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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-17
Tho Crazy Ball.

Street peddlers have q new catch
penny device on their trucks that is
quite an amusing thing for old as well
as young folks. They call it the ''crazy
ball." and 1t is well named For ten
cents you can buy one Of these things
and see the laws of gravity deied. It
looks like an ordinary wooden ball, about
the size of tennis ball, but you can't
roll it in straight line to save you. OF
course the secret OF the things queer
actions lie in the fact that it is loaded
on one side. This makes every move
ment Of the ball eccentric. 1t viii roll
up hill Of its own accord, and it viii re-
fuse to roll down hill. If you try to roll
it from you it will perhaps start out all
right, and then turn around and roll
back, or maybe it will go off sidewise
and describe a wobbly circle around
you. All its movements are jerky and
spasmodic. Give it to kitten TO play
with and the chances are that the kitten
viii go mad, while baby will cry with
vexation over its eccentricities. A grown
person who is not up in spherical geom-
etry viii assure you that it is wonderful
It is not. 1t is only some sharp fellows
way of gathering in the dimes. Never
theless, ere long the city will be flooded
with these ''crazy balls. New York
Herald.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-17
The Bursting of a Big Wheel.

The bursting Of the great fly wheel
or perhaps more properly the driving
wheel-in one of the mills of Manches-
ter, N. H, illustrates the ever present
danger hidden in the use OF modern ma
chinery. There does not appear to have
been carelessness or even an accident
which usual caution or forest ht could
have prevented. The automatic COVER
nor regulating the supply of steam to
the engine seems to have become clogged,
the engine suddenly speeded up and the
great wheel was set whirling at a pace
that tore it into pieces by the enormous
centrifugal force thus generated, scatter
ing the entire building over the country
round about and crushing and wounding
the work people. This wheel was forty
feet in diameter, with face nine feet
wide, weighing fifty-fve tons and turn
ing, when run at the usual and safe rate,
sixty revolutions per minute.-Boston
Commonwealth.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-17
An Unfair Advantage.

A crowd of eight or ten boys were
shouting and disputing in Elizabeth
street, near Canal, and the "boss" finally
commanded silence and said:
''Now, then. Jim and Jack is to try to
look each other out O countenance. Set
that bar1 down here"
A barrel half full of rubbish was lifted
down on the walk, and Jim placed his
hands on one side and Jack on the other,
aud they stood thus while they bent
their heads forward until their noses
were only foot apart.
Now begin TO look, said the boss, as
the crowd encircled the barrel, land
the first Teller as has tears in his eyes is
a goner."
Before taking his place at the barrel
Jim had turned from the crowd and
taken bite of something slyly extracted
from his hind pocket. The mystery of
his action was soon explained. The pair
hadn't been gazing into each others OBJ
tics over thirty seconds when Jack sud-
denly cried out:
where's me hacker? I want to put
in claim of FOUL This here kid has
took bite of raw onion and is breathin
into my eyes TO make the tears Gomez
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-17
A Dust Storm in slnI.-

A curious phenomenon occurred in
Simla recently on two successive nightz
This was nothing less than dust storm
n the midst OF downpour Of rain, or
rather, 70 speak more correctly, shower
OF mud 4 column Of dust seems 70
have been carried up into the higher at
nnosphere from the plains and TO hzTs
been caught and forced down By the
heavy rain In the morning. as result,
al the plants and flowers in Sinls were
found 70 have received thick coating
Of mud There couid be no doubt tnzt
the mud had been rained down, for II
was freely sprinkled On plants away
from the hillside and az great height
FROM the ground Moreover a deposit
of mud was found IN TIE rain gauges N
various parts Of the station. Il IL q
common thing 10 SEE the atmosphere il
the hills during the hoE SEASON thick with
dus- f-Um the plains. carried alost hy
strong wind. But the conjunction ef
rain and dust i an accident OF wnien-
= u s1atsd- thsvs !. To nrsvi0zs r~en~d-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-17
Truck Loads of Money.

