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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-28
RUNNING THE SCALE.

VIOLIN makers prize above all other
kinds Of wood that which they extract
from the seasoned timbers of old houses.
EDWARD ATKINSON. the Boston politi-
cal economist, Ia going 10 write the
libretto for an opera that his son, q
bright fellow now In Munich, Is COM
posing
WALTER DAxEoscH IL said 10 be en-
gagged in writing an opera whose sab
ject Is 70 be Hawthorne's Scarlet Let
ter" Mr.. G. r. Lsthrop is writing tia
libretto.
TIE sale q the Borghese library Ia
Rome will release lot Of unknown and
interesting music. il having more than
go compositions Of the first half Of the
seventeenth ceHturv.
AMBROSE THOMAS. the famous CON-
poser, is said 70 lie contemplating re-
tire-neut from the directorship Of the
Paris ConServatoi-e, the most important
musical appointment in France u.
Thomas is IN q very critical state Of
health, his Illness being much comp!l-
Gated a. bis advanced aga
* indignant justice Of the peace IN
Barry, IL, fined poor ulara1sm&n az
dollars for firing SIX shots q, his wife
The weapon vas six-shooter. Had II
been seven-zhooter, the man wcs1ld
have probably been fined one aolAs
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-28
EXHIBIT OF EAST INDIA.
1t Promises to Be a Large and Attractive
DISPLAY.

The East Indian exhibit is likely 10
develop into large and attractive dis
play. United States Consul General
Ballantine at Bonn bay, In recent com
munication 70 Director General Davis,
shows that interest in the worlds fair
is becoming very general in the large
cities and at some Of the native courts
of India The native princes as well
as opulent merchants and nanufactur-
ers are now fully awakened 70 the i'm
por1anee Of a approximation
Consul General Ballantine paid an Of
fetal visit TO the court Of his highness
the guicowar or maharajah Of Baroda.
The gJiicowar 81 BarOda is the most i'm
poTtant prince IA western India After
showing Consul General Ballantine
every attention the prince confirmed his
promise Of assistance given in a pre-
vious interview by officially instrueting
his prime minister 10 give every assur-
anee of assist ance, and added that he
would get an exhibit from his principal
ity representing = value Of certainly
not less than ten thousand rupees ana
probably much more The guicowar
added that he would possibly make this
much larger and more extensive HIS
action is this regard Is most Likely 10
iaduee other native princes 10 follow It.
The C-dieovvar's brother, his excelIency
sumgatra, has alrf@a~,< promised tovisis
Chicago. With L q re1iaue of Off
GERS and attendants he contemplates
visiting England next year. The visit
Of native East Indian prince, sur
rounded By his Official STAFF aud retinue
of native assistants. would be q striking
and attractive incident Of the exposition
period
The official jeweler 70 his highness,
the naaarajah Of Clutch, has decided TO
ssld rare specimens q f;hgree gold AID
silver work The brzhEzo szraaj Of In
dia = Calcutta has chosen Bzbu P. c
Mozoonda-. and the arya szE2zi Of In
Gla has selected Swami BhaSkarzaana
as Representatives CT their a.adoo sactz
10 the worlds religious congress 10 be
held a. Chicago n connection with
the exposition Eir6oo gentle
nan Is making arrangements for two
hundred Of his eountFylen 20 visit the
4~f-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-28
w. @. WILLIAMS.
CHRONIC OFFICE SEEKERS.
0ueer PeeaiiaFitiss Of People Native e.
the National Capital

