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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-12
SOME LATE INVENTIONS.

A RECENT invention converts waste
paper into kegs, barrels and vessels of
various kinds. Even racing boats are
made from it.
A SAFETY envelope, just patented, is
SO folded and pasted together that it
cannot possibly be opened without be-
ing entirely destroyed.
LADY ISABEL MoReEssoN has devised
woman's pocket that cannot be
picl1ed-as if the ordinary inaccessible
recess needed such protection.
A NEW device is an improved nose
piece for eyeglasses, having two lateral
pads projecting backward from each
of the vertical clips, whereby the
glasses are more securely held at any
angle.
A BARRIER in Auburn, Me-, has per-
fected device for the use OF upstairs
shops to indicate to wouldbe patrons
on the sidewalk just how many chairs
are running, how many customers are
waiting, etc, thus saving the informa-
ton seekers trip upstairs.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-12
DYING OFF.

TIE death rate n ST. Petersburg ex-
ceeds the birth rate From 1854 To 1858
there were !. 539, COO births and La, GO
deaths
TIE United States has tn. highest
death rate from diphtheria, so IN IT,
Goo. HOLLAND and Sweden cone next
with 40 each.
II the cholera plaques since is4s the
death rate has been tcleraeiy uniform
about 80 per cent of the cases term
mating fatally.
4 FoInIse-Egp closed upon Mrs
Mary Smith. Of Chicago. while she vas
sitting upon y. and 50 crushed her
head and ches. that sic died
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-12
NAL over they came ashore and mingled
IN b.1,,t tho NM

NAL over they came ashore and mingled
together about the camp
On the following morning the feast
began. Large quantities of brown
sugar, kegs Of strip. hard tack and
crackers were forthcoming and were
carried out above high water on the
beach. The strip and sugar were
poured into two canoes about fifteen
feet in length, the boxes of hard bread
were opened and the feast began.
Dried haiibut aud other fish made up
the menu. upon which the natives
turned themselves loose with unlimited
confidence and the utmost enthusiasm
Little and big, old and young. attacked
fusion of the feast could be heard even
above the tumult which is An INSOFAR
able adjunct to every Indian and In.
dian camp.
The feasting over, the more serious
work of the potlach began. Bolts Of
blankets, bolts of many colored han-
nels, loads of calico prints. hundreds of
flaming cotton handl1erchiefs were
opened up and brought before Captain
John by his perspiring young bucks.
Stripped to the waist, with a red
blanket covering his lower limbs,
Captain John stood forth. his face art
isticaliy painted in blue and red. In a
loud and consequential voice he called
the names of those for whom he had
expended his coin. and as they came
forward and received from his hands
their presents the Assem- bled multitude
would shout ont their approval of tha
giver's generosity and his prowess or
''hyas tyhee," which being translated
means big chief"
The distribution was varied. enlfv.
ened and diversified by more eating.
and the further giving of money.
Captain John. pleased with the plAud.
its of his numerous friends. continued
to impoverish himself, until every
blanket, every scrap and piece of cloth
and every dollar he had was gone. lie
then gave away his canoes--hs had
several-gave away his seal-huntiHs
outfit, cleaned out his sock Of personal
clothing and finally removed the soli-
tary blanket remaining. flung il tn ths
crowd and stood before them ma xeA-
This last act was the signal for a sipg-
ular chant By those present who joined
hands and. dancing. cireled about
Captain John.
When the sirupand sugar. the jerI<ed
halibut and the bareback were all gone
the Indians dispersed in all directions.
leaving the rich Indian Of yesterday
without one solitary piece of property
or thing OF value to-day
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-12
IN THE INDUSTRIAL FIELD.

