was called away for
over half an hour, but on returning
found the toad in grave dignity still
holding the fort by most mastery mac
tivity. This lowly, helpless creature,
strong only by adherence TO natural
faith, thus battling enemies numerous
and powerful, brought Daniel before the
mental vision more vividly than Rivers
celebrated picture.
Omaha daily bee., 1890-09-02

The apple crop and all the other fruit
crops, too, are failure in Connecticut,
and no one is able to account for the
trouble, says Hartford, Conn. special
to the Republic. Hardly tree in the
state has any apples, and cider drinkers
look to next winter in arid and hopeless
anticipation, 1t is not question OF
what shall the harvest be, for there
won't be any harvest this season, but of
how much it is going to cost to import
cider from the west, if the west has any
to spare. Old cider-last seasons crop
and rank enough to set the teeth on
edge-is selling for 40 cents gallon,
which is just four times the price ordi-
narily, and there is not much of that
brand to- be had for any price. Old cider
dealers believe the price of orchard
tea will touch 60 cents gallon next
fall, and vinegar also has doubled in
price within month. Only two years
ago cider was drug in Connecticut and
was not worth the cask in which to
store it,
Omaha daily bee., 1890-09-02
His OCcupation.

At one of the depots in ST. Louis there
used to be one-legged man, about forty
years old, says writer in the New York
Sun, who asked people for aims by say
ing:
please help poor man who has lost
his right leg and can no longer follow
his occupation
l encountered him three times a week
for a year or more, and generally had
something to give him, but one day it
occurred to me to question him, and l
asked
Lose your leg by accident?"
Eyes, sir"
"What sort?o
"Fellow shot me in the knee"
so? And you lost your occupation. y
''Yes, sir. -
What did you used to follow?"
II used to kick dead-beat niggers for
an eating house on the levee!"
Omaha daily bee., 1890-09-02
THE SPECULATIVE MARKETS.
Wheat Simply Creature of Whims and Ca
prices Of Traders.
CORN MARKET HEAVY FROM THE WORD GO.
Oats Close at the Lowest Prices of
the Day-Consid cradle Activity
in Provisions-Cattle
and Hogs.

Cu,c.co se,,or,bor rSnoc,al TeIegra m
- -, r,D tp,. - -
W Hh bht'I-lhe WhedV inarhct Wu"S n"S
largely creature of whims of trade in the
snurce md on tho yyb,Ia +ba ,,orkatvas
80, - IT. 1,a | 80 oIssa 80,
Neah' ouly once rislhs az oNer the SIoSe vi
Saturday. Bearish influences were easier,
cables with LiVerpool of I'd for spot
wheat 1il,ora1 ,ncoin,s r,,,,iro ovor tho esti-
~ 1 pc ,o 900 i-,..l,i
mate increase III local stocks Oh I-'VVV pusht!s
by the houses supposed TO represe mt Hutchin-
son Rul1 noints xvera li,ht deliveries nro-
-, 80 T.,
Daply hot over DC per huhurcu
thousand bushels and inccssdnt rains
in the northwest causing reports of sproutng
wheat and prospects OF decrease In visible
supply The market started lower around
$lOsit for NAV, Aside from a little spurt OF
buying which ran September up &c in few
min utes trading was mostly i'm December.
September sold ri. .Cl and up to 81 .Oj with the
bid at Al O;}is without getting wheat; Deem
Der first sold of to slO313 and on "A slow rally
up to noon rose to Sl05'4 before l o'clock the
price broke down to SlO,lH the low point of
fair buying by Mitchell, Logan and
the crowd on an early advance
and the selling was led by Bloom. Baldwin 4
Farnufl. Parker & Co. and William Young 4
Co. Later in the day early buyers also sold
out and the market appeared to go down of its
own weight. The last half hour brought
further decline in wheat. Septemler er sold of
to slUOi4 and closed at SLOl; December
touched SlO3 and closed at 81 .O3ap May sold at
Sl.07 and closed at Sl01t.
There was a heavy market in corn from the
very start. The greatest influence of the day
Omaha daily bee., 1890-09-02
GIVE HER THE SEAT, MONSIEUR.
French Manners Getting So Bad as to
CAll for New LAWS.

