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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-22
A Wheat Field ON a Lake.

In the island of Corsica. near the
head waters of the little stream digni-
fed with the name of Faviguano river.
and about twenty y-two miles from the
village of Corte, there is ten-acre
field which is simply subterranean
lake covered with soil to the depth of
about eighteen inches Last wear d
field of wheat was cultivated upon this
odd piece of soil which yielded thirty
five bushels to the acre. A person of
curious turn of mind VINO wishes to in
vestigate for himself and who will take
the trouble to dig a hole a spade
handle length or more in depth will
find that ne has dug entirely through
the co vering of soil to the surface of
the lake, which repeated soundings
proves to be from twenty-five to eighty
feet in depth. Through the opening
thus made fish may be caught which
have neither eyes nor scales. The soil
covering of this curious subterranean
lake is a black mari made up of cen
turies of accumulations Of vegeta Bile
matter. All work in this unique field
must of necessity be done by hand. the
soil not being of sufficient strength or
thickness to bear the weight of horses
and machinery. The whereabouts of
this natural wonder is known 10 every
BODY on the islands s-Philadelphia
Press
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-22

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
It's excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the l.freshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
ative efectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man.
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-22
A QUESTION OF NERVES.
One of the Uses to Which the Modern Flat
Can Well Be Put.

Can Wen BE Put.
| Although, according to certain
philosophers, sound ceases when noise
begins, to the world at large there is
no sharp division. AS nation we de-
light in the firecraclsers of the Chinese
and loathe their national music. They
| in turn can not endure our scale and
our system of harmony. The Bos-
tonian who does not jump at disco rdant
| church chimes. harsh and out of tune,
viii fret at the street cries of for
eign city, although they are often
pleasantly pitched and are of rare
historical interest. The worshiper at
the shrine of Brahn will stop her
ears when maggie Murphy issues
from new and improved hand organ,
although the melody is characteristic,
the rhythm Of the performer is fault
less, and his bravura is of da zzling ac-
curacy. There are people in Detroit to
whom the factory whistles are such an
annoyance that by city ordinance
worlimen now go to their labor and
return homeward in a depressing
silence; and vet even the chromatic
whistle, with its predominating color
red and its ascending wall, was heard
with JOY at noon by women who thus
knew there was loafng spell for their
men. After all, this distinction be-
tween noise and sound is in measure
a question of individuality as well as of
association of ideas.
When Elizabeth ruled England man
81 III y 49,
sang at their work. The merry cobbler
is extinct. The tinker raises his voice
in melody in Mr.. De Koven's Robin
Hood" but in our daily life he gives
vent to his feeling in prose. Our street
cries in America are few, chiefly in the
mouths of wandering hucksters of
fruits and vegeta bles. Their calls are
all too short, as though they realized
that even in this respect time is money.
Then, too, they know that in the sum
mer. when windows are open, their
vocal approach is feared by our nervous
citizens, whereas, If we were truly
civilized, it would be welcomed. 1t is
true there should be q training school,
and the work of Georges kastner
should be the text book Each vege
table should have it's peculiar song.
The butcher. the milkman. the hurler
of ice, the buyer of old cio' the mender
of windows or um mbrellas, all other
purveyors OF human needs. should
serve a canorous apprenticeship The
orieutals are our maStors. They clothe
the announcement of their merchan-
disc in poetic phrases: they recommend
a fruit as q consolation; flowers are
perfumes OF paradise for the present
delectation OF the faithful Were we
to adopt their methods streets cries
might not in future be regarded as 50
many varieties Of noise. as terrible as a
neighboring and busy pile driver.
The unreasonable dread of noise IS
one OF the most alarming symptoms o.
the siekly condition OF our Civilization
This IS the age of tffe nerves ana Of
nervous diseases, And yet. in spite OF
the prevailing fear OF shocks to the ear,
human ingenuity adds daily to the
namber of disturbing causes Familiar
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-22
rMamma " said Freddy "dOes s11C.

