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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-01
BRIDGES IN ENGLAND.
Magnificent Spans That 1uustrafe thu
Progress of Engineering Science.

Progress of Engineering Science.
The scientific construction of great
bridges in Great Britain has been
studied with much diligence from
earliest times, and has quite equaled
the progress IN the other branches Of
architecture. Tee most ancient
bridge in England is the Gothic
triangular bridge at Coryland. in
Lincolnshire, which is said 10 have
been built in $50. says London It'd
Bits This singular structure has
three approaches from as many roads,
formed by three segments of circle
which meet IN the middle End from
three pointed arches
The longest bridge in England IS
that over the Trent at Burton. n
Staffordshire, built in the twelfth
century OF squared freestone- 1t con-
sists of thirtyfour arches and is ore
thousand FIVE hundred and forty-tive
feet in length
The old bridge at Newcastle-Upon-
Tyne was built of stone in 1881, and
that over the Midway, At Rochester.
about the same time.
The London bridge was composed
originally OF twenty-five arches, and
was incumbered for many years with a
street of houses, which was removed
between 1856 and los, and the three
center arches were then converted into
one of seyenty-two feet span.
The bridge built over the Conway at
Lianrwst, in Denbighshire, by lingo
Jones in 1850, may be classed among
the best of the English bridges, al
though il lies in Wales. 1t consists OF
three arches. the largest OF which is
ffty-eight feet span. The road and
the parapet are very low and the APP
proaches steep. and the bridge has an
unusually light and airy appearance.
Another beautiful and singular
bridge in Wales is also worthy of no
tice-that built in 1916 over the Taft,
in Glamorganshire, by William Ed
wards. an uneducated country mason.
Some time after Its erection il was, I'M
fortunately, carried away by masses
which the torrent of the river drove
against il. As the builder had given
security for the durability of his work
for seven years he was compelled to
erect another, which he did with all
possible speed. The second bridge con-
sisted of one arch, for the purpose OF
admitting freely through it whatever
membranes the food might bring
down. The arch was completed, but
before the bridge had received the
parapets the weight pressed in the
launches, raised up the crown, and
laid the fine arch in ruins in ISL At
the third attempt the bridge was com
pleted aud has since gallantly with
stood the test of time and food.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-01
London has a donkey show every

London has a donkey show every
year. 1t is conducted by very import
ant personages for the benefit of the
costermongers. Prizes are given for all
sorts of excellence. but the highest prizes
are awarded to the donkey showing the
best care, the object of it all being to
make the coster kind TO his donkey. The
affair Is always a great success, the
donkeys and donkey carts looking smart
with their roses and ribbons. and some
OF the donkeys showing coats like
velvet. There were slXty-seven entries
at the show held last week. In this con-
nection 1T is pertinent to remark that the
long-eared gent would have no show in
public exhibition in this country, with
the senate in session.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-01
Everything Has It's Cse-

Chemists turn scrap iron into ink
old bones into lucifcr matches, the
shavings Of the blacksmith shop into
Prussian blue, fusei oil into oil OF aP
pies AID pears. the DRAWINGS Of COW
hoases into fashionable psTfuTacry.
beggars' rags into new pilot coats.
cesspool fifth into ammonia and tar
waste into aniiine dyes an d ssccharine.
IL Paris they first utilize rats 20 clear
the flesh from tho bones OF carca&ses,
then kill the rats, use up their fur for
trimmings, their skin for gloves, ths.f
thigh bones for toothPicts and ;b@i-
tendons AID bones for ge.stsne wrap,
oerR
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-01

The American Express company has
divided 81, 800 among the six men who
announced a standing reward of SIM
liar amount for all such action in the
future. AS the robbers don't mind the
little matter of killing it is expected that
they viii make application for employ
ment in the train service OF that road.
It would be no more hazardous, just as
profitable on the average, and good
deal surer as to the paw.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-01
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PIGEONS AND FALCONS.
The Latter Can Carry Greater WeiSt
nai Make Better Time


