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Lored and Lost.

The love between Robert Browning and
his wife was ideal in the true sense of that
much abused word And her death, after
few short years Of married life, left the
poet iHc0u,0labe To him she remained
always tne dearest and most lovely of Gre
aUed beings, AMI her gift seemed TO him far
greater titan bis own.
was travelling in Italy. There were few
tourists ia my compartment, aud AL were
absorbed IN tOo.ls Of revery, until the close
of The long, Jge-ome day. Then it was
that the elderly gentleman who had sat by
my side without moving his eyes from the
landscape. made a comment that invited
Conversation.
"You are fond Of poetrv'" he asked,
when something in the shifting splendor
of the Italian shies evoked from me a
Byron coupiet
oh, yes, l responded. 81 love poets
and poetry"
The old gentleman grew young, and
never shall / forget The wonderful thought
and imagery that flowed in a continuous
stream from nis lips.
VINO are your iayorite poefs?" he asked
abruptly.
! named them, and without further com
ment quoted my fayorite poem, one Of
Mrs. BrOwniBg's. When | had finished
my companion resumed his post by the
window and did not deign to notice me
again.
was much discounted. Had | given
o1TenseI Before reaching our destination
/ ventured to say;
81 suspect, sir that you do not like Mrs
BrOwning's poetry"
The dark eyes of the stranger turned pit
fully upon me, and he said: Madam, that
sonnet is the sweetest and its singer the
most precious gift life has given me. She
was my wife Cor. Christian onion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-28
The New Portrait of the Pope.

The greatest men are not always the best
subjects for portrait painters. NJ Chart
ran, the Partisan artist, who received the
commission to put Pope Leo's likeness on
canvas had much trouble to persuade his
holiness to endure the tedium of posing.
He has represented Leo XIII seated in a
red armchair, his hands resting on the
arms, while one foot in red slipper peeps
out on red cushion. A red mantle drapes
his holiness shoulders, and diamond and
sapphire ring and pontifcaI cross on his
breast relieve the pure white costume. The
portrait is to be engraved for the benefit OF
the faithful
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-28
Afraid of Becoming Famous.

A manuscript reader for a leading maya
zine says; ''The magazine with which 1 am
connected employed a well known female
writer to write up an interesting phase of
life six years ago, for which she was to re-
ceive a stipulated sum of money. When
her Article was submitted the editor didn't
like it and sent it back, but she fred it
back again, demanding pay, and got it.
The article was pigeoaholei, and no one
thought of it again unsd short time ago,
when the editor resurrscted it and had it
put in type, forgetting all about its origin.
1t appeared in a recent number Of the
magazine, and YVES discussed by literary
people rs being one of the beet written
articles published by the magazine in ques-
ton. The editor of another magazine was
attracted by the article and wrote 70 the
lady asking her to submit matter TO him.
The writer appears TO be very spirited
young woman, however, and refused to do
so, saying that one experience with mag
szine editor is enough. Sac says she will
never write for them again II she did
she might become famous. She confines
her efforts TO newspaper work. New
York Cor. St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-28
Method of Acquiring Foreign Language

MethOd of Acquiring Foreign Language.
In acquiring foreign language no gram
mar should be used which is a mere as
semblsge of rules, without any provision
for practice. Besides paradigms of words,
declensions and conjugations, the book
should provide such exercises as viii make
possible gradual progress in the acquire
ment Of grammatical principles, and should
insure the reality of that progress by SUI
ficient amount of repetition. As nothing so
binders the advance OF the student as the
necessity Of acquiring dry formulas, so,
perhaps nothing so facilitates his advance
as the consciousness, due to proper meth
DDS, that he is at every moment enabled 10
apply in reading, writing or speaking some
rule or principle laid down in his gram
mar. Ii is thus well to begin realizing at
an early stage.
As soon, in fact, as the verb and noun
forms have been learned by heart, the stu
dent should open for himself a course in
literature. II we may suppose him to be
acquiring German, for example, a book
like Cndine''-Fouque's charming story
will be happy choice for a beginning.
Read this carefully, never passing Il SEN
tence until it is understood When you
encounter a word that is unfamiliar, find
its meaning in the dictionary and enter it
on slip of paper kept in your book for the
purpose Add every new word met with
to your list, and at the end of the chapter
copy and recopy the list upon other slips
until you know the whole. Then return
to your chapter and read it over again.
Treat the next chapter in the same way,
setting down all new words on slip of
paper and finally learning them off by
heart. Proceed thus through all the chap
ters and by he time the end Of "Undine"
is reached-even though it takes you six
months-you will have acquired fair vo-
cabulary of German words and will be able
10 command at least the sense of most lit
erary German at si-nt.-Boston Herald.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-28
sxhr Psopl. Are Color Blind.

