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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-13

BOW TIE RoCK sTEUCk TEE TEAK
and several landslides were reported On
various roads The Washington express
had just got under D1Goesne heights. OPP
posite the city, when the rock came down
as IL thrown from a catapult, crushing into
the center Of the coach. completely wreck
ing it and breaking into several pieces
Miss Cara Fleming. who 81: next the wiz
dow, was crushed ont Of all batzral like
ness, her death being instantaneous. Hr.
J. T. Donahue, who sat ia the same seat
with her. made 4 leap and escaped death,
but with serious injuries. Several cthesz
vere hurt, but none dantsesousiy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-13

Hi! Somebody bring light! I've
stuck my toe in this blamed trap, and
there's rat at the other end biting IL
like thunder."-Munsey's Weekly.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-05-21
ANCIENT BUDDHIST STATUE.
Some Carvings Found in India by Chil-
 dren at Play.


 dren at Play.
 The Pioneer of Aliahabad reports an archaeological discovery of some impor- tance at Maheswar, in the Rungpore district. Some children while playing among ruins there uneartlled tvTo beau tiful groups of statuary cut from the hard, black basaltic stone found near Gya. Both represent physiological deities, with features of Graeco-Bud- dhistic type. The first is two feet in length by twenty inches in breadth, with depth of six inches. It repre- sents Vishnu or Basudo, the emblem of the preserving power in nature.
 The central figure stands on a lotus and it's four hands grasp a club, wheel, lotus and couch. On the head is tiara three inches in height, which, with the earrings, necklace, bracelets, waist-chain and sacred thread, are ren- dered with wonderful degree of deli cacy and finish. To the right and left stand figures of Laksrni, the goddess Of wealth, and Saraswati, who patronizes learning, each ten inches in height. Round the central group are seven minor deities, armed with bows and ar rows and riding on horses and ele- plants. The entablatura is surTnOunt- ed by head of the Alavar, known as Nrisingha. On the base is an inscrip- tion said to be in the Landsa charac- ter, a mixed form of Devanagirl and Tibetan.
 The second piece of carving is small nd 4bo 1xyO,.l-yy, &l7C11cr3o fr1c1 is not equal to that of the other group. It is sixteen inches high, twenty inches broad and six inches deep, and repre- sents Pauranic goddess. The figure is seated on a lotus and is four-arrned. The lower left hand supports male in- fant, the correspondingr right hand holds a sweetmeat and the two other grasp branches of trees. This group also has an inscription in Landsa, which, howev- CT, has defed elucidation. Both pieces of sculpture arc in excellent preservation, the tracery being as clear cut as if it had just left tho artists hand. History and tradition are alike silent as to the origin of these curious relics, and t will prob ably remain puzzle how an inscription in bastard Tibetan should be discovered at so unlikely Q spot.
 The keenest excitement was caused by the discovery among the Hindu pop ulation. Apart from the intrinsic value of the carvings, which is considerable, they are objects Of worship. During their temporary sojourn at the local pc lice station they were visited by crowds and smothcred with sweet oils and flow CTS. Various claimants came forward, and to avoid litigation the district made them over to the local Hindu religious association. They have been built into the wall at one end of its hall, where they were inspected with interest by Stuart Bayley during his recent visit to Rungpore.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-05-21
IMAGINATION KILLED HER.

4 Dream of Death Accurately Carried
 Out to the Peaceful Fad.
 A remarkable instance of the hold superstition has upon the mind of even the educated and religious, says the Cincinnati Enquirer, was recently OK hibited in the case of Mrs. Rebecca Byrnes, of Helena, Ark, 6 lady noted for her intellectual attachments and pious life. One morning, arising in what seemed her usual health and spir- its, she summoned her children to come to her.
 One son was residing in Topeka, Kan, one in New Orleans, two daughters were married and living in Scdalia, Mo-, but, obedient to their mothers call, they came at once, though ignor- ant of the reason of their summons. When all were about her the lady in formed them that she had had Q dream, in which her husband, who had been dead for nearly fifteen years, had warned her that she had only ten days more of life. She sent for her children to bid them goodbye, which she pro- ceeded to do with much calm ness, but with the air of ono who had not the slightest doubt that she was already dy- ing.
 Her friends attempted to reason with her and to point ont the folly of placing such perfect confidence in . dream, but all to no purpose, for the lady persisted in asserting that she would depart from earth on such day and exactly ct Q certain hour.
 Her pastor remonstrated with her, and even brought the severast censure to bear on her superstitious credulity, and at last Mrs. Byrnes ceased to speak of the matter, so that her family had begun to think that she had conquered her fancy. She continued in excellent health and pursued her usual daily life, but just before the hour she had pre- dicted would be that of her death she sought her children and badc them good bye, then, seating herself quietly in an armchair, expired just as the hour was struck. The physicians declare th2t her death was due solely to her inag- nation
The St. Johns herald., 1891-05-21
THE STORY OF A BELLE.
Autobiography of Young Woman Who
 Shines in Society.

