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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-13
A REMARKABLE COLLECTOR.
Discoveries Of Boy Who had Learned
to Observe keenly.

Discoveries of q Boy Who had Learned
to Observe keenIy.
A boy in Portland, Me-, many years
ago. was deeply interested in collec-
tions, and after taking up several
things. minerals, stamps, and the like,
he settled down to making a collection
of shells. At seventeen he had devel-
oped such keenness of observation as
to discover a new species of shell, and
presented q paper before the Boston So
ciety of Natural History on his dis
covery. In few months he again dis
covered new species that had been
classified as the young of known
species. A great English naturalist
visiting this country was taken to visit
shells. He was so interested that on
his return to Boston he spoke of the
collection to Prof. Agassiz, who invited
the collector to Harvard as q special
student. That boy is known to the
world as Prof. Morse. He went to
Japan as professor of zoology in the
University of Toxic, and while in
Japan began studying the beautiful
pottery of that artistic nation, until he
had become an authority, and was
made judge at the Chicago exposition.
Prof. Morse attributes his knowledge
of Japanese pottery to the habits of
close inspection acquired in his boy
hood when making his collection of
shells.-Outlook.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-13
WAKING DREAMS.
Brief Protests of Active Minds Against
Being Overw0rked.

Being OverWOrked.
We were in an elevated train, and
having nothing better to do were
watching a we'll known financier of
this city who sat in an opposite seat
pairing his finger nails.
He was man whose name is house
hold word all over this country for his
great wealth and the daring specula-
tons by which he has won it.
He appeared to be uneasy and crossed
and re-crossed his legs constantly.
Suddenly he sat perfectly still, knife
in hand. while his eyes fixed on moth
ing in particular, took on far away
look and the lids contracted slightly.
His whole appearance betokeped >
man who was thinking SO intently on
some subject that he was entirely OBJ
livious TO his surroundings for the
moment.
II wonder what big scheme he's con-
cocting nov?" / whispered TO my COM
panion.
None at all, I'll bet you" was the
answer from my friend, shrewd young
doctor.
Il have noticed" he continued, that
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-13
NO PLACE FOR HIS NERVES.
Why . Man Who Wanted . Quiet Home
Broke His Lease.

Why . Man Who Wanted . Quiet Home
Broke His Lease.
There's an empty house with . card
''To Let in the window, and q posi-
BILE suit between landlord and tenant
over broken lease, up in the north
west section Of the city. Lured by the
deity worded advertisement in an
afternoon paper announcing - lovely
home in quiet neighborhood." down
town invalid. whose nerves are all ajar
moved into the house in question to be
far, far away from the hustle and hid
eous night noises of the business part
of the city.
The early morning sleep was the re-
freshing restorative Of nature that he
was after, but Disguised and disap-
pointed, his household goods are in
storage now, and he vows he will never
rent another domicile without first
fully investigating its surroundings
and the nocturnal psculiarities of the
inha bitantS.
just facing his bedroom was house
occupied by a pudgy old Teuton who
had as pets Dachshund, large Mai
tese cat and Brahma rooster whose
notes night or morning were sufficient
to mar the sleep of the soundest slum-
berer. By way Of variety the German,
who was laid up with the govt. fire.
quently sat up near the open window
till early morn praeticing the tunes of
his Fatherland on an Anticipated slide
trombone.
When the cat concert began on the
back yard fence the dog would start
baying at the moon and the rooster
would crow Justify as daybreak ap-
preached, while the blasts Of the from
bone finished mp the unearthly concert
of discord. Old shoes and bootjacks
proved fruitless, and the lovely house
in quiet neig hborhoOd' will probably
remain vacant during the long winter
nights The whilom tenant is trying
to mend his shattered nerves at the
seashore and to drive away insomnia
by drinking in the ocean breezss
Y. Recorder.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-13

men of active faculties often lapse into
such spells, and persons who see them
generally suppose they are the outward
marks of intense mental applications;
but my experience convinces me that
they are, on the contrary, brief periods
during which the mind is really think
ing of nothing at all.
Il call them mind maps and I be-
lieve them to be as highly beneficial to
the mind as sleep is to the bodys They
are sort of protest and protection
against the excessive strain put upon
the mental faculties by too energetic
thinkers.
IF you ask a man at such times
what he is thinking about SO intently
he will generally give you an evasive
answer, because he would rather have
you suppose he was connecting some
deep scheme than not; but the fact is
that his mind has really been asleep
and when he is actually thinking hard
you will generally find his eyes rowing
from one object to another and his
whole body in state Of tidgets-
Y Herald
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-13
A Story Told BY q Little Girl.

