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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-11
HERR LASKER'S SKILL.
One Of the Few Scientific Chess
Players Now Living.
His Style of Playing Shows That He Be-
Heves IN the Teachings of the Mod
ern SchooI-His Wonderful Sue
cess In New York.

The results of the play during the
term of Herr Lasker's engagement at
the Manhattan Chess club of New York
would not of themselves, perhaps, be
conclusive proof of the young Germans
title to the rank Of a great master in
the royal game" They are sufficient,
however. to show that he is a player of
remarkable skill, says Harper's Weekly.
Out of twenty-four games, against
eight of the Strongest players of the
club. he won twenty-one, lost two and
drew one. OF the three games each
played against him, Mr. A. B. Hodges
scored one, DIR. Simonson one and Mr..
Delmar secured one draw But if this
performance alone does not of necessi-
ty stamp him as a master, Herr Lasker's
European record is brilliant enough to
entitle him to q place among the two
or three foremost living players. lie
has won ali the tournaments he has en-
tered during the past year; he has
beaten Mr.. Blackburne, who is about
the strongest player in England, by five
straight games to one draw in set
match; he has won a tournament from
DldCh DuIut, hdSOu, DlTd anu UuUS-
berg; and last, but certainly not least,
he has beaten the best German players,
with one exception, in a decisive man
ner. Herr Tarrasch, NJ. Tschigorin and
Mr.. Steinitz are, we believe, the only
players of the first rank whom the
young champion has not met and fairly
vanquished. This is wonderful
record, and certainly justifies a high es-
innate of the ability of the man who
has made it.
Herr Lasker's style of play shows
that he belongs rather to what is called
the modern school than to the school of
Morphy, of which NJ. Tschigorin is
now probably the best living example.
In other words, he trusts rather to the
accumulation of small advantages than
to any sudden and decisive c0up. His
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-11
BURSTING OF a SAND BOX.
The Danger That Lurked in an Innocent



Pod.
Bolten had spent the winter wander
ing among the West India islands, and
when he got back had a medley of curl
osities which he had picked up in his
travels Among them We're all sorts of
beans and pods of tropical trees, and of
the former were John Grow beans, the
wary, the horse-eye, Jobs tears and
many others. There were the long,
scabbard-hke pods of the crimson-fow-
cred acassia; cocoa pods, which ratified
with the dry chocolate seeds inside
them, and he also had two pods of the
sand-box tree, curious circular store
houses for the seeds, deeply ribbed,
each rib running from top to bottom of
the pod. These two latter received
places of honor in lacquer trays, the
smaller beans finding room around
them. Bolten was natty man, and on
his mantelshelf in his bedroom were
arranged these treasures, presided over
by four statuettes of nude goddesses.
The vegeta BILE ornaments of the shelf
were the most innocent-looking things
Imaginable. and he never dreamed for a
moment that nature was still busy
bringing to perfection those sand boxes
He had gone to bed after hard days
work and was sleeping the sleep of the
just when he was awakened by what
he thought was a pistol shot in his
room. At the same time missiles were
flying all around. AS he jumped out of
bed TO light the gas there was a second
explosion, and this time he was pep
pered with all sorts of missiles
The carpet was strewn with objects
which were not pleasant to tread on,
and in his anxiety 20 escape them and
get at the jet he nearly broke the small
toe of his right foot By tanning it
against chair leg. He nursed it affec-
tionately, but sadly for some time.
swearing in undertones, but afraid to
give loud expression to his pent-up
feelings lest there might be fusilade.
Al last, like cat walking over hot
bricks, he reached the jet and lighted
the gas The treasures of the mantel-
piece were scattered about the room
Inc goddesses had been hurled from
their high places and looked Ike Ro-
man remains, headless and arrnless.
The lacquer trays were in small pieces,
while the pods and beans were scat
tered all over the room The goblet
had even been broken and the water
was standing in puddles about the
carpet The sand box had vanished
He searched around carefully. There
was no trace, so far as he could see, Of
the explosions lie gathered mp his
broken and scattered treasures, finding
among them segnents OF the sand
boxes. and then, leaving the gas alight,
tried to sleep OF the strange occur
renees he said not word tohis friends
The other day friend was in Ms
rooms and looking over She collected
remnants remarked: Relic. Here are
pieces Of . sand box
What is thate"
Well, It's the fruit OF = tree thai
grows in the West Indies. snd got is
name ewing 20 the planters using it Ii
the days before oiottiag paper was in
vented for sand boxe> Tbs szels were
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-11
ALL KINDS OF SCIENCE.

