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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-27
A JUDICIAL KINDERGARTEN.
Effective Use OF q Sign Language In Sen
fencing q Prisoner.

fencing Prisoner.
Once upon time, says the San Fran
cisco Examiner, there was a judge
big territory, which kept him racing
from Santa Cruz to Salinas and San
Luis Obispo. The Spanish population
was the chief race to be found in that
district, and Redman knew but two
words in that language, which were
mo tiende, p" and was put to the neces-
sity of employing a court interpreter,
who attended him in his rapid tour of
the big circuit.
It happened that murderer was to
be sentenced in Monterey and that an
important trial must be attended, miles
away. on the same day. Redman's in
terpreter had gone off to fandango in
the wilds somewhere and could not be
found when court was opened, and Red
man was in fury of impatience. At
last, when he could endure the delay
no longer, he said to the man below in
the dock:
Prisoner at the bar-stand upT
mo tiende," said the man, shaking
his head stupidity.
"Ycu don't savoy, do you?" exclaimed
the judge sharply. well, do you IN
derstand this?" and he proceeded to
gesticulate vigorously with his hands
and indicate the motion of rising.
The man finally comprehended and
arose stiffiy in his seat.
Prisoner at the bar, it is the sentence
of this court that you be taken from the
place whence you came on Friday, the
27th day of June next, be hanged by
the neck until you are dead, and may
| God have mercy on your soul. Now,
do you savoy that?"
The poor prisoner shook his head IN
bewildered fashion, and could only cry:
mo tiende, no tiende.'
is there anybody present in this
court who can translate that awful
! sentence to this prisoner demanded
| the Judge of the half dozen of officials
! and spectators in the room. They were
in the same boat as the prisoner, and
could only shake their heads mourn
| fully.
We'll" exclaimed the Judge, bright
| thought striking him: iii just show
you. then, this way" whereuPon he IN
reeled yard OF red tape that lay on his
desk. and, twisting it hurriedly about
his own neck. held the two ends high
over MS left ear. at the same time roll
ing his eyes and wagging his tongue
down against his chin
A dreadful groan went up from the
prisoner and from the others II the
court room. They understood the grim
judicial kindergarten completely.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-27
WHAT ROBBERS MISSED.
A Lump of Gold Worth 100000 Sent
from the Mine to San Francisco.

Frontier highwayrnen would have
had hard time wrestling with bit OF
gold which arrived here by Wells,
Fargo 81 Co. express a few days ago,
saws the San Francisco Chronicle. II
came from the celebrated Harqua Hala
mine, and was consigned TO ]. Hubbard
and J. b. Bowers, the owners OF that
property, for coming at the United
States mint When the employees of the
mint took a look at it they were
astounded. The reason was that It was
the biggest lump of gold they had had
the unhappiness to come in contact
with, seeing that it was in one respect
like many others, being not their own
1t was of q somewhat conical shape
and seemed to have been emptied out Of
a gigantic Stag pot. It did not belle its
looks, for that was the way IL had been
shaped. It was the product Of forty
five days run at the Harqua Hala. and
the tremendous bulk weighed three
hundred and ffty-seven and one-cfghth
pounds avoirdupois. and was stated to
be of the value OF ono hundred and
twenty thousand dollars
The thoughtful representativesoft the
owners of the big nugget telegraphed
from point to point as they progressed
with it to the mint, sixty miles south
west Of Phoenix, and announced when
It should arrive at the next station
This was to forestall any ambitious
men with guns, for, though aspiring
highwayrnen were thus kept exactly
posted as 20 when the gold might be
expected, it also posted tie people in
each town. Tho nugget was too big
for any party Of bandits 70 carry Il of
Intact and secrete, and, had they
stopped the caravan on the way 20 the
railroad, they would have only had
time TO chisel of ons thousand dollars
or 50 till the pack OF bloodhoun1s
which the prison officials k--p a.
Phnnix would have been on their trail
Nobody molested i there5pre and IL
reached here safely. The poncerous
yellow cone has attracted much stten-
ton
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-27

