The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-15
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

ton of wealth IN the United States is
three times as great as in 1860, and
twice as great per capita. Wealth has
increased faster than population.
The last English fashion in the way
of dogs is a white collie, much more
sensible craze than most faucies of the
! past years, for the collie in itself is
beautiful, gentle, affectionate and most
intelligent animal The queen gave
one of these pretty creatures to one of
her maids of honor as q wedding pres
ent the other day.
The annual report of Director Leech
states that the total coinage of the
United States minis during the last
fiscal year was s51, 1872, 976. The total
money in circulation is given as 1906
139, 735. an average of 81. "a per capita.
The profit from seignorage on silver
coinage during the past year was $780,
49,. and for the past fourteen years
amounts to s72, 736, 065.
speaking of wedding gifts. there is
nothing more sensible than house linen,
and yet it is very rarely given. 1t is
sure to be acceptable in either small or
large quantities. And why not blan-
kets also? A pair of the best Califor-
Mas would be a welcome addition to
the store of any housekeeper, and SO
much more useful than some small bit
OF silver that nobody wants-N. Y.
Tribune.
I'm Windsor Castle" says a wom-
an. II was amused to be rebuked by the
pompOus cockney who showed us about
We went into room where were hang
ing number of pictures whose painter
! had no means of knowing and whose
style / did not recognize. 'Whe paint
ed these? asked of our cicerone. He
fixed upon me a glance of lofty re-
proof. You h'ought,' he said, coldly,
TO know the works of hart of your
h'own country. Those were painted by
Benjamin West. han h'American. Did
ye never ear of him?'"-N. Y. Times
On Decem Der %, 1870, the squadron
of Sir Peter Parker, bearing between
eight and ten thousand men, British
and Hessians, commanded by Gen. Gin
ton and Earl Percy, entered Narragan-
sett bay. The troops landed and took
possession of the island of Rhode ISL
and Two American frigates and some
privateers, in the harbor of Newport,
fed up the bay to Providence, whence
they escaped to sea, eluding the vigil
lance of the blockading squadron. The
British soldiers were billeted on the in
habitants, and 4 system of general
plumber of the people was organized
TIL nc Mt on1,1icitin, fay
the British.
"A syndicate, consisting of Cincin-
natl, Philadelphia and New York cap
italists, has secured tract of land on
the st. John and Indian rivers in Flor
ida, eighty-three miles long and three
TO six miles wide. 1t has three feet of
rich muck, and it is estimated that it
will be worth one hundred dollars per
acre when drained Entire cost of i'm
provement is estimated at four millions
of dollars. The plan is to plant the
land with sugar cane as fast as
and it is claimed that suffi-
Gent sugar can be raised to supply the
whole of North America. it is entirely
u private enterprise and the company ,
has no securities to negotiate.
When the Mayfiower landed at
Plymouth in 1920 most of the women
and children remained on board until |
suitable log huts We're erected for their
and it was March 81, 1921, |
before they were all landed on the |
shore. Those on shore were exposed to
the rigorS of winter weather and in
sufficient food, though the winter was |
a comparatively mild one. Those on |
the ship were confined in foul air, with |
food. Scurvy and other
diseases appeared among them, and |
when, late in March, the last passen-
ger landed from the Mayfower, nearly |
one-half the colonists were dead Gov.
Carver and his wife died; also the young
wife of Edward Winslow, and the wives
Of Miles Standish and Isaac Allerton,
John Allerton and Thomas English
died; also the father and mother of
Mary Chiffon. In some cases whole
families persisted.
The landlord of Florida hotel at
which game figured sparsely on
the bill Of fare had among his guests re-
Gently a sporting Englishman who one
lay made the assertion that there were
plenty of ducks and plenty of quail to
be had within a few miles of the hotel
The landlord said satirically: ''rl give
you fifty cents for every duck you get
and twenty-five cents pair for quail"
The Briton, with one man accompany
ng, set of. At nightfall they returned,
and a witness OF the incident said:
Well, sir, they just covered the office
lOOr with birds l never saw anything
ike it. And the landlord had to pay,
100. Yes, sir. He sputtered for awhile
bout its being unsportsmanlike to sell
rame, and all that, but ne had made a
promise and he had to stick to it Be-
ng a mean man it nearly broke his
'eart, but his guests had all the birds
hey wanted for the next week >"