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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-28
He Was a Diplomat.

They stood before the Fra Angelica In
the National gallery, which Il 20 crowded
with rank after rank Of angels and saint.
all properly behsloed, each IN his own de-
gree.
For nv part, - one said. 4 should think
a halo would be in the way. especially in
crowd
1t must have something the same effect
on those in the hack row, her companion
answered, as DO the big hats IN the thea
TIRE"
He had only carried her own idea little
farther. and YET she was Iittle shocked BY
his words. Il may have been that her ex-
9uisite feminine sense Of deyoutDess took
alarm a. the mention Of the theatre before
picture in which the heavenly choirs
were thronging with 30 much sanctity. A
Eainf fin OF gravity cane over her face
They may be Transparent she said hes-
ifsaDgiy-
She was = little troubled, bat she could
Tot. BIZ dropping the jssting tone a the
talk. run the risk OF suppos!ng that she dls-
approved % anything he had sad. She
was rewarded for her efforts 70 appear a. il
she were pleased. fo- wh2; he said IN r.
turn vas,
of cGu-se they are transparent, ny
lear. or you would have seen your ON n
ne mirror long ago
And then she b!usne6 and smiled nd
The whole beztifc rows q aureoled angels
did net represent ioy more exAlted than
Wa hers Boston Courier.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-28
Talking Parrots.

Talking parrots are far less plentiful!
than they were-why, il is hard 70 say. /
have taught few dozen TO talk and sous
few to sing in my time. bat why sons
birds can learn and others cannot
never could understand. There used TO b
a belief thai an operation on the tongue
was necessary 20 make bird a vocalist.
and quite recently l have been asked to
split a jackdaw's tongue. IL seems almost
an insult TO say there is nothing IN the su-
perstition. The only birds that really
achieve anything like success in the talking
line are of the parrot kind, and they have
thick, soft tongues, which would bleed ter.
ribly il split
The error probably srose from the fact
that some birds with divided tongues can
talk little, but this Is an excepsion, the
best takers having a tongue very ike that
Of human being Teaching a parrot 70
talk is easy, but tedious. IL it shows any
inclination TO mock or initiate the diff
Guilty IS bali solved. Then al that is ue,-
cSsary is 20 repeat one word or phrase fre
quently. and use il As a greeting and fare
well. Any little catch phrase viii answer.
though why Pretty Polly Is generally Sc
lected l don't know. Good morning is
more easily taught and much less senseless
when repeated.-lnterview in 81. Louis
l. lobe- Democrat.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-28
ANCIENT FLOATING MONSTERS.
Vessels Built by Egyptians That Would
Rival Modern Steamers.

People Of the present age are justly proud
of the wonderful and magnificent speci-
mems Of naval architecture that crowd the
great ports of the world. If there * any
thing new under the sun, A first class ocean
steamer, it i believed, is that rarity. In
our conceit we recall only the galleys and
triremes of the ancients, that scarce ever
ventured beyond thu coast line, and the
small barks u which Columbus and those
that followed him conquered the New
World and gave commerce its greatest
field. But the ancients built many CoOdly
sized craft, and made luxury study on
some of them. That much controverted
craft. the ark, = an example Of bigness.
Her tonnage is estimated at about 1900
smaller, il Is true. than that OF the Great
Eastern. No less an authority than Lind
say thinks that she was simplys raft of
stupendOus size, having upon II a struct-
ure resembling a huge warehouse. As no
means Of propulsion was necessary, this
description may be correct. The cargo,
however. was unique, and probably the
largest and most valuable ever carried.
The description OF the ark a given in
the Scriptures makes the vessel about so
fee, in length, - feet in breadth and - feet
in depth, proportions similar 10 those now
in use today for great vessels. But as the
aEnostic is not sure that this lifeboRt Of the
human race ever existed, and as the mate
rislIst Is sure she never was built. LEI u
take for example of big ancient vessels
some other craft vouched for upon the aU-
thority of profane and not sacred writers
The Egyptians, fond OF large things and
hig dimensions, made the BIG tonnage YES
sells OF ancient time Ptoiemy (Philopato-l
would have appreciated the Great Eastern.
He WAS fond of building big boats. One Of
these Is said 70 have been 40 feet long. 81
feet broad and - feet deep from the high
est point Of the stern. This vessel lad four
ruaders, or what some would call steering
oars, as they were not fastened. each - feet
long She carried 1000 rovers, besides
1900 marines, a large body Of servants IN
der her decks. and stores ard provisions.
her oArS were - -feoS --ng and tha hanlia<
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-28

