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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-30
A Mine in Ancient Greece.

At Laurium are found 1000 ancient
shafts, with their connected galleries.
These shafts average about two meters
square (the round shaft Is almost IN
known) and are sunk from 90 to 100 me
tiers in depth, but never below sea level
The galleries open into ancient chambers,
sometimes 30 feet high and 100 feet wide.
According to NJ Cordella's estimate the
ancients extracted from these mines q
mass of mineral amounting to 105, 900, 600
cubic meters and yielding 2,100,0S4 tons
Of lead and s, 400 tons Of silver, or value
of 4, III ,37S, 600 drachnas
The work employed steadily about 49,
coo laborers-3,0 900 in the mines them
selves-almost exclusively slaves. The
earthern lamps, water jugs aud picks
found in our day in some of the low, tor
tuous passages through which man
must work his way on hands and knees
have pathos of their own. Slaves were
cheap and the labor problem easy at first,
Proprietors worked their own slaves or
hired other peoples at an obol per day
say 55 drachmas a year "a saddle horse
in Athens now brings 200 drachmas per
month"; land the price of slaves ranged
from Is drachmas upward, according to
quality. Record.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-30

The front stoop offers facilities for
courtship, and among the young people
of Brooklyn the front stoop is popular
summer institution. The Brooklyn bridge
is bridge Of signs. 1t is the high bridges
over the Central tracks in upper New
York, however, that are most ardently
worked for this purpose.
An evening stroll that takes the OBJ
server over one of these bridges will show
dozens of couples leaning against the
rails and apparently investigating the
myriad tracks and colored signal lights
and passing trains below. A manly arm
will be withdrawn from slender waist
as you pass, to be stealthily slipped back
again within the moment. The skirmish
of hearts is going on there while you are
asleep or at the theater. 1t is the engage
ment ground of the poor and lowly who
live in tenenents and have no front gate
and no doorsteps. For them the bridge
on these warm nights is a dish of ice
cream with two spoons in it.-New York
Herald.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-30
ELECTRIC SPARKS.

The United States have 100000 miles Of
telegraph wires.
The draw on the new Harvard bridge
will be operated by six-horae power cleo
trio motor, instead of steam engine, as
was at first intended.
During a recent heavy Thunderstorm in
Cincinnati 5000 dynamo was ruined by
lightning, and the ligh ming arrresters on
1900 telephones were burned out.
New York telephone and telegraph COM
panies pay yearly rental Of $4,000 for the
privilege of having their cables lie on hard
iron stringers on Brooklyn bridge.
Simply a piece Of Norway iron Of the
best quality, and no wire at all, says Prac-
tical Electricity, constitutes the armature
of a motor just brought out by Mr.. w. s.
Richards, of Boston-said to be quite eff
Gent.
A new electric lamp globe is made of
eight pieces of plate glass bolted to brass
collar, the advantages claimed being that
it is easily cleaned and trimmed, while i'll
case of accident to it single plate is less
expensive to replace than whole globe.
An electrical exhibition on the same lines
as the one which proved such great sue
cess in 1881 Will be opened at the Crystal
Palace, London, in November, and bs
continued for several months. Applica-
tions for space must be made not later than
Sept. 5.
We know many of the laws of gravity,
but of the thing itself we know nothing.
1t may yet be proved that gravity is also
an action propagated through the ether.
1t would thus come under the domain Of
electricity, which seems destined to absorb
all Of the sciences.
The London and Paris telephone line is
now open for public use. AT the London
office the speaking cabinet is on the ground
floor, and is just large enough to contain
the speaker, who sits in front of the instru-
ment. The walls are padded so as to be
sound proof. A conversation costs eight
shilIings for three minutes.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-30
HINTS TO HOUSEKEEPERS.

