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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-27
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SPECIAL VALUES FOR THIS WEEK.
LOW PRICES: OUR SUCCESS!
Dress Goods.

Half wool cashmeres. with 70 10. at Is
Three-Quarter wool cashmere, worth 90,
at - Lee.
B3-inch debeiges, light shades, worth 10,
at Ice per yard.
BrilliantineS start in at PIC,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-27
Gents Furnishings.

At SIC. Gents Balbriggan under
wear worth soc.
At 69c. Lot of fancy percale shirts
worth 81 to $50.
At SC. Boys Windsor scarfS.
At 39c. Boys genuine red percale
waists, regular price 60c.
2 for 25c. Gents full regular made
Balbriggan sOX,
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Our Flannel Shirt Stock.

Our flannel Shirt Stock.
Is too large and we will
make a deep cut in order to
reduce them. Read for
yourselves.
80 dozen fancy flannel
shirts worth 75c at CSC.
120 dozen fancy flannel
shirts, worth 81 at SOC.
so dozen striped flannel
shirts worth $3.50 at $40.
st dozen striped flannel
shirts worth $3.50 at 81.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-27
We Offer This Week;

Fancy Percale Shirts
100 dozen, well worth
$50 at SOC.
The morning call., 1890-09-14
THE FIRST CHEW.
How II Feels for a Boy TO Try to
BE Han Too Suddenly.

The boy said it was REGULAR kind of TO-
bacco, and was known as molasses tobacco,
because it was SO sweet. The other boys
did not ask low he came TO know its name
or where lie got it-boys never ask any
thing that would be ell for them to know
but they accepted his theory and his further
statement that it was Of mildnesS sngu-
larry adapted to learners without misgiv-
ines. The boy was himself chewing vigOr-
ously or a large quid, and launching the
juice from bis lips right and left like
grown person, ana my boy took as large
bite as his benefactor babe him. He found
it as sweet as he had been told it was. and
he acknowledged the aptnPSs of its name of
molasses tobacco. 1t seemed to him golden
opportunity to acquire noble habit on easy
terms. lie let the quid rest in his cheek, as
lie had seen men do, when he was not
crushing it between his teeth, and for some
moments he pOled his plank UP and down
the caual-bOat with 4 sense of triumph that
nothing marred.
Then all of a sudden he began to feel pale.
The boat seemed to he going round and the
sky wheeling overhead. The sun was dodg-
ing about very strangely. Drops of sweat
hurst from the boys forehead; lie let fall
his pole and said that he thought he would
80 home. The fellow who gave him the
tobacco began TO laugh and the other fellows
Somehow he did not know how he got out of
the caual-boat and started homeward, but
at every step the ground rose as high as his
knees before him, and then, when he got his
foot high enough and began to put it down
the ground was not there. lie was deathly
| sick, as lie ree'ei and staggered on, and
when he reached home and showed himself,
white and haggard, to his frightened mother,
! he had scarcely strength enough to gasp out
a confession OF his attempt to retrieve the
family hUE0r ny learning to chew tobac 0.
In another moment nature came to his re-
relief, and then he fell into a deep sleep
which lasted the whole afternoon, so that it
seemed to him the next day when he woke
up glad 10 find himself alive, If not very
lively.
Perhaps he had swallowed some of the
poisonous Juice of the tobacco; perhaps 1t
had acted upon his brain without that His
father made no very close inquiries into the
facts, and he did not forbid him the use of
tobacco. 1t was not necessary; in that one
little experiment he had got enough for
whole lifetime 1t shows that after all
hoy is not so Lard to Salty in eveTything-
William Dean RoweIls in Harpcr's Young
Pr
The morning call., 1890-09-14

behind the bushes in the bitches, before the
silent, grand chateau. Even WHEN fallen
the shot tore them still, and from their gar
ing wounds the generous blood of France
flowed noiselessly. Above, in the billiard
hall, things were coming to terribly close
quarters also. The Marshal had resumed
his advance, but the Captain defended him.
self like lion.
Seventeen! eighteen! nineteenl"
Scarcely had they time to mark the points.
The noise of the battle came nearer The
Marshal had but one more to make Already
bombs had reached the park. One exploded
over the pond. The mirrUr-like surface was
convulsed, and terrified swan swan about
in whirlpool of bloody feathers. 1t was
the las. shot.
Then an oppressive silence. Nolhing but
the rain falling upon the hedges. a confused
roll at the base of the hillocz, and Oh the
soaked highways something like the patter
OF a hurried flock of sheep The army was
in full flight, but the Marshal had won his
game. ALFONSO DAUDET.
The morning call., 1890-09-14
POSTAL CARDS.
Impro yements That Have Been Made SO
to Make Them Rapidly.