wer- weighted WIN IesS.. Inere were !, coo
rowers on a side, and it is supposed that
these were divided into five banks. That
this extraordinary vessel ever put to sea Is
doubted. but that she was launched and
used at times if only for display several
historians are agreed.
Another ship" the Thalamegus, built
for one of the Ptolemies, IS said 10 have
been 800 feet long, 70 feet broad and co feet
deep This was a far more magnificeDt
vessel than any previous one. An Alex
andrian historian, Catlixenus, in describing
her, speaks Of her having colonnades.
marble stairs and gardens Another great
vessel, historical by reason Of its size. is
ore built by Hero. king Of Syracuse. Her
dimensions are estimated TO be large from
the description Of her cargo and the num-
Der Of her decks and houses. She Is sup
posed TO have been sheajhe with lead. and
accomplished at least one successful voy-
age. She mad three entrances. the lowest
leading 70 the hold. the second 20 eating
rooms, and the third appropriated 20 the
soldiers. There were thirty rooms each
having four couches, for the soldiers:
there were fifteen couches in the sailors
supper room, and there were three more
cabins. each having three couches. The
floors OF all these rooms were laid IN stone
mosaic work. There was also a temple OF
cypress inlsid with ivory and dedicated 70
Venus The mainmast was composed OF a
single tree. and the vessel carried four
wooden and eight iron anchors.
IS freight carrier she would rival the
largest Of our ocean tramps. Ii i recorded
that one or two of the launches belonging
70 her would carry about eighty tons. This
vessel Is said 10 have carried 90, 600 meas
ures Of corn, 10000 jars Of Sicilian salt fish,
5000 talents weight Of wool, and Of other
cargo 1900 talents. all Of which was in ad-
Cltlon 70 the provisions required for the
crew These are the notably big vessels
Of ancient times, but the supposiJion l.
that as rulers, whether kings or people.
were as emulous IN those days a. in these.
other big craft were also bullt-Philadel
phia Telegraph
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-28

fully illustrated in the famous case of re-
Specially connected man in Boston, who,
being affected with mania for stealing,
was brought to trial on four indictments.
Gen. Butler was the prisoners counsel. II
the prisoner was convicted on all four in
dictments he would be liable TO imprison-
ment for sixty years. As the court was as
sembling Gen. Butler agreed with the
counsel for the prosecution that three in
dictments should be Quashed on condition
that the prisoner should plead guilty 70 the
one which charged the theft Of the greatest
amount
The prisoner, to his amazement. was or
dered by his counsel TO plead guilty. say
guilty, sir" said the general sternly. The
man o5eyed, and the other three indict-
ments were mol pressed But when the
counsel for the prosecution moved for sen
Jence Gen. Butler pointed out fatal flaw
manifest 70 every one when attention was
called 70 it. In ten minutes the astonished
prisoner was a free man. IL Is said that
the court laughed ~ the ruse, the clever
ness OF which it was impossible not TO al
mire.-Boston Advertiser.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-28
labor in the Pyramids

The pyramids were erected between 1905
and 5000 years before the Christian era.
and consequently are the oldest works OF
human labor In the world The lower
stones are immense masses, brought from
a considerable distance, apparently with
out any such machinery as we have now
So one knows what mechanical means
were used, bat il has latterly been guessed.
from the discovery Of large circular holes
In some OF the stones, thai they had been
dragged along and hauled into place By
machinery The question remains, What
sort OF nschinesg II has been Calculated
thai at the present time, with our ma
chinery worked by steam, 1000 men could
produce an exact fac-simile OF the great
pyramid OF Cheops in ten years- Il would
est a large sum. however.-Tho1lAs J.
BOwditch IN Troy TINES
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-28
TIE CITY OF TURIN.

