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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23
POWDER AND BALL

General Won Bogaslavski's recent WORKS
to the effect shat France has more soldiers
ready for mobilization than Germany have
been shown % De a mlkstateuent
The United States secretary q war hss
decided that tbe payment from oaateen
funds Of extra compensation 70 officers IA
charge Of cAnseens Is not authoriEo1 by shs
regulations
Such serious defects were found II the
hull of the British vzr ship Warspse that
the admiralty had 70 send force % skilled
worknsn 70 Esquimalt, & C., 70 make the
necessary alterations and rspzirA
The difficulty Of obtaining a sufficient
number Of recruits CT TIE rec clsite size has
obliged both the French ard the Italian
governments 20 reduce the ninim1n q
their former standard q half al ineh-
Swiss soldiers are hereafter 20 Be pro~ld-
cd with a pockes knife With four blades.
which. besides rendering 0rgziEl4rF ssrFlce.
Is - DO occasional daty zs a rzfurod 70 the
rew rife, ard a. az opener 10 tsaned pro
visions
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23


rooms, the generous hall, twenty feet wide;
the spacious verandas and park Of fine
trees, all show tbs views which the pro-
prietors had of home suitable for the SER
wants of the king.
For several years this mansion was
graced by the presence of Chief Justice
Smythe, and in October, IVA, some ten
months after the historic Indian entertain
ment known as the Boston Tea Party, his
excellency Governor William Franklin,
son of Benjamin Franklin, took possession
of the place, and had most unhappy time.
He was a thorough loyalist, and stuck to
his colors till General Hugh Mercer
swooped down with his Flying Brigade
and arrested him in his bedroom in this
house He was taken away to Burlington
and Perth Amboy knew him no more.
Then the house was the British headquar-
tiers. After the war it was partially
burned, then rebuilt and made a hotel
Just before the war Of 1872 it was place
Of fashionable resort, particularly by
southerners Finally the place was
bought by Matthias Bruen, inherited by
DR.. Alexander III. Bruen, and by him
given to the board of relief of the Presby-
terian church in 1888, as a tablet in the
hail. with the following, shows:
This tablet was erected 70 the memory Of
Alexander NJ Bruen, who was born Dec. II,
IS0S: died Oct. Z 1856. This house was il the
year 1888 donated by him home for disabled
ministers of the Presbyterian church Them
that honor me, will honor."-I Samuel Xxx.
The place is therefore now a refuge for
old and infirm clergymen and their wives
and charming home they find there.
Apropos Of William Franklin, the last
governor who lived in this mansion, his ia
ther, the immortal Benjamin, said upon
one occasion: "Will is now nineteen years
of age, tall, proper youth and much of a
beau. He is somewhat overcoming his
idle habits, as have assured him that l
intend to spend what little have myself,
if it please God that live long enough;
and as he by no means lacks acuteness, he
can see by my going on that mean to be
as good as my word"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23

light. Recently a French firm has pro
duced platinized mirrors which, it is claim
ed, are not only satisfactory in point OF
brilliancy but are as permanent as the
glass itself.
A thin film of metallic platinum Is de-
posted upon the glass by precipitation
from a solution of the chloride, by oil OF
lavender and afterward burned in by heat
ing the glass nearly to redness in a muffie,
thus incorporating the rejecting surface
into the glass itself.
A popularity of this coating Of platinum
is its extreme thinness, which readily al
lows light to be transmitted through it.
Thus if the light falls upon the mirror
from the front it viii be reflected back
again the same as in an ordinary mirror,
but If the source of the light is behind the
plate of platinized glass the rays will be
transmitted to the observer standing be-
fore it, as If it was a plate of ordinary
glass. The illustrations from La Nature
show an amusing application OF this prin-
ciple. The mirror, explains The Popular
Science News, is placed in front of aniche
containing a grotesque head, and which
can be Illuminated or darkened at pleas
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23
How They Walk.

