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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-29
Discovery Of Y5e,ional y,-~,y,,I,,

An Engilshmzn pat OF & pair Of woole1
stockings over his six ons= ca cold win
ter dag. ~ night he pulled tie stockings
of without separating them. aad WAS as
tonishei by the cracking noise and sTen
the sparks Of electricity which followed
When be drew the siIs stockings OCT q
the woolsn ones the electrical attraction
wzs 50 manifest that the stockings would
incline toward one another when he3a some
distance apart II happened TIA, the 49,
stockings were black and tte wooden ones
Of hight colo- bat when be tired the ex-
pertinent VITA both stockipgs OF the sam.
coior there wzs no electrical manifestation.
boston Transcript
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-29
A Medical Reference.

A friend Of ours was on the lockout for
a coachman. \ candidate applied for th.
situation.
Who was your last employerf"
'Dr. -" perhaps We had better sug
press the gentleman nance Monsieur
can make inquiries. The doctor Will give
NE good character, know"
Our friend started OF 70 Rue Z. No.
L. aud. after waiting his turn IL the ate
room, was a. length admitted into the
inner sanctuary. Here he explained the
object OF his visit, after which the doctor
took up his pen and jotted down 81 the
basty and illeg be scrawl peculiar 70 med
icai practitioner:
he man Lorain has driven re for the
last seven years without single accident
He IS honest, ciTil and paDctua. IN the Dis
charge O. his datis--" oar Tread rendered
his best thanks, put the testimonial IL his
pocket. bowed and wss soou; 90 leave the
room, when the modern Kscllapius re
marked Ia a freezing tone
Beg your pardon, sir, / hare the honor
70 Inform you tEat ny consultations are
fs.-1y francs. "-Ageada Prlate-nps.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-29
ghe aaieha 1ay eagle aaaedmesaaY oruue apr1 70
OLD WiLLlE'3 QUEST.
4 Bowery Character Whose Expericns
Demonstrates Bowery Sympathy.

4 Bowery Character Whose Experience
Demonstrates Bowery sympathy.
There's character" said the clerk OF
3 twenty-five cen: Bowery hotel, indi-
osting shabbily dressed old man who
ssood with his back to the stove. "Wil-
lie. come over here minute"
The old man by the stove evidently
answered TO the diminutve name, for he
glanced up 70 see who called, and then
shudied quickly over TO the desk.
Tell the gentleman about yourself,
Willie" said the CLERK.
Willie took OF his dilapidated hat to
the stranger. and said: Twenty-Five
years ago l had a daughter. One day
she went away and left me. She was
mighty pretty, and not more'n fifteen
years old Where had she gone? No
one could say. l began my search one
night in March. twenty-five years ago.
| hunted for ten years and never found
her. Then one night In winter saw a
man and a woman crossing this very
Bowery. / looked closer, and there was
my child. called, 'Juial Julia"
| was hurrying up 10 take her hands,
when | saw that she was leaving me,
She and the man went fast through the
crowd, and l followed, calling, 'Julial
Julias a policeman stopped me, and
then they all laughed. l had lost her
again. That was fifteen years ago. I've
never seen her since, bat I'm still look
iug, and I'll find her yet"
We'll, life has gone hard with you.
hasn't 1T" said the stranger. You look
cold"
Thank you. I'm not so very cold.
The trouble is my kind friends give me
a thin coat to wear IN the winter and a
thick one to wear in the summer. That's
the way it was with the Italian that
keeps the fruit stand ont on the corner
here. He gave this little blue coat 10
me, and pawned the old thick one that
the cigar man gave me. because it had
the most holes in it"
Are you very poor"
Not as long as / stay right in ttns
neighborhood. The cigar man lets me
sleep on the floor in his shop, and this
good young man lets me have the use of
the hotel Office"
Where do you get your food?'
at comes TO me from various direc-
tons. l have the same trouble with
that, though, that / do with my coats.
l get a piece of sweet rice pudding for
breakfast as rule, and buckwheat
cakes for dinner, when, OF course, the
order should be reversed. 1t is left over
IN that way"
We'll, you expect to find your daugh-
ter some day?"
Yes. Tn seventy-six now, and l
think viii live ten years longer. In
that time shall meet her again. am
always on the street, except when step
in here or at the cigar store to get warm
l viii bid you good day, sir, and start out
again on my hunt"
The old man hurried out into the Bow
cry and disappeared in the crowd.
1.-The worst of it IS" remarked the ho-
tel clerk after he had gone, "Old Willie's
daughter has been dead for rem years
and he's never been told Of iiT-New
York Sun
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-29
fusIc FROM Afar.

