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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-11
A Few Suggestions for the Tourist.

When contemplating trip Of any kind,
the first thought that most naturally sug-
gests itself is, How can / derive the
most comfort out of this trip" To this
answer is, take the Missouri Pacific rail-
way.
The next question to solve is, Where
shall go to get correct information rela-
tive to this trip" The answer Is. at the
Missouri Pacific ticket Office, at l20 n.
Main street Last, but not least, is TO get
my ticket just as I want it, and baggage
checked when want it, and my sleeping
car reservations through to my destina-
ton. All these accommodations you VIII
find at the Missouri Pacific ticket office.
120N. Main street. 101-tf
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-11
Note Change OF Time.

Commencing Sunday, Oct. 5th. the Mis-
souri, Pacific Fast Mail and Express will
leave Wichita at 1910 o'clock p. NJ, arriving
at st. Louis next morning at O'Clock.
Chicago Express will leave at s:10 g. m.
arriving at Chicago (via Kansas City at
O'Clock next morning. This makes the
fastest trains for both Sc. Louis and Chi
cago. Pullman sleepers and chair cars
through to ST. Louis without change.
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-11
New Dining Car Service.

Hereafter passengers leaving Wichita
on the Missouri Pacific fast through train
at 40 p M, for st. Louis or points east Of
Fort Scott, will enjoy the benefit Of hav-
ing supper served in dining car at Fort
Scott at 7:25 p 70. Likewise passengers
leaving st. Louis at $50 p. II. will be
served breakfast at 726 a. N. in the same
way. Thus is the teasant Hill route
becoming more popG.ar daily with the
travelling public Z. +. BLECKLEY.
Passenger aid Freight agent,
Missouri Pacific Railway.
100 North Main, CO II
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-11
Persona, Note b. Editor.

We have travelled few miles in our life
time, and know what it is to be uncom.
fortably housed in q poorly upholstered
car and rudelJ tossed up and down on old
iron rails that are laid on dirt road bed.
We have been there; but it was always on
other roads than the Santa Fe. Their main
line between Chicago and Denver is hard
to beat. The rails are of heavy steel. the
track smooth and rock-ballas.ed; and the
through ''Cannonball" train that dies at
a fifty-miies- per-hour speed over this ele-
CANT roadway is as pretty bit of work.
manship as Messrs. Pullman ever turned
out Each vestibule sleeper is model OF
luxury. and as easy as cradle. CHAR
cars, library cars, and day coaches are all
carefully adapted to the travellers every
want. The Santa Fe is' rightly named
The most comfortably line"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-11
Sonnet hing that Sui 81

An early train, always on time, which
waits for nothing, stops at all points. and
runs fast between stations, is what suits
everybody.
Santa Fe route new express running be-
tween Wichita and Kansas City is that
kind of train; people set their watches
by it.
Leavs Wichita at S.45 a. m. and arrives
in Kansas City at $50 p. IN.
W. d. MURDOCH. D. P. A,
66 If Wichita, Kan.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-11

cas- t2ke the Missouri Paeiic railway
The shortest line &c II Louis by - miles
M change Of cars Of any Kind between
Wichita and 81 LOUIS. Only Fifty honrs
between Wichita and New YORK City via
the Missouri Pacific railway City ticket
Office 10 North Main street I0l II
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-11
CHEROKEE OUTLET.

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-11

If you are going TO any point north or
east be sure and take the Great Rock
Island train that leaves Wichita every dav
at $50 a. m. and reaches Kansas City :
o'clock the same day aud Chicago early
the next morning Remember the Rock
Island Route is the only line between
Wichita and Chicago on which You do not
have TO change trains. Evening train
leaves Wichita at $50 p. N. City ticket
Office 100 4. Douglas avenue, corner Main
street W. Ii, WISHART.
lll-tf Ticket Agt
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-11
A SMALL WISH.

