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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-20
Senator Vance as a Humorist.

Senator Vance has the reputation of
being a humorist 1t is fatal reputa-
ton. Sunset" Cox used to say that it
ruined his future. As Mr.. Vance has no
ambition beyond the senate, and as hui
morous speeches there have made him
rather popular with his people, he can
afford to be funny" Senator Gray
spent part of last summer abroad. Mrs.
Gray accompanied him. On d steam
boat on Lake Lucerne he encountered
Senator Vance, who came up behind
him as he stood near the rail and,
touching him on the shoulder, greeted
him most cordially. When the usual
greetings had passed between them,
Senator Vance asked: well, as Sandy
said, are you travelling for pleasure or
is the good wife along?" Senator Gray's
embarrassment will be understood
when it is known that Mrs. Gray sat
within three feet of him, an amused
listener to the conversation.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-20
A Queer Meeting,

One specially high peak of the Andes
affords a peculiarly fine view of the
sunrise, and on two sides of this peak
huts have been built within an hours
climb of the apex in order that travel
ers having scrambled up the mountain
side may rest over night and go at it
fresh in the morning. An American
reached the summit Of the mountain
from one Of the huts just at sunrise one
morning and found himself face to face
with stranger who had toiled up from
the hut on the opposite side. Both
gazed in silence at the sight below, and
then one said to the other: There is
only one other view that equals this. in
my opinion" Just what | was think
ing" said his companion. What's your
other We've" That TO be seen at sun
rise from Fort Nonsense, near Nor
ristown, n j., said the first why,
that's mine, too" said the other. and
then, standing together on that lonely
peak, the two compared notes. and dis
covered that they We're neighbors in the
little JERSEY town
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-20
HERBERT Won BISMARCK
The Son Of the Iron Chancellor
Married to Countess Hoyos
Brilliant Wedding Ceremony Performed
at Vienna-The Brides Family
Where the Young Couple VIII
Make Their Home.

The marriage of Count Herbert Bis
was celebrated in the Calvinist church,
at Vienna, Austria, short time ago.
Prince Bismarck was present, wearing
the white uniform of the Magdeburg
cuirassiers, of which regiment ne is the
honorary colonel He also wore the
ribbon of the grand cross of the order
OF st. Stephen of Hungary, in compli-
ment to nationality of his sons bride.
Prince Bismarck was loudly cheered on
his way to and on his arrival at the
church. Count Herbert, the bridegroom,
wore German uniform and looked
happy and affable. The Russian am
bassador to Germany, Count Schuvalof,
acted as best man. He wore the uni
form of a Russian general The Hoyos
dress of the Hungarian nobility. Not
an Austrian uniform was visible, and
the Austrian court was entirely unrep-
resented.
Comtesse Margarethe's father is
Count George Hoyos, partner in the
torpedoes at Fiurne, and her neither is
an Englishwoman, the daughter of Mr..
Whitehead, the founder of this torpedo
mandatory, and in consequence the
young comtesse has been brought up
like an English girl and is especially
fond OF outdoor amusements. She is
twenty-one, and therefore very much
the junior of Count Herbert. Her eldest
sister is married to great friend of
Count Herbert Overwhelmingly, Bar
on voc Plessen, the Prussian ambassa-
dor at Darmstadt, and it was through
him that the acquaintanceship was
made that ended in the engagement.
Comtesse Marguerite is bright, hand
some girl, with plenty of spirit, and
will inherit a large fortune at her IA
theirs death.
Count Herbert has always had de-
clded penchant for Englishwomen, and
it is the English bringing-up of his
bride that fascinated him. The engage
ment of the count has frequently been
reported at various times within the
last few years, and once another Eng
iSh lady of title was selected as his
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-20
RUSsIA'S GREAT RAILWAY.

