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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-01
A Light Wrap for tho Demi-season.

Already models of light wraps for the
demi-season are appearing, and we here
present one of very dressy French man
telet.
This is cape in beige colored cashmere,
tucked at the edge and combined with a
long front plastron in satin Merveiueux,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-01

a prominent naval constructor. while
on visit TO the United States, pointed
out the urgent necessity Of paying more
attention 70 the well being of the crews
OF American merchant vessels. IL they are
to be depended upon to man the navy in
the event Of war.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-01
RIISTED.

CHICAGO, Oct. 3I-The Arkansas Trav-
eler, edited by Opie p. Reid, the humorist,
has been taken possession of by the sheriff
ON an execution issued by judgments ag-
gregating nearly Sl,5OO.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-01
WHAT SHALL WE WEAR?
LONDON, PARIS AND NEW YORK
FASHIONS IN Dress.

A Stylish English Tailor Blade Gown In
Blue Diagonal CTotH-FOpular Tight
Fitting Jackets Braided Closely All
Over with Marrow Braid.
Ordinary tailor male gowns are most
simply arranged, the skirts gathered close
Iy at the middle of the back The jacket
bodices frequently have oae long rever,
and sometimes Il velvet collar makes them
more complete. These jackets are always
lined with silk. Our c1t shows blue
diagonal cloth gown. with double breasted
jacket bodice with step2ei lapels, and cut
quite low TO show white 'front.' and stand
ing collar.
Tight fitting jackets are becoming more
popular with English women than the
straight, loose fronted ones. Some have
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-01

Philadelphia has = piucky SKINNER In
the person Of D. N Barrlngsr, yO1ng
-socsesy MAJ" who Is credited with hAF-
ing rseeaf.y brrzst=e The waves q the
Delaware river f.r me hour and afiesn
minutes without re- lie swE- twenty
mileS- Aad Ma S:li 20 fresh that HIs irs@nsas
were obliged 70 szsist IIDon hls leaving tAs
Wara- R-z - -
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-01
ABII ENE RACES

ABILENE, Kan, Oct 31-Todays racing
in the interstate breeders meeting was
closely contested and several races were
not finished, on account of darkness, and
were put off until tomorrow. The 3-year-
old trot was won by Mont AIRY, with
Pogue second Best time, 2:42. The 2:40
trot was won by Turk in 2:22. Bacon
lowered his pacing record from 2:29 to
g:2S14.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-01
Reasa- sncaca

Why Don't yeu EzrTy o>e 9 ITEM
Cox I tley kroz eaeS=A
GeS tnSv no too ns-.-h s-.21A
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-01
CUTTING RATES.

For disordered liver try Beech ans
Dill
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-11-27
What a WObbler Is.

1t is interesting to learn from so &C.
complished an expert in equine peculi-
arties as London omnibus driver of
many years standing that ..wobhler'
is horse which puts all its feet down
at once while engaged in drawing a
vehicle at the maximum rate of six
miles an hour. How, while observing
this attitude, the animal contrives to
advance single step may be compre-
hensive to persons possessing an ex-
ceptionally intimate acquaintance with
the habits and capacities of the horse.
For our own part we frankly confess
that the method of progression thus in.
dictated is new to us and that a wob-
bling steed is freak of nature which
we have not yet been fortunate enough
to contemplate in the flesh. Yet the
driver in question ought to know, for
he has guided this particular stimuli
taneous ''wo5Dler' throughout an en-
tire decade and can scarcely be mis-
taken in respect to its special gifts 81
pace and action. Alderman Go wan
fined him 5 shillings and costs for
'driving to the common danger of
the public" Scientific observation,
like virtue, is alas. too frequently its
own rev ard!-London Telegraph.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-11-27