the National Capital
The native Of these parts Is souoebod1 I
by himself, says the Washington cor
respondent Of the kansas City Times.
His origin is oflce- The paradise Of
Washington began as an Eden Sf Of
fees with an oelceholding Adam ard
Eve. The original Of the race was an
oaaceholeer Of appointivs sort, pcr-
petuated IN his place and permitted hy
Providence u have children. Just a.
animals born in captivity ARE afFeszec
By their unwoated environment. 80
does humanity born IN ofBce hear the
marks thereof The native male Is Rah-s
ingtouian is essentially small: tnalll
mentally, small physically. woa's
say morally, because l don't know.
Taking the oficehol6ing Issue Of tas
fourth end fifth gsnerGtious, soEle osi
the characteristics are vcry obsaoxa-
Speaking now If ths male. enc hndsi
him stunted, feztherveigk, ph ysicaIiy.
very narrow between the eyes and et
about the force Of character Of > potato
The bat Of the male " a<hfnRtSzi2n---
always. Of eourse, referring 20 INC -
Uative-reashs& It's noaximzEn AZ SIX sE4
Ssvsn-eighthA The sverzse - siK AL
three-eizkths 7 received 1he~e fRurs.
from q local dealer n hszd~-ar. whe
wept as he announced tlenl- The-ho<z-
rou Of these gSnt-T j. also ssx sd
seFsr-eignthA They view The 'woxs6.
e. Carlisle sad, from ~ parish beIAry-
The female y zsAiEgtGE.42E kszx~ sxer
viewed from sfar En1 know szzsser
EttIs abouE Outwasdiy abs = tz1l.
gsEnt. weird With . jolly s.zsczs1svz&sk.
fail of rests aid grace Totes, 6iszkszt=<
> plain. elezT STRAIN e step Ladder in Ess
blood she q s=o fee. taller ahsn TIE
male ef her spe~s<s and se<zns TIA v-sass
= tho-azhsful re N tSs matter q ssxsss-
e.s ard high wzteT. One can Always
r-axk tie u1a.s at female = zxlasaxr1z-
Ia when ore meets fnera se-ulllnss
sisout tksl- native p~flSs ~ v4-.s.e e
tAss Two feat towering ssas5eoce x ksr
favor.
Then sgsin. - be trc.s pSElezsfy ss1
paaiiDsi y-fsE hs Is vssy sAy sc brszsA
by aeg eiGs he lz&es tSc EteEs - ksr
ons- SIZE SS.ngs 4lor.g. ks4E tks eleth~z.
tar action, have notsd Ia pretty Far
shape, hs trotA TIE native EY2sA1zss-
taa1sEs tax lat l!tfAs- Tksy are ~ 20
means Fgysezz, neither EsszsAlly nos Ia
= coaTsTx2szozzI s<aa>- TEers sal
mach seenery 70 taesr Entn6a. - tasr
hzTsnst Eaze1 % 4-4oEs Tcsu- Tie tTzfA
"a, thxy simply lise- dream q aaa &c n
o.E1ee. and thai - az iAere = ~ ll-s4E
r.1-he41 ex-4ssE-GeA
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II IL reported that King Alexander.
Of servia, has decided 10 Tis5t the
worlds fair next yesr =. He Is sixteen
years old and son Of the n1ueh-tzlked-
Of ex-Kiug Milan and ex-ShseeG Natalie
A sEcCP q Czribs fro-a the Lesser
Antilles. descendants q TIE ezazlbsal
race discovered hy Columbus on his
second Toyaza, VII Be a. TIE world ;
fair. engaged IN nsling baskets and II
other native industries
AZ agent of the Turkish government
Is IA Chicago 70 supeTlnteFsa tie en-
st~netlou o. the Ottoman pavilion ard
& Turkish village for the worlds far.
Aeon r1aving htea are native zaso1s
who vl-l build he p@wilioa-
The cable has announced that Ers-
peror william. q Germany, has 6eeAls=4
- yizii fbs worlds fzi. :. Chicago EEK:
yeGx. This tLane tie Ailgesnize ZSitarS.
leading paper e ManieA. furnishes
she Information, and elz4Lzs t@2t u 10
sushsal4@
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has never been in prison will try to get
away, Of course, bat they won't injure
anybody. But them that has done their
bit and knows what it Is, they're des-
perate men. They'll shoot as soon as
look at you. I asked one of 'em once,
says I: You wouldn't injure nobody, if
you was took. would your Says he:
Well, to tell der Gods truth, sooner
than be took I'd iniure dozen""
We worked over to the other side Of
the river in the vicinity OF Corlear's
Hook, which used to be the lurking
place of some of the worst gangs on
the river. There was nothing more ter
rible now than crowd of boys bath
ing. Suddenly boat darted out of the
shadow and came swiftly toward US
over the lumpy water.
Its one of our boats nuttered
Hercules. They don't know us; let's
give EN- a bit of pull" We started
off at our best pace, but we car
ried weight and they gradually over
hauled US and hailed US peremptorily.
We eased up and Hercules turned with q
grin.
Hello, shipmates! What's your hur-
ry?"
''Oh, it's you, is ftp" said a voice from
the other boat, somewhat disappoint-
eddy.
Nothing going on?" we asked
Nothing"
They turned and we kept on
Them two is lively chaps" observed
my mentor Both of 'em over two
hundred and never drinks nor smokes"
What are your duties besides this?'
1 asked
We'll. we look to see they keep order
" aboard them excursion boats" said
he. ''Once, about two years ago, was
sent, with five others, to look after a
big crowd on boat up the river. We
missed her there and / sent the men
back, but afterward came up with her
myself further down
Amy trouble on board, cap?' says L.
"'Weve had fighting right along,
says he
WHO was in ftp says I.
THAT chap there was the ring
leader says he.
~ looked and see big fellow, used
TO drive brick wagon. I steps up to
him, and says [:
"'Y Young fellow, I'm an officer.
You're not wanted on this boat, and
you don't never want to show your face
on no excursion boat no more at all
seer IF you or anybody thinks they can
put me off this boat says he, they'd
better go to work and try With this
/ hauls off and hits him clip under
the ear and over he goes, and / catches
him by the legs and hauls him out Of
that boat feet foremost, with his head
a bumping all the way. We don't have
DO more trouble with them kind Of
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-28
Couldn't Name the Baby.

