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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-09-04
PECULIAR ACCIDENTS.

4 KANsA3 CRY MAJ was blinded tho
other night by the rays Of tho moon
Ealing on hi2 eyes while asleep.
A srR3cr-chE motor rnau ut Adrian,
Mich, is sail to be suffering from blood
poisoning resulting from the copper
brake handle having worn blister on
khc palm Of his hand. .
A SMALL boy in Kentucky, while driv-
fnT the cows to pasture one morning,
ticd the tail of ono Of taogentlcst of the
hnrd to his neclS. Tho cow ran, drag
ging the boy over tho field, and at last
accounts there was very 1ittlo hope of
saving tho Youngsters life.
An orange seed was swallowed by a
boy OF fourteen, named Frederick Leak,
Of Long Island City. Keen pain was
Felt q few hours afterwards, and in
twolvc days t.io boy died. a post.
n1ortom revealed tho strange fact that
tlc orange seed had Gproutcd an his in
tnsSinos, growing II epcor IN inch long
MhP&I, PEsAbo> OF Vera c,,y ,,;,,
P'int Tor that city, as ON object for o,.
UaDitlon ct tho worlds fair. in ChinooI>
an . urge historical picture representa-
zen Nicolas Bravo pardoning tht,
apanlsh soldiers who killed his fo+hnn
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-09-04

Tiny, sugar-coated gran
ulcs, are DR.. Picrcc's Pleas
ant Pellets. Best Livcf Pill
ever invented active, yet
mild in operation, cuYc sick
and bilious headaches.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-09-04
TRBAsunER's nALANcE sHEER.

Cash in Treasury to credit of various
funds, July l, 1901, as follows:
State Fund ...... .......S 56S II
Judges Salary Fund :. 49,. 1876 25
Gen County FUND. =. 1O,lr5 O5
Cash Contingent Fund :. A.. ) 43
INDECENT Sick Fund. ...,.. s-l O9
Officers Salary Fund ...... 834 10
County School Fund ...... 1888 IS
hiko Special Sehool.!...... 276
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-09-04

North Ruoylsl 90 Bishop. ..
Ioano......]47 So U. So. ForSss.I
'ackson..- Tnsc. Spee. I
T,>t,l -,
Less oserdrawn Shersun. !
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-09-04

FROM ROAD FUNDS.
Eiko ...... 81 ~ |luscarora "a so
Colum1.a.. - co. Mound. .. - "
Amt. $3.50 20
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-22

find gvod set-to in the club room over the
saloon, which occupied the first floor, and
no man ever felt that he had done Phila-
delphia unless be had visited the "Cham-
pion's Rest" Now the once powerful
Chambers gives boxing lessons for living.
He lost his grip with the authorities, his
hold on ward politics slipped away and sc
also did his riches.
When Sullivan's first triumphs in the
prize ring made Boston the mecca fol
sporting men, powerful ring of that
class grew up around the big 'un." This
ring became strong political factor, and
had things so much its own way that the
Hub" got to be known as the biggest
sporting town in America. But of late
years, with the withdrawal Of John L.
from the scene of his former greatness
there mas come a decided reaction, and
most of the old characters have been
pushed out" as they put it. Tom Early.
who kept an English free-and-easy which
made him piles of money, saw his custom
ers dwindling away at such rate that he
shut up shop entirely and has taken to the
race track. Patsey Shepard, whose "Ab
hey" was at one time as famous as Harry
Hills, is hardly heard of, and Mike Gleac
son, who used to back Sullivan and many
of the other big fighters, has closed ais
saloon.
In the south and west it is the same.
The paths are strewn with the wrecks of
those into whose laps fortune was wont to
pour her choicest stores. New Orleans,
once the queen of fast towns, has passed
into the hands of class Of men who are
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-22
A Libel on Sweet Woman,

