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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-12

According 70 La Mature. with any
Elass tube whatever IL u possible toeassiy
reproduce the song o. = bird. l. sCfAces
t. RIB the tz5e lsDgthwtss with p.ece
cs v7st cork. u order 70 initiate ths
sorE O. bird. the cox must be moved
with a varying rapidly, TOW slowly.
row rz9.ily, ard abrupt stoppages r-lrs'
irts-ys1e TIE expsriEeE: caa b uzsae
Ds-e simply By rubbing a ordinary
bottle with 2 piece CT cork
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-12
No Kick Kou,n' 70 Kansas.

re NEWsOA 2A-EAA-
Never has Kansas been so pToductlve
Of grains, fruits and vegetables, as tois
year. Every farm is a storeho'1se OF
plenty; the yield CT suzll fruits has eesn
remarkable for quantity, E:ze, perfection
and flavor; the grape vipss are eurdsrsd
with magnificent lunches; TIE plum.
apricot. peach, pear and apple tees are
bending with their weight C! fEu1ss al
root crops WELD p-odigousiyl us vsgs4s-
Die gardens are 6Ls3 With rs choices
predictions; the whez, c-cP ass bee -
carec zz9 viii .grzish fifty E-Aiiaz e7-ss-
els: TIE cats are icing harvested s5a are
expected 20 yield ssxtv susAsls gFr scrs-
the corr sro~s trcz fszE - az tsobss 9
dss. Is tAsselSES ess ard g1v@s SrsG -
OF q n-sgniEcszf creP. IEsEs . e
skick" due from Kansas farmers tbs
year.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-12
A Scinch 90 the Chinch.

From the Newton Republican.
Chancellor Snow is greatly encouraged
in his wo-k by receiving favorable re-
ports OF the deadly work q It's white
fungus" The farmers are beginning 70
have great faith in the experiments a2d
are giving al the aid they can 70 the
WORK. They need not fear the chlutz-
bug another year as the diseased huge
can he kept from year to year. and every
farmer should see 10 ir that he rss p
supply on hand ready to use at any time.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-12
A Gentle Reminder.

From the 9lcCune Times
President Diaz says that the people Of
Mexico consider the United States 1.-The
standard bearer of the grandest ideas q
equal rights and popular government. ~
This is calculated 10 remind Us that \
reciprocity treaty with that country IS
one of the things that we need.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-12

The grasshopper stories coming from
Wyoming, Arizona and Colorado will
not scare any old time Kansan. Kansas
has not had a hesitation since IA. and
will never have again except in excep-
tional dry years and then only when all
vegetation has failed in the mountain
Efpfps
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-12

4 fye-year-old boy fell into deep
water from a bridge IN Seattle. and is
was twenty-five minutes befors r1sn
brought him 70 the surface with crap
ping lions. lie was rolled over q barrel.
aid az tie end q two hours was pro-
nOuncs1 out q danger.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-12
The Scheme a Good One.
Eron the Hutchlraon 80.


Kos Harris, Of wichita, has lnaugu-
rated 2 scheme for running IN lot OF
harvest excursions this fall He IS send
ing out blank petitions ali over the state
calling on the Trans Missouri association
that meets in Kansas City on the 18th, 10
make a one fare rate during August,
September and October. The scheme l.
a good one. Bringing the eastern PEG
ME out here will Go more % clsaouse
their minds of the representation
made about our state than all otner ID
luences combined. Every town should
send 2 petition.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-12
MWt w "
". ". MURDOCH. Fdto-.

The bill passed by the state senate last
winter providing for state agent to
look after the pensions claims of Kansas
did not become a law. 1t was indefin-
itely postponed, on a motion made by
Sneaker Elder.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-12
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Tootazcoe. cAEJed By cod II ths
fsc.zl nerve. nay oftsn be relieved by
wr.cgirg a fost towel OIL q eold water
AID syr4ukiiag IL WITH TtronE viEeEaE.
tbs saoul6 ts Laid ca the face Ike .
ts1-.l.iSs. snd vii often bs fciiewsd by
rsfreszl1z slssc.-Sssy Yorh JSr-EGL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-12

1t is . common axiom that he who
discovers or produces a new article OF
human food IS beneiactor TO the race.
Secretary Rusk would extend the enco-
MUM and spply it to:one who should dis
cover a means OF Kidding the country
of food destroying pest. The secretary
declares Chancellor Snow the greatest
man living, because of his chinch-bug
exterminato-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-12
One ofth0 Factors.

