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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-17
plsocrerr In prnti-trr.

A dentist Of Moscow is reported 70 have
discovered method Of supplying the ha.
man mouth with false teeth which viii
grow into the gums as firmly as natural
ones. DR. Znamensky has performed sew
eral successful operations on dogs as well
as human beings The teeth are made oi
gutt7 pereha, porcelain or metal Holes
are made a. the roots OF the false tooth and
also upward into the jaw. The tooth Is
then placed into the cavity. e 2 snort
time a soft, graduated growth finds its
Eay from the PATIENTS jaw into the holes
In the tooth, this growth gradually hsFyiens
Hnd holds the to9th II position--Sew
YORK Yelegrsm-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-17
some Queer Happenings.

At fire in Georgia recently, there being
no water a. hand, some little colored boys
pelted is with watsrmelons which were
growing in a neigbboring field, and the
melons bursting soon queuched the flames.
4 Massachusetts, farmer claims 20 have
found an apple that II oEtwardiy perfect,
but the inside Of y bieh has been entirely
consumed by a worm that crawied n
through the stem
A musician cot west hss invented glass
tronbore. His objses in 50 doing wss 70
enable deaf people 20 see the music as il
passed through. bot for Some unaecsunfa~
bic reason the plan hAs not woFked---Har-
per's Young Peoole
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-17
Not Worth 1t.

One of the old clerks at the general de-
livery window tells the following story;
Years ago man called one dayat the win
dow and asked If there was letter for
Mike McGinnis. The clerk handed him
one from the old country, with twenty
four cents due on it. Mr.. McGinpis asked
the clerk to read it for him, as he could
not read himself. The polite clerk com
piled.
When he had finished reading it, Mr..
McGinnis asked if that was all?"
The clerk said, Eyes"
"Then it's not worth twenty-four cents,
and I'll not take it." said Mr.. McGinnis,
and turning On his heel he walked away.
Some time after the same Mr.. McGinnis
called end asked for a letter. The clerk
recognized him, gave him the same letter
he had read before, but took the precau-
ton to collect his twenty-four cents.-Mail
Coach.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-17

A MlsFlr MARRIAeE LICENSE.
he Wanted His Money Back. but It

He Wanted His Money Back. but It
Was No Go.
SCI got license here day before yester-
day." said a man to clerk in the vital
statistics Office. sThat docyment gave
permission of the people of this sovereign
state for the uniting in wedlock of Jere-
miah Sassafras and Annabel McJ unkin-"
Eyes"
81 paid fifty cents for that license in good
hard cash.
'tWell what of it,"
"Annabel McJunkin won't have me-"
"That's bad. Went back on her promise,
did she!a'
Not exactly, sir. You see she hadn't
promised to marry me-"
"Then why did you get licensee"
at was this way. / loved her, and
wanted TO marry her; and thought If l
got license and took it 10 her she'd see l
meant business, and would come to time. !"
And it didn't work."
"No, sir. I showed her the big seal Of
the state, and told her that the eyes Of the
whole commonwealth, through the duly
qualified officers, were upon her, and that
her duty was to obey the mandate Of the
law"
what did she say TO thats"
"She only laughed"
'rhat's very sad"
"Sad's no name for it, sir; and want to
know what's to be done"
Il don't see any remedy"
SIS weak girl with red hair to defy the
authority of the ssates"
THAT'S about the way of it."
"Can't you send an officer to impress
upon her the dignity of the commonwealth,
and to make her understand that the docy-
ments issued by this Office are not to be
trified With"
"No."
swell, suppose can get my money
back, can't H."
'eNo"
"Here's the license Just as it was when I
took it away from here, not bit the
worse for wear"
I'VE can't take it back, sir, or refund the
fee"
"And you can't compel the girl TO marry
me after issuing that license and charging
me good money for it2"
mo"
"Then that settles it. The government
of the present day is hollow mockery.
You hear me, insolent minion of a supine
and powerless stated l go, but l returnl
The day OF vengeance draws nigh, sir.
Bewarel You shall hear from me again,
and when you hear me, tremblel"
And Jeremiah Sassafras was gone
William Henry Siviter in Harper's Bazaar.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-17
His watch Charm Once Saved His Life