filed with sad thoughts. Suddenly. raising
her head and looking in the direction where
the steppe stretched towards the south
bounded only by mountains with dim out
lines, Nadege cried:
The mir4gei"
YegOr. gazing in the same direction. saw
the full realization of the opium smokers
fantastic dreams. The old chaman of the
pole had touched the distant mountains
with his ward, and from a blue lake lost in
the distance had arisen the walls and domes
OF a marvellous city, an immense town of the
lands Of the sun. On the borders of the
lake. masses Of dark green foliage, bathed
by the water. were reflected upon its mirror
like surface, while a little further to the
rear the white cupolas were encircled with
gold by the first rays of the rising sun.
Never was the illusion of summer amid
the SHOWS of winter, of life in death, more
complete.
Instinctively, Yegor turned and looked
around him to assure himself that he was
not dreaming. The astonishment Of Nadege
and himself was extreme.
But when they again looked towards the
south, the splendid blue lake and the i'm
posing lines of the mirage COMPOUNDED their
reason anew by their supernatural beauty,
and the tall minarets Of the mosques, the
lofty towers of the palaces, seemed, by COM
ing out in holder relief, to protest against
the supposition OF dream.
To be continued.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-11-27
The Ocean Floor Mapped Out.

Here is an end of all romance about
hidden ocean depths. The whole
ocean is now mapped out for US. The
report of the expedition sent out from
London for the purpose of ocean sur
veys has recently been published.
Nearly four years were given to the
examination of the currents of the
four great oceans. The Atlantic, We
are told. if drained, would be a vast
plain with a mountain range in the
middle running parallel with our
coast. Another range crosses it from
Newfoundland to Ireland, on the top
of which lies the submarine cable. The
ocean is thus divided into three great
basins, no longer "unfathOmed depths"
The tops of these sea mountains are
two miles below sailing ship. and the
basins. according to Reclus. almost
five miles. These mountains are
whitened for thousands of miles by a
tinv, creamy species of shell, lying as
thlcklv on their sides as frost crystals
on "A snowbank. The deepest parts are
red in color. heaped with volcanic
masses. Through the black, motion
less waters of these Il bysses move gigan-
tic abnormal creatures never seen in
upper currents.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-11-27
A TALE OF HORROR.
The Cruel Drowning of a Ship-Load of
Negro Slaves.
To be continued.

To-day. saws a writer in the Atlanta
Constitution. hearl story from a sea
captain who has been all over the
world and finally settled near Atlanta.
Among the seafaring men he knew
before the war was captain that had
been a SLAYER. Once he had cargo of
800 slaves, sailing with them from off
the coast of Africa to Cuba. After
few DAYS sail he saw he was chased by
a United States man-of-war. If he was
caught with the slaves the penalty was
death for him and his crew. And his
cargo was worth 100000. So he had
two incentives to get away, and made
his preparations for either event. escape
or capture.
He hung the heavy iron cable or
chain that holds the anchor all around
the hull of his vessel on the outside
just below the edge of the deck. 1t
was held up by some cleats. These
cables are SO heavy that man can lift
only about two feet of one.
Then he had the 800 naked negroes
brought back on deck and each ones
wrists crossed and tied fast. They
were then placed among the gunwales,
facing outward and leaning over, and
a strong cord fastened the hands of
each one to this heavy iron cable just
below them on the outside.
Then the captain waited the result of
the race. He had on every stitch of
canvas his poles could carry. If he
could run till dark he hoped to dodge
the steamer and be out of sight before
another day. Eut the sun did not 60
down fast enough and the steamer
came on too fas.. There was at last no
hope of escape. The crew stood ready
with the axes; the captain raised his
hand. and in an instant every cleat was
Knocked loose; there was for an in
slant fringe Of 600 black heels in the
air, and cable and negroes were gone
TO the bottom.
Commodore Maury says the pressure
of water at great depths is such that
fishes can not 90 there to devour and
chemical decompoSition can not take
place. So those negroes are down
there yet, still tied in a circle to that
iron cable, with their heads down and
their heels up, in the eternal stiffness
of those depths. As soon as the man
of-war came up a lieutenant boarded
the SLAYER and found plenty of signs of
negroes, but not a single slave. And
the captain was not arrested
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-11-27

General Notes of Local Interest on Diseases.
Sanitation, Etc.

