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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-20
Different Kinds of Frogs.

THE eggs Of the bullfrog are laid late in
May, while those OF the common frog are
Matched in March or April Much, how
ever, depends on the weather. At that
time you can hear them croak- You can
always tell the male by the sound Of his
voice. AS you approach you viii hear his
familiar r-r-rum. r-rum. FEe female voice
is not nearly so strong - that OF her mate.
Their faculties Of hearing are acuts- They
discern the sound OF approaching footsteps
at great distance, and sitter giving the
alarm remain silent.
They lay their eggs near the edge of the
pond, if possible among the grasses that
line it. The eggs rise Immediately 30 tbs
surface. The frogs separate then, and II
the weather is genial the eggs are kRtehed
In the course OF about fourteen days
They first appear Ike u pin with a largo
head. Tadpoles have no legs, the body Ia
pers into tail, giving it a fisbiike form.
The mouth is a horny beUk which falls of
when it becomes 4 frog. The hind legs
grow first, and afterward the fore legs be-
gin TO appear, the tail being gradually alb
sorbed. They live exclusively IN the water,
but the mature frog visits the pond only
occasionally, although capable Of remain
ing long IMMERSED buL always HFSicTClnB
moist places.
On each side Of the neck Of the male Is
delicate membrane, wlich when they
croak becomes inflated with air. The
greater proportiouate length and strength
of the hind legs enables them 70 leap a dis
tance wonderful for creatures of their size
The bullfrogs Of this country are superior
TO all others in the world. IN Rio Janerio
they have a species called the blacksmith
frog, which croaks so generously that the
noise is like the Changing II a hammer on
an anvil. The intermingling voices Of
o&her kinds resemble the lowing Of cattle
at IA distance. The frog in Peru has ac-
quired the name of the sugarmi!ler, be-
cause its voice has a grating sound like
that produced by a sugar miI.-Interview
i'll New York World
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-20

The Italians have pretty phrase TO ex-
press that fine kind Of tact which is indie
pendent of education They call il THE
intellect of love, " and they have cFystalhzed
in those four words one Of the most ethe-
real, but also one of the most potent, char
acteristics OF human nature. Not the most
liberal education gives this intellect Of love
where the materials have been denied by
nature; not the most restricted range OF
knowledge destroys II where il is there by
the constitution of things
People who have this intellect OF love
are as slow To take oiIsnse as 10 give it.
They have none OF that prickly heat Of
temperament which dushss out into a
moral eruption at the least contrariety Of
circumstances. They make allowances for
weather, health, appointments, annoy
Rnces, misunderstanding and they give
the benefit Of the doubt on the charitable
side whenever 10 j. possible to frame
doubt at all They never quarrel. Even II
things 20 badly, as byreason Of malice and
misrepresentation they do sometimes with
the best in the world, they suffer quietly
and do not make b11 worse.-New York
Ledger
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-20
B,aoknan and Murder,

The discreditable pastime Of MASKING
sometimes ends disastToUsly 70 the male
charmer as witness The terrible fate Of
David Moore one evening recently az OF
tswA, lis. Moore was a travelling sales
man for a lumber house, and while az OF
taws became acquainted with the wife Of
a laborer named Ford She agreed 20 a
rendezvous II Allen PARK after shutdown,
and tie two separated Ms. Ford, 50 il
appears, arranged matters with her hus-
hand 20 bl4cknal Moore At anv rate
when the travelling nan and the woman
met that evening Ford and Two oompzn-
ions bounced down upon the couple and
demanded noneJ. Moore refused % dis
burse, and Ford SMASHED bis skull with
coupling pin. Then TIE murderer and rs
socomplices, including the woman. riheG
me corpse q 4 gold watch, several dla-
mords ard SLIGO II cash TIE BODY RS
discovered the asxt morning, and By nixnt
al Of the accused parties had beea plAced
in cugtodr
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-20
Accounting for Mysterious Disappearanoes

So many people utterly disappear from
the face of the earth every year leaving No
clew behind that some persons are begin
ming to give credence to the views of a
French author who advances the theory
that death is occasionally actual dissolu-
ton. 1t is a disease, the writer referred to
maintains, but one from which there is no
suffering; there IS no illness or warning of
the approaching end; the patient suddenly
ceases to exist and as suddenly fades from
sight. He says he has actually witnessed
this phenomenon, and that he was at one
time walking with friend who suddenly
vanished and has never reappeared- With
such conclusive testimony lie has little
doubt that many persons searched for have
actually melted into thin air. He further
states that at the moment his friend disap-
peared strong sutpburous odor pervaded
the atmosphere.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-20
JOAQUIN sIuIer.s Lonely Home.