His Watch Charm Once Saved His Life.
Colonel A. D. Gwynne, Of Memphis, car
ries a charm that has history closely in
terwoven with his own, for it is relic Of
the battle of Shiloh, and brings to mind a
time when the gallant colonel might have
yielded up his life in the cause of his coun-
try but for the same button
1t was an old brass button of the Federal
pattern, for at the time the battle of Shiloh
was fought the Confederates did not pos
seSs button peculiar 70 their own uni
forms. Colonel Gwynne keeps it brightly
FURNISHED, and its every iDdentation is as
plain as on the day it was turned out OF
the factory. In the pride of its youth it
was pulled out, that is, it was globulsr in
form in the middle, but as IL appears now
the conceit has been taken ont Of il by the
ball that struck it and fattened IL
At the head Of the Twenty sixth Alabama
regiment Of cavalry Colonel Gwynne took
foremost part in the battle of Shiloh. and
it was in the thickest OF the fight that, when
leaning over in a charge, a ball tore
through the front Of his cap, grazed past
his nose and struck the first button on his
coat, CHANGING thence to his right arm,
which was shattered, 50 tina: for some time
be was laid up for repairs But he never for
got the button that saved his life. and ever
since it has hung from his watch chain,
slightly dis6gured but therefore the more
acknowledgements ApPeai-Avalanche.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-17
Alfalfa Farms.

One of the greatest irrigation districts in
the United States is in Kern county, Cali
fornia. Here are some thirty-fve large
canals with branches and distributing
bitches, covering nearly half a million
acres of very rich, sandy loan. The
largestof the canals is the Galloway, thirty
two miles long. 1t has sixty-five distrib-
uting bitches, ard covers 100000 acres of
very rich land. It's water appropriation is
1,476 cubic feet per second.
On the lower side of the canal one can
see fully q, 900 acres in almost continuous
alfalfa fields. Alfalfa, with water, yields
five crops year, and two tons to the acre
at each cutting.
About once in six weeks, for eight
months in the year, the alfalfa fields are
cut and the crops stacked in great piles.
The vastness of some of the stacks near
the ranch houses of the irrigation belt"
is a constant source of wonder to tourists.
Eight hundred and fifty tons have been put
into one stack.
There are some immense alfalfa farms in
Kern county. The McClurg and the Rose
dale ranches have about $500 acres each,
the Jackson ranch has over 900 and the
Poso ranch about 1000 acres.
The process of handling alfalfa on a
large scale is interesting. The derrick and
derrick fork are used. The stacks range
from 100 to 400 feet long and ara usually
thirty feet wide and from twenty-five to
thirty feet high, and on the extensive
ranches one can often see from fifty to a
hundred stacks of alfalfa in sight at one
time.
From six to ten teams are kept busy sup
plying the derricks, and from sixty to 100
tons can be stacked in day. Eight thou
sand tons have been stacked in single
ranch and fed out TO live stock.
Cattle, sheep, horses and hogs all live, 70
a great extent, on alfalfa.-Youth's Com.
panion
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-17

Sealskin coats will be worn next winter
in fashionable sea hon society.
Eight ounce gloves are stfH IN vogue
among artists. Undressed kids are often
seen in the poorer quarters.
The summer girl will be much worn N
August and September.
The summer young man will wear nit
tens in the fall
Il is not deemed good taste for young
man 20 shoot his brunette sweetheart with
q blue barrele1 pistol Blue Is for blends.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-17

II. c. Oaklsy's pumpkins attain size 80
large they cannot lie loaded into q wagon.
He concluded that he wouid have 70 Ees a
smAiler variety Of pumpkins Or quit the
business, but a. lie VAS ABOUT % resort 70
the latter alternative a happy idea struck
him. and he sEralgatway began training
the vines ~ 20 q roof Of she'd u a few
weeks the root of the shed wa covered
VIII mammoth pumpkins. which ke vas
szsolsd . Toil iAto a wagon ard Ia4zkez-
Ontario O5=Srxer
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No Time Lock for Him.