Falconry may yet be restored. a. IL
seems. though not ss n sport. but a.
part Of the terribly serious business.
war. A Russian officer. Capt smoilaa.
has been tanning falcons 70 serve as
dispatch carriers The falcon has sew
eral advantages over the carrier
pigeon, says the Westninste. Ca
zette. Not only is be a more warliks
bird than the meek cousin Of the dove.
but be is swifter in fight and capabls
OF great endurance The greatest
s5giftaess ever known 20 be attained
By the carrier pigeon II fifteen Ger
mani miles an hour. but this Us the
rate of the ordinary aigbt of the f&i-
con D'Aubusson. IN his work On Tho
Talconry Of the Middle Ages." tells
several anecdotes of TIE extraordinary
powers Of the falcon and lsEgth and
swiftness Of fight For instance.
falcon which vas acnt from the Canary
Islands to the duke Of LerTna in snsin
made the return flight from AndaiGxaA
10 TeneriEc IA sixteen hOurE. vi ica
was At the express speed OF sixteen
(Gcruaui miles 20 tbs hour A osr.
man mile Is not far snort of Eve Eaz-
lish miles. so that the speed 81 tsis
falcon must have been a. TIE rate II
about seventy-fve rziles al hour. 4
further advantage Of tie falcon over
tae pigeon IL the greater weight xhisA
IL can carry. lt IL we'll raovn thai
very slight burden il IA oppression 20
the poor pigeon, 50 that dispatehss are
reduced ia size by photographic copies.
in order 20 reazee the ueiyht for thu
feeble Bttls carrier. Capt srsoskc1
says he h2s found that fzleon csa
carry 4 weight al four Rssetaa pounds,
or $40 grams Thirty yrafoes - 20 our
ozncsl. ssithou; diminishing ia power
or s~i.taess ia tying. Besides. The
carrier pigeon may fall prey 70 ;ss
falcon. whiie there IL xrrzlI danger ct
any other bird taking the carrier fab
con . prisoner.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-01

From the statement made by Congress
man Haines Of New \ FORK, the balance
of power in the senate is transferred for
the time from the south to the northwest:
that few small states in the northwest
are using. and abusing, their power
which is equal 10. that of an equal num-
Der of the most populous states-to block
legislation and dictate what may be
done. Dir. Haines would correct this
inequality in representation il the senate
by an amendment to the constitution
providing that states with less than half
million population shall have but one
senator. 1t is exasperating 10 have sen
ators act as some of them are doing Just
now, but it is doubtful if the proposed
change would cure the evil. l. Will not
be done.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-01
A Serious Question.

From the Newton Republican.
The city OF Denver recently offered
work upon public Improvements at
81. 40 per day to the hundreds OF unam-
ployed men in that city. The non
tramp element gladly accepted the stu
alton and went TO work, wheEeupon a
gang OF idle Italians, who demanded
higher wages. made murderous assaults
upon the men who were employed. We
are engaged in the deportation Of the
Chinese, what shall we 90 about the inn
portation of shiploads Of Italians whose
Malta members become the canker and
riot-breeders of the more ignorant
Classes Of society:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-01

The medical fraternity is coming to
the rescue of the people who have more
avoirdupois than they want. A physi-
clan in recent newspaper article points
out that fat people endure most kinds of
illness much better than thin people, be-
cause they have an extra amount OF
nutriment stored away in their tissues
to support them during the ordeal. This
should be very reassurlng to the over
solicitcus friends of President Cleveland.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-01
Republicans Won't Be Caught.

From the Troy ChIef
The Democrats aud Peoples party in
majority o. the counties of this state
are refusing to combine, but are nonii-
mating ssraigai tickets. Ii is To be hoped
thar the Republicans VIII not be caught
by any such strategy, but will make an
active canvass. and exert their fullest
strength. As election day approaches,
these straight tickets Will begin 10
crumhle away, and resolve themselves
into the same fusion concerns that Re-
publicans have had 20 fight for The last
Three years,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-01
Which Is Right?
Leayenworth Times

From the Leavenworth Times.
Hoke Smith has explained and says
there have crept upon the pension rolls,
through one avenue or another, by various
rulings of pension commissioners ard
the work of examiners and officers OF
the pension bureau, an enormous number
of persons who are not entitled To pen
sions. Some weeks ago Pension Com
missioner Lochren wrote letter 10 the
editor of the National Tribune in which
he Indignantly denied that there was
any considerable number of the unde-
serving persons on the pension rolls.
Which of these two Democrats is right:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-01
REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET.

