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The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-24
SORGHUM SUGAR-

FORT SCOTT, Kan, Oct 23.-Dr w. H.
Wiley, chief chemist of the department of
agriculture. arrived in this city yesterday
from the government experimental station
at Medicine Lodge Kan. To correspon
dent DR.. Wiley expressed himself quite
freely in reference to the developments
recently obtained at the station in the pro-
duction of sugar from sorghum cane, as
well as the successful cultivation of the
cane itself. He considers the experiments
In the cultivation of The cane the especial
feature of the industry. At the Sterling
station they have succeeded in propagauing z
a cross between the am Der and orange cane
that is wonderfully rich in juice and su-
perlor to the best Louisiana cane He gives
il as his opinion. based upon actual ex-
pertinent, that sorghum caue of the cross
mentioned above will yiell 200 pounds of
sugar TO each ton of cane. This, he SAYS,
is fully fifty pounds more than the best
southern cane will produce. The applica-
tion Of alcohol to the juice removes all of
the gummy substance that heretofore re-
tarded crysl alliZation, SO that with cane in
telligently cultivated and alcohol TO re-
move the gum sorghum is king.
DIR. Wiley came bere to Inspect an ex-
perimental sugar mill built at the Fort
Scott foundry and machine works for the
government, which Is To be located in
Florida. Ii is a duplicate of the mill now
IN Use by the government at Medicine
Lodge, Kan, and is pronounced by DR.
Wiley the most perfect sugar mill made
IN the word. The same works recently
shipped 10 Honolulu me of the largest
mills complete. 1t required an entire
tram of heavy cars to move il, ihe contract
price OF the mill being SO. 600 1t was also
ascertHined today at headquarters that the
sugar works at Topeka had shut down,
being unable TO run longer for lack of
funds. This Topeka factory Na> supplied
WITH some poor machinery, which to op-
erdte longer was disastrous in a financial
point OF view. The works at Medicine
Lodge are also running under financial
embarrassment and il is reported quite
feeble, the question of iuel alone being an
alarming one. The ohly WORKS in the
state which are running day aud night,
anu which will manufacture all the caue
within reach, Is al Fort Scott At these
works they are making, by the old pro-
cess, without the aid of alcohol, 90 pounds
Of sugar TO the ton Of cane, with half the
amount ot tue, form. rly used and hal the
labor. DR.. Wiley speaks in the highest
terms OF the works ia tals CITY,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-24
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a small ssrcoDhzgss has jusi b>ss
ADDED 70 thOse Ia ths chzpei ~ Potts
Cam. where the Emperor Frederick anf
his two little sons are buried Il - that
of Prince sizlsnund. for whlch the In
pres Freder1ck bsrssif h4s drHEa Ne
design The aArooDhaZus. inside q
which The Httls purpis TslTs; oof4n hA<
ben plzoed. IL q white marble. and b.
its Eids ihs EZurs - tbs mothsr. also IL
marble. - siiung with Der dad child in
her arnA
A Ined4iliou portrait e Prince aKis
raund. lying ca = esshi0n. kzs - place
On ne I'D q TIE Earoop pnaRus. The frUaf
a which besrz he inscT1ption. Here
rests 10 God. FEsuz Fries3rsch sizis-
nand. Prince q Prueza. TIE beloved
enid q Crown Princs Frtsdr1ch vi
bslm ard q ;as Crown Princsss gic,o,
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for they ss2I see God Pal 1AlI Ca.
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The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-24
He Couldn't Recognize French Money.


1t requires very elastic credulity to ac-
cept in these days of universal commerce
the existence Of railroad employe who
had never seen French bank note, and
who. when he did, considered it some
sort of an advertising circular. But
such fellow did exist. and he worked
on the railway that runs out to Sceaux
One day he found on the platform four
bank notes of 100 francs each, put them
in his pocket and said, "Some nice wom-
en- on the top; FL take 'em home to my
little boy" Thanks to his ignorance, he
was only able when he got home at
night to present his son with three
pictures. The boy carried them TO
school the next day, and at recess was
about cutting out the mice women" I"
when the teacher saw what he was doing.
Where did you get these notesY he
demanded. Father gave them to me-"
"What for?' TO play with. ''Very
well; / shall take charge Of them. 3"
They went together to the police station,
and there the matter was satisfactorily
explained. The money had been lost by
a market woman, and she was so de-
lighted at receiving the best part of it
that she actually handed one Of the bank
notes to the man. exclaining: Here,
take this. you old fool. and if you didn't
know before what it was. you viii know
in the future, Paris Correspondent Bos-
ton Herald.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-24
A Horse DIRckereI.

