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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-13

by the steamer san Francisco IN lie.
cember. 1853. The height II these
waves can hardly be realized. The one
encountered by the Umbria five years
ago arose To the top Of her masthead.
fifty feet above the sea Several waves
measured by Capt. Riddle, Of the Celtic.
in January, 1875, rose - the height of
seventy feet aud moved at the rate 81
twenty-five miles an hour Equally
high waves were observed BY Admiral
Fitzroy. II the English navy. 81 The
Cape OF Good Hope The appalling
height Of one hundred feet was reached
by the waves that Dumont d 4 rvil!e szg
In the Southern sea
OF course nothing could Withstand the
weight and force 81 these masses Of
water. Under them the Tnost powerful
vessel ever built would scarcely be
more than an egg she'll There f. no
doubt that many 81 the ships that hare
gone down % sea never o. return have
fallen victims of. their pitjless and re-
sistless force. As - the origin - the
great waves there has Of late been souss
interesting speculation - has been
discovered that they are confined o. tbs
temperate lAtitudeA Ia these ATTITUDES
II has been discovered further that ths
surface Of the ocean IL often struck DIR
ing storms b. powerful d0@l .s&r,i cur
reBtA The conclusion "a drawn from
these two facts mat the waves in qnes-
ton were the products q thess writ
cal currents Students q the suhjecs
claim Ia support # this conclusiou tla2t
the fnost powerful wind blowing oTer
the surface ~ tie sea could not rAsss q
crest above twenty-five feet
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-13
Ten Cents for . Lie.

Two ladies stopped at fruit stand
on Cortlandt street to purchase some
Strawberries.
Are all those berries as large and
ripe as the ones on top?" asked the ell
derby lady, suspiciously.
The vepder hesitated.
The box will cost you twenty-five
cents, madam" he replied, finally, IF
am obliged to answer that question"
twenty-five cents!" exclaimed the
two ladies in chorus. "Why, it is card
ed at fifteen cents! What do you mean
by charging twenty-five cents?"
Five cents for the berries, madam,
and twenty cents for the lie-ffteen
cents for the berries if no questions are
asked. N. Y. Advertiser
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-13
RUINED BY HUGE WAVES.
Monster Ocean Rollers Which Are Csz8e1
by strong Downward Csrrsats-

by strong Downward Csrrsat.-
The sea has II store one danger tia,
the laudsrIaa never see4 Like the
ToyAzer, he may receive yiSi. from . cy-
clone, but he knows nothing Of TIE power
and terror Of great waves Uniting IN
themselves ne force Of food and that
q a tornado. they are appalling and
restless The recent ezperieoce Of the
Normaani2, which suffered severe dam
axe, Is from the visit # one Of those
monsters ot the dep. and reals that
Of other vessels Fut The Rochester
Courier and Advert SAYS iris wave
was slight eoEup@r@3 vita lie wares
that they have e-c3su.ere1 While &
Il jurgs1 only several r. re Scr.-annla's
crew. the wave tEa' struck the Italian
bark Resins ia October. Isss, swept
every zzn aboard but ons Into the s<a,
he escaped only oeczzse he was al H.
valid below. A hu--red persons lost
t.1e.g Ayes from TIE wave eacDA-. .S-.se
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observation-disclosures MERCANTILE co
Wholesale Grocers 13S-14O n Fourth Ave

weight of the entire train, including
locomotive and caboose is 4.0Oo, 600
pounds, and the length of the train is
1000 feet. To furnish the power neces-
sary to move this granary on wheels,
the tender of the locomotive must carry
10000 pounds of coal and $500 gallons
Of yyatar.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-13
Nltl{l9efsgle
AT NIGHT.

