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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-28
PlTH AND POINT.
-"Yes. we sent Archie out

Yes, we sent Archie out west tc
| grow up with the country And die
/ he?" mo; he went up with it. kate
Fields Washington.
1t is bad enough TO break party
ties, but it isn't half so embarrassing
as to have them work around under
your ears.-Texas Siftings.
Perfumes and Preiudice.-A queer
thing about perfumes is, that the same
thing that makes a woman fragrant
makes man Just smen.-Truth.
-Dabbs--''You act as if you were
afraid of killing these mosquitoes. >
Whacks-'I am; you forget we have
the same blood in our veins. Inter
Ocean.
Every dog has its day and is well
come to it. but when it acts as though
it had a mortgage en- the night and
raises its voice in song the line is drawn
with shotgun. Washington Star.
--Jinks-'Do you approve of mar
riage with deceased wife's sister,
Binzs-" CERTAINLY do" Jinks-''And
why, may / ask?' Binks-''Because of
the saving in mothers-in-law." Funny
Folks.
-"Dey am on'y one thing" says
Uncle Nose, dat keeps po' mizbl sin
nah FIN gittin' too mizbl to live, an
dat am knowin' dat all de odder po' sim
ners is wuss dan he is. s."-Indianapolis
Journal
-Waiter-''You've forgotten some
thing, sir" Mr.. Nervous-''Dear me,
how stupid of me. Here's a quarter.
Now, what was it that 1 had forgot
ten?" ''The quarter You just gave me,
sir. kings Jester.
The Acme-Mrs. Blenkensop-''Isn MT
it awful? Helen Harker has married a
man that plays poker" Mr.. Blenken-
sop Might have done worse Might
have married man who thinks he can
play poker. Judge.
-Dinl1le-"It's a strange thing to
me how u short man always wants a
tall girl" Dunllle-"Humph. It's a
strange thing to me how a short man
wants any girl. I'm blamed if l do
when I'm short. buffalo Courier.
They were speaking of supersti-
tions, and Mrs. Dix said: ''What is it d
sign of to have the family cat howl out
side at night?" ''Of death in the fam
lily if the man is good shot" replied
Mr.. Dix, emphatically.-Franl1 Leslie's.
Papa" said Johnny Cunso, why
is it called the mother tongue instead
of the father tongue?" ''Ill tell you
some other time, Johnny" replied MIR.
Cumso in whisper as he glanced to
where Mrs. Cumso was sitting within
earshot.-N. Y. Sun.
He Was Soused.-" 'Scuse me-" he
said to the other passenger on the rear
platform of a Michigan avenue car
but do you use tobacco Eyes, sir"
was the prompt reply of the man as he
turned his head and kept his hands
folded in front of him. Nothing more
was said for ten minutes, and then the
inquirer coolly drew a plug from his
coat-tail pocket and calmly said: $50
do I-have a chaw.'-Detroit Free
Press
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-28
An Immense Dining Table.

The largest dining table in New Yorh
is the one that fills the main private
dining-room on the upper floor of tho
Union League club. IT is SO large that
thirty-tiye men have been seated at 10
without discomfort, and thirty men
find plenty of elbow-room around its
edge. The custom is to heap the mid
die of it with flowers and then To trail
sprigs of smilax out from the floral
mound towards the various seats. This
enormous table has top surface of
about two hundred and eighty square
feet and is nearly twenty feet long by
fifteen and half feet broad. 1t is in
reality too large. No conversation can
be carried on from one side To the other,
and when a party is seated around il
the men break up into a number of
local groups and communicate with
distant friends by pantomimic signs
and approving mods when they fail To
hear what is shouted TO them.-Sk
Louis Globe-Democrat
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-28

still in her mouth and one paw was on
the breast of the other beater, but
pulled bead on her and dropped her
| in her tracks.
''By that time the rest Of the beaters
had came up, bowling over the fate Of
their comrades. We measured that
panther and found her eight feet long.
It was one of the biggest ever killed in
| that district. The beaters skinned the
beast. and I've got the pelt at my home
! in India now"
| DIR. O'Kearney also related an expe-
| rience with tigers on the Bombay side.
/ He told how the beaters in that district
tracked tiger by the pugprints, or
| footmarks. and then lined up to get
the big game at bay.
'In this case, however" said the
huhtsman, ''the tiger got between the
| beaters in the line without anybody
getting shot at her, but we captured
three tiger cubs about six weeks old
! / held one of these up in my hands and
made it whine, thinking perhaps the
mother would come back, but we
never saw or heard of her again.
| zone of these cubs was tanned by
| Col. Hansen of the army, another was
sent to the Geological garden in Lon
don. and do not remember what be-
| came of the third. They weighed
about twenty pounds each at the time
we got them. They were tiger
striped as pretty as you please, and if
they could have forgotten their savage
nature they would have made the cum
ningest kind of playthings."
DR.. O'Kearney, before his retire
ment from active service, was in the
/ Afghanistsn war, in 1s79-S0. He was
with the Sixty-sixth regiment at the
battle of Mayand, when that body of
| troops known as the kandahar column
was hopelessly routed by the over
whelniog forces of Ayub Khan. The
old veteran says that more than half
the regiment. were killed. and If the
Afghans had followed up their advan-
tage not one OF the British soldiers
wouE have escaped.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-28
THE pooRseLl-.
Character of People Can BE Told by tn
Way They Kfng.