From the Kansas City Gazette.
The Wichita EAGLE says there are as
many Republicans as there ever were,
but that the matter has been with the
tickets. 1t has looked to us as though
the matter has been with the peoples
pockets
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-12

10.
From the Atchlson Champion.

(
Kansas might go much farther and
fare infinitely worse than to elect Col.
Murdoch. Of the Wichita EAGLE, It's
governor, but the chances are she will
not do it because the colonel doesn't
stand in with the Bills, the Dicks and
Barnevs of the party.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-12

A WashiEgtcnian got "a al ugly prs
dic&msnt the ether H.ght. After retiring
TIE folding bed 'clossd up" O. him.
standing him CT rs head and rendering
him entirely helplss4 lis scrszIns
brought assistance ard he was s1oa r.
lezsed
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-12

BtoEss-CEr tsoy ed h.s frs. Word
tsazy. Ma - G1Ea cEEs ga al fzs
&srEts a. s4S htZa .xctzsE - y -:
; re~-=s4 tzsgs 0. rs F.z7z
EJ.uks-WAat al TIE baby szvf
B!oles-'.Cass;lz.s -Lssp.. Bszz..
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-12
Truth at Long Range.

From the Philadelphia Press.
The sale Of farming machinery IN
Kansas this season is about double what
it was last year. The best alliance a
farmer can have is with a reaping ma
chine during a prosperous harvest.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-12
EXCHANGE SHOTS.
DRAW it. or Plug it.

From the Kansas City Gazette
The Wichita EAGLE is inclined to be
disrespectful towards our secretary of
the state board of the agriculture, and
alludes to him as ''Molar that should
be drawn.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-12

Charges and fees paid by tss late D.
Mcgee 20 Pass f-ca tie sp-s>o2ats Il
Peterborough 70 To- a-ca4eP.scopats q
Yer amoEntsd 70 s. 30
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-12

There are ten oil springs within the con
fines OF the Indian Territory.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-12-31
How Do You Walk.

A shoemaker says as soon as man
comes into my shop and takes off his
shoes can tell whether or not he is a
good walker, and it is astonishing to find
how few men know the proper way to
step out. If the shoe is worn down at
the heel, not on the side but straight
back, and leather Of the sole shows signs
of weakness at the ball Of the foot, lit
tie greater on the inside just below the
base of the great toe, I know that the
wearer is a good walker If, however,
the heel is turned on one side, or is worn
evenly throughout, and the sole is worn
most near the toe, I know that have to
deal with poor pedestrian The reason
of the difference in position of the worn
spots lies in the fact that the poor walker
walks from his knees and the good one
from his hip. Watch the passer by on
the street and you will at once see the
difference Nine men ont of ten will
bend the knee very considerably in walk
ing, stepping straight out with both hips
on the same line, and the toe viii be the
first to stlike the ground. The tenth man
will bend his kneevery little, just enough
to clear the ground, and will swing tho
leg from the hip, very much as the arm
is swung from the shoulder, and not from
the elbow. BY so doing he callsup the
muscles which are strongest to bear the
strain, and increases the length of his
stride four or six inches. The heel touches
the ground first and not the toe. A
slight spring is given from the ball of the
foot on making another stride, Men who
walk in this fashion cover the ground 80
per cent or more faster with the sapre
exertion than those who walk from the
knee, LII pugiism the old rule is to
strike from the shoulder and not from
the elbow. In pedestrianism it is to wall,
from the hip and not from the knee
Globe-Democrat.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-12-31
the Autograph Album Of old.