Did you ever see more money than you
could carry? Comparatively few people
have, but such a sight may be often wit
messed in the lower end of the city. As
an incident to draw crowd the loading
of truck with silver is very potent. A
custom house truck stopped in front of
one of the Broadway safe deposit insti-
tutions yesterday and men wheeled out
bandcarts loaded with silver bars which
others tossed into the truck. They looked
very pretty-the bars, l mean-aud
crowds of people stopped during the pro-
cess and passed remarks upon their
weight and value.
Il wasn't money, Of course, but it viii
be soon after Uncle Sam gets possession
of it, and very snug fortune it win
make, too, in silver dollars.-New York
Herald.
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20 SEQ rle.rer. By rslegr.ph.


Half dozen florists met at the Sher-
man house recently and tackled the task
of circling the earth with flowers. That
is, they planned a scheme which pro-
yides for a chain Of correspondents
throughout the world to act together as
one concan for the purpose Of executing
orders given in any part OF the globe for
anything in floral arrangement from a
tiny buttonhole bouquet to an elaborate
bank Of roses. In order TO effect this
purpose an organization known as the
Florists International Telegraph Deliv-
cry association was started in Canada
last August.
a majority Of the board of directors
do business in the United States. The
gathering was attended by II. S. Lie
brecht, of New York; C. B. Whitnall, Of
Milwaukee, and Frank Huntsman, OF
Cincinnati, all three members of the
board of directors. G. L. Grant and
Joseph Curran represented the Chicago
florists. ''Our purpose is," said Mr.. Lie
brecht, ''to make it easy for a man in
Chicago, New York or Timbuctoo TO
convey bouquet TO lady in any part
of the world, with lightning speed, with
out starting it from the point where he
himself may be.
"For instance, take person here in
Chicago having friend arriving or leav-
ing on an ocean steamer in New York
He simply has TO walk into the store Of
our agent here and give his order. The
order is at once telegraphed to another
agent Of the association in the place
where the flowers are to be delivered,
and there you are. We have come TO
Chicago to perfect our rules and appoint
an agent. Chicago Herald.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-17
KEEPING eOARDERS.
The Boarding House Woman's Side OF Q
Much Mooted Question.

A woman, driven by the vicissitudes o.
life TO throw her home open to boarders,
finds the experience, as most other won
en- who try it do, difficult. to say theleast.
But she says philpsophicallyi 81 am
learning human nature. have discov-
cred that the soft voiced, refined look
ing woman often carries tigerish claws
beneath her velvet, and that the frank
looking, well dressed man may develop
into 'Meddlesome Matty' before my
eyes, Idon't know why humanity should
become brutal when it essays boarding,
but it seems to. A woman called re-
Gently, liked my apartments, and re-
turned to the parlor to talk business as
she said, with an engaging smile.
"'Business' meant series Of search
ing, relentless questions and exactions
which set my cheeks adame and filed
my eyes with hot tears OF Modification.
Did | intend purchasing new carpet for
the parlor? Were my stairs and halls
usually kept somewhat cleaner than they
appeared that day7 Were my beds clean?
Did have two kinds Of meat for dinner?
Use homemade bread entirely, aud, fin
ally, did a maid open the front door as a
rule? This was a grstuitous imperti-
neuce.
Il was taking the letters from the
postman as she came up the steps, and
naturally received her. And then she
went away, after taking three names as
references. / insisted II turn that she
should give me one, that Of former
landlady, and it was one Of ths small
compensations Of my lot, when she wrote
me week later that she found my refer
ences satisfactory and would take the
rooms, to reply that had found her
reference most unsatisfactory and was
sure l could not tolerate her exacsiOns.
"a man came to me the other night,
and after forcing my price down as low
as he could, asked NE if my husband
was Christian, If my family attended
church and Sunday school, If my other
boarders were God fearing people, and If
Sunday was observed with religious
quiet By everybody in the house.
People ask me TO take them cheaply
because they are saving TO buy home
OF because the husband has extra Office
expenses or, as one gushing creature told
me, because We want 10 90 70 Europe
next sumner The more they want the
less they want 70 par. Look a. the al
Tertisenents for board wanted every
thing unexcepsiou2Dle,' and terms mod
crate
Would these people think Of going
into a shop and saying. 4 want your
most expensive goods a. low price,
Yet they do precisely thai with me. sur
appointments and service that
mean serious outlay they demand and
are not willing 70 pay for. They cannot
Afford 70 keep n az establishment 20
their liking, and they ask ne 70 CO Il for I
them without adequate compensation
ibs average nan CT woman seeEas 20
aart with his courtesy, sense Of justice
md humanity when Re starts oas to b. j
zone boarrser Her P0in. & View ia I
New YORK TINES.
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Tennrson ut Alduortl,.