How calm il is, at dead Of night,
When all earth's noise is hushed and still
The starry sentinels look down;
The trees upon the hill
Speak softly TO each other now,
In whispered tones like lovers signs;
The houses half in shadow stand,
Closing their tired eyes;
And slumber like spell Is thrown
On all within the silent walls;
Strong men, like children, feel its power
On each tn enchantment falls.
Upon their pillows lowly laid, -
AL faces look serene and mild
The judge, by day so stern and cold
Smiles like dreaming child:
The tired mother ceases now,
For brief space, her weary roundJH
The laborer thinking not Of toll,
Is lost to sight and sound;
The babe within his cradle laid,
His palms like half-shut rosebuds curied.
Struggles no more for gaudy toys
He sees fairy world; wv
And, for a season, Of are thrown
The burdens and the crosses sore;
All. that the waking time must como
When they shall press once moreI
But overhead, with ceaseless care,
One ever watches DER His own:
How sweet TO feel that thro' the years,
Weary He has never growai
Night after night, and day by day.
He listens TO His children's cry:
The fondest mother may forget
Tie tenderest lovers die
But He, at all times, lives and loves;
He sees the burdens; He alone
Selects each cross for each; removes
When lighter it has grownl
And In the quiet, peaceful hours,
When human eyes are closed and dim, J
AL nnacknowledged griefs and woes
Are seen and known by Him
Then come His messengers Of lovcI
They hover DER our beds in dreamS
And waking is less sad a thing,
And life less awful seems.
Oh, night so holy calm and fair,
Yet art thou like TO deaths dark shade;
But if we trust the Watcher there
We need not be afraid
For shall we not some night lie down
And find our burdens gone for aye,
Then rising up in perfect strength,
Greet an eternal day?
Helen Percy, in Good Housekeeping.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-13
che aieita Daily eagle aaeuesdag ornine guu 1s 1892

He gained an upper room andshe found
himself in what seemed an clubhouse
near the Woodward shanty and looking
out saw that the short afternoon had
waned and that shadows were deepen
ing over the mountain
Near by stood the shanty with its
heavy oaken door which was tightly
closed, and while Blaylock looked it
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-13
WONDERFUL POWER OF COAL
s1an Reokiessly sqa&ndersnx HIS Pzszre
supror4-

How long can the earth sustain ife7
IS always al interesting question, and
SIR Eobert Baii discussed II n his
usual fascinating way n the Fort
nightly ReTiew- a very large part Of
The boasted advance u civilization =
merely 81 al increased power Of squan-
oerirg. For what are We doing every
day bat inTenting appliances 20 exhaus;
viii eIss g-e-ser E.u.a-sz iAe hosr4 q
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-13
THE MOUNTAIN NEST.
A Secret Service Detectives Adj
venture with Counterfeiters.
[Original.l

= D L | L L
WOODWARD'S
shanty stood in
the most dismal
a u d seclud e d
part Of t h g
Gu N b e RI an d
mountains. 1t
was q tumble
down affair in
VIII i C h, h ow
e er, he had
raised a house
fullOf children,
some of them
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-13

What have you learned to-day,
Willie?" said the fond mother when her
first-born returned from his first day at
school Il learned the difference be-
tween horidicular and perpizontal
line"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-13

wlggsas- VIA, id you 5sa3 s.za svs
So.la-a tori
sksInasnt-T s0ught The sboeE u szz~
px-s~ would klII E.za--ILic-z,D SSxss
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-13
w. G.. WILLIAMS,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer IN
GUNS And GENERAL SPORTING GOODS

Kansas and Oklahoma agent for C8lif0r-
MIA Powder Works Tents Tor Feut aud
sale. Mail orders will l,e promptly filled
lis Eaat Douglas, Wichiss. Kan -
Evening journal., 1892-08-16
Tho .Nlarr OF eerman,.