A certain married pair, each blessed
with strength OF viii that some would
call obstinaey, found themselves the
happy parents about year ago of
beautiful baby boy. In due time
christening was decided upon. but, alas,
it was impossible to agree upon the
name, The mother was anxious to call
the boy Percy, while the father favored
plain John Neither would yield nor
permit double name, and after a spir-
tied discussion at the last moment, with
no result, the clergyman. who was an
old friend OF the family, began the serv-
ice. When the place was reached where
the name should be repeated. instead,
the minister went on: Child Of the
covenant, baptize thee" etc The
baby Is still nameless. except to wide
circle of relatives, who call him
'-Covey. ~. Y. Times
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-28
TowED By 4 FERRYBcAT.

weighing two hundred and twenty
pounds
Our course was up East river. AS
we rounded Castle Garden a tug came
by and We tossed her a line to tow
The deckhand failed to hold it. He'd
have held it fast enough if we'd had our
uniforms on" remarked the giant. \
second attempt on another tugboat re-
suited IN the same way. But by this
time we were in the region of the fer
ryboats, and we followed one of them
TO her slip. We slipped under her
guards and hauled ourselves along until
we rested in the confined space between
her bow cher stern as it now was and
the end of the slip, Our line was now
made fast to the rudder post, and we
waited in the gloom for several minutes
while the passengers and vehicles en-
barked above The muddy water
swashed about tho string piles and
dripped from above, and the atmosphere
was close and offensive. Presently we
heard the chains rattle, the great pad
die wheels reviewed and the steamer
moved cut, dragging Us behind IN the
foam Of her wake As she turned her
nose up the river she seemed to move at
a tremendous speed, and the waves ran
up at each side of US in q continuous
foaming wall Thus we swept up the
river for ten or fifteen minutes and
were carried over distance which we
could not have rowed in more than
thrice the time
1t was now long past sunset and
lights were kindled along the docks and
over the dark mass of the city, and
along the thin arch Of the Brooklyn
bridge We turned and began feeling
our way down along the eastern shore.
The dust was very deceiving to the eve
things far seemed near, and vice
versa; shadows were like substance,
and solid objects passed like shadows
Once or twice we had to pull hard TO
avoid the bow OF an advancing steam
err Meanwhile a sharp lookout was
kept for anything suspicious 4 shape
less, sankeR object appeared floating OF
our starboard quarter.
Looks ike stiff" remarked one Of
the men, and we pulled up TO examine
IL IL turned out TO be drowned dog,
expanded TO enormous siza
What would you have done with it
If it had been a human body?' ! in
9uired
I'VE tow EN- all up TO pier Are
piled Hercules, cheerfully, for the
coroner to hold an inquest on Mostly.
though, we don't tow EN-; it's worse
dragging q stiff than pulling e scow.
We just pull EN- aboard and lay EN-
in the stern That's the quickest way"
You take in more stiffs than live
men nowadays. SUPPOSE"
Well, there's only these cotton
thieves and coffee thieves Stealing
sugar cont pay now, since they put the
new tariff on They creep along and
cut holes in the cotton bales and pull it
out and put it into plain bags The
same with coffee You can't identity
cotton nor coffee, so even when we ar
rest EN- they mostly get of. They say
they bought it of schooner down the
bay. But there haven't been many COM
plants made since two years ago. i
aAIae Nd Hlta one II an aaee: he had !
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-28
THE FOOL HATH SAID.

''0SLT those too young TO know what