Lord Tennyson's stay at Aldworth is
now drawing toward close, but he viii
not be returning to Farringford for some
three or four weeks. He has not for
some years been so strong and well as he
is at this moment, and there is no doubt
las heard friend of his remark) that
the regular periodical changes from the
mild climate of the Isle Of Wight to the
bracing air of country lying 500 feet or
more above the sea level have had much
to do with his amazing vigor Of body
and mind. He has as usual been con-
stantly entertaining visitors from his
first reaching Aldworth, the latest being
Lord Duferin and Theodore Watts, who
have but Just left.-London Globe.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-17
IN. chaper.ss Apprs,.d.

An amusing experience is told by ons
Of party Of young people whose ohape-
rome was hastily replaced by delight
full woman, whose ideas OF the onerous
duties were, TO say the least, unique. 1t
was az the seashore in Maine. The
party were greeted each morning, and
anxiously asked at intervals if they
were enjoying themselves. bat other
wise were allowed entire freedom. One
lovely evening pretty girl and her es-
cort went 10 the chaperone.
"Can we 60 out rowing, Mrs. ~
they asked tifnidly.
81 see no objection" was the answer.
We've beenF' was the unexpected re-
Spouse from the culptits, adding, 1--WE
forgot to ask. Boston Herald.
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IL was night, sweet, delicious night. thu
crisp, clear, moonlit October night OF ths
temperate zone, one Of those nights on
" leh all the poetry IN a MAS aud xouns
ans nature rises 70 the surface. and on
which there IL naught bat love and cain
delight in the heart.
IL was therefors ktranes TO behold a
young couple facing saeh ether and r..
garding each other with looks 20 cold and
chilling tina: an iesbsrg would hare sesnsd
like Furnaces In tks.E vicinity.
Il know why you wish me 70 leave roc. =
be said, "a sharp sad metallic tones. each
syllable Of which seemed 20 fall from ala
lips With click
Why" she asked, With q toes OF hss
qusenly head
Because Re Kissed, ''beoAuss you sx.
pect visit from my rival"
What II DOR she said Then. thror.
Ing colder glitter into her eyes than kAd
PREVIOUSLY illamised thern. she aadsd.
Perhaps be loves ne better than yon 90. .
oh, be loves ysai" laughed the yoars
sarcoDicai.y. "Tithous ooubt ks loyes
you, for I've heard hlrn pralsiug you.
Heard him praisiBZ 17ets The eold
glitter lsft Der eyes. "|hat did he sayy''
He sad yoa were prsstT-Tss, Drvtsy.
] DO not seek to hifs the fact from you.
He saA4 I wa pF-ttYg'
''Yes. be SD yoa we're prstty--al-sast a
pretty as your friend. Mlss Son-ly."
Her face became asashig white
Almost e. DrstFy - MIS- somslyfs sbs
mechanically.
ese wa s.leat While you co-ld hsys
eonnted twenty ef perhaps tEestT-oas.
Then she sad
hadzs @s better 80 IA. 1oka. inzsezA
az standing cut ssrs a. ths garden xassy''
Ard A. they p4@@~d out % ths EloSaisxks
TITO TIE house Be sas1 softiy 20 hirass7f.
I've eosks1 hls goosse"--Ssx yesk
Press
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-17

Wrecks Of tbs early winter ihs4.rseai
seAsoa are alEesdy sen n ssw York
Managers wso@s ventures hzys fzsisd
Sst@f few nizhEs oct q town. t1rsd
boxing Actors VITO see1n . have walked
horne and bsdrsggIsd locking women.
whoss faces I'll piainly q their eiszp-
po5ntmsniA- Il e the cd story q pooE
p2zys, poor houses AID TIE refusal g tee
ghost % d rs weekly little p-ssessriaa
At. Ard yet n tie main ths tbsafrica!
oztl0ok Il very good. far Win bag erops
Genes plenty q rs0esy ard a army e
people % BE- ar9ss1 Bet {. Il shs sur-
vivzi q tie fttsst. TIE poor plxys ara
5os patrun1xed. ard ths zanzxsxz q
r24ny crime 70 grssk. TAers ars Eznv
familiar faces ca TIE Ratio s1ssST. us~a
All So1as1 Ssz3 sszrtsS cg \ faortn
Axo Ailsa vIta aops. Soze - tteza VII
D. gsAd % showed E2ew Tor Iyinx D.
fore spring -Fosssr Co4tes IA Ma. ssa
Exrrssz
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Uncle Thompson. snrpri.e.