The "Nixy" Of Germany has by some
been supposed tIaceable TO "Old Niok;n
but this is not probable, since ST. Nicholas
has been the patron saint of sailors for
mnny centuries II was during the time
Of the Crusades that a vessel on the way 20
the Holy Land was In great peril and ST.
Nicholas assuaged the tempest by his
prayers. Since then he has been sup
posed to be the protector Of mariners,
even as Neptune was IN ancient times.
The German Nixy was no doubt later
form of the old Morse water god, Mike.
You meet with him again in another
form IN Neckan. the s0ulless. The
"Nixyn along the Baltic coast was once,
however much feared by the fishermen.
Il was the same spirit which appears as
the kelpie ia Scotland-a water demon
causing sudden floods to carry away the
unwary. Generally speaking, however,
Mikes may be described as descendants Of
the Naiads Of ancient times, and as some
what resembling the Russian Rusalkas,
OF which the pcasantry live in 80 much
dread
A Russian peasant IL is said, is so afraid
Of the water spirits that he will not battle
without cross around his neck nor ford a
stream on horseback without signing a
cross on the water with scythe or knife.
In some parts these water spirits are
supposed to be the transformed souls Of
Pharaoh and his host, and the number Is
always being increased by the sodden souls
Of those who drown themselves
Evening journal., 1892-08-16

There Is an important group OF about
forty coins containing outlines Of dogs,
which deserve careful study The Fan
eiers' journal says concerning thenE 'The
interest Of some OF them Is mainly myth
zeal. as with Lmlaps, then hounds OF Ac-
taeon presented 20 Cephalos by Pr0cris, or
with the dog Of Segeste which sylnbolizcd
the river Crimisus.
1.-THE coins afford no evidence of the de-
yelopment Of a spaniel there being no ex-
ample OF pendulous enr, or Of "A inastiif,
though bulldogs were undoubtedly known
Ia the arenas Of imperial Rome. But
they prove conclusively that the ancients
had four kinds Of dogs-the wolfdog, the
hounds, the greyhound and the terrier
The Umbrians had their wolihounds the
Apulians Of Asculum their geyhounds.
the more rugged hunters Of the Tuscan
forests their foxdogs The fayOrite dog
Of Artemis Lephria ms on coins OF Patrae
aud Sparta, was a greyhound, while Ac-
irons dogs must have been half bred deer
hounds. Rhegium, il the coins may be
trusted, had his sheepdogs, the Macedo-
uian city Of Mendaits terriers. and Cumae,
Just above the bay Of Naples To which all
the luxuries OF the ancient world were
brought. its poodles"
Evening journal., 1892-08-16

we'll have a fling at the enemy together
before go, and spike a gun for him"
81 must take another sip of October
after that" thought Skerrett, as he
walked on toward the farmhouse.
He halted on the steps and inspected
the scene.
Immediately Sergeant Lincoln appear.
ed at the corner Of the house A won.
drously wiggy negro accompanied him.
"Make way for the lord CHANCELLOR
says Skerrett to himself, as this gray
headed, dusky dignitary loomed up
"lf / am ever elected judge shall take
that old fellows scalp for wig. And
his manners, tool He seems to be lay
ing down the law to the sergeant, so
fat that it will never stir again. Mys-
terious fellow, this orderly who quotes
Latin. I'd like to solve him and offer
him sympathy, If he has had the 'wownd'
old Put talks Of owe him cure for
saving me from a kill"
The two passed by in eager converse
Ion. Skerett turned and entered the
farmhouse where the officers of Put
MANS army were signing over blunders
past and celebrating schemes for the
future.
Peters seedy coat was freshness and
elegance compared TO the scarecrow
uniforms it now. encountered. Our
Revolutionary officers were braves at
heart, but mostly Guys in costume.
Evening journal., 1892-08-16
I'VE: MRiigdT fAoP
ezsst. ~ ~ S3Sc;9
- y2-S~~rls' - .s.ssStss
rAs PERFECT PEARL.