A curious fact about the eye as regards
its perception of color is that one in twenty
persons is afflicted with red blindness In
the normal eye the edges of the retina are
not sensitive To the sensation Of red light
that is, cannot see red color. In some eyes
this popularity will extend itself to half
the extent of the retins, and in very many
Others Ito no less, indeed, than one in
twenty this spreads over the whole Of the
retina. The pOssessors of such eyes will
confuse in the most curious manner dark
green and yellow with red. This is not
always apparent, but few tests will sure
ly bring it out aud we should be amazed
to find how many of US are subject TO this
partial color blindness.-Chsmbers Jour
NIL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-28
ghe aaiehta 1aiu EAGLE SATURDAY, orne anuemb Is, 1891

her bows; three 6-inch guns on her stsf-
board and an equal number of 6-1nch guns
on her port side. For the training OF these
guns forty men are needed. Besides these
she has eleven rapid firing and machine
guns, which require the service OF twenty
nine additional men. These men, with an
equal number of reserves, have no other
duty to perform except to take care OF
their guns. 1t goes without saying that
when the Boston will be lying before Val
paraiso, half her crew will always be on
duty while the other half are resting Her
guns will be all loaded and a small num-
Der of cartridges piled near them for inn
mediate use, while another supply Will be
placed on her lower decks.
The ammunition magazine and the en-
CINE and boiler room are in every man-of-
war the best protected parts OF the ship, and
the hatchways leading to them are kept
closed while the fight is raging, for single
shell may explode the formeror disable the
latter, and in both cases ship and men are
doomed. Every officer and man on board
has his station should it become necessary
to open fire. At night, the time when tor
pedo attacks are most likely to be made,
the torpedo nets are lowered and the cleo
trio search light kept playing In every d.
rection. On the watchfulness and vigi-
lance of the sentries depends the safety of
ship and crew, and any negligence of duty
by men or officers in this direction is pun
ished with the utmost severity. This, how
ever, hardly ever happens, for Jack knows
well that he is watching for his own life.
Whenever fire is opened the captain, who
in time Of peace does little or no actual rou-
tine service, steps on the bridge and takes
command. Nothing is done except he
orders it. Every movement of the vessel
and the firing OF every gun depends on his
word of command. Near him stands the
executive officer, the navigating officer and
his aids. There Is no shouting, no confu-
sion, for every nan knows or is told what
he has to do. Some men are designated to
train the guns, others to fire them; there
are men to carry ammunition and others
to take care of the wounded and the dead.
To board an enenly's vessel nowadays is al
most an impossibility on account of the
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-28
As Others Heard Him.

