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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-07

stroyed' thousands OF useless creatures
and left the ground clear for new energy.
The native element cannot be counted
upon as an auxiliary in the amelioration Of
Paraguay.
The Metis, the Guarani and the other In
dian races that form the actual popula-
ton, together with a small criollo class,
cannot be induced to work except under
the hand OF despot like Lopez, or by an
ingenious and paternal system of com
munism, such as the Jesuits established in
the old colonial days in their misiones on
the Alto Parana. After the expulsion of
the Jesuits, it may be remembered, most
OF the Guarani Indians whom they had
civilized and exploited retired to Paraguay,
where their descendants have remained to
the present day, but of course lost in the
masses. These natives refuse to work in
regular manHer.-TheOdore Child in
Harper's.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-07
WHAT WE ALL KNOW.
The man that keeps posted about all hisneigh-

The man that keeps posted about all hisneigh-
bors.
M nuthing they do but ter him is soon
known,
Neelects his own bisness ter do others favors-
He cannot, in reason, attend to his own.
The chap who keeps talking. preventing his
brothers.
Gross ignerence TO him must obstinate cling.
Because he's too busy, instructor al others,
To ever hisself learn dadgaSted thing.
The chap that keeps threatenin', with words
never endin,
About what he's goin' ter do in the fall.
u the feller whose pants IL a gotnfter need
mendin'
Before the first blasts of the first early sQual.
The Teller that bows down the meckest before
ye,
When fortunes big sun IL foodin' your
crown,
VIII be the first chap for to lash ye and SCORE ye
Whenever bad fortune shall trample ye down.
The Teller that's loudist in givin' self glory
IN practical piety oft IS most lax;
The feller that's longest in tellin' a story
Is niggardly short when he's measurin' Jacks.
James Noel Johnson in New York Herald
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-07
HEAT, COLD, THIRST AND fEAa.
Perils Of California Emigrznts Crossing
the Great Utah Dr.arf.

i
| the Great Utah Desert.
We were now encsmped in a valley called
Twenty Wells" The water in these wells
/ was pure and cold, welcome enough after
/ the alkaline pools from which we had been
forced 20 drink We prepared for the long
drive across the desert and laid in, As We
supposed, an ample supply of water and
grass. This desert had been represented to
Us as only forty miles wide. but we found
Il nearer eighty. Il was adreary, desolate,
| alksli waste; not living thing could 30
seen; it seemed as though the hand oe
death had been laid upon the country.
We started in the evening. travelled all
that night, and the following day aud
night-two nights and one day Of suffering
from thirst and heat by day and by pierre
ing cold by night. When the third nighs
fell and we saw the barren waste stretch
ing away apparently rs boundless as when
we started. my father determined TO 20
ahead in search of water. Before starting
he instructed the drivers IL the cattle
showed signs of giving out 70 take them
from the wagons and follow him. He had
not been gone long before the oxen began
to fall TO the ground from thirst and ex
haustion- They were unhitched at once
and driven ahead.
My father coming back met the drivers
with the cattle within ten miles OF water
and instructed them TO return as soon as
the animals had satisfied their thirst. Ha
reached Us about daylight We waited all
that day in the desert looking for the re-
turn OF our drivers, the other wagons go
ing on out Of sight Toward night the
situation became desperate and we had
only few drops Of water left. another
night there meant death. We must set CUT
on foot and try 10 reach some Of the wAg-
ons.
Can ever forget that night in the desert.
when we walked mile after mile in tho
darkness. every step seeming 20 be the verY
last we could takel Suddenly all fatigue
was banished by fear; through the nigbb
came swift rushing sound of one Of the
young steers craZed BY thirst ard Eppar-
emily bent upon our destruction Ny ia
Their, holding his youngest child in hIS
arms and keeping Us all close behind him,
drew his pistol, but f1ally the maddened
ness
Dragging ourselves along about ten
miles, we reached the wagon OF Jacob Don
ner The family were all asleep, 50 We
children lay down on the ground a Bit
ter wind swept over the desert, chilling u
through and through. We crypt closer to-
gether, and when we complained OF the
cold papa placed all five of our dogs around
Us, and only fer the warmth Of these faith
full creatures we should doubtless have
perished.-Mrs. Virginia Reed Murphy IN
Century
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-07
Woifskin Rugs.

