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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-12

The following question was put 70 feomas
A. Edison by John &. Wise in recent Law
suit in which Mr.. Edison was witness
The answer by Mr.. Edison gives pretty
clear definition Of tho words ''ampere" and
svolt.n which are much used about this
time.
O.-Explain what is meant by the num-
Der of volts in an electric current
Al will have 20 use the analogy of
waterfall 10 explain Say we have a cur
rent of water aud turbine wheel IL
have turbine wheel and allow thousand
gallons per second TO fall from heigh. OF
one foot on the turbine | get certain
power, we will say one horse power. Now.
the one foot OF fall will represent one vols
of pressure in electricity, and the Thousand
gallons will represent the ampere or the
amount of current, we viii call that one
ampere. Thus we have thousand gallons
of water, or one ampere. falling Que foos
or one volt, or under one volt OF pressure.
and the water working the turbine gives
one horse power. II now we 20 thousand
feet high. and take one gallon OF water
and let il fall on the turbine wheel. we viii
get the same power as we had before,
namely, one horse power.
I'VE have got q thousand times less cur
rent or less water, and we will have a
| thousandth Of an ampere IN place OF ono
ampere, and we will have thousand volts
| In place OF one volt, and we will have fall
| of water thousand feet as against one
| foot. Now the fall of the water or the
height from which IL falls is the pressure
of volts in electricity. and the amount OF
water is the amperes. IL viii be seen that
a thousand gallons minute falling on a
man from a height Of only one foot would
be no danger TO the man, and that II we
took one gallon and took IL up thousand
| feet and let it fall down It would crash
him. 30 it is not the quantity or current
of water that does the damage, bat IL Is the
velocity or the pressure that produces the
effect. New York Sun.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-12
THIRTEEN YEARS IN ARCTIC SEAS
Terrible Discovery of a Sea Captain Over
One Hundred Years Ago.

Terrible Discovery OF sea taptain o'ei
One Hundred Years Ago.
One evening in the middle of August,
1775, Capt Warren, the master OF
Greenland whale ship, found himself be-
Gained among an immense number OF
icebergs in about n dogs. north latitude.
They were of immense height and wedged
together, and succession OF snow COW
cred peaks appeared behind them as far
as the eve could reach, showing that the
ocean was completely blocked up in that
quarter.
Capt. Warren did not feel altogether
satisfied with his situation, but there be-
ing no wind he could not move, and he
therefore kept strict watch, knowing
that he would be safe so long as the bergs
kept their situation. One night after
violent storm the captain found that his
ship had sustained no serious injury, and
that the accumulated icebergs had be-
come disarranged and separated, and
that kind of canal had been formed
through which his ship could pass.
After he had proceeded few miles
ship made its appearance about midday.
The sun shone brightly at the time.
At first the bergS prevented the cap
tain from seeing much of her but her
masts. but he was struck with the strange
manner in which her sails were disposed
and with the dismantled aspect of her
wards and rigging. She continued to so
before the wind, and then grounded and
remained motionless. The captain GU
riosity was so much excited that he I'M
mediately jumped into a boat with sew
| eral of the crew and rowed toward her.
! On approaching her he observed that she
was considerably weather beaten. and
not soul appeared on deck, which was
| covered with snow to considerable
depth. He then hailed her crew several
| times, but no answer was returned.
Previous to stepping on board an open
port hole caught his eye, and on looking
/ into it he perceived man reclining back
/ in a chair with writing materials on q
table before him, but the feebleness OF
the light made everything indistinct.
The party went upon deck, and hav,
ing removed the hatchway, after few
moments pause they descended to the
cabins. They first came TO the apart
ment which Capt Warren had viewed
through the port hole. A tremor seizet
him as ne entered it. Its inmate still
retained the same position and was insen
sible of the entrance of strangers ID
was found to be a corpse, and a greer
damp mould had covered his cheeks ane
forehead and yelled his open eyeoaIls
He had pen in his hand, and the los
book lay in front of him.
Neither fuel nor wood could be found
anywhere. and the captain was prevent
ed by the supersutious prejudices OF HI
seamen from examining the vessel a
infinitely as he could wish. He there
tore carried away the log book. returne'
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-12
Get.ing Mixed on Book Titles.

