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The Wichita daily eagle., 1892-12-15

Some singular facts concerning the
danger of injection by paper money
have been educed by meteorological
ANALYSIS of the bank notes of the Span
ish bank of Havana in general circula-
ton. Attention was drawn to the sub
iect by the fact that circulation in
creased the weight OF the notes in con-
sequence of their acquiring foreign
matter. The examination made showed
on the notes N use for some time con-
siderable number of microbes and on
some notes as many as ten thousand
microbes were detected. Eight patho-
genie species We're encountered. inelud-
ing those of diphtheria and tubereu-
losis. The result of the examination
was that general warning was issued
to the public against the active source
of danger. The use of bank notes is at
all times attended with certain de-
gree of risk and especially in Havana.
where children have the habit of carry
ing paper money in their mouths and
are thus very liable to swallow the
germs of some mortal disease
Louis Globe-Democrat
The Wichita daily eagle., 1892-12-15
VIRUS OF VIPERS.
Fearful Strength of the Poison Which
Some of Them Eject.

rearful Strength of the Poison Which
Some of Them Eject.
DIR. Arthur Stradling, writing of a
number of vipers which were presented
80 him, says: "Vipers have very large
poison glands, and / obtained the venom
iby allowing them to bite on a small
pocelain spoon made on purpose, COW
sered over with oiled silk, like q drum.
The faDgs, sinking through the silk into
4he hollow of the spoon, would each
discharge a tiny drop or globule Of
virus, and this would collect and store
In fine glass tubes or on dried blottiD e
paper. There are many other methods
OF getting the poison, but l think this
is fhe best.
''In India the natives procure cobra
venom by inducing the enraged reptiles
TO strike at shell. across which leaf
rs stretched. Each of the snakes could
be depended upon to yield poison once
e day. but it was onlyJa trace at a time
-justa glistening speck that you could
hardly see. OF course this was slow
process. and one day I made a calcula-
hion that ii my sixteen vipers had kept
IN rfuH health and vigor, and had
yielded daily all the year round, and
supposinR that il had been possible to
keep the fluid without letting it dry up,
at would have taken more than seven
yeas to produce a quart. This will
give you some idea Of the fearful
strength of the stuff, when you think
now minute is the quantity injected at
each bite.
;0'The experiments which l was max
ang just then consisted of soaking
scrsps of meat, bits of hard-boiled egg
and things of that sort in the poison,
and snalyzipg the changes which re-
Fsuked in them after a given interval
AND from these and from similar trials
ut was found that this fluid had the
power of dissolving the albumen of
flesh like the gastric juice has. So it is
Thought that one great use (perhaps
fhe greatest) of the venom is to aid in
the digestion of the serpent's food. OF
course, it might do that, and serve as
Ammunition 10 kill the prey, as well"
Chicago Mail.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1892-12-15
CAMPHOR FROM JAPAN.
She Trees It Comes From and How 1t I
Manufactured


