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

Some Americans who were recently going
through the Jardine des Plantes of Paris
stopped to look at big rattiesnake in a
cage. 1t lay motionless, apparently asleep
but when two of the party, who had lin
gered behind, began to converse in En-
glish the snake moved, lifted up its head
and gave every sign of being intensely in
terested. They fastened to tell their com
panions that the snake understood En-
glish. The whole party then returned to
the cage. The snake was apparently
asleep again.
They conversed loudlyin French. but the
snake did not give the least sign of being
conscious OF his surroundings; then some
one spoke In English. Instantly the rep
tile raised his head and moved it back and
forth, showing the same alertness that he
had when the language was spoken in his
hearing few moments before. This curl
Gus experiment was tried number of
times, always with the same effect. On
inquiry tee party learned that the snake
was from FirglniA-St- Louis Republic.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-13
Lying Versus Stealing.

There Is a haE truth in the reply Of the
child N the following incident, which is
quite impressive; but a lie, frankly ac-
knowledged, Is as much thing taken
back" as Is the return OF anything thai has
been stolen.
She came to her mother with the ques-
ton, Which Is worse, to tell a lie or TO
sSeal,'
The mother, taken bT surprise, replied
thai both were SO bad that she coaldn' tel
which was The worse.
Well" said the little one, i've been
thinking about II, and think 1t is worse
70 ne IaAn 70 steal II ron steal thing
yol ca taxe Il back, unless you've eaten
Il: and theE sog. San pay for it. But. " and
there Ms 3 lookfof axe ia TIE little face.
"a iis - .1zrs xE.r it-.vszcaa n Conxssian
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-13

the city, and filed NATHANIEL GREEN.
with her written agreement not to prose
cute if Mr.. Green would fork over all he
had of theirs. The next report was that
he was in Panama, then in Honolulu and
finally in Japan; and the next that the
shortage had reached 800, 900.
All the reporters in the city tried their
prettiest, but could get nothing out of
Messrs. Ruggles & Farnsworth excep;
that Mr.. Green was laboring to straighten
the books, but they did not know where he
was. Finally Mr.. Green appeared on the
advice OF bis wife's attorney, and now the
firm conceae thai his shortage may reach
1900" He is in Jail. and all the prop
erty the firm can get hold of viii not pay
over Q third of the loss.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-13

THE RELIEF OF LUCKNOW.
OH that last day in Lucknow fort;
We knew that it was the last,
That the enemy's mines had crep. surely-iD
And the end was coming fast.
To yield to that foe meant worse than
death.
And the men and we all worked on;
1t was one day more of smoke and roar.
And then it would all be done.
There was one of US, a corporaEs wife.
fair, young. gentle thing,
Wasted with fever in the siege,
And her mind was wandering.
She lay on the ground in her Scottish plaid.
And took her head on my knee;
"When my father comes homo frae the
plow,'' she said,
"Oh! please then. waken me-"
She slept like child on her fathers door
In the fiecking of woodbine shade,
When the house dog sprawls by the hall
open door.
And the mothers wheel is staid.
1t was smoke and roar and powder stencil.
And hopeless waiting for death;
But the soldiers wife, like poor tired
child,
Seemed scarce to draw her breath.
sank to sleep, and had my dream
OF an English village lane
And wall and garden. till a sudden scream
Brought me back to the rear again.
There Jessie Brown stood listening,
And then a broad gledness broke
All over her face, and she took my hand
And drew me near and spoke:
'The HighlandersI OH dinna We hear
The slogan far awa'2
The AIcGregor'5? All! ken it weel:
1t is the grandest of them a.
GOD bless the bonny Highlanders:
We're savedi we're savedl' she cried,
And fell on her knees, and thanks TO sod
Poured forth like full flood tide.
Along the battery line her cry
Had fallen among the men,
And they started, for they were there to die
Was life SO near them, then?
They listened for life. and the rafting fire
Far of, and the far off roar
Were all; and the colonel shook his head,
And they turned to their guns once more
Then Jessie said: The slogans dune:
But can We no hear them moo?
The Campbells are commit It's nae dream:
Our SuccorS haze broken through"
We heard the roar and the rattle afar,
But the pipers we could not hear:
So the men piled their work OF hopeless war. !
And knew that the end was near.
1t was not long ere it must be heard,
a shTilling, eeaseiess sound:
1t was no noise of the strife affair."
Or the sappers under ground.
1t was the pipe of the Highlanders.
And now they played Aud Lang Syne;' |
1t came TO our men like the voice of God,
And they shouted along the line
And they wept and shook each other,
hands.
And the women sobbed in a crowd.
AND every one llnelt down where we stood /
And We ali thanked God aloud.
That happy day when we welcomed then
in
Our men put Jessie first:
And the general took her hand, and cheer
From the men like volley burst
And the pipers' ribbons and tartan
streamed,
Marching round add round our hue;
And our cheerful cheers were broken with
tears,
And The Pipers played ~Auid Lang Syne.'
Robert Lowell
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-13
J. P. ALLEN,
Druggist t.
Everything Kept in a Fnstla8 Drug Store
10s EAST DOUGLAS AVE.
SICHIT1, KAN.
The RurrIar Game