A large fire and quick boiling are great
enemies of good soup.
Towels with handsome, bright borders
should never be boiled.
Black pepper, mixed with cream and
sugar, will destroy flies.
The lid of a saucepan should never be
raised over a smoky fire.
Red ants will not come where tar is; the
odor is enough for them.
Raipwater which is used either for drink
ing or cooking should not come in contact
with lead.
The earthly taste so often found in fresh
water fish can be removed by soaking in
salt and water.
Bits of camphor laid about closets where
mice are wont to frequent will draw their
visits TO a close.
Quassia infused in boiling water and
sweetened with sugar is poison for flies,
but innocent to human beings.
Semiporcelain may be relied upon, when
used in making dishes, TO resist a greater
degree of heat than any other variety.
A little vinegar mixed with your stove
polish will make the stove polish more
brightly and quickly than the polish alone.
All such ingredients OF soup as rice, YER
micelli, macaroni, etc. should be partially
boiled in plain water before being put into
the liquor.
Rub cold tallow from candle on an
Ink spot; allow 1t TO remain twenty-four
hours and wash as usual. Properly done,
this method is sure.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-30
WHIP AND SPUR.

A turf authority calls the attention Of
horsemen to the following very pertinent
don'ts:
Don't breed that old broken down mare
1t won't pay, but will be an injury to the
breeding industry.
Don't use heavy harness. Light one
properly made of good leather are stronger
and last longer, while being easier on the
horse.
Don't overload the team. 1t is better to
make two trips than to strain the horses or
get them in the habit of baking.
Don't feed corn or cornmeal to the horses
during the hot weather. Corn is too heat
ing.
Don't spare the oats. The we'll fed horse
stands up under constant work when the
underfed falters.
Don't imagine that when you water your
horses three times day you have done all
that nature demands.
Don't let the horses eat too much green
grass. A little while in the pasture after
days work will do them good, but too
much green food will work injury and
cause the horses to sweat easily at work
Don't run down your neighbors' horses.
Praise them when you can, and when you
cannot, say nothing.
Don't think because your neighbor has
bought stallion that he has been neces-
sarily cheated, and has bought a failure
Give the horse a chance to show by his
progeny what he is.
Don't go off into the next town or county
to breed your mare if an equally good stall
lion of the same breed and style is owned
on the next farm. You may own stallion
some day, and then you will need the pat
ronage of your neighbors.
Don't let the stallion stand idle in the
barn. Make him work, for it will add to
his potency and help pay for his food.
Don't throw away the currycomb now
that farm work is rushing. 1t is needed
more now than it was last winter.
Don't forget that box stall is much bet
ter than narrow one for your horses, es-
pecially when they have worked hard all
day. You like wide bed. So does your
horse.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-30
Minneapolis Larger Than Paris.

The existing Paris covers 1927 acres,
or about thirty square miles, while met
ropolitan London, with 4 1000, 900 popula-
ton, contains 11S square miles, and Chi
cago provides an area about as extensive
for 1000 The average distance from
the center Of Paris to the circumference
is only three miles. Minneapolis. with
only 165, 600 people, has municipal area
more than twice as large as that Of Paris.
Almost the entire population Of Paris is
housed in the fats of tenement struc-
lures averaging from four to FIVE stories
In height.
According to the revised figures of the
census of 1886 there were nearly 70, 900
houses in Paris, and the average number
of people in house was about thirty
In the old ACCOMPLISHMENTS of the inner
Paris there are probably about 10000
houses, accommodating about 1000, 900
people.
For total contrast in the plan of
house construction we have OF to cross
the channel and to examin london,
where we find an average of a It eight
persons to house for the VIII n metrop-
oils. But the people of Paris are better
housed, all things considered, than those
Of London. A population Of 100000
within a circle whose radius is only three
miles is certainly very dense, but it must
be remembered that Paris is a many
stored city.-Dr. Albert Shaw in Cen
tIlry
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-30
MASCULINE MENTION.
Ex-senator Ingalls, has a high barit<
voice and loves 70 sing sacrai Tnusic