She Trees It Comes From and How 1t Is
Manufactured.
Many seeds of the camphor tree have
been sent to the department Of state
from Japan IN the hope of affording to
the United States q chance TO add this
valla BILE substance to its vegeta bic
products. The tree Is a species of lau
rel, aud it grows in extensive forests in
she mountainous regions of the south
of Japan far from the sea. Large
groves are owned by the japanese gov
ernmsnt, the wood being very desira bic
for shipbuilding. Many Of the trees at
tain an enormous size, often measuring
kwelve feet in diameter and sometimes
sttaining twenty feet. The seeds or
berries grow in small clusters, resem-
bling black currants in size and ap-
pearsnce The fine grain of the wood
renders it particularly valuable for cab
Enet work.
The camphor is g resinous gum. To
got it the tree is necessarily destroyed,
but, BY stringent law of the land, an
other IS planted in its stead. The simple
method of manufacture employed bv
khe natives Is as follows: The tree is
felled TO the earth and cut into chips.
"A big metal pot Is partly filled with wa
ter and placed over n slow fire. Then
n wooden tub is fitted to the top OF the
pot and the chips of camphor wood are
placed in this. The bottom Of the tn b
ss perforated so as to permit the steam
10 pass up among the chips.
A stam-tiEht cover is fitted on the
kuh. From this tub a bamboo pipe leads
TO auod her tub, through which the in
closed steam, the generated camphor
and oil flow. This second tub is con-
nected in like manner with the third
The third tub Is divided into two COM
partments, one above the other. the di-
viding floor being perforated with small
holes, TO allow the water and oil TO pass
no the lower compartment. The upper
compartment is supplied with layer ef
straw, which catches and holds the
ramphor in crystals. The camphor is
ahen separated from the straw, packed
in wooden tubs of one hundred and
khirty-three pounds each. and is ready
for MISUNDERSTANDING Star.
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they succeeded in having a bill passed,
which went into effect on September l.
The managers supposed, therefore, that
the mayor would license children to act,
but Mr. Gerry would not acknowledge
defeat. and declared that the law was
clumsiiy worded end that he would
fight it in the courts. DeNof Hopper
spent one thousand dollars in a vain eff
fort to force Mayor Grant to license the
children in Wang" to sing and dance.
Joe Arthur spent the same amount to
license Little Tuesday, then withdrew
her from the city.
Assemblyman Stein, who had intro
duced the bill, was in despair. In vain
he tried to persuade parents of stage
children to fight Mr.. Gerry in the
courts, but they were afraid that his
autocratic power might be used against
them in the future. At last one little
girl, who was better known to fame as
the children's delegate to the Inter
national Christian endeavor convention
last summer than as a child actress,
called on Mr.. Stein and the managers
and offered to help them fight Mr.
Gerry. She had read that no one child
was willing to sacrifice himself for the
benefit of others and wanted to know If
she would do.
The managers looked at the golden
haired little girl who stood before them,
her great blue eyes sparkling with sup
pressed excitement. A soft silk gown
to her tiny feet enveloped her graceful
little figure, while the dazzling COM
plexion and delicate outlines of the
cameo-cut face proclaimed the little
visitor no ord mary child.
Are you an actress?" asked Mr.
Harrison Grey Fiske.
No; that is, not altogether" replied
the child, as she looked down musingly.
Mamma let me play little part in
'Pygmalion and Galatea' when all the
stage children played for the benefit of
the Press club But I can act" she
added, looking up quickly with toss of
her curls.
''She shall act said Alexander Hume
Ford, the dramatist, and the next day
little Zelda Sanders did something that
has never been done before. She served
a mandamus on the mayor of New York
city, and. going still further, compelled
him to appear in court and show cause
why he refused to give her a license.
Zelda had slipped out after lunch, and
turning her bicycle toward Brooklyn
bridge (she lives in Brooklyn) instead
of toward Prospect Park, she inquired
the way to the Office where the man
ayers were to meet. 1t was not until
the enterprising little lady returned
home from her conference with the
managers that mamma" learned that
her daughter had been over to New
York all by herself. Zelda was very
The Wichita daily eagle., 1892-12-15

buckle through which the sash passes.
A pale blue ribbon is to be tied about
the society buds yellow curls.
To these might add for the greater
state and splendor of greater years a
rich white satin dress embroidered with
gold passementerie and arranged with
pink velvet sleeves and a plated collar
cite of gold embroidered tulle.
! might add also gown of gray
ribbed velvet with bands of sable run
ming round and about the skirt, and
with broad sable stripe framing the
white shoulders.
But if want word about walking
dresses now is the time to be saying it.
You may not call white cloth good
promenade material in muddy. Decem-
Der, and the frocl1 / am telling you
about was meant to appear out of doors.
1t was bordered with marten fur, and it
had changeable velvet bodice, round
wasted and fastened with three big an
tique buttons. Over this it had mar
ten collar fastened with jetted cords.
More bearable from many points of
view is a Russian costume of dark
green cloth trimmed with sealskin and
with cap and muff matching. The skirt
is hemmed up with silk ruche and the
Jacket bodice has green velvet lapels
edged with fur.
More novel is an empire dress of old
rose cloth, with frill of black ruched
satin about the bottom. There is n deep
rose-colored velvet belt and a full-gath-
cred bodice of green silk tucked under a
broad white silk cheInisette to which is
attached high rolling white silk collar.
Scheduled to go with this toilet is a
poke hat Of green felt with rose-colored
standing plumes
On Broadway yesterday happened to
see dark red and black striped velvet
gown. The combination is one high in
favor and in this instance worked most
successfully. Two bands of plain black
velvet bordered the skirt and the bodice
was of plain black velvet with black
hat covered with black feathers.
But there ought to be swift and sure
means of killing this idiocy of trailing
street gowns ELLEN OSBORN.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1892-12-15
INDIANS oUTwlTTEo.
How They Were Bs&tea by n Clever Piece
of strategy.