Uncle Isaac Thompson, an aged col
ored man living in the Jersey pines, WAS
very sick. His wife nursed him faith
fully, seldom leaving his bedside. One
morning when the doctor drove up to
the house he was surprised to see her
sitting disconsolately on the doorstep
with her apron thrown over her face.
why, Aunt Sallie," he called out,
''what is the matter? Anything wrong
with my PATIENT ''Oh, doctah, sobbed
the old woman, "when dat pore man
walked up dis mornin he found hisseH
dead. New York Tribune.
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ing down under his heavy load Of humiIs-

ing down under his heavy load Of humiis-
alton.
"oh, judge" he pleaded. please be
gentle with me. can't stand this awful
depression"
That may be- the judge replied,
"but didn't you steal that sheep
''Oh, yes, judge, but 1 beg you 10 make
my sentence appear as gentle as possible.
l am great believer in appearances.
II VIII try to favor yoa.7 said thu
judge. Instead Of sentencing you for
stealing sheep viii sentence you for
stealing a lamb
sob, thank you, judge; but now a. 10
the length Of the te-m--how about thasYt
"Jugt the same for lamb IS for
i5-year-old ram, but the lamb sentences,
you see, has a gentler appearance.-
Ion, thank you, Judge" hs faitered,
and he smiled family; still there was
something about the sentence that did
not please hiu.--Arkansav Traveller.
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HE LOST.
That Il to Say, BE Didn't Succeed In
Getting the Dollar.

That Il to Say, BE Didn't Succeed In
Getting the Dollar.
Before I end this yarn / think ] viii
tell a story. We always used to tell
stories, and sometimes a good many Of
them, every night after we got home
from our days shooting. There is ne
gro man at City Point so old that nobody
knows how old he is-one of those old
knock kneed negroes about 100 years old,
all twisted up and doubled up with
rheumatism, who walks or crawls about
with the assistance of two canes, and is
known as Uncle Joe. One day the old
fellow was slowly making his way
through the village street when along
came a white man. very well known
character in that town, ''half seas over"
He was pretty nearly "as full as a goat"
and he happened to have his rifle with
him, and crack shot he is, whether
drunk or sober. As soon as he saw Un-
Gle Joe seated on the stump he sung out:
81 say, Uncle Joe, let me put a potato
on top of your head and shoot it off. l
will give you fifty cents if 1 bust the DO
tato or dollar if l kill ye."
The old negro looked up and replied:
"Do you say, boss, you viii give me fifty
cents if you bust the potato or dollar
if yer kill me?'
eyes" was the reply.
"Well, den, go ahead, boss" said the
old man.
The potato was placed on the top of
the old Negroes head, and the white man
staggered of about thirty PAGES and
drew bead. The smoke and fire shot
from the rife and the potato spun high
in the air.
well, I'll be showed, said Jim, ''I did
do it, or I'm a sojer."
Hestaggered up to Uncle Joe, fumbled
around Ii two or three of his pockets, !
fshed out half dollar and handed it to
him.
The old man seemed very much sur
pTised. 1t was long time since he had |
seen so much money. He looked at it
lovingly, bit it, turned it over, looked up I
to jim, and said, ''Weu, boss, pse sorry /
/ did not git de dollar. Forest and .
Stream.
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Mother-Now, children, which one
took that cskeT You two were the only
ones in the room.
Ivy-Tommy took IL. saw him with
my own eyes.
Mother-Why didn't ron come AZ once
and tel mei
Ivy-'Cos was afraid bed eat IL all
up while was away.-Once Week.
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An Egyptian family lately arrived in
Chicago, the father TO work az the
Worlds fair, have small son whom
they have named Abraham Lincoln
Levey. The two elder children are named
Tonah, the Egyptian for Star, and Vic
tor Hugo. The first boy was born in
Paris.-Boston Transcript
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The RABBI, aud IN. Kit,~n.-