1t VIII Cost S1S3, Sa6. GOO. and VIII Be
Nearly 5000 Miles Long.
The construction of the worlds long
est railroad is progressing rapidly along
the river valleys and across the steppe:
of Siberia, says the Philadelphia In
quirer. The western extremity of the
road is the mining town of MASK OF
the eastern side of the Ural range, and
| its eastern terminus is at Vladi vostok
on the sea of Japan, making total
length Of 4,7S5 miles, which is nearly
twice the length Of the Canadian Pacific.
Its cost, including surveys, grading,
building, stations, rolling stock, and,
indeed, everything needed for it's con-
struction and equipment, is estimated
at 1888, 1926, e00-an enormous amount,
but proftably invested, and far less
than the cost of a useless European
war.
The country through which the road
will run presents no great engineering
difficulties, and across the vast plains it
will hardly require the grading of a
roadbed. It is also for the most part
fairly populous, much of it being very
fertile and the rest rich in minerals; SO
that along its entire route the road will
open up and develop country of mag
nifcent resources and of almost mex
haustible agricultural and mining
wealth
The various results which will even
tually follow the completion of this
great work cannot of course be fully
estimated in advance, bit some of them
may be partially foreseen. One of
these is that by means of this road
Russia leaps at single bound into the
indubitable position of the most formid-
able of Asiatic powers. Through this
road England is made insecure in India,
and, whenever the contest for Suprem-
acy in eastern Asia is precipitated, the
whole northern frontier of China will
be open at every point to the massing
of Russian troops.
But, altogether apart from its avail
ability and Importance in war, its COM
mercial, industrial and political posi-
bilities are simply incalcuable. 1t will
bring the hidden section Of Asia into
full connection with the rest of the
world. The Russian government is
now solicitous about keeping foreign
ers out of the provinces beyond the.
Ural mountains and the Caspian. With
the completion of this road a new era
will begin. travel and commerce will
follow an unbroken route from the west
of Europe to Japan, the ideas of civili-.
cation elsewhere prevalent will be in
troduced and take root, and gradually
those changes will occur which will
make Asiatic Russia a sharer in the
common progress of humanity.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-20
A Texas wonsn.s Great Ranch.

Richard Harding Davis thus writes of
lady who runs Texas ranch: when
ladies 60 to call on Mrs. Richard King,
after they have reached the front gate
they have to drive ten miles up the walk
to the front door. But the baker, when
he wants to get at the kitchen, must
drive thirty miles from the back gate.
Mrs King lives on her ranch, forty-five
miles south of Corpus Christi Over her
acres roam 100, 900 head of cattle. These
are attended by 800 cowboys and 1900
ponies When there comes an order
from Chicago butcher for 1000 head
of cattle, it is but short work to round
them up and send them on their way.
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob would find
this life ideally patriarchal. And none
the less so by reason of the modern i'm
provements of the home and house par
ties of this lady of large acres and many
cattle"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-20
A Return Blow on Butler.

Henry Durant, the founder Of Welles-
ley college for women, and very well
known lawyer in New England, studied
law in Buffers Office when a young
man, and was admitted to the bar on
his recommendation. On one occasion
Butler and Durant were opponents in a
case, and the contest was very heated.
Butler suddenly turned to the court and
said: ut is the chief regret of my life
that l recommended that young man for
admission to the bar" Durant, as
quick as flash, replied: Your honor,
it is the great wonder of my life that
his recommendation had any weight
with the court"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-20
A TEST OF HONESTY,
A Street Corner Comedy and Its Iustruc-
tive Moral.

A Street Corner Comedy and Its Iustruc-
tive Moral.
Paper, sir? Evenin' paper?"
The gentleman looked down curious
ly ON the mite of humanity, the two
foot newsboy, and said, with a slight
smile:
Gan you change quarter?"
81 can get it changed, mighty quiclI"
was the prompt reply. What paper do
you want?"
Star" said the gentleman. But"
he added, hesitatingly, chow do l know
you viii bring back the changer"
''You don't know il" replied the little
fellow, sharply.
''rhen / must trust to your honestv?"
''That's about the size of it. Or
Hold onl Here's your security. There's
thirty-four papers in this bundle. Ketch
on to emf
Before the gentleman could remon-
strate, the boy had placed the bundle
of papers in his arms and was off like a
fash.
he was gone perhaps three minutes,
bot during that time the gentleman
was rendered completely miserable. A
half dozen of his acquaintance passed,
and each one stopped to inquire if he
had gone into the newspaper business,
and how it paid, while the newsbovs
gathered around and jeered him, under
the impression that he was an inter
topper. So be gave great sigh of relief
when the boy returned and put twenty
four cents in his hand.
Il didn't run away, did -" he said.
with a cheerful grin.
no" answered the man, with a
groan; but if you hadn't returned in
another minute, l would have run
away"
And cheated me out of ten cents?"
demanded the boy, Indignantly.
But the gentleman did not stop to ex-
plAn.-Golden Days.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-20
FISHING FOR TaRANTULAS.
In Interesting Experience In the West


