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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-10
A Terrible Accident.

There is dapper young fellow who stands
up behind a high desk in a big insurance
office for few hours every day, and then
takes a horse car to Washington square.
Thence he walks up Fifth avenue before
dinner to the handsome home of his papa,
who believes in the young fellow working
for his money, but gives his son geDer-
Gus salary for it. This young fellow pays
a good deal of attention to his clothes gen.
orally, but his especial pride is in his gait
ers, tinted delicate shade of French gray,
and neatly strapped under his narrow feet
with straps long enough to allow of their
ends being doubled back through the
buckle, making little bow, in truly de-
lghtful English manner, you know.
He always gets his dainty shoes nicely
polished before he starts uptown by an
Italian who has a comfortable chair, pro-
tected by an awning, close to a news stand
in Park row. The Italian knows that il
he expects to get an extra five cents from
his customer he must unbuckle these little
straps, fold the dainty CATERS back out Of
harms way, polish the shoes, fold the
CATERS down again neatly, and without
spot or smudge on their immaculate sur
face. and then buckle up the straps again.
The job was carefully completed the
other afternoon, and the young fellow rose
TO step down from the chair. His feet re-
fused to bulge, however. They were
rooted TO the spot by some mysterious
power, but his body continued on with the
impulse he had given it, and over he went
on his nose, with his feet still on the rests
The bootblack was equal to the occasion.
He saw at a glance what was the matter.
Raising the young fellow by the shoulders
he swung his body up in a semicircle I'M
til he rested il the chair again, and then
proceeded to undo those gaiter straps,
which he had unwittingly buckled under
the thin iron foot rest. The young man
had been strapped to the chair. He gath
cred his rudeiy shaken little body together,
picked up the change and keys that had
tumbled out Of his inverted pockets, and
relounced that shoeblack forever.
And the Italian seemed sorry, but not
surprised York Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-10
SWAN AWAY WITHOUT ITS HEART.
A Mobile Docsor Tells n Most Remark
able Story of "a Dissected shark.

A Mobile Docsor Tells Most Remark
able Story of a Dissected Shark.
DR.. Rhett Goode, the we'll known surgeon
Of this city, tells a story which is certainly
one of the most remarkable ever recorded.
1t is fish story, but true one.
The doctor, with Messrs. W. H. Barney,
E. o. Zadek and W. G. Gellibrand, was the
guest of Captain J. ". Black, manager of
the Sullivan Timber company. on an ex-
cursion down the day. The party reached
Fort Morgan early in the morning, and
spent the day in fishing, enjoying excellent
sport. Mr.. Barney brought two shark
lines and cast them early in the day, but
not until afternoon, when the party was at
dinner, did he get bite. Then the fisher
men pulled in two moderate sized sharks,
one about five feet long and the other
about seven feet long. When the fish, after
considerable excitement. were pulled up on
the wharf they were given their quietus
with an ak.
Some time after it was suggested that
Dr. Goode open the sharks and recover
whatever gold watches, finger rings, etc,
their stomachs should be found to contain.
The doctor opened the seven footer, and
then piled the knife on the smaller shark
The story. as he tells ii, is as follows:
Il made a straight inclsicn and opened
the body of the shark / took out the
stomach, the alimentary canal and the in
testines. and, having examined the stom-
ach. threw those organs over into the
water. Having a curiosity 70 see how
large heart such a fish has / CIT into the
diaphragm and extracted the heart. This
organ, / found, was about the SIZE Of an
egg, rather small, thought, for so large q
fish. The curious thing about It was that
it continued to palsate after had taken
it from the fish. 1t beat regularly for a
minute or more, lying there in my hand
When il stopped beating prieked II with
the knife, and it again pJ-.sated for short
time. Il was perfectly empty OF blood
Meantime the pilot and others pitched
the seven foot shark OF the wharf, and =
sank 20 the bottom We could see it plain
IL through the clear water. They then
took the smaller shark, AZ Of whose in
ternal organs / had removed, aad whose
heart held in my hand. and tisrer y into
the water. You can judge Of CUR surprise
70 see that shark swish rs tai sround aud
flap its fias from side 70 SIDE, and then sEyIrE
briskly away until il disappeared
1t went with the current
YES. 51t i was swimming We al sag
il as plain Is could be The other shark
sank Ike shot, this one swan st-z.-s.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-10
The Perfect Dancer.