Autobiography of a Young Woman Who
 Shines in Society.
 Sometimes I doubt if I were born, writes a society belle in the Ladies' HCmc Journal. 1 think am the result of transmigration-fr an orchid, next a bird of paradise, and last of all a bloOded horse. l belong to an old fam fly, andmy solicitor tells me that I have great deal of money; but who ever heard of woman having enough? Mamma very sensibly trained me to be 9 coquette. From the time that 1 could stand I was fully aware of the value of my white sl1in my deep, dark eyes, and that attached to the wonderful red hair they made 3 gorgeous framing for my fpely-cut face.
 was willing to go to bed early, for I had been told Of the good of those sleeping-hours that come before twelve o'clock, to be bathed and rubbed until I was weary enough to sleep again, be- cause my nurse had said that this would make my form handsome and supple and my arms and neck the ad- 'niration of the world. School was an unknown quantity to me-governesses and that sort Of thing came and I en- iured them, learned of them and was spoken of by them as the most beauti- ful girl they had ever seen-but one who was utterly heartless. They little understood that heart was the last thing that would be desirable in my profes- sion, for 1 made it such.
 At eighteen years of age I was brought out, but for three months be- fore that my mother had taught me ex- actly who among the men were eligible, who were not, what women were to be cultivated, what ones to be civil to and what ones to ignore. I made my first appearance at the Patriarch's ball, and mamma very wisely had me dressed in the finest of white silk muslin, made in empire style, with broad, white sash about my waist, Q white rose in my hair, and long, white gloves only par italy covering my beautiful arms. As was proper, I accepted the invitations to dance from the elderly men, from whom it was compliment to receive them, and as far as possible I ignored the younger ones. 1 sought mammals wing at the end of each dance, and to her delight the impression left on every body's mind was that of my being an extremely beautiful, ingenious young girl who knew nothing whatever about society. How they erred!
The St. Johns herald., 1891-05-21
EFFECT OF THE VOICE.
It Can Impress or Inspire to Cheerfulness
 Iy Its Tones Alone.

It Can Impress or Inspire to Cheerfulness
 by Its Tones Alone.
 Probably no one can fully estimate how much influence he is constantly ex- erting through his tones of voice. Nothing is so powerful to cheer the dropping energies of a discouraged group as the inspiring tones of hope in the words of new arrival. Who has not seen the immediate effect of glad and sprightly voice breaking in upon dull and uninterested party of people? How their eyes brighten, and their brows clear, and their forms become erect, says the New York Ledger. On the other hand, let a solemn, or doleful, or fretful voice break in on a gay and cheerful company, and how quickly the smile dies on the lip, and the depress- ing influence goes round. The infant who can not understand word that his mother says is soothed and pleased, or grieved and frightened by her tones, and the seeds thus sown of. love and gentleness, or of harshness and impa- tience, are sure to bear fruit in his later development, and exert strong infu- ence in mellowing his future character, and preparing it to contend the better with the rCughness of the world.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-05-21
GOD FISHING FOR SPORT.
A Ten or Fifteen-Pounder Makes a Good
 Fight Before He Is Landed. |.

