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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-05-22
me Most wonderful invention.
From the St. Louis Bulletin.I
MP . owEy's ELEcrRICAL BELTS

DIR. A OWENS ELECTRICAL BELTS.
81. LOUIS, Mo-, February 26, 1SS7.-Dr. A:
Owen is the most successful inventor ana
manufacturer in the country Of Electrical
nervous diseases. They have received the
unqualified Endorsement Of physicians OF
high standing, as well as thousands OF
sufferers who have been cured by them.
The following Enforcement, for instance, Is
absolutely convincing, and the writer Is
Medicine in the American Medical College
at St Louis, Clinical Lecturer Mt the City
Hospital. St Louis; Editor of the American
Medical Journal; Author OF Electricity in
Medicine and Surgery" and Author Of "Di-
rect Medication. ''-Therspeutics.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, June 10, 1851 take
pleasure In stating that ! have examined
and tested DR.. Owens Electro Galvanic
Belt and Appliance, and do not hesitate to
say that it is the most practical and efficient
Of all the Gslvanic Belts / have used in
my practice 1t is a very useful device, and
whenever electric belts or shields can be Of
any benefit, this will more than take the
place Of any thing Of the kind have ever
seen. GEORGE c. PITZER, NJ. ID.
The Belts have q reversible current and
can be regulated to any desired power, and
the current is under the control OF the pa
tent The Belt will completely cure nervous
and general debility, lumbago, paralysis,
neuralgia, rheumatism, kidney and spinal
diseases, indigestion, dyspepsia, erysipelas,
catarrh, blood poisoning, asthma and all
female diseases. These Appliances, in
1orsed (as the best made) by all dealers in
electrical and surgical instruments, may be
obtained from them or from DR.. Owen him
self. Parties living outside the city should
address DIR. Owen for illustrated circulars,
testimonial circulars, price-hsts, etc, which
will give them every possible information.
Another wonderful invention OF DIR. Owen
Is his Electrical Insoles. Their use will
cure all diseases due TO cold feet Ladies
Belts are made a little different from the
Gents Belt The prices asked for ali these
Appliances are very low. Try them. Of
fees: BOG N. Broadway, St Louis, Mo-; 500
Broadway, n Y.
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HAVE myself used, and known others to
use Bulls Sarsaparilla with entire satisfsc-
ton. believe it calculated to relieve much
suffering and earnestly recommend it to the
afiicted.-Rev. E. W. SehoD, Louisville, KY.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-05-22

WISKING at sin-lowering the eyclid at
the druggist-Leadville Herald
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-05-22

That's the fellow I'm laying for,
remarked the hen. as her owner came
out with pan of corn-meal.--Harvard
Lampoon,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-05-22

No Opium in Piso's Cure for Consumption
Cures where other remedies fail Csc.
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ONE ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gentlyyetpromptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and feveTs and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances,
its many excellent qualities COM
mend it to all and have made it
the most popular remedy known
Syrup of Figs is for sale in Soc
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. ANY reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept
any substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. kK. NEW YoRk. M
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An exchange says: "Don't blame the
world when things go wrong" Most men
do not They simply raise a row in the
lanta Constitution.
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GENERALLY speaking-women.-H
Lampoon.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25
CUT GLASS NOVELTIES.

Celery dishes are in fashion like tiny ca
noe or a tray with straight sides.
Cut glass bonbon dishes are leaf shaped, or
they copy shell or the upturned palm of the
hand.
Sweet sounding table bells of cut glass are
the fashion, the shape being that Of a goblet
| inverted and with the clapper hung inside.
The rose bowl, shaped like globe, comes
in every size from that of an egg to that of a
pumpkin. 1t may be cut with sufficient elab-
Grafton to cost $50.
A large square cornered cut glass cup With
two handles and standing in a glass plate is
the newest decoration on the tables of the
fashionable filed with flowers.
Cut glass salad bowls, with a border Of
sparkling shells, which radiate light from a
hundred facets, come III square shapes as well
as round. The spring designs are sometimes
three cOrnered, and sometimes the model
seems to have been a cabbage leaf curled.
A unique afternoon tea set was used receni-
II in Upper Bohemia" 1t wns etched glass
throughout, the tray being a huge lotus
leaf, and the sugar bowl, cream pitcher and
cups shaped like lotus flowers, while the IN
tertwined stems formed the handles and the
fret veined leaves the saucerS
Perhaps the most famous single specimen
Of old Bryant glass is the "LucS Of Eden
ball, which is not goblet talln and was
never broken, but is a cup Of richly enameled
glass stu preserved by the Musgrave family
of England, in its stamped leather case,
where it has been kept since the Fourteenth
century.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25
NOTES ON DRIVING.