The Esquimau hunter puts a chunk Of
fat on a sharpened flint and fasteDs it 70 4
wooden stake planted in the ground. In
licking off the fat the wolf cuts his tongue,
and maddened by the taste Of the blood
continues to lick the sharp stones. Other
wolves, attracted by the smell of blood,
gather around. Ia their fury they turn
upon one another. and the end Of the fights
like the historic tragedy Of the Kilkenny
cats-tbere ara no survivors. All the
hunter has to do is to remove the skins and
rebait his savage trap.-Exchsnge
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-07
the Indications are for rain these TWO spOrs

the Indications are for rain These TWO Spots
travel under the skin until they touch each
other. When the probabilities are for
wind or dry weather they separate until
they are Numerically opposite. Physi-
clans have examined the discolorstions,
and say that they are only some kind of
pigment under the skin, and that they are
similar in nature 10 birth marks. They
cannot explain the travelling proclivities of
these forerunners however.
The gentleman says that his tempera-
ture has nothing TO do with their move
ments. He may be warm on d wet day
and they may not be affected, or vice versa
woodland Democrat.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-07
Born with Barometer Attachment

A gentleman who lives few miles west
Of town Is q barometer IN himself BE can
tell when the temperature VIII lower or
rise almost 10 the hour. Often he has pre-
dic1ed north winds, rains, etc, when there
ware no visible signs TO bear out his sSser-
tons. he does lot prognostlcaSe By his
feelings, but By some strange markings On
his left forearm IL CUR request DC showed
these
These marks resemble the dischaEger Of
a LeYden jar as much as anything elsa
There Is one marx about two inches long
and a quarter OF an inch wide. and from
this projects two other red lines On ths
an q s2ca Of ihsxs "a a h-as gro- Whez
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-07

A. the state camp Ok Gerzlan was DO
ing seutrY duty. The c0uutsrzizn Ia
tagstfs was gwen Ont j. after tne
souud4ag - tap fgurs Eas ssezl Dy
the Germs seotry 70 cone osst Il tts
darkness a2d -9Ha-d tee post a. VS.
pztro..luZ- Then came ta@ cry. no. " 10
comes there, Halt bat ''SEho ss dot Cat
come - me- SrncDe'
Frseod svzs ths reply
Come %. frsenGt. un6 Il Toz Goa sAy
Lsiesl' won't issit ysu psxs-
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-07

Dashaway-Come and take bite with
NE
Suffer- don't care If ! do. old man. I
diEed with Cleverton last night and he
had a necktie on that took away my appe-
tite.
Dashaway-Then l will ask him also
Clothier and Furnisher.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-07
Camp Cuisine.

Captain Bolton On his North woods
shantyl-Well. my boy, how do you Ike
this Shakespereaa lie under the green
lwood tres
His Guest-There's too much bacon
about your Sh kesperean existence % suit
me--.LuGsey's Weekly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-07
Down in the Mouth

Are you an artist;"
Il am"
Shake, old man. What do you draw"
Teeth. Truth
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-07
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The S~Ift SgeclAe Co. AtisnlA "a
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-07
ARE YOU TROUBLED

With an old sore ulcer, or
gun shot wound that refuses
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-07

Why the Corset Is to Blame for Many
Irregularities in the Forms of Hand
some Women-How Many Deformities
May BE Corrected by Vigilance.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-13
STRANGLED HER INFANT.

A Shocking Case of Infanticide Turned Up
in an Allegheny Boarding House-The
Murderess Behind the Bars-Another
Similar Case Reported in Pittsburg
Lieutenant Alexander and Officer Sny-
der yesterday arrested murderess aud her
accomplice in Allegheny. The murder was
that of an infant child and all the parties
are Hungarians The woman is Miss
Catharine Volkenac, and the man is Morris
Chorenic. of Bennett station. The murder oc-
Cured over two months ago. at the Hungarian
boarding house run by Henry Werner, at 622
East Ohio street, Allegheny.
Yesterday Mr. Werner discovered the body
OF q naked baby on his premises. He notified
Lieutenant Alexander. On an examination of
the remains the officer found it to be fully
developed male child. A rope was tied secure
ly about its neck, showing it had been killed
before being thrown away. From its appear
ance it had been there several months, and on
questioning, the man found that Kate Vol
kenac was the only woman who had been about
the place for two months. She had come there
with Chorenic from Bennett. and had been
employed as cook. When taken to the
lookup they refused to say anything. The
woman is about 33 years old, and has only been
in America ii months. The woman is alleged
to have been guilty OF in!anticide in Hungary,
and fed to America to escape punishment.
The Coroner will hold an inquest on the case
to-day.
A. F. WibmeS, who lives in the rear of No.
lS6 DevluerS street. reported to Sergeant Mey-
ers of the Eleventh ward police station, early
yesterday morning that he had discovered
male child about months old, dead. on his
backyard steps. The child was wrapped up in
an old blanket. and from appearances had been
dead only short time Coroner Mcdowell
was notified and the body removed to the
m0rgue.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-13
BOYCOTTING BIRDS.