An increasing output of petroleum is
reported from Peru
KNOXVILLE. Tenn, viii have the big
eest marble mill in the world
TIE Scotch herring fishery is now
Che greatest IN the world. employing
4, 900 boats and 100. ooo people
THE linen industry of ireland gives
employment to upward of 1eo.oeo per-
sons and has an estimated capital liz
vestment of $4,000, 600.
THE worlds agriculture occupies the
attention of $50, COG, 900 men, repre-
sents capital OF S22aai4 .0oo. 900. and has
an annual product of over $50. 000, coo, :
Oo0
OREGON expects to clip 1900, 600
pounds of wool this year. her increase
in sheep over last year being estimated
at 90 per cent, all Of which is shear
gain.
TIE production Of mercury reaches
about $1,000 to 6,oco frascos a year.
The frascos are enormous bottles of
cast iron, which contain four arrabes,
or about twenty-five pounds each
SOME idea of the slaughter of e1e-
plants can be secured from the fact
that in Zanzibar alone some 500. 900
pounds of ivory is marketed every sea-
son from the tusks OF 10000 elephants.
PAPER making ranks among the in
dustries of the United States. Last
year there were about LOO mills in op-
Grafton in this country, having an an
nual capacity of 10000 pounds of paper.
THE value of all agricultural prod
ucts of the United States in 1890 was
e776, 900, coo; of Russia, f563. COO, 900; of
France, e46O, coo, 900; of Germany, e424,-
10000 of Austria, s331 ,0O0, 900; OF
Great Britain, e251. 900. 900.
THE human hair is absolutely the
most profitable crop that grows. Five
tons of it are annually imported by
the merchants of London. The Pa
risians harvest upward of 100000
pounds, equal in value to es0,000 per
anuum.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-12
A SUCCESSIVE FACT.

A short time ago the EAGLE suggested
that the present unprecedented low price
of wheat affords splendid opportunity
for people who have money by them to
invest it so as to bring big profits in the
near future with little or no risk of loss,
and in the same connection it suggested
that those who have wheat would act
wisely if they withhold it from the mar
kets while the price is SO ruinously low.
The Kansas City Star takes the same
view of the matter and says, in part:
The present low price OF wheat recalls
suggestive fact in the history of agri-
culture IN Kansas. Iu 1889 corn was so
plentiful in that state that it sold at or
10 or ID cents bushel--leSs than the
cost of production. Some of it was
used for fuel. The next year corn was
worth 90 cents a bushei. Farmers who
had been able to hold their crops and had
the judgment TO do so made money.
There Is moral attached to this ex-
perience which ought not to escape the
attention of the wheat growers. 1t ad-
monisheS them not TO sacrifice their
grain unless they are compelled to do so.
There Is no ground for believing that
wheat will remain long at its present
figure. 1t is morally certain to advance
in price. The natural tendency of with
holding wheat from sale viii be to in
crease the demand aud enlarge the
price"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-12

A friend at Hunnewell asks the num-
Der of persons convicted of seonerism
and perjury in land cases i'll Oklahoma
since the first opening. 1t is impossible
10 give the exact or even approximate
numb.r, the trials of such cases having
occurred before different courts in differ
ent places aad no computation of such
data having been made and published
1t is enough to know, however, that the
number of each class of offenses has
reached into the hundreds, which indi-
Gates the purpose of the government to
punish such crimina!ity to the utmost.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-12

The discussion of the presidents mes
sage by the Democratic press indicates
most Enthusiastically that that party
wanted him 10 assume the role of dicta-
ior. This is shown by the confessed dis
appointment that their chef did not fol-
low up his demand for the repeal of the
Sherman law with something to take
It's place. The simpleton's. What
could be palmer than that he does not
want anything substituted for the Sher-
man law? IL he had, there is room for
doubt that he would have said SO.
With all his failings ii cannot be said of
Cleveland that he is afraid 10 say what
pc thinks or wants.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-12
AT THE FAIR.

A STRAW hat plated entirely by
Queen Victoria has been sent TO Chi
cago for exhibition
MoDELs OF Erieson's Viking ship and
the Columbus carayeIs are noored at
jackson park, where they attract =
great amount OF attention
Cox WILLIAMS, who IS to be judge OF
saddles at the fair, is from Texas The
colonel wears broad-brirafaed nat, a
mustache, goatee and probably two
revolrers-
PROBABLY the only woman who 10
officially commissioned 20 represent
4 foreign govern nsert At the world 8
fair IS Miss Margaret y iE3eyer. dalsh-
ter Of Slr William u ipdeyer. senior
Judge CT the supreme ccart At New
South Waie&
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-12