A new English game is called The Bob
bies and the Burglar" 1t is played On q
checker board with seven pieces. six bob
bies and one droll little burglar. The bur
glar is placed on the middle square, and
the moves are all directed toward him.
Each piece has its own move. and the game
consists in the capture Of the burglar by
the six hobbies in twelve moves II at the
end Of the twelfth move the burglar has
still way of escape, the person who man.
ages his moves has won the game.-New
York Ledger.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-13

Tradition says that the fashion of giving
ana receiving gifts and choosing a valen-
tine originated with the knights of foreign
courts, who met for tournaments of fight
Ing and feastlng. The fair damsel of that
PERIOD chose her knight, who, for twelve
months, was her troubadour and sworn 10
do her bidding.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-13

The Great American Grass Fiend," as
James b. Olcott, of South Manchester,
Conn, is sometimes called, on account of
the remarkable knowledge of sward grasses
that he has acquired, has an extensive
grass garden of his own, and has become
so expert in his branch of botany that be
can distinguish by sight, smell or taste any
OF the grasses he is familiar with.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-13

City Man docking for = home in the
suburbsl-I like this place very much, bat
ara told IL isn't haaithy.
Agent-Ain't heal:hys Dy. see TIA,
mule over in that field, That nnle hez
lived here all his life. an r. ain't a week
since be kicked a locomotive Of IN track.
New York Weekiy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-13
Philanthropy, Overnight

The fact Is that while we have been CIV
ing Of our money. our Labor and our pray
srs 70 convert the heather In distant
countries, we have been IA danger of for
getting that we have heathea rignt here &C
home, scattered IN scusiid little sessS>-
ments among our New England hiiisidea,
and living lives almost a. devoid q hight
and reason as any pagan over seals.-Bo,-
ton Journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-13

lucknow, { b e
capital ofthe Brit
ish department OF
Dude and the seat
of the chief COM
missioner, fell be-
fore the naanous
sepoys May24, 1857.
The commission
er, Sir Henry Law
renee, fortified the
residency a nd a
considerable space
around it prepar-
atory to a siege,
pending the arriv-
al of relief from
some regular Brit
ish troops. Early
in July Sir Henry
was NOR tall y
wounded. and the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-13
The Bookkeeper Is in Jail.

Late last fall Messrs. Ruggles e. Farms
worth, boss draymen at 100 California
street, San Francisco, announced that they
had been allowing their bookkeeper and
confidential man, Nathaniel Green, to run
things pretty much as he pleased and con-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-13

=
sequently he was
IS h ort at lie a S t
| 5000. " He forth
with retired from
the public gaze,
and then they de-
cided that tn g
s b Or t a ge w a s
nearer $4,000. "
Thereupon they
saw Mr.. Green's
wife, who owns
some property in
the CITY and filed
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-13
Slam Her In.

The story is told of an editor who had
met with an accident. When be recovered
consciousness his rival WAS psesen. aud
yelled in his ear:
I'm very sorry for VOC, sir"
"You are, Ell; what for'@
They say you've broken your spinal
column"
"Confound that boyl He's dropped the
form again FIJI it with sings and slam
he~ in-"-American Grocer
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-13

Professor Charles F. Chandler advises
people who live in lodging or boarding
houses TO carry about with them \ nair of
plncers with which to replace the three
foot-an-hour gas burner they or5;,,,-,I,-
,Aa1 Az Nth a - m f.~
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-13

Bystander-You worked hard, sir. t<
save him from drowning.
Rescuer-You bet did He owes me 80
Light.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-13
A IonH SfaX.

Briggs-He'lo, old mani / haven't sen
you for dogs age On vscafson4
Gnggs-No. Cricket mafch--Week's
Sport
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-13
Wl9ia Zl:59jle
IN THE SEPOY WAR.
RELIEF OF TIE LUCKNOW GARRISON
BY GENERAL HAVaOCK.