The fishermen of Kittery were sur
pr:sed, on going out to their weirs the
other morning, TO find it occupied
by a horse mackerel weighing 1,500
pounds, especially as the trap had
been shut close. The surmise is
that in his wanderings he was at
tracted to the weirs by the mackerel
in it, and, finding no way of ingress. on
the high tide jumped over the netting
The point was to capture him without
tearing the seine or netting, which was
finally accomplished, after four hours
hard struggle. by the aid of harpoon.
He was towed out to sea and set adrift.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-24
THE LOTTERY GANG.

SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Oct %, Il he United
States grand jury today returned eight
indictments against the officers and di-
rectors of the Louisiana State Lottery
company The evidence was all laid be-
fore the jury in the form of affidavits and
with the utmost secrecy. The department
at Washington brought charges before
this court, for the reason that efforts in
other states before United States grand
juries have been frustrated. The United
States marshal and deputies left this
morning for New Orleans TO arrest the
president, vice president, secretary, treas
urer and directors Of he lottery company
The indictments are for transmitting lot
tery advertisements through the mails
which is violation of the lottery law
passed last winter bv congress
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-24

To make beautiful and easy expert
ment dissolve thirty grams Of the sugar d
lead 10 /. go grams of water. and place tbs
solution in suitable yessei-bsst Of .
Rlobulsr form-such a. those used To-
goldfish Suspend from the stopper o.
from a cross thread below the bladder
with which the top may also b closed. .
small piece Of zinc. 70 which are attached
about bali dozen brass wires, ciFergins :
like the branches q tree
After this zinc and brass wire have beer
allowed TO remain quietly suspended in tbs
liquid for short time. the brass wires viii
be found 70 be covered with brilliant crys
taliine spanEies Of metallic lead, which
will daily b@oops larger and more nuuer
ous. TIE old alchsmizts who discoverec
this experiment did not understand it Al
all. and supposed tina, ;he brass q The win
changed 20 ie@d. but ths true action j. that
the metal IN solution l. exchanged for ziEs
and brass-
The shape q the vessel and wires rsaJ
be various. The forms of letters or othsf
figures may - zlvsn % the brass Wirs, ao<
in any ezse u viii sooa - covered With "a.
brilliant spanzleS- Care must. however. y
taken not - move tie v@ssei car-lezsly
after the erysfAIilzz.ios has commenced
as the eFFstais are verT fragile and eazsly 5
detached, wnsB ali viii Eibk 70 tie bottorn
II = oess % place TIE ves>el. before an,
CRYSTALS are formed. sf onos ia u,ozssiesr
IL which it = lDse3ded 70 FsrzAia fsr exhs
b.tscny-Ner Tcrx Acsersis<r
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-24
A NEW TEMPERANCE MOVE.

CHICAGO, Oct. 23.-The Illinois Nom
Partisan Woman's Christion Temperance
alliance today took two important steps.
The first was the most interesting one of
the convention and the action taken opens
up field for temperance work which is
entirely different from what has been at
tempted before. The convention appoint
ed "A committee to consider and gather in
formation of the bi-chloride of gold cures
for inebriates, the committees report to
form basis for future work of the al
lance. The other action was to expunge
from the constitution the sentence: Nor
shall any incumbent, during her term of
Office, engage in any campaign work for
any political party" on the ground that
the clause was hindrance to the personal
liberty of the officers.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-24
TAE GIBSON pI OF

CHICAGO. Oct. % The case of Secretary
Gibson of the whisky trust, charged with
conspiring to burn Shufeldt's dstillery,
came up today on motion of the attor-
neys for the defense to quash the indict-
ments The motion TO quash was sus-
tained in the first and third counts, but
was over ruled in the second and fourth
The second and fourth counts, which still
stand against Gibson, set out with great
particularly the solicitation by Gibson of
Government Gauger DeNar TO set fire TO
the Shufeldt disIIllery. These charges
Gibson must vet meet
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-24
THE AGED BOOKSELLER.