of delight, and taking them up one by
one she carried them carefully to her
kennel. OF course there was a row
when pussy returned; but LAP just
covered the kittens with her body, and
hid her nose in the straw so that pussy
could not scratch her, and did nothing.
Pussy roamed about for two days,
filing the house with walls, but ''Lal"
made a good nurse, and the kittens
soon grew fond of her, and pussy forgot
her woes and slept all day before the
kitchen fire, as usual
One of my early pets was an immense
white owl He had a strong curved
beak and great strong talons, with
which he would tear his meat to pieces.
One day he managed to unbolt the door
of his cage and go out. He could not
see very well with his great round eyes
in the broad daylight, but he Topped
over the fence into the next yard. The
poor servant girl who tried to catch
him for us had her hands and shoulder
torn to pieces and ran shrieking into
the house. Butler went next door with
a pair of thick gloves on his hands, but
the owl tore his hands just the same.
At last he came back into our yard of
his own free will. Pussy flew at him,
and in another moment poor puss was
torn to shreds, and before we could do
anything she was scattered all over the
yard. "Lal" sprang upon the owl
with a savage growl, but he soon
dashed yelping into the house with the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-27
Persian Mode Of Punishment.

An extraordinary punishment, almost
equal to that of cutting off the nose, is
now In vogue in Persia 1t was intro
duced by the present shah with a view
of putting stop TO the petty pilfering
that had unbridled sway for hundreds
of years 1t consists in taking the Gull
prit through the following course of
sprouts, land is said to be very effectual.
especially when it has been applied to
one guilty of the third offense: The
first time a man is caught in the act of
stealing he is 'bastinadoed" (beaten on
the soles of the feet with an iron rod).
and made to sign paper declaring that
that VIII be his last offense. If he for
gets this when the soles of his feet quit
burning and tries it again, the second
offense calls for the amputation Of his
right hand. II he is still obdurate, and
goes at it left-handed. the third and, of
course, last resort is decapitation-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-27
So Near and Yet So Ear.

A novel sight was presented the other
day on Silver Top in the shape of an
immense snow slide, says the Sultan
City (Ore- Journal Hearing noise,
we rushed out of the tunnel t. see it,
when behold, in the center of mass of
snow ten rods wide by quarter of a
mile dong, we saw, on what appeared to
be a large piece of ice, five bears and
fourteen goats Lost in wonder and
gratitude at the sight of so much meat
coming to us, we simply stood and
gazed at the novel sight until one of the
boys suggested that a gun might be a
good thing to have and started for the
camp after one, but before he could get
back the slide had plunged over the
bluff into the lake, and everything ex-
oept one bear was covered I'D in the
mass of snow and ice, and he made off
as fast as possible, and the rest were
covered so deep we could not get at
them; however, we expect to get them
some time during the summer. as they
will undoubtedly be well preserved
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-27
PIGEONS FOR NAVAL USE.
They VIII Be Made Part Of the Service Of
the United States.

They VIII BE Made Part Of the Service of
the United States.
The United States practice ship Con-
stellation, which recently sailed on the
cadets summer voyage, had aboard a
number of homing pigeons. to be used
as means of communication between
the ship and points ashore The birds
will be liberated at intervals and are
expected 10 bring official messages from
the practice vessel to the naval acade-
my, where a loft or cote has recently
been established, says the Baltimore
Sun.
If the experiment should proveIsuc-
cessful the government would prob
ably find it profitable to the navy to
encourage the homing pigeon service
with the small appropriation needed TO
carry out the plans of the projectors of
the enterprise. At present the facilities
for training birds at the naval academy
are limited, no government appropria-
ton being available.
At Fortress Monroe, the first stopping
place of the ship, it is possible several
trained birds from Baltimore, Phila-
delphia aud New York win be taken
aboard and dispatched with informa-
ton from the cruising grounds. The
headquarters at Washington viii also
be posted of the whereabouts of the
vessel through winged messengers from
that city.
lot of the birds to accompany the
ship will no doubt be sufficiently
trained toward the close Of the voyage
to be useful in conveying messages
ashore
The practicability Of the homing
pigeon service has been satisfactorily
tested by communications with tho
ships of war anchored off Annapolis
and from vessels plying between Balti-
more, Annapolis and other points IL
these experiments should be successful
they will demonstrate the possibility OF
a vessel cruising along the coast at
distance of over one hundred miles,
where no other means of communica-
ton would be possible, to be kept in
constant intercourse with the shore.
This prompt service, il is claimed,
would be great advantage to the gov
eminent. The experiments will be con-
tinued during the entire cruise of the
ship and will be watched with unusual
interest.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-27

