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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-24

the sloop and from the schooner to the
massive steam yacht fitted out in the
style of palatial ocean passenger
steamer. But to note the extent of this
splendid sport one has but to look over
the long list of New York yachts built
by the Herreschoffs or in the Burgess
yards, or to take look at the magnifi-
cent proportions of the Wasp, the Glori-
ana, the Pyxie, Ell Chico, the Hansell,
the Fancy, the Hawk, all vessels of late
designing, or at the Alva, the Conquer
or, the Nourmahal, steam yachts that
cost all the way from $3.50, 900 to $780,
900, the price at which the Vanderbilt
craft, the Alva, is held; or perhaps to
skim along the sound on the decks of
that calm-water speeder, the Norwood.
1t is an expensive sport; perhaps as
expensive as a stable of horses, and
often as full of bitter disappointments.
l had occasion recently to visit one of
these ship-renting firms and the prices
quoted me meant in almost every in
stance a neat annual income. quote
the prices and arrangements offered me
verbatim:
1--WE will charter you a 40-foot steam
yacht, no staterooms- an open
boat, you know, for s2s day, or, if
taken by the month, at 5000. You
furnish the fuel, we the captain and en-
gineer. Or we can charter you 10
foot pleasure yacht, with three or
four staterooms, for 81, 500 month, we
supplying the crew and you grub it."
'And what's the expense of fuel and
grub?'
THAT depends. You ought to figure
on $1,000 month anyway for extras
and incidentals."
What can you charter the Alva for2"
swell, | don't know that she can be
chartered. But can get you 12O-foot
steam yacht, every bit as comfortable
and enjoyable, for So, 600 a month. Your
expenses in this case would be $4,000 a
month extra. l can charter you a
schooner yacht, complete, for 81, 200
month. or a sloop for $50 a day. But
perhaps the wisest thing to do. if you
want a seasons sport is to buy steam
yacht, schooner or sloop, and sell it
for whatever it will bring at the end of
the season You can expend S., 900 and
get a splendid pleasure craft, or go as
high as 100000, and get a neatly out
fitted 75-foot steam yacht"
But after all there is splendid sport in
4 good launch and the cost is compare
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-24
. ''soL PRISGLE" BOAT AND A LAKE
STEAM LAUNCH.

STEAM LAUNCH.
lively small. You can buy petroleum
launch - feet in length with a width
of feet inches and OF one-horse pow
err, finished in ash or oak, for $3.50 4
launch of the same proportions for salt
water use would probably cost $3.50.
The increased cost for salt water use is
due to the expense for condensers and
water tanks The cost for launches %,
SO and 3S feet in length, finished in ash,
oak or mahogany, ranges from s725 to
$1,000. These boats are constructed
with cedar bottoms, copper riveted,
overhang stern and pretty shear seats
forward and aft of the motor. The
rudder is of brass or iron running
through the overhang or counter and
fitted with n tiller and steering lines
leading around the inside of the boat,
so that the steering can be done from
any place. The motor is an automatic
petroleum burner, generating steam
The naphtha launches are constructed
on the same general plan and are about
equal in cost With a good engineer the
danger is practically infnitesinal IN
either the naphtha, the petroleum or the
kerosene launches
A forty-foot naphtha launch with
draught twenty-six inches, fitted out
with neat cabin, and finely uphol-
cred. viii cost all the way from Sl,500 to
$500.
In the line of smaller sailing craft I
found the prices very reasonable. There
is acombination row and sailboat, really
a catboat, which can be had all the way
from $50 to $500. The latter is nineteen
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-24
AN iNSUFFERABLE BORE.
The Chronic story Teller who Makes Him
self Odious.