The Chicago platform is quite like the
net OF 1878 that demonetized silver
hose who voted for and passed the
latter declare they did not know that the
measure contained such a provision; so,
also, the Democrats now declare that
they did not know the Chicago platform
sets out in plain language in his message.
1t is in order, now, for the Dems to as
certain who is responsible for the Chica-
90 deceDtiOn.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-12
BRAIN VS.. MUSCLE,

1t is worthy of note that Ill the reduc-
ton of wages of railroad employees it
has in no case reached the officials. 1t
requires within "A fraction OF sixty seven
men at 81. 80 per day TO earn $50 900 a
year, the salary paid to numerous rail
way attorneys and general managers.
On the basis OF 800 working days in Il
year tie Iaborer gets $3.50 for his time
\ discount OF 10 per cent reduces it TO
$405. \ 10 per cent reduction ON the
salary of the manager who decides the
matter of scaling down wages would be
s.. 600. There is two fold reason tor
not applying the cut to his own case:
lie Is the one to pass upon it, and he
don't like to lose the So. 600. There is a
difference, however, in cutting down
the supplies OF one and sixty seven fami
lies. The residue of S27, 900 will buy
more quail on toast for one family than
sixty-seven could hope to enjoy OH $405
a year. These inequalities represent
the brain versus muscle method of OBJ
tanning livelihood, but will it always
be so? The first step toward reform
would be to reduce the premium on ex-
pert knowledge and allow wages for
day labor to remain as they are.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-12

Bacteria are ss4plr microscopic
plants Of varying SIZE and snaps. sosEsse
Of them being 80 szaz&l TIA. ff.rGn
thousand laid end 70 end ZsoaI4 ret
MAKE = row more than En- inch u length
Some are fat, Others roaad or oval.
ard Still Others are rod saspefi- he
e>ss.as. form of All Il that of tie ons
that = Tie exact counterpart 81 & cork
screw In al eases they are 80 E-s4nuss
that che nerds s powerful microscope
II orslc- - stuglv then ard u no cate
can tjser be perceived with the sfs4s4lcd
ara zl4r-s
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-12

President Cleveland hurried down TO
the capital the last moment before the
meeting OF congress, made a vigorous
shoulder hit at his party through lis
message, and then almost as hastily put
off back to Buzzards bay. There is a
familiar saying i'll rhyme that fits him 10
dot and that runs like this:
lie who fights and runs away
Will live To fight another day"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-12
Ladies' First.

Little Tommy and his younger sistc,
were going to bed without light, says
an exchange. They had Just reached
the bottom Of the stairs when Tommy,
after vainly endeavoring TO pierce tho
darkness, turned round and asked:
ma, is ii polite for gentleman Tn
precede a lady when they have TO walk
In single fie?" No. my son." replied
his mother. 'thc lady should always
take the lead" II thought 80" aid
Tommy. delightfully."-; ''go ahead. Sue
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-12
The stamp Collectors Gem.


From the New York Collector.
There is a postage stamp of the Col
umbIan series that costs more " hen It IS
Cancelled than when it IS bought ut tue
post Office. 1t is the 8 stamp. Any
lo1y can get one Of these stamps for 50
at any postoffice III the country, but
hardly anybody can get Cancelled
stamp of the same denomination IN q
postoifice, stamp store or any other
place. for the sufficient Teasoa that
stamp; OF face value greater than II
are out OF circulation, 50 TO SPEAK W
body has aay ire for them. The rarity
of Cancelled = stamp, therefore, gives
il an extra value liz the eyes OF siie pfiia-
teiic crank If he wants one very badly
his best course is 10 put oae on letter,
address il to himself and mali Then y
viii reacii hini with al enhancing
sIHudge Of ink on II.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-12

a firm Of Boston bankers declined TO
receive d draft from the Kansas state
treasurer in payment for school bonds
taken UP by the state. 1t wanted the
cash, SO the treasurer shoveled out five
thousand silver dollars and forwarded
them. Treasurer Biddle ought TO de-
on silver dollars; it would be enough to
pay the freight on the shipment.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-12

