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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-29
CITY SIGHTS.

AT medical students ball in Chica-
go, the dances were named after medi-
cines, as the quassia quadrille, the nux
vomica valse, the podophylline Ian
GERS, etc.
AT recent ball in Paris, the supper
room, decorated with roses, leaves and
vines, was bower of beauty The
roses grew in clusters on the walls,
and from luxuriant vines, sustained by
gilt trellises, great punches of grapes
hung.
EVERYBODY wants fresh bread"
said citizen, s'and l have some
times wondered what became of that
which was left over. / got some light
on this subject to-day when saw in
front of q bakery a sign reading: Yes
terday's bread three cents a loaf"
VISITORS to the city seem to take very
kindly to the hanson, especially the
younger people. One may often see
young women and young men, by them
selves or together, riding about in han
SONS and seeming to enjoy, along with
the sights, the novelty of the vehicle
in which they are moving.
THERE could, perhaps, be no better
illustration of how completely we be-
come accustomed to our surroundings,
whatever they may be-" said a New
York promenader, ethan that afforded
by the picture of the old lady who sits
calmly tending street stand in Broad
way and knitting meanwhile, quite
undisturbed by the uproar of the great
thoroughfare
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-29
KNOWLEDGE

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
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pieas-
ant TO the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect iax-
atiye: efieetually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and levers
and permanently curing constipation.
IL has given satisfaction 10 millions and
met with the approval Of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
news, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free frvm
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in soc and 81 bottles, but il 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, 1893-07-29
HOUSEkEEPERS, REMEMBER

THAT powdered borax, plentifully
used, will exterminate cockroaches
and water bugs.
THAT no hamper or other receptacle
of soiled clothing, no matter how hand
somely decorated, should be kept in a
sleeping apartment.
THAT all tubs and basins in bath
rooms and kitchen sinks and drains
should be flushed with hot water on
every weekly washing day.
THAT dish water, which is always
impregnated with more or less vege-
table matter, should be thrown on the
surface of the ground at the back door.
THAT there are few servants so thor
ough that they should not inspect the
refrigerStor daily to see that no liquids
are spilled or food allowed to spoil and
contaminate the rest
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-29
WORTH YOUR WHILE TO READ.

EVERY gem known to jewelers. has
been found in the United States.
NEARLY all the poultry, mutton and
beef consumed in Florida comes from
the north.
IT is stated that women hold 156.0Sl
shares IN Philadelphia building and
loan associations.
SIXTY persons now occupy Robinson
Crusoe's island, Juan Fernandez. They
are cattle-herders.
QUEEN ELIZABETH's prayer book,
which was printed in 1874, has been
sold recently. 1t is bound in gold and
enameled, and was worn by the queen,
suspended from her girdle.
Ten THOUSAND DOLLARS has been
given to the New Century Guild of
Philadelphia for its building fund by a
member of the New Century, the large
women's club of Philadelphia More
than five hundred working-women are
now enrolled on its list of members.
THIRTY towns in America bear the
name of Washington, and Walla
Walla editor remarks that compar-
isou of their population claims with
the cold figures of the census shows
that they are very proficient in some
thing that their immortal namesake
said he could not do.
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The news that King Xoro had invited
all the n1onarchs of the moon to his
capital in commernoration of the thou
sandth year of his dynasty's rule
proved a satellite-wide sensation. The
kings came from all directions with
escorts and suites The city was gayle
decorated. The streets were thronCed.
The crowning event Of the jubilee
was a banquet rendered b7 Xoro 10 his
royal brethren Only king could sit
down TO it. The guests were waited
upon by their respective prime minis
ters.
'-Gogo,- said Xoro, when the dessert
was reached. Il understand you have
treat in store for US"
1T is a painting, sire, which 1 beg
you TO eriticise."
one end of the banquet hall parted
A Simultaneous rhapsody Of exclana-
tion burst from the kings
The painting revealed young
woman clad in white She seemed
riding upon cloud. and her beauty
defied exagge-ation-
WHO was the artist?" asked the
youthful monarch OF Horticulus.
"A young man from the country
said Gogo- HE is self-tapght and very
shy"
a general wish 20 see the painter re-
shifted in his being brought in. A
youth OF handsome appearance and
naoisst hearing he n~ovad Tn hA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-29
FROM FOREIGN LANDS.