Frank White, ditch tender for ths
South Yuba company, who makes his
headquarters az ChrystSl Springs. is handy
with the violin. Frequently stormy even.
ings the people at the various stations
along the line get him to rosin his bow and
give them telephone concerts. They hear
the music twenty or more miles away as
plainly as though they were at the players
side Nevada Transcript.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-29
Biood Oranges Made TO Order

Doubtless but few people are aware q
the fact that the so-Called blood. oranges
are sometimes simply ordinary oranges
treated with aniliae dye. The originator
of this trick was an Italian. who, on oeing
discovered, was prosecuted. and be served
ten years in prison for his crime Not
outstanding this salutary example thu
swindle is still occasionally pcrpetrated-
Boston Herald.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-29
A Gr.., san.h American Railway.

The station OF TIE grea: Southern rail-
way on the Plaza de Ia Constitution 81
Buenos Ayres is a vast and handsome
building. which will bear comparison with
the best modern railway stations IN Errcp>-
The monumental marble staircase ard
entrance hail, the Offices Of the adninis.ra-
ton. the waiting rooms and The arrival
and departure platforms, spanned by 4
tasteful iron roof. are 81 ~ fine rs anS-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-29
A Social Elevation.

Goslin-I don't like to ride on the eie-
waited in the crush hours.
Dolley-I should think you would, for IL
affords YOU an excellent opportunity 70
mix with men of standing.-Munsey 8
Weekly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-29

OPPORTUNITY.

Master Of human destinies am II
Fame, love and fortune on my footsteps
wait.
Cities and fields walk. penetrate
Deserts and seas remote, and passing by
Howell and mart and palace, soon or late
knock unbidden once at every gatel
II sleeping, wake; if feasting, rise before
turn away. 1t is the hour of fate.
And they who follow me reach every state
Mortals desire. and conquer every foe
Save death, but those who doubt or hesitate
Condemned to failure, penury and woe.
Seek me in vain and uselessly implore.
answer not, and l return no more!
John j. ingalls, in New York Truth.
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ri make you a good son yet. d"

And out under the shadows of lonely
trees in the cemetery the little one slept,
with the marble shaft above her bearing
no other name than THE Baby" and the
simple inscription below, "a Little Child
Shall Lead Them. Julia Fruit Bishop in
Philadelphia Times
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-29

II Is bad habit to threaten children with
certain punishments contingent on their
disobeyinR, for It puts us in tLe dilemma
of inf!ctinE uuwlse punishment CT u
breaking our word
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-29

Othelio-The death OF Miss Stajelevator
was very widely discussed iG the newspa-
pers.
Iaso-Yes: lis great pi,yf4b ISM
alive, 70 profit by the advertising Puck.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-29
Wichita Wholesale 4 Manufacturing Houses.

The their ja b Sg s ns T
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-29

friend Of ours was on the lockout for
oachman. y candidate applied for th.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-09-24

