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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-28
A OueaT Custom,

A medieval custom prevails in Frei-
berg, in Breisgau. This is observed on
the birthday OF the reigning grand
duke of Baden, and consists OF fool
hardy trip to the tOpmost part of the
tower of the minister. II is . danger
Gus enterprise, for the tower Is four
hundred feet high, and the ascent is
made from the exterior of the build
ing. The stecple-jacks in their ascent
have to leap from stone 10 stone, often
yard apart, and one false step on the
narrow lodges would be death. At the
topmost pinnacle pistol shots announce
that the climbers have succeeded.
Then an immense gold star revolves,
and the descent is begun Each man
receives as reward the sum of five
marks from the state and a sumptuors
dinner. The other day, On the occa-
sion of the sixty-sixth birthday Of the
grand duke of Baden, three men under
took the ascent Oce Of them. on ar
irving at a projecting bar of iron, half
way up, went through an acrobstic
performance. This was before an i'm
mense crowd Of astonished spectators
lie twisted and twirled about as II he
were but within = few feet Of the
earth. London News
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-28
JAPANESE PUG DOGS.
A Famous Family Now Dwelling
in San Francisco.
Defying All Precedent by Living - The
Pretty Pets of Mrs. Kcnpison and
the lYlss-es Stone Described
in Few Words.

