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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-01
The Stupid ODossum.

Perhaps the opossum is the very best
and most crucial instance that could pos
sibly be adduced of the intimate connec
tion which exists between touch and in
tellect. For the opossum is marsupial;
it belongs to the same group of lowly or.
ganized, antiquated and pouch bearing
animals as the kangaroo, the wombat and
the other belated Australian mammals.
Now everybody knows the marsupials as a
class are nothing short of preternaturally
stupid. They are just about the very
dullest and silliest Of all existing quad
rupeds. And this is reasonable enough,
when one comes to think of it, for they rep
resent very antique and early type, the
first rough sketch of the mammalian idea,
if / may so describe them, with wits nm
sharpened as yet by contact with the world
in the fierce competition of the struggle
for life as it displays itself on the crowded
stage of the great continents. They stand,
in short, to the lions and tigers, the ele-
plants and horses, the monkeys and
squirrels of Europe and America, as the
Australian black fellow stands to the
Englishman or the Yankee.-Cornhill
Magazine.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-01
a Creditor Outwitted.

The celebrated French poet, Saint
Folk, who, in spite of his large income,
was always in debt, sat one day in a
BARRIERS shop waiting to be shaved. he
was lathered, when the door opened and
a tradesman entered who happened to
be one of the poets largest creditors.
No sooner did this man see Saint-Foi1
than he angrily demanded his money.
The poet composedly begged him not to
make scene.
"Won't you wait for the money until
] am shaved"
Certainly" said the other, pleased at
the prospect.
Saint-Foix then made the barber a
witness of the agreement, and immedi
ately took towel, wiped the lather from
his face and left the shop. He wore a
beard to the end of his days.-Tit-Bits
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-01
The People Sort the Mail.

A curious state of affairs prevails in
Nanticoke, Pa, mining town of II ,O0O
inhabitants. Two-thirds of the popula-
ton are foreigners, mostly Huns, Poles
and Italians. Three months ago the
free mail delivery system was inaugu-
rated in the town. 1t has proven fail
ure. A great deal of foreign mail mat
ter is received at the postoffice daily, but
no streets or numbers are given The
letter carriers simply take bag of mail
and march through the town blowing a
whistle.
The people turn out and the carrier
allows them to examine the letters. In
this way he delivers to owners. The
people are honest enough, and will not
take a letter that does not belong to
them. The postofice authorities at Wash
ington, however, do not like the mode
of delivery, and it is likely that the free
delivery system will be discontinued
Cor. st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-01
Temperature of the Sun,

As to the actual temperature of the
SUMS surface very various estimates have
been made by different computers. Secchi
supposed it to be about 10000, 900 dogs Of
the centigrade thermometer and Sporer
$1,000 dogs. Of the same scale, while VI.
Pouillet thinks that it lies between 1 ,z6t
degs. and !, 76f dogs. c. NJ. Becquerel, Pro-
fessor Langley and Sir William Thomson
consider that the temperature of the solar
philosophers cannot exceed 5000 dogs. c.
According to VI. Saint-Claire Deville the
temperature is somewhere about 9, 600 degs
to 2, 500 degs.-Gentleman' Magazine.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-01
What She Saw Will. I'm . france.

A full revelation of her experience
while in a trance has been made by Mrs.
W. NJ. Barber, of Freedom, Pa. She
claims to have been with God and ex-
poets to receive many future revelations
and declares she will shortly begin to
work miracles. Mrs. BARRIERS statement,
made to reporter, was as follows:
All that l saw and learned while my
body lay helpless do not remember. It
will coIne back to me as grow stronger,
and shall also receive more light, and
in future frances, or by some other
means, | know the Lord will reveal
much more to me. do not know where
| was, but l was not in heaven nor in
hell. | caught glimpse of heaven,
though, and saw God. I cannot describe
him except to say that he appeared all
light. All the time of my seeming I'M
consciousness he was making things
heavenly known to me. 1t seemed o
long period Of time that l held this
spiritual discourse with him. He'll did
not see, except that it appeared as it were
on one side Of Indebtedness and smoke.
saw my dead mother. She appeared
as in life, even to her clothing. 1 could
not reach her nor speak to her. The AL
mighty seemed to stand between US, but
l know that before my death / shall
clasp hands with her in the spirit land.
| saw also and recognized my little
brother, who died before was born. |
did not see my father, but | expect TO
learn before long whether or not he is
saved. l saw no other persons than my
two relatives. The angels and saints
were not visible, but l shall grow in
faith until | see them and until l can
walk upon the water.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-01
Popular Impression Refut.d,

