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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-15
PEN, PENCIL AND BRUSH.

Joe Howard steps CT with the sprightli
ness OF youth Of twenty-one summer
There is at least one millionaire author
in the world. lie is the Hungarian novel
ist, Jokai
4 few graz hairs are finding their way
into the graceful beard OF e. c. Buell., OF
The Century.
II. c. Buuner, the editor Of Puck, has be-
come an ofhceho&ter. He Is road com
missioner IN New Jersey.
Melville D. Landon. more Familiarity
known as xii Perkins" has beep elected
q member Of the New York Pres club.
Mrs. Julie; JoIley HynemAn, the artist,
IS below the average height, of graceful fiC-
ure, sweet lace and blonde complexion
She has pleasant soprano voice
James p Randall, she author o. "Mary-
land, Ny Maryland. has been for the last
quarter of . century the editor Of Geor-
gle Newspaper. Tie * writer OF grea.
power and originality and 3 most scholar
~ man.
Miss Lee Robbins, . yourg American
artsss, has several plc1ures very prosninent-
IL hung IN the sIki hilton ef the Union dez
PENNIES Pieasres * Scalptsnrz II me east
i-aaseDs Of the Paizis 6@s Champs Elys-es
"a Paris
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-15
EXPOSURE OF A HUGE FRAUD,
Millions of Money Saved to Legitimate
Heirs by n Reporter.

Millions of Money Saved to Legitimate
Heirs by n Reporter.
The New York Herald has for six months
employed one of its reporters, who unites
journalistic and detective qualities in an
unusual degree, in unearthing the most
extraordinary conspiracy of recent times.
This was nothing less than the production
of bogus widow to capture one-half of the
estate of Loring A. Robertson, and the
evidence duplicates the widow" her part
ner in sin and apparently several Others
not hitherto suspected Of crookedness.
Loring A. Robertson, native of Wind
ham, n. Y, was for some thirty years
merchant in that part of lower New York
called the 'Swamp"-once a lanyard, and
ever since devoted to leather. He was
never ladies' man, never married, and
had Jew acquaintance among the fair; yet
it is reported that few years ago he was
once slightly entangled." He died last
October, leaving no will, but a fortune of
perhaps ten million dollars, and when his
relatives applied for letters of administra-
ton they were surprised by the appearance
before the surrogate of a widow-one Hell
en- Brewer"-whose claims were supported
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-15
They Died as They Desired.

4 singular incident IS related OF two
Georgia brothers who were devoVedly at
tached to each other, and who had often
expressed the desire that they might die
toget her. Recently. at Gainesville, Walter
Wood, in attempting TO cross the Tombig-
bee river in a skiff, was drowned by his
boat capsizing. On the same day and about
the same time his brother, Julian Wood,
who was working in glass furnace near
BIRMINGHAM. was overcome By gas and
died in a few minutes
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-15
The Cats Toilet.

As rule, animals are clean by nature.
Brushes and combs most animals carry
with them. Cats, large and small, make
the most careful toilets Of any class Of ami
NAL, with the exception Of some Of the
opossums. The lions and tigers wash
themselves in exactly the same manner al
the cat, wetting the dark, India rubber
like ball Of the fore foot and the inner toe
and passing it over the face and behind
:he ears. The foo: il thus at the SAINT
time face sponge and brush. and ths
rough tongue combs the rest CT the body.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-15
HUGH c. MILLER.

newspaper reporter is the finest detective
In the world, set every one of the wide
awake Detroit journals on the trail. What
was the result? Joseph Perrien got home
the next evening, after an absence of less
than twenty-four hours.
The kidnapers lost their nerve, not be-
csnse they feared the officers of the law,
but because they dreaded the power and
persistency of the press. They took their
captive, blindfolded, to a house in the out
skirts of the city, and carrying him TO
small bedroom forced him at the pistols
point TO write the check they sent with
threatening demand for the cash to
nephew Hesselbacher. In the afternoon"
says Mr.. Perrien, ''some one came and told
me that the papers had raised SO much of
a row about the matter that nothing more
could be done, and that would be taken
home in the evening" just there the well
laid scheme to secure a fortune got its
death blow. The press forced its alb
ductors to weaken" and Mr.. Joseph Per
rien was in due season returned TO his
frantic friends Fright side up with care"
and unharmed as to life, wind or limb.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-15

actress. Wealthy relatives STAYED or pun
ishment for two years, but now the blow
has fallen.
The failure of the Detroit plot, the capt
ure of Miller, the conviction of Fanshawe
all these are due to lack of nerve on the
part of the criminals. Let the respectable
public rejoice that evil doors are not men of
adamant. If they were they would ''own
the earth -
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-15