Ex-senator Ingalls, has high baritone
voice and loves to sing sacred music.
There is a clergyman in New Mexico
who goes by the name Of Rev. Innocent
Wolf.
Hector P. Cowan, one Of the Princeton
football team, has been ordained minis
ter of the Presbyterian church.
Isaac Holden, the newly elected member
of parliament for Keighley, made the first
lucifer match ever sold in England
The Hon J. n Huston, of Indiana, ex-
treasurer of the United States, has discov-
cred a fine layer of marble on his farm
Eugene Aram's great grandson is q law
yer in Alameda, Cal, and has just been ad-
mitted TO practice in the State supreme
court.
John D. Rockefeller's wealth is estimated
at S129 900, 900, of which s6s 000, 900 is Stand
ard Oil stock. Bis real estate is worth s1O,-
900, O00
A J. Drexel heads the list of Philade;-
phia rich men with SIS, 600. The city
has 100 millionaires, whose total holdings
foot up over 500, 100000
The richest colored man in Pennsylvania
Is John Clark, of Pittsburg, who began
with a humb blacksmith shop twenty
years ago, and has made a fortune OF
s200, 900.
A j. McKeown, son of the millionaire
oil producer, John McKeown, Is probably
the richest young man in Pennsylvania
He enjoys a princely income, which ne
spends with a lavish hand.
Judge Holmes, of the Cincinnati police
court, listens to testimony in cases on trial
before him with his head enveloped in
cloud of smoke arising from huge cigar
held between the judicial teeth.
Judge Crisp lives in typical Georgia
home at Americas The front veranda is
q veritable bower of roses, the grounds are
a garden of flowers and the hospitality of
the place is proverbial throughout the state.
Professor Lazarus Rodney, London, is
said to give in a course Of sixteen lectures
such an insight into the arts and mysteries
of begging in all it phases that his gradu-
Rtes are assured of an easy living st the ex-
pense of the benevolent.
Senator Stewart, the Nevada silver king,
is man of herculean proportions, and
wears an apostolic beard of silvery white
ness. Despite his millions he is simple and
unassuming in his manner, and has never
lost the bluff heartiness of the old miner
James ". Walker, of Boston, went
whaling when he was a young man. Then
he went to Harvard and was graduated as
a doctor. Then he emigrated to California
and became surgeon to the Pacific Mail
steamers. Now he is United States vice
consul at Hong Kong.
The oldest mail carrier in the United
States, perhaps, is j. D. West, who carries
the mail from Kedron to Annora, Ark. He
is eighty-one years old and rides a mule
twenty-one years of age West mounts his
animal with the agility of boy and car
ries his mail six days in each week with the
utmost punctuality
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-30

frequently the well managed hospital
and garden filled with plants noted for
their healing virtues.
The Arabs of the Middle Ages were
devoted students Of science and parsicu-
larry of medicine. When they came in
contact with Christendom they made
two important contributions. They gave
to the church the writings of Aristotle,
which, in the hands Of St Thomas Aqui-
mas, saved the church from crude ma
terialism.
They gave to the medical world the
wealth Of their scientific researches, es-
pecially in the line of chemistry, and
substituted milder remedies in place Of
the terrible hellebore and other drugs of
Hippocrates. Averrors and Avicenna
were the leading Arabian scientists, and
Dante has given them place n that
honorable circle Of the Inferno" which
contains the leading physicians Of hes-
then times.-Chicago Herald.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-30
Ancient Milling.

For ages various cereals used in bread
making were ground with very uncouth
contrivances hardly deserving the name
of mill, as we understand it. They con-
sisted Of two portable circular stones,
the upper being the smaller and turned
upon the lower and concave one by
means of an iron or wooden handle, the
grain being placed between them. These
stones were usually obtained from
quarry in the vicinity Of Babylon, from
which sufficient were taken to supply
all the eastern countries.
The grinding was usually performed
by two females, who sat opposite each
other with the millstones placed between
them, the upper stone being kept in mo-
ton by the hands Of the operators. Very
often this tedious work was assigned TO
prisoners, who considered it most de-
grading task. This fact is recorded in
Holy Writ, in width we are told that
Samson Ibid grind in the prison house
of the Philistines."' and Jeremiah be-
walls the fact that the Babylonians
''took our young men to grind. DE
troit Free Press.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-30
HALE cowLEY. As NELSON
PresideCL Secretary.
KANSAS FARMS
For Sale BY
KANSAS H0NESEEKERS' BUREAU.
A. g NEI SON
Secretary.
BUREAU.

