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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-08
Grandma.s Chr. for Dandun

eve often scott at the ancient grand.
mother remedies" said an up town ply.
stefan the other day in conversation with
a patient, "but our forefsthers used to
get power of comfort from them, never
theleSs, and cheaply too. Science has
progressed wonderfully, Of course, and
we are much better or on the whole COW
than were our sires, but We forget q
great many Of the little things. Now
notice that You are troubled with dan
druf, and III wager that you have spent
many dollars on different alleged cares,
and you are worse OF now thaa when
you commenced. Let me give you .
grandmother Prescription that never
fails. Gre 70 a drug store and buy Eve
cents worth Of salts Of tartar. Dissolve
half Of IL IN warm water and wash tie
head thoroughly. -Repsa; this at inter
walls Of three months fer a year, and you
won't be annoyed with dandruT any
more."-New YORK Recorder.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-08

recently to blow up an oIu snip near MO
bile, sent to the surface a jewish that
weighed more than 200 pounds.
A jeweler at PIeasanton, Cal, has live
tarantula in glass jar, where he has kept
it for more than year without food. About
two inches of dirt is all there is in the jar,
and how the creature lives is a mystery.
He seems as frisky as ever.
The lobster is greatly in dread Of thun-
der, and when the peals are very loud num-
bers of them drop their claws and swim
away for deep water. Any great fright
may also induce them to drop their claws.
But new claws begin at once to grow, and
in short time are as large as the old ones
aud covered with hard shells.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-08
WHAT A WISE WOMAN SAYS.

I That almond meal is better for the face
sthan any soap except CASTLE.
! That the useful girl never gets married
because she can't be spared.
: That orris root has a sweeter and more
permanent fragrance than any other per
'1ume powder,
/ That the woman of today worries more
over the shape of the seams in her bodice
khan over her souls salvation.
That your diamonds should be washed in
boiling hot suds, rinsed in cold water
clouded with ammonia, and dried in jewel
er's sawdust
: That your dress waists hold their shape
Ebetter if folded away in a drawer and are
delicious TO wear If they are wrapped in
perfumed covers.
That nothing is so beneficial to the COM
splexion as a bath in cream every night.
2eaving it to dry on the face and for
Enightcap a big glass of rich milk taken
Dust before you go to sleep.
That the woman who never complains
gets ten times as much sympathy in her
1rials as the woman who frets about every
thing from the shoes that don't fit her feet
60 the husband that dies and leaves her
lpenniless.-NewY York Sun.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-08
ELOWER AND TREE.

The forest area OF the United States Is
estimated at 4Sl, 764, 59S acres.
! California has 2,675 of the giant trees
still left, and of these the largest is thirty.
three feet in diameter
Two immense gum trees, which tower
over 100 feet above a little church in Guate-
mals. are Sky feet in circumference, and
shave pushed. the foundations of the church
IOut of place by their strong roots.
\ The tallest trees in the world are the
gum trees of Victoria, Australia In some
districts they average 500 feet high. The
longest Frustrated one measured 40 feet.
land eighty-one feet in girth near the root.
A vast ''bsnyan" tree covering between
six and seven acres has been discovered on
the tiny Lord Howe island, 800 miles from
Port Macquarie, in Australia. It is sur
passed in size only by the greatest of those
in India
The newest thing in tulips is the Wander
Neer, dull. petaled flower, almost ma
genta in color. Among the novelties re-
Gently shown At the London flower show
was this wonderful tulip and blue prin
rose, probably the first of that color ever
shown.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-08
With agile
WORLDS FAIR NOTES