You must appear to manage your steed
without the slightest effort.
When turning to the left advance your right
hand and grasp the left hand rein firmly.
! In turning to the right, the left hand holds
the reins and the right hand bears gently.
The hands should be about on a level in
holding the reins Hold the elbows easily, so
they viii just clear the hips.
Hold the reins firmly enough at all times to
keep them from slipping, yet lightly, so as
not to pull on the horse and thus make him
restive.
You must lean forward slightly in the seat,
for nothing looks worse than to see a driver
! obliged to throw back his head if he pulls up
suddenly.
Train your horse under all circumstances
to wait until you tell him TO go before start
ing This Is very important and viii save
you much annoyance, and perhaps your life.
a pair of horses coupled too close to ths
pole Will throw out their headquarters when
stopped suddenly. Both should be harnessed
SO that when the reins are crossed they viii
draw e7rAaly.
When driving there must be no pulling
and hauling first one side and then the other
A wei broken. well bitted horse needs as
much pressure as is needfuI to keep his head
straight and no more.
Hold your whip in the right hand always,
nearly upright But it is hardly ever TO be
used. Remember that. a spirited horse
needs no urging beyoad touch which is an
indication Of his masters WILL
When you wish to stop your horse there Is
no necessity Of falling back with your feet in
the air, or pulling your hands up to your
eyes in the fashion OF some drivers. Simply
shorten up the reius with turn Of the wrist
The whip is only TO be used freely when
the animal refuses To obey. And then even
the harness Is 10 be carefully examined TO
make sure nothing Is wrong with II, making
that the cause Of the horses frsctiousneSs
Whip always in front Of the pad. upon the
foreleg or shoul3er.-SJephen Is. Rogers Ii
Golden Davs
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25
pAUGHTERs OF EVE.

Patti has presented TO the Boston Conserv-
Ktory Of Music a medal, to be given annu-
| ally TO the best vocalist
1t is announced that four dozen little hand
knitted children's wooden jackets have been
sent by the women OF Edinburgh to the
Duchess Of Fife.
Mrs. Noble, wife Of the secretary of the in
terror, possesses one Of the most unique col-
| lectlons Of gold, enameled and silver spoons
to be found in Washington.
| Madam Waddington, wife Of the French
| ambassador, IS not only one OF the bestdreSsed
/ women but also one Of the best hosteSses in
! London NJ Waddington, having kept many
terms at Oxford, is English in all his ways.
Mrs. JenneSs Miller, in her new ''School Of
! Physical Culture" proposes to teach women
to slT, stand, walk and go up and down stairs
correctly, to breathe correctly, and to have
elastic muscles and q 1.-THE, supple and rounded
figure.
DR.. Helen E. Webster, of Lynn, Mass, has
been recently called TO fill a vacancy in the
English department at Vassar. She is one of
the three women who have received degree
Of doctor of philosophy from the university
Of Zurich, summa cum laude with the high
est honor.
Helen Alingham, widow of William All
inghan, the poet and song writer, has been
the recipient Of great compliment. She is
the first Of her sex to be elected member Of
the English Royal Society Of Painters in
Water Colors. The society consists of forty
members.
The Duchess of Portland has successfully
passed the third examination in first aid am
bulance work at the Welbeck branch of the
st. John Ambulance association. The ex-
animation embraced the treatment of wounds,
fractures, dislocation, arterial bleeding, in
sensibility, poisoning, drowning, burns, scalds
and bites.
Lolita is rated as the richest single woman
in the world who has earned her own money.
Her wise mother, who is an excellent woman
Of business watches the markets and invests
the actress funds as fast as she receives them.
The little ''Marchioness'' OWLS hotel in Bos-
ton, an apartment house in New York and
other real estate in Washington, Chicago and
Long Branch, besides stocks and bonds.
At the recent marriage of Miss Eiffel, the
daughter of the famous architect hundreds
Of baskets of flowers were brought to the
bridal pair by the tOwnsfolk, and one floral
gift was an enormous nest, composed of lilies,
roses and orange blossoms, in which rested
two milk white doves. A time honored Gus
tom in Corsica makes it obligatory for one of
the friends of the bridal couple TO present a
floral gift Of this description.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25

