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a Mental Relief.

THANKS, said the guest to the coloreo
man who brought his soup at last. "Yot
have taken great wait off my mind."-
Washington Star.
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NOTICE.

All those who can furnish rooms for
visitors during the fair will please leave
their address at the hotels or Board of
Trade rooms. II. L. PIERCE.
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The state convention of the Young
Women's Christian association will be
held in Wichita from the 9Th TO 1Ith q
October. The association of this city
earnestly desire 10 make this convention
pleasant TO delegates. Any one who can
enteNain one or more of them in your
homes will please leave and address at as
Eociation rooms, 2lS North Market
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Children Cry for Pitchers CastOria

Wichita and Kansas City express. Santa
Fe route. leaves daily at sos a. ~. arrives
in Topeka 2:lO p. m, and in Kansas City
4:25 D. ~, with no change Of cars, reclin-
ing chair car seats in which are free. AL
ways on time. Stops everywhere and runs
fast between stations Atf
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Will Eagle
AN IMPORTANT ACT.


me Royal Baking Powder Condemned in the
New York Legislature.
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The Missouri Pacific railway is the only
inc running an afternoon train Wichita
0 St. Louis, lea wing Wichita At lis p m.
and arriving at St. Louis O'Clock next
morning; 4s miles the shortest line and
hrse hours the quickest time. lZ1tf
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Blank charters and all kind Of legal
blanks for sale By
TEE WICHITA EAGLE.
d7ltt Wichita. Kansas.
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NGf' SShOGStOre
526 E Douglas Avenue.
Harcourt Place Seminary.

school of the highest grade for young ladies and
girls. Established upon original lines, its success
has been remarkable. For catalogue address the
principal MISS ADA l. AVER, b. A, Gambler, o.
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DIRECTORS:

--ohn B. Carey. George " walter " r Green
J. F. Allen, Kos harris J. 81. Alien. ?. =. nsaiy.
lombard. Jr.. Peter Gstto. l.. y. scinHsE Jsaes
LON bard.
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Act L The Students room Mother
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-28

A little story is told of Du Maurier,
the well known artist of Punch, the
Englishmans materialized idea of wit,
humor and burlesque. The artist lives
in a beautiful country home near Lon
don, and one OF his pet views is from his
study window across his own lawn out
beyond TO the landscape surrounding
Harrow. An American. of America to
the west, recently visited him for a day,
and Mr.. Du Maurier was showing his
guest about the place.
There, he said. coming to his favor
tie window, sis the prettiest thing Of
all. That IS Harrow
The American looked out for minute
or two.
Harrow" he said inquiringly.
Yes" repeated the artist, Harrow. F."
els that soy" questioned the visitor.
"Well, now, do you know, took it for
a lawn mower
And he wasn't joking, either. He had
overlooked the landscape entirely, and
was looking at an agricultural machine
on the lawn. and the artists heart was
brOken.-Detr0ir Free Press.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-28

Vittoria Coionnas the Italian poetess OF
the Fifteenth century and a model of
Italian matrons, as she was styled was
born in 1890, the daughter of Fabrizio
Colonna. great constable of the kingdom
of Naples, and of Anna the daughter OF
Federico di Montefeltro, duke of Urbine
Vittoria belonged to one of the oldest and
most illuStrious families of Italy. who, in
the Eleventh century, became possessed OF
the feudal estate of La Colonna in the Tus
culan hills, and made themselves famous
as soldiers and priests At the age OF
seventeen NittOria married Francis Dava
los, son OF the marquis of Pescara, who
served with distinction in the armies of
Charles V, and in 1875 died of the wounds
he had received in the battle OF Pavia
where, as commander of the imperia
army, he greatly contributed to the glorl
Gus victory over the French. Vittora
Colonna, who was incousoable for the
death of her husband, determined on spend
ing the remainder of her life in religious
secluson, although various proposals of
second marriage were made TO her. HeI
contemporaries, among them Michael An
gelo and AriOsto, extolled her beauty, her
talents and her virtue, and her poems, ell
titled Rhine della divina Vittoria Colon
ma di Pescara," were greatly admired, and
have often been reprinted Vittoria Co
lonna died at Rome in l547, ard her poems
upon religious subjects, Rhine Spirituale
di Vittoria Colonna," were published at
Venice in l54S
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A Story OF Pawn. the Novelist.