Have you ever seen this?
She comes TO the door of the elevator
Just as it is ready to ascend and asks the
conductor, rs Mr.. Whatyoumaycallhim' 8
Office in this building2" The conductor
says it is. rs he inf" The answer of the
conductor depends on circumstances, OF
course. (which floor is his Office on?"
The answer is given. "You don't know if
he is in?" The answer is given. well, |
guess I'll 90 up and See Which floor ';'
you say he is on?" The conductor says
office is on the fourth floor. He says it
timely.
The elevator starts. Reaching the first
landing the conductor calls out, First
fioor," The woman who held the elevator
at the start crowds TO the door and asks,
''Is this where | get OFF," The conductor
tells her that she is to get off at the fourth
landing. The elevator starts again and
reaches the second landing and it is an.
nounced. The woman makes another rush
TO get out and is restrained by the con-
ductor, who takes her gently by the arm.
isn't this the fourth floor?" she asks.
The conductor says he will let her know
In time. The third landing is made, and
the same woman rushes again to the door
of the car and asks the same question she
asked at the other landings. AT last when
she reaches the fourth floor she is away
back in the car, and the conductor has to
hold the car an extra part of a minute for
her to get out. This sort of thing is being
done thousand times a day in this city
and in other large cites.-Chicago Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-22

Many people will remember the ''peach
blow vase" which brought such an
enormous price at auction some years
ago. 1t is now threatened by rival,
for NJ. Scion, the French artist. has just
finished a vase which may be considered
his masterpiece. 1t is three feet high,
and the figures on it represent Venus
kneeling before Bacchus and Ceres
pleading for food for her children, the
winged Loves. The vase is made of col
ored clays, no paint being used to tint
the vase, and for two years the material
had to be kept damp in order that N.
Scion might be able to work upon it.
This vase is remarkable for its delicate
and artistic workmanship no less than
for its size. and as it will not be repro
duced - the molds having been de-
stroyed-its value as an unique piece Of
pottery is very high-50, 900 francs, or
nearly $4,000 in American money.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-22
Size of PropeIIers.

'The small size of the screw" says a
boilermaker, ''is not due to the perception
of any inventor of its greater effect as com.
pared with a larger one, but purely to acci,
dent. When [ first engaged in the ma.
Chinery business screws for steamers were
made as large az possible, it being the
theory that the greater the diameter the
higher the speed. A vessel was placed on
Lake Erie with a screw so large that it was
deemed best to cast each blade in two parts
and then weld them together. During a
storm all these blades of the propeller
broke at the welding, reducing the dame
ter by more than two-thirds.
To the surprise of the captain the vessel
shot forwa i at a speed such as had never
been attained before. Engineers then ex.
perimented with smaller propellers, and
discovered that they were much more eff
fective than large ones. Had it not been
for that accident we might have gone on
using large blade screws to the present
day. Exchange.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-22
AETHER CHANNELS

business entirely by the reporters. They
even forced him TO abandon the dodge of
running a place in some one else's name.
which he was charged with doing at Four
teenth street and Irving place Newspaper
protests caused the withdrawal of the
liquor license for that resort. Except for
his love OF the career and the power that
II gives him, MCG,ory could retire without
grumbling, for he Is worth considerable
money, certainly SIS 00O, probably more.
all protitably invested He mas. too.
most worthy wife, who is active in church
work when she can escape nOtOriety. ami
husband abandon his pursuits. But de
spite his struggle 10 keep IN the swim
bluy's palny days are apparently about
over Luck has turned against him. aud
his pull avails nothing Recently, to
add 70 his mlsfortunes, ne was indicted on
Long Island, where ne has farm, for the
TRIVIAL ohense OF Stsb0ing man nearly TO
death. After lodging a warrant for soma
time he was finally arrested. and the Long
Island farmers, who make I'D the iur;es
where he i 10 ne tried. NAV pay little A.
tention 10 his ''inhooeuce" when the trial
comes on.
Arthur Chambers, Of PHILADELPHIA, i
widely known. At one time there was not
a place in England or America more noted
than his ''Champion's Rest" and 70 hsvs
Chambers backing was as good as ready
made fortune for any aspiring pugilist.
Almost any night Of the week You could
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-22
The Lizards Love of Music.