T'HUNDERSToRMS are more frequent
In Java than in any other part of the
world, there being an average of nine
ty-seven days in each year upon which
they occur.
THE full-blooded southern African
negro is remarkable for his extraor-
dinary length of arm, the Aymara In
dian Of Peru for the surprising short
ness of the corresponding member
THE highest waves ever met with in
the ocean are said to be those off the
Cape of Good Hope. Under the influ-
ence of a northwesterly gale, they
have been known to exceed forty feet
in height.
TYPES are not used in printing Persian
newspapers. The copy" is given to an
expert penman, who writes it out neat
ly. The various articles are then ar
ranged in page form, and lithography
multiplies the copies.
A CURIOUS numismatic memento of
Peter the Great, of Russia, has been
discovered at Astrakhan. It is metal
lie token, or receipt, granting to the
bearer permission to wear a mustache
and beard.
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a COLLECTION OF LAUGHS.

THE mosquito gives you some rnus.e
and then takes up collection for it.
Galveston News.
FIRST FLocR-''Hoyv many srrynn.s
do you keep?" High F1at,-''Eone: hut
we have no end OF 'ern Us casual visi,-
ors s"-Puck.
KINDLY VIsrToR-''Why are You ia
prison, my poor feliowT' Convict NO
i31S-"Excuse me, but I'm not at lib.
erty 10 say, mum. Troy Press
YoUys Mn SAp4EY-"T wish I ocssld
get mo hat that was suited 20 ny
head" Miss Pslisade -- why cone
you try soft hat?"-Clothier and Fur
nisher.
WAS Tenncrton much damaged hN
that wheat deal that hs got caught Ia
awhile back?'' "DamaRed7 Why. mar.
he isutterly unrccognizable T-fnAisus
apolis Journal
Mr. SUDDENLY Goop-'T droppe1 q
bill in the contribution b<sx
in church last Sunday" His Ffend
{ Cynie-.'Did you. indeed7 What wSS
the matter zith it2~-N. T. Times
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WELL-kNOWN PEOPLE.

Mrs. ULYSSES S. GRANT is to reside in
Washington, and it is said that she is
negotiating for the purchase of the old
blaine mansion.
JAMES SHEAKLEY, the enewly-appoint-
ed governor of Alaska, formerly lived
Mt Greenville, Mercer county, Pa. He
went to Alaska as a government COM
missioner
COL Fred GRANT is said to grow
more and more like his father. the re-
semblance having particularly struck
some of his friends who have seen him
since his return from Vienna.
Ex-tiov. BURAN &. SHERMAN, so well
known in Iowa, it is said has lost his
property through the failure of an in
surance company, and is now floor
walker" in big dry goods house.
TIE late Prof. Morse made love bv
lightning, as it were. He met his first
wife during an evening call at the
house of her father and proposed mar
riage to her before he went away that
night.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-29
SUMNER MILLINERY.

MASSES of chrysanthemums and
birds wings trim some Of the new hats,
LACE hats are among the prettiest
and most becoming of the seasons mil
linery productions.
A BOW of accordion-plaited gauze is
the only trimming on the front of a
large hat of lace braid
\ HAT with the brim bent up in
sharp point over the front has the top
almost covered with long-stemmed
flowers at the front.
NARRow-BR1MMED hats. somewhat on
the sailor order, but with brim narrow
at the back, are trimmed with solid
wreaths of roses, chrysanthemums and
other similar blossoms.
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"GoT THE WRONG THING, DIDN'T YEP"