= JOSEfh
lacking in nerve Probably he had no
conscience, but there lurked in his breast
a fear of organized authority and Of posi-
bic punishment, direct or indirect, that set
his brain in a whirl, caused his hand to
shake, his purpose to falter and his plans
/ to 60 awry. An attack of this nerve
ague," as it may be termed, often does
more to further the ends of justice than
the labors of dozen self styled detectives.
Such was the case in Detroit recently
when Joseph Perrien was kidnapped. Mr..
Perrien is middle aged bachelor, who has
accumulated a fortune in the milling bust
ness Late the other evening a carriage
stopped at his door, and the young man
who rang the bell told him that a life
long friend lay i'll and wished to see him.
Hastily donning his hat and overcoat Mr..
Perrien entered the hack and was driven
away A few hours later relatives re-
ceived a message stating that the miller
was held for ransom, and that he would
h slain unless large sum was at once
forthcoming The envelope contained
among other things Mr.. Perrien's signed
check for $4,000 and a personal note to
his nephew, Albert Hesselbacher, urging
him to secure the cash at any cost.
The young fellow, however, proved to be
made of sterner stuff than his captive
uncle. He evidently believed in the famous
maxim, Millions for defense, but not one
cent for tribute" He notified the police,
and sensibly recognizing the fact that the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-15

The governor OF southern state Is in
correspondence with the governors OF al
other hanging states. hoping to make an
arrangement by which no one shall De
hanged on Friday. II other days shall be
selected the superstition which generally
attaches 10 Friday VIII. it is thought, soon
pAsS away.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-15

B1Slnsss Nan ffuricuslyl-E-hst do you
mean b. kissing M daughter
Inas-p24d Clerk (uassklyt-I desired 20
show ny appreciation q yOzr daughter
loyeiibsss, ssd kissss are the only thlnss /
could AFFORD . gIFe her.-Sew York
WEEK.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-15

CsEz u.8re the nEooer CT y~opIe - Do Ess43
probably attend To1r f1nerax with tSr psf-
uietson ef the word. sad yoE mar form
some estimate az low n 1ch sxd svw ss,z.g
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-15
SNAP SHOTS.

The Society of Amateur Photographers
Of New York has just receives the medal
given at the Paris exhibition Of isse
4 new amateur photographic society
called the snap Snos Camera club sas
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-15

CASSIE BEoOhS, TIE BOGUS WIDOW.
by the highly respectable legal firm of By
ron w. Cohen 81 john +. Baker
She played her part well at first. She
did not claim that there had been any mar
rage ceremony, but that there had been q
verbal contract and marital relations,
which constitute marriage By the laws Of
New York. Ii was well known that there
had been Helen Brewer" in Windhsm
who had known the deceased Robertson.
and that she disappeared from there about
the time this woman claimed 20 have come
TO New York and Joined Mr.. Robertson.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-15

Bat ssl9rSy=s, darling. jour fa,Asr wsre
20 intsresps our elcpez2
Iners 40 danger, love. lbeasr papa -
noE a. hozse. has gone 20 aos4'y ies par
49, f-P.--Aas.o.3z Tina
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-15

Sunshine Is the g-ea. purifier ard vivi
fer, and 70 Lighting o, fires will make tss
air n a ncr-A room IKE that IN a xo-zth
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-15

IT'S soT MUCH FCx TO BIZ A BOT.
And what's ths nse % hnrses whse
TAey're Snly made q ttn7
And Why do folks 'Tnrs; always say.
~Look o1st- Be sarstEI. dear
I;'s 10; zsch fsn 20 be boy
When p>Sopie are 80 gss~Ti
Little Msz AID To-rs-.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-15
ghe aiea aay Eagle: asdaesdsY anrag april IS 1891
YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN.
INSTRUCTIVE AND ENTERTAINING
READING FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.