One wet Saturday afternoon in May
we were playing ct Tableaux Vivants.
The subject was Queen Elizabeth
asleep, dreaming that her page who
was my little sister, was bringing a
letter with regard to politics. told
the little page to say Your Grace"
but l know now that you do not
say your grace to the queen,
but madam" When the audience
was seated, the page handed the
letter, and said: For what We
have received the Lord make us
truly thankful" She evidently did not
understandi my little sister is six years
old, and it was the first time she had
acted.-Pau Mall Budget
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-13
SOME FAMOUS LANDsLIPs.
"sinks' Are Frequent Occurrences In tn
State of Florida.

| sssinks" Are Frequent Occurrences in the
State Of Florida.
Second only amongst the commissions
TO which the earth's crust is subject, TO
that terrible cataclysm OF nature, the
earthquake itself the landslip. al
though happily often but very minor
affair indeed, involving but the dis
placement of few tons of loosened
soil, occasionally assumes far greater
and more forbidding proportions. caus-
ing. as in recent instance within our
own shores. deplorable destruction to
land and property and sometimes even
terrible loss of human life.
The severity of these disasters is nat
urally greatest in the most mountain
Gus countries, where the decay of the
rocks or excessive saturation of the soil
by rain loosens whole tracts of land
and launches the overwhelming mass
with irresistible force upon the valleys
below. Thus, in the year 1906, the
greater part of the Rossberg mountain.
behind the Rigi, slipped down without
preliminary warning, burying whole
hamlets and villages in its fall, and
causing the death-as was afterward
ascertained-of over eight hundred in.
habitants.
In 1889, at Lyme Regis, Dorset, =
strip of chalk cliff three-quarters of
mile long slid forward into the beach,
carrying whole fields. houses and
trees with it. Another landslide. at
tended with great loss Of life occurred
in 1880 at Naini. in the Hlmalayss,
when some thirty valuable British
lives, includ ing several officers, were
lost and nearly two hundred natives
persisted. Again, in the following
year. by q landslip near Canton, one
hundred and fifty persons were killed.
AS an instance of the extraordinary
smoothness with which these great
masses of detac he'd land travel. may be
mentioned "a landslip that happened
some years ago near Lebanon, n. II. A
number of farm hands were disturbed
at supper by a sound as of the sudden
discharge of firearms, followed by a
violent jerk, and then the whole house
seemed to be moving. Looking out OF
the windows they could see-for it was
a clear, starry night-the boughs of
trees in the distance passing rapidly
by, as if on railway journey.
This went on for some minutes, when
a violent jerk threw them of their
feet and on running out they found
that though the farm had still the
same trees and outbuildings about it
it no longer stood in the same locality,
but had been projected bodily upon
the lands of another owner lower down
the valley.
And this offers what is perhaps the
only humorous aspect of landslips.
Countless have been the legal actions
brought by proprietors whose lands
have suddenly shifted on other peo-
pies property, or by landlords whose
real estate has been swamped by the
fields of other men.
In Florida and some other states
what are called sinks are of frequent
occurrence. whole acres Of land sud-
denly falling in, without warning, save
occasionally for little crack or two
These are usually to be accounted for
by the presence of underground caves
or subterranean rivers. Mag
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-13
HUMBLE DINNERS.
Those Eaten by the Astors and
the Vanderbilta
Some Domestic Menus-WNliam G. Whit
ney's Homo Dinner and What IL
Put Upon Chauncey NJ.
Depew's Table.
ICoPYRIGHr. 1893

o MISCONCEP-
TON concern
ing the very
wealthy class is
more prevalent
among the poor
than the one
that "they live
on the fat of
the land. - Even
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-13