4 TEN MILLION nerve fbers arc said to
Fbe found in the human body.
! A DEPTH of 2,406 fathoms has been
tately found in the Mediterranean, the
greatest yet known in the sea.
THE sun, according TO observations
[by Prof Bass, Of the Dudley observa-
tory. has a velocity of twenty-six miles
per second.
J SIR HENRY THOMPSON Of England,
bays that out of every ten patients which
came under his knife, nine would never
fhave done so had Il not been for errors
of eating and drinking.
OCULIsrs profess to have discovered a
connection between wood pavements
- and ophthalmia. 1t is said that the
gaseous carnations from the pavement
are very injurious to the organs Of VII
Eeion.
A FRENCH observation-disclosures COM
Ppany asserts that it viii be able to sell
the aluminium at price equivalent to
less than - cents q pound, provided it
is in a position to dispose Of a yearly
output of 5000 tons of the metal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-11
IN THE ORIENT.

THE telephone has been known in In
,dia for thousands of years.
In India there is a species of crow that
laughs just like human being.
NINETEEN HUNDRED japanese are to
establish colony in Sinaloa, Mexico.
A NATIVE newspaper at Japan la
n1ents The decay of good manners among
hcwly-educa ted Japanese girls.
THERE is a tooth of Buddha, pre-
served and worshiped IN an Indian
temple, which probably all the gold in
the world could not buy.
STOCKINGS made from human hair are
worn by Chinese fishermen as the best
preventive of wet feet. They are drawn
over ordinary cotton stockings, being
too rough for putting near the skin.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-11

cut out of the center and the pod was
then filed with sand Il was rather
an unsatisfactory box, however, as il
often exploded"
Exploded! What do you mean?'
This is the fruit of Hura crepitans,
large tree something like the tulip
tree of this country. As soon as the
seed is ripe it explodes with a report
like gun, the seeds and shell of the
pod being scattered in all directions
So great is the force of the explosion
that the broken pieces are thrown forty
and fifty feet. Fowls, as soon as they
hear an explosion, run toward the tree
and are soon busy looking for the seeds
which they greedily swallow"
That explains it." said the other
and he then told the story of his shat
tered works of art-N. Y. Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-11
GROSS sWINDLEs CATCH THEM.
Bank Tellers and Others Who Constantly
Handle Money in Large sums.

Bank Tellers and Others Who Constantly
Handle Money in Large Sums.
Men who handle money in large sums
habitually are popularity supposed TO
be very careful. The contrary is fire.
quently the case. The auditor of one Of
the great express companies recently
told reporter how the teller of one of
the big New York banks was swindled
out Of fifty dollars by barefaced de-
ccption. The express company had
issued large number of money orders
for advertising purposes, They were
much reduced in size, and had printed
on their face in bold red letters the
words: Miniature Fac Smile. Not
Good" They were all filed out, hav-
ing been autographed, and the name of
the fictitious ''psyee' was also in
dorsed on the back A casual
glance would tell an ordinarily
careful observer that they were
merely advertisements, intended 20
show how money orders looked
when ready for payment, even if
the caution in red letters had not been
there. Yet when man boldly walked
into the bank referred TO. wrote his
own name below the autographed in
dorsement, and asked 20 have the
money order" cashed, the teller uu-
hesitatingly handed over the fifty dol
lars Nor did he discover the mistake
unaided, but sent the advertisement 70
the express company for collection.
eve find the men in financial institu-
tons constantly making mistakes quite
as ridiculous as that" said the auditor.
Nearly every week checks without
signatures, or with improper indorse-
ments, are presented 70 Is for payment,
after they have passed without detec-
ton through banks and clearing houses
l suppose the bank officials get. careless
through constant handling Of money
obligations From our own experience
should judge that taey mus. D. badly
stuck ~ times. I imagine they keep
such errors pretty quiet ~. \. sun
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-11