A Short Chapter About jean Louis Ernest
Meissonier. the Eminent French Painter,
Whose Pictures Are the Admiration of
the Whcle Civilized World.
MISSIONER, the eminent French painter,
who died in Paris on Jan 81. was born in
1915, the youngest son of druggist and
grocer at Lyons. The boy seemed TO have
inherited his mothers talent for drawing,
and when his father removed TO Paris, 60
set up shop. he sent his son to school, and
afrerward permitted him to study art. first
with Potter and then with Leon Cogniet.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-15
Why

Why can't boys sc. 10 be great men
'Thout taking tine 20 Rrow1
And what's the good Of button shoes
And skirts, I'd Like 70 kDo17
Why can't have some eg'lay pants
With lots OF pockets inl
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-02
Origin of Lean Year,

The break in the regular order Of days
was formerly matter Of awe and appre-
hension in the human mind. Accordingly
we find, in nearly all of the old countries, q
variety OF supersttions clustering around
leap year and leap day. The rural folks Of
England declare that all the peas and
beans grow the wrong way in leap year
that is, the seeds are set in the contrary
way to what they are in other years.
The ancient Romans considered bissextile
or leap year " a critical period reckoning
1t among the unlucky days of their calepy
dar. A variety Of this superstition stM
fingers on the European Continent. AS-
cording to a piece Of Tuscan folk Lore,
when child Is born on leap day either it
or its mother will die before the year has
expired.
Leap year in early days was source Of
mystery, not only to the peasantry, but
to the educated as well. st. Augustine,
for example, in writing Of it, said: Tho
Almighty made 1t from the beginning Of
the world for great mystery, and II It be
passed by untold the first course Of the
year will be perversely altered, because
there is one day and one night not rec
koned. If you will not account It also to
the moon, as to the sun, then you Illustrate
the rule for Easter and the reckoning Of
every new moon all the year"
Hampson, in his Medii GVI. Kalan-
darium," quotes the following quaint tra-
dition from an old Saxon treatise: "Some
assert that the bissextus or leap day comes
through this, that Joshua prayed to God
that the sun might stand still for one
days length, that he might sweep the
heather from the land that God had
granted him and his followers. It is true
that the sun did stand still for one days
length over the city of Gebaon, but the
day went forward In the same manner as
other days. And the bissextus IL not
through that, as some do think" In
tugal there exists q tradition known as
"the ghost of leap year" Believers In this
say that marvellous monster annually
appears on leap day and disarranges
human affairs for the remainder Of the
'ear.-St. Louis Republic.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-02

pleasant fields, and before their eyes O
beautiful prospect was extended, They
saw the city of Teng Chow set high upon
the hills, and the walls of great tenn
pie, wherein for thirty centuries and
more the image of the mighty god, Chun
Wong, has claimed the alteration of the
people. They reached at length small
dwelling, set in O. garden, and there in
the door stood pretty Ii Kean, the
daughter of Ii Yuen Wy, to welcome
them. Her brothers long absence had
made her somewhat anxious about him,
and she greeted him with every token
of sisterly affection, while she looked
out of the corners of her handsome eyes
at the strange youth who had come to
be their guest.
Passing within, Sho Mai was brought
into the presence of Iii Yuen Wy. A
venerable old man he was, whose broad,
high brow and intelligent eyes pro-
claimed him a thoughtful student Of
books and of men. A word from Ii Xiii
explained Sho MATS coming, and the
scholar greeted her with cheerful hospi-
tality. Food was placed before them,
and doft-handed Ii Kean was cup-bearer.
Afterwards a chamber was prepared for
Sho Mai, and in this quiet refuge the
tired maiden slept, almost without a
moments wakefulness, until the follow
ing morning.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-02
A Kings Story.

