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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-01

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-01
THE CIRCUS IS COMING.
Now Is the Time for Small,
Boys to Save Their Nickels.
WHAT THE SEASON WILL BRING.

There will BE Few Novelties in the
Rings, bat the Old Acts Will Be Null
tipIied and Newly Dressed-Fresh Idea
in OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of 3 Big
Show.
There is always something new at the
theater but there is no more anything new
at the circus. 1t is the same old circus. It
may be shown in three rings nowadays in
stead of the one of days of yore, and there
may be more of it, but the bewilderina
whirl is made up of the same ancient anC
honorable features that the granddads Of
the rising generation used to sneak under
the canvas to see. To be sure one CT two
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-01

INTERIOR OF THE MANHATTAN OPERA HOUSE.
tan opera house. 1t is located on West
Thirty-fourth street. 1t will be five stories
high and it's elegantly decorated audi
forum will contain seventy-fve boxes
Plans have been laid for stage of enor-
nous size. Several features before I'M
tried will be tested in this theater. One of
these is steeply slanting floor, which Mr.
Hammerstein thinks will do away with
the bother big hats make. The seats will
be very much larger than is customary
and revolving bex office will, it is hoped
correct the evil of waiting in line when
there is rush fer tickets
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-01

The Russian navy of the present time
consists of lg2 vessels of which thirty-six
are first class ships of war.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-01
S NOT AN EASY JOB.
ARDUoUs AND oisAGREEABIE DUTIES
DEvOLVlNG ON THE PRESIDENT.
He Lives Under High Pressure, Carries a
Fearful Responsibility, Works Hard and
Finally Retires, Disappointed and Dis
contented, to Private Life.
LSnacial Corresrondence.l

WASHINGTON, April lat this very
moment suppose there are hundreds of
men in this country who are aspiring to be
president. That is to say, they are not only
willing but eager to come down to WASH
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-01
DOC AND HIS DRIVER.
Annfher New York Theafer.

Another New York Theater.
There will be about forty regularly
equipped and recognized theaters and mu-
sic halls in New York next season. An
other has just been added to the list, and
Oscar Hammerstein, whose name is famous
in Gotham as the man who created Har-
lem," is its protector. He already owns
two theaters in New York's northern end.
He will call his new theater the Manhat-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-01

She-There's no poetry in a kiss It's
like trunk.
He-Like trunk?
8 She-You can always find man to ex-
press it, and it's wiser TO check it if you
don't want it to go too far-Life.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-01
Attorneys Pocket Docket.

The Lawyers wade Necum," can be used in any
State and in any court The most complete and
convenient pocket docket ever published, with two
indexes-an alphabetical index and diary index;
shows at glance just what date lawyer has case
in court; keeps complete record of of the case.
Handsomely bound in flexible back convenient
size to carry in the pocket. Endorsed by attorneys
everywhere. Price of Docket $100 BY mail post
paid to any address upon receipt of S107
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-01
Monograph.

300 copies from one original Writing Drawing,
Music Etc Of typewriter letters 1,500 copies can
be taken from one original Recommended by over
10000 users The EAGLE is agent for the sale Of this
machine extra supplies, ETC.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-01
School Records, Etc.

We desire to call the attention of County Superin-
tendents school district officers and teachers to
line of school publications given below Our school
records and books now being used exclusively in
quite number of counties, and superior TO any
in the market: Classification Term Record Record Of
Apportionment of State and County School Funds
Superintendent's Record of School Visits Pocket
Size, Record of Teachers Ability Pocket Size) Rec
ord of Official Acts, Annual Financial Reports An
nual Statistical, Reports. School District Clerks
Record, School District Treasurer's Record School
District Treasurers Warrant Register School District
Clerks Order Book School Teachers Daily Register.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-01
Notary Seals.

Seals for Notaries Public, Corporations, Stock
panies, Lodges, Etc. Orders filled promptly;
Stock Certificates for Corporations and Stock
panies, either printed or autographed
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-07-15
Art in Abyssinia.

We found the walls of the churches
in Abyssinia covered with pictures of
Scriptural history and the walls of the
cathedral with the exploits of Johannes.
His victories over the Egyptians at Cor
"a and in the valley of Gundet are fully
represented in tones as ford as those of
advertising posters at home. The ma
tive artist does not make up for crude
ness of color by the accuracy of his
drawing, and if these pictures have any
merit it is in the originality Of their
treatment. For instance, in the cathe-
dral of Gundet, in a picture represent
ing the Israelites crossing the Red sea,
Pharaoh carries in his right hand the
latest specimen in six shooters and in
his left hand he holds pair of opera
glasses, while the Egyptian host sports
Remington rifles.
All movement of figures is from right
to left, and in all pictures heads are full
faced, with the exception Of satan and
the hated Egyptians, who are painted in
acute profile. to show their lack of hon.
esty and good faith and their inability to
look you straight in the face. It is a de-
plorable fact, and one which, ladies will
say at once, only proves the ignorance
and barbarity of the Philippians, that
the evil spirits in these compositions are
always represented by the softer sex,
generally showing their naughtiness by
exhibiting their tongues. Frederic Vii
liers in Century.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-07-15
The Desire to Be Dosed.