( West Virginia will erect $50, 900 build
ing at the exposition
The National Confectionery association
will make display at the fair.
President Palmer says that it may be
necessary to open the Worlds fair on Sun
days.
One Of the most interesting exhibits at
the Worlds Columbian exposition will be
that of fish and fisheries.
The Manhattan Yacht club of New
York, has applied for space for an exhibit
illustrative of yachting interests.
California will occupy 100000 building
at the exposition. A prize of $500 for the
best plan was offered some time ago.
The Mexican government will accept the
site allotted to it at the Chicago exposition,
provided bridge be built and the drainage
i'm proved.
Miss Mary Schiller, a grandniece Of the
fpoet. has been chosen commissioner to
South America by the Worlds fair COM
tmittee. She was formerly teacher.
If President Gilman, of Johns Hopkins
university, can make satisfactory arrange
ments wa N the Worlds fair people he will
probably accept the position of chief OF the
liberal arts department.
The freight department of the Western
Traffic association decided TO charge full
tariff rates on exhibits to the Worlds fair
at Chicago, but to return the property after
the exposition free of charge.
The National Association of Furniture
Manufacturers, at it's recent convention in
Boston, decided TO make an extensive ex-
hibit at the exposition, and provided for
committees TO look after the matter.
The Music Trade association, at its re-
cent meeting, declared in favor of erecting
a music building at the exposition suffi-
GENTLY large to permit of the exhibition of
musical instruments of all kinds and for
musical entertainments.
Illinois has appropriated $500, 900 for its
exhibit at the exposition. 1t will erect an
Immense building costing about $3.50, 900,
and endeavOr to make the most complete
exhibit of any of the states. The state
board of agriculture has charge of the mat
ter.
The Worlds Fair Association of Com
mercal Travellers, recently formed, decided
TO hold a two weeks congress at the
Worlds fair All organized bodies of
fraveling men in the United States, and
foreign drummers as well, will be invited
10 participate
f. An Englishman wants to sell portrait
of Columbus to the Worlds Columbia
exposition for $4,000 The portrait, it is
claimed, was painted by Chevalier Antonio
Moro about 1870 from a miniature of Co
1umbus painted from life especially for
Queen Isabella, and which is still in the
possession of the royal family of Spain.
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an, dressed to impersonate the widow.
should get the money only few moments
before the genuine check was presented.
A detective on being called in questioned
all the parties concerned, but not ray of
light appeared. He was given full swing
in the case. His first act was to send a
man to trace the movements of the party
who cashed the bogus check. Then he ar
ranged to send man to the bank to keep
close watch on the cashier, aud another
to the insurance Office to ferret out what
ever suspicious circumstances might exist
there. Both masqueraded as new en-
ployes, and naturally had to be able to at
tend to the ordinary duties assumed.
Meanwhile two men, well dressed, took in
the shady places about town where women
who suddenly achieve fortune easily might
be expected to congregate. Still another
was sent to the dressmaking aud millinery
establishments to ascertain who had re-
Gently purchased widows weeds.
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FIN, FEATHER AND FUR.

The tongue of the giraffe is nearly foot
and half long.
To effect the respiration OF carp. $3.50
arteries, vessels, veins, bones, valves, etc,
are necessary.
A hundred laying hens producs n egg
shell about ls7 pounds OF chalk or line
stone annually.
At Griffin. Ga. king snake was seen 20
swallow green snake several inches long
er than its own body.
A turkey few through plate glass win
dow five-eighths o. al inch tAlck. st Mans
field. o.. but was nos injured
The explosion Of . dynamite sAstriSss
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A Close Call.

Thirty-six freight cars passed over five
year-old Eddie Quinther at East Buffalo,
but, strange to say. his only injury is a
slight cut Oh the head. He was standing
on the track and was struck by the train,
which was drawn by switch engine. 1t
having no cowcatcher, he was pushed be-
meath the standing board and lay in the
center of the track while the entire train
passed over him.-Buffalo Times.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-08
Hunani,, Runs In Streak.

Peculiar humanity runs IN streaks. On
certain days you viii notice 9 surprising
number Of tai people Sometimes It's
cross eyed people- On other OCCASIONS
the uoticesbly short persons have their
innings Then oueday somebody equally
observant viii say. What remarkable
array Of the crippled, the lame, tie
manned. the dwarjsS. the generally DE-
formed there ars ont todAyT And whiI.
yen are contrasting ca IL another comes
along and then znoshe- and another crtiI
the idea makes yea tniSty.-Ssw YORK
Herald
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-08