How They Were Beaten by n Clever Piees
of strategy.
In the early part of the revolutionary
war a sergeant and twelve armed men
were crossing New Hampshire through
the wilderness Their route led them
awav from any settlement. and they
camped at night in the woods On she
second afternoon of their journey they
were met by party Of Indians. who
made friendly overtures and telVned TO
be much pleased at meeting the ser
geant and his men. whom they obse-
ouiouslv declared to be their protectors
But, as often happens when persons are
practicing deception, the Indians over
did the matter. aud suspicious of their
sincerity were aroused in the serEeant's
mind.
After leaving the Indians and pro-
eeeding mile or more, the sergeant
stopped his comrades and said:
Those redskins mean mischief. L
haven't lived among Indians twenty
years for nothing l know them, and
their fendish tricks. And unless we
are prepared for them tonight there
won't De man Of uS alive 20 tell the
story when morning comes.
The soldiers were surprised; not ore
Of them had distrusted the Indians.
Feeling confidence in the sergeant,
however. they agreed 20 follow his in
structisns, and the following plan vas
sdopted aad executed;
The spot chneea for the nights en-
campment was near stream of water
which served as a protection in the
rear. A large oak tree was feiicd nd
each man cut log from this about the
size Of hirns self The logs 81 Woo were.
wrapped IN blankets, mems hat> were
put on the extremities. ard they were
laid before the camp fre so artfuiiv
arranged that anyone would have taken
them for outstretched sleeping solo rrs.
The sergeant and his men coaceal led
themselves behind pile OF brush -
await any movement on the part OF
their enemies The fire. which had
been kept bright during the evening,
was suffered 70 die down. and an air ot
quietness reigned about the camp.
Two hours passed, and the mer began
70 grow impatient, and hints were
thrown out that the sergeant had been
more scared than hurt.
At length y tall Indian was dicovered.
by the glimmer of the freiight. eau
tiouslv moving toward them. Nerv
stealthily he drew near enough TO see
the figures of the supposed men. Then
he withdrew and another Indian ap-
peared, who seemed carefully 10 count
the sleeping figures
Soon the whole party of redskins,
sixteen in number. was discovered
cautiously advancing The witnesses
of the preparation for massacre were
now so excited that they could hardly
be restrained. The sergrant's plan WIS
for his men TO remain quiet in their
places OF concealment till the mus<ets
of the savages were discharged
They had not long To wait. The In
dirns advanced within few feet, then
took aim, discharged their pieces, gave
their characteristics war-whosp. snd
rushed forward 10 conlplete their das-
tardly work OF scalping their helpless
victims
Now was the serQesnt's time, and AZ
a given signal deadly Ere was poured
upon the trech>rous EavAGcS Not one
of them escaped Chicago NswA
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line Of gold, and her blouse was long,
reaching below the hips, belted, and
frilled on the shoulders. The frill came
down in a point to the rosette on her
belt, and her sleeves were putfed to be-
low the elbows.
The gown she wore it with was a fine
black cloth with a narrow little black
velvet ruche at the bottom, lined with
tartan like the blouse, and faring like
all the newest skirts, six or eight yards
round on the floor.
In such costume girl can't quite
dance, but she can do surprising pro-
portion of all the other nice things of
life that really tempt to the doing. A
girl can dance and is very wise to dance
in such another blouse as a young wom-
an coaxed into life for herself the other
day when the purse of pater familias
CURLY refused to yield up a new even
ing gown. A function was coming off;
toilet was an imperative necessity
and so a scrap of pale gray blue silk. of
delightfully."- soft, rich quality, was laid
out upon the bed and looked at,
thought about, dreamed of and prayed
over until, by dint Of turnings, twist
ings and contrivings, inches enough
were discovered in it and the odd cor
ners of it for the putting together of q
Russian sort of blouse bodice, gathered
under blue velvet belt and laid away
in soft folds from the throat with a
deep, turnover frill narrowing to the
merest thread of cascade at the waist
line Puffed sleeves were pieced to-
gether out of scraps and remainders
until they looked properly huge, and
the blue ribbons that crossed them near
the elbows were conveniently orna-
mental blinds for some of the seams.
With huge bunch of winter roses
the makeshift bodice was fine enough
to stand on its dignity conscious of
merit, and the function" had no pret-
tier girl at it than the one who prom
enaded on the arm of the handsomest
The Wichita daily eagle., 1892-12-15

