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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-29
Columbus Body.

Christopher Columbus died in obscurity
and poverty at Valadolid, Spain, May
20, 1906. By special favor of the monks
of st. Francis his body was, for time,
deposited in the vault of their church in
that city, but some years later, IN pur-
suance of his own expressed wish, the
remains were translated TO Hispaniola
and placed in crypt under the cathe-
dral of San Domingo. In 1929 the body
of Diego, the son of Columbus, was also
buried in the crypt, and some years
afterward that Of Luis, the discoveries
grandson, was laid with the other two.
In 1895 the Spanish part of San Domingo
was coded to the French, but before the
cession permission was given for the re-
moval of Columbus body to Havana.
A metallic case, supposed to contain
the body of the discoverer, was removed
and placed in the Cathedral of Havana,
and the matter rested until 1877, when a
metallic casket was found in the San
Domingo vault, which beyond all doubt
was that of Christopher Columbus. 1t
was inscribed both within and without
with his name and titles, and proved be-
yond question that, through haste or
carelessness, the persons who effected
the removal in 1855 had carried away the
body of Diego, the son of Columbus,
and that the remains of the great adj
miral now rest beneath the Cathedral Of
San Domingo.-St. Louis Globe-Demo-
GRAFT
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-29
Cats EnioH Eun.

?, he sportiveness Of kittens Is eXuDer-
ant and makes them the most delightful
Of pets. Lindsay's re=ark Is superhuous
except that it has 20 be- made tor the
formal completeness Of his treatise that
dogs and cats take part II the fun and
frolic-sometimes rough and boisterous
enough-of their child playfellows. They
give every evidence, in fact, that such
fun and frolic are the most enjoyed
features Of that period Of their lives. As
the animal natures il becomes more
sedate, and even assumes n ueditanvc
air, but the taste for sport does not die
out I'll inhruity begins TO wear upon H..
A cat mentioned in The Aai-sal
World would allow itself 20 be rolled up
or swung about IN a tableclOth. and
seemed % enjoy the fun. and Woo 8
diCni6ed Pusset would let his friends 10
anything they pleased with him-lift
him up BY any part Of the body. tc5
him IN the air from one 20 another, uss
him as footstSol, boa OF pillow. make
rim jump over their hands OF leap ca
their shoulders, OF walk along thelr ez-
tended arng with perfect complacency.
At the same time he was keenly sea-i-
tive 70 ridicule. and IL laughed a. would
walk Of with every manifestation q a.
Tended diguity.-W. Il Lsrraoee IN
Popular Science.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-29
A Northern Hoodoo.

Slug No. 4 was a pretty good printer
and a jolly fellow outside when the last
form had gone down. But he was a
southern man, and he couldn't, to save
his life, get rid of the dialect of the darby.
81 doan't know how it is" he used to
say, "but yo' fellahs seem ter see sumpin'
berry sahprisin' about the way talk.
The boys in the same alley used to have
a good deal of fun with No. and his
dialect, and one day they teased him so
that, dropping stickful of agate type,
he turned upon the one nearest to him,
and raising both hands exclaimed:
Il cuss yol 1 cuss yo'! I cuss yo' till
de hoodoo gifts yo'!'
That was all very funny for the boys,
but the strange part came three weeks
later, when the one who had been
"cussed" was discharged for cause. He
''subbed" around for a couple Of days
after that, but couldn't find work again.
II looked as if the hoodoo had caught
him.
Slug No. 4 was treated very respect
fully after that. Somehow the boys
didn't like that hoodoo business. 1t was
too uncanny for them.-New York Even
ing Sun.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-29