The talent is Unborn, not 70 be acquired.
People are born dancers, as they are born
singers and mesmerists. Training is nee
essary to strengthen and make flexible the
muscles of the body, as training is neces-
sary 70 give the singer control of her great
voice. But you can no more make dancer
by training than you can a pTima donna
The raw material must be there, some
times to let itself be shaped and subdued
by cultivation, sometimes TO submit 70 It
impatiently, and, the beat of the music
calling, TO cast away the restrictions Of
training and plunge into the exaltation Of
the dance with the spontaneity Of one who
was created dancer by nature.
About the talent OF the real dancer there
is something of mystery. A pulse beats in
her feet that gives her a mystic grace
awarded 20 no other. In the rise and fall
Of the music she finds woven PAGES that no
other eve can see. With weird intuition,
incomprehensible TO herself. she is able TO
interpret into movement the secret spirit
Of the melody, 70 give form and color To
the composers fantasies, richer and more
beautiful than any he had ever dreamed of.
The gift has come to her from what IN
known sources. through what unimagined
intricacies OF heredityl Hundreds have
come and gone, each adding his quota 70
this talent which breaks into actual life IN
her. For festing moment On the stage
she seems 20 live IN q world separate and
apart. aud 70 be inspired in her wild move
ment By the same spirit that inspired Sa-
lone when she danced of John TIE Bap-
fists head-San Francisco Argonaut4
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-10
A UNIQUE Way of Dodging Jury Duty

Fearing that something serious might
occur if l allowed my pets their liberty any
longer had a large cage constructed, and
for the first week or two was obliged to
spend much time in it with them. The
honess fretted a great deal, and the only
way had of quieting her was to go in and
lie down, using the lion as pillow, while
she stretched herself beside me with her
head on my chest.
One day the sheriff informed me that he
had summons in his Office for me TO serve
as a iuryman. l begged off, but he was in
exorable. A few days afterward he rode
ND to my gate, and called my servant to
open it for MIN while hurried to the lions
cage. Presently I heard him calling me,
and on my answering he gradually found
his way to the den, in which was seated
on the lions recumbent body, while the
ioness sat behind me with her chin rest
ing on my shoulder.
AS soon as he saw me he sprang back
and cried, Come out OF therep Hand
that summons in here and will do So"
do YOU want my arm torn Off" mo,
but want you 20 make legal service of
that paper by handing it TO me-" II shall
not take any such risk, but I will tear up
the paper If You will only come out and
save me from seeing you torn TO pieces.
"All right, do so; aud will try to get out
alive"
The paper was torn up and stepped out
of the cage, much TO my friends relief
A short time after met the judge in the
street. who wished 70 know II my mode o:
lodging jury duty was the one commonly
practiced in my own country.-Cor. Forest
and Stream
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-10
". BAKER & CO., Dorchester, Mass.


There arrived &C the Union depot boy
of thirteen, who told a most interesting
story OF his life while waiting for ST
Paul train.
He Is q bright little fellow, and his dress
aud bearing indicated careful rearing. In
telling his story to the depot master ho
said:
My parents died when / was quite
young. Presided with my parents in New
York city. When I was eight years
of age l was playing with some strange
boys in Central park, and they lost me just
for joke. / wandered about until dark,
and then became SO frightened that could
not tell the policeman who found me what
my name was nor where / lived. / was
kept at the station that night. and the next
day started out TO lind my way home.
The officers did not see me SO. and as
was afraid to go back there / would not
ask anybody co direct me. Two days later
i was picked up and sent 20 the Childrens
Aid Mission, and there l went 30 school
and helped about the place as much as pos
sible. They made several efforts 20 find my
sister, but could not remember the num-
Der or street.
1.-TWO months ago the priest In charge
saw an advertisement in one of the papers
Offering a reward for Eddie Cook, and then
giving a description OF me rs looked five
years ago. The answer was TO be sent to
Minneapolis, and this the priest did. It
turned out that it was my sister. who had
married and gone 10 that city. wrote
several times to her and she answered the
letters, and now am going to meet her"
Chicago News.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-10
Opening Safes Is Easy Work.