We have choice farms in every part of
the state for cash or on easy terms Re
member that no matter what wild reports
you may have heard, that the government
reports for seven years show that the cul-
tivated lands of Kansas have produced
more than the same number of cultivated
acres anywhere else in the United States.
Kansas soil well fsrmed produces more
than any other in the United States Think
of this and then come and see it and us.
Now is the time to buy before land boom.
If we cannot show you more of the gifts of
Providence in the fruits of the earth in the
same length of time than you ever saw be-
fore, we will pay your expense out here
and give you a wagon load of the finest
peaches you ever looked at. If you want
TO see the worlds fair come TO Kansas. OF
course we are the great land men and farm
sellers of Kansas, but we mean every word
we say and will do il. Write or visit us.
If you mean swap or some other nonsense
write 10 some one else. If you mean bust
ness write us. We can get you a cheap
rate and something else if you buy of US.
Look out for the excursions. Address
COWLEY Il NELSON, Kansas Home
seeks Bureau, Wichita, Kansas.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-30

This is not sermon. 1t is only a rail
road missionary tract
If you take a vacation this summer,
why not 90 to Colorado? Nestled around
Pixies peak there are plenty of places
where one can cool off for a very little
money. Manitou, Cascade, Green Noun
tain Falls and Woodland Park, in the ia
vorite Ute pass, will be loyelier this year
than ever
They are most directly reached via the
Santa Fe route You change cars in
union depot at Colorado Springs, and take
broad guage trains on our Colorado Mid
land division for destination. No tedious
transfer across the city.
Cheap tourist tickets now on sale, good
until Oct. 81, returning. Inquire of local
agent Santa Fe route. Union ticket Office,
oruer First and Main streets. or passenger
tation, Douglas and Fifth ayes. 10 II
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-30
Wanted to Make a Snug Thing of It.

Wanted to Make Snug Thing of It.
1t happened about o'clock one morn
ing.
A man with flushed face and sttired
in white robe stuck his head out OF a
bay window and yelled:
is that your alarm clock?"
a snore was waited through the win
dow of the next house, and that was the
only answer.
Il sayl" yelled the man again, lis that
your alarm clock?'
''Huh?' came a muttered response.
SIS it your clock that's waking the en-
tire neighborhood?" shouted the man.
my clockY' came the voice again.
Then after pause, Hold on minute
and III see"
Then a draped figure carrying clock
appeared at the window of the next
house.
by George! it was my clock" It said
at never seems 70 wake me-"
We'll, it wakes me- roared the first
man.
And then you get up and wake me-
returned the other. That's kind OF
you-"
Yes, / get up and wake you, and
some time III throw q brick through
that window"
No necessity for that Tou just
swear al NE and it'll rouse me al right
Suppose / leave this other window open
too. That would make Il surer. you
Know. and must get up at 8 o'clock.
If you 20 away from home you Just let
me know snd III pu, the clock where
it'll catch the man in the house OF the
other side, so that he c2n yell az NE. /
want 20 make a sure thing OF il with one
CT YOU, for never hear the clock
Then he pulled in his head and boot
jack whizEed by and shattered lamp
post on TIE cozner.-Chscago Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-30
All on Account of a Dog.

A devoted husband who was lately
asked after the health of a dog by a
friend who had presented it to his wife
exclaimed; "De dog! De dog You
question me about dat dOgl De dog is
veil enoof! Mein wife, she want to go to
Saratoga, unit she take the dog NIT her,
unit ven she take him into de car de con-
ductor he object! Unit vot my wife do?
She ride in de baggage car all de way
from New York to Saratoga NIT dat dogI
Unit ven We go TO de hotel de proprie-
taire he say, We take no dogs herer but
he make me pay for my room vot is en-
gagedl Unit we go to some other hotel.
De same words, We take no dogs herep
Unt my wife, who like always de best,
she go into a cheap boarding house and
make herself so uncomfortable for dat
dog! You tink somebody shoot him by
mistake? l viii gif one huntert tollars
to somebody if he shoot dat dog by mis-
take! Dat dog! You question me about
dat dog!-New York Times.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-30
SO, MOON, DON'T TELL.
o Moonl did you see

o Moonl did you see
My lover and me
In the valley beneath the sycamore tree?
Whatever befen
o Moon! don't tell;
Twas nothing amiss, you know very well
o Moon! you know,
Long years ego
You left the sky and descended below
OF a summer night
By your own sweet light;
You met your Endymion on Pstmos' height
And there. o Moon!
You gave him boon
You wouldn't, I'm sure, have granted at noon.
Twas nothing arniss,
Being only the bliss
OF giying-and taking-an innocent kiSsi
Some churlish lout,
Who was spying about,
Went of and babbled, and so 1t got OUT
But for all the gold
The sea could hold,
o MoonI wouldn't have gone and toldi
So. Moon, don't tell
Whatever befeQ
My lover and me In the leafy dell
He is honest and true,
And, remember, too,
he only behaved Ike your lover and you!
New York Truth.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-30
Arahia.. ContrInut,on 70 sc4ence.