When in Switzerland two years ago l
made the acquaintance of some lizards liv-
ing in the crevice of one of the sunny walls
of our garden. As had somewhere heard
that lizards have good ear for music
resolved to prove the fact. So one after
noon, armed with a small musical box,
wended my steps to their tomato covered
home. Before had finished the first tune
a considerable audience had collected-an
audience it was a pleasure to play to, for
the lizards were far more attentive THAI
most human beings.
Out peered head after head, a little on
one side, in listening attitude gave my
little friends a musical entertainment
(varied by whistling) nearly every day, and
before long they got much bolder aud
would venture right out of their holes. and
lie motionless on the broad ledge of the
wall, their bright black eyes half closed as
a rule, but opening now and then to give
me lazy wink OF enjoyment.-Cor. London
Spectator
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-22

gal when the royal family fed thence TO
Brazil to escape the French army, and
when the independence Of Brazil was
recognized. in 1925, he became the first
emperor thereof, resigning his Portu-
guese claims TO his daughter, Maria da
Gloria.
Joao Carlos Leopold Salvador Bibiano
Francisco Xavier da Paula Leocadio
Miguel Rafael Gonzaga is the full name
Of his son, who was born in Rio Janeiro
Dec. 2, 1925. and by the abdIcation of his
father became emperor Of Brazil at the
age Of SIX. tasEipg the title Of Pedro II, or
Dom Pedro. In so ne was declared OF
age by the council. and on July g, 1871,
was solemnly crowned as emperor. In
1913 he married Theresa Carolina Maria
de Bourbon, daughter Of Francis l. kIng
If the two Sicilies: but all that family
IS now out Of jo5 as rulers. In fact
there are many dethroned princes and
princelings II Europe, and France ap-
pears 10 BE- their favoEite country.
In the early part Of Dom Pedro's reign
there were several instructions. out al
were suppressed. and IL enjoyed a long
reign IN peace, during which slavery was
abolished, the ports opened 20 foreigD
trade and many things done for the good
OF the country. As far as ths wo.ld
could see lie WAS firmly established and
his popularity at iss he1Zat wasa . sud
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-22
The Centuries Make a Difference.

When a freshly buried corpse is dug
up for purposes Of dissection we call it
grave robbery" But when the bodies
of those who persisted centuries ago are
exhumed we speak Of it as scientific re-
search" Consequently everybody will
be glad to learn that the Egyptian mum
mics recently found in the burial place
of the priests OF Ammon, ut Thebes, are
being examined by experts at the Chi
zeh museum, Cairo. The first mummy
opened was splendidly preserved, the
head, with its handsome profile, still re-
tanning amulets on the temples and neck
Inscriptions showed that the body was
that of priest named Diameter, son Of
the Princess Isis Enkeb, whose mummy
was found some years ago IN the royal
tombs at Deir-el-Bahri.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-22

Some people find it hard, in using the
telephone, to realize that they are not face
to face with the person they are addressing.
A prominent merchant in the capital
city Of a state sat at his desk one hot day
in july. In order to secure some degree Of
comfort he had taken off his coat and his
collar and necktie
A clerk came into the room.
HIS eScelleucy the governor wishes 20
speak with you through the telephone"
said the clerk
The governor! Dear me-" said the mer-
chant.
He rose, hastily put on his collar, his
nech-le and his coat, gave his hair a stroke,
and went TO the telephone to answer the
governor calL-YoGth's Companion
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-22

the first, retaining the faith of Geneva
Just as they received it from their ex-
lied ancestors. They were Independents,
or Congregationalsts, however, until
the subject of this sketch became Bap-
fist. He was converted in boyhood
under the preaching of a Primitive
Methodist and became an exhOrter at
once, preached a sermon at sixteen and
at seventeen began his ministrations as
regular pastor.
After attracting much attention in
various smaller places he was called to
London in 1853 and installed at New
Park Street chapel, Southwark. His
first sermon there was delivered TO but
eco people, but in few weeks the ], 200
seats were filled and all the standing
room taken. Next his congregation
filled Exeter hall and then Surrey Music
hall, but III October, 1856, the crush IN
this hall caused a serious accident and
the loss of several lives, so Mr.. Spur
geOn's followers determined to build
large tabernacle especially for him.
The Spurgeen tabernacle generally
CdilSu inc MeIrOpOIItdu) WAS Opeueu III
1861, and ever since has been filled to
OVERLOOKING, though it contains seats for
5000 and bench and standing room for
1000 more. Beginning with the first
week in 1866 Mr.. Sturgeon published
one sermon week, and thirty-six full
volumes have now been issued. His
second greatest work, 1.-The Treasury Of
David" consists of seven volumes, and
his minor works are numerous.
In 1867 he founded the Stocl1well or
phanage, which now provides for and
educates $50 boys and as many girls.
His Pastors college, founded in 1856, has
educated about 500 men, of whom nearly
all who survive are still active evangel-
lists in the Baptist denomination. He
was also active in many other charitable
and educational institutions. His own
church contains some 3, 900 members, and
his labors as a pastor, aside from preach
ing, have been enormous.
j. H. BEADLE.
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Refused Her Because She Cried.