vegetables. with oranges and grapes,
formed his home dinner. John D.
Rockefeller continues to this day al
most equally abstemious. Many
''boarders'' fare better at dinner than
this millionaire at his own table, so far
as the food goes The service is, how
ever. perfection. for the Rockefeller
plate is noted.
The Goulds probably dine at home
more frequently than any other family
of large wealth in the United States
Their party rarely numbers more than
six. Mr. Edwin Gould likes this meal:
Consomne au Prutonnet Ia plain
vegetable SOUP
Fish taccording to season..
Veal La chartreuse.
Stewed venison; mashed potatoes
Rice pudding; fruits.
Coffee.
The Goulds have the best of wines.
Miss Helen and Miss Anna Gould seem
to favor astronomical elaboration
more than their brothers do.
Thus it will be seen that the real diff
ference between the table of the rich
man and that of the poor man con-
sists in appointment. That is. the peo-
pie of wealth possess a plenitude OF
fine linen, china and silver. The ap-
petite is appealed to by what may be
termed theatrical accessories There
are flowers fresh every day. The
courses are brought in systema tically
in which circumstance lies the real
success of dinner. The meals above
outlined would seem remarkab bly,
meagcr if brought in all at once. 1t is
by having the oysters ready in the
beginning, by the prompt and ready
removal and the timely appearance of
the soup, that the element of luxury
comes in. Nor on the tables of the
rich is there seen an array OF merely
ornamental gewgaws. Such affairs
always get disarranged during the
progress of dinner and make the
table look vulgar.
A study Of the family dinners Of the
rich shows, too, that nearly everybody
likes the same things in spite of the
literature Of epicureanism. AS with
houses so with meals. Residences
may be magnified into palaces, but I'M
less they contain bedroom, dining
room. a kitchen and a parlor they are
uninhabitable So a meal can assume
the royal elaboration of feast for
kings, but if it's foundation be not,
course for course, that of the simple
dinners outlined above, it is task to
eat it.
So far as food alone is concerned, the
millionaires of America live not whit
better than the prosperous poor. They
certainly waste less food.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-13
A French ph ysieian. who has toun

A French phi ysieian. who has found
that the majority of deaths urou the
battlefield arise from the bleeding TO
death OF the wounded while waiting
for the surgeon. proposes that each soil
der in'the French army shall be taught
whore the arteries of his body arc and
how to arrest hemorrhages from them.
In doing this he has found q use FOR
that most useless of arts, tAttooing; q
snail figure Of some kind being tat
tooed over each artery. so that the sol
dier can 9, once see where TO apply the
ligature. innsapols Tine>
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-13
His Coat.

Dannie was never tired of hearing
grandma tell Bible stories. He would
sit on the stool beside her. as still as
any mouse. and listen for hours with
out stirring. The stories of Samson,
of Daniel, and of Goliath were real to
him, and he listened breathlessly; but
he liked best to hear about Joseph,
and how he was sold into Egypt.
One day grandma did not tell him that
story.
why, dramma," he said. as she
stopped: why You isn't through yet.
You hasn't told about the boy that
wore the crazy coat. ~ Dung Reaper.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-13

Annie was little girl of eleven years
who tried TO talk politely. One of
their playmstes had a toothache and
was absent from school for two DAYS.
When she came to school again Annie
said 10 her: did you enjoy much pain
when You had the toothache?"-N. Y.
Picayune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-13
Began Work Mt Once.

Fond Mother-And SO my little angel
Joined the Little Defenders to-day. and
will always be kind TO dumb animals?
Little Angel-Ies'm. Comm home
met man wiz bag of kittens at he
was goin' to drown, and he promised TO
bring them here for us to be kind to-
Good News.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-13
Political Note

Reporter-How much space Are we
going to give 10 that mass-meetinr in
the Second ward.
City Editor it meeting in IA
vor of our candidate
No. il was an opposition meeting. y
II am surprised al your asking such
= silly question Give il two lines 70
the effect that il was the dismal auuk
of the campaign Texas Sit,irgA
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Small Boy-"Papa, is it correct to
say widow lady?" Papa-.'wen. l
never heard of q widow gentleman. -
y. y. Journal.
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Bad laws are the worst sort of tyran-
Burke.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-05-25
The CHERoMEEs. rLANs.