Mrs. Julia Fillmore Harris, who died
in San Francisco recently at the ago Of
70 years, was a sister of President Fill
more, and well-known woman suf-
fragist. She was associated with Eliza
beth Cady Stanton and Susan B.
Anthony In that cause in the west.
Ex-senator ingalls, has DOTTED the
rustic attire in which he used to be clad
when he drove into town from his
potato patch. While he waited in the
station in Kansas City for a train the
other day he wore his historic tightly
bnttoned Prince Albert coat with pair
of highly-colored trousers. His hat was
a large broad brimmed white felt. He
looked very sour. To reporter who
said to him, as this Senator Ingalls, 2"
he blurted out, mo, sir; there is no
such person on earth as Senator In
gals !"
Kilian Van Rensselaer's house in
Rensselaer, county, opposite Albany, is
said to be the oldest inhabited dwelling
house in the United States. 1t stands
near the Hudson river al the south end
of Greenbush, is of brick and has a
gambrel roof. Two PORTFOLIOS, ont of
which the early Van Renssclaers Shot at
Indians, pierce the front walls, and a
little plate in the rear, set up by the
Albany Commemorative Society, shows
the editice to have been erected in l642.
Behind this venerable mansion is a
well, on the coping of which yankee
Doodle" is said to have been composed
during the French war preceding the
Revolution. In the old hall the Dutch
Reformed settlers had religious services.
AZ ]. World.
Professor Holden of the Lick Observ-
atory, has plan for obtaining an OBJ
ject glass of immense power. He says:
IN Lake county are found powders of
obsitkan of almost unlimited size. OBJ
eidian is simply black glass, and think
ii may be more homogeneous and free
from defects than any glass that can be
manufactured in large masses. | would
first have u small bowlder cut and
polished to test the quality, and if that
should prove satisfactory would have
a reflector made from u big bowlder,
say 10 feet in diameter, silver the back
Of il and get perfect rejecting surface.
A reflector of that size would be about
20 times more powerful than the Lick
telescope, and with its aid the surface of
the moon, for example, could be studied
very minulely."
McClellan's popularity with his
soldiers is said to have been due to Incl
dents like this: When the Army of the
Potomac left Harrison's Landing its
march was along the north bank of the
James river to Newport News. One
evening a creek was reached, and in the
effort to cross its muddy current, single
file over the log that lay across, much
delay and confusion were caused.
"Wade right through men ~ voice
called out in the dusk, and more than
one discontinued "set" answered back,
"i'hat's all right for us. Why don't you
wade through yourself?" No sooner
had the officer heard this reproacll than
he leaped from his horse and did set the
example Of wading. And when he
climbed up the bank, wet and dripping,
a mighty cheer went up for Little
Mac
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-09-24
MANIFEST SONG.


Laugh out, laugh out, We orchard lands,
With all your ripened store;
Such bounteous measure nature Yields;
What could heart ask for more?
With earth's broad lap abrim with food,
The azure skies above,
The heavens whisper, Earth is good"
Earth answers, Heaven is love.n
The winds that wander from the West
Der fields afar or near
Find plenty nowhere manifest
In richer stores than here.
The golden rick, the bursting bin,
OF rich and ripened grain
Bespeak the wealth which all may win
In industry's domain.
The corn fields set in grand array
OF solid rank and row
Are streams of wealth which set this way
And soon shall overflow
Laugh out, laugh out, We ripened fields,
With eer-increasing mirth;
The Joy your bounteous measure Yields
Shall bless the whole round earth.
-Ha,per's Bazaar.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-09-24
suFFooATEp nr SMOKE.


CHICAGO, Sept. l9.-Fire early this morn
ing in the three story brick building at
Nos. $40 and SOL Sedgwick street, the
upper stories of which were occupied by
a number of families as living apartments
resulted in the Heath of seven people and
the fatal injury Of another.
The dead are John Schalk, mechanic,
aged 45; his wife, aged AZ and three chill
dren, Annie, aged 10, John, aged IL, and
James, aged 8; Robbie Burns, aged 4, and
woman, name unknown. Cynthia
Schalk, the only surviving member Of her
family, aged II, was overcome with smoke
and, it Is thought. cannot recover.
The fire originated in the rear of the first
floor, which was occupied by William
keafitz as a bakery. 1t Is thought 10 have
caught from one Of the bake ovens. Il
spread g shed in the rear in which was
a quantity of hay and straw. From this
it ran mp the rear stairway and into tho
rooms Of the people on the second and
third floors.
The front rooms on the second floor
were occupied by John Rondo, his wife
and two children, nil Of whom escaped
without injury. The rear was occupied by
by Mr.. keniitz, the owner of the bakery,
and two bakers, Kaginstein and Kosseilcld,
the Schaik and Burns family occupied the
rear OF the third floors. Burns and wife
and three OF their children were rescued
by the tremen. Kealltz and his family
escaped from the second floor by means Of
q ladder.
When the rooms of the Schalk family
were reached il was found that all were
unconscious. Mrs. schalk and Cynthia
gave evidence of life but the mother died
before the patrol wagon arrived. Tho
ianilly were sniothercd, not burned to
death; the financial loss is not ye, esti-
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-09-24
RAIN-MAKfNG ExPEHIMByrs.
The Downpour Came on Time--It is Pro-
nounced Wonderful Feat.