Some interesting statistics on mar
riages in Prussia show that the mar
riage rate has risen from or Q to Il in
the 900 inhabitants during the last
years; this rate is as high as that in the
good old times" from 1916 TO 1870.
The average age Of marrying men re-
mains at the former figure of twenty
nine and one-half In 1881 it was TWEEN
ty-nine and two-thirds, in 1886 twenty
nine and two-fifths- So that men mar
~ neither less often nor at a later age
than formerly. On the other hand a
great difference has taken place in the
class of men who marry. Only 30 per
cent. were independent, that is, either
with private means or tradesmen, Off
Gals or officers; 90 per cent. We're labor
ers, servants or factory hands. The lat
ter form the majority.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-11

out of sight of each other. 1t had been
agreed that they should make for Hilo,
in the Hawaiian islands, which was the
nearest land. The news, with its Sc
quel. has just arrived from Honolulu.
On September 20 a native fisherman
off Nanawalla, Hawaii, saw out at sea
what he supposed to be a drifting log,
but, on approaching it, found it to be
ships lifeboat- Lying in the bottom OF
the boat were twelve men, SO weak as
to be unable to speak, with their
tongues, swollen and black, protruding
from their mouths Their eyes were
sunken and CLASSY, and they all, though
conscious, seemed as if demented. They
were unable to move or give any ac-
count of themselves until brought to
shore by the natives The story of their
voyage, as told by the mate, is one of
horrible suffering. He said that when
they left the scene of the wreck he cal
culated that Hilo was about $500 miles
away, and that with care and short
rations they could make the land safely.
All went well for time, the lifeboat
making, according to his estimate,
about 100 miles for each twenty-four
hours. The water gave out, however,
some days before they were found, and
the scene became terrible one. He
and one of the sailors alone retained
their senses. The rest became mad
men, and at the last were fighting,
shrieking, tearing their hair and
clothes, and raving generally. He and
the sailor managed, however, to keep
them from either jumping overheard or
drinking the salt water until they be-
came too weak to do so. Finally he
and the sailor also gave out, and for
two days and nights the boat drifted in
a calm sea without any effort to guide
or propel her A friendly current
carried them inshore, or they would
have all died in the boat. Nothing has
been heard of Capt. Havener's boat, and
it is hoped and believed that the party
were rescued by passing vessel.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-11
HOUSEHOLD BREVITIES.

To remove paint stains apply tur-
pentine at once if possible. Turpentine
is also good for all kinds of cuts and
bruises on the human flesh, but cause
| dumb brutes intense pain.-Detroit
Free Press
Cranberry Shortcake. For the
crust, take one quart of flour, one
fourth cupful butter. two teaspoonfuls
baking powder Bake in cakes, split
them open and butter while hot, then
fill with cooked Gran berries we'll sweet
ened Serve with whipped cream or
cream and sugar. -Housekeeper.
Fried Kidneys beefs kidneys
in thin slices, after removing all fat;
soak two hours in warm water, chang
ing the water two or three times; wipe
with cloth and fry in drippings till
nice brown; season TO taste and serve
around a dish with gravy in the center,
10 which has been added little lemon
juice and sugar.-Ohio Farmer.
Boiled Onions. To boil onions, re-
move the outer skin and let them lay
in cold salt and water about an hour
Then boil them in milk and water with
little salt until thoroughly tender
Take the onions our of the water with
d SKINNER and put them into tureen
which has been warmed. Pour over
them melted butter and dust with black
pepper. Serve Immediately Farm and
Eireside
Plain Cake-TaIte two cups Of
-four. one and half Of sugar. half q
cup Of butter one OF cream. two eggs,
one teaspoouful Of baking powder.
MIXED with the -four. Put ali these IN
gradients into deep dish and beat IN
I'll light II IS not necessary 20 beat
them separately. a. IN some other cakes
Bake in deep form and in moderate
IS hot oven for about half al hour
Boston Bulge.
-Flakv Pie Crust To make pie
crust faky, spread the erust when
rolled for the top Of the pie. with =
thin LAYER Of butter Dredze with
-four aud cover tho pie with crust a.
usual When ready for the oven, tip
the pie slanting. holding Il n the left
hand. and pour over the pie glass Of
cold water 20 rinse ~ the -four
Enough OF the later will stick 70 the
butter 70 FRY into The crust while bak-
ing and make i s2ky.-D Detroit Free
Press
Lemon Custard Pie-Beat one cup
Of sugar and the yol.s Of three eggs To-
gether Pat = tablespoonful Of sOur IA
a bowl. poar over a cup of sves. mink.
stirring 20 make smooth; strain through
a sisve into the eggs, and sugar, Favor
with extract Of lemon. Line pie pzns
r.tA puff paste. pour ia ths u1ixtsrs
aud sake 70 q quick oTen until the
crust j. brown CoTer the tcp With
rueriuyue made Of N. whites o: the
eggs and three tablespoons of scgxA
>es n the oven one minute % 6roTsn---
Western RaT1L
-6Sisutinr o. Veal -FOr thfss fssa
~ veal e rr-r5~8. with par. cs the
breast - e ar 5e boned By G7s
u1.!i-r aF 81 l7zas ard every paEsssis
- -sre- s- 7rf~;i- Hzast Dc rcs1SsezA
Trzln 2 evenly thsn make fercsuaas
Z ore p01ud q sassSgs and ha6 il.
nix IN brad cramb d. = snail grated
eaton. h@li . ss4s2oo-sEl q al gad
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-11
FROM TREE AND BUSH.