A wedding was once stopped IN the fol-
lowing curious manner; The people were
well 20 do farmers. The day was fixed.
breakfast prepared. carriages waiting az
The door. All things were ready. The
bridegroom drove Up 70 the house and
ran IN 10 see his bride before he started for
the chapel He found Der wespin - brides
often 90 when they leave home And who
would believe il If they read 1t in q 70
msncs2
The Bridegroom oolfly Informed the
young lady that ~ that was the way she
was going 70 begin. it would De the end q
#" he Jeff the bride 10 dead fa3ut. lsf,
the house ard drove away Il was tie suJ
ot II IN more WAYS than ore There was an
action for 5reacs q promise TIE young
Lady died OF broken aeart-
r attervard married three wives in
rapid Succession. ETsry few yesrs he crossed
rny ya:b. aud have ressoa % know that
Lis life ras far from bs!ng ksppy.-Cos.
London Tst~B.ts
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-22

Arthur Chambers in Philadelphia, ard
scores of others in every big city of the
United States have felt this i'll luck, and
from occupying prominent positions in
their peculiar spheres they have been grad
ually forced TO the wall
OF the New York quartet Harry Hill is
about the only one who is deserving of
sympathy 1t is true that for nearly a
quarter of century the old man conduct
ed one of the wickedest places ever seen in
or out of New York, and that he was by
no means desirable citizen, but the man
ner of his undoing was such that even
some of his enemies expostulated against
it. Hill committed a grave indiscretiCn,
when, in response to a summons, he testi-
fed that he had paid assessments for pro-
lection. Forthwith the decree went forth
that he must be ''downed."
Step by step he was driven out of bust
ness, and now a mammoth commercial
structure stands on the site of his former
resort in Houston street near Broadway.
Afterward he tried to start again in Har-
lem, but was run out. By that time he
had hardly dollar left. Friends came to
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-22

Chicago has likewise made it warm for
the sports. "Parson" e. Z. Davies was prob
ably the most prominent of these. Arthur
Lumley, the editor of The Illustrated
News. said recently, "He has lost ground
steadily" Once leader among the leaders,
Davies has now turned his attention to
managing prize fighters.
His former friend, Mike Mcdonald, is
more fortunate in a worldly sense, but
trouble has come to him as it has to the
rest of the prominent old timers. He is
worth probably couple of millions, and
is still quite factor in Chicago politics
The gold piled up in his gambling hells
has, however. brought him but little JOY,
for his domestic life has been a most I'M
happy one. He is sincerely attached to a
wife whose actions have caused the publ
cation of any number of sensational news
paper articles.
In San Francisco Paddy Ryan is about
the best example of this general Ill for
tune. From being the most celebrated fig
ure in the prize ring Ryan has dwindled
down to the most insignificant proportions.
AT different times he has been ''bouncer,"
a gambling house runner and worse. OF
late fortune has shown little more ten
derness in dealing with him, as one of his
former admirers has started him in the sa-
loon business again. Frisco is today one
of the sporting centers of America, and if
Paddy keeps straight he may pull to the
front again in modest sort of way. But
the chances are against him.
In Denver, St Louis, Pittsburg, Balti-
more and Cincinnati the one time big
sports have found the road quite as rocky
as elsewhere, and it will probably be only
short time when the last of them viii
have ''trowed down"
The portraits are from photographs OBJ
tanned through the courtesy of the New
York Police Gazette. PAUL LATHE
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-22