It's Beauty Delights Every Tasto-Fa-
nous Pearls of the World.
Pearls have ever been among the most
priced OF gems. especially among the
young. As seed pearls they have always
been available for decoration and orna
ment. and dress sowed over with seed
pearls Is about the most beautiful thing In
the way of embroidery we know. Then
they are so beautiful They marry them
selves so well 20 youth and heauty-to
fair flesh and lovely FORMS ot the most
regal as well rs Of the most spiritual Kind.
"rhe pearl is a jewel So perfect that its ex.
celent beauty demands the love and os.
teen Of the whole universe" "rhe pos
session Of the pearl is one Of loves greatest
delights p says an old author "rhe de.
light OF possessing IL suilices 10 feed love-
OF pearls there Is SO much to be said
that the natural result viii be- brcvity
The most famous anecdotes. as Of Cleo
patra, of the portrait OF pompey wrought
IL pearls that costly superhuity invented
for women the pearl necklace for which
Marcus Aurelius seems to have acted less
worthily than, according TO his noble ma
ture, one might have eNpected-yet what
will not even a great man do for the sake
of a beloved womani-the "six cordons OF
large pearls strung as paternosters," be-
longing To poor Mary Stuart, and bought
for a comparative song in forced sale 10y
Elizabeth; the pearl embroidered garments
of the great ia the Middle Ages, the fool
ish wager Of Sir Thomas Gresham when,
10 uphold his boast that the queen had
subjects who at one meal expended not
only as much a. the daily revenues Of
I Spain, but OF all its grandces ground to
powder pearl for which he had refused
/ ts5 600 and drank the whole in glass Of
wine; the wonderful chancc-or fatef--
which found fla peregrina," that faircst
pearl OF all the earth, now In the crown OF
Spain; the Hope pearl measuring two
inches In length and four ia circumfer.
euce, and weighing 800 grains; the fam.
Gus pearls of sweet Queen Margheuta,
that pearl herself among royal women;
the odd arts of the heather Chinee, by
/ which pearls are manufactured inside the
she'll; and the confessedly false pearls OF
the Roman shops-all these facts and
anecdotes are as well known as the alpha
bet and TO relate them here at length
would be superAuous.
Pearls are also more fragile than other
gems, aud decay with time damp and neg
lect; therefore they appeal to the senti
ment, as all fragile things do. They
breed even as diamonds are said 3,
breed, and wild stories have loatod arount
the world Of pearls shut up for a time
which, when looked at again, have sur
rounded themselves with a nice little fam
ily. like the chen and chickens" daisy.
Evening journal., 1892-08-16
PART TWO-CHApTFR uI.

"Ah. mon camaradel ma belle Nous
tachel My Petarer cried Colonel La
Radiere, as Skerrett entered. "Soyez 10
bienvenu"
The ardent Partisan officer Of engineers
rushed forward and embraced his young
friend with effusion.
"GlaG to see you, Peterr says Captain
Livingston, a dry fellow, son Of the Pa
troon. Now, Radiere, there's a second
man who talks French. 70 fire back your
sacrebleus. Moi ct Anthony's Nose
sommes fatigues a vous faire echo"
Come, boys" says old Put, "talk
Continentalr
The other officers in turn made Skier
rett welcome, and the business of brew
ing blunders went on.
well" said Putnam at last, ''we've
discussed and discussed, and don't see
that there's any way Of getting a crack
at the enemy unless one Of you boys
wants to swim down the river with a
torch in his teeth and set one of those
frigates below the Highlands on fire.
Who speaksg"
Cold weather for swimming" says
Livingston.
Well, boys, you must contlive some
thing to keep our spirits up" Putnam
resumed. when / was up to Fort II
in eighteen hundred and ffty-eight, and
fighting was dull, we used to 90 Out
alone and bushwhack for private par
ticular Indian"
Perhaps | can offer a suggestion,
said Major Scrammel, Putnam's other
aide. re-entering the room after briei
absence.
Scramnel was a handsomish man witt
a baddish face. A man with his cut o.
/ iib and shape of beak hardly ever wealth
ars the lee shore of perdition. For wan
Of a mustache to twirl he had trick O
/ pulling his nose. Perhaps he was train
ing that feature for tweaks to come.
Evening journal., 1892-08-16