nad been employed before his decease.
In the shop he would walk about, sit
himself down, take boxes, pots, glasses,
etc, from the shelves, always returning
them to their exact places.
Later on he began to try the quality of
the medicines and to weigh various drug
stuffs in a pair of scales used for that
purpose; would pound drugs in a mortar
with a ''mightie noise" and even serve
people who came on business to the shop;
in word, do all that a servant in such
a capacity could do. He looked very
CHASTITY upon those who had formerly
been bis fellow servants, they being
afraid TO say anything 10 him. The
owner of the drug shop was sick at the
time, and this phantom servant soon
began 20 cause him deal of trouble,
performing all sorts Of tricks on the in
valid. such as pulling down the bed upon
which he lay, burning sheets, coverlets,
etc, and at one time even going so far
as TO throw the lamps in the fire as often
as they were brought into the sick room.
During all this time he had never been
seen in the streets or heard to speak.
Finally, one day be put on a cloak that
hung in the shop and walked out into
the streets, minding no one and turning
neither. to The right nor to the left.
Nearing the churchyard where his
mortal remains had been deposited, he
met a maid servant with whom he had
formerly been on speaking terms; &c
costed her, only to see her fall in a
swoon. This single instance Is the
only one i'll which he is said 10 have
spoken during the six weeks he was ter
rorizing all that portion of Silesia.
When the girl tainted the gallant
phantom essayed TO help her 10 her feet,
and placed in her hand a paper written
in blood red ink telling the location of
much buried treasure. That night Prin=
cess Elizabeth Charlotte, the then chief
magistrate of Crossen, determined TO
put an end TO the ghostly raids Of the
drug clerk She ordered the grave
opened, and the corpse, grave clothes
and the coffin burned.
This weird proceeding was carried out
to the letter, and nothing Of the ghost
clerk was ever seen aftervard, although
exact pictures Of him appeared IN every
window pane in the drug shop building.
Some of these pictures, which much re-
sembled sand blast work, faded in a few
months, but two Of them, in an attic
window where the clerk lived prior 10
his death, were plain TO be seen up 10
the time the building was destroyed by
FIRE in 1741. No explanation Of these
mysterious shadows has ever been
eiven.-St. Louis Republic.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-29
ROWDED ASYLUMS.

Judge Buckner was in receipt of letter
Yesterday from the superintendent of the
insane asylum at Topeka, in answer to a
request to take patient from this county,
stating that the asylum was full to over
flowing. The letter also stated that Sedg-
wick county already had three more pa
tients than her quota, besides five who
were out on visits, and who were likely to
have to be returned at any time.
The superintendent said that it would
be utterly impossible to take any more
patients unless some who were there now
were removed or turned out 10 be taken
care Of by their respective counties. There
is now a man in this city whose wife keeps
him at home rather than have him con-
fined in Jail, who, the probate states
should be in the asylum il there was room
to accommodate him.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-29
HENRY VIII.

Whether il was the personal popularity
of Frederick Warde and Mrs. d. p Bow
ers. or the fact that they appeared in one
of Shakespeare's plays rarely seen upon the
stage of today, is not plain, but they were
greeted at the Academy Of Music last even
Inc by one of the largest audiences seen
there for many days. The play was Hen
~ VIII"
Mr.. Warde appeared as Cardinal Wolsey,
and Mrs. Bowers as Queen Katharine. The
play was necessarily arranged TO suit mod
ern requirements. and ended with the hap
tismal of Elizabeth. As presented, 1t
aroused the interest and, at tunes, the en-
thusiasm of the audience. The costumes
had the merit of being historically correct.
The scenery was effective and as nearly
correct as was possible. On the whole, the
presentation was pleasing one TO the
large audience, and the applause was not
stinted.
Mr. Warde is a careful and conscientious
actor of the declamatory school, and with
a clear resonant voice, that was heard to
effect in the Cardinals lines last evening.
He was seen at his best upon the realiZa-
ton of his fall from greatness. His char
acteriZation was an all-absorbing and pow
erful one Mrs Bowers was a typical
queen, and did credit 10 her reputation as
a capable actress. Miss Catharine CoggS-
we'll did we'll as Lady Anne Boleyn. Mr..
h. w. Turner's King Henry was the ira
ditional rough and grutf parsonage. Mr..
c. ID. Herman took the dual parts of the
Duke of buckingham and the Earl OF Sur
rev effectively, and the rest OF the COM
pauy all did welL-Times.
Crawford Grand one night only, Satur-
day. Jan. 81 Seats now on sale.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-29
Remarkable Memories.