Doorbells are pretty good indicator
of character. Proba bly, you have not
been conscious of it, but every time you
pull doorbcll you register what man
ner of man you are Your ring viii
not tell everything about you, from
the color of yoGr eyes TO your taste IN
flowers. but to those who know the
signs the doorhell is as good as title
page.
Anyone who has had occasion 10 an
swer doorbells knows how much dif-
ference there is in them. One persons
method varies very little from time TO
time. though the difference between
that method and somebody else, whils
slight. will be sufficiently well marked
1t is seldom that two rings are exactly
alike.
The housewife recognizes each-thd
impatient man. who pulls the bell twice
in quick succession. and does not wait
long before trying il again; the one OF
more phlegmatic temperament, whose
ring is slower and more substantial,
the hesitating woman who draws the
knob out in a succession of nervous
jerks; the seedy individual with
matches to sell, who stretches the wire
carefully to its full length, and then
allow it to relax with a faint, apollo
getic tinlle; and the jolly friend wha
knows he is welcome. and therefore
grasps the knob with hearty swing
that IS fairly eloquent with good Ia
ture, and sets the bell shaking its sides
with such peals of echoing laughter
that it positively can not stop at once,
but subsidies gradually with a merry,
irrepressibic little litter A door bell
has as many voices as visitors. Yam
kee Blade.
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Hitting All Around.

On one occasion iii a western town
the editor Of the country paper was =
character witness in a suit by tricky
official against a ward politician for
libel, and the editor didn't Ike either
one of them.
did you ever say in your papsr that
the plaintiff was a thief?'
"No, sir.
Haven't you said the defendant wns
a person entirely uatruthful?"
Not entirely"
"Ah. you believe then that be u
truthful attimes?"
81 know Of Que time when he told tho
absolute truth"
"Wili you state when taat was?'
Certainly, it was when he called tho
plaintiff liar and scoundrel"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-28
MANTELS AND FIREPLACES.
Some Decorative Effects for Finishing
Country Houses.

Some Decorative Effects for Finishing
| Country Houses.
The new mantels for country houses
are quite generally to be found in
colonial effects, or in modification OF
the empire style in white enamel. In
the colonial dining rooms the mantel-
piece is rather high, finished IL grace
full, classic designs of gold on a surface
of white enamel. The mantel is usual
ly surmounted by facing of mirrors.
| This season these mirrors are usually
oval, a large oval glass in the center
i sometimes being hanked on either side
by smaller glasses in the same shape.
The cabinet overmantel, with its many
shelves and recesses for the display of
brac, is quite thing of the past
in fashionable country houses.
The andirons are now usually made
of bright, polished brass. The eccen-
tricities displayed a few years ago
in ''old brass" and oxydized brass
(which was given the tint of age
by the use of acids) Were intro
duced chiefly for the sparing of the
securing cloth. Happily for the artistic
effect of the fireplace. the bright-pol-
ished brass has returned to favor in all
its brilliancy. In elaborate parlors,
where the fireplace is intended solely
as an offering to the lares and penates,
and is altogether too Ella borate for prac-
tical use, the fender. andirons and metal
fittings of the CRATE are often gilded;
but this gilt will not bear the fire like
the honest shining brass, which pre-
tends to be nothing but what it is. 1t
seems strange that in the nineteenth
century we should be setting up mock
fireplaces, but it is in keeping with
that most atrocious and unwholesome
of all shams, the gas-log fire.
The tendency of the new andirons is
to gigantic height and a size which is
out of keeping with anything but houses
of baronial dimensions. The shortest
andirons are those in rocco shape, a
mass of eccentric curves, not espe-
cially attractive. The simple brass
andirons of early colonial times
and the plain Queen Ann shapes
are the ones most used in brass
in country houses, with basket CRATE,
if coal is burned. Black iron and-irons
and tenders are used with colonial
mantels in the dining-rooms, libraries
and country halls. The facing of the
fireplace may be chosen in enameled
tiles in shaded blue. cream white or
pine white, or in any tint of color pre-
ferred. The figured tile is seldom used,
and the pretty Minton tile, which was
used for firefacings several years ago,
is superseded by the American tile with
its smooth, highly-glazed surface. A
mantel facing of marble is often put in
handsome maltelpieces. While colonial
mantelpieces with facings of pale pink,
Numidian marble or of notified yellow
Sienna marble, are effectively set in
bright fittings of polished brass. A
few mahogany mantelpieces have re-
Gently been made in large dimensions
in genuine empire style, being direct
copies of mantelpieces put up in the
period of Napoleon.-Boston Herald.
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A MONETARY CONFERENCE.
The Adjournment Thereof Was a Source o:
Regret to Poor Pilver.