Tennygon still occasionally Y smokes the pipe
which has always been his favorite style Of
using the weed.
"Cavendish" ION Whist, it is not commonly
known, is the nom de plume Of Henry Jones,
an English authority on this game.
! Clark Russell writes: 81 am webfooted and
shall stick to the sea; - at present he is under
contract for three stories which he calls
''Three Sittings with a Sailor"
Whittier writes to Mrs. Louise Chandler
| Moulton concerning her Garden of Dreams:n
! at is a book which none but true poet could
| have written and of which any poet might
well be proud"
/ Mark Twain allows himself 800 cigars
month. At the age Of "a he stopped smoking
! for a year and half. When he started to
write "Roughing 1t, he was three weeks in
writing three chapters. Then he resumed
smoking and completed the book In three
| months.
Isaac Mcclellan, author Of Poems Of the
Rod and Gun" was a fellow student at col
lege with LongfelIow and Hawthorne, and
retains excellent health and goes fishing,
when = weather permits, with his old en-
thusasIu. The sportsman bard is in the 6+th
year OL LIS age
". H Mallock, author of "Is Life Worth
Livingl' has started a bureau in London
where men who have no engagements for an
evening may register themselves as "diser-
gagged diners, " and there may be sought by
hostesses who have invited fourteen, but
whom an unlucky chance has set trembling
through fear Of having thirteen at table.
George Jones, the proprietor of The New
York Times, now in his 77Jh year, goes daily
to his Office in The Times building, and
spends three or four hours personally super
intending the interests of his property. Mr..
Jones is one of the Oldest newspaper proprie-
tors in the United States, and his connection
of nearly forty years with The New York
Times covers the entire existence of that
paper.
Zola receives $4,000 for every novel pub
lished in feuilleton form. Charpentier has
published Gn enormous number of works
The novelist says that his critics are right in
their remarks about the extent of his gains,
but he observes parenthetically that MS
money goes more quickly than IL comes He
lives in expensive style and does not trouble
about saving; but, having roughed it when
young, he viii not finch before poverty
should it surprise him in his Old age.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25
ODD CHINESE CUSTOMS,


In dating letters the Chinese write the year
first instead of last
The Chinaman does not shave his face, bat
his head and eyebrows.
In speaking OF the compass the Chinese a.
ways say It points south.
In China the men are milliners, washer.
women" and dressmakers
The Cinnamon whitsns his shoes and burfes
his dead on the surface Of The earth.
Americans shake hands with each other;
the Chinaman shakes bands with himself
The Chinese launch ships sideways, ring
bells from the outside and turn screws from
right 70 left.
they remain well, but as soon as they get
sick the pay stops.
Americans live, cook and eat usually on the
first floor, sleeping upstairs, but toe Chrna-
man reverses tnLs order.
Black clothing Is generally considered II
sign q mourning. In Cbina white garments
indicate the loss Of frienSS
The Chinese DO not e1lt their finger zailA
They consider it itartstocratic to let them grow
from i've inches 70 a foot IN length.
The Chinese DO not uncover their heads as
marx Of respect; they not only keep their
hats On, but when wishing to De very polite
remove their shoaS.
In the Celestial empire uot children, but
olo men Hv Kites walk on stHtz, play mar
hles- shoot frecrackers and, IN doing faiS,
Use their fee5 s. much as possible instead Of
t1e bands Philadelphia Presz.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25
SCIENTIFIC SQUIBS.