He Fought His Way Through the Mutt
neers' Lines, Carrying Strength and
Hope to the Imprisoned-Fse-enfor
ments Followed and Massacre Averted.
.-r Aynarycop BRASS I
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-06-19
Notice for Paving Bids s,

NTOTICE is hereby gwen thdi. th.i,,. M shlen /
~ viii he received by the w s,nr,eyN +
Oregon. at the office OF ne ci,y cy,resou, spl I
the city CT salem, at Saieii,, 10, ~ The p
2 O'CLOCK d IN. OF June -, osJit,ainingd
ing, curbipg, gutteflhg "uH street Of -
Si.a',an Ssraa hetvveen the nOHh ny sireeL A
s-,,'-lss't "a lie south line a o'-',,iih ~
Sa1e,n Oreron. in aecoi q, ~, ~ IN he one
rians and SoecificatiOns on ny ~ - N salet
lftt.s. - euTvrVor Of the cl'i i,aek yilf
a. salem Oregon, for I3elg an ,so,eqdam al'
fiad hricE bituminuus 10. h, ii'Si.e - upon "
gravel. Each bid lnust De nitv OF sasl.
blanks fui nishcc By lne neanied By .
Each bid must re aeco ~ the cig
tifieate OF deposit IN la,1 lne Of the bansss, anss,
tSa cit,v ~ Salon in the sum LARAMIE Z
dred ana MY dollars, a. bidder, vhls
,-,,,d C,ifh an the part OF the csslenl, VI
an, Ne forfeited 10 the city " ~ md q
a1an - in case his bid Is accephin len das
6idder shal fail or neglecl I've the bop
10 execute the contracl hnu oSS5iug the pi.s
and undertaking accom- bsr p@-x with goeo y Y,
and specifications, annroyed ey y
sufficient sureties 70 vs nired. Tbs ~
mayor, az, 40 t,s.t tie undertakin.ss. ,nired
lt ~ ~ i.b the bidder Will De De,se,eiorg
l,''a.,,, ootlu Il, case his bid Is $50 on ole
,Ss civ ~ Salenl, oregon, ,l..or = ~, The q
~ ,fsioa N said city kulN.Jiy,s right 70
~ s,iem Oregon, resery ~ ~ right
ie,.t any or all bids, anu, anu Al reserve !.
Ser we'd by the city OI - ..a t,r eight W
award on the bids ONLY bids. and, .. y, 7.
.',fter the opening Of sara esrSed, srSd i Ias. /.
time within said TIM, y IN said bld, =
cept OF reject any of q, ,acespfed sna1h 4 I.
the party whose bln n,,,,,is y M the bone..e "a
clie a contract ana ~. ~ with the 80 "a 4
q an1gr % h,p zen ssn days amer the AeaeP'
bids. s.r heretofore nll,i,s MAUI Il d
coIelnon Council Of tne S,'i n iHuTrON'
gon- JOHN 6lhsAApl
4. b. MOylis, sr,rop.
COMMITTEES on stfes'e -
fv of the city ofsAienl. --
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-06-19
The work of Years Undone in a Day.

The WORK or Years Undone in Day.
There is such a thing as being too
careful about your youngsters. A prom
inent Maine clergyman endeavored to
bring up his children far from the con-
taminating influence of the vulgar mob.
No public schools, no games with the
boys, no hilarious fun, mo nothin', +"
as young America graphically expresses
it. The boys were not allowed to leave
the dooryard unless they were securely
shackled to the parsons hand.
Well one day boyish nature asserted
itself, and they ran away. AS might be
expected, they Immediately gravitated
among the worst crowd in town. All
day they heard those names and words
so reverently spoken by their father in
his prayers coupled in the most as
tonishing and startling manner.
They arrived in the paternal dooryard
at night-dusty, torn, tired, but happy
"Well, young sirs, where have you
been this dayP
'Oh, father, we've been down to see
the Brown boys and"-
''The Brown boys, you rascalsl and
don't you know that they are the most
wicked little boys in the village2'
"Oh, no, no, father" expostulated
the youngsters; they're surely not
wicked, for there's not been a minute
this afternoon but that they've earnest
ly called upon the name of the Lord. 4"
Lewiston Journal.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-06-19