Improvements That Have Been Made so
to Make Them Rapidly.
Improvements have been recently made
in rotary cutting machines, which have ma
terially Increased the rapidity with which
postal cards can he manufactured, says the
Pittsburg Dispatch. The cards are printed
100 in a sheet, and in the process Of cutting
the latter is first passed through rotary
Sitting machine, which produces strips con-
tanning ten cards each. AS these strips leave
the machine they drop upon division plat
form, which collects them in ten separate
packs. The capacity of this machine is such
that the number of strips cut in ten hours
will make 100000 OF single cards. The
sheets are laid on the broad table of the ma
chine, one at time, and pushed forward to
the knives, which draw the strip in and de-
post it on the opposite side OF the machine
upon the receiving platform. The machine
is usually operated by man. The strips
are laid against the guide-plate before pass
ing the cIoSseut rotareS two at time. This
feature of the operation requires special
training OF the part of tie operator, who
must be very expert from long experience.
By the feeding of two strips at time into
the machine the OUTPUT Is almost doubled.
1t was at first denied that two pieces could
be picked up every time, but skilled ope-
ratOr was procured who not only demon
strated the plan to be a success, but later in
structed all The other operators how to per-
form the same feat The sense of feeling
III the hand becomes so trained that mis-
takes rarely. If ever. occur. In the factory
which supplies the Government in work.
ing day of nineteen hOurS-fTom Z O'Clock
in the morning to O'Clock the next morn
ing-with two hours out, the three machines
used to have record of cutting 2,675 COO
cards, which is equivalent to cutting $4,000
per hour for the entire number of machines,
or Al 600 per cutter, or 7S3 cards per minute.
As ten of these are cut TO strip, and as
there are two strips 10 one feed motion. the
operator has to perform thirty-nine separate
motions per minute, feat which is certainly
unequaled in carl-cutting where accuracy
has been aimed at.
The morning call., 1890-09-14
FIREMEN WHO
ARE GYMNASTS.
What They Must Learn in Order
10 Be Life-Savers.
How They sca'e the Walls Of Burning Buildings
and How They Rescue People Hemmed
In by Flames-Men Of Nerve.

rHE average Fire Department draws its
SEE2 raw material principally from the ranks
yHgS of active young mechanics, who bring
to their new calling strength, energy, and that
liking for the special work which has led them
to engage in it. In our chief American city
the requirements for appointment to the de-
partlnent are such as to guard about as effectu-
ally as possible against the admission of poor
material. The applicant must not be over 80
years of age nor less than five feet seven
inches high, and of propo! tionate weight. He
The morning call., 1890-09-14
ANOTHER TIE-UP.
Pup-Well, old Graveyard, what's the mat
ter with you?
Other Dog Oh, only another tie-up on tho
limo -Tudua


A few weeks ago Ed Rohanan. young
man of Lincoln, Nebr., was left handsome
fortune by the death of his father. He was
a very fast young fellow, and has been
squandering his patrimony in prodiigal
manner ever since. A week ago he had
$4,000 left of his fortune. when he took a
renehant for gambling. Since that time he
has not been home, and his beautiful young
wife is suffering with nervous prostration
on account of his continued absence. All
this time he has been in the gambling hells.
Recently he made his appearance penniless,
having gambled every cent away. He had
to have some money somehow, and, not
knowing how to make 1t legitimately, re-
sorted to illegal means, and no less than
hall dozen warrants were sworn out for
his arrest, charging him with getting money
under false pretenses. Louis Republic.
The morning call., 1890-09-14

Civil Service Board, where, if he passes the
examination, his name is put on the eligible
list, or he may make application directly to
the Fire Commissioners. In the latter case,
if the Commissioner is favorably impressed
the applicant is furnished with an applica-
ton which he signs. This must be Endorsed
by four responsible citizens, who will tes-
tify to his good character and recommend
his appointment. He then makes sworn
statement regarding the personal details al
ready mentioned, and goes before the doc
tors for examination. Here he makes an
other sworn statement as to his health and
that of his relatives, etc. He is then put
through a careful physical examination.
The standard of stature and minimum
weight to correspond is fixed as follows,
and no deviation is allowed:
The morning call., 1890-09-14

must be in perfect health, must be able to
read and write English intelligently, must
have lived in the State year, must have a
good reputation for sobriety, and must never
have been convicted of a crime. If he has been
a fireman at some previous time and been dis
charged, or has resigned under charges, he is
ineligible for appointment, and if he has been
a member Of the Police Department or Park
Police, OF has served in our army or navy. he
must show that he has been honorably dis
CHARGED, says Fire and Water.
The man wishing to become New York
fireman may either apply to the Municipal
The morning call., 1890-09-14
DIPLOMATIC NONSENSE.