Up town there is photograph and the
man who is running il is hotel owner.
He had caller Tuesday whose "dander"
was up. The room WAS quite full of PEG
pie and the caller had an insane desire to
give his man a piece of his mind" He
did so. He berated him mp hill and down.
He didn't leave him, as he expressed it, in
any kind OF shape. All the time the OBJ
ject of the attack had on she counter by
his side the monograph, in action, only
the caller didn't know it. When he had
finished. the Lewiston man said;
Are yeu done?"
ayes. / am done" was the reply.
"Just one moment" was the reioinder.
81 want you TO hear what you said" and
the merciless monograph WAS reversed
and the record pronounced through the
machine so that all could hear it.
A blush overspread the callers face He
listened in wonder and surprise. As oaths
and epithets flowed out of the machine, the
exact reproduction of his own vituperation,
he moved away, and when all was done a
man more sheepish and ashamed could not
be found Said he, after moments
thought. turning TO the Lewiston man; Il
have had valuable lesson. No man who
would talk like that in public has any
right to be considered. Iwant you to pull
that record, as You call it, off from that
machine and give il to me. I'll pay for it,"
1t was done and the caller stood by the
counter uttering apologies and whiting
into pieces the wax cylinder that con-
tanned his remarks.-Lewist0RJo trnsl.T
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-28
Wanted lime.

Young Husband-MY dear, you remem-
Der that note for thirty days that your
father gave You for a wedding present;
Young Wife-Yes; dear old father
shan't forget his kindness very soon
Young Hnsband-No, don't believe you
viii Hedropped in this morning and said
he wanted 20 renew it fox sixty days more.
Earoer's BzzEr.
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naIr nogsneac. the use or metals for the
purpose being unknown.


| purpose being unknown.
WHEN BATHING SLOTTED.
Wash basins were also familiar objects
| in the palaces of kings aud in the castles
of the nobility. Charles v OF France had
twenty-four Of the latter, all solid gold, be-
sides others of silver. AS among the Ro-
mans, 1t was customary TO batho before
meals, and to oGer the luxury Of bath
TO ones guest. who passed directly from
the bathroom into the banquet hail. Yari-
Gus instances are related of baths maaaiR-
Gently arranged offered TO kings of France
when subjects happened to entertain them,
to Louis XI among others, this king in
Guiding an afectation Of nestness in his
brief list of virtues. There were bathtubs
at the BARRIERS shops. used ihdisoriAinate-
", as it would appear, By the well and sick
"a circumstance that helped TO render
heatness unpopular. and keep the people
from visiting them.
Therefore, the public baths being discon-
tinued for want Of patronage and those at
the BARRIERS shops feared for sanitary rea-
sons, the practice Of bathing, common to a
certain class in the Dark and the early part
of the Middle Ages. disappeared. Having
ceased to battle the person, the hands and
face became equally neglected, the appli-
cation Of water once week being consid-
cred sufficient among the nobility, and
once a month, or not at all, among the
burgesses and the common people
The habit Of batbiag was less common
in England in the time Of Qaeen Elizabeth
than in France, whence IL appears AZ this
epoch to have almost disappeared. The
virgin queen insisted that the gentlemen
Z - L II
Gently dressed, but their fine apparel often
covered persons that were rspulsiye-
ROYAL CRITICISMS.
Bath tubs were not common in the cas-
ties Of the nobility, and they would not
have been much used II they had been
This disregard OK nsatRess coald no..
nevertheless, be carried TOO far, as -
proved bF the remark made By the queen
regarding the order Of his boots 70 one %
her courtieTs who had come into her pres
ence too hastily after long journey.
Henry ~, who wes Elizsbeth's eoBtsmpo-
rary, was as Careless Of his extrsmttses a.
Lady Mary, il tbs Protestant y AuBgny
Is to be believed; bat II this testimony ts
not sufficient We have that of another
writer Of tss epoch, who alleges that the
king was once told By a LADY Of his court
that he smslt like a dead horse. E"
The generations that succeeded did not
practice this cardizAl virtue ABeh more
efficiently. bat outraged nsAtnsss rsseuged
itself in sending sWsrzs Of parasites 70
torment the human rare. Asthoes Of kill
ing fess and other auimAIeuias thst iEfsst
the human body formed one Of ths pria~
opal features Of tie b&s9Dooks paolishs1
il France durlng some hundreds u rear
Receipts were Rivsa for ointnsnts 20 -
used as insecticides, which were ths germ
Of all 3hs Cosmetics. ps1sss, essences and
perfumes which have from th4s day q tsls
been AmoAg tAe mSst ESSENTIAL sisEnsEss q
a lxdy's tCilef.-CfDciBnsti Commercial
Gazette.
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Classic.