Revival of the Movement Against the KILL
ing of Sweet songsters-Fashion and
Humanity Go Hand in Hand in Dofiing
Feathers and Donning Flowers.
Ladies in the city are just now very much
agitated over the bird-killing question. 1t
has become quite the proper thing to be
worked up over it, for the Princess OF
Wales and her not-too- beautiful daughters
have openly avowed themselves opposed to
the killing of birds. and to emphasize their
sentiments will not allow feather of any de-
scription to be used in the decoration of their
royal wsrdrobes.
It's English, you know, and then Mrs. Ole
Bull and other prominent ladies interested
themselves during the intervals between the
sessions of the recent National Council of
Women. held in Washington. In getting sigma
1SIS furss to pledge drawn up by diss Miss Will
feathers of birds, because of the great
cruelty practiced BY those who obtain them,
and the wholesale slaughter Of the most beauIi-
ful song birds which this fashion involves.
Over $50 women signed. The matter was very
thoroughly ventilated in the city two seasons
ago, and the interest and earnestness it in
spired then is being revived and added 20 with
great JUNCTION. -
Milliners say the demand for birds and their
plumaSe is at very low ebb and it is a very
frequent occurrence for customer to come in
and salute them with the paraphrase. mo
feathers" But the discarding of them is not
with all matter of principle, for fashion
mas wedge in, and it is easy TO De
humane when flowers are the swell style of hat
trimmings. With great many, however, it is
the principle involved that deters them from
adorning themselves in a modified barbarous
style, and it is amo2g the Weather and more
intelligent class that the question is most
agtated. A wei! known milliner In speaking
of the subject yesterday said:
zone strange bit of inconsistency, however,
is noted with most of the advocates, and that
is that they are either robed in seal skin or
Persian lamb while they expound their hu-
name sentiment and ideas. 1t is well known
fact that the killing of the seal is one of the
most barbarons an0 cruel of practices, and the
Door animals are not even allowed to die before
the las vestige of skin has been removed from
their bodies. while in most instances the poor,
dear, Ii tile birds are trapped and chloroformed
given, in fact, more humane death
than electrocution. There's good deal of it
nonsense" the speaker continued, "and it will
die a lingering death in time, just as the
Jenness Miller fad did and the Russell craze is
now doing"
Circulars regarding the matter have been
sent out by Mrs. Mary F. Lowell Superintendent
of the Department of Mercy of the N. VIC. 4.
Union. soliciting the cooperation of all to pre-
vent the slaughtos of the jnnOcentS. Mrs.
Lowell is now in the city. to attend the Scien-
tihc Temperance Institute, which opens here
Tomorrow morning.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-13
PEOPLE WHO COME AND GO.

Burr Mcintosh, the Pittsburg actor,
was a passenger on the limited last evening
going to Chicago with the Willard company.
He will return to New York in a week to play
the Kentucky Colonel at the opening of Ala
bama." He will give drawing room entertain
ments in London during the summer.
Charles jenkins, Chief Baggage Agent
at the Union depot, has just returned from a
NOT been there for 40 years This is truly re-
markable. He is much taken with the Quaker
City.
DIR. James Mccain, accompanied by
his wife and daughter, left for New York last
evening to take a trip to Europe. He will be
joined to-day by DR.. Murdock and they will
sail tomorrow.
&C. NJ Carly, of Newfoundland, is regis
tered at the Monongshela House. He is con-
tractor and is opposed to reciprocity with the
United States. Such treaty would hurt his
business.
Mrs Robert Pitcairn with her daughter
left for Lewistown last evening in private car
to see a niece who is very i'll and not expected
to live.
-Represen tative W. Scott Mullins, of
Hyndman, was at the Monongahela House for a
short time yesterday.
L. Menthal, of Paris, and A. p
Richey, of Oil City, are stopping at the Sew.
enth avenue Hotel.
w. w. Heaton, of New York, is regis
tered at the Daquesne.
&C. L. Davis, calvin Joslyn," went to
Baltimore last night
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-13
KILLING THE GRIP.
Sunny Sunday and the Promise of Many
More.