the general assembly. In his eight
wears of service in the senate many
measures of consequence were enacted
and became laws. Mr.. Campbell is
credited with activity and energy in be-
half of good legislation and in perfect
ing acts desirable to be migrated on the
statute books. His opinion was always
asked whenever questions Of legality
or constitutionality were raised. His
senatorial colleagues of both parties
agree that he was a legislator of ex-
ceptional influence.
Asa politician Mr.. Campbell's power
has. been repeatedly manifested. He
wasia delegate in the republican nation
al conventions of 1880 and 1883, and was
chairman of the Cook county committee
in the latter campaign. In his present
position, IN the controlling body of the
party inst the nation he is equipped with
a thorough knowledge of republican
possibilities in Illinois, which will prove
of advantage to the committee. Men
went to him with their secrets and for
counsel and advice. AS rule he did
not have to seek for news inside his
party. 1t was volunteered in great
measure by those who knew their con-
fidence would not be violated.
One,of Mr.. Campbell's chief traits is
loyalty to his friends. He has avoided
being compromised in any of the broils
and q1azTels in the ranks. This fact is
ne,source of his power. Old-time poll
ticians do not pretend to account for
the attraction to Mr.. CampbelIs pres
ence of all classes of partisans, but say
that ifhas always been so. If a repub-
1ican of any grade had a scheme or pro-
posed a new departure the party leader
ITO whom the plan was unfolded would
ask: ''Have you talked with Campbell
ABOUT thseP" or would say: "Well, now,
q don't believe you'd better do that till
you've seen Campbell"
In personal appearance Mr.. Campbell
is commanding. Stalwart in physique,
his clean-Shaven face has smile for a
welcome visitor in which there is no
guile. When engaged in conversation
he is earnest and impressive and always
deliberate In speech He has an indi-
viduality in his manner and carriage.
He does not look like anybody else and
no one will accuse him of the frailty of
aping greater men He Is BILL" Camp
bell to those who know him best.
Mr.. Campbell is forty-one years old.
HE was born in Philadelphia, but as he
came to Chicago when an infant he is
practically native. He is a lawyer
and the senior of the firm of Campbell
& CsySfar a nd &c the coruSal Of fba firm,
of Armour & Co., whose extensive in
terests require close attention from the
legal adviser.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-27