I'll might do one deed Of good,
One little deed before / die,
Or think one noble thought, that should
Hereafter not forgotten lie,
would not murmur. though must
Be lost in deaths unnumbered dust.
The flmy wing that watts the seed
Upon the careless wind to earth.
Of its short life has only need
To find the germ fit place for birth;
For one swift moment of delight
1t whirls, then withers out Of sight.
F. w. BourdiT1on.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-11
Children Cry for Pitchers Castoria.
Second Hand Furniture

Notwithstanding statements 10 the con-
trary, the Frisco line u two hours the
quickest 70 st. Louis. Try it. soft
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-11

Kansas CITY and Chicago leaves Wichita
sic = n. arrives III Kansas City , o'clock
r. m Chicago next morning ~ : Oc.ock-
Colorado express caves Wichita az 5-s5
o. m. arriving al Pueblo for breakfast aud
Denver for dinner Chalr cars aEd Pail
man sleeping ears through 10 Denver VIA
tie Missouri Pac.nc railway. los e
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-11
Blanks.

Blanks of all kinds used in real estate
transactions, court proceedings, justice
blanks, all kinds and descriptions, can be
purchased on the first floor, in the business
office. If
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-11

St. Louis express leaves Wichita at 10
O'Clock r. m. Through sleeping and
chair car Wichita to st. Louis, via Mis-
souri, Pacific railway. l07 IT
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-11

A handsome Autograph map of the city
showing all the streets and location of til
public buildings, etc, for sale at thi
flee SGT
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-11

Three trains daily in each direction
between Wichita and Kansas City, WITCH
tia and St. Louis. via Missouri Pacific
railway 1U7 If
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-11
d 120 lot
You Have Your Choice.

OF three fast trains daily TO St Louis and
the east by the Frisco line. leaving Wich-
ita at the following hours; $50 a. m. l:35
D. M and 10:40 p. m. No change OF cars of
any class between Wichita and ST. Louis.
The Frisco is the only line running Pull
man palace sleeping cars on all trains In
addition 10 this they have reclining chair
car seats, which are free. ,Sjf
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-11
Take the F. F. F

Fast FLYING Frisco leaves Wichita at
l:35 0. M, and arrives in ST. Louis at rs
a. ~, next morning, making connection
with all lines Reclining chair cars seats
free, also equipped NTH Pullman drawing
Dom sleepers
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-11

Special attention is called to the new
train on the Santa Fe which leaves
Wichita at 30 p, m, arriving in Chicago
at p ~, the following day. 7S-tf
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-11
Are \ GU Going to

Topeka. Ieavenworth Atkinson. St.
Joseph, or Kansas City, take the SO a. m
rain on the Santa Fe, it runs solid and
rriyes at Kansas City 5:30 D. NJ daft
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-11

Deeds. Mortgages, ETC. Nebraska form
foT Oklahoma, Tor sale at this Office.
ACeTss the " .cLitaEAGLE. Wichita Kan.
Mn
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-11

Bought and sold and repairing neatly
done by William Schmeisser, ~ South
Main stress 1I6-tf
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-11
First Floor Blanks.

Blanks of every description can be found
in the business office of the EAGLE, first
floor, in quantities to suit. Call at the
counter If
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-11

New Pullman sleeping car service Mis-
souri, Pacific railway Wichita to st. Louis
| without change via the Pheasant Hill
route. dos tf
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-11

New morning express. Kansas City 20
Chicago Tie Santa Ee route. Att
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-11

Go east via the New Short line. Mis-
souri, Pacific Pheasant Hill route -
Through sleeping and chair ears without
change Wichita TO St. Louis 5ed u
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-11

Look before you leap. Take the Frisc
Flyer to st. Louis. d1l3-u
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-11

Take stage at Wharton for Saltwater;
Billy Snyder, proprietor. dAS II
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-11

Wright Miller.
Real estate and rental agents. d4s-tf
The St. Johns herald., 1891-07-09
4 CLOSE CALL.
i Reporter Secures an Interview, but
 Comes Near Losing His Life.