James Payn. the English novelist, is the
author of this short but interesting story
when was a small boy was taken 10
call upon most excellent clergyman. who
had a missionary box upon his drawing
room table | was too small TO be inter
ested in the conversation. and 50 after
looking at the pictures and out Of the win
dow, | amused myself with trying whether
a five shilling piece-all the money | bad 90
the world, invested in that gigantic coin
for safety-would go into tine slit In the
box 1t was a close fit, but unfortunatell
it did go and slipped out Of my finger
There was terrible metallic crash-a rocA
of silver falling into a sea Of copper-snd
then, as the novelists say, i knew o.
more When / came TO myself fount
my family and the clergyman in raptur-
over my charitable act. | have given cot
siderable money 10 the missionary c'tu-e
since then, but never a sum with such iii
grace or one that bankrupted me more
completely"
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A Remarkable Deaf Mute.

One of the most remarkable inmates
of the New York Institution for the
Deaf and D b is Richard Clinton, who,
though deaf. dumb and blind, has in the
fourteen years he has spent in the asy-
lum acquired an education and a self
supporting trade. He was born in Dub
lin with the senses of sight and. hearing
perfect One eye was destroyed in
childhood by an explosion, and an attack
of scarlet fever cost him the other eye
and his hearing.
He was for time in a school for deaf
mutes in Ireland, but it was not until he
entered the New York institution that
he derived benefit from the instruction
given him. Here he has been taught the
ordinary branches of education and has
acquired the trade of bottoming chairs.
He learned TO write by using a rule to
guide his hand. Of late he has learned
to use the typewriter and has discarded
the pen.
Clinton uses the sign language in con-
versation. and reads the replies of his
companions by touching their hands.
His touch is abnormally sensitive. as is
often the case with the blind. BY touch
ing the hand of a friend he recognizes
the person. and he recalls an old ac-
quaintance from whom he has been long
separated by feeling his face, hands and
form.
The other boys in the institution treat
Clinton in their play as roughly as if he
had sight. He never reSents such treat
ment. he is only angered when he is
pitied. When he is pushed he recog-
nizes the persons attacking him by the
manner in which they touch him. Many
tricks have been played upon him, but
it rarely happens that he gets caught
twice by the same trick.-New York
Y orIu.
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Ammonia Poisoning.

No poison brings death with more
maddening agony than ammonia, but
that fact does not seem to discourage the
suicide The man Harrowitz. who de-
hberately swallowed fatal dose of the
drug in New York, is only one of the
many who have gone the ammonia
route to death in spite of the excruciat-
ing pain. Dr. Blyth has recorded thirty
cases of ammonia poisoning in the small
London district of which he is health
officer. Professor Mitchell mentions
twenty-five cases, and four have oc-
Cured during the short time DR.. jenkins
has been connected with the coroner's
Office IN New York Exchange.
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The Screech Owl.

Few cries Of birds are more melancholy
than that of the screech owl, a sound which
has long been regarded with dislike. The
superstitious dread of the cry Of the owl Is
found in the forest lands of the far S.st
The redskin listens with alarm to the dis
NAL screeching of the owl, firmly believing
that its wild cries portend some impending
calamity Wilson, the ornithoiogist, in
describing the cry of these owls, says.
This ghostly Waterman has frequently
warned me Of the approach Of morning
sweeping down and around my fires. utter
ing loud and sudden Waugh Oh waugh
or sufficient to have alarmed 6 whole gar
rison- He has other nocturnal solos, one
Of which very strikingly resembles the halt
suppressed scream Of person sufocatinz
or throttled" Sir John Richardson mar.
rates the circumstance OF party of Scot
fish Highlanders who passed q long win
ter's night Of intense fear in the depths OF
an American pine forest They had made
their bivouac tire from wood taken from
an Indian tomb; all night long the shrieks
Of the owl rang in their sfr.ghted ears,
cries which they at once judged came from
the spirit Of the old warrior bemoaning bis
desecEated resting place.
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THE NAME CRANK"
One Version of How This Much Abused
Term Originated.