J. R. Chapman has cat that found 4
young rabbit in the field few days ago
znd carried il home. placing il with her
kittens, and now the rabbits Just like
one OF the family and seems TO be As
happy as any OF them The mother cat
nurses it Just the same as her kittens
Raymond Oils. Independent.
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A pair Of very economical lovers, IN
Los Angeles, Cal. hit upon plan to
cheat Uncle Sam OF his postage. The
young man hired box st the postoffics
snd gave MS sweetheart duplicate key.
They exchanged correspondence through
the box
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-17

The recent losses by FIRE in the cargo
Of ships carrying cotton has shown that
cotton seed OIL, when held in the cotton
On the outside Of the bale, rapidly OH
dies and generates spontaneous combas-
aou.
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Il Is given out that 81. ~ accounts.
.izins and cases. involving tie SIM o.
s15S. So. oss were settled during ths lzss
ssc1I year By the United States go~s-n-
nent-a large Increase d work with 10
Increase of force as compared with to-
preceding fiscal year.
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Cod-liver oil SUGGESTS con-

Cod-liver oil suggests con-
sumption; which is almost un-
fortunate. Its best use is be-
fore you fear consumption
when you begin to get thin.
Consumption is only one of
the dangers Of thnness.
SCOTS Emulsion of cod
liver oil makes the thin
plump, and the plump are
almost safe.
Let US send you a book on
CAREFUL LIvING-free.
Seer Bo~Sx. osns:.. I,s South 9Th Avenue,
NeS York
foar druggist keeps Scost's E-Glzion Of eod-Gver
si-al druggists svsryvhere do. 81.
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A Hal who Tad been 4-rzigaed CO the
charge e stealing a kAsp wzs 20 sez-
sitzve fhzt i required ~ x sas tadze's
5ezs1zZTszess = ksep 4.Izs Ex1<z ozeAk-
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First Outer-I didn't see you in bath
ing this season
Second Outer-No. When / want q
bath go canoeing. Good News
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Aner the Vacation.

lyon look az broken up.
Naturally; just been dividing myself
amonE ferry girls 3. q kAazsiA kaEAlH
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T soFzaM'5 YACHTING DRESSES.

on, on. forove-more. we seem 70 glide.
Past new-tound meadows, flower starred and
bright.
No hope Of turning back, still side by side.
ON through the darS ami everlasting night,
Can we not ever stiA LIES golden stream,
And on it's ocean beacon lightly rest
one day! one hour, May we not sweetly dream
Here, safely anchored on its glas ~ breast?
o. summer sea, to thee the tickle year
Whispers sad secrets which thou dar'st not
tell
There is no love without the after pain.
No meeting without sorrowful farewell
NEW YORK, April lS.-Thouga there still
life for the fashionable crowd. society is
now working through its Fest-Easter gage
ties, more to kill time than from any great
interest 1t takes in this flag end of the sea-
son. And its most important consideration
at present is the making out Of its summer
programme and getting together the ward
robe which will be required to salts
factorily carry out said programme. A
number Of its essentials, in the way Of cos
TUNES. wraps and bonnets. have already
been reviewed and commented upon in
these columns, and the all important riding
habit has been likewise described. And
now we ought to find out what
the new yachting gowns are going
to look.like, for every who claims to be in
the SWIM must spend part Of the summer on
a yacht feel inclined to be funny here.
but | will refrsiu-either al Cowes, the first
week in August, or in cruising abou. IN our
own bays and harbors. OF course 1t will / q
some time yet before such gowns can be
worn in this latitude, but the yachts are
already gaiy fitting about III southern
waters.
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The sunday Morning News

Will be found regularly on sale at the fol-
lowing places:
EstilPs News Depot.
Conner's News Stand.
E. ]. Kietfer's Drug Store, corner West
Broad and Stewart streets.
T. A. Mullryne & Co.'s Drug Store, West
Broad and Waldburg streets.
st. J. K. Yongs's Drug Store, corner
Whitaker and Duffy streets.
McCauley q Co.'s Drug Store, corner
New Houston and Drayton streets.
W. A Bishops Drug Store, corner Hall
and Price streets.-Adu
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home would argue the noa-possession Of the
proper ones.
Some of the costumes which we e worn at
the Covent Garden london fancy dress
ball were most novel. One was composed
Of oyster shells, another Of photographs,
and still another consisted Of nothing but
satin picture cards.