CHICAGO Sept. 19--Lester Kabros,
wealthy cattle man. of Cheyenne Wy,
now in this city talked to reporter Of the
recent rain-making experiment Of Frank
Melbourne at that place. | was present
during Melbourne's experiments recently
at Cheyenne, said he, and the results we're
certainly startling. ExGov. Baxter If
Wyoming, Perry Oregon, a large ranch
owner, and President Malchrist Of the
Melrose National Bank were also present.
They were skeptical when they came on
the grounds. The experiments were made
from the loft of a barn on an open space
400 yards from farm house.
There was a hearty laugh when Mel
bourne came out of the barn with nothing
on but II pair of trousers and a red shit
and said, I'VE will have shower at IL
o'clock" This was at . o'clock, and he
added, You will not laugh so hearty at
noon. You will be wishing for am
brellas about that time Melbourne
then disappeared inside the barn and
opened little trap door lie had
temporarily arranged in the roof. The
crowd looked at HE sky. 1t was clear at
l0.45 o'clock. There. was not cloud
visible and the Indications for rain as far
off as ever. The weather bureau for that
district had predicted continued fair
weather. Slowly, about II o'clock, the
clouds began to creep up over the horizon.
They came from east and west and met
directly above.
At u o'clock it began to drizzle, at 1890
the rain was coming down steadily. The
fall was general around Cheyenne At 9
o'clock the rain had ceased and the sun
was shining brightly.
Melbourne came out. His face was
flushed and the clothing on him was
wringing wet with Precipitation. He said
II will give you another shower at
o'clock. Melbourne disappeared again, and
the same as before and rain began to fall
1t came down quite hard, and at o'clock,
when it ceased there was mud and little
pools Of water in every direction. AT d..O
The sky was again clear. Melbourne again
appeared and said 1.-THE next shower will
be at 6 o'clock"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-09-24
A BULLEr IN MS BRAJN.
An Autopsy Diaeloses a Case That 1,
New to Medical Science.

Sioux CRY, Sept. 21.-Charles G..
Borrowsky, for 2S years stationary
engineer In this city, died Friday Of
Inflammation Of the bowels. Twenty
nine years ago, while in the crmy, he
received pistol wound in the left side
of the mouth, and since has suffered IN
tensely in the head when lying on his
right side or when STOPPING over.
Before his death he requested post
norton examination be held to ascer-
tain the location Of the bullet. This
was done yesterday. 1t was traced from
the mouth upward through the orb of
the left eye. aad thea down and back
through the vital part of the brain
where it wss found encysted in mem
braneous sac in the posterier portion Of
the left lateral veutricle. The portions
OF the brain through which the ball
passed are the most vital. The physi-
clans here declare the case unparalleled.
Many cases are recorded where foreign
substance lodged in the upper portion
OF the brain but they know Of none like
this.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-09-24
rAscorr WANTS TO DEAL.
The Murderer win Surrender II He 4
Given Assurance That He Wont be Exc
cnted.

Given Assurance That He Won't be Exc
cuted.
CHICAGO, Sept. 2l,-The fact has Just
developed here that Frank Tascott,
brother Of William Tascott, the alleged
murderer of Millionaire Amos ]. Smell,
held extended negotiations with the
police authorities some six months ago
looking to the surrender of his brother.
The terms on which the surrender
was TO be made were that an Indictment
for burglary against the noted fugitive
was to be nolle prosecuted and that be
was to be paid the reward of $4,000
offered by the relatives of the dead man
for his capture, to be used in his de-
fence against the charge of murder.
The negotiations, however, fell through,
Frank Tnscott becoming suspicious that
the police department would not give
his brother fair treatment, the facts
were admitted by Police Inspector
Marsh who was at that time chief OF
police.
Mr.. Marsh never knew Tascott was in
hiding. Detective Duffy, who was con-
cerned in the negotiations, says that in
his opinion the evidence against Tascott
10 sufficient to convict him.
W. W. Irwin, st. Paul lawyer, tells
the following story in connection with
TIE case; One day last February or
March, man came into my office and
introduced himself as Samuel G. Golden
Of 81. Johns, Rolette county, Ind. He
startled me by declaring he knew ,shere
Iascott was, and had seen him dozen
times recently. Tascott, he said, had
declared to him that he would give him
self up if he could have the written
assurance of the state's-aitorney of Cook
county, ILL.,, that he would move on his
arraignment that the sentence would be
imprisonment for life instead Of hang
Ing. Mr.. Golden said he had letter in
his pocket from near relative of Tas-
colt, In which the proffer Of surrender
was made. Golden said Tascott was
wish the Turtle Mountain Indians.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-09-24
The American Association of Railway