SIS Regret to Poor Pilver.,
Julia said Mr. Piver the other
morning while sitting at the breakfast
table waiting for his coffee to cool,
''Julia, let's have monetary confer
ence."
Mrs. Pilver is treasurer OF the estab-
lishment, and the suggestion immedi-
ately attracted her attention
"A monetary conference, James?"
she queried, cautiously.
Yes" said Mr.. Pilver, withan inane
giggle. Something like they have
just had in Brussels, you know"
"Weu?"
"Well, we will pretend to be coun-
tries. you know. You can be France
and III be-lets see, I'll be-
Russia. suggested Mrs. Pilver, with
great significance.
''Yes. Russia-Russia, of course. -
said Mr. Pilver, nervously.
'FWell?r'
well, then, Russia would like TO
negotiate loan with France. Not a
large loan, you know, although it IS
the custom for nations to deal in large
sums Of money, but say"
4 didn't know that they negotiated
loans al the Brussels conference,
though" interrupted France.
''They didn't" admitted Russi. ''but
of course they could have done so.
What good would monetary confer
ence be. Ia like to know, Il money
couldn't be borrowed at 1t? But, as
said, Russia asks only small loan
say Z half sovereign until Saturday
Did understand yen TO say, James,
that yoU wanted this conference 70 be
as much alike the Brussels conference
as possible?- quietly asked France.
Yes. said Russia, hopefully
Then I declare IL adjourned until
next summer said France, decisivsiy.
When Dir. Pilver sadly turned his at
ten.ion 70 his toTarE}v-n neglected
coffee he saw that thin crust Of iee
had formed upon i.-S- J. Recorder.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-28
TWO TYPES.
The French Anglers of Twenty Years Ago
and Those of the Present.

The old type Of angler, according to
Balzac, was silent, meditative and
crusty; his descendant is, on the con-
trary, loquacious, closely observant of
everything but his fly and line, and
amiable. Who would have dared ad-
dress the hoary and respected Pierre
when in the act of landing-for he
really used to land something else be-
sides tadpoles and old boots-or when
cajoling with fish from his time
honored corner beneath the Pont Royal?
No one, l venture to say, but the sharp
tongued gutter urchin may chaff the
seedy yet imperturbable individual
who has succeeded him, and, what is
more, he receives a return volley of
repartee garnished with puns.
Old Pierre. who was, perhaps, one OF
the best-known figures twenty years
back on the quays, breakfasted, dined,
and 'supped off his takes of Seine fish,
which were mostly dace, carp, barbels
and tench. He had varied assort-
ment of recipes in his possession, and
many Gordon bleu has received hint
for cooking the fnny tribe from this
ancient fisherman. No one knew ex-
actly where and how he lived or how
he managed to obtain funds for the
purchase of bait, yet he was always
well supplied with the most expensive
kind of gentles, greaves and paste,
where his successor contents himself
with roe and ill-made flies.
Except that he has inherited his sta
ton, Casimer Ragnin is in no sense the
successor of old Pierre; indeed. that
unwearied adroit angler would have
certainly disowned the man on whose
shoulders his mantle has fallen.
Though discredit has come upon the
craft in the past dozen years. yet the
Parisians are still experts in the prep
aration Of the fish caught in the lower
or city reaches Of the Seine. The dace
and gudgeons are fried, soused, or
marinaded with lemon, cloves and all
spice. and the carp are ''frizzled," so to
speak, in butter, so that I think the
king of the cannibal islands himself
would be willing TO forego his accus-
toned fare il he were to come within
hailing distance of plate of Partisan
friture. Westminster Review.
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A BRUTE SHOT.