An expert not long ago ehagrined tho
treasury officials by opening the vaults
without knowledge of the combinations.
Now here Is method by which any ordi-
nary burglar with "a slight knowledge of
electricity can crack the strongest safe
built with dispatch and without noise.
Let him connect the safe with ono
pole Of an electric machine, and put
ting carbon point on the other pole,
place IL against the safe at the spot
desired 10 work upon. In few minutes
the action OF the current will soften the
iron or steel TO such an extent that it viii
he comparatively easy to cut. II tho burg
lar is an electrician he can utilize the cleo
tric light wire for tho purposc.-Boston
TRANSCRIPT
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-10
Modern TRANSACTIONS of the Bible

With the beginning of the Seventeenth
century there arose Il demand for a better
translation Of the Bible than any yet in
circulation, and when James VI of Scot
land succeeded TO the English throne he
was duplicated 10 order new translation.
This was done, and is what we now call
the Authorised Version II is superior 70
the Great Bible, the Geneva Bible and the
Bishops Bible, in spite of the respective
merits CT each Of these.
The Kings Bible, or the National Bible,
as the authorized version is sometimes
called. was revised by forty-seven transla-
tors, divided into six companies, aud the
work occupied about three years. The
new version was issued in i6lI. and a sec
ond edition WAS required before the year
was out.
The new Bible was translated from the
original texts. and the diction Of the
Bishops Bible was generally followed.
Within thirty years after Us production a
proposal was made, and repeated in parlia-
ment, for its revision, and but Tor the sud
dan dissolution OF the long parliament = Is
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-10
Hunting for Handles

An intimate friend Of a merchant who
had Just lost his property called 70 express
his sympathy, and found the family much
depressed, with the exception OF the young
est son, who appeared as cheerful a. usual
"How happens il, Bob, the visitor in
auired, that Your face isn't so long as tbs
rest OF the faniilysa
u suppose Bob returned, that l have
been so busy hunting handles that haven /
had time 20 pull it down"
Explain yourself" demanded the Wis
itor. laughing.
This is al, said the courageous Bob
''WEen | was 4 hst!= shaver, ms grand
father used TO have carpenters bench IN
MS woodshed, and one day he sent me for
particular tool, and I brought 1t 70 him
without the handle. What good Is THAR
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-10
A Safe Offer.

Enterprising Boy (who reads the paper
Fadder, button manufacturer at Barmen
will pay $3.50 10 effery man killed in rail
way accident if ne wear six of dose buttons
vat he sell.
Parent Ia clothing dealer)-Dst's goot.
make me dat advertisement right away.
Isthamp my name on all dose pants but
tons, and viii offer $3.50 etfery dime Gus
toner gets killed on j railroad if he wear
my pants NIT six Of my buttons on.
"Subbose many gets killed. Ii cost
you"-
1T cost me nodding. Dose buttons all
fv off vile de customer is running to catch
dat train. GOOD News.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-10
A Sensible Query,

Mr.. Ashmsad- Bartlett tells good story
about bis going 20 Ireland for the hrst
time. AS soon as I landed ia Ireland
attempted 10 look for traces Of some % my
ancestors. who came from the extrens
north Of Ireland Meeting an intelilgent
looking Irishman, informed him II my
mission, saying that nay ancestors emil
grated from about that spot 100 years ago.
aud was there trying 20 look them up.
He answered; eye say your ancestors emf
grated from our tOEn about 100 years agoi
Thin why are yer looking for them hsreS'
London Tit-Bits.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-10
Now Painter 1awrsne. Got HI. start.

Sir Thomas Lawrence was one q the
great portrait painters IN England His
parents were poor, his father being a coun-
try innkeeper. One day Lord Shafiss-
bury's father and mother stopped ~ tie
ian, having their young son, tie future
lord, with them II conversation the i'm
keeper spoke of the genius q his boy -
drawing, and wished them 20 test IL by 3
picture % their son. Tbey ssss8ted. think
ing 10 CRAFTY a father's pride bat not
looking for any evidences Of Superior talent
The hoy came n r7c1esfiy. with cha8k
and paoeT. and IA : few MINUTES lad dravva
q picture q thelr sca. on which The par
enfs looked with wonder. They reooc.
nizel fha rcniHs ard promise q futs1rs
greatness. and lesrieussesf the younG artist.
giving hin the heip seeslsI = deyeIop k.s
wonderful Ei.t--Sew YORK Wor4G
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-10
,bable that something would have