| An Interesting Experience In the West
ern Country.
The exciting recital of fishing for
three deadly tarantulas with bit of
flannel and spool of thread was told
recently to the Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The gentleman who told it had just re-
turned from an extensive tour through
California and other states He brought
back the creepy looking members of the
spider family.
II had several interesting expert
ences," he said, but the most interest
ing was the capture of these tsrantu-
las. l had long wished to see them
in their native state, and being in the
land where their very presence renders
them dangerous, | constantly carried
spool of thread, bit of flannel and
bottle of chloroform- / was walking
in an orange grove about ten miles from
the coast one afternoon, when j saw
one of the beautiful things just creep
ing from beneath large log that was
half buried in the sandy soil. jumped
upon the log so the insect could not
crawl up my leg, and then dropped my
baited thread. He, l use the sex ad-
visedly of course, Immediately accepted
the challenge, and hastily caught the
flannel L half lost my balance just
then, and jostled the log to regain my
position. The happening came near be-
ing serious for me, as two other most
ferocious-looking fellows rushed out,
and all three attacked the flannel, and.
before l had the one entangled, started
upward at the most alarming rate of
speed. In some manner or other / was
able to retain my presence of mind,
and with my cane knocked the upper
most to the ground. The remaining
two were fighting most viciously, and,
as l gradually let out the thread they
became entangled, and by the time the
third was at the writing little mass
they were safe from working any harm.
The third made another attack, and l
soon held a trio of squirming, writhing
tarantulas, and then, dropping them in
a can, / saturated my handkerchief
with chloroforn, and in half an hour
had these three, which are the finest
specimens of the insect have yet seem"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-20
PetrifKin1 n KIM

The late king of Spain, Alfonso XII,
although he died six years ago, has not
yet been inferred. Wrapped in the
finest linen. the dead monarch's body
reposes on stone couch, near petri-
flying spring which flows in a cavern
called ''El Pudrido,1 and situated in a
flank in the mountain upon which the
Escurial is built The body, over which
the water constantly flows in great
impid waves, viii remain in that stu
alton until it is completely petrifed,
after which it viii be placed in the
royal vaults where repose Charles V.
and other ulustrious monarchs- The
petrifying process demands twenty-five
years. The body OF the father Of ex-
Queen Isabella, thus preserved. remained
IN FL Pldrido somewhat longer than .
quarter Of century.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-20
a Famous Snake Killer,

Pennsylvania has many things to be
proud of, and one of them is a man
with beard four feet seven and one
half inches long. His name is William
II. King and he resides in Springfield
township near Connellsville, Fayette
county. Mr.. King, says the Pittsburgh
Post, has never felt the keen edge of a
razor upon his classic countenance dur
ing the forty-three years of his exist
ence. His beard is of sandy color
and he usually wears it twisted up in a
knot and stuffed inside of his vest, but
when in very good spirits he allows it
to flow unhampered to be toyed with
by the gentle zephyrs- Another char
acteristic of Mr.. King is that he Is an
accomplished snake killer.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-20
Air Pressure at the Cannon's Mouth.

Experiments, our correspondent says,
were made during the last trial trip of
the armed cruiser Beowulf to determine
the air-pressure at the mouth of d gun
at the moment of discharge. Rabbits
were placed near the muzzles of the
guns, and shots fired. In every case the
animals fell dead at once In order to
test the probable effects of the enor-
nous displacement of air upon human
beings, figures made of straw were
used- These were torn 10 pieces in
every instance. The trials were made
with long-bored twenty-four centimeter
ring guns
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-20