bore a curious resemblance to that de-
scribed In the romances of Gaboriau, who
is admittedly the grand master of weird
and ingenious plots and fascinating de-
tective tales. As the clews were patched
together it seemed a very simple under
taking to bring the crime home to
Frenchy, but all things considered, it re-
quired large amount of skill to effect
that result. The master eye that found
bloodstainS on the mans Clothes the alert
brain that conceived the plan of utilizing
the scrapings of finger nails as an aid to
the unearthin2 of crime did not depend
upon the element of luck. Every move
ment was carefully planned in the light of
past experience, guided by judgment rem
dered keen by minute study of the meth
DDS of rascals of all kinds. Inspector
Byrnes has the history of every great crime
at his tongues end; he has pondered over
the devious ways of the lawless classes
until he is familiar with the inner work
ings of their minds, and he can often pre-
dict the manner in which the most clever
will seek to evade pursuit and punishment
All men who aspire to become great de-
tectives have to undergo a species of hard
training of which the public knows little
or nothing. There is none of the glamor
Of romance about the actual work. The
detective is rarely hero; his occupation in
a measure units him for thedisplay of fine
moral faculties, and those are the faculties
which he rarely has to employ. Criminals
are as often caught by trickery as by as
tuteness, and the public, which is deeply
interested in the results, never questions
the methods employed SO long as they are
successful. The detective cannot afford to
be too scrupulous; as the enemy of the
classes which prey upon society he must
fight them with any weapon at hand. Pa
thence, perseverance and pluck are the quail
ities that win in this profession, as in
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-08

Now here were several men at work on
different branches of the case, each attend
ing to matter which of itself did not ap-
parently amount to a great deal. Not one
of the operatives knew the full significance
of his inquiries. The controlling mind
was that of the chief who alone intended
to set the trap for the capture of the for
gers.
The man who traced the guilty couples
movements after leaving the bank reported
that the woman had registered at an up
town hotel as from Washington. Inquiry
at Washington showed that no such woman
was known there. But she had left me-
mento at the hotel in the shape of a visit
ing card, which bore the name of a man
who was cutting quite dash IN society.
This man was placed under surveillance.
1t was ascertained after a great deal of
wearisome work that he was a skillful
forger; that he had wormed himself into
the confidence of the cashier of the insur-
ance company and found out not only that
the check was to be paid that particular
day, but its number; that he had put up
the scheme of imperSonating the widow
and her lawyer, and that the very audacity
of the project had carried it successfully
through.
The links in this remarkable chain of de-
lection were the product of ingenuity COM
bined with the skillful handling of subor-
dinates who were working largely in the
dark. All told, one dozen men were en-
gagged on the different ramiications of the
affair. No one was capable Of handling it
alone.
To be able to watch lamppost all night
without wearying, to never lose the slight
est movement of man under surveillance,
and to be ready at any moment to jump 10
a conclusion which may entail eternal ridi-
Guile with fighting chance of its turning
out beneficial to the case in hand-these
are some of the risks detective has to run
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-08

|. HE conviction not
long ago of Ameer
Ben Ali, New
York's Jack the
Ripper" Is gen.
orally regarded as
a proof of the su-
perior methods Of
metropolitan de-
t e ctives The
work in this case
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-08

'where are the men" the girls all s!chei
In weary, longing tone,
As by the gentle. ripping tide
They wandered al alone.
Then from an open window there,
Above the eyergreens,
A voice stole softly on the air:
"a full hand here. on queens"
san Antonio Express.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-08

in order to establish a record. Beyond it
all, however, is the fact that the daily as
sociations are not conducive to comfort or
peace of mind, and that the methods neces
sary TO be employed are not such as com
mend themselves TO the man of ordinary
habits of thought and action.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-08

DETECTIVE SKILL.
It Is the Result of Training and
Experience.
HOW WA. PINKERTON GOT POINTS

The Value Which Accrued to Him from
Apparently Aimless Loafiug About a
Notorious Saloon-How Forged Check
Mystery Was Cleared Up.
Copyright, 1881, by American Press Associa-
i'm
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Sure to Remain His Own.

Sure to Remain His Own.
And eccentric old gentleman p eed in
field on his estate a board --'H g follow-
ing generous offer painted
81 will give this f - 20 an who is
coutented"
It was not long before he had an appli-
cant
"Well, my man, you are a eontented fell
Iow9"
Yes, sir; very"
"Then why do you want my field"
The applicant did not wait TO reply
London Tit-Bits
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-08
A Summer Vision.

summer NfslOns
Oh, maiden of the cheviot shirt
And dainty little bonnet,
And russell shoes and flowing skirt
With ne'er a trimming on IL.
With riband small Of red or blue,
And just bunch Of posies
Upon your bosom. one or two
Bright flowers, pinks or roses
You are sight that cheers the eye
On these hot burning days,
When everything is parched and dry
Beneath the suns bright rays.
What though at every pore l meltl
What though I'm weak and ttredi
What though all sorts Of aches I've felt
When by the heat I'm fred!
One glance at you restores TO me
My vizor and ambition:
One glance, and then seem 70 be
In fighting ring condition.
You look so sweet, so cool and fresh.
AS though from heavens portals
You'd coIne-an angel In the flesh
To fan US painting nnortals.
Boston News
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Z. r. PorTTL. Prs'st = ". IAH~ER '. Press
e. =. fhAsE. ASH CssAlsr
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-08

