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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-09
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A Nest Bit of Police werk.

On that corner of Clark street in Chi
cago where the Grand Pacific hotel stands
one day toward the midle of October saw
policeman try to arrest a maniacal vic
tim of delirium tremens. 1t was at 6
o'clock and the streets were crowded. Had
the case occurred in New York our public
would have witnessed brutal and sicken-
ing clubbing match" for in no other way
than by stunning the man could one of our
officers have handled him. If the police
man would have preferred help he would
have beaten the sidewalk with his club
and waited, while the maniac fought like
a tiger until another policeman arrived.
Ringing club on pavement is better
than springing rattle, as our police did
century ago-but that is not saying much
in its favor. However, this was in Chi
cago.
There they have discovered the advan-
tages Of a perfected electrical system of
communication between the police stations
and the patrolmen ON duty. In this case
the policeman stepped to one of those
patrol boxes that are so numerous as to
seem always at hand, and flashed signal
to the nearest station for help. In a jiffy
a wagon load of policemen dashed up to
the spot, the men leaped out. the crazed
offender was bundled into the wagon, and
it was driven back to the station. A neat
er, cleaner, more admirable bit of police
work never saw; but the frequent sight
of these wagons flying through the streets
assured me that such work, in such cases,
is the rule with that force.-Julian Ralph
III Harper's.
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ans the side EXPOSED to him by the trick.

Icans the side exposed TO him by the trick
tier, and of course accepts it as genuine.
BY this device the splitter clears "A profit
IF forty-fve dollars on every two bank
lotes he works off
The work of splitting is done with ma
chine. which is manufactured in England
t consists Of FURNISHED solid steel roller,
TWO inches in diameter hanging over a
mooth plate Of the same metal. The
rollers ends rest in slotted uprights, and
t may be raised or lowered inGnitesimally
oy means Of screws as fine as those Of the
inest watch. A main screw, as finely
threaded as the others. il turned auto
matically by cloCkwork. which stands at
he right end Of the steel barrel. Over the
plate, and with the edge under the roller,
$ firmly fixed knife. Its ends are locked
n grooves in fanges on either side OF the
steel bed.
The knives are imported from Sheffield.
England The blade Is a third Of an :nch
aide, three long in the clear and thinner
han a hairs breadth. No lancet has half
20 keen an edge Before bank bill is put
nto the jaws Of the machine II Is made
imp by water and every faint of dirt Is re-
moved Then il is dried between pads 81
int. after which II is placed between deep
piles Of the finest calendeTef paper and
eft pinned IN screw press from twenty
,Our 10 thir;y-six hours. When Il comes
1ut it looks ~ bright. clean and fresh a. &
lew banknote. and what is Of more inn
3ortance TO the operator, IL is almost rs
stiH as cardboard. Then IL i ready for
splitting One Of itG ends IS inserted IN
Ter the roller On the side iaTthest from the
Knife
Then the weights o; the clock are set
going, and the bright metal roller turns
30 slowly tina; its motion j. scarcely PR
septi bic As the bauknote j. worked
through it, end is met ~ the knife edge
The knife j. set - dsiie..4~iy that u pas~es
Exactly through TIE With u the bill. One
bali % the banknote palsses at,Dys the knife
md the o,her part moves under The blade
The blade Is 20 dcllcatsly set above the
plate that there u jus; space enoEgh 70 lst
the bali q the bin pass thf0agh. The
5estneSs az the Ct keeps the baakAots taut
o the last
An hour - required 20 run a single bank
5ote through the splitter After being
1alved the parts are given gentle steam
n. 70 rsise the f5er On the cut sides. Ia
order thai when forced tozstbsr with
2.so0 pound pressure the threads VIII knit
sri3 . perfec: facf8uiis q gengins tssnk-
Eose- Then Il Is ready for tie s1eker HaxE-
Gci- C .E.c.U144tl CeEnmeFCial GiLette
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trail is? Well, the driver had gone on,
agreeing to meet us on the other side of
the shoot is only three or four miles
across.
Il was just about making up my mind
to join the other fellows. and had
stopped to think of the best way to cross
the creek, when heard queer sound,
like q woman sobbing. looked eau
tiously around, and there, within two
rods of me, was the young road agent,
crying as if his heart would break.
There was nobody else there, it was
plain to be seen, so quietly sneaked up
and requested him to throw up his
hands.
did you ever hear woman scream
at the sight of a mouse? That's just the
way this young fellow screamed when
he saw the muzzle of my gun-and |, as
soon as | saw the scared, fearful face
turned to mine, knew as well as know
now that the famous bandit known az
Fozey was only q woman.
''She seemed to trust me, somehow,
and pretty soon i had the whole story
from her. Then | sat down and talked
to her like brother; and the result was
that next day the road agents missed
their leader, and inside of fortnight
Miss Jean Wilson was back here ia Chi
cago at her studies again.
Il need not say that this gentle ban
dit, who ruined the business Of the l..
and 4. company. took not one cent of
the proceeds, and never permitted any
of the band 10 interfere with Uncle
Sans mail. The latter fact accounts ia
a measure for their success, for Uncle
sam is a bad man 10 interfere with. The
former fact, think had TO do 10 some
extent with the strong hold which
Foxev had over his subOrdinates. al
though they must have had good deal
OF faith in his demonstrated ability "a
an executive. The band was broken up
not long after FOxey's disappearance
and three OF the men were caught. bat
they didn't know any more concerning
their mysterious ex-chief than did the
public st large
"And-and Miss Wilson is
HalleSans eyes twInkled. as waiting
for us. Let Us Join her, ne said.-R l.
ketchuIu IN A-gOuaut
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The Mile of All Countries.