"Au this gush about the poor fireman
who has to rush through the streets in tbs
dead of night makes the fireman laugh, .
said veteran yesterday. AS matter oi
fact, there is no part of his duty more
pleasant than riding to a fire. 1t takes
him from the house in which he may have
been shut up all day; be has no smoke
fame nor shaky binding 10 be afraid OF,
and a ride behind fast horses is one OF the
most celebrating experiences TO be had u
New York Sun.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-01
Felled by Dead Geese.

While Hutchinson kan policeman
was standing under an electric light the
other night. be was startled by some OBJ
lect striking him heavy blow on the
head and then fall at his feet As he
stopped TO examine the object he re-
ceived a second blow, This time on the
back. When he recovered sufficiently
from his fright 10 gather himself 10
gether he found he had been struck By
two wild geese that had been killed bv
striking tne elsctric light wires.-Phila-
Al ''lia Ledze,.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-01
Soldier Elisha RaIl's VIII.

An odd will was filed at the probate
Office IN Auburn on Tuesday. 1t was
that of Elisha Ball. of Minot. and was
dated in 1867, but the maker Of the VIII
had outlived all the witnesses to 1t. and
1t had to be proved from the handwriting
of the man who drew it. II was the first
case on record Of the kind. Not change
had been made IN the paper from the day
1t was drawn.-kennebec (Ie.) Journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-01
The Squire and his Rubens.

forget where the charming anecdote of
the irate country squire and his Rubens is
to be found. 1t illustrates a state of mind
and a condition of things which doubtless
prevailed just as much in the days of Mac
cenaS as in those of Queen Anne. Come
and see my Rubens. So and so says it is
not a Rubens. I'll kick anybody out Of
the house who says it isn't. What DO you
say, sir"
The credulity and obstinacy of amateurs,
and the craft and cunning of purveyors is
doubtless quite as rife now as then. There
have, however, been golden ages of art
fraud, and we are, think, living in one of
them at present. Century.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-01
Shoe Per Factories of Mama

"Shoe peg factories are an important
branch of business once peculiar to Maine"
said wholesale dealer. although it has
of late been followed to some extent in
other eastern states and is spreading to
the hardwood forests of northern Penn
sylvania. Maple is used largely in the man
ufacture Of shoe pegs, although white birch
is used at some factories. Shoe pegs are
sold by the bushel, and are worth all the
way from three shillings to a dollar a
bushel, according to quality. More than
$4,000 was received by Maine shoe peg
factories in 1891 for goods.-New York Sun.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-01
4 Diamond Worth $40. 600,

magnificent diamond perfect octa-
hebron. weighing 205 carats, has been
purchased from a river digger by a Kim
berley buyer. 1t is the second largest
stone ever found in the Vaal diggings,
the largest being the celebrated Spalding
diamond of $50 carats, but which was
yellow and of bad shape. The price
paid for the stone recently found is said
to have been 60 900. Since his return
from the river the buyer has been offered
$4,000 for it, which offer has been re-
fuSed.-South African Mining Journal.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-01

DR.. Leo P-ibyl STATE. that TIE Gerr.aa a.
anu Sweses are utilizing their peat boys in
the manufacture Of naphths. tar. solar OIL,
T'arafin, aoetic acid and gas, and the peat
Yields an elastic fiber, which, freed frons
Gust, Is employ I'd for weaving into carpets
Good peat also furnishes 3 ceIlzlcSe which
Is v2luahie 70 paper makers. Besides serv-
ing a. Wholesome litter for live stock il
= also used 70 preserve p=risnabIe goods
Mea: and nsa are noT packed IN peat lit
ter Tor transport between Trieste AID Co
pe1EaSe1- Sentinel
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-01
AM <-ses
W(Ill agile
ULTRA POLITE.
he Was Very Sorry, but He Couldn't
Go.