Among the Numerous churches Of Turin
the principal are the Cathedral Of san
Giovanni, dating from the Seventh cent
ury. also the church of San Fillippo, ons
of the most beautiful in Turin The cathe-
dral at one time was very rich in plate,
jevelry and other votive offerings, but
these were seized by Napoleon and sold,
the proceeds being used TO defray the ex-
penses of building the bridge. Besides the
numerous churches there are in Turin
many fine palaces and public buildings, a
Waldensian church, a large university, an
extensive library and museums.
The chief manufactures OF Turin consist
of wooden and silk fabrics, pottery, glass,
fine porcelain, leather, arms and liqueurs.
Turin has been greatly extended OF late
years, and owing to its liberal institutions,
has been made the refuge of the oppressed
all over Italy. The first parliament OF the
new kingdom of Italy was held here in
1861
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-28
yhs aaa nay Eagle aalsauesaay orne january e. 1891
YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN.
INSTRUCTIVE AND ENTERTAINING
READING FOR GIRLS AND BOYS.

The City of Turin as 1t Was and as IL
Is-A Brief Account of Its More I'm
portant Buildings, Cothedrals and Its
Chief Manufactures.
Turin, formerly fortified city, and the
capital of Piedmont, in northern Italy, Is
situated on the river Pc. At the beginning
Of this century the French destroyed and
leveled its ramparts, converting them into
public promenades, while OF late years the
moats and fortitications have also been de
mOlished 10 make way for new streets.
with the effect that Turin is now one of the
handsomest cities Of Europe, four miles IN
circumference, and with population Of
over 100000. Turin has many handsome
squares. one of the finest Of which is the
Piazza Vittorio Emanuele, quite remark
able for its size, regularity OF architect
ure, and beauty of situation. Leading out
from this piazza is fine five arched bridge
across the Pc, the building of which was
begun by Napoleon / and completed by the
kings of Sardinia
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-28
4 Week OF Work.

Emily Poulsson tells in Kindergarte
how TO do il;
On Monday We viii wash our clothes.
And hang them up to dry.
On Tuesday we will iron them,
And mend each hole We spy.
On wednesday we viii make our bread,
And sometimes too, cake.
On Thursday w II receive our friends,
And time for reading take.
On Friday We win sweep and dust
As nicely rs We can.
On Saturday, for Sundays rest,
Wen cook and work and plan.
On Sunday we viii learn at church
How % be good; and then
On Monday chserfu.ly begin
Our week OF vt-rx agar
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-28
A Snrcestinn.

Frank-You won't be at the masquerade
balli
Jack tall, thin and with a head Of up
right hEr)-No Can't decide on a char
acter costume.
FrEnk-Powder your hair and so a.
whitewash brusb.-Pittshurg Bulletin
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-28

BIsmarck's inseparable companions are
two large Danish hounds. At dinner they
eat reside their master, and he occasion
ally feeds them with his own hands After
dinner the prince smokes three pipefuls
Of tobacco. that being the amount allowed
him by the doctors
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-28
Sentiment Versus Reality.

Romantic Old Sentimentalist-And mar
ried low. you say Deary me, but how the
time does fly, And Is your wife still the
pensive little woman she was
Practical Husband Osadlyt-O-o-oh, moo;
she's the expensive little woman now
Kate Field Washington
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-28

"Philosophic advice may al be very
well. but some men have wound up Ia
Jail who followed IT,
why, how's that
They were advised 10 take things a.
they found them. and they did So.
Kate Fields Washington.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-28
Devotion.

Mrs. Wilgns-I learn that your daughter
has decided To enter convent and devote
herself 20 the Lord
Mrs Bilgus-She did intend to, but her
former lover, Mr.. Saphead. suddenly re
turned last night, and she has decided 70
enter his home and devote herself 20 him.
New York Weekly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-28
Had Medicinal value.

Beautiful Young Lady (at hosiery
counter)-These stockings strike me as
being rather loud
Polite Salesman-Bnt consider how
they would keep your feet from going 70
sleeD-Harvard LampoOn
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-28
Little Bo-teep.