II. W. LEVY. Pres A. W. OLIVER. Vice Pres
c. A. Walker. Cashier. II. 7. kramer. Asst Cash.
Telegram-herald., 1891-08-01


William kortlander, of Kortlander &
Murphy, is having plans prepared for a
seven story brick and stone block. The
plans are DOW in the hands of Chica-
60 firm of architects and will soon be
perfected. This magnificent building
will be erected on Fuiton-st., on the site
famIliarly known as the hay market.
IL Is designed TO be a structure with all
the modern Improvements OF archl-
lecture and Will have an area OF 40xs5
feet. The first three floors will be oc-
cupied by the firm of kortlander &
Murphy and the upper portion will be
for Office room. Ground will be broken
for the excavation early il March. and
the work will be rapidly pushed from
that time onward. The cost of the
building is estimated to be in the neigh
borhood OF $4,000.
Telegram-herald., 1891-08-01
HAD TO ACT PROMPTLY
fhs Ssamsa sense OF Railroad Goa
dactsx saved ass Life.

The Ssnsmsa sense OF . Railroad Co..
dactsx sassd Hss Life.
Everybody II Michigan knows tn omas
Fowler, OF Eseantis- By everybody Is
meant those who have travelled on the
Z. & y. W. K. T., where Mr. Fowler has
been conductor for some ten years
About year ago he was taken With
neavy, dull pain over the region OF
the heart The following night tie
pam came again, worse than before.
he rolled IA bed, moaned, ana prayed
tor death TO relieve us sufferings.
Physicians were poweFless 10 heip MN,
and hot applications only gave tempo
raIv relief.
HIS common sense came 10 ms rescue
and he used remedy that has won a
wide reputation as a Conqueror of pain
and restoFer of health. Mr. Fowler
says. after the first dose of Paine :.
Celery Compound | had no pain. That
night slept a. sound as ever did ~
my life, and have had no pain whatever
since"
Ia the dog day weather OF August
.here are many who need such a niedl.
cine as Pane's Celery Compound. and
who, II they do not use lt will fall VIC
tim 10 some serious illness. The poor
sleep, headache, digestive troubles
rheumatic or neuralgic pains, saliow OF
Tough skin--these are all eigns that the
nervous system Is weakened by the
heat or other cause. I.inGst be strength,
ened. nourished acd built up. No or
dinary medicine can do this. But
Paine's Celery Compound will posi-
lively and pleasantly restore the lost
nerve force, and give new life and new
strength To the user.
Telegram-herald., 1891-08-01
BREAKFAST BREvITIES.


May wyman was arrested on suspi-
eion OF larceny yesterday.
Rev. Jas. W. Reid will speak at the
Soldiers Home at O'Clock Sunday al
ternoon.
The WEIGH Folding Bed base ball team
will play match with the Beldlng Silk
Mill employees this afternoon.
Company X. the lnnes Rifles. will
give an exhibition drill at the grocers
picnic at Reeds lake next Thursday.
The city taxes are payable between
August 10 and October 10. without ex-
ira charge At the Office of the city treas
urer in the city hall.
c. s. Hartman says he has closed the
last date of hls'lecture course ior the
coming season. lie will have eight
nights beginning October Is.
seven car loads of furniture were
shipped from the q. X. * /. freight de-
pot Wednesday and Thursday and sew
eral more cars will leave today.
The ambulance was called to the sand
pit on the hill 10 get teamster named
Alexander Oderkirk, who bad fallen IN
a ut. He was taken TO his home at 727
lonia-s..
An ambulance call to the Hansen
House on South Ionia-st. yesterday af-
ternoon was for the purpose of taking
Ole Judson to the u. b. A. Home, be
having ruptured himself.
Clarence Z. Holt is in town en- route
10 Alpena. where he Will spend his va
cation. His company has just closed q
satisfactory season. and be will rest now
until his Boston engagement begins this
fall.
Rev. J. w. Reid will give q Gospel
temperance talk Sunday, August 2. 7:30
p. m, at the Wesleyan Methodist
church, corner of Turner and Myrtle
sts.. for the benefit Of the Woman's
Home and Hospital.
The Central Y's will have charge of
the Gospel meeting at Good Templars'
Hall Sunday afternoon at $3.50 O'Clock.
Elvin Swarthout will give the address.
Miss Bettine Orth will give q recilatlon
and Miss Daisy Blandford Will give .
violin solo. Other musicians and elO-
cuuonists will assist.
William O'clock, who has been en-
gagged in the saloon business on Monroe
ct. for the last 81 years, has sold his stock
to Julius Otterbein and will devote his
time TO the botthng works on North
Division-st., which ne recently pur-
chased At sherlff's sale. This is the
plant that was lately deserted by skid"
kustercr.
Telegram-herald., 1891-08-01