Among the things that have been, now
laid away among the dust and ribbons,
is the old autograph album" of post
bellum days, 1t was fad of our
mothers and fathers, and it numbered
many ofus amongi its devotees in our salad
days. But it is an outgrown fad, and
one that deserves an early demise, for the
tender sentiments that chung to its finger
marked pages were dollhouse flowers of n
very forced growth. But one does not
forget the stubnosed, freckled faced boy,
with copper toed shoes, who wrote:
MAY your life have just clouds enough
to make glorious sunset" and daubed
the page with ink and molasses candy
sort of impressionist view of the sunset.
The stubnosed boy is now an attorney in
Kansas City, and was married the other
day. remember once he put a chew of
gum down the back of my neck, and one
Fourth of July night he blew up tho
Widow Nason's hitchingpost with gum
powder. Then there was the boy whose
father cut his hair by putting a bowl
over the top of his head, following the
edges with his shears. He wrote
In memories casket drop one purl for me.
find the "purl" is there. In my very,
very youthful days could click" this
square headed boy, and often did so. But
he took a sudden sprout, and one day,
when tried it, he gave me an nnmerct-
full thrashing and dragged my plumes in
the dust. 1t was not so much the hurt,
for didn't care for that, but the humili-
alton of it, Invent outbehind Mrs. Doles
barn and wept for the departed glories OF
Israel.
Then there was the dear little girl with
curls. She wrote:
Forget me not forget me never,
Until the sun shall set forever.
A feat in mnemonics that fear is too
much to ask. kissed her once ON the
doorsteps of her papa's house, and re-
member the "wild thrill" Steadmau
speaks Of. But she married somebody II
Soapville, and their progeny is whittlino
the public school desks this very day.
doubt not.
would like to be boy again for few
days, wouldn't you?-Minneapolis Jour
ual.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-12-31
Russle,s and chlnn,s Ell cn.ters.

1Aussia's anu Nhihh's BeiI casters.
The Russians and the Chinese are be-
hind the rest of the civilized world in
many things, but bell founding is not
among the number, for the bells manu-
featured by both nations are not only the
largest, but among the best of those
made by any nation. 1t is said that be-
fore the great fire by which Napoleon
was driven out of Moscow there were in
the churches of that city 1,706 BELLS each
of which exceeded $4,000 pounds in
weight The capital Of China, Pekin, is,
according to Father lie Compile, not far
behind as in its temples there are seven
bells, each exceeding 100, 900 pounds, and
a great number Of less size The giant
bell of the world is in Moscow it is poet
ically denominated the King of Bells,
and is 10 feet and 8 inches high and It's
circumference round the rim is go feetand
8 inches. Its weight can, of course, only
be estimated, but, by the least calcula-
ton, it is 443,732 pounds, and its value
as old metal exceeds $500, 900, not con-
sidering the gold and silver, of which
there is considerable quantity, which
enter into its composition. This bell,
when rung, required 40 men to ringit, the
clapper being swung by means of two
long ropes, with 20 men at each. The
great bell at st. VANS, in Moscow, is 40
feet and nine inches in circumference,
its thickness just above the rim is IS
inches, and its weight is computed at 1871
$50 pounds. The bells of Pellin have
been mentioned, but next to them is the
great bell Of Vienna, which weighs 40
200 pounds. After these are many small
er, yet of considerable size A bell Of
Omutz, Bohemia, and bell in Rouen,
France, are about equal in size to the
Vienna bell the bell Of st. Pauls, Lon
don, weighs IS, 40 pounds; the bell Of
Westminster, 30,35O; that of st. Peters,
in Rome, 1900. Several Of these bells
are sounded only on very important occa-
sions. The st. Paul bell, the Vienna
bell, and the bell of st. VANS are tolled
only at the death Of royalty; the bell Of
st. Peters tolls at the death Of Pope,
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-12-31
The Only One Known,

KNOXVILLE, Dec. 29.-J. f. Wilcox,
the purchasing agent of the East Ten
nessee Road, who resigned a few days
since, will step down and out the first
of January, much to the regret of his
associates. No successor has yet been
named, but it is understood that Geo.
Stephens, late of the Ohio & Missis-
sippi, will be made purchasing agent
of the East Tennessee and the Queen
and Crescent combined, with head
quarters in Cincinnati.
Temporarily, Miss Fannie Morrison,
who has been in The East Tennessee
Office several years as Major Wilcox s
secretary, will be in charge of the Of
fee she therefore enjoys the distinc.
ton of being the only lady purchasing
agent in the Union, and is said to be
thoroughly competent. Heracting in
this capacity affords text for a dis
course on the women of the New
South
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-12-31
Improvlsing a Dress Suit.

about eight years ago, said Auditor
Joseph Brown, II was in London, Eng
land, One day bought a stall to see
Patti at the Royal. A stall corresponds
to our boxes. When the evening came /
took the ladies around and walked in at
the door. But / did not get far
"'You can not come in here said the
doorkeeper.
"'Why notT asked in surprise; here
are my seat tickets
swell, you can not enter he replied
decisively; your coat is frock, and
nothing but dress suits are allowed
II expostulated. told him that my
hotel was a long way off, and that the
ladies would be greatly disappointed. I
was an American and did not know the
rule of the theater.
FINALLY he told me to go into the dress.
ing room, where the attendants might,
perhaps, be able to fix me out all right.
II went, expecting to pay two Or three
crowns for the loan of coat. The fel.
low looked at me a second, whipped a
pin from his lappel and pinned my coat
tails back, and found myself in evening
dress!
II gave the man half a crown.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-12-31
Shot by a Ritual.