n sunny SuuudJ tHc VI Euduy
More.
A particularly clear day and plenty of sun
shine proved a great attraction to Pittsburg's
popuiace yesterday, and during the afternoon
the downtown streets as well as the fashion.
able promenades of the East End were filled
with people attired in the very latest spring
toggery. There was Joy expressed in many a
face where the marks OF grip and other wet
weather maladieS were yet visible. Scores of
such people were glad to take advantage of
a sunny Sabbath and they turned out in large
numbers.
Schenley and Highland parks were yet a lit
tie too wet for pleasant strollIng though thev
drew goodly share of patronage. Churches
all over the two cities had large attendance
both morning and evening, and In the audi
ences were many people who had been absent
for several weeks on account Of illness.
The decadence of the grip is everywhere re-
garded with rejoicing. The weather man last
night furnished the comforting assurance that
to-day will be fair and slightly warmer, which
means another heavy blow to the already weak
ened grip siege. Unless the signal service is
being sadly duped, Pittsburg will be free from
the grip for q year at least. There is every
probability that Aprils death rate will be
away below that of March. Doctors have now
a chance to take little rest, and they report
few cases of grip except convalescents.
Captain g. 5. Orcutt. chief clerk at the ST.
Charles Hotel, was about yesterday for the first
time, after severe attack of the grip.
Among the deaths of old people yesterday
were those of Robert Stewart, aged rs. of Reed
and Dinwiddie streets; James B. Rigdon, aged
IS, of No. 5437 Howe street; William Hoehr,
No. 81 Beaver avenue. Allegheny William
Tower, aged 77, of No. $3.50 Penn avenue.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-13
BOTH PRETTY SLICK.

Theatrical Employees. Checkmate Each
Other by Becoming Union Men.
The jealousy between members of the the
atrical profession and between managers of
rival houses is proverbial, so that it is nothing
very extraordinary that the rivalry should ex-
tend to the employees. Just now the front
Office forces of tbe various local halls of amuse-
ment are in an agitated condition regarding
the question of what constitutes a "union"
man. The employees of the Grand Opera
House and Harris, who work from the front
office, took notion to organize themselves as
local union affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor. The curious part
of this proceeding is that they altogether forgot
there were other places of amusement in the
city, and other employees who would have as
good right to the privileges of unionIsm as
they had.
This attempt at boycott by the employees of
two houses did not long trouble the men of the
other places of amusement. They quietly came
together and organized themselves as an as
sembly of District 8, of the Knights of Labor,
and thus checkmated their comrades, who
reckoned on making hit this week by adver-
tlsing themselves union men and pointing
out the others as 'scabs."
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-13
BLASTED TWO LIVES.
Three Small Boys Find a Can of
Giant Powder in Quarry and
EXPERIMENT WITH FATAL RESULT
Michael 0'Toole and Eddie Caldwell Car
ried Home to Die.
THE REPORT HEARD In BOTH CITIES