There is said 10 be woman living in
Geneva, il Alien county, who will be
100 years old if she lives till next April
Her name is Mrs. Bennett, and she Is IN
the enjoyment of good health. Leaven-
worth leads Allen by one year, how
ever, having one-hundre i-and-one-
year-od resident. The lat .er is a negro
woman and really may be older than
flo.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-12

The corn crop Is now a splendid prom
Use and unless some unforeseen accident
occurs, the corn belt of Kansas will
this year, make one of the most marvel
Gus records in its history. The Atchison
Champion says:
The walls of corn grid the Kansas
earth for thirty thousand square miles,
and the only problem now with the
farmers is where to find cribs 10 hold
the golden kernels next fall"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-12

While the government is on the kee
wee for an invasion from cholera, yellow
jack has quietly entered some OF the ex-
IRENE southern ports and is getting in
its deadly work. But, while it is as
fatal as cholera, in Its latitudnal ele-
tnent, it does not occasion universal
alarm as does the Asiatic plague which
is no respector of latitude OF
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-12
A Chance For Waite,

From the Enporia Republican.
Mr. Ingalls, wants Colorado blotted
from the map and restored to its place
as part of the Great American desert.
There is chance for Governor Waite.
He couldn't get much blood out of In
gals, but he could get enough for a
starter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-12

The presidents message IS susceptible
Of but one interpretations; but it does not
lie in the mouths Of his party to con-
denim him therefor He simply put a
plain construction upon the somewhat
vague declaration OF the party platform
adopted at Chicago and upon which he
was elected
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-12

Grover has spoken and the people know
less than they did before-Abileue Refiec-
tor
This is pretty serious reflection upon
the intelligence OF the people. don't YOU
think: to say nothing of magnifying the
power of the speaker.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-12

The state board of charities has or
dered some Of the deaf mutes at the
Olaihe asylum TO learn the BARRIERS
trade. Is this whack at Senator PETER
or does it mean that the president of the
board contemplate the growth Of II
beari2
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-12

already there is manifest disposition
among industrial operators-mIils,
factories and-so- fortia-to resume opera
tious since it understood that the tariff is
not to be tinkered with.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-12
The Reason Why ~,

From the Hutchinson News
The encampment of the Second re2i-
ment, X. n. CT, has been postponed one
week. not on account of the state re-
union OF Union soldiers IN this city next
week, but ON account OF the Hughes
court-martial, which will detain the
bogus colonel of the regiment at
Topeka.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-12

The south is in the legislative saddle.
as far as the senete Is concerned, sure
and solid. OF the steering committee
for that body five are southern men, one
from THE east and one from the north
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-12

Kansas has more than six hundred
banks. But seven national banks have
failed in the last three month, and one
of them has reopened. No other state
has such a record.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-12
EXCHANGES EPiTOMES
Come to the Scratch.

Go to the chigger, thou sluggard,
II is not difficult trick.
just get an invitation
To biz Sunday school picnic.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-12
Wljlly E;9glf
NJ NJ NIRuOCK Editor.
NJ. ". MuRDoCK Editor.

And Secretary Carlisle has had a
vision, too; else he is playing deep
scheme to fool somebody.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-12
HOW CREAM OF TARTAR IS MADE.

Cream OF T4ftar-whih etcE zTgy uzndacsre of r
Prizes Cream Bakg PoweerB detained from TIE WINS OF r-ane
Germany Austria The Crude Tartar called Argo deped q.
te sdes OF the wife casks during the fermentation Of The After
drawn eff, tins crystal dpos driea ard exrd
wfere the eorzfe process o refining gocs ca rro,nx
Tx snow-Bhit- cryytzi Of Cream Of TzTt1r
Speenz Of s product all conditions frorn N. cn.e .,,os
is original Sc c2sk TO tht purified ard l ee enrolled !,
Dr. Prizes Cream Bskng Pos VII rc scEn nc prce p,t;,.
Powder Conrznys Exr IN The Agricultural Ealn o The WOLF
Columbian Exposition
sors-Ths car Of TrG ss ~ Pike esks.x po.
CoE11y .<=s 81 ~
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-12
The president in bis message says:

Earnestly recommend 4
that lie, isis,iIve action may put beyond all
doubt or mistake the intention and ability
of the government TO fulfill It's pecuuiary
obligations III money universally recOg
niZed by all civilized countries.
Dir. Cleveland'S recommendation, as
is seen from the foregoing, is simply a
reiteration of the party's declaration on
which he was elected and which his
party endorsed and sustained at the polls
no longer ago than last November.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-12
CLEVELAND ON TIE PATTY PLAT
FORM

Those Democrats who are so quick to
hop onto Cleveland for The concluding
declaration in his message in regard 10
an international agreement on the COIN
age question, should read the Chicago
platform from which the president takes
the suggestion and III almost Its exact lam
guage. The platform declares for
The coinage of both gold and silver and
without discriminating against metal or
charge for coinage, but the dollar unit of
coiuage of both metals must be of equal
intrinsic or eXchangeable value, or be adj
justed through international agreement,
or by such safeguards of legislation as
shall maintain the parity Of the two met
ais
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-12

Being all at sea, nothing is more nat
uraI than that Mr.. Cleveland should
want to hurry back to Buzzard's bay.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-12

Fat men SHOULD ride bicycle. Perhaps.
then, they would fall of.-Topeka Jour
al
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-12

Not if they were all like the Greens
burg cyclist, who is Bolton.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1893-12-09
Jim Hill's House."

Every visitor to st. Paul who has seen
the big red sandstone pile familiarly
known throughout the American occi-
dent as Jim Hills house"-and statis-
tics are not at hand to show the number
of st. Paul's visitors who have not seen
twill be interested in the bit of do
mestic gossip that 20 servants and one
housekeeper are needed to keep each floor
of the enormous dwelling in order. There
is a magnificent Minneapolis mansion
that boasts, it is said, II servants and o
housekeeper, but this retinue, st. Paul is
proud to prove, is for the entire estab-
lishment, while Mr.. Hills Il are the
equipment for his every floor. Although
of such gigantic proportions. the Hill
house is most beautiful as well, and its
situation upon that stateliest of sites, st.
Anthony's hill, makes it one of the choic-
est as we'll as one of the costliest dwell
ings in this country.-New York Times.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1893-12-09
LONG LIVED THOROUGHBRED slREs.

Lord Palmerston's only Derby horse,
Mainstone. lived to be 81.
The average life Of the English thor
oughbred stallion is only IS years.
Famous old Gunboat, by Sir Hercules.
was shot when he was 80 years of age.
The great sire Galopin is now 81 years
of age and seems good for years to come.
The noted sire Surplice, whose get
were very fast. lived to be 20 years Of
age.
voltigeur. the sire of Vedette, was 81
when he broke his leg and had to be
shot.
One famous thoroughbred sire who
lived to be 81 years of age was the great
King Tom.
Stockwell, who was one of the most
famous stations of this century, was 81
when he died
vedette. the sire of Galopin, lived to a
good old age before death ended his serv-
ice N the stud
Twenty-six years was the time allotted
Orlando to live, Hermit was 27. and
Marsyas was %.
The great Newminster, rival Of King
Tom as sire of swift thoroughbreds.
lived full score of useful years.
The Methuselah of sires was rare old
Touchstone. who kept on until he was
80, and several Of his descendants have
been long lived.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1893-12-09

hEAh ADMIRAL OoCAh r. oTANTON.
was supposed to possessin pre-eminent
degree those qualifications of GOODNESS
and discretion which would 6t him to
deal wisely with the revolutionary con-
ditions prevailing in Brazil.
His conduct, however, has been very
displeasing to the naval authorities in
Washington. Previous to his last ex-
perience Commodore Stanton had an ex-
cellent record as naval officer Born in
Sag Harbor, N. Y, July 1S, 1884, he en-
tered the navy in 1849 as acting midship-
man and was commissioned lieutenant
commander in July, 1852.
The two years following he commanded
the steamer Pamela on the western gulf
blockading squadron, position of great
responsibility. He was made commo-
dore within the past two years, and the
Newark was the first ship to which he
was assigned as flag officer.