CITY OF MEXICO, July 27-Colonel Jose
Andrade, who during the administration
Of the late Manuel Gonzas. governor of
GuanaJato, WAS in charge of the Pedra
Gorda district in that state, was arrested
Few days ago upon the charge of COM
mltting number of atrocious crimes in
his Official capacity, 1t being alleged that
he had shot number of innocent persons
without trial. Upon being arrested. An
drade was taken to Leon, where he was
tried, found guilty and sentenced to be
shot. When the death sentence was pro-
nounced the prisoner said that he was
ready TO meet his fate and would demon
strate that he was no coward He was
shot at daylight in public part of the
city. The execution was witnessed bv
hundreds of people.
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WHEAT LOWER.

After night with the boys
Yours for q clear head-Bromo-S -Seltzer.
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TURF WINNERS

CLEVELAND, July 21-Hal billiard won
the 2;l4 class pacing race. Paul was second
Best time 2:12 Directs Flower won the
2:4o class trotting race for 2-vear-ol6s
Red b IA was second. Best time o.a0
Little Albert won the free-for-all trottiny
race Walter +. was second. Best time
2:l0 Ellard won the 2:ls class trottin.,
race. Lees Pilot was second. Best time
212ls
SARATOGA, July -. Winners: Miss
hillle, Racine, Philora, Major Joe, Jack
Richelieu. Ny Fellow
GLOUCESTER. y. j., July 21-Winners.
Naisce, ROBIN Hood, Houri, Minnie,
Charlie Mcdonald, Somerset
BRIGHTON BEACH. \. y, July 27.-Win.
Eagle Bird. Faithful. Eolus.
MONMOUTH PACK, y. J., July 2,.-Win-
ners: kaceland. My Lady, Red Banner.
Aurelian, Ajax. Q1iver.
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Mr.. subu-b-T hat on earth are Jon.
trying 20 do. neiyhlor7
Mr Hexdoer-Msr-ly taking down q
little % this fence. 80 tha: can now
r8y cblci<eac0op over into yor ysrc
"Eh7 Hy ysrdT /,
eyes. lske 20 be neszhe<Gly ss4
coaSidsra.s TO other peopie's fesitngss
you know
"But-sr-
'sYes. Tou saa'a'f hare any rsnQ9
cause 20 complain sbess rsy shtaaa-aa
scTatehiEg Up yozrr yssdL
.sBat yea ars moving yoy vas3s
coop over oa 20 Hsy p<ypesty
That's the idea guick ss tAse ehxeDl
ems End their eocp N yozr yard.
they'u eonelDde thas you ews them,
and viii spend tho rest ostasir pssrr2i
lives scrs.shiag sS my yard. yoa
know. -. /. we>x.y.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-28
THE HELENA BANKS SQUEEZED.

HELENA, Mont, July 27-The First
National and the Montana National
banks failed to open their doors this
morning In consequence run on the
other banks of the city quickly COM
menced The two closed banks lave
ample assets, but cannot realize on them.
The capital stock of the First National
bank Is 100000 and 1t has surplus of
$4,000, undivided profits of 500, 0O0 and
deposits of S3,250000. The Montana Ma
tlonal also has a capital of $500 600. with "A
surplus OF SIooOOo, undivided profits of
SlO0 G0e- and average deposits OF 81. 800 coo.
I he run on the other banks WAS soon con.
lined principally to the Merchants Ma
uonal bank. The depositors at this bank
were paid promptly. and the officers are
conhdent that they will be able to stand
Ihe run
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-28
TERRA FIRMA.
The Resistance of the Earfh's Surface to
Deformation.

Deformation.
A very large part of the educated
public believes that the earth is a
molten globe, specifically enveloped
by chilled crust. and a magazine ar
ticle in support Of such theory has re-
Gently attracted much attention. Very
many of the natural philosophers con
slider il most proba bic that the rocks at
and near the surface Of the globe would
expand in melting. il the earth were
thus constituted time would come
when the solid crust would crack from
its own weight. or from some moderate
internal disturbance. and then block
after block Of the crust. re-
gion after region Of the world
we know and love so well. would
plunge slowly and heavily 70 meet the
rising. molten food. while whirlwinds
OF scalding steam would shroud perish
ing humanity.
Aside from ignoble fears, there seerns
scarcely any topic better suited - ez-
cite a legitimate intellectual interest
among naen than this most fuBda-
mental question concerning that little
planet. our world. ls i molten
globe. with a peiliele II cool dry ia5d-
or x il really terra frna solid eavthg
The public may accept the theory of
terra firrna II peace as all tl4e aryr-
ments which have got teen shown 20
be inccnciusiye or false indicate that
the earth presents resistance 20 de-
formation about as great as If ]. FTeT-
q solid steel hail. ard that & actually
is solid -. or nearly ~. the eeut-r.
The permanent aeforrnatiors 20 wfich
il has been szbjseted near the surface
are enormous. and taesr amount Is sei-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-28
DIR. O'KEARNEY'S SHOT.
It Saved the Life Of an Indian at
the Last Moment.
Exciting Sport by Retired Oncer In the
Junsles Near Deccan-The Capture
of Three Tiger Cubs-Other
Adventures.