Births Among Royalty Regularly An
nounced at Washington.
The funniest thing in connection with this
Governments diplomatic relations, says the
Washington Star, is the letters sent to the
President Of the United States by the rulers
of other nations announcing births and such
events in sovereign families. Such COM
munications are the custom among the pow
ers, and there is stereotyped form for them.
For instance, on the occasion of the last I'M
portant domestic happening in the household
of Queen Victoria letter came from her to
President Harrison, as follows:
Victoria, Queen OF Great Britain, Empress OF
india, Defender OF the Faith. ETC., etc, 10
Benjamin Harrison, President Of the United
States:
Great and Good Friend-I have the pleasure
of announcing 10 you the birth of fine boy on
The 21st INST TO my granddaughter, The Princess
peeled. This event will doubtless cement the
cordial relations existing between our Govern
ments. Your good friend, VICTORIA.
This letter is written ON ruled blue paper,
and to it President Harrison replies on white
yellum paper in big sheet as follows:
Great aud Good Friend-I have received the
pleasant news conveyed TO me by your commune
cation OF the 22d inst, and am glad that the
happy event came of safely. Ii Is my earnest
prayer and expectation that the said event VIII
strengthen The bonds OF amiiy and friendship
which so happily subslst betweet our Two Gov
ernments. Your good friend,
BENJAMIN HARRIS ON.
1t is worth nothing that the President
never sees these letters IRON Queen VIC
toria and other soyereigns at all, and the
Spencerian hand by a $1,000 clerk in the
Department of state, are merely taken to
him for his signature. Such is the nonsense
OF diplomacy.
The morning call., 1890-09-14

when occasion demands, select names for
appointment, and the novice is at last fire.
man-only on probation. however, for al.
though he will receive pay at the rate OF
$1,000 year, his days must be spent at FIRE
Department headquarters, where in the
roomy gymnasium and elsewhere the Chief
of the Life Saving Corps puts him through
course of exercises with the ordinary GYM
nasium apparatus. as well as in the drill OF
the corps with the scaling ladders and other
life saving appliances. This course OF
training lasts for thirty days, and is most
The morning call., 1890-09-14

cause for rejection. So rigid is this medical
examination that fully 80 per cent of those
who present themselves are rejected.
This ordeal successfully passed, his applI-
cation is sent to the Chief of Battalion in
whose district he lives, who makes inquiry
among the neighborS concerning his char
acter. If the report is favorable the appli-
cation goes TO the Civil Service Examination
Board. The next step is second physical
test, in which Professor Robinson, a trained
athlete in the employ of the Fire Board, puts
the novice through severe course of gym
nastic exercise so as to judge of his
strength, endurance, etc At least sixty
points out of 100 must be obtained
at this examination to enable the ap-
The morning call., 1890-09-14

plicant to pass The final trials which
the would-be fireman must undergo
are written and oral examinations before the
Board of Examiners. This examination is
in the ordinary commOn-school branches,
supplemented by questions calculated to
test the general intelligence of the man, and
a score Of at least 70 out of 100 points is re-
quired to be made. Passing these success
fully the applicants name is then put on the
eligible list.
From this list the Fire Commissioners,
The morning call., 1890-09-14
A MILLIoNAlRE'S WRATH
At Poor Sewing Woman Causes His
Very Sudden Death.

At Poor Sewing Woman Causes His
Very Sudden Death.
Mrs. Sarah Penfield and her pretty
eighteen-year-oId daughter Ella were
arrested in Chicago few nights since
charged with stealing a coat. They have
dresSmaking establishment on Calumet
avenue. Several weeks aga the wife of
millionaire Thomas f, Collins ordered a
cloak made by Mrs. Penfield. There was a
dispute about the garment. The two women
went last night while Mrs. Collins was
absent and renewed their demand for pay
ment of the cloak. Mr.. Collins raved aud
stamped upon the floor in his denunciation
of his tOrmentOrS.
The women backed toward the door and
as they passed the hat-rack where the cloak
was hanging they seized the garment aud
dashed out into the street The aged mill
lonaire cried Justify for the police. The
women got away, however. and when the
servants who had followed them returned to
the house, they found the lifeless body of Mr..
Collins lying in the hallway. He had died
of heart disease. Mrs. Penfield and Der
daughter were discharged by Judge Prindle-
ville.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The morning call., 1890-09-14

According to reports from the principal
applejack- producing regions of the country
"a belt extending across Southern New
York and Northern New Jersey, between
the Hudson and Delaware rivers-owing TO
the failure of the apple crop, there will be
but little of tie int0xicant made this year.
The morning call., 1890-09-14
safety Frnm a Pes ilentlaI scourge.