Mamma" said Freddy, "does sug-.
ever cure anybody of anything?" why
do you ask, my boy?" II thought I'd
like to catch it. t."-Tit-B
PA, are all politicians thieves?"
asked young Henderson. No. my
dear: some of them never succeed in
stealing anything. ."-Boston Tran
script.
The attraction about small super
stitions is that they give man some
thing besides his own stupidity to
blame for his misfortunes. Washing
ton Star.
-Chappie-Have you met my cousin,
Miss Flinty? She's an awfully pretty
girl you. Miss Flinty-Cousin, I
would have taken you for sisters In
ter Ocean.
II saw the lady next door give you
meal, and you didn't do any work for
her, did you?" Tramp-Yes, ma am.
] tried to eat the stuff she gave me-
Inter Ocean.
-'sBlinl1ers never contradicts his
wife, no matter what kind of a state
ucuJ Sic ludheS u uSO d lovely us
position?'' No; she never gives him
chance to say anything"
When the millennium comes the
bather who keeps one foot on the bot
tom viii quit telling her friends that
she has really learned to swim
Martha Vineyard Herald.
How is the table at the beach this
summer, Hicks?" Same as it was last
year. Fact is, judging from the bread,
/ imagine some of it was left over from
last year. ."-Harper's Bazar.
-He-I often think-at least some
times wonder-I mean | wish ] knew
if you cared for me, don't you know?
She-O, but they've got clairvoyant
in the next town. Couldn't you find
out?-BoSton Budget
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-22

During the last ten years 1.70C
churches have been erected in Arkansas
by the various denominations
A Young Mems Christian associa-
ton has been organized at Damascus,
Palestine, with twenty-six charter
members.
The southampton, Mass, Congre-
gational Church celebrated its 150th
anniversary recently. 1t was founded
in 1S4S by Jonathan Edwards and Sam
uel Hopkins.
has decided that it takes six children
10 make q school, and they intend
closing up all schools having less than
that number.
in his latest census report DR.. Car
roll states that there are over 10000
members OF the denomination which
calls itself The-0ld-Two Seed-in-the-
Spirit Professionalism Baptists-
Rev. Thomas Motley. an editorial
writer on the London Times. who has
just died, wrote upwards of 5000 lead
ers for that paper. He was brother
in-law of Cardinal Newman
Live, as il were, on trust All that
IS in You, all that you are. is only loaned
TO YOU; make use of ii according TO the
VIII OF Him who lends il; but never re-
gard it for moment as your own
Feaelon.
-Rt Rev. George W Peterllin. Of
the Episcopal diocese of West. Virginia
has gone TO Brazil. where he Will spend
several months looking after the inter
ests OF the Episcopal church in that
country.
The Congregational Church Union
OF Boston, applied for . license to or
ganize an athletic meet. on the ground
that it is the duty Of church members
TO try TO save mems bodies rs well as
their SOILS
Rev. Edmund Dowse has been set
tied over the Congregational church n
Sherboru. Mass. for afty-four years,
and thus holds the honor OF the longest
paStorate OF the churches OF MS denom-
inatioLl, II this country.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-22
WENTWORTH MILITARY ACADEMI

lty with such causes acts, it Is said,
like potent Supplying drug. Butwe
can not all attend the concerts of a
season, nor can We all live III the
vicinity of a boiler factory. The
growth of the fat should therefore be
encouraged. The privacy in such d
dwelling is tumultuous. The kitchen
is close to the parlor: voices above and
below assume unnatural proportions
through the speaking trumpet of the
elevator; the irritating electric bell is
at the mercy of any hippant passer-bv.
This discipline of a year may bring cal
lousness of nerve that the loneliness of
an isolated farmhouse or the waste of
ocean may in turn shatter the town
dweller beyond repair.-Boston Tran
script
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-22
And the Most Magnificent Entertainment Of All Time, the
Scenes and Battle Of-
7876---THE AMERICAN REVOLU7ION!