Brainly-Ho- altogether intellectual and
classic that young Mrs Montlang, OF Bos-
ton, Is!
Skimton-Yes, indeed. She introduced
me 70 Mrs. Terminus, the railroad p-esi-
dents wife, aud her two daughters the other
evening. She said, Mr.. Skimton, Ms
Terminus aud her daughters, the Mss
Termini. New York sun
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-28

The baya bird OF India SPEEDS bis nights
catching hrefies. wiis Walch he plasteTs
bis nest. The bays does nos kl-l The fy,
but simply attaches IL 70 b. best By means
Of q piece OF moist clay On dark nlght
\ bsyN's nest his the Appearances q AZ siec-
sxie stree. lau13--Si. LoE.s Rsoz6l4e-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-28

The other cay . eonDsssseaon took place
beswesn I've hbtls ohflaFen. siEl Of ssven
and boy Of I've Girl wishing 70 show
Der supsFiof knowledgeb-Which do you
HE bsss, Queen Viotoria or WashlDgtOnR
Boy (znply)-I leve mamma - Cor
Babyhood.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-28

T IS only q few
weeks ago that
the United States
cruiser Yorktown
received orders to
sail for Valparai-
so. Since then the
foreign depart
ment at Washing
ton has received
news from Cap
tain Schley, COM
manding the Bal
timore, Of the Pa
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-28

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found osly Ia southern FiSNt2. IL more
than % par cent heavier ;szn water.
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-28

vheR Baby WAS sick, we gave her castoria-
Hhe1 sac was Child, she cried for CastoriA
when she became Miss, she chung 70 Csstoris-
when she had Children. she save them CastoriA
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LIFE ON A MAN-0F-WAR
A TIMELY TOPIC IN CONNECTION
WITH THE GILLIAN DIFFICULTY.
The Equipment Of the Cruiser Boston
Now En- Route for Valparaiso - How
Captain wiItse's Gallant Crew VIII
Get i'm Trim for Possible Conflict.

Copyright, 1so1, by American Press Associa-
thnl
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". BAKER & CO., Dorchester, Mass.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-07-25

Just think of the benign, pious,
plausible Presbyterian priest, Rev.
FB. III. Palmer. declaring from the
stage Of the Grand Opera House Of
New Orleans that those persons
who favored the lottery amendments
were no better than cat-throat
Mafias.-CarroH Democrat.
VIZ have always regarded Brother
Morgan as a fair, unprecedented Jour.
~nalist, bat the above extract shows
that his usually clear vision is de.
cidedly jaundiced. DR.. Palmer
made no such assertion 'as above
stated, and we defy the Democrat to
produce the sentence in which any
such sentiment occurs. If you have
no authentic copy Of the doctors adj
dress we will send You one. Find
the sentence, please.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-07-25
SUNKEN RANCH, July %, 1891.

Mr.. Editor AS you have heretofore
been kind enough to grant me a place
in your columns, / thought that you
might again extend the privilege. /
suppose | am like some others in this
world, and like to see myself in print.
I fancy / hear ON n say, that he
likes to read what a smart man writes"
Alas! poor fellow beings! are we not all
more or less, "wise in our own conceit.p
I am willing to confess, that what I
have said and what / may hereafter say
through your columns, has not proven,
and may never prove, of any great inn
poptanee; still allow me to ask the ques-
ton: are great dailiess and week
lies made up Of important matter only 2
/ think / remember having read in The
Meridional that what the people want
is not any body's opinions but the news.
Now as to the news, the people do want
the news, hut it would he a little diff
cult | imagine, to fill a decent size sheet
with local news only /; unless you con-
slider, land | believe You do) that per-
sonal mention falls Under such head.
Everybody can not be writer's of
books, and though editors should aim
to exclude worthless and irrelevant
matter, are they to ignore pearls Of
human thought, and deny the friction
of mind with mind! l think not. All
articles of whatever nature appearing
in print, should evince charity of
thought, and while they may not betray
any profundity on the part OF the writer,
yet will they set the people to thinking;
when call get to thinking, some will
go to writing and thus viii the truth be
gradually drawn out. Apropos of this,
I will say, that / have frequently de-
sired to express my opinions on certain
public matters, but as my articles are
tsttoo long, and as I have not the tact
of saying a great deal in a few words, I
have abstained. Another thing | would
mention before concluding is, that
while we like to see ourselves in print,
we like to be properly represented We
do not like to have what we say, said
in some other way. A typographical
error is bad enough; there r some
other errors of emission, or correction,
that mar the sense and spoil the whole.
/ win let you hear from me fromtime to.
time. Yours,
DoZENT MATTER.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-07-25