"You think" said the king in exile,
"that it is glorious thing to be king"
says the Philadelphia Press. Listen, I will
tell you what happened once to me. You
will then see how delightful thing D
crown can be sometimes" It was mids
night, and in the smoking room Of a West
End club, and his ex-majesty was alone
with one man. II was giving a dinner
At the moment Of sitting down an "aids
de-camp" came hurriedly into the room.
Sire he said, there is despatch, which
must be signed at once. Pardon my dis
turbing you I saw that there was some
thing more than dispatch, and left
the room with an apology. What is it9'
asked. Drink no wine,' he whispered,
1t Is poisoned Who Is the chief con-
epirator?' Your prime minister re-
turned to the table, and during the dinner
drank nothing. After dinner the premier
proposed the prosperity of the country. I
rose to drink it, my glass in my hand, my
poisoned glass. I said that so deeply did
appreciate the sentiment Of bis excel.
lency that in drinking the toast ] would
honor him by exchanging glasses. He
turned white. he turned Gr9Un, but he
could not refuse. drank bis glass, he
drank mine. I assure you that it took
twenty minutes at least before his with
ings-in his chair-were over. Then they
carried him out. And yet you think 1t is a
fine thing to be Angp'
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-02
HER REVERE.

A lady combed her silken hair;
None but a looking-g glass would dare
To gaze on such a scene,
The bushes thronged her dimpled cheek.
They ooursed upon her shoulders. exc.
And the white neck between.
And she was thinking then, trow,
OF one who in a whispered vow.
Under the budding elm,
Had told her they would sail their bark
On lakes where pale stars pierce the dark.
With Cupid at the helm.
Anon a faint smile purssd her lips.
And shook her dainty finger tips.
AS breezes shake the boughs,
And then quick impatient frown
Came gathering from her ringlets down,
And perched upon her brows.
Ahl she was thinking then, I ween.
OF poor clumsy Ounce who cen
Had torn her silken dress,
He waltzed too near her at the ball,
Her beauty dazed him-that was all
He felt a dizziness.
Twas I, and yet tell her: Dream
OF him-give him the tender beam
OF smtlee, and never frown.
by this verse have now confessed.
deem myself, ay, doubly blest
Just to have torn your gown
-Munsey's Weekly.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-02
The Butcher Bird.

Says California horticulturist. 1.-THE
butcher bird is the most sagacious and at
the same time the most cruel Of birds. A
pair will follow you while ploughinR and
if you overturn a rats nest they will i'm.
mediately pounce upon the wretched
creatures, kill them Or drag them away
and spike them in the sharp thorns Of an
orange tree to be devoured at leisure. The
other morning saw butcher bird with q
snake fully foot long. He had him by
the back Of the neck and with it few up
into an orange tree. He then nailed the
reptile on to thorn and sat and watched
it. He let the snake almost wriggle of
when he few at it and would Ak 1t more
firmly. They kill their game by the whole.
sale and treat it in this fashion. For that
reason, because they are destructive to
gophers and rats, they are considered the
friend Of the orange-grower. These inno-
cent-looking little gophers are very de-
structive to the orange. Whenever you
see an orange tree blooming In profusion
you can tell the roots have been attacked
and destroyed by the gopher"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-02

rumbling and the rocks on which she
stood shuddered at It, Nearly fainting
from terror as she was, a fascination
made her look down into the ohasm. It
was filed with a CHASTITY phosphorescent
glow, and by this terrifying light she
saw two great shapes which pursued
each other, first running backward into
remote recesses, and then laundering
down again, while the noise of their
tread shook the mountain and mingled
with the moaning and the rush Of
water. Her head swan round, and for
a moment she lost consciousness. Then
she perceived that her companion was
bearing her swiftly away. He plunged
in through the darkness, as she thought,
with Incredible speed. Was he taking
her to the abodes of other monsters
more horrible than those which she had
seen? She had not the strength to cry
out or to make any resistance. At
length it seemed that they climbed in
Vulnerable steps, then a light broke
round her, and to her Joy she found that
they had come out upon the top of the
great precipice.
The fresh air revived her, and she
gazed with delight upon the broad ex-
panse of the ocean before her. Ii Xiii
placed her in reclining position and
stood beside her smiling, though he was
breathless with his exertions.
1.-THE sight of the giants was too much
for you," he said. "Well, I will tell you
what they are. There is nothing so
frightful about them after all. They
are two great rocks which have been
made round by constant rolling about in
that wonderful chamber where they
live. The waves are forced in through
a crevice and strike upon the rocks
| with the force of waterspout, driving
| them up the inclined floor of the cham
Der. When the water subsidies they roll
down again, only to be driven back by
| the next wave. A fearful sound they
make, admit, and it Is enough to keep
the common people out of the cave,
although the cause of it is we'll known.
| Still, the superstitious will have it that
| demons haunt the place.
81 discovered the passages through
which I have led you when was a
little boy. don't think all Of them are
known to many. Often after storm 1
go down upon the rocks to see the
waves and look for wreck. 1t was
thus that happened TO meet you, which
is great pleasure to me and not alto
gether unimportant to yourself, for, as
there is no other way from the rocks to
the haunts of men, you might have had
to go hungry to-day, unless, indeed, you
had found your own way through the
| cave"
"That could never have DONE" said
Sho Mai, and she expressed her thanks
in words that came from her heart.
"Let us not speak of it any MORE"
said Ii Xiii. "Come, If you are rested,
and will show you the home of my
father, Ii Yuen Wy"
The fresh breeze and the beauty of
the daylight, so oheerfully contrasting
with the darkness of the cave, revived
Eho Mai, and she followed her guide
with nimble steps. They passed through
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-02