< Reporter Secures an Interview, but
 Comes Near Losing His Life.
 'sYou know have been in the news paper business long time and 1 was never known to shirk, not even during 2 riot or blizzard" says an old-timer in the St. Louis Republic. "Well, I came very near tossing up the pencil few nights ago. It was very cold, and l had to call on Bishop - in reference to some church matters. Taking a car downtown I soon reached the street cn which the bishop lived. It was just striking the hour of twelve. But had to see the bishop. We'll, sir, I hunted for the number in the dark for some time. Not finding it, I waited to see if could meet some straggler who lived in the neighborhood. Pretty soon along came a nicely-dressed young fellow in 9 rather mellow condition. asked him if he lived in the neighborhood, and he said yes. The truth is, the young man was none other than the bishops son. He told me in a semi-articulate way that he would go up to his fathers room and speak with him about the matter in question.
 Reaching the outer door he unlocked t and asked me to walk in. I stepped in; he opened the second door and went into the house. Both doors were now locked. The gas had been turned off. We hunted for a match in vain. We'll, the young fellow left me in the darkness, uttering a drowsy promise to return soon I heard him stagger up the stairs all right. He went back several paces un- til could detect his footsteps no more. He failed to return. believe he fell asleep and forgot all about me. stood there for about fifteen minutes not knowing what to do.
 ''I made modest noise. No result. A more decided noise. The same re- suit. 1 began to walk about, purposely pumping against the furniture. Then something happened. heard hoarsc voice shout: Throw up your hands or you are dead man.
 up went my hands like shot,
 "Whiz, bang, bang-three bullets rattled over my head. I thought my time was up.
 Do you know, it seems as if I lived my whole life over in the few minute: was standing there. When the gas was lighted the first person saw was a big, burly negro.
 ''The shots brought the bishop out in his gown, and his young son with him. EXplanatiOns followed. The house had been robbed few nights before, anG the negro had been placed in the base ment to watch. He fell asleep. NJ, walking about aroused him. He cam upstairs, and, seeing my shining hat which 1 had forgotten to take off, h, banged away at it. I secured the in 5crview, bought new hat the next day and vowed never to wait in a dark hall, no matter who owned the house."
The St. Johns herald., 1891-07-09
WIEN A KNOT IS NOT A KNOT.
:c--sething About the Use of the Much
 Abused Word.

.c:2ething About the Use of Cue Much
 Abused Word.
 To the average landlubber and in act to many seameu, the knot is the arc thing as the geographical, nauti- :cl, or sea mile, and that is used solely Q prevent confusion with the statute and mile. This use of the word, how yer, is improper, and the authorities naval and marine matters abroad lave taken the subject in hand of late, 11l arc sending out the true meaning sn3 usage of the salt-Gavored unit.
 The knot, they announce, is simply a init for measuring speed at sec, and las nothing to do with distance, which 8 measured by the nautical mile Of a tile over G,080 feet, says the New -c-k Times. Their exact definition of knot i5 "a speed of one nautical mile n hour, so that one knot is a speed of littic more than 1G1 feet . minute. horofore, on log line with half liaCtG glass or time interval, the dis moo between the knot should be near fifty-cne feet. The word is derived rc:.l the l;nots on the log line, and the li,m5er of knots which pass over , Aip'8 rail during the half-minute or ther time measurement give the speed i tAc vessel.
 h l@te years, through an exagger- sod straining after precision in general aarinc writing, the expression knots CT hour," which from the above ex- .ionation may be seen to be nautical .arbarism, has jumped into use to ex- ;. ress the speed of ship. So the proper ori mile hes been practically dis laced, and it is common thing to read aat the City of Paris daily run was J0 knots" This would be about 4 1-6 liles, which would be slow going even or raft.
 The word knot is also used incorrect in speaking of coal endurance. as tho Growler's coal endurance is 26,O ,O00 :rots at 10-knot speed" One might 5 Gc1.sibly say the vessel lay within wo knots of her dock" Chief Engineer sherwood of the United States navy, in lts reports on speed trials, goes so far .,lt of his way to avoid these errors nat he uses the lengthy cxpres- ion geographical miles an hour" to Sp-css speed rather than use the sim ,le, but much abused term, ''lnot."
The St. Johns herald., 1891-07-09
FUN BY FERELiGHT.
How the Bavarians Arause Themselves
 Long Winter Evenings.