He Was Very Sorry, but He Couldn't
Go.
There is good story about an old
gentleman who had been accustomed to
go to Egypt every year with an old
crony as a travelling companion. One
year his friend died, and was according
ly unable to go. The old gentleman,
after much thought, inserted an adver-
tisement asking any one who wished to
go to Egypt under pleasant auspices TO
apply to him, and giving his address.
THIS advertisement was seen late at
night by young man who had been din
ing freely. He cogitated awhile, and
then told the club porter to call nan
som. The cab was procured, and with
a little muscular exertion on the part of
the porter and the cabby the young
man was slowed away in its recesses.
He told the man to drive to the ad-
dress given In the advertisement. Ar
rived there he was assisted to the pave
ment, and with much dignity ordered
the cabby to practice on the bell and
knocker of the old fashioned residence.
The advertiser stuck his venerable head
out Of the window, and after parley
conducted with explosive indignation,
which was met with unruffied assurance
from the pavement, the ancient came
down and unbolted the door. When he
had picked up the diner and stood him
in the corner, the following converse
ton took place:
''Now, sir, what do you mean by wax
ing me up at this hour:"
"Come t'ansher 'vertisement.
"Well, sir, this is no time to come on
such an errand. What have you to say"
''rve come to tell you-very sorry
can't go with you."-Yankee Blade.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-01
A Mean Plot.

Pretty Girl-Do you think it would be
immOdest for woman TO propose dur
ing leap year:
Old Bachelor ferventlyENo, indeed;
no, indeed. | think it would be eminent
ly sensible.
Pretty Girl-That's just what / told
old Mrs. Sourface, who admires you so
much; but she said you'd be shocked
I'll run and tell her. New York
Weekly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-01
Boston Get. an Egrp,fan Antiop.

The red granite column from the re-
mains Of the temple at the site OF the
Biblical Hanes, in Egypt, procured by
the Rev. DR.. W. e. Winslov, Of the
Egypt exploration fund. from the exca-
vations, has Just arrived at the Museum
Of Fine Arts. The capital is an exquisite
palm leaf design, and the total weight
is from six to seven tons. Only the
British museum has % fine a column
among its treasures.-Boston Adyer-
User
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-01
Blood.d Stations Fight.

Two blooded stations got out of their
stable at ChilIicothe recently and en-
gagged in fierce contest. The bru.es
fought up and down the public road for
nearly two miles, the battle continuing
with undated fury until one was dead
and the other SO seriously injured by
the steel clad hoofs Of his antagonist that
ne viii probably have TO De killed
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-01

Wife-My dear, the very next time
we have a season of opera [ want to go.
Husband-Very well. III become an
opera manager, if you wish. No doubt
can get up company if l try.
"But why should You become a man.
ager simply to take me to the OPERA"
at Will be cheaper than buving seats.
my dear. New York Weekly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-01

An Englishman travelling in California
was much impressed by a specimen Of
American humor.
Hewas going down a dangerous noun
tain road in a coach when he saw these
ominous words branded in black letters
upon white board nailed to wayside
tree:
How would you like to Have a
Broken Neck and Dirty Shirt on?
Go TO TIE PIONEER LAUNDRY. EF-
Youths Companion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-01

a woman IN Asbury Park, N J., is
said 10 be in a dangerous condition
through being poisoned by inhaling
smoke from cook stove filed with
green wood. 1t is thought that the wooG
in the stove was covered with some poi
sonous vine or fungus.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-01

The ruby was considered good for de-
rangement OF the liver as well as for bad
eyes. The sapphire and emerald were also
credited with properties which rendered
them capable OF influencing ophthalulie
disorders. and there is a superstitiOus be-
lief that serpeDts are blinded By looking at
the latter stone.-Qaeries Magazine
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-01
The Fault oF the Poude-

The Mistress-Cornelis, your last lot Of
bread is simply awful! What did you DO
TO its
Cornehs-I done me best. mum. nut
WHO'S can av bakin powither over tbs
bread afore 1t wint into the oven. an it
didn't hip it TO bake at all phwat's the
good OF such poNdther anyhows-Pi.'s y
burg Bulletin.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-01
Women in SYDNEY University.

Fighty-three of the 553 students attend
ing lectures at Sydney university, Austria
liza, are women. of whom FIVE are included
in the faculty of medicine. The benefits
of the university are extended in all re-
spects TO men and women equally, both as
to teaching and the granting of degrees
Exchange
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-01
Manning and sfmeoni.