Philadelphia. 1t is a queer old book
seller, who has his stand on a little
wheelbarrow by Franklin's tomb, againsl
the wall of old Christ Church buryina
ground, on Arch street below Fifth
Every day, rain or shine. for the pas,
ten years he has appeared at the corner
at O'Clock in the morning and remained
there until in the evening. His stock
of books is unpromising and meager-
less than forty volumes in all. Several
copies of "Poor Richards Almanac
figure prominently in the little collec-
ton, which never CREWS less. Many OF
the books are without covers, and those
that possess bindings are as shabby and
rusty looking as the faded, worn out
suit of broadcloth worn by their simple
hearted owner.
No one thinks of purchasing the books
and no one is ever seen to look at them.
How the quaint old man is able to secure
the necessities of life has always been a
mystery to the thousands of busy per
sons that hourly pass the corner. Day
after day the old man sits gazing at his
antiquated stock, silent and uncomplain-
ing.
Not long ago a number of newspaper
men became interested in the old man
and raised small purse with which to
purchase him few of the comforts of
life. One of them tells the following in
cident in the life of the venerable book
seller:
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-24

CHICAGO, Oct. 3-Al cough the Ameri-
can association l0Uu.e.el lis aUors for
the present today, Jhe n,c>t important
question, As 20 Wia- cl }e~ s-5Il Constitute
next yea cIrcu.l -fll. tsns5as uudec lied
1ne c'mml.Jet .....l.e.. rl.f report ia a
few days a. ta. .y.~.Il. x ten or
Twelve Clu . f. ite N..>Us. Among appli-
c,nts are HANS, Ca, aGl Nsi.. eanolts.
lt is tie iu .e..tgea .t tUe s-oti tion 10
place club Ia Drooklyu II New York.
and, with the cluus Ia Ba~tu and Chi
cago. il will con>ld ? Itself ,Ully equipped
70 cope with the league.
When NE election OF officers came, ,Presi-
dent Phelps was reelected Dy acclamation.
Julian Hart was Cnoseu vice president and
Edwin Souther.and Of Washington was
appointed attorney ( T the association
On tie question OF percentages Jt was
decided 10 do aw Y with the system of
paying visiting CLUES rs per cent OF the
gaze receipts md 20 OacA To the OLD prin-
clpie OF the home duo 10 take everyt hing
This meaus tHa0 each cluO must be self
supporting, and of cOarse tue small towns
VIII sude.. new and unique rule WAS
adopted, that when game Is begun and
not Completed, Il must be 6aksa up where
lett OF and finished on the next schedule
date before regular schedule game is
played
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-24
THE PORT ROPES COMPANY,
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEX.
Care in Choosing Drinking Water.

More and more as a knowledge u
hygiene is spread will people be carefu
as to the water they drink, for an i'm
pure article will as surely injure as i'm
pure food. A case in point is just re
ported of two deaths and twenty-fouI
cases of disease from drinking tie
water of an old well in Milwaukee.
For long time the well has furnished
the water for half dozen families in
the neighborhood About all the mem
bers this summer partaking of the well
water became Ill, and their ailment
soon developed into typhoid fever.
Near by is foul marsh, the water from
which is supposed to have worked itself
into the well and thus contaminated it,
causing these deaths and all the illness.
Probably the cost of the doctors bills
and other expenses, together with the
loss of time, have been many hundreds
of dollars, or quite enough to have
brought clear water from some other
Source.-Herald of Health.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-24
AN INDIAN BATTLE.

ASsINABoINE, Mont, Oct. 23.-Word has
been received here of battle which took
place yesterday between band of Blood
Indians and force of Canadian mounted
police, just across the international
boundary line. The Blood Indians made
a raid on band of horses belonging to the
police few days ago and ran off with
nearly all of them. Ten of the police
started in pursuit, coming upon them
suddenly yesterday. Both sides COM
menced firing and at the first fire one of
the policemen and two Indians were killed
and several wounded on both sides. The
news WAS brought in by BlaCkfoot, WHO
witnessed the fight. The fight was still in
progress when he left.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-24
FRANKLIN's TOMB.

zone day not long since, as he was
hurrying to get his books into the black
smith shop, where he keeps them over
night. and to get out of the way of a
coming shower, he staggered and fell to
the sidewalk, where he laid until raised
by passerby. He was scarcely able to
speak, but said he felt numb and cold
on one side and couldn't walk
1.-The Pennsylvania hospital ambu-
lance was summoned and the old man
taken away, the doctor pronouncing the
case to be "a slight stroke of paralysis
After remaining at the hospital for
about an hour ne induced the doctor to
let him leave for home, which he reached
with the aid of kind hearted pedestrians
"a day or two after he returned to
his old stand. walking a little slower
than before, and too feeble to push the
wheelbarrow which formerly held his
stock. but which he now spreads upon a
broken chair"
Nothing can induce him to give up his
occupation, which seems to have become
his very existence. Daily he continues
has vigil over his little batch of discol
ored books They are his life and his
treasures. and the thought of discontin-
uing his daily routine fills him wiz
dread
His physical condition is very muca
enfeebled, but his wan smile contains
sort of hopeless hope that is pathetic IL
the extreme
Since MS last serious illness numb
Of local philanthropists have become Il
terested in his history. and they pr
pose that the frugal needs of the ''po
old bookseller oy Franklin's tomb" sh.
be looked after in the future.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-24
A Di.x..s.d caA