Governor Hill is an astute walker. He
has an air of caution about him, aud when
he puts bis No. IS down he does it boldly,
but at the same time with considerable
care. His walk is quite indicative of the
man. He seldom shows himself at the
New York the8ters, and when at mis- hotel
takes little exercise in the Hobbies, prefer
ring Broadway al a good swinging gait
Mr.. Cleveland walks with care. He takes
lots of time but puts mis- feet down with an
air of Il know what am dong"
Mayor Grant has decidedly stacy walk.
It is said that New York's mayor at one
time had decided liking for the profes-
sion and devoted few years in studying
how 70 become an actor. Mayor Grant
would pass for successful business man
were il not for his walk
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23
SCIENTIFIC WAITS.

A new mineral has been discovered, %
which the name sanguinite has been given.
1t is bright red in color by reflected light,
and upon analysis is found TO contain sill
yer. arsenic and sulphur.
So rapid is the production of ship rivets
BY machinery that one train OF rolls feeds
four machines, which turn out sixteen
tons of rivets in twenty-four hours, the
work going on night and day.
1t has been discovered that platinum sc
a white heat will consume tobacco smoke
and keep the atmosphere of smoking
room perfectly clear. Lamps with little
ring Of platinum over the fame are used
for this purpose.
Two Unmarked improvements have recently
been made in the use of gas for lighthouse
illumination One is a process Of enrich
ing gas made from ordinary coking coal
by the use of hydrocarbons and heated ar,
the other is the new dioptric lens.
The water of the central basin Of the
Mediterranean has been found to be warm
er, denser and richer in dissolved salts
than the western. While white disk was
only visible at forty three meters. photo
graphic plates were affected at 500 meters.
"
The new equatorial telescope recently
mounted in Paris has it's tube bent at a
right angle, and the image of the SKY
| formed by the object glass is reflected TO
! the eye of the observer. Il Is the largest OF
its kind in the world, it's optical powers be
| ing very fine and the images Of the planets
remarkably distinct.
I Weldless steel chains arc being expert
mented with in England. The chains are
cut from a blank after the same general
methods employed in cutting out chain
from a single piece CT wood As steel Is
( used. il is asserted that the weight can 10
/ reduced one-third from what was necessary
in old chains Of similar Strength,
| The ether will transmit speech As well as
horse power. The photOphoDe shows that
I il IS possible 70 talk along beam 81 light
! between two distant points which are not
! connected By wire L p 70 the present time
/ it has not been possible 20 speak In this
) manner for greater distance than few
/ hundred feet, but the wonderful fact has
( been demonstrated that ray Of light, and
therefore the ether. can transmit speech
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23
A WESTERN GIRL IN NEW YORK.
She Has Had SingularIy Adventurous
and Successful Career.

She Has Had a SiugularIy Adventurous
and Successful Career.
One of tie most remarkable young WON
en- of the time is Cynthia NJ. Westover,
secretary of Street Commissioner Beattie.
of New York city. In variety of accom-
plishments there is scarcely her equal any
where among women Her father was a
geologist and expert miner, and the child
learned to ride almost before she could
walk. She rode with her father all through
the western mountain and mihSng regions
from Mexico to the Canada line in his pros
pecting journeys. During these years the
child became an expert shot and horse
woman, and learned the Spanish language
besides.
Once, when little girl, she shot dead al
Indian who had his tomahawk uplifted
over the head of a white woman. Again,
when her fathers camp was surrounded
by hostile Indians, she galloped out upon
her pony and brought relief. The redskins
saw her, but they were used to meeting the
child riding about after the COWS and did
not disturb her. She had played many a
time with the little Indian children and
thus won the good will of the older ones.
These years were the making of Cynthia
Westover. They gave her health, practical
knowledge and splendid independence and
with the shy wild creatures of the wood
that she learned their calls, and they came
TO her like domestic birds and animals.
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genius Ia 1859 he won gold medal AZ
the Royal academy of England. seven
years later he established studio in New
York, and soon after married the daughter
OF George Innis, the landscape painter.
Hartley's first great work was The
Whirlwind. conception rarely beautiful
and expressive. Satan Nanquished," ex-
hihited at the American Art Association
Of New York in 1855, brought him n gold
medal The colossal statue Of Miles Nor
gan, ''The Puritan" which adorns thu
CITY Of Springfield, Mass. added laurels TO
his name. He was chosen in 1890 to exc
cute the Daguerre memorial. lie founded
the Salamagundi club, one OF the .n1oss
popular artists organizations OF New
York, and was elected professor OF anato-
my of the Art Students leagGe in ls5S
Two years later be- became president %
that organization. He has been engaged
by the Cushmau Monument association To
execute a large statue Of Charlotte Cush-
man. and is also busy on bust OF Susan
B. Anthony and a statue Of Mary NJ. Ham,
Ilton, to be exhibited at the Worlds fax.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23
ABBOT OF ST. BENEDICT.