happiness is are never unhappy" but
you and know that there is 10 suffer
ing more acute than that borne IN child
hood
CONSIDER not what people say, bat
what they think" Consider neither;
determine which is right and go ahead;
people will talk, and they who talk
most think least.
"A Man would be much happier If he
could only think of the future and for
get the past" and that might be true
OF the man who never knew his mother,
or sister, and never had sweetheart OF
a wife.
go TO bed hungry IL you would
sleep and rest" but common sense
jumps up and whispers; Go 20 bed
feeling satisfied. i hot stew or cup Of
bouillon is better than anything cold.
or a vacuum"
IF the grease in your frying pan
threatens 10 burn while ron are busy
with preparations. put in q dry piece Of
bread and il viii not burn" but the
wise hogseLeeper says: Remove the
frying pan; why let the fat be wasted
on bread crumb?'-Good Housekeep-
ing
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HOLLAND WILL EXHIBIT.
Influential Netherianders Interest,"
ed IN the Worlds Fair.
The Life and Surroundings of the Dutch
People to Be Ilustrated-A Splendid
Representation Expected to
Bs Made.

The active participation of the king
| dom of Holland at the worlds fair is
now an assured fact Hon. Walker
Fearn, chief of the department of for
eign affairs, has received a letter from
I Hon. Samuel Thayer ON the subject
from the legation of the United States at
The Hague, in which the authorities of
the Columbian exposition are informed
that royal order appeared in the Of
fetal Gazette, of June %, announcing
the appointment OF the following com
mission as representative Of the Neither
lands government at the Columbian ex-
position: IL. Meos, B. Heldriug, c. NJ
Boissevain, Mr.. Swan Citters, G.. Birlz-
hof. Jr. These are all men OF prom
inence and actively interested IN the
success Of the exposition. An early
meeting OF the commissioners viii be
held At the United States legation
The Netherlands government has de-
clned for years al invitations of the
character from other nations, even
from such near neighbors as France AID
Belgium, and only through the in
huence of persistent pressure was Hol-
land finally brought 70 concede an eK-
hibition to the Columbian worlds fair.
Through the cooperation Of al or
ganIzation composed o. q number OF in
fuential people in Amsterdam and
other parts of the kingdom q consider
able sum of money has been raised 70 be
used IN the construction Of q special
building al the fair, to be built II
various styles of architecture. ancient
ana modern. The exhibit 10 DC made
a; the Holland headquarters will be
Enthusiastically Dutch, and il is the
intention 70 illustrate the life and sar-
rounaings Of the Dutch people. II Is
intended, Il possible. 20 create . canal
running through the eeEter Of the space
allotted, with ample scope for exhibits
On either side, and in connection there
with s Dutch dairy showing their
process Of butter and eheessfaa King,
together with rare specimens Of Dutch
cattle. etc The Holland commission
viii make application for TIE necessary
space TO make this exhibit, and II is
quite likely that the consul Of the
Netherlands government al Chicago
and one other commissioner May be
delegated 70 act fer the royal commits
sion IN this matter. While some raeEa-
bers of the commission are designated
as the committee and others crouaEnis-
sionx, they are al CT royal appoint
neut and have practically the same
function, though the chief work @ .he
committee VIII Dc ~ tie NslEeElals@s-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-28
NI1F|aeEs9le
IN A POLICE BOAT.
a Night Of Adventure In Guest Of
River Pirate.
Under and Around the Wharves Of New
York-How the Water Front Is Pa
troned While Most Good Cttt-
Eens Are In Their Beds.
IcoPYRIGHT, 1871