The key of Death" is apparently a
large key which is shown among the
weapons at the arsenal at Venice. 1t
was invented by Tibaldo, who, disap-
pointed in love, designed this instru-
ment for the destruction of his rival
The key is so constructed that the han
die may be turned around, revealing a
small spring, which being pressed very
fine needle is driven with considerable
force from the other end. This needle
is SO very fine that the flesh closes over
the wound Immediately, leaving no
mark, but the death of the victim is al
most instantaneous. Detroit Free Press
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-06-19

. s,,..t. ..tt,.cytt.' THAT Weighs over 9
Tbousaud Pounds aud Cost si'OiV.
The bigpest biscuit" Of rubber ever
seen in North America is on exhiDltloh
in a store in Warren street Ii came
from the upper Amazon, weighs triiie
over thousand pounds and cost its
owners 81 .01O. Around its largest CIR
cumference it measures 10 feet, being
composed of successive layers that form
a practically solid mass throughout
There is enough rubber in the lump to
make 1000. 600 election" bands, or,
II made into a single string, there is
enough to make a line which would
reach $50 miles.
Although the biscuit is now perfectly
black. it was pure white, like the juice
of the milk weed, when taken from the
tree. The native who made the lump
first drove two crotched stakes in the
ground at a distance of ten feet apart,
and in the crotehes he rested a smooth
pole. Then he built fire midway be
tween the posts, in such a position as
to concentrate the heat at the center OF
the crosspiece. The rubber, in its fluid
consistency, was poured on the hottest
surface of the stringer, and as it felt
the warmth of the fire it CONCEALED.
By turning the pole slowly around the
layer of rubber took its present shape,
which is that of a big, overgrown bis
cult
1t is slow work turning the stick and
congealing the rubber, and a whole
day is consumed in making a single
layer 1t took forty days to complete
the biscuit in question, for, besides
hardening it, it had to be cured and
smoked by processes very similar to
those used in curing and smoking hams.
The Amazon natives use a peculiar
bark to effect the curing process, which
is burned in the fire, and which i'm.
parts certain properties that prepare
the rubber for preservation.
The rubber which is here described
smells so much like the ordinary sugar
cured ham that one could not tell the
difference if blindfolded. In this re-
spect the rubber from the Amazon pos
sesses a distinct superiority over that
from Africa In the latter country the
natives seem to know nothing what
ever about the curing and smoking
process, and the result is that their
rubber has an indescrbably vile odor.
In preparing this big lump for com
L 81
grinder or mill, where it will undergo a
treatment very like that of mastication.
This makes it pliable. 1t will then be
put into a calendar, where it will be
lattened and drawn out into the re-
luired size and shape, after which it
will be cut up into the shapes used in
New York Times.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-06-19
Remarkable Rescue.

Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plainfield,
Ills, makes the statement that she
caught cold, which settled on her
lungs; she was treated for a month
by her family physician, but grew
worse. He told her she was Il hope
less victim of consumption and that
nc medicine could cure her. Her
druggist suggested Dr. KiRg's New
Discovery for Consumption; she
bought bottle and to her delight
found herself benefited from first
dose. She continued its use and
taking ten bottles, found herself
sound and well, now does her own
housework and is as we'll as ever she
was.-Free trial bottles of this Great
Discovery at Fry's Drug Store, large
bottles 80 cts. and 500.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-06-19

Articles known to medical science
are used IN preparing Hoods Sarsa.
parilla. Every ingredient is care
mlly selected, personally examined,
and only the best retained. The
medicine is prepared under the su-
pervision Of thoroughly competent
pharmacists, and every step in the
process of manufacture is carefully
watched with IA view of securing in
Hoods Sarsaparilla the best possible
result.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-06-19
J. r. WHITE,
AND TRUCK LINE,
Hauling of all kinds. Best work.
Wagon at every train.
Administrators Sale.