| A machine for taking soundings has been
| invented which does not require that the
vessel be stopped for the work.
It has been found that steel ships possess
magnetism that is permanent, and this has,
! in some instances, greatly affected the needle
/ The magnetism seems to be acquired during
! building.
! An English electrician has invented ma
terial that he calls ''alterion for the preven-
! ton Of corrosion in boilers. The interior Of
/ the boiler is coated with this material, and
/ from time to time electrical currents are sent
| through it.
The Dahl process Of sterilizing milk has re-
Gently been introduced into London Fresh
milk is placed ia cans which are Dramatically
sealed, then heated and cooled alternately
until the germs are destroyed. The milk can
then be kept for years without losing its
| freshness or failing to yield cream and butter.
An Italian journal describes a new pharo-
light, which is said to be rs powerful as the
electric light and the efficiency OF which Is
not impaired by fog, as is the case with the
1 latter. \ clock work arrangement D0ups
every thirty seconds ten centograms OF pow
dcred magnesium into the fame Of a round
wick lamp, producing an extremely brilliant
flash of light
From anthropoIogicaI measurements made
on Cambridge students it appears that their
heads continue to grow after the age Of 10.
Those who have obtained high honors have
had, on the average, considerably larger
brains than the others at the age of 10, the
predominance at that age being greater than
at -, fact which is held 10 imply precocitv
an element in the success Of high honor
men.
Investigations into the effect that altitude
has upon the growth of plants in the Alps
and Pyrenees result in proving that height
Is found To produce notifications not merely
Ia the shape, bur in the thickness Of the bark.
the cSior Of the leaves and flowers. and even
In the anatomical structure of certain organs.
The leaves especially become thicker at great
heights, and their faces often have a double
layer OF CeluleS.
PariSlans were lately treated to q rare
effect of mirage. The EifTeI tower was seen
sUrmouutei By an inverted image Of itself.
vertical ln the heavens and looking like
duplicate continuation Of the real structure.
The base Of the image lost Itself in the upper
mist, while behind the tower was q low cloud
which CLEANED ike silver. The sun was
shining across the haze TO the left Of the
tower, and contributed an additional effect
of light ana shadow.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25
,-..y ore eye an eye glass VIZ 40. oUne7z &c

,,r.,y one eye an eye glass WIZ 90. UUae7T 1zss5
it is folly.
Reading in bed is injurious as rule It
must be admitted, however, that in cases Of
sieeplessness, when the mind is inclined to
ranble over thousand thoughts a minute.
reading gteadieS the thoughts and conduces
to sleep.
Have a reading lamp for night use N B.
In reading. the light should be on the book
or paper and the eyes in the shade. If you
have no reading lamp, turn your back to the
light and you may read without danger to
the eyes.
Sit erect in your chair when reading, and
as erect when writing as possible If you
bend downward you not only gorge the eyes
with blood, but the brain a. well, and both
suffer. The same rule should apply TO the
use Of the microscope. Get one that viii en-
able you to look at things horizontally, not
always vertically.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25
81 RAY BITS.

A gate has been designed for railway cross
ings which is opened and shut by the passing
trains
In the formation Of single locomotive
steam engine there are nearly 5000 pieces TO
| be put together, and these require to be as
accurately adjusted as the works of a watch.
Oxford university is now two races ahead
Of Cambridge in the series. OF forty-seven
annual races Oxford has won twenty four
and Cambridge twenty-five, while that Of
1877 was a dead heat.
The heaviest gun in the world has recently
been finished by Krupp for the Russian gov
ernment. 1t weighs 1856 tons, is 20 feet long,
and is 81 feet diameter in the widest part.
| 1t viii have range of II miles,
a numisrnatist suggests that a certain coin
say the fifty cent pieces-jssued during any
administration be stamped with the head Of
| the president Of that date. They will thus
serve as an aid to history, as do the coins Of
ancient days.
An EEghshman has invented a means Of
utilizing the principle Of stills with wheels.
The wheels are fastened to the feet as st1ts
are, and each acts as a sort of independent
bicycle. They 60 very fast when one has
learned how to walk on them.
The food Of ''Zoo" hippopotamus is esti.
mated to be about 200 pounds day in weight
and consists chiefly OF hay, grass and roots
The daily proyender Of giraffe weighs abouS
fifty pounds The lions and tigers obtain
about eight or nine pounds of meat day.
The following is said to be the shortest sens
tence in the English language containing al:
the letters of the alphabet: John P. Brady
gave me a black walnut box of quite smaH
sizen The entire sentence contains less than
twice the number of letters in the alphabet.
The Almanach de Gotha is over a century
and a quarter old. When it was first issued.
among its collection of sovereignties writte1
up. there were only three republics, Switzer
land, San Marina and Andorra, while today
out Of its total of fifty-eight states mentioned,
twenty-three are republics.
A prisoner in Bohemia recently constructed
a watch eight centimeterS 81 inches III
diameter, with no tools or materials except
two needles, a spool of thread, newspaper
and some rye straw. The wheels, posts and
cogs are Of rye straw; the watch runs six
hours without winding and keeps good time.
In Dorchester, England, bounty of eight
cents per dozen is offered for old sparrowst
four cents per dozen for young ones and
cent and half per dozen for eggs The spar
rows have grown 50 numerous all through
Dorsetshire that in some places they are said
to destroy half the crops, while in villages
they ruin the gardens and even strip the
thatch from buildings
The brick houses Of the Scotch mission sta
ton on Lake Nyassa have all been built out
of a single ants nest, and the quarry from
which the material has been derived forms
pit beside the settlement some dozen feet in
depth. A supply Of bricks as largo again
could probably be taken from this convenient |
depot; and the missionaries on Lake Tangan-
yika and onwards to Victoria Nyanza have
been similarly indebted to 5he labors Of the
termites.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25
Acias Cod for The sto,nach.