did you ever stop to think that all coun-
tries do not use the same standard for a
mile" and what q jumbled mess we
would have if they did? Not only the mile
Of the separate countries differ widely in
the number of feet and yards they contain,
but those of the same country may vary
greatly in different provinces. Thus, the
English mile differs from the statute"
mile, and the French have three sorts Of
leagues"
The English mile is $3.50 feet, or eight
furlongs. The Russian "verst" is about
three-quarters of an English mile. The
Scotch and Irish miles are about u Eng
lish miles.
The Dutch Spanish and Polish miles are
about 319 English. ~
The German mile is four times the
length of the English.
The Swedish, Danish and Hungarian
miles are from 5 to 81 English miles.
The French common league is three
English miles. And the English marine
league is three English miles.-Philadel-
phia Press.
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Soap

People have no idea how
crude and cruel soap can be.
1t takes Oft dirt. So lar.
so good but VIVA, else does
IL do,
It cuts the skin and frcts
the under-skin makes red
ness and roughness and
leads to worse. Not soap
but the alkali in il.
Pears Soap has no free.
alkali in il. It neither red
dens Tor roughens the: skin.
Il responds TO water IA
stanily; washes and rinscs
OF in a twinkiing; IS IS
gentle as strong and the
after-effect IS every way
good.
All sorts Of stores sell L.
especially druggists. al sorts
Of people use II.
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One Of the most desirable articles m the
laundry or the washroofn, AMI valuable IN
any purp0ses connected egth tbs h18ss
bold economy, as well a. IN scieDi iGc uses.
is the simple sat known u svsrg olas
under the name ~ i,orux. but probably roe
much known "a % ifs ccas.st uHslt eicruef.fs
CT its nature b. most ~ s.-s~ who Ne IL
more or less fFoqusatly BltorAte q
sodium. 70 Gae IL chralcal name. arss
came As natural produc; firm Tlil.ss ~
Way q India, under the nafne of fi-4eai. the
salt being covered with green Crust. u =
Eapy nature, which requires refr1s a.
before the b0rax IL avallals,s Tor uss Go<-I
House zeep ping.
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Irritated.

He was faultlessly attired and was wait
ing at the street crossing for an opportu-
nifty TO get through the stream of vehicles
4 cab driver turned his vehicle out of the
car track, and as it passed close the curb
stone it struck loose paving block, throw
ing a shower of mud over the dude
What do you mean by that?" cried the
despatched young man. IF you will
climb down from that seat will knock
your head off"
The driver stopped. "Can you do ftp" he
inquired.
Yes, can, and I'll prove it, too, if you
will get down"
Well, if you're sure you can do it
guess I'll stay where | am, if it don't
make any difference to you" replied Pat
as he drove on, smiling broadly.-Chicago
Mail
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Mr. Edward Jo8es, who resides a. Ale1-
srdris, Va. Ma chopping s0fss Oak wood
o-3e evening. whea be came across pieces
that was Tery hsr1 70 split iIs woskess a.
is ~! = came apaTr. but WAS anufourssszs
y ben Es foRnd snake IN the center - the
tough piece. rolled ~ IN 3 bsll. with DO
means q insruss q egrsss- TIE VOID hzd
grown ErOgDd the reysiIs ~ The ;bieEnss
q nins inches CT al ss4es. proving oosela-
sivsly that be rsast have been tberx fCs
many year9 some VITO viewed tie stiek
ard tie smooth cavity - here his sssAkeshl?
had lain calculate that nos ssas shsn 100
years had elapsed s5nce be tex Up his
abode where be xaz foazsd. The naoAt eKs-
r.oas part q the stogy - taa: issu SHAKE
waS LIZ hard. dgy O. pzsFiArt, CO Tie eoEs-
trzry be was - flexible a. any srss.s.s ssossiA
be rolled Up - wlEs@E qazEterE-rS- LDsls
ENc-bllc-
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MIN when he was raving in deIlr1um-