cannot see why one should find the
titles of Professor Drummond' 5 books par
ticularly hard TO remember; yet only a
fortnight since / recorded that in Kansas
City lady insisted upon calling The
Greatest Thing in the World" The Big
ges Thing on Earth and within the past
few days have seen an order from New
York bookseller TO the publisher of the
book for one copy of Packs for Biscomb- y
After seeing this ingenious distortion OF
the title Pax Vobiscum," / am prepared
TO credit anything that hear or read OF IN
this lin, Critic
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-12
Hea,,hfulnes. of the Electric Light

The healthfulness of the electric light
was recently illustrated in a striking
manner. Some railway men were dis
cussing in car factory the relative ad-
vantages of illumination by gas and
electricity, and the advocates of each
system remained unconvinced by the
other. Finally the superintendent OF the
factory suggested that the matter could
easily be put to practical test, and
turning on the gas in the smoking com
partment Of an adjacent car he invited
the officials inside. II Is said that their
stay was of the briefest. for IN very
few minutes even the strongest OF them
had 10 succumb TO the heat and oppres-
sion and TO seek the outer air.
A hike test. made IN a compartment
lighted by incandescents, was attended
by very differen. result, and the YER
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-12
Died with . Big Head

In Rouen in 1873 while workulen were
engaged in digging in bitches near the
Dominican monastery they found a stone
tomb containing a skeleton whose skull
held a bushel of wheat, the shin bone
reaching 10 the waist of tie Iallest man on
the ground Over the tomb there was q
stone slab containing the following words
in raised copper letters: In this tomb lies
the noble and puissant lord the Cnevalier
Ricon de vailemor and his boi1es- "-St.
Ioflis Republic
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n his own shin. and steered to the south

to his own ship, and steered to the south
ward deeply impressed with the awful
example which he had just witnessed of
the dangers of navigating the Polar seas.
On returning to England he made in
quiries respecting vessels that had disap-
peared, and by comparing results with
the documents he ascertained the name
and history of the frozen ship, and found
she had been there thirteen years prevl-
GUS to the time of his discovering her
Sheffield Telegraph.
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A Tatterinx Axiom.

small Student-Pa- what s prorerb.
Pa-Sofneihing that contains a great
deal ~ truth in small space. Like Barr
ing dogs never bite.
small Srudent-Is il true that barking
dogs never bite,
pa-Uml Folks regard ii a. true until
brought face to face with barking dog,
Ssen Ties have Their cou0ts.-Gooc News
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The small Boy.

The Ceylon leopard se4zed asnaii boy
and carried him for mite or more through
the forest. and then put him down 70 PLAY
with him A hole in The ground happened
70 De near ~ hand, and the small boy took
headsr into II and Was saved. Tss small
boy IL the same the world orsr-no e.ss On
him--Deiroit Free Press.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-12

In the industries Eov established IN
tie United State, IL which s>antital
ob,ec.s are ruzde-sach as wall hang
,nge. furniture. sl.vsrware, tsbleclofhs.
g,zasxzre. ARTICLES Of bras add ~Toagns
Iron. stone carvings and the hke-~ery
excellent wases are often p@id 20 sksI.sd
ycxIrcsL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-12

The word gazette Is from the nArns Ct
an old Venetian coin. worth about one-half
cent Of orr money. The name i applied 20
newspapers because 1t ~as the sum charged
for reading the arst written journals that
made their appearance II 1854 After tie
paper was resd It was handed back 10 th-
owner, who charged the next Conner "a
ge.t- for taking peep al IL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-12
Making johnnie Obey.

DR., Kilson-Johnnie won't show me
his tongue, ma'am.
Mrs. Brown-Then give him some OF
YOUR medicine. That always causes him
to make such a face that he can't help
nutting his tongue out.-Epoch.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-12

Mrs. BlifSins {read.nss-THs points a
Gne seal fars are arss, the tsxtsrs--
Mr. Blifkins-HampAi seems TO ne tas
srxt ,ctns Is the pnCs.-<soo6 News
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dict which followed was unanimous fol

u1ct which followed was ultsniInouo iot
the cool, wholesome light. This will
readily be understood by those who, &C
customed TO the electric light, have oc-
casion to sit in gaslit ROOMS in which
the sense of heaviness often becomes OPP
pressive.-New York Telegram.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-12

According TO the assertion Of the en-
prnt pays.osogiss. s.ppy. the ssSrnach cen
,x;ns 10000 glands ~ which gastric
iuice ], secrese9
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-12
onsx,san.hle Pr~sse

Composer 10 his frsendl-WeIi. bow DO
yea like my souEt2'
MY dear fellow, 10 one viii ever play ls
sft~r yoa-"--FIsegence Blxt.cr.
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wnen Baby was sick, We gave her Csssoria,
When she was 9 Child. she cried for CastoEis'
When she became Miss, she chung TO csstoria,
When she had Children. she give tAsm csstoria-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-12
A REPULsIvE GARMENT.