Rome boosted that she dispensed with
native physicians for the first 800 years
Of her existence. Whether this was the
result Of her unusual vigor Is not re-
corded. In the days Of her prosperity
and success she developed considerable
ability il the medical line and gave 70
the world the distinguished physician
Gslenus. For some time after the fall
Of Rome the treatment Of disease was
chiefly IN the hands Of monka In con
pecaon with tie monastery there were
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-30
Take Our Advice.

The Frisco line is content to await the
patronage of its friends without soliciting
the aid of any packed committee to decide
npou what line they would use their IN
fiooence" as these committees have never
been known to work solely for the dear
public's" interest. Do not be LED oy then,
sandy your Own convenience and comfort
by patronizing the popular Frisco Line
via St Louis.
Following rates from Wichita now In
effect:
troit and return S2005. TO Cincinnati
and return so. 80.
Pullman palace sleeping cars, handsome
flav coaches and reclining chair cars on all
trains.
Tickets on sale at No. 15S North Main
street and Douglas avenue Union depot.
W. c. MELVILLE,
de2-5t Tray. Pass Agent.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-30

Nearly every housekeeper has many
garments spotted with ink. Here is a
good way to get the ink ont. Ink spots
may be removed from linen with tartaric
acid while wet. To remove ink from
cotton, silk or wooden goods, saturate the
spot with spirits of turpentine and let it
remain several hours; then rub between
the hands. It will crumble away with
out injuring the color or texture of the
article.-New York Journal.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-30
Are You Going to Washington TERRITORY

Parties emigratiug to the northwes
will find it 10 their interest by callln a
the Rock Island ticket Office for inforna
ton regarding rates, routes and accommo
dations via this line Do not not be de
ceived by agents OF other lines as 10 this
route. You are invited 10 call at the office
and be convinced as to the superiority Of
the Great Rock Island route over all
others BY patronizing this line you can
have the choice Of four different routes
west Of Denver For speed, safety and
comfort the Rock Island leads the process
sion. W II. WIsHART, Ticket Agent.
Office 100 East Douglas avenue. ceorne
Main street. Cty-tf
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-30
Velocity of lIeteorites,

The singular fact has been demon
strated that, while the most rapid veloc-
ity Of cannon balls scarcely ever attain a
speed of 600 meters a second-about 500
miles per hour-meteorites are known to
permeate the air with velocity of 40
600 or even 10000 meters per second
This unthinkable speed instantly raises
the temperature of the air to 1000 OF
5000 degrees centigrade.-St. Louis BE
public.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-30
SHE WOULD BE MAD.
But He Had Lost His Keys, So He Had
to Wake Her Up,

But He Had Lost His Keys, So He Had
to Wake Her Up.
Just as he reached the foot of the steps
he put his hand into one of his trousers
pockets and then calculated:
what in thunder!'
Then he felt in another pocket, and
muttered:
"Well, I'll be hangedl"
He stopped and thought for amoment,
and then tried his vest pockets. Next he
tried those in his coat.
Every ones asleep too, he muttered,
as he paused in front of the door. Il
wonder where l could have left them"
He went through his pockets again
and then sat down on the top step to
think the matter over.
'She'll be hopping mad if wake her
up" he muttered, land no excuse will
go. But what else am going to do?"
He sighed, made third search of his
pockets, and then got up with look of
determination on his face and gave sew
eral vicious yanks at the doorbell.
"Oh, me! oh, myl Won't she be mad
thought" he soliloquized.
And she was.
"Oh, it's you, is it," she exclaimed
when she opened the door. What did
you wake me up for?"
"My dear" he said apologetically, 81
couldn't get in"
Did you try?" she asked.
"Why, no, my dear" he explained.
"You see l lost my keys today"
81 know it. found them on the
bureau, and so l left the door unlocked
for you"
Then she marched back to bed, and he
swore that he would never again take it
for granted that anything was locked
Chicago Tribune.