which never slept, and where were en-
acted all the scenes which in the telling
made Mark Twain and Bret Harte
famous. This was the story which an
old White Pine man recounted to a San
Francisco Examiner reporter:
"Now, if you go there" said he, you
see only few of those buildings, for
most of them have fallen in and de-
cayed Scattered log cabins yet remain
where mountain squirrels scurry to and
fro at the sound of mans footsteps.
But it is not of this that started out TO
tell you, but of a second silent city
where hundreds of men lie buried and
where scarcely headstone marks their
last resting place. The headstones,
where there were any at all, were OF
wood and they quickly rotted away.
The formation all about there Is
largely of limestone. Water perco
lating through it partakes of tie
nature of lime and this in many
cases has entirely petrihed the bodies.
So If one were to dig here
and there in the great graveyard he
would find on every hand petrifed men.
In many cases lhey are petrifed so COM
pletely that the entire remains, even
down to the features. are intact. The
quiet graveyard, stretching over many
acres, numbers among its sleepers ali
classes. There are those who died an
midwinter of pneumonia and typhoid
fever, for in those wild times men could
not take good care of themselves Dese
peradoes are there also. Numberiess
persons, of all degrees, died with theiy
boots on.
1.-THE men who came there ON fortune
bent embraced all classes. There was
the hardened prospector and the tender
foot, the professional man, the farmer
for the first time turning his attention
toward mines and the gambling ad-
venturer. Death settled upon them,
high and low alike Many an eastern
family perhaps to this day are waiting
for the return of father, son or brother.
They have dropped out forever, and
there, caught by the underground ele-
till the end of time. 1t is a lonesome
city to visit now, but twenty-five years
ago it was humming, roaring place, not
unlike Creole at the present time, only
larger. 1t looks uncanny now and do
not often visit it, but when do 1 am
constantly impressed with the uncer-
tainty of all human affairs. The old
wooden headstones that yet remain are
exceedingly suggestive"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-20
Not Obliged to Believe Everything.

The dean of Norwich in a recent
speech told this story to illustrate the
new criticism as it appears among the
middle classes: A worthy timber mer-
chant announced that he was relieved
to find that he need not believe literally
the various passages in the Bible which
he had often proved to be impossible.
Being pressed to name one of these
passages, he mentioned the ark. 1t
was, he understood, $50 feet long,
20 feet broad, and 45 feet high, and was
filed with live animals. He was con-
WINGED, therefore, that the Israelites
could not have carried it about with
them for forty years.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-20
MUROEROUS INSANITY.
illusions of Touch and Smell which
Prompt the Sufferer to Take Life.

Illusions of Touch and Smell which
Prompt the Sufferer to Take Life.
The incipient paranoiac may hear
voices about him and for time be able
to convince himself of their unreality.
But sooner or later these sounds become
so tangible that they have the full force
and import of actual voices. At first he
hears them only when people are actu-
ally speaking, his mind merely misin-
terpreting what he hears This perver-
sion is technically termed an illusion.
But at last he hears words and sentences
when no real sound comes to his ears,
the North American Review says.
These are true Authorizations. Perver-
sions of other senses usually precede or
follow this one. Illusions of touch and
smell are common. The former lead TO
a belief in invisible spirits that touch
the body, and the latter convince the
patient that attempts are being made TO
poison him with noxious gases. When
to this cluster of perverted sensations
hallucinations Of sight are added, the
galaxy is complete, and the victim
moves and has his being in an ideal
world peopled with odors, tastes, sounds,
and sights that are shut out from the
common herd. A patient who had
reached this stage outlines his own feel
ings as follows: II have gradually como
to positive assurance that the thoughts
of ny mind are shared by others, and
that they act from that knowledge with
a view of influencing me and directing
my actions: that the appearances of an
innate nature also correspond 10 my
thoughts in such way as TO check and
direct them; that ordinary speech and
language are 50 perverted as % have
double meaning, the secondary sense
relating 20 my actions or thoughts All
Is so constituted as % form distinct
and new and strange world in which,
however, most objects remain familiar"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-20
gh aeieha aaiIn EsuIe: aussdap orine gu1u 20 se2

upon the advice of his cabinet, to coun-
tenance the match between Nile. Vac
aresco and the crown prince The
queen informed the Swedish king that
she was writing a long poem. in which
she would depict the sorrows of Mile.
Vacaresco. the disappointment of Crown
Prince Ferdinand over the thwarting of
his first true love and the advantages of
allowing princes, like other men, to
follow their own bent in selecting their
wives, as did Prince Oscar, of Sweden.
Princess Marie, of Edinburgh. will
hardly be edited by reading in this
poem when it shall appear that her
future husband is supposed to love still
another woman
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-20
Tho Formulation of China.