A certain official was bothered almost 70
death by people running in on him at all
times of the day and he was expressing
himself emphaticaIly on the subject
Why don't you put time lock on yoer
door 20 they can get 10 only at a stated
hour" suggested a friend.
thine lock, nothing" be exclaimed,
"what want is an eternity lock. Wash
iDgton Star
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-17
MIX ox,d,,ed bv Electricity.

Professor Tolomei, an Italian chemist,
concludes that the ozone produced by cleo
trio discharges in a thunder storm coagu-
lates milk by oxidizing it. and generates
Tactic acid. Mr.. Treadwell, OF the Wes-
leyan university, in discussing this, states
that the action is not mere oxidation. but
it is partly produced by the growth Of bac-
terra, which is very rapid in hot, sultry
weather-New York Telegram.
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:agle
DREAM MUSIC.

Ihear spirit In my dreams
That IN the calm dream darkness sings
In tongues know not of, of things
That are unthinkable, it seems.
Her voice has in it hues and CLEANS,
And In the unknown words there rings
Cadence on cadence, as of strings
Finer than sunlight spun in beams.
II I could zee her, I am sure
That would find her colored eyes
Like flute tones, and her cheeks made
fair
With thrilling bugle notes. and pure
Her lips as harp tunes and gold signs
OF viols woven in her hair.
Edward Lucas White in New York Sun
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-17
The Honeat Agent.

New Clerk-That house you rented 20
Mr.. and Mrs. Suburb mas nothing but a
cistern, and that is fifty feet from the door.
You told them there was water ia the
house.
Suburban Agent-There is-ceuar's half
fulL-Good NewA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-17
Western Australia

The continent OF Australia may he
likened 20 one immense plain. with fringe
Of highlands dividing the interior from the
encircling sea- On the west this fringe sx-
tends about go miles inward. and merges
IN the great plain az al elevation OF some
1900 Tea Thus. lille Possessing bold
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-17
Red ExelidS

If troubled with red eyelids give them q
hot bath just before going to bed, having
them with the hands. In the morning
always give the eyes another good bath
ing, rubbing gently from the outer corners
toward the nose. Many people carelessly
pass over the eyes while washing the face,
but they deserve and need great care
Herald of Health
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-17
When flora Sings.

When Flora sings
dream the air is dipped in sweets,
And Eephyry seas aAoat with fleets
OF mystic boats wherein are massed
The garnered bird notes OF the past.
When Flora sings
also. noting how her itps
Do cape to float these mystic ships,
Imagine they are sailing south
Thr0' Mississjppis mammoth mouth.
Boston Courier.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-17

did you give your sehooimaster any,
thing during the holidaysfp
Eyes" said the bad little boy, II gave
him bottle Of lotion TO soften his handA.o
Epoch.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-17
A Polite Cnsst.

Lady of the House. Well. Herr Mailer
hope you are enjoying your dinnsrf
Herr Muller-Oh. yea. I have to-day an
appetite worthy Of better causeF'-Scherz-
ices.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-17
Irish Moss.

Among the many useful things which
absolute privation has been the means of
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-17

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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-06-30

The Americans do indeed honor
their heroes, as the following story will
show; For years helpless, paralyzed
cripple has set by the wayside in Ken
nington, and there, supported in a
wheel chair, he has gained pre-
carious living by the sale of bootlaces.
Some four years back local sympa-
thizer interested himself in the old man
and learned that he had served in the
Federal army through the American
war, and that his paralysis was the
fruit of hardships he endured as a sol
der.
Forthwith the sympathetic friend pc
titioned the United States minister and
claimed some consideration for the
crippled veteran. Failing to obtain i'm
mediate assistance, the case was stated
and re-stated with logged persistency,
and the official red tape began gradual
ly but surely to unwind. A threat was
at last made that the paralytic should
be wheeled to the door of the American
embassy, when 10! the United States
authorities succumbed, and the old
man has now ''retired from business"
with f400 leash down" as deferred
pension" and thirty dollars a month
for the rest of his life. He does not
sell bootlaces now.-St. James Gazette.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-06-30
WOOD FOR LOCOMOTIVE FUEL.