It is the deliberately expressed opir-
ion of leading st. Louis physician that
Americans are nation of medicine
takers. He declares that ''the returns
from the sales of patent medicines are
astonishing, but no general practitioner
is at all surprised at this, because he has
long since learned that hypochondria
exists almost universally and that med
icine taking is the great delight of an
enormous percentage of mankind. One
object doctor should have in view is
to cure with as few doses as possible,
and I believe that SO out of 100 med
ical students commence practice with
this idea. If their experience is like
mine they have somewhat let down in
their efforts in this direction, and if they
have not done 80 they have certainly
offended quite large number of pa
tients. There seems little to choose be-
tween the sexes in the matter of desire
to take medicine regularly, and it is
often impossible to persuade an appar-
emily rational minded patient that a
cure has been effected, that no more
medicine is needed and that nothing
but good diet and careful habits are re-
quired to build up the constitution.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-07-15
A Venerable Yew Tree.

In the churchyard at barley Dale is
the most venerable yew tree in the
world. Many authorities claim for it
fabulous age, making it as much as
5000 years old. It is thirty-three feet in.
girth, but its trunk has suffered not
little from the modern Cloths and Nans
dals who have carved their names in
the bark and employed other methods of
mutilation. The tree is now fenced
around to save it from further insult;
and sswhatever may be it's precise age,"
says the Rev. DR.. John Charles Cox,
'there can be little doubt that this
grand old tree has given shelter to the
early Britons when planning the con-
struction of the dwellings that they
erected not many yards to the west of
its trunk; to the Romans who built up
the funeral pyre for their slain COM
rades just clear Of its branches; to the
Saxons, converted perchance to the true
faith by the preaching Of Bishop Diuma
beneath its pleasant shade; to the
Norman masons chiseling their quaint
sculptures to form the first stone house
Of prayer erected in its vicinity, and to
the host of Christian worshipers who
from that day to this have been borne
under its hoary limbs in women's arms
to the baptismal font, and then on mems
shoulders to their last sleeping place in
the soil that gave it birth. London
Public Opinion.
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THE HOMESTEAD WAR.
Men Figuring Prominently in the
Pennsylvania Labor Troubles.

III. G. Tricks Rise from Poverty to
wealth-The Brothers Who Are at the
Head of the Pinkerton Agency Care
fully Guarded.
Frick and Pinkerton are two names
that have been in everybody's mouth for
weeks past. Even Gladstone and Sails
bury are less talked of. Mr.. Prick, the
responsible manager of the great Carne-
gle company, has an uneventful history,
but that of the Pinkertons is like serial
romance, with occasional touches of
comedy and many of blood curdling
tragedy.
II. c. Frick was born in Westmore-
land county, Pa, in 1850, and began life
with no capital but good health, good
education and unyielding tenacity of
purpose. His firmness, now called OBJ
stinacy by the Homestead people, stood
him in good stead in his days of toiling
upward. He acquired large fortune,
chiefly in making coke, and when An
drew Carnegie retired from active bust
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n.nrerous stufr to rrile with.

Says druggists assistant: sit is
doubtful whether any preparation will
remove superhuous hair from the face
or neck. This can be done without
difficulty by electrolosis, but this is
somewhat tedious and painful and few,
ladies particularly, care to undergo the
operation. There are, however, many
preparations which will burn off all
hair and very much restrict its growth.
"Barium sulphate is used in nearly all
these preparations and seems to have
unlimited destructive powers. 1t is
best mixed with very small quantity
of oxide of zinc, and mixture of these
two articles, such as can be obtained at
any drug store, is at least as safe de-.
pilatory as any."-St Louis Globe-Dem-
ocrat.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-07-15
SENSES OF OWLS.
Interesting Experiments to Determine
Their Lack of Smell.