All given beneath the vast waterproof pavillons of
AMERICAS OLDEST. LARGEST AND BEST EXHIBITION,
CAPITAL INVESTED s3000,OOO
Sixty transportation 400 horses herds of elephants
came 200 wild beasts the menagere and 1000 and
Largest of performers Circus
including World Famous Seven Gerome Bos-A Ears Cham
pion Acrobas
The Wild Warrior Cossack of the Czarost Daring Reck
less Sku Rough Riders and Fighters among for the
first time America.
Trained wild beass-Nothng like them before
They make all previous exhibitions of trained animals appear be
the veries chid's play
In the Hippodome many innovations. Races for the first
time, and all the standard contests of speed
fitting this sheaf of superexceence garnered from all
the most fruitful fields o the universe we'll called the PEO
PIES PATRIOTIC PI4EASUR RE and PASTIME.
SCENES AND BATTLES OF 76; THE AMECAN REV0LU 0h.
Reqrng scenery thousands of costumes all
the paraphenaa of and for the
aya of the characters represented the entire strength of the
shows nearly 1000 and children proper
realistically reproduce the battles of Bunker m Concord
Monmouth Washington crossing the Dware Paul Reveres Ride
The Surrender of Conwa The Tearing Down of the Statue of
George H. Wghngons Inauguration aud others great
in the gallant struggle of vaoous foeather for the priceless
boon of the liberty that is to ENJOY
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-22
Bottles In China.

It is stated that the Chinese much
appreciate European bottles They
have great liking for them, and will
resort to subterfuge, If necessary, 70
get hold of them. The common people
worry missionaries considerably upon
this point. shaInning sick in order TO
be supplied with bottle OF medicine
The authority for this report does not
furnish any information as to what
our celestial friends do with the bot
ties. Scientific American.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-22

"If we can't cure your Catarrh, no matter
how bad your case or Of how long standing,
we'll pay you $500 in cash" That is what
is promised by the proprietors of DR.. Sage's
Catarrll Remedy Doesn't it prove, better
than any words could, that this is a remedy
that cures Catarrh Costs only so cents.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-22

oh, jewel in the present, let us not
pass thee by, Pearl underneath the
wave OF bitterness, rose blooming
where the thorns are thickest, we know
that they are there for those who seek
Mary Agnes Thicker.
Truth IS mighty but viii not pre-
vail-''As what character does Your
hasband so to this Ancestral Bail'?''
He viii go dressed as his grandfather. 8"
''Then the servants and police viii
never let him in. Life.
A promising pupil L-Parent-"Do
you consider my son a promising pupil
Mr.. Birch?' Mr.. Birch-''Yes. He
has been promising me every day for
q year past that he would have better
lessons. " anl1ee Blade.
First lawyer-''Do you know old
Misery is dead?" Second lawyer
no; is he?' What did he die OFF"
First lawyer-'Heart failure" Second
lawyer-"Ah, trying to find itself, /
suppose. brooklyn Eagle.
How did Jingle come to give his
song to the publisher for nothing?"
"oh, that's very simple. The pub
fisher talked him into thinking he vvas
such genius that he had no business
to work for money. = Washington
Star
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-22
a ErufnI Hnshan 4.

He-What are you hanging your
mouth about now?
Shea wagon load Of mutton inst
passed feys days ago those dear lit
tie sheep were alive, now they are eold
IN death
He-Well. are ron related 20 any ot
them2-Tsxzs Siftings.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-22

good? That is the case with DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets. They're the smallest in
size. the mildest in action, but the most
thorough and far-reaching in results. They
that lasts Constipation, Indigestion, Bilious
Attacks, Sick and Bilious Headaches. and all
arrangements of the liver, stomach and bowels
are promptly relieved and permanently cured.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-22
Prtrrz 20 suit

Here IS bridal-suit advertised for
four dollars and a half
That * cheap-cven ches per than
divorce-suit Judge.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-22
TOOKAT THE