All alone, with himself as sis only com
pany, up among tLe high ellis just outside
the town of Oakland. Cal. Joaquin Miller,
the poet Of the Sierras, Is passing his days.
What Is there 10 attract one hergi' he re-
Gently wrote TO % friend who wanted TO
travel 1900 miles to visit him. Nothing.
absolutely nothing but C>Etipedes, scor-
pions and the tarantula. and they're not
the best company for city bred man, for
whatever they put their feet on they poi
son. But l like IL. just turn the rocks
up here over, then plant a tree or build
fence. and onoo IN a great while / write.
Keep away from mr.; stay where you are,
and when I want you and the rest q the
world u sEnd. "-P bilRdolphia Press.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-20
Making tho Deaf to Hear.

As rule mutes are born deaf, but some
times severe diseases in infancy DESTROY
completely the sense of hearing Under
these circumstances even partial recovery
of hearing is extremely rare. & girl who
is now 19 completely lost her hearing when
8 years old through an attack Of cereoro
spinal meningitis, and in consequence was
brought up as deaf mute, attending until
recently the school of the deaf and dumb
asylum at Fordham. Coming TO New York
she was placed under treatment With
slight hopes of benefit. Her physicians -
certained that the delicate, nervous ap
paratus of the internal ear was still sound.
else the case would have been hopeless,
Under appropriate treatment, combined
with dilation of the middle ear by inflS
ton, improvement was soon noticed. ms
month the young woman heard the tick.
ing of watch held twenty inches away
and conversation at a distance of ten feet,
and then she began learning how to talk.
A month later she could hear a watch at q
distance of five feet and conversation
across the room.-New York Letter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-20
Recent Invention in Photography.

Since the introduction of the rapid dry
plates which have made instantaneous pho
Biography possibility many attempts have
been made to fix the successive positions
taken by men and animals in their natural
movements, and with much success. The
results obtained have been remarkable, the
attitudes caught by the sensitive plate be-
ing 50 extraordinary and apparently I'M
natural that, without the evidence afforded
by the photographs, one would have been
justified in saying that they were entirely
the result of the artists imagination.
Heretofore the best of these photographs
have been secured by placing number of
cameras side by side, so arranged that the
exposure was made by the man. the horse
or other animal itself as it moved past
them. N. Marcy, of France, has recently
invented an apparatus by which, with a
single camera, as many as fifty successive
exposures of a moving object may be taken
in single second. Instead of glass plates
he uses a sensitive film which is rolled
from one cylinder to another, stopping in
the focus of the objective just hong enough
To receive the imagp and then DaSSinQ on
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-20

DR.. Holmes was in a city bookstore one
day when q woman came in to purchase a
book for holiday present.
One Of the first volumes shown her WAS
the Last Leaf, a poem which the auto
crat prizes as one of his dearest
who is this by?" asked the customer.
''Dr. Holmes"
THE pictures arr very nice. Did he draw
them2"
'Oh, no; he wrote the poetry"
THE poetry! Is that all:"
The clerk looked al the doctor, who had
overheard the dialogue and was enjoying a
quiet giggle. When the lady went out
the doctor repeated very comicaIly, The
poetry Is that all?''-Buston Globe.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-20
A Tender Association.