JAY GOULD win loan to the bureau Of
Horticulture Of the worlds fair a plant
thirty-four feet high.
IN certain parts Of India, cocoanut
trees, once almost lifeless in appear
ance, have been made to yield abund-
sntly by placing salt at the roots.
The largest and oldest chestnut tree
in the world stands at the foot of Mount
Etna. It IS 2l3 feet in circumference
and is known to be at least 1000 years
old.
IN 1885, when the entire Dutch nation
was crazy upon the subject of tulips, a
single bulb was sold for s., 200. At such
prices 1T would pay better to raise tulips
than 10 own the most valuable gold
mine in the world
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-11
WHAT is NEW?

MANY small fur cravats of the entire
animal for the neck and hat crowns.
NIGHT dresses of white or natural
wool taffeta trimmed with wooden lace
PERSIAN embroideries for hat and
bonnet crowns and galloon trimming.
VIOLET velvet and silk for combining
with brown, gray, dark blue and black.
FANCY theater waists of striped silk
trimmed with lace and bright galloon.
BLACK dresses trimmed in a color to
match the colored silk figure of the
goods
STAMPED Pe~sion velvet and heavy
rich cashmere ,rSian silks for COM
bination.-Dry Goods Economist.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-11

pawn play is exceptionally strong, and
his end games are models in their way.
Given a knight against an opposing
bishop, with equal pawns, and Herr
Lasker will win where most players,
even of high rank, would secure only a
draw. He plays to win, and plays like
a professional He is generally cool,
apparently almost to the point Of in
difference, never loses his head, seldom
makes a slip. Chess playing is a bust
ness and to it he devotes all his powers.
In view OF his youth-for he is not
yet twcnty-four years old-and his rapid
rise from obscurity to the rank of
chess star of the first magnitude, Herr
Lasker is sometimes compared with
that phenomenon Paul Morphy, who
carried everything before him over the
board a generation ago. 1t is idle to
discuss the question whether he could
have held his own with Morphy if the
latter were now alive. The brilliant
American never met a player like
Lasl1er, and it is pretty safe to say that
the German has never yet met a player
like Morphy. Notwithstanding all the
research that has been devoted to the
game of chess, mastery of it is not so
much a matter of hard study and con-
slant practice as of individual genius.
1t is to be hoped that during his stay
IN this country a match may be
arranged between Herr Lasker and Mr..
Steinitz; and, if the rather precarious
health of the latter will permit it, such
a meeting viii no doubt take place. At
all events, the visit of the young Ger
man master will enhance the popular
interest in chess, and will lead to
more general cultivation of this noblest
of all games of intellectual skill
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-11

Maria, said Mr.. Fortgray Il -vi.h,
dear, you'd 50 down town wi:h n. To-
morrow aad vel selsc, a new hsi
cot courBe." ss!j Mrs- Forturny.
I've b>en noticing the new sfyIes ny
self We must pick out sosactiIng res
cent
Yes; something from London
with fine shape
"BslI-cros~ ned"
NO. Trimmed with ro,es-
'RosesY- said M Torturay. What
are you talking about
Why, ny new L2,. We-ru'' rou77
"Of course not" tzid Nr F-fu-4g.
glazing y was talking about faJ Eaay
hzt"-Chlcayo News Record
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-11
Couldn't BE Too sure.

4 West Washington young lady, says
the Post of that city, who has been mar
ried but few weeks, had her first ex-
perience going to market" the other
day. After she had succeeded in max
ing several laughable blunders, as
young wives are apt TO, she approached
a poultry dealer and asked the price of
chickens. Being told by the dealer,
who also handed her fine pair of live
birds 10 examine, she quieted their fut-
tering as best she could, and then. APP
plying her nose 10 them, and giving
them an audible smell, said. inithe most
innocent manner: Are you sure they
are fresh, STRIP"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-11

large lifeboats were Tiled with stores,
and the first carried Capt. Havener, his
wife and child, the first mate, boat
swain. carpenter, cook and eight of the
crew. The second mate took charge of
the other boat, which contained the
cabin boy and the remainder of the
crew. When day broke the bark had
disappeared, and the two boats were
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-11
ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS.