A Prominent Catholic Divine Who Has
Celebrated His Jubilee.
One of the growing prelates of the Catho-
lie church is the Right Rev. Innocent Wolf,
abbot of St. Benedict's abbey, Atchison,
Kan, whose jubilee, or twenty-ffth ami
versary of his ordination as priest, was
recently celebrated. There were present
on the occasion, besides The monks of the
abbey and dependent houses, prelates of
high degree from other monasteries of the
country.
Abbot Wolf conducted solemn high mass
and Bishop Eaid preached the sermon.
In his youth Abbot Wolf was a prodigy.
AT the age of eight he was learning the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23

People with narrow nails are ambitious
and quarrelsome
Small nails indicate Ettleness of mind,
obstinAcy and co2ceit-
Lovers Of knowledge and liberal se7ti-
ment have round nails.
Choleric, martial men, deIightfag II var,
have red and spotted nails
Nails growing into the fesh ~ the points
and sides indicate luxurious tastes
People with very pale naiis are subject
10 much tnfirnity Of the fesh and psrse-
eutlon by neighbors AID triends.-Msdic2i
Co.,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23
A s.tire On Enelish weather.

According TO a London paper the vari-
able English climate is neatly satirized by
an Australian coionist who has lately Wis
tied the mother country. he points oGt
that when q doctor orders change for his
patient the prescription can BE carried oct
efficiently by simply waiting for the next
day, when a chsnge OF weather Is sure -
ensue.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23
A Ruler Tired of His Place.

1t looks as though another king might
soon retire from business Charles of
Portugal threatens 20 abdicate because OF
the political turmoil in the land over which
he is nominal ruler. Il he carries out his
intention ne viii ind several syTnpathizers
-ex- Queen Isabella OF SPAN, ex-EHPeror
Dom Pedro OF Brazil. and ex-hing Milan
of Servia being among the number.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23
CNy\NAN-cAA@-N

She had a strange power over them, and
used TO come into camp with wild birds
and squirrels upon her shoulders. Besides
that she could lasso a steer with the oest
OF them When az length she went 70
graduate 2t the state university OF Colo
RADIO she paid for her last years tuition
with the price Of her own small herd Of
cattle, which the gallant cowboys mostly
took care OF for her
The girl mostly fitted herself for college
After graduating at the normal depart
ment OF Colorado university she took ful
course IN q commercial college IN Denver
she taught school a while. taking charge OF
the truant and bad boys Of the streets
Her great force and magnetic power. as
we'll as her wonderful executive ability,
showed itself in the way IN which she
Strengthened out the crooked sticks song
the rude children she dealt with. The little
girl who had brought The birds and ami
mails 20 her side at her call, cont He'd with
out effort the almost equally untamed chil-
dreu of Denver streets.
The saReRss-sAe r>--er. coupled again
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23

He Compiled the Service Of sss<-"
Adoniram Judson Gordon, ID. D., vel
known "a Boston religious circles, was
born in New Hampton. y. Il, April II,
1896 lie graduated ~ Brown University
u iaC0. AID from the Newton theological
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23
He Eninrs His Cantiritr.

Ex-King Thebaw, of Burmah, whose cru
city while in power was notorious, has be
come quite an amiable, cheerful person in
exile He is living quietly at Rutnaghery,
on the Bombay coast, where he occupies a
handsome bungalow with his wives. He
is we'll supplied with funds has a number
of carriages and horses at his command,
and seems 10 be enjoying life thoroughly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23
rnE VICTIM OF A sc1EvrrF1c JOKE.

ure. In Fig. the light behind the mirror
Is extinguished, and the T rson looking
into it sees only his reflection. IL now the
niche in the rear of the glass is illumined
Sc reflected image disappears and the vic
tim of the scientific joke sees instead OF his
OWN features the less flattering image de-
picted in Fig. 2.
Under favorable conditions ordinary
plate glass without any metallic coat
ing will reflect nearly all the light fall
ing upon #, and by similar arrangement
Of alternately illuminating the front and
rear of such glass most of the GHOSTS"
and other mysterious illusions of the stage
are produced
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23