The Philadelphia Inquirer says that
1850. 900 square miles of looking glasses
are manufactured annually in Europe.
This is something of reflection ON the
neople over there, but it brings their
vanity rioht before their own faces.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-01

Labor Commissioner Todd Is very IN
dignant because Judge Reed, OF the
Wichita district, decides the eight-hour
law unconstitutional. 1t is really too
bad that Judge Reed should have been
so inadvertent as not to ask for Todds
opinion and permission before rendering
his opinion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-01
ghe aohita aalu Eagle SUNDAY aaoruiue October /, 1888

man should be taxed to the limit Of
healthy Endurance, and the proud con-
seriousness in every one of having done
his full duty will prove an invincibie
force in the upbuilding Of common
wealth second to none in the west.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-01

IF it is true as alleged that the ST. Joe
train robbers were led into the trap set
for them by detectives, and killed, 1t
only shows that the detectives dosed the
robbers with their own medicine, oy
.akino their victims unawares. 1t was
a horse on the robbers. but they've got
no kick
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-01

The fools and biggots of this country
ne almost exclusively confined to the
east Atlantic seaboard states. The Utica
New York. Press cditorially says that
Kansas has again been eaten out by
grasshoppers, there not being green
thing left in the state. No wonder that
the majority of the congressman from
that section favor a single gold standard
for money.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-01
I'll EiSht: Lead of. Mac.

from me Topeka Journal
We don's believe campaign can be
won by talking about PETERS whiskers,
Mrs. Leases mouth asd Jerry Simpson
feet. The people are tired OF chestnuts
that have been given them daily for
three years. Do say something fresh.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-01
NOTICE FROM OUR OFFICE.

After shis date we will
charge no goods to anyone
not paying their account
promptly on the first of
each month. Fair notice is
fair warning.
Very Respectfully,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-01
That Do-Not settle 1t.

From the Elnporia Republican.
Labor Commissioner Todd has "hand-
ed down" an opinion in which he says
that there is absolutely no groRnd for
Judge Reeds decision against the eight
hour law. The people are under obliga-
tons 10 Mr.. Todd for his promptness in
settling this question. 1t Will save a
great deal of litigation.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-01

the twenty-sixth annual meet
ing of the Kansas Academy OF
Science will be held at En-
poria. on Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday. Oct. %, &c aid 81, 1898. Titles
Of papers TO be read with brief abstracts
should he sent to the secretary by Oct.
II, so that program OF meeting may be
sent to the members.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-01

Jones-Slith, wiz. made the boat 80
iAtes
Smiih--winc blowing the wrong d.
rection for the summer girls s.rSve@- -
Town Topics
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-01

Papa said frankie, IL Toa viii
get re goat carriage, I'd drive down
20 tae station every afternoon 20 Meet
you when yoa come houae. Harper .
Young Penrie
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-01

EXCHANGE tPITOMES
Mans Wants

MAN wants but little here below"
To test the sayings worth
Go up i'll a balloon and see
How soon you'll want the earth
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-01

The crowds increase at
the Dress Goods Departm't
every day. New goods ar
irving constantly; the very
newest weaveS and choicest
colorings.
A big line of colored Vel
vets inst in; fine trimming
quality at 81 per yard; this
price is lower than hereto
fore.
New Underwear
and Hosiery for
Men, Women and Children.
The Domestic department
is complete with everything
for your Fall wants.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-01
Crowded
Carpet
Department.


More room needed for
fine goods, consequently We
will this week Slaughter
our Cotton Chain Extra Sits
pers and Cotton Mixed In
grain Carpets. Now is your
opportunity, come and see
what we will give you in
these goods from 20 to 10
cents per yard.
The finest line of Carpets
in the west, our prices low
er than anybodys.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-01
MsMsnk@4/
VVA1gyAA~~
1913 and 127 n. Main.