bird after him. Then cook threw bag
over the owl and we got him back into
his cage.
A few DAYS after that the blizzard
came, and after it was all over it took
US two hours to dig through the snow
to the OWLS cage. and when we found
him he was sitting on his perch grim
and stark, frozen icicle. We took him
into the house and tried to thaw him
out, but he was dead. A just retribu-
ton had overtaken him, and no one
was sorry. We made his grave at the
other corner of our little cemetery and
! marked it with but a simple wooden
slab
sLal" and I were friends to the last,
until worn out with old age she lay
down by my bedside one night, and in
the morning I awoke alone. LAP
was dead. No stone marks her resting
place, but sometimes our tears water
the spot where she lies, while another
Gordon setter, a child of "Lal," looks
on with wistful surprise in his great
brown eyes. And now Romeo is al
most as dear to us as was his faithful,
loving mother
! About two years ago acquired very
strange pet in peculiar manner. But
Ter had lent some money to sailor who
had gone to China. There it is the Gus
tom before sailing on a voyage to take
one of their peculiar hairless edible dogs
aboard for good luck. Buffers friend,
who, like all sailors, is superstitious,
brought one of these dogs home with
him and offered it to Butler in lieu of
his debt. Of course, Butler did not
want the dog, so 1 paid the sailors debt
and kept him.
The first thing did was to name him
Gyp and send him to the dog show,
where he won first prize for being the
ugliest dog ever imported to this coun-
try. He is about the size of a rat ter
rier and has not hair on his body,
which is marked with great pink and
green and the other blue, and altogether
he is the worst tempered dog 1 ever
knew, but we like him because no one else
does. He bites every one-never openly,
but crawls up slyly from behind and
catches them by the ankle. He bit
grandfather this way once and got
kicked clear across the room
When the census taker called mamma
forgot that Gyp was in the room until
the portfolio of census blanks went fly
ing across the parlor, sending the
papers flying in every direction, and
the poor census talIer gave vent to a
terrified yell as he clapped his hand to
his ankle. After that Gyp was never
allowed in the parlor when visitors
called. He is courageous dog and
very jealous. If one of us pats Romeo
he will fly at him and. although he is in
variably whipped, he will renew the at
tack the very next time he thinks the
occasion demands.
Gyp and Romeo are the only pets l
have now, except goldfnch.
have had many sad experiences, but
after all the pleasure Of being loved by
dumb animals that are always ready
/ for play and never pay back old scores
compensates for everything. And as
long as / live hope to have Romeo or
one of his descendants so near me that
/ at the sound of my voice l will feel his
cold nose pressed against my hand.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-27
MflIl Eagle
WILLIAM j. CAMPBELL.
6he NAM VINO Declined the Craftsmanship
ofshi,e Republican Com unittee.

Hh0F NAM VINO Declined the Chairmanshfp
+ ofstise Republican Committee.
William Jones Campbell succeeded
George B.. Davis as a member of the ma
Iticnal committee from Illinois when the
latter assumed the worlds fair director
ship. Mr.. Campbell was also elected a
member of the executive committee.
There was no opposition to his selection
for either-committee, his fitness being
conceded by the rank and file of his
party. He has had much to do with
shaping Legislation in his state during
the last fourteen years He was elected
to the state senate in 1878 and reelected
i'm 1882. In 1881, 1888 and 1855 he was
choscnspresident pro tenn Of the senate
During the special session which re-
districted the state in 1881 he was chair
man of both the senatorial apportion-
1nent committee and the senate con-
gressional apportionment committee.
This was an honor which has never
been enjoyed by any other member OF
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-27

The celebrated blue grass Of Ken
t0c.<y viii be displayed IN tie exhih3;
which that state viii make al the
worlds fair The display wiil Possess
additional interest from tie fact that
the sod and grasses are being collected
from historic spoes IN the STATE sGch as
the battlefield 81 Perryville- ne boEEe
Of Henry Clay and the birthplace Of
LxnAniE-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-27
He Doesn't

Young folks Just starting OFT Il itse
A moment give 20 re
And o truth VIII tel % yo1
That nay Of service b.
Not knowing 81 run 1asuy q Touta
Has quickly gone - wreck
Tie man Tat wears the sh.n5sst has
Doesn't Draw tae b1zgsx: s2aecx
True wealth r. r,otes, sn4e g zzsea
But very snail display,
You never see :; haGzr1s ro-Dt
Ia disEo73s oy tsy.
Il FEVER SEEKS tae -lcn,sss- thszSs
With which ttaet< 70 deck.
Tse r.aa that wears tie sh1nsess has
Do<sz-f crzx tie b1Syest esesk
-Drzrc.. Trae PTesa
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-27