SIZE of the or
d mary pill.
Think of all the
trouble and dis
turbance that it
cauS eS you.
Wouldn't Y ou
welcome some
thing easier to
take, and easier
III its ways, If
at the same time
II. did Won mora
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-22
Dr.. TerriI| Has Returned From Chicago

Where he has been taking another
course of lectures ut the post gfadu-
ate Schoc.
In This course the DOcto. had the
benefit Of hearing lectures from sCme
OF the most renowned specialists of
lie world. such as Dr.. Award of
Paris. Frederick Schaita of Vienna,
Dr.. iho3. Moore Madden OF Dublin,
DE-. Joseph Price of Philadelphia, DR..
Howard 4. Kelley of John Hopkins
University. Baltimore, and many 9th
er leading Specialists too numerous
10 mention,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-22

wv hen pain ard anguish wrIac the brow
4 lniu.siCriBg angel thou - b-oIno-SeiiseT
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-22

Dyspepsia does not get we'll Of iiselt
Hoods Sarsaparilla cures the most severe
cases.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-22
The Gorgeous Free Street Parade

takes place. 1t surpasses in professional splendor a
other paeants that have ever been on the street
af America
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-08
MISSIONER FROM waITEcHAPEL.

He Addresses a Large Audience at the
Bergen Mission.
Rev. Mr.. Bennett. a Methodist minister
from New York. who once did mission
work in the Whitechapel District of Lon
don, addressed the meeting at the Bergen
Mission last night.
There was a large attendance. He des-
cribed q number OF his experiences and
observations among London's slums. He
Is an interesting talker He told one
story to illustrate the good sometimes
done by mission workers There was a
man who was in the habit of drinking six
or seven bottles Of brandy a day. He got
him to reform, The poor man looked for
work, but no one would give him any, SO
he became discouraged aud determined to
drown himself. Mr.. Bennett gave him q
letter OF introduction to his father-in-law,
who gave him work. Today that man is
managing the business,
Mr.. Bennett says that the Prince OF
Wales frequently visits Whitechapel, wit
nesses prize fights between women, and
partakes in all forms of debauchery.
At a special meeting of the converts of
the Bergen Mission Wednesday night, q
Young Peoples Society was organized,
with the following officers: President,
Mr.. George A. Anderson; Vice-President,
Miss Emma Roe, Secretary, MI. Isaac
Ward; Treasurer, Miss Jennie Van Nuel
The Young Peoples Society will conduct
the Wednesday night and Sunday morn
ing meetings. It will be given q perman,
ent name at the next business meeting.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-08
HELD FOR ATTACHING A GIRL.

Aa arrest for 81 inder II ssuIts in a Grim
nal Action Against ), p. Collins
Special to The Jersey City Netvs.
CAPE NAY COURT HOUSE. Sept. 8. 1898
For i month past tina town OF Dsunis-
will Ehis county. has bean Whispering
charges OF u grave nature against one
S. ParE Collins. who resides ut Dennis
Creek Landing. but does baslness at No.
81 q lion Square. New York city.
Collins yesterday secured IL warrant for
the arrest OF his mother-tu-faw. Margaret
Hancock, Margarat MeCorHnieR. James
EIdredge, Waiter .WarwtsK aud S3mers
Hickman, VINO he charged wisa slandsr-
ing him. Toe two ladies' were given a
hearing, at III . conclusion OF which Cat
Inns WAS arrested on a warrant charging
dfteen-year-old stepdaugnser Of the ac-
cused.
The girl had been keeping house for
her step-father aud alleges that he as
sautted her when bat twelve years OF
age while they resided IN Mid1ieport.
New YORK: that he had Threatened To cut
hes heart out If she BETRAYED him. aud
that the crime had been regeated, her
silence being the result Of u fear Of her
life.
Margaret Hancock, the grandmother
of the girl, testified t. hearing Il noise III
the girls bedroom and subsequently,
surprised Collins there.
The accused protested his Innocence
and claimes that the charge Is toe result
of an attempt to btackmail MIN. Justice
S%paulding COM aiitted Coflius TO j all to
await the action OF the Grand Jury,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-08
DIDN'T KNOW II WAS WRONG.
Three Women Held Tor the Granl Jury
for Stealing Coal.