In our usual place
| his season,
Head and Shoulders
Above all others
In our lines.
Dry Goods,
Carpets,
Cloaks,
Millinery.
The very newest and the
very best in every depart
NET III large assortments
at the lowest prices.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1893-08-11

One of the most sorrowful oircum-
stances connected with the loss Of the
Victoria is the fact that five out Of six
engineer officers lost their lives, The
reason is not far to seek. The engineers
were at the post Of duty, and the post of
duty was in this case the post of danger,
The chief engineer and four of his staff
were in the engine room endeavoring to
shut off tho steam and to open the escape
valves. They died, but they will not be
forgotten.
Those who know what watch in the
dark, fiery well of the stolsehold, 10 feet
below the bridge, really means can alone
appreciate the qualities which enable
men to remain steadfast at their post in
such surroundings in the hour of danger.
1t requires d stout heart to stay at the
bottom of an iron we'll, with a dozen
high pressure boilers before one and a
square patch of sky seen through a
hatchway 40 feet above, when the order
on deck is, Close all the water tight
doors" and Call away all the boats, j
We must not forget the engineers and
stokers of the Victoria, They have de-
served we'll of England.-Pall Mall Ga,
yatta
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1893-08-11

"
Held for nearly four months III an
equatorial doldrum or dead sea calm
until her provisions were exhausted and
her crew on the verge Of starvation was,
the terrible experience of the American
ship Edward O'Brien, which had long
ago been given up for lost, The ship Is
owned partly in this city, and the news
of her safety has just reached the own
ers,
The ship left Victoria, B. O., early in
December last for London with large
cargo of wheat, and nothing was heard
of her until June a2, when she was sight
ed by the steamer Galileo in latitude
40.8t, longitude 25.16, flying signals tell
ing that she was short of food. She was
supplied by the steamer, and Captain
Whitton brought to New York news Of
the safety to the underwriters, who
were demanding heavy premiums for
reinsuring the vessel and cargo.
1t was learned that the ship had made
fine run down the Pacific coast and
around the Horn, but when near the
equator she had been caught in one of
the dreaded calms that prevail in that
latitude. For three months she re-
manned within distance of half q mile
from where she first struck the calm,
and during that time thiers FF'as not wind
enough to fill even the lightest of her
sails. Finally a small current, proba-
bly, made by a storm many miles away,
appeared and served to send her slowly
out of tho locality, which threatened al
one time to become q place of death for
all on board, On this current the shiI
driftad for almost another month, Ther
a welcome wind carried her back into
the paths of navigation, Philadelphia
Record,
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1893-08-11
How tho ranlo Was stennad.

Horace MCPhee, who Is here as River
side county commissioner, says there
was no furry whatever about the Bank
of Elsinore. And then MePhee told a
story which is particularly pat at these
times.
He said there was q run on q bank in
an iron mill town, and the depositors
were being paid in silver dollars, The
excitement increased, and the run be,
came fast one. The cashier was q
young Irishman, and the work put upon
him was more than he liked He re-
solved to stop it, He sent the janitor
with bushel of silver dollars into rear
room where there was q stove, with in
structions to ''heat them silver dollara
redhot," They We're heated, and IN
that condition he handed them ont with
q ladle. The depositoTs first grabbed the
coin, then kicked. But youth have to
take them that way" said tho cashier,
1--WE are turning them out as fast as we
can melt and mold them, and if you
won't wait till they cool you'll have to
take them hot"
That settled it, The run was stopped,
McPhee says the story ia true, but de-
MES that he was the Irish cashier,--san
0iagO Sun
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1893-08-11