Term Originated.
1t is claimed by one authority that the
first "crank" was Morse the inventor OF
the telegraph. According TO the popular
story, when Morse made his first appear
ance in Washington and when congress
met he was on hand to try and secure an
appropriation of 81 900 TO build an expert
mental telegraph line from Washington to
Baltimore. He brought along with him
his wires, instruments and electrical gen
orator. The former ne stretched in and
around the Capitol building, with instru
ments here and there and the generator
which was operated with crank he placed
in a convenient location and secured the
services of man to do the generating
The experiment created intense interest
among the members of congress- and espe-
cially among the northern members of the
senate. They became so absorbed in MIR
Morse and his experiment, and they neg
lected their business in the senate to such
an extent, that that body was frequently
without a quorum The center of their
interest was the crank machine turned by
the man in his operation of generating the
electric current for the wires. The interest
but increased IA Mr. Morse each day more
clearly demonstrated the practicability Of
his invention, and the public's business in
the senate suffered accordingly.
Finally, Senator Benton's patience be
came exhausted at the want of quorum
aud, rising in the senate one morning, he
said:
'Mr President, it is quite evident to my
mind that we will never be able to proceed
with business till this crank man and his
bill is disposed of, and, with the object of
Fastening him to fold up his crank and get
away from the Capitol SO we may have Inc
attention of the senators, move that the
bill appropriating $1,000 to construct a
line between this city and Baltimore be put
upon its passage"
As soon as word went out that the bill
had been called up, the northern senators
focked into the chamber and in a few
minutes Mr. Morse was made happy over
the passage of his bill. But from that time
on he was known as Morse, the Crank"
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HE LIVES.

Speak tenderlyl For he 10 dead" we say
with gracious hand smooth all his rough
ened past.
And fullest measure Of reward forecast,
Forgetting naught that gloried his brief day.
Yet when the brother who along our way
Promo with his burdens. heart worn in the
strife
Falters before us, how we search his life,
Censure, and sternly punish while we mayl
Oh, weary are the paths of earth. and hardI
And living hearts alone are ours to guard.
At least begrudge not TO the sore distraught
The reverent silence Of our plying thought
Life. too. is sacred; and he best forgives
Who says. He errs, but" nenderlyD "he lives"
Mary Mspes Dodge in Boston Womans
Journal
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Queer Superstitions.

If you pay out money on Monday morn
ing you will pay out money all the rest
of the week. 1t is unlucky to spill salt
at the table, and to rub a hunchback
will bring luck TO any immediate project
you have in view. To leave the house
and then suddenly return to it is consid-
cred bad omen. This is very old su-
perstition, but common one with rs.
Laodamia refers to it in her letter to
Protesilaus, after he had left for the
Trojan war.
Some years ago asked a neighbor to
haul dead horse from the premises.
He declared that if ne did so one of his
own horses would die within the year.
l reasoned him out of the superstition
and he removed the horse Strange to
say, one of the span of horses which he
used for the purpose died shortly after
ward.-Philadelphia Ledger.
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M.rrlsr. Custom. in Brittany.