The American Association of Railway
Clerks, in session at st. Louis, on Fri
day adopted resolutions opposing strikes
or any utilization with any order coun-
tenancing them. The following officers
were elected for the ensuing year;
Grand President, George r. Round,
Boston; First Vice-president, Pierce B.
Walsh, Cairo, Ill; Second Nice-presi-
dent, W. G. Staley, N. Y; Grand Secre-
tary, Frank L. Solomon, Boston; Grand
Treasurer, w. g. Pearce, Boston. The
association will meet in Philadelphia
next year.
A telegram from Durango, Col, SAYS
the Swedish Baron Nordenskiold, who
secured permission to visit the cliff
dwellings of the Ute Reservation, with
the understanding that he would neither
destroy Or carry away any of the relies,
event upon work of general devasta-
ton as soon as he reached the famous
dwellings, and shipped several boxes of
relics to New York; When the Baron
reached Durango, on Thursday, on his
way east, he was arrested by the United
States marshal on the charge of robbery.
"He will be held, and prosecuted TO the
fullest extent for his work of destruc-
tion."
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-09-24
MisHAPs AND CAPABILITIES.

Anthony Mccormick and j. II. Bah
cock, miners, of Nickel City, Ont, were
drowned on Friday by the upseti.ng OF
canoe.
Miss Nellie Ferron, a school teacher
at Christiana, Pa, was killed by train
while crossing the railroad track there
on Saturday morning.
Two cars belonging to John Robin
sons circus were wrecked near Wash
ington, Pa, on Saturday, by the break
ing Of brake beam. Five persons were
hurt, an actress probably fatally.
Two trucks carrying IS men jumped
the track on high trestle on the Penn
sylyania railroad at Royersford, Pa, on
Saturday, and dashed to the ground.
Seven men were injured, Samuel Cox
fatally.
Two passenger trains on the Union
Pacific railroad collided at Port Neuf.
Idaho, on Friday. Five men were killed
/. mail clerk named Weidemyer and four
Indians and seven persons were severely
injured.
Two freight trains on the Cincinnati
southern railroad collided near Rock
dale, Tenn, on Friday, owing,it is said,
to disobetience of orders a brakeman
named Stewart and a fireman named
Weir were killed.
William McCrackie, Edward Williams,
Jacob Dunn and James Mcclure, We're
badly hurt at the works of Carnegie,
Phipps g. Co., in PittsbuIg, ON Satur-
day, ny the explosion OF Il ladle OF steel.
1t is thought Mcclure will die.
A freight train on the Colorado Mid
land railroad was wrecked near Glen
wood Springs, on Saturday, by the fall
ing of rock on the track j. r. Hogan,
brakemen, was burned to death between
the engine and tank, while Engineer
Button and Fireman Stitfier were fatally
injured. Ninety-iive head OF cattle
were killed.
George w. johnson and son, living 60
miles south of Bismarck, South Dakota,
were burned to death on Sunday while
lighting prairie fires. Owing to the I'M
usually long grass this year the fire was
uncomfortable and swept over the coun-
try, from Winchester to the Missouri
river, Tor so miles southeast, destroying
q large mount of hay, grain and build
ings.
a iiclSuu Train On lne IcnnSylVanla
railroad parted on the down grade near
Greensburg. Pa, Sunday morning and
then came together again. Before the
tracks were cleared an east-bound cattle
train crashed into the wreck. Engineer
Rogers and Brakeman Wadsworth were
fatally injured and r. r. Slantey was
badly hurt. An unknown tramp was
killed. Forty freight and 90 cattle cars
were wrecked. The cars were piled on
top of each other nearly 100 feet high.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-09-24

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 21.-Miss Mary Lin
coin, young lady who lives at Clifton
Heights, a suburb of this city, was shot
and probably fatally wounded last night
while being escorted home by Frank
Richart, young man who has lately
been paying her considerable attention.
John Q. Prulett, former sutton of Miss
Lincoln, was arrested, it being claimed
that he was insanely jealous of Richart,
having threatened to kill both him and
the young lady if ever he saw them to-
gother. Nothing else would indicate
that he fred the shot.