japanese pugs rarely thrive in this
country. The few born Oh American
shores generally die very soon after
ward. There is one family Of this breed
of dogs, however, in this city evidently
destined to defy all presidents, says the
San Francisco Chronicle.
The great-grandparents of this fam
sly were Romeo and Juliet, brought
from Japan few years ago. Romeo is
still living, and is about ten years old.
He is the property of Mrs. j. Collin, of
Taylor street, near Bush
Japan, the son of Romeo and Juliet,
belongs to Judge Gunnison, of 1904 Van
Ness avenue. Judge 0unnison a year
since brought from Japan another pug.
Yum Yum. Reklso, Nikko, Tama,
Chinii and Yum Yum II. were tho farn-
lily of Japan and Yum Yum |. OF these
all died except Tama, thus it would
seem sustaining the theory that Jap
anese pugs cannot live in this country.
With Tamas little doggies came a
change. Out of Ave four lived, and
these are over a year old. TaIna and
her babies passed into the hands of
Misses Laura and Belle Stone, of s0T
Leayenworth street. Tama's little ones
were named on October II, 1891. Miss
Laura Stone, who is a well-known
artist, held regular christening party
in her studio. Amid a company of assem-
bled friends the FIVE baby pugs were
grouped upon white fur rug. A young
gentleman performed the ceremony of
tying a name card around each neck
with baby blue baby ribbon. AS he did
so Miss Belle Stone sprinkled each with
cologne, emptying over all the contents
of whole bottle. The names given
were Tori, bird: Kekko, wonderfully
beautiful; Kin, gold; Hanna, flower,
and Amida, an endearing name Of
Buddha. The last persisted, not Of the
grandeur Of his name, but of conges-
ton of the lungs, to which Japanese
pugs are peculiarly liable. It was this
fell disease which carried of ais inter
esting relations
At present the Misses Stone have
charge OF Tam2, or Sweetheart. and her
daughters, kin and Hanna Mrs. Ken
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buried ne alive. I've only this Instant
escaped from the grave that be put mo
in." The excited people. thoroughly
convinced that there wEs n nurdsrous
conspiracy agains: them. rushed upon
the priest with cries which allowed
their determination % put him 10
death The priest folded his arTas and
szailed- "You have Just couoe out OF
the grave, you say" he called to the
man. Aye, that have Then boa, =
asked the priest, "dona II happe7 that
you've had time 70 get drunk slFeAAyT''
As IL was found that tbs mans breath
sulelled Of liquor the laugh turned upon
him and the crowd left the priest I'M
molested.
The same popular excitement 10 Rus-
STA has been the occasion of an exam
pie OF what may be called poetic and
picturesque rstributioH which would BE-
possjble only ia desp0tic oountry. A.
Mini NovRorod, vhcrs the authorftIss
and physicians were roAkfEsz = sire ari-
Qua attempt 20 site the cholera, n uacr-
chant led . violent agitation which was
directed against the doctors lie eIrcss-
lated reports that the physiciana were
buTying patients sliVs. and eadeAvorsd
20 influence the people against them
The governor general Of the prov
ince caused tile merchant - " arrested,
and after examination vAs convincsa
that the charge agafnSshif wRs true. II
am going - give you goycrament SIP
pointmcn.. sad ths zovernOr. IA -
ward FOR what yol regard IA yO1r eter-
ci=e O: pstbe spirit "a government
appointment" sAid The EAa1, delizh.sd
Yes ! appoint Won q RzrSs CA the
floating obolerS hospital IN the river.
There you viii have an oyportarity -
zee whether there l. ebolcrz or not. and
also - ohsorys whether any pcrsoBS are
beng burSrd siiv~ TIE ElAn vas
sent, thersfo~c. ~ take care 81 cbolera
patients l. Ia Unnecessary % ssy that
be wa not highly plead With la ''a1-
pointrzeuE~
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nison and one or the other Of the Misses
Stone meet each other and take out the
whole crowd of dogs for an airing.
There are six in all Strange to relate,
the old and the young and the males
and the females all look about the same
size and all very much alike. 1t Is diff
fieult to realize that they represent
three generations. The little dogs
seem like animated toys, with their
long, silky hair in patches of black and
white, their big eyes and peculiar
turned-up noses.
With the pug family Miss Laura or
Miss Belle Stone takes out Fannie, q
little thoroughbred black and tan. She
was a great pet of the young ladies'
ese dogs. Little Fannie has never been
allowed to feel that her nose is out Of
joint.
Japanese puFs are as delicate as
babies These dogs In particular have
had more care and attention than often
fall TO the lot Of many a poor child.
They are combed and brushed twice
day and have clean ribbons tied 20
their collars every morning. They are
fed on boiled meat and vegetable
chopped up as if for hash, graham
bread and fresh fruits, with the seeds
and skins removed They are new
er allowed cake or sweets. They
have a pan Of fresh water, changed
twice every day. Once week the pugs
are dosed with powdered charcoal DC
casionally little sulphur is mixed with
their food Their greatest danger is
frcm overlooking, and this is carefully
avoided The little dogs sleep on clean
blankets in one of the family bedrooms
These blankets are changed every day.
A dog doctor Is constantly employed 10
look after the canine welfare
When the dogs are taken out for their
airings they are held by strings at
tached TO their collars, which last are
all ornamental, some plated with silver
and adorned with bells. AS might be
expected, the little animals attract a
great deal of attention. Already they
are SO famous that people come from
far and near, begging for the privilege
of seeing them Fabulous sums have
been offered for them. but their owners
sav: I'VE viii never, never part vita
our dear babies
you wouldn't believe how We love
them exclainls Ms Stone, tie mother
Of the two young ladies' I'VE can:
help growing attached TO them. They
are 50 sHectionate that we feel fully re-
paid for our care And they &Te tie
best Little watch dogs ron ever saw.
You should hear them bark. Nobody
could get into the house without our
knowing It. They're the sweetest little
dsrIings IA the worldf7
Such. in brief, IS the story Of the
family Of japanese pugs which seems
destined 20 defy al precedent
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-28
LURED BY a MIRAGE.
A Child Wandered Away over the VIVA
hot PIaias.