tCOPTRlGET, iSsZl
The Pirate Exchange In New York
languishes. Pirates are dull and very
scarce The river police are active, but
there are few transactions. Such Is the
situation along the river fronts as J
found il last week
What q had thought) viii be more
engaging than night on the river dur
Ing this warm wave, pirate hunting
with my friends of the Central Office?
Accordingly, applied to Supertntend-
ent Byrnes, who, with bis customary
courtesy, at once gave his permission
and arranged everything. He would
not, however, guarantee ne any pirates.
These adventures, who have fourished
from 1850 to 1873 and have maintained
some sort of organization for several
years longer, are now all broken up.
They are dead, in prison or reformed.
Only few here and there steal a little
cotton, coffee or sugar-thefts for which
they may be arrested but can seldom be
convicted The new piers and bulk
heads have aided the finest" II the
practical eKtirpation Of the business.
A cold rain, following the hot wave,
delayed my trip day or two, for,
though rains and fogs are perhaps con-
genial TO river thieves, l preferred rea-
sonable weather. At length came .
clear, still, mild Saturday evening. At
about six o'clock l reported on board
the police steamer Patrol, at pier A
North river. The sergeant In charge
first gave me supper of tripe and tea
and then showed me over the boat, in
which everything looked clean. COM
modious and ship-shape. The Patrol
herself only leaves her moorings when
there is big yacht race, or naval re-
view, or an unwilling Of the statue of
liberty, or some such affair causing
great assembling of river craft. Ordi-
narily she stays at her moorings, and
the three or four rowboats which are al
ways on duty along the river fronts re-
port to her periodically and are regu-
larry relieved. The river police are not
a separate organization, but the mem
bers of it may be put on or off at any
time
Each boat carries two men In uni
form There is also a detective boat,
the crew of which are in plain clothes
To this boat was assigned. Ny COM
panions for the night were quiet,
taciturn man OF ordinary size, and
young hercules with thews and sinews
of giant, six feet two inches tall and
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The aaaicha Daily ghursdas 7ona gu1u e. 1892

his boat loaded i jumped in and told
him to row to pier A. Row her your
self.' says he; I ain't done nothing
wrong I took up the stretcher and I
hit him over the head good 'un- Oh
says he, it's fine you being bobby,
with the law on your sider But he
rowed me in. sirl But we couldn't con-
Wet him"
What sentence would he have got il
he had been convicted?'
"a three or four year stretch"
DO they ever make much resistance
to arrest?"
'Wen, it's this way, If they know
they're sure to be sent up, them that
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FROM the FIRST beginnings of river rob
berry IA 1850 up to q few years ago. I'm
fortunately all the records were lost in
the burning Of the Seneca. police
steamer, in 1879. But as we rowed
along through the night i listened to
many tale which yet survived in the
memories of the actors in it Superin-
tendent Byrnes, however, has little
sympathy with the romance of crime.
and under his administration New York
is yearly becoming more and more nn-
interesting from that point of view.
The river is not as mysterious as it
looks, and the chief danger you run at
night Is in being shot by some honest
Waterman from the end Of pier.
JULIAN HAWTHORNE
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A JEALOUS DOG.
He Thought He Had Rival in Bis Mis-
tress' Baby.