Tnree women Held Tor the Gr&nA Jury
for Stealing Coal.
A truly petiable sight was presented ia
Justice Birdsali's Second Critpinal Court
this morning. wnen three woneu, sixty,
ferty-thTee and twenty nine years of age
respectively, we,e arralgsa TO answer the
charge OF larceny OF coal from cars on
the Susquehanna railroad. William H..
Steele. the yard master, was complainant.
He charged that On several occasions
Inese women whose names are kate
Richter. Mrs. Kate Pfetfer aud Mrs.
Annie Martin. nav taken bags to the
coal cars and lifted the coal from open
cars. They have been repeatedly warned.
he said, but persisted In stealing the
coal. Kate Ricnter. the olde4G. was
forced to support herself BIZ the rait
when she stood up for inqutsition.
She was 40 feeble that her limbs shook.
She sobbed as she deaied that she ever
intentionally stole the eoal. She did not
know it was a%nyhody's property. shs
uyeIed, because she only picked it from
The track. Tue other TIVE in broken
E lslish and German mfXsd said they,
TOO, mad no idea it was wrong to steal
coal from tracks.
The JUST 10 held them uader 500 Ill
for the Grand jury. Tney erie ag ,in
in unison At this sentence aud said tney
desDaired of procuring bail.
Friends who were in the au Hence
promised TO procure responsible bonds
nen for them.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-08
A STRANGE Law ENFORCED.
Tho TrIat OF >. G. wilkins iirings +,
Light an Unknown Act.
Special to The jersey c,ty Ne,cs,


Light an Unknown Act.
Special TO The jersey ctty Ne,cs.
MOUNT HOLLY, September 8, 1893
A very important discovery was made in
the Common Pleas Court here Wednes-
day, when counsel for a prisoner asked
for his release upon bail, pending a fur
Their hearing, upon a writ or error granted
by q higher court.
Last December John c.. Wilkins, a
storekeeper in the Town of Palmyra, IN
the banks of the Delaware River, was In
dicted by the Grand Jury for selling
liquor without q license at his establish.
ment. He was arrested, and, upon being
brought before the Court. pleaded guilty
to the charge. Strong influence was
brought to bear upon the Court for Glenn
not to infringe the law, sentence was sus-
pended. Last month, however. it came to
the knowledge of the Prosecutor of the
Pleas that Wilkins was openly violating
the law aud boasting of his immunity
from punishment because he had a pull
issued for his arrest, and, upon being
|sbrought before the Court, he was sen-
fenced to n year in State Prison.
His lawyers then made application for a
writ of error, claiming that the prisoner
was being prosecuted by a political clique
winch reared us influence III Tue Town Oh
Palmyra, and charged that a membe of
the Court was the prime mover in the
persecution y and appeared as b lead
ing witness against him. All the parties
interested In the case the Court, counsel,
States Attorney and the prisoner-are
democrats, the prisoner and his friends
belonging to one faction and the Court to
another.
Yesterday, when Charles e. Hendrick-
son made application for Wilkins's re-
lease from Jail upon bail. pending q fur
ther hearing of the motion upon a writ of
error, the Court produced a law passed in
1888, showing that when a man pleads
| guilty to any charge, bail cannot be ae-
| copied by the Court. and, further, that a
writ of error in such a case shall have no
effect in staying the carrying out of the
sentence of the Court.
Mr.. Budd, the Prosecutor of the Pleas,
and Mr.. Hendrickson, counsel for the
prisoner, admitted frankly that they were
not aware before of the existence OF such
a law. The law was passed to prevent de-
lay In the execution Of the sentence of the
Court, upon technicalities. in cases where
prisoners admit their guilt.
The Court refused to release Wilkins
under bail. although a strong appeal was
made. because his wife was lying danger
ousiy i'll of consumption.