the rest she made him tell her.
CATER young Wilson's death, his sis
ter went quietly to work to see what
could be done to prove her brothers In
nocence and to place the guilt were it
belonged, but soon found that nothing
could be proved. The Robinsons were
too strong for her.
About this time Mrs. Wilson and her
younger daughter were obliged to go
south on account Of i'll health, leaving the
elder daughter, who was studying medi-
cine, here in Chicago. Not long after this
the holdups on the different lines of the
l.. and A. began. For the first few times
there was only one road agent-a little
chap, but nervy one, who got talked
about by the papers good deal; but
pretty soon there were others, until
band of about eight or nine had organ
lied under the little fellows leadership,
and they made life burden to the l..
and A. people.
1T made no difference what precau-
tons the company took or how many
guards it employed; the road agents
were too smart, and the boldest kind OF
holdups were successfully made-and,
by Jove. it busted the company's bust
ness The l.. and A. wasn't a heavy
concern, of course, but had always mads
a good deal of money The frequent
holdups on its lines, though, proved
settler. 1t wasn't long before nobody
would ship or travel over any of the l..
and A. company's lines unless actually
obliged to, and the company was kept
pretty busy settling the losses of Its
customers. Then came the crash, and
somehow people began to suspect that
the Robinsons had not run things as
they should have been handled, and the
stockholders investigated Old Robin
son died in disgrace shortly afterwsrd
The young man took ali he could lay his
hands on and skipped, but was caught
1t Sante Fe. He's where he should be
at Canyon City. TTeedy got OF On a
technicality.
About seven or eight months after
we were held up stageful OF fellows,
including myself, were stopped and re-
ieved one afternoon about ten miles
from Milliken. on the old Muleshoe
trail. The young fellow was one Of the
robbers knew him in spite Of his
mask. There were only four Of the road
agents on this occasion
They pulled out, leaving rs orders
not 10 touch our arms (Which they had
stacked on the ground] for twenty min
utes, under penalty Of getting shot. But
one Of our party was a devil-may-care
chap. and no sooner were the bandits
gone than he walked right over to the
pile of guns and picked his out, remark
ing that he didn't believe there were
any road agents around jus: then And
there weren't
Well. the result Of this fellow fool-
hardness was that we concluded is
would be money in our pockets 70 get
on the trail of those four road agents. 50
we started after them, separating little
distance from each other We followed
them az the afternoon, but couidn't ind
trace
You know how the old Iuleshoe
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How Peanuts Arc Grown.

The peanut maguatcs grow the edible
.uber in Nansemond Isle Of Wight. SurTy
and Southampton counties. but the COM
mon market j. In Norfolk The rows for
she nuts are laid OF three feet apart. They
are made fftecn inches deep, and pbos-
pilates are largely used a. al under1ress-
ing They are strevn along in these
trenches about the middle u April. aud
mature after the same term which f. re-
9uired for potatoes. Il Is a crop rbch is
marketed like the Dutch drsnhsad and
purple Savoy cabbage. running from M
MEMBER 10 March. The uuis however,
have 20 90 through the factories before
they are shipped no,thward. and tkeas fac
iories are. with few exceptions. IN Norfolk
There are twofactories Ia Franklin. south
ampton county baltimore sun
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BEATS HAIR SPLITTING.
highly Clever gogues Who Split Bank
notes Ev Machinery.