a writer On aygieae ssvs taas tie common
Use Of soda 60 cor-ecr sci5ity Ia TIE stomach
IS sn error. 4 counter aid IS safer co-rec-
tive than az alSsE = Ltrls lemon or hns
!ulcs, properly used. ~.li remedy tae jro95.s
IS ctten IS anything. II soE.a CASES Vs-v
little sugar occasouzllv, s4t-ruased wl,l ccll
water, Is found effective. S5meriDez hot
water 5 t1s Sest trszE. Sometimes nothing
Is as good As external warmth applied over
the stomach. Lemon juice before meals VIII
o@ very adTau-ag@5us as a preventative .
heartburn ACIDS as \ rule, decrease t1e
acid secretion Of the BODY aui izc-eAss Jze
alkaline u Eea ACID IS given ~ re ra.laf
II dyspepsia Il SEogli be tsSea before eauag.
-e,'ew YORK Telegram
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PROTECTION or The EYES

Avoid resding by the pickering Hghtof the
fire.
Avoid straining the eyes by reading IN the
twilight.
Hold the book Al your focus; If that begins
to set far away Eec spectacles.
Those ladies who not only write. but saw.
should not attempt tie black seam by night.
The bedroom blinds should Re red or gray.
and the head Of the teJ should he toward the
window
Get PAIR Of glasses for reading with. and.
If necessary, long distance p4ig for Use ouc
Of doors
Authors should have black ruled u.per in
steaj OF blue, and should never s--ain the ewes
10y reading TOO dne tvPeA
Remember that bad sPectacIes are most in
gurlous 10 the ewes, and that Sood and well
chosen ones are q declde5 luxury.
When you come TO an age thar suggests the
wearing Of glasses let no falss modss.v p-e-
vent you from getting 4 pair. L Tou have
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25

To ascertain the state of the lungs, draw
in as much breath as You conveniently can;
then, with watch before you, count the sec
onds IN slow and audible voice, without
drawing In more breath. The number of
seconds as long as possible thus counted dur
ing single breath gives very accurate idea
whether the lungs are healthy or diseased. In
a consumptive the time does not exceed ten,
and is frequently less than six, seconds; in
pleurisy and pneumonia it ranges from nine
TO four seconds When the lungs are sound
the time viii range as hign es from twenty 70
thirty five seconds. Christian Union
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NATIONAL GREETINGS

"Hcw can your That's Swedish
-How do you fa-eF- Ts&sI Dutch
"Eo~ Go .you sezadT' That's Italian
60 WIZ God, zsaoTr That's Spanish.
"How GO y0a i've euT That's Rzzina.
"a7w do you perspireT Traits Egyptian.
"How % you have yoursslfT7 That's Po-
Ilsh
How Go yoa fad yourysltf' Tsats Ger
man
'Iaauk God, hsE are yegT That's Ara
biaa.
AAy thy .sAdor never grow Iez - Tasts
Perxl1a
"H7~ do you carry yoa-rzlfT TLa.s
French.
How do yoG dor ThatH English AID
AnEslesa
Be under tee guard Q; God TaAss ths
OJfoIzzz
How = your sto1scsl Eavs yea .4te=
TSG rlcsf hats CalEsA