According to The Social Register for
August, the number of prominent Fam
lilies of New York, Philadelphia, Boston,
Baltimore and Chicago who have gono
to Europe is only b5 per cent of what il
was at this time year ago, There is
also an increase of 80 per cent in the re-
turn arrivals from Europe, This is at
tributed to the Worlds fair.
The Register shows that 861 families
are summering abroad, a,34s are rasid-
ing inland, and 2, ,189 are at the seashoTe.
of the families that went inland s97 arc
in New Jersey between Orange and Nor,
ristown, 822 are on the Hudson, on are
at LenoK and 1883 in New England
Pennsylvania, Maryland and the west
Of those who are at the seashore, 002 arc
on the Long Island coast, Sl8 are at New
port, $50 are on the New England coast
between Newport and Bar HarbpF, a1i
are on the Jersey coast between Sea
bright and Atlantic City, 191 are at Bal
HarhoF and Al are at Narragansett,
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1893-08-11

The chief Justice Of the United States
has fled his written opinion in the case
Of YiclS Wo, unregistered Chinesalabor
en-, 1t is very interesting reading, ITO
holds that the provisions Of the fifth and
fourteenth amendments shelter all per-
sons Of whatever nationality, race Of
color within tho territorial jurisdidtios
He describes the punishment ~ deporta-
tion sought TO be inflicted ON Yiok Wa
under the provisions Of the Geary act as
in effect legislative sentence Of banish-
ment unknown to the organic law and
in violation Of IT, Concerning the Geary
act itself, the chief justice says thatit
ooontains within it the germs Of the aa-
sertion Of an unlimited and arbitrary
power in general incompatible with tho
tmmutable principles Of justice, inoon.
sistent with the nature Of our goveTn-s
ment and in conflict with the written
constitution by which that government
was created and those principles &C,
cured. Hartford Courant,
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1893-08-11


The club member who ia sleep
and snorss III tho readiiis r5t fA
ny ID q nuisance, hat TIE pun itaist qf
bis offense BY term of ini Fuicnt
has not yet been heard of lAG Hsiais-
trates at Aston police court, llVwever,
are, ii would seeni ia Htver " such
treatment. Tho london Truth ealls ut.
tention TO case heard ab Aston, where
laborer named John etro8es was
charged with 4agrancy far having alept
iii furniture vali In the pnhla street.
a police constable on hts rounds heard
loud snores He was not at first able to
discover the origin Of the sound, but on
getting over q wall into q yard he found
the prisoner asleep in q furniture van,
snoring iii such manner as ID make
himself heard at a considerable distance
from his hiding place.
The prisoner, ia reply 70 the beach,
said that he had been at work at Sutton,
and on returning to his home TO Aston
he was unable to gain admission, % that
he went and slept in the van, The
deputy magistrates clerk pointed cut
however, that he was disturbing the
neighborhood with his mighty snore,
whereupon the magistrates, probably
taking this heinous offense into consid.
GRAFTON, for nothing else was alleged
against the prisoner, positively sentenced
the wretched man to six weeks hard
labor
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1893-08-11
An oaer OF ., zoo sheep nefusea.

An offer of 1900 sheep for nothing be
ing refused is recorded by Sydney pa
per. This occurred in the Riverina,
New South Wales, where, in conse
quence of the drought, the land Is great
" overstocked. Ia the case mentioned
the sheep had been shorn, and as the SO
lector, to whom they were offered, had
no spare feed or water for them, they
were killed and their oarcasses burned
In other caaes sheep have been skinned
their careasses having been burned, a.
the skins were worth more than thu
sheep were when alive, One lot, sent b.
rail some distance, did notrealize enough
to pay expenses.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1893-08-11


The New York association for sending
young women, advanced students, art
lists, teachers and skilled artisans, in par.
ties of II at timp, for eight days stay
at Chicago, has raised nearly $40, 900 fof
its two months house rent, maintenance
and travelling expenses, The expense ac'
count is; Excursion tickets, with bertha
in sleeping car, $685. meals on train, 90 %
each way, $5; lodging in Chicago, Sai
two admissions daily to fair, $751; meals
in Chicago, $t,60 daily, S19i car fares
SO; extras, accident insurance, $9, Total
$75. In their house the travellers are
cared for by a competent woman, An
other, who is experienced in conducting
parties of tourists, meets the strangers
on their arrival, spends three days OF
the fair grounds with each party an(
sees that they are safely settled in theil
places in the cars on the return Jour
ney. Exchange. a#