hanging business"
Blaze away, Scrammelw said his
general. "you always have some am
bush or other in your head"
Lady Brothertoft's Niger, the butler,
is mp here with the latest news from be-
low have just been out to speak to
him. "
What, Scrammelr' says Livingston.
soto voce. "A billet-doux from the
fair Lucy"
la plus belle personne en- Ameriquew
Radiere signs.
you don't except the mother?' Liv-
ingstou inquired; "that mature, mag
niticent Amazon
no" replied the Frenchman, labori-
ously building, brick by brick, Gallo
American sentence. "The mother of
the daughtare is too much in the Ladie
Macquebeth. figure to myself a
poniard. enormous sharpe, in her fine
ouhite hand. and at my heart. l seem
10 see her poot ze-pardonl the poison in
the basin-the bowl-the gobbelit
say, 'Radiere. care thyselfl It is dame
who knows to stab Mais, Mees Luciel
An. cest autre chosen
Come. Scrammel" Putnam said i'm
patiently: "we are waiting for your
news"
THE Niger stole away on some bust
ness Of his own, which he is mysterious
about: but he tells me that his mistress
consoled herself at once for our retire
inent from Reekskill after we lost the
forts. She had some Of her friends from
the British ships and Clinton's army at
her house as soon as we were gone"
Il believe she is as dangerous Tory
as lives in all Westchester,' said the
general. "She ought TO be put in Sc
curity."
What after all those dinners of hers
we have eaten, generalg" says Living
ston.
u wish the dinners We're out of me
and had never been in me-" Old Put re-
Joined sheepishly. I'm afraid we used
20 talk too much after her Madeira"
The council was evidently of that
opinion. as a look whisking about the
circle testified.
'1he old niger tells me, he was say
ing, THAT Sir Henry Clinton and his ad
Junnt spent the night after Forts Gin
ton and Montgomery were taken quietly
at Brothertoft manor house."
well" said the general, "then they
had better night than we had. run
ming away through the Highlands W.
can't protect our friends. If the enem,
have only made themselves welcome
at the manor house instead of burnin.
it for its hospitality to us, madam il
lucky"
! "She seems to have made her new
Evening journal., 1892-08-16
pwelIIng. and FamIIIe..

The census bulletin gives some inter.
tsting figures in relation 70 the crowded
condition of tonements In the different
cities In New York 2s.S3 pei cent. OF the
population are in dwellings with more
than twenty persons % each, and IN Chi
tago only 1868 per cent. live IN dwellings
containing more than twenty each Phila-
delphia makes the best showing among
the cities, with 05.Oi per cent. of her popu-
latiou 10 dwellings. with less than ten per-
sons 70 each, and only 34l per cent. in
dwellings containing more than twenty
persons each.
Evening journal., 1892-08-16
The PENNSYLVANIA Railroads Double
Iincs TO Ailnnilc CITY.

The season az the peoples great ashore re-
sort Atlantic City. Is now at high tide People
from all sections OF the land are treading its
boardwalk and reyeling In the delights Of its
matches surf. The place was nevermore at
tractive. as in addition TO its natural adyant-
ages there is everything which can contribute
10 the entertainment and amusement Of
visitors.
The superior transportation facilities offered
BY the Pennsylvania Railroad make Atlantic
City a suburb OF Philadelphia, aud therefore
a neghbOr 70 all the towns In Pennsylvania
New Jersey and Delaware. A magnificent
schedule Of fast express trains leave Phila.
delphia. Market Street Wharf. the central
seashore station Of the city. at the most con-
venient hours Of the day. SO that one arriving
in Philadelphia on almost any train before
o'clock in the evening may connect promptly
for the seashoro These trains are equipped
with the comfortable parlor cars and nne
coaches and are drawn by the stalwart hard
coal burning locomotives FOR which the Penn-
sylvania Railroad Is famous. The celebrated
club CARS. a feature originating with. ana cX-
clusively used by. this company. are run on
these trains. NOother seashOfe resort in the
world enjoys such transportation advantages.
OF interest 10 those residing outside Of Phila-
dclphia are the excursion tickets sold 10 At
lantic City. containing a coupon for transfer
By coach between Broad street station and
Market Street wharf
The PENNSYLVANIA Double Lines 10 the Sea
q the fayorite route 70 Atlantic City.
Evening journal., 1892-08-16