Interesting Experiments to Determine
Their Lack of Smell.
The hearing of all species Of owls
known to me is marvelously keen; so
keen in fact that know of no way of
testing it, since it is so much more acute
than that of man. If owls have the
sense of smell, am unable to find salts
factory evidence OF 1t.
; have tried various experiments with
them, hoping to prove that they could
smell, but the results are all negative.
They dislike putrid meat, but they bite
it to ascertain its condition. They will
not eat toads or frogs which yield an
unpleasant odor, but they did not reject
these species until they had tested them
by tasting.
They may be ever SO hungry, yet they
do not suspect the presence of food if it
is carefully covered SO that they can not
see It. This test have applied with the
utmost care to the great horned, snowy
and barred owls. The latter are shrewd
enough to learn my ways of hiding their
food, and when they suspect its presence
they will search in the places where
have previously hidden it, bouncing
upon pieces of wrapping paper and polk
ing under feathers and excelsior with
amusing cunning.
tested them with the fumes of cam
phor. ammonia and other disagreeable
and unusual smells, but they failed to
show that they perceived them unless
the fumes were strong enough to affect
their breathing or to irritate their eyes.
Finally I put cat in. basket and
placed the basket between the two owls.
They were utterly Indifferent to it until
the cat made the basket rock, when both
of them fled precipitately and could not
be induced to go near the basket again.
Although Puffy will put a cat to fight
when on his mettle, Fluffy as frightened
almost out of his wits by them.
A Japanese toy bird, made of piece
of wood and few scarlet feathers, was
eagerly seized by Puffy, indicating not
only a lack of power of smell but the
presence Of an appreciation of color. /
have fancied that an appreciation of
color is, also shown by barred owls in
their frequent selection of beech trees
assnesting places, by great horned owls
in their choice of brown trunked trees,
and Ivy Snowden in an apparent prefer
ence for gray backgrounds. - Frank
Bolles in Popular Science Monthly.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-07-15

ness he selected Mr.. Prick for president
of the Edgar Thompson Steel company.
On July 2 he became president of the
Carnegie Steel association and at once
brought the issue with the workmen to
head.
'The Pinkertons" is a phrase which
now means the organization, not the
family. It was formed by Allan Pink
erton, who was born Aug. 25, 1919. in
Glasgow, Scotland, and died in Chicago
July /, 1884. In early life he figured in
some Chartist riots and had to fly to the
United States. While working as a
cooper in western Illinois he discovered
the retreat of gang of counterfeiters
and managed their capture so cleverly
that he soon became noted detective.
In 1859 he and Edward L. Rucker, law
yer, began the organization of the
s'Pinkerton Detective Agency"
The business has grown far beyond
mere detective work, and the Pinkertons
are now practically standing army,
ready to be employed by any bank, rail
road or corporation, and as such several
states have legislated against them.
Their exploits at Braidwood, Ills, dur
ing the miners strike, in Jersey City
during the coal handlers strike, in Penn
sylvania among the Molly Maguires, and
elsewhere, are fresh in public mind. In
Missouri they lost five men while hunt
ing for the James boys.
They are themselves more afraid of
bombs than anything else, and their
headquarters are like sentineled fort
resses. OF Allan's eight children only
three survived him, and of these Robert
A. Pinkerton manages the eastern de-
partment and William A. Pinkerton
the western. The Office Of the latter is
in Chicago and Of the former at 66 Ex-
change place, New York city. A
stranger wishing to see either Of the
brothers has to pass under the eyes of
several extremely shrewd and expert
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-07-15

enced men, he is expected to carry no
big package of any sort with him and if
he has any arms on his person there is
sure to be MEN within grabbing dis
lance of him while he talks. He may
not know it, but the man is there just
the same. In fact, the Pinkertons do
not intend to get knitted or blown up if
vigilance will prevent it.
Mr.. Prick had evidently foreseen a
serious contact with his workmen and
prepared accordingly. He had broken
mp the union among the employees of
the Edgar Thompson Steel company
and had defeated the strikers in the
McConnellsville coke region, and thus
earned the hatred of the Amalgamated
association. He had also gained expe-
rience, and his every move shows that
he anticipated a long struggle.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-07-15
CANAL EXCAVATION and MASONRY.

GEALED PROPOSALS will be received by
, the Treasurer of the RUMFORD FALLS
POWER COMPANY, at his Office at No. $50
Congress street, Portland, Maine, until 3 o'clock
D. m. Monday, July Is, 1892, for the construc-
ton of Section ! Of the Lower Level Canal at
Rumford Falls, Maine, in accordance with the
plans, specifications and form OF contract on
file in the office of the Resident Engineer at
Rumford Falls, Maine.
The work consists of approximately HOO lin
cal # of canal excavation, 60 to 80 it. wide, 2
to 20 it. deep; 275 #. of embankment 80 1t.
wide, 10 to so #. high, and the necessary mas
onry; and it is estimated at 5000 GU. .yds OF
earth excavation, 16 900 GU. yds. of rock exca-
walton, 5000 GU. ydS. of embanllment, and $500
GU. yds. of stone masonry.
Work must be completed by November l,
1892.
Proposals must be upon the blank form fur;
nished, and must be accompanied by certified
check for $1,000. The right is reserved to re-
Plans can be seen, and specifications and
forms of contract and proposals obtained at the
office of the Resident Engineer.
Signed-HUGH j. CHISHOLM. Treas,
Portland, Maine.
CHAS A. MIXER, Resident Engineer.
Rumford Falls. Maine.
T HERBERT SHEDD, Consulting Engineer,
jy9d7t Providence, II. l.
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rial representation of the human form
divine, shall be appropriately draped,"
to make it decent:
What an advertisement that would be
and how the nations would laugh!
There would be the Greek Slave with a
plated petticoat and snug bodice, the
Venus de Medici with her snowy bosom
in basket corset and her marble limbs
gowned, old Atlas in knee breeches and
Hercules-well, we should expect to see
him in John l.. Sullivan rig, with a
smashed stovepipe hat showed down
over his forehead and-if consistency is
to be observed-a stub cigar in his
mouth. On second thoughts we are not
sure but there is money in the Butlerian
scheme. Its realization would be the
joke of the ages.
Walt Fl. Butler was born Feb. 13,
1862, in Crawford county, Pa, went to
Iowa in 1875, became in due time a SUI
perintendent Of railway mail service
and was elected to the Fifty-second con-
gress as Democrat.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-07-15
She Was Under the Sofa.