A jeweler has invented a device for use
in sleeping cars that promises to become
popular. 1t Ia ladder composed Of tubes
OF leather that provides easy access to up
per berths.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-02
,mpanion has been washed up on the

companion has been washed up on the
rocks"
He released her hand and left her
there alone, while the light, struggling
through the doorway, cast strange
shadows from the rocks and the swell
of the ocean burst in with terrifying
sound. 1t seemed long time before
Ii Xiii returned, but at length he ap-
peared out of the shadows and stood
once more beside her.
u have found no trace of him" he
said. ''We shall see in few moments
whether he is still beneath the water"
How can we see into this fearful
depth?"
"Wait," said Ii Xiii; ''there will be
light soon," and as If in answer to his
words . sunbeam shot down through q
rift in the caves roof and fell directly
upon the water before them.
1.-THE sun has passed around shoulder
of the mountain" he said, in explana-
ton. ''LookI'
Sho Mai followed the direction of his
eyes. The shaft Of light struck down
into the clear water, making every thing
visible. She saw the top of the broken
mast and the tangled cordage to which
rope twisted tightly round his body, lay
the captain, his face turned up to her,
and his lifeless eyes shining like jew
els. His hand was extended as with =
last attempt to save her life he had cast
her up toward the air Now the dead
hand seemed raised to the gods implor-
ing forgiveness. The face, too, had an
expression as of supplioation. Sho Mai
gazed upon this appar1tion, and fas-
cinated by the shining eyes and the lips
which seemed about to speak, until the
sunbeam passed slowly on and the dead
face faded from her sight.
''There was a wish upon his lips"
she murmured. eff the body can be
rescued from this place will give 1t
burial
THAT may be DONE" said Ii XIII;
''but come, let us make our way to the
light"
He turned. however, toward the
darkness; and, shivering, Sho Mai
followed him. They clambered over
the wet rocks for some minutes, while
all the time the voices of the giants
grew louder, and Sho Mails terror in
creased. Suddenly Ii Xiii checked her
with his hand, and then, holding her
firmly, said: Look down; the giants are
below you"
Her eyes had now become so far ac-
customed to the gloon that she could
see that they stood upon sort Of ter
race. The wall of the cave was here not
high above her head, but great abyss
was before her. From this came up the
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-02
Professional Tea. faster.

A professional tea faster Is called In, and
such man is the only reliable judge. It ia
by no means an easy matter to become q
good tea faster. A man must not only
have an intimate knowledge Of all varie.
ties, but must keep his palate in the most
delicate condition. Smoking Is absolute
ly prohibited, and faster must follow q
very strict regimen, especially avoiding
everything like highly spiced food.
The least irregularity in diet Is at once
felt in loss Of delicacy Of taste and scent,
and even slight cold will render a man
temporarily unfit for service. A tea faster
must live more simply than an anchorite
If he hopes to attain eminence in his pro-
fession. When a man knows what Is r9r
quired to be good Judge of tea, he is Id
clined to treat with great degree OF ih-
credulity any amateur opinions.-Globe-
Democrat
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-02
Any Man

Wishing to be well dressed
aEprice far below that of any
other Merchant Tailor should
visit our establishment with
out delay.
We make All Wool Pants
to order from. $3.50 up and
All Wool Suits to order from
$500 up.