Willie Bert, Michael O'Toole and Eddie
Caldwell, 11-year-oId boys, were the victims
Of fatal curiosity yesterday. They were
returning from Sunday school, and as they
passed through Barchfeld's stone quarry
at the head of South Thirty-fourth street,
they stumbled across can of giant powder.
The boys stopped to discuss the quality and
power of the explosive, and finally decided
to settle the question by an experiment.
The boys carried the can of powder do wn
to the Pittsburg, Virginia and Charleston
Railroad tracks and there built q fire.
When the flames began to rise right merrily
the boys placed the can in the center of the
fire.. piled up some more fuel around
it and then Withdrew short distance
to await results. The boys fingered few min
utes and then became Impatient They decided
trat either the can did not: contain an ex-
plosive, or else 1t was not getting the full bene-
fit Of the heat. 1t was, therefore determined
to replenish the fire and poke up the can a
little. There was no need to call for voun-
Ieers. Each of the three boys was only too
willing to do his share toward raising the
echoes. In this they were only too successful.
They had heaped quantity of wood on the
fire, and little Willie Bert was carrying another
armful Of fuel toward the blazing fire, while
his playmates were punching the can with long
sticks and pushing it down into the red-hot
ashes. At that instant the blasting powder
exploded with report that was heard all over
the two cities, and started rumors of bursted
boilers, falling houses and kindred catastrophes
The explosion scattered the burning embers
and shot out sheet of fame which fairly en-
veloped O'Toole and Caldwell Bert was mere
fortunate, as he was further from the fire than
his two companions
The noise of the explosion brought hundreds
of persons to the scene in a few moments
O'Toole and Caldwell we're lying unconscious
on the ground with their faces blackened, ex-
cept here and there, where the roasted skin
had peeled of i'll strips. and their clothing
scorched and smoldering. Bert was con-
scious, and was moaning, partly from agony
and partly from horror of the frightful fate
which had overtaken his laughing companions
of but few moments before. Berts face and
hands were badly scorcheI, his eyebrows
burned off and his hair singed. A deep hole in
the ground marked the spot where the fire had
been built On siding, two or three ties had
been forced from their bed and one of The
heavy steel rails was twisted and snapped.
The boys were taken to their homes. OToole
lived at No. 27l0 Edwards alley, Caldwell at the
head of South Thirty-fourth street and Bert on
South Thirty-third street At midnight the
parents of O'Toole and Caldwell were watching
at the bedsides of their boys, waiting for death
to put an end to the awful suffering of the lads.
Bert is expected to recover.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-13
COLONEL SWORDS HERE.
Ordered to Pittsburg, But He Has Received
No Instructions

Ordered to Pittsburg, But He Has Received
No Instructions.
Colonel H. L. Swords, purchasing agent CT
the Treasury Department. arrived in the city
last evening from Louisville and registered at
the Duquesne. He had received telegram
ordering him to Pittsburg to see Postmaster
Mexican, but he didn't know what he was ex-
pected to do. The Colonel said he had
no intention of coming to Pittsburg at
this time, as he has much work
to do elsewhere. The last time he was here
he made complaints to his chief which re-
suited i'll the removal of Architect Malone.
The Colonel has been very Bmpatient about the
completion of the new postoffice, as he had
made arrangements long ago to furnish the de-
partpent. Under Architect Pattison the
work is being pushed. and he thinks the office
can be moved by July /. Colonel Swords ex-
poets to find letter here from the department
in the morning giving him instructions.
He asked about the Allegheny postoffce, and
it was supposed he came on to supply some
new furniture for the new quarters in the Gen.
trail Hotel. He will visit the Allegheny post
master before he returns.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-13
DIR. BRIGGS AND HIS POSITION.
A Local Presbyterian Pastors Views of the
Heresy Charges.

Rev. E. R. Donehoo, of the Eighth Presby-
terian Church, referring to the proposed trial
of DR.. Briggs, of the Union Theological College,
for heresy said yesterday: II cannot see how
DR.. Briggs can take the oath of office and teach
the church doctrine and be consistent. He is
not in sympathy with it and seems to be de-
stroying the very foundation of the church,
and there is no telling where he will stop. DR..
Briggs originally held the chair of languages,
but was transferred to the chair of systematic
theology, where his views were 1nstIlled into
the minds of the students. Individuals are
given latitude to express their views, but teach
ers must stick TO the doctrines of the church.
Last fall a young student who did not like his
teachings made criticisms of his lectures. which
he sent to Colonel E. F. Shepard, who published
them. That raised quite a row, and it was
some time before the student was caught and
expelled for not treating his superlors with
proper respect.
"iThe reason this case goes before the Gen.
eral Assembly is this: The board ILLS all chairs,
subject to the approval of the General Assem-
bly,, and it is my impression that he will be
bounced by vote that will surprise him. If
his chair is taken from him on the ground of
heresy, then the New York Presbytery will
take it up, and don't see how it can retain him
as a member and be consistent"