The whole rose TO a height which rem
dered even the big balloon itself scarce
ly visible in the clio udless sky. 1t was
now, as appears from this brave sea-
mans narrative, at an altitude of eleven
thousand four hundred feet, or more
than two miles, commanding vast
horizon, but the voyager's hands were
SO numbed that he was becoming IN
able to feel the cords. Then" SAYS
Lieut.. Mansfield, Finding my apparatus
all clear, I took the balloon ring in
my right hand, drew myself clear of
the trapeze and dropped down into
space" After descending with terrible
velocity for some distance the para
chute began to open. At ten thousand
two hundred feet he was falling at a
great speed, but was fully able to con-
troll the apparatus. At ten thousand
feet he was sailing down calmly into
space. Then he drifted to and fro in
various counter currents, and at one
thousand feet exactly felt the heat
from a long, red, iron chimney. Now
comes the more remarkable part of the
narrative. Steering my parachute" he
continued. ito the eastward, / dropped
her rapidly to clear the buildings
ahead, and, seeing nothing but houses
to descend On, / selected the --LATEST l
could find and dropped gently down on
it." A spectator who watched the voy-
age from the gardens gives vivid ac-
count of straining the eyes till he was
just able to discern tiny white speck
on the blue sky. After what seemed
terrible length OK time, Lieut.. Mans
field became visible swinging under the
parachute. and working the valve lines
so as to insure a safe landing when he
chose to make it. ''Such a complete
master of the air" says the eyewitness,
has never been seen before in this coun-
try" The balloon fell. as was intend
ed. in the sea, where, being fitted with
cork belts for the purpose. 1t was easily
recovered Lieut.. Mansfield. who looks
for great advantages from his manage
able parachute in naval operations. has
announced that his next ascent viii be
with an entirely new apparatus. spe-
cislly adapted 70 military warfare
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UnxoveruzbM

Primus-Oh, you don't know ne j
have most ungovernable temper
secundus-Can't get mad when you
esuyh4 to eh2-Ife
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-27

Esrofessor-Fur anatomical reasons
women cannot stand - long IS Eaen-
Yosag Lasdy-I guess yoa never saw
woman having . dre.A site4- ~ Y.
ws~xI.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-27

Briygz-I see TIA. there Ia Grape on
the Ringer door.
GrizT-Yea Old man Binger bouzh.
himself safety razor last week
F-4S4
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-27

They say Green has been wandering
II his mind lately"
''WeIl. he's safe enough: he can't get
fa---Denorest' Magazine
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bly, true by ordinary or common
methods, but NOT TRUE when
the effort Is associated with the
kind of enterprise that appears in
this prospectus. Five hundred
thousand new subscribers will
mean 70 us more than $4,000 Of
advertising revenues during the
next five years. We can afford 10
pay for them at least half their
value to us. We are willing 10 do
even more than this. IL necessary,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-27
DAVIDSON & CASE
Fseee-ss-.ss
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OF sedgwiek County.
ESTABLISHED =: M: 1870
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&ARGUMENT.ecTHEp , AsE ,aS
ING COMPANY, Of Jersey City, n. j.,
have undertaken to guarantee to
V their Advertising patrons a total
circulation for their various papers
"a of not less than one MILLION.
AZ This means an addition of so O0o 10
E$ our present lists. 1t has been said
~ that to secure half million new
subscribers in six months Is a busi.
q ness impossibility. This is proba-
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Too Generous.

Begyar-Sir, am starving.
Cr1sus-Here-take this penny, and
ten me how you became SO miserably
poor.
Beggar-Ah. sir, was like you: I
was too fond of giving away large sums
of money to the poor.-Demorest's
Magazine.
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AN AWFUL FALL
Ii Was Two Miles. Bat the Falier Was
Not Hurt

Not Hurt
The experimental was Lieut. Mans
field of the Royal Naval Reserve, says
London Invention He made his ascent
from the Victoria gardens recently. sit
ting upon a uapeze immediately be
meath the balloon, 20 which was also
attached parachute Of Few fashion
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essence OF what is commendAble,
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