day night, ana Jne TuII corps de ballet
of debutantes will be out with their
gowns Probably the prettiest thing
of is silvery white silk skirt with q
bodice of exquisitely fine point de
Venice lace laid in succession of VS. in
front and festooned about the low
neck opening with flmy lace dounce,
depending from broad ostrich feather
band. Over the bosom and upon the
shoulders are silvery ribbon rosettes
with long loops and jeweled flowers to
hold them. The bodice was sleeveless
and the skirt edged simply with white
velvet roll
The mate to this gown-to be worn
by the sister of the young woman who
ordered it from her own designs a
pale watery green silk Empire frock,
dimpling like the sea under sunshine,
and sweeping away in train which
once would not have been thought
suitable for girl in her first season.
From under each arm starts band of
pearl embroidered silk, the two strips
crossing upon the bosom and ending
each In a jeweled knot at its destina-
ton upon the opposite shoulder. The
triangles cut by the bands are filed in
with puffs of italian lace, and very
full frill of the same cobwebby stuff
outlines the low pointed bodice neck
and stands up in fans against the short
puffed sleeves. The end and aim ac-
complished is quaint little empire
zouave as fetching as you please.
For young matron is little white
chiffon froclS, whose sleeves are puffed
from shoulder to wrist; each putt
braceleted with a pearl embroidered
ribbon A high belt of white satin
crosses the waist in front and lace
cascades make sort of fluffy boa and
fall on either side of the loosely hang
ing draperies.
More novel if not more attractive is a
dainty white mousseline dress embroid-
cred with pale blue stars about the
hem. The corsage has long puckered
sleeves and an embroidered chemisette
of muslin. A deep corselet belt of pale
blue is fastened with a high silver
The Wichita daily eagle., 1892-12-15
Cnincid.nt Accidents.

Jefferson Miller, of Jacksonville.
Ind, has good reasons for his strong
dislike Of both rats and threshing ma
chimes. In 1872 he was feeding a ma
chine doing work in large barn. when
a rat ran across the floor. Turning 70
watch the rodent, Miller had his lef.
hand pulled off by the machine Again
in 1887, while feeding the same machine
in the Identical barn above mentioned.
a rat ran between his feet He kicked
at it, slipped and had his only remain
ing hand ground 70 pulp
The Wichita daily eagle., 1892-12-15
His ordsr FILLED.

Guest-Got any good roast becf7
Waiter-Yes, sir.
Guest-Bring re one OF your best
cuts. l want 1t tender, juicy, not too
we'll done. not too raw, and with very
little gravy. Have the fat and lean
about equally divided, and be partic-
ular not to cut the slice thick. And
don't forget the horseradish. Can you
remember all thatY-
waiter-Yes, sir. Loudiy)-Roast
beef, one.-Boston Globe.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1892-12-15
CHILDREN'S CRUSADE.
A Society Of Stage Mites to In
troduce an Assembly Bill
A sine-Year-Old Is Fighting Gerry Like
. Politician-The Society She Found
ed Few Weeks Ago Has Sew
eral Thousand Members.
IcoPYRlaHr. 1909. !

There is in New York city society
with several thousand members,
whose officers are all children under
fourteen years of age The Anti Gerry
society is the name of the organization
and the famous nine-year-old beauty,
Zelda Sanders. is its president.
For year past the New York theat-
rical managers have been fighting Mr..
Elbridge T. Gerry, president of the So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children. and about nine months ago
The Wichita daily eagle., 1892-12-15

Thigson-Old fellow, if you don't put
on the brakes PRETTY soon you'll have
either apoplexy or jim jams one OF these
DAYS
Fistle>-I hope not. am following
the advice OF my physician He told
me to adopt = generous Giet.
Thigson inspecting MS friend ruddv
nose and poctly figurei Yes. but its
too generous II gives you away
Cnicago Tribune
The Wichita daily eagle., 1892-12-15
A Rule with Exceptions

Inability to throw straight is pc
cuGarity OF the female" said the moral
szer.
81 don't know about that" said the
6emoralizer Il owned a mare once and
she threw me straight over her head
several times. Jury.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1892-12-15
Highly Irregular.

Secretary Nibbes-Did you discover
any irregularities in the Red Tape
Bureau?
Inspector Sharp-Yes Four Of the
employees were hard at work.-N. Y.
Herald.
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orerhearl in the Coop.