The remains of Gen. Stonewall
Jackson were last Thursday removed
from the grave to the crypt Of the
monument at Lexington, Va, the
removal by request Of Mrs. jackson
occurring during the night or rather
early hours of the morn. A dispatch
says In order to indentify the
remains the lid over the face was
carefully removed. The coat, with
Virginia buttons, was blue, whether
a Confederate uniform turned so
chemically r his Virginia military
Institute professors coat, which was
blue, the gentlemen present could
net tell-but, perhaps some old ex-
confed hereabouts might know some.
thing of the matter. The remains
of his infant daughter. Mary Graham,
were placed in the crypt beside her
father.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-07-25
Current Tonics for ,JnIy ia a yer,

Current Topics for July is a very
good number of this excellent little
magazine. Catherine Cole has an
interesting sketch Of herself; Lydia
Harris writes. of a "a Training
School for Husbands" Marcella
Wilkinson's story. 1.-The Little Cor
ner Tenement" is continued. Poems
and topics complete the list OF good
thiDgs. Being a purely Southern
magazine, it deserves the support Of
our people, and the price, only one
dollar o year. places it within reach
of all. Office. 1873 Grayier street,
New Orleans.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-07-25

The Alexandria Times is appar.
emily very much worried ia mind
over the prospect of the an%ti-lottery-
ties boiling the Democratic conven-
ton, and is seriously alarmed that
the Mexican lottery, that hinge myth,
may capture the Farmers Alliance
'bodysand boots. The Times must
be very dull indeed if it supposes
any cane person will take stock in
such absurd statements. As the
Times is in thu mood of asking ques-
tons, we suppose it will not object
to answering a few, and we would
like to have it explain why the lot
tory press have not denied the
charge made several weeks ago by
the Capital Item that the Mexican
is owned by the Louisiana
concern, which purposes to userit as
q means Of frightening the people
who are opposed to foreign institu.
tons into supporting Morris u Co.,
and failing to win In this State it
provides a safe abode in Mexico.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-07-25
BUcKLENs ARNfc4 s4LVE.

Tho Best Salve in world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores. Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores. letter, Chapped Hands,
Ghilblains. Corns, and all Skin Erup
tons, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. It il guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refunded.
Price rs cents per box for sale by N.
G. Young and A. J.. GODDARD.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-07-25

The New Orleans Daily Item is
making q heroic tooth and toe nail
fight for the lottery revenue amend.
ment, not so much for the.cempany's
sake as for the $1,l25, 900 to the
aevee systeu Of the State. There is
reason in it's course, bat not much
show Of success.-St. Antonio Light.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-07-25

The Sunny South. our great
Southern family weekly, should be
taken in every household. The
price is only So q year, and q pres
-ent which is worth the amount Oh
more is sent for every yearly sub.
scription. A sample copy will be
sent free to any address. Write al
once to y. Ell. Seals a Co, AZ.
aanta. Ga.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-07-25

The Young Mems Anti.Lottery
League of st. Mary parish declare
OUT sole purpose to be the overthrow
of the lottery; we announce our reso.
luton to hold our organization aloof
from all local political entangle.
4ments."