The prisoners crowded round the well
and drank Some took off their clothing
and washed it, remaining naked while
they did So The morning chilhness was
still in the air. and my new friend re-
sumed our toll of the day before. be was
evidently well accustomed To the work,
and looked compassionateiy upon my is-
norance and clumsiness. You don't oit
know how to manage; you look half afraid
of them You shouldn't go at IL so gin
gerlyi know whose cloak that Is, he
went on. "A fortnight ago there WAS
fellow here, Jack FOOL we used To call
him; quite a natural one, you know.
He was always soft in his head: and then
he was i'll, TOO; just all over wounds and
sores from head TO foot. Well, there he'd
lie, and OF course be got all over these
creatures; he never tried 10 get rid OF them.
or course q decent fellow wouldn't let bis
cloak get into that state. but the fool didn {
care-not he: he didn't seen TO have any
feeling, somehow"
On learning the biography OF my cloak
appealed To him in horror 70 know whether
could not possibly get 1t changed for an
other, He at first maintained that 1t WA
quite needless, that be could get rid Of tie
verrnin, that one could not catch diseases
from clothes, etc-. but be failed 70 couvincs
me. "Of course" be remarked at last,
lone can get it changed; i'm cost bot, bui
it can be DONE. here, sir. anything can be
got for money. Why. not only clean things
you can have spirits. playing cards. paper
pens and ink-an ything you Ike"
nv cloak was changed tia. day. Prs
oners are not allowed 70 have money In
their possession, bnt prisoner vie ha'
I money to his account ia the ofIics can bu,
| things In the prison shop by order.
| The dealer, like a banker, eAsses yos1
/ order. though in goods instead Of mopey
/ and takes - per cent himself for trou 81,
i and r1sk.
That evening felt far less miserable. IN
| consequences Of a clean clsak.-Yrss Russia
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-13

Everything" says Yuan Mel, Chinese
writer, 'has its own original constitution,
Just as each man has certain nateral char
acteristics. Il mans natural abilities are
OF low order. Confucius and Menci1s
themselves would teach him 70 10 purpose
And Il an article of food Is IN itself bad,
not even Iva (the SOyer OF Chiaaj could
cook a flavor into IL
Yuan then goes on 70 show what cara
must Be exercised ia the choice Of food
- ham i nam. ont IN point Of good
ness two hams will - a. widely separated
as sky and SEA A mackerel Is a mackersl;
bur a point Of excellence two Taekerei
will differ as much IS ice and live Goals.
And other things in the same way. -
that the credit 81 a good dinner should De
divided between the COOK and the steward
10 per cent. 10 tins steward and q per
cent To tee COOK. ''-TemPle Bar
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-13
5LUMBER PILLOWS.
That Tempt to Sleep with the Odor Of
Dried Sweet Blossoms and Herbs.

That Tempt to Sleep with the Odor Of
Dried Sweet Blossoms and Herbs.
''Slumber pillows are among the latest
fads and nothing can be more attractive"
says The Decorator and Furnisher, which
describes them as follows: MANY of them
are made of white linen in order that they
can be Numbered easily. They are usually
embroidered in wash linens or silks, and
have on them some appropriate quotation
and spray of flowers. A dainty one has
maidenhaiT ferns gracefully embroidered
on it. On another is wild roses. This
hast named one is filed with rose leaves
gathered during the rose season and is very
fragrant. One is filled with sweet violets
and has bunch of them on the cover.
Others are filed with dried hops, herbs,
grasses or down. Some of them are round,
with puff of the same all around and
laced with a cord over the puff Others
are square, with the corners coming to-
gether on one side with a puff underneath.
All sorts of odd and quaint shapes and
styles are seen.
"Afghans or slumber robes are needed the
year round to throw over one while taking
a nap or reclining in the hammock Very
attractive ones can be knit of two con-
trasting colors in stripes and put together
with crocheted cord. They can be finish
ed with fancy edge or a tied fringe.
"Others equally pretty are crocheted af-
CHAN stitch, and have alternate stripes of
plain black aud Roman ones. These are
put together with fancy cord showing
the shades of red, green and black and fin
ished with heavy fringe, which is tied
three times. Five or seven stripes are used.
For child's afghan five is sufficient"
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Weir City Sc Western Coal Co, lI9 y
Water street Telephone Go. 152 6t