hot PIai.s.
At Lancaster, town thirty miles
from here, in an open valley at the edge
Of Colorado desert, lived Stephen Hans
dorf, with his wife and twenty tbs
old boy, says the Los Angeles Herald
/ The other day he left heme for another
! part of the pl ace whore ne was working.
| Late in the afternoon the mother
went in search of stray COW. The
baby, clad only in n calico wrapper. hat
| less and barefooted, without the moth
/ er's knowledge, started after her
/ When she returned and missed him abe
alarmed the neiChborhood- A search
/ ing party hunted until night without
avail. Excitement spread through the
whole town, and by daylight next
morning strong party OF organized
ssarchors renewed the quest There
was no timber in the region, but the
cactus and sage brush were 50 high "a
70 render it impossible to see the child
at a short distance, even from IA. back
Of horse.
The region is one OF intense heat, and
infested with rattlesnakes. coyotes and
many poisonous insectA Tho earth IN
many places is crusted with alkslL For
long time the party discovered no
signs whatever Finally a coyote trail
was struck On il could occasionally
be seen the footprints OF child. With
now and then splotches Of blood on the
cactus. Arranging themselves 80 they
should not lose sight Of each other. the
-. = -. a
themselves over width Of half mile.
The trail led direct 20 the desert. ard
TO a phenomenon known a. DRY
Lake" This lake Is nothing more
than solid bel Of white ak AZ, the
crust Of which Il perfectly hard and
level Standing "a rolling sand on the
edge Of this iske Traveller bcbolds q
wonderful mirage q sheet Of sLvsry
clear water
The party concluded thz- the ei1I11,
CONSUMED by thirst. had to13led over
70 ie-iS lsks. aud, though TIE in0grsts
crust wou'd reveal 70 footprints. the
pA--v p-essed on over IT, EouP niles
from the edge vas f0und the dead body
. Of the little wzudrrrr, wing on his face.
his feet, legs and hands torn and he
blood crusted over them. lie had been
dead bat frT hours. yes hlA body was
clustering under th~ burning sun. The
pa-tT seized the child and hn-rles bz4c x
% the edge II the i&i1s. before r. hing
which their op-n toa xues nd eo1a
T1eDced 10 swell with heat and lax o
water. The litiI- fellow had walked =
night and had died Il czizsust5on -Ist
as the sgn was commencing - nantes
rs fearful heat. lie lad walked fozrtesn
miles into one % The E-ost terrible &c
.-sons On earn.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-28
REAL CHILDREN IN LITERATURE

They Are Crowded Ont By the Eminently
Proper Childrea Of the Hisea,ces-
The wise mentors in conventional lit
erature virtually toll you that child
literature wants no real children in it.;
that the real child's example Of defect
i've grammar and Lack OF elegant de
pertinent would furnish to IT'S little pa
trojan patrons suggestions very hurtful
indeed to their higher morals, teldeu-
cies and ambitions, writes James Whit
comb Riley in the Forum. Then. al
though the general public couldn't for
tho life of it see why or how. and might
even DO reminded that it was Just such
6 rowdying child itself, and that It's
father-the father Of his countrv-was
just such child: that Abraham Lincoln
WIS just such g lovable, lGwless child;
all--all this argument would not avail in
the least since the elegantly-minded
purvcvors of child literature cannot
possibly tolerate the presence of any
but the refined children the very
proper children the stu diously
thoughtful, poetic ohildren-and these
must be Kept safe from the contaminat-
ing touch of our rouRh-sud-tumble little
fellows Ia holden gray" with frowzly
beads. begTimed but laughing faces.
and such awful, awful vulgarities OF
aaturalness, and crimes Of simplicity,
snd brazen faith and trust, aud love of
life and everybody in it. AL other real
people are getting into literature; and
without some real children atong viii
they not ~oon be getting lonesome, 100?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-28