GOT THE WRONG THING, DIDN'T YEP"
broken bones within ten minutes after
it came to my mind, unless some other
boy got there first and brought the
whole limb down with him.
And what surprises me about the city
boy is that he doesn't seem to take any
interest in the matter. | have seen
some desultory efforts to shin the tree;
one boy even got up where he could
reach the branches, but he saw po-
liceman on the next block, and slid
down again without even carving his
initials. Meanwhile the dead limb,
provided by benefcent Providence,
waits there for boy who knows what
real fun is.
This observation has given me low
idea OF the city boy, and / hold him
even cheaper for his games in that va
cant lot. He plays ball fairly well, but
without a proper spirit of rivalry; he
fights quite skillfully but not so often
as would be good for him; he plays
marbles for keeps and is bad loser"
There Is no romance in anything that
he does. / haven't seen a tomahawk
or scalping knife on the lot Perhaps
the red Indian is played out, but GER
tainly the possibilities of savagery are
not exhausted. Why don't the big
boys play policemen and club the
heads off all the little boys? There's
a game | missed when ! was Young,
because there was no model. In nv
time it was considered dispraceful to
fight with the constable, and to get
the worst of such an encounter was a
thing unheard Of it was an Office for
disabled soldiers in New England then.
But what the city boy seems TO lack
most lamentably is sense of humor
have not seen a good trick played in
that lot. 1t is not for want of oppor-
tunity. There is a policeman who IN
varlabIy stands in a certain spot under
that tree in the hot moons. | remem-
Der schoolmaster in the early sixties
who was addicted to a similar habit
This being noted by the brethren of
the Lonely Tomb, we constructed an
elephant pit under Edwards favorite
tree in the most approved style Of the
art as practiced ia India. We dug a
hole about six feet deep one night.
rooted il with slender sticks, and
sodded 1t over. 1t got about two-thirds
fun of yellow water IN the course OF
the night. we played very interest (
ing game Of round ball in the early /.
part Of the following afternoon, while I,
old Edwards went home 70 change his 4
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block and then suddenly turned around
and walked calmly back, passing a
clerk who was pursuing him blindly
and jostling women and children right
and left.
He performed fifty tricks In the next
four blocks, but the last revealed him
to me in his most agreeable light. He
saw girl about his own age carrying
a bundle. She looked at this bundle
with aversion. modification and re-
bellion. The boy read her expression
at glance.
Got the wrong thing, didn't yep" he
said. Carrying it back, amt ye?
You're always doing foolishness like
that"
This was good. considering that nm
questionably be had never seen her
before. The little girl simply couldn't
stand it. She had been on the verge
of tears before, but she had hoped that
nobody would see what a stupid little
girl she was She burst into tears
The spectacle Of her grief imme-
diately filed the chivalrous breast of
AiAt U4E1 nc sLSy6tt
a bout Tor means Of rcpsration. Dot
leedle German band had just drawn
up on the side Of the street. ami was
To play.
Don't you care" said the boy.
''Just listen 10 tie music"
lie jumped in front OF the trombone
player and began 10 perform upon an
imaginary instrument 50 cleverly tha.
there vas general laugh in which the
little girl jojned. But the trombone
artist didn't like H. he took his ipstrrl-
nent from his lips. and bent oger 10 /
'uite the boy, tie was a VERY tall man !
md he had 20 stoop over to Do il. The |
10Y crouchcd down and made the man |
.tcop stIll more The trombone and /
he boys right hard were very close /
ogstheT as the musician q. last a. 4
aimed his object and administered
icarty slap where it would 90 the Eos. /
.ood-
Then, having virSieztea the honsros
7atheriand, the German st-aizatesed
.insel. up and began 70 toot upon
sse trombone The sound which re-
nlted was even more terrible than
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tempted to ask that you put it into
execution"
Gogo's ugly old face became CORFU
gated in a grin.
"When l made prisoners of the fifty
brides month ago, sire. and had them
roasted alive in the royal gardens. you
will remember that your objections
were strenuous. But as a psycholog-
ical experience for yourself was not
the spectacle worth all the agony of
mind it caused you?"
In his earnestness the prime minis
ter had dropped the formal ''sire' and
majesty"
Il hardly know" replied the king.
''There are times when / lie awake at
night and see the forms of those girls
writhing before me. hear their shrieks
and behold their young husbands MAX
ing frenzied efforts to rescue them and
falling beneath the weapons of my
troops At such times l ask if even
psychological experience may not be
bought too dearly"
'1t depends upon what you mean by
a psychological experience, f" said Gogo,
with suppressed impatience. 'Your
ambition being to pass through every
mental state of which the mind is sus-
ceptible, you should comfort yourself
with the reflection that you have at
least the courage of your convictions.
The love and respect of your subjects
are dear to you. You sacrifice them
in the interest Of science. That is as
disinterested, sire, and as praiseworthy
as the conduct OF the lad who goes
without food that he may spend more
money upon books"
The king well knew that Gogo graft
fed his own revengeful instincts very
often in the name of a psychological
experience for his royal master But
Xoro never had the courage to say SO
openly.
Concerning the mob of kings" he
said, ''do you think that the sight of
hundred rulers raging through the