Il is delicate operation 70 split bank
tote edEewise. but there are ruEues wbo
10 il a. easily a. they could slice a cheese.
& has been practiced IN France AMI South
American states several year., and TIE
nen w-no do this work Ia the L nited States
ara bali again as skllful as the foreigners
rom whom they first learned The trek.
officers Of the Bank O. England had al
rays beld tia; no one was skildui enough
- splst ore g IEeir baEkrotes- AnseTicAn
currency spl!tiers can divide British
sankaote a. easily aEsi a. equally Is JEey
.au lay open enc # tHis c21rstTy's Issue
] hess clever rzsczis commonly usR fTe
ieIlar and Cts dollar bills, which are split
sdgswiss Then they manipulate tbern IN
lis way. TIE frBnt o. the Eve dollar 6.l.
deity fastened 70 the hack Il The cry
solla- bali. &sd The back c. the uote q tie
mailer denomination 70 tie face q; ias
a-Eer che Wien that Is Accognr ssss.ss1
he maker has two fifty dollar bsllg IEaE
sIll pass c4rTeut almost aayss hesE- IA
working q these split notes tie sAoFE-
5orceS TIE City dollar face o; escb irlek
scts ca ihe victim. who rarely thinks i
.ecesSATv 20 examine TIE o-Aex s.6e- lie
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The World Wonld BE Better II

Il think" said Julian Gordon, thought
fully gazing into the freight that sent its
shadows dancing about luxuriously fur
nished apartment, Il think the world
would be better if physiology, anatomy
and simple laws of hygiene were practical
ly taught in our public schools. Then
mothers of future generations would know
how TO guard their childrens health.
think the world would be brighter if Cos
sip could be suppressed and people made
to talk of things not persons. | think it
would be happier if license of the press
could be subdued New York World
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She Was.

The ear was not half full, but the youth
in 'She new spring suit pumped himself
down by the side OF the handsome girl in
gray.
"Possibly-aw-you were holding this
seat" he said, with an engaging smile,
''for some gentleman"
Il was" she said, with a little sigh of
disappointment, but he doesn't seem to
have come"
And the youth in the new suit presently
got up and wandered on into the next car
shead.-Chicago Tribune
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Costs Ate In the Ieracr

A testator intended THAI an estate worth
e, 600 should go 10 a single lady. 1t re-
suited in a libel suit, and before the case
Was settled in the chancery court the
whole 5000 had been swallowed up in
;ostS-London Tit-Bits.
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WICHITA WHOLESALE GROCERY co.
Wholesale :. GrOCerS,

WAIIHOUsF o sorII STREET
Re
piopeoIs OF
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NORRIS MERCANTILE co
Wholesale Grocer,

Wholesale GrOcerS, 13S-14O n. Fourth Ave.
We oand all od
by the % ro uradea
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THE I l.NPlIGN iPlTHI

The subjoncd is from the bright indie.
pendent and cntcrprising Rutland Herald,
and who can gainsav it,
Ii is a newspaper habit in Vermont +,
tall; at the oYcnina Of = r,,n,,;,, nc :,
every voter from Massachusetts to Derby
Line regularly laid awake nights oycrtbc
govcrnorship and WIS franticoIly cn,hu.
siast;c for this or. chat candidate No,h.
ing could b, further from the truth l.,
is ONLY in rare cases that the mass ofvot-
crs is agitatcd about the matter ot all
OF course every candidate who ;s t,i,.cd
about in the uevsn,pcrs orts , crr,,;,
decree of attcnl:on b,+ nc , r,I, ,b,. a..
craze voter gives tbr vhnI,. ,n,tto, Et,l.
more than p,ssino uotirr prrhans 4,
rood many men may he SAID ~ b,v,. =
choice among candidates but their rter-
est is langu;d, tbcy are d;s;nrIi,ed =,
move and r,rrrsos I,.,,,.y
'' ''''''""-
''" Vi III inc interest OF whoever takes
pains to attend to them. In a great
many cases caucuscs by the dozen cnuId
''e "o"N'' Vo''"
N'''' 'NH 'o' ''' " ''''er'nH jew II par
tiS'nS OF his took the trouble to get Il
few friends to the caucusls and elect their
dclcyat,s
TL;...,....,
'''' ,'"''' parity because mere as III
most places, the real naming of cand-
dates is generally in the hands of = tcyy
men, and rortIv he,o,.c - ra,,;,a,;,,, :,
,,r,c,;c,I,,. 49, ,,,es:., ,'O,'''''''''0'' %
''' N'''''oI'' II I"NcS cohtro-
'eFSy- o'ScusSion, dispute, struggle
10 rouse the general public. In the alb
sencc of that = very few ,,c, :, .,.,,
co,,,t,. ,o,. ,non;...t,., ' - ,>''
van manipulate matters as they
please, 50 long as no one makes a move
against them. 1t is only when Some.
thing like the contest NJ G,,r ,aa.s ,'..
Inns ''Ne '"e contest OF iour years ago
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meat Of this great nation had been &c
du,.d to such an extremity Of dcspera-
ton by democratic finau,icring that the
Secretary of the Treasury absolutely re
commended to COMPRESS rs a last re-.
s1rt. that the several States be asked to
plc.I,, to the government rs security for
any money il might borrow. the dcnosits
received hv them from the distribution
of the surplus revenue in 1896. Thrpicl-
urc is complete when we state the fact
which is not generally remembered. that
the financial credit Of the government
was SO thoroughly impaired that the
bonds of the United States were selling
at discount of from 10 to - per cent.
These are plain hut potent facts and
they cons .tutc an object lesson for the
instruction and guidance of the American
ptou,c for Ill time to come Like causes
produce Ike effects. Restore the condi-
tons OF that ucriod of prostration and
rain, aad sim.lu results will he sure to
tol'ow Tn, American people can have
no conceivable reason for repeating spch
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THEORIES AND LESSONS ar TIM
PAST.