George William Curtis, one of the most
vigorous and versatile of authors, spends
three hours daily walking in the open air,
and this has been an all life habit OF his,
which has Welded the best results.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23

seminary Ia lsk7 IL tss1 TOOK ctlATg@ =
the Baptist cnuTck s. js,faales F.s1r 114ts.
isfB, TheE be pEas czlss1 - tbe Lisrsflsseii
Street Baptist easaTcb . lsostoa, sEisSfz ts
sill remains Es Is zsso '5gss "a tae Trustees
Of Brown university. iFo1s EAsen b re
eslved as D. D. eegres IN ISL Dr. Cor
don has been Gagged n eeGag.l4sss Is
ro21Lax SERVES of ScE<
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23

Unen Baby vas sick, We gave he- Castcria,
When she was Child. she cried for Castoris-
When she became Miss, she chung 10 CsStoria'
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23

Beneath this homeiy Eo1nd 2 man
In peace Ie= resting re began
To tie an Ascot tie one day.
While thus engaged he a.iaped AEsx.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23

Captain NJ. p. Hughes, Of the Ninth cav
airy, has a curious relic Of the late General
Crook II is little wooden doll baby that
the old Indian fighter carved out Of an old
army wagon tongue with penknife while
on the Apache campaign in Arizona
Crook was universally known among the
Indians as the whiting medicine man"
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a PROMINENT AMERICAN SCULPTOR

Some of the Notable works with which
His Name Is Identified
J. 6. Hartley, Of New York. long ago
earned place in the first ranks OF modern
sculptors. BE was born in Albany IN ISL
aad during early life grew familiar Win
the trials which usually fan 70 the los %
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23
Tennara nIutantur.

Instead OF nymphs and pipes Of Pan
In sylvan glades 70 charm and thrill ~
We moderna find in cool retreats
The gnst. mosquito and bacillus.
Now York Herald
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Mlll!ih!!
OLDER THAN THE REPUBLIC.
A Famous Structure which Is One of tn

a Famous Structure Which Is Ono OF the
Sights of Perth Amboy.
At Perth Amboy, n. j., there is still
standing a noble old house, built before
King George the Third put his hand into
the American hornets nest.
1t was built by the proprietors of the
province of New Jersey as an official resi-
dence. The massive walls, nearly three
feet thick, constructed of bricks brought
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23

PLATINUM MIRRORS.
An Application That Explains Some Of
the Illusions of the Mirror.

The mirrors IN common use are as a rule
provided with rejecting surface consist
ing Of an amalgam of tin and mercury.
This coating IS liable 10 injury by accident,
also by the effect of time and strong sun
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23
PLACED IN PARAMOUNT PARK.
A Monument of Goethe Unveiled with

A MonumenC OF UOetH6 OfNoIIcu WIFE
Appropriate Ceremonies.
The German-American citizens OF Phila-
delphia. acting through the Goethe Monu-
ment association, have presented to the
city monument of the great poet, which
stands in Fairmount park, little west of
Horticultural hall. 1t is directly opposite
the statue of Schiller, to which it Is com
panion in size and style, and was designed
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-31