tress' Baby.
A few weeks after my marriage, say:
correspondent, we went to our future
home, farm ten miles from the towr
Of l., which was my husbands birth.
place and the home of his family. Mr..
E-had kept bachelors hall for year
but in that time had learned that it re-
quired more than one to manage farm.
Among his possessions was . beants
full setter dog, Bounce, who soon be
came much attached to me. lie fel
lowed me everywhere, and in the fire
quent absence Of my husband from the
house, never allowed me to get ont Of
his sight. If turned out of the room,
he would lie patiently at the door till
MIR. Els return.
We often drove to l. for visit Of
several days, and sometimes 20 my OWE
home, thirty miles away. On our re
turn the dogs delight was very pleas
ant welcome, and when Mr.. E. 60,
out Of the buggy to open the gate,
Bounce, after greeting him, would jump
into the vacant place In the buggy, and
he and / would drive up to the house
Once, however, Mr.. E-was already
at home, and I, with a small precious
bundle Of humanity, drove up in ths
old carriage from my mothers When
we arrived no one was in sight. although
we wece expected during the day,
We were in the house, and baby was
lying quietly ON the bed, before Mr..
E. heard Of our arrival and hurried
in, closely followed By Bounce. My
welcome was moro demonstrative than
usual, as It was long since the dog had
seen me. In little while turned to the
bed, aud taking baby, held him down
for Bounce to admire.
Never shall forget the look Of re-
proach and sadness in those almost hui
man eyes He stood for one instant
looking at me, and then turned and
that day, for all the five years of his
after life, he ignored my existence and
that of baby, never coming near me,
nor allowing the child to touch him
One day he was lying on the fooa
of the room in which we were sitting
and baby, who had begun to creep and
was disposed to be friendly, went to-
ward him. he got up, crossed the room
and lay down under table. In few
minutes baby was near him again.
This time he left the room, and from
that day be came no more into the
house
He did not lose his affection for hh
master and grew accustomed TO SEEING
him notice the child, but his life was
never again happy one.-Youth's Com.
panion.
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With Moorish garden. Mr. 3. HoT-
mann, of Vienna. the director of the
company holding the concession, was
on the ground with Mr. stepanny, who
was originally identified with the
scheme. Mr.. Hoffman, says that the
million dollars In gold Is 10 be the prin-
cipal attraction in the palace. The
building VIII contain a restaurant
which viii seat two thousand people.
and Vienna cafe with capacity for
thousand guests The Probst Construo-
ton Company will erect the building,
of which Mr.. August Fielder, consult
ing architect for the German empire. Ia
the architect
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-28
Reproducing the Great Alhanhr.-

Groand has been broken Tor ire
Moorish palace 20 De erected u Midway
I.izl&znee- Considerable z1szEeE.al 3 au
tie ground, and TIE erosion q the
building XII Prucess .. case i VIII
be tao hznarsd teet square, bulIt O.
iron aa2 vsa.09, &aa eyver19 with staff.
The building = 8 reproduction Of TIRE
= .All@-g-as sn2 H. site IS o.nsze1.s.
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Those Trails.

Why docs The maiden next % zs
Tlra red al5 then tCgl pz--et
Isyer saw tire girl before
Aa6 ret In OF her tai
-Deroit Free P-rsA
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Nearly all the leading industries in the
kingdom of Holland have already
pledged their active cooperation in the
development and maintenance of an
adequate representation al Chicago.