self Odious.
What an insufFerable bore the chronic
story teller is. You know whom I mean.
the chap who waylays you on the
street, inserts his finger in your button
hole and relates some chestnutty yarn
that you have heard time and time
again Then there are aggravated
types of this mania for telling stories
in season and out Of season where the
story teller is afflicted with q faulty
memory and hence forgets when he
meets you on Tuesday that be told you
his one story on Monday. The result
IS that you are obliged TO stand and
listen to the same wearisome nonsense
that blighted the dag before
for you, and as you shift uneasily IN
the grasp of the story-telier, you won
der why a live electric light wire
doesn't break from its mornings and
electrocute the life out of the consurn-
mate bore beside you. There are story
tellers who are genuine artists in THAI
respect and whom it Is a pleasure 10
hear spin yarns. and could mention, If
! were so disposed. a number Of men
EAEh NJ HtEE III l'E-fOAs - ~ I1A ttaAA q
funny story just as well as any body in
the country. A first-class storv-teiler
TO begin with, must have a good mem
orv. Then he must be clever mimic,
and IN order 70 prove effective he
should have az least fair knowledge
OF three or four dialects He must
also be able TO tell the most excru-
ciatingly funny story without the
movement of any OF his facial mus
cles, for # there Is anything that ruins
a story It IS 70 have the reIator there
OF litter and smoker al his own clever
ness That story telling Is not neces-
sarily the pastirne o: feeble minds, or
Is in any way undigniied, is attested
By the fact that a greater story-telIer
never lived than grand old Abraham
Lincoln Uncle Abe" always had a
pertinent story ~ The end OF his tongue
to fit any and every theme that might
be preached. and Il IS Tact, ! believe,
that oftentirnes he could more s0rcsbly
and clearly convey just the idea that he
sought By telling a st0ry that was ap-
piic= bic 20 the bjeet under discus glou.
than other men could ey ~ elaborate
and detailed argument But as FOR The
bad sto-y-teller-o1t Of him. say, Aa6
may his tribe steadily 6ecrezse mt.
there Is not one on the brood left 4 ca-
exnber the earth Detrois Free Press
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-24

feet in length and can seat nine per-
sons It is supplied with rudder, tiller,
yoke, footstretcher, back-rests, anchor
and rope, brass swivel rowlocks, stem
and stern protectors, is nicely var
nished and polished and finished in col
ored wood
The full cat-rigged sailboat with
open cockpit centerboard, sixteen feet
long and holding four persons, is worth
with sail $3.50. From this the prices
range up to 5000 for boats twenty-five
feet in length and with a capacity for
ten persons
In sloop-rigged boats, with jib and
mainsail, the 25-footer will cost $500
and the 30-footer 81, 200.
One of the prettiest cabin catboats in
New York is the Gunhilda, built for
Mr.. E. s. Jewett, which is valued at ST.
500. Thomas T. Taber's new cabin cat
boat is built on the same general plan,
and both are entered in some Of the
best regattas of the year.
To show the interest all over the
country in speedy sailing yachts am
told that the Herreschoffs week or SO
ago sent Cout a 17-foot fin keel to Au-
burn, 16-foot at yawl TO Lake Mime
tonka, Mimi, the fourth to be sent
there this season, and 23-foot cat
yawl to Conanticut park They, of
course, receive higher prices for all
their work than those quoted above.
In fact, for such boat as the Wasp
$4,000 is considered cheap. But l was
shown a number of newly-designed
yachts in South Brooklyn, all of which,
while cheaper in price, seemed to all
appearances as serviceable. One, a
25-foot boat, launched only week or
two ago, is built on the lines of the
Gloriana. Her dimensions are % feet
on the water-line and 40 feet over all
The frame is of oak. with yellow pine
planking. She is finished in mahogany,
and will be yawl-rigged with small
jib aft, as she is intended for cruising.
l understand that she is sold for 81, 500
Ogden Goelet, who owns the schooner
yacht Norseman, is cheerfully paying
out $1,000 a month now for the steam
yacht Thetis. AS she is steel vessel of
511 tons and III feet in length, Mr.
Goelet will be able to entertain his
friends lavishly, and with no end of
comfort.
The so-ca1led houseboat is coming
into deserved popularity. About New
York there is vast area of water
available for the quiet of houseboat life,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-24
COST OF YACHTING.
$4,000 a Month for the Use Of the
Astors NourmahaL
What 1t Costs to Charter a Sloop or q
Schooner Yacht-The Wasp Is Worth
12,00O-Prices Paid for Smaller
Craft-Life In . Yawl.
IcopYR1eHr, 1891.