There was little shspherdess, Bopeep.
A rustic maiden. with little crook
Blue gown, and white straw bat, and she did look
Fresh As the dawn, end Bopeep loved her sheep.
Nevertheless one day she fell asleep.
Hidden away from sight in a green mock
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-28
The End.

The Pick-Do you mean that You
Will never be mine? That all my labor
is in vein?
The Porphyry-Yes, all is ore between
us.-Drake's Magazine.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-28
Youth and Age.

ambitious Youth-Don't You wish
you were Finemind, the great author
Practical Father-Not much / don't.
But I'd like to be his publisher. New
York Weekly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-28

hshed IN London, with a boston imprint
added This confusion Of tongues l. by 20
means exceptional IN music publications,
but art knows no clime.-BOstcn Tran
SCRIPT
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-28

Among some music lately received q.
this Office WAS a Spanish dance By an Ital-
an composer. with French title page. en-
zrayed ana nzinted u Germany and pub
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-28

The deliberate type Of bad compliment is
usually nothing more nor less than an ex-
pansion OF the formula, You re a fool"
wrapped, however, IN fair words and suay-
Qy of phrase
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-28

Where soft or hard coal is burned in an
open CRATE danpened newspaper pinned
over the trout makes a serviceable blower;
but never use dry psDeS.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-28
How Gen. Butler Freed a Man.

Gen Buffers Gift for sp-inEinC ont and
tsLlnz aaTSn-ass of eyaEr tscknicalitr 49,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-28

Signs for Everything-The BAN OF Feath-
ers In a PIIlow-The GrewsOme Custom
That Is Practiced in the City of New
Orleans-A Difficult Task.
Webster defines superstition as "belief
IN omens and prognostics," and further,
"omen, a sign, a presage; prognostlc'
forebodine, token" OF all these detinl-
tons the only one used and understood by
that most superstitious of all races, the
African. Is "sign" A sign of trouble, or
sickness. Of Joy, of sorrow, OF visitors, OF
accident, a voyage, DEATH
IL the cat washes her face with dainty
touches of velvety paw, dat sho' sign
hit ewine to rain, Miss Nannier" II Senior
Cockalorur crows Justify three times be-
fore the door, "Gwine hab visitors dis day,
Miss Mamie, sho's you bawnr' If sparks
scatter in golden showers from the chin
ney Don move, chile; hit won't burn
yo'; dSt a sign money comm 10 you"
Don burn the egg SHELLS, honey, ease dat
bring you sorrow." "Fo' de Lawd's sake,
see dat rat run cross dat heyth [hearthl!
You's got bad enemy, chile, gwine TO do
you sum dirt" "Wha' for you kim back,
honeyi Dom you know you mustn't turn
back arter you git stated Dat sho' sign
you gwine to hab bad luck while you out.
How cum you let Miss Flo lay her parasol
on de bedi You an her be bad friends sho',
you see."
BALLS OF FEATHERS.
These and hundreds of similar sayings
and superstitions are as familiar TO south
erners as the blue skies and fragrant bios
SONS of their sunny cline.
In the extreme south, more especially IN
Louisiana, and in New Orleans worst of
all, where French, Spanish, Italian and
African-all races peculiarly susceptible to
occult inhuences-predomina supersti-
ton runs riot
Perhaps the most peculiar of the many
methods adopted 70 work upon the super
stitious negroes was the insertion by APP
parently supernatural means of balls Of
feathers into pillows and beds i have
myself examined these creations, and mar
yeled at the skill displayed in their manu-
facture. The closest scrutiny failed to dis
cover rip or newly sewed seam in bed or
pillow tick, and yet the balls were found
buried in the mattresses and among the
soft feathers Of pillows. They were made
OF soft, highly colored feathers, brilliant
and gaudy, scarlet and gold, bright blue
and vivid green, and were about the size
and shape Of an orange.
A peculiar odor was exbaled, and when
lightly struck an almost impalpable pow
der arose. An inquisitive Jack Of the fam
lily cut one of the queer objects in halves,
and we found therein such an assortment
as Shakespeare puts into his witches cal
dron, us they brewed in darkness and TEN.
pest:
q q
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-28