streets of my capital like so many I'M
ruly revolutionists will diminish re-
spect for royalty? Moreover, how can
you get the kings to make mob of
Men die, SIRE" replied Gogo, "sci-
ence lives. This moon Of ours revolv-
ing around the fiery earth, from which
it receives light and heat, viii one day
be planetary corpse with no form of
life upon it. The earth, in its turn,
may TEEN with breathing millions,
only to grow cold and dead at last.
viii it make any difference then that
royalty fell into disrespect ages ago?
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roof of high fortress that commanded
full view of the scene.
obstructive the sight is" said Xoro
sadly. "Who would suppose that PROUD
and powerful kings would descend tc
the tactics of a horde of proletarians.
Gogo's hideous cOuntenance was
wreathed in another grin.
The kings had by this time reached
the window of the tower, still quarrel
ing among themselves, and were enter
ing the structure.
Suddenly Horticulus appeared at a
easement beaSing the form of white
robed girl in his arms. The youthful
artist was behind him.
Horrors. Gogor exclaimed Xoro.
''You said the girl was an ideal-that
she did not exist!''
$50 supposed, sire," replied Gogo,
in dismay. q"
But the king had left him and was
soon speeding toward the towers.
Hold" he exclaimed, scaling the
walls like the wind.
In another moment he was surround
ed by his furious brethren, all eager to
seize the girl. But Xoro had her in
his arms. With drawn sword he faced
them.
'Now am in the mob of kings" he
thought, bitterly. Il am no better
than the rest"
The artist meanwhile had rushed to
the street and raised an alarm.
Xoro's subjects ran up and he was
soon master of the situation.
Where am I?' murmured the girl,
who all this time had seemed in
trance.
''You are safe" said Xoro.
The sound of her voice had resolved
him to make this fair unknown his
queen. He saw that she knew what
passed in his mind and was content.
''Sire," she said, your psychological
experiments leave no one safe in your
dominions.
They were alone now, for the turbu-
lent monarchs had noisily retreated,
with the people after them.
My only WISH" said Xoro, ''is to
study the mental condition that results
from given set of circumstances.
Then, sire, why not rejoice in the
mental condition that results from
pleasing your subjects in all things?"
Xoro understood and assented with
an inclination of his head.
But whom have we hereP' be asked,
as the young artist appeared, leading
a fair girl by the hand
my wife replied the painter.
"My sister," said the maid in Xoro's
arms.
The newcomer knelt before the king.
Arise" said Xoro, you shall be my
prime minister"
A loud explosion interrupted him
Gogo had burst with rage.
ALEXANDER HARVEY.
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fWiiliamsburgh) for my car. The
Greenwood cemetery car had jus.
passed Then came cars for Elwood
Norwood, Oakwood and Beechwood
cemeteries and Fresh Pond crema.
tory. Following there was the trolley
for Highwood cemetery. This line is
/ increasing the demand for itself at the
rate of about five grassy mounds pei
day. As none of these places was my
immediate destination. still waited
Then came the boy
He was about thirteen. which / no
tice is an uniucky number fer anybody
who has to take care of the boy. This
one was all alone After watching
him awhile / did not wonder at 1t. All
the other boys like him have grown
up, these twenty years The boys
features were nodded into an express
sion OF studied stupidity. Apparently
he didn't know anything; he couldn't
see anything / recognized him by
that for the most alert of his species.
He was standing at the mouth of cell
lar. The double iron trap doors were
open A man was cropping down cellar
in the dark Suddenly the boy kicked
one of the iron doors, and it fell with
resounding bang. The man ragged,
mounted the steps and looked over the
closed door, naturally expecting to
see the boy running MP the street But
the boy had calmly moved around to
other side. In this favorable position he
kicked the other door, and it fell on the
mans head and knocked him down the
stairs. When the man finally got out
of the cellar, my boy was boarding .
horse car from the ferry. which had
stopped for him. Two other boys had
approached the cellar doors and were
man swear. Whereupon he cuffed them
both and went into the cellar again.
ny boy. having no use for the horse
car, asked the conductor: 'sDoes this
car go to the ferry?"
Nav" yelled the conductor. an
grily.
"Betcher dollar it does" said the
boy. when it comes back"
The ingenious youth then returned
to the sidewalk whistling merry tune.
! followed him. There was an enor-
nous crowd out shopping that evening,
and no end of youths and maidens on
promenade. The slightest obstruction
upon the sidewalk instantly resulted
in unspeakable confusion. This the
boy was quick to perceive.
In front of a carpet store two great
strips of carpet were suspended, ex-
tending from the second story win
dows to- posts by the curb. Ny boy
leaned against one of these posts.
Nobody noticed him. Then he climbed
up little way, still unobserved ex-
cept by me. Presently one of those
strips of carpet suddenly descended.
A dozen women, loaded with bundles,
were tangled up in il instantly They
dropped their bundles and screamed.
The sidewalk was Uttered with pack
ages in brown paper. Then the
women began to pick them up, regard
less of ownership, and there was a
gala night in Bedlam. At this juno
ture the proprietor of the store came
out in wrath and drew up the strip of
carpet into its proper place. AS he did
SO the boy let loose the other end and
then fled.
1t was easy enough to avoid capture
in that crowd. The boy ran only
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INDUSTRIAL AND STATISTICAL