MERIDIAN, Miss, Dec 29.-News of
a most diabolical murder has Just
reached the city. On Thursday night
Willie Wright and Miss Phillips were
married at the residence of the brides
father, twelve miles northwest of Me-
ridian. An hour after the ceremony
the bridal party were in the parlor
making merry, when a young man
named johnson creptup to the window
and fired the contents Of dluble-bar-
relied shotgun, loaded with buckslot
into the body of Wright.
Wright fell forward with a groan.
dying instan'ly. In the confusion that
ensued the assassin sought to n axe his
escape but constable captured him.
Johnson and Wright wer4 rival sui
tors for the hand of Miss Phillips and
Johnson often threatened that if she
welded Wright he would kill him, but
she paid no attention to his threats.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-12-31
A Train Captured.

SAN ANTONIO, TEX, Dec. 29.-Half a
dozen cowboys took possession of the
southbound passenger train on the In
ternational & Great Northern Railway,
forty miles north of here. They
boarded the train at Buda station, and
their first act was to force drummer
off the moving train because he wore a
red cravat and high silk hat They
then continued their terrorism by max
ing a number OF young ladies n the
Pullman car sing for them, enforcing
all their demands with drawn pistols.
They ruled the train for twenty miles
when they stepped off at a way sta
ton.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-12-31
A BORN EDITOR.

He jest knew all about it-jest laid em on the
shelf,
Could run tho paper better than the editor
himself;
Could write the blamed best stories an tell the
biggest tales
Fer he was born fer edith, an not fer splittin
ralesl
"Put this here in yer paper" he SEE; "Twill
make her hum;
jest cut lively caper, an the cash is bound
ter euml
Here's whatll tech the people-I've wrote the
very piece
Twill stir the whole blame village as slick as
axle grease!"
An so the editor resigned an put him in as
boss,
An then he rode the paper like he would o
Texas boss;
Jest pitched into 'em lively-they couldn't
make him cease
He stirred the whole blamed village, an they
lynched him slick as grease.
Atlanta Constitution.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-12-31
EARLY Railway Notions.

1t is just so years since Chancellor
Livingston gave serious attention to Rob-
ert Fulton's ideas on the newly projected
railway scheme. Fulton had succeeded
so well in his steamboat enterprise that he
was encouraged to continue invention,
and projected both canals and railroads.
He submitted his scheme to the chan
cellor, and the reply of the latter is Of
such interest that l made an extract:
have read your very ingenious proposition
as TO railway communication. / fear, however,
on mature reflection, they will be liable to Sc
rious objections and ultimately be more ex-
pensive than canal. They must be double
so as to prevent the danger Of two such heavy
bodies meeting.
The wall on which they are placed must DO
at least four feet below the surface and three
feet above, and must be camped with iron,
and even then would hardly sustain so heavy
u weight as you propose, moving ct the rate Of
four miles an hour. AS to wood, it would not
last week. They must be covered with iron
and that, too, very heavy and strong.
The means of stopping these heavy carriages
without great shock, and of preventing them
from running on each other Gor there would
be many running on the road at once) would
be very difficult. In cases Of accidental stops
or of necessary stops, to take on wood and
water, ETC., many accidents would happen.
/ Upon the whole l fear the expense would be
much greater than that Of canals, without be-
| ing so convenient. r. r. LIVINGSTON.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-12-31
Molasses From Annles.