There was a Corsican boy who could
rehearse 20, 600 words, whether sense or
nonsense, as they were dictated, and
then repeat them in the reversed order
without making a si2gle mistake. A
physician, about sixty years ago, could
repeat the whole OF Paradise Lost"
without making o single mistake, al
though he had not read it for twenty
years. Euler. the great mathematician,
when he became blind. could repeat the
whole of Virgirs ''Eneid,7 and could re-
member the first line and last line of ev-
cry page OF the particular edition which
be had been accustomed 70 read before
he became blind.-Spare Moments.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-29

a great storm wave " peculiar % CT.
clones. Attic center OF the disturbances
the mercury IN q good barometer may
be lower BY three inches than that in a
similar instrument on tbs verge Of ths
cyclone. This 10 owing % the oflninution
OF atmospheric pressure conssq1ens ora
the rotation Il the az wheei: and as
natrrs sbpors v-cuur1, tbs sea n It's
vortex rIses above is usual level % -
equil briurn is restored. -sis storm
wave advance with the hurricane. ard
rolls IN upon the low land Ike a solid
wall In tie BackerguDgs cyclone %
1876 the storm wave covered the lane =.
the eastern ez5d q the Ganges delta 81
heights warning from I'm % forty-hFs
feet, a. measured by marks on ne tres.
One hundred thousand lives we're lost on
this occasion. Chamber Journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-29
Honesty.

Eugene Smith, secretary of the New
York Prison association, tells remark
able story of the answer thief gave to
the question, us honesty the best pol
icy?" It was in the Elmira reforlnatory,
where a class was undergoing instruc-
ton. A young man asked permission
to answer the question. Il believe hon
esty is the best policy" said he, be
cause of a case where l knew it to work
that way. Seer There was two young
fellows in New York and they was
crooked, see7 and they didn't succeed.
They went to Philadelphia, and they
turned over a new leaf and agreed to be
square and honest. They opened cloth
ing store, see? and they prospered. They
got everybody's confidence, and they Dor
rowed 800, 600 to enlarge their business,
and then they failed and got away with
every cent Of the money, which they
never could have done if they hadn't
been honest. See?'-San Francisco Ar
golaut.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-29
A NEW OLD SONG.

pray as men have prayed since earth va,
young,
In varied voice or speech, prayer Of pain,
sing-ah me the song is ever sung,
And evermore as now, in vain, in vain
>Tis oh, 70 be a little child once more
A hftle, lowly child dear God. pray
Iwoud give all my life has yet in store
Could retrace my childhood's rosy way.
Oh, cruel questioning eyes, so keen and bright
oh, cruel all revealing MONDAY sun
How can choose but shudder at the light,
When have only wrecks TO game upon
oh. for the long shadows OF the morn
Che sun shone only On high places them
To veil me or from pity or from SCOTT
Would God were sinleSs child again.
How can choose but mourn my lost estate
OF high emprise and white unEroubled trust
The palace of my dreams made desolate.
Ny king uncrowned, my treasures turned z
dust.
Oh tel me rot that life has much in store
Can it give back what once cast away
But oh, TO be a little child once more
A little, Iowly child, dear God, pray.
Katharine Z. Conway.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-29
Not to BE Bought.

The results of using big words in con-
versation with people who do not under
stand them are often laughable. In Bos-
ton there is lady of,literary aspirations
who talks even with her servants in a
sort Of literary way. The other day an
Irish servant girl employed in this lady's
house entered a neighboring grocer's
shop and asked:
do We kape anny-anny delub-fwhat
in the world is it, annyhow?-anny de-
liberation, is it, now? Doye sell amy Of
that
ANY WHAT exclaimed the grocer.
Amy deliberation, say"
mo, we don't"
"More's the pity, thin. Sure, my misth-
ress told me to wash the cut glass dishes
wild deliberation, and thin she whit away
and niver a dhrop af the shtoof can /
foind in the houser'-Youth's Compan-
ion
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-29
KOC'HS LYMPH.

The first of Dr. Koch's famous lymph to
be brought to this city and probably the
first brought into the state, has been or
dered by DR.. Boyd. A dispatch was re-
ceived yesterday by DR. Boyd from
General Won Rehm, in Vienna, to whom
DR. Boyd sent, that the lymph had been
sent as ordered. 1t Will probably be ten
or fifteen days, however, before it arrives.
The doctor informed an EAGLE reporter
that he was the first individual physician
in the west to receive a consignment of
this recently discovered remedy, but that
it had been sent to some hospitals prior to
his order There are a few cases of tuber-
culose in the vicinity of Wichita on which
the remedy will be tried before treating
any lung troubles
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-29
A BIRTHDAY SURPRISE.