IT Is estimated. from the cenEua Il
1890, that the insect pests cost tho
fruit growers Of the United States
about ss.Coo.0oo G year.
AT the maple sugar laboratory 80
Montpelier. VI. during the pas. seal
son s,Ts3,75Z pounds of sugar were
tested. The bounty On this os7tp;,; wiIl
amount % abos1; s5.5oo.
" the central part II ssse state Of
SepS York over 1900 people are en-
gagged in tire cultivation of rzors shan,
2o.ooo acres Of grapes. which produces
annually from 1900 TO J0.goo tons
TIE average wage per week f<sp
women in Kansas nr,1 Wisconsin, 81
s5-Z7; in Minnesota. 500. Ia Indlau.
aPolis the sarn paid fer shirt-fs.sl a.
ranges from shirty cea:a to sixty ce.tu
q DOZEN
The total receipts as The Sc-y / S-sh
custom house for the H~rai -~.r thxs
ended June % we're sszs. .1s2. .eszz ~ sssa-
pared with sieo. .Ts2.sfz.ss for the ure-
vious fiscal year, or en- iner~ass ef
nearly 81. go. .ool-
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The visiting kings are assembled be-
fore frowning tower in the outskirts
of Xoro's capital The ruler of Hor-
ticulus was haranguing them.
Can we allow such loveliness to lam
guish in dungeon?'
MOP shouted the stout old king of
Mendax. Rescue her, and I will give
her asylum at my court
'.Or at miner exclaimed all the rest
at once.
II have a prior claim" declared the
Horticulan monach.
Perhaps we might rescue the girl
before fighting for her." observed the
king of Kaladin.
Saying this he leaped upon step in
the wall. The Horticulan hurled him
furiously to the ground.
Instantly there was hubbub. The
allies of Kaladin sprang to his side.
The king Of Horticulus was also sur
rounded by his friends. A general
combat ensued In the melee crowns,
scepters, robes and jewels were hurled
about like paving stones and street
missiles.
"Knig Balbor has climbed up to the
captive's window!" shouted one king
suddenly. "He viii carry off the grill"
The line of battle changed at once
All drew nearer the tower walls. Some
hurled objects at Balbor. Others
sought to drag him down by standing
on their fellows shoulders and stretch
ipr forth their arms to seize the barn
of his robe.
There is your mob of kings, SIRE"
said Gogo, who stood with Xoro On the
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usual, for the boy, just as the spank
descended upon him. had stuffed a long
stick and wad of paper into the from
bone.
like that sort OF a boy. He takes
an interest in affairs Tie will grow
up 20 be business man For after al
what is modern business success but .
measure of mans facility in the cou-
coction of schemes fer getting other
people into trouble?
HOWARD FIELDING.