CURLING IRONS AT SEA.
Women 0fts1 Risk Life Rather Than Ap,
pear with Limp Locks

Women 0ftp1 Risk Life Rather Than Ap-
pear with Limp Locks.
1t Is customary to say that modern
science has conquered all the dangers of
the open sea except that Of fog. The
New York World declares that those
who say SO are mistaken. We build
ships that can buffet any wave and out
ride the most furious gales. But every
one OF them carries in her saloon source
e danger more threatening than any
that tempest brings or the forces of ma
ture create There is always the woman
with bang which persists in getting
cut OF curl That woman provides in
advance for the emergency. She arms
herself against the danger of appear
ing at dinper with unkempt forelock
She surreptitiously introduces a pair of
curling irons and spirit lamp into her
cabin, and spite of placard warnings
and peremptory prohibitions she lights
the lamp every day before the altar of
her devotion. She knows, of course,
that every time she does it she imperils
tho lives of hundreds of human beings.
But would you have little matter like
that interfere with the essential proc
esses of the toilet9 Is the woman with
q bang to be expected to appear with
limp locks at the captains table merely
that lot Of people who are nothing TO
her may feel safer against roastingP
The Purser, whom he finds her out, tells
her that her act Is criminal. But the
Purser is only man, wholly incapable
Of feminine points of view. The captain
may threaten her with irons if she re-
peats the offense, but how is the cap
tain 10 know if she closes her cabin
door? And so bangs are curled and
lives risked and ships set on fire occa-
sionally, as one ocean liner was recently
on the voyage from Liverpool.
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sarah IsrshAr4t Loves 20 tel fhe fol-
loving story sSo'ut Olivier. t1nos.
Er-nca actor. The lsts~r. IA se<-uA,
p,osssssen Incredible psoser of zstznf-r-r.
BE ooal4 ssszIas th~ voaos- y-zsur.s
ard tAesAJ ez2Tssszson q any p~~ssn -
csAaeeS % meet One day ~ esaIss.3 On
his iAilor 70 zsx hlEs for ktts~ nors
tSzJs Ga an scSDsn+ whseA hzS h.e~a
running on Pr three year. A. tAzt
usoTnens b saw customer sufeT a.
sA0p aad paY FOR ssTpr4l zrzsr1ss a
elothinE watch -sr~ Immediately Co.
ivrred Tns1 tie &S,yr hard = asrs
scb = rata
What "a -. matter with yogF" in-
guirs4 tas tailor
"Aizz.~ replied O3livier. "gher, IS =
eazn shall nsTey - abe 20 initiate
M usss aud Drama
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-28
I'M YELLOWSTONE PARK,
Changes Continually Going On IN the
Wonderful Natural CuFiosibies.

Changes Continually Going On IN the
Wonderful Natural Curiosi6ies.
Visitors to the Yellowstone National
park in the United States who return
after an absence of year or more arc
generally surprised by finding that
many changes have occurred in the ap-
pearance of the ooloped terraces at the
mammoth hot springs. Indeed, such
alterations occur sometimes In period
Of few weeks, The terraces consist of
q number OF basins, each set being a
few feet lower than its predecessor, and
the hoe water from the springs at the
top of the terraces flows from basin to
BASH, depoSitiI&g ITS chall1y sediment az
the rims, where evaporation is most
rapid, and thus slowly building them
up. Wherever the flow of water con-
tinues constant for a considerable time
the 1luted edges and side OF the basin
become beautifully Co5ored. The varie-
gatCG hues are mainly due to vegetable
mater, and so If the flow of water
ceascs these bright colors rapidly fade,
leaving the terraces milk white. In a
little while the edges and walls of the
dry basins BEGIN 90 crumble, and the
most beautiful forms disappear IN white
dust and chnllE-hl1e fragments.
Ono OF the fRvcrite terraces at the hot
springs, called the Minerva terrace, ex-
hibits these changes in marked degree
because Of its conspicuous position
Sometimes, owing to a failure OF the
Cow Of water, the Minerva terrace parts
with its splendid cciors and resembles a
set of fluted basins carved out of snow
white marble, bat when the water be-
gins 10 run freely again the eolors re-
turn with all their former vividness and
beauty. The changes il the how of the
water seem 10 depend, in part, at least,
upon conditions prevailing in the heated
rocks underlying the wonderful ter
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Cruel.