The mingling Of the Offices of religion
with the affairs Of everyday life emphs-
sizes the Sixteenth century feeling which
in Mexico is so pointecly suggested by the
strong houses and the barred doors. 1t is
feeling that gives to the country potent
and a peculiar charm, under the spell Of
which come gladly those who seek refuge
there from the later civilization that -
glared upon by electricity and that is
driven by steam. And the charm works
most powerfully upon tie fortunate few
who dwell IN this region Of rest long enough
really to understand the whole Of its excel
lent meaning, and 70 know how true and
how cordial Is Mexican hospitality when
once the barred doors are opened wide
They 90 not open easily, these DOOR. but.
having been opened, they never are closed
again against frieDd.-Harper's Weekly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-22

his assistance, and with their aid he opened
a road house in Brooklyn. He soon found
that the Brooklyn city guardians were in
very close touch with their brethren across
the East river. In consequence he is in hot
water again.
With McGlory and Tom Gould the case
is different. From ali appearances they
are still as solid" as of yore But the
newspapers have made it rather hot for
them. Gould is accused of being inter
ested in dive in the cellar of Booths
theater building at Twenty third street
and Sixth avenue. The barkeeper poses
rs the ostensible owner, but there is a
healthy movement on foot to close the re-
sort entirely. Application has been made
to the board of excise to revoke the
license. This sort of thing is very hurtful,
and notwithstanding the beautiful dia-
mOnds which he still wears, Gould is said
TO have lost influence at such rate that
be has been compelled TO take back seat
among the fraternity"
From professional standpoint Billy
McGlory is even worse off than his friend,
Mr.. Gould, for he has been driven out of
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-22

den revolution deprived him Of power
and made Brazil republic.
Another eminent sick man is Charles
Haddon Spurgeon, for thirty-6ve years
the most popular preacher in London
and rivaled by but few in the world,
who was born Aug. 10. 1884, at Kelve-
don. in Essex. His classical education
was obtained at Cambridge and Colches-
ter, but he studied in other places and
mastered mary practical matters to
which most students pay little attention.
His familiarity with popular religious
books, such as Pilgrims Progress" is
remarkable, and he is as well informed
on some. industrial and social topics as
are many who make them special
study
1t is said that most of the Surgeons
have been preachers ever since the fami-
" fed from France in the time of the
persecution of the Huguenots, and not
only were the father and grandfather OF
the great orator preachers, bit his
brother and two sons are also. The
family has also been Calyinisuic from
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-22
SOME INVALIDS OF NOTE.
CELEBRATED MEN WHO APE NOT
NOW IN GOOD HEALTH.

The Probable Facts About Mr.. Blaiae's
Bar Harbor Sojourn-The Shah Of
Persia and the Ex-Emperor Dom Pedro.
Preacher Surgeons Illness.
copyright, 1851, by American Press Associa-
ton.
Chronicles Of their own times often
remark that great men die in groups
that is, after a considerable period with
no notable deaths. several eminent men
die within few days. Just at present
the deaths are few, but very many great
men are sufficiently out of health to e1-
cite the public interest. The health of
Secretary James c. Blaine is a simple
question of fact which any skillful ply
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-22
Patrick and the MOSQUITO Net.

The electric netting suggests the story Of
Patrck'S experience with an ordinary mos
quito canopy. He found one in a room
that he was to sleep in one night. aud after
studying 1t for time made up his mind
how 1t WIS to be used. This was the way
he related his experience the next day:
It's an Elegant thing ] found in me
room laSht noight. There was a kyoind Of
fishing nit for miunows over me bed.
made hole through it wild me knife. an
livery moskater IN the room whit into the
nit through the hole. Thin shtopped up
the hole Wild me hat, an shIept on the fiure
pll noight comfortable loike, wild niyer a
bot. At allrl-Nouth.s Communion
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wha, Part Eccentric. Have Played.

suppose most people could point 20 nen
or women Of their acc uaIncance whom
they hold in regard as originals or eccen-
tries. Il Is somewhat dubious 3 title foE
respect, even with Is, who are reckoned so
eccentric a nation. And Yet II i worth
while 20 remember that all tie great in
VeDtions which have done so much for CIV
ilization have been discovered by eccen-
trics-that i, by men who stepped out OF
tie common groove, men wbo differed
more or less from other men II their hab-
its and ideals.-AL tie Year Round.