In Brittany. II the wife seeks 20 rule. she
must take care that the ring. when placer
on her finger. shall slip at once 20 it, place
instead of allowing it to stop at the fir
joint. The bride who lost her rirg lost her
appetite. and TO break II portended death
Attention Is also paid IN this province TO
the altar candles If they burn brightly
throughout the mass the couple will i've
tremendously. The one whose candle
burns with the brightest fame will live
longest. II one goes out. then its donor
will die that year.
The Swedish bride tries 70 see the groom
before be sees her. 70 gain the mastery
She places her foot before his during the
ceremony and sits in the bridal chair 6rst
She must stand near the groom. 20 that no
nus can come between them
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We Believe

That S. S. S. is without an
equal as a remedy for mala-
rial poison. 1t cIeanses the
system of all impurities.
SUFFERED FOR YEARS
WITH hALARIAL POISON.
MY Appetite FAILED. AND
TWAS GREATLY REDUCED IN FLESH.
TED ne EEEcUsF
AND POI ~ TfE4 TNEET.
5E1 ceE7TsgEb 10 GER R0ESE
gRTTL are FE1 LoST al esEsks
O. s. g.. MADH A COMPLETE
AND PERMANENT CURE, AND
MY HEALTH Is BITTER NOW
THAN IT EVER WAS.
J. A RICE. OTTAWA. KAN.
Book on blood and Skin diseases free.
Tie swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga
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DR.. Howard, of Flatbush, L. l., was
routed out at midnight to marry couple
and was compelled to arouse his family
to act as witnesses. He was given a fat
package by the bridegroom, upon the
larter's departure. The good doctor
spent haitian hour or so unwinding paper
after paper from that package only to
find at last sil-er quarter which had
been used as a sleeve button. One face
had been ground smooth and ornament
ed with a MONOGRAM. New York World
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Remember This When You Call on a Zulu.

A Zulu chief, when you enter his hovel,
remains silent for some moments, and
seems quite unconscious of your presence.
IT length be says in tone of grave dig
nifty, "Ge saku bona" q see youl, to which
you reply in the same way. The longer he
takes to ''see you" the greater man you
are supposed to be; and until you are thus
seen" you must keep silent, aud appear as
much as possible not 70 be there at ALI
David Ker in New York Epoch.
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DIRECTOKS:

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&. 4 Wake. Cashier u. = Rfia4sr. A-.s l..a
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Wichita National Bank.

PAID Up CAPITAL. $3.50. 600
BDRPELe. 5e.Oo9
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-30
"THERMIDOR."
The Chamber of Deputies Excited
Over the PLAY.

PARIS, Jan. 29.-The suppression of
.Thermidor' was the subject of an ex-
citing debate in the chamber of depu-
ties to-day. NJ. Fonquier began the
discussion with violent speech, in
which he censured the prohibition of
"Thermidor" as an act against the in
tereStS of dramatic art. 1t was possible,
he said, to be republican without max
ing cult of the reign of terror" nj.
Bourgeois, minister of public inStruc-
ton and fine arts, said that the govern
ment had not acted as a dramatic cen
scr, but had interfered only when the
piece had led to disturbances.
NJ. Reinach expressed the hope that
the republic would remain faithful
to the principles of liberty, and that it
would not be less liberal than the mon
archy of Charles X, under which plays
inimical to the regime were permitted.
Nj. Constans, minister of the interior.
said that it was no part OF his duty to
judge dramatic work after the second
night OF ''Thermidor." The cabinet
had learned that tickets had been dis
tributed in certain quarter, and that
preparations had been made to raise
disturbance, which it was necessary to
prevent. A street riot could be easily
stopped, but riot in theater would
be difficult to suppress. The necessity
of maintaining order was the only rea-
son for the prohibition of the play. M.
Clemeneeau said that he considered the
play directed against the revolution as
Il great historic whole, from which indi-
yidual episodes could not be isolated.
When the revolution occurred the an
ceStorS of the members of the Right
were with the enemy, stabbing France
in the back. Applause on the Left.
The revolution was not yet over. In the
meantime, the Republicans would not
let the revolution be tarnlshed by such
a representation as ''Ihermidor."
If the government did not do its duty
the citizens would do their duty. [Ap-
Right. Count Albert de Nun, of the
Right said he did no wish to discuss the
revolution, but he would ask the
government what it thought of Nj.
Clemeneeau's theories, and whether
the cabinet desired war with the
Right or Cancellation. Premier de
Freycinet said that question SURPRISED
aud shocked him. The government was
the depository of the conquests of the
revolution, and the reSOlute defender of
the republic. Could it be supposed that
the government upheld the excuses OF
the reign of terror" The ministry
represented not group, but the entire
Republican party. 1t was the ministry
of the nation, and was desiriouS to see
unity throughout the nation.
M. Maiarte congratulated the govern
ment upon the fact that it had not asso-
eiated Itself with the violent language
of NJ. Clemenccau. This remark caused
an uproar, in the midst of which NJ. De
Freyrinet declared the debate closed.
The premier then declared that the GOV
ernine.it demanded that tue chamber
pass 10 The erdrr OF tht day. Tnis WAS
agreed IL ~ ii vote Of ;5Io to 1872, aud tie
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-30