Fight Before He Is Landed.
 Of course, the idea strikes one as rather tame, but when followed under the right conditions you will find excite nent lurking around on all sides, as we'll as underneath. Shoal water fish, when taken with hook and line, act much ivelier than when they are in deep water, so that ten or fifteen-pounder makes considerable fight before he is landed, says Forest and Stream.
 In the outfit, any kind of boat not likely to drown you will do, linen tautog lines, with rather small sized bass hooks, two on each line, with respectively twcnty-four and thirty-inch snoods, sinker weighing three or four ounces In bait, fresh menhaden, herring, small fish, lobster or clans. Start in the evening, soon after daylight has gone and as soon as the moon is we'll up. Go from one-third to two-thirds as far from the shore as you would fish in the day time. Keep the hooks about three feet from the bottom in from five to ten fathoms of water. There is weird eX- citaInent in this kind of fishing found in no other. You hear the distant cry of the bittern and night heron, notice the phosphorescent trail made by some stray shark or big fish as he plunges by, watch the long ground swell, until it seems as if it were really alive, and, with the swash of the sea on shore, you by this time have mighty sharp bite from Q cod, and he does not all resemble log as you pull but tries his best to get away until landed.
 During the fishing spine dogfsh or so investigates; then comes a peculiar kind of bite, and, as you look over, there is something alongside that reminds you of the mouth of an old-fashioned carpet bag with nails on end stuck around the edge; this is a goose or bellows fish, whose use, as yet, has not been found out. Now you think you have got fast to the bottom, but soon find it is skate about four feet across, which comes up slowly in circles, having by proving around got hook in one of his numer- ous outer edges. Then, by fishing about halfway to the bottom. you can catch quantities of frost fish or whiting. Cod fish are more numerous inshOre, and bite better during the night than in the day time. If, after you are through fishing, you still wish for more excitement, just catch S sea wrong, or, rather, let it catch you right, as you land on the beach, and you will get enough in the next few seconds to last well into the morning. <,
The St. Johns herald., 1891-05-21
GENUINE HUMANITY.
4 Touching Instance of Kindly Human
 Nature.

A Touching Instance of Kindly Human Nature.
 A writer in the Boston Democrat re- lates an incident which proves that gen. uine humanity is not confined to those who are sufficiently well-to-do to con- tribute iberally to the funds of humane societies. The writer was passing along one of the business streets of Boston early on summer morning, at an hour when few people had risen. The streets, lined only with stores and warehouses, were almost deserted. ra
 Presently he saw a working-man, carrying dinner-pail in his hand, come around a corner. The man wore soiled and tattered clothes, and looked as if he might be making his way to the docks or coal-yards for long days work.
 Just at this moment a thin and for lorn cat came out of an alley and walked toward the passing working man, moving piteously. The man stopped, bent down and strolsed the cat, which responded by arching its back, rubbing against the mans legs and hand, and moving louder and louder,
 Hungry, I'll be bound,' said the working-man. Some one's gone and left ye."
 He opened his dinner-pail, took out one of two sandwiches which were there, opened it and removed tho piece of corned beef that was between the slices of bread, and gave the meat to the eat, breaking the beef up and fcedingit to the animal bit by bit.
 Just as the cat was greediiy eating the last of the meat, Q small and very lean and dirty dog came running up, looking wistfully ct the proceeding. The eat made TO movement toward flight. The dog was evidently an ac- quaintance.
 Companions in distress!'' said the worling-man. He said nothing more, but, taking the other of the two sand wiches out of his pail, opened that, re- moved the meat, and fed it to the dog. Then he went on to his day's work without any meat for his own dinner, but leaving the cat purriug contentedly and the dog lying in sunny doorway, with the air of one who says:
 Fate can not harm mel have dined today"
The St. Johns herald., 1891-05-21
PRETTY CHEEKS.
They Are Not Always Easy to Get, but
 Nature Can Be Helped.
morning

They Are Not Always Easy to Get, but
 Nature Can Be Helped.
 Pretty checks are rare finishing touch, an otherwise handsome face be- ing often spoiled by high cheek bones and thin or fabby checks, says the Metropolitan. The high cheek bones can scarcely be softened unless the checks are made firm and plump. Cons trivanccs worn in the mouth for filing out the checks have been resorted to, but scarcely without great discomfort; and the only reasonable way of accom- plishing the desired result is to take on more flesh and to study carefully the dressing of the hair.
 Ia some instances, however, there will be a super1luity of flesh where it is not wanted, while the checks persist in remaining thin. A firm, round cheek, with slight dimple showing with every smile, is 8 most attractive charm, and tho sister of young gentleman who had Q pencil accidently thrust through one cheek in boyhood, leaving an in- deptation that was quite natural look ing dimplc. was wont to remark that she really wished it had happened to hcr, as she would have thrust pencil through the other check and felt abup- dantly repaid by her increase of beauty.
 But her enthusiasm did not reach the point Of decorating both cheeks herself. Bathing the checks two or three times a day with weak ammonia water in which small piece of alum has been dissolved tends to make the flesh firm and smooth, The common practice of pressing one cheek into the pillow while sleeping is very injurious to beauty of outline, and it also produces wrinkles.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-05-21
London's "Creepy-Crawly" Cold