Dr.. Jeter, when he became worked up in
preaching and was the most eloquent, had
a habit of putting whine into his voice
which as nearly resembled tears in the voice
rs possible. Once when the tears were es-
pecially strong during a sermon the good
old doctor noticed lady weeping in the
audience. As soon as the services were
over he fastened to overtake the lady and
ask her what part of the divine word
touched her to tears
"'Twasn't tha.," said the lady.
Have you had some deep affection in
losing family friends?" said the doctor
"'Twasn't that neither, " said the lady.
"Well, what was it?" asked the doctor
'Well, doctor, we had mule, and it was
a good one, too. We liked that mule, and
he died; and while you were preaching
your voice sounded so much like that
mules that l couldn't help crying."-
Providence Telegram.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-20

In artistic Jewelry crescent or white
onyx with flying doves carrying garlands
cut in relief is set in narrow rim of dia-
monds. At the upper edge there is little
cluster Of diamond butterflies.
A square cut opal makes the center Of an
antique brooch by surrounding it with
Towering forms in diamonds having an
emerald placed at various points of inter
section. The color effect is beautiful.
Some barbaric daggers for the hair are
among the newest pieces of jewely. They
are OF yellow gold with tasty but appro-
pirate gold beaters' work, and in the gold
are sunk large yellow topazes, ruby spinelles
and beryls.
One Of the most beautiful necklaces Is
composed OF two rows Of diamonds set in
gold, from which swing fine gold chain
festoons in alternate lengths-long and
short-from each Of which depends a pale
blue sapphire.
A very fine necklace is made up Of sec
tional pieces in each Of which is large
pearl surrounded by diamonds; In the pend
ants and clasps are separate pearls Of such
size and purity that any one of them would
be coveted object.
me most ingenious adaptation or Jew
elry TO different ends is bracelet CON-
posed Of numerous strands Of fine gold
and clasped with diamonds, rubies and
pearls, which can be converted into neck
lace with the clasps as pendant
Tiny screw earrings are affected by
Young women. Small moon stones set
diamondwiss with tiny ruhies, turquoises
or diamonds are wocn. Sometimes two
tiny stones only are used. such as tur-
quoise and diamond, ruby and diamond
Jewellers Circular.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-20

Gus lawyer rode down to the Desplaines
street police station, and calling out Capt
Aldrich, one of his opponents, shook a
sheaf of bank notes in his face, crying,
Bet you $4,000 have your head in thirty
days" Before the time specified had
elapsed Aldrich was no longer member
of the force
Then came the Cronin murder, and in
trying to solve the tangie of that terrible
tragedy the excitable attorney wen1 mad.
For months he was confined in the insane
asylum at Kankakee The other dav he
petitioned for freedom on the ground that
he had regained his reason. and the case
came up for hearing before Judge Collins,
at Chicago. Collier acted as his own at
torney. He examined scores of witnesses,
and kept the big audiences constantly
laughing or wondering at his sharp witt
cisms and keen oratorical thrusts Here is
an example: When Judge Barnum was on
the stand he said: 81 think you are as ra-
tional now as you ever were"
THAT is rather dubious compliment"
retorted Collier.
well, you were always little peculiar
and cratic"
81 agree with you. 1 caused you to be
appointed special counsel of the board Of
education at q salary of s, 900 year"
On setting the petitioner at liberty
Judge Collins qualified his decision by the
condition that Collier should leave town
for thirty days and take good rest. To
this he assented.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-20
A Snake by a Dying Mans Bed.

There is not much chance of the present
season furnishing more realistic and hair
raising snake story than that recently set
afioat from Maysville, Ky. The tale goes
that huge snake crAwled into the open
door of the room of Philip Friend, Jr.,
young farmer north Of there, one day not
long ago. Friend had been delirious from
typhoid fever for several days. In his raw
lngs he kept repeating, "The evil serpent
Will get me sure" When the enormous
reptile entered the room the women watch
ing at the sick mans bedside jumped upon
the chairs and screamed for help. Young
Friend instantly aroused from his delirium
and extending his arms toward the snake,
which lay in the centre of the room
with gracefully uplifted head, screamed:
Take me, snake! Take mer fell back
and expired. The snake then turned about
and ran out the door, disappearing under
the house before he could be killed The
reptile was peculiar one for those parts
1t was about feet long, inches in thick
ness at its largest point and very graceful
Iy tapered. 1t was marked from head TO
tail with bright yellow, blue, red and green
stripes of perfect proportions. It's head
was rather large and its eyes very express
i've. 1t made no vicious movements, but
crawled directly from the door to near the
bedside, where it raised its head slowly
nearly as high as the bed. The family
were so affected by the sad scene that they
made no attempt to find it under the
house, and would not have killed the rep
tile had the opportunity occurred.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-20
Inhaling Hot Air.