Protection from the disease-not a medicinal
agent which merely checks the paroxysms-is the
grand dlslderatum wherever the endemic scourge
of malaria prevails. Quinine does not afford this
protection. The chief reason why Hostetters
Stomach Bitters has won such immense popularity
that it prepares the system to resist the malaraI
pest This it does by bracing and toning the physi
cal organism; regulating and promoting an equal
flow and distribution OF the animal fluids and estab
fishing digestion on q sound basis Not only is fever
and ague prevented, but the worst types of the dis
ease are conquered by 1t. Such is the only conclu
sion to be drawn from the overwhelming evidence
in its favor. II is equally eficacious in dyspepsia
constipation, liyercomplaint, general debility and
neryne. 81
The morning call., 1890-09-14

thorough and severe test of the strength and
endurance and nerve OF the probationer. IL
is reported to be but seldom, however, d.
spite the most difficult, and to the ordinary
persons alarming nature of the ife-Savlng
drills, that a man is known to back out
through fear at this stage, and that, more
over, most of them pull through very credi-
tably. For the successful one there Is one
last physical examination TO ascertain
whether the trying work has done him any
harm or brought out any latent weakness,
and all reports being favorable, the appl-
cant is appointed a fireman of the third
grade at $1,000 year and assigned 10 com-
pany.
His schooling however is not yet over, as
for thirty days longer, in common with other
novices, beis given daily instructions at head
quarters in the school of the firemen, where
he is instructed In the use of fire depart
ment apparatus and appliances of all kinds.
That course completed. he is left to gain his
further education from practical experience.
As third grade fireman he must serve year,
when, if his record is clear, he becomes
second grade man at S11O0, and in another
promotion TO the first grade a. salary Of
$1,000.
1t is from this grade that the higher offices
in the uniformed force are filled by promo
tons as vacancies occur, and after reaching
it the future of the fireman lies, in great
measure, in his own hands, most of the pres
ent officers of the department having risen
from the ranks by hard work, strict atten-
ton to duty and brave conduct. The illus
tratiunS show some of the more distinctive
features of the schooling through which the
novice is put Mt headquarters, both in the
ife-saving drill and il the general gymnastic
course, calculated to train him in those eXer-
ciseS upon which at any moment he may
have to rely for the safety OF his own lie or
the rescue of an0thers.
The morning call., 1890-09-14

Sixteen barbecues have been given in
Wilkes County, Georgia. this year. Two
hundred and t!iirty-eight carcasses were
consumed.
The morning call., 1890-09-14

AlphOnse Daudet Tells Very
Queer Story About Mar.
shall MacMahOn.
LOST 4 FIGHT BUT WON A GAME.

A Notable Game With The worries
Amid Smoke and Fume of Can
non-The Soldiers Die at Their
Posts, but the Marshal Continues
TO Play = Flight of the French
Army-An Exciting Scene.
The morning call., 1890-09-14

1 will conclude with the f0fIawing lit
of old-time clippers, they being, with the
exception of a couple now in the lumber
business ON this coast, sole survivors of the
noble fleet:
The morning call., 1890-09-14
NOTES FROM THE
FRENCH CAPITAL.
The Beautiful Monument to the
Memory of CarlOtta Patti.
Lawn Tennis Is All the Rage at Present-A
New Method of Scoring the Game.
Fashion at Trouville.