What Strikes the Traveller When He Rides
n Into Southern States.
Throughout the border states of the
south the fuel for domestic use, as well
as for running machinery, is wood On
all the railroads wood is used exclusive
ly for firing the engines. Each tender
OF the engine is stacked high with short
lengths of wood ready for use, which
have been gathered from the immense
piles that are seen at regular intervals
along the lines.
Pine is plentiful in the coast states,
and is the wood principally used. 1t
kindles easily, as every one knows, and
generates rapidly an intense heat, and
still does not consume as quickly as at
first appears. Passenger trans are fire.
quently run from III to 1919 miles with
one cord of this wood.
The traveller on these roads is apt to
find the thick black smoke from the
rich pine thrown off by the engine
equally as annoying and disagreeable
as the sulphur fumes from the btu
minous coal in common use on roads
throughout the coal regions. Back
from the smokestack is thrown o con-
tinual shower of sparks, making a
pretty sight by night These bits of
fire, as rule, die out quickly and do
very little damage But spark may
occasionally enter through an open
door or window, and burn its way into
your clothing or the cushions of the
seat.
Another disagreeable feature attend
ing travel on these roads is the dust
you encounter at all seasons of the
year. Close the windows and doors of
the coach as you will, the white sand
dust will enter the crevices and cover
you from head to foot. Before you
reach your journeys end you will likely
think you will either be suffocated with
the tar smoke of the pine fuel or stran-
gled with the dust.
For this reason travellers once pass
ing over southern railroads see the
necessity of providing themselves well
with linen busters or travelling cloaks,
as double protection against sparks
from locomotives and dust of the way
side. -Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-06-30
vestments at Private ChapeIs.

There are many magnificent private
collections of vestments in the vicinity
of New York. One of the finest and
most artistic is used in the private
chapel of Mr. Lindley II. Chaplin, of
Fifth avenue. Mr. Chapin's chapel is
at his summer residence, near New Lon
don, Conn. Bishop Mcmahon, of the
Connecticut diocese, provides the priest
who celebrates mass at the chapel with
vestments that are worth their weight
in gold. One set of these vestments in
particular is valued at $4,000. 1t is of
cloth of gold, and is embroidered in
fine gold tinted with bright silks. 1t
was made by the Dominican nuns in
Europe. Also at Mr.. Chapin's chapel
is very rich set of black velvet vest
ments embroidered with the finest gold
thread.
Joseph J. O'Donohue has very fine
collection of vestments in his private
chapel at his residence at East Sixty
ninth street. One set in particular is
noted for its richness and beauty. It is
made of gold and cloth, heav''v en-
broidered in gold and richly colored
silks. Mr.. O'Donohue purchased this
set of vestments in Lyons. New York
Herald.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-06-30
WHERE sARlMps COME FROM.
They Are Caught In the Gulf of Mexico
and Are Canned in New Orleans.

They Are Caught In the Gulf of Mexico
and Are Canned in New Orleans.
You can find good many things in
Fulton market that you are not likely
to understand unless you know some
thing of the inner secrets of the fish
business. That was the experience of
q reporter who happened down there
the other day. He saw a portly, red
faced fish merchant asserting stock of
canned shrimps. Now the reporter
knew that shriinps were shrimps, and
that they came from somewhere, and
that they were good to eat. At that
point his fund of knowledge ran out.
AS he was in search of information
lie appealed to the merchant for some
facts.
"Shrimps," said the fish dealer, care
caught in the Gulf of Mexico. The
season lasts four months, two in the
spring and two in the fall, and in that
time tremendous business is done in
the way of catching and canning them.
In New Orleans, which is the head
quarters of the trade, 100, 900 cans day
of these little fish are packed.
''The shrimps run in large schools
down the numerous passes leading into
the Gulf of Mexico, where the fisher
men catch them with their seines, fire.
quently bringing in at one haul enough
to fill one of their peat boats. They
are then taken to the canning factories.
The shrimps are placedin large troughs.
Girls who are experts in their line take
them in hand. With one twist they
take off their heads, and then with
pressure at the tail the shrimp is forced
out. The gisls Se paid by the pound,
and they make good wages too.
'After being taken from the shells
the shrimps are put in vat of salt wa
ter, and are cooked by means of steam
pipes running through the watts. Then
they are put into little gauze bags, each
bag just big enough to fit inside the
cans used, there being SO much phos-
phorous in the shrimp that unless some
precaution is taken the tin would be
eaten through by its action.
"After the shrimps are placed in the
cans they are Theoretically sealed, this
work being done by machinery. The
cans are then put into large tank,
and once again the shrimps are put
through steaming process, this being
ten times hotter than before. After this
the shrimps are thoroughly cooked, and
when the cans cool they are labeled and
put in boxes. Next you see them here
in Fulton market, ready for the table
of any one who has the price. - New
York Recorder
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-06-30
A Useful Invention.