NOTICE Is hereby ven that by virtue
~ OF an order and cehse OF resale duly
made, rendered aud ents red OF record by
the county court OF the stale OF Oregon Tor
Marion county on the lsi day OF June. 1891,
authorizing and en- mpOwering me as admin
istratriN Cf the estate OF j.. III, Bellit ger,
deceased, 10 sell the real property OF said
decedent hereinafter described, VIII on
IA urday, the llih day OF July, 1871, at !
O'Clock IN the afternoon OF said day AZ The
door OF the county c0urt house, IN Salem,
Marion county, Oregon, sell az public auc-
tiOn 90 the highest bidder for one aaii cash
in hand ON tie day Ofs0le and the balance
payable Ia six months with inteios irom
the day ofsaie until paid, at eight per cent
per anuum deferred payments 80 pc sc.
cured by mortgage on The laud sold ana
the pufehas o. d pay al taxes ON said
inortEagel an the gishf, title, interest and
estate, which aid n. n, hellinger deceased,
had a as dC,fh, Ia or 10 the following de-
scriOed property, 90 vii; The west hall
oi the DONATION landcllim % John "a. bel
lEger and Mary G. heliineer, his Niie, notl.
ncsNion ~. 61. claim No 81 IA To a;
vest ~ Ni'itm-tie meridian and cinlul
10 81 MT lIs,R west or NltlAnietle
me 4 40, in eaf0a county ufeFons con-
tliniut i4l acr-s ul iand, q ore of ltrn,
Mrs. A. A. iftillenlt,
Adaini, tulii IA "a the eal4le ~ ~ nei'
hngcr, dec arcd. the"
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-06-19
Rainy weather is not appreciated
by the building trades or brickmak-
nrn


Dinner Tor Two. Appetite FOR One ="
says a dyspcptio to the waiter, ordering
for self aud lfiend. Aud suppose he had
hnd an appetite. a. would have axorixod
him, subsequently, 20 crafty a. q! the
ahominNble panss that even a little meal
furgatary 0n eartn-no less. Altogether
unncCfSsary, though. Begin AZ oucc, sys-
tclnntlcAlly, u course of HOstciicr's Stnm-
uch liitlcfs, ye uufoftuuatcs with ralractO-
~ stonlitchs. in saying this We only echo
the fcclltcd experience ot thousands who
have used the great siomHCiiic 10 their
lasting ncnont fof lnr inAclion of a slug
gish liver. and ior iardy or icnction of the
bowels. both very ~. IA accompany as 3
pfnsia, thie nue ltsulatuf - equally en-
clent Aalarial Complaints, Sldncy trouble
rheulna lam aud neuralgia depart when a
rcsort IA hao ~ the hltlefs.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-06-19
Marion Co. Normal Institute

The third annual session q 'ns ny beld ii
county Normal Institute, WIN iodS~S,aspcnl SS os
the East salem school nous, hi SyI'' eontinn'
Monday, July 9, 1891, and WIZ '
three weeks. 81, a., done. unde
the management Of able laslSoa'o'ssn ashoeas and, IL
branches taught in onr se5y,ls, alesss. win viii b
sufficient number desire u, n,,apby e,pIy Comp
organized in thyslcai oeos'"r
sition, ane Bookkeeping. Institute Al
The objects OF the Normal a, in'iib N the con,
TO review lhe subjects tansait he ne besl met
mon schools, and to discuss g. snupIs, mi The Ii
ods of presenting them 70 iooppSiSs pSp9,o only, b.
also s2ng iSF teGs n0sf BOOKS %1o on al Dra3,SSs III
A Zee nf one dollar will !, " sbe InstiuI
help defray the expenses address
For iurther III ioi i'' ID. W. NODssaso ODsaao0
County superintendent oi oiConilne-
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-06-19
The monkey wreneh and Its 1nrentor.

The Monkey Wrench and Its Inventor.
Monkey wrench is the name applied
to tool, a sort of spanner with NOV
able jaw. Some etymologists account
for the forepart of the name by recall
ing the fact that a monkeys jaw is
movable also. The monkey wrench
was invented some years ago by a poor
mechanic whose name is Charles None
key. He sold his patent for song,
aud is now working for days wages in
Brooklyn. His invention has made
millions of dollars for those who were
able to place it upon the market. =
Harper's Young People.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-06-19
Happy H00siars

- -Il"TTJ HV01I"I1s
Wm. Timmons, Postmaster of
ldayille, Ind, writes; Electric
Bilters has done more for me than
all other medicines combined, for
that bad feeling arising from Kidney
aud Liver trouble" John Leslie,
farmer aud stockman OF same place,
says. "Find Electric Bitters To be
the hest Kidney aud Liver meciolne,
made me feel like a new man, J.
w. Gardner, hardware merchant,
same town, says. Electric Bitters
Is Just the thing for man who il
AT run down and don't care whether
he lives or dies; he found new
strength, good appetite and felt
Just like be had new lease on life.
Only 50 cts. a bottle AZ Fry's Drug
Stofe.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-06-19

Rather Doubtful Accomplishment.
Distinguished Foreigner under
stand the UAited States has built some
Of the fastest cruisers ever designed.
American-Yes, Stree. They can run
ike a railway train.-Good News.