sanitation, Etc.
The bad quality of the potatoes at Kill
larney has produced an outbreak of fever.
The prevalence of diphtheria at San
Francisco, CAL, is ascribed to the neglect
to flush the city's sewers
When in doubt about the condition of
your plumbing, do not give the plumbing
the benefit of the doubt. but go and get a
reliable plumber to inspect it and clear up
the doubt-if need be by repairs.
The home is the center of life that sub
dues the earth, and into it should pour the
steam of knowledge, refreshing and
health-giving as that of the smitten rock.
Make healthy and happy homes and the
great object of sanitation will have been
attained These are the centers into
which should be directed the knowledge
gathered from the fields of research and
the laboratories of Experiments and inves-
tigation.
1t is the power of each member of the
general public to assist in some wayor
other the efforts of the sanitary officers to
promote good sanitation and prevent the
spread of Infection. disorders, and in
every rightly ordered community such CO.
operation and mutual confidence is en-
couraged and fostered with beneficial re-
suits. Especially it is in the power of
those engaged in education thus to CO.
operate in sanitary work. Take the
records of epidemic of measles as an ex-
ample. Health authorities can do little
to combat this disease. The infection
exists and is spreading abroad by the ap-
pearance of a rash. st is by school
managers and those interested in educa-
ton, remarks an eastern doctor, in
slsting on children with indications of
feverishness, suffusion of the face, water
ing of the eyes and other premonitory
signs of measles, remaining at home for
two or three days until these symptoms
have passed away, or the disease has
become apparent, that we must look for a
reduction in the death-rate from measles.
No child coming from an infected house
should be allowed to return for four
weeks. While | am speaking of the in
huence of schools on the propagation of
Infectious diseases, | might say that be-
lleve that with little practic, a clinical
thermometer in the hands of the super
intendent of each school would frequently
lead to the discovery of zymotic disease,
which might otherwise remain undetected
until a number had become infected.
Again, each morning might be started by
a show of hands, and brief examination
of each pupil, more care being taken with
those who had recently been absent from
school,
ANY child whose hands were peeling.
or shedding scales, should be sent home
as being still in position to spread in
fiction. School teachers could very easily
obtain a knowledge Of the early symptoms
of levers, and such knowledge would prove
protection to themselves and an adj
vantage to their schools
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-11-27
A Lesson in Language.

'Oh, yum, YUM" cried Miss Annex,
as Miss Harvard. her chum, laid bag
of Seckel pairs before her. Carefully
LAYING aside her tolu and tossing her
Plato into a corner she seized one of
the fruit and began munchng. And
why. dear" she said, with the usual
Yankee reckiessness of pronunciation,
why do you suppose they call these
delightful pears Sickel pears?"
oh. YOU dear little goose!" ex-
claimed Miss Harvard. What makes
you ask such silly question, stupid?
It's because they gather 'em with "a
you-call-um-sickle, my dear,
of course. Yum, yum. Chicago
Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-11-27

A Western Driver Got a Chill When He

Discovered Its Loss.
THAT reminds me, said the colonel
blandly. He is always being reminded.
They were talking of mems dependence
upon things which he is accustomed to
use. THAT reminds me Of Jack Smiler.
jock was as brave as a lion. He drove
one of the fast freight specials from
Cheyenne to Deadwood. 1t was in the
first days of the Black Hills excitement,
when they ran light express wagons out
to Cheyenne on gallop and never stopped
till they pulled up in Deadwood or until
the road agents stopped them.
Jack we.s born with one emotion lack
ing. He was not afraid of the widest
Indian land there were enough of them
in those days, just before the Custer mas
sacre), or the most daring and reckless
road agent. They did not call them high
waven then. He used to climb into his
seat, crack the long whip, and, with
wonderful oath, jerk The heads of those
mules in the direction of Deadwood, and
send them scurrying along like frightened
rabbits. He always wore revolver, of
course, the handle forward in his belt.
where his hand might touch it at G mo-
ment's notice. | do not believe that the
road agent lived who could have stopped
Jack Smiler
81 rode up with him on one of his trips
to ranch about tnirty-fve miles from
Cheyenne. | got tired of the seat and
climbed back into the box to stand there to
rest my legs. | conceived the idea of
picking Jack pocket-that is, of getting
his revolver away from him, | was pretty
careful to press one hand heavily up on his
shoulder while with the other | slipped
the weapon from his belt. Finally | got
it out safely and waited for him to dis
cover the loss.
1--WE drove along for five or six miles,
when suddenly Jack pulled up his mules
with terrible oath.
Whoa he said.
What the trouble, Jack?' | asked.
He turned to me and looked into my
eyes. He was as white as sheet.
"'We are going straight back to Chey-
enne, he said
What the troubled I repeated.
"'Trouble!' he calculated, and a cloud
of sui phur arose over u.s. his eloquence
was so empatic. Trouble? I've lost my
foot for $4,000
"'Oh, pshaw, Jack, | said, who knows
you haven't a six-shooter? Why don't
yOu ~ OiI, u yOu hdu Ouc!
Jacks teeth chartered at the very
thought. | never saw brave man so ter
ribly frightened.
:" Not if my name is Jack Smiler, ne
said. 'Gracious!' he added ('gracious
stands for string of words too long for
novice to mention in one EVENING" sup
pose hadn't discovered this. Wouldn't
i oeen in apretty fx?' He made very
wry face.
"'Here's your old six-shooter, Jack |
said, handing it to him. i wouldn't have
it. 1t isn't worth keeping
"Go lang there?' shouted Jack, curl
ing his whip lash beautifully and bringing
the end of it to a sudden stop with loud
crack. Go lang there and we were
rolling over the road again.
81 can't go anywhere without that.
he said, touching the but of it lightly. The
last | saw of him he was swapping his
long lash and whistling cheerfully. With
the revolver he went anywhere; without it
nouhara -
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-11-27
SUIT AGAINST PERRIN.
The Janitor of the Ashland County Jan
Has Grievances Against Him.