not improbable that something would have
been done in 1868.
Nothing was done, however, although
demands continued to be made at intervals,
and several private persons tried their
hands at TRANSACTIONS of portions of the
Scripture, until the work was seriously
taken in hand by the convocatiop Of Can
terbury in 1870 Calling to their aid dis
tinguished scholars from the different
churches o. the United Kingdom and
America and apportioning the work, the
New Testament was published in 1881 and
the Old Testament in 1886, the one occupy
ing ten and half and the other fourteen
years. This, the revised version" as we
now call it, is based on the authorized YER
sion of 1611-Chambers' Journal.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-10

There IL no question that, in common
with deaths. births occur more frequently
by night than by day. This question has
been often disputed. and was authorita-
lively decided by DIR. West, who kept a
record Of 2,0i9 cases which no attended.
with result that they were found 70 have
taken place as f0llowss Seven hundred and
eighty from II p. m. to a. m, e83 from z
a. IN 10 p. m, 81 from p. m. Co II D. N.
-Inndon Iit-Bit
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AWAY. as naturally as any nsn. n

HWdys Us IIllII'
"Was the fish apparently dead when you
cut it upf"
"Yes. 1t did not make a single move all
the time i was cutting it. The way that
dissected fish did beats anything l ever
heard of or ever imagined. We could see
it for twenty or thirty yards as it swan
away. 1t made the pilots down there open
their eyes, assure you"
Mr.. Zadeck, who was present when the
doctor described this curious happening,
said, when referred TO, that it was "a true
bill"-the most wonderful thing he ever
saw.-Mobile Register.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-10
SprCaSnl.

Lucy (the artistic)-Music is rather a
selfish pursuit. It's so tiresome TO have TO
listen TO some one else's playing Now art
j. different
Maud the CYNICAL -Entirelyl It's so
perfectly delightful to have to look at some
one else's rawings.-Munsey' Weekly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-10

he cried. Are you a tool, Bob" Then
was mad, and cried back. There isn't any
handle to anything thereP He seized me
by the arm and said: Bob, remember one
thing; there's always a handle to every
thing. Go hunt the handler
my grandfather was a man who knew
what ne was talking about; If he said
there's handle to everything, then, sure
as O gun, there's a handle to our affairs
now, and mean to find itw
No virtue is more easily impaired than
that of courage. and it is needless to add
that the whole family set about hunting
for handles"-and found them.-Youth's
Companion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-10

Here is new industry for women. Miss
Copstanos Blaydes. a. Eaglsa glri. who
has been raising goats for tis lat seven
years and carrying OF Al the medals aud
blue ribbons IN the Se~ British Goat ~
ciety, recommends guas rals.1Z IS pleas
ant and profitable occupation
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-10
Laboucbere,s Rad Handwritinr.

/ write detestable hand, says Mr.. La
bouchere, Of London Truth. But would
advise even those who do not make an illeG-
ible scrawl for their signatures TO adopt
my plan. 1t is to have nv name printed
with my address at the top of my letters.
am sure that l spend an hour every week
trying to decipher signatures, and all those
Tho receive many letters must do the same.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-10

Il Is not generally known that the late
Marshal Won Moltke's wife was al English
woman, his sisters s;epdaugbtsr. He was
many years her senior. but the marriage
was extremely happy. and her death was a
terrible blow % bin. he built a Easuso-
leum for her OF his Siieslan estate and was
devoted % her memory.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-10

Mrs. Sarah p. Cooper. ef California. has
under her Supervision twenty -ase kinder.
gzrtenz, containing aisoEe+Aer oTsr 2.O9e
puusls Mr. Leland Stanford oontrsh bates
shout. 81. 60 yezEly % the support 81 tbess
seh6rgte
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-10
pl rerent wsr, 81 g. r,.