Mr.. s. P. Watson, of this city, is a
man of peace and of an inventing turn
of mind. Whenever he sees his fellows
clash over trivialities he gets his thinker
to work, an lol forth comes the rem
edy. On many occasions Mr.. Watson
has lost his turn at the BARRIERS rather
than engage in dispute, and now he
comes out with a device which he has
had patented, and which will make
everything serene hereafter in the par
lors of the artists tonsorial. 1t is cir
cular shaped electrical indicator that
can be seen from the sidewalk, and
tells how many must go before you are
next" The applicant for the atten-
ton of the artist receives, upon enter
ing, a numbered check which cor
responds with q number on the dial.
Then if there are many ahead of him
he can go and "see a man" if he likes.
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-06-30
BuncO In Paris.

Paris most popular bunco game is
played thus: A well dressed stranger
with handbag hurries into hotel
restaurant near railway station, eats
a fine dinner and engages the landlord
in conversation. He praises the cook
ing, and after paying his bill promises
to make the hotel his headquarters dur
ing his frequent visits to the city. As he
opens the door to leave he calls back
for the landlords name. When the
landlord gives it the stranger remarks,
Curious that is my name, too" asks
the landlord to care for letters or pack
ages to his address, and leaves. Let
tiers come for the stranger, and are
called for by "his valet" Finally a
package comes, and is also carried off.
That is ALL The trick is up, and the
landlord and tradesInan who sent round
the package may settle the loss as best
they can.-Ncw York Sun.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-06-30

Mrs. Appleton, of Boston (the daugh-
ter of Daniel Webster), was dying after
a long illness. The great lawyer, after
pleading an important case in the court
room, on his way home stopped at the
house of his daughter and went into
her sick room. She said to him, ia
ther, why are you out today in this
cold weather without an overcoatp
The great lawyer went into the next
room, and was in flood of tears, say
ing, dying herself, yet thinking only
of meP Oh, how much more beauti-
full is care for others than this everlast-
ing taking care of ourselves!-Dr 4.
De Witt Talmage in Ladies' Home
JOurnal
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-06-30
Useful. If Not Sentimental.

Two or three passengers on rail-
way train which was crossing Ten
nessec lately fell TO discussing the de-
scriptions given by Chas. Egbert
Craddock, of the magniflcenoe of the
mountain scenery in that State.
81 never saw anything of it," said
one man, "and l know every acre of
that country. 'Cloud-temples and
melancholy peaks and prophets and
heroic maidensp Nonsense! There
is a lot of timber land snake couldn't
get it's living out OF, and rabble of
snulf-rubbing, whisllcy-drinking Doors
and that's all there is of it,"
As he went out of the car, the other
passengers smiled. "Poor fellow! !"
said one, ITO be blind, and to not even
know that he is Blind"
"Yct," said another, "therc are two
ways of looking at even the mountains
This man is a great lumber dealer, and
gives employment and wages and
comfort to hundreds of the poor noun
tain by cutting and shipping timber"
Several years ago a sensitive, un-
practical poet, while dining with some
literary people in New York, called on
his wife to help him remember the
name of certain wonderful mount
ain view in Switzerland.
'Switzerland !" she exclaimed, II re-
member nothing about it, except that
there was but one inn there where
you could get chop fit TO eat"
There was much pity expressed
afterwards by his friends for the poet
who was linked for life to so coarse
and dull a nature.
They did not know that the homely
little woman, by her constant drudgery
and tender care, fed and clothed this
sensitive genius, and stood between
him and the rough world, giving him
leisure and quiet in which to sing his
song.
We are all of us apt to despise men
and women who lack some nice quail
ty of intuition, or special knowledge,
or delicate taste which we happen to
possess.
There are two ways, let us remem-
Der, of looking even at mountain.