vicious dogs liable for damage to sheep
owners; prohibiting diseased sheep from
running at large; aDpropriating money
for salaries of state officers and for clerk
hire for state officers; appropriating $780,
600 and 5000 for site for the Devils Lake
deaf and dumb asylum; appropriating
$1,000 for expenses OF agent to select
public lands granted by congress to
public institution, and $4,000 to contest
abandoned claims to obtain land for the
public institutions: bill appropriating
S., 900 for annual firemen's tournament;
transferring the stock indemnity fund
to the general fund in the state treas
ury. The house concurrent reso-
luton calling on county audi
tors to enforce the state banking
law was made special order for Feb. L.
The governor approved the bill amend
of independent school districts in cities.
The bill giving county commissioners
power to dispose of real estate bid in for
delinquent taxes; also, bill appropriate
ing money for per diem of legislature;
also, bill apprOpriating $1,000 to carry
out the provisions of the grain and
warehouse law enacted last session;
also. the bill amending the agricultural
college act of 1890. The senate COM
mittee on the contest of Whitman VS..
Patch did not report to-day. 1t is I'M
derstood majority and minority reports
will be submitted. The majority is in
favor of Patch, Democrat, who now
holds certificate. Frank Thomson, of
Fargo. has been appointed assistant at
tOrney general of state.
Wellman has withdrawn his contest
against Patch. This disposes of all
contests, and leaves all who had certifi-
Gates in their seats. The sentiment of
the legislature. irrespective of party. is
to not go behind the returns, and this
will be precedent for the future.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-30
ALLIANCE ADJOURNs.
The National Convention Elects
Officers and Adjourns.

The National Convention Elects
Officers and Adjourns.
OMAHA, Jan. 29.-Chicago was Sc
lected as the place for the next meeting
of the National Farmers Alliance at its
session this morning. The only 9th er
business transacted was the election of
officers, which resulted as follows:
President = John H. Powers. Nebraska.
Vice Presidents-Charles Morgan, Pennsyl
vania: Thomas Finks, New York; W. III.
SIckins, Ohio: William Kineard. Indiana
Milton George, Illinois; G. M. Butts, Wiseon-
sin: G. o. Collins, Missouri; A. j. Westfall,
Iowa: j. j. Furlong, Minnesota; WA. Jones,
Nebraska; G. +. Cravens, Washington. Sec
rotary and Treasurer-August Post Iowa.
National Lecturer-George Lawrence, Ohio.
First Assistant National Lecturer-Miss Eva
Mcdonald, Minnesota. Second Assistant
j. w. Ravens, Washington.
The afternoon session was devoted al
most exclusively to debate OH the fol
lowing resolution, which was finally
passed:
''That we, the land owners of the country,
pledge ourselves TO demand equal rights witt
bankers and others who borrow money from
the United States; that we demand that the
government loan TO individuals upon real es-
tate security an quitable sum of money at
a rate oflnterest not exceeding per cent per
annum in sums not exceeding So 900 to any
one individual and that the amount loaned
be apportioned among the states, counties
and townships according to population
This resolution, which was intro
duced by President Powers, was de-
feated yesterday afternoon, and was re-
considered at to-day's session after
nearly all its opponents had left under
the impression that the business of the
conven ton was over. Adjourned sine
die.