A Lewiston young man promised 70
fsed the cats while Dis mother and as-
ters went On a vacation He promised
70 give them hsh. properly prepared. and
milk lie fed them on milk. bat forgot
ths 6sh Every day the old eat waIksd
up 70 ne milk until u got 70 b cas-
Of forty qusils in forty days. and she
finally rebeied One day the younK
nan flung out . smoked herring. and
thai fnishsd the JOB. Ths cat took nsr
two kittens and has gone 20 i've with
the miniztsT IN the next strset--Lew1S
ton Journal
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-24

We offer to all the opportunity buy into this choice property
the BUYERS OWN PRICE. Money We must OBJ
funds finish extensive improvements and will
sacrifice heavily get them This fveds sale will embrace
One million dollars worth of choice building lots he
Cliffs overlooking Corpus Christi Bay Sold singy with privilege
Seven stylish, modern houses containing to 10
very handsome ALI rapid transit track overlook
ing the bay Will be sold siDgly.
g. The new elegant "Aa Vista" Hotel the most stylish
hotel in Dining top floor; elevators all
provemen Situated Three Mile Point noble cliff jutting
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-24
Freaks Ameng Apples.

Among apples, as among living things,
there are freaks-forms appearing to in
dividual trees at the very extremes Of
normal conditions. A member of the
state board of agriculture, in one of the
northern counties, has an apple tree that
has never had a petal. No one would
ever know it was in blossom, yet it bears
fruit abundantly. This shows that the
pretty rosy parts of the. flower, the pet
ais, are nonessential to fruitfulness.
Some contend that the brilliant colors
of the petals of flowers are given to at
tract insects, and arrange for cross fer
tilization. Others contend that the pet
ais act as protectors of the undeveloped
parts, while others believe that, to some
extent, they have the functions of leaves,
and prepare food for the younger parts.
Whatever it be, we see by this freak it
is possible to have apples without them.
Then there are seedless. apples-apples
with no core. There may be germs in
the ovariums, and the germs may be
properly fertilized by the pollen, but the
power to absorb nutrition is weak and
the ovaries die in infancy from sheer
starvation. Having been once ferti-
lized, the fleshy part we know emphati-
cally as the apple grows on and natures,
though the seed and core do not. Twins
or even triplets are often seen in apples,
as in so many other organisms, and just
as in other organisms by independent
germs coming into juxtaposition in an
early stage of development, when the
stronger body absorbs considerable
portion Of the other.-Thomas Meehan
in Philadelphia Ledger.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-24
a FREIGHT COLLISION.

LAKE CITY, Ia., Oct GA terrible
collision occurred late last night between
two heavy freight trains on the branch of
the Chicago aud Northwestern railroad.
Both trains were fearfully wrecked NJ.
r. Hayden and George Steele, both brake
men, living at Lake City, were instantly
killed. Engineers Collins and McAllister
were probably fatally injured and other
ira nplen were considerably hurt The
accident occurred on curve, neither
engineer seeing the other train in time to
avoid the disaster
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-24

A stout, middle aged woman fell on a
street IN New York. and when some one
attempted to raise her 70 her feet she de-
clared. with tears and gnozns, that her
leg was broken. An ambulance WAS
hastily summoned. the woman lifted ten
derly IN and taken TO hospital, when il
was found that the broken limb was AZ
Neutrality-suspicious. Ledger.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-24
KANSAS IuIhERANS

EMPoRIA, Kan, Oct. 23-Among the
other important business at the Lutheran
synod was the continuance of the synod
ical missionary board, with instructions to
employ state missionary in the place of
Rev. l. f. Dornhlazrr, resigned 10 accept
a call TO Bucyrus, Q. The new congrega-
iOns ut Ottawa and Pontiac were received
into the synod. II was determined TO
memorabilia the board Of trustees of Mid
land college, asking for synodical repre-
sentation on that board
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-24

At the advertised time the balloon went
up, Mr. White clinging to the trapeze bar
Higher and higher hoated the airship,
while thousands watched with bated
breath. Then it began to fall, slowly At
first, finally with great speed 1t struck
the waters of the river, collapsed and
White disappeared from view. The crowd
groaned with horror. the manager of the
show said he would give 500 reward for
the recovery of the body, and reporter
who cbanced to be present wrote graphic
account of the tragedy for his paper. The
next day it developed that "Mr. White"
was a dummy!
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-24
Tragedy of a Balloon Ascension.