The distance Of the earth from the
sun is about $4,000 000 miles The
average distance Of the moon from the
earth.is about $4,000 miles. The sun
Is, therefore, nearly 500 times rs far
from US as the moon.
IF the sun gave forth sounds loud
enough to reach the earth. such sounds.
instead Of reaching us in the space Of
about eight minutes. as the light does,
would only arrive after a period of
nearly fourteen years.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-11

Mrs. Peterby, Of Harlem. used % bs
n beautiful singer but Of late her votes
seems 70 como unglued, 40 On speak.
Gus De Smith, who is very careless in
his conversation. was invited 20 YEA
Music being the topic Of conversation.
Mrs. Peterby remarked that she te-
lieved her daughter had inherited her
voice.
II was wondering what had becoms
Of IT," remarked Gus, abs u -miDdcsily.
Texas Siftfugx.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-11

two beaten eggs; roll up the flank after
putting the forcemeat in the middle
and tying carefully 30 that none can
escape. drop in a pct of boiling water
and boil hard for fifteen minutes. sim
mering after this for an hour or more
if the meat is thick. The water should
be well salted and sprig of thyme aud
bay leaf in it; let the roll cool in it
and serve cold in thin slices This
keeps for some time Boston Herald.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-11

Papa sad willie. 'Iitsl~ brother .
. nonth ed to~LsczoT. LsH't hel~'
yes
Let's y0u e0d M give LlGa l.sts.
Gsy presxnt-
"VzT we'll VIA. shAll 8. bsrs'
L4sis euy Kim ~. lie nr-es ,h<s
rr0rs'a Anything. Brzn1a1l BAaaa
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-11

Miss Chianer = con Z thin So D-F
e. Is sa1eh q . rpBYers4iifaa.ssl 81.
~&s wiki Eze AZ h1s,r l.st al-
> don't believe Re spgse i,aFse tefa.
/ MH FyC-Yss, he I'D u.r ~ a-aGt
seAscse 20 gss 10 = ssoF4 - e.- ~
1srsA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-11

Have you parrot that ssvear~7'
asked a woman as she entered the bird
store.
II suppose ] could get one" replied
the dealer but never had such caD
before
''Yoa Sc. nv husband 1~nt on: west
a month ago and I'm sort o Lonesome"
Judge.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-11
ADVENTURE AT SEA.
sailing More Than Two Thousand Mile
in (snnn Rnpf

Sailing More Than Two Thousand Miles
in Open Boats.
On August the Campbell, which was
laden with lumber, left Port Townsend.
Wash, for Queenstown Three weeks
after her departure she met a north
west gale. in which after labor;ng
heavily for twelve houls she sprang
aleak. The water increased so much
faster than the pumps could clear it
that in short time the captain, Have
ner by name. gave orders to get out the
lteboatS and abandon her The two
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-11

before take board vita yon.- ratA
The applicant y wish % jcuoz Il sou
ever have pruues "a the table,
No. cir" replied Ma srAI! -s
never have anything 80 common Th~
nearest come % tina: Il - serv@ the
prunza 6ousztic~ ia = vz1ssty % dels-
c.S1s ways
~Ah, tnSs IA entirely satisfactory -
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-11
An Iowa Squash.

T. J. James, who lives in Boone coun-
II, Ia, has raised the largest squash
ever known in that part of the country.
1t is 5 feet 11H inches around in the
middle and weighs 12s pounds
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-11

There IS nodining car on this train. 80
said the conductor.
who said there wzs?T demanded the
passenger.
This IS \ meal ticket YOU have hand
ed me --Det-yi, Free Press.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-11
A FRIEND OF PEACE.

Vassili yerestehssIn, the Russian Artist,
Author and Soldier.
Edmund Yates is authority for the
statement that NJ. Vassili Verestchagin,
the celebrated Russian painter, has
settled himself in Moscow, where he
intends to reside permanently, and is
going to paint a series of huge pictures
representing the principal events of the
French invasion of 1912. This is es-
pecially interesting at the present
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-11

When Baby was sick, We gave her CastorIa.
When she was q Child, she cried for Cas,a~ia.
When she became Miss, she chung TO Cas,ozia.
When She had Children she gayethem C4storia
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-11
Oil on the Wheels.

1t takes 100 gallons of oil year to
keep large-sized locomotive in running
ORDER