COPYRIGHT, Isy2.
When James N. Waterbury chartered
the Nour1nahal, the Astor yacht, he
agreed to return the vessel in the condi-
ton in which it was received. But the
NourmahaI has been in collision with
the steamer Maine and the little bill for
repairs viii be close to $1,000. Add to
this the $4,000 monthly rental, the 81
600 monthly expense bill, and Mr.. Wat
erbury's summer outing will come high,
exceedingly high.
But the man who willingly spent s10,-
900 on an amateur circus won't mind it
in the least. He will entertain his
friends as lavishly as ever, and if in
clined charter the yacht for another
season.
No summer sport is relished with so
much zeal as that which an outing on
the water affords. Pass through the
Narrows of New York harbor to the
outer bay and you cross the wakes of
thousand pleasure boats of all sizes and
descriptions, from the smallest yawl to
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-24
COLOR BLINDNESS.
Experiments on the Eyesight show In
teresting Results.

teresttng Results
Prof Herring undertook series of OBJ
servations upon three normal-sighted
persons, namely, upon himself and upon
his two assistants, DR.. Biedermann an
DR.. Shilling These experiments were
designed TO elicit whether any constant
differences could be detected in the color
judgments of the three normal-sighted
persons who were the subject of expert
ment. The question proposed for judg-
ment was the determination of the point
at which a red, which had been grad
uated off on the one side into bluered
and on the other into d yellow-red,
could be regarded as at the neutral
point at which it did not incline
either to the one or the other
of these colors. When the matter
was put 10 the experimental test
in this manner, constant differences
were actually discovered to obtain be-
tween the judgments of the three in
dividual observers. The one observer
DR. (now Prof) Biedermann, in all
cases still continued 70 see a yellowish
tinge when the red proposed for judr-
ment had already, in the judgment of
the other two observers, long ceased to
contain any trace of yellow. Similar
", when it was a question of transition
from blue-red to pure red. the blue
faded out from the red first to DR..
Biedermann, next TO Prof Herring, and
last of all to DR.. Sitting In fact, DR..
Biedermann had regularly begun to
see yellow shade in the red before it
had well ceased TO have a blue shade tor
DR.. Shilling. Prof. Herring was ascer-
tanned TO occupy kind of intermediate
position in respect of his susceptibility
to yellow and blue rays
1t thus became evident that there are
physiological differences of sensibility
to the blue and yellow rays TO be found
in persons of perfectly normal sight,
and Prof Herring was able to show, by
means of an ingenious method Of ex-
perimentaticn with excised retinas,
that such differences were not refera-
bic TO anv disparity Of color nomencla-
ture, while they might well be account
ed for bv individual differences in the
depth of augmentation over the central
region. the so-called macuia lutez, or
yellow spot of the retina- II was pointed
out by Herring that an increased depth
of fermentation would naturally en-
tail greater absorption of the blush
rays during their transmission 20 the
deeper-lying sensitive layer Of the reti-
IA, and further that the result OF such
an excessive wedding out of the blue
rays would be 70 give every color iudg-
ment which enzuated from , person
with deeply pigmented retina dis
tinct yeilowish bias. This we have seen
was the condition which was found 70
obtain in the case OF Or. Biedermann's
color Judgments.
On the other hand the color i15g-
neats OF !. person whose retina cc1-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-24
NI1l{aef'5gle
SPEED OF SHOOTING STARS.
swarms of Them Flashing Through Space
at Prodigfous Rate

swarns of Them Flashing Through Space
at Prodigious Rate.
The shooting stars are small bodies,
weighing, at most, few pounds, and
consisting mainly of iron and carbon.
They traverse space in swarms and also
revolve around the sun in long, clip
teal courses like the comets. When
these little bodies enter the earth's orbit
they are DETECTED toward the earth and
Public Opinion says great numbers are
seen in a single night. Their bright
ness is due to the heat engendered by
the energy of their motion. Their speed
is enormous, viz: Forty-two and half
kilometers a second while the speed Of
the earth on its orbit is only twenty
five kilometers a second, forward. Con-
Gequently when a shower of them ap-
proaches the earth in the direction op-
posite to its course, the initial speed is
seyenty-two kilometers a second; when
they follow on its course they gain six
teen and half kilometers a second on
it, their mean rate of approach being
thirty to forty kilometers a second.
The friction engenders temperature
of three thousand degrees Celsius, sub
ject to which they burst into flame. If
under these conditions their substance
is not vaporized, they pass through and
beyond the upper strata of our at
mosphere and pursue their proper
course around the sun; but as a rule
they are vaporized, in which case the
vapor mingles with the atmosphere, to
fall later as meteoric dust. In this
manner we come in contact annually
with one hundred and forty-six milliards
of shooting stars, which add considera-
bly, to the earth's substance.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-24
When Snake-Poison Is Harmless.