It is worth noting as a curious coinci
dence that Cardinals Manning and Sine
oni were called 70 the cardinalste on the
same day In 1875 and died on tbs saus
day in 1892. Furthermore, the last off.
cial letter written by Cardinal Manning
few days before his death was ad-
dressed 10 Cardinal Simeon. the Iats
project Of the propaganda--Pau Mall
Gazette
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-01

The report comes from Mason. Mich,
that the meanest man on earth lives
there. He Is said to have wrapped large
fat icicles in fancy colored paper and
given them to the children as a new kind
of candy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-01
To ComnIete the Outfit.

Wife-You know those imported pearl
buttons that you got for me yesterday,
darling.
Husband-Yes. What about them?
Wife, was thinking that it would
be so nice If had some sort of a gown
to go with them.-Cloak Review.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-01

Two neighbors in Stamp Greek, GA.
had dispute about q couple of geese.
and the matter was brought 10 court.
After the costs had amounted 10 seventy
dollars, the dispurants compromised the
matter nv zach "a ting ono of tbs fowl.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-01

A factory near Paris makes annually D.
600 quill to-ofhp.cks. and IS the larges.
establishment q its kind in the world. i:
was started many year. ago 70 make quill
pens, but when they went oct of general
use IL was converted i11o a toofhpiek mil
New York Journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-01

First Friend (at the funeral)-Yes. DR..
Pellet told him he must take rest,
but Dick kept right on.
Second Friend-But the doctor had
his way after all. He was correct in his
diagnosis.-Boston Transcript.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-01
Tho Very Thing.

Porter, want you to put me into a
carriage where there's no smoking or
talking, and where the passengers do
not keep getting in and out"
well, sir, there's the dog compart-
mentF-Hecht.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-01
A Case OF True Love.

care you sure Parker married Mrs.
p. for love-
Certainly. Do you suppose a man
who not only lets his wife buy his neck
Qes, but actually wears them. doesn't
love her Observation-Disclosures Bazaar.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-01

The strength of the standing army in
German states for 1928 will be made
up of 20,524 officers, 4S6, 9S3 men, $50
doctors, S93 paymasters, etc. $50 veter-
mary surgeons, $50 gunsmiths. SO sad
dlers and 90, 100 horse attendants.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-01
Kind Nature.

Nature has arranged it so that man
can't kick himself, and it's just as well,
for few men would everdo so if they could.
-WeStfield N. J. Leader
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-01
DAVIDSON & CASE
FueeesscTs15
John Davidson, PIONEER Iumbermen
Of SedgwIck County.
ESTABLISHED :: M: 1870
4 complete stock a. pine Inubsr
Single I-ath. bs-ors. SAsa.
ese.. ais Az gfi hand.

OGce and yards on N0sley aYe.be
" cen Don elas sts. rnd 4 lrst -.
Branch yards - Inlgu City. O. =
bona City, n Reno EEc NIneos o.
HON Ter itorY
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-01

WV CoLER Jr Prest. COLEB L. SIN. V. Pres
CHAs. II. Pool. CssEIer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-08
AmusemenIs.

AMBER9 THEATRES rs Kunst Bacillus.
ACADEMY-S-Country Circus.
BROADWAY THEATRE-S-Thc Lion Tanner.
BIJ0U THEATRES l5-Incog.
CASINOS :l5-Uncle Celesun.
COLUMBUS THEATRES :I5-S Bells.
CARNEGIE MUSIC HALLS :30-Song Recital.
CHlCKERING HALI.-4-Instruinensl Concert
pALY'S THEATRES :l5-ioVe in Tandem.
EDEN MUSEE-WaN Tablcsus.
FOURTEENTH STREET THEATRE-S-Blue Jeans
GARDEN THEAIRi.-S :1j-Tcn thousand Year.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE-S-Yon lOnsOn.
HARRIGAN'S THEATEE-S-Thc Last OF the Hogans
HARLEM OPERA HOUSES :15-Mss Helyctt.
HERlMANN'S THEATRES l5-Gloriana.
H0Yr'S MADISON SQUARE THEATRES :30-A
Trip To Chinatown.
ROSTER o BIALS-S-Vaudeyie.
LENOX LYCECM-iO q. m. to 10 D. m-FOo1 Exposition
LYCEUH THEATRES 11-SQuife Kate.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN-Blcycle Tori naIncnt
NEW PARK THEATRES in Inst el-y.
NIBLO'S GARDEN-S-Pear Of Pckin.
PROCTOR'S THEATRES 1.-THE English Rose.
PALMER'S THEATRES ia White Lie.
STAR THEATRES 15-For Money.
STANDARD THEATRES 15-Fr.h In Ireland.
TONY PASTORS THEATRES Vaudeville.
ITALIA THEATRE-S-Eine Lcichte Person.
UNION SQUARE THEATRE,-s :i5-The Last Straw.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-08