Special Paris Letter to THE SUNDAY CALL.
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-04-26
From Fridays Daily.J

Thirty-four horses were shipped yes
terday from Sand Coulee to Detroit, Mich
igan.
J.. D. Gore is building q small brick
store room just west Of the Leland
hotel.
j. ]. O'Conner and D. Cowan have
opened a feed store on First street south,
where they will keeps good stock of hay,
grain, etc.
Besides more than 100000 pounds of
D the Boston & Montana company
produced $4,000 ounces of silver last
month.
Sand Coulee and Belt have been organ
lied into q circuit with Rev. Mr.. Cham
berlain in charge. He will preach at
Belt next Sunday morning.
The jury in the case of Gore vs. Wolf,
tried before Judge Race yesterday,
brought In Q verdict for the plaintiff, al
lowing him ISL, while defendant pays
the costs.
II. o. Chowen & Co. are agents for the
Prospect park addition, which was &C
cepted today by the county board. 1t Is
owned by Mr.. Menage, and adjoins the
Highland park and Fsirview additions,
Aldermen Nathan, Rowen, Bridges,
Brown and Fletcher have all qualified
before City Attorney Leslie. Mayor
Dickerman has also qualified. The new
board will organize on Monday, May 8.
Word has been received that surveyors
are hard at work OF the surveys from
Monarch to Barker. Some corresponds
nee has taken place on the land needed
for railroad purposes between Monarch
and Neihsrt. 1t is expected that an am
icable arrangement will be come to.
James O. Cocks writes to the TRIBUNE
to thank the people of Great Falls on be-
half OF the Pierce county, N. d. farmers,
for the aid which has been given here.
He returns rhanks tor valuable and use
sul parcels Of clothing from Mesdsnes
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-04-26
SPRAY OF THE FALLS.
From THURSDAYS Dsily,1

A Bargain-180 acres OF land within
8 miles of town for sale choap for cash.
Inquire at this office.
The announcement which Mr.. Paris
Gibson make last evening that the ma
terial for the dam and the electric street
railroad had been purchased gave general
satisfaction. So did the news that much
material and machinery for the smelter
had been ordered.
Mr.. John Hobbins, one of the promi-
nent w~ool-growers of the Teton. who has
been in the city buying supplies, returned
to his home this morning. Mr.. Hobbins
came to Montana in 1855, and still thinks
it the best country in tie world. Since
that time he has made only one visit to
the eastern states.
The weather for the past few days has
been simply perfect, warm bright days,
during which an 0%vercoat is not needed.
While the nights are deliciously cool,
during which a quilt and pair of blankets
are needed for comfort. Such days and
nights produce good health and the most
perfect physical conditions.
j. H. McComb received word yester-
day that his brother living near Towner,
N. D., had been burned out. Fire from
the southern part of the county had
crossed the prairie and swept everything
in it's track. Mr.. McComb is a stock
man and lost q large amount Of hay, his
barn and other buildings. His total loss
will reach considerably over $1,000.
A continuous rain Of 70 hours is report
= = HY--AI---t 49, MIL $1,000.
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-04-26
THE HELENA ARMoRy.
Troops are Moving into II and storil
Armn

Troops are Moving into IL and storing
Arms.
HELENA, April 28.-The arsenal, or as
it is commonly termed, the armory, il
now nearly completed and the militia
companies Of the city are moving into
the building. The hrst floor or main
hall is finished and IT makes q grand hall,
too. Tho room Is 72x114 feet In size, and
10 feet In height, 1t would seat between
1900 and 2.O00 people. The balance of
this floor and on each side of the Warren
street entrance are dressing rooms and
closets. There il also q large double en-
trance in the rear.
A vide stairway leads from the main
entrance to the I'd floor and from here
the stairs lead up into the towers. The
latter are each 68 feet In height from the
ground and give Q splendid view Of the
9 " and valley. The second floor Is d.
vided into ten company rooms, i've on each
side Of an eight foot hallway which u n
from the front of the building, Of the head
If the stairway, to q large banqueting
room IN the rear which Is eighteen feet
wide and extends clear across the build
ing. The company rooms are each 1894
fact. Troop A was the first company to
move into the new armOry, and have their
lockers and arms already 10 the room, al
though il Is not yet completed.
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-04-26
Fergus County Bridges.

EHN- -F" ~ -.
The contract for building two new
bridges in Fergus country-one across
Big Spring creek at Iewistown and the
other across the Judith I'VE at Samples
old crossing-wss let % n. A. Adams, the
representative of the King bridge and
manufacturing company. A. Y. Bayne,
OF Minneapolis, wa q close competitor,
MS bid for the entire work being less
than 500 higher than thAto Of the success
1ul contractor. The Lewistown bridge
viii be an iron structure, SO feet span,
and 70 feet in breadth. The Judith strlc-
lure will be q wooden Que, with . span
lW feet In length. The cost Of both
Mi be $1,000, about equally divided.
4iessrs. Adams and Bayne returned from
bewistown last evening by ex-sherifi
psck's light express.