Finley Ross earnestly invites your at
tent.ou to his magnificent showing of Bew
and stylish furniture, carpets etc. Your
own interests cannot be better served than
by familiariziug yourself with these goods
and prices, because they represent stand
ard grades and bottom prices. | bought
this stock with one particular aim and OBJ
ject always in view; there must be none
better, and there must be none sold
cheaper. | have made il fixed fact that
there will he 30 better goods offered you
anywhere. simply because have in stock
the best that are made
have made IL an absolute GER
tainty that no better prices shall be OF
fered you anywhere. In view OF these
facts il is certainly apparent that Ross
Great Furniture aud Carpet Emporium is
a perfectly safe p ace 10 trade. That is
worth great deal to "A buyer, this knowl-
edge OF perfect safety in securing full value
for each ana every dollar. l am deter
mined 10 make it profitable place 70 buy
goods. aud 10 do better by you than any
body.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-13
THE MUSIC MAN.

LIZ III UOlO MAN.
1 have a house full of goods
Pianos, Organs, and Sewing
Machines, and want some cash,
and will make some prices that
will bring it. I shall only sell
what is advertised for the prices
named. for one week or until all
are sold.
1 new 800 Steinway Piano for
$4,000.
l new $50 Chase Bros. Piano
for 275.00.
1 new $50 Briggs Piano for
1880.
1 new 415 Behr Bros. Piano
for 325.00.
new $50 A. B. Chase, Piano
for 10000.
new 400 Malcomb Piano for
10000.
1 new 325 Mozart Piano for
10000.
1 new 325 Kimbal Piano for
10000.
1 new 375 Harverd Piano for
225.OO.
All the above are high grade
goods, uprights in Ebony and
Fancy wood Cases.
ORGANS.
2 Waterloo Large fancy case
and mirror, each 80.
2 Kimball Large fancy case,
each $500.
2 Chicago Cottage, each $500.
1 A. b. Chase each 5000.
1 Mason Hamlin 5000.
1 Waterloo extra fancy with
Glass 5000.
1 Story & Clark 800.
New Home Sewing Machine
$500.
2 Wheeler l. Wilson each q, 90
/ Union Machine $500.
1 Standard Machine 27.0O.
The above are all for cash, and
to be sold this week. Now you
who have been saving up money
din't miss this.
THOS. SHAW.
129 North Main Street.
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Two daily trains 70 -. Louis equipped
with Pullman siet pers aDo handsome coair
cars Leaves " icbIfa - 100 q. ~. add
1913 2. m. arriving Ia - Ilouis one hour
earlier than most routes Making prompt
and sure connections 70 the easf. allowing
passengers ample time in ~ Louis to Oh
tain meals prIor 20 the departure - the
last eastern trains.
". u. MUEDocE. Dist psss- Agt.
5ss y. Main - and Douglas Ave. Depot
- -
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Arc You Going to Washington Territory

Parties emigratiDg to the northwes
will find il 10 their interest by calling 4
the Rock Island ticket Office for infOrma
tion regarding rates, routes and sccommo
ceived by agents of other lines as 10 this
route IOu are invited to 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 he Rock Island leads the process
sion. W. II. w lsHART, Ticket agent
Office 100 East Douglas avenue. ceorne
Ma III street C69-tf
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one lap. 1t is said that the American and
his hackers were enriched about $500 by
the result. Darrin is one of the best
known English professional runners, and
McClelland's victory was one to be proud
of. McClelland is tall, well built young
man who seems particularly designed by
nature for fast running.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-13