First Turkey kick.
Second Turkey wouldn't Ia
rather be served in the regular Thanks
giving way than be regarded as foot
ball game.-Lesiie's Weekly.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1892-12-15

-''what did ito" queried the friend
OF the defeated candidate. II strongly
suspect. replied the latter, psnsiveiy.
that votes did it"-Chicago News
The Wichita daily eagle., 1892-12-15
Can't Have Everything.

as your boarding house fashions
ble?"
Very"
DO they set good tsb,e?-
Great Scott. man. d yor want the
earth? Didn't tell you it was fashion.
sble?"-Truth
The Wichita daily eagle., 1892-12-15
THE ADVANCING SEASON.
These Are Ideas Dame Fashion
Advances for December.
Some Notions in BIouses-A Foretaste of
the GIories of the Patriarchs' Ball
Some of the Dresses IN Prepzra-
tion-street and Afternoon Gowns.
IcoPYR1GHr. 1892.

lCOPYR1GET, l6JS.
When we people who write about
fashion make any unusual effort to be
practical we commonly succeed in leav-
ing out just the one point on which you
wish to be informed; and SO hesitate
about launching into economics, anent
bodices and blouses for widowed skirts
bereft of their mated waists, and yet
saw tartan silk blouse the other morn
ing that would work in handily in al
most any young woman's wardrobe.
1t was at an early committee meeting
how early you do have to begin in
order to sandwich all your philanthroPies
and your educationalities in-and the
young woman who wore it was dark, slim
and curly haired. Her colors, naturally,
were deep crimson, green, black and a
The Wichita daily eagle., 1892-12-15
A Terrible Thing.

Hownow-How's this? You're look
ing very gloomy.
Raylor-A very terrible thing has
happened to me.
Hownow-I'm sorry to hear it What
Is it?
Raylor-I forgot to make any New
Years resolutions.-BostonC Courier.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1892-12-15

Little Dot-Manrns Is going 70 take
me with her when she visits Aunt
Jenny.
Little Dick-she's goin' 20 take me.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1892-12-15
TUFTS Hair Dye

GRAY hair or vFhiskers changed 10 Stossy
black by a single application of this Dye =
i,nparts n natural color. acts instantaneous
wand contains nothing injurious TO the haaI[.
Sold hy druggists, or sill he sent On rccesRs
OF price. Sl.Oo. Once, 50 Park Place, n. 2s
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Then how 60 ron know
"she'G ne-er leave me here with that
closet fun Of Jam 7-6sood News
The Wichita daily eagle., 1892-12-15
His Usual Custom.

Bloobuinper-You are going to swear
off on New Years day, suppose, Nc
Watty?
McWatty-Certainly You would not
have me neglect custom l have OBJ
served for twenty years, would you?-
Z Truth
The Wichita daily eagle., 1892-12-15

CGes aa& ysgas 81. Ho-lsy as.
81 egn iieH <5aa .. al8.s 49, er. ~
bra IA FaFs1s ~ G1fs srf4 sl4.
is'iin@ ,<itJ. - tet~ s@1 - iysts. O~ls
AeGss4 ! ssanss.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1892-12-15

Did she say soY~
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-07-29

The prisoner is a cigarette fiend. He did
not have one from between his lips for an
hour all yesterday. His appearance is not
very prepossessing. The most remarkable
part of his facial characteristics is his
mouth. 1t is certainly forbidding. HIS
lower lip and his upper lip are douh4r, re-
markably so, even in the eyes of detec tc,,
who have had to study these charac oer-
istics. He has a short growth of beard,
has large ears, and his forehead is narrow.
No date has yet been fixed for his prelimi-
nary hearing.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-07-29
"Tbe p,nl,ertons MUST co..

NEW YORK, July 26-The Herald says:
A vigorous crusade against the Pinkerton
men, the initiative of which has been
taken by the members of the New York
Walters union, has just been started in
this city. The walters claim that Pinker'
ton men are employed at several near by
summer resorts, notably at Manhattan
Beach and Gen island; that this is clear
violation of the anti-Pinkerton law recent
~ passed 10y the Legislature of this state,
and therefore it beh doves all organized
workingmen to insist upon arigid enforce
nenr of the law.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-07-29
Corresp ondents Make a Demand.

WASHINGTON, July 26.-The Pennsylva-
mia newspaper correspondents located
here sent the following protest to Gov
ernor Pattison yesterday against the pun
ishment of Private Iams: "The shocking
treatment of Private Iams, Company X,
out trial at the hands of Lieutenant
Colonel Streetor, is II disgrace to the
military establishment of the state. Such
barbarity perpetrated by officials of the
state is serious reflection on the COM
mon wealth. We therefore ask that Lieu
tenant Colonel Streetor be relieved from
further command. 1t appears that Gen.
eral Snowden and Colonel Hawkins APP
proved the atrocity, and, therefore are
equally responsible"