ASHLAND. Nov. 22.-Chas KIM, janltor
of the county Jail, has brought suit
against Leonard Perrin to recover ON
promisory note Of 81 900. given to Steve
Fl. Smith. which had subsequently been
assigned to King and on which there had
been paid $3.50 The defendant alleges
that the note was obtained fraudently and
without consideration The suit has been
taken OH a change of venue to Winnebago
county, and will come up at the next term
of the circuit court.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-11-27

his companions
But June approached and no whalers
June passed! July came, and still no whal-
ers!
4egor, in despair, began to form projects
more impracuicable one than another-to
ascend the Anadyr, cross the mountains
which occupy the region and descend to-
wards the Sea of Okhotsk at the Gulf of
Penjlnsk; to go to the Aleutian Islands. or.
better, to kamtchatl1a, and from there fol-
lowing the example of the exile Beniowslzi.
sail for Canton; to go in a boat-the skin
baydare-to the Spice Islands to pass from
there to Russian America, as the Tchoukt-
CHS intrepidly do; or, again, to wait for the
return of the cold and cross in a sledge. still
following the example of the Tchouktchis
who trade in furs, the fifty-four miles which
separate Asia from America, East Cape from
Prince of Wales.
Nadege and Ladislas thought all these
means of safety, brought forth by troubled
mind, of but slight value. They would
change the difficulties, that was all.
Then commenced long and painful hours
of discouraging waiting.
Although the clear mornings We're cold on
the borders Of the sea. Yegor Quilted the
camp before day to take a position upon a
lofty rock. The sun had not yet risen. but
the single white star of the east sparkled
with less and less brill ency in the orange
yellow of the dawn, and the snowy noun
tains of the coast gradually assumed firmer
outlines.
When the sun displayed, between the dis
tant peaks, little segment of its golden
disk, it caused to sparkle with a thousand
Iustres the frost crystals suspended from
the birches of the coast and the dwarf trees
of the shore by the mists of the night But
to these beauties of nature Yegor had be-
come insenSi5le,
One morning, he had taken his betrothed
with him. They were seit31 side by side,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-11-27
Matrimonial Item.