A very enjoyable event occurred at the
residence of Mr.. L. Root, 400 South Water
street, on the evening of the 10Th, being
the anniversary of Mr.. Roots thirty-fifth
birthday.
His many friends and neighbors gave
him a most delightful surprise. After en-
ioying social chat and high five for a time,
refreshments were served. The following
were present during the evening: Mr.. and
Mrs Galloway, DR.. and Mrs. Street, Mr..
and Mrs. Hambrick, Mr.. and Mrs. Nor
gan, Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerman, Mr.. and
Mrs. II. Rench, Mr.. r. Root, Mrs Mary
Bohanon, DR.. Whitlock, Mrs. Gleason,
John Kline, Homer May.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-29
REACH & BOWERS MINsTRELs.

Beach & Bowers have small company,
but what they lack in quantity they make
up in quality The first part last night
was prettily set and handsomely cOstumed,
and the singing was lovely. There was a
lack of "chestnuts" in the gags, some
thing unusual in present-day minstrelsy,
and the end songs were fresh and taking.
The features in the olio, while not start
ling, were pleasing and highly enjoyed by
the audience Moncayo and Berens, in
their contortion act, were wonderful. and
probably have no superiors in their line of
acting. The Mexican drill was clever, and
the balance of the program, including the
funny afterpiece, was well given.-South
Bend Transcript.
At the Crawford Grand opera house
Monday night, Feb. 2.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-29

An Englishman. an Irishran and a
Scotchrnan. making a tour around The
city short tine SINCE. were Observed
locking through q ooufectioueT's win
dow az a beautiful young WOMAN ssTv-
ing in the shop. On exclaimed Mr.
Patrick. do let "a be after Spending
half a crown with the dear cravtur, trAt
we nav look az her conTauiently. and
have 3 bit q chat wid her You sT-
travazant dog said M Bail I'm
SIRE one half o. the money Will BE- Eylffi-
Gent; but let Is 90 n. b. al means:
she's a charming girl All. wait a
wee. iuferposed Mr. McAndrsw -dinna
ys krn in serve our purpose equally
zee Just = @zk sls bo.aie l-zz-e ~ z.s
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-29

Gen. valIejo's Position in California.
One has to go back TO the days of the
famous Spanish marches" or frontier
towns built and defended in SPANS he
roic age by her proudest knights, to find
fit parallel in history to the position
held by Gen. Vallejo during the closing
years of the Mexican rule In California
He had absolute sway for hundred
miles or more, and he kept the border"
His men rode on horseback to Monterey
and to Capt Suffers fort on the Sacra-
mento, bringing him news and carrying
his letters. Spanish families colonized
the fertile valleys under his protection,
and Indians came and built in the shad-
ows of the Sonoma mission.
He owned, as he believed by unassail-
able title, the largest and finest ranch in
the province, and he dispensed hos
pitality SO generous and universal that
IT was admired and extolled even among
the old Spanish families. J. Quinn
Thornton, who visited the coast in 1S4S,
and published his experiences, says:
Governor General Vallejo owns 1000
horses that are broken to the saddle and
bride, and 5000 that are not broken.
Broken horses readily bring 800 apiece,
but the unbroken ones can be purchased
for a trivial sum-"
More and more in the closing years of
the epoch and the days of the conquest
Gen. Vallejo became the representative
man Of his people, and so he has re-
ceived, among many of the old families,
the reproachful name of traitor to Cali
fornia and to his nation. The quiet in
tensity of this bitterness, even today, is
a startling thing. have seen men of
pure blood, famousin provincial history,
leave the room at the name of Vallejo
Charles Howard Shun in Century.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-29
HORRIBLE IF TRUE.

J. f. johnson, travelling man, came in
from Eureka yesterday and said that that
town was excited over the finding of two
dead bodies in a shanty out in the flint
hills. 1t seem as near as johnson could
ascertain, that the two were father and
son who lived in the vicinity of a small
postoffice called Lapland, and who fol-
lowed herding stock in summer. They
were not seen for some days and the neigh
bors went TO investigate with the above
results. 1t was supposed that the two had
taken sick and were so isolated that they
could not procure attendance and died
together
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-29
A Monstrous Tide.