over the family jewels, and then there'd be
a great fuss, because certain of Mrs. RS
relatives robbed her, and she acquainted
Lucy with the fact. Once Lucy Slapped
the witch's joys, the sound OF which the
boy yeard distinctly: and the red print OF
a hand showed plainly on the pallld old
cheek.
Lucy was actually burned alive in that
ugly old square house. She was burned in
her kitchen fire place, and only one shoe
flesh, blood and bono had persisted there in
the pile of blackened ashes on the hearth.
The kitchen is now the abode of lights
and shades; and since the witch has been
unable to hire a cook or command
one by witch power. she has left 1t wholly to
those uncanny occupants; and there the vii
lage folk are willing it shall remain.
Patsey Worry was a witch who got drunk.
She wore enormous hoops and danced on the
streets of this old town for treats" When
Patsey appeared and with her %curtsey, began
her dance which WAS an exaggerated, one
figured Sir Roger do Coverly. you had
better stop in your walks and see it through
and afterwards treat her at Bittle's ginger
shop or better still at the bar-that is, il
YOU did not want to be "bewitched."
Polly Pockets was q local witch twenty
years ago. No one knows what became of
her. In n certain neighborhood, however,
once lived II crow, which was captured the
very dav Polly Pockets appeared in the
rond on her nnual tramp, which she made
| through several counties, filling her oapa-
| cious pockets with articles begged as she
tramped. The youth who caught tho crow
| was Mortified to find that she talked! in q
| squeaky, pnrrot-like voice, to be suro. and
some of the words were foreign it seemed.
| But talk it certainly could. This wonder
| full bird WAS ut once slaughtered, and there
| after, never again was Polly Pockets to be
| seen. though she had been a familiar figure
of the wayside since forty years agone, re-
turning as regularly "a the crimson grass
| vetch in the fence corners every spring.
Il. 8. GRANT.
! Einnyriphf-
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I there's an evil side of her.

homely and unimportant as they are,
yet swell her reputation and keep her in de-
and
But there's an evil side of her.
She processes to read between the lines
and violently opposes any one opening the
book. Whatever it is it inspires some won
derful revelations about simple folk. Her
husband died after q few years, and by
the property. She declared her dead hus-
band told her. through the powers she pos
sessed, to dispose of it.
HE came every night" she told me.
"and said he could not rest in his grave
until every book and stick of furniture was
gone"
So the grand old books were given away
some were burned. The beautiful clock
that had chimed out Its notes in the
"Faderland'' and in the old mansion for
moro than a century WAS sold for q five
dollar greenback! And then the court came
in for a turn and Ann lost the weather.
beaten house.
But she did not mourn a homeless widow
long. She found and married q tramp
F~renchman, Eugene Hotel, who threatens
to return to an amable veuve in France
every time he gets mad with her.
She claims to call up the dead in spirit
form. Upon one occasion she and the des-
| plicable man, her husband, we're refused
entertainma ant at n country house. Shit re-
paired to the little church near the house,
and helo an orgy all nlgnb long Wh1cn WAS
| witnessed by the terrified inmates of the
house, thsy declaring that the graves yawned
and the night was paopled with ghosts.
They we're only too glad to have her at
breakfast smiling her baneful smiles, and
appeased! n lives now about tour
| miles from Fincastle. and shs visits tue
village every summer. II not q welcome
visitor she is a humored one, and is usually
paid for the guesses she makes ani which
few really like to listen to, SO near the truth
are they. -
Mrs. Roland. connected with very re-
spectacle people, and now old and feeble.
has been for years considered Il witch. lg-
norant persons 40 consider her. Others say
she ia a living representative of his dark
aud awful majesty. She is intolerably
wicked in n church-going. dress-worship-
ping community: For years she lived in an
ugly house on Main street, alone; aud yet
she talked necessarily to long departed
friends. She has been wealthy; and her
people are able to keep her out Of the poor
house; yet, it il said. she who once robed in
silk and jewels. AND possessed slaves to
murder il she desired. will die in the county
almshonse. The reason for this is that she
il q witch. She has suffered; she is a dis
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appointed, childless, helpless old woman.
and the strange magnetism which in the
days of her youth and beauty brought to
her feet lovers, husbands, friends and adj
mirers, is now exerted in putting, evi! spells
upon people; in cursing them with all man
ner of blasphemies.\ and every person who
knows her Tears and shut 9 her.
A little boy toll me that when he bull t
fires for Mrs. Roland a few years ago she
told him to ''Set a chair quick for Lucy
upon n occasion.
When he did SO he heard distinctly the
rustic of a silk dress, and Mrs. Roland, di-
recting her eyes. to the apparently vacant
chair, set up such a %auerulous scolding of
Lucy's ghost as to frighten him nearly to
death.
''stay in purgatory." she said. "or csc
you'll have all those silk dresses 80 crease ed
and glazed that they WON'T do for House-
mans rag-bag! You only come back to
hear yourself rustic in silk. you proud
huzzy; and satan can nave no revenge. be-
cause you burnt yourself up here!"
"a great many times" said the child,
would she thus receive her ghostly visit
ors. Sometimes they would come to look