1t has been contended that the tubercle
bacillus is killed by a temperature OF
Il dogs. C. QO6 dogs. F., and that
breathing heated air should arrest con-
sumption. DR.. Ernst Sehrwald, of Jena,
has made some interesting experiments on
dogs to test this theory. He concludes
that the air breathed may be gradually
raised from 50 dogs. to $50 degs. c.;
but that the temperature Of lungs cannot
be increased more than l deg, even by
continuing the experiment an hour and q
half. 1t is not proved that the tubercle
bacilli may be destroyed at a temperature
of dogs. or 5 dogs. above the normal
body heat, but even If SO it appears that
the lung tissue cannot be heated suf-
fciently to destroy the germs imbedded in
it.-New York Telegram.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-20
GIVING IL Lival1
l. It worth while as the wears 20 by

L It worth while as the years go by
And are lost In eternity fathomlsss deep
To grasp all the ills that about Us may lie
To crush the rose leaf and It's hriar stem kept
The stars shine forever In beauty o'erhead,
Their circles viii glow when ages have fed
And roses and thorns shall together lie dead
Is 1t worth while to keep back the words
That a dear heart IN silence Is longing to hear,
When the dark rays of shsdowland lie just beyond,
And the time for parting doth swiftly draw
uear;
Wait not, lest in waiting your life should grow old
The heart that was aching grow pulseless and
cold
And the love that you cherished should never be
told.
The sun hoardeth not his largess Of light
The Ely,s soft fragrance is bresthed 10 the ar;
The brook and the river in glsdnesS unite
And give to the sea sacrifice rare
Then Danish the shadows, clasp hands with the
day,
And withhold not the treasures that gladden. iife1
way,
For giving is liying-snd who shall say nayp
Young WonGn's Magazine
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-20
.nnedy was a member OF

of supreme keeper WILLIAM B. KENNEDY.
OF records and seal and supreme secretary
of the endowment rank, and discharged
the manifold duties of these most response
bic Offices with signal ability and success.
Upon the appointment of r. L. C. White
as g. K. of r. S. his high qualifications,
his intrepid zeal for the order and his ener-
getic way of doing what was needed to be
done caused him to be continued as supreme
secretary for the unexpired term, and at
the supreme lodge session in Cincinnati
he was unanimously elected supreme sec
rotary of the endowment rank. That the
selection was fitting one is evidenced by
the success attending his labors in that de-
partment. The rank never had q more
popular, faithful and efficient officer.
Bro. Kennedy has also been prominent
Odd Fellow, being P. G. p. and p g. r.
in that order. He represented Ohio six years
in the sovereign grand lodge of that organ
ization. He is man of irreproachable
character and knight worthy the respect
and confidence of every member of the
order. He has OF late years given almost
his entire attention to the advancement Of
Pythian knighthood.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-20
MYSTIC MISCELLANY.
GOSSIP OF ALL KINDS FROM SECRET
SOCIETY LODGE ROOMS.

Something About William b. Kennedy,
Supreme Secretary of the Endowment
Rank, Knights of Pythias-His Career
and Work In the Order-Other Items.
William B. Kennedy, the present SUI
prene secretary of the endowment rank
Knights of Pythias, was born in Hamilton
county, O., educated at Farmers college,
near Cincinnati, and was for many years
engaged in the commission business in
that city. He joined Cincinnati lodge, No.
2, K. of P, at its second meeting, was a
charter member of the grand lodge and
its first grand vice chancellor, and one of
the first representatives the supreme
lodge He represented his jurisdiction at
the sessions of 1870, 1871, 1872, 1878 and 1890
At the session of 1872 he was elected su-
preme guide NOW supreme master at arms,
and served in 1873 and 1874, says The Bos-
ton Globe
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-20
Tempering Small Steel Parts.