Nature seems to have provided that
no poison which acts externally shall
have any effect internally, and vice
versa. Thus the most deadly snake
venom can be swallowed with impun-
ity, the juice of the stomach presuma-
bly, decomposing it and rendering it
harmless. Many experiments, says the
Washington Post, have been made to
prove this. On one occasion recorded
by Humboldt one person swallowed the
whole of the poison that could be OBJ
tanned from four Italian vipers without
suffering any bad consequences- In the
same way the poison from the enven-
Omed arrows of South American In
dams can be swallowed with safety,
provided only that there is no wound
on the lips or inside of the mouth. .
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-24
Had Seen tho Harbor Before.

Sydney, Australia, has a remarkably
fine harbor, and the people are proud Of
1t. No stranger can visit the place
without being asked, again and again:
What do you think of our beautiful
marlboro" This question, repeated too
often, is liable to become a source OF
amusement, if not of annoyance The
author of 'Homeward Bound" relates
that an irate skipper, with the recollec-
ton of previous visits to the city in his
mind. once sailed UP the bay with a
huge placard rugged at the bow Of his
craft: I'VE have admired your beauti-
f,ll harbor-
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HOUSEHOLD eREVITIEs.

-Cherry Ice. One quart Of cherry
Juice and two Doa16s % sugar. heat IN
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-24
Sharpening Files by Acid.

A new mode of sharpening files is
recommended by German papers, name
". the use OF acids A metal sheet COW
cred with a thin layer Of charcoal IS
fastened upon the file, protecting the
edges This combination is laid into
solution of six parts Of nitric acid and
three parts of sulphuric acid in hum
dred parts OF water. The acid eats
away all the inner parts of the file,
leaving the protected edges unchanged,
which are then sharpened for use.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-24

sale. Mail orders will be promptly filed
lis East Douglas, Wichita, Kan.
A thick covering OF batter and bread
crumbs detracts from the excellent
qualities of this most dainty dish. and
should not be tolerated by epieureA-
Boston Budget
With Ash may be served potatoes
and tomatoes in any form. also cucBrp-
bers, onions and green peas II the fish
il prepared with curry saoce as an se-
companiment.rice should also he served:
il dressed with cream sauce. any kind
of potatoes, except fried, will be appro-
pirate. Fish Is 50 delicate that q vege-
table 81 a pronounced flavor should
never be served with H. Therefore,
onions should be made as dainty a. ps,S-
ible by being boiled In a large quantity
Of water, which should be changed sew
eral times; they may then be drained
aEd dished with cream sauce
Cheese Ramakins Crate bali n
pound Of American cheese and half
pound Of bread crumbs. soak the crumbs
In half pint Of milk; put these in q
mortar, add four ounces o. sweet but
ter. half saltspoon a white pepper.
two saltspoons 81 salt and half tea
spoon Of dry mustard; pat the TnixtaFs
ia a bowl and add the beaten yoiks &c
Eve eggs. Beat the whites % stir
froth and add % the mi1tgre. Heat
and batter the gem pan. pat ia tss
mixture and bake twenty minutes The
mixture may be made st5H with fOar.
rrfief into f,fsta "a Lxes ara ft4LsE -.
battered paper Household aoatAly.
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AYLESBURY- NORRIS MERCANTILE co

tanned less than the average of pigment
would be characterized by blush bias,
for the light which would TO the ordi-
nary eye appear as colorless would to
such an eye appear to be blush, owing
To a less than average elimination of
the blue rays.-Dr. a. Z. Wright, in
Ninete Century.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-05-03
dhe Qnteuiigetlfer.
WHEELING. MAY 3, 1909.
Republican State Convention