ducti1n at least a cent pound, and they could
do this only by reducing the wages OF their held
and factory hands to starvation rates y" @rea'-
or calamity could befall the island than the en-
forccmen Of the Reciprocity amendment against
it, The sugar industry supplies the I!ie-blo0d
Of it, trade, and if the current were interrupted
all lis business interests would be plralyh2d. II
German beet and British West Indian sugar
were received on preferential terms in the nIted
States. every industrial and commercial interest
in Cuba would suffer from the discrimination.
The Spanish CoItes would do a most reckless
thing if il were to offer determined opposition
10 the Reciprocity convention. The repeal OF
the agreement would create CONSERVATION and
panic in Cuba. |. would not only impart
tremendous impulse to the annexation move
ment in the island but il would also cause in
tense popular excitement and multiply the
chances Of revolution. Cuba, under the bench
cent operation of Reciprocity is making new
start and an era OF prosperity l. opening bcIofe
it, American capital is flowing into the Island;
the production of sugar and iron is increasing
RAPIDLY improved machinery is taken to It's ports
by every American steamer: the cost OF living
has been reduced. and a buOyan feeling OF con-
fdence pervadeS business ciicleS. The abrogi-
ton of the treaty would menace every industrial
interest with destruction. II would shut Cuba
cut of It's natural market and ovclwhelm It with
disaster II is not probable that Spain Will sub
ect the loyalty of its West Indian dependencies
the remnant Gf what was once a Continental tn-
pre to so exhaustng a strain. lndcr hec-
procity the material interests Of the islands have
been steadily promoted, and their relations to
the Mother Country have been greatly improved
If the convention were TO be repudlated' an
nexation would become at once the cher ISSUE
in Cuba Every landholdcr and producer would
be converted into a rabid anncxa'i0nSt by the
collapse of Reciprocity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-08
PERSONAL.

Bernhardt has told Chicago that the coming Word :
Fair Will be bigger than the in Paris and that
she IS coming over it. with this mark Of ap-
probation the metropolis of the West Is pleased that
scarcely cares whether Congress appropratcs that
100000 or not.
\ bronze statue Of the late John Planknton. Of
Milwaukee,. 1, To be set mp I'm the lobby OF the hotel
I'm that city which bears his name. r. II. Park IS
the sculptor commissioned by the family TO perform
the task.
This is the heartles, way Baptist brother gives
away" another. DR.. Lormer. Of Boston. while In
Producing DR.. Talmagc audience In Ire
mont Temple the other evening, said that he might
not he Z, good judge Of masculine beauty. but lie
obliged to confess that the last time he tho
BROOKLYN pastor that gentleman did not appear very
handsome. II was shpboard, and DR.. Talnage was
sucking lemon!
his family in May.
General Lew Wallace declines to serve as delesa
to the National Republican Convention. although he de
clare, himself loyal 10 General Harrison. lie suggests
that Uncle Dick Thompson be sent to Minnenpoli,
In his stead. General Wallace also asks be eX-
cmpted from figuring as candidate for the Governor
ship.
The credit OF introducing the new flower. the green
carnaon. to English society has been given to Oscar
Wilde. While II Is true that he one In his but
tonhoe the evening on which his play. Lady Windcr-
meres Fan" first publicly enacted. IL was already
known 10 "A few leaders Of fashion In Great Britain and
was becoming popular there without waiting for his
sanction. The green carnation had been worn for
weeks before that time on the Paris boulevards
Prince Bismarck carrie, stick when he walks. but
not aS a means of support. lie carries IL across his
back between his shoulders and II, only use il il has
any at all, Is To keep him erect.