Despite all the grumble about the cold, it is rather an open question in which corner of the earth you feel cold the most. really think that you feel cold in England more than anywhere else, says a writer in a London paper. It is the grayness of the cold that sub- dues you. Now, have known Rus sian winter, with it's bright, blue sky overhead and copper-barlhed pines gleaming in the sun, and although that cold is so great that if you walked out minus your furs in front of the Palazzo you would nearly drop down dead, yet you never have the same sense of de- pression that we have here. I have never in my life felt cold so much as I have when on steam-launch in the Pool in winter-a dampness, creepy crawliness, a general sense Of misery tl:at Ii,eyc- found elsewhere. -.--
The St. Johns herald., 1891-05-21
Couoctlon of Jewish .irt.

BarouGc Nathaniel dc Rothschild lately purchased q remarkable collcc- ton of objects Of Jewish art, gathered together by Strauss, anG tlieSc she has presented to tie Museum Of tl.c Clyny, where they arc now exhibited ia aroom specially arranged for tAeir reception. 4 tablet has been put rp recording the Giit. Some cf the objects G,te from the twelfth century, but thc majority are Of the siSteecta Gal scveatcensl ccrsc.- Ties; they incl2dc, for tac nost p2rt, Gr- ticle2 used ia tac syna1ogrc-lectcrae. candicSticis, incense boxes and an ark ornameated with fity-fo;:r panels in es.ryed walnut wood of great bca1ty.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-05-21
Indian Conscience.

A Pacific coast paper records the fol- lowing illustration of Indian conscience: Billy Chinook died recently at Warm Springs. When he joined the United Presbyterian church 9 few years ago he had three wives. Of course that would not do for a church member and he had to give two of them up. Which one he should keep was a serious matter. One had child, one had no sense, and the third he loved best. She was childless. Out of a sense of duty he kept the one with the child, and the one he loved best was married to another man, which he said was pretty hard to bear. The one without any sense he kept and supported for 3 Eelp to his wife. t~
The St. Johns herald., 1891-05-21
An OIG-Tlr,e Custnm.

A resident in Clements inn, England, writes: Oranges and lemons say the bells of St. Clements" according to a quaint and ancient doggcTel which thousands of school children have chanted while they play without know ing that the words kad any import other than the hay ideas conveyed to young minds by nonsense rhymes. Beadles and portars of St. Clements inn. however, attach 2. practical moan ing to this music Of the bells. It is their custom always on New-Ycars morning, and hos been from time innclaorial. to present to each tenant cf chambers in the inn an orange and 2 lemon, accom- panying this gift with wishes for q happy new year. If al ancient customs were so honored . the observance there would be little fault to fad with them.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-05-21
Some National Characteristics.

A foreign writer has been at pains to give a category of the points of differ ence between the typical women of the three leading nationalities, It is net recommended as an infallible one, but it certainly is interesting. "A French woman loves to the end of her honey moon, the English woman her whole life, the German woman forever. The French woman takes her daughter to the ball, the English woman takes her to church, the German woman gives her employment in the kitchen. The French woman has spirit and imagination, the English woman has little taste, the Ger man woman modesty. The French woman chats, the English woman speaks, the German woman renders de- cisions. The Spanish woman kills her lover in jealousy, the French woman her rival, the German woman simply re- nounces, but all at some time marry some one else"
The St. Johns herald., 1891-05-21
The Search f.r the Pole.