Ala meeting OF tho State Central Committee,
held at the city OF Parkcrsburg, on February %
1892. II was ordered that State Convention be
held at tho City or Martinsbury, on THURSDAY,
tho 9Th day Of May 1897 to elect four ~ Dele.
gatc,.at.Large and four ~ Anernatcs.at.Large
to the Republican National Convention, to be
held the city OF Minneapolis, Minnesota, on
Tuesday, tho eth day Of June. 1897. to nominate
candidates TO be supported for tho offices OF
President and Vicc.prcsidcut OF tho United
States; aud also in view Of the change In tho
arrangement OF tho several Senatorial districts
ofthls State, to elect members OF tho State Re-
publican Central Committee. consisting Of one
person from each Senatorial district
The Executive Commi tteo OF each county Is
requested to take early steps to secure each
county representation In said State Convention,
rs well as In the Congressional District Conven'
lions 10 elect district delegates and altcrnatcs TO
said National Convention. and 1t Is recon-
mended that each county elect one delegate 10
said State Convention for each one hundred
goo votes or fraction thereof greater than fifty
(50l cast therein for President Harrison In 1855.
The cooperation Is desired OF all Republican
voters ind all other voters who favor tho policy
OF Protection 10 American laborers. farmers and
manufactures. the policy OF Reciprocity. q
sound currency. the cause Of good government
in the Nation. State and County. and who favor
economy and reform In the State government OF
West Virginia md the several public institu.
tons thereof.
The Congressional District Conventions above
referred 10. will be held as follows: First dis
trict at Clarksburg, on May 6: SECOND district at
Martlnsburg. on May S: Third district at Hinton.
on May 3: Fourth district at Point Pleasant, on
AUGUSTUS PoLLACK. Chairman.
WM. N. o. DAWSON. Secretary mr9
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-05-03
A Hero, But Not tho Nations Hero.

a Hero. But Not tho Nations Hero.
We heartily say, Amen! Let the statute com.
mcmorntc CiarksburGs glorious son, the m.
tons grand old hero.-Rf0tsier
Tho above appears in an editorial
commencing the movement to erect a
monument to "Stonewau' Jackson at
Clarksburg, the native town Of the dis
tinguished soldier. While the INTEL
LIGEScER sees much to admire in the
character of the great confederate gen.
eral, and thinks ii appropriate that his
home people should honor his memory
with statue, it does not see just where
in ho is entitled to be called "the ma
TONS grand old hero"
One who fought to destroy the ma
ton, however conscientious his motives
may have been, cannot, in justice to
those who battled to preserve it, be
called "the nations hero" "Stonewall"
Jackson was great general, brave
soldier and good man, but he was tho
hero OF n cause which had for its object
the disruption OF tho nation. Let him
DO honored by his fellow citizens for his
solderly deeds, his high character and
his conscientious devotion to q cause he
believed to DO right-as the hero Of q
lost cause, but not as "tho nations
grand old hero"
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The oft-rcpeated saying that the
Democratic party does not know how to
govern was never more strikingly illus
trated than it is now by the utter de-
moralization Of the Democrats in the
house OF representatives. Notwiih-
standing they havea majority so large
rs to completely overwhem all opposi-
ton, it is often impossible for it to do
any public business for days at timo
on account OF lack OF quorum.
Absenteeism among the Democratic
members, for instance, made tho dis
patch OF legislation impossible for sew
eral days last week. Even when pros
ont they refused to vote, leaving the
house without 4 quorum. The rules do
not give the speaker tho right to count
n quorum when a quorum is actually
present, though the necessity for. such
a rule is plainly apparent.
How different was it in the previous
Congress, when q common-sensc rulo
gave Speaker Reed tho right to count
members as present to do business,
when they wore actually present. rule
which carried out an express provision
Of tho Constitution Of tho United States.
Then the public business was transact
& . ~. " b . b. 10 . . .
cd and obstructionists wcre powerless.
Tho majority rule was enforced and the