The name given 70 the seat Of the lord
chancellor of England in the house Of
lords, which is composed Of a large square
bag Of wool without either back or arms
and covered with a red cloth. II was first
introduced ia the house OF lords as the
,hancellor's seat in the time OF Elizabeth
as memento OF an act which was passed
against the expectation Of wool, that com-
modify being then the main source OF the
national wealth of England.
Evening journal., 1892-08-16
SYNOPSIS.

PART Edwin Broihertoft. heir TO
manor on the Hudson. is left an orphan with
the manor heavily mortgaged TO the Billop
estate. He goes to New York city to seek his
fortune. CHAPTER lV-Jane Bilopthe Bill
lOp heiress, gains an interview with young
Brothertoft. N-lhe Billop and Brothertoft
Mrs. BrOthertOft succumhs to anglomana
and longs for a title. Birth of a daughter
Lucy. and return home. NII-rhe manor
loft is at last exiled by wife and daughter. He
Joins the patriots
Evening journal., 1892-08-16

The last OF the series of excursions 90 Bay
Ridge. which have proved TO be so popular,
Will be run on sunday, August ~. The route
Is 20 baltimore via -. a. %. X. r.. and thence
By steamer to Bay Ridge, aiiording delight
ful view of the shipping OF baltimore. and the
pleasure Of ride oi thirty miles down the
patnpsCo river and Chesapeake bay such at
tractiuns at Bay Ridge us boating, bathing,
fishing. grabbing, sailing and free concerts.
Special train VIA b. A %. II. II. viii leave
wilmington market street, ut 40 a. M, and
Ridge at II 20 "a, m. Returning lall rail- train
Will leave Bay Ridge az 3. q y. M, and arrive
20 Market street, Wilmington, at el5 y m.
Round trip, SlOO.
Evening journal., 1892-08-16
GOldey Wilmington Commercial College

and school Of Shorthand and Type
writing, Institute building, Eighth
and Market streets.
Courses OF Study that will at once give
young people of either sex a means Of liveli-
hood. All competent graduates secure posi-
lions. Last year 329 students N3 ladiesl from
s3places and states attended this college.
81 graduates. individual instruction; there
fore new students enter at any time. College
rc-opcns September 1. Night sessions, Octo-
her 3. A magnificent. full descriptive cata-
logue, with photo-engravings. mailed free.
Write for IL.
Reference: Any prominent citizen Of VIII
mington. II. S.GOLDEY, Principal.
Evening journal., 1892-08-16

w. w. Taxis aud J. II. Draper, Of
Philadelphia. accompanied by B. F Ne
Daniel and T. II Lohand inspected the
kite-shaped track at Kirkwood yesterday.
Tho Philadelphia men declared It TO be
one of the finest tracks in the country.
Evening journal., 1892-08-16
~ rWo-CHAPrER d.

PART TWO-CHAPIER II.
1t was in the Skerrett blood to come
out red at a pinch
Things do look little dusky FOR the
good cause" thought Skerrett, as, wear
ing his buff and blue coat-far toodull a
coat for so bright fellow--he stood
drinking October next morning, as we
have seen him, before Mrs. Birdsell's
voltage
Evening journal., 1892-08-16

Everybody Is going on the r. I, A. Excur
sion August Is, 50 come along.