American manufacturers and laboring
classes, SAYS the New lori Mail and Ex-
press, are not prepared to sacrifice. or
JeopardjzI the splendid prosperity OF the
present, and tempt an adverse iortunc for
the future, iii order to test the practical
bdiiy Of the rybu'ous theories Of vision
AIRY social r"volutionists, that have no
reference to thcgcncral laws ofwell-bcinp.
the teachings o! experience, or The die
t'l'S "l common sense. History, it is
sad, IS philosophy teaching by example,
and we can not do better than to recall
the experiences oI the nation under n low,
t2riii, which was practically free trade in
ITS operation, during the 'ongcst low tar
If period III our history. Near the close
OF that period President Buchanan in =
message to Congress graphically de
Strlhcd the condition of the country IN
the following language:
' In the midst OF UNSURPASSED pIcnt, :, nj,
the productions aud in ali the clements of m.
=
pended, our public works retarded, our pri.
vate enterprises OF different kinds abandoned
ana thousands OF useful laborcrs thrown ont
OF employment and reduced to want"
MS IS the language Of a Democratic
President IN substantial acknowledge
hlcnt OF the general prostration of bust
ness and the ruin Of public credit by the
practical operation Of democratic finan-
claI and industrial policies.
Thirteen years of dolcfui experience had
demonstrated to the satisfaction of Pres.
'dent buchanan that the democratic tar.
III doctrine was fallacy and a fraud,
ana consequently he signed the Morrill,
Protective Tariff bill Of 1860 without n
moments hesitation. This was looked
upon and spoken of as relief measure
to save the nation from the evils and
distrcsscs into which it had been plrnocd
by democratic mslule.
So instant and general was the relief
that votes were won for the principle Of
protection everywhere, except in The
South, and finally led to a Republican
victory in the ensuing general election
and elected Abraham Lincoln President
'n'y few months before the govern
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THE KITCHEN =. :.

has always been pet of and in there is nothing
missing which the mind of the is0us housewife could con
ceve to PIT" IN her really vital of all the house attachments
the culinary department.
II going to give Baby Carriage this Spring wchy,
2OOO OF them for You to select from
The stock of our
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THE CHAMBER. =. :.

We have chamber in ash pine birch oak ten
other styles II chamber small and crampcd
room ong will help YOU of the difficulty than hand
some Folding Bed OF which have the largest Maine
Springs Mattresses, Comortcrs, Blankets Feathers Pillows
Cradles Cribs Necessary aduncs well ordered chamber
are all to be found in endless stock
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THE PARLOR.

Don YOU need Paror Suit if YOU do have from,
S1 to S+oo conceivable shape and variety no
SUIT Table Fancy Chair Rocker Mirror
maps the pralees you using little pasSe and pair
would much improve the appearance of the room.
How IS il with
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CROCKERY DEPARTMENT =

mas Just been nupcd many times and now the most com
pcte in New England.
would take page of this paper to the varieties Of
STOCK contained therein Suffice that
known to the Crockey trade and what true of Cockery IS
We shall cndeayor keep posted in these columns on
a features OF Our Spring stock ust before closing
Never before IN the history of the furniture of the world has
tec been such endless varieties such beauty design and c
reasonable prices this OF our Lord 1899 ~ ~