Given for Their Lands.
NEW YoHK. May A-A hand Of Cherokee
Indians is here. They came to town for
$o.osA.ooo, and say they do not propose to
leave until they get II. The principal
chief, {. ]. Harris, had with him . docu.
mens in which 1t appears that tho Chcro-
kee nation sold the Chcrolec outlet. con.
sisting Of q. 80 90 acres Of choice lands, to
the government for $s.S5. s& OF this
sum the treasury of the United States has
already paid $40. 80 and the remainder 10
TO be paid in five annual installmenta.
Chief Harris explained that the plan is to
realize the money at once on tho govern.
ment's promise To pay. He added:
Ths authorities At Washington CITY have au.
thorixei ne 20 issue 3sssa.oc0 in bonds bearing
Per cent in;ercs. The United States will tn-
dorse these bouds and ws viii take them up -
the government pays us. We expect to get tho
money without auy trouble. and we alreaty
have negotiations pending in Wall street. We
viii divide the money among our people Per
capita, which viii DO used for improvements.
euysrg cattle aud farming implements. and for
the better education OF their children.
Several Wall street bankers said they
would be willing to give the money TO the
Indians. In fact. il Is looked upon a. .
pretty good investment.
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An INNOCENT CoNvIcr rARDOSED.
The Case of 0uan An Chez. lmprisoaea
for Twelve Years.

The Case Of Guam An Chez. Imprisonea
for Twelve Years.
. SAN Francisco. May 2A--The Chronirks
says: After more than twelve ycars' servi-
tude in San Quentin prison. it transpircs
that Guam All Chez, . Chinaman. Is
innocent Of the murder of Chin
Guam Linn. another Chinaman, for
which he WAS convicted, and
his pardon has been decided upon by Gov.
Markham. Chin Guam Linn was shot dur
ing game Of dominocs in Chinese shop
of Dupont street. Other Cinnamon swore
that Guam All Chez was the murderer, and
upon their evidence he was convicted
and sentenced to prison for life.
One Chow All Yee, . hiahbinder.
who was mixed up in the affair. was
hunted diligently by the police at the
time. but he He'd to Australia. Several
local detectives have recently become
interested in the affair. having
long suspected Guam An Ches's
innocence, and an investigation
WAS finally begun in which facts we're
brought TO light which fastsn the crime ON
Chow All Yee. aud vindicats the inmate
Of San Quentin. lie will b released In !
few DAYS.
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NEW YoRk. May 2a.--Another test Of the
Chinese exclusion act was made today be-
fore Judge Lacomb in the United States
circuit court Nye Look. . gray-haired
Mongolian who has been in tho
country for thirty-fous years and who
served ~ cook ON board gunboat and
was wounded during the civil war. was the
victim. He was carried 10 the Federal
building on q cot. Ny Was Represented By
Choate and Maxwell Evarta.
The latter asked for . certificate and
Choate contended that Ny was entitled to
II. He said Ny had no excuse TO offer
why he had not secured . Ger.
tihcate within the prescribed time.
and Judge Lacombe, In accordance
with the provisions of tho Geary act, re-
fused to grant acertificate. Nywas placed
under arrest. but was released in few
minutes in order to be deported from tho
United States whenever provisions for
such department shall DO mado by the
proper authoritics.
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tached for $fS 900. and a receiver appointed
late this afternoon. He said clerks are 20.
ing over the books in order to obtain a
statement Of assets and liabilities The
comnsay Was capitalized uader the Laws
OF New Jersey for $lso oco. aad they have
property IN this city. Brooklyn and C.eve-
ana. ~
Siovx CRY. Ia. May al-on the re,,-
non OF the stockholders from Wichita
Nan. receiver has been appointed for
The Sioux Investment Company. Ii has a
capital Of $sG,oo, and loans money on
lands. The petitioners say that the CON-
panys assets are far greater than Its liza
oisi''es. but that the manager is trying 10
close out the company To their disadvan-
tage.
Nkw YORK. Nav - The Hanover Ma.
toaAi bank will honor drafts on the Ma
sionai Bank OF deposit OF this city for the
Adams County hank, Of Riixviiie, Wash.
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The Floods In Nontana.