a young Texas lady of a violent temper,
Just about to be married, was found weep
ing by friend.
Why do you weep, Fanny? Your fu-
ture husband is one of the most B1ndheart-
ed men in the world.
II know it; but can t help feeling sor-
ry for the poor man. have such kind
heart that it makes me cry to think how II
boss him around. The poor man has NO
idea how he is going to suffer at my
hands. and once more the eyes of the
kind-hearted woman filled with brine.
, 1890-10-02

taken a conspicuous part In Irish affairs
in this country, and has just returned
from q visit to Ireland. The dinner was
given by NJ. T.. stone, w. X. Sullivan,
John r. Walsh, Judges Prendergast and
Moran, and q number of othor friends OF
uyncs, over 100 In all.
In the course of an after dinner speech
Hynes gave review of his observations
in Ireland, and said that he had met no
man of national sentiments In Ireland
who had not implicit faith in Parnell
and tho ultimate success OF his move
ment to secure home rule. Hynes said
that up to tho advent of Parnelps move
ment hc believed in the efficiency of Or
ganized force, honorably employed for
the attainment of lreland's autonomy.
But since the Inauguration of ParnelP 8
policy that had his undivided support.
No one, he said, who had made u per-
sonai visit to Ireland and seen tho con-
dition of the people could regard the alb
sentee landlord as anything bat a bird
of prey.
Speaking of the failure of the potato
| crop, he said that from personal observa-
tion he knew there was no cxnggeration
in the report, and that absolute starva-
tion followed the failure of this crop.
In conclusion, Hynes spoke OF tho
uniform courtesy and consideration
with which he had been received by the
members of parliament and others
prominent in the Irish cause.
, 1890-10-02
THE SANTA FE DEAL.
It May Mean a Big Railwa y
Trust.
new YORK BANKERS TRIANGLE
The Purchase of the Colorado
Midland Thought to Have
Been by Them.

CHICAGO, Sept. 20.--Commenting on
the recent move of the Santa Fe railroad
in securing control of the Colorado Mid.
land, the Tribune of this morning
points out the fact that the Santa Fe
already has an independent line to the
Pacific coast, which is sufficient for oil
its purposes, and which would be iu-
jured by projecting another line The
article proceeds: "The new move made
by tho Santa Fe must, therefore, have
entirely different objects in view than
those heretofore advanced. 1t will be
found after the smoke has
cleared away that the real purchaser
OF the Colorado Midland is not the
Atchison, Topeka Il Santa Fe, but
the so-caped Bankers Triangle OF
New York-Kidder, Peabody & Co.,
Barring Brothers, and Drexel, Morgan
q Co., the first two named firms being
the present owners of the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe. George C. Magoun.
the leading financial manager of the
firm Of Kidder, Peabody, & Co. is also
chairman Of the board of directors OF
the Atchison. Topeka u Santa Fe and
directs its affairs. The real purpose OF
the Colorado Midland deal will be found
to be nothing more nor less than an at
tempt on the part of the Bankers Tri-
angle to bring about a grand consolida-
tion of all Western railroad intere SITS, or
In other words the formation of . gigan-
tic railway trust, comprising all the
roads between Chicago and the Pacific
coast. and it is more than probable Jay
Gould is silent partner in the scheme" I"
, 1890-10-02
REMARKABLE VITALITY.
Nearly Cut in Two by . Saw ana Still
Alive.

SEATTLE, Wash, Sept William
Robinson. late of Nortonyille, Kan, but
who for the past ten days has been in
the employment OF the Kent Mill COM
pany, at Kent. was the victim of hor-
rible accident to-day. Robinson was
working in the mill and was helping to
turn a log. A big one was in process of
saving and Robinson had his pike staff
hooked into it, preparatory to turning 1t.
He was pulling back with almost oil of
his strength to move the big log, when
the hook slipped, causing him TO fall
backwards onto saw which was run
ming at fearful rate OF speed. There
was sort OF u dull sound heard AS the ter
rible blade went into the poor mans
side, and those working near him were
speechless with horror. Some of them
sprang to his assistance almost instantly
and pulled him away from the saw.
They took him up and carried him
wound could be examined, and then
summoned medical aid. The man
was suffering excrucinting pain, and it
was feared that every moment would be
his last. The doctor came ana found
that the saw had cut cash about ten
inches long, leaving the kidneys and
other internal organs exposed to view.
He was brought to this city about
o'cloclock and taken TO the Providence
hospital where he lies and where he will
receive the best of care. Strange as it
may seem the physicians say there is
quite fair chance of his recovery.
When brought here he was fully con-
scious of all that was going on around
him and even spoke cheeriully OF his
situation. lie is unmarried and all of
his relatives live in Kan sas. They will
be telegraphed the news of the terrible