Ferguson inspecting his friends new
suit Yes. its immense. Hanlsinson.
Would you mind telling me who your
tailor is?
HanIiason - Certainly not. Snip
well. No. ga Waxem street. II vow
want anything in his line tell him |
sent you.
Ferguson-Thsnks. I want something
for masquerade. | think I'll go aod
order-huin-one Of his ordinary suits.
Aankinson.-ChicNgo Tribune
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cont Sfth. Frrinr Ps.. rte.

A census gXtheT-r WIS engaged Ia
collec:i-z Eis papers from the Earious
hozses ia rather lev 9lstriG. "a era
q Ia rriao!psl town. - scotland "a
rzcs4yzzs tAs coc8G4sn. froz n know
lz.-i1-Aizs yy0E4n. ks Mas mpcA
alaas-d - emo Cn2ertfse l@s4lBE ''-5a-
dit.on - % SI2xr.&ge~ tt.e -To-ls W.
ter Hard % sfo-e n2-Tsaxes wosse
z.t=rwara ~-DaaGee News
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4 Moe broad ENeninE.
She-Did you have q pleasant ey

She-Did you have pleasant evening
at the Tollivers?
He-Yes- IA soon es | put nv right
arm around DaiEy's waist she pus both
liars around Inlnc Then she screamed
lss GO, but she hung on. Her father
came in and read the statutes referring
10 breach Of promise-and-veSs had d
very nice time--N y Herald
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PRESENCE or nHO.

Al nlzstrsrios a it, re- DeyssE tbs
Choisr@ Ezs4sszseEs.
During TIE Esef 2; Es5Fs.lzy sr-sts.azs.i
&u3 rsotozs 6e- s-ss--s fs3rs n Ezss.sa
g-ogi1z sat - 'he oaf arsal e ,ko3-
era priest 81 ~z-4tog VIA Affal .ze.z -
z mob. says the A&1eaestsr Isass- 4
a5an hzl sl.es4tet MN @~essg hizas
IAeTgS Ia Ea@z t-@s ES-z=6 80 I'D
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Fair Soprano Chaving finished her
trial DO yOu think nv voice viii I'll
the hall?" Grim Manzger-'I fear il
,yould have inst the opposite eEec.n
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The aahia a Eagle aaduesday gaorino 1cember e.
A PRESCRIPTION.

Ny pallfd friend, is your pulse beating low!
Does the red wine OF life too sluggishly flow!
Set g spinning through every tingling vein
BY outdoor work, till you feel once again
Like giving 9 CHEEKY schooi-bOy shout;
Get cut
Are you morbid, and like the owl in the tree,
Do you gloorniy boot at what you can't see,
Perhaps, now, instead OF being so wise,
You are only looking through jaunaiced eyes;
Perhaps you are bilious, or getting too stout;
Get outi
Out in The air, where fresh hreezes blow
Away all the coswebs that sometimes grow
Ia the brains Of those who turn from the light
To all gloomy thoughts instead Of the bright,
Contend with such foes, anc put them to rout;
Get outl
-Medical and Surgical Reporter.
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rison. Ia sister o. Judge Ganuison. has
Iarn4's sons. ke.1ko aud Tori. az
Japan The grandfather dog st5ii Hv.ag
Ever morning and evening AIRS. ke1-
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M saaosy
The morning call., 1892-08-26
PERSONAL NOTES.