 Long Winter Evenings.
 As to amusement. you may trust a Bavarian not to be behind in that. The nen meet almost nightly in the different ms and beer-ho1ses, according to their 'tatas in the local society, where they lave talk, singing, music. cards. etc. he large glass mugs Of beer at their iae being constantly replenished. The peer is fortunately light and whole o1nc, but the amount drunk is a serious xpenGc, and much more than the men Icuaily can properly afford.
 Besides these nightly gatherings 5'lc-e are different clubs or societics a2t meet at certain times at one or 5tacr of the inns for an evening" .nuscment, some of them under the patronage Of the priest. In many ol sicE tho women join, but the women'i ,Aief entertainments are lzunli or spin l:-lse:' parties at homo, and very cozy and }i-turcSque these spinning parties are.
 Tl,c great feature in Q Bavarian sit ing-room is the large porcelain stove hat Stands out into the room, and tlla; ; usually lit from the passage outside. Round this stove a bench runs, making ! delightfully."- warm seat, the back being ne porcelain stove.
 But besides this stove, in the older louSes there is ii the wall hole wit chimney, where particular sort c inc, that burns brightly without send ng out sparks, is burned at night fo he purpose of light only. In oldel ines, when such luxuries as lamp ycrc Cnthought of, it was often th. ,aly means of illumination. Some stil Isc thcn constantly; others keep then 52ly for festive occasions. A man (gcn- rally the wag or stcry-teller of th, ).rty) sits beside it to keep it rcplen ohcd. The wolca have their spinnin,C .YhcclS or knitting, and the men sit il l,lc darker corners; and there arc al- ~ays some to sing songs or tell stories 2r keep the fun going in some way.
 Cre such scene especially recurs to nc, says a writer in the National Re jew. Imagine an old, darl1-panelled room. h her armchair, close to the ;tove, in the full light of the blazing 2inc wood, sits the handsome old hos .-css, in her picturesque costume, busy vil,l her spinning wheel. A young woman with wheel is in an opposite ooraer. Three daughters knitting and 5acsts sit in q circle, more or less, the igkt playing on the varied faces and -irne-worn furniture as bright freight lone can.
 One man has a guitar, and two young girls sing Tyrolese songs and the com positions of one of the men present .5lcasantly together. At last schnappS ,f different kinds (a sort of cheap iqueurs) and delicious coffee, with 2onc-madc cake, are handcdround, and 1he evening ends with hearty farewell rreetinTs,
The St. Johns herald., 1891-07-09
RATS AS MELON THIEVES.
Strange Sights Witnessed by 9 Veraeious
 Crnca-r-rrnirl-

Strange Sights Witnessed by Veraeious
 GrOceryman.
 Readers of the children's stories of the good old times have seen again and again in the juvenile magazines stories alleged to be true of rats carrying off eggs and other small objects, display ing all but human ingenuity in doing so -one rat clasping the egg in his legs and being lowed away by the others. A Sixth avenue (Troy, \ Y.) grocer tells a story that eclipses all these, and he is ready, he says, to make affidavit that he saw the occurrence with his own eyes. This is the story as he told it to oae of the Troy Unions reporters:
 "I have missed melons from my store from time to timc-mostiy muskInelons, but in one or two instances large water melons. Of course suspected boys of being the thieves-there is a tough lit tie gang that hangs around here-and set a watch. That day and the next we caught boys stealing apples and peach es, but that is an everyday occurrence with almost every grocer and was pretty well satisfied that the boys were not the thieves I wanted. The next thing that came to be a certainty with me was that the stealing was done in the night. I could find no signs Of any one breaking into the store, and the cash-drawer was always untouched. So night before last I watched from six o'clock until midnight with revolver and bull's-eye lantern. And discov- cred the thieves. They were rats.
 "It was about s:3O when I heard a scampering over the floor near the stand where the melons lay. l turned the bull's-eye on the place and saw five large rats, three on the floor and two up beside a big watermelon on the bench, foot or eighteen inches above. They didn't seem to mind the glare cf the bull's-eye, which threw strong light upon them but left nc in the darkness. The two rats on the bench, standing on their hind legs, pushed the melon off, and it fell with 2 crushing sound to the floor, splitting into three pieces, though held together more CT less by the tissue of the melon.
 ''With their sharp teeth and claws they quickly cut the thing apart, allow ing some seeds and water to run out on the floor. Then, with much struggling and pushing and pulling, two of the rats on their backs on the floor, got pieces of the melon on top of them. One other assisted each of them to keep the melon steady, and the fifth caught each in turn by the tail and by hard pulling dragged them to the cellar stairs. Here the heavy freight waG pushed off the rats which had served as carts and rolled downstairs. This was repeated until every particle of tho melon disappeared, seeds and ail. ] shot the last rat as he paused at the head of the stairs, and have not missed my melons since"
The St. Johns herald., 1891-07-09
THE MOON.
Two Things About Her Which Most EV-
 cry One Should Know.