move to New York Nevertheless the
mausoleum is a thing of beauty and Mr..
Yerkes is an interesting character whether
in New York or Chicago. He paid $40, 800
for the cemetery plot and the mausoleum
cost about $40 COO When shown picture
of his last resting place Mr.. Yerkes indulg-
ed in a smile of thorough satisfaction, but
when his attention was called to the news
paper comments be frowned and said, Il
think it is pretty mean to drag mans pre-
humus tomb into public"
The said pre- humus" is 80 feet inches
in length, % feet wide and 20 feet inches
high, built of crystal granite in the purest
Grecian architecture and in style suggest
i've of the Parthenon. IL is claimed that
no other tomb in Greenwood is SO nearly
indestructible Even the roof Is Of slabs
joined in a double lock in such peculiar
way that it cannot be removed without
breaking il into fragments. In the center
is the acknowledgement outer receptacle OF
polished granite-and in it another OF
heavy bronze, in which are two chambers
for Mr.. Yerkes and his wife
Mr. Yerkes came to Chicago as the rep
resentative of a Philadelphia syndicate
which bought the North Side system OF
street railways, turned it into cable sys-
TEN, then did the same for the West Side
system in spite OF the most violent opposi-
ton.
1t goes without saying that there was
scandal" The aldermen had oeeR fun
Gus against his scheme. All at once the
opposition weakened, and thereafter he al
ways had majority of two. The minor
iuy howled of course, though the newspa-
pers of this city often say very hard things
Of him. s G. ".
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Miss Henry has demonstrated TO the en-
tire satisfaction OF many ofour best known
citizens tnat the Natural Method" Is the
true way TO learn langua .e She has
convinced the most skeptical that il is
eminently practicable TO acquire speak
ing knowledge of German within such a
limited time. 1t is remarkable how much
can be learned in one lesson. At the re-
quest of her class Miss Henry will give a
second term in Wichita. commencing
Monday, Nov. Is at 4:SO and p. m. at
room 40S, Sedgwick building d. i
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England, excited
much interest
among profession
I'll athletes. The
contest came off
at Pittsburg, and
was for $3.50 a side
and The Police
Gazette champion
ship of America.
McClelland won
handily in l5m.
54his., defeating
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f. ST. JOHN. Gent Manager
General Offices: ChIcagO ~


When you go. take the Frisco line 70 s.
Louis and the east for the reason that u -
the only Wichita line rnuDiug two solid
trains daily without change 81 any class 70
ST. Louis morning and night snd % - the
only line having palace reclining chair and
Pullman sleeping cars IN morning and
night trains. Always on time and sure u
making eastern connections At -. Louis
nnlnu denOt. AZ
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Mtchila Literary I.carne.

The first special program of the Wichita
Literary League Will be given IN Peerless
hall this evening. consisting Of orchestra
aud other music, comic and other recita-
tions and live question Tor debate. An
admission fee OF 10 cents will be charged
10 defray hall rent ISS It.
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About Mr.. Yerkes.

CHICAGO, Oct. 6.-The journalists of this
city have complained gently, joked pain
fully and INDUCED in some heavy sarcasm
because Mr. Charles T. Yerkes has had a
mausoleum built in Greenwood cemetery,
Rrnnklun This fact and certain other
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Ahrlne tn ,lnrhers.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should
llwavs be used for children teetbing 1t
coolies the child, softens the gums, alleys
ali pain, cures wind collie and is the best
remedy for diarrboest I wenty-tveceuts
bottle. Used by millions OF mothers.
d64 II w46 *
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things have given
rise to the story
that he designs re-
moving to New
York. After en-
during this sort of
thing two or three
years, Mr.. Yerkes
has cabled from
Paris that he has
not sold and will
not sell his inter
est in the Chicago
stree t railways,
and that he posi-
lively will not
Nevertheless, the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-13

For Kansas City, st. Louis and all points,
east take The Missouri Pacific railway.
The shortest line TO st. Louis by IS miles.
No change of cars of any kind between
Wichita and St. l.ouis Only fifty hours
between Wichita and New York City via
be Missouri Pacific railway City ticket
fice 10 North Main street. l0l II
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Crrsanfhsnnrns

All colors and sizes Of fine plants cheap,
also bulbs and a general assortment II
plants for the house a. Bose & Mueller 9.
the Paramount florists. City Office. 4is y.
W alter street. 10 Il