Scientists have by 10 means aban- doned the attempt to reach the North Pole. The prospects arc fair that a. other year VIII see an expedition into Antarctic rcTions for purposes cf cx- ploration ard discovery. It is quite probable also tll2t CUT Government will, during tlec ccaiag year, send cut Gn ex- petition which shall penetrate i2to the yet un'-nouTn interior of cur own Ter r:tory Of EI.cllsis.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-12-19
JEwELRy, ETc.-w. i. LuKENs
MARRIEp AT MAnrINsnuna.
a Wheeling MINI Captures ono Of thai
City's Nellcs ms his Bride.

| ~NJ his oEiuCs
Tho Martinsburg World OF Saturday
evening has the following about tho
marriage Of u well known Wheeling
man:
A recent wedding occurred at St. 10.
seph's church, the contracting parties
being Mr.. y. L. O'Mally, OF Wheeling,
and Miss Kate Finucan, OF this city.
Inc church was crowded Mt tho time.
Inc ceremony was performed by tho
Rev.. III. j.. McKceiry. The bride wore n
handsome brown suit trimmed with
faille, with hat and gloves to core.
spond. She worc n handsome boquct Of
La France roses. Tho groom wore the
conventional black. Tho bridal party
consisting OF the ushers, Messrs. j. l..
sullivan, l.. S. Grouse, l.. L.. Price and
!. b. koyser, followed by the best man,
brother OF tho bride, and Miss Sarah
Roach, cousin Of the bride, us maid OF
honor.
Tho bride and maid OF honor wore
exactly similar costumes with hats to
match. Miss Mollio Martin presided at
tho organ, rendering endolssohn's pop.
ular wedding march. Tho reception
was held at the house OF the BRIDES
father. Tho presents wore handsome
and numerous.
Among those present were Miss
Maggie O'Mally, sister OF the groom,
and Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Garry, OF
Wheeling, W. Va.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-12-19
IN TIE CIRCUIT COURT.
Tho Huslness Transacted In Judge raull'
Tribunal ut Yesterdays Session.

INC Huslness Transacted In Judge Faults
Tribunal ut Yesterdays Session.
In tho circuit court yesterday John
Bassell and Clifton L. Morris wore adj
mitted to practice law in this county.
The case OF James NJ. Mines was taken
up on q motion to quash an execution,
and it being stated that the governor
had recognized this motion, it was
docketcd. The deiendcnt in this case
is the state.
In the case OF James Rine VS.. Do,sler
4 Bowler, G. ]. Elig & Co. and Joshua
Rinc. appealed from Squire Arkle's
court, the decision OF the court below
was reversed and annulled.
Anne Keim pleaded guilty on two in
dictments for keeping houses Of i'll
fame, and was fined $50 and costs in
each case.
Jennie Jackson has been granted a
divorce from her husband, Jesse Jack
son, and the custody OF her children.
The grounds OF the suit were desertion.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-12-19
Tho wilbur Opera Company.

This famous opera company, which
will be at the Grand all next week and
give an entire change of opera each
evening, is thus spoken OF by the Phil
adelphia Times: The Wilbur Opera
company turned away thousands for the
twelve performances. The engagement
is for two weeks. and ii the attendance
continues, as it surely will. it will prove
the most profitable engagement Man
ager Wilbur has cvor had in this city.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-12-19
Expression of THAMES.

Mcssrs. Paige, Carey & Co. and Hal.
lock Bros. wish 10 publicly express
their thanks the Baltimore & Ohio rail
way employees, particularly Agent
Stevenson, General Yard Master Jami-
son, and Freight Clerk Reilly for the
prompt delivery OF stone and other
necessary freight used in the construc-
ton OF the Main street stone bridge,
and the many other favors conferred,
oftimes at considerable labor and disad.
vantage to themselves. 70 these gentle
mems efforts and kind attention We arc
much indebted for the rapid progress
we have made on the work.
PAIGE, CAREY & Co.
HALLoCK Bros.
Wheeling, y. "a, Dec. IS, 1891.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-12-19
plssnncarcl From nomc.

Several weeks ago f. n. Tucker, a
we'll known b~ricklayer Of this city, dig
appeared. His family and friends are
in great distress as to his whereabouts.
when last seen in Wheeling he had on
his person several hundred dollars.
Any one knowing OF his Whereabouts
would confer q great favor on his
family and friends bynotifying them.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-12-19
Chrlstmns school Entertainment.

The pupils OF Mrs. Harris school for
girls will give a Christmas entertain
mont to their friends next Tuesday
evening in the school rooms. The en-
tertainmcnt will consist Of literary and
musical exercises. a feature will DO an
original KateE3atchin German, composed
by Prof. Krapahne for this occasion.
Ninety pupils have been enrolled in
the school this year.