DR.. Brian O'Kearney. retired sur
been a guest of the Palace for several
days. He has the outward appearance
of an old veteran, and the vast fund
| of anecdote which old travellers are
apt to have. To a representative of
| the San Francisco Examiner he re-
lated an experience in the jungle as
| follows:
I'VE fellows on half pay. you know,
| like bit of hunting now and then, so
when one Of my men came to my
house near Deccan one morning with
| the news that big panther had broken
| cover, we lost no time in getting up q
party Of beaters and starting out.
''The beast turned out to be a pan
there's. She had hidden her cubs
somewhere and had taken possession
of nulla or ravine only about mile
from the house. The beaters did not
care to go up the ravine after they had
located the panther, so took dog boy
and a man to carry my second gun and
we started ahead.
There was not a sound to be heard
save our own movements. We had gone
about ten rods up the nulla when there
was a half growl half spit. like that of
an angry cat, and the big beast jumped
out of the bushes within a yard of my
face.
Zone of the men was on his knees
half under me pulling away the brush;
the other was at my left hand with
the extra gun. The panther ignored
him, but she pulled the dog boy out
from between my legs as cat would
mouse. She took this poor fellow in
her mouth, seized the other with her
paw and then made for the thick brush
again.
Il confess l was too frightened to
stir, but as she passed me she gave me
a blow with her great long tail, as
much as to say: My mouth is full and
my paws are busy, but I'll give you one
whack just for luck That blow sent
me spinning down the HILL and that
fact sealed the big beasts death war
rant. l kept hold of my gun, and when
I got to my feet she turned her broad
side toward me. The dog boy was
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No, rh.. Kind of 3 Deity,

''oh, ! think its lo~ely 70 be mar
ried. said a yoang woman 10 the lady
on whom she was calling. Especially
when you have a husband who L. not
afraid u compliment yoa-
What does your husband say2"
He said Yesterday thai ] was get
ting to be perfect Aansippc-
a Xantippe, DO you know who she
was
oh, veS: asked Charter afterrard.
and he told rlc she was the go-ates OF
Eoath and beau11. Texas S.ttsaSa
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A SQUARE Deal.

Two vagrants called on kind old
lady in the suburbs OF New York.
''fo which of you two shall I give
this nickel?'' she asked
First Tramp-Give it to him, madam.
He has purchased the route from me
and am taking him around TO intro
duee him to the customers.-Texas
SiftirCs
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His Wife Had Initiated Him

She-You are always talking about
the fashions. Now, honestly. do you
think that yon would know the latest
fashion in hats if you were to enter a
milliner's9
He-Certainly.
She-How?
He (ruefullyl-By looking at the
prices Globe.
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Fanny-Why, Tommy. you hsve goS
your jacket Oh wrong side Qua Wasn't
your mother at home.when you srcssef
yourself?
Tommy-Naw; she IL attending con
ventiou for she relief Of neglected chill
dren-TeGas Ssfdnxa
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He-I see the man who saturated bis
wife's mother with kerosene, then Sc,
her afre, and called in the neigh bors
70 look on has been convieted Of rnur.
der
she-The plea Of insanity didn't work
thens
He-So, the judge charged tle jury
that nobody but 3 man o. sound mind
would DO such q thing. - PitfsbuTg a
I9isnatrh
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Knew His Business.

Now, Freddie, my boy" said the
youngsters uncle. what are you going
to be when you grow up?'
A great musician"
But you are not practising"
mo. But I'm saving up my money
to buy hair tonic Washington Star.
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HARVEST EXCURSIONS.

CHICAGO. July N.-Three harvest ard
homeseekers' excursions have been ar
ranged for by the roads in the Western
Passenger association. They will be run
10 all points in Kansas, Nebraska, Arkan-
SOS, Texas, Tennessee and Alabama on
Aug. % Sept. IL and Oct TO- The rates
Will be one fare for the round trip, plus 81