One Of the features of recent spectacu-
ar open air performance on Weehawken
ueights, across the Hudson from New
York city, was nightly balloon ascension
undertaken by daring aeronAut." The
other afternoon this person suffered from
an attack of Jersey malaria" aud the
management dispensed with his services,
announcing at the same time that that
evening Mr.. White, of Chicago, would
make the trip and from vast height drop
into the Hudson with parachute.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-24

Prussic acid, I, Is suggested, causes 9
painless and immediate death, and il
therefore preferable TO electricity in clos
ing the career Of criminals. First make
the condemned man unconscious with
an an9stheuc, then few drops Of prus-
sic acid injected into the jugular vein
with hypo mic syringe VIII cause in
Simultaneous --ath. Yankee Blade.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-24
WHISKYS WORK.

Elk PoINT, s D.. Oct. 2S-Andrew
Wymsn. his mot her ju-iaw. Mrs Foun-
taine aud his wife and TWO sisters. all o.
j. fsrson vill-ge SIX miles from here. went
10 toe corn palace yesterday. While in
tue city Wymsu became toNicated, aud
On the way d M aired he horses iuto a
breaknecA sped. The waEou Was over.
turned aud Mrs FoUnIAiae was killed
while al the resi- sustained injuries no.
necessarily fatal Nyman WAS arrested
10 await the veriict of the coroner's jury
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-24

Both the method and results when
Syrup Of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels. cleanses the sys-
TEN efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup Of Figs is the
only remedy of It's kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
10 all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup Of Figs is fer sale in SOC
and 81 bottles bY all leading drug
gistS Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand viii pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes ~ try it. Do not sccept any
substitute
CALIFORNIA FIG syrup co.
5tg fsgECsscos CIT
te0zsTiLtE. ~. EES FokS. ~
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-24
MlsSouRl p8eSgYrERIANs

ST. JOSEPH. No. Oct q The Presby-
terian synod closed its work today. The
principal business transsC ed was the cleo
tion OF state officers. Rev. john II. Miller
Of Rock II Ill was elected stated clerk. vice
Rev. ID. Erwin. resigned. R-v. Erwin
held the position for TWEEN y-three years
Rev. c T. hart of Hannibal WAS chosen
permanent clerk. The next meeting will
be held at Kansas CITY.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-24

The largest tuning fork ever manu-
fsctured was made at HRnau for the
Physiological institute AZ Leipzig. and
weighs twenty-sevsn klogrammes, or 8
little over seventy-two pounds. and gives
fourteen double oscillations . second.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-24
CALVIN S. BRIcE.

PITTsBURe, Oct 23-Calvin S. Brice.
chairman of the Democratic national ex-
ecutive committee. passed through this
citv tonight on his way east. In an inter
view with a Dispatch reporter he stated
that it was his intention to resign the
craftsmanship of the committee after the
nomination of the presidential candidate
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-24

o=s. however. paint tssaas~svsE ulth wos6
fy!tFoi. Ekscb gives dark bize color, Mn6
By tsas means issT ApDe@r tsrr1ols IN h3s
tie Tier wear long hair, and he vhoss
oodT = shaved srrept shs bssd kn1 upper
itn"-Pop1lAr S<.encs xc.LAly
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-24
neNveR RnnnIE ERS.

DENVER, Oct 23-On indictments re
turned by the grand jury. ex-Deputy City
Auditor Raymond and ex-Deputy Treas
u-er Hadley were arrested tonight, charged
with defraud ng the city out OF severa
thousand dollars during their term o.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-24
AN ArcAIsnM 81 AzE.

ATCHIsoN Kan. Oct. 23.-G w Stok
er's Carriage manufactory and shops, alsc
a number of barns in the Eeighborhooi
burned tonight The loss amounts tt
several Thousand dollars.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-24
INDIAN TRuST MONEY.

WASHINGTON, Oct 23-Indian Com
missioner Morgan today signed check
for $3.50, 900 upon the United States treas
ury. to pay the Delaware Indians in the
Indian Territory one-half of the amount
held by the government in trust for them.