GsvAT FAILS. Mont. May Especial
Traffic on the Belt mauntaiu branch OF
the Grea, Northern from kerc TO Neihart
has not been suspended on account OF high
water as was te.egraphei from Helena on
May 81 Regular trains came through all
righ, las. night. Belt creek has fallen
few inches and the Missouri river at this
poin: has rece3ed triiie during the past
;xenfy-four hours. The latter IS about
four feet below last years food mark. 1t
has been raining here and showing IN the
mountains necessarily the past two days,
with remarkably cool weather all over
Northern Montana /, IS clear tonight.
with a promise OF warmer weather to'nof-
-ag. which i- heGa! to melt The snow IA
the :Spansains and cause the Missouri
river and is tributaries 10 use consider
ahie
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CHICAGO. May .L-Hugh Ettcr. col.
ored sleeping car porter. this afternoon
took ofYcnse at David Sheriff. because the
latter was talking to . sister Of . woman
with whom Etter 10 infatuated, and draw
ing a revolver. he shot Sheriff. through
the body. He then ran, but Was arrested
by officer Harris. and on the way
to the station he drew . knife
and cut the officer in several
places. The latter became weak from loss
OF blood and was falling TO the ground.
Etter seized the officers revolver and WAS
about 20 shoot him when Ofiicer Owen
O'Connor came up. The crsxcd negro
fired two shots At O'Connor and was then
shot down by the latter. Sheriff. died on
the way to the hospital and Etter cannot
live. Harris is badly hurt.
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Coolies ResssDsA - vasssavss.
PORTLAND. May 24.--rhs sssamss Hay.
tien Republic returned 70 Vancouver, B.
G.. last night With fifty-shsss Chimes.
Who y ere refused landing - this port J.
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GKrar FAIEs. Mont. May M-fspecial.l i
"A cart OF sn east-bound Great Northern
freight train left the track one mile west
OF here early this morning and six cars
loaded with copper matte from Butte
were wrecked. No one Was hurt. though
some tramps Who were scaling ride in
one of the matte ears were slightly bruised
and greatly frightened. The vrecking
crew worked all day and got the track in
passable condition by %o'clock this after.
noon. The accident was caused by tho
rails spreading.
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OlYxrs., May -tspecial. The trial
Of the two Indians, George Williams and
George Seekman, who killed another Ia
dian named Heho. BY eating his throat
fsw weeks ago, ~ss commenced today.
The defense presented no evsdence and the
cas-. xiu so to the jasy tomorrow.
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signs-HsrdWsPe Company Fsila
Erxlxs. y. Y. May 2i-Mayor ID. c.
Robinson has made an assignment, inciud-
ing the Elmira National bank, which
closed its doors yesterday, WIN preferred
creditors. The liabilities are unknown,
but may reach $im.on. The run on the
Elmlra Savings bank continues. and all
sums under 500 are being paid on demand.
Col. RSbinson's Indebtedness 20 the IL
mira National bank 10 t.5..9 Prefer
ences outside the bank aggregate 100.
The assignment created great excitement
and the county clerks Office Vas bessered
by hundreds Of people anxious 20 see the
document
SEw Yoxx, May aA-The Van Wagner
& Williams Company, uhosesaie dealers IN
hardware. faaisd todsy. They were st-
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OiYxrls. Msv - Especial ~" H.
Abrams. Fred ". Araix and /. }. Se~iand.
trustees of the state nornai sch0os az
Ellens5urg. are in the city today They
have subrni:se: plans for the sesoo. bald
ing for which the last legislature appso-
p-ts.ed $ss1 fs1sl
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NAsocErrE. Mich. Nay ~ FROM six 10 eight
snches Of snow fell In this district today, and
the Segsunes snowshos Club turned cut thls
evening forty -four strong and took whss 10 -.
rec,ed 70 tue the Last tramp OF the season.
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r...,,,..e. Of p,. Graves. Case.

pExvEa. May IA motion was made befoee
Judge Buras today by fsosscuting Attosnsy
steele for . continuance until the ns1t term Of
court OF Or Thatcher Graves eass. who II Ia
Jail awaiting . reheartnK on the charge OF hav.
ing poisoned Mrs. Barnsby. Of Providence. The
court ad,ourasd without the asxumsats being
E.x. A>A
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PoRr TowssKSp, May A-FSpeciai. T.
The steamer Wiliapa came into port this
morning from Portland in command of
Capss. A. w. Horne and Peterson. The
chartsrer. the Hastings Steamboat Com
psny, will overhaul and Fsnovats the YES
se! and have her in readiness to 90 on the
Seattle and Neah bay route on June I.
The willapa II staunch craft. capable AZ
accommodating ninety passengers. and has
plenty space for cargo.