Two Things About Her Which Most EV-
 cry One Should Know.
 There arc one or two things about the moon that every one should know. Let rne mention them, writes Prof. r. & Holden, of Lick Observatory, to the Youths Companion. How bright is the full moon, do you think? Suppose you look up at the moon on the next clear night. The sky i9 pure, paie blue end the moon is almost d2Zzlingly bright against it. If the whole canopy Of the sky were made up of full moons, and if one were in the center of such shining shell, one might think that the glarc would be intolerable.
 But let us see. This very same moon you have often seen in the day time as :. pale white disc just barely visible against tke background of the sky. In fact, unless you know exactly where to lool., you may require minute or two to find it.
 That means that the daylight sky is not so very different in brilliancy from the nearly full moon; or 1t means that you could very well live under q sky whose every part was just as bright as the moon itself.
 We may say, then, that tho bright ness of the moon iS not very much greater than the brightness of the serae area of sky. The total light of t.so full moon can be compared with the total light of the san, though it is very difficult problem, and the result will be that the sun is as bright as Gs0,000 fch moons,
 Once again, you ought to know anG remember how large the moon is. Its diameter is about 2,090 milestone fourth of the earth-and its angular di- ameter is about a half degree. As there are 1S0 degrees from the east point to the west point of the horizon measured through the zenith, there l, room for S60 full moons in an ercl spanning the heavens from east ( west. each one touching the rii,s of thOs6 next it.
 Another thing, too, you should notic and understand. The moon look. larger near the horizon than it doc when it is overhead. The common c,,- planation of this fact is essentially l.. true one; that is, the low moon is ncS enough to the horizon to be con0arS, with hills, or trees or houses, and con sequently it looks large; while t1e l.ie' moon is isolated, and one has no ter of comparison.
 In both cases the angular diameter about half degree, as you caa prov for yourself with little ingenuity.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-07-09
lIP-RlNG WEARERSs
1 Grotesque and Repulsive Custom Among
 the 1IangaGja Women.

It is a very curious study to note the 5ariety of feminine ornamentatioa ir the different nations, and how whai may be considered as a beautifer by one race becomes positive monstros ity and deformity in the eyes of another
 One of the most curious decoration: in the world is adopted by the womer of the Manganja tribe, inhabiting [ country in Africa near one of the north ern tributaries of the Zambesi. It i called the ''pclele." This is ring, but but it Is fixed neither in the ear nor tht acce, as with other races, but in the up 2cr iiD. It is ring made of ivory
 .ictal or bamboo, according to th
 wealth cf the wearer; is nearly an in, l
 n thickness, and varies in diameter a:
 he will Of the wearer, many bein a2c.-:y tk-ec inches in diameter iron outer edge to edge.
 When the girls are very young thcy l:vc the lip pierced with two hole lose to the nose, and a small woodel Dag inserted to keep the wound fror dosing. When the wound heals tw small holes arc left in the lip, int which larger pegs are successively in troduced until in about two years tho full-sized ''pelelc" can be worn. Its ef feet, when worn, is indescribable.
 When at rest it hangs down over tho mouth; when food is taken it project horizontally, like Q small shelf. an when the dusly maiden smiles upon he admirer it elevates itself, turning up side down until it's lower edge rest against the bridge of the nose, the Ii, Of the nose appearing through the cen ter, and the eyes looking round eacl side, writes W. P. Pond, in the Ladies Home Journal. As the teeth are gener- ally filed to sharp points, until they re senblc those of a crocodile. the effecl may be better imagined than described Chikarda Kadze, wife of the great chief, had a ''pelele' that hung below hcl chin.
 The origin of this horrible ornar.onr (?) is unknown, and the reasons givel for it are amusing, the natives saying What kind of a creature would won an be without 'pelele?' She would have mouth like man and no beard to cover 1t.
 h different districts it varies slightly in shape, being cylindrical, instead O. round; or like a flat dish, instead of ring