Here is curious and instructive item
from Willimantic, Conn, letter in the
Hartford Coltrdnt:
With the present appliances for evap-
Grating juices of all kinds cider can be
transformed into the regular old fashioned
boiler cider very quickly and very cheap
ly, and sweet cider evaporating into mo-
lasses ought to find a ready sale in gro
Gerry stores at not less than 81 per gallon.
One barrel of cider will make about six
gallons of cider molasses. The cost to
make cider is so cents per barrel, an d
the cost to get the cider eyaporated is
about 80 cents per gallon.
This product from apples, after once
introduced, could not fail to become pop
ular,
One thing in favor of turning apples
into molasses is that it will keep an in
definite time. The writer has quantity
on hand which is s years old, and it is
fully as good as when first made.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-12-31
nEncmrR Ar SEVENTEEN.
Mrs. HeeCher Tells OF Her First Meet
Ing with Him.

ing with Him,
My first meeting with Henry Ward
Beecher was in the early part of May,
1880. He was a classmate of a brother
of mine in Amherst College, and very
close friends. The two were just out OF
their freshmen year when, together with
another classmate, they walked from
Amherst to my fathers house at West
Sutton for their spring vacation, writes
Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher in the first
pages on "Mr. Beecher as l Knew Him,
in the October Ladies Home Journal
AT that time Beecher was not quite II
years old, but so young and boyish was
his appearance that no one would have
thought him over 15-an age when boys
are usually awkward and painfully BASH
full. For that reason my family feared
we might not be able to entertain oy
make the young man comfortable. But
awkward he never was, and his roguish
mouth, his laughing, merry eyes. his
quaint humor, and his quick repartee
soon dispelled all such anxiety,
Before the first evening he spent at our
house had passed none of the family felt
him to be a stranger.
My father was absent with some of his
patients when the young man arrived,
but returned in the evening when all were
laughing heartily at some story Henry
had Just told. Father stood in the door
way-tall, dignifed, and somewhat
stern, at such tumult. When aware of
his presence, my brother at once intro
duced his classmates.
Little by little the same subtle inAu-
onces which had pervaded the whole
evenings enjoyment stole over fathers
face, and long before it was time to re-
tire they were telling mirth provoking
stories as cheerfully as if they were boys
together.
When at length the good nights " were
exchanged, left father and mother by
the fire, while made some preparation
for breakfast,
As returned to the room father wa:
saying:
well, he is SMART He'll make his
mark in the world, if he lives.
"Who, father?" l asked.
"Why, that young Beecher. "
Such was Henry Ward Beecher wher
I first saw him; and, truth to tell, hC
was not remarkable for his beauty.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-12-31
For SiciIian Honor.

They say Sicilian drum MAJOR dur
ing the French occupation of Palermo.
was sentenced to be shot. He was a
well known coward, and it was feared
he would disgrace his country at the last
moment in the presence Of the French
soldiers, who had way of being shot
with good grace and light heart; they
had grown accustomed to it.
For the honor Of Sicily his confessor
told him, in the strictest confidence, that
his sentence was a mock sone, and that
he would be fired at with blank car
tridges.
1t was pious fraud. All but two Of
the - cartridges had bullets, and he fell,
riddled through and through. No French
man ever died with lighter heart,
better grace. He was superb, and the
national honor was saved.
Thrice happy Sicilian drum major, if
the story be truel That trust in blank
cartridges was his paradise. -Harper's
Magazine.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-12-31
THE GEAR AS A MAN.
lie Loves His Family Far Better Than
His COuutrV.

His Country.
Alexander is, in the finest acceptatiou
Of the term, family man; whenever he
can enjoy home life, as he does only at
Fredensborg, in Denmark, he is perfectly
happy, This is all the. more remarkable
in man whose sovereignty is absolute,
who is almost pope, who could, like his
ancestor, Ivan the Terrible, cut off the
head of an architect to prevent his ever
building church finer than the one or.
dered by his imperial master, whom none
in his empire dare resist.
Alexander III can with a single stroke
of his pen free several millions of serfs,
but no one knows, probably no one can
guess, what he thinks, what he intends to
do, what he will do. The most perspica-
cious of foreign diplomats at his court
can only conjecture vaguely; he has no
certainty.
The czar is reticent, silent, self con-
tained he shows no preference for any
one; loves to be with the empress better
. than with all others; he is seriously af-
fected by any illness or misfortune hap
pening to his children; he discounte,
nances extravagances in his courtiers /;
will not hear of immortality at his court !
prizes responsibility, expects all those
who surround him to conform to his
standard, and is intolerant of scandal
Under his reign the Russian court has as
clean a record as any in Europe.