LITTLE bO-PEtP HAS LOST HEE sHEEP.
Her bar thrown -. b1i n her hand her book
s1e woke BOXED r3urd anG then bean 20 weep
Der iamts we're gone. she strained her eyes %
~
A gi.mpse % Their rctreztiDg tails ard tha1
she ran and shouted Not one Id supaar.
p, down. dear !ctle girl and never fret
Leave them alone, ard they % cofne hack sFala.
Bringing Their tails bsEia1 then. u~vsr fear
So Ell1 a.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-28
NI1FlhsE59le
Wichita Wholesale 4 Manufacturing Houses.
QUEER SUPERsTITloNS THAT PRE-
VAIL AMONG NEGROES.

sgye below are
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-28
SOUTHERN BELIEFS.

Signs for Everything-The Ball of Feath-
ers In a PIllOw-The Grewsome Custom
That Is Practiced in the City of New
Orleans-A Difficult Task.
The record-union., 1891-05-21
OPBN-AIR CONCERTS.
The Canvassers for Money Report Go
SuccesS-First Concert.

The CanvaSsers for Money Report Good
Success-First Concert.
The members of the Open-Air Concert
Executive Committee and others who
have interested themselves in the matter
of procuring the necessary funds with
which to carry on a successful series of
concerts, met last evening to hear the re-
ports of the canvassing committees.
Chairman MARITIME presiding.
Treasurer Mills read the reports of tbe
committees of gentlemen who had can
vassed the first and second districts.
From Front to Fourth streets 1896 so was
collected, and $40 more promised, and
from Fourth to Seventh the committee
gathered in 1897 so, and has the promise
of an additional $50.
VIM. b. Miller, Peter Newman and w.
a. Gett were the only members of the
Third District Canvassing Committee
who did any collecting work, and they
were rendered vote of thanks for the
interest they manifested. Their district
was from Seventh to Tenth streets. and
they succeeded in collecting SIT.
Mr.. Siller, who canvassed among the
contractors and builders, added the neat
sum of S96 to the treasury by his earnest
work.
The committee who visited the offices
III biAC AobritS NsdplIOl WtIG u, all,
Sll0, which is the largest amount that was
ever collected in the building for a sim
liar purpose.
The district east Of Tenth street has not
been canvassed as yet, but committee
composed of j. E. Mills. Peter Newman.
Charles L. Barton, George +. Bronner
and Talbot III. Wallis will start out this
morning and they expect to add about
! $500 more to the fund already in the
treaSury-some 81, 100
Many business houses in the down.
town portion of the city have not vet
contributed anything, and with what will
be gathered from these stores and outside
places it is estimated that the fund will be
swelled to nearly s., 800, which will cover
the cost of a seasons concerts.
Messrs. Newman and Wallis will visit
the State Printing Office this afternoon.
The next meeting will be held on
Wednesday evening, the 9th, and the
first concert will probably be on the Sun
day following.
The record-union., 1891-05-21
BRIEF NOTES

The County Jail is now being reno
waited.
J. p. Brissel claims to have produced
the first ripe curfants of the season.
D. f. Perkins, of Visalia, has been APP
pointed Notary Public by the Governor.
The Oroville papers say there will be a
good orange crop in that vicinity this
year.
The condition of Mrs. Stark, who took
poison on Monday, was said yesterday TO
be quite serious.
u. r. krenkle was yesterday brought
III by constable Phillips of Gait to serve
thirty days in Jail for disturbance of the
peace. O
Jacob Gebert has had built on his
premises at Twentieth and O streets a
handsome fountain. 1t is inclosed in
rustic masonry, and is very neat in de-
sign,
w. W. Rich and other residents Of one
portion of Highland Park will ask the
Supervisors to grant them an onfIet 10
the lower Stockton road, through the
Clark tract.
to the RECORD UNION on the subject of
high license for retail liquor-sellers. bnt
having neglected to send his name. tho
article cannot be printed.
The Winters Express says there is a
formation of trees on top of the range of
mountains, west of that place, which is
almost an exact representation of the
State Capitol building in this city.
Yesterday Chinaman who had ped
died about town q load of vegetables for
so many days that some of them could
no longer be freshened by the China
slough process, dumped the garbage in