The empire of China, according to the
Ostasiatischer Lloyd, covering an area
a population of $50, 0oO, 900, or about
lightweight inhabitants to the square
kilometer. Ho-Nan, it declares, is the
most thicl1ly populated province of the
country, having about 2l0 persons to
the square klometer. Shan-Tung fol-
lows Ho-Nan with 172 to the square
kilometer. The boundary territory OF
Thibet numbers the least people of any
district of the empire, there being only
three persons to the square kilometer
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-20
r,iRreEf Man Ia cauzda.

Leonard Wilton. Of Brighton. Is now
ciasscd as the biggest man in Canada
lie weighs s6e pounds His measure
ment Is as follows: Around the shout
ders, 5 feet 8 inches; chest, S feet 2
inches; hips, s feet 2 inches; neck. foot
II inches; arm at shoulder, 2 fee: 2
inches; arm below elbow. foot 8
inches; thigh. 3 fee; 9 inches, calf, 2
feet His bead measurement around
the temples i % inches Hr. Wilton
attends daily 20 his business and Is
Juite pimble on foot Ten years ago
he did not weigh u-Cre than 10
pounds, and during the pas. few years
he has increased n weight rapidly. He
Is comparatively yoang, under forty
years Of age, and may yet sda an extra
dfty or seveniy-fve pounds 70 his crOr-
NOUS weight
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-20
MlfIllIl.s Ea9le
A GOOD GOOSE STORY.


I Was Linda's Pet.
/ see tflatnearly everyone of you has
Ia pet,of his own. One has dog rover,
sanotherta dear little lamb and the third
feeds his pigeons out of his hands.
DearilEtae. Linda did not care much to
tplay with dolls, and a neighbor who
Ewantedto give her some pleasure took
covert eStamest goose she had in all her
flock. Binda was much pleased with
sher and '<Goosy" was her companion
whenever she showed outside of the
door. Lindasgrew up and raised quite
la number of geese with her mothers
help, but Of all of them Goosy was her
hpet- L6ndalgrew older and so did Goosy.
MANY a goose had to die and be pre-
tpareds for nice roast, but all Goosy
lever had to give was her soft feather
tcoat- Linda picked her after she got
loldsenoagh to help her mother, and
fGoosy never minded, though it did hurt
iorsce in awhile. The geese went all
,over the.ranch in every nook and corner
iwhere there was nice grass to pull.
MANY a goose was caught by the fox,
lbut old Goosy came always home in
thine.
Linda went away from home and
stayed with friends, but old Goosy be-
came so.old that nobody ever would do
her anyharm and whenever Linda came
home, she was sure to find her
Goosy there. 1t is now three years
since Linda married and left home for
good. Her brothers had been putting
ioutsmany useful young fruit trees, and
thesold gander that Goosy used to go
with Che was a mean old fellow, as
Jealous as any gander could be) taught
her to bark the trees. The brothers
iwouldnot have it any longer and said
Goosy must die or leave the
ranch Lindas husband heard of
1T and went over and got them both, the
,gander and old Goosy. He made
pond for them and had his pleasure in
seeing them swim. AS old as Goosy
WAS, she laid eggs every year, and big
barge eggs they were. She wanted to
hatch them, too, as she always had
been used to- but the place where she
went was drier and but little grass
sgrew anywhere around it. The gos-
lings could not live long and they all
died except two. 1t so happened that
Nero, the great big dog, came in the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-20

"A man is the architect OF his own
reputation-and often puts mp job no
other man would take off his hands,
Columbus Post
Compelling q bird who can sing Is
small work compared 10 eoercing some
people who can't sing into not trying -
Washington Star.
-Repenting OF a sin Is a great deal
like pulling heavy sled mp hill after
you have had good time sliding down
--Atchison Globe
Maybe the reason for putting q
woman's head on one SIDE Of our coins
Is gentle hint that money talks. TOO.
-Philadelph ia Times
-Tubbs-''That editor insulted ne
Giles-''Did BE decline your poemTT
Tubbs-''Torsc than that He asked
re what il meant. ~. I. sun