the Marguerite, while Mrs. Rood and
children remained at Bay View and
vicinity.
Mrs T. p White left Monday for \
three weeks visit win friends at Nus
kegpn and Grzna kapids.
Deaocrat.
Prof. Z. l.. Moseiey, formerly of the
high school nov Of the sSndusgy, Ono,
putiie school, Is the guest of George ID.
sones OF Lyon-st.
Deputy County Treasurer II. W
Stebi'ins and family leave this morning
for Ottawa Beach, where they will re-
main for three weeks.
The friends of Miss Nina Pelton OF 81
Fourth-st. treated ner 10 very pleas
ant surprise party yesterday the occa-
SION being her eleventh birthday.
A. L. Yerex. president of the West
Michigan College,, went TO Lansing to-
day, having been called there 10 ar
range matters pertaining To the college
charter.
Messrs. Charles G.. Eckford of Allan
Ia. Ga: Chas. K. FIederieks, san Fran
clsco; T.. L. Johnson. Los Angeles, and
j. schwarZ OF Shreveport, La, are IN
the city buying furniture.
Mrs L. A. Burman Of Bunker Hill.
Ill, who has been visiting her sister,
Mrs +. G.. Berger, at Tsrrytown. y. Y,
arrived IN the city today To visit her
parents, Col. and Mrs. L. Z. II ickey OF
South Lafayette-st.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Edison have
been whiting their friends, MIR. and
Mrs. VIM. Atkins, of Lowell. They
left for the East yesterday and will
visit Toronto, Montreal and friends in
New York state and city.
Telegram-herald., 1891-08-01

Oh! how he smiled lie came down
in the corridor and paraded around aid
was as proud as u peacock. ~ nv,
boys he said, Pm proud of myself.
That IS great compliment, and one
you fellows never got. Why, Pm right
IN it.
1--WE had put the girls onto the racket
and when he rendered his acknowledge
ments to to them they received them
with smiles, and he went home yester-
day tickled half to death with himself.
But before he went he set up the cigars
and bottles of wine. The boys haven't
got through laughing yet. and he is in
bIissful ignorance as to the fun we had
with him. Where ignorance is bliss It's
folly to be otherwise.
Telegram-herald., 1891-08-01
This Date in History-Aug. l.

I7-Aarcas Clpius Trasanus Crinltas IRA
jaal sseoad Of thz i've good enpeEors.
died
ss-Colamous discovered ths Island OF Trim
ida1
s5s8- Battle of the Nile. Lord Nelson destroyed
the freleh feet. t0an Casabisnca. cap
tain Of the Freneh EasshiD L'Oraent.
fought % the last. ahd ~hsa be fell his son.
10 years siI. sas blown 1p with the ship.
giving OCCASION for Mrs hemAas' The
boz stood on the barnias deck
lsil-Ionathan Edwards. the younger son Of
ths famous writer OF the Will" aud Pre-
destination" died; his sister Esther was
the mother OF Aaron Burr.
nz5 Emancipation Day Ia the British Indies.
all slaves of British subjects were freed,
which caused great excitement II the
Unlted States. and charges that the aooii-
tioaists were -bfiaed by English gold"
Lsx3- Beginning Of three days cavalry night
ing On the Rappahannock-
ee0-eensral Rlyas captured aud shot. and
peace Restored Ia San Salvador.
Telegram-herald., 1891-08-01
Mail Curriers' Vacation.

Four more mail carriers will be re-
leased this morning for their annual
vacation. julius Caesar will go to De-
troit TO attend the national encamp-
ment of the q. A. r.; Alex. Mcdonald
has been elected a delegate to the ma
tional convention of mail carriers,
which will soon assemble at Detroit,
and his vacation will enable him to at
tend; James Cronier will attend the G..
A. X. encampment and John Risdorph
will rusticate among the northern re-
sorts