The Bay Of Fundy forms a cul de-sac
ut which tho Atlantic ocean seems To
have taken a special spite, and at regu-
lar intervals pours into it an enormous
amount of water. Take the harbor Of
81. Johns as an illustration u what this
mighty tide must be. In most PARTS Of
the world tide OF ten feet IL considered
something abnormal. but at 81. Johns 4
rises twenty 70 twsnty-four feet in goot
weather. In stormy weather tbs mo-
notony is varied by tho high water
mark being pushed up even zen or 6fs
teen feet higher. 81. Louis Republic.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-29
The .StilI Christmas"

In the year 1926 the holiday time in
England was known as the ''still Christ
mas, for owing 10 the illness of King
Henry VIII the singing of carols and the
noisy hilarity peculiar to Christmas were
prohibited. Some who have lain sleep
less through nights of horn blowing, the
explosion of frecrackers, etc, especially
at the south, where many Of the old En-
glish holiday customs are still observed,
may understand and appreciate the royal
mandate for 'stll Christmas" With
this one exception, carols and other Joy
Gus musical exercises were u-ed At Christ
mas all through the Tudor reigns--Ha--
per.s Bazaar.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-29
CAVE BACK AFTER oEATt.

Here's Ghost That Evidently Liked
Work Connected with . Drug Store.
4 curio1s thing Is said 10 have hap
pened az Crossen. SilsEa, n the year
1853. In the spring Of that year one
Christopher Monigh, drug clerk an
spOtheczry's servant, a. the old account
SAYS, died and was buried with the
usual services Of his church A few
days after MS death a shadow exactly
Ike his in face, clothes, stature, mein,
etc, appeared II the drug shop where be
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-29
All Right

See heah. Galley, did you call me a
common ass
No, Sncbbutton, l said you was an
uncommon ass.
"Aw, that's different. cawn't stand
having anybody call me common, y
know.r-Epoch-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-29
FARMS WANTED.

In the course of conversation yesterday
a prominent real estate dealer said that
there was an unusually large demand for
farms to rent in this vicinity this season.
Men are coming from different parts of
the state and looking for good farms for
rent for the next year. He also stated
that city property was beginning to move
more readily. His firm has sold $22, 900
worth in the past five days, most of which
was inside property
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-29
NIRECK OIL.

Thomas Cook, of Corbin. Sumner coun-
ty, was in the city yesterday on business.
Mr. Cook had with him a sample of the
oil tn at is said to have been discovered in
the Prairie creek colony near that place.
The liquid is dark colored and is pro-
nounced by experts to be the genuine
rock oil The genuiness of the find is
vouched for by Sumner county people.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-29
DIED.

Yesterday morning, about l o'clock,
Mrs Valentine Book died at the residence
of the family 23O North Wabash. She
leaves husband and an infant about
ten days old. The funeral services will be
held at the German Catholic church,
corner of Second and Ohio streets, this
morning at $50 The remains will be taken
to St Marks for interment
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-29
For the Eagle
OUR WINTER.

Could we have told the birds ere they had flown.
Last autumn that the winter mild would be,
As 1t has been. they never would have gone.
But would have stayed and sung to you and me-
And they would have missed their southern flight.
For storms have failed 20 beat and winds 20 roar,
The sky has cleaned its gems through every night,
And one would think him in the sunny south,
Because the sun and breezes are the same
Hands cannot write nor words evolved from mouth
The charms Of Kansas rightfully proclaim.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-29
QUARTERLY MEETING.

The last quarterly conference for this
conference year will convene at the Dodge
avenue Methodist Episcopal church this
evening, Immediately after prayer meeting.
Very important business is to be trans
acted. 1t is absolutely necessary that
every member be present.
c. c. WOODS, Pastor.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-29
GEHRINGS
DRUG STORE,
400 EAST DOUGLAS AVE.

In addition TO a fun and most complete
stock of drugs you can now find an
elegant assortment Of Holiday Novel.
ties, com prising au endless variety OF
useful and beautiful articles tCo nun.
erous TO classify.
Prices the most reasonable.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-29

Observations seem 20 show that . de-
crease IN the earth's latitude IS in prog
ress, implying an alteration IN the dire
ton Of the earth's axis. The fuctua-
ton is thought 70 be due To a minute
oscillation caused BY some changes n
the internal wars of the earth.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-29
POLICE COURT
ANNOUNCEMENTS
wIcH1rALoDGE No. lSa. Z. or ?

WICHITA LODGE No. lS9, Z. or ?.
Regular meeting this evening at 80
o'clock sharp in Castle hall, over the
Savings bank Work in the second rank.
Every member requested TO attend. Visit
ing brothers cordially invited.
JOHN ID. DAVIS. G. c.
CHAs. NJ FECEHEnIER. h Of 4. and ;.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-29

Yesterday was gloomy day The clouds
lowered, the wind deepened and depress-
ing dampness pervaded everywhere. 1t
was too warm to keep fires going and too
clamV for ANYTHING