c: +. Cadwallader Of Redding is at the
Lick.
Charles Lux, the money man of San Jose,
is in the city.
NJ. Biggs. OrovIlle's real estate Napoleon.
Is at the Grand.
Edward Poirer, Salvadorian Minister 70
Mexico. is at the Palace.
w. p. Mcintosh, Los Angeles real es-
tate broker, is at the Lick.
{. {. Mccoy, leading lumberman from
Walla Walla. is at the Grand.
j. L.. Barker, real estate man from Santa
Barbara, is guest at the Lick
James II. Budd OF Stockton came down
10 the city yesterday and is at the Grand.
j. g. Magic of the Lillian Russell Opera
Company arrived at the Baldwin yesterday
Mrs. G. Valensin, the widow of the late
turfman, arrived yesterday from Cleveland.
Ohio, and is at the Palace
j. II. Broughton, cashier of the Modesto
Bank, IS in the city as a witness to testify
against Howell, the eOunterfeiter.
j. NJ. Longnecker Of Chicago, the famous
prosecutor Of the Haymarket anarchists. il
at the Lick House with his family.
John S. Enos, formerly we'll known in
the political circles OF this city, but who has
retired to his ranch at Glen Ellen, is at the
Grand.
III. Il. Osborne, Collector of the Port of
Wilmington and editor of the Los Angeles
Evening Express, Is registered at the
Palace.
John Brooks of Trinity Commandery. ".
j., VINO came to this city with the Knights
Iempiar, returned East yesterday. He is
the inventor OF several important attach
ments to printing presses and OF a stereo-
typing process.
The morning call., 1892-08-26
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JUDGED BK THEIR PAST.

Our neighbOrs of the Record Union, the
special organ Of the Southern Pacific Rail-
road Company, notice with approval the
project for railroad from Fresno to Mon
terey. The Record Union says:
We have long foreseen that sooner or LATER In
terror demands must break through coasI-ran &c
barriers That now prevent the people from reach
Ing the ocean by direct routes. The Southern
racine people ought to favor this cross-countTy
road from Fresno to Monterey for the simplest
OF reasons-ihey own over 1000 acres of land at
Monterey; they own that splendid property, the
Hotel del Monte, and that other fine property.
Pacinc Grove; the value OF each will be i'm.
menseiy enhanced by the Cross country road.
lu the valley of Carmel Iney own many thou
sands Of acres also. Now, 10 create d port at
Monterey, which Is feasible, viii make all these
acres owned by The Southern Pacific folk worth
S3,0OO,O0O more Than they are in the undeyel-
oped state.
What the Record. onion says in respect
TO a S3,0000O0 interest ought to move the
managers of the Central and Southern Pa
citic railr Dads to encourage the construction
OF road from Fresno TO Monterey, but
they Will do nothing for such an improve
ment unless the public will raise subsidies
enough TO build the road aud then give it TO
them to be managed as they please after
ward. MeSsrs. Stanford and Huntington
are not the men TO be satisfied with S3, 600, 600
when there is in sight much larger sum.
They would first want all of the water
front OF Monterey, if they have not already
got 1t, and then large area of ground at
Fresno. where they could sell city lots (;
and at every location for q station between
the two places there would be a town to be
laid out and the property to be sold for the
benefit of Stanford and Huntington.
The morning call., 1892-08-26
HALF-TRUTHs.

Senator Morgan did not state the whole
truth In his comments upon the general con-
duct OF Canada. He said that after the
Revolution lot OF Tories went TO Canada
and have transmitted through their de-
scendants an ugly feeling toward the United
States. They have" he says, "made them
selves offensive on every opportunity"
One or the opportunities which Senator
Morgan, for reasons easily understood, did
not particularize was offered in the years
between 1861 and 1866. Canada was quite
as hostile to the American Government as
any OF the States in rebellion Northern
men who had occasion to go to Canada on
business found themselves in nest OF ene-
mics the more pestilent as for prudential
considerations they did not show their en-
nifty as the people Of the South did. The
Canadians never had any dou ot OF the sue
cess OF the South. They absolutely gloated
over the certainty that the Union was prac-
tically at an end. Finding their hopes dis
appointed, year or two later Canada
assumed more friendly attitude. 1t
wanted the markets of the country that had
declined to be ruined. For a period they
did succeed IN getting reciprocal trade
treaty. but the American Government re-
fused to renew IT, In the treaty of Wash
iugtoD, which the Canadians now ask the
Government OF Great Britain to abrogate.
they obtained privileges in respect to carry