Teo5e-foot frbo hss Just purchased a
horse4-Is y tns custom here "a the wsss
~ thrDE ia halter when a mAa taxes a
h0Fse'
Old Residsa;-well. Il depends On her
Ia taxa I'm LIE
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-10

Mrx sgiulalst-Tas city waieF company
kss -aise1 a.y Tztls.
Cd ksazrsteE--Tnsv E5Esss aase fga'.d e,si
thas sc aage aSlt nsecksrsa 4sF us@~<l--at
-SGR Eosk " esk4g.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-10
NY BOY.

swItt's-spzslao &. 3 s. nursd my
l.ttie boy OF snEefula, ron which 10
had ss1fsrsd 4 Lang tinls. Ihzd tzisd
tia beEs phyziEians ssd-grsst scgaati-
tea az nasdianas without avail a
few irOtstsz ns :. s. s. Old TIE vork
Hs fk now cn4oytEgfzs lssze 81 heath
sHd has riotsaAd znysyu1psoEaa Of she
diEsass f0E oTeT = year.
A--c.sytozs. -Addls, y. @.
E9Ay 1s 8Lsoo fso sxiR s5Exsxs FscE.
Tsla syfszs Psaf1o Co. AtlznlA. Ga
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Books on Biood
and SKIN uls-
Eases fLne.
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CURED

~ 8 WITT
SPECIFIC CO..
ALLAN LA.CA.
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An Educated White 1Iarries an Indian
Princess-Their Children Become Intel
ligent Citizens of a Prosperous Village
ON the NIississippi.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-07-21
Irish Reform.

DUBLIN, July 13.-The Parnellite press
is exceedingly downcast over the Car
low election. The Freeman's Journal
says that there is now no more chance
of getting home rule for Ireland than
there is of getting the moon. The elect
Ors. the Journal adds, have abandoned
their independence for the British party
yoke.
The conservative Dublin Express says
that the English will learn from Car
low that the Irish tenant farmer, when
not actuated by insane land hunger, is
puppet in the hands of Roman CathO-
lie priests. and as unfit to be an electOr
as if he were an infant or lunatic."
The National Press. the McCarthyite
organ. naturally is jubilant. and says:
1.-THE Carlow men have dealt the death
blow to the faction of Mr.. Parnell,
from which there is no longer any peril.
1t is merely temporary nuisance. The
insolence of the self-constituted dicta-
tor has been rehulled."
The London Times warns the country
that the collapse of Parnell means the
domination of the Irish priests. who
have always hated the national move
ment and that therefore the Mccarthy
ties case is little better than Parnell's.
whoever" says the Times, becomes
the nominal leader OF the Irish party
will be merely the puppet of the Irish
hierarchy. If either the Englis,i Glad
stonians or the irish home rulers i'm
agine that the priests will play their
game they will be grievously disap-
pointed"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-07-21
The Alliance Urged to Form a Trust

The Alliance Urged to Form q Trust.
CHICAGO, July ia circular issued
through accredited official channels of
the farmers alliance to all members of
the farmers organizations in the Uni
ted States urges them to combine and
withhold this years wheat crop from
market until the farmers can get their
own prices, or at least price consider
ably above the average.
The circular will be sent to 2,000,O 900
members of the farmers alliance and
industrial lnion and ,000,0 900 members
of the colored national farmers alliance.
the ! ZOO, 900 members of the national
farmers alliance of the NORTH the $780,
600 members of the farmers mutual be-
nevolent association, the 10000 mem
bers of the patrons of husbandry and
the 10000 members of the farmers
league
The newspaper which springs this
surprising scheme says: Impressed
by the failure of the Butterworth op-
ton bill and other measures to prevent
trading in futures in farm products, the
farmers are now, through their official
advisers, at least, proposing to 60 on a
strike for higher prices. Legislation
is declared to be too slow and ineffect-
ual. The circular makes an argument
on the evils of option dealing and the
tricks to which spectators resort to
prevent the farmer from realizing good
prices; gives the government estimates
on the present crops; estimates that the
country will have IA, OO0,0 bushels of
wheat for export; sets forth the short
age in the crops of Europe; declares
that there is no chance of failure in the
attempt to realize higher prices; urges
all members of the farmers organiza-
tions to hold their grain until the price
shall advance to $1.35 per bushel at
New York, and points out that by so
doing profit of 800, 900, 600 may accrue
to them within few weeks. 1t urges
them to take this stand even at the ex-
pense of being pinched for the time be-
ing"