A correspondent in Neurological Review
says: l temper piniOns and other small
steel parts in the following simple manner
take 4 thin piece of copper, say from an
old dial, scrape soap upon it, bend it to-
gether and lay the article between; | then
bend the shest firmly together, make it red
hot upon coal and afterward anneal it in
oil Not even the most delicate object will
warp in this manner
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-20

Patriot" Gibson and "Old Flag Gibson
were the appellatious bestowed for years
on an eccentric New Yorker who com
mitted suicide by shooting tia other night
He once kept n saloon at tho corner of
West Fourth street and Eighth avenue,
which, be announced In = circular. he
would allow only Republicans % native
birth 70 patrunize. lie made deliberate
preparation for killing himself, and cent a
bullet through his brain while standing a.
the ambulance entrance - the New York
hcsnital
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-20

The mode Of proceeding is as follows:
The full OF water is joined to the air
pump by tuhe, and after few strokes
the water Is seen in ebullition. The vapor
thus dlsengaged traverses an intermediate
reservoir, filled with sulphUric acid, which
absorbs 1t, and Immediately condenses it,
producing intense cold. In the center of
the liquid remaining in the bottle some
needles OF Ice will be seen, which grow
rapidly, and after few more strokes of
the pump the water viii be transformed
into mass Of ice. This is very easy of &C
comphshment, and in less than a minute
the water in the bottle will be frozen.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-20
Interesting Facts on Lightning Strokes

Herr Kastner has carried on for period
OF twenty-six years a careful record of OBJ
servations on lightning strokes in central
Germany, from which it appears that last
year the number Of cases was Las, an in
crease of l29 per cent. The starting point
of all thunder storm paths he finds to be
in hills, and in their course the woodless
districts and fat country, the river valleys
and low meadow ground about lakes seem
specially liable, while the wooded and billy
parts generally escape. The hottest months
June and especially July and the hottest
hours of the day, or those Immediately fol-
lowing them @ TO 4 p. m }, show the most
lightning strokes
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-20

complaints Mrs.
johnson declares
thst the Aastz
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false and sczzselzl
Gus words 3 fraud.
a. impostor sud q
JeEebeL" The
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Iax1urs recently
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-20
Shot HI. Wis Rctr.rsr.

Another bloody tragedy has resulted
from a wife's tsithlszDsss 20 hrz marriage
vows Tho ether morning. while crSzsd
by jealousy. Joseph BeucaeT shot AID NOR
tally wounded Dennis Crowley - the lat
TER was walking along one Of the strsets az
Philadelphia Il sesaz that Beucher had
the night before obtained ocular proof II
his victims cr1miEaIsty. 81 caoae 20 sp-
peal 20 the pistol iEs-sa. q tas Law fsr
Feug-pzn nee
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-20
Stole a Gown to Ee Baptized In.

There was colOred baPtizin9 in Atlanta
the other day, but one OF the converts was
missing. When the committee went to
look her up they found her in the station
house She had borrowed" a white dress
TO be baptized il, bus bssore she had eccs-
sion 70 wear il the owner missed it, took
out search warrant and found it in the
good sisters possession. As q matter Of
course her arrest followed. and the church
Is DOW minus che member. - Atlanta
Journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-20

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-20
Few Deaths from Lightning.

Out of every 2,5O0 deaths in the United
States one is caused by lightning. This
ratio has not varied materially in the last
twenty years, showing that lightning rods
are not of much use so LONG IS persons are
careless about exposing themselves Dur
ing thunderstorm no one should sit or
stand near an open door OF window. as the
current of warm air is q better conductor
for the electric fluid than the cold air out
slde.-Bosten Globe.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-20
AN AFRICAN PIECE OF ORDNANCE.

ured from them in battle near Pangani.
1t has not the slightest continuance for
aiming and its caliber is very small. The
carriage is made OF wood. The wheels are
cut out Of one piece, approximately round,
and are fastened to the wooden axles with
long rusty nails. The piece of ordnance
apparently would prove more dangerous
to its ownors than the enemy.