The Vienna correspondent of the Lon
don Daily News tells story Of Henrik
Ibsen's wooing of his wife. When he
fell in love with the beautiful daughter
of Pastor Thoresen, how to make known
the fact to her troubled him for weeks.
At last he resolved to write to her. He
would come and fetch his answer the
same afternoon at 5. Did the lady &C
cept him she would be Sat home;" other
wise not. At 8 o'clock he presented him
self and tho maid asked him to go into
the sbest room. He was very hopeful
and glad to have time to collect himself
before he met the lady. But when he
had waited half an hour awful doubts
began to assail him. After an hour had
passed he imagined the letter had not
reached the young lady. Some fatal
mistake was making fool of him. Still
he waited on.
After two hours he began to be
ashamed Of himself. She would learn
that he had sat two hours in that de-
serted house and would laugh at him.
At last he jumped up in rage and ran
to the door. He was opening it when a
loud peal of laughter arrested him. He
turned and saw the fair head of his
adored emerge from under the sofa.
Her mouth was laughing, but her eyes
were filled with tears. "Oh, you dear
good fellow, to wait all this while!' she
said. 81 wanted to see how many min
utes a lovers patience lasts. How hard
the floor is! Now help me to get out
and then we will talk" In less than a
week the marriage was arranged.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-07-15
The Census of Costa Rioa.

A general census of the republic Of
Costa RIGA, recently completed, shows a
population of s43, 1905 souls. San Jose is
the most populous province, with 1918
inhabitants, and Guanacache is the most
sparsely settled, with only 20, 049 dwell
ers on its broad acres. The district Of
Punta Arenas is accredited with II, 1877
people, and Port Limon with only 2, 4S4.
There has been great development as
we'll as large increase in population
since the Costa RIGA railroad was built.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-07-15

W. A. TAYLOR. CdHuIudGe is todau-
uel M. Taylor and the Democratic is
William A. Taylor.
The Democratic nominee was born in
Perry county, O., fifty years age. AT
sixteen he began teaching school and
devoted his spare hours to reading law
with such diligence that at twenty-five
he was admitted to the bar. He soon
turned his talents into journalism, how
ever, and has worked in turn for the
Cincinnati Enquirer, Pittsburg Post,
New York Sun and Pittsburg Telegraph,
and is once more in the service OF The
ENQUIRER. His location is at Columbus,
O.. where he does the state capital work
of The Enquirer. He is also an author
of some note and was soldier IN the
civil war.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-07-15
TO DRAPe WORKS or ART.

Butler, of Iowa, Desires That Statues
and Pictures Should "Be Decent"
The imagination is wearied, and fancy
in her loftiest fight falls far below the
possibilities in attempting to conceive
of the art hall at the Chicago exposi-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-07-15

ton as Butler, Of
Iowa, would have
it. Butler, Of
Iowa-the honor
able (and in this
case that term
really means vir-
tuous and honor
able)--Walt H.
Butler, Of the
Fourth Iowa dis
trict, has actually
introduced into
congress a propo-
sition that every
nude figure, EVERY
plastic or picto-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-07-15

known they are
not relatives of
"Old Zach" but
still che name
goes. Two broth
ers of the name
were recently ri
val candidates
for governor of
Tennessee, and
now two Taylors
are candidates
for secretary of
state in Ohio.
The Republican
Cav,
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ocrat.
Reassuring.

"Have you ever had wreck, captainF'
asked the nervous passenger.
s.No, ma am," replied the officer; "Tm
a wreckless Detroit Free Press.
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This PREss costs Only so cents month.
You want it for the Campaign.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-07-15

You get ten time your moneys
worth in the PRESS at 80 cents month.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-07-15
A Journalist in Politics.

The Taylors are coming to the front
again in American politics. So far as