Is the ancient reputation of the French
nation for p0liteness on the wane, and is
the Wanted courtesy of Frenchmen
toward ladies now q thing OF the pastY
sadly asks the London Daily Telegraph.
Gentlemen Of the old school reply sadly
in the affirmative, and this is also the
opinion of several members Of the town
council Of Havre, which has been dis
cussing and revising the bylaws for the
regulation OF the municipal street cars.
One councillor complained that in
these degenerate days men sitting in
car never thought of yielding place to
ladies compelled to stand on the plat
form at the end-even though it mi ght
be raining-and he moved the adoption
of bylaw empowering the conductor to
compel members of the male persuasion
comfortably ensconced in the interior of
the vehicle to make way for any matrons
or spinsters standing outside.
Several members of the council sup
ported this ardent upholder OF the high
politeness, but the majority reluctantly
came to the opinion that his courteous
proposition was unworkable in the pres
ent state of decadencc into which man
ners had fallen.
This episode has evoked from several
''censors of manners in Paris diatribe,
on the decline of French politenesss
which they admit mournfully to be an
accomplished fact - and. what about
French walters? An incident at Point
ers leads one to think that even these in
diyiduals, whose politeness used to be be-
yond reproach, are becoming infected
with the rudeness OF the age. Several
officers one day entered n cafe concert
and sat down: the waiter came up and
| demanded the entrance money, putting
| his elbows on the table and declaring
| that he would not bulge without it.
A lieutenant gave him a shove, telling
| him he would get his money when he be-
| haved properly. With that the waiter
| took up an iron chair and hit the lieu
tenant in the face with it, destroying
| one of his ewes.
Omaha daily bee., 1890-09-02
LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO, eptember'l.-Cattle-R Receipts. H.
OOO; market fairly active and firm; natives
$1,000 10; stockers. s2,iJJ2Sj; COWS, bulls and
mixed, 81 l4OG4.0Oi Texans, s24OgA20i Colorado,
e30Ou3S5.
Hogs-Receipts, %. 900; market active and
hgheri packersu and shippers, A9OIi.J0;
prime heavy and butcher weights, A.3O1451;
skips and selected light, :2S q l45.
Sheep-Recei ipts, l2Ol0; market active and
easier; natives, A,00G4.S0; westerns. AlJ4L4.S5 I;
Texans S3,1j014.95; lambs. si.1jG6.l0.
ST. LOUIS, Sept, 1.-Cattle-Receipts $500;
shipments, 900; market strong; fair to fancy
native steers, s4OO@I.9O; stockers and feeders,
s!.:O1I-340.
Hogs-Receipts l, 40l shipments 1000, mar
ket higher heavy, s.3Jal.i0i mixed. s40JG
40; light, s4.20Gi25,
KANSAS CITY, sept, -Cattle-Receipts
$500; shipments. 1,sJ0; market steady to
strong E;si eers, s.lJG4j3; COWS, sLj01270;
stockers and feeders. s2.50lfa25
He Cgs-Receipts-5,4O'; shipments, 1000; mar
kct strong; All grades, s3.4Jlgi.l0,
SIOUX CITY, Ia, Sept. 1.-[Special Telegram
10 The BEE. E.l-llogs-Receipts 90; market
strong 10 90 higher selling at s40JG4ul5.
Omaha daily bee., 1890-09-02

morrow. Said Mr. Thomas tonight "The
task 81 putting in running order road run.
ming from the first to the second city in the
country Is no small one. There is no money
in asecoDd class road and | have already
started out gravel trains, which will work
day and night 10 make the road just what IL
should be 1t win be second TO none In the
country when we finish il. We have not yet
decided on tho officials of the road That
will be done at a meeting OF the Erie direc-
tors 10 be held in New York within ten DAYS.
However much we may wish il, there seems
no chance Of retaining Receiver Malottes
service. He is a gentleman Of independent
means and he told me today that he could not
longer afford TO neglect his ban king and rail-
road interests in Indian apolis.
Omaha daily bee., 1890-09-02
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
eenate Passes the Amendment Increasing the
Duty on Fine Washed Wools,
INSPECTION or COAL MINES.
1he Federal Government will Here
after Attend to That Matter
In the Territories-The
Raum Matter.

wAsnINoToN, Sept I'm the senate Mr..
Blair asked whether a motion to adjourn
would be in order This was Labor day, he
said, and should be universally observed.
Mr.. Hoar said Labor day would be better
honored by legislation in behalf of labor
MIR Blair acquiesced and said; ~ give no.
tice TO the senator in charge Of the tariff bill
that will ask the unanimous consent OF the
tenate to give precedence TO the considera-
ton Of the labor bills that have been sent US
by the house Of representatives"
Mr. Sherman gave notice of an amendment
which he proposed to offer to the tariff bill
looking toward reciprocity with the Domin-
ION Of Canada in coal and toward extending
trade relations between Canada and the
United States.
Mr., Blair asked unanimous consent to pro-
coed to the consideration of the house bill for
the adjustment of accounts under the eight
hour law.
AS the bill could not be disposed of with
out discussion Mr.. Aldrich objected and the
tariff bill was taken mp, the question being
on the paragraph as to wool and woolcn
goods, to which the finance committee had
reported an amendment increasing the duty
n from twice TO two and a half times the duty
Jimposed on washed woolof the first class.
oo.5r, Paddock addressed the senate in a
wndly criticism of the tariff bill.
th Ater a long discussion the committee
amendments were agreed to-26 to Is.
To the next paragraph, relating to woolen
or worsted cloths, knit fabrics, etc. the com
mittee reported an amendment increasing the
duty from twice to three times the duty per
pound on unwashed wool of the Grst class.
. Agreed TO.
On motion of Mr.. Carlisle the word
"shawlsn was inserted after the words
'woolen or worsted cloths.n
To the next paragraph relating TO blankets,
hats of wool and flannels for underwear, the
committee amendment makes the duty the
same as that on pound and a half Of un-
washed wool of the first class in addition to
ad valorem rates.
Finally the wool schedule was completed
and Mr.. Vance offered as an additional sec
tion an amendment Of which he heretofore
gave notice, allowing "a reduction Of duty on
goods purchased with the proceeds of Ameri.
can farm products and sold in foreign coun.
tries. He will ask for an evening session to-
morrow, in which to address the senate
Schedule L, relating to silk and silk goods
was taken up and the committee amendment
agreed to; also one by Mr.. Aldrich striking
out of paragraph 392 the words "spun silk
and adding 'spUn silk in skeins or cops ol
on beams 35 per cent ad valorem."
Mr.. Aldrich stated that the sugar schedule
would be taken up tomorrow.
The conference report on the bill relating Il
collisions at sea was agreed to and the senate
adjourned.